The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-05 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF THE MEXA OS.

On Saturday, Mr. Laird launched a steamer,
named the Menaos, intended for the Amazon Steam
Company and Baron Maua, of the following dimen-
sions :

Length over all
Beam
Depth
, I,
(About 700 tons 0.m.)
Draught Of water loaded 7 „
_ .

She has lar‘ge capacity for cargo, and her ac-
commodation for 'passengers is on deck, in
large, well-ventilated deck-houses. The hull is
divided into many water-tight compartments
by means of longitudinal and athwart ship
water-tight bulk heads and all - the wood-work,
including deck houses , and. cabins is ,of
East India teak, no expense having been spared to
render her in every way complete and fitted for the
required service. Thy engines are a pair of 90
horse power, 180 horse power collectively, and are
made as well as the boilers, entire at the Birken-
head Iron -Works ; they will be fitted with all the
latest improvements, patent feathering wheels and
lignum vitw bearings the' boilers to have brass
tubes, and adapted for burning wood or coal ;
they will also be fitted with superheating
apparatus that has been found to save 25 to
30 per cent. of the fuel. The vessel's speed is
expected to be twelve knots, or about 14 miles
an hour, loaded. The Tapajoz, a sister vessel, sent
out in 1855 to the Amazon by tie same builder,
has been most successful, and a smaller one, the
Guagara, that went out about twelve months ago,
equally so.
In recording these particulars, and wishing suc-
cess to the new pioneer of the mighty Amazon
river, we cannot refrain from noticing, the
services rendered to his country by Baron
Maua, so created from his having projected and
carried to successful completion a railway of that
name, which still stands the test of time, and is,
we believe, an excellent little work. But the Baron
did not Confine himself to a little experiment of
that kind ; he pioneered. the way to other great in-
ternal railway systems, which are gradually being
brought into play amid no ordinary difficulties;
he lighted the immense city of Rio Janeiro with
gas, supplied it with excellent mountain water,
established banks and public institutions, as well
as the great Amazon Company, to which we have
already made allusion. Indeed, no man has con-
tributed so much to the peaceful development of
Brazil as the Barori Maua.—Birkenhead Ad-
vertiser.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-July 4.

The July General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
for the county of Middlesex commenced this morn-

jug at the Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr. Bod-
kin (Assistant-Judge) Mr. Payne (Deputy), Mr.
Ha'swell, Mr. Gould, 11/Ir. llcgarth,

ton Fletcher, Sir James Tyler; Mr. O. B. Wolsey,
Mr. H. White, Mr. H. H. Harwood, Mr. Bashford,
Mr. Parbury, and other justices. The number of
prisoners for trial was 72, of whom 64 were charged

with felony, and eight with misdemeanour.
The Assistant-Judge delivered a short charge to
the grand jury.
John Wilkinson, 38, servant, was indicted for
stealing a silver cup and other articles, value £6,

the property of O'Neil Seagrave, his master, in his
dwelling-house. He pleaded guilty.
Mr. Ribton, for the prosecution, said the pri-
soner had been butler to . the prosecutor, Mr.

Seagrave, a gentleman residing in Gloucester-
row, Portman-square, and in consequence of
something which had occurred awakening
suspicion as to his honesty, a search was made in
the pantry. A silver drinking cup and some folio
were missed, and pawnbrokers' duplicates relating
to the property were found in the prisoner's posses-
tion. The prisoner had been making this use of his
master's plate since December last, having entered
she service only in the preceding month. Mr.
Seagrave had with him a very good character from
a lady of title, in whose service he had been, and
there was every reason to think this was his first
offence.

The Assistant-Judge said these cases must always
be regarded in a very serious light. The prisoner
was one of a class of persons whose position in life
was really one of independence. They had good liv-
ing found them, and were surrounded by almost
every comfort, with but very little of the cares of
life upon them ; all they had to do was to discharge
their duty honestly to their employers. It was not
the case of a man tempted by want to commit a
theft, but that of a confidential servant in a com-
fortable situation stealing his master's plate.. lie
sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' hard labour.
Thomas Roberts, 30, musician, was indicted for
stealing a book, four £lO notes, one £5 note, a
cheque for £lO, and a cheque for £5 18s. 11d., the
property of John Milton, in his dwelling-horse. Re
pleaded guilty.
The prosecutor, a grocer,' in Great Marylebone-
street, stated, in answer to the Court, that on the
afternoon of the Ist of July a horse and chaise drove
up to his door, and he went out to speak to the
person driving, when the prisoner slipped into
his shop. The driver of the chaise kept his atten-
tion for about half a minute, pretending to be
looking for a shilling to pay for a pot of jam he had
ordered, but seeing the prisoner behind the counter
he went into the shop, and demanded' to know what
business he had there. The prisoner said he wanted
to make some one hear, nobody being in the shop,
but as he only wanted alfew stamps, he would call
again. Prisoner then ran away, and next mo-
ment he missed his cash-book which had been
kept on the back of the counter, behind a desk.
Prosecutor gave chase, and, after a sharp pursuit, the
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prisoner was captured and taken back to the sh p,
when he produced the book from his coat pocke
it.
It contained the notes and cheques mentioned n
the indictment. The man in the chaise was no
doubt an accomplice of the prisoner, and had not
since been heard of.
The prisoner had nothing to say. Ye merely
begged for mercy on account of his wife and child.
The Assistant-Judge said the Court was always
effected merciful as far as was compatible with the due pro-
tectiona veryh mind audacious
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it was not the first transaction of the kind in which
the prisoner had been engaged. Luckily for him
had he been,the sentence would
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pass upon him, which was hard labour for one year.
Subsequently Mr. liorry said he had been in-
structed to inform the Court that the prisoner had
only just come up from Liverpool, and had been
made use of by the other man to commit this rob-
bery. Evidence could be given of bis former good
character by a respectable person living in London
to whom the prisoner was related, and it was true
that he had a wife and child—the latter only a
fortnight old.
The Assistant-Judge said if this were so, it
would not alter the complexion of the case ; the
prisoner had been very leniently dealt with.
HAMPTON COURT AND HAMPTON Y. THE COUNTY
RATE.
The rate assessed upon these two places of
£21,854 was reduced by consent to £15,181, in ac-
cordance with the principle of rating laid down in
a special case by the Court of Queen's Bench.
Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the appellants, Mr.
Poland for the county.
Mr. Payne presided in the Second Court, and
disposed of several cases.

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