The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-03 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—A court-martial will be
held to-morrow on board the Victory, to try a marine
of the Blazer steam-vessel for drunkenness.

The following gentlemen passed yesterday in the Ex-
cellent for the rank of lieutenant:—Mr. Burnaby, acting
lieutenant; Mr. Soady and Mr. Andrews, acting mates;
Niessrs. Legh, Parks, Johnstone, and Doran, acting
mates; Mr. Calvert, acting lieutenant; and Mr. Winn-
yett, midshipman.
The Ajax, 60, steam guard-ship, which was to be tried
with all hEr weights aboard to-morrow, will not be tried
until Monday.
The Dauntless, new screw-frigate, 22, by Finchman,
was docked this morning to have her bottom cleaned. It
is reported she will be lengthened.
The Curlew, old 10 gun brig, was docked this after-
noon, to converted into a mooring lighter.
Wind—W. by S.; fresh breezes and fine weather.

CHATHAM, AUGUST 2.—The Meeanee, 80 guns, built
at Bombay, Commander Inglefield acting, was towed
into this harbour by the Pigmy and Advice steam-
veasels on the afternoon of the Ist inst., having a number
of Invalid soldiers from India on board, consisting of
the Queen's troops and the East Indic Company's.
Most of the latter aro men of twenty-three years' ser-
vice. One man has lost his leg by a cannon shot.
They proceeded to London by the Coquet steamboat the
same evening, and the Queen's troops landed at the
dockyard, consisting of 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, and 30
privates, with 2 women and 4 children, of the 101 h
Hussars; 5 sergeants, 1 corporal, 2 drummers, and 26
privates, wish 8 women, and 11 children, of the Bth
Foot; 5 sergeants, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 56 pri-
iate s o
pri-
vates, of the 22d (Cheshire), with 9 women and 21
children;
an of
Rtihfle the Fs, with oot; octal
children; 78th
l and
High-
landers, 18
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60th
1 sergeant, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, 36 privates,
and 1 sergeant and 10 privates of the 86th, and 1 ser-
geant and 21 privates, with 4 children, of the 94th
Regiment, and 1 corporal and 7 privates of the St..
Helena Regiment, with 1 child—making a total of 15
sergeants, 8 corporals, 4 drummers, and 205 privates, with
19 women and 40 children. Private John Whitmore and
Private BenjaminWinfield,cf the 22d Regiment, were pri-
soners, having been discharged from the regiment with
ignominy. Major R. H. South, of the 86th, is in com-
mand, with the following officer::—Lieutenant A. J.
Garnett, Lieutenant Ellis J. Charter, and Assistant-
Surgeon James Richard Fennell, Bth Foot, Lieutenant
Alexander .A.lackeeze, 78th, and Lieutenant F. B. Cow-
per, 86th, who took charge of the Company's troops.
The invalids aro those who were selected from the
regiments when they were ordered for service up the
country. There are about 25 severe cases of illness,
and the men were conveyed in vans to the hospital at
Fort Pitt. The troops state, that owing to shortness of
provisions every eight soldiers were put upon every four
seamen's allowances during the whole of the voyage,
which was done for 114 days. They sailed from Bom-
bay on the 2d of April last, and on the 6th of June they
put in at St. Helena, and took in water, remaining there
seven days. The Melampus, 42 guns, Captain T. H.
Mason, was convoy to the above ship, having a comple-
ment of 342 men ; this ship is also in the river, dis-
charging her' powder, and arrived here this morning to
be paid off. The following deaths occurred during the
passage on board the Meeanee-3 men of the 10th Hus-
sars, 5 men of the Bth Feet, 1 man of the 86th, and 1
man of the 94th; there were also 3 sailors and 3 women
died. The troops have brought with them an immense
quantity of baggage.

Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Sierra Leone.
THE OPERATIVE BAKERS' SOCIETY.--Last night
a crowded meeting of the journeymen and master bakers
of London, members of the above society, was held in
the theatre of the Literary and Scientific Institution,
Leicester-square, on the progress made in the objects of
the society, viz., the abolition of night work in bake-
houses. Lord Hobert Grosvenor, M.P., took the chair,
and said that on the 17th of last month he moved for
leave to bring in a Bill to abolish work in bekvhouses
during certain hours in the night, and thus to give bakers
that portion of rest enjoyed by other classes of work-
men, but was defeated by a large majority. The object
of the Bill was not met by a single valid objection, all
the lion. Members who opposed it totally mistaking its
terms; and he had every reason to hope that when the
Bill was better understood it would be more favourably
received in the house of Commons. He would suggest
that they should not abandon the Bill, which was now
supported by the masters as we'l as the journeymen, and
that it should he brought forward again next session. A
report detailing the opinions of the committee was then
read, and resolutions in favour of the Bill mentioned
were carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the
chairman closed the proceedings.

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Holloway's Pills and Ointment were then tried, and in a month
he was perfectly restored to his former healthy condition and
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Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.

It appeared that in the year 1848, the defendant, act-
ing as the agent of a Spanish merchant at the Havan-
nab, engaged the plaintiff and nine ether persons as
stokers and coalmen on board a steam-ship called the
Tridente, belonging to that gentleman, and which was
partly manned by. Spaniards; and by the agreement
that was entered into the engagement was to continue
for a year, with three months' notice; and the English-
men on board the vessel were to have a galley to cook
their victuals, and to be allowed certain rations. The
vessel was commanded by a Spainiard when she sailed on
her voyage; and it was alleged by the plaintiff, that upon
the arrival of the Tridente at Cadiz, the meat that was
given him and his companions was alive" with meg-
' gets, and unfit to be eaten ; one of the witnesses
stating, that on his remonstrating with the Spanish
captain, he admitted it was very bad, and that he did
not think even his own men would eat it, and he was
sure it would not do for an Englishman. Repeated re-
monstrances, it appeared, were made by the crew, and at
length the agent of the vessel at Cadiz told them that if
they would not mess with the Spaniards, they should be
sent home, and on their refusal they were paid their
wages up to the time, and their passage paid for to Eng-
land. The witnesses represented that it was utterly im-
possible for them to fulfil the condition of messing with
the Spanish crew, as their food consisted of a quarter of
a pound of pork to each man, which was beat up in a
mortar, and then mixed with common sperm oil, such as
*as used to the engine, a large quantity of garlic, and
biscuits, which they bit to pieces and mixed with the
other ingredients, and this savoury dish was the only
food they bad at every meal; but according to the tes-
timony of the Englishmen the smell of it
.was quite
enough for them, and it was quite impossible for- them to
endeavour to accustom their stomachs to such food. The
present action was, therefore, brought by the plaintiff, to
recover th) amount of the three months' notice, and also
damages for not having received the proper rations to
t sne case.
thate y
which ho was entitled under the agreement.
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Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL took some technical objec-
tions t firsth
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contended
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that
the agreement ought to have been stanwd.
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said
ma-
riners' agreements, and also those made with artificers
and labourers, were exempted from its operation. He
did not contend that a stoker on board a steam-boat was
a mariner, but he should with confidence urge that he
Was a labournr as much as a person employed on a steam-
engine on a railway.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON said he was inclined to think
that the agreement did not require a stamp, but he would
reserve the point.
Another objection taken by Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL,
that the defendant was not properly sued as agent, was
also reserved.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON having ruled that there had
been a breach of contract,

The jury, upon the f-acts, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages, 251.
CROWN COURT.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
Joke Becher, 32, was brought up to receive sentence.
The prisoner had pleaded guilty on the first day of
assizes to the charge of setting fire to and destroying a
number of barns and other farm buildings, the property
of a farmer at Bosham. Certificates were now handed
in to the Court, from which it appeared that up to the
time of the transaction the prisoner had borne a most
exemplary character, and he had received several prizes
from the West Sussex Agricultural Association for good
conduct as a labourer. It was also stated that he had
received a hurt in his head, which had affected his
brain, and that ho was at times exceedingly violent,
and that there was reason to believe that at the time he
committed the act imputed to him he was not in his right
senses.

The CHIEF BARON said that having regard to the
contents of the certificates and the other circumstances
of the case, he should order the prisoner to be impri-
soned for only three months, and if it was correctly
stated that his mind was affected, this would give an op-
portunity for placing him in proper custody, and prevent-
ing him from committing further mischief.