The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-11 00:00:00

THE NAVY. Rear-Admiral the Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, visited Chatham dockyard on Friday afternoon, for the purpose of inspecting the screw corvette Orpheus, 21, which is to be launched on the 23d inst., and the screw gun vessel Racehorse, 4, in dock, to be fitted for the steam reserve. After transacting some official business at the dockyard, his lordship returned to the Admiralty the same afternoon. The Channel Squadron, on its northern cruise, arrived at the mouth of the Firth of Forth on Thurs day afternoou, and on Friday forenoon steamed , up the Firth. It was fully expected elast the fleet would anchor is Leith roads, opposite Edinburgh, and great disappointment was felt when the splen did vessels, the finest ever seen in these waters,pro ceeded 8 or 10 miles higher up to the better en closed roadstead of St. Margaret's Hope. The upper part of the Firth chosen as the temporary anchor age of the fleet is about two miles in breadth, and enclosed by the cultivated and picturesque coasts of West Lothian and Fifeshire ; and the Channel being deep and broad, ample searoom is given for the evolution of the largest vessels, while the shelter is equal to that of any harh lur in the kingdom. The unprecedented spectacle of a squadron of the Royal Navy in the Firth of Forth had been looked for ward to with the deepest interest by the inhabi tants of Edinburgh and Leith, L ind immediately it was found that the fleet were to ass higher up the Firth steam tugs and little boats of all descriptions pursued them to their chosen anchorage. On Satur day also numerous steam vessels a.'id lesser craft sailed from Leith to Granton, carryin, passengers round the fleet, and causing an unwoiated stir iu the quiet roadstead of St. Margaret's lic . ne. The squadron are 14 in number—viz., the BA,lval Al bert, 121 guns, the flagship of Sir C. H. Fremantle, the Donegal, 101 ; the Conqueror, 101; , 411 e Edgar, 91; the Aboukir, 90; the Algiers, 91 ; ths' 4 Trafalgar, 90; the Mars, 80; the Centurion, 80; the Mersey, 40; the Diadem, 32; the Ariadne, 26; the Greyhound, 17; and the Flying Fish, 6. In St. Margaret's Hope there has also been for some time stationed the Edinburgh, 60 guns, as a training ship. Several sick seamen were conveyed from on board the Royal Albert to Leith Hospital on Fri day evening. The squadron is expected to remain about a week in the Firth. Sir John Liddell, C. 8., M.D., F.R.S,, Director- General of the Medical Department of the Navy, arrived at the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar on Saturday, for the purpose of making his annual inspection. The Eagle, 50, sailing Coastguard frigate, Capt. Edward Tatham, arrived at Spithead during the night of Saturday from Milford, attended by the Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander James M. Bruce. At 8 a.m. yesterday the Eagle saluted the flag of Commander-in -Chief H. W. Bruce, the Victory flagship returning the compliment. The officers and crew of the Eagle will be transferred to the Blenheim, 60 screw. The Trincomalee, 24, fitting at Chatham for a training ship for the Naval Coast Volunteers, has been taken alongside the sheer hulk to have her armament put on board, which will consist of ten 32-pounders, each of 50 cwt., and six 8-inch guns, each of 52 cwt., to be distributed on her main deck. The Wrangler, 4, screw gun-vessel, Commander H. H. Beamish, arrived fat Spithead yesterday morning from the eastward. The screw steamship St. George, 90, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton, at Devonport, will be ready for sea about the 24th inst. The Diligence, naval storeship, was towed out of Portsmouth harbour on Saturday to Spithead. She is under orders for Devonport. The Stork gunboat, tender to the Excellent gun nery-ship at Portsmouth, steamed up Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, and made practice at the Briton target-ship, moored on the mud lands in Porchester Lake. At the end of the firing the old frigate was sunk at her moorings. The iron steam storeship Supply, 2, Master Com mander W. H. Balliston, from Woolwich, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday evening. The paddlewheel steam-frigate Terrible,2l, Capt. Frederick H. H. Glasse, from Malta, is hourly ex pected at Plymouth with the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir :Arthur Fanshawe, K.C.B. The steam screw gun-vessels Pigeon and Linnet, built by contract at Sunderland and launched on Thursday last, are ordered to be sent to Chatham, where they are to be surveyed, coppered, and fitted for the steam reserve. The following appointments were made on Sa turday at the Admiralty :—George Wynhall, pro moted to the rank of first class assistant-engineer in the Bustard ; John Langrish, promoted to the rank of first class assistant-engineer in the Corn wallis, for service in the Ruby ; Thomas Witt, promoted to the rank of first class assist.-engineer in the Fisgard, for service in the Bann ; John Lowrie, promoted to the rank of first class assist.- engineer in the Nile ; and Thomas Huard, promoted to the rank of first-class assist.-engineer in the Wasp. THE ARMY. The draught of the 44th Regiment, under orders for China, and consisting of two officers and 90 men, will leave the camp at Colchester in'afew days, It is expected that Col. Wood, commandant of the troops in the Colchester camp, will shortly be pro moted to the rank of Major-Wneral. The Inspector-General of Fortifications is ex pected at Great Y a rmouth shortly on .an official visit. A letter from the War-office states that the proposed batteries at Pakefield, near Lowestoft, will probably not, be proceeded with at present. The, 10th and 15th brigades, Goast Brigade of Royal Artillery, stationed at Portsmouth and Gos port, will be officially inspected to-day and to morro-w by Major-Gen. Bloomfield, R.A. The Portsmouth division of Royal Marine Light Infantry and Artillery will be officially inspected •to-morrow and Wednesday by the Adjt.-General, Major-Gem S. R. Wesley. The Hon, Artillery Company will be inspected by their Capt.-Gen. and Colonel, his . Royal Highness the Prince Consort,' on the 22d of June inst. Orders have been received at the Royal Engineer Establishment, Chatham, for Capt. J. E. Comes to proceed from head-quarters to Aldershott Camp, to take the command of the 35th Company of Royal Engineers; and Lieut. S. H. Wilson, Plymouth, to serve with the Royal Engineers at that station. The military invalids who arrived at Gravesend from India. on Friday, in the East India troopship King Philip, 1,350 tons, Capt. Carey, were landed at Castomhouse-quay on Saturday morning, and forwarded the same day to Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, for medical inspection. The King Philip embarked 243 invalid troops at Calcutta, on the 20th of February, and sailed the following day, touching at the Cape of Good• Hope on the 21st of April, to embark passengers, and sailing on the 28th of the same month, St. Helena being sighted on the Bth ult. The passage to the Thames occu pied 107 days. The sick and wounded troops belong to the following corps :—viz, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), 17th Lancers, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Ist battalion :3d Buffs, Ist battalion 1 3th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, Ist batta lion 2 0th, Ist battalion 23d (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) 34 th,__ 35th, 38th, 54th, 61st 71st (Highland Light I nfantry), 73d, 75th, 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 88th (Connaught Rangers), 90th (Lig ht Infantry), 2 9 d (Highlanders), 93d (Highlanders), and 97th (Earl of U . ste ' and 2d battalions Regiments, and the Ist Rifle B rigade. The o ffi cers who arrived in charge of troo ps were Capt. D. Macpherson, 417. d. HighlanderL' 6th Regiment ; :Lieut. C. J. H. iioNN eut d . W. Smith, High landers; Ensigm S. G. M'Dakin, 42d Highlanders; Assistant-Surge Assistant-Surgeon T. M. O'Brien, 13th Light In fantry; and A: iSistaut-Surgeon T. gylv V.C., 23d Fusiliers. During the passageeter, s eight deaths of x.,urred on board, including Lieut . Dawes, 37th M hdras Native Infantry, who was re turning to Eng) land on sick leave, two men of the 13th Light In' Pantry, one of the 34th, one of the 37th, one of th 75th, one of the 38th, and one of the Rifle Briga fie. Most of the invalid troops have served in India-, during the whole of the mutiny . il y.iries at and many of them rece i v ed wounds or Lucknow and Caw n p ore. After the ti ',sops had been inspected by the medical staff at Fort Pat, ' 4 :u noncommissioned officers and men we re ad. 'flitted into hospital for medical treatment, and the' re mainder sent to the invalid establishment. The Northumberland Artillery arrived in Cork on Monday morning from England, with the staff and band, and proceeded to Kinsale, where it its to' be stationed for the present. TRIAL TRIP OF THE GREAT EASTE.RN The fourth—and we believe we may now vent are to say the last—trial trip of this vessel, previous to her departure for New York, took place durielg Saturday and yesterday. The trial was only of short duration, merely extending to a run of 12 hours out to sea and 12 hours back, and was under taken more to ascertain the working completeness of the various changes that have been made in the machinery than with the view of testing the vessel's speed. The speed, however, was tested, and showed, as every one anticipated, from the very foul state of the vessel's bottom, a most consi- 1 derable diminution in the rate attained during the trips of last year. As regards the machinery, how ever, everything went pretty well and easily, and in this important respect the trial was regarded by all the engineers and professional and scientific men on board as satisfactory. Some trifling adjustments, 1 which will scarcely occupy a day to snake, and which could only be known by actually working the ship, will be made in the course of to-day and Tuesday, when the passenger certificate of the Board of Trade will be granted, and the vessel at last be declared ready for sea. During the period that has elapsed since the works in connection with this vessel were last noticed great progress has been made. Both in her external appearance and her internal accommodation and fittings, the Great Eastern now presents a very different aspect com pared with the time when she first steamed up to her moorings in Southampton-water, in November last. The huge, black, coffin-like hull has now its sombre massiveness relieved by a broad streak of white, which, making an easy curve from stem to stern, gives lightness to her appearance, and shows eff her beautiful lines to perfection. Th e row of black chimneys, which also disfigured her, have bee.‘ painted cream colour, and these changes, With othersl as to the colour of her yards , ma ke her look li g ht a ,nd yacht-like, and more after the style of our sw ift se ,:loing packets than it seemed possible to produce LI a vessel of such colossal proportions. In more stele s t an tial improvements the change is id more mare. he un even greater ea unsightly deck, which former,.ly leaked at k ev d ery T seam s and which, both ix regard te` fittin g and material,' was worse than is seen even in small coasters. has been made tolerably good. It is not in the power of shipwright ever to make this et really good deck, but it has cer tainly been infinite sr improved. It is now, at least, perfectly water-tight, well caulked, reduced to a fair level, and when scraped and varnished will pass muster well enough. Dee wheel-house, which so s poilt the look of the stern of the vessel, has been re moved, and the steering gear en ti r ely reconstructed .. on a new principle. Four wh, els are now fitted, so that 32 men can be employed, i s a case of necessity, iu very stormy weather. Eight mSII I , however, have as yet been found ample to steer -with the greatest ease. A tiller has also been fitted .on the lower deck ; four very fine additional lifeboato have been added to those already carried, and ali the boats forward of the paddle-boxes have, in caropliance with the wish of Board of Trade officers, been hung inboard, so as to be out of danger in case of heavy seas striking the bows. The india-rubber packing has been removed from between the lowest flanges of the iron masts, and replaced with wedges of hornbeam, and iron gratings have been fixed o ver the skylights of the saloons. With regard to the engines, the boilers have been made self-feeding by the use of Giffard's injector, though the paddle boilers can also be fed from the donkey engines, and, in addition, the new feed-pumps attached to the screw engines furnish enough water to supply all the boilers in the ship. The piston rods of the paddle engines have been strengthened by lengthening the stuffing boxes, and the dangerous vibration in the air-pump rods relieved by easing the stiffness of the buckets. It was also intended to strengthen them still further with a sliding truss, but this has not -been done, -and thus, either at starting or stopping the paddle engine, both rods still vibrate at times with a rapidity that is dangerous. Galleries of com munication have been cutthroughthe iron bulkheads and fitted with water-tight doors ; the coal bunkers have been better ventilated, and fitted with tubes for testing the temperature of the fuel at all times. Ad ditional fire-pumps have been placed on deck, and the wooden casings of the funnels enlarged to give a better draught of air, keep the saloons cool, and the wood free from any danger of ignition. A screw tunnel along the screw shaft has also been made of iron, rivetted like one piece to the iron bulkheads and deck beams of the ship, and this, with longitu dinal bands of wrought iron, and extra girders of immense strength and thickness under the cargo deck, has made the whole hull of the vessel as strong as it can ever be made with iron. As regards the fittings of the saloons below, still greater I mprovements have been made, The dreary expanse of whitewashed iron-work, which, instead of making a feature of the construction, made it a disfigurement, his disappeared, and the dining saloons have been painted to resemble bird's-eye maple, and the arched crossribs of t he ceilin g marked with lines of blue and gold. In fact, all the improvements which were suggested by the Board of Trade, or which the experience of the trial trips made last year showed to be wantin g , have been carefully effected, and whatever shortcomings now remain are only mere defects of construction, and ones which are never likely to be removed. These defects, however, it must be understood, relate only to the size and want of light of some of the lower deck cabins, and to the whole ship for its size being under-powered in her steam machinery. In all that concerns the comfort or safety of passengers every thine. that could be done has been done, and the Great Eastern ought to be now as good and well found a passenger ship as ever quitted the United Kingdom. To those acquainted with her condition last year it will be a matter of surprise that so much has been accomplished in so short a time, and this successful result is mainly due to the untiring ex ertions of Mr. Bold, and since his appointment to Captain Vine Hell. To the reputation and exer tions of the latter gentleman is it owing that the Great Eastern is now better officered and better manned than almost any other passenger steamship afloat. It was expected that the Great Ship would have slipped her moorings and stood out to sea early on Saturday morning, but a variety of trivial cir cumstances which always occur on such occasions delayed her departure till nearly lin the day. Before that time a small party of noblemen and gentlemen had come on board, among whom were all the di rectors of the company, th Earl of Shelburne, Lord Colville, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Lord Dun sany, Hon. James Howard, Hon. Ralph Dutton, :LP., Mr, Saunders, of the Great Western Railway, Mr. Appold, Captain Heath, R.N., Mr. Henty Brunel, Professor Froude, Mr. J. Dillon, Captain Mangles, chairman of the South-Western Railway, Mr. G. Train, Colonel Baker, Rev. Mr. Nicholson, &c. Captain Robertson, R.N., chief surveyor of the Board of Trade, with Mr. Murray and Mr. Ruby, were present on behalf of the Board of Trade, to watch the result of the trial previous to the ves sel receiving lair passenger certificate. Steam was got up in all the boilers early in the day, but it was 2 o'clock before all was ready for departure, when the moorings were slipped, and the paddles and screw turned so gently ahead that the vessel was actually under way and stealing through the water almost before any one on board was aware of the start. The day was wet and squally, and a drizzly mist, half rain, half wind, made anything like sea cruising about as unpleasant as could well be con ceived. This fact, coupled with the secrecy which had been maintained about all relating to the trial, checked anything like a demonstration in the way of boats aseembling to witness the departure. Only one of the Ryde packets kept alongside for a mile or so, and now and then the crew of a yacht or cutter gave a cheer, but beyond such recognitions, few and far between, the Great Eastern left her moorings almost unheeded. Rounding Calshott Castle the vessel was kept so close in shore, and turned with such marvellous ease anL2 rapidity, as to excite to the utmost the astonishment and admi ration of Mr. Murp onhy, the New York pilo t, who was on board, and who, seeing how much she was "in hand," at once expressed his belief that the Great Eastern could go anywhere where there was water. From Calshott she wound her way slowly past Cowes and Ryde, through Spithead, and round the south coast of the Isle of Wight, passing close in by the green hills and picturesque valleys of Ventnor, over which the rich undulations of the Undercliffcould be clearly seen. The condition or trim of the ship was not considered favourable to her speed, inasmuch as she was five feet lower by the stern than the bows, and her best trim for sailing is on a level keel. Her draught of water was 21 feet 2 inches forward, and 26 feet 1 inch aft,—a greater depth by nearly two feet than she has ever yet been to sea with. The immersion of the wheels was 20 inches more than hitherto, and the screw was so well down that all but abcut two inches of the topmost fan was com pletely under water. . Leaving the Isle of Wight on the starboard quar ter, and keeping out about 30 miles from lan d, the Great Eastern steamed slowly down the coast for the Start Light. The orders were given to keep both screw and paddles going easily a-head at little more T SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1860, than half sr , - - r ed till all had got into regular working order- . Then the paddles started, when clear of the land, at about seven revolutions and the screw at 24 —a rate of speed which was only gradually increased during the night, when the former engines rose to a little over eight and the 'screw to 27. At this rate all went very easily and well, the vessel going at 9or 9) knots. The injector pipes for feeding the boilers, however, were soon found to be scarcely large enough for the duty, and the paddle boilers accordingly had to be fed from the donkey engines. It was also quickly ascertained that the new wooden casings for the forward funnels, and which were intended to assist in getting rid of the hot air, did not work at all, for all hint air was most effectually kept inside the casing itself, which heated to such a degree as to require constant watching in case of accidents. The forward pair of boilers also of the paddles were more or less troublesome throughout the night, and, in- deed, during the whole trip. They were con stantly " priming," as it is termed, which means boiling so fiercely as occasionally to send the water as well as steam along the steam-pipe into the cylinders, —an intrusion which, though not dangerous, is very annoying to engineers, and one which the piston itself resents by thump ing on the bottom of the cylinder with astounding bangs. This priming, as the pressure of steam was not over 171 b., and the firing was moderate, was at first difficult to account :for, till it was ascer tained that the water in this pair of boilers had been in them for the last two or three months, and the boilers themselves were very dirty from disuse — two causes quite sufficient to account for priming to any extent. Beyond such slight incidents as these, nothing of any note occurred. The night fell as the Bill of Portland was passed, and the lights of the Magdalena could be seen glimmering occa sionally over the waves as she steamed down Chan nel for the West Indies. Soon after 11 o'clock the heat of the woodwork round the forward funnels seemed to increase greatly, till the smell of its scorching became quite apparent. The upper part of the casing which impeded the ventilation was therefore at once broken away, and, free egress being thus given to the hot air round the funnel, no further uneasiness was felt. At the suggestion of Capt. Robertson, of the Board of Trade, this woodwork will be entirely removed, and replaced ' by an iron lattice work, which will, of course, give free egress to the hot air, and run no danger of ignition, no matter what the heat. At one o'clock a.m. on Sunday the Great Eastern was abreast of the Start Light, when the helm was put hard over, and the bilge vessel, even at slow speed, turned com pletely round in a small circle in little over seven minutes. During this turn, as throughout the trial, there was a total absence of the uneasy wagging motion of the stem and stern which was so often felt last year. Its disappearance now was attributed entirely to the additional girders and diagonal bracings which have been latterly put in, and which with the screw tunnel render the whole ship as rigid as a bolt. On Sunday, at six a.m., Mr. M'Lennan, the chief engineer, who had never for an instant quitted the engine-room from the time she started, gave orders to get up steam for full speed. No one anticipated any very great results from this, as even by looking over the side the effect of the foul bottom in dragging the water could be distinctly seen extending as far as a foot from the vessel's side. By steady firing the amount of steam was gradually increased, and the revolution of the paddles rose from 8 to 101, and the rscrew from 27 to 39, but beyond this rate it seemed im possible to get them. On the last run round from Holyhead to Southampton the screw worked easily at 43 revolutions and the paddles at 12, and for a short time at 121, at which time the vessel ran a clear 16 knots an hour. Yes terday, however, partly owing, we suppose, to the increased depth of the ship—two feet—and partly to the weedy condition of the bottom, nothing ap proaching this result could be obtained. Neither screw or paddle ever went at a greater rate than the revolutions we have mentioned, and the greatest speed never exceeded 124 knots an hour. An ave rage of 121 knots, however, was maintained with great ease and steadiness, the only annoyance aris ing from the priming of the forward pair of boilers. There seemed, also, some difficulty in getting a full amount of steam, of which it was said the engines required at least two pounds more pressure than could be given to them, even with quick firing. The patent log and the ship's log, and the run ac cording to the chart, all gave the same result— namely, a distance of 50 miles from 6 a.m. till 10 in the forenoon, or an average of exactly 121 knots an hour, the last two hours being made against a two-knot tide. Soon after 10 o'clock the ship was again abreast of Ventnor, and under the charge of the same pilot, Mr. Bowyer, who has always taken her up the Southampton ;Water. She was as easily steered through Spithead and round Calshott Castle back to her moorings as if she had been a yacht. After passing Cowes the weather same on thick, with squalls and heavy rain, yet it made no diffe rence in her management in such a narrow chan• nel, and before one o'clock she was again securely fastened to those moorings which have held her so securely through all the terrific gales of the past. winter. The result of the trial trip showed the vessel was with trifling alterations really in good sea-going trim, and the directors at once met and determined that the ship should start for New York on Saturday morning next. This decision was come to on the understanding that Mr. Lung ley, the contractor, could complete whatever details of work remain to do by Wednesday, as Captain Hall, we believe, most wisely asks three clear days before starting to look after his crew and get them all accustomed to their proper stations in the huge ship. No over-anxiety to save a day should be allowed to weigh in the balance against any re• quest, not only so prudent, but so necessary as this, and no delay would be better borne both on this and the other side of the Atlantic than one required to organize and accustom the crew to their places. The crew, however, it must in justice be mentioned, is said to be an unusually fine one. It is confidently anticipated the voyage to New York will be made less than 10 days, which, from Southampton, would be a very good run. It is intended to take the Great Eastern over the bar, and moor her in the 1 river in the very middle of New York. .PARLI4IIIENTARY COMIIII7TEES. EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. The select committee appointed to inquire into the best means of providing for the increased traffic of the metropolis by the embankment of the Thames, re-assembled on Friday—Sir J. Paxton in the chair. Mr. Jonathan Thorpe, common councilman and chairman of the Thames Conservancy Board, on be half of the conservators, explained the jurisdiction of the conservators and the various improvements which they are now carrying out. The conserva tors were strongly favourable to the embankment of the Thames, provided it were not carried so far into the river as to interfere with the tidal water. Mr. Roupell—What is the nature of the river improvement you are carrying out ? Mr. Thorpe—We are dredging the entrance to some new docks, and have the dredger employed opposite Lambeth Palace, and at Staines Lock and Twickenham. We have recently placed a portion of the shore opposite Lambeth Palace upon an in cline. The work was simply done as an experi ment to fill up some mud holes, and try whether it would have the effect of preventing the accumula tion of mud on the foreshore. The result has been perfectly satisfactory. By Lord J. Manners—The river between Vaux hall and Chelsea-bridgg has been embanked on the Middlesex side but not on the other side. By nar rowing the bed of the river a greater scour would be given. The conservators would not object to a n embankment sufficiently wide to carry a road 100 feet in width. By Mr. Walter—Such a line would leave a por tion of the bed of the river uncovered at low water. He would not state at present what line the con servators would prefer. Captain Burstal, R.N., was the next witness. He said he was secretary to the Thames Conser vancy Board, and had been intimately acquainted with the river since 1832. He had been employed upon many of the Admiralty surveys, and had been engaged in ascertaining what change had taken place with reference to the foundations of West minster-bridge. There had been a general deepen ing of the river above London-bridge, and a lower ing of the water surface of the river. He had established a series of observations for the purpose whether a the a r high ious p water laecs level v eaetu ot a f i ascertainingnecl he s ame London-bridge and Woolwich, and the result was that the tideway reached the same height at all places. All the observations he had made went to show that the velocity of the stream varied with the sectional area. The Chairman —Have you ever directed your attention to the propriety of embanking the Thames? Capt. Burstal replied that he had, and that he did not think it would affect the rise of the tide. Whether it would be for the advantage of the river must depend upon the description of embankment, and how far it pnjected into the river. If suffi cient room were allowed for the ordinary waterside traffic, he did not think it would be objectionable, but should not like to give any opinion in the ab• since of plans. In any scheme as much tidal water as possible should be reserved. He did not think any harm would be done to the wharfingers if sufficient space were allotted to them outside the embankment. If sufficient space were provided for them within the embankment they would be more safe than they were at present. He had no doubt that if the embankment were made sufficiently wide the traffic of the Strand and Fleet-street would be greatly relieved. If the river were contracted by an embankment, the tide would run at the rate of about three miles an hour. There would be no occasion for a solid embankment ; but if the mud were allowed to accumulate in an open embank ment, it might become very offensive. A solid em bankment, with sufficient accommodation for the waterside traffic, would be the best. Mr. Scott, chamberlain to the City, was then . examined. He stated that the produce of the coal duty in 1857, after allowing the drawback, was £128,886 ; in 1838 it was £131,650 ; in 1859 it was £135,368. There had been a steady increase since the duty was first levied. The charges upon the duty were £30,186 for improvements at the West end ; £BB,OOO for improvements in Clerkenwell ; and £35,000 for the Metropolitan Board of Works in relation to improvements in Covent-garden. In May, 1861, the Bd. duty would be free from charge, and the duty would cease unless Parliament placed some fresh charges upon it. There was some doubt whether 4d. out of the Bd. would not be continued, inasmuch as it was imposed by the act of William and Mary for ever. Since the duty had been levied very large sums had been ex pended on metropolitan improvements. There was a prescriptive duty of 4d. on coals mentioned in a charter of James 1., and confirmed by several acts of parliament. For the three years ending 1859 the produce of that duty was £66,056 per year. The charge upon that duty was £890,000 for various purposes, and would absorb the duty for the next 20 years. The corporation considered this duty their own property, and dealt with it as they thought proper. There was a third duty of ld., which had been relinquished by the corpora tion and made over to the Woods and Forests for metropolitan improvements. The produce of that duty in 1859 was £17,076. He thought a portion of the expenses of the embankment ought to fall upon the imperial exchequer. The corporation had proposed to embank the river at their own expense 'rom Battersea-bridge to Blackwall. The committee then adjourned.. LAWINTELLIGENCE—June 9. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. BARNES T. BROWN.-EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LIBEL. This was an action for libel in charging the plaintiff, a young widow, with having committed adultery with a married surgeon. The defendant first pleaded Not Guilty, and, se condly, a justification. . . Mr - . Edwin James, in stating the case to jury. said the plaintiff was a widow, residing at Hor sham, and complained of a libel written and pub lished by the defendant, with whom she had lived as nursemaid at the same place. The libel com plained of was contained in a letter written by the defendant to Mr. Britton, a practitioner at Brighton, and a friend of Mr. Burroughs, and was as follows : " Dear Sir,—l was sorry I was not at home when you visited this place in your rounds. I have much pleasure in enclosing you a cheque for £l, the amount of the accompanying bill. You have been made acquainted with the disgraceful conduct of Mr. Burroughs in his turning his wife out of his house, I suppose; and, to cover his shameful cruelty and brutality, he turns round on her and attempts to make her, with myself, the scapegoat of his intrigues with my nurse. Only think of a man vindicating the character of my nurse by aspersing the character of his own wife's. I trust you are doing tolerable in business and to your satisfaction, and believe me, yours truly, " J. CaLLis BROWN." The learned counsel then called the following witness in support of the plaintiff's case : Mrs. Rebecca Barnes deposed—l am the plaintiff. lam a widow. My husband died about three years and a half ago. Dr. Burroughs was called in to attend my baby after my husband's death. I was obliged to obtain a situation for a livelihood, and Dr. Burroughs introduced me to the defendant, who was residing with him and had two children. I was engaged by the wife of Dr. Burroughs and the defendant, and understood that I was to take the entire charge of the children. I entered their estab lishment in January, 18.59. Dr. Burroughs had one child, and Dr. Brown, the defendant, had two chil dren. I occupied two rooms in the house, which formed the nursery and bedroom in Dr. Burroughs' house. The defendant occupied one large bedroom near the top of the house. The little girl always slept with me. At first I had nothing to do with Dr. Burroughs's. child, The defendant and his family lived in the house. Whilst there I had fre quent conversations with the defendant ; his re marks on several occasions attracted my attention. He said Dr. Burroughs was very jealous of him because: he sat by the side of Miss Moon in the dining-room. He said Mrs. Burroughs was a very superior woman to Dr. Burroughs, and would have been a different person if she had married a person more proper for her. In September, 1859, I had occasion to go into Dr. Brown's bedroom, as was usual. I always attended to his room. I did not expect to find him there ; it was about three o'clock in the afternoon. On going in I saw Mrs. Burroughs and the defendant standing there. Dr. Brown had his arm on Mrs. Burroughs's shoulder. I hurried away directly. Mrs. Burroughs came down after wards and said Dr. Brown had been taking the model of her mouth. (Laughter.) Mrs. Burroughs is about 30 years of age, and of attractive appear ' ance. When I went into the room Dr. Brown saw me; Mrs. Burroughs's back was towards me. A fire occurred in the cook's and housemaid's room afterwards ; it took place at night, and some articles were destroyed; it happened through the carelessness of the servants in not putting out the candle. No familiarity of any kind or sort ever occurred between me and Dr. Burroughs ; he never made any improper addresses to me. I after this observed a difference in Mrs. Burroughs's con duct towards her husband. She would not go out for a ride with him, but wanted the carriage for herself, and that the defendant might drite her out. Her conduct attracted the attention of the servants. On the 13th of December, 1859, the defendant left the house. He came to me about an hour before he left the house, He said he should go, and I told him I should leave also. He begged of me to stay till the morning with the children. He asked me to go and see Mrs. Burroughs, but I declined, as she would not see me in the morning. She was ill, or pretended to be ill. She left her husband's house the next day. Mrs. Burroughs told me she had telegraphed to Dr. Brown to come back and put I)r, Burroughs to rights. (Laughter.) I left the house before Mrs. Burroughs. He sent for the children the next morning, and they . left, Mrs. Burroughs leaving iu the afternoon of the 14th. Mr. Burroughs's brother took the little boy, her son Elton, with him, and Miss Smith left with Mrs. Burroughs. I was asked to remain, but I declined, unless I could have a friend to stay with me, and my mother came. I first heard of the letter containing the libel about a week after Mr. Burroughs received it. Before the defendant left the house he did not make any charge against my character. He paid me my wages, and told me to send to him if I wanted anything. He said he must put the children to school. He said I must go as well, as affairs were. I have since resided with my mother and family at Horsham. Cross-examined. —My brother spoke to me about the letter. I believe this is my action. My brother has managed the matter for me. Mr. Burroughs has not spoken to me about it. I have heard his wife is suing him in the Divorce Court for his adultery with me, and I am very sorry to hear it. I do not know that it was brought a month or six weeks before this action was brought in my name. Mr. Frank Burroughs came to Horsham the night Dr. Brown left. The latter went to an hotel. Dr. Burroughs wanted putting to rights as he refused to let her have a large party at Christmas. I believe the quarrel took place about Miss Smith, and not about me. Miss Smith is an elderly lady. She said Mrs. Bur roughs had shook her hand in her face. He was not at that time about turning her out of the house. I)r. Burroughs said he could not afford another party ; that she wanted it for Dr. Brown, and he must pay for it. The cook and housemaid left the same day I did. My clothes were packed up, and I thought I was going to leave for good. I returned, however, the same evening with my master. Dr. Burroughs and Prior, the groom, were all that were present. I did not promise Mrs. Burroughs that I would not return. I slept in the servant's room on the second floor with my mother. I was one floor lower than usual. I remained in the house the next day. Dr. Brown came to remove some of his goo d s. lie did not knock at the kitchen door, nor find it was locked. I was in the kitchen when he came. My mother, Dr. Burroughs, and Dr. Thomas were there. They were not smoking and drinking. They were having tea. I did not kno ,v that Mrs. Bur roughs had,six months before complained of Dr. Burroughs's familiarity with me. She complained on one occasion that she had seen him leave my room, but 00 speaking to her about it she said, " I exonerate you in every way ; I saw him come from Prior's room." Ido not know if he was in his shirt at the time. The following morning he said loudly to me, " Mrs. Barnes, did I come to your room last night? Mrs. Burroughs accuses me of it." Dr. Brown said lie did not believe it, and on my pro posing to leave he asked me to stay, saying that it was only Mrs. Burroughs's jealous disposition. Dr. Burroughs deposed—l went in partnership with Dr. Thomas about three years ago. I h ave known the defendant for 19 years. Having lost his wife in 1858 he came on a visit to me, and he pro posed to give £5 a week for himself, two children) and an attendant. I acceded to the proposal, and he came with me in October, 1858. I have been _ _ married to my wife 14 years. She is 32 years of age. I have one child. I did not know the plain tiff before the defendant eame with me. I became acquainted with her from attending the family. My practice took me away from home in the day. After the defendant came to reside with me my wife's conduct changed, and I remonstrated with her. Dr. Brown left my house suddenly, because he came into the room where I was sitting with my brother, shook his fist in my face, said I was a villain, and was killing my wife. I said I would kick him out of the house. My brother took him by the arm and led him out. My wife left the next day. I went in search of her, and found her in lodgings in Guildford-street, Russell-square. She returned with me. She said she had made a quarrel between us, and should not be satisfied until she had brought him back. I said I would not allow him to enter the house again. She frequently spoke to me of his coming back, and about three weeks after she came home she sent to me by Miss Smith a slip of paper, on which I was to give my answer, permitting her to visit her cousin staying at some hotel in the Strand. I said she might, provided Miss Smith went with her. They started towards evening of that day, and I have not seen her since. She never wrote to me to tell me where she was. They took my little boy with them. I received a letter from my little boy, who is nine years of age. It came in an envelope addressed, in my belief, in Dr. Brown's disguised hand. The letter is dated 9th, and the post mark January 10th. I went to Southend to search for my wife, and from informa tion I received I have reason t o believe she had been there with the defendant. I took their photographs with me, and showed them to the lodginghouse keeper. I traced them next to Downshire-hill, Hampstead, where I lost sight of them from that time to this. I have not heard from my wife, nor do I know where she is. My wife filed a petition against me in the Divorce C our t, on th e 28th Fbruary, 1860, after I had made inquiries, and traced them. I have received letters from my little boy, but they were without addresses. I have never in my life committed any fami liarity with the plaintiff. There is no foundation whatever for saying that I have committed adul tery with Mrs. Barnes. I first heard of it after my wife first left my house. The day the de fendant came back for his things he put his head into the surgery and said, " You are living with Mrs. Barnes as your concubine." I made no reply. I attended with my wife the child's funeral. The plaintiff is very respectably connected. On the night that Jane slept with the plaintiff, I went up to her room to see her, to give her a draught. I opened the door and found she was asleep. Until this arose nothing had occurred to disturb the mutual happiness of myself and wife. I don't know where the defendant now resides. The de fendant is now a vendor of quack medicine. He was an army surgeon. Cross-examined--I am respondent in a petition in the Divorce Court, on the grounds of adultery and cruelty. I have not pleaded adultery against her. I have come here to raise it because my sus picions have been since aroused. I had no suspicion of her adultery when Dr. Brown left my house. Since then I have ascertained that he has taken his meals with her, and has driven her about in his carriage. She was at Southend with her aunt, child, and one of the servants, and they resided with her on Downshire-hill. I don't mean that they dine apart from Miss Smith. This action is not brought at my request, neither am I liable for the expenses. The action is brought by my attorney in the divorce petition, and who is my attorney in an action for the libel. I don't knew that the writs in the two actions were issued the same day. My brother is my attorney. I don't know why he has selected to try this first. It is 11 or 12 years since I was charged with familiarity with a female ser vant in my own house. I did not beg to ask my wife, nor did she intercede to prevent exposure. At a party a message was sent to my wife that my groom wanted to see her. I went out and returned. I did not ask her to intercede. She went out and interceded, and it was hushed up and my wife con doned it. We had only then been married two or three years. I did not persuade my wife to marry me against the will of her friends on account of an act of gross immorality on my part. I kept a young woman before I was married. I did not leave the young woman at the lodgings and absent myself. She passed as my wife. I paid the rent. After I left the landlord brought an action against me for the amount. I have never an nounced that my wife committed adulterywith Dr. Brown. I never accused her of it. I did not give my counsel authority to say that the defendent had seduced my wife. My wife was violent at the time of the quarrel because I said that the defendant's conduct was too familiar towards her. The first intimation she gave me of her suspicions of the plaintiff was when she saw me coming down the stairs in my night shirt and trowsers the night I had been to Prior's room to see that the candle was put out. I called out the following morning, and asked the plaintiff if it was true, to let her know what my wife had said in order to clear up the ac icusation. My wife, when she asked leave to visit her cousin, complained of illness. Dr. Winkworth was called in, but he did not think there was any thing the matter with her, I did not refuse to pay the expenses of her change of air and scene. When I refused I might have said I could not afford it. I did not provide her with anything when she left. I had not threatened to turn her out of doors before Dr. Brown received the telegraphic message to come down. I had not threatened to separate her from her child. I had a letter from her when she was in Guildford•street. Before I called on her in Guildford-street she said she would not go back un less I stook hands with Dr. Brown, and had his children back. I did not promise it should be done. I went on my knees and asked her to return. I have neYer made any criminal charge against her with Dr. Brown. I can't say when the people of Horsham first commenced cutting" me. Some have. I have not been turned out of the billiard room at the King's Head, but I was told not to come to the whist club. I was not a member of the club. It was after my wife left. A number of letters were put in and read that had passed between Dr. Burroughs and his wife, relative to their conduct towards each other. The last from the wife contained an intimation that with it he would probably receive a copy of her petition that had been presented to the Divorce Court. The further hearing was then adjourned till Monday. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE-IMPORTANT DECISION COMMITTAL OF TWO DELEGATES WITH HARD LABOUR. William Walsby, John Griffin, and William Trimlett, res p ec t a bl y att i re d men, described as car penters and joiners, appeared before Mr. Corrie, at the Clerkenwell police-court, on Saturday, to answer informations which had been taken out against them by their former employer, Mr. Philip Anley, builder, &c., of Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, which charged them as follows :—" For that you; on the 16th day of May, 1860, and within the space of six calendar months now last past, in the parish of St. Luke, did unlawfully, by threats and intimi dation, endeavour to force the said Philip Anley, then and there carrying on the trade of a builder, to limit the number and description of his work men, contrary to the statute," &c. The second summons was, " that they did unlawfully, by threats and intimidation, endeavour to force their master to make an alteration in his mode of con ducting and carrying on his business," &c. There was a summons against a George Mogg for similar offences, but this Hughesman, 165 G, one of the warrant officers of the court, had been unable to serve, as the defendant had got out of the way and gone into the country. Mr. Gifford, barrister (instructed by Messrs. Mullens), attended for the prosecution ; Mr. Sleigh, barrister, defended Walsby ' • and Mr. Lewis, soli citor, attend e d f or th e o th e r defendants. Mr. Lewis said he had an objection to make to the summons. The defendants were charged with making use of " threats" and "intimidation," and by the Act of Parliament they were separate offences, and that being so the summons must be bad in law. Mr. Corrie said he could soon alter that by atria• log out one of the terms. Mr. Lewis said the conviction would not be good, as there would be two offences: Under this penal Act of Parliament the prosecutor ought to elect which offence he would go upon. Mr. M ullens remarked that Mr. Lewis was vio lating the act of Parliament by taking any ob jection, for section 1 of Jervis's Act provides that no objection be taken to the summons either in sub stance or in form. Mr. Lewis said, what he objected to was that two charges had been put in ono summons. Mr. Muliens having consented to strike out the word " intimidation," a similar objection was made to the words " number" and " deseription"in other summons, but Mr. Giffard having stated that pro bably there would be some difficulty if that course was adopted, . - Mr. Corrie said if there was a conviction it would probably be for 'one offence ; and after the state ment of Mr. Giffard, he did not think he ought to make them elect. Mr. Weigh said he would take no objections, but was prepared to meet the case upon its merits. Mr. Giffard, in opening the case for the prosecu tion, said he was sorry to say that there was an ap parent revival of what he thought had been set tled, These strikes were nothing but a species o 1 tyranny, and the sooner they were put an end to, the better it would be for the working classes, who I always suffered a great deal from them. Having stated the facts of the case, the learned gentleman said there could be no doubt but that the threats made use of by the defendants came within the meaning of the act of Parliament, and the only question was, whether the law would not restrain these men from doing those unlawful acts which brought ruin and destruction upon hundreds of fa milies. He then called Mr. Philip Anley, who said—l am the complai nant in this case. I am a builder, and carry on business at No. 72, Upper Whitecross-street, St. Luke's. On the 15th of May last I had in my employment a considerable number of joiners and carpenters (about 100) and among them were two men who were working with me under what is known in the trade as the " declaration." On the morning of the 16th of May my foreman brought to me the paper which I now produce, and which was then without signatures. That paper was as follows:—" At a meeting of the joiners in the employ of Mr. Anley, Tuesday evening, May 15, 1860, it was res olved that Mr. Anley be given to understand that unless the men who are working under the declaration in his shop be discharged, and we have a definite answer by dinner time to that effect, we cease work imme diately." I returned that paper to my foreman, with a message that as it had no signatures to it I could not take it into consideration. About two o'clock the same afternoon three men came to me in the yard. Two of them were the defendants Griffin and Walsby, and the other I know by sight. One of the three said to me that they came to me as a deputation from the men, and handed me the same paper which I had seen in the morning, but at this time it had upon it several signatures in pencil. There were several other men near. I said to the men " are these all your signatures ?" they said " Yes ;" and I then said "have you well con sidered what you are about ?" They answered in the affirmative. Aud I then asked them "if they had any fault to find with me, with my foreman, or with my clerks ?" and they all answered " No." I then asked them " have you any fault to find with your wages," and they said " No.' I said, " What is it, then, that you do want ?" and the answer that I received was, "You must discharge those two men who are working under the declaration, and if you do not we shall leave your work." I replied, " I will not allow myself to be dictated to. I think you have been too fast in your decision, and I shall give you half an hour to reconsider the matter. If you then come back to work I shall think no more about it ; if not, I would rather close my shop than submit to your dictation." The • three men then went away. In about half an hour all the men came back together, and went towards the shop, saying they were going to fetch their tools. I di rected my clerk to pay them, and he did so, and they then all took away their tools, and have not since returned to work. Since then my yard has been picqueted by relays of these men, in order to prevent other men from entering into my employ ment. They generally get in clusters of two and three together. Trimlett was there about a fort night, and the other defendants have been there at times. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—Walsby has been in my employ for some time, and is a very good workman. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—l belong to the society of builders. It is a trade society. The society to which I belong have not instituted this prosecu tion. It is not principally mine, for they have given me some assistance. I put my case in their hands, but lam prosecuting. The society is not a combi nation of masters to prosecute their workmen. The men said that what they wanted was that the men who were working under the declaration should be at once dismissed, or they would cease working. I made a communication to the society within a day or two after the men had struck. I did not enter into any negotiations with the defendants about taking the men back. Two of them came to me, but I did not send for them. I spoke to my fore men about them, because I wanted to find out their places of residence. The trade society did not tell me to do this. I had not heard of complaints by the men of the document men using offensive terms to the other men. After the strike all the men came in under the document, but that has since been done away with. John Anley said—l am foreman to the complain ant. I remember, on the 16th of May, a paper being handed to me to give to the complainant. I did so, and returned it to the men, saying that Mr. Anley could not take it into consideration until it was signed. I saw them all write upon it. After it was signed it was brought to me by Griffin. I told the men that as it was a question between men and masters they had better give it to him, and they did so. After that all the men struck work. Cross-examined—When the paper was in the shop Trimlett was there, but I did not see him sign. I do not know his handwriting. Mr. Giffard said this was the case for the prose cution. Mr. Sleigh submitted that there was no offence committed by the defendants, and that there was no infraction of the act of Parliament, either in speech or in letter. Unquestionably this is a ques tion of the greatest importance, and its import ance was more so now than it was 100 years ago, when the working classes were steeped in ignorance. The question to be decided here was whether the defendants were to act as freely as those whose accident of birth or position in life ena bled them to move in a higher sphere. What was the meaning of the word " threat P" Why, it was to menace ; and he should like to know where was the evidence that these men had done that. Was he to be told, in these days of enlightenment, that men were not to complain to their masters ; or, if they did so, it was followed by a prosecution for using threatening language. He would not take any technical objections, for he was there to try a great public principle, and the parties who instructed him wanted it enunciated by the power of the law, and not to escape punishment if they had offended the law. If the master had gone into his shop and dis charged his men, would he have been punished if he had given no reason ? No. Then why should the men ? Mr. Corrie—lf they had walked away they would not have committed the offence charged, although they might have been indicted for a conspiracy. Mr. Sleigh—Under the provisions of this act they would not be liable. When they left they gave a, courteous reason, and substantially said, "We do not feel ourselves comfortable ; there is no commu nity between you (the master) and us (the men), and we will take our labour elsewhere." He con tended the defendants had not infringed the spirit of the law, end were therefore entitled to be dis charged. Mr. Lewis submitted that there was no evidence against Trimlett, and asked for his discharge, H e was sorry to see that this act of Parliament was being used for purposes for which it never was in tended. This was a very unfair proceeding, for if p th o e se m d e u n p h on ad b the e m en indicted agistrat it magistrate the p would ainfu Innoetcheassvietyimof acting on a very penal clause of a very penal act of Parliament, and sending respectable men to gaol for three months. He hoped the magistrate would discharge the defendants, for if they had done wrong . it was in ignorance of' the law, and they had been forced into it by the masters' society. Mr. Corrie said—As has been said by Mr. Sleigh, this case is of great importance not only to the de• fendants, who are charged with a serious offence, but to their fellow-workmen the " declaration men," to their employers, whose business they have at tempted to stop, and to the public, upon whom will probably be thrown the burden of supporting the wives and families either of those who refuse to work or of those who may be driven from their employ ment. I would have taken further time to consider what my judgment ought to be if I had enter tained any doubt on the subject. As, however, I have no doubt upon the question, I will proceed at once to dispose of the case. The question is, have the defendants made use of a threat punishable under see. 3of 6th Geo. IV. cap. 129. The law be fore this act, as Mr. Sleigh has said, was very severe. This statute was passed to protect the work men and the masters. It recites that combinations interfering with the free employment of labour are injurious to trade and commerce, dangerous to the tranquillity of the country, and especially prejudi cial to the interests of all who are concerned in them ; and that it was expedient to make further provision for the security and personal freedom of individual workmen in the disposal of their skill and labour. The 3rd section then enacts, with a view to carry out the object of the act, that it shall be an offence punishable by imprisonment, with or with ou t h ar d l a b our f o r three months, " If any person shall by threats endeavour to force any person carrying on any trade or business to limit the description of his workmen." Have the defen dants been guilty of this offence ? They are proved to have declared to their masters " that unless the men who are working under the declaration' in his (the master's) shop be discharged, and we have a definite answer by dinner time , we cease work immediately.' other ve ni enceyou, words , i e fw will e d s t o r i n k o e t , and thus greatly ;n in Mr. Lewis has I can w ti t en tirelyha that there stop y l o v u t b s u o t assert e d rsonal objection t o t h ose men, but he has not proved such a ease , and only act ou what is proved before me. If there were such an objection it is most unfortunate that they did not speak of it to Mr. Anley, as he would no.doubt have considered it. The demand itself • a threat, and I can only deal with the facts as they existed andthemselves t , as they presented to Mr. Anley. in the case of the Queen v. P erham I acted Qll the authority of the Queen v. Rowlauds„ 2 Denison's Crown Cases. In the Queen v. Per ham, which is now an authority itself, not on ac count of my opinion, but because my judgment was confirmed at the sessicns, and afterwards by the Courts of Queen's Bench and Exchequer, I held that it was an offence within this section for the defendant to threaten workmen that if they ac cepted employment under this declaration the unionists would not work with them, In the pre sent case the thTeat is made to the master, but directed against both master and workmen, and is eNpressly within the authority of the Queen v. Rowlands, 2 Denison. lam clearly of opinion that the present case is also an offence under this sec tion ; indeed it is the very case that the act was passed to meet. It is a threat that if the master should continue to employ that description of workmen who had worked under the declara tion the defendants would strike, and their endeavcur was, in the very words of the prohibition " to force the master to limit the de scription of his workmen." Having arrived at a clear unhesitating opinion that the defendants are guilty of the offence charged in the information, it becomes necessary, with reference to the punish ment which it will be my duty to inflict, to con sider more particularly the nature of the offence of which I find them guilty. It is now matter of history that last year the unionist workmen made a strike for the purpose of compelling the masters to pay the same ss ages for nine hours' work as had before been paid for ten hours' labour. It is also matter of history that the men failed in that object' In the course of that unfortunate dispute the mas ters determined that they would not employ any man who would not consent to work under the de claration. The present is the same declaration as the one mentioned in the threat of the defendants. I must keep in mind that it is the master who has himself required the labourer to work under this declaration. Mr. Anley says he had no workmen who had not made the declaration last year; and therefore, whatever might have been its terms, it would have been cowardly and mean on the part of the master had he consented to sacrifice the poor non unionist workmen to the demands of the union ist worknien. Let us, however, see what this decla ration is. The workman declares as follows :—" I declare that lam not now, nor will I during the continuance of my engagement with you, become a member of, or support any society which directly or indirectly interferes with the arrangements of this or any other establishment or the hours or terms of labour; and that I recognise the right of employers and employed individually to make any trade engagements on which they may choose to agree." Now, I say, as a lawyer, that it did not require an act of Parliament to make illegal any association or combination of men which attempts to interfere with such matters—they were illegal combinations at common law. Then it comes to this—all the masters have asked their men to pro mise is, that they (the men) will not belong to an illegal society. All that the men have declared is, that they will not be guilty of a crime. Now, sitting here to adminis ter the law indifferently between the masters'and the men, and between one class of workmen and another, between the "unionists and the declara tionists,"then I say that " societies with such objects are," adopting the words of the prosecuting counsel, " tyrannies." I say that nothing can be more monstrous or illegal than the conduct of the defen dants, who have combined together and threatened the prosecutor that they would strike, and who have in fact struck work, with a view to prevent him from carrying on his business unless he will discharge men whose only offence, as far as I can see, is that, at the request of their employer, the', have promised not to break the law. I have said that 'nothing can be more monstrous and illegal, and I add that few crimes can be named which are more wicked. The object which the defendants have in view is to deprive innocent men of the means of getting their living, and thus to drive their wives and families into the workhouse, unless those poor men will also offend against the law by joining these ille ga l societies. - In Perham's case the object was to dictate to the masters by prevail ing on the men not to work. In the present case the defendants attempt by threatening the masters to compel them to discharge and thus ruin the workmen, no doubt with the ulterior intention, having thus obtained full power over the masters_, of again dictating to th em on a ll . occasions and whatever they may please. Having authority to administer the law, I tell the defendant and their associates that the law of England will not tolerate such tyranny, and that all such combinations and conspiracies will be put down by the strong arm of the law. I gave distinct notice in Perham's case that if illegal threats of this kind were again brought before me I would infict upon the offenders the most severe punishment in my power. The threats used by these defendants are far worse than in Perham's case. The objects of these defendants are more wicked then his were. The threats are used with a view of ruining innocent men who have a right to the protection of the law in the disposal of their skill and labour. Mr. Corrie then sentenced the defendants to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for three months, with hard. labour, with the exception of Trimlett; who was discharged for want of evidence. Notice of appeal was given in both cases, and the defendants were liberated on bail. COUNTRY MARKETS. STAMFORD—J . III.m 9. We had a moderate show of wheal yesterday, with a fair business, and prices ruled 2s higher. Barley in meagre supply. Wheat s2s to 56s Oats.. 2ss to 30s White do 55s to 50s Beans 46s to 483 Barley ... 40s tt) 458 Ditto, old ........46s to 48i NORWICH—JUNE 9. A limited supply, and the wheat trade rather dull, at higher rates. Flour advanced 3s. The weather has been very wet, and both wheat and barley crops are unfavourably reported of. White wheat 53s to 54s I Red wheat 50s to 52s Malting barley....42s to 46s I Chevalier barley 34s to 40e Distilling do ......25s io 27s j Oats. Flour, 36s to 41s Od per sack from the miller. LEICESTER—Juraa 9. There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day, in fair condition, and trade steady. White wheat, 48s to 54. —red, 45s to 50s per 36 stone; a very fair inquiry for fine barley, grinding, 30s to 338; malting, 38s to 44s per qr. ; oats, 28s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 52s to --s, new 428 to 46s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 338 I Seconds, 31s I Thirds, 29s per 20 atone. NORTHAMPTON—Jur/3 9. At this corn -market wheat was in limited supply, with a firm sale, at 2s to 3s above the rates of this day se'n night, prices ranging from 54s to 568 for white, and 483 to 54s for red. There was a fair business passing in barley, malting 38s to 445, grinding 35s to 37s per qr. Oats in fair sale, the turn in seller's favour, quoted at 32s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 48s to 50s ; peas, 40s to 465. Rye, 36s to 40s; malt, 68s to 72s ; fl our , 33 s t o 37 s p e r sack. DUBLIN-JUNE 8. With a small supply to-day, the business done was at no improvement on last week's currencies. Indian corn met a slow sale. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 33 0 to 3 0 Do., red 3l 0 to 33 0 Do., new - 0 to -- 0 Barley Oats Do., black l5 0 to 15 6 i. d. L. d. Do., new — 0 to 0 Bere . l3 0 to 14 0 Rapeseed 2O 0 to 23 0 Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn. BIRTHS. GOLDNEY.—On the 7th inst., at South Bank, Tunbridge etvhGweiefergoef G th ° e ld ß ile e Y v ' . o f. a ß e . e lll, H Awl! Tunbridge wells, rector of Boldon, Durham, of a daughter, HALL.--On wifet e 7 e t hf the ns t , HAYTER.—On the Bth inst., at 11, Inverness -terrace, Ken sington-gardens, the wife of Henry Goodenough.Hayter, of a daughter. IR.aSpringfield Ho u s e , Pe n dl e bu r y, of D an i el Lee, Esq., of a son and e LowßY.—On the 6th inst., at S andgate, the wife of Lieut.- C o l one l Lowry, 47th Re g i ment, of a daughter. n—rhOMeniar. thec nh e 7 s t t h er i , nst the " lady et OKEOVER.—On the Bth inst., at 9, Chesterfield-street, Mayfair, the Hon. Mrs. Okeover, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ADEANE—YonxE.—On the sth inst., at Wimpole Church, Cambridgeshire, by the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, Henry John Adeane, Esq., M.P. for Cambridgeshire, to the Lady Philippa Yorke, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke. COLLIER--MARDER.—On the sth inst., at Burton Brad stock, by the Rev. Wm. Templar, James Collier, Esq., of Nicholshane House, Nicholshane, Devon, to Rosalie, second daught er of James Wood Marder, Esq., of East brook, Cottage, Burlescombe, Devon. DEATIIS. DELCI II I R—BUNTING.—On the 6th inst., at St. Saviour% Manchester, Thomas Waugh, Belcher, Esq , M.D., of Cork, to Mary Margarette, eldest daughter of Thomas Percival Bunting, Esq., of Manchester. Davis,—On the 2d bast at his residence, Arlington street, Camden-town, Mr. Francis Davis, aged 64. BAXTER.—On the 6th inst., at 1, Portland-terrace, Hast ings, suddenly, William Thomas Baxter, Esq., late of the Hon. East India Company's Service, aged 64. LARPENT.—On the Bth inst., at Holmwood House, Surrey, the Baron de Hochepied Larpent, aged 77. llnwx.E3..—On the Bth inst., at 26, Marine-parade, Brighton, Admiral Hawker, of Ashford Lodge, Peters field, Hants, aged 78. DOYLF,.—On the Bth inst., at 16, Bedford-row, James Philip Doyle, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at law, aged 45.. 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