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33STHE SHIPPING GAZETTE AND SYDNEY GENERAL TRADE LIST.Watii Polios Omi —On Monday, Captain Joyofl.of the New Zealand VagitVtmd •ehoorw Cheetah, »pp«an*l b*for# Mr. John Campbell U) answer an information exhibited w\tiA him under th# Ganeral Merchant Sea* irU'Tfd Act, 7 and 9 Victoria, o, 112, and wherein be wm fhanrrd with having neglected to five a MrLllwti of discharge to Daniel Manner, a seaman Lately belonging to the sold reswd Mr, JA OMtel Ltay appeared forth# com* pi urn ant, The facta of the cam are that# j—Upon the voyage of the Cheetah from New Zealand to hyJney In August taut, complainant, who woi then m seaman on board, wo* guilty of soma abeeore from dutvT for which be wai fined ten nMHinga a day, ill aoeonlane# with the oondUlotw of faU article*. Tho ttatanre of wage* then due to him wore paid, hut whin he demanded bis dfocharge, th# voyag* being at an end, Captain Joyce evaded the demand from day to day ud eventually left Port Jaoksoo on another voyage to N*v Zealand and back, without having filed the com-pUloaut^ Jlsohirg* in ihe Registry Office of the Water yntta# office, an he w*s bound to harp done under the pro-virion* of lb# atatute cited above. The seaman in the mean time, cruld not obtain legitimate employment u a #eamAn, being left without a discharge, and was eon* •eq nearly exposed to pecuniary Sosa, as well at to the daily risk of being apprehended by the police as a run.seam ad Captain Joyce admitted, that he had left this poft without ((bring the complainant himita-obirge. He, however, denied that if. had be™ demandfld of him; and with reference to his baring neglected to file It at the Water Police Offloa, ha ploaded first, Must he considered it was the duty of the ship's agents to attend to the** matters of official detail; and secondly, that he Wi* ignorant of the regulations of this port. Mr* Campbell said, that the omliifon of which the dafeudavkt *i« mined be haul been guilty, was punbhaMe, not under ituy local regulation of this port,PVic, o. II2)t which he, Captain Joyce and every officer d f^Aiunn belonging to the British and colonial per-boibut under the pro?talons an Imperial Statute {7 A 8ain Joyce and every officer e British and colonial per-chant service, were bound to make themselves acquainted with- It was no excuse when a breach of the Saw was com mitt ed, to plead Ignorance of the law, Voder the 2Tew 8oiuti Wak4 Merchant Hcaoien'a A«t, the magla-trares had a discretionary power to mitigate the penalty au l had the Cheetah been a registered ship of this colony h# (Mr. Campbell), would under all th* clrcumtitaiirefe’ hare toileted only a moiety of the maxim tun penalty. Bu t4 In the Imperial Act, under Which the present Informationwas of necessity exhibited, the Cheetah being a weasel registered in New Zealand, no such discretionary power wie given* and he, therefore, bad no alternative but to order that Captain Joyce pay to the com plain ant the vum of €5, together with 10a. k professional, and 5*. 2d, office costs. Mr. Campbell hoped that the publicity given to this ease would remind commanders of ahiftf of the duty incumbent on them to lodge the dUnharg^ of their crews in the registry office when the voyage was at an end, and the men paid of. No matter whether the dU* charge* were demanded or not, the “ neglecting^ to loJg* h ui was an offence In the eyes of the law,—FUJI m Mi S#th, the boatswain of the ship Black friar (and wr tee .god-stained brows made him nu vary inapt re-pTirejtatire of bis namesake, the Thane of Cawdor), wax e$Lrg*i with disorderly and disobedient conduct, Captain Tiiseman stated, that on Saturday evening last M'icbvth came on board In a state of IntoxteaLfoa, and, bavin { knocked down the seaoian on watch, commenced a chore of others of the crew, and showed every desire to fight the •hip's company. The Water Police were sent fur, more with the view of intimidating him than of ■ending him to the watchhouse. But, upon the eon-Stable Cuming on board* be, in direct disobedience of the ee p*a:u’s orders, got over the aide, and instated upon being conveyed in custody to the shore. Maobeth having drtwn attention to sundry cuts In his forehead, which he ?aiJ had been Inflicted by Captain Ttaaemdn, and hiving further assured the Bench that ho bad always doa'i hU duty on board like a g™tWnnt proceeded to •hfiw that the captain, and nut bjrusulf, was the nggres* lar. Mr. Cftuipbill, haring cautlonwl him as to bis future Conduct, kph tenci'd him to be InprildQeij fur 14 days.-—The Water Police Magbtixte wag anipM during the morning on board the emigrant ship Caroline, to tof| utring into the cite ninet-anci^ under which the greater pan of the crew refused to proreed wi:h tb*fc ship on Iter voyajre to Mofoton Bay, It appears tn»c whtui V.w Caroline made Port Jackson, pho ramlo aignajs r^iuesllng cirden ; and that this being reportod lo ch** folonlal Secretary, ha desired that iuMructions •hiul I inimediately telogrmphod for the direct ron-ticuince of Ihe Crollhsk voyage to More ton B»y, vlth-Ou‘ eoterlijg Port Jackin. This onler of the Colonial ito-retary wns by floout delay, or unexplained mistake, not carried nut The Caroline entored the lleatot and th# crew nd’used to proceed on the voyage. Tli^ Water Polloe Magistrate, with a party of the police, areurellBgly pr^creled on hoard, but bU remouurancea with tho refractory seamen were of no avail ; and he therefore arT’ -ted nine of the crew, whom ho brought down in his own boar, and errdrrw1 Mr, fuspecUyt Cowell to Iruljni,— eterto of the others lit tbe wafchhouse.—The Eini^mnt Shin Caroline—Ytetarday. twenty of the Pt3ameri be ion gin r to this flhip were brought hffore the Water Police Ms^istrato, to anawer ia lafor-maCtofi exhibited by Cspralu Lawson, and crur/sns i be m with unlawfully com hi ni jig together and with each. oibfT, to luii^d*-- th« piuicress of the voyage of I h e st i ■ I shfn Carol In# Captain Lawson having p rot el tb^^htoniiifif of tlv prisoner* ai yveroool In Jane last, an I tb» arrival of the Caroline in this port, real entries froti fhe shin’s ttfllfbl log book a* follow*.—1wfktokrZl-h, IftA.i Tin* bfitirla hdqgVrderel to heave !n the ■in sk n( tbeenbEe, r#fiia*»d to lo mt although the phip Wh^ «h«*-wimg, wiip fn janaer of touching the fork*All IM - F« J A K jLHia ■!. JII BArl nn I W la A6 amth vitck of of the n.ih.bt in the prepense of a oav%l off •• on the quarter deck, audwhen called on gave in tEi. .r oimwi m refusing pjuty. f*ctobef Slat, 7 ah. The nan U w .re again rallrel aft, and naked by the Capiab to CTtr «-h» witi Hass, whti They Acrain refused to do sou4tt 1 thev i magistrate. At R a «.t Captain Brown, JntmT^riti^Q Ageut* and Captain Darlay came ou boardthe prisoners refused on this oooopion , fletolwT 2,9ibf am The^ Lands #t ill, parelsted in refusing to heave Into Inquire Into the earn* of thHr eomplaintB, and adrlii^l them to return to their duty, as they eemniaiiits were shown to be gronndlei#. They it 111 rMu«ri' aUog^tber ou the quarter-drek* Atnfton tb« Water Police Magistrate cani# oq board, and Inquired Into the alleged gHev*a«wi of tho orew; and finding them entirely ground!***, advised them to return to tMi duty* As they still refund, they were taken Into custody by the Water Pol Ion, and ooirreyed to ^vdoey, and lodged in the watcb-housa Thee# entries In the log-book bud all, Captain Lawson added, bw.fi rearl over to the prisoners, aa required by the MerrAntll* Marino Act Atncnrttneat Aot, Hfl Mded (hM th^ mpti biwi one* wmplAinoil to Wm -luring Ih* -ff)Vn.ap ttp (.utiirtltuttoo of ric* for 9our; hut f)it* his hndi’-mlndwith^i wj» pnlyln acoeriMO* wiih tho *cnllt;! fixed in lli* Artlclei. Sonw of the men com rJuinivi tn Cantata Browue that they were its fear-of thF4r Urn One or two that som* Tiolenr* hud hwn u«!rt tcwurae them *7 *™# lt;r tte oBlwr*; but no .orb wmi lftlut hid ot*t been mad# to hint fCiiptjJn Tatwn.) Some of the tn«t had been char^ hy the BnrtMU-aftpwlQtendent with applying to him to bemarried to flome of the female InnaiffranU, but they dimied it. thin was the case frr the promotion. The prisoner*, thrcugh iwo or three of their spoteaineni, made a rambllufT defenw. complaining {to turn the word*of the rioffload«) “ that they were rery ened.'1 Mt. Brouan s*hi, that they hwi not the fllgh wti retort for iheirilleffH wmduot What hedo tn thla cue. where lt*M esMnUal that the immi-ff rants should be lauded at Worrton Bay a * *1^^ “rosalble, ww th!a Tl® should remand the prlsoneri to the watch-Jmnse for one day, and would udri* the captain end agentiof the ship to adopt the follnw ng »ur*eTo entram extra handtsuflidwot to naelgato the ahlptoJfnreton Bay, and when thl* waxdoue to hare the prisoner* put on board *jto'n 5 and if they still refused to do ; flutr tofflea them Into the custody of the pohwatWmt!-1 ton Bar, where the FoH* Maristmte wmld dwIwUb them. Their complaints of bring nearly frightened wore what boy* of ton or twlw yeariof wuuld bare town ashamed to mate. Their *1* objwt was wy tloar , they wanted to !u*t* tht lt;h!p atreck|«ws nf the Imprisonment with wblch their guilt warpnni'hahl*. Hosrew, th*T mlsffit W,T .lt* t“atthrir desire to locate in the gold field* afwr rloUttng tholt eiuragrmeht In thl* flagrant manner would fruatmted- ~ The case was aewrdlnyly :rtmaoded until this mom 102. In order to allow tb* Captain andIthe sffwnts time to eonsldsr the course they will P®**®*; In our yesterday's report of the pnocewtlngs. »n th c of the schooner ChMtah, * transposition of tb# reimplataant iDd lt;3?fouflanfc oocurred, which w*iiftw reqtlfr. Th» nan# of tb* captain ti *of tb* ream an. “ H*iurer.w-^n Wedn^day, R- [******* and Ramu#l Harp«r, two mmm Wonfflug th* ship John Biigftr*, w#re each pcot^tiead to Iw impHinuodIter four wwIei. for being abreut without leav*, Fhllllp Boa, a mam an beloDgtaff to th* Mary Nixon, was eentenoed to be imprirened for tbrre wctkn for desertion. In the matter of thv *b!p Caroline, Captain La wet □and Captain Harley baring tbe course whichtbn Wat#r PoU« ‘ ITairiitnt* had adwlaed Jp wepect to the refractory reamen of thl* vessel, stated ta Mr* Rrenftti that they w*r» prepared to follow ble advte* 5 that tbew were earning In* wreiftary hinds to lake the1 rhtn to Moreton Bay; and therefore requeered that the prisoners might be rent on board again. They wished the men* howovw, to understand, that if they refund 10 perfonn doty during the eontlnuaniM of the Caroifna-e vovAge to Moretoa Bay. taey, npon thefevrivxl of the 1 phip at that port, would be prerecuted with the utmost i rirur of the Uw.—Anlbony Sherry. * eeraan belonging I to the atenrhlv Antelope, wm mteocedL to be Im*• prisoned for peven day* ferb*lng abwnt without leave, i —The com1 of the ppaman Robb, who charge* Captain Turner, of the Rove,! Bmhinga, with fall* InaprisontDsnt,I win poitponed. at the iQBtaiiCo of the advocates on both itdsp. On Saturday* Captain Turner, of the ship ( I Ttoyal Exchange, appeared before - the Water Police MaristrntP and Mr. C. II. Cb*inher§ to snewer on | information ex h i hi ted by Alexander Itobb, one of the sea-men of the paid tkip, charglnv h^m with aasauU and folNJ ■ Kmnrisonmeni Mr. (L R. Nivholn conducted the prose*: cut]on, and Mr. Robert Johnson the defence- The eireum* of thin oft* have already been fully published in tlile journal, and tnav be thu*briefly re^apitulaled. On [ the Ttb of August laM, the Royal Exchange was lying at 1 Srmmbayft, and the f aptain* who ww visiting a m lgb-[ bnuring ship, hearing a unisi? on board bil own veaiel, [ went on boardh and found Robb bleating nnd obvioiwly Hinder til*influence nf liquor. He depfnd him logo to, his bertla, which he fffu^ed to do, hut followed him to the I . rruartwr deck and either shoved or gtriiek him* Tho :i Taptain then had him taken into cuatody and eon I on board tb« Hutch guard ship. He wa* kept there for 20 days— the first three days \mi\% placed in what U called “ crooked ironi,” his hinds being twfstwi under bis legs , He was lubtuqufmUy pent rm board again, when thu1! Royal Exchange was ready for sea, but upon arriving on hoard be was put in iroa* by the order of Captain Turner, thrust Into the forecastle, and kept on bread and water until the ship’s arrival in Fort Jackson rvq Ihu 24th ultimo. He wp then given int^ the custody sif the Water Folio* ohargod with having mm ted f apiain Turner on the 7th of August loiE Th* cm having li^eo hoard before the Wat*r Folicw 5fagUtrhte | Rohb was lentenoect to pay a fine of one farthing, or In defatilt of puyuMUif to lie Imprlponed for five minute;*; and the Water Police Magistrate made some severe eommeuti So respect to the treatment the eos an had received on board# The prevent proceeding ad been since instirutol. The clreuiiastaneert of the asc wereprovtd, as in the previous investigation, The fthiundn was intoxicate J on the eveulug of the 7th of August, was fighting with one of the crow, and when remonstrated with by lhe Captain cither struck or shovid him. For i thl* offanre he was in the firs* place, sent on board thejPutrb guard-ship, at Rourftlmyft, and then, after a 1 rigorous imprifOument, kept in Irons in the forecastle of tliv Royal BsefaaUf# until her arrival in Port Jackin— th# forecast]# being so leaky that th* cordage stowedtherein wxs removed for safe raping by Captain Turnvr’jordure Muring the time that Robb wai confined there Robb’s* hammock was continually wet, mud bl« food wai constantly damaged by the #*]t water. Btrtct oidm were given by Captain Turner to the crew to have no Intereouree whatever with him. These foot* were pmvacl hy the ifidance of Mr. E* B. Maresq, the chief officer; by the carpenter, and by the steward. Tb# entry In the official fog book wherein th# complainant woe charged with having asaaultcid th* captain wo# signed by M. Fj. Ih Mare*), but be statad that he had not wlt-uflRfpd the assault: that he hfed signwl th# entry wRhout due reflection; and had done so only no the captain's statement that he had be*n struck by Robb. Mr. Nichols requested the particular ntiention of the Bench to this starenicfit 0f the chief officer^ Bering that under the Ofird section of the Mercantile Marine Act, the procuring to be mad* any fal#* or fraudulent entries in any log book Is dtwined a mfodemeasiour. Mr. NkliOti then add refuted the fMurt at con sfdurable length in respect to the general merits of the ra^e, but Mr. Brcnan Interrupted him and statad that the Bench had decided to rend It to a higher tribunal. Captain Turner ww therefor# committed to take his trial for aasult and falre irnpripoumeiit at th* next ensuing session* of the Central Criminal Court; bring allowed baiL hhzuelf In £100, and two ■urrilcfl In £60 each.English Sirpmro,—Arrivals: July 1L Earl of Tlard-wlek, from Sydney. Departurea: July 1L Peregrine, Oliver, and Myrtle, for Sydney; Recruit, for Fort Phillip. IS. Earl of Selkirk, for Sydney; Countasi of Yarborough, Iff safe and Despatch, for Melbourne. 16. Abel Turnon and Queen Jlargarot, for Sydney; Two Godfrtaia, for Port Fhllllp. IT. Nog*r, for Sydney: 9u Martin, for Port Phillip* 1 BrenJcome and Maldatone, for 8yd* ncy. Th# following vererifi sailed for Sydney on thrif raapretlva dates; July M, Inglewood, Windsor, Niger, Queen Margaret, Earl of Selkirk. 28. Alfred. August U. Warrior, steamer, for Melboam*. Vessel* adveriJred for Sydney, August ID;—SophU M oaken it#, 4J% Young; Eena, 640; EnnrrdaJ*, 343, Moore ; Iiwfnno% 656, EdoIb ; Quren of th* Bait, I486, Bartlett; Akbar, 819, M1la«; Juityn, tl3, Thompson! Thomas Arbuthnot, 621, Sannatyne; Syria, 642. Mrenud I Jeannette, 860. Europa, Flora, Pulta, 902, to sail August TL Washington Irving. 881, to sail September A Am-fltal, 726, to sail from Amsterdam.The cargo of the Fancy oonstata of 80 hale* wool, 16 bundles sbrepifclna, 28 hides, 8 bags potato##, and ■undriea. Bh* brings thl following report - th* E*h| •ahoouer, left Twofold Bay on the 29th ultimo,Hobart Town, with cattle ; the Fair Tamnanlan and Camilla were both taking In cattle,the former vesael for Hobart Town and th# tat tar for N«w Zealand. Th* Fancy »m four days in Jervis1 Bay* wLodfcound. Tb* Viola faifod for Melbourne two daye before her, and tb* Norms b »d taken In a full cargo for the same port-The P# ilnsular and Oriental Company*# screw ftaaxuev Bengal^ 2100 tans burthen, and 479 hcirM power, wait© leave In ;land for Calcutta on the 28th August, to be laced 0 i the Calcutta and Buei stations. Several other at* will follow at short interrali; and larger onei will then take th* place of thorn now running between Singapore and tb* Australian colonics, and vtalt us at monthly, la Heu of bimonthly perieHli| as aeoordiogio present arTongeinenta -The Sydney rteamei left England on th# 9th August, arrived at St. Vincent 18th, sailed again 21 at* arrivod at the Cap# 18th September, lolled 19th, arrived at Adelaide I7th October, tailed 22nd arrived it Melbourne 28th and *aiM for Sydney on 3rd November, arriving here on tb* 8th instant, having been 89 days out. Including 28 day*1 detention at the various porta. She w» longer In J*#l-b Eohpte, bound tobourne than intended, but in consequence of nnit of thg oiTiTalg (it hariherpnr| 03mail not bring delivered until mm* houn after3ug been mislaid), Captain Askey wo#taken from Ihe ship when ready for # on the lit, andfined, at th# iniance of the Post Office authorities.r^m — _ tg|The Aurora has hod a very protrsered pfiasafc fromLondon, having met with a succfctrion ot head winds.1COMMERCIAL INTELLIGBNCE.Tuesday Evening, November L Tin «?k hnj opened with a briskness t=uch as we were scarcely anthipiiting; rates, however, are ruling at some 8 per rent, below our former quotation# ; bnt at which, as tar as regards cojnB?tllle», the market \6 dreidtrily firm. Manufacture* and funeral merebankliBe »re sul:+ jeeuti to a little further reduction, though in oil caeu* there are, of course, exception s.The arrival*, exeltmiv* of our regular traders, are—tb# Lai I a Hookh and Jackin, brigs, from Valp^ralrfo, with flour, barley, mntae, bran, bean*, walnuts, dire. ; Volant#, brig, from ttan Fraiicfaco, with gsaeral ruerehaoiiM: ami the John H. Millay, American oarque, from New Caledc* nia, wftli beohe-le^mer and lorLoksahriLOn Saturday ImZ Mr Dean sold hy auction* amongst sundry other goods, a fine parcel of tar ley at 7* 81 per huHhei, ditto of maifeu at life 5d ; ditto of New Zeaiaml oats, mixed tfample, at 7s 9ilj and a parcel of light English oat p at GEeer, wine, ctgare, maiso, Ace.* were sold on Monday by Messrs. Bowden and Throlkeld. The tallowing are the several descriptions, with the price* obcsinud, via— By ass's bolt tad ale and porter 12* 0d tu 13s, Bridge A fiorter 11s 3d to 1 la ftl, Marzetti^ ale Lie, ditto porter 10s 6*1, Lichfield ata 44s to 4^ per kilderkin,porter (no brand) per hogshead, London botttadKberry, various *amfd£fe, 22s to 24s 6d; ditto |X?rt 22a 5 llaltaypa ditto 26* fid; Robertson'* ditto 28* 8d ; fine claret 16s 9d to 20* fid ; ctiainp^gn# 31s 8d to 40*; pata sherry, in quarter cask?, 80 6d; ditto, in begshvadst ?ld; ditto, In butts, 6* and lt;ta Id; old port* in quarter casks, 6s: ditto, in hogshead*, 6* 9d; No. *2. Manila cigar* 74* fid; No. 3, ditto fids : bhellard * tobacoo, in ktip*, b '» lb, ditto llj^cl; American ditto, In keg* and bole#, tr%d; in a i ?* (58 lbs.) lut» fid; cracked ditto lift; and bran*3 3cLCm the same day, oilmen^ stores and Italian good* were sold by Mr. Cohen; ami French confectionary, perfumery, pickle*, preserver, wIn#s, liqueurs, c, hy Mr Newton Th»t prices, with frw exception*, were aboui 6 per cent, lower than those of pre?iou* Bales.
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Mon, Nov 07, 1853
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