The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-03 00:00:00

ALDERMAN SALOMONS AND LIEUT.

HIGGINSON.

• Lest evening a crowded public meeting of elec-
tors was held at the Queen's Arms Tavern, Plum-
stead, to hear an address from Mr. Alderman
Salomons, as a candidate for the representation
of the borough of Greenwich. After recapitulating
his political views, Alderman Salomons referred at
some length to the case of Lieutenant Higginson,
who recently applied for a summons against the
directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
Alderman Salomons observed—" I have ever been
proud of my reputation as a courteous and con-
siderate magistrate, and as the case of Lieutenant
Higginson has been introduced into this contest, I
will give a plain statement of the facts. Now, .a
gentlman whom I bad never seen before applied to
me as a magistrate for a summons against the At-
lantic Telegraph Company Directors, for an alleged
irregularity in not having registered the names of
the shareholders. The applicant was a lieutenant
in the Royal Navy, but he was evidently labouring
under an extraordinary delusion. I told him that
I had myself Xl,OOO in tne company, wnien money
was sunk at the bottom of the sea ; and he stated
that he had lost the same, amount, but it turns out
that he calculates his loss upon the fact that because
the company did not adopt an invention of his, he
had lost £l,OOO. I told him that I could not adju-
dicate upon the case, and adjourned it until the
next day, and the solicitors to the company were
then present. He then complained that they were
on the bench, but I told him to take a seat on the
bench also. He refuied to do so, and what followed
has been much misrepresented to-my prejudice. I
carefully considered the case, and when I found
that I had no jurisdiction, I advised the applicant
to go to the Registrar's office. Throughout the
whole case I paid every respect to the lieutenant—
gave him every indulgence, and treated hiin on
terms of equality. On the second day I told him
that I was sorry that I was compelled to tell him to
leave the court ; and this was construed by some of
the newspapers into an apology, but nothing was
farther from my thoughts. These are the facts ;
and, although some of the newspapers have accused
me of being flippant, and Punch has given me an
admonition, I consider that the course I adopted
was entirely justifiable."
A resolution pledging the meeting to support
Alderman Salomons was then adopted.

SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE AND SHIPPING
_DURING THE LATE GALES.

SHIELDS, TUESDAY FORENOON.

We have already reported that a 'vessel named
the Wingra, e, belonging 'to this port, was run
down and perished with all hands during the late
gale. There is now little doubt that another collier
vessel, the Amaranth, of Seaton Shire, has also
been lost, and that every one on board have suffered
with her. She left Cuxhaven six weeks ago in
ballast for the Tyne, and has never since been heard
of. She had a crew of 10 or 11 hands, and the mas-
ter's wife was also on the voyage with him, so that
12 persons at least must hive perished. Several
'ships that have reached here from Hamburg report
having passed the wreck of a large brig, apparently
of about 300 tons, floating about on the edge of the
Dogger Bank, and about 60 miles from the Eng-
lish coast. She appeared to have been a foreign
brig, and:it was thought had been timber-laden.
Every inquiry has been made at the outposts to
ascertain if the crew of a foreign vessel had been
landed there, but no information can'be gathered
with regard to them, and it is•very much feared
that the crew of the unfortunate brig have all pe-
rished. The crew of the brig Dalston have arrived
at their homes in - Shields without an article of
clothing except that which they wore. She -was
proceeding from the Tyne to the Mediterranean
with coals, when her decks were swept by a heavy
-sea-as she-w.as-passing-aloUgthe-Suffolk coast. The
sea swept away the long-boat, and immediately
after the vessel began to sink. The -master, Mr.
Barker, however, got the • stern boat out, and
stowed all his crew away in it. They had only
been a quarter of an hour from the vessel when
she went down. The crew of the vessel, after pull-
ing in their frail and overladen boat nine miles,
fortunately landed at Lowestoft. The master, chief
officers, steward, and two seamen, lost in the Henry
Tanner, of Shields, near Aden, as reported by tele-
graph, were Tyne men.

THE NEW BOARD OF CONSERVANCY.—The new
Board of Conservancy of the River Thames, constituted
under a recent Act of Parliament, met on Monday after-
nooni at their offices, Trinity-square, Tower-hill, for the
purpose of appointing a solicitor. There were no fewer
than ,17 candidates for the office, the emoluments of which,
it is, supposed, will amount to from £2OO to £3OO a-year.
Mr. Freer, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, was elected.
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