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M 11. kl L I MANUFACTURING DISTRESS IN SCOTLAND. [From the Glasgow Chronicle of April 1.1 The colliers' combination. already all but extinct, is now about to receive the last blow. The serintin diminution in the consump tion of coals of nearly one half 1150 waggons a day only on an average being at present weight:: at the (iallowgnte weighing machine, instead of the usual quantity of 300 waggons). the large stocks accumulating in consequence of this heavy falling off, and the extravagant prices exacted by the combined workmen, have at length aroused the coal-masters to 1.1 or the euccessful example est them last year by the proprietors of Crider coal and iron-works. .klr. Dunlop, of Clyde imr-works, who was forced lut year to yield no the extravagant demands of the combination. from being unable to adopt the only sure remedy (introducing new workmen) is, as was to be expected, obliged again .o renew the contest, anti make a stand against the mandate,' of the combination. The demand for iron not being au brisk. and prices rather down, with strong conipetition front Englund, it is impossible to manufacture iron with • profit, unless coals are furnished by the collier at • more niodvate price. It was accord ingly announced last week to the colliers belonging to the various eoe t.pii.. that • diminution of 6d. a cart on hard coal, and sd. a esr: on soft coal. was to take place, and the colliers were, In addl. 6 m , to p a y rents for their houses, which they have hitherto occu pied gratis. If these terms were not acceded to, the colliers were warned to quit their house% by Monday week. There is a con. enterable stock of cast and iron-stone on hand, but Mr. Dunlop Is determined again to tinge his furnaces, rather than submit to the Edicts of the combination. There is little doubt that the workmen, from the high estimation In which they hold their employer, would willingly yield to the pressure with which the small note system is affecting all trades, if they be net overawed by the leaders of the combination. It well be a melancholy spectacle to see 600 men 'pia thrown idle by this tyrannical influence; but it is a thing certain, that fmm the low state of their trade, the combination are raw quite unable to maintain so many men in idleness. It is a general understanding among coal proprietors, that they shall not 1 ! employ men belonging to other collieries who are idle from such • curt u the above. There is no doubt but 3lr. Dunlop will ! triumph, and the public will heartily wish him success. Several other proprietors have given mice to their workmen of a similar reduction in the rate of dining coal. Theis this formidable corn. intuition, which alfered valuable plate to its then Parliamentary ad- To:ate. will he finally cntshed. The proprietors of mar works in Renfrewshire have lately reduced the cart of coals, containing 2U cwt. from 10s. lid. to his. Some re dordoo was in consequence made in the colliers' waiies, and those niesaisfied Wert tamed off. Mr. Snodgrass, Quarrelton colliery, filled one of his pits with 60 new hands, who are coining on ex tremely well. 31r. Ilouston, of Johnstone Castle, who tried the experiment of the new workmen last year, has completely sue. crested 4 and when any refractory spirit is displayed. their placer are instantly supplied, and the public ate thus getting coals at a moderate rate. As tbe cotton spinners in Belfast Mill stand out for an advance of wares. we would recommend it to the unemployed weavers (many of whom, from having been piecers, must know something of spin. ping) to go there for employment as spinners. The spinners here, corking only six hours a day, are still earning Its. and I6s. a week, char of all deduction ; while the poor wearer, who is so fortunate :IA to haves web, cannot earn more than lis. working sixteen hour: a day. A cotton mill in Bridgeton has been stopped for several weeks, in umoequence of the spinners refusing to work at some reduction of price. A noth:r mill is on warning for the same reason. Mr. CIA. proprietor of the cotton work, Gatehouse.of.Fleet, lately found it necessary, in consequence of the lbw price of yarn, to reduce the wages of those employed in his works 30 per cent. A number tinned out at the reduction, but most of them have since reqprned, and the mill Is now going night anti day. The land carriage to Olasgosr costs a hslfpenny per Ib , wben in the raw or roanutac tulpd state, but from the price of labour being thus reduced a third, bele enabled successfully to compete in the Glasgow market. The different towns In the west country are suffering their full alive of the general distreiw. In Kilbirnie, out of 130 looms about 40 are unemployed, but as all the wearers in that town are less or more experienced, at nut-door labour, they are all at work of some sort sir other. A lientleman is pinking some coal pits near the town, at which a OUC)tr of them are employed. In Leith, nut offshoot SOO looms above 200 are unemployed, and, Muth to their credit, they have hitherto supported themselves with out anyassistance. The next staple trade of the town, that of the linen ounce thread manufacture, has been gradually on the decline for nine months. The dullness of tins business is not to be attri buted solely to the re-action of the currency. By the statute regu lating this Witness. the thread manufacturer is obliged to make his skein thirty yards long ; but for a number of years this trade has been married on in different parts of Ireland, and as this prevision of the sit dots not extend to the manufacturers in that kingdom, their skeins went from twenty to tetenty.four yards long, and as they regulate their thread by este tome list prices, they are well enabled to give it about 5 per cent. under tile Scottish manufacturers. The natural result has been that the Irish have been progressively mo nopolizing tl.: trade, and unless prevented by legislative Interference, at no distant . period they will exclude the Scottish manufacturer' (kW iteete Moat of the intelligent and experienced part of the manufacturers consider the act beneficial, liceause when ail.ples are shown the foreign merchants, they judge and select the vality, anti as the law insures them of the quantity. a confidence is kept up, which, on the whole, is highly beneficial for the busi. !ass. A petition to Parliament is in progress, praying that they aostld either repeal the statute altogether, or make it equally impe ?Alive in both king§toms, so that the rival manufacturers may meet on equal terms in dite foreign market ; but of late, owing to some ro;sundetztanding among the parties, the petition has not been pushed with a spirit equal to its importance. In t•ewanon. the honnet.makers are suffering still more severely than the weavers. There are almost no sales making, and the few that are forced are at prices ruinously low for the manufacturers. Numbers two and three are reduced to 9s. and U.., and they sold ner cent. higher during the output of the notes. The bonnet. ma✓eers hare, in general, but small capitals and as they are gra. ;,11 y getting Inn, unless prevented by a revival of the trade, they will soon be reduced to poverty. Formerly above live hundred hands were employed at bonnet-making, and at present there are only about one hundred and fifty. The pressure has not been so were on the carpet manufacturers. In Stewarton the two works ars still going full flint. In Stewnrton, there are nnly about seventy empty looms, and Mr. Cunningham, of Lainshaw, wi.h his usual philanthropy, has firer a number of them employment on his estate, at out-door la bour. In Slmanre, out of 130 looms. about 50 are unemployed, but the most of the hands are employed at out-door work. lamentable as the condition of Paisley is, that Kilmarnnek is equally bad. A person who has been in the practice of visiting Ow town in more pro-pcmus times is deeply impressed with the YI-Ime that churls every countenance. and the general despondency that perradea the town. The deep distress, arid the patience and finitude with which th e p r i vit i ons arc b orne, are the burden of fiery cemversation. Our of one thousand four hundred muslin weavers as was formerly mentioned, about one half are unemploy. ed. The shawl manufacturing is nearly as flat. Out of three hun dred figured sad two hundred plain looms, not above a third of the number are at work, and the prices of the shawls of every descrip. 1100 are greatly redneril. (In Monday a meeting of the Magis trates and other spiri•ed gentlemen was held, as which it was re. solved to raise a subscription, and give immediate relief in pressing ems, sod employ as many as possible at out-door labour, at a slid - . Eng a day. it was lately mentionel that in (imn, out of about 11100 looms, above 700 were empty ; thleTi are now above that unemployed, and I.e number is rapidly on the increase. No Om lhor yet been de v,sed for the relief of the tuffirera in that quarter. In this as well as in tome other towns, where the weavers make the hulk of the Poradation. the landlords are contemplating the approaching Whit sunday with feelings of a very unpleasant deacriplion. As the trade is considerably better in Ireland than it is in this country at pre mew of the Irish fatuities, who minded in liirean, anxious to get hack to their native country, departed in such haste that they had no t r ite fur a ceremoniotta settlement of sundry little matters with shopkeeper% and landlords. Settee TII.SDF.—The late commercial crisis, like a general 4 Athshloir. lire, paralysed the whole activity of the country, and 1,11 sc tt , 'lr a single branch of its trade and industry unscathed. It wu at first fondly hoped t' ,t the storm would page without such remote districts as our own having notch reason to complain of its visitations; but nothing, as the present instance proves. is more certain than that the distresses of tire commercial, must also in all cars be more or less felt by the agricultural classes of the community. The demand for wool has now so far ceased. as to operate most injuriously upon the price of sheep, which cannot tameady be Gold but at a very considerable less to the farmer. 11 Its latter part, or " back season." as it is called, of 11124. tack.faced ewes—their example applies equally to all the other kinds—were baught In for wintering at from 3s. to 12s. ahead ; and in the spring of 11120, immediately before lambing-time, these vete disposed of in the English markets at so greet a profit, that ' , ay fanner who could at all enter into the speculation, bought up at the and of the ensuing harvest am much of that description of luck ea hie quantity of keep world reasonably permit. The num. be, of sheep over those of the preceding year, which were bought for this purpose, may b e j u d ge d of from the fact, that the high est inlay pric e of it,;24 was th e ',me l t of 132 a--the rate of the latter year being, for black-faced ewes, front Ids. to lids. ahead. But the Present crisis came; the manufacturers of England were obliged rrrecch at meals in the article of mutton ; the demand on the part of the butchers consequently ceased ; and now those sheep which *ea purchased at so extravagant a rate, are necessarily *old, upon waverage, at a loss of t wo s hilli ngs a- h ea d uportt h e i n l ay pr i ce, thout at all estimating the expense of keep. We know one *- lenitive moorland farmer, who calculates upon losing two hundral Pounds in the present year, from this cause alone, besides a W lois whi c h h e must susta i n in consequence of the reduced price 001. Th e cessat i on o f d emand in England was unfortunately tot fully ascertained until several d roves o f l am bi ng -awes h a d b een d e'PstsAed to that quarter ; and the einbarrassmer.t of those who are placed in this predicament is the more afflicting, as their knowledge has bn acquired too late to allow of their m availing themselves of 'h e Carse of 31 air. and other northern arkets. litany fanners, whn have net yet followed this exam pl e , are now r eluived to keep tl.eir ewes until she. lambing season is over, and then take advantage of the first favourable opportunity for erecting their sale. Should there be grass sufficient for this put- Pies the resolution will probably turn out to have been a wise osa ; for it is not to be doubted that, at a period not very re new, a happy change will take place in matters of this kiud, as well as in all others.—Glasgore Free ASSIZ•^•, INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Ge.oocerega, Aram 3. (Before Mr. Justice Pang.) CIVIL NI NE. JONES V. BEADY. This was an anion brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover a compensation in damages the an alleged assault. Mr. CAMP/it:Li stated the case to the Jury. He said that the plaintiff. who was formerly a sergeant-major in the Tenth HUS.OII'4, in which regiment he hail honourably served his country, and di.- , tinguished himself at IVaterloo and other battles, was now the landlord of the White Linn Ina, at IVotton-under-Edge, In this county. The circumstances of his having been in the army and the particular regiment that the Learned Counsel had mentioned, were important, as this assault was in some degree connected with throw facts. On the 21Ith of April hat, which was the duy on which the assault took place, the plaintiff returned home tp his house from a journey, and on entering, the defendant, who was sitting there, thought lit to say, in a jeeriag manner, " Here conies , one of the Tenth. Here conies • Waterloo man." The plaintiff made some eivi reply to this • on which the defendant, mim i c ki ng the voice and manner of ColAbentin, who formerly commanded the 10th Hussars, told art anecdote about his having once sworn at • man, and severely reprimatoled hint for having his foraging jacket unbuttoned. The plaintiff took no notice of this, though it was evidently meant to insult hint, and the defendant then burst our into invectives against the 10t11 Hussars, saying that the whole regiment were coward., and had never drawn a sword at the battle of Waterloo. The plaintiff, 'icing conscious from his own ocular observation that such was not the tact, contradicted a statement so libellously reflecting on a regiment that he had been with at Wa terloo. The defendant then seized • handful of toloicco pipes, which lay on the table, flung them In the face of the plaintiff, and knocked the pipe which he was smoking out of his mouth. I 'nder these circumstances but two courses presented themselves. Ordinary men would have resented the insult on the spot by per sonal violence ; but the plaintiff, with no less self-possession than intrepidity, as he had left the army and moved in the ranks of so. ciety as a citizen. thought the better course would be to appeal to it Jury of his countryman fee that redress which the Learned Counsel was sure he would receive at the hands of the Jury on the present occasion, in such an amount of damages as might teach the de. fentlane he could not wantonly hurt the feelings or assault the pet. son of any man. . . _ . . . Ann JOnes, the daughter of the plaintiff, whose beauty attracted the gaze of the whole Court, stated that her father kept the White I Lion Tavern, at Wotton•under•Bdge. On the 28th of April last, while her father was absent from home, Mr. Beady the defendant, I and Mr. !lecke. his attorney, came there. A Mr. Chaffing wax also there, and they had all been drinking in the bar for about an hour, when the plaintiff came in about seven o'clock in the evening, and sat down. Mr. Beady then said, '• there is one of the 10th. The plaintiff replied, " tell me what I am, anti not what I have been." An attempt was now made to compromise the case. Mr. LUDLOW, as Counsel for the defendant, said, that as all the parties were neighbours, his client was ready and willing that all matters of difference should be settled out of Court. The offer, however, was not accepted, anti the case proceeded. Witness, in continuation—Mr. Beady then went on talking, and said a friend of his had told him that, as the 10th regiment of hug. sacs was once marching on their route from Brighton to London, nn an exceedingly hot day, some of the men unbuttoned their jackets to cool themselves, whereupon Colonel Quentin rode up to them and said " button up your jackets, you scoundrels." At this part of the anecdote the defendant tried to mimic Colonel Quentia's voice, he being a German. The plaintiff said " who soever told you that. Sir, it is a wrung assertion." Mr. Beady, the defendant, said •` Do you mean to call me a liar ?" The plaintiff replied, " I don't mean to call you a liar, Sir, but it is a wrong as. section." The defendant then hesitated a few minutes, od which 111 r. Berke said, " it is right, uncle; the 10th never drew a blade in their lives ; they were not at Waterloo." Me. Beady then took up some tobacco pipes and threw them at the plaintiff's head; one struck the plaintiff, and the rest flew on a shelf where there were a great many glasses placed. The defendant then seized a large glass, and was in the act of flinging it at the plaintiff, when his arm was stopped by Mr. Chaffins, who said, " don't throw a glass at the man. or you may seriously injure him." Beady and Chaffing then left the room, and after about a quarter of an 110111'S absence, they came bark again. when Beady reached over the shoulder of witness's mother, and struck a pipe which the plaintiff' was smok ing out of his mouth, saying, "getup and fight, you China Tenth." After that he said he would have some brandy and water, which the plaintiff's wife refused him, and lie was then going, as he said, to mix his own grog, when Mr. Chafflns took him away. Croas-examined by Mr. LUDLOW—Witness did not recollect that Colonel Palmer's name was mentioned. Did not hear any one say " That is a (1--d lie." Never heard her father swear. Never heard that he did not wish to bring the action ; nor did she ever hear her father say it should be the last pipe Beady ever threw. James Young was the next witness called—Said lie was a brewer, residing at Wotton-under.Elige. He remembered the evening' in question. and was in the tap-room Of the White Lion that evening. lie heard the defendant abuse the plaintiff very much. The abuse then muted for about a quarter of an hour ; after which witness opened the tap-room door, and saw lir. Chaffins. Ile heard Chaffin( say, •, Beady, you are quite in the wrong." Mr. Beady pressed forward again into the bar, and knocked the plaintiff's pipe out of his mouth. Cross-ekamined by Mr. LUDLOW.—Witness saw the pipe broken, but did not see it fall out of the plaintiff's mouth. Mr. CAMPBELL—When the pipe was broken, what would pre. vent its falling to the ground by the laws of gravitation ? Mr. Justice PARE—How should he understand your laws of gravitation ? Do you suppose he has been to the London College, or the Metropolitan University ? (Loud laughter.) John Hunt, an auctioneer, at Woton-under-Edge, confirmed the account given by the plaintiff's daughter, and in addition gave an imitation of the manner in whieh the defendant mimicked Col. Quentin's curse on his men, when he told them to button their jackets, on the route from Brighton to London. The defendant alleged that Col. Quentin, riding up to the men, exclamed, Yoo dam sroonthrell buulonc yoo ?locket." The plaintiffupon that said. " I am sure that is a false assertion, for I was with him thirteen years, and lam sure he would not do such a thing." The defend. I ant then said, " Do you mean to call me a liar ?" on which the Pplaintiff said, "No but what you say is wrong." Witness then elt the room, and did not see the assault committed. Thomas Hunt gave the same account as the last witness. James Price, a servant to the plaintiff, heard the derehdant call his master a coward, and saw him strike him. lklr. Ltatt.rtiv, for the defendant, said that u an assault was clearly proved. he could not resist a verdict against his client, but he submitted that it was a case which called for very ?rifting da mages. It appeared that all the injury which the plaintiff sustain. ed was the imaginary insult of having his pipe knocked out of his mouth, which was done rather jocularly titan otherwise, over the shoulder of his wife, behir.d whom (very unlike a Waterloo malt) he had entrenched himself. Mr. Justice PARK, in general terms, deprecated the practice of making public-house broils the subjects of serious discussion in Courts of Justice. Hut here the assault was both aggravated and uncalled for; and the injury was rather augmented by the imputa tion that the plaintiff', as a soldier who had fought for hi+ country, was defended by his wife. In truth, it appeared th a t M rs ..l unes had stepped in between this violent man and her husband, to pre. vent a second disturbance; and though the case did not call fur very heavy damages, yet it called fur some. Soldiers were respectable men in their station of life, and they were not to have their feelings wantotdy trifled with, by having officers under whom they bad served, and to whom they were attached, unnecessarily abused in their presence. It was true that there must be a verdict given for the plaintiff, and the Jury would give such fair damages as they thought the case called Mr. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages 40a. There was nothing more of interest on either side. NORTHERN CIRCOIT—Yoga, Aran. S. (Define Mr. JUitite BAYLEY gird s Common Jury.] siovnintow v. LEATHAM. Mr. MIL s; g a opened the pleadings, and Mr. SCARLETT stated the hbel. Thedefendant pleaded Not Guilty.—The damages were laid at 1.0111. The following are the leading points of the case : The plaintiff is an attorney in very respectable practice at Pon tefraet, and possessiog a private fortune. The defendant is the son of the late John Leatham, Esq. banker. In June, 1625, the plaintiff was, against his inclination, elected en Alderman of the borough of Pontefract. The Mayor is the returning officer nt process for the borough. Previously to the time of electing the Mayor for the last year (Sept. 14), it had been intimated to the plaintiff that the party espousing the interest of Lord Pollington, at the head of which was the defendant, intended to get the plaintiff elected Mayor, and by that means prevent his interference on the part of a Mr. Ilouldsworth. To avoid this, the plaintiff called upon Reverel of the burgesses, and stated, as a ground for their not electing him, his being the avowed agent of Air. Ifouldsworth and that it' they did elect him. however impartially he might act, he could not give satisfaction to all parties. The defendant, together with a Mr. Aluscroft (a new made Alder man ) immediately commenced a canvas*, and urged the burgesses to elect the plaintiff: On the 12th of September the plaintiff left Pontefract for Durham, and on the 14th he was elected Mayor. Notices of his election, and requiring him to attend on the 29th to take the oaths, were left at his house. In a few days afterwards a paragraph appeared in the provincial papers, stating that the plain. tiff had left lionie for Scotland, to avoid a public duty. On the 23d of September the plaintiff returned, and on the Mt' he wrote a letter to the then Mayor, informing him that it was not his in. tentiuu to attend on the 29th to be sworn in Mayor, being advised that he was not liable to serve the office. In Alichaelmax term last the Court of King's Bench was moved against the plaintiff; fur a rule to chew cause why he did not take upon himself the office of Mayor, which lie showed cause against, ufteging `• that lie wax not qualified. not having taken the sacrament within 12 months oldie time of his election," with which the Court was satisfied,and issued a mandamus to the burgesses, directing them to proceed to a new elec tion. (In the 91 h December last the burgesses held an aggregate meet ing at the Rotation Office, to agree upon the Alderman tot e elected Mayor, and some of them were deputed to give the Alderman chosen notice that he might prepare a collation for the corporation on the following day. The defendant on that occasin took the chair, and opened the outlines, of the meeting by readin g the mandamus, and afterwards, in a long speech, observed in strong language on the conduct of the plaintiff in refusing to become Mayor, and proposed that he should be re-elected, offering to subscribe MI. towards compelling him to take the office ; but the burgesses negatived the THE BRITISH PRESS. proposition wlttinut a division. It was then agrectl that a depots tion should wait upon Mr. Trueman, to beg that I^ would accept the ntiire. This was done, and that remlen•an declined d o ing so. The defendant afterwards proposed a vote of censure against the plaintiff', which mniion not being seconded, hr requested those per -603A who ,reed with him to put up their binds, when, out of thir ty.scven burgesses preaent, not mote than eight or nine (Including the ciiiiirman; held up their hands; he nesnicheleas declared it to be carried. In a few days afterwards, the hillirwing advertisement appeared in the Doncaster Gazette, Leeds Mercu, y, and Leeds In. _ _ " - Ata meeting of the burgesses of the borough of Pontefract, held in the Rotation office rot Thantlay evening Wee. 8, 1825,) present 37 burgesses, Fleatriff (Autism, Esq. in the Chair; •• iteutlved—That Mr. Trueman be respectfully requested to ac cept the office of Mayor for the remainder of the present year, and that Slr. Itideal, Slr. Walton, and Mr. Clough be appointed a de putation to communicate this reques to Mr. fruemsn, and report Iris answer to the meet it not being the desire of the meeting to re-elect Mr. Trneman. contrary to hi. wish." " The deputation having waited upon Mr. Trueman, reported to the meeting that Mr. Traeman received them very graciously, and exprossed his sense of the honour intended him, but begged to be excused serving the office. ~R esolved—That the thanks of the meeting be given to Edward Trocinan. Esq. for his pant services. " Resolved unanimously, That the conduct of Sir. Smithson, in respect to his election to he Mayorrihy of the borough of Ponte fract has been extremely exceptionable, and that he has amply excited the censure of hts fellow townsmen. (Signed) " ILEATOrr LEATITAK, Chairman. " Mr. Leatham having left the Chair, a rote of thanks was passed unanimously to him foe his attention to the business of the meeting." In the 17th of January the plaintiff' *rote the following letter to the defendant : "Pontefract, Jan. 17, 11126. " Si 11,—Having now satisfied myself that the resolution respect ing my conduct, and published by you In several of the provincial papers, as having been passed at a meeting held at the Town Hall, in tips place, on the Gfn oflecembsitlastorits unauthorized by the 'meeting, and that the name is false and libellous, I beg to inform you that unless you retract the libel in as public manner as you have published it, I shall have recourse to legal measures to wadi. cate iny character. " I am, Sir, your obedient aervant, " JOSIAH SMITRSON. " To Mr. Fleatoit Leath am." The Learned Gentleman, after an elaborate address to the Jury, said it was a case that called for heavy damages, and proceeded to call his witnesses. James Coleman examined by Mr. TINDAL—Is the Town Clerk of the borough of Pontefract. The plaintiff was a resident in the borough ; he was elected to the office of Mayer at one time. By the JUDGE—On the 14th of September, 182:i, there had been a mandamus moved fur in the Court of King's Benzli, and re fused—there was a second application, wile.) it was granted, it was respecting our election; remembers a mee.ing before it was applied for; it was the night befiwe ;—it was before the bilrh-saes;—he did not attend himself: he is known as the agent for Mr. Houlibiworth ; cant say if he is a friend of Mr. Leathern ; he don't know on whose side he was (a laugh;) don't think it was wise to publish it in the different papers. Cross.cxamined by Mr. BROUGHAM—IIe was not there; he had nothing to do with the election of Mayor. Mr. Leatham is a burgesa of Pontefract ; lie is not a banker there. By the JUDGE—He was a banker at Leeds; don't know that he was at Pontefract. Mr. Smithson was the senior Alderman ; it was his turn to be Mayor in rotation. The senior Alderman takes the office of Mayor. He has not heard that lie canvassed against him self. (A laugh.) He was duly elected Mayor. He never objected to be an Alderman. He was elected an Alderman. It is customary to have a procession to wait upon the Mayor. Ile did not accom. puny it. lie believes Mr. Smithson was not at home. He is pretty clesr that he understood that lie was elected. He believes that he WS at Durham. The election was un the 14th of September. He saw him a few days before and a few days after; on the following Saturday. There is a Court Baron held every three weeks. It cannot be held without the Mayor. The Mayor was to enter into his office on Michaelmas day (TM September.) Mr. SCAttI.F.TT objected to the question, and said he would prove that no such resolution passed. Mr. Ham:GUAM—They had the means of holding the Court. Mr.ScAttit:r . e.—lt is not justified upon the record. Why did they not put it on? JuDGE—Then it would have been a justification. Examination resumed—The Mayor was chosen on the 9th of December. By 31r. SCAlll.l:TT—Witness was Town-clerk in 1017. Is ac.. quaintest with the borough. There was never an instance of the kind before. Mr. llooromor—There was Store's Can. By the JuDG c —Can't say if Smithson had received the sacra meta ; he must, by the Test Act, receive it before he can become aa Alderman. 111 r. Ca it LET —Twelve months teforei it was, well know* that he was not at home when he (witless) Ant to her house. Mr. SHEARDOUN examined by Mt. Mu,: E It—ls the editor of the Doncaster Gazette [produces a letterl. He can't swear to Mr. Leatham's hand-writing ; it was rmpecung an advertisement he received it. Mr. BROUGHAM-1 will admit the latter fact. Letter read. (See the opening address.) Matthew Fabbot examined by ailr. lilt r.NEZ—Is in the Leeds Mercury office. (Ile produces a letter respecting an aclvenisement inserted in that paper of the 13th December, 1825—read.) Thomas Wray examined—He is in the Leeds Intelligences office. (11e produces a letter respecting an advertisement, dated 13th December, 18:15—read.) Wm. Stafford examined—He is the editor of the Yorkshire Ga. retie. (Ile produces a letter of the 14th December, 182.1, rupee. ting an advertisement.) All these letters were signed in the defendant's hand-writing. James Holme, examined by Mr. SCARLETT—Is a burgess of Pontefract. Had notice to attend a meeting for the election of a Mayor on the Bth, at the request of the burgesses. It was sent the night before the meeting. There were 37 burgesses psesent. Mr. Leatham was there. He was called to the Chair. A mandamus was mentioned. He moved a resolution. Don't know that any person put it in his hands. Can't say if it was seconded. It was put to the vote. Can't say how ninny hands were held up. Himself and some others started oft There was a confusion. Mr. Pell objected to the resolution but Mr. Leathum said that it was carried. Gen said it was not, and witness and others left the room. He left before a show of hands took place. The opposition was not put. 31r. Leatham said it had. There Wet no majority. Cr,.ss-csarained by Mr. ALDgasom—They were discussing the subject when he went away. lie heard the resolution was put after he had left the room. Re.examined by Mr. SCARLETT—Can't say how many bur. gesses there are, nor if any of Mr. Lestham ' s tenants were there. Can't say how many left the room. By the JUDGE—Should think more than two or three. Knows of three besides himself. Thinks sonic outer quitted. Can't say how many. By the Jun6E—Some might have gone nut before. Can't say he received a notice that any such resolution was to be passed. Coleman recalled by the JUDGE—Belilves there are 50 bur. gesscs. Mr. Leathern had taken up his freedom in December 1825 Before the 3d of December he had not his fealty. Gill has not taken up his. James Robinson examined by Mr. TINDAL-1s a 'bums% of the borough of Pontefract. Was present at the meeting on Times. day the Nth day of December. It was late. They had begun. Mr Leatham was blaming Mr. Smithson for not accepting the office Of mayor. His Lordship objected. Mr. TinnaL—But the quo animo. Examination con tin ued.—Recollects something about a resolution by Mr. Leatham. It is the same that he has heard read. Can't say how it was decided. It was pux tb the vote. Saw five or six hands held up. Me. Leathern said it was carried. Mr. Gill said it was not. ile came awry. Can't say how many came away. Five or six with him. Cross-examined by Mr. Imutirtest—lle heard a dispute about Mr. Leatham. lie voted for Mr. Ilouldsworth. (A laugh.) 13y the JUDGE—There wu no notice of such a resolution when he was summoned. Witness did not vote for the resolution. There were mare hands down than up. The resolutions were re. gularly put. Mr. Gill was not here. lie was taken ill, and could not travel. AIL Clough is here. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. BROUGUAM then rose to address the Jury, and said that the resolutions which they had heard read over so often were any thing but a libel or a malicious production, end he should marvel extremely if the Jury found it to be either. The burgesses had an undoubted right to meet for the welfare of the borough, and if they found that Mr. Smitheon's conduct deserved censure, it writ their duty to vote such resolutions as they thought proper. It had been proved that Mr. Smithson was the senior alderman, and the next in rotation for the mayoralty, and lie ought to have accepted the office of mayor, and not gone canvassing against himself. It was a flimsy pre. text to say that he was nut qualified—ha was the senior of the two new Aldermen. The resolutions were couched in as tempe. rate words as the whole body of the English language could furni:ll. But Mr. Smithson could not serve the office of mayor, or be must forego his attachment to Mr. Houldsworth. He was attached to Mr. flouldswortli as an agent to a principal —as an attorney to a client—as an elector to the elected—in a word, he was his friend for certain monies to be to him paid, to wit, the sum of 500/. (Laughter.) These were the endearing 500 links which bound him so closely to Mr. Houldsworth. See the awful predi cament in which he was placed, if, by saving the furred gown, the cap, the bells (grant laughter)—Oh„ no, not the beis—the sword. the mare, and all the insignia of that high office, he must forego these five hundred attachments. (Great laughter./ The rude I hand of party spleen would break his tender heart, by tearing from him what vr - ss so closely entwined around it—stlsette 500 links, or he must fenny for another year the furred gown, cap, dm (Repeated laughter.) His Learned Friend had Stated that Mr. Smithson had canvassed against himself, and the result of his re fusing to eccept the office of Mayor was, that the borough was without a Mayor from the 29th of September to the 14th of Jan., by moon of which no Court Baron could be held, nor could the prisoners for the borough be trod without being sent to Sheffield. The Learned Gentleman concluded a speech replete with wit and humour, by calling on the Jury to give very temperate damages. His LORIMIIP, io hie charge to the Jury, said that it was quite clear that the plaintiff was entitled to thefir verdict. The question for their consideration was that of damage.. The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff--Damages 201. COMM 40e. This case excited great interest. The Court was extremely crowded. To-morrow two Special Jury ruses are appointed. TUE LATE M. FAULK NEll.—On Saturday evening a Jury eat on tbe body of :his unfortunate gentlem.in, and brought in a verdict of '• Insanity." • • IMPERIAL PLATA' ULA.V.I COMPANY. Yesterday. a meeting of the StairehnHers of this Company was held at the City of London 'revert), Rishopsgate-street. A few minutes after •ine o'clock, Colonel Lag costaXii,one of the Directory. entered the room. and took' the Chair. Mr. J. Wlt.us, the Solicitor of the Company, then rose, and said, that this meeting was convened by public &uremia: nent, in order to lay before the Shareholders a statement of the affairs of the Company, and further, to take into consideration the most efficient mode to carry into effect the Objects contemplated by the formation of the Company. lie should now read a Report, the adoption of which, he thought, would meet with the sanction of the Proprietary. _ _ _ A SHAREHOLnER said, before the Report was read, he eirould move that the Reporters of the Public Press be tOrt,pwith ordered to leave the room , : and addressing himself to Mr. Wright, a Di rector, added, •• you will second that motion." 11r. WRIGHT Mill, instead of seconding it, he would oppose it. lie was most anxious that the fullest investigation should take place ono the conduct of the Directors, and lie saw no reason why ' the fleeting should not be quite public. except the inconvenience which might arise from the presence of persons not at all interested. AK to the admission of the Reporters, he should feel happy in af. fording every convenience to all who attended. The SHAREHOLDER then withdrew his Resolution. Another SHAREHOLDER submitted the propriety of every gen dentin present exhibiting his Shares, a s he w as appreliensiiie that many persons wqe present who had transferred 'their sharer ; and after a desultory conversation, it was finally resolved, that in Cone of a ballot, every gentleman would be required to produce his Sits e. 31r. Whores then read the report. It detailed at considerable length the objects originally contemplated, and particularly anima& voted on the conduct of two of the former Managing Directors, who, when the share. were at premium, had issued 236 shores over the 2000 mentioned in the Prospectus, by which set the Company lost 6311. 17a. 6,1. as the Directors thought it prudent to re.purchase them. It farther stated that the intended capital of the Company was 200,000/. but that only 40001. was had from deposits on Moires that the Directors had agreed or the purchase of Sve acres of ground in the Isle of Dogs for the building of a manufactory, for which they were to pay a rent of 300/. a year, and expend at least 10,600/. on it, and that they had paid 10061. deposit, to be returned when the building was erected, or the sum of 10,0001. expended) but if ditty should fail in the perforinance of the agreement, the money would be forfeited ; that in order to prepare for the erection of • ma nufactory, they had purchased, fur ready money, 32500° bricks, now on the land, and procured careful designs and estimates as to the best mode of constructing the works and the real expense. Mr. Wilks concluded by stating, that if they obtained a Charter; the Deed would be superseded ; that another call of 3!. per share must be made immediately, and if the works were completed during the present year, a sum or 201. per share must be actually paid, notwithstanding the difficulties of the times; and that the Pro prietors were principally composed of persons interested in the trade. Mr. W. CLARKE, a shareholder, here made some observations on the conduct of the late Managing Directors, Messrs. Mott and Ireland, when :kir.Ashurst, solicitor, addressed the Chair on behalf of those gentlemen, observing that. as their conduct was about to be investigated before another tribunal, it would be quite unfair to make it a matter of discussion at that meeting ; upon which a Shareholder inquired whether Mr. Ashurst was • proprietor, and being answered in the negative, it was moved and carried unani mously that lie be requested to retire,which being politely intonate(' to him by the Chairman, he, after protesting against any discussion on the conduct of his clients, accordingly withdrew. 31r. CLAREE then addressed the meeting, and observed, that he approved of the Report just read, and that, if' the times admitted it, a call of:11. per share ought to be made to enable them to carry into effect the objects of the Company ; but should it be necessary to ex. pend 40.0001. on building a manufactory, he was apprehensive that the public would be of opinion that the expenditure would be too great, and that it must consume ton much time before any proffiable results could smite to the Shareholders. lie then submitted, whe ther it would not be more prudent to purchase a concern, and lie was happy to say, that the present Directors were men IV ho possessed the entire confidence of the Shareholders, and that the greatest Soc. cess was to be anticipated from their exertions. He was proceeding to animadvert on the conduct of 31easra. Pitt and Ilosanquet, the bankers, and of Messrs. Mott and Ireland, when A Shareholder interrupted him, and said, he thought the meet ing ought to proceed to the consideration of the best plan to iti.ere the success of the undertaking. He therefore moved, that a call of 31. pat altars should be made to enable the Directors to carry on the works at the Isle of Dog.. A Shareholder thought it better to purchases concern, than to build one. Mr. WRIGHT, a Director, observed, that all It would cost to build a concern would be twenty-seven thousand pounds, and the machinery not more than seven thousand pounds, and an old con cern would cost more. The CHAIRMAN said the advantage of building on the Island cf Dogs was obvious, as even in the article of fuel alone there would be a saving of from 20001. to 30001. a year. A series of resolutions then passed, approbatory of the conduct of the Directors, of the eligibility of the situation in the Isle or Dogs, for prosecuting the objects of the Company ; further, for re ducing the capital of 200.000/. to 100,0001., and prohibiting any expenditure exceeding 00,0001. without consent of the Proprietary; and lastly, that the Directors be instructed to make a further call of 31. per share. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting sepa rated. 84 rmas BAAKs. Scarcely x twelvemonth has elapsed since the affairs in this town and neighbourhood seemed in the heyday of prosperity. The la bouring classes were all fully employed (many of them at greatly. advanced wages, in consequence of the competitton winch existed fur their labour); and they little expected the terrible reverse which they were so soon to experience. In consequence, they were gene. rally far from profiting, as they might and ought to have done, from the harvest they were then reaping. They derived scarcely any real benefit from their advanced wages ; they worked lees and spent more, but they made little or no provision for their future support. how many are there in this town and neighbourhood, who, destitute alike of money and of employment whereby to earn it, are now lamenting—bitterly but uselessly lamenting—the sums they have wasted in dissipation, and the time they have sacrificed in idleness! There are comparatively few—we might indeed fairly say there are none—of the labouring classes, who have not the means, at some time or other, of layirg by some money; and with such excellent deposiLories for what they can accumulate as savings' Banks afford, they are inexcusable if they do not avail themseires of them. There their money is safe; far safer than it would he in their own possession, since it is not only not exposed to the risk of being stolen, but it is out of the way of those momentary tempts. lions to extravagance which but teo commonly occur, and which, if the means of indulging them were absolutely at hand, might not easily be re.isted. But there is another advantage belonging to Savings' Banks. Money vested in them, it' not made less by the depositor, is always making Itself more. There is, combined with the best possible security, a higher rate of interest than could be obtained in any other quarter where lodgments could be safely vested, and speedily reclaimed. We are anxious to press this snbjcct on the attention of the la bouring classes. What a treasnre is a few pounds to a poor man in the day of adversity! How many are there whom such a sum, which they could once have easily got together. would new pre serve from the necessity of accepting publ:e charity ! And how I utterly does all that portion now seem to have" been wasted which was lavished in sensual extravagance! With some at least of our readers, we hope reflections of this kind will have a permanently beneficial tendency. Commercial and manufacturing communi ties are peculiarly subject to vicissitude. The alternations of I prosperity and distress are constant and unavoidable; and duty and prudence unite in requiring that we should take care—as generally we may—to obtain from the former the means of alleviating, and rendering tolerable, the pressure which is certain to succeed it.— Mune/testa Guatiliaa. ABSTRACTION OF THE ENGLISH MAIL BAG.--On Thursday night the Irish mail for England, by way of Milord, was carried off, under the following circumstances:—The cart from this city to Dunmore, was despatched front the Yost. office at the usual hour, ten o'clock, P.m., with the mail under charge of the guard, Thomas Lee. Ora passing the outskirts of the town it met the mail up, when the guard left the Lin%ta and returned to town. (There is but one guard on the station ) The mail then proceeded on to Dunmore under charge solely of the driver, Thomas Bresnahan, who states that he went on without any interruption, till he came to a public-house at the foot of Blenheim-hill, about three miles from town, where he stopped himself m take some refreshment, leaving the mail, the cart, and the horse on the road, to take care of themselves. %rhen Thomas came out, on he went to Dunmore, thinking no more about the matter. However, when he came down to the pier, and had to deliver his charge, he found out that his charge was gone. We are much concerned indeed to say that we can add nothing further to Mr. Breenahan's discovery. That the mail la gene is indeed tuost certain, but how or where, we cannot inform our readers. The mail was placed in a locker under Bresnahan's seat, but there was neither lock nor key to the locker ; ■nd in short, the whole business was conducted in such nn Irish fashion, that, being Irish ourselves, we do not feel ourselves competent to criticise upon the ways of our own country, or the habits of our countrymen. The mail is gone, bag and baggage, and that is the sum total of what we have to say at present. Every exertion is used to discover the perpetrators of the nefarious act, of course. The police are on the alert, and so forth; and such virtually, gravely, and literally, is all the account that can be had at present of the Irish mall-bag of the 30th ult., containing an important and •aluable portion of the correspondence of the South of Ireland for England! An investigation took place at our Post-office yester day, and Bresnahan has been committed to gaol for further exami nation. We ace informed that bills to a large amount from this city bad been remitted by this mail.—{Vaterfued 70 TUE EDITOR Of TIIE BRITISH PRESS. Stn,—When the aubje'r. of the increase of the sal !ries of 14. Judges was Fast year under the canaideration of the Comno. House of Parliament, one of the principal argurr:ente urged in sap • port of the ineirtore •vax, that it would enable the administration to procure those eminent professional gentlemen who could not tail to prove an ornament us the Bench, while their age was yet such aa us enable them to perform the laborious duties of the station. I eau fess that to ore thin appeared to be a wise and prudeln step towards the effectual administration of justice. It cannot have escaped eye of the most pretest; observer, that in the present state or ow legal profession in this country, no erninent Counsel could aces% of the situation of Judge without making a great pecuniary men.. But if on that account I deemed this part of the measure price dent, there was another portion of it which, in my eyes, Ma:titer enhanced its value, I mean, the increase of retiring pensions, which necessarily operate an an Inducement to quitting the Bench when no longer competent to the due peeformance of its attendant detiesi. Still, however, s o methin g m ore fa necessary to be dooe—thereatteisisi be a power somewhere to remove a Judge when no longer compita tent, irons the mental imbecility attendant upon old age, to peefores his duties. Le Sage has forcibly, and no less truly, dear:rime the lamentable weakness which often chsracterigea the aged, who, the Archbishop of (erenada, are the last to perceive that their maza tal faculties are withered. Surely , , then, if men will grow old, SW if *ith age the concomitant evil of escort , ' childhood should occur, it is not proper that the throne of Justice, of all other places, shouhl be subject to its caprices. It may be alleged that the independence of the judirlal characar should be upheld, and I am isy no means willing to ac. danger that integrity, which of late years, at least, has beet conspicuous in the Judges of the land, and of wish people of this country hare been always jealous, ft near. sary that a Judge should be so far independent as io enable: him to perform his dudes without fear, favour, or 0r.... den, but it do a not follow that there ahoulditot be same means or removing him, when no longer calculated to uphold the d*stry his atatiun. I admit that fur misconduct he may be Impeached,anit judging from the attention which has charatterid the premise A4-* minkrration, to every thing connected with t i re due elecution c( justice, I am confident that no attempt woufe be made to screw such an individual from the consequence of hioarri actions. But a Judge may become unfit to held his situation without haling cure. mitred any violation of justice. The most eminent and talentera man on the Bench is as subject to the infirmities of our nature la the humblest individual in the community, and may lose, by te imbecility of his conduct, the respect and obedience of the Bar, IA which case he should not be suffered any longer to an arson Me Bench, and yet a charge for such an event wow I deservedly !c scouted from the Ilouse of Commons. I have been drawn into these obserrations by some ciO/rrentet which have transpired upon the Irish circuit, which wren fully ex. emptily the argument I have been maintaining. Without resort ing to the orgwincvtam ad hoMineni i it will be sufficient for my purpose -that my position hat been supportrl by what has there' °canned, although the circumstances themselves might not nirvana an application to the Legislature. It might not be eitrie! kind or decorous to drag before the public the tailings of an old inset, who had long served the public while his energies were in all their vignter ; bnt neither would it be just to the public, dust, when rep longer competent, he should still be allowed to preside in a sttuarion where such awful responsibility must neeesaenty attend his ar lions. It is necessary that the power of effecting a removal should res. somewhere. It is scarcely a power which could be impro perly ercised—the responsibility which would necessarily attend the re . moval of a parson from !mai an office would be a sufficient pal ranter against its improper exercise. It would certainly be bete if the friends of such a person were to point out the necessity of re tirement, but if they will not do so, some steps should be taken to prevent the recurrence of such tainaactions as dime to which I have alluded. lam inclined to think that there could be is. valid ob. jection to vesting such a prter with the Secretary of to l o taz for Cur. Home Department, who h s vh v the fear of public Zip as vie:l' as that of Parliamentary incits!ry before his eyes, would not dare to abuse the authority entrusted to his keeping. I have, Sir. ventured to send you these few obietrattims on the subject, knowing, as i do, the attention which you devote to ail matters connected with the legal profession. The stikjtct you May perhaps deem worthy of your columna r In Weis event you wi.4 oblige, Sir, J. B. •__ _ _ TO TIIE EDITOR OP .THE BRITISH PRESS Spitalfields, April 2.. Si I.—Having observed a paragraph in this day's paper, staml,4 that thirty thousand pounds worth of silks are selling at Shear's. in Iteoent.street, for the benefit of the Spitalfielde Sesverl. tc. tv.c., the an; paragraph being headed " Distress M Sphalfields. " all which I considei is calculated to mislead the public as to the real object • I beg to inform yon that there is not any person corn. oissioned by the Committee for any such purpose. I Should not have noticed this, hut sortie ladies having called at the Treasurer's, to know 'betties silks were selling in this way, on commission, for the benefit of . -Haigsbgegoggsocht it best to inform you of it. , Your abfelciti airtaldt. .1. D. KINCAID, Secretary. • , The article above referred to was sent as an advertistmeir and by mistake appeared as a paragraph.—. Ell. Pa. THE .411. K TRADE. We have received the follovring from ari intelligent correspondect in Paris PARTS, A t•ntr. 1, 1826. It is remarkable, that whilst in England you were complaining of great distress in your manufacturing districts, and contrasting with it the cheerful industry of dye French manufaenners, rtre let— ter were only enjoying a momentary prosperity, and on the verge rt , iespondency as intenae as any that can exist in England, becaus, tht zausel are as real, whilst at the same time they were much more an. greeted. As long as the excitement to speculation by the mss. , er .nanufacturers and some of the merchants existed, the sok looms were constantly at work, and in the atelitrr of the workme.r we heard only the sound of industry and mirth ; but no sooner lvid the orders of speculators and the undertakings of the manufactures • amounted toe sufficiency to stock the English market than thotusamta of workmen were suddenly dismissed, and hundreds of loam, let; idle. This has been the case throughout France, but partieatarly at Lyons, where three-foarths of the silk-weavers were thrGwn not of occupation, and many of them must have starved if there h.,1 not been other work for them. Fortunately the iron works vir:e prosperous, and required additional hands, and some enterprising capitalists were.huilding several large mills in the neighbourhooe. Upon there the distressed weavers have fonnd employment; an.l thus much of that acute misery whick generally accompanies wane of work in a country where there two so poor rates, has been pre. vented. It is not generally knows is England that the silk trade here had for some time been subject soon over-speculation, the tie. cessary consequence of which was a reaction of no slight import. &nee. You will judge to what an extent the speculation extended, by the following abstract of an official document, which has just been printed for the exclusive use of the French Deputies, one of whom has kindly furnished me with a copy. This document shews .rot only the amount of the exports for one year(lB24), but also the weight of the di,Terent articles, and the official valuation in France, and it is curious as having formed the basis of 31r. Huskis. son's new table of Silk Duties, by which I rind that none of the articles therein enumerated will pay less than 30 per cent. duty, and many of them upwards of 70. The French broad silks exported in 1824, amounted in weight to 361,270 kilogrammes, or 722.5491b5., valued at 100 franca per kilogramme, making about 21. sterling per lb., ameanting in total value to 36,127.000 francs,. The silk handkerchiefs exported were in weight 44,880 kilo. grammes, valued at the same rate as broad silks, and amounting to 4,428,000 francs. The fancy silks, valued at 120 hence per kilogramme, weighed 136,834 kilogrammes, and amounted to 16,437,280 francs. The fancy silks mixed with gold or silver thread, valued at 20e r. per kilo., and false ditto valued at l Mf. , weighing 1,364 kilo., amounted to 253,51,0 f. Ditto mixed with thread 398 kilo. valued at 70f., amounting to 27,8ti0t.; ditto, containing any quantity of gold or silver, valued at 1 ovr. the kilo.; 2211 kiln. amounting to 22.600f.;—ditto, with false gold or silver thread, 377 kilo., valued at 701. per kilo., amount ing to 26,300 f. Silk counterpanes-141 kilo., at 80f. per kilo., 7.040 f. Silk stuffs mixed with cotton or wool-41,824 kilo., at 70f. per kilo., b27,6110f. . -- Gauze of pure silk-8,819 kilo., Valued at 100 f., 861,900 f. Of other descriptions--241 kilo., at 100 f, 24,100 E (:rape-40.726 kilo., valued at 100 t., 4.072.C®f. Net-18,798 kilo., at 130 f per kilo., 2,443,740 f. Silk lace, no fixed value, 761,0421. llonneterie (stockings, caps, sod similar articles), 43,668 kilo., at 100 f., 4,366,8001. Pa.sementerie (fringes, twists, tapes, silk ornaments, &c.), of fine gold or silver thread with silk, 3,037 kilo., valued at 200 f. per kilo., 607,41105 Ditto false gold mollify, 4,040, at 175 f, 707.000 f. Ditto ail bilk, 29,155 kilo., at 100 f., 2,915,5001. Ditto ;nixed with gold or silver, real or false, 1,666 kilo., at 175 f., 2:11,.w0f. ..... lotto of other descriptions, 1,012 kilo., at 701., 70,840 r. Itibbands of every descriptiou, 213,460 kilo., valued at 100 f. peg kilo., 21,556,000 f. llourre de Sole, 3.650 kilo., at 60f., 182,500f.—Evening Paper. STATE OF HIS AfAJESTI"S GAOL OF NEWOATE. Prisoners under sentence of death . . - 14 Transportation foe lilt - - . . . 12 Fourteen years - - . - - 7 Seven yearn . . . - . 32 Imprisoned for various periods for felonies and misdemeanors 13 ' Insane - . - . Confined under the Bankrupt Laws - - By the Court of King's Bench - - - For trial for misdemeanor committed in the Court of King's Bench - . . Whose judgments are respited - Bentsnded from last Sessions . . For trim at the ensuing Sessions - Total . i . 1 346 - 455 Of the above number them are 339 males, and 116 females. to en k. IA