The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-13 00:00:00

THAMES.

£3 10s., AND NO SURRENDER.—James Delverley, a
seaman, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with as-
saulting John Pickman and William Coakley, Thames
police-constables, in the execution of their duty.
It appeared that yesterday afternoon, a ship called the
Netherby, was passing out of the London Dock basin, at
Shoreditch, into the river. She is bound to Liverpool, and
the crew on board had agreed to navigate her to that port
"by the run" for £3 ss. each. The prisoner belongs to a
party who had refused to take less than £3 10s. each " by
the run," and their rallying cry " is £3 10s., and no sur-
render," which they have chalked on many places of the
walls in the vicinity of the dock. Some menacing ges-
tures were used by the £3 10s. men to the £3 ss. men as the
Netherby was being hauled through the lock, and the pri-
soner who belongs to the £3 10s. party attempted to go on
board. The captain directed the constables to remove the
prisoner, and they pulled him off a ladder made fast to the
ship's side, and turned him out of the dock on to the
public highway. He went round the dock and entered
again, calling out "£3 10s. and no surrender I " and the
officers again seized him, on which he struck Pickman a
violent blow on the ear. A struggle took place in the
crowd, is whz..L ~truck Coakley, a police-Con-
stable of the Thames Police, No. 63. A confederate also
struck Coakley on the head. The prisoner was ultimately
secured.

Mr. Selfe said if there were any differences among sea-
men, and if the "no surrender" party dared to interfere
with the other seamen who were satisfied with 13 ss. by the
run, he would punish the offenders severely if a case was
made out. He fined the prisoner 10s., and in default of
payment, seven days' imprisonment.

ROBBERY BY A. SERVANT.—Ann Kirby, aged 31, was
brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing three bottles
of port wine, three drinking glasses, a piece of soap, and a
piece of sponge cake, the property of Mr. Wm. Newman,
the landlord of the Prince Regent public-house, in Ratcliff-
highway.

It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Jane Newman,
wife of the prosecutor, that the prisoner had been in her
service six weeks, and in the course of that time, money,
wines, and spirits had been missing. A few mornings since
a half sovereign was missed, under what Mrs. Newman
designated " peculiar circumstances." It was part of the
prisoner's duty to take her master's boots out of his bed-
room and clean them every morning. A few mornings
since Mr. Newman was about to leave home, and in chang-
ing one waistcoat for another, he missed a half-sovereign
from the pocket of the waistcoat he had worn the day be-
fore. That waistcoat was on a chair near his boots all
night, and the prisoner was suspected to have taken
the half sovereign out of the waistcoat pocket when she
removed the boots. The prisoner's master and witness
spoke of the loss of the half sovereign, and talked about
sending for the police. Directly afterwards the half sove-
reign was found on the floor of the bar parlour. On the
previous afternoon the prisoner was intoxicated, and could
not do her work. At a late hour Mrs. Newman called in
Police Sergeant Egerton, No. 11 H, who searched the pri-
soner's box, and found in it a bottle with a small quantity
of wine in it, three wine glasses, a medicine bottle with half
a pint of gin in it, three drinking glasses, a piece of sponge
cake, and a piece of soap. The police sergeant also found
between the bed and the mattress in the prisoner's room
two port wine bottles. Mrs. Newman had no doubt the
prisoner had stolen and drank three bottles of port wine,
and said they were worth 15s.

Mr. Selfe—Nonsense ; 15s. for three bottles of vine!
Mrs. Newman—Yes, sir, it was very good wine. The
drinking glasses are my husband's property, and the soap
and sponge cake also belong to me.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.

Mrs: Newman said she wished the Magistrate to deal
lightly with the prisoner, and in answer to a question by
the Magistrate, said she received a good character with the
prisoner from the landlord of the Horse and Leaping Bar,
in High.street, Whitechapel.

Mr. Selfe—lt is a night house. I have unfavourable re-
ports of that house.

- Egerton—lt was formerly very badly conducted. It is
now and has been for some time past a well conducted
orderly house.

Mr. Selfe said there was no doubt the prisoner had been
robbing her employers systematically. He would, how-
ever, take into consideration the recommendation to mercy.
He sentenced the prisoner to three weeks imprisonment and
hard labour.

CLOSING OP THE STRIKE.—We are very glad to
be able to state that this unreasonable movement is almost
at an end. Messrs. Lucas have now within 80 of their full
number of hands of all trades; Messrs. Kelk have also
nearly all their hands ; and at Sir M. Peto's they are com-
ing in very fast. The most important step towards putting
an end to the dispute was made by the men at Mews.
Lucas's yesterday, when after a meeting they decided by a
large majority, in defiance of the trades union, that they
would bind themselves to accept the Saturday half-holiday
and the hour system of payment. At Messrs. Kelk's, we
believe, the same decision has been arrived at, though not
yet officially communicated to the employers. At both
these yards, therefore, the pay-books will be opened before
1 o'clock to-day, and the men knock off work at that hcur,
receiving under the new system of payment the same wages
as they did for working through the Saturday afternoon.
The trades will not be slow to see the real value of this
boon when the men who are employed under the old sys-
tem, as they are returning to their work at one meet those
employed under the new arrangement coming out to enjoy
their half-holiday without any reduction in their weekly
earnings. Before a fortnight is over we expect to find that
half the trades in London will demand their half-holiday
and the hourly system of payment, by which alone they
can get it gratuitously. The men may think themselves
most fortunate in getting this liberal concession, for the
public opinion of England had long ago decided, with sur-
prising unanimity, that they were entitled to no concession
whatever.

The Governor of Lemberg, in Gallicia, has pub-
lished a decree forbidding all persons to wear the sword
called karabela, forming part of the Polish national cos-
tume, without first obtaining permission of the proper
authorities in the towns of Lemberg and "Cracow. Those
who obtain the said permission will not be allowed to carry
any other weapon, nor even the karabela, unless they wear
the traditional Polish costume.