The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-07 00:00:00

ILLEGALLY ENTERING MEN ON 130.48 D

MERCHANT SHIPS.

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PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 6.—A case of same importauce to
the commercial and Royal navies -was heard by the
-borough magistrates here to-day. The Commander-in.
Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, was present
during its hearing,
Victory. The circumstances of the case were as follows.
James Clark, a waterman, belonging to Gosport, ap.
peared to answer to an information, laid under ale 8 and
9 Vic., chapter 116, intituled an "Act for the protection
of seamen entering on board merchant ships,".. bent
"provided and supplied a seaman named John Oram,
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absence
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seaman, ha v in g
deposed
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f.ollowing. day. On the following Saturday, about three
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rwmndiothketrd,,oetaufhentenood;erthyt uuswealt.thwm,ootoi.anmitt:lio4o: :
Lou. ld get you.," .Be also said, "Do you want a ship 1"
zeitlsesstreipadliediarnthalatnrw'ke'fa.he didn't know that he did—he
abwaeloynnkt: etta.S,ea,
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p"hHeercaepatraeintvraosskmedeayrtitymng
seamen. They replied they were ordinary seyamen ableh
captain replied that. he had plenty of ordinary se. e
Clark had some private conversation with the cap amt
after which he took them on shore to the Qne3:o
Hotel, where they met the captain of the Blenheim and
the owner. Witness and his companion then put down
their names. They shortly afterwards parted with de.
fendant, who said, "Be sure, you are down in the morn-
ing, as I want you to see the owner." Clark also told
them to look out for some more chaps. They did eo,
and found out another man, named Mason. The three
went together on Sunday morning with Clark to the
Quebec, when the owner told them they must call again
on the Monday morning, as he could give them no
answer then. On Monday morning Clark, who was
always looking out for them, again took them to the
Quebec Hotel, two more men having by this time joined
them. The owner was not, however, at the Quebec
Hotel, and they went over to a beer-house, where they
stopped two hours. They then met with the owner in
the street, when Clark asked him if he had heard from
London ; the owner said he had not • on which Clark
said, "Do you mean to take these• three chaps ?" The
owner replied "He did, but he could say nothing abotit
the other two." Clark afterwards borrowed is., to
give them something to eat, which they had opposite
Victoria pier. They stopped there till late at night, and
before leaving arranged with Clark to be at the Victoria
pier on the following morning at 7 o'clock, the latter
telling them to be sure to be there, or he should be
money out of pocket. Witness did meet him, and went
with him to the Custom-house ; the other seamen were
with them. They there signed there names to go on
board the Blenheim Indiaman. A person gave them an
advance note for 11. 15s. each. They took the note to
Messrs. Pierce, in High-street, the agents of the owner,
who gave the full amount fur their notes. They then
bought some blankets and clothes, and went to two
beer-houses, after which they went straight on board the
Blenheim.
This being the case for the prosecution, Mr. Low, for
the defendant, said he could not gainsay the evidence or
the charge ; but he thought the Government might be
satisfied with a conviction on this information, without
pressing the other five informations that had been taken
out against his client. The Admiralty did not, he pre-
sumed, wish to inflict a vindictive punishment.
On the suggestion of Mr. Swainson, the Admiralty'
solicitor, defendant pleaded guilty to the other five in-
formations. Two of these were the same as the above
stated.case, viz., for having illegally provided and sup-
plied two other men, Mason and Gardiner, to the Blen-
heim, the penalty in each case being 201., or six months'
hard labour. The three other informations charged de-
fendant with having received 15s. for shipping from
Mason and Gardiner,, the penalty for each of these of-
fences being 51.
The bench fined defendant 151. with costa on the first
information, or four months' hard labour ; and ls., or
one day's hard labour, on the others. He went below.
The proceedings then terminated.
•

ALARMING RIOTS AT KIDDERMINSTER.
THE MILITARY CALLED OUT.

( From the Wolverhampton Chnonicle.)
On Friday evening last a number of turn-outs made an
attack on the factory of Messrs. Pardoe, Hoonan, and
Pardoe, at Kidderminster, dernoli,hing about two hun-
dred panes of glass, and were only prevented from doing
further mischief by the activity of the police. On the
ensuing evening the congregations of malcontents in the
streets were so numerous and threatening that the Riot
Act was read, and it was with great difficulty that the
peace of the town could be preserved. The magistrates
having communicated with Lord Lyttleton, the Lord
Lieutenant of the county, portions of six troops of the
Worcestershire Yeomanry entered the town on Sunday.
This display of power in support of law and order had
the desired effect, the men came to an arrangement with
their masters, agreed on Monday night to return to their
work, and so relieved the town from all peril and anxiety,
Six weeks ago a new " fabric," called 5-Bth; was put on
the looms, for which the masters would only pay a price
proportionate, as to size, to that for which they paid for
the 3-4ths. Against this the workmen in the employ of
Messrs. Pardoe, Hoonan, and Pardoe struck, on Mon-
day, the 21st ultimo, alleging that though the 5-Bths was
less in size than the 3.4ths, it was more troublesome, and
required more time to work, and demanding that the
same price, 2d. per yard, should be paid for the 5-Bths
as for the 3-4ths. The Messrs. Pardoe and Hoonan,
after some consideration, admitted the claim, but the
men, emboldened by the inch conceded to them, refused
to go to work until the half of the halfpenny which had
been taken off was restored, and they received 2}d. a yard
both for 3-4ths and 5 Bths. Matters went on till Wed.
nesday last, when a number of men were brought from
Halifax by Messrs. Pardoe and noonan, and, to
prevent their being interfered with, were lodged in
the factory. This brought matters to a crisis, and
about nine o'clock on Friday evening, after an excited
meeting of the turn-outs, at the George Inn, they
twoadjoining
hun-
dred panes of glass, and had nearly succeeded in forcing
Messrs. went dov ‘p r
dt
oo e a
and pl a cHe 0 coanl
al end s
factory,lbinrgoke
the door, when the borough police were brought in a
body to the spot, and, after great trouble and exertion,
they succeeded in inducing the mob to disperse. The
next morning, at a meeting of the magistrates, it was
resolved to send for a reinforcement of the county police
—which arrived in the course of the day—and to send
to the lord-lieutenant of the county. On Saturday
evening about a dozen more men from Halifax arrived,
and were escorted from the railway station by the police
to the factory. This was the signal for fresh disturb.
ances ; the riot act was read, and two of the more active
rioters were apprehended ; but beyond the terror which
the disturbances excited they did no mischief. The em-
ployers decided they would pay Crossly's prices—those
paid by Mr. Crossly, who is, we understand, the paten.
tee of the tapestry iprocesses at which the men work—
and no other, and that they were some of the men 'who
had struck whom they would not receive back under any
circumstances. About eighty went in when the bell
rung on Monday, at nine and two o'clock, but did no
work. Several deputations waited on the employers
during the day to endeavour to induce them to receive
tinuren%ocoutnasaetn athteeilrnfneiloinw.twheorekvetnneinngthe
resuming`in
wa rokr ekdi,
all the men back, but in vain ; and at a meeting of the
Pteadrktog
in the hope that by doing so their employers might ex•
tend mercy to all. With these sixteen exceptions, the
whole of the tapestry weavers resumed work yesterday
(Tuesday) morning at Crossly's prices, viz., one penny
and seven-eighths of a penny per yard, instead of two-
pence, farthing, for Which they had struck, or of two-
pence, which the masters at first agreed to give- The
two men arrested on Saturday were brought before tite
magistrates on Monday, and dismissed with a
„repri-
mand. On Monday evening there were only about 1,06°1
of the yeomanry remaining in the town,
which aa'
almost entirely restored to its wonted quietude.

GAMBLING ON RA.ILWAYEL—A London solicitor was
travelling the other day between Edinburgh and Glen.
gow, when he was joined at or about the Falkirk station
by three gentlemanly-looking men, who, by and by, pro.
-di cect.three cards, -and induced the solicitor to take part
in the game. In a verrshert period he had lost, or wag
done out of, 121. As they wensf,,abeut to leave at the
ICampsie Junction, he gave informatioF_to the guard,
when they were brought back to the train, find handed
pyows
teehsr
e,e ifL abouto notud o
Isomething
o solicitor,demand
over to the police on their arrival in Glasgow, to whom
they were perfectly well known as fellows who frequent
worse. The fiscal, after investigating the case, was of
opinion that there was not sufficient legal proof to con-
the railways for gambling
vict the men of swindling, and they were accordingly
anmg
losthpleurbre eeegn
and which, meanwhile, had been retained
tdhisemite.dv; hievhhradthb
gow police, they found that the Rev. mr. by the Ghia-
minister of Falkirk, had raised an action. Legg, the
before , the
sheriff, contending, under an old
ment, for the half of the money thus Scotch act of Parlia-
for behoof of the poor of his . won by gambling
on is, we believe, that of 1621arish. The act founded
explicit, and was onerativr, ch. 14, and it is quite
speaking, as 1774 and 1775 so recently, oompar,stiv6ls,
well provided with legal . These fellows are always
chances are decidedly ' assistance ; but in this case the
in favour
the half of the stakes of the minister getting
with him. ; and assuredly he has public feeling