The Sun. — 1850-09-20 (London, England)

LAMBETH. Daniel Goo?, a smartly-dressed youth, the son of the notorious D miel Good, who was executed a few years since for the inhuman murder and burning the body of Hannah Jones, at Roeharnpton, was brought before Mr. Elliott, on a summons charging him with misconduct as an apprentice. Mr. James Wheeler, a ladies' shoemaker, deposed that on the 28th of October, 1845, the defendant had been bound to him as an apprentiee'by the officers of the parish of Lambeth, to learn his trade. For some time the youth went on exceedingly well indeed, until he had acquired an excellent knowledge of his business ; but latterly his conduct became intolerable. It was his custom to leave his (Mr. Wheeler's) house soon after he left off work, at 8 o'clock at night, and proceed to a public-house, and remain there until 11 or 12 o'clock drinking and smoking, and when he remonstrated with him on such conduct he became very insolent. The complainant mentioned Monday morning last as the particular occasion on which the defendant bad misconducted himself, and said that on that morning he visited the public-house. The defendant said that on the morning last spoken of he was suffering from a severe affection of the chest, which was brought on by the number of hours which he was kept working for his master, and had gone to the public-house for something to relieve him. He worked, he said, early 'and late for his master, but finding that his health had become injured, and that the hours which he worked were too much for him, be agreed to allow his master 12s. a week out of his earnings, and this he regularly kept up, but his master was not satisfied with this, and wanted 14s. a week, and his (defendant's) non-compliance with this was the sole cause of the present complaint. The complainant in reply to the questions of Mr. Elliot, admitted that he had agreed to let the defendant work his own time, on the understanding that he was to allow him 12=. a week out of his earnings ; but added that he was quite capable of earning at least a guinea a week, if he chose to work. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that, according to the complainant's own showing, he had agreed to the defendant's working at any hours that suited him, provided he paid him the 12s. a week, and asked how many hours he wished the defendant to work ? The complainant replied that from six in the morning. until eight at night were the usual hours in the trade, and those he should require. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that fourteen hours were too many. Twelve hours were quite as many as an apprentice should be asked to work, and, in fact, they should not be more.  Black-Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Master-Commander Cook, arrived at Portsmouth, from Queenstown yesterday morning (the Admiralty having proceeded from Holyhead to London by rail); she coaled and proceeded on to Woolwich. Caradoc, Holyhead steam-packet, is lying in Portsmouth Harbour, waiting Admiralty orders to be paid off. R;nibution, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Warden, is at the buoy off the King's stairs, Portsmouth. The day for her going to Spithead is not yet fixed ; she is having Captain Crispin's engine-room telegraph fixed ; which we hear is also to be placed on board every war steamer, and is a most useful, simple, and necessary appendage, especially where the noise of the engine working, the steam blowing off, &c., entirely prevents the human voice from being heard. We hope to see, also, before long, the method of blowing off the steam through the bottom of the vessel, as adopted in the Victoria and Albert, and Fairy, carried out on board all Government steamers.