The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-07 00:00:00

THAMES.

TILE NEW TRAMWAY IN TILE COMMERCIAL-ROAD.—
Twenty men in the employ of Messrs. Mowlem, Burt, and
Freeman, the paviours, came before Mr. Elliott, and their
spokesman, John Hilton, said that he and his mates had
been employed by Mowlem, Burt, and Freeman, in laying
down a new stone tramway in the Commercial-road. The
wages'paid to them were very low indeed, and finding that
they could not earn sufficient to maintain theinselves and
families they spoke to the foreman about it last night, and
to one of the principals this morning and requested an
advance. Their demand was refused, and the principal
said they might go about their business and measured up
the work they had done, but refused to pay them
for it. They had been waiting about the locality of
that court since daybreak, and the masters would
not inform them whether they were to be paid in Lime-
house, at the counting-house, or upon the road.
Mr. Elliott—You have been engaged on piece-work ?
Hilton—Yes, sir, we have.

Mr. Elliott—Then you must sue your employers in the
County Court.

Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, said he had already advised the
men that their only remedy was in the County Court.

ROBBERY IN LIISIEROLTSE DOCIIYARD.—WiIIiam Wil-
liams, a shipwright in the employ of Messrs. Young, Son,
and Magnay, the extensive shipbuilders, of Limehouse
Dockyard, was brought before Mr. Elliott, charged with
stealing Blbs. of composition nails.

The prisoner was seen to enter a marine store shop yes-
terday evening, by Moses Nicholls, a polce-constable, 97 K,
who saw him put into a scale a handkerchief containing
n lbs. of composition nails.
The prisoner said he was selling them for another man.
Mr. Charles Taylor, time-keeper, and Samuel Cole, store-
keeper, said that their employers, Young, Son, and Mag-
nay, had contracted to copper a ship, and there were 14 or
15 cwt. of composition nails used in the process. The nails
were lying about the dockyard in all directions, and a great
many had been stolen.

A marine store dealer, named Stewart, of Broad-street,
Ratcliff, received 27 lbs. of Messrs. Young, Son, and Mag-
nay's nails, and was sentenced to two months' imprison-
ment on Monday last. The prisoner was in the employ of
Messrs. Young, Son, and Magnay up to yesterday evening.
The prisoner, in defence, said a man gave him a glass of
gin to sell the nails.

Mr. Elliott sentenced the prisoner to one month's im-
prisonment and hard labour.

LITERARYIiiTITUTIONS. A return of the
names and localities of all the literary, scientific, and artistic
institutions which have obtained from the certifying bar-
rister, or from the Lord-Advocate, certificates of exemp-
tion from local rates, under the Act 6 and 7 Victoria. cap.
36, has been printed on the motion of Mr. Cowper, M.P.
The list of the institutions fills a space of nine pages.
FALL OF A CHURCH TOWER.—On Sunday
morning, at eight o'clock, the tower of the parish church of
Basford, near Nottingham. fell with a fearful crash, bury-
ing with it a portion of the edifice. The church had for the
past two years been undergoing restoration, and was so far
completed as to warrant the committee in announcing its
completion by May next. The tower was of a very ancient
date and much decayed. The damage is great, being esti-
mated at £2,000. The parish is lame and by no means
wealthy, and considerable difficulty hadb been experienced in
raising the finds for the restoration of the church.