The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-01-21 00:00:00

Moran rerr Suwon, Tharsday.—Before r.
W. TaILI,. Dr. Drow, Mr. J. /Lynne, sod Mr. 13.
It^yoolds.

SAILOR! 1111:11111116 DUTY.
Three tenon o• the barque Lydia were brought up by
tho captain of the reaost to lay • onoplatut spinet the
shim and the treatment on board.

They Were briught tato the Glatt singly, and their
complsints heard. They seemed to agree in general
terms, oomplatolog if a leaky ship, bad usage on hoard,
and b. 3 ir ; but as to tLe details they differed.
Coo wro asked how long it would take to pomp the
ship out: lie replied "Tee minutes or a quarter of an
hour y watch." lie also said they could not get
enough Liftoff., that served out for four was not enottah
for on, • she meet was ais3 very " sqnsehr." The
mete bad threatened to knock out the twain, of one of
the men with • handspike.

Another man said It would take an hour sad twenty
Wooten or an hour and chill every twenty-four bone.;
they bad plenty of biscuit; but the meet wee bad: The
third man was brought In, and he said it would take
ten mintes or • quarter of an hone every watoh to pump
the ship out; they bad most; but the bisomit was bad.
The Captain sail the men lived off the same meat as
he did, and the allowance wee unlimited, for be told
the 000 k to so to the harness cask and take what is.
liked without waste, and they bad fresh bread, baked
on board the ship, three times *day, and potatoes
three Umes • week, with as much meat as they could
eat.

Thy men were given the option of going to sea, or
b•lng locked up.
They would not go,
The Captain then applied for a warrant against theee
men and four other., for refusing to work. It was
iesnerl, and the constable rent forth. men was instructod
to bring some of the meat from the ship. Later In the
day, tho four other men were brought up, and • piece
of the beef and • piece of pork were produced in court.
The meat was found to be very good indeed, and the
cap'aln deposed that It was • fair sample of that on
board. lie said his ship belonged to Nov* Scotia, and
was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York; she bad
been thoroughly overhauled at Antwerp, and had just
cons. out of tho dry dock More. On an even keel she
would make from an Inch to 1 In. every twenty-four
boom.

- The mate confirmed the statement, and, in reference,
I, the alleged ill.treatment. he said he threatened to
knock owe man down, as when they were in a gale of
wind, and hauling the mainsheet, the man let go the
wroog rope, whiob cast the sheet adrift and endangered
the ship, en whieh he told him that if he did that
'gain, he would knock him down. He admitt II hav-
ing threatened to 'clock another man down, for, be
said, they wrro on a loe shore off the Isle of Wight,
and the man lefi the whee! in charge of a lad without
permission, end tb,eoy en iangere I the ship, and he
did tell hist the, if he left his octet ngaln without per-
mission, it would be the worse for his,. He *leo shook
his fist at him, but he was several yards off at the time.
Tbe men all refuse I to go to *es, and ware sent for
eight weeks' hard labour.

GROUNDLESS COXPL (INT.
Sc salon of the Edinburgh Cutle were brought
up for refusing duty. Henry Cape, matter of tie shi
said the men knocked off work on Toesday. The mate
confirmed the captain'i avidenoe,
The dn...n were aidte I what they had to complain of,
and they replied that there were sixty tons of powder
on beard which were not stowed wifely.
The muter replied that these men helped to stow It
themselves' and ho bad tho stevedore's certified*
lodged at the Cuetom Hones that it wee properly
stowed. It insp. owl by the 0 overnment ()thou
before the vessel wee allowed to proceed to sea. The
but voyage he took to Australia In the seine ship be
took 210 tens in the same way, and this was the usual
way in whioh powder was 'torsi.). But he would have
• survey of the cargo, if they were not setlefied.
The earpent.or ebbt he could not see anything to o om-
plain of; they hat pletsty of provietwas, and the ship
wee in a capital oondition.
The men were given the choice of going to we, or of
twelve weeks hard labour, when five stepped out, end
offered to go to aes, but two of them wanted to ee •
doctor, one stating that he had defirise Irmo's, and
oould not keep himself steady.
Th,y were examined by Dr. Tined, who pronounoed
them alo!• to go. These five then said they would go,
arid on hour afterwards the remainieg one consented.
They did not require a survey, and finally admitted
the: they lowl nothing to coup' tin of; they were
quite ntiolled.
la Wools was rummesed by Elisabeth Harris
for a breach a the paean—Mr. Howard appeared for
Harris

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It was it men W3031111'4 qnsrrel. in which the parties
crelingert epi.het, di•ersodul to their see and the
result was tit 4 they went both bound over to keep the
pew) for three months.

NINE EXPLOSION-SITUOUS 111.1178 Y..

On Tuesday mongol:, an 'implosion of 111.6414m0 took
place at Clifton, near Ithouse, Yorkshire, at the
eoiliery belonelihr to the Town ilo.r Iron Company.
Three men and boys were seriously burned.