The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-23 00:00:00

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TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.

SLX O'CLOCK.

CHIMER. CUP.
12 to 1 age. Rhesus
18 to 1 agst The Italian
18 to 1 agst Cossack
$0 to 1 agst Haricot—taken
30 to 1 .agst Lady Evelyn]
30 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel
40 to 1 agst The Flying Gout

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The National Assembly of Schleswig-Holstein held
its last sitting on the 17th, and the retrograde move•-
me nt of the Holstein army had commenced ; a bat-
talion reached Hamburgh on the 18th, on its way
towards Plon. Another battalion in garrison at Ratz-
burg, had taken an oath of fidelity to the King of
Denmark. The Austrian corps d'armee was being
concentrated in Lauenburg, and it was supposed that
it would remain some time in that province and in
Holstein. The Federal and Danish Commissioners
at Hamburgh had resumed their negotiations, and it
was not doubted would come to an arrangement.
The movements of the Prussian and Austrian
troops, which were crossing the Elbe into Lauenburg,
have been suddenly suspended.
Advices from Hanover state that the Austrian
columns have come to a stand-still in that capital.
The cause of the delay is not accounted for.
Count de Reventlow Criminil, acting for the King
of Denmark, has assumed the government of the
Duchy of Lauenburg.
It is not true that Austria has been taking active
measures for the abolition of the Sound duties. The
question has been discussed by Austria and Prussia
in the free conferences, but the discussion has led to
no result. The Danish plenipotentiary suggested that,
if the duties were abolished, Denmark would be re-
duced to a state of dependance on England and.
Russia. It appears now to be quite certain that Hol-
stein, and especially Rendsburg, will be occupied by
Austrian and Russian troops.
The Copenhagen papers of the 17th protest that no
reduction will take place in the Danish army until
Rendsburg and Friedrichsort shall have been given up
to the troops of the King of Denmark.
General Von der Horst, the late Commander-in-
Chief of the Holstein army, has addressed the follow-
ing general order to the troops that are bebig dis-
banded or dismissed on leave :
" Soldiers! On the occasion of your quitting the army
I bid yea a hearty farewell, and I express to you the
thanks of the country for the faithful service you have
done to its caiLie„ The consciousness of having done
your duty will accompany you on the path of life; may
it add to your happiness and be your comfort in evil
days. God bless you, comrades, whers.ver you go.
" The Commanding-General, Von der Boum
" Rendsburg, Jan. AS."

IMPORTANT SEAMAN'S CASE.

On Tuesday, six men were brought up in custody
before Mr. Rushton, by police-officer Tuck, on a
charge' of refusing to proceed to sea in the ship after
signing articles. Thornes Ridley said he was master
of the Crusader, and the whole of the men had sailed
v..ith him in the ship on a voyage to Buenos Ayres.
They had been at sea five days, and returned to port,
when, they refused to go the voyage. Oee of the men
said on the charge being preferred, that they would
be obliged if the mate and the steward were sent
for, es they would state that the captain had
never been sober since the ship left the
rive!, When the witnesses came, they were sworn,
and 'Mr. Rushton addressed the mate, and said :
" These six men are brought here for refusing to go
to sea in the ship, alleging as a reason that the cap-
tain had not been sober since he left the river. Is
that true ?" The mate, who seemed to answer unwil-
lingly, said he could not say that he had been altogether
is pis proper settees during the voyage. The steward
was.then called, and he said he could not say that the
captain had been in his proper senses during the
voyage. He had often given him spirits in his coffee,
and he was not capable of managing the ship on a lee
shore. The captain said he had never been in such a
state. He had had a pilot on board for three days out
of the five. Lie had not tasted spirits of any descrip-
tion. The. steward said, " I saw him fill a tumbler
when he was not able to hold it to the cask." Mr.
Rushton—What of ? The Steward—Rum, sir. Mr.
Rushton said it was a very serious matter. It was
his duty to take care that the men were not impri-
soned improperly. Tile sailor bad a right to guard
aglieat a drunken- captain. Here was the mate, an
unwilling witness, who was put on oath, and who
sal • the captain.. was not fit for duty ; and the steward
deposed, that he was not, only totally, unfit, but be had
seen him drinking spirits by the tumbler, drawn
out of the cask. Under the circumstances, and de-
cidiog by the evidence, be thought the men justified
in not proceeding to sea. The owner, who was in
court, said the men had refused to work when the
ship was in danger ; and Mr. Rushton replied, that if
such captains were put on board a vessel all confidence
was lost. The captain said he bad sailed sixteen
years out of Liverpool, and referred to his character
during that time, when the magistrate remarked that
it was a painful thing to do, as respected the captain,
but it was due:to the men—they must be discharged.
The men were then set at liberty ; but it was under-
stood that the owners would put a new captain in the
ship, and that they would proceed on the voyage. A
memorial from them to the owners was also read, setting
forth the conduct of the captain in the form of a letter,
from which it appeared he bad perilled the ship,
not being able to distinguish the lights, and
having to give up the commend of the vessel to
one of the people to pilot her inside the Tuskar rocks,
when she was in dangerous circumstances, and when,
.but for this delegation of authority, she would have
been lost. The letter, the magistrate remarked, was
extremely creditable to the men.—Liverpool Courier.