The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-26 00:00:00

was afraid of a collision between the troops and my officers
if they attempted to put a passenger in irons. My reason
was that soldiers would feel a sympathy for their officers. a-
they base done in the streets. The cargo was worth £150,000.
I said to the plaintiff, "I shall have to confine you if you
don't be quiet." That was immediately after saying I was
a landlord. He was surrounded by people on the deck. I
sent the chief officer up to him to bring him down to his
cabin. Mr. Thompson addressed the passengers, saying
they ought not to resist the authority of the captain. I said
Mr. Krog had only to express himself as sorry, and there
would be an end of it. He refused to withdraw the expres-
sions. He came out of his cabin, and I sent messages to
tell him he must remain in his cabin. There were no means
of confining him to his cabin but by fastening him up. He
was confined as a refractory sailor would be. He was able
to talk to the other passengers, and played at cards and
chess. Every day I sent to tell him if he would confine
himself to his cabin be should be released. I wrote an
apology, which I thought necessary, but he refused to
sign it. The apology was that he was sorry be had used
the words " that I was a landlord, and the ship a float-
ing hotel." On the 15th of June I released him, on the
representation of the doctor that his health was in danger.
On the sth of June my wife went into hysterics.
Cross- examined—l did not order him to be locked in ex-
cept, at dinner time. They could not find the key. I did not
say there was a conspiracy to take the ship from me. I be-
lieve I said there was an inclination among the passen-
gers to upset my authority; they were most of those
witnesses who were called yesterday—Captain Hunt, Lieut.
Armstrong, Mr. Krog. I can't mention any more names
exactly. I don't call any cf them mutineers. I believed
they intended to upset my authority, and that I nnderstand
to be mut.ny. They were verging on mutiny. I don't say
that two officers conspired to mutiny. I considered, as soon
as Major Lougden said he would support me, that all danger
was over. I put Mr. Krog in irons after that—it was not to
prevent a mutiny. If I was publicly insulted my authority
would be at an end.
Baron Martin—l think the witness has negatived the

plea.
I threatened to pull Lieutenant Armstrsng's nose. I did
so because I was in a passion because my wife was in hysterics.
I afterwards apologised to the commanding officer. I did
threaten Capt. Hunt. I told Capt. Green that I was ready
to meet him at 12 paces. I did not do that to prevent a
mutiny. I did not use strong language to the other passen-
gers. I kept Mr. Krog in irons 10 days. I did not expect
a mutiny each of those days.
Re•examined—l did not jeer at Dr. Veale ; we had an
altercation. I said I thought be was not in a position to
talk to me. I meant because he was wounded. There was
an altercation: with Capt. Green, and I said a blue jacket
was as good as a red one, and I was willing to meet him
at 12 paces. At that time I had been up all night, the
ship had been in danger, and I was annoyed. There 'were
high words on boar sides. I did not release Mr. Krog, be-
cause I considered that my authority would be at an end as
regarded the crew and the stewards. This is the first time
I have had an action against me.
Philip Boaarius and George Cook, the first and second
stewards of the ship, Mr. Smyth, the first officer, and Mr.
Lansbery, a passenger, were called in corroboration, and all
swore to Capt. Hunt, one of the officers on board, having
said, '° Tore out the hands, and then we will see who is
strongest." Mr. Smyth described the passengers as noisy,
and said they made the ship more like a pothouse than a
quarter deck.
Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Collier having addressed the jury,
Mr. Baron Watson summed up, and
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages,
1375.

(Special Jury.)
BARRETT T. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.
Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Kingdon, were for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Butt, Q.C., Mr. Stone, and Mr. Cole-
ridge for the defence.
This was an action by a poor woman to recover compen-
sation for injuries she had received through the alleged
negligence of the company's servants.
The plaintiff, Mary Barrett, lived with her husband in
one of a row of cottages on the verge of the Midland Rail-
way, at the parish of St. Philips, Bristol, and opposite the
cottage is a footway across the line. It was frequently
.the
case that trucks remained on the line, and on such occasions
it was the custom to separate the trucks so as to leave open
the footway for passengers. On the morning of the 10th of
January,lB36, Mrs. Barrett had occasion to go into Bristol
on business, and as she was crossing the railway at the path
in question (which was, in fact, the continuation of a foot-
way which had existed before the railway was made), and in
so doing she had to pass through the opening between two lots
of trucks. She saw no engine—heard no engine or any signal
or warning, but immediately the trains closed up and caught
her arms between the buffers of the trucks. The carriages
then opened and she got out, and was removed to the Bristol
Royal Infirmary, when it was found that both arms bad been
so badly crushed as to render immediate amputation neces-
sary above the elbows. She was in the family-way at the
time, and was confined in three months afterwards of a
child which subsequently died ; while, to complete her mise-
ries, her husband deserted her, and she had to be removed to
her friends, poor people, in Cornwall, on whose bounty she
was dependent. It was admitted that the action had been
brought through the kindness of the vicar of the parish in
which she lived in Cornwall, who commiserated her situa-
tion, and assisted her with means.
On the part of the railway company, it was contended that
the accident arose through the negligence of the plaintiff, and
the engine-driver and stoker were called to state that she was
seen and called to, and stoo I back for a few minutes, and
that on the engine going on again, she ran forward, and got
knocked down through her own default.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages,
£4OO.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.--Two lascars, who have been
often seen soliciting charity through the City, were brought
before the Lord Mayor upon tl.to charge of having " pushed
their trade" in a most perseverins manner in the large
thoroughfares, as well as in the narrow passages, near the
Royal Exchange.
A policeman said—Between three and four o'clock yester-
day afternoon I saw Cassim (one of the defendants) in Corn-
bill begging. After a few successful experiments he went
to the corner of Lombard-street, and met two other lascars,
with whom he communicated. They soon separated, and I
followed Cassim, who walked into a respectable oyster shop,
and had bread and cheese and beer there, and then went
into a cigar shop. (A laugh.) I took him into custody,
and I found fivepence in his pockets; but I tun sure that be
had got much more money in his walks.
The Lord Mayor—Noeloubt cf that at all. Those who do
the business of begging are in the habit of meeting by ap-
pointment some of their countrymen, and handing over to
them the alms they receive, knowing that if they did not
disburthen themselves, the police would do that office for
them.
The policeman—At 10 minutes past five I saw the other
defendant (Ranegliravc), in company with four other las-
cars, in Cheapside. He quitted the rest, and went into a
tavern in Bucklersbury, and begged there. I followed him
to several other places, and saw him beg of every well-
dressed person he met and at last I took him into custody.
We know that men of" this description get a great deal of
money in the streets of the City.
Tue Lord Mayor—l have ascertained that they carry on
a most successful trade in the City, and their wretched
appearance is well calculated to touch the compassion of the
unreflecting passenger.
The defendants—We could not get a ship to go home in,
and were obliged to beg to save us from starvation.
The Lord Mayor—No, but you would rather quietly beg
here, and live comfortably upon the pity of the public, than
go home and work. You know both of you, as well as I
know, the clause in the Merchant Shipping Act by which
you are completely protected. I stsall read that clause, not
for your instruction, but in order to prevent compaseionate
people from foolishly supplying the numerous impostors
who infest our streets with the means of extending the sys-
tem. It is impossible to go along without being solicited by
multitudes of lascars, and I trust that tho'e who read the
newspapers will, by withholding their hands in every similar
case of solicitation, wsist me in checking this great evil.
The help I require can be easily afforded, and our efforts
will put an end to an evil now become intolerable.
0.. e of the police inspectors sail the directions given to
the force, in conseqUence of former suegestions made by his
lordship on the suloect, had been strictly observed ; and no
doubt if the aid required by his lordship from the public
were given, •
advantages would he very soon belt and
the • -vantao
acknowledged by men of business in the City.
The Lord Mayor—The clause to which I allude treats of
relief to destitute la:care, and is as follows :—" 22. It shall
be the duty of the East India Company to take charge of
and send home, or otherwise Isrovide for, all persons being
lascars or other natives of the territolics uadce tl:c guvt: n-
went of the said company, who are found destitute in the
United Kiugdem ; and if any such person is relieved and
maintained by any guardians, overseers, or other persons
administering the relief of the poor, such overseers, guar-
dians, or other persons may, by letter sent through the post or
otnerwisc, give notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of
the Court of Directors of the East India Company,
specifying, as far as practicable, the particulars; and
the said East India Company shall repay to the said
overseers, guardians, or other persons out of the revenues
of the said company, all moneys duly expended by them in
relieving or maintaining such destitute persons after the
time at which such notice aforesaid is sent or otherwise
given."
The defendants, who showed by various actions and ejacu-
lations that they knew all about the matter, here said that
if his lordship would let them go be should never ace their
faces again in this world.
The Lord Mayor however sent them off, under the super-
intendence of an officer, to the authorities of the union, who
will forthwith communicate with the East India Company's
secretary on the subject of their immediate departure from
this country.
A fellow named George Marsham, who has been long in
the habit of working about the markets, was committed to
the House of Correction, and ordered to undergo hard
labour for two months for having smashed a window of the
value of about £lO, in the shop of Mr. Benson, of Cornhill,
jeweller.
The prisoner had struck the window with a bottle, and
a valuable watch, which had been hanging by a chain in the
window, was found upon the pavement, but no statement
was male es to the probability that the fellow's intention
was to commit a robbery. He said that he smashed the
glass because he had been refused assistance at the union,
and upon being told that if he would not pay the amount
of £5 on account of the damage he must go to prison, he
said, "Very well, that'll do; it's what I wanted."
The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknow-
ledge his receipt of Ll from "I'. M. E. ;" 10s. from Sigma;
and ss. from "H. J.," for Mrs. Soden.

GUILDHALL.—ROBBERIES IN THE BOOK TRADE.
—Matthew Elliott, a carman in the employ of Messrs.
Edmonds and Remnant, bookbinders, in Paternoster-row,
was placed at the liar before Alderman Phillips for further
examination, charged with stealing 200 quires of publica-
tions called " The Curse of Clifton" and " Godfrey
vein," the the property of Mr. Lea, bookseller and pullisher,
of Warwick-lane, and JohnWieeman a waste-paper dealer,
was charged with having the same unlawfully in his pos-
session.
Mr. Morgan appeared to conduct the case for the prose-
cution ; Mr. Lewis, jun., defenied Elliott ; and Mr. Clark
attended on behalf of Mr. Deacon, a waste-paper dealer,who
purchased the paper of Elliott.
Mr. Martin (the chief clerk) having read over the evi-
dence taken on the former occ.7.sion, explained that the
robbery was discovered through Wiseman offering the pro-
perty for sale to Mr. Lea, from whose premises it had been
stolen.
Alderman Phillips—l understand from that evidence that
there was about 1 cwt., but how many copies were there?
Mr. Lea—There were 200 quires of the " Curse of
Clifton," and the trade value of them was Bd. per dozen
sheets or numbers.
Cross-examined—That is the publishing trade price, not
the price as waste paper. The "Curse of Clifton" ' was net
sold in large quantities to any one. We never tell tucre
than a single quire to any °lie except Vickers.
Alderman Phillips—Have you not in your trade " re-
mainders," which you sell as waste ?
Mr. Lea—Yea, sir; and it would not be irregular for a