The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-15 00:00:00

ROUTIIWARK.

IMPORTATION OF IRISH DE,TITUTION.—In the coons
of the afternoon a number of poor miserable-looking Irish
men, women, and children. applied to the magistrate for
assistance, stating that they were in a starving condition;
that they had applied to the parish authorities fur relief,
but they sent them away without food. The/ informedthe
magistrate that they were brought from Cork to Liverpool
in steamers for a shilling a head, and landed without a
farthing in their pockets; that not being able to obtain
employment at the lam r place, they had walked up to
London, hoping to dad something to do to enable them to
support themselves Had families. They were, however, dis.
appointed, and wen• now starving.
On inquiry it appeared that the applicants had all been
relieved on the previous day.
Mr. Bingham Add it was a great pity that a stopewas not
put to that inhuman practice of importing such poor creatures
in droves to this country wi hoot the means of obtaining
subsistence. They were no doubt sent to get the burden
off the shoulders of those who by law arc bound to support
them, and place it ou those in this country, who were
heavily taxed to support their own poor. It was, indeed,
imposing a very• heavy tax OM the parishioners of Southwark
by compelling them to pass all the poor creatures who earn*
into their parish fur relief, and he thought that the owners
of the vessels who brought them over ought to he forced to
take the burden off the rate payers hero by conveying them
from whence they came at a shilling a head, for which sum
they brought them over.
Mr. Casluke informed his wurshipthat it cost the parishes
nearly 2/. a head to pass them over to Ireland, besides keep-
Mg liar several days.

THE SAILORS' STRIKE sr ILL CoNTlletwi AT SUN-
DZILLAND, although a number of vessels in the coasting
trade, as well as fur Mreign ports, have sailed during the
week. An important meeting of the South Shields treaMell
was held on Thursday. The object of tho meeting was to
receive u report from the delegates who had waited upon
Captain Be they and the Local Marine Board in the morn-
ing, to receive the answers from the Board of Trade to the
seamen's memorial. The answer sent them was similar
to that received by the Sunderland seamen. The deputa-
tion informed the men of the opinion expressed by the
Mayor of South Shield+, Thomas Barker, k.sq., and other
leading shipowners, of their determination to assist them in
procuring a redress of their grievances, by petitioning
parliament, de., but at the same time urging them, now
that they had entered their protest, to sign articles, and
get both foreign and misting vessels to sea before strangers
and probably foreigners were brought to the port. The
speakers at the meeting took the same view as the ship-
owners, and so did the majority of the meeting. After a
long consultation, it was not thought fair to come to a
conclusion until the men belonging to the other ports
were consulted ; and after receiving their answers it was
determined to corm to a final conclusion on the matter.
There has been some slight disturbance in both North
and South Shields, occasioned by women mobbing men who
have signed articles, but nothing of anyserious consequence.
On Tuesday a serious fracas took place at Hull between a
large body of sailors and the police of the town. The sailor*
bad assembled to prevent the sailing of a vessel called the
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YESTERDAY. Minstrel, her crew Laving signed articles for wages accord-
&POl'S Ma. Conarnswista Clortaran. ing to the new shipping office Neale. Several of the police
IN RE NASH AND Nasts.—Tate DORKING AND Rat. were wounded by stones, two of them dangerously. Seven
OATS BANK. of the seamen were taken into custody, and were brought
These bankrupts were bankers, carrying on business for a before the police magistrates on Thursday. Thomas Lewis,
period of about 60 years at Dorking and Reigate. The George Robinson, and Edwin Ellis were placed in the dock,
facts of the Case were very fully reported in our journal the two former on the charge of boarding the barque
upon the occasion of the last examination meeting, which Minstrel, with intent to intimidate the crew in tho
passed unopposed. Mr. Nash has obtained his certificate vessel from going to sea, and to use force to compel
of the second class, and the question now before the court them to go ashore; the latter, Ellis, was charged
was the certificate of Mr. Neale. with haring incited the mob with a like intent.
His Honour having reviewed the fact* of the ease, inti- They were all committed for trial the bench stating that
mated that the points which weighed with him were the bail for their appearance would be accepted. A scam=
bankrupt's conduct with respect to the transactions with charged with attempting to rescue one of the former pri-
two clerks, Johnson and ()hernia; conduct with respect to soncrs, was discharged on finding bail in a small amount to
his transactions with his own family, and the taking twenty keep the peace for six months; and Richard Crow, Charles
shares in the Maritime Insurance Company. Sinclair, and Thomas Coulman, young seamen, charged
Mr. Bagley, for the bankrupt, stated that his client, who with assaulting the police, were fined fit, and in default to
hediseen a brewer, joined the bank, with three others, in be imprisoned for two months. The "committee" have
1108,and inlB24sufferedseverely in consequeneeof the panic; bailed out the three men who were committed for trial by
and with respect toJohnson who bad been a clerk in the bank the magistrates, but they refused to pay the fines for the
for 40 yeah, the for to the itehh of 1,3001. arose in mile. men who were mulcted in 5/. each for assaulting the poll ,oe
quence of his overdrawing' on the bank as overseer of the as they deny having had any connexion with them, or had
parish of Reigate, the sum as any ether customer might in any manner sanctioned or romnted such bohemia.

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