The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-23 00:00:00

7ILE NA YI. Orders have been received at Deptford for the launch of the Ranger, 17, sloop of war, on Satur day next. The Ranger is a remarkably fine vessel of her class, and it is understood that she will be fitted with the Armstrong guns. The Waterloo, 90, screw, at Sheerness, has been so far completed as to be put out of the dry dock into the fitting basin. This ship was built at Cha- ' tham in 1833, to carry 120 guns, after the style of t le Caledonia, 120, built at Plymouth in 1808, but with a foot additional beam. Soon after her launch she proceeded to Sheerness, where she remained un employed until 18.51, when she became the flagship at that port, and had remained so until the close of last year, when she was ordered by the Admiralty to be altered to a screw line-of-battle ship. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steam-vessel Weser, Com. 11. J. Raby (V.C.), which vcssel left Woolwich to be adjusted at Greenhithe for the River Plate, returned to - Woolwich on Monday in a leaky condition, having sprung a seam in the hull under the magazine, and was yesterday docked for examination and repair. From her great depth of water, produced by the heavy freight of stores ne cessary for the voyage, together with the ponderous engines and machinery which occupy the entire centre of the ship, it was generally feared that her voyage might terminate in some such disaster : it is consequently stated that she is now proved unfit for commission to the River Plate, and that she will probably be replaced by the stoom sloop He cate, now in a forward state for service. The new screw steam frigate Immortalite, re cently launched at Pembroke, is described by a naval officer as being the most beautiful mcdel ever seen. She left early on Sunday afternoon, and un fortunately touched the mud eff Weare Point, in Milford Haven, but got off again almost immedi ately. There was at the time a fresh breeze from S.E., and her convoy, the paddlewheel steam-sloop Hydra, 6, Com. R. V. Hamilton, would have some difficulty in.bearing her company. They are bound for Portsmouth. His Netherlands Majesty's frigate Evertson, from Cherbourg, arrived on Monday at Plymouth, and saluted the flag on the citadel and that of the Port Admiral in the Impregnable, 104. The com pliment was duly acknowledged. The Mohawk, 6, screw, Com. P. C. C. M'Dougal, sailed from Spithead yesterday for the westward. The Urgent screw troopship, Com. E. W. Hire, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from Spithead, and berthed under the shears in the steam basin, for the purpose of taking out her boilers, orders having been received by the autho rities to supply her with new ones prior to her de parture for China. This will occupy the greater part of a month. working extra hours. The Ardent, 3, paddle, steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead, and the Queen Charlotte, 104, was also towed in by steam tug. The Shannon, 51, screw frigate, in the first-class steam reserve, at Portsmouth, was removed from the steam basin yesterday, and steamed out of the harbour to test her machinery. At the conclusion of the trial she returned into harbour and took up a berth off Harclway, The Stork gunboat, tender to the Excellent gun nery ship at Portsmouth, having completed the fitting of a cupola furnace on board her, has hauled off to her usual moorings. The steam storeship Dec, Master Commander C. Pullen, from Woolwich, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, with boilers for the Narcisus, and ma chinery for the Howe and Jason. The Admiralty order for commissioning the St. George, 90, at Devonport, on Saturday, was can celled on Monday. The Conqueror and Centurion, from Gibraltar, hourly expected at Plymouth, will on arrival be paid off all standing. A court-martial assembled on board H.M.S. Vic tory,in Portsmouth harbour, for the trial of George Hoad, an able seaman belonging to H.M.S. Prin cess Royal, Captain T. Baillie, on the `charge of striking Mr. Dowling, the second master of that ship, on the 11th inst. The Court was composed of Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. Grey, president; Cap tains Gordon, Asia ; O'Callaghan, Algiers ; Harris, Britannia ; Farquhar, Victory ; and Hewlett, Ex cellent; with Mr. Hellyer, Deputy Judge-Advocate. This case was entirely distinct from the recent dis turbances on board the Priutess Royal. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had neglected to obey an order given to him and other Kamen by the second master, and on the latter threatening to report him he became violent, and endeavoured to escape from the second master by mixing himself up with the other seamen. Mr. Dowling followed him, there being no master-at-arms or ship's corpo ral present, and the prisoner, who was de.soribed as having "had liquor," then committed the offence with which he was charged. The prisoner pleaded' drunkenness in extenuation, and called upon Capt. 'Lillie, of the Princess Royal, Capt. Harris, of the Britannia, and Commander Josling and Lieut. Prat tent, both of the Princess Royal, all of whom testi fied to the prisoner's previous good character. The Court found the charges proved, hut in considera tion of the prisoner's previous good character sen tenced him to receive 48 lashes, to be mulcted of all pay and prize money due to him, to be imprisoned for 12 months in Winchester Gaol, and afterwards to be dismissed her Majesty's service. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. Philip, to the Ariadne ; J. Coade, chief engineer, confirmed to the Mutine ; and J. Prowett, first-class assistant-engi neer, confirmed to the Victoria and Albert. TILE ARMY. Official intelligence having been received at Wool wich of the arrival at Gravesend of the first batch of 800 disaffected troops from the Bengal Artillery, who have been discharged at their own request after having served the allotted term of ; 12 years, Capt. and Adjt. T. E—Byrne, belonging► to the Depot Brigade of Royal Artillery, and a party of 10 non commissioned officers of the corps at Woolwich, last night went down to Gravesend, with instructions to re-enlist and bring up to head-Oarters any num ber of the men who were disposed to join. It is understood that the Government have de cided on making a considerable increase in the army by the formation of second battalions to each of the regiments up to and including the 35th Regiment, by which an increase equivalent to 11 regiments will be obtained. The necessary arrangements con nected_with the proposed augmentation arc now in progress at the 'Horse Guards. Orders have been received at Chatham directing the Major-General commanding the garrison to hold in readiness the companies of the Ist battalion of the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment, now quartered at Chatham Barracks, to proceed to Sheerness, where they are to be stationed to perform garrison duty with the militia regiments now quartered there. The 9th Regiment was formerly stationed at Aldershott, but, owing to the want of accommo dation at the camp, the companies were dispersed, and sent to various garrison towns, two being sta tioned„at Chatham. The military authorities having recently issued directions for the whole of the troops of the Indian depots stationed at Chatham to be taught the great gun drill, a number of the most intelligent of the non - commissioned officers and men have been selected from each of the depots attached to the three battalions to be placed under the master gunner of the garrison in order to go through a course of instruction. tlatangements are in progress for sending out to Citia:t a detachment of 250 non-commit - sioned ofli emind men of the Medical Staff Corps, who will be selected from the men of the corps now at head quarters;Chatham, and at the other :nilitary sta tions. Undi r the orders of ;If:joy-General Hutchinson, Comma ndcr of the Forces in the West of England, several changes took place on Moy.day in the dispo sition off the military in Plymouth garrison. All the a2.tillerymen connected with Mount Wise and the Rajlen Barracks at Devonport,_and the batte ries at Pickleconibe Point and Staddon Heights, about 600, are now quartered in Plymouth Citadel, under command of Colonel Pester. It is stated thot so :many artillerymen were never before quartered` together in that fortress. The 10th , Regiment are removed from the citadel to Mount Wise, and the Fife Militiahave taken charge of the batteries of Picklecombe and Staddon. THE REPRESENTATION OF TVIIITBY. The death of Mr. R. Stephenson having caused a vacancy in the representation of the borough of Whitby, the nomination of candidates took place on Monday last. The candidates were Mr. H. S. Thompson, chairman of the North-Eastern Railway Company, and Mr. T. Chapman, London, chairman of Lloyd's; Mr. G. Hudson having previously re tired. One of the occupants of the hustings, which were erected not far from the railway station, was his Highness Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, and he seemed to take much interest in the proceedings. • Mr. BtJCIIANNAN, the returning officer, after alluding to the fame and lamented death of Mr. Stephenson, desired for the several speakers a fair and impartial hearing. Dr. TAYLERSON said he had the pleasure of pro posing Mr. H. S. Thompson, of Kirby-hall, as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament. Mr. T. TURNBULL seconded the nomination, stating that Mr. Thompson was a gentleman of wealth, education, talent, influence, and a friend of progress. Mr. C. RICHARDSON then proposed Mr. Chap man as a fit and proper person to represent the borough, which he said was the place of the hon. candidate's birth, and he was sure, if elected, he would use his anxious endeavours, to promote the prosperity and interests of Whitby. Mr. Chap man, he observed, was a Conservative in politics, though not opposed to any well-considered measure that might tend to the improvement of our institu tions. (Applause.) The nomination was seconded by Mr. SMALES, who said that the shipping interest of this country was exposed to a most ruinous and unfair competi tion, and that without some redress it must fall, in stead of rise, in the scale of nations, as it has always hitherto done. (Applause.) Mr. H. S. THOMPSON said, before entering upon any more important matters they would allow him to give them a cordial and hearty welcome to the railway station. Though only a trifle, it would, he hoped, serve to remind them that whenever they required any accommodation which was a little more than ordinary, they might immediately turn to the railway company for it. (Cheers.) He would ask them, at the same time, a personal favour—viz., that they would give to his worthy opponent a fair and impartial hearing. (Cheers.) Mr. Chapman and himself had been on their trial before them, which had been going on for several weeks. They had had a great array of legal talent on each side, saying everything they could on behalf of one and the other prisoner. (Laughter.) Their friends on each side had been using the best arguments that they possibly could, and now they were assembled there that day to give their verdict. His antagonist had a great advantage over him, as he was surrounded by his relations and friends. They had used, natu rally, arguments which could not be used by those - who were comparatively strangers, and ho confessed he was very much- alarmed as to their verdict, lest it should be that they acquitted Mr. Chapman of all concern in this matter, and allow him to return to his high and honorable occupations in the city of London, but condemned him to serve them to the end of the present Parliament in the House of Com mons. (Cheers.) But there was one chance more. The prisoners had each to be heard in their own de fence, and he was now going to tell them what kind of service they would have from him. One of the most important questions upon which he should have to address them—aquestion deeply interesting to all the men of Whitby, and one upon which he had been, he was going to say, misrepresented, but he would only say misunderstood—was the great shipping question. In the first instance, what is there, at stake in this question? Is it a question really of great importance or not ? Looking at the amount of British shipping in active employment in the last two years, he found on an average that it amounted to above 13,000,000 tons, and on a rea sonable estimate of the value of that shipping, they could not put it at less than £100,000,000 sterling. That is the magnitude of it. It is stated by the shipowners that one thing they have to complain of is the want of a remunerative price, and that that is caused by the great increase of foreign shipping ; that itis caused by a want of reciprocity on the part of many foreign Governments; and caused also by a great number of unnecessary restrictions adopted here at home. He would give his opinions as to these several points. Though not a shipowner, he had been very deeply interested in this question as a large owner in the North-Eastern Railway. Being deeply interested in the question, he had read with greatinterest and care the memorial which was pre sented last December by the deputation of ship owners from various parts of the country then in London. He had read with equal interest the an swer made by the Board of Trade, and the rejoinder by the Shipowners' Association. Having read these carefully through, he would say that not one of them had stated the progress of foreign shipping as compared with British shipping, to the full ex tent he should do if he had to make the statement. (Applause.) He said so, because, in making that statement, they compared the first year of free trade in shipping in 1850, with the last year, 1858; whereas, if he had a retaining fee to argue the case, he should 'have compared the last year of the old system with the last year of the new, and that would have made a difference. By the returns of the Board of Trade the progress of shipping was made nearly equal to the progress of foreign ship ping; but if they compared the old with the last year of the new, they would have found that the tonnage of British shipping had increased 2,961,000 and the foreign 4,907,000. What answer was given to the appeal of the shipowners assembled in Lon don by a Government, the members of which were represented to be the great friends of the shipping interest? At the end of three months there came an elaborate document from them, which proved ;hat there was nothing to be done, but it proposed that the differential duties on timber should be con sidered. (A laugh.) What did the Whig Govern ments do ? • As they had nothing substantial to pro pose, they were wise enough to hold their tongue. With reference to the question of the increase of foreign shipping, he could not give them any help if they sent him to Parliament. There was no Government that ever wiA, because it implies a reversal of the principles of free-trade, which has been deliberately adopted by this country, and until the sea retired and left Whitby an inland town they would never find the country going back on the question of free trade. (Cheers.) On the question of reciprocity, any mea sure that was proposed to accomplish that end short of going to war with a foreign nation to get it, he would support with all his might. A certain mea sure of relief might be obtainechby the shipping in terest in other ways, such as building harbours of refuge, and he admitted that there are duties raised on shipping which require alteration to adapt them to present circumstances. He could go with them heartily for abolishing improper restrictions, and in trying to obtain reciprocity, in order to place them on a fair footing with the foreigner; but he could not go with them to put an end to the foreign trade —that was, foreign shipping ; for could they be lieve that if the British shipowner only had fair play and there was the absence of all unnecessary restriction, that he would be afraid of the world, and that he would not have his fair share of the enormous and rapidly increasing trade of the coun try ? (Cheers.) Mr. Thompson stated that if they returned him to the House of Commons he should take his seat on the Liberal side of the house, thoug ti he would be pledged to no party or measure, for if a good measure was proposed from any side or by any person he would cordially support it..(Cheers.) He glanced at the failure of the measures of the Conservative Government, remarking that the Conservative policy had been of late years too much to oppose measures session after session, and ulti mately, when they could no longer be withheld, to adopt them. He felt that the working classes were entitled to a fair share of the franchise, and after a few other observations, he thanked the electors for their promises of support. Mr. CHAPMAN next addressed the electors, and observed in thecourse of his speech that, experienced as he had long been in taking a prominent part in those large metropolitan associations immediately connected with shipping, it had been thought by many that experience qualified him for a scat in Parliament. (Hear, hear.) It was with a little de gree of pride that he offered himself to be the re- presentative of his native town, and his occupation and constant residence in London would enable him, he believed, to be of essential service not only to the shipping, but every interest connected with the borough. Though a Conservative, he held him self to be second to none in 2n earnest desire to prove to his fellow-countrymen the glories of civil and religious liberty, and he would give to every man who had Intelligence enough the privilege of a vote; but he would pledge himself to the support of no particular measure with regard to Reform. Considering the ballot as nn-English, he would op pose it to the utmost. 'There seemed to be a feeling that we are menaced with an invasion. He did net believe such a thing was probable, but we must be prepared, especially as all the European nations are armed to the teeth. Ire believed the best security for the independence of Europe is the freedom of England. (Applause.) On a show of hands being taken, there was an overwhelming majority in favour of Mr. Thomp• son. A poll was demandod for Mr. Chapman, and it was appointed to take piece on the following day. CLOSE OF THE POLL Thompson . Chapman 229 190 Trig ariN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1859. STRIKE' IN 7'HE BUILDING TRADES. MIDPLESEX SESSIONS, *Nov. 22. Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge, and a fu . bench of Magistrates.) The Court sat specially to-day at the Guildhall, Westminster, to hear an appeal by Wm. Perham, a mason, against a conviction by Mr. Corrie, the police magistrate, under the 6 Geo. IV., c. 129, entitled, " Art Act to repeal the Laws relating to the Combination of Workmen, and to make provi sion in lieu thereof." The adjudication was a term of two months' imprisonment. Mr. Edwin James, Q C., Dr. Wheeler, and Mr. Gordon Allan appeared on behalf of the appellant, instructed by Mr. Roberts, of Manchester; Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Poland, instructed by Mr. Mullens, appeared in support of the conviction. The conviction was read: It set forth, in the terms of the statute, that the defendant had endea voured by threats to intimidate one Wm. Jocelyn, and to deter him from continuing in the employ ment of Messrs. Thomas and Wilson Piper. • Mr. E. James said he had to make an objection to the conviction; which he submitted was bad on the face of it. The conviction did not disclose any offence as having been committed by the defen dant, but merely followed the words of the form of the statute ; it did not set out the overt acts or threats in question, and in a conviction of this highly penal character, the offence must be clearly and conclusively defined. The learned counsel cited several authorities, and said a second point he had to submit was, that the conviction was bad inasmuch as it did not set forth that the threats or intimidation were made directly to the person, which was really the gist of the offence, there was no allegation of any such threats in this conviction, and it was not suffi cient that the general terms of the act of Parlia ment should be simply adhered to, for in the form it was stated in a space, " hero state the offence," and in this case no offence was stated. If it was not absolutely necessary that the offence should be stated, why should the act give a particular fora and contain the words, " here state the offence ?" Dr. Wheeler and Mr. Gordon'Allan followed on the same side, and contended, quoting various de cisions of the Court, that it was an indispensable condition of the conviction, which was summary and a highly penal one, that. the nature of the par ticular offence should be clearly defined, so that the person convicted, on availing himself of his right of appeal which the law gave him, might know what he had to meet and answer. Mr. Lush, in reply to these arguments, said he confessed that he thought if his friends had any confidence in the points they had suggested, they would have advised the defendant to be taken on the warrant or conviction, and then tested its validity in the highest court of the country. He argued that under the Police Act it was not neces sary that the offence should be set forth, as Mr. James contended, and that the conviction, even though confined to the words and form of the statute, was good and valid. The Assistant-Judge said he did not think the points of sufficient importance to stop if'ae case, though he was inclined to concede that the offence should be stated, but he had the less difficulty in deciding thus, inasmuch as the decision could be reviewed elsewhere. Mr. Lush then stated the case. It was in reality a prosecution by Messrs. Piper, the builders, against the defendant, who was one of a class of operatives of a most useful, industrious, and meritorious description, the masons, who had taken an active part in the strike between the master builders and the workmen in the metropolis. Messrs, Piper were actuated by no vindictive feel ing in the matter, they had no ill-will against the defendant, who had been in their employment, but it was necessary for the masters, while freely and willingly conceding to the men the right of com• bining together to regulate matters relating to their trade, also to combine if the men exceeded the proper and legitimate action of their combination so as to take away and destroy the free agency of any of their fellow men, and also to unite to pro tect themselves. Those who violated the law must take the consequences, and be liable to criminal pro ceedings. The offence imputed to the defendant was, that he hal violated the law by threatening and 'endeavouring to coerce men whom Messrs. Piper had procured from the country to work for them in consequence c,f the strike in London ; and if that were so, he had committed a breach of the law, and must submit to the penalty. On the strike taking place, Messrs. Piper sent one of their fore men, named Rohjohn, into Devonshire to procure men, and he engaged 18 and brought them to Lon don. They arrived on the 18th of October at Pad dington ; they were watched by persons evidently on the look out to see what men came up from the country, and were followed to a public-house in Little Britain, where the defendant Perham made his ar pearance. Raving been in Messrs. Piper's service, the defendant knew Robjohn, and he_in, terfered with the men, and tried to persuade them not to go to work, and stood at the door to prevent them going out of the public-house; but they did get out, and as Robjohn was conducting his men, to provide them with lodging for the night, Per ham followed and told the men they had done very wrong in coming up to town to take the place of fellow-workmen on the strike, and that they had been deluded by a trick ; but the men said they had agreed to work, and work they would aecordidg to the agreement they had made, which was six months' certain work, and pay at the rate of ss. 6d. a day. The men went on, Perham still following, and heimade use of these words, " If you golo work we shall call you blacks,' and when we have won the strike and gone in to work, we will strike against you all over London, until you are turned out." The conse quence of this was that 14 out of the 18 returned, or at least did not go to work at Messrs. Piper's, as they were to do on the following Monday. That, he, Mr. Lush, submitted was neither fair reason ing, exhortation, or admonition, but a direct threat, in violation of the law, to coerce workmen not to go into employment, and, therefore, that the con viction was good, and ought to be confirmed by the Court. Charles Robjohn was then called;and he deposed that he lived in Luard-street, Caledonian-road. He was in the service of Messrs. Piper, and in conse quence of the strike he went by their direction into Devonshire to engage workmen. At Tavistock he engaged some, and at Plymouth others, at Os. 6d. a day and six months' work guaranteed. He en- gaged Jocelyn, one of the witnesses in this case, at Plymouth. Jocelyn came up to him as he was in the train and said he was willing to be engaged on the same terms as some others who had gone up to London a day or two before, and he engaged him. They ctme to London, and were watched front the Great Western Railway station to Little Britain, to a public-house. The defendant came there with another man, and said the men were his, and should go back, that he would take them to the Sun at Lambeth, find them beds and refreshment, and pay their expenses back to the country. Witness said the men had been engaged by him to work for a builder in London, and were not to be interfered with. Perham placed himself at the door to pre vent his going out with the men ; he told witness he might go, tut the men must go with him. Jocelyn said he would soon see if he was not to go out, and came in front; they all then passed out. Perham followed them, and said he would pay a ll the expenses of their going back to the country. Witness said, " yen mean going. this . way?" He said, " Yes ;" whereupon witness said he should go another. Defendant still followed, and on Jocelyn saying that he should go to work as he had agreed, the dcfendant said, " Well, you know the consequences ; you will all be blacks, and we'll strike against you all over London, until you are turned out." The witness was cross-examined by Mr. James, and there seemed a good deal of what the learned counsel termed open equivocation in his answers. He said he mentioned nothing to the men about the document when he engaged them, but they had to accept the declaration before they were allowed to begin work. If the men took the paper that was enough. Tt was offered to them, and one-half was retained by the master. It was agreed - that Jccelyn was to be employed if the work suited him, and he the work. He was engaged on a Saturday, and was to begin work on the following Monday. The defendant drank with them at the public house in Little Britain. Jocelyn was paid for the day he was engaged. Jocelyn was thn called. He said when Robjohn engaged him he asked if there was any document to be signed, and he said there was not, and said nothing about the declaration. He was to be paid ss. GI a-day, but when he went to work they gave him Gs. Gd a-day. He did not like strikes ; he had been in too many to suit his pocket, and W,I,S at work row. The witness bore out Robjohn's evi dence, was not disputed on the other si-le; and another witness was called to depo:ie to the same state of facts, but they were admitted. Mr. James then submitted that the evidence proved no offence. It must be shown that the de fendant, by threats, en aeavoured to coerce Jocelyn mot to go to work for Messrs. Piper, according to his hiring. The biting must be a legal one, and he contended that when this threat was used, if it IA ere a threat, the hiring was not complete, because Jocelyn was to go to work on the following Mon day " on condition " that he suited the work, and the work him, so that the agreement made with Robjohn at Plymouth was not in fact an absolute hiring on the part of Messrs. Pip er , th roug h t h e i r agent. To test this by analogy, suppose a gentle man were to send a letter to a person in the coun try, saying "Come up to me next Monday, and If I find you suit me, I will engage you as my foot man." Would that be a legal hiring P Now, in this ease the hiring, it was understood, was not to be complete until the Monday, these threats were used on the preceding Saturday, when Jocelyn was not, he submitted, a hired servant of Messrs. Piper. He would not import into the case any matter in relation to the political or social economy of strikes ; this was simply a matter of law and fact for the Court to decide, and he con fidently submitted that on the point of hiring, both in law and fact, the case could not be sustained. The Assistant-Judge said he thought he could not stop the case upon that ground. Mr. James—Will you reserve me the point P The Assistant-Judge said that might be consi dered by-and-by. Mr. James then said he would address himself to the merits of the case, and would trouble the Court with but few remarks. What overt act of molesta tion had been proved against Perham—what vio lence had he been guilty of—what personal injury had he done P This was what the statute was meant to meet; but here, Perham, drinking with the men in common company along with Itobjohn too, told them that if they went to work in the roam of men who had struck, they would be regarded as" blacks" and struck against throughout the trade. How could that be construed into violent intimidation P It was a rule of the trade. Was it a case to which it was ever contemplated the act should be applied ? The strike was not illegal. On the contrary, com binations of workmen for the regulation of their hours of labour, their rate of pay, and other matters, were allowed and sanctioned by the law of this country; the masters, too, had a right to combine if they pleased, but so long as there was no overt act of molestation on one side or the other, there was no violation of the law. The rules of the builders' societies had never been impugned as illegal, it had been offered to submit them to the highest legal authority in the country to see if there was any regulation or principle contrary to the spirit of the law of the land and the free rights of the artisan, and even that course had not been adopted.. It had been urged by his friend that Messrs. Piper were not vindictive in issuing this prosecution ; he would beg to say that since the strike had commenced, one perhaps unexampled, with all the privations and struggling necessarily attendant upon it, there had been little violation of order and propriety. The builders' society defended this case because they thought and believed sin cerely and truly that the defendant had not made use of any threats which could bring him within the operation of this Act of Parliament, and he hoped the bench he had the honour of addressing would feel it their duty to quash this conviction. The Magistrates then retired, and after a short consultation came into court, when The Assistant-Judge said the object of the Legis• lature had been that the master in the employment of his capital and the workman in respect of his labour, which was his capital, should be free. Mr. Hume"s act repealed the old combination laws, and now masters could combine, the workman could combine, but thcre must be no threats or intimida tion, molestation; or violence on either side. The present Lord Cranworth, when Baron Rolfe, on the occasion of a celebrated trial in the North, expressed his opinion that workmen combined together could reasonably and peaceably persuade others to join them in carrying out their views without commit ting any breach of the law, but that persuasion must be reasonable and peaceable, and not assume the character of intimidation and threatening. In the first place, it was contended here that the language used by the defendant did not amount to a threat or intimidation, but was merely an admonition. Upon that point he had had the great advantage of taking the opinion of the Bench, which was a very full one, and they unanimously considered that in stead of admonition, what the defendant said was a direct threat to intimidate these workmen from going into the service of the prosecutors during th e strike. On the second point, as to the hiring not being complete when this occurred, he was of opinion that it was a legal hiring, and in that view the Bench unanimously concurred, therefore, con sidering that the circumstances justified the magis trate's decision, the defendant would be committed to the House of Correction for two months, the sen tence passed upon him. Mr. - James applied for a case upon the point as to the hiring, but The learned Assistant-Judge said he really had no doubt about it, nor had the Bench, and could not therefore grant a case. Mr. James understood that the point had been reserved. The Assistant-Judge said he was not aware that it had, he had not intended to convey anything to that effect, but they could take it up by certiorari. The learned counsel pointed out some difficulties as to a certiorari, which they thought was taken away, but said a case could be stated by the Court, if both parties consented. Mr. James said his friend Mr. Lush bad dis claimed_alLvindietive fecling an_tha part of Mosare. Piper ; perhaps he would consent to a case. Mr. Lush said Messrs. Piper were at the expense and troub!e of these proceedings, which they had taken on public grounds, and he did not think it would be proper for him to consent to a course which woull necessarily involve farther proceed ings, cost, and delay, with no doubt the same result. The Assistant Judge—Besides a continuance of these discussions would not tend to bring about a reconciliation in this unhappy struggle, or to pro mote or encourage that good and kindly feeling which should subsist between the masters and the men. Mr. James—But the defendant goes to prison for two months for an offence which I do not think, with every- deference to you, s i r , an d th e B enc h , i s proved legally against, him.' The Assistant Judge said the Court had decided the case according to the best of their judgment, and their opinion was, moreover, unanimous. The defendant was then placed in custody, and sent to Coldbath-fields House of Correction. The court was,crowded with masons and others conaected with the strike ; and there were about 200 others .outside the building, who hooted the witnesses as they left. and never went off the pavement to get near him. I never prevented him from getting into the cab ; on the contrary, I said it was the best thing he could do to get out of the row. Mr. Jardine—The creating of such a riot— The Prisoner—l did not do it, sir. It was not me. Mr. Sardine—Why, you did so by your own showing. You say that you went out to " row" them, and that you called out "Robjohn" and " Piper." I say it amounts to a riot, and I regard it as a most serious offence. Calling out after and around - persons who are going about their ordinary business, or who have been giving evidence in a court of justice, is an offence which will be treated with very great severity by a higher court if I send it before them. I shall not say one word about that at present, but I shall remand you for a few days, and in the meanwhile I hope some of those who were with you will also be brought before me. The Prisoner—W on ' t you allow me bail, Gover nor ? (A laugh.) Mr. Jardine—No. The prisoner was then removed by the gaoler. THE BRIBERY INQUIRY AT NORWICH NORWICH, Nov. 22. The magistrates assembled this morning for the purpose of proceeding with the charge preferred against Mr. A. J. Collins of conspiring, with Mr. H. Croxford and others, to corrupt Mr. Joel Fox, a member of the Town Council, by offering. him £5OO to vote for eight Tory aldermen on the 9th inst. Mr. Power, Q.C., appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine for the defence. The inquiry appeared to excite undiminished in terest. At the outset of the proceedings, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said—l have an appli cation to make to the bench, and I make it under the impression that it is extremely desirable that it should be acceded to, although of course I must leave the matter entirely in your hands. You are aware that other informations have been laid against different persons, in addition to those which were laid when I was before you last. Summonses, I ind.erstand, have also been granted. I hardly know who the parties are, but they are on the opposite side of politics. lam instructed in the whole of -these cases, and I certainly came down with the im pression that the summonses against the Messrs. Wilde and others would have been heard to-day at the conclusion of the present case. I understand that some application was made yesterday to the bench. I scarcely know the exact purport of it, but the result was, that the summonses in relation to all the other parties have been adjourned, and I am told that the adjournment is to Dec. 8. Now, I should be very glad if the bench could allow, con sistently with their public duty, that the case of Collins should follow the same course as the other two cases, and should also be adjourned till that day. There can be no very serious inconvenience, because it matters are to be gone into at all, the time of the magistrates would not be further taken up, as Collins's case, as you know, is substantially con cluded, whatever determination may be arrived at. You are also aware that very grave matters of law arose on the last occasion, and that very eminent counsel have been consulted on all sides. Of course I cannot advise a witness what to do, or what course to pursue ; it is his duty to obtain in struction and advice from other quarters, and I have no doubt that every one concerned in this matter have taken the very best opinion he was able as to the course which he should adopt. This, however, can only have been done hastily and recentlT, and, considering the nature of the case—considering the interest which it excites, and the important charac ter of the proceedings—considering, also, that a delay till the Bth December will not afect the period when this matter will be tried, seeing that the judges at the ensuing winter assizes will have no jurisdiction, as the assize is simply for the de livery of the gaol, and will not be applicable to bail cases, I venture to ask that this case should be ad journed to the day to whicls, the others were ad journed without my knowledge and sanction. I cannot help thinking that no harm will be done to anybody, but that, on the contrary, much benefit will arise from the postponement, as it will give every man time to reflect. Mr. Power—l am . sorry lam obliged to oppose the application of my friend with reference to the cases to which he has alluded, in which there were cross summonses. My learned friend urges that it will be a convenient course that, as some cases are postponed till the Bth of December, they should all come on on that day, but this case is so perfectly distinct from the others as to have no relation to the matters out of which they arise—that is, the general election. This case arises altogether upon a distinct matter, and has reference to the late municipal election. Again, I cannot see what good can arise from postponement. Let me direct the attention of the Bench to the position in which the - matter stood upon the last occasion. Upon that occasion two of the principal witnesses, on the part of the prosecution, declined to answer cer tain questions, on the ground that those ques tions had a tendency to criminate them, or, to use their own language, on the ground that the effect might be that they would be impli cated in the transaction, Now, as I understand it, the feeling of the magistrates was that it would be well to take a higher opinion as to whether this Bench was not bound to commit those witnesses. I understood the feeling of this Court was that the highest opinion possible should be taken in reference to the matter, and that the ma gistrates felt bound to take the opinion of the law officers of the Crown. Whether that has been done, and whether that opinion has been received, I don't know ; but, if so, the course proper to be taken is for the magistrates, having received instruction as to the law, to act upon it. I must protest against this case being mixed up with others with which it has no connexion. Those cases in which there have been cross summonses relate to elections for mem bers of Parliament, but this relates only to an at tempt to bribe a town councillor in reference to his vote. Should it be the opinion of the magistrates that the law, under the circumstances, ought to be carried into effect, and that those witnesses or either of them should be committed for refusing to answer a question, I have not the least wish to aggravate the'circumstances under which the committal may take place ; and I should be happy to accede to any suggestion that the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench should be taken as to whether that commit tal, in point of law, should stand. We have no wish to press hardly upon any one here but we have felt th a t we h ave a public duty to discharge, and we mu s t no t a ll ow any proceedings which ' would have the effect of impeding the operations of justice in this case. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l shall not go into the question of what the decision of the Bench may be on the matter, far I think when that decision is known it will be quite time to consider it and to act upon it. I do not anticipate at all what my learned friend seems to have anticipated, nor hare I made the application with that view. I have made it simply because I believe it would be for the advan tage and convenience of all parties that these mats ters should be decided together, and also because, in my absence, the case which I should have pro secuted to-day has been postponed. It is quite true that the cases are not of the same nature, but, as everybody knows, these cases are very much mixed up together; and I venture to ask, on the pact of my client, for a postponement, which, at any rate, can do no harm to any person. One mat ter, which will not, I am sure, have been forgotten, is the extreme haste with which the case was gone into at first. There was an absence of any time for preparation, and from the beginning to the end the matter has been very hastily proceeded with. I for one should be glad of time to consider the ma:ter, and I think it would not affect the ends of justice at all if the case were postponed till the Bth of December. I believe the postponement will not interfere with any subsequent investigation, for, as I said before, that investigation cannot take place till the spring, whether the preliminary in quiry be completed now or a fortnight hence. The application, coming from a person who stands in the light of a defendant, and who has had very little time to consider the course to adopt, comes, it is true, rather as a matter of indulgence to be con ceded by the bench, but I think that it may, with. out violating any principle, be fairly granted. We have not put this request on any legal right, but as a matter of indulgence. There are many parties involved in the inquiry who ought, I think, to have the indulgence, and I believe the bench will not be sorry to give an opportunity The .Mayor— The adjournment, you will reinern• ber, was made at the instance of the magistrates for a special purpose. Mr.Sern'e - ant Ballantine—l am quite aware of that, and I not say that I have any legal ground on which to make my application ; but, before yo u retire, allow me to say that if this case is proceeded with to-day I shall apply to have the other case— that againA the Messrs. Wilde and others —stand. in its order, and ask that what has been done in my absence may not be persisted in. The magistrates retired to consult in private. On their return, at the expiration of half an hour, The Mayor said--tie magistrates, considering that this is a criminal case, and not seeing that the ends of justice will be frustrated by the indulgence asked on the part of the defendant, are of opinion that the postponement solicited should be allowed. Mr. Power —Till when, sir The Mayer—Till the Bth of December. Opinions vary as to whether the ease, together with the summonses referring to Parliaentar matters, will really b o proceeded with on t m he day named. The general impression seems to be that POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 22. BOW-STREET. —MORE EVILS OF THE BUILDERS' DISPUTE.--Henry Billington, who de scribed himself as a carpenter, was brought before Mr. Jardine on a charge of creating a disturbance, and causing a mob to assemble, in King-street, Westminster. Charles Robjohn, a builder, residing in Isling ton, deposed—l was one of the witnesses examined for the prosecution on the appeal against the de cision of the magistrate, in the case of the man charged with intimidating Messrs. Piper's workmen. The appeal was heard this day, at the Sessions House, at Westminster, I left the court with some friends, and went along King-street, towards the Horse Guards, when the prisoner and sort% others beset us, calling out in a dreadful and menacing manner, " Yah,— Rob john," and " Piper." I walked on to the end of King-street, though I could scarcely get along for the crowd pressing round me, and seeing how it stood, I hailed a cab. But the mob was halloo ing and shouting so much that the cabman coulY not get near, the horse being frightened by the mob. The prisoner several times called out with great violence of manner, and excited the mob. I re ceived a blow from somebody. It was not very important, but it was very annoying. Mr. Jardine—What do you'mean by saying that he excited the mob P I suppose they used the same sort of expressions you spoke of ? Witness—Yes, sir, and whenever they left off he began again, and set them on again. At the cor ner of Whitehall I saw a constable and complained to him. He said if I would point out any of the ringleaders he would take them into custody, and having observed the prisoner as one of the . ring leaders, I did -point him out, and the constable took him. We then went back to the station house in King-street. Mr. Jardine—Did the mob then disperse ? Witness—The greater portion did, but some fol bwea us back to the station-house. Mr. O'Brien, clerk to the court—thd the pri soner anything to do with the trial ? Witness----Not that I am aware of. James Luke Mason, a joiner, who was with the complainant, corroborated his evidence, and added that some other violent and insulting expressions (which he mentioned) were used by the prisoner and others in a rough and boisterous manner. There were several hundred persons assembled. Ills name was mentioned, and he was asked, " What is your number ?" Police Thresb,• 202 A, deposed—At about half past two o'clock this afternoon I was on duty in Whitehall, and saw a crowd of 200 or 300 people in Kiw;-strect, fullo« ing the• complainant, and shouting at him. lie called a cab, but the cabman could not get near him, for his horse being fright ened, started off in a contrary direction. There was p,ro.at disturbance, such as was calculated to cause alarm, not only to the persons followed and hooted, but also to other persOns who might be passing by. The traffic was completely stopped. The prifoner having been pointed out to me as a ringleader, 1 took him in charge. Mr. Jardine (to the prisoner)—Well, what do you say to this ? The Prisoner—Well, sir, the fact is, a friend of mine, who was formerly at Piper's, came to me in a public-house where I was sitting, and said, " There they are, coming out, let us just go and give 'cm a rowing." So, having worked there many years, I did go ou t, not thinking any harm. But I neyersaid any more than "It9bjohn"and " Piper," the object of the postponement is to enable the par ties concerned to gain time, with a view to a com promise. It does not seem probable that the whole truth will be known in reference to bribery in Norwich until the appointment of a Royal Com mission. THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the Gazette of last evening.) VAR-OFFICE, Nov. 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officer, rim-commissioned officer and private, o f h er M a j esty ' s 3 2d Regiment of _ Foot, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by them at Lueknow, in India, as recorded against their several names, viz.:— Lieutenant (now Brevet-Major) Samuel Hill Lawrence, 32d Regiment—For distinguished bravery in a sortie on the 7th of July, 1857, made, as reported by Major Wilson, late Deputy-Assistent Adjutant-General of the Lucknow- Gar iison, "for the purpose of examining a house strongly held by the enemy, in order to discover whether or not a mine was being driven from it." Major Wilson states that he saw the attack, and was an eye-witness to the great per sonal gallantry of Major Lawrence on the occasion, he being the first to mount the ladder, and enter the window of the house, in effecting which he had his pistol knocked out of his hand by one of the enemy; also for distinguished bravery in a sortie, on 26th Sept., 1857, in charging with two of his men, in advance of his company, and capturing a 9. pounder gun. _ - Corporal William Oxenham, 32d Regiment--For distin guished gallantry in saving tho life of Mr. Capper, of tho Bengal Civil Service, by extricating him from the ruins of a verandah which had fallen on him,' C6rporal Oxenham being for ten minutes exposed to a heavy fire, while doing so. Private William Dowling, 32d Regiment—For distin guished gallantry on the 4th July, 1857, in going out with two other men, since dead, and spiking two of the enemy's guns. He killed a Soubadar of the enemy by one of the guns. Also, for distinguished gallantry on the 9th of the same month, in going out again with three men, since dead, to spike one of the enemy's guns. He had to retire, the spike being too small, but was exposed tb the same danger. Also, for distinguished bravery, on the 27th September, 1857, in spiking an 18-pounder gun during a sortie, he being at the same time under a most heavy fire from the enemy. FROM TEE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir Henry John William Bentinck, K.C.8., to be one of tile Grooms-in-Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.8., resigned. . _ FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 18. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Isaac Winston as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, for the United States of America. WHITEHALL, Nov, 19. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto Robert Laurie, Esq., Norrey King of Arms, the office of Clarenceux King of Arms, and Principal Herald of the South East and West parts of England, vacant by the decease of James Pulman, Esq., late Clarenceux. 'the Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colo nel James Erederick Dudley Crichton Stuart to be her Ma jesty's Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Bute, in the room of Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart, Esq. (commonly called Lord Patrick James Herbert Crich ton Stuart), deceased. WHITEHALL, Nov. 21. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James Skinner Mackenzie to the Church at Carnoch, at Strath conan, in the presbytery of Dingwall, and shiTe of Ross, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. James Cameron Lees, late Minister thereof, to the Second Charge of the Abbey Parish of Paisley. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Worcester—Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts Foley, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Parker, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Cambridgeshire Militia—Ensign Joshua Brereton to be Lieutenant. 14th Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers —Charles John Brady, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Henry Jones, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Subdivision of Rifle Volunteers of Birks —Samuol Thomas George Evans, of Eton College, to be Ensign. Kent Artillery Volunteers-2d Company—William Hall, Esq., to be Captain •' William. Augustus Munn, Esq., to be First Lieutenant; John Farrars Crookes, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant ; William Parker Hoare, Esq., to be Honorary Surgeon. Kent Volunteer Rifles-Ist Subdivision—William Bris tow, Gent., to be Lieut enan t ; Thomas William Marchant, Gent., to be Ensign. The notices of Commissions in the Kent Artillery Vo lunteers and Volunteer Rifles, gazetted on the 11th Nov., as follows, viz.:—George Milner Schorley, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, should have been George Milner Scholey ; William Harrold Lordiston Barnott, Gent., to be Ensign, should have been William Harold Loodilow Barnett. Dundee Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ist Company—George Lloyd Alison, Esq., to be Captain ; John Jack, junior, Esq., to be Lieutenant; William Smith Stephen, Esq., to be Ensign. 2d Company—Patrick Anderson, Esq., to be Captain ; James Henderson,. Bell, Esq., to be Lieu tenant ; James Bell, junior, Esq., to be Ensign. 3d Company—David Pitcairn, Esq., to be Captain ; Alex. Ogilvy, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Peter Geddes .Walker, Esq., to be Ensign, 4th Company—Andrew Low, Esq., to be Captain • Robert Small, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Wm. Wylie Neish, Esq., to be Ensign. .6th Company— Alexander Anderson, Esq., to be Captain ; Henry Boase, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Alexander Bell, Esq., to be Ensign. 2d Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers —William Gray, Esq., to be Captain; George Lyon, Esq., to be Lieutenant; David Crighton, Esq., to be Ensign. 3d Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers—James Anderson Dick son, Esq., to be Captain • David Salmond, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Charles W. dorsair, Esq., to be Ensign. 4th Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers —James Muir, Esq., to be Captain; John A. Anderson, Esq., to be Lieutenant; David Corsar, Esq., to b e C ap t a i n. sth Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers—Major Thomas Renny Tailyour to be Captain ; Robert Smart, Esq., to be Lieute nant ; Andrew Greig, Esq., to be Ensign. Northumberland Regiment of Militia Artillery—Henry John Ryde, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers-9th Com pany (Wakefield)—Joseph Hulme Holdsworth, Esq., to be Captain; John Barff Charlesworth, Gent., to be Lieute nant; George William Alder, Gent, to bo Ensign. 11th Company (Leeds)—William James Armitage, Esq., to bb Captain; Abraham Horsfall, G en t., t o b e Li eutenant; Thomas John Kinnear, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Subdivi sion (North Cravon)—Walter Morrison, Gent., to be Lieu tenant ; John Ingleby, Gent., to be Ensign. MEMORANDUM.—West York Rifle Regiment of Militia— Her Majesty has been gracioxaly pleased to accept the re si;nat ion of the commissions held by Captain Robert Mow.. bray Darnell and Lieutenant Edward John Cooke. Her Majesty has also been pleased to permit Captain Darnell on his retirement to retain his rank, in consideration of his having served upwards of 19 years. BANKRUPTS. John Godfrey and John Daniel Delany, printers, Savoy street, Strand, to surrender Dec. 6, at half-past two, and Jan. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankuptcy. James Shaw and David Shaw, boiler makers, John street, Cambridge-heath, Middlesex, Dec. 2, at one, and Jan. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrutcy. Charles Harris, draper, Pangbourne, Barks, Dec. 5, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 2, at ono, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. IVleldrum Shepherd Christie, baker, Lisson-grovo, Dec 3 and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankr u pt cy . Charles Moody, cutler, Portsea, Dec. 3, at twelve, anc Dec. 29, a t t wo , at the ourt of Bankruptcy. John Barlow, earthenware dealer, Cobridge, Stafford shire, Dec. 5 and Jan. 93 at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis- trict Court. John Reynolds, yarn agent and yarn dealer, Manchester, Dec. 7 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. 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There was a l so a G erman me rchant, of go i standing, of wh om d a il y she solicited alms, '7 she never w en t empty from his store. He had 0 c ca - ,ion to borro w 300 dollars from a fellow-count ,- man. He fell sick, and was robbed of everythn.: he had. His debtors also failed to meet their obilite getions. When his note for 300 dollars was d ee on was unable to meet it. Instigated.by of European birth, the creditor by legal process P o r t him in gaol. Public institutions in lHayti erepri managed like public institutions elsewhere• heir soners must feed themselves, or be supPlied b V r tu- The utue friends, or failing to do so—starve. nate debtor nearly perished with . hunger. ; for- One day the poor old woman passed by 145 i d ; another Per s _. mer store. " Good day, good white," she said; but no one answered. She entered, but wa s ' immediately went up to the her good friend was in gaol, and why. She ' peror and walked before the porch. H e °a i w old and, attracted by her decrepid appearance, -le a the* her to come up. She was too feeble to asee e stairs. He sent down soldiers to carry her e ther, She was conducted into the audience °has — * and placed in a chair. , want t 0 " Are yeti the Emperor ?" she asked. "I speak with the Emperor." is . ` " Yes, old mother," said Soulouque ; " what ' that you want." an se " I come to ask justice," she said, gi ter a ta - . Palace of the ?el; Emperor was enraged. justly imprisoned.' hear e xpecte , . - e ,„ g 0 1 + hear The a plea against his own injustice, but told her '— on and he would hear her. o ath, " Sire," she beg an , " I was a s lave in I n t ",..one and you see I am feeble with old age now; 4 .,,, -; ot if• longer work, an d am a l most bli n d. I have e " — wai a; fered with hunger. Some time since there. ver r : . petit blanc (little white) who gave to a ll° . e sof day. He did n o t k now me. I never did W i o, favour, but he ne ver sen t me awa y withou t h a n :ger He fell sick ; I n ever suffered so often w ith meal as when the petit blanc was sick. When h a d, an d was sick he was ro bb e d o f ever ything he . debt. when he was w e ll again he could not pay his Another white put him in gaol. I know I nd Caw nt p. He is hungry now, and pay if he had moßey; but he is poor now an pry Siru p' ive him liberty again; do justice to the P s ': t in gaol. -Ati petit blanc." tor!: She told his 'Lune and the name of his ere ct - The Emperor was eploved. 4 1l "Never fear, old de moth y er m !" he said, "Pi"4ne shall be done to the petit blanc !" A told h et ' He sent a servant f or th e Empress, ati -- , Na g ' the story of the g o o d o ld negr ess. She , Zetbef h moved, and brought h er f oo d, and wine, an`Y ai enet When she went f rom th e palace she bau. Os, in her pocket whi c h s h e did not bring therei a nd Emperor sent f or t h e P rocura teur-Geruli, a he Ger' ordered hira.to issue a warrant of release. , ens ion man was released, b u t ex pressed his apP re ' that be would again be imprisoned. uleng lie • "Never fear," said the officer, 0 lives you shall never be imprisoned aga in. ~ w hile So COUIYTRY .11fARLETS. BRISTOL—Nov. 22. deic e, so: At the market to-day there was a good.attel, _ ra i n r a fair amount of business transacted. Prices I main unaltered from last week. The arrivals from Ireland 22• t % WIC and coastwise r eel 54 have been light. From foreign ports Ns e ha' ° 11+ 3 8,32 S qrs of wheat, 3,240 qrs beans, 958 qrs Pe BB 4 qrs of Indian corn, 11,233 sacks and 3,919 barrel s `i, if beati The exports in the same time comprise 1,57 0 qt . ° o foot' 213 qrs of oats, ' 639 qrs of Indian corn, loads of meal, 1,629 sacks and 2,101 barrels of flour. ', o af° . had fine and open weather. The trade bas beell * St our We had a fair attendance of millers and deidell,o market this morning, but little disposition to except evinced, and sales of wheat could not be effected ex ia, o r a decline of 2d per cental on the week. Oats, ostl ue flou r ley, beans, and peas met a slow sale at late rates' easier to buy. Indian corn neglected. th i s Ns .04 SHEFFIELD—Nov. 22. ci Ate fi l : The attendance at , our corn exchange was in ° ., m eet° day, We are tolerably supplied with wheat, whic. ot ,tiosi dull sale; but we make no alteration from th° (1 ! 1 • r ti e. . er io .., of last week. Fine heavy barley in request, noes s" . seriptions are more saleable. Beans and other sr changed. . Red wheat, pz.r load of 3 imperial bushels... l& GA to ° 2 1 0 8 : 61 White ..18s G cl iSo 4 I/ /7 . ..1s 6d t° 190 6d New red 71P /7 . . 1 83 °d t° Pi °a New white 1 9 71 " • 168 6dt° 13134 ... 1, na to ,-,, . 0 , 1 .- Beans '77 17 .44 v 30 Peas, per qr ..................... s od to ~s 04 Grinding barley, per qr. .................. 33s Od to 4 ' 04 38$ 3 29 Malting, ditto, ~ 23s Od to Of Oats ~ Millers' prices for flour—ls Gd, Is Bd, an d is 4 141 b. laans T dt h tit s , hu s ee h s ciofaweyw,oBf Balesprr ie au ti as dear. Beans and oats is dearer. Other arti c deeLasenE.ffdeEcpßtlevadS—hiiitaeeNryelosVoavhltedaal2t.e2asisdliibe,t,cteedde:ciligesiol:se ,ftrii fore. r _— NETCASTLE—Nov. 22. lig , Our market was pretty well attended this rnor l t ) ld 0: 0 there was a moderate supply of wheat, which full rates of last market. Maltint,o• barley w ar d. supply, at extrreme prices. Oats in better don scarce, and dearer. NORWICH CATTLE —Nov. sta. Iv. .Om o f . Of Our market to •day exhibited a good shoo „,,. fa. comprising Scots, shorthorns, Devons, and Ir"' lit business done, but a poor attendance. d; -- bell Scots, 5s to 5s 6d ; shorthorns 4s 6d to 5 6 colt phi to 4s Gd; Devons, 4s 6d to 5s shorthorns, (estimated Ni' . fat). Sheep—There were few sheep Fat beasts scarce, at 7s 6d to 8s Gd per stone. The b e l l sheep in demand at 39s to 40s per head. Ft' orlg/ 8s 6d per stone. t 400' fat r Pigs—A good supply. Store pigs 250 to / 7s Oo 8s 6d per stone. - ------------ ' ll rrs in the pelts:beep? 85 FOREIGN MAIL PACICSA • In the following table E signifies th a t letters ar e by evening mails from London, and 31 by morningApgvatchej in Lae ioi by evening mails from London, and 31 lowing table E signifies that 1ei."... ~..... Imo- - by 1110r1:011i. N e i DESTINATIONS. Despatch of Mails. Desi_____2 a .. Dec' te rort , of h :_i_i „.. ,,,,Ite. .: Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Dec. 12, ...... v Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New 01. Pc York No v.2s, E LiverP o ,.: Nov.. Canada, Ac. (by Canadn. pckt ) Nov. —, E Liverpou• _ Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- t De& S sion, and St. Helena Dec. 5, E DevonpOr China, Penang, and Singa- ec' S O pore, via Southampton M Southall* ~,c., Ditto, via Marseilles llonduras and Blewfields Gibraltar, via Southampton Nvo . 26, M SoutharnP. ove r India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, „ Dec . 6 Y via Southampton Dec. 3, 31 Southaral- Nov. .. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South- Nov. r ampton Nov.26, 31 South De c. .... Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, Dec• I and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Nov 28, 3J Southall'''. 2. 5 3lalta, Egypt, and Aden, via . Nov. 2 6 Southampton Nov. 26, M Southall* SO, Ditto, via Marseilles... • Deo.. N0v.26 . E ...... ) - Mexico and Havana ' Dec 2.31 Southall"' • •-• Newfoundland Nov. 19, E Cr Southanip. 0 'alwaY.•" 0 America (by British packet) Nov. 25, United States and British N. ~. /W. Ditto (by U. S. packet) ... 3, E SouthalllP• 10 West Coast of Africa, Ma. Nov.. „ Da* - 1• deira, and Teneriffe Nor. 23 E LivelV y West India, California, Vene- dia e zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey- op. ove r town, New Granada, &c. E Liverpoo' ...-• ------ BIRTHS. he wife HERBERT.—On the 16th inst., at Southampton, 1 0,.1 . 1., of Commander Ibal4:reodfearicakugAhtneort.ruther Herbert, di MACKINNON.—On the 17th inst , at Davenport, teh Jo ST fi E e 'sr ld E , lcs ferk ° s ll d e a f u ;p t t e a r i . n Mackinnon, A.D.C.f a daughter. i al• r y ens l: r f the I9th inst., " at the ItseesttV o gi 1 the wife of the Rev. Thonla Great Alliv WALKER.-011 the 16th inst., at Hil l Irouse, son, Bendel', the wife of G. H. W. Walker, Esq.) 0f 3 MARRIAGE S. 03 . if BINGHAM—LENNox.—On the 17th inst., at t. 6 ,,° ° ,. 1. 1 ! ;' 01 o Hanover-square, Lord Bingham, eldest son uf then LfenLnuoexa,n;,oKun.Ciießs.t,dtaoutohhetLad CeeibiaukCeaathnedrivuuatr .. 0 , begs Fir ' EN * Richmond. 0 .er of the TIP SUTTON— ' E SOP '' 000 a ,i,. Southwark, William Henry, eldest son of Jo _ f .sq.„of Bankside, to Elizabeth, fourth daughter u Stephens, F. —sq., of Union-street, 13orough• B . — On the 15th inst., at St. S,littutoij, B E ::: 1 swocNl.La-igroCerdn.o J. B. 2. l o 9 Bt p t h h ig E in i n n es A i s ti t y j, C anj‘ juor: S b ;u : N :d as E lE. b tth r ri_ j o r :o . k o e n l t i h o e l 7 9 , th inst ~ Lincolnshire, : ' a T'a t agßtTe u rdilc l 3 . 115'ha;Dol.agedRichard 11 7 5 1121 0 Ellison,llk ro r r J s o c : : H:N to T be_ n rt Hunter, aged 3d. . ' „ i ,„ re stos (o Lovr dd'ag t°ll ' ra t b ; roil Op . o — On J2hooetnh2e2sd,inEisitst.sq,t.,,aatagtelndsal7liensjEtonnd,, 311vra.10:oft, PO* ... 'LL. — On the 19th inst ,at the Rectory, C r .° l re ctor tlerefordshire, the Rev. 'Edward Lovell, 1 3 .' 1-. "' of that parish. VASS a A s L e L:6—i d On si ti d lt u l ry 9th G in i s o t u . at his T r e e s , i Cauca? 130(//‘ Ho . EN., aged 96. —oe- piet LONDON : Printed and Published by WIR D° 'II o. 1/2f of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er , at The ASten Otli ece, no ty ei Strand, in tho Precinct of the Savoy, in tb Middlesex, Wednesday, Novetnler.2l, 1559, D ee* e& l D N'of. Deo. 1 ~i A T ,' SE.4 l'' i 5