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London, England, 1857-01-24 00:00:00

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A Murnot broke out on Monday morning among
the crew of the ship James Bogart, lying in the
Mersey. She was to have sailed that morning for
New York, ostensibly, but for Mobile in reality.
The crew, most of them black fellows, discovering that
the ship was bound to Mobile, a slave port, struck work.
The officers attacked the crew, the men resisted,
and a fight ensued, in which one of the crew was
shot by the second mate. The first mate was
knocked down with a handspike and stabbed in the
shoulder. The river police were quickly on board,
and arrested sixteen of the crew and the second
mate. The whole of the crew in custody are more
or less injured—some of them very severely. The
police took from the person of the first mate a pistol;
and, on being carried to tha hospital, " brass
knuckles " were found in his pocket. From inquiries
made on board it appears that the officers from the
moment the ship cleared commenced ill-treating
the men, and that the ill treatment reached such a
point on Monday morning that the men struck
work, and refused their ordinary duty. The officers
immediately resorted to arms, shots were fired, and
a black seaman named Christie fell wounded. The
men then seized whatever was at band and attacked
the officers, wounding the first mate as we have
stated above. The occurrence has created much
sensation. The crew were brought before the bench
on Tuesday and remanded. The first mate lies in a
dangerous state.

THE CONSECRATION or THE BISHOP OF RIPON
took place last Sunday morning at Bishopthorpe.
After a sermon by the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham,
M.A., rector of Marylebone, the bishop elect was
presented to the Archbishop of York by the Bishops
of Durham and Carlisle, and he then assumed the
full episcopal habit. The archbishop and the assist-
ing bishops then laid their hands upon the head of
the bishop elect, the archbishop using the prescribed
form. The installation will take place in about a
fortnight. The new Bishop of Ripon will not be
entitled to a seat in the Lords until a vacancy occurs
in a see other than Canterbury, York, London, Dur-
ham, or Winchester.
A MEMORIAL TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE MR.
BROTEERTON has been decided on by the people of
Salford. A meeting was held on Monday, and up-
wards of 1,0001. subscribed on the spot. The Speaker
of the House of Commons has, through his secre-
tary, Mr. Waldegrave, acknowledged the melancholy
intelligence of Mr. Brotherton's death.

A MONSTER BLAST took place at the Holyhead
new harbour works, at twelve o'clock on Friday
week, no less a quantity than eight tons of gun-
powder being exploded, by which it is calculated
that about 100,000 tons of stone were displaced for
the purpose of being taken to the breakwater now in
course of formation. A most distinguished and
numerous party of visitors were present to witness
the blast, a battery having been erected to insure
their safety. Among the party present were Sir
Robert Peel, Bart., Lord Harry Gordon, Lord
Clarence Paget, General Sir John Burgoyne, &e.
A FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT happened on Monday
afternoon, a little before three o'clock, to the driver
of a Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's engine
when standing at the Sough station, Over Darwen,
with a ballast train attached. While another train
was passing, the boiler burst, forcing out about a foot
of the firebox, so as to knock the driver, Daniell
Greenwood, off the emzine. He wes afterwards
found on the side of the line quite dead. The guard,
Henry Young, was also seriously scalded, and died a
few hours afterwards. The stoker was under the
engine, and escaped injury.

A PUBLIC MEETINGOF MASTER 1330 T AND SHOE
llsitzas was held at Stratford on Monday evening
relatire W tho high pi* a leather. Anaopg those

SATURDAY,

present were Messrs. Bryant, Bailey, Skinner, Pres.
land, Lance, Smart, Craddock, &c. The meeting
was addressed by Messrs. Bryant, Lance, Abbot,
Skinner, Craddock, and others. Subsequently Mr.
Lance moved the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:—

That the high price of leather renders it imperative to
make a corresponding advance in the price of boots and
shoes ; and with a view to obtain this object, and in order
to afford a legitimate protection to the trade, a committee
be now formed of nine persons, with power to add to their
number, for the purposes mentioned.

A committee meeting has also been held during the
week. and anotl er public one for the trade will take
place in the ensuing week, when it will be determined
as to the advance the present price of leather %Nill
justify the trade to make in order to meet the pre-
sent emergency.

THE ATTEMPT TO GET OFF THE " TYNE" is postponed
until Tuesday next, in consequence of the time which
must be occupied in taking the paddlewheels from
her, and performing other preliminary operations.
The Government authorities at Portsmouth have
consented to send down powerful tugs to insure the
success of her being got off next Tuesday. People
have slept on board her every night since the first
night after she was stranded. The surf fortunately
breaks before reaching the ship. Lieutenant Fuge,
the Admiralty agent who was injured in the head
while attempting to save her mails, now lies danger-
ously ill at Southampton. In connection with the
loss of this vessel, we may mention an instance of
noble generosity on the part of M. Edouard Pecher,
Belgian Consul General at Rio, who has handed
5001. over to the Admiralty for the benefit of Henry
Bath, chief boatman of the Coastguard at St. Alban's
Head. Bath was the first man on board the Tyne,
and by his energy and courage inspired the passengers
with confidence. The Admiralty have promoted
Bath to the rank of chief officer in the service. It
deserves also to be recorded, both to the honour of
M. Pecher and to the credit of Bath, that he refused
the 5001. when offered to him on the beach by M.
Peeper. M. Pecher, however, made the offer in bond
fide, and was not to be denied.
ThE RAMSGATE LIFEBOAT saved forty lives a few
days since, from the American ship Kilby, ashore on
the Goodwin Sands. The ship was seen asnore
from Ramsgate, and the lifeboat instantly sent off to
the rescue of the crew, which were safely and gal-
lantly saved from certain death.

THE MAINE LAW IN GLASGOW Was discussed at a
public meeting on Friday week. Resolutions were
proposed and carried to the effect that the present
system of licence was "unsound in principle, and
disastrous in effect, and that the true policy to be
followed with regard to the sale of intoxicating
drinks, was to prohibit any sale at all."

THE ANNEAL SornEE of the Bristol AthenEeum was
held on Wednesday evening. The attendance could
have scarcely fallen short of 2,000 persons ; and
amongst the celebrities present was Lieut.-Colonel
Simmons, her Majesty's Commissioner in Turkey,
who was made the " lion " of the evening. The
public meeting was held in the great saloon, and was
addressed by the Mayor, Mr. Recorder Hill, and
Colonel Simmons. The gallant colonel received a
very warm reception, and delivered an address upon
the late war, which excited much interest.

A DESPERATE FIGHT WITH POACHERS occurred at
Cadlands, near Hythe, on Sunday last, between Mr.
Drummond's keeper, Dean, and two men, Arnold and
Blow. Dean, accompanied by a powerful mastiff, on
going his rounds heard the report of a gun in
Stanswood copse. He immediately went to the spot,
and there discovered two men, whom he endeavoured
to arrest; they resisted, and one of them had a long
struggle with the keeper, during which the latter
was shot through the side. The keeper fell, but bad
strength enough left to get to the assistance of the
dog, who had attacked one of the men, and take its
muzzle off. The other poacher immediately made
off, but the dog seized him by the arm and shoulder,
and dragged him to the ground. The poacher began
to shriek for mercy, calling out that his name was
Blow, and he would surrender if Dean would take
the dog off. The keeper, though exhausted from
loss of blood, crawled to the rescue, and released the
poacher from his dangerous situation, but the dog
burst away again, bringing the poacher to the ground.
Once mare the keeper muzzled the dog, and released
the poor wretch, who by this time was reduced to a
worse state than Dean himself. Assistance very
shortly came, the keeper was taken borne, and a
surgeon sent for; but before his wounds could be
dressed, a second summons arrived from the poacher
Blow. Both were in a very precarious state. Dean
was shot completely through the side, and it was
doubtful whether he would survive. The poacher
Blow was frightfully mangled about the head, face
and arms—more injured, if possible, than Dean. The
escaped poacher has been arrested,
A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR, named Page, died in
Norwich last week, and no lass a sum than 3001.
discovered st his lodgings by the pcii.v.

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