The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

A _RIOT ON A STEAMTUG.

The New York Herald of Sept. 16 says :—" Yes-
terday afternoon a disgraceful riot took place on
board the steamtug Moses Taylor, one of the tugs
employed to take passengers and baggage on board
the Galway steamship Jason. The particulars are
as follows :—Nearly 300 persons by some means
got on board the steamer Jason whilst she lay in
the stream, most of whom, it is supposed, were
there to see their friends off and take a final leave
of them ; others, the sequel shows, were there for
no peaceable purpose. Amongst this class were a
number of drunken rowdies, all of whom passed
from the steamer Jason to the steamtug Moses
Taylor. When the tug cast off from the Jason
below Staten Island, the captain of the tug said to
them that he was not going to New York, but
would take them all up to the city upon the pay-
ment of a small sum, and if they would not consent
to that he must land them at Fort Hamilton, where

they could take the cars, as that was as far as he
intended to go. All of the respectable portion of
those on board acquiesced in that arrangement and
were going to pay, when a number of the drunken
rowdies declared that they would not pay, and that
it would be the death of any who did, declaring that
they would throw the captain overboard if he did
not take them up to New York. The captain took
no notice of their threats, but placed the steamtug
along the wharf at Fort Hamilton. The rowdies
immediately took charge of the boat and prevented
the passengers from landing, when a bloody scene
took place, excelling the " Plug Uglies" and
" States Hose"i of Baltimore fame. One man
seized an axe and struck the captain on the arm--
it is feared he broke it. The ruffian was not content
with this, but struck the captain again over the head
and laid' it open ; he fell insensible upon the upper
deck, but the savages had not done enough yet to
satisfy their fiendish lusts. One of their number
seized the captain and threw him down from the
upper to the main deck, and then jumped upon him.
Another squad attacked the engineer, and beat him
severely. ttill not satisfied with what they had
done, they took axes and handspikes and broke
everything that they could reach, causing great con-
sternation among the passengers. The pilot house
was completely demolished, and the small boat was
cut to pieces--in fact, they made a wreck of the
tug. The malicious work did not end here. When
they got on board the horse cars they refused to
pay their fare. One man stood over the driver with
a bottle in his hand, and swore that he would knock
him out of his seat if he offered to say a word or
ask any of them for their fare. Fearing the same
fate as the captain, the driver brought this dis-
graceful set of drunken rowdies to the city, where
they are now prowling about like beasts in the
forest seeking their prey. The passengers all
escaped without injury ,as far as our reporter could
learn."

FAREWELL DINNER TO REAR-ADMI-

BA L JONES.

A dinner was given 'on— Friday, Sept.3o, at the
Red Lion Hotel, Fareham, to Rear-Admiral Jones,
C. 8., on his departure for China, by several dia-
-1 tinguished officers, and most of the clergy and gen-
tlemen of the neighbourhood. The chairman, Rear-
Admiral O'Brien, was supported by Lieut.-General
Bainbrigg, C. 8., Vice-Admiral Sir H. D. Chads,
K.C.8., Rear-Admirals Patten and Appleby, Major-
General Moore; Colonels Le Blanc, Hoare, R.E.,
Griffiths, and Qraham ; Majors Wingate, Lavia,
and Stuart ; Captains, R.N., Dickson and Delme ;
Revs. Thresher, Carter, Smith, and Berthon ;
Esquires, Delme, Bell, Brett, Godwin, Hall, Osborn,
and others.
After the usual loyal toasts of the Queen and the
Prince Consort and the royal family had been cor-
dially received,
The CHAIRMAN gave " The Health of the Army
and Navy."
General BAINBRIGG, in returning thanks for the
army, expressed great pleasure in joining this party
to wish success to the military and naval expedi-
tion to China. He felt sure that the army, for
which he had the honour to speak, would prove it-
self, as it always had done, equal to its mission, and,
though errors had been committed, and might be
repeated, he relied upon the truth of the well-known
saying of that great chief under whom he had
served, that if " the general got himself into a diffi-
culty his army was sure to get him out of it."
Vice-Admiral Sir H. D. Chads, K.C.8., returned
thanks on behalf of the navy, and, after some re-
marks upon the indomitable valour displayed by
officers and men in the late unfortunate attack in
the Peiho, who fought their guns till their vessels
sank beneath them, he paid a tribute of praise to
the courage and perseverance of Captain M'Clin-
tock and his 23 men, who had so well solved the
question of the fate of Franklin.
The health of the bishop and clergy of the dio-
cese having been proposed H. P. Delme, Esq., and
replied to in a few words by the Rev. R. Carter,
rector of Rowner,
The CHAIRMAN rose to give the toast of the day.
He said there was but one feeling in the neighbour-
hood respecting the appointment of their gallant
guest, Rear-Admiral Jones, to be second in com-
mand of the China fleet; for all were perfectly con-
vinced they had got " the right man in the right
place." He was sure his friend would fulfil his
important mission with the zeal, prudence, and de-
termination which had always been so conspicuous
in his career, and he trusted the day would arrive
when they should meet again to welcome him home
triumphant and successful. The toast was most
warmly responded to with nine times nine, and one
cheer more.

The gallant ADMIRAL, in returning thanks, ex-
pressed himself highly gratified by the trust im-
posed upon him by the Government, as well as by
the meeting of friends on that occasion to testify
their good wishes. As to his appointment, he felt
the force of a remark of his friend the chairman,
that no secondary influence had conduced to pro-
mote it, but that his career, which long seemed
destined to be comparatively obscure, was an ex-
ample of the value of perseverance, and should be
an encouragement to his younger brothers in the
service to go forward hopefully in the steady path
of duty. He felt much confidence in the efficient
means now placed in the hands of the commanders,
and above all in the courage, firmness, and intelli-
gence of officers and men ; and he hoped that, with
God's blessing, the necessary lesson would be effec-
tually given to a semi-barbarous race, and that in
teaching them to respect treaties in future their
conquerors would know how to blend clemency
with justice.
_

The health of the Chairman was then proposed
by the Rev. F. SMITH, who, in referring to the pre-
sent rupture with China, said, though a man of
peace himself, he could not but see that war was not

only sometimes necessary, but often made the in-
strument of improving the moral and social condi-
tion of mankind. That lesson, to be effectual, must
involve suffering; and dismissing all ideas of ven-
geance, the Chinese wanted such a lesson. Nations,
as well as individuals, must be dealt with according
to their different peculiarities. There was an old
proverb, "Answer a fool according to his folly," and
this was the only way to deal with China. He felt
sure that the appointment of their dear friend was
an excellent one, and that the very important work,
which, under God, would be productive of immense

advantages, both to Europe and the East, could
not be entrusted to better hands. All present must
feel grateful to the chairman for the active part he
had taken in the present demonstration, and he
proposed his health in three times three.
After a pleasant evening passed in mutual cor-
diality, the party broke up at an early hour.

CONSERVATIVE LAN.D SOCIETY.

_--40.---

At the Twenty-eighth Quarterly General Meet-
ing of the members of this society, held at the
Offices, N. 33, Norfolk-street, St:and, this day,
Lord Ranelagh in the chair, the following report
was unanimously agreed to :

" On the 7th September, 1859, was the completion of the
seventh year of the Conservative Land Society's existence.
It is, therefore, with more than ordinary gratification that
the Executive Committee lay before the Shareholders the
Twenty Eighth Quarterly Report, containing the return
for the past quarter, and the aggregate items for the finan-
cial year, endbig the 30th of September, 1850 :

Shares Shares
in \ corn- Total.
progres., pleted.

Total Subserip-
tionsfees,loan
re - payments,
sundries, from
estates, &c.

Quarters ending

Dec. 25,1858 lOl 32
➢larch 25,1859 62 30
June 24, 1859. 156 34
Sept, 30, 1859

s. d.
133 9,095 1 4
92 12,769 2 11
190 10,035 3 6
296 17,123 11 1

Totals for the year
Totals to Sept. 30,'
1 'B5B 11,790 12,592 114,382 1358,950 15 7

497 I 214 711 49,022 18 10

Grand totals to 31i-
chae1ma5,1&59....112,287 2,800 15,093 407,973 14 5

Total withdrawals from the formation of the society on
the 7th September, 1852, to the 30th September, 1859,
£91,883 6s. 5d ; total sale of land during the above period,
£228,117 2s. 6d. The return of the register of rights is as
follows : Completed, 3,318 ; drawn, 2,993 ; seniority,
1,570• total, 7,881; deduct rights exercised on estates,
&e., 5,470; unexercised rights, 2,411. The last share
number on the register by seniority up to the
30th of September was 10,C42, and the last share number
issued up to the same date was No. 15,093. It will be seen
from the cash returns. that the last quarter has yielded the
largest receipt during the past financial year, and is also
greater than any quarter's receipt for the previous year,
ending September 30, 1858. It is not merely the excess of
cash which particularly characterises the final quarter of the
year ending in 1859, it is the general aspect of the Liminess
which has been transacted ; amongst the features of which
should be especially mentioned, the increase in the demand
for the unsold portions of the allotted estates, and the evident
anxiety evinced to promote building operations. This last
mentioned progress, it is true, has received a temporary check
by the strike in the building trades ; but this untoward event
cannot, from its very nature, be protracted much longer.
When at an end, the long-anticipated reaction in the de-
velopment of building must prove beneficial to the valuable
estates acquired through the society. The contract for the
roads and drains on the Weymouth Estate has been signed,
and the work has been commenced. The improved appear-
ance of he Round Hill Estate, Brighton, must have at-
tracted the attention of recent visitors. The approaches to
the Old Shoreham Road have been widened, the entrance
by the side of the " Level" and the Steyne being thus
materially ameliorated. The society's roads are in
good order, and it is intended to open the communi-
cation from the Lewes Road to the Richmond Road on
the upper portion of the estate. Nearly fifty houses have
been built on sites in the Ditchling Road, the Princes
road, the Richmond-road, and the Round 1191-crescent.
Many of these buildings are already in occupation, and the
committee are now in a position either to let or sell villas
and houses, and will likewise engage to complete them for
the accommodation of tenants according to their own taste
and wishes. Of the prospective as well as actual value of
the Round Hill estate, no better proof can be afforded than
the ground rents offered to, and accepted by, various
Brighton builders, ranging as these rents do from £5 to
£l2 10s. per year on plots of land costing £52 4a. 6d.
each. In ono instance ten plots at £37 10s. each were let
for ninety-nine years at £6 per annum each. It is clear,
therefore, that it only requires continuous building to de-
velope thoroughly the Round Hill estate, admitted to be
one of the healthiest localities in and near Brighton. New
plans of the West Malvern and Prestwich (Manchester)
estates have been prepared by the surveyor, and are now
published. The opening of the new railroad between Wor-
cester and Hereford as far as the link at Great Malvern,
affords an easy and rapid access to the society's estate in
the famed Malvern Hills, and a more picturesque site than
the Wt st Malvern property is not to be found within the
range. On the Prestwich estate the roads and drains have
been completed. The executive committee have the plea-
sure to announce that they have elected William Astbury
Esq., and Newnham Winstanley, Esq., as their two audi••
tcoarns
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by the members at the present quarterly meeting are •
the Rev. W. G. Goodchhild, and Mr. Harding. The
executive committee, in their last Midsummer report,
mentioned that they had under consideration the allotment
of the Roehampton Park Estate, through the Register of
Rights. It was the intention to have so submitted the
estate before the close of the financial year 1859; but va-
rious negotiations having been entered into for portions of
the estate, the board came to the conclusion that it was
not advisable to proceed hurriedly with so important a pro-
perty. The possession of a reserve fund affords the com-
mittee the advantage of not pressing sales. Various
schemes have been suggested for the disposal of the pro-
perty, and the board will duly deliberate on the mode in
which the mansion and park may be turned to the-best ad-
vantage for the society. The Conservative Land Society
has now entered en its eighth year; the executive com-
mittee have served their apprenticeship to a novel sy,tem
of buying and selling land in large and small quantities ;
and from being at the original formation exclusively a
means of extending the freehold franchise, other social ad-
vantages of infinite value and importance have been se •
cured to all classes of the community. The committee look
back at the operations of the seven past years with a full
sense of the confidence reposed in their acts by the mem-
bers ; and it was this unanimity of feeling and action which
has enabled the board in most trying times to carry on the
society's affairs with such useful-and hap_py results.
(Signed) RANELACM, Chairman.
(Countersigned) C. L Gave , Secretary,

THIRD EDIT I ON.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING.)

MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, OCT. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry John
Loftus, Esq., to be Page of Honour to her Majesty, vice
Macpherson.

DOWNING-STREET, Om 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert John Pin-
sent to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island
of Newfoundland ; Alexander Campbell, Esq., to be a Mem-
ber of the Legislative Council of the Island of Trinidad ;
Thomas Rust, Esq.' to be a Member of the Legislative
Council of the Island of Ceylon; and George Samuel Watt-
ley, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of
Nevis.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James John
Hickson, Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the Island of
Grenada.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 4.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through.
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Teneriffe, transmitting
espy of a decree, issued by the Provincial Board of Health
of the Canary Islands, a translation of which is subjoined.