The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have been requested by the London agent of the Leith Shipping Company, to whom the Earl of Wemyss smack belonged, to insert a long statement by the directors in Scotland o f the causes of its melancholy shipwreck, and the state of its sails, rigging, and hull, when it was cast on shore, derived from the captain of the smack itself, and from persons who had been subsequently authorized to examine the state of the vessel. The ground on which we are re quested to make this sacrifice of space, for an object which would interest only a few of our readers, is stated to be, the observations which we ourselves made on the conduct of the captain and the state of the vessel when this lamentable catastrophe, with the loss of so many lives, oc curred. Now, on this ground, neither the agent, nor the company, nor the captain of the parker, has the least claim upon us or our columns. Aeare that the conduct of all parties was under going a strict investigation, which we published as it proceeded, we abstained from any re marks which might prejudge their cause, and only inserted an article in which, al ludieg to the loss of the Amphitrite and 1 , the Earl of Wemyss at the same time, we expressed our conviction that in both case , the passengers might have been saved, had the unhappy men in command of these vessels cared less about the property than about the lives in trusted to their keeping. In our observations on this subject we endeavoured strongly to impress on the minds of the commanders of vessels, that in case of imminent danger, their first care should be to rescue their passenger -to diminish as much as possible the risk of human life—to try no experiments with such a precious deposit—to disembark them as early as possible—and then to think of the value of the ship, the amount of the cargo, or the loss of the owners. The policy of the law concurs with the voice of humanity in this respect ; and if it can be proved that life has been lost by a guilty indifference or negligence, by culpable professional ignorance, or by an exces , ive atten tion to the mere saving of property, an indict ment would certainly lie against the parties for manslaughter or murder. No new penal enact ment is therefore demanded on this subject. The existing law is sufficient, and only requires to be rigidly put in execution, to be per petually present to the minds of those in trusted with the command of merchantmen or packets to be pressed upon them on every occa sion where casualties occur, and particularly to obtain utterance over the dead bodies of those who are supposed to be the victims of its neglect. This was the important moral which we dream and enforced from the loss of the convict-ship at Boulogne, and of the passengers on boare the Earl of Wemyss, without entering into ant detailed examination of the evidence in eithe. case ; but now since the inquiry at Brancaster concluded, and the captain has been acquitted ht a coroner's jury, we are bound to say that we are not satisfied either by the depositions taker before the magistrates or the statement by the owners of the smack. It is proved that the captain did not know on Sunday whether the tide was ebbing or flowing, till, at the suggestioi of a passenger, he consulted the almanack,—it proved that on this knowledge depended the advisableness of attempting a disembarkation or not early in the morning, --and it seems to 13( established beyond a dout, that proper precau tions were not taken to prevent the sea breaking into the cabin from the skylights. The captair allf ged, both in Lis evidence at Brancaster ant' in the deposition which he has made to hi owners, that the cabin filled from below:— " At this time," says he, (namely, S o'clock) " ever) one considered themselves sate—the ladies in the cabin, and the crew in the forecastle—this being considered tin safest place, very little water being in the vessel at this time, they having ascertained this by descending into tin told; but upon the next flood the sea ran much bight.' and with snore violence, and during which three very heavy seas struck the vessel, which precipitated her from the high place she had been upon the previous tide and plact d her into deep water, when she instantly sunk to the decks, the cause of which was being deprived by at heavy beating upon the sand of a great part of her kee and gab!) ird strake, which laid her bottom quite open and this was the fatal moment when the loss of life oc curred." The passengers are as positive that the ladies in the cabin were drowned by the waves whirl; broke in through the skylights. But though we were to accept of the captain's own statement of the causes which led to the loss of life, and though we were to admit that the calamity was inevitable, how can we pass over the brutal in difference which he is said to have evinced after ',he event, as described in the following part of the Rev. Mr. Holloway's examination ? " He (Mr. Holloway) ingnired for the captain, whom he saw. Observing his jieket wet, lie advised him to change :t. He said ' No, I shall have my breakfast first,' which was then before him. At that instant he was called out to speak to Mr. Horshurg, who, on observing him. exclaimed Oh ! the poor ladies.' He (witness) replied that there was no cause for alarm, as they were in bed am fast asleep. Some person present observed that he (Mr. Horsburg) meant the ladies in the cabin. This was the first intimation that he had of any ladies being drowned. He immediately returned to the captain, and asked him if it was true that he had lost any passengers ? He re plied that he had, a few. He (witness) desired him to explain himself. The captain, in reply, said that be did not know what the witness meant by explanation. He then said to the captain, ' Do you intend, by saying you have lost a few, that some persons are drowned ?' The captain replied in the affirmative. He then asked the captain, Had he ever beard of a British sailor eating his breakfast with the coolness and callrctedness of a butcher under such circumstances ?' He inquirr d where the ladies were; the captain said be had lett them in the cabin, which was full of water. Understanding that the vessel was on dry land, he asked the captain How that could be ?' 11 replied, ' That a sea struck the vessel about eight o'clock, cirried away the skylights, and filled the cabin with water.' lie then asked him if that was true, or whether he was mad ? The captain coolly replied that it w is true, the ladies were drowned. He then asked hint it he had made any attempt to recover them? The captain said, No, it was of no use; they had been dead ni arly four hours.' He observed to hint (the captain) that it appeared from his own statement that it was impossible; for he had been up some time, aid that it was now half-past eleven o'clock Duly." A similar charge of indifference to hunint life was brought against the London agent of the ShilTing Company, who, of course, was not re sponsible for the lo:ss of the passengers, but in whom it would 41most have amounted to a crime to have employed the language ascribed to hint. lie is alleged . .by Mr. Gooch, one of the wit nesses examined before the Magistrates at Bran caster, to have replied, in answer to a lamenta tion on the destruction of so many lives, " that this destruction was nothing to the loss of the owners' property. Such an indication of har dened selfishness on so solemn and s o a ff ect i ng an occasion—such an atrocious recklessness to the sympathies and sufferings of our commo n nature—such an uncalled-fOr and gratuitous insult to the feelings of weeping relatives and bereaved families, we must own did strike us as scarcely credible. The agent has Felt the whole weight of the charge, which, if true, would cover him with infamy, and has answered it by the following affidavit, which he has earnestly re quested us to publish, and which we are willing to believe explains the mistake of the witness to whose testimony it replies "Malcolm Maenaughtan, of the Leith and Berwick Wharf, near the T..wer, agent for the London and Leith Old Shipping Company. who are th. owners or the Earl of TVemyss smack, maketh oath and saith that the ob servation represented in the Times newspaper of Tuesday, the Bth day of October instant, to have been made by him. in a conversation with Mr. Gooch, relative to the loss of and property on hoard the said packet, upon the late most melancholy occasion, was never spoken by him, but ;Ran entire misconception of what this deponent did ac tudly say ; and this deponent further sayeth that the compariann he drew, upon the occasion referred to, was ' , etween the loss of property sustained by the surviving vassengera and by the above-mentioned owners ; that he never upon any occasion, either in thought or word, rs ,imated the value of life by the value of property ; that he considered the late awful calamity as a visi.ation of Providence, which nothing on earth could compensate to the relatives of the deceased. " MALCOLM MACNAUGHTAN ,e Sworn at the Guildhall, London, this 15th day of Oc tober, 1833, before me, P. Lanni., Mayor." _ _ • With regard to some of the other parties in volved in the late inquiry, we shall say nothing, because one of them is to he put on his trial for l i felony. A scene more disgraceful to Et.gli,h men could not, perhaps, have been exhibited than that which took place on board the Earl of IVemyss, or on the shore at Brancaster,—the treatment of the dead and of the living. To see wretches in broad daylight, and before hundreds of people, instead of lending their assistance to restore the exhausted and half-drowned passen gers, plundering the persons of such as had pe , ished, tearing away their earrings and other or naments, and running off with their booty, is what could scarcely have been expected in a civilized land, and almost tempts us to a-k if a certain part of our people have yet pasted the savage state? After the treatment of the pas sengers on board the Wemyss, the harpies of the noet need scarcely be deemed fabulous beings.— Times. A strange sort of article, under the head of Prussian Frontiers, appears in our extracts from German papers (Allgemeine Zeitung). We know not the authority to which it is entitled ; hut the writer affects to be deep in the councils of the three Sovereigns, and anxious to impress on the world that they had not so many meet ings for nothing—that they were not like the King of France, who, with fifty thousand men, marched up hill and then marched down again. It would seem as if the writer felt uneasy under the idea that Europe did not attach sufficient importance to these goings and comings of Sove reigns, hut that the people were inclined to treat them with ridicule. He reminds us of a fellow we once saw assuming airs of importance, which Bxciting only derision in some of the bystanders, he rose up, stamped, and looked big, exclaiming, " I assure you it is no laughing matter." He tells us that the three Sovereigns would rather , ot fight, but that if they must fight they will fight. "No blame can attach to them if, amidst 'he elements of destruction by which society is •hreatened, it should be found necessary to tbandon a system which aimed at maintaining uerfect tranquillity by pacific means, and to iroceed instead to extreme measures. Every well disposed mind is undoubtedly averse to the adoption of the latter, and the Sovereigns will certainly not adopt them except as the last resort ; but they are most firmly resolved to employ them as soon as the decisive hour comes, Ind the only alternative is—To be, or not to he !'" This announcement is something like what the Scotch term " Piper's news !" We can well believe that the three Sovereigns did not part, without coming to some sort of under standing that they would make common cause. A sort of regret is expressed that they should have allowed themselves to be bullied by France into an acquiescence with her cavalier treatment of the King of Holland ; and coupled with it ;1 sort of threat that should France act this part over again, the armies of the three Sovereigns would be put in motion. This attempt to look big is very ridiculous. No one supposes that if France were to set all international law at defiance, and to encroach on the three Sovereigns, they would not be justified in defending themselves as well as they could. But is it meant to be said, that their armies shall prevent the different nations of Europe from ameliorating their institutions? The'' desire for such ameliorations they may rest assured will not be repressed by their military preparations; and they will think twice before arraying the public feeling of Europe against them by any ' wanton aggression of France. The allies of the French are everywhere. The enemies of the three Sovereigns are in their own dominions. That man must have read the signs of the times to little purpose who can believe, that if the people of the Continent are democratically in clined, the measures of the Sovereigns can wean them from such an inclination. At same time, though the people of Europe are, no doubt, put to much inconvenience in being forced to maintain large military establishments, because it pleases the Sovereigns to be afraid of republicanism, yet we would if possible wish ex tremes to be avoided. The people of Europe will all obtain improved institutions, and we trust in good time. The delay may not be so unprofitable to the nations as some suppose. Every year strengthens the liberal party, and, consequently, diminishes the power of their opponents, and the chance of violent collisions. —Morning chronicle. The contumacious resistance of the Leicester corporation to the authority of the King's com mission, considering the quarter it proceeds from, is bad enough of itself ; but when they come to offer their reasons, the utter indefensi bleness of the proceeding is undenilble. These persons have a right to be judged by the stand d of their own tone and character. The Lei cester corporation have been at all times a Tory body. Now neither Toryism nor Whigism h a v e any peculiar charms for us. They are in our eyes equally in fault ; and have proved but too often equal frauds upon the people. But To ryistn, at least modern Toryism, claims to itself the character of being the peculiar depo sitory of loyalty, religion, and obedience to the laws, and to the powers that be—all ex cellent qualities in name, but far better in reality. We do not know whether this corporate body, like most others, possesses any armorial hearings or flags to be used in public professions, &c. ; but if they do, the motto upon them probably is, " Fear God — Honour the King ;" and when feasting at the expense of those of whose property they are the guardians, their toasts, no doubt, are all as sound and ort h o d ox as t h e p ort t h e y quaff. But doffthe li on ' s s ki n — t h e assume d an d se lfi s h garb i n of an a n i ma l have 2 .. the O which i t h as arraye d i tse lf , an d w h at sort we fearing G o d, n e e xp w o he su i r l e i, i of ns i t t e s ad of own tears only. misdoings, and whi ch, instead of honouring the King s sets his authority at defiance the moment it comes home to itself. There has been so much of this convenient kind of loyalty in the world, this sailing under false colours, and the world has been so egregiously imposed upon by it, that it is fit it should be unmasked whenever a fair opportunity presents itself of so doing. The fellow who has been making such a harvest of stealing Prayer-books and Bibles in churches,' committed his thefts under the colour of a more than ordinary sanctity ; and it was proved in evidence that, when he beat his wife he did so with a stick in one hand and a hymn-book in the other. If the Leicester corporators were sincere in their professions they should have been the first to set an example of obedience to the authority which, in theory and in appearance, they bowed to so obsequiously. The utmost extent of their re sistance should have been a submission under protest. And what, after all, do they gain ? A little breathing-time, it is true—an opportunity, were they base enough so to use it, of destroyin, documents, miscolouring facts—in short, of preparing for the worst. OF objects, at once so dangerous, and, in the end, so futile, we will not suspect them. What they really gain is the unenviable distinction of being the only corpo rate body in the kingdom with the bad taste anti audacity to resist the King's Commission, and the almost moral certainty of undergoing a much more scrutinizing inquiry than an early and ready submission would have subjected them to.—Morning Herald. At a meeting of the Common Council of the city of London, the proceedings of which were reported in our yesterday's paper, some discus sion, it appears, took place with respect to the charges to be incurred in furnishing information to the Corporation Commissioners. It seems to us that a principle of some importance is in volved in this question. It has generally heen understood that the assent of the whole Legis lature is necessary to the imposition of any tax upon the subjects of Great Britain. But if the Corporation Commissioners have, as they as sume, a right, acting by the sole authority of the Crown, to demand the production of char ters and other documents, which cannot be pre pared for their perusal without expense, how is this right to be distinguished from that of im posing a tax ? Or can it be supposed that this tax assumes a less arbitrary or unconstitutional character, merely because it comes in the shape of a demand to supply costly information gra tuitously, or because, in other words, the parties thus taxed without the consent of Parliament are at the same time, and in violation of another principle of the British constitution, re quired to furnish evidence to be used against themselves ? A very old and intelligent member of the Common Council, Mr. Dixon, very shrewdly remarked that, before they agreed to facilitate the inquiries of the Government Com missioners, it would be wise on their part to ascertain, if possible, with what motive the Commission had been issued. It has been suspected that the real purpose is to effect such changes in the Corporations of the kingdom as may give the Whigs an ascendancy in all these bodies. With respect to the corporation of the city of London no change for this purpose is re quired ; but fortunately there are many Corpora tions in Great Britain whose members are actuated by principles and feelings somewhat different to these of Mr. Charles Pearson and the majority of his colleagues in the Common Council. When, by a stretch of arbitrary power, in the reign of Charles 11., the Corporations of the kingdom were deprived of their old charters, and compelled to accept new ones, the new charters contained a clause authorizing the Crown to remove or disfranchise any corporator, or any number of corporators, at pleasure, which clause was more obnoxious to the Corporations generally, and gave more of fence to the people than any other circumstance or incident connected with the whole proceeding. Sir Francis Palsgrave, one of the London Com missioners, some time before the Commission was issued or thought of, wrote and published a pamphlet upon the subject of remodelling the Corporations throughout the country, in which pamphlet he gives the form of a proposed new charter to be used for that purpose. We understand that this pamphlet, of which copies in abundance were to be had for asking for nearly up to the moment of issuing the Commission, became, by some means or other, and very suddenly indeed, ati extremely scarce book. We never happened to see this publica tion of the Learned Commissioner ; we have, however, been told, and believe, that the form of a new charter for the Corporations of Great Britain and Ireland which it suggested, contained a clause precisely similar to the above-cited most obnoxious part of the charters of Charles the Second. Whether it is intended to let the pub lication of Sir Francis Palsgrave see the light once more, when the Commissioners shall have completed the preparatory stage of the process in which they are now so sedulously engaged, we do not know ; but in the facts we have stated there certainty seems to be enough to warrant the precaution and vindicate the sagacity of Mr. Dixon.—Morning Post. SURREY SESSIONS, OCT. 15. The autumnal ses,ions for this county opened yesterday at the Court-house, King...ton. There was a full bench of magi-trate,,, airinnet ~fintrt were Lord ARDEN, Lord KING, Mr. HAWES, M.P., &c. Mr. BARNARD took the chair, and in deliveting h s charge stated that the calendar was e)cremrly light, which he attributed rather to the frequent gaol deliveries than to any diminution of crime._ A petition from the prisoners confined for debt in Horsemonger-lane Gaol was presented, complain ing that. they were not allowed to see their friends after the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon, from Michaelmas to Lady-day. The petitionet s were denied the rights of Englishmen, ina,much a, they were thus debaired from seeing their legal ad visers and takin g the necessary steps to procute their liberation. The petitioner- further stated that this way a by-law peculiar to Huisemonger.lane Gaol; that it did not obtain in the King's Bench or Marghalsea, and was a direct infringement On the statute. After a few words from Mr. HAWES and other magistrates, the petition was referred to the visit ing magistrates, that they might report on it at the next General Quarter Sessions. From the necounis of the treasurer of the county, the sum of 5,0001. appeared due from the county, but the twopenny rate then being collected would amount to 14.0001. Mr. rUCKERELL moved for a reduction of the salary of the chaplain of the Brixton House of Cor rection to the sum of 150/. per annum. He did so becau , e he thought the amount at present paid (2001.) was too much. The motion was lost by a great majority. Mr. Stone was elected surveyor for the district of Bermondsey, and !he Rev. Mr. Foster was elected chaplain to the Brixton Gaol. The majority of this latter gentleman over his opponent, the Rev. Mr. Morgan, was only four. The Court then adjourned to this day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HO USE. Yesterday Mr. Till, the print.eeller of Fleet street, appeared before the LORD MAYOR, without being summoned, to meet the charge of Mr. Turner, the celebrated artist. Mr. Martin and other gentle. men of high professional character attended. The LORD MAYOR said that Mr. Turner had ap plied to him to interfere, to prevent Mr. Tilt from continuing to do what the former considered to bt an act of very great unfairness. The matter cer tainly was not within his jurisdiction, but he did not confine himself to the strict limits of his magis terial duties in cases which were brought before him, and as he felt for the honour of his fellow citizens, he frequently took cogniz tuce of accusations and imputations for the purpose of rendering other proceedings unnecessary. Mr. Turner had been employed by Sir Walter Scott to paint illustrations of the antiquities or Scotland, and engravings had been made on copper from his labours. Mr. Tilt had got hold of these engravings, and procured a professional man to en grave from them on a smaller and steel plate, and published copies as illustrations of Sir Walter Scott's works, attaching to each copy his (Mr. Turner's) name as the original artist. Now, such a mode of carry ing on trade was disreputable, inasmuch as the plagiarism was calculated to deceive the public and to diminish the reputation of the painter, and necessarily his profits. Mr. Turner produced copies from the original plates and copies of the imitations, and submitted to the Lord Mayor that the latter were likely to prejudice him in the estima• tion of the discerning part of the public. Mr. Call cot, another Rlal Academician and a gentleman of very great eminence, was subjec.ed to similar treat ment, so that it became a matter of necessity to check a practice which threatened to fasten upon patnters the blunders and want of genius to mani fes:in the attempts of others. Trie LORD MAYOR asked what the custom of the trade was? Mr. Turner said that the moment the plee had been used for the specified number of copies there was an end of it, and it could be no longer used in any way against the interest and con sent of the arts*. The plates he objected to had never been done from his drawing, al , hough his name was attached to them. The gentleman who had engraved " Rosalyn Castle" fiir Mr. Tilt had very properly, upon being appealed to, refused to assist in continuing the deception, and it was only reasonable to expect that Mr. Tilt would not, under the circumstances, fill up the place of that engraver, in justice to the whole profession. Mr. Tilt said that Mr. Turner was never more mistaken in his life than in supposing that there was anything illegal or unfair in what he complained of. Mr. Turner had been one of those in whom the property in the plates from his drawings was vested, and as soon as the plates had done their work the proprietors thought proper to sell them to the highest bidder, which he (Mr. Tilt) happened to he. As the property in the article was thus regu larly transferred, he certainly had a right to do as he pleased with it. He considered the copyright as vested in him. He had purchased the plates openly ; he had informed Mr. Turner of his intent tion ; there had been no mystery or concealment ; and as to the imputed injury to the reputation of the artist, that was a point on which a difference of opinion might and did exist. The LORD MAYOR.—Did you buy the copper plates as old copper or as plates? Mr. Tilt said that the value of the plates as old copper could not exceed .50a., and he had given for them 1101. The LORD MAYOR —I wish to know why, if the plates were done with—if, as has been said, they had done their work, and could not be fairly applied to any use of art—they were not destroyed, instead of b tag sold ?—(A laugh.) Mr. Turner—They were sold without my consent. The LORD MAYOR—But the sale is not disputed, it was sanctioned by your partners in the work. Mr. Martin had called upon Mr. Turner and Mr. Callcott, and told them what was about tube done. Mr. Callcott did not offer the slightest objection, admitted that the purchaser of the plates had a right to do as was stated, and only hoped that Ins reputation might not be allotted to stif f er by the new plates ; upon being assured that every care should be taken, he was, perfectly satisfied. Mr. Turner, however, refused . to consent, although assured that if he objected to the impressions, they should be at once put behind the fire. He had also been re quested to retouch the illustrations, but nothing could reconcile him to the circumstance. Mr. Turner—l don't see why an artist should retouch without remuneration. But how could I retouch copies when the originals are in the posses sion of Sir Walter Scoit's executors ? Mr. he fact is, I made offers to Mr. Turner, in conjunction with other artists, but he refused, as he could not get the whole job to him self. I wished for a division of the labour and pro fits, but Mr. Turner wished to monopolize, and would not give a share to his brother artists. Ile knows he has not a leg to stand upon, or he would not resort to this mode of complaint. I am pro prietor of the plates, and I dare him to the test of our claims in a court of law or equity., Mr. Turner—l intend to try the case on its me rits in another place. The LORD MAYOR---I regret that this affair can not be settled amicably by me; anti all I can say is, that an appliption for an injunction from the Court of Chancery, is the only mode I can recommend. Mr. Tilt—Mr. Turner knew perfectly well that I would not relinquish my right, and I am ready to meet him. Mr. Turner—l trust, however, that the public will be put in possession of the way in which these things are done, that works by other persons are foisted upon them as the works of distinguished men. Mr. Tilt—Oh, Mr. Turner, you ought to let your brother artists have a little slice.—(Laughter.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Robert Blakie was charged with having stolen a silver watch belonging to Ann Lamb. Wmai the prisj)iier was first taken into custody on Tue•day week, the prosecutrix, on being sworn, betrayed such evident relucrance to pr , ss the charge, and prevaricated so grossly in her account of the ;ran-action, that Air. CONANT directed he should be remanded until yesterday, to order that a full inve,- Option should take place. When brought up for re-examination yesterday, the prosecutrix, Ann Lamb, admitted that the state ment she had made on the previous day was entirely fake, and that, in fact, the prisoner Robert Blakie had stolen her watch. Policeman A, 77, who took Blakie, had every reason to believe that his prisoner was a deserter from the 90th Regiment of Foot, as he found a de scription in the Hue and Cry which exactly an swered to the prisoner's description. Blakie, who was by this time placed at the bar, was willing to save all further trouble by confessing to the felony. He had taken the watch in the hope of being prosecuted and sent out of the country. Some time ago he had enlisted as a soldier, but he had lately got disgusted with the profession, and, in order to shake himself clear of the army, he pre ferred being sent to trial and transported as a felon. Mr. CONANT adied him if he had really com mitted the offence from a distaste of the military profession ? The prisoner replied that it was really the case. While he was a solder he felt himself t , be little better than a slave ; but if sent to New South Wales, he hoped in time to get his living at the trade he had been bred to, and, as a mechanic, to become a useful member of society. The prosecutrix then described the loss of her watch, and the subsequent confession of the prisoner. The prisoner was fuily committed, and, as he was removed from the bar, declared that he hoped he should be convicted, rather than have again to experience the duties of a soldier. Q UEEN.SQ UARE. Charles Banzpton, a compositor, and George Brown, a brass-founder, were yesterday charged be fore Messrs. GREGORIE and WHITE, by William Burl, a police-constable of the B d,rsion, with en leavouring to excite the people to attack the police, contrary to the Act of Parliament. Messrs. GREGORIE and GRoos having consulted 'ogether, sentenced each defendant to pay a penalty .if 10s. each, or in default of payment to be impri soned for ten days. Mr. WHITE—WeII, this is certainly a new way of doing busine.'s. Mr. GREGORIE turned round rather hastily, and was about to reply, but Mr. WHITE waved his hand for him to say nothing,and the conversation dropped. The defendants were then removed. THAIIIES.P OLICE. Yesterday John Jenkins L'irge and Henry Ser j eant, the masters of the Hero and Brilliant Gravesend steam-ve-sels, appeared before Mr. iSAL LANTINE and Mr. BRODERIP to answer summonses issued against them for navigating their steamers at a greater rate or speed than five miles an hour between London-bridge and the eastern limits of Limehouse Reach, contrary to the by-laws of the Watermen's Company, of which they are freemen. Richard Wickers, the waterman, said the steamers were racing like two omnibuses on the road, and crossing and re-crossing to prevent the other pass ing. The river was perfectly smooth before they came by. On reaching Cuckold's-point the steamers were very close to each other, racing as hard as they could, the Brilliant only just astern of her rival. When they got to the Pageams the Brilliant endea• voured to pass the Hero, but she tressed her. In 4bout another minute they caught him just by the Hor‘eferry, and he called out, " For God's sake ease your engines," but they refused to slacken, and sung out," Get but of the way." He then rowed as close as possible inshore. Off the H.,r=eferry, the Hero was no more than half a dozen yards a-head of the Brilliant, which shot by her amidst cheering and waving of hats. The Hero, not liking to be pas'ed, tried to drive the Brilant on shore, but not suc ceeding she was obliged to straig,hten her course, rid they went on as fast as they could after each other. The swell they left behind was the most tremendous he ever knew, and he only wondered how his and other boats lived in such a sea. He knew the back-swell would swamp his passengers, and he got out into the long swell, and as he re turned the bark swell followed him, dashed r•ghr over the boat, and wetted everybody in it. She was halffilled with water, and it was God's mercy they were not all drowned. Mr. BALLANTINE—At what rate were the steamers going ? Witness—To speak within com pass, at least ten miles an hour. Mr. Lingham cross-examined this witness, but without shaking his evidence. In answer to further questions, witness said that Banks, a waterman, had five passengers in a boat, who all or wet through. Mr. S,raight said that he had Banks in attend ance, as well as several others who had been injured to a greaser extent by the velocity and racing of the steamers. Mr. BALLANTINE gaid he should not dispose of [his, the wort c-ise of the kind that had come be fore him, in a summary manner, but send it to the sessions. The Watermeti's Company had mist properly taken up this mater, awl he was very glad to see they were as determined to protect the pobtie, whose lives were hourly placed in jeopardy by the steamers, as they were the persons of their own members. No more evidence was requited. Mr. BALLANTINE then orderel each defendant to put in separate had, themselves in VOO/, each, and two sureties of 1001. each, to answer an indict ment at the next Surrey sessions of navigating their vessels at a dangerous and illegal speed, and putting the lives of his Mjesty's subjects in danger. HATTON-GARDEN. Henry Benson, a middle-aged man, was charged with having violently assaulted his wife, and threat ened to murder John Rowan, of No. 5, G-orge street, Bloom,,bury, under the follo..ing extraordi nary circumstances Sergeant Monday, No. 2, E division, stated that on Monday night last, at about half•past ten o'clock, the police were alarmed by dreadful ci ies of " Mur der," which proceeded from the voice of a female in the house of Rowan,-on entering which they found the place all in confusion. The prisoner held a horse-pistol in his hand, and was threatening to murder any one who dared to approach. Witness was informed that his wife was up stairs in her apartment nearly dead, having been dreadfully beaten by the prisoner. After some difficulty they secured the prisoner and the pistol, which they ascertained to be primed and loaded, and on proceeding up stairs they discovered his wife bleeding profusely, and unable to move. She, however, was supported to the station house, where she signed the charge against him, but she was not now in attendance. Police constable 25 E, corroborated this evidence. John Rowan was the landlord of the house, and the prisoner was his lodger. He was in the con stant habit of ill-treating his wife, and merely be cause witness had remonstrated with him, he pro vided himself with the horse-pistol now produced, which he always kept loaded by his bed side, with which he had frequently threatened to shoot wit ness and his family, who were all in danger of their lives ; and he felt confident that he would have executed his threat on Monday night, had not the police interfered. _ dis M eh r a . rg ß e o d oE of ßs its or e d o e n r t e e d nts t . hat the pistol should be The prisoner did not deny the charge, and he was ordered to procure good bail, for want of which he was committed. THE IRON TRADE. (From the Birmingham Journal.) We have again to report favourably of the cimn dition and prospects of this important branch of in dustry, which we understand to be in a state of activity to which it has long been a stranger. The prices of all, or nearly all, our staple articles of production have, within the last few months, ma terially improved; but those of the iron trade, hav ing previously been depressed lower than their na tural level, it is reasonable to infer would be subject to a re•action in some degree proportionate to their previiius depression. The prices of manufactured iron may be consi dered established at an advance of 20s. per ton above last quarter's prices, and those of pig iron at from 10s. to 15s. per ton, with a considerable de mand at such advance. Contentions between the masters and workmen, on the score cf . wages, may naturally be expected n this state of things, and such have recently been slightly in operation ; but these differences have, we understand, been satisfactorily accommodated ; and as the ironmasters may now calculate on fair and remunerating profits, and the workmen on adequate wages, we hope that the good and cordial under standing which ever ought to subsist between the employer and the employed, will long continue to exist, and that the prudence and moderation which ought to fain the leading principles of every large arid important trade, will characterise both the pro ceedings of the one and the expectations of the other. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. This town, on Thursday, was in a state of unusual bustle—dealers in iron from the metropolis, from the north, from the manufacturing districts of York shire arid Lancashire, all converged into this great focus of, and mart for, trade ; anxious, from that speculative spirit which marks in no slight degree the makers of, and deakrs in, iron, to take the true impression of the times on that spot where mighty interests, wants, and engagements naturally con centrated. . The spectacle was, indeed, animating; to those who marked the rueful aspect of 1831 and 1832, the desponding tone, lengthened visage, the pause of indecision and apprehension, the sluggish bar gain, and the scanty attendance—the scene of Thursday was strongly awl pleasingly contrasted. It seemed as if the sunny d a ys and glittering hues of 1824 and 1825 had again returned—moil n quietly e f t a l y c e a s n , d hearty k l c y o , n t g h r r a o t n u g l n t ;go dinner , bargains parties, concludesri( e toasts quaffed off in the confidence of a good O f still improving trade—these were the features ° the last quarterly meeting in Birmingham. This is all good in itself; and most heartilY do we congratulate the ironmasters on the prosperous change which has come upon them; they 11, gone through a fearful ord ea l — ma y no unlooke for events sadden the days to come ! It was expected that forge pigs would be 41. 1 1 per ton at quarter-day ;in fact they are 4/. 155.,811, no lack of buyers. 'Die price of bars was not named; and the rees°p assigned was, that unexecuted orders left no tool; at present, for th e rece pti on o f o th ers , b ut a t a c o 1 ?.. ditional price, to be named hereafter. f the If we carefully l oo k at t h e p o li t i ca l a sp ec t times, both as respects foreign and domestic sto l ', o we should say, that there does not appear reasoP,': doubt the stability of the present state of thing ® but our business now is not to write a disserter k on the iron trade, b u t t o g i ve a s t atemen t o f r l 4 - 1 leaving to o t he r s to d raw t h e i r own conc lusil' from what th e y di scern , or thi n k t h ey di scern , in I',h, signs of the times. As our space and time are brief, we will trie 4 , add an anecdote we h ave h ear d o f a s h rew d ir master in this neighbourhood, who, b e in g in Ire 4°. : with a manufacturer desirous of purchasing pig 1(. 4 made these remarks :—" The question is not 0 10 what price will you give, or what price will t ake, but the question really is, what can we sPI to keep you all going?" This is so cha r acter o , t hat it needs no comment. GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, OCT. 3.—The autumnal reviews in g° neighbourhood being over, several superior officers f i l gone to Italy to be pr e sent at th ose o f t h e troops assed I," iei the three cam;.s at Somme, n ear Mil an , All e i ril ; near Vicenza, and Monte Chi e ri, near Castiglione. yr gr d review will take place at M on t e Chi ar i, under I ,a tr '' r,,, t 7 command 4 General Hadizki, Command er -i n -Chi e f io y kingdom of Lombardy and Vienna. Th e amoun t of t troiips in all these three mules is about 75 000 1 1 1 Several foreign Princes and Generals will honour 'T o their presence this grand military spectacle, to w hich present fine weather is extremely favourable. 0 Chyle. X., as we hear, has undateken a jeurerii. Gia , z to avoid the congratulat i o ns o f th e legitimatils grims on the majority of the Dike of Bordeaux. „ i 0 motives would be a proof of th e sense o f propr i e ty se,o the exiled King would give to the hospitable GerF i d Government, as his r e tiri n g f rom P rague wou ld maD i oi r his disapprobation of th e scenes w hi c h h e we ll la i d cannot but be unpleasant to Austria. On the 0 50 hand, it is affiimed that the chief obi et Of i j ierney is to meet the Duchess of Berry at Gratk o , Clagetitutt. We hear that Baron George Van S e r e broker, of this city, is appeinted by the Greek Go ve o f mint Cen•ul General at Vienna. Lettet4 from Bruno t o that their Imperial Majesties will leave that place 00 1 1 Sth and go to Lu z, for which place the Pi line Chan cr e will set out in a few days. Prince Alert Van Lichlenot, C roman er General in B ilwmia, is still seriously ill' 01 , PRUSSIAN FRONTIERS, OCT. 2.—Notwithetandiugo t i little imp or t ance w h ic h most o f t h e F renc h j ourn als a d t.. attach to the intervi e ws o f th e S overe i gns , the9L ,. i pear to b e ra th er em b arrasse d, an d to h e actuate d ,wo p esentimant which is general), experienced by one I A incessahtly tormented by th e p resence o f a certa in o b , w,shes to look upon it in th e b est po i nt o f view , and oloi, oimself in illusions. The best inf.rm•d in the h is t journals. of whi c h num b er t h e J ourna l d es Bel l i e d moloubtedly one, begin to chang e th eir to ne , and o d the state 0' Europ e w ith rat h er l ess noncho 0i than they have hit. er t o d one . Th e art i c le 1. °1 ( /‘, Journal des Debuts, on th e qu , st i on o f di "i I ine, clearly shows that the Government is not ° d O . lied of roses, and does not consider itself sufficiently " c o t either at home or abroad to relieve the budget fr ° o l , burden which France, of almost all Sates, is the If ,rtile to bear, er the least understands how to bear. dt 4 i know not bow far the apprehensions are well foop ro ll which the Debuts appears to entertain respecting jOtoeiroi relations. W e ar e not acquainted with the inten tl , V' the Sovereigns, b u t we b e l ieve t h at t h e cr i t i c al statem. f t rope, which rend e rs it necessar y t o k eep up a gre at tol orte j li° establishment, was maturely weighed at Toplits, So h _A call far N lu t n he clteeonigi:idatezrei,tainoda of was m c e e a r n t s ai t n o ly re f m ou e n dy d i c t e , lc o i r ile a 7 teel to make it the dut y o f t h e S overe i gns to d irect their at fo lion to the future. This trey certainly do; and the re _ ; . no blame can attach to them, if, amidst the elernenn destruction by which s oc i e ty is threatened, it shoulo, I found necessary to abandon a system which ailor e o maintaining tranquillity by pacific means, and to Pr ° lo instead to extreme measures . E ver y w e ll-disposed 1 ,1 is undoubtedly averse to the adoption of the latter, a° . 0 Sovereigns will c e rtai n ly no t a d o p t th e m eXcept e t" 4 4 last res irt ; but th e y are most fi im l y reso lved to Pi ' them as soon as the decisive hour comes, and the alternative is "to be or not to be." Eve r, ' a t feels that the mass of evils is daily increasing, + 113 , 4 0"' unhappily, th e moment may come more qu i c kly tu ei supposed, wh en th e G overnments w ill no l on gs" l' „ trotted to confine themselves to mere demonstratO g '' r to await in inaction the last appeal to their poW e i r itll this point of view, th e con f erences at S c h we dt 0 0( cr e cbengratz were pr o b a bly more i m p or t an t th a n the '1 press would per s u a d e i tse lf. Th e return o f Ceo uPs e sb selrode by way o f B er li n , seems to i n di ca t e ° °l/ 4 more than a mere compliment. But the oPP r t w conferences of the German Courts will Inct e r' bats!) , prove that the time is come when " 1. 5 tend to act, and no longer to be the sport ° i f i tingencies. The French journals miy boast, de i please, that the most dangerous doctrines are F r° 0 1 with impunity ; but we believe that the tit:ool' oi west near at hand when every one will exer t 0 0, 1 0 strength to s ecure hi mse lf an d hi s coun t r y, a nd 0 0 4, tak e th e i r groun d on r a i se suppos i t i ons w h o f a ncy 00:d Sovereigns have made much ado about nothing. 6 rences have lately taken place at Berlin betwee n Et v ) Nesselrode and M. Ancellon, at which, as we be' r 'Vr i 4 Cearles of Mecklenburg was present. Every badly° the opinions of this Prince and his influence. It ' 6 AI that be is fond of half measures, but is rathet; j et i l i to believe that too much has already been sacriti to circumstan ces o f t h e t i mes . I t i s lik e l y , there resolutions will be taken which will enable the 0 :41 powers to resist all further demands that may b ° , ,0 1 them from any quarter wh a t ever , i n conseq ueo' frO French revolution; and if no t, to e ff ect a b e tter ( „e 0 i state of things, --at least to maintain the stains ( p Bl r o t may, therefor e , p re di c t th a t an y f urt h er attec3Pt 001,,, to interfere, by arms, in th e affairs of Holland pr gium, will not be passed over, but will draw after serious consequences than heretofore. FP. N 6 , I h he qalf l Qua rtf The tub nci Ikrts 0 Cat ! ma) T~ , 4411 of tat.% 4 nthor thitThe , h tP,liji n e pa ~ i al (ll ndi a l, At t he m Or, L a Edi ted t 1);" 4 ch Maria "tat' • I h/ rae,„ .11.A111, Will Litil. Ile p4USell over, lIU, Will U/ OW - serious consequences than heretofore. • The price of pheasants begins to Inc re 4 the maker ; in fat they become scarce, from t he destruction to which they have been expose d ' or pr/ The whole of September, pheasants in any quo or/ be bought at the poulterers', and were seen i t p oat l of the citiz ns with perfect impunity, in " w 0 1 e. %' even of the magistrates. Informers will not a cs er opef 1 remuneration, and the game laws do not eve k n: o 4 poses. Byers refused to take the matter is m -601. —Bath Herald. ............................ BIRTHS. PI ; On the 9th inst., at Cluny Castle, Inverness.shirtr 0 of Cluny Macpherson, of a son and heir. Gre s ° 1 0:00t took place in Badenoch upon the happy occasion p p Or of an heir to the Chieftain of the ancient clan of Nt 7 die On the 14th inst., at Branston Hall, the ladY ° or Alexander Leslie Melville, of a son. ° ill On the 13th inst., at Brighton, the lady of CaP 4 0 Wilson, King's Dragoon Guards, of a daughter. o r' On the 12th inst., the lady of A. Goddard, EA. , ° . I r ..........„/ hil 00 MARRIED. of 'OlO . O, At St. James's Church, William Glover, E sq. :i. f• te" jesty's 89th Regiment of Foot, and son of the late_,,,,shirr . , Esq., of John's Grove, county of Cork, to 11 0 1,, P. ~, fourth daughter of the late John Sheen Dosvn es ,7 (9 pect House, near Plymouth. , 0(1. , o il" On the 15th inst , at Lewisham, sell-street, surgeon, to Miss Waugh, of Da ls ° ._, George Bircui t 0, 1 F daughter of the late James Waugh, Esq. - -- - DIED, O f e V i .., „ v ia , ' j, a 4, On the 7th inst., at Coughton Court, " 3 C i io o l, Y O P seat of Sir Charles Throckmorton, Bart. , John pp of Portman square, brother of the late Tho mas 0 1 0 Chillington, Staftbrdshire. d, 1 0 ;49r On the 15th inst., at her house, Lambeth-mate se o f, widow of the late Mr. James Grubb, late int va st Ateo 0 1' John Quincey Adams, President of the United _.„0044 rica, aged 50. e Co w ~ On the 12th inst., Mr. Charles Stanley', of tb__ ,o, load, Lambeth. 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