The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-17 00:00:00

INSULT TO 7'HE BRITISH FLAG, AND
ICIDNAPPING A TAILOR.
On Saturday, at the Whitechapel County Court, was
heard the case of "Jamieson v. Ramsay," in action of
tort. The damages were laid at 501. The plaintiff is a
retired tailor, possessing a villa called "Labour's Re-
treee," on the baeks of the Thames. The defendant is
an old man-of-war's man, who some time ago became
possessed of considerable property in Whitechapel; but
preferring to live afloat, he equipped a yacht of six g ens, ,
the Tom Bowling, in which be lives. In the evidence it
appeared that on Easter Mondays the plaintiff (Jamie-
son) holds a festive anniversary, in remembrance of the
day on which his wife died, and cannon are lot off to
announce the joyful tidings. It happened that on the
laet anniversary the Tom Bowling was cruising off
powde
Labour's Retreat," and when her crew smelt the
!zr, all hands were piped for action, and they re-
ed fire. The firing on both sides continued some
It , until the landsmen pat stones in their guns,
and riddled " Tom 'S" duck. and streaming bunting.
The
shottin
siegrheisesion was resented, and the boatswain,
stack ele ch. Ms, seriously damaged the tailor s
his . crew, tiornaeYs'
offered to Me Captain Ramsay then landed
a demand satisfaction for the insult
friends, the ea
Captain challenged the tailor himself, po-
litely offering 111)1
tailor, thinking nilt the
sway, upon which tileeeri
choice of swords or pistols. The
to_ faint than to fight, swooned
and
on
coming ordered him to be taken
prisener ;
himself under hatches of his senses
htehree htaeilworasfokuenpdt
the whole night, bewaili
he he misfortune of being .yapped by pirates, as the
kid-
morning he was brought before the
for insuitin hie captors. In the
. defendant and tried
by court-martial,
g the British flig and
being found guilty was sentenced to the erd-arua-'. He
4-3 last resource,
begged for mercy, however, and, a,
offered up prayers. The sentence was thou d
ec
no mm
Bailorst commuted
to the it,fliction of as operation perform
when first crossing the line. In that state he was trans-
ported to Herne Bay, 40 miles from home, veitho t u a
farthing in his pocket, Mr. G. E. Williams, for the de-
Wi
fendant, contended that the plaintiff deserved the treat-
ment which he had brought on himself. Thfjudge said
that, although the plaintiff had acted most impreparly
in loading his guns, the defendant had retaliated too se-
verely; but, under the circumstances, he should award
only 54 &alleges, without costa.

THE QUEEN'S BALL.—,Some Surprise has been ex

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presortiii the City circles that the Lord Mayor was not pre-
rent ht-1 140.peen'a Ball on Fri.lay night. The circumstance
i&stiseptiblecif.eity)l79lanation. The same course has, in
all kolatbility,beelajtalOn in respect to this as in respect to
i all former eriteFtinmentit, of the same nature, given under
,',- eimilar;circkmitan6S. ';‘,ltttis a matter of etiquette that no one
If 18 bliite4:oll-auctr occaaloils as this ball out of the Court
tCeircle— It.will doithtless ,?onsole civic dignity to perceive
PratlerY-few taernbahe Government were at the ball
\it
4tievion Wjle,wero mired by the duties of their office to
ato tirtheßtAse,et mmons. Lord John Russell and
Siailikeorge-Greß':ware' both in the House at midnight on
Friday, artrfneitU of them W 43 dreaed in fancy cootiume•--
Emir* Paper.

Mr. ALSO?, of Hall, moved an amendment:—
" That this meeting disapproves of so much of the
preamble of the Bill as relates to any working arrange-
ment and amalgamations with the Lancashire and York-
shire Railway Company, and also disapproves of the
clauses of the Bill, being 23 to 45 inclusive, relating to
the same subject."
Mr. GEORGE EMMETTE, of Preston, seconded the
amendment.
The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment and original
motion to the meeting, when the lormer was carried by
a large majority.
A scrutiny of votes was ordered to take place, the re-
sult of which was announced by the chairman as fol-
lows:—For the amendment, 1,609; for the original mo-
tion, 1,088; being a majority of 521 Against amalgama-
tion, Which waifreceived with great cheering.
Mr. ALSOP then moved the adoption of the other
portions of the Bill, which was carried; after which the
thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman, and
the meeting separated.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.
The shareholders met on Friday at Chester according
to adjournment.
At two o'clock the Chairman and the other officials
connected with the company entered the room; and,
after a short pause, he asked if the scrutineers were
ready to state the result of the poll taken on the amend-
ment proposed by Mr. East.
Mr. S. P. RonorsoN, one of the scrutineers, was
about to read a report which he had drawn up, when—
Mr. ROY said he objected to Mr. Robinson reading
that report, inasmuch as the other scrutineer, Mr. Nicol-
son, had not seen it, nor was he even consulted as to its
contents.
Mr. ROBINSON then put the report in his pocket, and
observed that the majority of shareholders in the room
yesterday were in favour of his amendment; but, in con.
sequence of the great number of transfers which had
come in within the past few days, he found himself quite
unable to examine them, and, consecpently, could not
give a report before Wednesday or Thursday next.—
(" Oh, oh !" and cheers.)
Mr. NICOLSoN said that he really did not see any
cause for such a delay. He was of opinion that the re-
sult aright be ascertained in the course of a short time.
The nembers as taken were, according to his calculation,
5,500 for Mr. East's amendment, and 19,558 in support
of the directors,
and of the agreement with the Great
Western Company.
The CHAIRMAN said that these repeated adjournments
could really end in no good result. If they wen
adjournment on adjournment they would
Inodto therefore
tan
with
terminate
the business in one, or even two months.
think that Mr. Robinson should be preparwed to deliver
big report on Tuesday, and that he will no
the chairman
say so.
Mr. W. G. THoatesoN protested against
limiting their scrutineer to time. He should have every
opportunity afforded him to examine the whole of the
votes with ereat care.
Mr. RAwsoss. of Manchester, thought it most injudi-
cious to limit Mr. Robinson. He was of opinion that he
should have full time, and that as this was the first scru-
tiny which had token place in connexion with this mat-
ter, it was the more desirable it should not be hastily
done, but full and complete in every respect, so that no
complaints could be made on a future occasion.
Mr. TREVOR said, he thought it would be desirable if
the meeting adjourned for 12 months. At the end of
that time Mr. Robinson and his friends would surely be
prepsred.—(flear, hear, and a laugh.)
Mr. ROBINSON said that he was most anxious to com-
plete his laborious task, and be would endeavour to get
over it as fast as possible. At the same time, the re-
gistry should be regularly scrutinized, so as to prevent
trouble on a future occasion. He therefore did not think
he could be ready Jselore 'Thursday. Ho would, if he
could, on Wednesday.
Ultimately it was agreed to adjourn the meeting until
Wednesday next, at two o'clock.
After the meeting of the company adjourned a meet-
ing of independent shareholders was held, Mr. G.
Thomson in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that he had receivd a letter from
the secretary of the London and North-Western Com-
pany, stating that there was every prospect that the pro-
posal for a guarantee of 4i per cent. would be favour-
ably received by the board.
Resolutions were passed to the effect that the terms
now uuder the consideration of the London and North-
Western Company were such as would insure a fixed
dividend higher than would ever accrue from the
Great Western proposal, and also be more advan-
tageous, as such dividend would commence from
the Ist of July next, instead of being postponed
for some years; calling on their brother shareholders to
join them in protecting their property ; and in the event
of theeproposal being acceded to by the London and
North-Western Company, the Chairman be requested to
urge the immediate co-operation of the shareholders, and
to take such further steps as might be necessary for
securing the same.

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LAUNCH OF THE THA M ES-8 UIL T
CLIPPER CHEBUC7'O.
On Saturday afternoon W 43 launched, from the build-
ing-yard of Messrs. Bilby and Perry, nothertiithe, one
of the finest merchant vessels that has, perhaps, ever
been built iu the Thames.
This ship was laid down for Anderson, Thompson,
and Co., on lines specially adapted for competing with
the Yankee clippers in the China trade; and is one, we
trust, of a fleet of merchantmen that will ()brain the
same signal success over the American sailing ships as
our British mail steamers have achieved over the Yankee
steamers. The Chebucto on the stocks displayed all
the appearances of a remarkably str,ng built ship; in
fact, much stronger, and therefore much heavier. than
the American ship., but she has sharply-formed bows
(remarkably so for a sailing vessel), and a very clean
run; and although there can be no mistake as to her
stowage amidships, she is also very lean abaft. She
was named by
the wife of one of the owners,
and
went off the slip in gallant stile, and floated amost
handsome spvcimen of British naval architecture.
The bow and stern of the Chebucto have been con-
structed on a new principlfe suegested by the builders,
the timbers being worked in-diagonally, instead of per-
pendicularly. The advantage; of this mole of construc-
tion are said to be twofold;. first,
.a alleged that thethis
timber is more
easily converted, and, sue ,roily, tit
diagonal form is the strongest. Oa account of this new
principle in construction one of the surveyors of Lloyd's
was specially depured to attend the launch, to test the
breakage in launching and we are informed that after
the most conclu,ive test had been applied, it was found
that the breakage or clrfl?ction did not amount to one-
eighth of an inch, the result thereby es.
years."tablishing tha
elsim for the ship to be registered "A 1, tairteen
The length of the ship is 134 feet; breadth, 26 feet
inches; depth, 13 feet; tonnage 430. She is at once to by
saasted, rigged, fitted, and completely equipped, and is
under the command of Mr. Beech, an experienced rims.
ll.ter. Messrs. Tnompson of Billiter-square, and Mr. H.
Lindsay, of the East India Chambers, have
,an-
nounced her to sail direct for Shanghai on the 10th of
July. A dozen of such vessels as the Chebucto will soon
t!ake.the *hid out (f the sails of as many American
!Orientals," and will re establish the character of Bri-
tish, naval architecture.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
BOLTON, BLACKBURN, CLI FUEROE, AND
WEST YORKSHIRE.
The adjourned special meeting of this company was
-held at Blackburn on Thursday, Mr. W. H. Hornby in
the chair, for the purpose of considering " a Bill for ex-
tending and enlarging the powers of the above company,
and for authorizing working arrangements and amalga-
mation with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Company."
The CHAIRMAN, after a few remarks, proposed
" That the meeting approved of the Bill passed by the
House of Commons."
which was seconded by Mr. C. POTTER, one of the di. I
rectors.