The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-02 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1818.

THE WEATHER.

or three seconds only; on August 22, there were storms
al Exeter, Hastings, Stone, Saffron Walden, Cardington,
and at Leicester, At Greenwich, on August 23 and 24,
between the hours of 8 P It. and midnight, on both days,
many flashes of lightning were seen. On August 31, at
Greenwich and at Stone, there were thunder storms; at
the former place the thunder followed the lightning at
intervals varying from 1 sec. !o 12 sec. On September 5,
there were storms at Greenwich, Stone, and Leicester.
On September 22 lightning NYUS seen at Greenwich and
at Stone, and again at Stone on the 25th.
Hail fell at Stone and Cardington on August 22, and
at Empingham on August 5; the hailstones at Carding-
ton were of very large dimensions.

—Gales of win- d took place all over the country on
August 20, 21, and 22, but more particularly on the 21st.
At many places trees were blown down, and a great deal
of injury was done. Coasting vessels and fishing boats
generally suffered very much.
LARGE AND CONTINUOUS FALLS OF RAIN. —ln July,
at Greenwich, rain fell to the depth of 0 3 inch on the
15th, 23d, and 31st. On the 14th, at Latimer Rectory,
rain to the depth of half an inch fell in half an hour.
In August, rain was falling, more or less, at every part
of the country, on every day. At Greenwich, the
amount collected exceeded 0.3 inch on the Ist, 31, Bth,
10th, and 21st, and the falls exceeded 0.7 inch on the
14th and 31st. On the 14th a large fall occurred at all
places. In September, on the 24th at Thwaite, between
4 A.M.and 9 A m., rain fell to the depth of 2.12 inches,
a greater fall within the same interval of time than has
occurred at Thwaite within the preceding forty years;
and on this day at Leeds, the fall within nine hours was
2 inches. On the 28th, 29th, and 30th days, rain was
falling almost continuously over all parts of the country.
At Cardington the fall within 60 hc'urs was 2 6 inches.
At Leicester, the amount within 72 hours was 2.25
inches, and this was the amount which fell on these days
at most places. This fall, extending over so large a por-
tion of the country, is most unusual. . _

The approximate mean monthly values of the several
subjects of research are shown in the subjoined tables ;
but, as they have not been corrected for diurnal varia-
tion corresponding tu the time or times at which the
observations have been made, the values generally are
not in a state of comparison for each other. This remark
does not apply to the approximate mean monthly tempe-
ratures of the air, because the same correction is appli-
cable to all places.
The mean monthly temperatures of the places in Corn-
wall and Devonshire, in these three months, are about
the same values as those of other places, but the extremes
of daily and monthly temperatures are much less than
elsewhere.
The reading of the barometer was low at the begin-
ning of July, being 29.403 inches at 6 A.M. on the Ist ;
this reading increased to 29.740 by 6 P.m. on the 2d, de-
creased to 29.611 on the 3d, and increased quickly on
the 4th, and reached 30 inches before midnight on this
day. The reading ranged above 30 inches on the sth,
and decreased to 29.635 by midnight on the 9th. During
the 10th the value increased 0.539 inch, having passed
the point 30 inches, at about 1 P.M. on this day. The
reading continued about 30 inches till the 17th ; the
highest value was 30.344 on the 12th. From the
17th there was a gradual decrease to 29.146 on the 20th,
at 3 P.M.; at midnight on this day the reading was
29.467, and increased to 29.781 on the 24th; during the
25th the decrease was 0.3 inch; the reading at midnight
was 29.480; it then gradually increased to 30 inches by
the 29th. On tho 30th the change was considerable,
amounting to nearly half an inch during the day, and at
the end of the month the reading was 29.313 inches,
and still decreasing. On August 1, at 6h. A.M. the
reading was 29.244 inches; after this time it turned to
increase, and was 29.581 at midnight, and reached
29.817 on the second day. On the 3d it decreased, and
was 29.582 at midnight ; during the 4th the changes were
small; on the sth the decrease was 0.190 inch, and the
reading at midnight was 29.335 inches. During the
Gth and 7th there was a slight increase; from this time
to the 20th the changes were small, and at midnight on
the 20th the reading was 29.846 inches. The decrease
on the 21st was 0.334 inch, and at noon on the 22d the
reading was 29.423 inches, when it turned to increase,
and was 29.528 at midnight; the increase con-
tinued till the 25th at Oh., the reading at this
time being 29.947, when it turned to decrease, and the
changes after this time to the end of the month were small.
In September, till the 4th, the reading was above 30
inches; during the sth it decreased 0.2 inch, and was
29.638 at midnight; from the 6th to the 9th the changes
were small; on the 10th, by 6h P.M., the reading de-
creased 0.219 inch, and the reading was 29.496 inches:
it then turned to increase quickly; on the 11th the read-
ing at midnight was 30.091 inches, From this time till
the 18th the reading was always above 30 inches; the
highest value was 30.345 on the 16th; on the 19th it
began to decrease, and on the 24th the reading was
29.223 inches, and from this time to the end of the month
the changes were small, and chiefly about the mean read-
ing of 29.6 inches.
The reading of the barometer at Stone, till the 20th,
was not very fluctuating. On July 21st, at 9 A.M., the
reading was 119.424 inches; it gradually increased till
the 24th, and was 29.681 inches at 9 FAL., it then turned
to decrease; the reading on the 25th, at 9 A.M. was
29.476. On the 26th, at 9 P.M., it was 20.459, and then
turned to increase tilt the 28th at 9 P. 31., when its read-
ing was 29.880:- On the 30th, at 9 A.M., the reading was
29.730, and at 9h. P.M., on the same day, it was 29.247
inches. On August 1, the reading was 29.133 at 9 A.M. ;
this value increased to 29.732 inches by August 2, at 9
P.M.; it then turned to decrease, and was 29.200 on the
sth at 9 P M.; from this time till the end of the
month the changes were small. On September Ist, at 1
A.M., the reading was 29.968 inches ; on the 3d, at 9
A.M., it was 30.156; on the sth, at 9 it was 29.558;

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COUR7.
(Before the Reconoatt.)
John Jennings Smith, Daniel Reid, Jelin James, Da-
vid Gillis, John Payne, John Gillis, Robert Barclay,
Edward Sorrell, and John M'Donald, were charged with
felony in having, while acting as mariners on board a
vessel called the Lion, upon the seas, and within the
jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, feloniously
endeavoured to make a revolt on board the said ship.
A second count charged the prisoners with actually
making a revolt.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Shee conducted the prosecu-
tion. Mr. lluddlestone and Mr. Metcalfe were for the
defence.
Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case to the jury, said
that the question which they were about to consider
was one of very great importance to the merchants of
this country. The facts, he believed, would not be
disputed, but it was probable that a difficulty might
arise with regard to the law as applicable to the
particular charge. The prisoners were indicted
under a statute of the 11th and 12th of William
111., which made it a felony for any mariner to make, or
to endeavour t) make, a revolt on beard a ship, and the
statute made no distinction between mariners on board a
King's ship and those engaged in the merchant service,
and upon this point, therefore, no difference would arise.
The prisoner Smith acted as principal engineer on board
a steam vessel of 600 or 70J tons burden, which traded
between London and the port of Harlingen, in Holland,
and the cargoes she carried principally consisted of pro-
visions, and it was hardly necessary for him therefore, to
remind the jury of the importance of such goods being
delivered with regularity and dispatch, and in a condi-
tion to be consumed by the public. On the 13th Sep-
tember the Lion lett London and arrived at Har-
lingen on the following day, and at once proceeded
to take in a cargo of cheese, oil, bullocks, sheep, and
also some horses and cows. She was quite ready,
and arnangements were made to sail on the morn-
ing of the 16th, at half-past nine o'clock, and the
fires were got up, and the vessel was nearly ready to
depart. At this moment. the captain saw several
baskets containing fowls brought on beard the ship, and
on his inquiring whose they were, he was informed they
belonged to Smith, the chief engineer. The captain
ordered the fowls to bo taken on shore, and when this
was done, Smith went up to him, and clenching his fist
in his face said, " So you won't allow my fowls to go in
the ship." The captain replied that he would not, as
the' vessel was sufficiently laden already, when Smith,
making use of a filthy expression, offered to pay freight
for the fowls. The captain still refused, and Smith then
went to his companions, the other defendants, in the en-
gine-room, and told them to rake out the fires and come
ashore. This was done, and Smith was afterwards
heard to say that he had been thinking of doing this
for some time, and he would teach the captain to refuse
to allow his poultry to be taken on board the ship.
In consequence of the proceeding of the defendants
the vessel was detained is the port for three days,
and it was found necessary to unship the whole of the
cargo, of course at a very considerable expense as
well as inconvenience. It would be quite unnecessary,
he said, for him to comment upon the mischievous cha-
racter of this proceeding, or to urge that the prisoners
had morally committed a very serious offence; but the
question that remained was the legal character of that
offence, and whether the act they had committed
brought them within the statute. He had already stated
that there could be no doubt that a merchant seaman
was in exactly the same position as a seaman on board a
King's ship, and he believed that his Lordship would
also direct them that it was not necessary to show any
design to take the vessel away from the captain in order
to make out the offence now imputed to the prisoners.
The facts, therefore, he apprehended, would be quite suf-
ficient to support the charge of making or endeavouring
to make a revolt on board a ship; but it would be neces-
sary for him, in the discharge of his duty, and with the
view of calling his Lordship's attention to the point,
to enter a little more fully into the position of the par-
ties with reference to the engagement under which the
prisoners entered on board the vessel. Ho did not think
any difficulty would arise with regard to the question
of the prisoners being mariners, hut under one of the
provisions of the Merchant Seamen's Act a question
would arise whether the prisoners were amenable to the
present charge. By the second section of that Act it was
enacted that it should not be lawful for the master of a
registered British ship or vessel of any description
telading to foreign parts to take to sea any of his crew
unless the master of such ship should first make and
enter into an agreement specifying the amount of wages
to be paid to each seaman, the quantity and quality of
provisions that were to be allowed, and also the voyage
on which the ship was bound, and that the nature of the
employment of every seaman should be distinctly
stated. This section also required that every
seaman on board the vessel should sign this
agreement, as well as the master of the vessel,
andtested
directedli that
l heewise that the signatures should be at-
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to sea without first obtaining the register ticket
of every seamen, which he was to give a receipt for, and
deliver up at the end of the voyage. The Learned
Counsel went on to say that, by a subsequent section,
the master of a vessel subjected himself to a penalty of
10!. in every case of omission to conform with the pro-.
vision of the section to which he had alluded. Now,
with regard to this part of the case, the facts were
these:—The prisoners had all signed that which was no
doubt intended to operate as an agreement, and which
made them aware of the amount of wages they were to
receive, and also their place of destination; but, he must
admit, it did appear to him that the instrument was cer-
tainly incomplete and imperfect. The specific matter
required by the statute to be introduced into such an
instrument was omitted—much of it was in blank, and
the date was also omitted, and there was no witness to
it. The question under these circumstances was, whether
the Act of Parliament had been so far complied with as
to render the prisoners amenable to the present charge,
and upon this point they would hear his Lordship's opi-
nion after the evidence had been laid before them.
The RECORDER asked Mr. Clarkson what had been
done in accordance with the 7th and Bth Viet., or Mer-
chant Seamen's Act.
Mr. CLARKSON replied that they had got a list of the
names of the seamen engaged on board the vessel, and
had also taken their register ticket and given receipts
for them. He then handed up the paper to which he
referred.
The RECORDER, after looking at it, observed that the
document, which was represented to be an agreement
detween the parties, did not even state the destination of
the vessel, but merely that the men were to go on a
voyage from London and back.
Mr. CLARKSON said perhaps it would be as well if his
Lordship should hear some of the facts before he decided
the point.
Mr. W. H. Neville, the captain of the Lion, was ac-
cordingly examined.—He proved that the Lion was a
steam-ship of between 600 and 700 tons burden, and she
The prisoners were part of the crew; Smith was th
was emp'oyed in trading between London and Frieselafinrdst.
engineer, and Reid acted as his assistant. The other
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The vessel was ready to sail on the morninr. the
16th, and the fires were lighted and everyt thing pre-
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they were requested, and the whole of them left the ship.
He repeatedly urged them all to return to their duty, but
they refused, and Smith challenged him to fight, and
jeered at him, asking why he did not take his ship away.
He added that he was compelled to hire a steamer to
proceed to Amsterdam, to get an engineer to take the
Lion home to England; but they could not leave the
port untill the 19th, it being necessary in the interval to
have all the live stock removed from the vessel and taken
on shore, at considerable expense. The vessel ought to
have arrived in London to be in time for the Monday's
market; but it did not arrive until two days afterwards.
The RECORDER asked the witness whether, before he
started he had entered into an agreement with his crew,
in which the amount of wages, the nature of the provi-
sions, and the destination of the sbip, were stated?—
The captain replied that ho had made no such agree-
ment. The men signed their names to a muster roll,
and that was all that was done. He added that he be-
lieved the first mate had instructions to draw up the
necessary agreement.
The RECORDER asked him whether ho ever executed
such an agreement as he knew was required by the Act
of Parliament?—The captain replied that he had not.
Mr. CLARKSON here observed that there were some
other facts that might be proved, but he considered
enough had already been stated to raise the legal
question.
The RECORDER said it appeared to him that, not only
were these men not legally taken on board, but the
master of the vessel was actually prohibited from tuking
them tinder such circumstances. The question here was,'
whether as mariners, legally employed in that position,
t hey had endeavoured to make a revolt, and he was of
opinion that upon the evidence that had been adduced
they could not be convicted of that offence.
Mr. CLARKSON intimated that he felt the difficulty
that existed in the case.
The RECORDER said lie did not wish it to be inferred
that the prisoners might not be amenable to some other
form of charge, but with regard to the offence now al-
leged against them, there was no proof of their having
accepted any legal trust whatever. There was no agree-
ment in conformity with the statute, and all that ap-
peared upon the face of the document handed to him
and
uponthe
with regard to the destination of the vessel was, that the
men were to sail on a voyage from London and beck,
The Learned Judge added that they might have com-
mitted a very wicked act in a moral point of view, but
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After a few observations from Mr. CLARKSON,
The RECORDER said he felt au objection to reserve a
point which might have the effect of raising a doubt
with regard to the course that should be pursued in
hiring seamen, and which might induce a departuro from
carrying out the important provisions of the statute,
which was especially intereled, not only for the 'r )tCL.
then of merchants and nimters o but also to f vessels,pro-
tect their seamen.

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TIM jury then, under his Lordship's direction, re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty._ _
Mr. CLARKSON said there was another ind'ettnerit
charging the prisoners with misdemeanour, and he was
desirous that it should be permitted to stand over till
the next session, to give an opportunity for further con-
sidering and deciding what course should be taken re-
specting it.
The RECORDER said he considered the application not
an unreasonable one, but he thought the prisoners ought
to be allowed to go at large upon their own recognizances,
without finding any sureties.
Mr. HUDDLESTONE urged that the prisoners might be
allowed to enter into a recognizance to appear it they
were called upon to do so, and that they might not be
compelled to appear at the next session, as it might hin.
der them from getting employment in their vocation as
seamen.
Mr. CLARKUN observed that for a sailor to enter into
a recognizance to appear when called upon, appeared to
him very much to verity the old adage of looking for a
needle in a bottle of hay.
The RECORDER then said ho hoped this case would be
a warning to the masters of vessels in future to take care
to carry out the intentions of the Legislature as evinced
by this statute, which they must see was of the utmost im-
portance in protecting a vessel, and the property it con-
tained, and the lives of all on board.
Mr. CLARKSON having made some observation which
was not distit.ctly heard,
The RECORDER replied that if lie wanted his opinion
it was that the master of the vessel had behaved very ill,
and had neglected his duty in not complying with the
terms of the statute.
Mr. HUDDLESTONE said that he had rendered himself
liable to a penalty of 10d, and it was only when the
men appeared before the Lord Mayor to complain of his
conduct that he turned round upon them and made this
charge.
The prisoners were then ordered to be liberated upon
their entering into their own recognisance in 401. each.
An application was subsequently made for the costs of
the prosecution, but the Recorder refused to allow any
more than the amount actually expended in obtaining
the indictment, &c., and that only upon the usual and
ordinary scale.
One or two other cases of a trifling character were
then disposed of, and this concluded the business of the
session, which was then adjourned.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Bur,Lock.)
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—James Frost, a car-
man, was indicted lor embezzling and stealing several
small sums of money, which he had received for and on
account of his master, Mr. Frederick Blogg, a brewer,
in Somer's Town.

Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Prendergast for the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner had been in the prose-
cutor's service about ten years as a carman, and it was
his duty to receive payment of bills from the customers,
the rule being for him to account at night for all moneys
received by him during the day. It appeared that three
sums of money had been paid to him by customers, but
he had neither paid nor accounted for the money to his
master; who, having discovered the omission, charged
him with it. The prisoner, after two days' absence, pre-
sented himself at his master's counting-house, and said,
" Well, here lam with all my faults. IN e're all fallible,
and if there's any deficiency in my accounts I'll make it
up." However, he was given into custody upon the
charge of embezzlement. In cross-examination it was
elicited that the cause of his absence was his having dis-
covered that he was watched, in consequence of its being
suspected that when out with the dray he was in the habit
of changing barrels of strong beer for barrels of weak;
that on one occasion he found a pocket-book containing
9001., which he advertised and duly restored to the
owner, receiving 61, reward; also that he had found a 10/.
note, which he endeavoured to give up to the loser, but
be did not give it up, because the party who claimed it
could not -distinctly identify it; and that it had fre-
quently occurred that in settling his accounts he had
paid more money to his master than he had actually
received.
The defence was, that it was not a felony, but a mis-
take on the part of the prisoner, who was proved by the
evidence brought against him to be an honest man rather
than a thief.

Mr. Marks, one of the directors of the poor of St.
Pancras, stated that the prisoner had borne hitherto a
most unexceptionable character. He was treasurer to
two societies in Somer's Town. . .

...„
Eight or ten other witnesses, all tradesmen, spoke in
similar terms of the prisoner.
The Learned COMMISSIONER having summed up, the
jury found a verdict of Not Guilty, adding, that they
considered the deficiency a result of mistake, not design.
The prisoner was tried on a second charge of like cha-
racter, and a similar verdict was returned.
THE BILL STEALING CASE :—James Gardiner, alias
Higgins Green, was placed at the bar upon an indictment,
charging him with stealing a bill of exchange for a large
amount.

A suggestion having been made that as the case was
likely to occupy a considerable time, and was of consi•
derable public importance, it should be postponed till
the first day of next session,
Mr. PARRY, who appeared for the prosecution, said
that he thought that course would be a desirable one to
take, for the whole case depended upon the view the
Court might take upon some legal points involved in the
matter, and it would be more advantageous were the
discussion to take place as suggested, at the next session.
Mr. BALLANTINE concurred in this view, and also the
COMMON SERGEANT, who said that the judges would
then be in attendance, and it might happen that they
might have to be consulted on the points raised.

The case was then postponed till the third day of the
November session.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEROIVE.

ARTFUL AND IMPUDENT SYSTEM OF ROBBERY BY A
FEMALE.—Yesterday a tall well-dressed young woman,
named Margaret Her" was charged with robbery.
Margaret Dixon, in the service of Malcolm Corry,
Esq., No. 1, Clifton• place, Sussex square, Hyde Park •
gardens, deposed that on the previous day the prisoner
came to the house and asked if Mrs. Corry had suited
herself with a cook. Witness went to her mistress to
make inquiry, and on her return told her (prisoner) that
an engagement had been entered into with a female a
few days ago, upon receiving which intimation prisoner
requested to be allowed to speak to Mrs. Barrett, a lady
residing in the same dwelling. Witness accordingly went
up stairs, and on her return found that the prisoner had
absconded from the hall. She missed from a table a
shawl, and immediately gave an alarm with regard to the
robbery in question.
Thornton, the officer, stated that he saw the priso-
ner running at a rapid rate, and feeling satisfied from
her manner that there was something wrong, stopped
her. He was made acquainted with the particulars of
the theft directly afterwards, and on searching her (pri-
soner) he discovered a shawl concealed beneath the
upper part of her clothing, a quantity of lace, and
two pairs of ladies' drowers fell from some portion of
her apparel, and in her hand was an umbrella. She had
also two glasses in one of her pockets. Witness took
her back to the house of Mr. Corry, and, on Dixion
asking her why she had stolen the shawl, she said that
drink caused her to do it. Thornton added that, on
examining the prisoner's lodgings, he found therein nu-
merous duplicates relating to the pawning of shawls,
dresses, &c.
The umbrella produced was identified by Dixon as
belonging to Mr. Corry; it was stolen from the hall.
The shawl and lace had been left at his (Mr. Corry's)
house on the previous day by mistake, and it was not as
yet known from what shop they had been brought.
Mr. Ratcliff., landlord of the White Lion, Bayswater,
swore to one of the glasses as being his. He had also
reason to believe that the drawers had also been stolen
from his house. The prisoner was there with a man on
the previous day, and they partook of something to
drink.

The prisoner, being asked what she had to say, replied
that she gave one shilling for the drawers and glasses,
and that if she took the shawl in which the lace was
wrapped up, it was by mistake,

Thornton, thinking it likely that he might, if allowed
a little time, be able to bring forward other cases, the
prisoner was remanded till to-morrow (this day) week.

LAMBETH.

PASSING FORGED NoTES.—Yesterday, Thomas Dale,
William Davis, and John Harley, all of whom are well
known to the police, were charged with passing several
forged 51. notes.

On Thursday last, the prisoner Davis passed a forted
note to Mr. Addis, an ironmonger, in East-street, Wal-
worth, in payment for a fender. Mr. Addis, not having
change in the house, sent the note to Mr. Elgee, a publi-
can in the Kent-road, and got change for it. Mr. Elgee
passed it to his bankers, but on Monday it was returned
to him as a forgery, and this led to the apprehension of
the prisoners, who are part of a gang who have been
very successful in passing off forged notes. The notes,
which purport to be of the Newcastle branch of the Bank
of England, are so well executed that it requires more
than an ordinary judge to detect them, and, as a proof of
their perfect imitation, one of them that had been passed
to a respectable publican at Peckham had passed
through the hands of five respectable tradesmen without
the slightest suspicion being entertained of its genuine-
ness, and it was only on its being presented at the Bank
of England that its worthlessness was discovered.
The prisoners, who offered nothing satisfactory in
defence, were remanded until Monday next, when it is
expected that a number of charges will be proved against
them.