The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-01 00:00:00

THAMES,

Nicholas Stanart, the chief mate of the Greek
brig Belle Esperanza, from Malta, now lying in the
London Docks, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with illegally unshipping about 14,000
cigars.
Mr. Beverley briefly stated the case for the Crown.
The ship arrived at Falmouth on her way to London,
in the early part of the month, and the tide surveyor
there, whose duty it was to examine the ship, found
upwards of 22,000 cigars on board in a great number
of small boxes, which was a much larger quantity
than the crew could possibly consume at the ordinary
rate on a voyage to London; and suspecting it was
intended to run the cigars on shore at some con -
venient spot, he deposited about 16,000 in large bags,
which he sealed with the official seal, and warned all
hands not to interfere with them on the voyage to
London. The remainder of the cigars, 6,000 in
number, were left for the consumption of the crew.
On the arrival of the ship in the London Docks she
was again overhauled, and, owing to the report made
by the officer at Falmouth, particular attention was
paid to the cigars. Only two bags, containing boxes
of cigars, sealed with the official seal, could he found.
On the ship leaving Falmouth there were eleven
sealed bags. No one on board could give any ac-
count of the nine missing bags of cigars at the time ;
but, from information afterwads given by two Italian
seamen on board, that the chief officer had unshipped
a great number of boxes of cigars in the Downs and
had received money for them, he was taken into cus-
tody, and the ship was seized. There were only
6,000 cigars, instead of 22,000, found on board the
Belle Esperanza when the ship arrived in the London
Docks, leaving a deficiency of 16,000 to be ac-
counted- for.:"

In support of the information two Italian seamen,
named Georgio and Francisco Snarovitch, were
called, from whose evidence it appeared that while the
ship was at anchor in the Downs, where she re-
mained for two days, a boat containing four men
came alongside at four o'clock in the afternoon. Two
remained in the boat and two came upon deck, where
the mate, who had just before left the cabin, was.
They went into the cabin and returned upon deck
with boxes of cigars, which they emptied into a sack
and lowered into the boat. They then rowed away
to the land, and returned again at six o'clock. The
mate was then upon deck waiting for the boatmen,
who again accompanied him into the cabin. They
brought up more boxes of cigars and put them in a
bag, which was again lowered into the boat which
was rowed away. The boat returned a third time,
with the same men, at nine. o'clock, and they were
supplied with more cigars, which were again emptied
out of the boxes into a bag. The witnesses also
swore that they saw gold paid to the chief mate by
the boatmen, and heard him bargain with them for
the sale of the cigars. The boxes were taken into
the galley on deck and burned after the cigars had
been emptied out of them. There were 30,000 cigars
in boxes, containing one hundred each, when the ship

left Malta.
Mr. YARDLEY interrogated the witnesses, and they
said that they saw the mate in the cabin with the
boatmen, and saw the cigars there. The seals were
broken. They distinctly saw money pass from the
mate to the boatmen. On being asked what was the
consumption of cigars among the crew, they said
each man smoked twenty per day.
Mr. YARDLEY said, that was a very large con-
sumption.
The witnesses, in answer to further questions by
the magistrate, said, that after the ship left Falmouth
they smoked as many cigars as they pleased.
Stanio Georgio Cazze, the master of the brig Belle
Esperanza, who was termed the pilot, was next called
on the part of the Crown, and he said, the ship came
to an anchor in the Downs on the 17th of September,
at half-past four o'clock, and left on the morning of
the 19th, at half-past eight in the morning. The
brig was ten days making the passage from Falmouth
to London. The crew consisted of fourteen in all.
He did not know how many cigars there were on
board at Falmouth. After the ship left Falmouth the
men broke the seals and took as many cigars forward
as they pleased. He smoked about twenty-five cigars
per day himself.
Mr. Robert Gray, a Custom-house officer, said, he
examined the Greek brig Esperanza in the London
Dock last Friday, and found on board from 6,300 to
6,800 cigars. Some were in boxes, and others loose,
in various parts of the ship.
Mr. Kents, another officer, said the cigars would
run about 120 to the pound, and would not exceed
that.

For the defence, Mr. Eyre called Francisco Petro-
witch, a seaman, who said, that Georgio Snaro% itch
was ill before the ship reached the Downs, and after-
wards, and was lying ill below in his hammock when
the ship was at anchor in the Downs. He never saw
him on deck at all, from the time the ship left
Falmouth.
Mr. YARDLEY, after summing up the case at great
length, said there was a large deficiency in the cigars
sealed at Falmouth, and if the men had smoked
25 per day each between Falmouth and London, they
would only consume 3,300. He had no doubt the
mate did unship cigars in the Downs, and as the case
for the Crown was made out, it was his duty to pass
the sentence awarded by the law, which was, that the
prisoner be kept to hard labour in Maidstone gaol for
six months.

SOUTHWARK.
Joshua Organ, a baker, residing in Harper-street,
Newington, was charged with exercising great cruelty
towards his brother, an aged man, who was rendered
incapable of attending the examination.
Mr. Brooks, one of the relieving officers of New-
ington, stated, that in consequence of hearing reports
spread about the neighbourhood where the prisoner
lived, that he was acting with great cruelty to his
brother, he (the witness) proceeded to the house in
order to ascertain whether there were just grounds
for the rumour. He accordingly went there on the
preceding afternoon, and saw the prisoner in the shop,
of whom he made some inquiry on the subject. The
prisoner, however, manifested a strong disinclination
to give him any information; but, upon his insisting
to see his brother, he at length consented, and accord-
ingly led the way up to a small apartment in the up-
per part of the house. On entering the room he (the
witness) was shocked at perceiving an aged man up-
wards of seventy lying on a miserable bed in a filthy
state, his flesh begrimmed with dirt, his beard allowed
to grow to an excessive length, and the nails of his
hands and toes in the same condition. Vermin were

likewise crawling about in all directions, and the
place. altogether presented a scene of the utmost
filth and wretchedness, so much so that he could
not endure to remain in the room, owing to the
dreadful stench arising from the condition in which
the unfortunate invalid was permitted to remain. The
witness, on beholding the sight, remonstrated with the
prisoner, asking him how he could suffer a human
being, and that individual his own brother, to remain
in such a condition under his own roof, but he re-
frained from giving any explanation more than that
the old man was an invalid and unable to leave his
bed, and that he did not complain of the treatment he
experienced, always having as much food and drink
as he required. Witness then informed the prisoner
that he had rendered himself liable to punishment for
such scandalous neglect of his brother, and that the
unfortunate man's death would be accelerated if he
were suffered to remain much longer in the horrible
condition in which he was discovered. Mr. Brooks
added, that from inquiries he had since instituted he
ascertained that the old man found in the state above
described was the proprietor of the house and the
business (that of a baker) carried on below, and that,
falling into ill-health, the prisoner had taken ad-
vantage of the circumstance, had him placed in the
room at the top of the house, and there allowed him
to remain in the midst of filth and wretchedness which
must have speedily put a period to his existence if it
had been allowed to go on much longer. it was
the general impression all over the neighbour-
hood that the prisoner had adopted the
cruel line of conduct mentioned with the
view of obtaining the possession of all his brother's pro-
perty. After witnessing the scene narrated, he (Mr.
Brooks) considered it his duty to lay the circumstances
before the parochial authorities, and they referred him
to the superintendent of the police of the district, in
order that steps might be immediately taken against
the accused. lie (witness) accordingly accompanied
the superintendent and Inspector Valentine to the
prisoner's house that morning, and on entering the
room where the old man was lying, he found that an
attempt had been made in the interval of his first visit
to cleanse his person of some of the filth with which
it was incrusted ; still that the poor abject man re-
mained in a filthy condition, owing to which sores
had broken out on different parts of his body, espe-
cially on his abdomen.
Inspector Valentine, of the P division confirmed
this statement in all particulars with respect to the
utter neglect exhibited towards the old man, and
added that the filth and stench proceeding from the
room were so overpowering that he was hastily com-
pelled to retrace his steps.
In reply to Mr. COTTINGIIAM, the relieving-officer
said that he had no doubt the old man was the owner
of the property, and that he was rated in the parish
hooks ; that when he (Mr. Brooks) entered the room,
the old man said nothing, and appeared to be afraid,
and completely under the control of the prisoner.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM (to the prisoner)—What have
you to say in answer to this charge of such gross
neglect towards your own brother ? Prisoner—l
have had a charwoman to attend upon him, but she
has neglected her duty and not called for the last
seven weeks, and that is the reason why my brother
was found in such a condition. lam conscious it is
wrong, but Mr. Brooks has given a high colouring
to the affair, and has made out the case infinitely
worse than it is. My brother eats and drinks well,
and does not complain.
Mr. Brooks declared thathe .had not in the slightest
*degree exaggerated the fads.

The prisoner, in answer to further questions, sal
that his brother was seventy years . of age, and th

he himself was sixty-four ;-that his brother had been
for the last twelve months labouring under a nervous
disease, which incapacitated him from attending to
his business, and that he (the prisoner) being in his
employ as journeyman caiducted his business from
that period up to the present time,
Mr. COTTINGUAM—Has he been attended by any
medical man ? Prisoner—Yes ; Mr. Boast attended
him formerly, but not for some months. His com-
plaint was a nervous one, and I thought the doctors
would not do him much good.
Mr. COTTINGUAM (with surprise)—Then you suf-
fered the poor man, who was incapable of assisting
himself, to lie and rot like a dog in the midst of filth
and wretchedness! Why the fact of his labouring
under a nervous disease ought to have awakened some
fraternal feeling in your breast, and at least to have
him properly attended to, particularly as he is the
owner of the property, and you only a journeyman
in his employ. Why did you have him placed in a
filthy room at the top of the house, instead of keeping
him down stairs, where he could be looked after, and
not neglected in the shameful manner that has been
described ? Prisoner—He was always asleep, and
lying about, when down stairs, and I did not wish
the customers using the shop to see him ; so, for the
sake of convenience, I had him up stairs.
Mr. COTTINGUAM said the public were indebted to
Mr. Brooks for coming forward and exposing the
shameful conduct of the prisoner towards his own
brother. The prisoner's admission that for six weeks
the unfortunate man had been neglected and suffered
to remain in a condition worse than a brute reflected
, indelible disgrace upon him. He (the magistrate)
should feel it his_ duty to see that the unfortunate in-
valid was restored to his rights, and that a brother
who had exhibited such unnatural feelings as the pri-
soner had done, in allowing the unfortunate man to
remain in such a dreadful condition from utter inat-
tention and neglect, should be prevented from exer•
cising further cruelty in that way. The circumstance
of his not employing a person to look after an invalid
such as he was, and permitting him to remain in bed
covered with filth and dirt of the most loathsome
description, was an act of unexampled cruelty, and
for which he had rendered himself amenable to
severe punishment ; he should therefore adjudge the
prisoner to enter into his own recognisance of 401.,
and find two sureties of 201. each, to appear at that
court, in order to give the parochial authorities an
opportunity of preferring a bill of indictment against
him, and in the meantime such steps should be taken
as would place the old man in the situation to which
he was entitled, being the owner of the property in
the house where he experienced such cruel treatment.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 52—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), 4 p.
—Leicester and Bedford, I% dis.—London and North-West-
ern, 158 ILA —Ditto, New, Quarters, 8% p.—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, Preference, % p.—Midland, 115—
Ditto, Halves, 1% p.—North British, Thirds, 14 p.—North
Staffordshire, 114 p.—North-Western, 4 dis.—Scottish Cen-
tral, 514 p. ex bonus—Seuth• Eastern and Dover, No. 4 isa.
as Thirds at 6 2-3 dis. ), 38s. 9d. dis.
MANCHESTER, SErrninxit 29.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 13% dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 5% c. dis.—Birmngham and Oxford
Junction, 5 p.—East Lancashire, New Quarters, dis.—
East Lincolnshire, 1 1-16 p.--Huddersfield and Manchester
Railway and Canal, 11A dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
32/. Shares, 414 c. dls.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding
Union), 1% dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Quarters, No. 1. 1% p.—North British, Thirds, 14 p.—North
Staffordshire, 114 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
1 15-16 dis.

LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 30.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire,
4 dis. —Ditto, New, 43/4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 19s. dis.—
Great Northern, 441 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths,
11/4 p.-I)itto (West Riding Union), 41s. dis.—Leeds and
Thirsk, 15% dis.—Ditto, New, 111 A, n. dis.—Leicester and
Bedford, ss. dis.—North British, Thirds, 2s. 6d. p.—Ditto,
Extensions, 2s. 6d. dis.—North Staffordshire, 245. p.—North-
Western, 795. dis.—Sheffield and Rotherham, 3014—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, 21. 4s. 6d. p.
HULL, SEPTEMBER 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 21s.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preference,
No. 1, % p.—Hull and Selby (10 per cent. guar.), Halves,
50—Ipswich and Bury (Cambridge and Ely), par—New-
castle and Berwick, 24 p.—North British, Extension (scrip),
ls. 6d. dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SEPTEMBER 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New,
445. dis.—Great Northern, 4%—Newcastle and Carlisle,
1101/2—North British, 261 A—Ditto, Thirds, 28s.—Ditto,
Quarters, ss. p.—North Staffordshire, 114 p.— York, New-
castle, and Berwick (late Newcastle and Berwick), 6 4 p.—
Ditto, New, No. 2,2 A, p.—Ditto (late North Shields Pur-
chase), 31.

EDINBURGH, SurrnusEß 29.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian, 39%—
Ditto, New, 335. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 625.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 524 ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, 13
ex div.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantmn, Quarters, Reg.,
6s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 19—Ditto, Newport, 8%
—Ditto, ditto, New, Reg., 23s.—Glasgow and Ayrshire,
New Stock, 41% ex div.—Great Northern, 68s.—North Bri-
tish, 27 ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, 5 ex div.—Ditto. New
Quarters (Scrip), 10s. 9d.— Ditto, Thirds, Registered, 251.
6d.—Ditto, ditto (scrip), 25s.—Scottish Grand Junction,
10s. 6d.
GLASGOW, Surriniaxrc 29.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New,
34s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 62s.—Edinburgh and
Perth, •40s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1,
6% ex int.—Glasgow,' Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. 19s.—
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 695. Great Northern,
665. 6d. ex int.—Manchester and Southampton, 12s.—
North British, Thirds (scrip), 24s.—Ditto, New [Quarters
(scrip), 10s. 6(l.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Great
North of England Purchase), 10%.

A POOR POET'Sisii.—Oh! that a sovereign, like
a piece of scandal, would grow bigger every time it cir-
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BIRTHS.
On the 23d ult., at the Vicarage, Shenstone, near Lichfield,
the wife of the Rev. G. W. Murray, of a daughter.
On the 26th ult., at Shirley, Croydon, the lady of Charles
Frere, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 27th ult., at Clapham-common, Mrs. Robert John
Spitta, of a son.
On the 27th ult., at Lullingstone Castle, Kent, Lady
Dyke, of a son.
On the 28th ult., at Perry-rise, Sydenham, Kent, the wife
of George Dawes, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 28tb ult., the lady of William Tottie, Esq., of Mel-
combe-place, of a son.
On the 29th ult., at Church-road, West Hackney, Mrs. W.
T. Carlisle, of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., in Lonsdale.,square, Mrs. J. R. Morrison,
of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 23th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Thomas
Dermer Young, Esq., of the Grove, Hertford, to Harriett,
second daughter of J. G. Sparke, Esq., M.D., Finsbury-place
South, London.

DIES.
On the Bth ult., at Edmonton, Mr. James Phillips.
On the 27th ult., at Boulogne-sur-bier, Richard Alex-
ander Price, Esq.

QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY.
The following are officers whose deaths have been
officially reported since June 20, 1847 :
Flag Officers.—Admiral of the Fleet.—Sir George
Martin, G.C.B. Admirals.—Hon. Sir Robert Stopford,
G.C.8., G.C.NI.G. (Rear Admiral of the United king-
dom) ; John Erskine Douglas. Vice-AdmiraL—Bendall
IL Littlehales.

Captains.—John Bowker, Weston Phipps, William
M‘G wire.
Commanders.—Nathaniel Martin, William Molineux,
Sir John Halkett, Bart., Edward Crouch, James Stuart,
Richard Jones, Henry Craddock, James Duncan.
Lieutenants.—George Antram, William Broadwater,
John Willison, Adam Viscount Kenmore, William
White, James Lind, John F. Herbert, Joseph Vallaek,
Samuel Colston, Colin Douglas.
Masters.—Hugh Stewart, Luke Winter.
Royal Marines.—Captains.—Alexander liackenxie,
George B. Puddicombe. Paymasters.—Andrew Henry,
h ineas Priest.
Mate.—John J. Onslow,
Chaplain.—David Griffiths.
Medical Officers. —lnspector of Hospitals.—Sirßichard
Dobson, Kt., M.D. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals.—
Daniel King, M D. Surgeons.—William Gough, Richard
Tobin, M.D., Joseph Dunaway, Charles Mayberry, John
Corsan, Benjamin M'Avoy, Wm. Bland, James Gordon
(a). Assistant Surgeon.—George S. Roberts.
Paymasters and Pursers.-6. Yarwood and Robert
Tronson.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.
General.—Sir J. Lambert, G.C.B. (Colonel of the
10th Foot), Thames Ditton.
Lieut.-General.—Sir H. Keating, K.C.B. (Colonel of
the 33d Foot). Cheltenham.
Lieut.-Colonels.—Fead, C. 8., late of the Grenadier
Guards, Lewisham ; Beckwith, Rifle Brigade, Kingston,
Canada ; Workman, Unattached, London.
Majors.—Lyles, 90th Foot, Chester ; Peck, 2d West
India Regiment, Jamaica.
Captains.--Townley, 16th Lancers, India ; Pollen,
Rifle Brigade ; Puddicombe (Paymaster), Royal Marines,
Plymouth ; M'Krnzie, late of the Royal Marines ; W.
Graham, Unattached, Glasgow ; Galbraith, late of the
4th Veteran Battalion, Stirling, Nortla Britain ; Mit-
chell, late of the 7th Veteran Battalion.
Lieutenants,—Brahn, 51st Foot, on his passage from
Calcutta ; Gardner, 3d West India Regiment, at the
Gambia ; Dagg (Recruiting District), Cork ; Kane,
half-pay 60th Foot ; Ferguson, half-pay 97th Foot,
Rothesay ; Burrell, Royal Artillery, on his passage to
Ceylon.
Ensigns.—Hall, 54th Foot, Kinsale ; Hamilton (Town-
Major, Galway), half-pay 4th West India Regiment.
Assistant-Surgeons.—Beard, half-pay Ordinance, Spa;
Backhouse, half-pay sth Veterans ; Hurst, halt-pay
37th Foot ; Semple, Staff, M'Carthy's Island.

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