The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY, 12, 1852.

wise wishing bits good bye in Southampton Water a few
minutes before he sailed, said jocosely, " Good bye, Captain
Symons, of the Amason." Ile replied sharply, No, I will
not have it; I am captain of the Orinoco' (one of the large
steamers nut yet completed). Whea Captain Symmu took
leave of the pilot at the Needles he was depressed in spirits.
Ile shook hands with the pilot and said, Well, God
bless you, you have done your duty, the responsibility
now rests on me." The truth was, Captain Symons did not
like the Amazon, because it was not his ship, and all sailors
aro fanciful and superstitious, hut it is • libel on the his-
mashy and msnlinuw of a truly brave, kind-bearted, and
honourable man, to suppose that he had any doubts as to
the safety of the ship. In feet there is nut tho slightest
foundation for thinking so.
Mr. Trewicke, the unfortunate second officer of the
Amazon, and who had command of the watch on the fetid
night, was about to emigrate to Canada en his return home
in the Amazon. It was to be his last voyage as • sailor.
Though • first-tote officer, ho had a strange dislike to the
sea. One of the boys who was lost in the Amason was
named George lerram,*aged 17. Ile had always assisted Isis
father, who is a Southampton fisherman. This boy had
mitered ou bawd the ship without the knowledge of his
parents, and they wore broken-hearted when they took
leave of him. Many of these fishermen have • strange
horror of steamers.

The Royal Mail Company have rewarded Mr. Vincent,
the heroic young midshipman of the Amnion, by appoint-
ing him ith officer to the Thames. They arc about to pre-
sent him with • quadrant, on which wiU be engraven a
record of his heroism and pre-eminent merit; and he has
been ordered to replace everything he lost in the wreck at
the expense of the company.
Most of the churches and chapels in Southampton have
becu tilled to-day in consequence of the clergy and ministers
improving the event of the wreck of the Amazon by implor-
iug sympathy and support for those who have been rendered
friendless and fatherless by the catastrophe, end holding up
the judgments of God on earth in all their terrible sub-
limity, as a warning to the thoughtless and the guilty.
The loss of this ill-fated ship (says our Plymouth corre-
spondent) has formed the ►ufject of painful ezeitement
hero since Tuesday, when the twenty-one persons rescued
by the Mamlen were landed here. One of the jv essengers,
Lieut. it Grylls, of her Majesty's ship Sidon, is well
known awl much respected in Devonport, and is the son of
the Rev. Mr. Orylls, the esteemed incumbent of St. Neots,
in Cornwall. This gallant young officer had been advised
by his lather to delay his departure, in consequence of the
anticipated death of another son, who died shortly after
the lieutenant's departure, on the Ist of January.
It is a matter of considerable importance to distinguish
among the list of survivors landed at Brest on Monday last,
the name of Jacob Allan, the foreman of Messrs. Seaward
and Coped, the makers of the engines of the Amazon, and
who was scut out by that firm to superiatend this working
of the machinery during the first voyage. The evidence
that can probably be given by Mr. Allan will be most
valuable.

THE STRIKE.

TURN-OUT OF THE WORKMEN.

On Saturday night, in accordance with the notice
given to that effect a week ego, the principal engineer-
ing firma of the metropolis dimharged their hands and
closed their works, hut several of the minor firms changed
their intentions, as avowed, at the eleventh hour, and inti-
mated to their men that they might return to their work,
as usual, on Monday morning. Che names of the firms
referred to have not all been publicly given, but it is posi-
tively known that Mr. Horn, machinist, High-street,
Whitcchapel, who was among the foremost to give notice
of clearing, on Saturday night acquiesced unreservedly en
the propositions of the Amalgamated Society, so as to be-
come fully reconciled with hie men. His establishment
will therefore remain open, as no doubt will many others
under similar circumstances.
Witb respect to the more important of the firms con-
s, eted with the Masters' Association, the men assert that
many of them are seeking, by various means, to evade the
full consequences of entirely carrying out their threat to
close. This is done by the creation, in some instances, of
a largo number of Nominal foremen ; it being an under-
; stood resolution of the employers that foremen and appren-
tices shall be allowed to continue at work. The man, how-
ever, reap neither actual honour nor profit by this fictitious
elevation; and it remains to be seen whether this plan of
bribery, as it is called, will operate successfully. It is
thought amongst the operatives that it will fail.
In Manchester the closure of shops will, after all, be
only partial, as many of the mummy withdrew their
their notices as early as Thursday night. It is neverthe-
less certaiu that the proprietor of a large concern in Man-
chester has offered to dispose of his premises, stock, and
plans, to the Amalgamated Society, for the purpose of
forming a co-operative association, upon condition of being
allowed to remain a partner. It has not yet been derided
whether this offer shell be accepted or rejected. A similar
offer has been made in London by the proprietor of an
establishment employing about 60 hands, on the Surrey side
of the river.

As far as we could glean, the following may be taken es
a tolerably accurate return of the " turns out" at the prin-
cipal factories in and about London Maudelay and Field,
Westminster-bridge-road, 800; John Penn and Co., Green-
wich, 700; Milder and ltavenhill, Blackwell and Ratcliff
(two factories), 600 ; end A. Blyth, Narrow-street, Lime-
house, 280; Messrs. Rennie, Blackfriars, 2.50; Robinson
and Russell, Mill-wall, Isle of Dogs, 200 ; Seaward and Capel,
Canal Iron Works, Limehouse,lJo; Swayno and Bovill,
Mtll-
w 11, lido of Dogs, 160; Simpson, Pimlico, 1:30 ; Easton and
Amos, Grove, 'Southwark ; Bryan, Dunkin, and Co., Bee-
inondsey, 60; Napier, York-road, Lambeth, 100; Sammie,
Blackwell, 60; Fletcher, Lirnehouse, 60 (of the latter, we
understand, seine are likely to go back). The returns from
the smaller firma could nut bo ascertained with any degree
of certainty.
Several hundred members of the society are employed at
the principal railway locomotive depots, such as Crewe,
Wolverton, Swindon, Stratford, Ashford, Brighton, &c. ;
but it would appear the director. are not desirous of joining
the movement. The sheds continue open, and the society's
men are employed, but whether at piece and over-time
work, or otherwise, we could not satisfactorily learn. We
also are informed, on good authority, that there has been no
turn-out at the works of the General Steam Navigation
Company, et Deptford. Several hundred men are employed
at Mare s extensive iron ship-building yard, at Blackwell;
but it appears that the trade, although in the iron way,
forms a peculiar exception, and hence the non-closing of
the establishment. The deci,ion of the operatives in the
service of the Royal West India Mail and Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Companies is already known.