The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE SHIP " CATHERINE PEMBERTON."—SEAMEN'S
WAGES.—This morning, while Mr. Yardley was hearing
the night. charges, a gentleman, who bad some papers
in his hand, applied on behalf of Captain George T.
Ovendon, the master of the ship Catherine Pemberton,
on whom 9 orders were served for the payment of wages
last night, for permission to pay the men at the Shipping
Office, before the Shipping master.
Mr. Yardley said this was a most improper time to
make such an application—there was a prisoner in the
dock. He had been hearing applications for hal.-an-
hour, and the gentleman should have got into the wit-
ness box 10 minutes ago.
The gentleman—The matter is pressing. We wish
to pay the men before the Shipping-master at once, and
obtain the orders of discharge and the signature of the
men to the usual release.
Mr. Yardley said he would not give his sanction to
anything of the kind. He made the orders on the
captain of the ship, after due proof of the service of the
summons. The case was out of the jurisdiction of the
shipping-master, and the money must be paid to an
officer of the court. If that was not done he should
seize the ship. He asked who bad the original orders,
copies of which hid been served en the captain.
Taplin, 234 IC, a police-constable, attached to the
court, replied—l have them, sir.
Mr. Yardley—Then enforce them.

The captain's agent said that several of the crew were
paid at the Shipping-office yesterday. The captain
waited for the other men, who were at that court, from
two till half-past four o'clock, but they did not come.
Mr. Yardley—They were here, giving evidence, and
supporting their claims. The summonses were taken
qut Saturday, and the crew were discharged on the
6th instant. They ought to have been paid before.
The applicant—Then you will not sanction the pay.
merit of the wages at the Shipping-office
Mr. Yardley—Certainly not. The orders must be
discharged in the regular legal way.
The wages, amounting to 300/. (with the costs), were
then paid to Taplin.

ROBBERY IN THE ST. KATHERINE DOCK.—George le
Roy, a labourer in the employ of the St. Katherine
Dock Company, was before Mr. Yardley, charged with
stealing two quart bottles of rum from the dock.
Henry Pope, a gate-keeper, in the employ of the St.
Katherine Dock Company, said the prisoner was leav-
ing the dock at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and ob-
serving him rather bulky he stopped him, and found a
bottle of rum in each of his trousers pocket. He
asked the prisoner where he obtained them, and the
prisoner said he had been at work among the rums
in the eastern area of the dock, and a man named Hag-
gerty gave him the two bottles of rum to carry out of
the dock, which Haggerty denied.
The prisoner repeated the statement he made to the
officer.

Mr. Yardley said if another man had given the pri-
soner the rum he knew well he had no right to receive
it. .The prisoner would not be employed in the St.
Katherine Dock or any other dock again, and the sen•

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tence upon him was that he be imprisoned and kept
to Lard labour for one calendar month.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

r,ONDON, Oat. 9.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ;
light airs and fine.

(PER ELECTRIC TELFGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind N.N.W.
Arrived.—Bordeaux, from Beyrout ; Mongolia, New
Orleans; Ceylon, Malta; Sophia, Norway.
QUEENSTOWN, OCt. 8.

Wind S.E.

Arrived.—Stratford, from Mauritius ; Circassian, Syra;
Nelsons, Pardus ; Richard Cobden, Syra ; Mathilda,
Athens ; Volumia and Leda, Syra._

KINGSTOWN, Oct. 9.

Wind N.W.
Arrived.—Jessie, from Antigua; Peter Benson, Ant-
werp.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITTSH TELEGRAM.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.12 a.m.
Wind N.N.W. ; tide two hour 4' flood; fine.
Arrived, Oct. 9th.—William Inglis, from Callao; Dio-
linda, Germany.

DEAL, Wednesday, 9.42 a.m.

Wind N.N.W., strong.
Anchored.—Martha and Jane, from Hartlepool, for
Madras; Senegal barque.
Passed.—Yarn, from Hartlepool, for Mauritius ; Wave
and Trekvalega, from Loudon, for Constantinople.
Working in —Edwin Fox, 109 transport, from Black
Sea, fur London.

PRICE OF GOLD.--The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 6 per mills premium (according to the last tariff),
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.32 ;
and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25.35, it follows that gold is about 0.12 per cent. dearer
in London than in Paris By advices from Hamburg
the price of gold is 426 per mark, which, at the Eng-
lish Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard
gold, gives an exchange of 13.5,1; and, the exchange at
Hamburg on London at short being 13.6, it follows that
gold is 0.29 per cent, dearer in London than in Ham-
burg. The course of exchange at New York on London
for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 k per cent. ; and, the
par of exchange between England and America being
109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is
nominally 0.30 per cent, in favour of England ; and,
after making allowance for charges of transport and
difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling
profit on the importation of gold from the United States.
Portsmouth harbour and roadsteads are getting a busy
look again with the rapidly-accumulating returns of the
members of the Baltic fleet. The steam troop-ship
Simoom has been greatly improved, and her speed in.
creased, it is estimated, two and a half or three knots.
The Simoom is wanted to embark upwards of 1,000
troops immediately.
CONSECRATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, NORTH BRIX-
TON.—.This church, formerly known as Holland Chapel,
but recently converted into a district church, under the
ministry of the Rev. James M'Connell Hussey, was yes-
terday consecrated by the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop
of Winchester. The sermon was preached by the Rev.
Charlton Lane, incumbent of St. Mark's, Kennington.
and rural dean. At the evening service the sermon was
preached by the Right Rev, the Bishop of Sierra Leone.
The church has lately undergone extensive alterations,
and been greatly enlarged, affording accommo,tawn to
several hundred more persons, and the taste displayed
in the decoration reflects great credit upon all engaged.
FIRE AT MAlDSTONE.—Yesterday morning, between
four and five o'clock, an alarming fire was discovered
at
the Sbip, an extensive public-house, situate at Gabriel 'a-
hill, Maidstone. For some time the greatest fears were
entertained for the safety cf the inmates, but it wap
eventually ascertained that, after much difficulty, they
had escaped. Several horses which were stabled there
were also fortunately extricated: Too much praise can-
not be bestowed upon the soldier!, who carne down in
numbers, for their unceasing exertions in preserving an
area in which the firemen and others of their comrades
exerted themselves. The fire continued burning about
an hour, completely gutting the premises. The cause
is unknown.