The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-16 00:00:00

CLEIUCENTV ELL.

Hannah Toomes, who had been previously re-
manded, from insufficiency of evidence, was charged
with stealing a quantity of plate, consisting of forks
and spoons, from the house of Mr. John E. Noakes,
Guildford-street 'Eussell-squrcre:
.'lt 'appeared, from the evidence, that the. prisoner's
rriother, h. decent; poor wornati;is 'laundress to the
prosecutor; that she, being unwell? sent the prisoner
for the linen' ,who' talcing advantitge of-the ttbence of
the 'servants from the kitchen, stole the articles, -and
way ili-iested a few clays afterwards-, in-attempting to
'pledge them, in the name ofJane E. Noakes, that the
initials on the plate might raise no suspicions.—She
was committed for trial.
THAMES-POLICE.

Yesterday twenty seamen and others, part of the
crew of the West India mail steam-packet Isis, lost
near Bermuda, made an application to Mr. Broderip
for a summons against. Capt. Smith, the master of the
Medway, another of the mail steamers, in which they
came to England, after the loss of the Isis.

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An intelligent old man, named Henry White, the
spokesman of the party, stated that on the last voyage
of the Isis sho ran upon the rocks at Porto Rico, on
her voyage out. This happened on the night of the
12th of September. After being• an hour upon the
rocks, during which time the vessel sustained consi-
derable damage, she was got off by backing the en-
gines astern. The ship made so much water that if,
was necessary to keep all the pumps going until day-
light next mcrning, when she proceeded to Turk's
Island, and thence to Port Royal, Jamaica, at
which • place some trifling repairs were effected, and
she was considered qualified to convey the return
mail to Turk's Island and Nassau. There were some
doubts whether she could make the voyage home in
safety, unless she was accompanied by another
steamer ; and; by orders, he believed, of Captain Paget,
commander of the Magnificent, 74, at Jamaica, the
Medway steam-ship joined the Isis at Nassau. After
the specie and mails had been transferred to the Med-
way, that vessel kept company with the Isis until she
arrived within thirty-seven miles of Bermuda, when
the weather became so tempestuous that little hopes
appeared of saving the Isis. The gale increased, and
the water gained on the Isis to such an extent that the
engines Were stopped, the vessel was abandoned, and
the crew and the passengers were transferred to the
Medway. All were saved with the exception of a boy,
who perished. The crew took with them their clothes
and hammocks, but on coming alongside the Medway
the Captain would not allow them to bring a single ar-
ticle of wearing apparel on board, and threatened to cut
all the boats adrift if anything was handed up. The
boats were eventually cut adrift, and the people be-
longing to the Isis saved nothing but what they stood
in. He and his shipmates considered they had been
very harshly dealt with, and wished to summon Capt.
Smith, of the Medway, for the value of their-clothes.
Mr. BRODERIP said the conduct attributed to the
Captain of the Medway appeared very odd, but he
was at a loss to know how he could assist the parties.
The contract was made with the Captain of the Isis,
and not with Captain Smith, of the Medway, who
merely brought the people home after the Isis was lost.
White said they were servants ' of the West India
Mail-Packet Company, to whom both steamers be-
longed.
Mr. BRODERIP said that made no difference. The
contract entered into must have been with the Cap-
thin of the Isis, and the master of the Medway was
not liable for the loss of the clothes, and might have
had orders from the owners or agents not to re-
ceive them.

White—You see, Sir, this was not an accidental
occurrence at all. The Isis, when she left Jamaica,
was not considered seaworthy, and it was not ex-
pected she would ever reach England. We were as-
sured by Captain Paget, the Naval Commander at
Jamaica, that the Medway would keep by us, or we
should not have gone away in her at all. The Isis
was actually expected to go down when she left Port
Royal, and our clothes and hammocks, at any rate,
ought to have been saved. The loss is a most serious
one to us all.

Mr. BnonEatp—l have no doubt of it at all, and I
wish I could afford you a remedy. The affair seems
to me an extraordinary one altogether. Have you
applied at the offices of the Company ?
AVhitc —We have, Sir, and the reply to our appli-
cation was, " how can you expect anything of Captain
Smith ?" The day after we left the Isis the weather
was very fine, she was still afloat, and boats were
passing and re-passing to her, and every article belong-
ing to the crew might have been saved, if Captain
Smith had allowed our things to come on board.
Mr. BRODERIP repeated that he had no summary
jurisdiction in the matter, and it was doubtful
whether the crew had their remedy by action.. They
might apply to an attorney, who would advise that
what to do.--The men retired greatly dissatisfied.

NEW NAVAL NOVEL, BY " THE OLD SAILOR.—
" We are requested to state that the new woric, en
titled " The Naval Club,". by M. H. Barker, Esq.,
(" The Old Sailor,") author of " Tough Yarns," &c.,
in 3 vols. post Bvo., .is published this day by Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now
be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just
published the following popular new novels :-1. Self-
Devotion, or the History of Katharine Randolph, by
the Authoress of " The Only Daughter," Edited
by the Author of " The Subaltern," &c., 3 vols.-2.
The Nabob at Home, or, The Return to England, by
the Author of " Life in India," 3 vols.-3. Perceral
Keene, by Captain Marryat, 3 vols.-4. The Czarina,
an Historical Romance of the Court of Russia, by
Mrs. liofland, 3 vols.-5. The Manoeuvring Mother,
by the Authoress of " The Histo7 of a Flirt," 3
vols.-6. Masaniello, an Ilistoricahloinanee, Edited
,by the Author of " Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols.
_and 7. The School for Wives, by the Author of
" Temptation," 3 vols.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LAWTON, NEAR SAND-
BACIL—The extensive and valuable corn mills of
Messrs. George and William Pointon, known by the
name• of the Steam Mills, being worked by that
power, are completely destroyed, with the exception
of the boilers, engine-house, and the outside walls.
The whole of the valuable machinery, with the stock,
save several tons of cheese and the books of the firm,
are reduced to a heap of smoking ruins. These mills
were carried on with very great enterprise, being
worked night and day (Sundays excepted) ; and the
workmen left them as late as half-past ten or eleven
o'clock on Saturday night.. The value of the stock,
as near as can at present be ascertained, was about
1,5001., and it will take 2,0001. at least to put the mill
in as good a state as it was in previous to the ca-
lamity. The proprietors, it is said, are insured for
the sum of 3,5001., NN holly or chiefly in the Globe ;
but of this sum, not more than 2,3001. is on the pro•
perty destroyed, therefore it will be seen that the pro-
prietors will be sufferers to a considerable amount.—
Maidstone Chronicle.

WisnEen, Nov. 11.—Two persons in this town,
named William Newborough and his wife, have died
through taking poison, administered, it is believed, in
a pudding baked under some pork. They had hardly
ceased eating of the pudding at dinner, when violent
sickness began. They both died during the night
Two children who partook of the pudding were also
very ill, but have recovered. The examination of the
bodies proves the presence of a mineral poison. The
it has .been adjourned.—Noilrich Mercury.
The ; steam-packet Emerald, Captain Wingfield,.
sailed on Sunday morning from London,
44idge Wharf for Boulogne, was on Monday mornr,
ing lying off Margate, with her engines disabled. •