The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

THAMES.

IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS.—About a fortnight since
eight persons, who came to this country in the ship Strath./Man, applied to Mr. Selfe for summonses against, Captain
William Williamson, the master of the. ship, for not supply-
ing thorn with sufficient rations on a voyage from Sydney
to London. The applicants had paid various sums for a
passage from Sydney to London, but one who paid £3O and
another £22 were provided with the same provisions as a
passenger who paid £l4. The provisions were defective. in
quality as well as quantity when the ship left Sydney ; the
passengers were subjected to very great privations on the
voyage owing to the want of provisions. Supplies were ob-
tained from three vessels spoken with on the voyage; in
fact, one of the passengers declared " the ocean was
scoured for food, and the voyage was a very uncomfortable
one." They considered that great blame was attr.butable
to the agents at Sydney for allowing the Strathallan to sail
without an adequate supply of provisions for so long a
voyage, and that, if food had not been obtained from other
ships, the passengers would have been half starved.
Mr. Selfe said, if the dietary scale agreed upon had not
been complied with on the voyage, and if the passengers
had not been adequately fed, they were entitled to compen..
cation. He granted summonses against Captain William •
son on the complaints of the following passengers : —Richard
Bartley, John Malina, Peter Anderson, Win. Johnson, Mar-
garet Francis Strachan, Wm. Phillips, and Samuel Wilson.
Each summons charged the defendant, Williamson, "that he
being the master of a British passenger ship called the
Stratballan, did unlawfully refuse and neglect to issue to
the said passenger or any other person on his or her behalf,
or for his use, sweet and wholesome provisions according to
a dietary scale marked B as provided by the statute in that
behulf during a period of 17 weeks front the 2d day of
March to the 29t‘t. day of June, 1860, upon a voyage from
1 Sydney to London. _ _ _

Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, was subsequently retained
for the complainant, and Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, for
the defendant, and an arrangement was made to pay each
of the passengers £5 and the cost of the summonses.
This day the arrangement was made known, and a pub-
lic exposure, as the parties connected with the ship be-
lieved, would be prevented. It was also stated that each
of the crew had received £4 as a compensation for a reduced
allowance of provisions.

The summonses were, of course, dismissed.

2711 S _RAY YS SHIPPING.

LONDON, July 9.—Wind this day at noon—North-
East; moderate breeze, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, July 7.--Wind S.W.—Failed—Montm.o.
romp, for Moreton Bay.

QUEENSTOWN July 7.—Sailed—Dora, for Shanghae ;
her Majesty's ship Hawk, for Plymouth.
SWANSEA, July 7.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Resolution,
for Coquimbo.
SUNDERLAND, July 6.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Lizzie
Drew, for New York.
BELFAST, July G.—Wind N.E.--Arrived—Maranhato,
from Quebec.
On' QUEENSTOWN, July 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—
Forest Queen, from Callao.
PORTRITSH, July 6.—Wind N.E.—Sailed-7,lary Ann,
for Richibucto. Orißßn
SOUTHAMPTON, July 7.—Wind N
E.—Sailed—
steamer, for Bombay; Tagus, steamer, fur Liobon ; Pa-
cific, steamer, for Galway.
screw steamf.r,
LIVERPOOL. July B.—Arrived—Vigot
from New York.

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTIIAIKYTON, Monday Morning.

Wind N.E.
I;raArranno:,fromSodfreorhamch;eTrbeonnetrag;,
steamer from Arrived,
City steamer, from
' South Western, and of Exeter, steamers,
B—La Poule and Le Coq, steamers, from
Dispatch,
from Jersey.
Jul,'
Arrived,
Cherbourg•
julDyub7l—in
There were no millings on the. Bth.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH. TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Wind E. ; weather cloudy.
Arrived, July B—Uefiance and Emma Eden, from
Guernsey.
Arrived, July 9—Luna, from Archangel; Iveis, from
Gottenburg.

DEAL, Monday Morning.

Wind E.N.E., moderate.
Passed, July B—Trace, from London for Melbourne ;
Fanny, from London for Corfu.

The Lord Chief Justice of England has appointed
11Ir. Thomas Norton, of the Home Circuit (formerly Chief
Justice of Newfoundland), a Master of the Crown-office in
the Court of Queen's Bench.
A telegram from Bombay to-day states that the
rate of exchange remained without alteration. Govern-
ment securities had improved—the Four per Cents., from
85} to sq ; the Five per Cents., from 99 to 991; and the
Five-and-a-Half per Cents., from 105 to 10*
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada for the week ending the 22d ult.,
exhibited a decrease of £845 compared with the
same period in 1859.