The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-05 00:00:00

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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—In the spring of last year a ship sailed
from Newport, bound ostensibly for Shanghai. She
was fortunate in her weather, and reached the
Tropics without encounterity; more than a " bit of
a puff." Nevertheless, soon after passing the thy
of Biscay she began to leak, and the pumps had to
be constantly worked. At length, on the 14th of
June, the water began to gain rapidly, and on the
following day the ship had to be abandoned. The
crew took to the boats, and, as the weather was
very favourable, they were all picked up and reached
England in safety. On their arrival the usual ap-
plication was made for the insurance, which
amounted to a large sum. The hull of the vessel
had been insured for £9,500, the freight for £3,600,
and some cases of swords and firearms had been
specially insured for £1,500. Suspicion was raised
that the ship had been wilfully scuttled, and even-
tually a prosecution was instituted by Lloyd's Sal-
vage Association against four persons. One of
these, named Webb, was the first mate ; two others,
Berwick and Holdsworth, were the real owners, and
the agents in fitting out the ship; the fourth,
Dean, was either the confidential clerk or the sub-
ordinate partner of Holdsworth. These four per-
sons were indicted on a charge of having played
various parts in a deliberate scheme for wrecking
the ship, and defrauding the ostensible.owners and
the underwriters. The trial, after lasting five days,
was yesterday brought to a close in the Central
Criminal Court. All four prisoners were found
guilty. Berwick and Holdsworth were sentenced
to 20 years' penal servitude, Webb; the Mate, tolen
years', and Dean, the accessory, to five years'. The
case is one of great importance, not only from the
magnitude of the crime, but as an instance of a
practice which seems by no means uncommon. The
evidence is somewhat complicated, but the main
facts may be readily told, and form a very startling
story. The prime agents in the transaction were
unquestionably Berwick and Holdsworth. They
were both men in a substantial position. Berwick
was a master mariner living at Liverpool, and had
frequently been the owner of ships ; Holdsworth
was a ship and insurance broker, and had offices
both in Liverpool and London. These men con-
trived, by a complicated series of transactions, to
become possessed of the Severn, without having
really paid any money for her at all. Berwick had
a bad name at Lloyd's, and kept out of sight as
much as possible. Holdsworth acted as broker, and
persuaded Mr. Ward, a wine merchant in the city,
to allow his name to be registered as the real owner.
The money for the purchase was advanced by
Smith, Simpson, and Co., on the security of mort-
gages and bills provided by Beiwick through Holds-
worth. The real value of the ship is very clearly
ascertained. In February, 1865, she had been
bought for £4,500. In the following January she
was sold for £4,250, and the person who finally
sold her to Holdsworth asked £6,500 for her. No
freight of any value was put on board her, and the
ship and freight together were, at most, worth
£B,OOO. As we have seen, however, she was insured
for no less a sum than £13,100, and, in addition to
this, there was one special insurance. The evidence
respecting the latter insurance was of great impor-
tance, as it afforded a clear indication of the frau-
dulent character of the whole transaction, and sup-
plied the chief ground for the conviction of the
prisoner Dean. At the request of Holdsworth Mr.
Ward received for him 40 dozen jars of salt, and,
after selling some, sent 20 dozen down to Liverpool,
addressed to Holdsworth's office. Holdsworth, at
the same time, wrote to a man named Pride, living
in Liverpool, directing him to obtain some cases
similar to those used for packing " hardware," to
repack the salt in these cases, and then to direct
the to the captain of the ship at Newport. About
a fortnight afterwards Pride received from Holds-
worth a letter, which ho was requested to copy.
This letter was addressed to " Messrs. Allsopp and
C 0.," and stated that Holdsworth had sold to them,
on account of Mr. A. Smith, 500 revolvers, 200
carbines, 40 sabres, and 200 swords, and that these
would be packed in cases and sent to Newport in a
few days. It was shown that " Allsopp and Co." I
were a fictitious firm, that the title had been em-
ployed by Dean, and that some of the letters with that
signature were in Dean's haniwriting. These cases
and -their contents, according to Pride, when sent
on board. the Severn, were worth about £6, but
they were insured, under a false description, for the
sum of £1,500. In Short,by a series of inweuious
and fraudulent transactions, this ship sailed for
China worth about £5,000 more at the bottom of
the sea than anywhere else ; and if this large sum
bad been recovered from the insurance offices, the,
profits would have gone to Berwick and Holds-
worth, though, doubtless, the subordinate agents
would have had some share in the spoil. Such are
the main facts of this extraordinary story, and,
perhaps, what will most strike the reader is the
barefaced and deliberate manner in which the con-
spiracy was conceived and executed. It appears,
however, to be a fact that this practice of wrecking
forms a regular trade. After the verdict, it was
stated that Berwick had on two previous occasions
been directly charged with the wilful destruction of
ships, and that no less than 15 vessels, belonging
either to him or to his father-in-law, had been sunk
at sea. It is evident that some such example was
very necessary, and no ono will dispute that the
sentences were richly deserved. It must be remem-
bered that the injury to property is not the only
nor even the chief enormity involved in the crime.
The plan could not be executed without exposing
the crew to imminent danger, and it might have
involved murder as well as robbery. Indeed, the
only subject for regret is that some have escaped
punishment who equally deserved it. The captain
is at least as bad as Webb, but it was necessary, of
curse, to accept him as an informer. Nor did the
Judge hesitate to express his belief that Pride was
cognisant of the nature of the transaction as well
as Dean. But the crime has, at all events, been
brought to light, and punished in the persons of its
chief agents, and it may be hoped that so severe an
example will at least check this iniquitous and in-
human abuse.

THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON STRlKES.—Con-
tention between the different orders of a State
appears to be almost a necessary result of the
existence of different social classes. In Old
Rome the Patricians and Plebeians created as
much tumult within the walls of the Eternal
City as the /Equigand Volsci did without. A
secession to the Aventine corresponded in prin-
ciple to the modern strike.' In short, in 1
every age and clime we find class arrayed against
class, each hoping to coerce the other into submis-
sion by importunity, threats, or open force. It
was reserved for a very recent date and a very
modest philosopher to discover that there are laws
which regulate the distribution of wealth amongst I
the differept ranks and individuals in a State
with a force and accuracy which need no extra-
neous aid. Notwithstanding, however, the fact
that the doctrines of Adam Smith and of free
trade in every department of social life are univer-
sally accepted as the inate scriptures of humanity
and civilisation, and have been long acted upon
by our Legislature, still, scarcely a week passes
without producing a fresh strike, or in lieu
thereof, a vigorous declamation by some friend of
the working man, on the unprotected conditio o
gravitation Yet,
are hardly more certain than . the
which regulate the rate of wages ; andb. y siole'aatltelmawts
futile, so far as the interests of the w oe a
to force up wages by means of corn is as
var to raise a portion of the water of a lake
ino• class are concerned, as it would be to end ea-
above its natural level without causing any depres-
sion of the remaining mass. The poverty which
is the lot of so many thousands amongst us I
is, indeed, an occasion of regret to all. But, I
it appears to be almost a law of nature that
the great majority of every nation should differ
vastly in point of wealth from the upper ten
thousand. This law, doubtless, is not one of such
rigorous necessity, as that it must always inevitably
be found to operate in every stage of society
much less is there any ground for considering that
there must always be poor in the laud. It is cer-
tain, however, that in whatever quarter the
evil originates, it is there the remedy should be
applied. Now, philosophers differ in opinion as
to the nature of the evil, and consequently as to
the relative values of different suggested reme-
dies. But, all who have bestowed any attention
upon the matter, are unanimous in considering that
the condition of the labouring class is not a fit sub-
ject for legislation, so far at least as the rate of
wages is concerned. Upon any other theory, the
question of the elective franchise would be a very
serious matter indeed ; and where mere opinion,
without any reference to an objective standard,
would be required to decide what is a fair
remuneration for a fair day's work, the upshot
would, doubtless, be a confiscation of capital,
a bounty against accumulation, and a complete
dissolution of civil society. The existence of
an indisputable standard of what is a proper
rate of wages, however renders unnecessary all
appeals to opinion, legislation, or forco on the
matter, Why does a labourer receive three