The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-27 00:00:00

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THE NABIIVILLE.

At the Mansion-house yesterday, the Lord Mayor,
cowards the close of the business of the day, said—

I should be glad if the gentlemen connected with
the press would be good enough to rectify a state-
ment which appears in a communication from
Southampton relative to an application to the
magistrates there yesterday. The report to which
I refer states that " Mr. Pearcey banded to the
chairman a letter from the Lord Mayor of London,
stating that a similar application had been made to
him at the Mansion-house, but that he had thought
it his duty to pass the matter over to the authori-
ties at Southampton, at which post the Nashville
had called and still remained. His lordship
informed Captain Nelson that had the Nashville
been lying in any of the London docks he should
have granted the application." This relates to an
application made to me here on Saturday, in my
private room, by some gentlemen who wished to
have a search warrant with reference to certain pro-
perty alleged to be on board the Nashville and to
belong to Capt. Nelson or the owners of the Harvey
Birch. I told them I had no jurisdiction in the
case; that the ship was lying at Southampton,
and if there was any jurisdiction in the matter
it would be with the magistrates of that town.
Knowing personally Mr. Coles, the Mayor of
Southampton, and naturally feeling sympathy for
the poor man who had lost his ship and property, I
undertook to write a letter, simply introducing
Captain Nelson to:that gentleman ; but I expressed
no opinion on the case, and certainly should not
have thought of issuing a search warrant even if
the ship had been in the London Docks, because
even there the vessel would not have been within
the jurisdiction of the magistrates of the city of
London. No doubt a gentleman in such a position
as a captain who had lost his ship, especially under
the peculiar circumstances with which the public
are familiar in this case, would naturally excite
sympathy, without reference to the country to
which he belonged, and I admit that I felt sym-
pathy for him, as I do for all the people who are
engaged in the unhappy struggle which is being
waged on the further side of the Atlantic, whether
I , Federals or Confederates.

MB TRADE OUIRA.GE A 2' SHEFFIELD.

SHEFFIELD, TUESDAY.

This morning, between three and four o'clock, a
man was apprehended on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the outrage in Acorn-street last Saturday
morning, when a tin of combustibles was thrown
into the house of George Westnidge, a tender
grinder. The chief constable (Mr. Jackson) him-
sa, with detective-officers Airey and Brayshaw,
seized the man at his own dwelling iu Woollen-
lane, Gatefield, Upperthorpe. The man is a stove
fender grinder (the same trade as Westnidge). His
name is Joseph 'Thompson.
While the proceedings were going on before the
magistrates at the Town Hall this morning a mes-
senger arrived from the Infirmary, bringing a letter
to the effect that Mrs. Westnidge (who was the
most seriously burnt), was so much worse that it
would be unsafe to delay the taking of her
deposi-
tions. Vincent Corbett, Esq., at once went to the
Infirmary (accompanied by Mr. Jackson and Mr.
Thorpe), for the purpose of taking down the unfor-
tunate woman's statement. _

We understand that the police believe, not only
that they have apprehended the guilty person, but
that they will be able to make out a case against
him. It would at present be premature to state
anything as to the nature of the probable evidence.
For the same reason it is considered unadvisable to
publish the dying woman's statement.

MALTON MARTINMAS FAIR, Nov. 23. The
annual s' atute fair for the hiring of farm servants was held
to-day, and was very largely attended. The very forward
state of farm work, favoured by the beautiful autumn, has
had the effect of lowering wages fully 20 per cent., the older
men being very slowly hired indeed. Farmers, however,
hire shepherds more readily—the result of the immense
turnip crop, and the consequent largo folding of sheep.
On the whole, it is feared much distress will bo found
among the unhired labourers during the winter, the
" statutes" held la neighbouring towns being equally
dull.