The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-03 00:00:00

THE STUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1854.

give her a night's I lodging, but merely handed her some
bread.
Mr. Arnold dii •ected one of the summoning officers to
desire the attend: ,nce of one of the relieving officers.
Knowland, the officer, who had been sent, shortly re-
turned, and state I that they were both attending to their
outdoor duties, 1 mit that a person in authority at the
workhouse had st ated that if he brought the woman she
should be admit te d.
Mr. Arnold vet narked that she ought to have been
admitted withou .t their being sent to by a magistrate. It
could not be per mitted that poor persons without a place
to lay their heads ;should be forced to wander about the
streets in this int ement weather. But a few days ago
they had similarly refused a poor woman from Manches-
ter, seven months advanced in pregnancy. If he heard
of any more such teases of neglect of duty he would im-
mediately lay the I uatter before the Poor Law Board.

asked by one of the men, "who was going to work the
ship, for that they would not l" After sundry other
remarks to the same purport, they all went forward,
stating that they would do no more duty. James
Massey being the last to leave the cabin, was asked if
he agreed with the other men ? when he said he did not,
although he knocked off with the rest. John Nally was
at the wheel from 8 a.m. till noon, no one relieving him
when four bells were struck. At 10.30 a.m. the chief
mate went • forward to see if they were going to turn to,
when they refused, John Thompson saying, put the
ship's head east north east half east, and see how soon
we'll turn to then. At seven bells, 11.30 a.m., the ship
was pumped out by the first and second officers, Parker
(one of the old hands), the steward, and A. Chilton, ap-
prentice, the crew, by their refusal, running the risk of
allowing the water to wash up to the bottom of the
cargo, the ship rolling heavily at the time. Some of the
men were sitting at the door of the forecastle at the time
smoking and looking at the officers pumping. The object
of the men was evidently to intimidate Captain Baker,
and compel him by their refusal of duty to take the ship
into a port, they having previously to leaving Callao
received two months' wages (161.) each in advance.
Noon the men went to dinner, no one coming to relieve
the wheel, which was taken by Parker, by Captain
Baker's orders, and he remained there until 4 p.m., no
one relieving him. 1 p.m. The chief mate was sent
forward to inform the men that the captain wished to
speak to them ; when they all came into the cabin.
Captain Baker asked them if they were still of the same
mind ? when they said they were, particularly Storrs
and Thompson, the latter repeating a great deal of what
has been previously mentioned, in the presence of the
first and second officers, and stating that he did not
want the captain to go to Callao, but that any other
port would do as well. Captain Baker stated that if he
should be so unfortunate at any time as to be compelled
to put back, that Callao would be the port he should go
to, as the cargo being the property of the Peruvian Go-
vernment they would take steps to punish the men for
their misconduct. Captain Baker then stated distinctly
his determination to proceed, that he and his officers
would pump the ship out, that he would let her drift
round Cape Horn, and trust to picking up a few hands
from the outward bound ships, and also telling the men
that if they did not work they should not eat, when
John Mitchell said it was more than he dare do to keep
them without provisions. Captain Baker said he had
made up his mind on the point, and upon one of the
men saying that they would not go without pro-
visions, said that he would shoot the first man who
came aft and attempted to take anything. He said
also that he was well aware that the men had firearms in
the forecastle, having heard a shot fired the day the ship
left Callao. Thompson stated that it was he who fired,
and that he had been in the habit of carrying firearms
in other ships he had been in. Andrew Storrs stated
that Captain Baker was not going to frighten them, and
that he feared death as little as any man, and that if
they came aft it would be in a body, when Captain Baker
warned him that he would probably lose his life in the
attempt. Other remarks were made by both parties,
Captain Baker advising the men to return to their duty.
Thompson and Storrs were evidently the ringleaders in
the affair. They again went into the forecastle, refusing
duty.— 3.30 p.m. The men all came aft, and wanted to
know from Captain Baker whether the above occur-
rences had been logged, and, if they turned to, whether
any steps would be taken against them on their account
in England, and whether their wages would be paid.
Captain Baker replied that it would depend on their
subsequent conduct ; that they had committed a very
serious offence, but that, if they did their duty properly
for the future, no notice would be taken of the affair.
Upon this the men returned to their duty, after leaving
the ship without hands to manage her in the worst of bad
weather coming on, and endeavouring to compel the ship
to return to port by their threats of not doing more duty,
and thereby causing the owners many hundreds of
pounds expense. Set them to repair the foretopsail,
which had been split in the morning watch, and unbent
for repairs , the officers having been engaged in repairing
it, the men refusing to do it."
Captain Baker having been cross-examined at great
length, and some evidence having been given,
Mr. Ingham said he would advise Captain Baker to
resist the payment of wages to Thompson, Storrs, and
Bigsby, the ringleaders in the mutiny, to the utmost,
and to come to an arrangement with the others. There
was a clear case of misconduct on one side, and not a
clear legal view as to what was to be done on the other.
After a long conference the proceedings were ad-
journed, in order to afford an opportunity for compro-
mising the case.

SPOR'

ITES.

FLYING FLAKES.

The continued severity of the weather has stopped all
out-door sports, except those of skating and sliding. A
telegraphic communication received this morning informs
me that the Stretford Meeting is postponed sine die, nor
will any steeplechases take place this week at Westbury.
Until the weather breaks, little betting business will be
transacted. Horses have been stopped in their work,
and their preparation for their early spring engagements
will be materially impeded.
The Duke of Richmond has announced his determina-

tion of retiring from all active participation in the sports
of the turf, and with this intent has sold his horses in
training and young stock to Messrs. Greville and Payne.
The annual race meeting at Goodwood will not, how-
ever, be discontinued. The retirement of so staunch and
tried a supporter of the turf is widely regretted, but the
sporting fraternity had long been prepared for it.
The retrogression of Miss Mowbray in the betting on
the Liverpool Steeplechase is the only important incident
that has marked the sloe► progress of speculation since
my last communication. Rumour asserts that her party
have been forestalled in the market, but the most pro-
bable supposition is that the unfavourable reports so
industriously circulated respecting her and her owner's
intentions are merely " weak inventions of the enemy."
January 3. A FRESH MAN.

MARLBOROU GH-STREET. William Simmons
was charged with I raving stolen an immense quantity of
valuable property I relonging to his employers, Messrs.
Lambert and Ca., t he extensive goldsmiths an jewellers
in Coventry-street ; and John, Henry Jones was charged
with having recreivr 3d the property, knowing it to have
been stolen. .

The amount of property stolen is stated to exceed
4,0001., about f;01. of which has been recovered.
Mr. George I Almbert said—The prisoner Simmons has
been in our erni3l oy between 19 and 20 years as shop-
man, and latter!: y his salary was 2001. a year. He left
our service on the sth of December, in the middle of
business hours, i vithout saying anything, and never re-
turned. I after, ards examined the stock, and missed a
large quantity of;nlate and jewellery, and, amongst other
property, a gold. vatch. The police having been applied
to the prisoner via s immediately taken into custody. I
received a letter :from the prisoner, and in consequence
of that letter, I had an interview with him at the police
police court on th.i3 20th of last month. He said to me,
" Try all you CAD. to get me out of this trouble. I have
.served you long: and faithfully until this affair." I an-
swered, " Ibe lief 'e you have, Simmons, and I wish you
could tell me about some of these articles," at the same
time showing nirn a list. He looked at it and said, " I
believe I have tali:en everything in it." I then told him
that a mourning ring, which formed part of some pro-
perty pledged at Lawton's on the Saturday previous to
his leaving, had -the name of Frewen on it, and I wished
to know if he 1 iad_ not got the ring from any of the
Frewens. He a aid, " No, he took it from some cus-
tomer, but he did not know his name." He then added
there was no entry in his book to show from whom he
took the ring: ,fter I had read through the list of pro-
perty which had been pledged the prisoner said, " I
took all the anti ties. I will not put you to a shil-
ling expense for I intend to plead guilty." I asked
him to tell me the amount he had robbed the firm
of, and whether it amounted to 5001. ? He replied,
" I think not so : much, but I cannot tell." He added,
" I have sometim es gone monthatogether without taking
anything, and has re only been induced to act dishonestly
when exceeding!) hard pressva." He then said, "for
God's sake, get Ime out of this trouble ;" but I said I
did not know Inc .w I could do so. I have inspected
the goods product Jd by the several pawnbrokers, and I
believe them all to be our property. Some of them were
marked by mys elf.. It was the duty of Simmons, when-
ever he made a sale, to enter the particulars in a book ;
but none of the. property now produced has been so
entered in his book.

Police-sergenril , Godfrey, C division, took Jones into
custody on the tit th inst., while in the act of pledging a
ring at Mr. Laa 7 ton's, Green-street, Leicester-square.
The prisoner, on being asked whose ring it was, replied,
after some hesits ,tion, " It's my own ; I have had it
sonic time." The pawnbroker then produced a gold
chain, a rnournin g ring, and some salt spoons which had
been pledged by • the prisoner on the previous Saturday.
Witness asked t't ie prisoner who gave him the property.
The prisoner rep lied he was not obliged to tell, as he
might be getting: other people into trouble as well as him-
self. After a short hesitation the prisoner said he re-
ceived the prop erty from Mrs. (Simmons, of No. 2,
Archer-terrace, ' Westbourne-grove, and that she gave
the article to him on Saturday (.ivening, in Prince's-
street ; that he :pledged the property as directed, and
gave the money to Mrs. Simmons. The prisoner, in
reply to a quest' ion if he had been.in the habit of pledging
, property for Si, amens, said yes, he had pledged plate ,
and jewellery sn a great man.y occasions ; so many
that he could not tell the number. Witness asked
the prisoner Jo ales if lie hr..l ever pledged property
for other perso .ns. He replied, " Yes, but I decline
to say for wh our." Witness asked him if he knew
Simmons, and that he was. The prisoner laughed, and
said, " I know Simmons, and of course where he works."
The prisoner acknowledged that he kept 10s. for himself
out of the produce of the Saturday's pledging. The pri-
sonor Jones for me rly kept a public-house, but latterly
was out of busine is. Had seen Simmons at Jones's
house when he ke pt the Bull's Head in Crown-street:
Took the prisoner, Simmons into custody on the 10th, and
told him it was :for robbing his employers. The pri-
soner said this is all brought about through distress at
home, in consequE nee of my wife's business failing. I
was short of mono, y, and was tempted to take the first
article, and having taken one article I could not retract.
The prisoner said be knew nothing of Jones until he re-
ceived an anonym. ous letter informing him that it was
known he was rc .bbing his employers. He then saw
Jones about the 1 etter, and Jones told him it was all
right, he had not i nentioned the information to any one.
Twenty pledges from Miss Fleming's were produced—
nearly all of whisk had been pledged for Jones by a wit-
ness named Dodd. All the property was identified by
Mr. Lambert.
Other property was produced by Mr. Lawton, of
Green-street, Mr. Stevens, of Newington, and Mr.
Stevens, of Warclo ur-street, which was also identified by
Mr. Lambert.
The prisoners ri nerved their defence, and were fully
committed.
Thomas JohnjW ells, Abraham Lyons, John Pearson,
John Edwards, Rit.hard Morgan, Arthur Pearson, Ar-
thur Mattheunon, and John Perkins, were charged with
having been found in a common gaming house, No. 8,
Jermyn-street.
The evidence was of the usual description. The police
effected their entrance with some difficulty, and when
they got in were: unable to find any implements of
gambling.
Mr. Jardine said there was no sufficient case against
he defendants, and they must be discharged.

THE MAIDEN'S CLIFF IN THE ISLAND OF ZEALAND.
—There is scarcely a spot in Denmark, Sweden, or
Norway, without its historical reminiscence—not an an-

tiquated castle but has its tale of horror—scarcely a wood
without elves, or water without nymphs. The people deal
largely in folk-lore and legends, and here is a story appro-
priate for Christmas :—" In a sea-side village at the base
of yon white cliff, lived a maiden, the fairest of the fair
of all Zealand's daughters. She was white as the driven
snow, and as innocent as any lamb can be, and therefore
she was called Agnes. All the young lads sighed for
a sight of her, and composed the prettiest songs to
honour her; but she took no notice of this, and busied
herself in her mother's house. Only one desire filled the
maiden's heart, and that was a longing for the green sea
flood. When it was eventide she would sit upon the white
cliff, with her head resting on her hand, looking dreamily
forth upon the still majesty of the passing waves. Then
once the sea opened, and the Sea-king came out of the
humid grave that heaved over his palace. When the
vassals of the mighty ruler were aware of his presence,
they rushed forward on all sides—the Thunder with his
rolling car, and the Storm with his mighty wings.
Hissing, the breaker dashed against the cliff, and said " I
mm here !' and the clouds rushed down wrapped in a white
mantle of rain. But the Sea-king is peaceable and calm
of mind. lie shook his head indignantly, and motioned
to the unruly ones to retire. The thunder-car drove off,
the storm fled away, the breaker sank down, the clouds
retired, and the moon shone brightly down on the
Maiden's Cliff. The god of dreams came forward smil-
ing to meet the dawning morn. Agnes opened her
eyes. Before her knelt the Sea-king, in his mail of
sea-green, strewn with pearls. Terrified, she shrank
back on beholding him. But the Sea-king looked
upon her with an eye full of undisguised magic, and
to quiet her this was done. The Sea-king took
her in his arms ; he pressed her to his heart, and im-
printed a kisi on her trembling lips. With this kiss all
memory of the past fled ; church and altar, mother and
home, were forgotten. She threw herself into the bosom
of the Sea-king, and put on a purple robe that arose from
the waves, to descend to the heaving kingdom of her
husband. She sat on his diamond throne, and shared
with him the glories of the world. She reposed in his
arms, and with him wandered through the pleasant places
of his kingdom. The past was forgotten ; there was no
thought of the future— she bloomed only in the present.
But, in the silent nights, the jubilation or the wail of the
upper world pealed in the depths of the sea, and this ge-
nerally awoke in the breast of Agnes remembrance of the
earth she had quitted, and called her back with admonitory
words. In vain the Sea-king prayed her not to.forsake
him, and heaped new treasures, with no effect, at her
feet. She would only take one day to tarry on the cliff,
to once more embraoe her mother, and to pray in the
little church. Then the Sea-king could no longer re-
fuse her. He cast her into a gentle slumber, and, when
she awoke, she was lying on the strand, in the same spot
where she had first seen her husband. She hastened
to cast off leaden sleep, and took the well-known
path leading to her mother's cottage. But her mother
was dead, and the cottage was in ruins. Neighbours
were about, but Agnes knew none of them, for they were
the grandchildren of the boys and girls she had played
with when a maiden. She looked around terrified on
her once familiar but now strange home, and the fisher-
men were astonished, on their aide, to see the woman
clad in pearls and sea-weed, looking so anxiously
around her. Then the church bells began to ring,
and the chorus of worshippers fell solemnly upon her
ear. Agnes trod the sacred threshold that burnt under
her feet. She put her hand to touch the holy water ;
but the water 'shrank back, and she withdrew her
finger dry. She cast a timid glance at the high altar ;
but the figures of the saints turned their. backs upon
her, for she had been faithless to the Lord. Full of
terror, she fled from the temple to the sea, that sounded
with delight at her approach. The Sea-king curbed his
sea-horse, and fondly stretched forth his arms to re-
ceive her. Then she perceived a cross which stood on
the brink of the cliff. A pious pilgrim had erected it
who had been shipwrecked here. Weeping aloud, Agnes
fell on her knees before the cross, and embraced it with
both arms. The waves dashed high over the cliff, but
had no power over the cross, and Agnes prayed, Holy
"Virgin, have pity upon me.' But next morning a poor
fisherman found Agnes dead at the foot of the cross, and
buried her there. Every night the Sea-king came to the
strand. He seated himself upon her grave, and wept
tears that rolled down like pearls in the sand. With
these pearls the pious fishermen built a small church,
which is known to the sailor from afar as a sum beacon.
This is the Maiden's Cliff."
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LAMBETH.—Mr. John George Brown, who described
himself as a surgeon, practising at No. 2, High-street,
Clapham, but who it appears has no medical qualification,
surrendered in discharge of his bail before Mr. Elliott.
The defendant is the person who dislocated the arm
of a brothel-keeper's daughter in Gay wood-street, Lon-
don-road. A fortnight ago he was brought to this court
for that assault, and after hearing the case on two dif-
ferent occasions, Mr. Elliott, in consideration of the se-
rious injury sustained by the complainant, permitted the
matter to be arranged. The defendant agreed to pay 4/.,
but, under the advice of his lawyer, he broke his pro-
mise. A second summons was granted, but to this he
did not think fit to attend, and a warrant was then
issued against him. On this he was taken into custody,
and was bound over in sureties by Mr. Norton to appear
before Mr. Elliott.

The defendant expressed his deep regret that he had
suffered himself to be led astray by a person who ought
to have known better, and begged his worship to allow
him now to settle the matter, and pay the additional ex-
penses the complainant had been put to.
Mr. Elliott observed that if the complainant did not
think proper to proceed with the case there would be an
end to the matter.

The defendant, it was said, paid 51., and the corn
plainant having expressed herself satisfied, the warrant
was dismissed.

THAMES.—Captain William S. Baker, the master
of the ship City of Manchester, of Liverpool, appeared
to answer the claims of thirteen seamen, who each de-
manded a balance of 191. 19s. 6d., making a total of
1591. 13s. 6d., for services on a voyage from Callao to
London.

Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, appeared for the seamen,
and stated that they shipped at Callao for London, at
81. per month, on a voyage to London, and that each
man received 161., or two months advance, and that
the real balances due to them amounted on the average
to about 251. 10s. each ; but to bring the 'case within
the magistrate's jurisdiction, the claims had been reduoed
below 201. in each case.

The case of William Thomas was first taken, and a
prina facie case having been established on his behalf,
Mr. Pelham, who appeared for Captain Baker, said
the seamen did perform, from time to time, meritorious
services, but a more mutinous, disorderly, and insubor-
dinate crew had never sailed in a ship, and they had
endeavoured to make a revolt, and had committed an
ogence which in law was deemed to be piracy. Instead
or giving the men into custody for mutiny and piracy,
as the captain might have done, he had adopted the
more lenient course of seeking to punish them by an
abatement of their wages. With that view the case
had been submitted to the magistrate's consideration.
Mr. Smith said the acts of the seamen had been con-
doned by the captain. The misconduct of the crew ex-
tended over a period of seven or eight hours only, and
their subsequent services continued for a period of about
six months afterwards.

Mr. Pelham admitted the condonation of the mutiny,
but the subsequent conduct of the crew was not in ac-
cordance with the terms of the contract. The captain
had made a promise, or at least a conditional one, while
under duresse, and it was not binding.
Captain Baker was then sworn and examined at great
length. He read the following entry in the official log-
book :—" July 23, 1853, Saturday, 9 a.m., lat. 36.23
south, long. 82.44 west. While at breakfast this day,
Captain Baker was informed that the crew wished' to
see him. Upon admitting them they stated it to be
their intention not to proceed any further in the ship,
but that she must put back to be surveyed. Upon ask-
ing them their reasons for such conduct, John Thomp-
son, Parker Bigsby, and Andrew Storrs, were the prin-
cipal spokesmen, and stated that the ship was not in a
fit state to go to sea, for several reasons, and the prin-
cipal appeared to be that the ratlines were out of order,
some of the running gear was bad, that the end of the
topsail halyard's fall had broken, that the main tack was
bad, that . ship rolled so much (a heavy beam sea on)
they could not stand, and several other trivial remarks.
They stated their determination not to do any more
work, and that they would at once knock off, sta-
ting their minds were made up, and particularly
Thompson, Storrs, and Bigsby, the latter leaving
the cabin and calling upon the other men
to follow, saying it was no use to stand there
talking ; their minds were made up. Captain Baker
remonstrated ;with them on the course they were pur-
suing, explaining to them that an illegal combination at
sea would, upon inquiry, probably bring down upon
them a sentence of transportation, and stated that
nothing would induce him to put back, when 4 he was