The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-06 00:00:00

Was etpreseed at this intelligence, and the defendant was
reqtlested to &tate the facts lie Ives acquainted with.
" *hi, the truth ii;" said be,' she fell in love with a big
sailor—a regular Long Tom Coffin, and she would give
him gin ; and then he thought be might be upon more
familiar terms with her, and he was not disappointed."
The defendant went even so far as to point out a sailor as
the lover, and the plaintiff resolved to punish the person
who had dishonoured him, " I can prove the criminal
Intercobree," Said the defendant; " ift fact, it Was Sri bare-
faced that every hotly was a witness to it--indeed, it is
quite a scandal to religion and morality." The plaintiff;
in this emergency, threw himself upon the kindness and
disinterestedness of the defendant, who said he had made
arrangements for the lady, and had found a comfortable
place for her at Greenwich. For this the plaintiff ex-
pressed his gratitude; and, being preVehted himself, by
the serious injury he had sustained, from visiting his un-
fortunate wife, he placed the most perfect reliance upon
the friendship of the defendant, who pledged himself to
take the greatest care of her. Proceedings were then in-
stituted against the sailor, whom it was the plaintiff's in-
tention to compel to pay, in person, if not in puree, for
the injury inflicted.
One of the Jury asked whether those proceedings bad
been dropped ?
It was replied by the witness in support of the case,
that when it was found the old gentleman was the seducer,
the proceedings were dropped against the sailor, and com-
menced against the hoary veteran. It appeared that the
latter had got so deeply entangled in love, that he found
it necessary to take up his abode along with the lady
and they now ate and drank, and slept together. Notice
of action bad been served upon the ancient Lothario, but
lie took no notice of it, and not only allowed judgment to
go by default, but never applied to an attorney on the
subject, leaving it quite to the impartiality of the Jury.
The Jury then assessed the damages at 75/.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

On Saturday a deputation from a society of which the
Rev. Mr. Smith is a member, instituted for the relief of
poor 'sailors, waited upon the Loan Akron, in conse-
quence of a contradiction which appeared in the newspapers
to the statement made some days ago in the justice-room,
on the subject of the distress existing amongst seamen.
It was stated by the deputation that there was, unhap-
pily, but too much cause for complaint ; that great distress
existed amongst the seamen, and that in the approaching
severe weather the instances would, no doubt, increase to
an infinite extent.

The deputation then mentioned the leading causes. The
ships which traded to the Baltic and the North of Europe,
were chiefly laid up during the winter, and their 'crews
thrown out of employment. The same was the case with
the traders to Quebec, Montreal, Miramichi, and other
parts of North America, and with the North-country col-
liers. Ships of war were dismantled and paid off. The
casualties of the sea clot thousands of seamen utterly des►i-
tute upon the shores of England, and those taken off
wreck. in different parts of the world crowded home to
this country.
The deputation considered it necessary most particularly
to represent to his Lordship the universal system of mari-
time plunder, so notoriously prevalent in the crimping eye-
tem of the port of London. By the operation of that sys-
tem, hundreds of plundered, ruined, and demoralised
worsen, were cast pennylees and hounelees upon the streets
of London. The East and West India fleets required to
be manned at certain periods, and the crimps then made
regular sale of the poor sailors, who left great part of the
two months' advance in their hands. The merchant
fleet. were thus provided with hands, and no room was
left for the crowds who flocked from the outports. There
was another fetal obstacle to the employment of sailors in
London—the universal practice now adopted of engaging
lumpers, or the commonest day labourers, to load and un-
load all ships in the port of London. But a very short
time would pore, that the spprehensions of the most
hitter distress amongst seamen was net unfounded. In
addition to the causes already enumerated, there was the
dreadful wreck of 20 Greenland vessels in Melville Bay.
All the crews were returning home.

It was here stated to the Lord Meyor, that by whatever
circumstance the change was produced, the most palpable
alteration had taken place in the character of the sailor.
Shesmen were now to be found begging as perseveringly as
the most experienced and inveterate mendicants.
The Loin Iklavoit believed that the genend distress
would receive a great allevittion from the active and en-
lightened exertions of the Government.

The deputation thought it peculiarly nereesary to esta-
blish an asylum for the seamen. The most desirable plan
would be to obtain an old sloop of war from the Admi •
ralty, in which 300 or 400 destitute sailors might be
sheltered, and from which they might be shipped daily.
The deputation, after having stated the above cireum-
gunge*, retired. . _ _