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London, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

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MARINE SERVICE.

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Yesterday afternoon a pubic meeting of shipowners,
merchants, marines, and erginesra of the port of Lon-
don, was held at the London Tavern, to consider the
operation of certain clauses of the Merchant Shipping
Act of 1854, and the expediency of endeavouring to oh-
taiu a revision of the act. An ,association has been
formed named the Mercantile Marine Service Associa-
tion, the object of which is to raise the condition of
masters, mates, aad seamen, engineers and others of the
merchant marine . to effect the amendment of the Mer-
chant Shipping Act, 1854, and to obtain the incorpora
Lion by royal charter or act of Parliament of the
mercantile marine service of the United Kingdom.
Deputations from Liverpool, Southampton, Bristol,
Exeter, and other ports attended the meeting yesterday.
Masters, mates, and seamen, who are eepecially inte-
rested in 'the objects of the association (which had been
formed with a view to their benefit) had also been re-
quested to attend, and were present in large numbers.
Oa the platform were the following members of Par-
liament :—Mr. Willcox, M.P. ; Mr. Dutton, M.P. ;
Mr. White, M.P. ; Sir James Elpbinstone, M.P. ;
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and Mr. W. T. M'Cullagh, M.P.
Mr. CRAWFORD, M.P., who was in the chair, opened
the meeting by detailing the objects whiCh were agreed
upon at the meeting held on the 221 of May last. It is
proposed to elevate the social and professional status of
the class alluded to, by amending the system of exami-
nations for masters and mates in ther merchant service,
so that they may be conducted with due regard to expe-
rience, aptitude, and practical knowledge, as well as by
providing first-class certificates for masters and mates in
certain cases without the usual examination, as rewards
for long and able service, braliaut acts of seamanship,
discovery and enterprise, or the saving of life and cargo
under perilous conditions. It is also suggested that
situations under Government, relating to these mat-
ters, shall ordinarily be bestowed upon properly-quali-
fied persons belonging to the merchant service. The
administration of the " Merchant Seamen's Fund" is to
be improved, so as to supply a comfortable refuge to
aged and disabled members of the service in every grade.
The power now allowed seamen to quit their ships in
foreign ports, and join men-of-war, it is sought to abo-
lish. The objects of the association, moreover, include
an alteration of the existing law as to cases of wreck
and casualty, substituting inquiry by a c :rover's jury
(to be composed of shipowners and mariners) for the
present courts, and likewise the alterations of the re-
gister regulations, and the abolition of light dues and
passing tolls.
The following were the resolutions submitted to ,the
meeting yesterday, and adopted :
"1. That this raeeting, approving the constitution
and objects of the Mercantile Marine Service Associa-
tion, as read to the meeting, pledges itself to use all
legitimate efforts for the esetension of the organisation
and the attaisoment of its objects.
"2. That the following, together with the chairman,
deputy chairman, and other officers of local associations,
constitute the executive committee : Captains J. S.
Boulton, W. 0. Campbell, J. It. Eugledue, W. H.
Franklyn, J. B. Godfrey, R. D. Guthrie, Harrison, R.
Heard, A. Ilendereon, Charles Hodder, S. Hyde,
C.S., Jackson, T. Jarvis, C. H. Onslow, George
Peacock, Samuel Reed, H. Reyntll, George Richardson,
Robert Scott, H.E I.C.S.,Duncan Smith, P. M. Slavers,
H. T. Strutt, T. W. Thatcher.
3. That Mr. Crawford, M.P., be the chairman of
the association.

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The Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived.
In the Senate the debate on the bill on constitu-
tional reform was being slowly proceeded with. In
the Chamber of Deputies the bill on the bases of
public instruction had been adopted, as had also
that on highways. On the 22d the chamber wee
occupied in discussing the bill relative to the treaty
for fixing the frontiers between France and Spain.
The bill- on the press was about to be discussed,
and the editors of the newspapers intended, in
addition to the usual reports of it, to print the
principal speeches separately, and make a dis-
tribution of them. The payment of the divi-
dend on the debt was to commence on the let
of July, and it was said that the Government was
able to meet all its engagements. According
to the Hojas, a semi-official authority, the
Government, convinced that M. Lafragua, the
Mexican envoy, was not really desirous of arriving
at a satisfactory settlement of tte points in dipute
wi,h Mexico, was about t publish a formal decla-
ra•ion of rupture with that country. A strange
present had been made to the little Princess of the
Asturias :—Having some time ago been taken by
the King, her father, to the inauguration of a hos-
pital, she in spite of her extreme youth behaved so
well that his Majesty promised to make. her a pre-
sent of anything she might wish for. The Princess
immediately replied thet she would like to have a
uniform of the riflemen of Madrid. The King in-
formed a battalion of the riflemen on duty at the
palace of the wish of the Princess, and the officers
immediately had a splendid uniform of their corps
prepared and presented it to the Princess.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

SOUTHWARK.

CHARGE OP SIiorLIFTING.---Margaret Hennessey, a
respectable-looking young woman, was brought before
Mr. Combs charged with stealing a merino dress, from
the shop of Mr. Charles Eastwood, draper, &c., New-
ington-causeway.
Celia Smart, assistant to Mr. Eastwood, stated that
while she was attending to a customer on the previous
evening, she received information from a young lady
that a female had just entered the shop and stolen a
merino dress. Witness immediately missed one from
the door way,.and then she proceeded into the street
where she saw the prisoner running across the road with
something bulky under her shawl. A constable went
after her and brought her to the shop with the dress in
her possession. Witness had seen the dress at the.door-
way a few minutes previous, and she recollected seeing
the prisoner and another female looking about, but she
had no suspicion of their intentions.
The prisoner here declared that she did not steal the
dress. She only picked up the article, and intended to
have given it up to the police constable, when she was
stopped.
James Garrett, 282 141, said that the prisoner was run-
ning away as fast as she could, when the witness called
on him to stop her. He then asked her what she had
under her shawl, when she replied, nothing, and at
the same time threw down the dress produced and
attempted to run away. Witness caught hold of her
and took her back to the shop, were she was given
into his custody.
Mr. Combe asked the prisoner whether she still per-
sisted iu stt.ting tha! she picked up the dram If she
did ho must send her for trial.
The prisoner, hesitating a little, said she did not
want to go for trial.
Mr. Combo told her that she must plead guilty if
she wished him to deal with her.

THE PRINCE CONSORT.
(From the London Gazette of last evening.)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of
June, 1857. Present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty
in council. Whereas there was this day read at the board
the draft of letters patent, conferring upon his Royal
Highness Prince Albert the title and dignity of Prince
Consort, her Majesty, having taken the same into con3i-
derAtion, was pleased, by and with the advice of her
Privy Council, to approve thereof, and to order, as it is
hereby ordered, that the Right Hon. Sir George Grey,
Baronet, one of her Majesty s Principal Secretaries of
State, do cause a warrant to be prepared for her Majesty's
signature, for passing letters patent conformable to the
said draft under the great seal of Great Britain.—Wm. L.
BATHURST.

The prisoner then pleaded guilty, and asked his wor-
ship to deal mercifully towards her.
Mr. Combe said that as it appeared to be her first
offence, he should sentence her to three months' hard
labour. '

At the Court at Buckingham-palace, the 25th day of
June, 1857—present, the Queen's Most Excellent Maj-sty
in Council. Whereas by the act of uniformity,
which establisheth the liturgy, and enacts that
no form or order of Common Prayer be openly
used other than what was prescribed or appointed
to be used in and by the said book, it is not-
withstandinc, provided that in all those Prayers,
Litanies, and Collects, which do anywise relate to the
King, Queen, or Royal Progeny, the names be altered and
changed from time to time, and fitted to the present occa-
sion, according to direction of lawful authority : her Ma-
jesty was pleased this day in Council to declare Her royal
will and pleasure, that in all the Prayers, Litanies, and
Collects for the Royal Family, the words "The Prince
Consort" be inserted, instead of the words "The Prince
Albert."

THAMES.

FRIGHTFUL CASE OF STABBING.—MigueI Perenis,
man of colour, and one of the most formidable looking
wretches that ever appeared at the bar of jut tice, was
brought up on remand before Mr. Selfe," charged with
cutting and wounding two English seamen's, named
Webster and Bishop, with intent to murder them or do
grievous bodily harm,
Normoyle, an intelligent police-constable, No. 133 H,
was sworn to interpret the evidence to the prisoner, who
is a native of Chili, and speaks the Spanish language
orlv.
It appeared that on the night of Thursday, the 18th
inst., the prisoner had-been quarrelling with some of his
countrymen and others in Ratcliffe-highway about a
loose woman with whom he had been. staying,
and be made use of the meet horrible oaths and
imprecations, and swore be would be revenged on
some one. Some time afterwards, and when the
quarrel was over, and a crawd of foreign seamen and
others were assembled in Ratcliffe-highway, the two
young men, Webster and Bishop, were passing quietly
along, interfering with no one,, when the prisoner
to, k a long and sharp scabbard knife, with which be
was armed, from his sheath, and rushed upon the two
Englishmen. Webster received two severe wounds,
one on the right shouldCr and the ether on the left,
side under the left arm-pit, Bishop, to use the words
of a witness, was " ripped up." He received a severe
and dangerous wound on the lower part of his person, the
wawa was punctured, and he also received a wound on
the thigh. Bishop was immediately taken to London
Hospital. The prisoner, after be bad committed the
dastardly assaults, threw away his knife, and escaped
into the house of a foreigner, named Joseph Williams,
in Rateliff-highway, who was fined 51. for assaulting
Payne, the police-constable, and resisting him in the
execution of his duty while attempting to enter the
house.
Mr. John Cowley, surgeon, of High-street, White-
chapel, said he attended Webster, and that the wound
under his arm-pit was an inch in depth and an inch in
length. The loss of blood was very great.
Payne, a police-constable, said he was under the neces-
sity of conveying Webster to the London Hospital
after the first examination, and that both men were in
imminent danger. It was cot expected that Bishop
world survive.
Mr. Selfe said this was a most shocking case, and
again remanded the prisoner for a week.

And her Majesty doth strictly charge and command,
that no edition of the Common Prayer be from henceforth
printed but with this amendment ; and that in the mean-
time, till copies of such edition may be had, all parsons,
vicars, and curates within this realm do (for the prevent-
ing of mistakes), with the pen, correct and amend all
such prayers in their Church books, according to the fore-
going directions : And, for the better notice hereof, that
this order b 3 forthwith printed and published, and sent to
the several parishes ; and that the Right Reverend the
Bishops do take care that obedience be paid to the same
accordingly.—WM. L. BATHURST.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of
June, 1857. Present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty
i❑ Council. In pursuance of an Act, passed in the tenth
year of her Majesty Queen Anne, and of another Act,
passed in the thirty-second year of hie Majesty King George
the Third, wherein provision is made for praying for the
Royal Family in that part of Great Britain called Scot-
land ; it is ordered by her Majesty in Council, that hence-
forth every Minister and Preacher in Scotland shall, in his
respective church, congregation, or assembly, pray in ex-
press words for "The Prince Consort," .instead of for
"The Prince Albert;" of which all persons concerned are
to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly.—WM.
L. BATHURST.

MARKET VEWS.— (This Day.)

',ARDEN.

vegetables were extensive,
steady, as follows :

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Filberts, per to Os Od
Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to s
Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od
Walnuts, per 100 Od teo s Od
Figs, per doz Os to Os Od
Strawberries, per
pottle
Gooseberries, per
half sieve ... 28 Od to 4s Od
Currants, p. h. sv. 4s to 7s Od
Plums, per do. Os Od to Os Od
Green gages,do. Os Od to Os Od
Raspberries, p.potl. 10d to is
TABLES.

THE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.

Dating the earlier part of this day a private in-
quiry was prosecut:d•at the Brouds'one teimintvi,
under the direction of the Crown solicitor. The son
of the prisoner, and another person were examined,
and their statements taken down in writing in the
shape of depositions. Shortly before 4 o'clock the
prisoner was placed in a cab, and, accompanied by
Superintendent Guy, was cn his way from Frederick
lane station to the Police-court in Capel-street,
where the magistrates, Mr. O'Donnell and Mr.
Port r, bad remained after office hours for the pur-
pose of hearing the case ; on the way, however, an
order was received from the Government authori-
ties countermanding a previcus order, and directing
that the prisoner should not be brought before the
magistrates for examination until to-morrow morn-
ing at 11 o'clock. The interest evinced by the
Executive in the progress of the ease may be gleaned
from the fact that an Aide-de-camp of the Lord
Lieutenant attended to watch the proceedings.

The greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbour-
hood of the Police-court, where crowds of persons
were assembled. No new fact transpired during
the day.
The following is from the Freeman's Journal:—
"It having been generally understoood that
the prisoner, James Spollen, at present con-
fined in Frederick-lane police-station louse,
charged with the murder of Mr. Little,
would be brought up for examination in
Lapel-street police-office yesterday morning, a large
number ofpersons assembled in the office and round

the doors through which Spollen was expected to
pats, but they were destined to be disappointed, as
•the Crown decided on postponing the examination
of the prisoner, for the purpose of obtaining some
additional and important evidence. As we have
already scat: d, the prisoner was not aware of his

wife having given information against him until he

saw her in- Fredeaick-lane statienhouse on the co-

casion of his being charged by Mr. Superintendent
Guy. On that occasion, after he had been brought
down stairs to the reserve room, he appeared quite
astonished when he saw his wife. After the charge
had been duly entered and read to him the pockets
of his clothes were searched in the usual way, and

in them a key was found, with other matters. He
objected to it being taken from him, and said that
it was the key of his private drawer, and that they
had no right to deprive him of it. This key was
intrusted to one of the police, who went to the
prisoner's house late on Wednesday night, and
found that it opened a drawer in a chest in the par-
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lour of his residence. In the drawer eight sove-
reigns were found rolled up in a piece of wadding,
which bad the appearance of having been in a

muddy place, as portions of clay were adhering to
it. The police are of opinion that this money was
taken from the place where the gold and notes were
...

found the day Previous by Serge—ant Meyers. From
ihe time the prisoner saw his wife and•heard the
charge which was made against him he has scarcely
spoken a word to any person, save when calling
for food, which he partakes of with a good ap-
petite. He remained nearly the entire of yes-
terday in one position, with his head resting on
his hand, and apparently impressed with the fear-
ful character of the charge brought against bim.
The Crown Solicitor and Mr. Superintendent Guy
were occupied during the principal part of the day
in taking dow❑ the statement of Mrs. Sp,dlen and
those of her daughter Julia, a very clever and in-
telligent child, who appears to be about 11 or 1.3
years of age, and in charge of the police, along

wiih her mother, as a witness for the Crown.
"The razor with which Mr. Little's throat is
supposed to have been cut, and which was found
by the police in the canal, was show❑ to Mr:3.
Spolln yesterday for the purpose of trying whe-
ther she could identify it as one belonging to her

husband. She said that she could not iecogniFe it
as his, but remarked that some time before the
murder was committed her husband had been made

a present of a razor by a friend of his, and that the
razor 'found in the canal may be that one. The
police aro aware of the name and address of the
person who gave the razor to the prisoner, who no

doubt will be able to say positively whether the
razor in the hands of the police is the one which he
gave to Spollen. In the information given by
Mrs. Srolien to the police she says that her hus-
band, on coming home at eight o'clock on the
evenieg of the murder, remembered that ho had
forgoten.his time-book' in the office of Mr. Lit le,
and, fearing that it might be discoverel, he went
back to the room and found it there, and brought
tit home. The li le girl (Julia Spollen) in her ex-
amination yesterday, it is understood, gave some
very important information, and identifies the piece
of cotton cloth in which the money found by Ser-
geant Meyers o Wednesday last between the
boundary walls of the railway and the workhouse
was wrapped up as hers. This pie.,;e of cloth,
she says, she got from her aunt some time
since to make a bonnet, but, not liking the ma-
terial, it was never applied to the purpose for
which it was given, but 'left lying at home.
A general search for the remainder of the money
taken from Mr. Little's office on the night of the
murder and also for the key of the office-door was
resumed yesterday morning by Sergeants Craven
and Meyers, assisted by a number of workmen.
The Bradogue river, into which .it was stated the
key was thrown, was thoroughlyexplored for a con-
siderable distance, and in places where it was
flagged over the flagging has been removed to faci-
litate the search. The two hiding places where the
money was found' concealed on Wednesday were
also minutely examitled, but up to a late hour last
evening neither the key nor the remainder of the
missing money had been discovered. A fitter's
hammer, with a broken face was found in a drawer
in the prisoner's house. This hammer is the one

which Was given to the prisoner out of the railway
stores wh(n he stated some sime since that he had
lost his own. The_ hammer which the prisoner

stated he had lost, Mrs. Spollen says, is the one
which was found in the canal. Late yesterday
evening the cottage in which the prisoner resided
was searched in every part,. but no discovery was
made. The son of the prisoner, whose name also
is James Spollen, who is at present in charge of
the police at Chancery-lane stationbouse, is a well-
looking lad of about 16 years of age. He bore his
confinement very well up to yesterday evening,
when he Lecame quite overowered with grief at
the posit on in which his father was placed, and
called repeatedly for his mother, and he begged
of the constable who had charge of him to take
him to her or bring her to him. He is at present
detained by the Crown as a witness. The search
at the Btoadstone terminus will be resumed this
day, and the further exploration of the river pro-
ceedel with, as the possession of the missing key
of the door of the cash office is regarded as of the
last importance.
" Spollen was originally employed by the
company as a porter, but being an intelligent,
quick, ingenious parson, he soon acquired some
skill as a painter, and was latterly engaged m
painting, glazing, and doing odd jobs about the
terminus ; in fact, he was regarded as a very useful,
" handy man." He is described as a very indus-
trious, hardworking man, rather quiet in manner,
steady in conduct, and of good address. He ap-
pears, too, to be a man of some taste; the walls
of his neatly-furnished comfortable cottage are
profusely adorned with pictures in gilt frames, and
the small piece of ground in front of it is laid out
in pretty Bower-beds, with one or two little plots
of peas, now in blossom, interspersed. Scarlet run-
ners are also trained in front of the cottage, and
the garden is further adorned by an ingeniously
constructed "rockery," as it is termed—a number
of large stones, moss, flowers, and the roots of
trees, arranged together in a very tasteful manner.
Hanging outside the door was a handsome brass
wire cage containing a pretty canary, which was a
great pet of the prisoner's. He used to speed many
of his leisure moments in training it. He also kept
a small rabbit in a neat wooden cage, a portion of
which is circular and rotatory, like those in which
white mice and guinea pigs are generally confined.
The cottage lies almost exactly opposite to the
room in which the murder was committed, and
within a stone's throw both of the terminus and of
the place where the murderer concealed his booty.
Thus the first object which would meet the eyes of
Spollen and his wife on going out of their cottage
was the window of Mr. Little's room, the recollec-
tion of the terrible tragedy enacted therein being
constantly kept before the mind of the woman.
" We understand that the prisoner, contrary to
what might have been expected, has never evinced
the slightest disinclination to enter into conversation
on the subject of the murder. He has frequently dis-
cussed the matter with various persons in the em-
ployment of the company, always expressed his
horror of the crime, and was noticed for constantly
observing, What a nerve the fellow must have had
that did it.' It is stated that a few days ago he
was in company with some of the workmen, when,
the murder having been referred to, one of the men
remarked, I wonder whether the murderer was
among the batch lately discharged by the company.'
No,' replied Spollen, lam cer,tain the fellow is
still among us and laughing at us. In reference to
the question of unrestricted access to the terminus
it may be mentioned that the prisoner had charge,
among other matters relating to the building, of
the cleaning of the windows, on which account his
passing through rooms and corridors would not at-
tract particular notice.
tc Among the means resorted to shortly after the
crime was committed for assisting to discover the
murderer was clairvoyance, and at the same :there
was forwarded to the police authorities from Eng-
land a statement, alleged to have been made by a
clairvoyant operated upon in the usual way, that