The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-03 00:00:00

Sitting; Members.

Viscount Villiers ...
lg. W. Hope, Esq.
E. Tennant, Esq.
W. G. Johnson, Esq.
J. Attwood, E5q....,.,
W. Beresford, Esq. - 8
P. Greenall, Esq.
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IT. B. Crosse, Esq.
Hon. H. Dawnay
IW. Christmas, Esq.
W. M. Reade, Esq. r
J. S. Harford, Esq.

T. Hawkes, Esq
5 J. S. Douglas, Esq.
W. H. Bodkin, Esq.
G. P. Beresford, Esq.
E. Grogan, Esq
J. HornbY, Esq
S Lord Bruce
C. C. Marty n, Esq. }

Lord Newiy -
W. J. Hamilton, Esq
C. W. Martyn, Esq. 8
IC. Russell, Esq
Lord Chelsea
C H. Bruen, Esq.
T. Bunbury, Esq
18. D'lsraeli, Esq.: 1
G. Tomline, Esq. ,
D. Ker, Esq.
cF. Hodgson, Esq. ...
M. Gore, Esq.
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S. T. Carnegie, Esq
W. T. Praed, Esq
R. Neville, Esq.
WHIGS.

Sir W. R. Clayton. •
f Sir G. G. De Larpent
Sir J. C. Hobhouse..

Earl of Euston

M. Wilson, Esq
SS. Harford, Esq
H. Elphinstone, Esq
L. White, Esq.
J. Holdsworth, Esq,
SR Villiers, Esq
D. 0. Sombre, Esq.
T. A. Mitchell, Esq.
S R. Wason, Esq.
G. Rennie, Esq.
5
D. O'Connell, Esq..l.
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E. B. Roche, Esq
W. Browne, Esq
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M. O'Connell, Esq S-

J, Dalrymple Esq,
J. Phillpotts, Esq
M. F. Berkeley, Esq
j R. M. Bellew, Esq
1 Hon. T. V. Dawson 5-
IV. Maher, Esq.'
R. 0. Cave, Esq
Lord A. 11. Paget
E. M. blostyn, Esq
W. H. Watson, Esq

Sir A. L. Hay
Sir T. Winnington

J. H. Plumridge, Esq.
. J. S.W. S. Drax, Esq.
} J. Q. Harris, Esq
W. Pinney, Esq
Sir J. J. Guest, Bart
E. Buller, Esq...
J. Ramsbottom, Esq.
Lord G Paget.

Under the head of " Intimidation," in this petition, are
embraced allegations—that placards were posted in all direc-
tions denouncing all who should vote for petitioners; that all
such persons were also denounced by the priests in their cha-
pels ; that their hotel was in a state of siege from an armed
mob; that multitudes of men lay in ambush to attack said
voters on their way to! the poll ; that their progress to the
poll was interrupted by stone walls and carts and waggons
placed across the road ; that they were attacked with guns,
scythes, and pitchforks, and the drivers of the carriages beat,
and also the electors, in the most frightful manner, broke their
carriages into pieces, which they carried off and burned ; that
the electors were compelled to call upon the military to protect
their lives against the fury of an armed mob, &c.

APPREHENSION OF THE CREW
OF THE BRISK SCHOONER, ON A CHARGE

OF PIRACY.

BiosToL, Fax. I.—l have to inform you of the arrival here,
this morning, of the schooner Brisk, Captain Mansfield, for
whose fate considerable anxiety had been felt for the last five
or six days. You will remember that the Brisk had put into
Falmouth harbour, while on her voyage from London, and that
on the night of the 25th, while the Captain was on shore on
the ship's business, the mate and crew got her under weigh
and sailed off with her ; and, notwithstanding.the most diligent
inquiries, nothing could be learnt of her till her arrival here.
At the sitting of the Magistrates this morning, the Captain,
who had arrived hire by coach, applied for warrants to appre-
hend the mate and crew, on a charge of piracy; and their
Worships having granted him the assistance of a body of the
police, they went on board, and captured the mate, John Mar-
shall, and five men, named Jahn Gower, James Hamager,
David Gravel, Michael Berry, and John Isaacs, who were
straightway conveyed to the justice-room, and placed at the
bar on a charge of piratically and feloniously running away with
the vessel.

The captain, -- Mansfield, having been sworn, deposed
that on the 25th ult., the Brisk schooner, of which he was com-
mander, was lying in Falmouth harbour. Witness had occa-
sion to go on shore on the ship's business; he sent some fish
and other things on board ; and at length, seeing that a heavy
gale was coming on, he and the masters of some other vessels
agreed that it would not be prudent to leave the harbour that
evening. At about ten o'clock he went to look for his vessel,
and she was gone. He had never given any permission to the
prisoners, or any of them, to sail without him, and, by so doing,
they had revolted against his authority.
Upon being called on for their defence, the mate, Jahn Mar-
shall, said the Captain went on shore under pretence of buying
half a yard of canvass, and remained on shore all day. There
were a great many of the vessels in the- harbour getting
under weigh, and he said to the men, " I suppose Ave shill
have the Captain on board presently," and told thenk to set
the foresail and make ready. At ten o'clock;-,finding that
the Captain did not come on board, he got the vessel .under
weigh, and sailed, as the vessel would have drowad in half
an hour.
Mr. George (magistrate) said, if he had weighed anchor
for safety, he ought to have beat about for awhile, and then
returned.

The Mate said it was ebb tide ; besides, they (the men)
were paid by the run, and they were not going to be kept
there while the Captain was taking his pleasure on shore.
Besides, the owner told him, if the Captain was incompetent,
to take the command.

The Captain denied this, and the owner, Mr. Williams,
having been afterwards sent for, denied it also. He said the
Mate told him the Captain was not competent, to which he
replied, " But you are, and you can suggest, to him ; and surely
both of you can bring the vessel round'?"
Mr. Burges, Magistrate's clerk, said if the vessel had been
lost the matter might have been serious to the owners, as the
Captain not being on board the insurance would not have been
payable.
Mr. George said it was a case of piracy, for which they were
all liable to be hanged. They must be taken round to Fal-
mouth, to take their trial for that offence.

The owner, Mr. Williams, said he should not press the charge
against them.
The Captain said he most certainly should. Indeed, he was
satisfied that Lloyd's would prosecute.
The Magistrate said the police should assist him in taking
them round to Falmouth on his paying the expenses.
The prisoners were then removed in custody, with the ex-
ception of the boy Isaacs, who was discharged.
S►LVAGE OF THE PROSPEROUS.-.-.A question of salvage
was also heard before our Magistrates to-day, which excited a
good deal of interest in the mercantile world. The vessel
saved was the Prosperous sloop, from Bristol to Bridgewater.
She was the property of a shipowner named Stevens, and had
on board a cargo of timber, belonging to Mr. Ennett, a con-
tractor on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and a small quan-
tity of wine.
The salvage was claimed, on the one part, by seven men,
named Henry, Charles, John, Edt:vard, and Robert Bacon,
Wm. Fry, and Wm. Loseombe ; and-en theother part by the
owners of a steam-tug boat called the Tiger:
Previously, however, to its being brought into Court, some
arrangement was made with the latter parties, and the case was
onlly heard with reference to the men.

Mr. Wasbrough, of the fir:n of Wasbrough and Stanley, ap-
peared for them; Mr. King for the owner of the cargo; and
Mr. B. Smith for the shipowner.

It appeared from the evidence of Henry Bacon, that seeing
the vessel beating against the rocks in Walton Bay, be and his
brother boarded her. They then got a line out, and having
made her fast, sent for the Lioness steam-tug. The Captain
of the Lioness thought she had not sufficient power, and the
Tiger was sent round. She hauled the vessel off, subsequently
took her up to the basin, Henry Bacon and his brotherrearing
her, and afterwards taking charge of her.
The cargo was admitted to be worth 250/., but' the sloop-was
so much damaged as not to be worth more than 50/. It was
also stated that 301. had been promised to the owner of the
steam-tug.

The Magistrates directed 201. to be paid to the men-51. by
the shipowner, and lbl. by Mr. Ennett.

BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—The
half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the above Railway
was held at the Swan Hotel; John Hargreaves, Esq , in the
chair. The Report was read, by-which it appeared that the
passenger traffic had gone on satisfactorily during the past half-
year, the total number carried having been 47,157, of whom
41,445 were railway passengers, and the amount received for
passengers and parcels was 3,6321. 17s. 7d. The coal busi-
ness is gradually getting into existence, for during the last
month upwards of 1,000 tons had been sent down to Bolton.
With regard to the line, about two miles only remain for com-
pletion to the junction with the North Union Railway at Eux-
ton. It appeared that the receipts had been 264,0841. 15s. &1.,
and the disbursements 262,2271. 18s. 10d., leaving a balance
in the banker's hands of 1,1561. 16s. 10d.—Bolton Chronicle.

The Earl of Seftoli has given 1,0001. toward;
laying out the plantations, &c., for a park for the use and re-
creation of the public in Torteth Park, near Liverpool. Forty-.
three acres of land were bought of the Noble Earl for the site
of the new park.
A CHALLENGE.—A dancing master at St.
Petersburgh, by origin a Dutchman, has given notice that be
will give a ball in the snow, and intends to take advantage of
the first snow which falls for that purpose. He proposes to bet
with any lady or gentleman that he will dance ont in the snow
their names at full, in legible characters, that he will not once
miss time, and that each of his steps shall form a regular dance.
Several persons of distinction have accepted the bet.
The Journal du Bourbonnais in its number of
the 22d inst., leaves one of its columns in blank, and
states that, in consequence of the late condemnation of
the printer of the Chativccri, together with the editor of