The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-04 00:00:00

THAMES.

On Tuesday evening, as Mr. Tyrwhitt, the pre-id-
ing magistrate, who sat for Mr. Yardley, was about
to leave the bench, three masters of foreign ships,
who were accomparAed by Mr. Bonom, complained
of a gross outrage on the flag of Schleswig-Holstein
under which they sailed.
Mr. Bonom said, there were two ships lying in the
South 'West India Dock, and another in the export
West India Dock, named the Lucia, a schooner,
Captain Bomholdt; the Elbe, galliot, Captain Pe-
ters ; and the. Pax, Captain Hanck, all belonging to
the port of Blankanese, in the duchy of Schleswig-
Holstein, and sailing under the flag of that place. The
masters and crews of some Danish vessels in the river
took offence at the German flag being hoisted on the
Schleswig-Holstein vessels, and came on board and
ordered the people to strike their colours, and on
their refusal to do so hauled them down, partially
destroying the flags, and carried away the shreds.
Mr. TYRWHITT—Did they proceed from ship to
ship and do this ?
Mr. Bonom replied in the affirmative, and said, the
Danes made a good deal of noise, tore down the
Schleswig-Holstein flag and ill-used every one who
obstructed them. A man on board the Elbe protected
the flag he was sailing under, and endeavoured to
prevent the Danes carrying their intentions into
effect, 'on which the Danes knocked him down and
gave him a black eye. The colours were then hauled
down amidst loud cheering on the part of the Danes.
The people of Schleswig -Holstein and the Danes
were equally under the Danish Consul, the duchy still
forming part of the kingdom of Denmark, and the
Consul was anxious that such an outrage should not
go unpunished.
Mr. TYRWHITT was surprised that the Danes and
the people of Schleswig-Holstein should extend their
quarrels to a neutral port.
Mr. Bonom was as much astonished as his Worship
at the proceedings of the Danes, who acted under an
erroneous impression that the vessels of Schleswig-
Holstein ought to sail under the Danish flag instead
of belonging to the duchy; but whether that was so
or not, no one had any right to interfere with the
complainants, who were justified, as he conceived, in
hoisting any colours they pleased.
Captain Bomholdt said, if he had been on board his
vessel he would have sooner lost his head than his
flag, and there would have been bloodshed.

The other captains said, advantage was taken of
their absence by the Danes to seize the flags.
Mr. Bonom said that such proceedings, if perse-
vered in, would end in bloodshed, which the Danish
Consul was most anxious to prevent.
Mr. TYRWIIITT saw no occasion to issue warrants,
and said that the best,coune to pursue was to apply to
the Thames police, and point out the alleged offenders
to them. He supposed the police had power to enter
ships.

Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, said the Thames po-
lice had the power to do so.
Mr. TYRWHITT then directed Mr. Bonom and the
German captains to apply to the Thames police, and
they at once proceeded to the station in Wapping,
when the superintendent refused to act in the matter,
on the ground that no officer saw the assaults com-
mitted, and there was no reason to suppose the Danes
carried off the flags with a felonious intent, but only
to display their national feeling on the subject, and to
make it appear that the Schleswig-Holsteiners were
still the subjects of Denmark. Under these circum-
stances the German captains consulted Mr. Pelham,
the solicitor, on the subject, and that gentleman went
before Mr. Arnold, of the Worship-street Court, who
presided in the absence of Mr. Ballantine, but
owing to the absence of the principal witness,
who was beaten by the Danes in defending his flag,
the application for assault warrants could not he
made, and all the parties were directed to attend this
day. The ringleaders in the affray were Clemens
Gorgenson, and Adlipsum Elipsum, of the Betsy and
Susannah, and Carl Emil Schmidt, of the schooner
Soceridden. The crews of the vessels under the
Schleswig-Holstein flag have taken measures to pre-
vent any further surprise from the Danes.
Henry Samuel Chester, a porter in the employ of
Messrs. Druce and Broadhurst, upholsterers, of the
Baker-street Bazaar, and 200, Regent-street, was
brought before Mr. Arnold, charged with stealing
silk damask and silk and worsted damask, value 401.,
and a quantity of carpeting and other property, be-
longing to his employers.
Two men, named Thos. Armcut, sen., greengrocer,
of 10, Tenter-street, and Thomas Armcut, his son,
formerly a dock labourer, were remanded on Thurs-
day for further examination, and upon that occasion
a man named Wall, a commission agent, of 42, Great
Chart-street, Hoxton, who was previously in custody
as a particeps criminis, was examined on the part of
the Crown, and he proved receiving several parcels of
silk
.damask and silk, and silk and worsted damask,
from the Armcuts, which he sold for them on com-
mission to several upholsterers who carry on an
extensive business, and whose reputation is deeply
involved, they having purchased the damask at
less than half its real value. The Armcuts were
remanded, and yesterday Chester, who was appre-
hended on the previous night, was placed in the
dock. It was proved by Mr. Fray, who manages
the business of Messrs. Druce's branch establishment
in Regent-street, that Chester had been in their em-
ploy three months, and that 100 yards of damask, the
average value of which was about 55., 6d. per yard,
carpets, and other property, had been since missing.
The solicitor for the prosecutor prayed that Chester
might be remanded until the day the Armcuts were
to be brought up, and said he expected that more
persons would soon be in custody on suspicion of
being concerned in robbing Messrs. Druce and Co.
Mr. ARNOLD said, the request was a reasonable
one, and remanded the prisoner.
It is an extraordinary fact that while Mr. Fray and
Cobley, the police-constable, have been engaged in
tracing Messrs. Druce and Co.'s property, and look-
ing after the thieves, they have brought to light
several other robberies of Manchester warehousemen
and others in the City, and the
-parties are in custody.