The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-16 00:00:00

THAMES-OFFICE.

Yesterday, William Colville, the chief mate of the ship
Chieftain, now lying in the river, appeared before Mr. BAL-
LANTINE. to answer a charge of severely beating James Jepp,
rated as ordinary seaman on board, who its-only 18 years old.
Mr. Pelham appealed for the defendant.
It appeared from the evidence of Jepp, that on the 28th
of January last. when the ship was at Macao, he had
been ashore with the captain, and on hit return in the boat
belonging to the ship Scotland, with the master of that
vessel, the defendant, and others, he was attacked with ill-
ness, which compelled him to run upon deck before the cap-
tain or any one else had ascended, and he ran straightway to
the head of the vessel. The captain used some very gross
language towards him, and called out to the mate. " Why don't
you knock that d-d son a- overboard ? " The mate
also abused him, and on the following morning, while he was
washing the deck, he came towards him and said, " I have a
crow to pick with you," and immediately struck him a violent
blow with his clenched fist, which knocked him down. The
mate then fell upon him and hit him three or four severe blows.
Jepp got up, and the mate chased him. and seizing a 31-inch
strap, or heel-lashing for the jibboom, beat him most dread-
fully with it over the head and body. The cLmplainant got
away from him and was again pursued by the mate, who took
up a billet of wood and struck him with that. Jepp sung out
for mercy, and told the mate he must be a rascal to use any
boy in such a manner. The mate then got the shank painter,
and beat him on the back with that: The parties then strug-
gled and closed with each other, and the mate continuing to
use the lad with great violence, he took up a marlin-spike and
struck the mate on the head with it, by which he released
himself.
Robert Marquis, a seaman, who had kept a log of every-
thing that occurred, including, as he said, a geed deal of bad
treatment from the captain, confirmed the statement of Jepp
in every particular. In cross-examination he admitted that
he had been fined 1/. 2s. 6d. for an assault on the captain
in Swan River, and that he and all the hands had been in
gaol. The captain complained that the crew were mutinous,
and said he would resist payment of their wages; but he and
all the crew had to complain of very bad treatment on the
part of the captain.
Mr. BALLANTINE said the mate had no right to beat the
boy at all, and it appeared that he had used him with cruelty,
first knocking him down with his fists, and then chasing him
round the deck, striking him with a billet of wood, after-
wards with a rope, or anything else he could lay hands on.
and if a man were beaten in that way, and driven into a corner,
the law allowed him to resist it. The case must go before a
Jury, and he would take the recognizances of the captain and
mate in the sum of 20/. each, for the appearance of the latter
at the next Sessions of the Central Criminal Court, there to
abide his trial.

THE IRON AGE.--Nine Welsh Iron•masters
have been elected M.P's., namely, —Sir John Guest, for Mer-
thyr ; his partner, Mr. Divett, for Exeter ; Summers Harford,
Esq., of Ebbw Vala Works, and of the firm of Harfords,
Davis, and Co., Bristol, returned for Lewes. Mr. Harford
was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire last year ; he is very po-
pular about the neighbourhood of Ebbw Vale and Sirhowy
Works. The news of his return for Lewes caused great re-
joicings all over the Monmouthshire hills on Wednesday and
Thursday last. Joseph Bailey, Esq., for Worcester, and Jo-
seph Bailey, jun., Esq., for He, efordshit e, of Nantyglo Works ;
Alderman Thompson, Sunderland, and Mr. Forman, Bridgwa-
ter, of Pendarren Works, Merthyr; Mr. De Larpent, of the
Abersychan Works, for Nottingham; Richard Blakemore,
of the Melin Griffith Works in Cardiff, for Wells.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
.I.IA sToNr.—Our district reports arc son:ea:bat conflict-
mg-, some of our cornspond,nts being apprehens:ye oat f:
s thousor
crop from VA' ions causer, whilst otl,crs sp.:ik of the
iti,s uciAboarlit,od the cootianes
to look well and promises eon-
OTHAM ASS) LA NG I.F.Y. —.I he hops in these parishes
tinue looking well, and of a yen heathy ccntinurince, and to
present the appearance that a good crop may be expected. lo
a garden or two a few spots of mould have been found.
plaWit
LE DE. —The hops in this paiish are very strong and good,
E
and, should they escape the mould, a Large crop maY Le
pected.
CHART SUTTON AND EAST SUTTON.—The hop bine in
this district has made but little progres; during the past week,
and some of the plantations hare a weakly and unhealthy aP.
pearance. They are coining into burr, and, fror.i the shortness
of the bine generally,: the duty must be much over-rated.
Bore HTO N.—The hop bine in this parish is looking well in
most of the plantations, which are likely to grow an average
crop for the year, if they are not struck with the mould.
WORC ESTE R. —We continue to receive the most favourable
accounts from the plantations ; but business in this market is
completely at a stand-still. The duty is estimated at 20,000 Z.

THE MARKETS•
COUNTRY MARKETS.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. ; Beau.. ,-- --
........•
............+.. ................• : ....".............. ....--....
Per Quarter. s. to s.j s. in s. Is. to s. ! s. to s. 11, to;4'
3ath . ....... 56 64 30 35 27 :32 '44 1,0 40
Blandford ... 152 C 2 31 02 b..'3 2.6 46 --
-- "" .."-
nridport ....--' 68 -- —j
4.4
•1
chard 56 62 tS 32 ' 26 3:•• 42 40
Exeter ; tiO 70 27 34 21 e 9 40 Zg
Gloucester ,CO 64 '24 32 21 'Ai 40 4.? 44 44
duildford ,62 71 30 35 :4 30 4 0 45 4,,, 1;
Newbury 's2 73 2,-; 23 "21 3o 42 48 ' 7,
heading
-...
Salisbury ,52 62 27 :4 20 1.l 40 50 --'
Sherburne 62 61 28 31 24 30 40 4c -", 50
Shepton Mallet 58 61 28 34 22 27 40 4b 40
Uxbridge - LO rWarminster
Winchester -
I
Zeovil 52 60 :A) 32 .24 29 40 44 .... '"'
LEEDS CORN MARKET.
Wheat, Norfolk and Sufiblk, 60Ib.
--- York. and Lincoln. 6 ...
olh. . CO,. to 671. 3
"" • .. 3t. to 33.. , 4
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
--- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
-- Grinding
Beans
oats, I'otatoe
ealing,kbr.—d. to—d Eng. 11d. to ;o. pi.t stone
M
Melling
____?.. to 30.. ref 1011. d

g. tog.
40

DEVIZES COI
Per Sack. s. tl. s. d.
iirst Wheat 34 to 35 ti
)ecoud 3l 0 33 f
Third
tlarley 27 0

MARKET.tN
9ua
itd d.
Per
Oats "0 0 to 28 0
Beans (per sack) lB 0 212 0
Hour (per bag)
r4ll 0
Bread (per gallon) I

CHELTENHAM MARKETS• d t' d'
Per Bushel. s. cl. to s. d, Per lb. 7
Wheat
Harley
Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal
Beans .
tease 5 0 8 0 Lamb .................. ..•••• 7
Hay 41.55. to 4/. 10s. Od. per ton.
CIIELAISFORD M....11.KET. 2'3 to "
'lO
Wheat, White 60 to T 3 Oats
Red
Barley 32 35 White ......
.•••• ...„de
Chevalier .....
Grinding
I‘KiaEl'. zagan
..
......
C A 1,11.' E R B U RI "
MA R 34
Wheat, white.............. 655. to 70s. Old ....... —I. ;0. --.s
red................. 60s. to 675...,.-. 01d............ —'• `!",
8 t"
......"-
Barley, Malting —.... 30s. to 3_5.....,,. Griuting.• . _,§.4. •
Oats ................----. 255. to ..:Os. OM ... - --s• t° -
titans 'WI. 35s to 365...... 01d..........., --e• t.° 4
Pease ..................-....... 3as. to —s. ....... Grey......... 395. 0.....

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE NEW CORAL

Sir—ln reference to a communication I made to yollll,few.
days ago, of a dangerous Reef in lat. deg. 30 min. a,,7b8."
lon. 103 deg. 59 mm. 30 sec. E., lam now able to 10". L,
following bearings :—East Island W. N. about tl
Carimata Peak N. 4 deg.

REEF

I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) E. M. S3IITII.
_ _

W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's.

A NEW SHOAL DISCOVERED.

The following is posted at Lloyd's :
" Barque Castries, from St. Lucia to London, sailed
from thence 29th May, 1841. ,siet
" On Sunday, 20th June, passed a shoal about half cau.ie
length to the northward of the ship ; it appeared about
of the quarter-deck, with seaweed almost a wash witu„,he
water's edge ; the sea did not break. It is to be regretted thy' 4,
weather would not permit the ship to be brought to tu
mine this startling danger. There is a shoal mentiotiek.pal
Purdy, in his memoir of the ' Atlantic Ocean,' having 5.,
seen by a Spanish ship in 1769, in lat. 40. 26., and lon. 01' t
which deviates from my calculation 19 miles S. and 42 lu
E., and which places this dangerous rock in lat. 40. 45.
and lon. 36. 47. W."
VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL —Margaret, from Leith to ugue,es;
July 5, lat. 46. lon. 55 ; Russia, New Orleans to Livern,t
10th ult. lat. 51, lon. 11, by the Columbia
Liverpool ; Vermont, New Orleans to Liverpool, 13th ul,t'
llavannah ; Sweden, New Orleans to Liverpool. 16th ult
Tortugas ; Propontis, New Orleans to Hull, 4th ult. UPI
lon. lon. 41 ; Charles Joseph, Liverpool to Providence, v'T it
(s.), arriceuricif
States, 4th ult. lat. 47, lon. 31, by the Florida, arrive!, ►0
Newport. Hostelina, Newfoundland to Barbadoes, fat'
days, lat. 26, lon. 37, by the Planet, arrived in the D.a;
Medora, Bremen to New Orleans, 4th ult. lat 24, leo.
00.'"I
Ann, Manilla to Brest, 19th ult. lat 35, lon. 37; liar°ll,o;
London to Quebec, 30th ult. lat, 47, lon. 20, by the
Wyse, arrived in the Clyde ; Calista, Boston to Deoll:'
15th ult. lat 41, lon. 59, by the Janet, arrived at New 1(°1

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11P
MELANCHOLY AND SUDDEN DEATI-1.-"ibos
QUEST.-On Saturday an inquest was held at the Tni,ho
Inn, Claines, before J. B. Hyde, Esq., coroner for 14,
city, on view of the body of Miss Harriet 051313eir
aged 26, who died very suddenly on the previous fir,
e 0
inn. It appeared in evidence that the deceasedhadr-,er,
walk on Friday evening, attended by her female
want, Having returned to her residence in Briw7ifig;
square, she took tea about nine o'clock, shordi,.ol
which she complained of giddiness in her head, an .71409
no doubt have fallen to the ground but for the assis""
of a servant. She was removed into another room'
the unpleasant symptoms abated a little. At her retoo
medical aid was procured, and Mr. C. Shelton, surb„.oo
of this city, promptly attended. At first be had nor` ,'711,1
to consider that the seizure would be attended
fatal consequences, but the symptons increasing i
tensity, he was induced to send for Dr. Ilasti"gl'o4
fore whose arrival the young lady breathed her ing,
about half-past ten o'clock on the same eveinole-
Under all the circumstances the Coroner thought_ie to
sirable that a post mortem examination should be In 7d by
ascertain the cause of death. This was perforlield thss
Mr. H. D. Carden, by whose evidence it aPPettr ,iraate
congestion of the vessels of the brain was the Prt, itlso
cause of the melancholy catastrophe. Mr. Carue'lflesS
remarked that the deceased lady's heart was the solit
he had ever seen, weighing not seven ounces, and
seed to
was probable that this. malformation had oPerjs,
shorten her life. The Jury returned a verdict, fable
by the visitation of God." In the death of this enirolo
young lady, her friends have sustained an irrePsbene-
loss, and the poor are deprived of a considerac
factor.— Worcester Chronicle.. for
Several French agents have been sent to sod
land, in order to obtain information as to the 'rtes'
management of the railroads in this country.

PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SO,„, P''' Meal
facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, aliP,'PrEitt'
Bank of England. The best wrought FIDDLE P'ttice. 'OO
SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2d. per e 0..,.. solti
following are the weights recommended, but the sem—
be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce. ,A. ,1
oz. s• i!; . it) 15 4,
12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons tio at 7 ,1• 7 8 •
i 2 ditto
12 due Dessert ditto... ......
3210 77 ':: 107 1 :
'I able Forks
12 ditto Dessert ditto 2100 77 29:: :11 :
2 ditto Gravy Spoons
1 , ditto Soup Ladle ltl 72,s 10 0
4 ditto Sauce ditto. lO 7 11'.. 1 ° 0
lilt Spoons (gilt strong) .......... ....". glO
4 ditto
Iditto Fish Slice ................................. !Is' 0
12 ditto Tea Spoons ll.l 7 0 ....of,
1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) ........... -••• l'ibistra:,..
N. B A Price Current, stamped as a NewspaPer,' ,eto w",
by drawings, and containing every information reta; oplia:r
purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be hati• e;, anSi'
tion, or will be sent into the country, free of postage'
__...
to a paid letter. -----".'sitett

TABLE CA N D LESTICKS,
candie_4i
for durability, equal in appearance. Table
10 in(rh. 13fr
inches high, 7s. per pair; 9 niches high, 9'.
per pair , ditto, with rich shell mountings, 9 inches
,ibed tens
per pair; snuffer trays, with shell mountings awl 'se and
tre, 4s. each. The particular metal •f blase trosl
great variety of other articles are made, can unly be
silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues trot.
TUPPON and 11EJ ItTON, well.treet, (-f.'"" superior L. 9

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ar
HI R 'VHS. k, go.
On the 10th inst., at Bridge House-place, Southw
-
John C. W. Lever, of a son. rim Dorset
On the 13th inst., Mrs. Lewis Engelbaeh, of '' .
&lib.
pl see, Cla ham-road, of a sun.
On the 14th inst., at Eltham, Kent, the lady of ist ad
inst., the wife of Isaac Baker Brno°, stlrge4°'
mard, of a son. •
On the 15th
Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, of a son. • .I,of a °lli
On the 15th inst., at Greenwich, Mrs. John rinc- ' ,rike, ~-
On the 13th inst., at Old Burlington-street, lire
tbs
ent
a son. Ns-Per''
On the 13th inst., at Hanover-terrace, Reg
e
lady of T. A. H. Dickson, Esq., of a son. ob, th
On the 13th inst., at Pullmeyrie Lodge, DI"Ino
lady of Arthur Stewart. Esq., of a son. spildinirt
On the 13th inst., at Caaerwell, Mrs. StepLeu
..... 06
of a son.
Oa the 14th inst., in Hinde-street, Manchester-oqu'-'
lady of Edward Tyrrell, Esq., of a sen. _,....---:
. ..

On the 13th inst aMt
eld, st son .'
Gibson (formerly
NV Ilion Ilalg 0
sars), to Rosetta, third daughter of the late I
AStt4.2l7------llaiqajlebone, James Ale..„%snoduert:
Esq.,miOran i‘othifael:locanite..'llailsiatnjeosr.tr...,laCmapetsa*nMund Pole, Eusf:B:lieteMi.gib:
rnent, to Mrs. Arthur Sal;ay, ay, only daughter ,
yOf the late
Ale"
daughter
On the 14th inst., Jonathan Froward, Esq., to "larVico of
of the late Rev. I aa Nicholson, IV. A., '
Great Paxton, Bunts. ss
c Richard !di"
On the 14th inst., at Ti inity Church, the Rev %Dll'
,C,fhexlvl,alßto.nD-g.,roleel,loswurarieldy Tutor of Lincoln Co) .ege, to j1.1.:eq.,
youngest surviving daughter of the late Tho alas Vail.'
Air. W.
Preston,
inttotnileiolfel
sN3 tAehtininßs inst.,
ddF: rsoet.fid.e:eirtoi::ktno,ts_Ees
telriozenaedt3.logi.rii,,saf
othneviadisetig:Thtet of
•,,c sec
At Trinity Church, John Julius Alacdonuell, H•l''',..4iandr
tos Louisa onooftlsie.
w idw
late Colonel
thnelete HenryEladward A laticd,odnell, of Clare.
_

DIED.
On the 9th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Shattiv°ll'
Esq., of the Effra-road, Brixton, aged 31.
On the 12th lug., at Dale Cottage, ltv
Derbyshire, Alio Jamnard, only daughter oft'ae Bev. 1:,..1112.
James Jaumard, Vicard of Codieote, tlertfore.shirc, age'—„,,. e t
On the 13th inst., at Peckhatn-grove, II .laria• the yoll-1.1-*
daughter of the late H. J. Chalke,
Esq. OOP
i..n the 14th inst., in Charlotte-street, 13edford-sq
Christopher Nockells, Esq., aged 89. es
Cr4l4
near -Matlock,
oals,
On the 12th inst., at Lower Clapton, the Rev. Jara
Clements, aged bl.
On the 12th in.t., in Montagu-stree.,Th wit DaY• lr,
, Nit,. og,
London: Printed and Pubbshed b••• MORD° Y°.'"-,1, ill
No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11% ' lig'
the county of Middlesex. _Friday, July 16, 1841. i