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KIDICAL nEFOR3aRS. • LEEDS. JULY 17. In consegitence of an official intimation from Lord the Secretary of State 1M the Home a pan %tient, Earl Fttawillitm, the Lord Lieutenant of this Riding, let Nlilton-albey in the early (tart of the ',resent week, and is :tuned at ista seat in Yorkshire. A report to . this diet prevailed inane weeks aen, which was at that time premature. The political meetings lately held in this and other manufacturing districts, to which the Prince Regent alludes in his speech front the Throne. oil the prorogation of . Parlianient, is the reason asrigued for his Lordship's preient visit to his - 1 denteitauey. On Nl.irsday . ereiling soupe radical Ref( iiiii ers met it the Elephant „antl Castle, Wakefield, for the professed objects mentioned .in .our last. The number of those assembled was contemptible, to say nothing-of. their cha racter and situation in life. Mr. Vetre appeared amongst them, but a tinleut disagreement of opinion taking ,place between hint and wine mhos of thcsateforilieri s the tueeiiiig broke up after a warm altercation, without sundial& any of the objects for whitit it had been c i dl eg i. A rout of censure was passed upon several persons, as Antoci Aced cowards, for not making their appearance amongst them. As far as 11. e evidence of this inevting may be relied upon, the cause of these radical Ile/tamers has vet nude but little progress in Waketield.—lfirke. „fie/J./mamal. Slit CH tiILES WOI.SELY. The Quarter Se 147011; fur this enmity began on Tues. ,riar lasi,.John Thomas Stanley, Bart., Foreman, aud a tans( 1111113er011$ and repectatile Bench of Magistrates: we enumerated upwards of 2J on the Bench at one June. The. E irl of Stanford, the Lord Lieutenant of the ermine, was tin the,Bencii. Sir .1. T. Stanley, Bart. .titer Abiding in his charge to the state of the.calendar, and calling the o .n:tuition .of the Jury to the different ,Acts ni. Parliament passed during die lastsestion, made ,a most animated address to them on the present state of ,the comitry. He said, that the.banner of rebellion was itruded, and that, although no act of aggression hail yet been comtniticd, yet, as as words wttit—so far as the srdiiiouts aid blasplonnous,expressions used at the late public meetings wrilt, this country might be said to iti a state of civilavar. The qttestion of Parliannait ma Worm, theCliairnian justly added, it was not then aiecessary.to.discuss. -Whatever might.liz the difference of a iuiup on that,qsiestion, it was the duty of' all good men to resist the a tempts now making to subvert the laWs alllik.coustitution of the country. He called upon .the yromatiry of the county, main whom lie bail the .strnitg,rat rrii lIICP, to unite with the magistracy in their firm detertiima ion to atipport those laws and that con .taitUtior. The Ch Minim concluded with statingto the ,Jury, that .sonie niaitera of great importance would. he understood, be brought before them, which would re .quire their most serious and attentive consideration. lu the course Of the day, amongst the trite bills returned by tt i e,Gr ai ol Jury, was one against Sir C. Welosly, Bart., and liarristr, the preacher, for the turbulent and sedi tious stilkeches made by them on the ult., at Stock . pr..l, with intent to excite nun alt and insurrection this realm. Birch, the active police.oHicer, of S:oelport, was immediately despatched with a Bench marr4tio. and apprehends I the baronet, at his seat in , Si itliirdshire, on Wednesday afternoon, and on Thurs diii, morning conveyed hint to Knotsfoecl. The remains of 'the I.),iwitger Lady %Vulsely having hem interred pn the morning of that day, the officer did not proceed to 'olbely-Palk until the afternoon ; and a little before ft •tielock Sir Charles, acemirpanied by the veiteratle Major Cartwright, with the officer on the dicky, reached Staf ford, where the horses having licen changed, the party ,proceeded to Newcastle, where they remained at the ;Roe-buck-inn until Tlitir,day morning ; when they pro cerded and reached Kiatitsford .about half-past to. I'he sessions trot having terminated, theßaronct appeared in .Court the cline morning, and was held to bail, himself in 3001., and two sureties in gad. each ; for ,the.watit of the latter heinz at hand, he was ordered to bc committed ; two worthies could be found. After scotiring the c 1111 l nry, we ire informed these were procur e d fr om Smi•kpost about nine oclock at night. ,'The bail was accepted, aml Sir „Charles liberated to enjoy with free d th t cloilpany of li;s beloved friend Jfajor Cartwright, woo was with hint when apprehrwied, and accompa nied him to and Irvin the Court of Justice. (harporets pondent adds, that both hr and the old Major were in g end spirits. At noun yestePlay, they walked about .two ti.i'rs nit their retool home, to the house of Mr. Giles, a a illege schoolmaster, in ,f lh rton, whither the Baronet's carriage afteruards went, and they proceeded on their journey to AVolsely-bridges.—Narelryield Caur:cr. We shave been surprised to read in the. Leeds ,newss papersuf Monday and:chior 2 4l,a.. last. t'lat the prisacipal , noses in the wool!on nt.anufas:ture:lll)ewsigary had ac ceded in sbe,regulatonas of advance of price and limits tuon in . o..aataiky of work ~ss nich have hem the ohject sougjathir ;..y the latbolaring.elof t es in entering into the • Unstra," and thgt a!I is now hatoantay and peace. Tha•se represem,,,ions, we have the tarot authority liar ▪ are eatrepely E variance V*llla the No. So far rium titraldbletters ba.aiult I ern adjusted, the ettrnhin.,l - an inytipera.son ;at .I,)n,stanry, and ,has extended to the WelglOmnitig dastract„of Aieckationdwyke.,Batley, Atc. where.t . he MCP 40e all, struck fot.ala anyance sal wages. ...rim w ho le of the blattltet trade. ican..conae ,Rite.tce in ; state of stagnation, and ." at resitao4o :tat , seen," says sitar raarrespond,ont, " whether the prices de m tattled can be atfarded to tae given, nenhelirr this ad.; sauce will shit e tire tode to places where the cominsta does not exist." " The sum &mantled," he adds, an..al...awe of about ten tier cent...on the manufac tured goods ; and at the (caroler rate.of wages, the work- Meat cunt(' trout 125., to Yds. per w.egit . „ .Ipr .11 hours' work daily. In conorpence of this staate,of and the deprysst.4l stagnansall of trade,. 1 .1 Leval. Halliley, Son, Cud Boauk, of Dewsbury, the lariga biataketskautarac- THE 'NATIONAL 'REGISTER toren isi,England, have resolved to shut u p th e i r mill ; and at the close of the resent week they will finally sums/nil:their operations." We learn that the ..object of the above-mentioned •' Union" is, Ist, to advatiee the price of labour;: and, gdly, to ensure constant employment. And the means iimixised for effecting these objects are, ist, to diminish the hours of labour ; and, 2dly, to restrict the weekly earnings of the workmen to a sum nut exceeding from a guinea t 0.245. a-wet k. This slily, it is supposed, would, at the. advanced prices, be reitained by eight hours' la boor in a day ; and the supply or goods, the projectors imagine, would, in consegoence, be reduced to a level -with the riettiaild, whereby better prices would he ob tained both at home and in the foreign inarketri—Leeds Mercury. During the present week, a paper has been zealously handed about fur signatures, requesting the Mayor to .41311. a plikdie IlleetiPg, to take Moo consideration the traestion of reform. Oti its being presentee) to the l i Mayor, he deemid it advisable to consult With his bro .ther Magistrates upon the sid t iect,tits(l in the end he re fused to comply iskli the requisition. ‘Vc understand that the reqiiisitionists baveon-c , lllseplencerdvtentimcd is convene a meeting. themselves ; and an advertise-_ mein, antimincing the saute, was accordingly brought to OW (Alice last night ; but for reasons which, under ex isting circumstances, must be siitlieiently obvious to every one, weiieditied inserting ollinghant Journal.. LAIV LVTELLIGENCE. (X)URT OF (1):117‘10N PLEAS. SATUVDAY, JEJLX 17. ONSVIRACT TO SLIWCE WORKMEN. En V. ASTO.R. Thin was an action brought by the plaintiff; a respectable. piano-forte manufuctuter, against Elizabeth 4 , ...t0r and Sons, of Cornhill, who deal extensively in ;he mime trade..for a conspiracy, in taking Coal the plaintiff t &of his workmen, durjrig the exi.it epee of their regular eneagement with him. There were several other count., in the declaration, which charged the defendants with a breach of contract. &c. . . . Se dere! of the workmen were examined in support of the • plaintiff's case. From their lex:jointly, it appeared, that early in January last they were induced lily the NI eesrs. Astor to assemble together for the purpose of receiving an offer to quit their master's employ, and to go over to the defendants ; they were entertained with plenty or bread, beer, ale, gin, and rum. and regaled themselves heitrtily, so that they did not return to do any other business on that day. Many of them rejected the solicita 'len to quit the plainufll, but others yielded and signed a paper, consenting to go to work with the defendants the moment they had finished the Jokier work which they were then engaged at the plaintiff's. F ourteen agreed to do this, and each received the so doing our pound. It also appeared in evidence, that a contract had subsisted for inure titne between the plaintiff's house and the defendants, in •which the latter had stipulated to take a certain numbs of pianos weekly from the plaintiff, at a stipulated price . • that the defendants had, on more than one oc c asion, regretted the exist ence of this agreement, and intimated a desire kv keep in their own pockets the money they paid the plaintiff Ihr manufacturing pianos tin therm. When some of the workmen during their ne otalation with the defendants, alluded to the force of thiseontract, one of the Messrs. Astoma wits state) to knee said, that they would ' soon render the plaintiff unable to fulfil his part of it, which, in the result, was the fact, owing to the remittal of so many o f men. The contract:was said to be worth from soot. a year to 1,00(11. a year, and was, tor seven years, subject to a clause of sepsuation xt three years. For the defendants two witnesses were nilkAl, who proved that, when complaints were made respecting Settle of the pianos to the plaintiff, he spoke in an angry tone, Rod expressed a desire to get rid of the contract, wit ch lie offered to burn ; that afterwards some negociation was earned on for the pitches:: of the plaintiff's stock, watch did not terminate her any agreement. The Chief Juai, c held that the seiluetiou of the men was clearly made.out, and left the amount of damages to be iticer tamed by the Jury. 'file Jury after five minutes consideration, returned a verdict ,fcr the plaintiff—Damages Wool. Tliti trial lasted fitau 10. chuck until four. JULY 19. ANDROS V. ANSTICE. dlZ,grlertifei elYe. 01.4488t/t/! tied Feb lC //elpei,toehte . it. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment, stated to have been coininitted by the defendant, Captain of the Henry l'orcher East Indianian, upon the plaintiff; a Lieutenankin the 65th Regiment. Mr. Serjeant , Vaughan stated thee:i.e. The plaintiffhad, he said, after having served many campaigns found it necessary to return to England front India, for his health, sib:eh had suf feted considerably. He had paidfor hi. pat-sage, and was entitled to thentost ,upguesvc.nahle good trsotitient..—A dispute arose between the plaintiffand defendant, before they reached St. Helena, which ended in personal violence. The plaintiff chid. longed the defendant, and three shots were fired on each side, on the island, after which the seconds interfered and adjusted the difference. The defendant, however, retained a strung retneni dirance of the quarrel, and chewed it in the thlluaing manner : Thetas:tits a young gentleman .of literary attainment,, named Wharton, fin board, the descendant of the po e t. Ile. wrote a letter, whirh he designed to rend to his friendis on the subject-of the runeupeter, in.tchieli lie gave an untitvoutable a. anon of the deferdimes coldest, theadvice or the plaintiff the letter was not sent, but was torn in pieces. and tlisi,vm into. a nameless place front which the defendant picked it. lite contents were MI dsagretuhle to the iCaptain, that he immediately ordered Mr. Wharton, who was a charter onsiciuger. not to be.allnweel to that part of the VI Sel in which the gentlentee tonic up thwir places.— The plaintiff asked air. Wharton to his cabin, and was ()11 that ,account confined, tnough in an ill ista:e Pt heafth, for upwards of two mond:, to a wretched deck place, by his former antagonist. Or the arrival of the ship at Portsmouth. $l4ll 1111 t iillthen, he was ;liberated. Tina was proved, by the winicsses wlimguactled the plain tiff with cutlasses. Sergeant Copley called witnesses to prove that the plaintiff hal .endeasoured to cause insubordination, and centluet we.. in whet respects highly blameable. In this he .totally The Chief Justice, in summing up commented with great severity-neon the. cooduct of the ilefeedant, whoseconduct lii.d keen tyrannical m the extreme.. TheJury:faunal a vert:ict for the plaintir..-dawag 5001. 1,41 V REPORT. COIMT or E!Nti's BENCH, JuLy 23. (Sittiagy aftor Tcrin at (hal,Mall Ware a Special Jary ) COMMON CARI:IIII3—LiIItN ITT ASO CO. V. WILLAN. Thii was an ori.nio brought by Mrufs. Bitkitt and Co. dry-Amity's, aglinht the props irt4 r, of a Mate Midi from L9lnttlii to I,:xetct, to Itcuver ,AlllMingthe value of a JULY 25. box of cochineal sent by the coach of the defeudant, di rected to .1.. Worthy, Exeter. It appeared that a letter was received by the plaintiffs, purporting to -come from J. Worthy, a dyer, at Exetei, with an order for the cochineal which was sent by the Ex. etc r coach. After the arrival of the box at .Exeler, man of the name of liieknel was desired by a parson who met liiin near the fuer, to so and ask fur the package, tell ing him the. price was - 465. The man went and he ought out the box, which the stranger a eceivrul and carried away. The question was, whether Wismar a delivery curreapind ing with...he direction. It was contended that the defend ant was hound to deliver it to J. Worthy, of Exeter, instead of which he delivereaLit to csteiteger. '1 he property was totally lost to the plaintiffs, the whole being a.ti irk played off by Altariters to obtain the cochineal. No older had been sent by-itlr. Worthy of Exeter. Mr. Matey at, w ho supported the plaintiff's case, argued, that the defendants, as common cart iris, were liable to pat , the value of the WA, because they had delivered it nuclei , circtinotances which made them answerable. :Rey were not ,institieil in rising op a p arce l toany one who happened to know the pi ice charged for conveyance, and the name of the person to whom it was directed. It wiis the ditty of the defeniltom to take parcels to the residence of the persons to.whom they we me directed, and if they world eeiive r goods in their office, they should at least take vouchers tin the delivery. Mr. , Searlett contended, in behalf of the defendant:,- I First, that they wet e not liable for the s nine of the gond., because they hadnot been paid for in the Coach lace ac cording to value. Secondly, that the plaintiffs having parted with their rightist the property, as sellers, could not support an action. The person who stood in the situ ation of Player, namely,. Worthy, of rExeter, could only sae fur the non-delivery. lit was, under all the eircum. snuck s, such a delivery MS soy cars ier, exercising l'eaSoll - caution might have trade. The Lenrned.Joilne, in his charge to the Jury, said, before 1 detail to you the substance of the evidence, I wish to male a few realm the law of England, founded on the most ands sit principles, a carrier is held to strict responsibility iu case of Irma, and ch.: reason of the law is, that if he be not so held, collusion between the carrier aml Isis servants would be so easily made sup, that no man would be safe. Of late timea, common carriers have endear oniedlo exempt themselves times responsibi. lily by exhibiting a notice, in which they say they will not be answerable for goods .ebove I stated value, sinless hooked and paid for arcorditie to the value. If a person, after this, chooses to tritst his goods, without comply ing with the notice, and they are net safely delivered, he can not tnake the carrier answerable ; hut, iii order to Inapt; the carrier within the bean-lit of this tiOlice, it is incum bent on Win iu make the person delivering the goods un des stand the notice, by either readingit, or putting it into hi. hands. :his case does not take thetito•rliun , whether the plaintiff ',Otis servant knew of the noire ; iu point of fact, 1111 notice was exhilitted. The servant thereloie could not know it, and if carriers will nut take the tumble to make their clerks or servants deliver a copy of their notice ; they mint lint complain if they do not benefit. It is argued, that the action .against the carrier assist be brought by the buyer, but in this case there is no buyer. It is all a trick and coot rivanee, and being so, the properly reoriented in Messrs. Litt, and Cp.—Ti le L e . nie d Judge was of opinion there was proof of negligence on the pert of the defencl4iits. A Call ter Might not be 1111111111 10 go In the ma si.ience of the pea son to whom the it:is-eel is directed ; lie May deliver it at his office, but lie must de liver it to the right per-tan ;if be dues uot, he takes Ake eonsequenee. iindouldedly he night have found J. Worthy, who was well knuwii iii Exeter; instead of which he gite. it to a strangi r; and if a man will. deliver goods under Sitell CilellillSlances, he 't answer fur .neeligenee. One of the JIII . IIIS 1014 e rued, that Ho property would be safe unless it was delivered according to dal region. Judg , .—So it seems to me. You must, however, Call. eider, Gentlemen, what the carrier has alone in this in stance, rather thou enquire by ivti.a sight lie has done it. Parcels are often directed to be it ft till called fos . hot 11116 was not directed sea. It was directed to a man w ell known fu Exeter. The Jiiry rtEinti a vet diet for the plaiatiir—Damapes ..e I 11. ver , liet will' do some gocil. II will s'aew raiiiers how far they are mile in ilelivrrin goods. VICE . ..CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MONDAY. ./1/11( 19. SUPPO , 3 LERITINIA‘Y. SLIRGE:I3SUN a. BURG/MON. Mr. Hart moved to solve's., the payment of Sf et. a year, which the C t 114.1 ordered to he paid fur the manta.. leaner of Eliza Soogesson, she daughter of the late C.I. F. sorgetswo. The I.satned counsel *totted, that the question .to he be ought forward by the present motion was, Vibe. lilt r the.child oolCut. Son ge•soso was a oppositions or a legitimate child. The plaintiff. were the Rev. Richard Suitessou CJIJ the oilier' tue.%t of kite of the Cur.- nel,,m.leo claimed the property to the event of the illegiti macy of Isis • dengliter being eventually proved. This motion was Rounded uts the affid.ovit of the Rev. Richard Surgesson, and there were beside* the affidavits of the usher phintifis. He might have had the affiol frit, of seve ral uiteesses, brit ,e. I, conceived She proper mode of toying Ate trestiuti nimbi be by preying all issue, he thoneht it would be ilte.fairest way not to pin those vt it alicises to pledge themselves by *wearing to affielaviti., but so allow themaa appear in the box leetre• a jolly, w ith minds per feceltunprejusticeil. The general statement of the ease was this :—Col, Sus gesso's, tois withstanding his souk in lite,appeared to here been ail e•tresuely paled man, and in the yearltilfl had hem' confined is the sheriff's prison in Dublin los debt. At this peeked his then lir died Alison the tome, or soon *tier her decease, he became acquainted with Atm, sos Neilson, thee called AIIIIP and admitted hail uttermost tied with her. 'I hey quitted Dublin and ranee to England, %lime they lived together till he sit, d , without lassie, o.volt ss it should appear 111111 Ellie Surge-sun was his elanethit r. The affirlaeit of the plaintiff, Re hard Sergi...sou, lisrther tool, that WI the ki.ith of Ft broary la-t he received setter (iota a person who signed leer name Eleanor Com nisedians, to ati• effect :--"Sir, I address yon as • sto anger, and have a calcine-A:Aire to rmumuuicatc to you that will add 3 0 .1111)1. or 411,00 `I. tii your children', (minor. I hope pen will come .os r„ ins alter my decease there trill he ail cod of It." There ,was a postscript fleshing that, if lie Wit.ir an answer, he .would pay the predage, as sloe tuns in want ~I money. Upon Abe receipt of this letter, he t !lir played .Ir. itaiubri.lic of Warwick-square, desiring him €213