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

NAVY. 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, 00, 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 the 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 1851, when she became the fiag- ship 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 paddlewh eel hich vessel steam-vesselleft Weser, Com. H. J . Raby (V.C.), w 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 model ever seen. She left early on Sunday afternoon, and un fortunately touched the mud off 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, Corn. 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, 101, 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 Hardway. • 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 Dee, Master Commander C. Pullen, from Woolwich, arrived at Plymouth on Mtaiday, with boilers for the Narcissus, and ma chinery ror 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. Vie tory,in Portsmouth harbour, for the trial of George Hoad, an able seaman belonging to 11.M.5. 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 Gf Rear-Admiral the lion. G. Grey, president; Cap tains Gordon, Asia ; O'Callaghan, Algiers ; Harris, Britannia ; Farquhar, Victory ; and Hewlett, Ex cellent ; with Mr. Hcllyer, Deputy Judge-Advocate. This case was entirely distinct from the recent dis turbances on board the Princess Royal. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had neglected to obey an order given to him and other seamen by the second master, and on the latter threatening to report tint 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 desmibed as having "had liquor," then committed the offence with which he was charged. The prisoner pleaded drunkenness in extenuation, and called upon Capt. Baillie, 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, Imt 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. THE 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. 'l'. 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-quarters 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 Nth Regiment, by which an increase equivalent to 11 regiments will be obtained. The necessary arrangements con nected with the proposed augmentation are now in progress at the Horse Guard:;. 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 lir oceed to Sheerness, where they arc 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. Arrangements are in progress for sending. out to China a detachment of 2,70 non-e-Err.rnizsioned ofi cers and men of the Medical Staff Corps, who will be selected from the mm of the corn} now at head quarters, Chatham, and at the other military sta tions. Under the ortien of Mjor-General Trutebinson, Commander of the Forces io the West of England, several changes took place on Mo:•!day in the dispo sition of the military in Plymouth garrison.. All the artilleryment connected with Mount Wise and the Raglan Bar:....acks at Devonport, and the batte ries at Pick'cu. - vibe Point and Staddon Heights, about 600, arc 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 loth .S.N.S . ...•.•••••••,... Regiment are removed from the citadel to Mount Wise, and the Fife Alilitiahave taken charge of the batteries of Picklecombe and §,taddon. THE REPRESENTATION OF TVIZITEY. —a-- 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 i Mr. 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. BUCIIANNAN, 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 o 1 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 lion. candidate's . birth, and he was sure, if . elected, he would use his anxious endeavour:, 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 meas ure that might tend to the improvement of our institu tions. (Applause.) The nomination was seconded by Mr. SCI ALES, 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. TIIO3IPSON said, before entering upon any more important matters they would allow him to give them a cordial and Marty welcome to the railway. station. Though only a trifle, it would, he hoped, serve to remind them that whenever they W e l uired 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 tfiey 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 he confessed he was very much alarmed as tetheir 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—a question 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 if 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 it is caused by a want of reciprocity on the part of many foreign Governments; and caused also liy a great number of unnecessary restrictions adopted here at home: He would give his opinioni 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 great interest 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. The had read with eipir...l interest the an swer made by the Board of Trade, and the rejoinder by the Shipowners' Association. Haying 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, 1553; whereas, if ho 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 equil:o 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, lie could not give them any help if they sent him to ' Parliament. There was no Government that ever wiel, 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 obtained by 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 scat on the Liberal side of the house, though 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. Ile 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 tacit addressed the electors, and observed in tliecourse 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. (f fear, 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 time shipping, but every interest connected with the borough. Though a Conservative, he held him self to be second to none in 2.11 earnest desire to prove to his fellow-countrym en th e g l or i es o f c i v il and religious libel ty, and he would give to every man whfi 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 un-EngliSh, he would op pose it to the utmost. There seemed to be a feeling that we are menaced with an Evasion. lie did not believe such a thing was probable, but we must be prepared, especially as all the European nations are armed to the teeth. He 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 demanded for Mr. Chapman, and it was appointed to take place on the following day. CLOSE OF TIIE POLL. Thompson Chapman 229 190 ,STRIKE IN T. !I .VG TIZADES; MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 22. (Before Mr: Bodkin, Assistant-Judge, and a full 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, "An Act to repeal the Laws reating 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 cn 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 I 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, " here 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 form 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 fie ease, 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 of 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 Robjohn, into Devonshire to procure men, and he engaged 18 and brought them to Lon don. They arrived on the 18th of October at Pad din gton ; 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 Uritain, where the defendant Pvrhatn ,nude his appearance. Having been in Messrs. Piper's service, the defendant knew Ralsjohn, and he in terfered with the men, and tried to persuade them not to go to work, and stood at the dsor to prevent them going out of the public-house; but they did get out, and as Robjohn was conducting his ma, 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 en 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 hearnade use of these words, " If you go to 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 emplo3 meet, and, therefore, that the con viction was good, and ought to be confirmed by the Court. Charles Itobjohn was then called, and he deposed that he lived in Luard-strcet, 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 ss. Gd. 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 esmnto London, and were watched from 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 bank 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 hi4going out with the men ; he told witness he might go, but 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 all the expenses of their going back to tho country. Witness said, "Do you 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 deendapt 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. It was offered to them, and one-half was retained by the master. It was agreed that Joctlyn 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 then 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 bo paid 53. Gd. a-day, but when he went to work they gave him Gs. 6d. n-day. Ile did not like strikes; lie had been in too many to suit his •pocket, and was at work now.. The witness bore out Robjohn's evi dence, which was not disputed on the other side; and another witness was called to de pose 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 fend-ant, by threats, ett-eavoured to coerce Jocelyn not to go to work for Messrs. Piper, according to his hiring. The hit ing must be a legal one, and he contended that when this threat was used, if it were 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. Piper, through their agent. To test this by analogy, supposa 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 foots THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 18b9, man."' 'Would that be a legal hiring ? Now, in 1 this case the hiring, it was understood, was not to be cotnplete• until the Monday, these threats were used on the preceding Saturday, when Jocelyn was not, he submitted, a hired servant of I Messn. Piper. He wouid 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. _ _ james--:Will you reserve me the point ? The Assistp.nt-Judge said that might be consi dered by.and-by. . _ _ _ . Mr: James then said be 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 Perharn—what vio lence had he been guilty of—what personal injury had he done ? This was what the statute was meant to meet; but here, Perham, drinking with the men in common company along with Robjohn too, told them that if they went to work in the room 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 ? 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 imnugned as illegal, it had been offered to submit then 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 workmen could combine, but there 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 ceebrated tiial 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 the 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 lie was not aware that it had, lie had not intended to convey anything to that effect, but they could take it up by certiorari. The 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 contented. Mr. James said his friend Mr. Lush had dis claimed all vindictive feeling on the part of Messrs. Piper ; perhaps he would consent to a case. Mr. Lush said Messrs. Piper were at the expense and trouble 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 w hi c h -quail necessarily involve farther proceed ings, cos" 7and 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, sir, and the Bench, is 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 comected with the strike ; and there were about 200 others outside the building, who hooted the witnesses as they left. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 22. BOW-STREET. MORE EVILS OF THE BUILDERS' DISFUTE.—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 WestthinAer, I left the court with some friends, and wentalong King-street, towards the Horse Guards, when the prisoner and some 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 reosb:wap, halloo ing and shouting so much that the calla }t could not get near, the horse being frightenedb?the mob. The prisoner several times ealled out with great violdnce 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? 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 oat, and the constable took him. We then went back to the station house in K ing-street. Mr. Jardine—Did the mob then disperse ? Witness—The greater portion did, bat some fol hwed us back to the station .house. Mr. O'Brien, clerk to the court—Had the pr 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 mentiona) were used by the prisoner and others in a rough and boisterous manner. There were several hundred perscns assembled. ifs name was mentioned, and he was asked, "What is your number ?" Police Thresh, 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 Rind-street, following the complai nan t, an d shouting at him. ,Fle calld a cab, but the cabman could not get near him, for his horse being fright en( d, started off in a contrary direction. There was a gnat di,turbance, such as was calcu!ated 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 out, not thinking any harm. But neversuid any more than " ltlohn" and " Vim" and never went off the pavement to get near him. .1 never prevented him from getting into the cab ; on the contrary, I said it was the best thing he could do_ to get out o f th e row. Mr. .Tardine—The creating of . such a riot— The Prisoner—l did not do it, sir. It was not me. Mr. Jardine--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 th e ir o r di nar y business, or who ha ve 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—Wo n 't you a ll ow me bail, Gover nor ? (A laugh.) Mr. Jardine—No. The prisoner was then removed by the gaoler. THE BREBERY INQUIRY A 2' 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 F o x, a member of the To wn Council, by offering him £5OO to vote for eight Tory a ld ermen 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 understand, havealso been granted. I hardly know who the parties are, but they arc 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. S. 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 recently, 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 affect 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 jonined to the day to which 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 gelleral election. This case arises altogether upon a distinct matter, and has ref erence to the late municipal election. Again, I cannot see what good eau 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 th e ground that the effect might be that tlfey would be impli cated in the transaction. Now, as I understand it, the feeling of the magistrates was thaf 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 m us t pro t est aga i nst 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 ma g istrates 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 that we have a public duty to discharge, and we must not allow 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, for I think when that decision is known it will I*quitCtime to consider it and to act upon it. I do not anticipate at all what my learned friend •seems to have anticipated, nor have 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 mat ters should be decided together. and also because, in my absence, the case which I should have pro secuted to-day has bees postponed. It is quite true that the cases are not of the same nature, but, Is 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 tun sure, have been forgotten, is the extreme haste with which the case was gone into at first. There was an absence of any time fol. 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 matter, and I think it would not affect the ends of justice at all if the case were postponed till the . Sth 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 comp] ted 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 aro many parties involvod 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 remem ber, was made at the instance of the magistrates for a special purpose. Mr. Sergeant 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 von retire, allow me to say that if this case is proceeded with to-day I shall apply to have the other case— that against the Messrs. Wilde and others --stand in its order, and ask that what has been done in uty absence may not he persisted in. The magistrates retired to consult in private. On their return, at the 'xpiration of half an hour, The Mayor said—The 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, aro of opinion that the postponement solicited should be allowed. Mr. Power—Till when, sir ? The Mayor—Till the Bth of December. Opinions vary as to whether the case, together with the summonses referring to Parliamentary matters, will really be proceeded with on the day Tllo general impression seems to be that 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 CROW. (From the Gazette of last evening.) WAR-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 ' mil-commissioned officer, and private, of h er Majesty's 32d 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 Lucknow, '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-Assistant Adjutant-General of the Lucknow Gar rison, "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 ho 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 gullantry in saving the life of Mr. Capper, of the Bengal Civil Se rv i ce , by extricating him from the ruins of a verandah which had fallen on him, Corporal 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. Ho 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 to 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 un d er a mos t heavyfire from the enemy. FROM TILE' GAZETTE OF LAST NIGII4T 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 the 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 beon pleased to approve of Mr. Isaae 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 th e S ou th E as t an d W est parts of England, vacant by the decease of James Pulman, Esq., late Clarenceux. _ The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colo nel James Frederick 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 shire 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 Hodgette 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 he Ensign. Ist Subdivision. of Rifle Volunteers of Birks—Samuel 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 Lieutenant ; Th omas Willi am M erc h an t, 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 Sch o rley. G en t., t o be Second Lieutenant, should have been George Milner Scholoy ; William Harrold Lordiston. Barnett, 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 bo 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 bo Captain Robert Small, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Wm. Wylie Neish, Esq., to be Ensign. sth Company— Alexander Anderson, Esq., to be Captain; Henry Boase, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Alexander 8011, Esq., to be Ensign. 2d Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers—William Gray, Esq., to be Captain ; George Lyon, Esq., to I* Lieutenant; David Crighton, Esq., to be Ensign. 3d Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers —James Anderson Dick son, Esq., to be Captain ; David Salmoud, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Charles W. Corsair, 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 be Captain. 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 Charleswo r th, G en t . , t o be Lieute nant; George William Alder, Gent, to be Ensign. 11th Company (Leeds)—William James Armitage, Esq., to be Captain; . Abraham Horefall, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Thomas John Kinnear, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Subdivi sion (North Craven)—Walter Morrison, Gent., to be Lieu tenant ; John Ingleby, Gent., to be Ensign. MEmo RANDU3I.—West York Rifle Regiment of Militia— Her Majesty has been gracioxsly pleased to accept the re signation 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 Dee, 6, at half-past two, and Jan. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Shaw and David Shaw, boiler makers, John street, Cambridge'-heath, Middlesex, Dec. 2, at one, and Jan. 2, at twelve, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Harris, draper, Pangbourne, Berks, Dec. 5, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 2, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. 111ildrum Shepherd Christie, baker, Lisson-grove, Dec. 3 and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Moody, cutler, Portsea, Dec. 3, at twelve, and Dec. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 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He Into oc casion to borrow 300 dollars from a fellow-cour t man. He fell sick, and was robbed of everything he had. His debtors also failed to meet their obli gations. When his note for 300 dollars was due he was 'unable to meet it. Instigated.by another Pe rs°ll t of European birth, th e creditor by.legal process not hint gaol. Public institutions in Hayti are O, ..'" managed like public institutions elsewhere. Pl.l, soners must feed themselves', or be supplied by til l The unfor' ° " - friends, or failing t o d o so — s t ar ve. nate debtor nearly perished with hunger. for- One day the poor o ld woman passed by his said; mer store. " Good day, good white," she id but no one answered. She entered, but Was her good friend was in gaol, and why. She immediately went u p t o the palace of the 1,e111; peror and walked before th e porch. He ' 311 , 1 1 to ld and, attracted by he r d ecrc pid a ppearance , 'with° her to come up. She was t oo feeble to aso ell stairs. He sent down soldiers to carry her IV. bar , She was conducted into the audience e hael • and place scr"d in a chair. no t to " Are you the Emperor ?" she asked. " 1 speak with the Emperor.""what.o it " Yes, old mother," said Soulouque ; I that you want." s• " I come to ask justi ce ," s h e s aid, " for a Me justly imprisoned." The Emperor was enraged. He expected to m i l e g a • o ," a plea against his own injustice, b u t tow. her 1 ' - on and he would. hear her. e I sh e . e oth, " Sire," a b m eg f a e n eb , l"elwwiaths old a la sl a a g y e e n i o n: l / tins : t o and you se , longer work, and am a l mos t bli n d. I have of e " vo s s fere& with hunger. Some time since there e v ery petit blanc (little white) who gave me alms. sof day. He did not know me. I never did hlin g ift. favour, but he never sent me away withont,soget He fell sick ; I never suffered so often Wit il ., P f u r iend, as when the petit blanc was sick. When dad, and was sick he was robbed of everything he his debt"' when he was well again he could not paY gulf Another white put him in gaol. I know he I na can" pay if he had money ; but he is poor no, - not pay. He is hungry now, and in g oo d Sire, give him liberty again ; do justice t o t he petit "Never bl toldane." dite r ' She his name and the name ofh i : t e ic r e e shan The Emeror was deeply moved. fear, old mother !" he said, ~ j be done to the petit blanc !" to ld lief He sent a servant f or the Empress,an d ics e the story of the good old negress. She, n o theo• moved, and brought her food, and wine, enu i c o onei When she went from the palace she he" 00 in her pocket which she did not brin,o' th ere n i, oria Emperor sent for the Procurateur-Ureneg„ Ger' ordered him to issue a wai rant of release. l i r eos ioa man was released, but expressed his aPPr e that he would again be imprisoned. Seolelicitiel " Never fear," said the officer, " whi le - lives you shall never be imprisoned again' COUNTRY MA.RXBTS • 01 BRISTOL—Nov. 22. d attentia n % At the market to-day there was a goo f r at a fair amount of business transacted. Prices main unaltered from last week. LIVERPOOL—Nov, 22. last l ecic The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise This received have been light. From foreign ports Ni e 1 1,354 8,328 qrs of wheat, 3,240 qrs beans 953 qrs 1 3 °,7: 3 f goof: qrs of Indian corn, 11,233 sacks and '3,919 barre's The exports in the same time comprise 1,57 0 ( I rs a ( d ) , do' ? 213 qrs of oats, 639 qrs of Indian corn, 432 lo j a gfe meal, 1,629 sacks and 2,101 barrel,' of flour. r o cti°' had fine and open weather. The trade has been 0 oof We had a fair attendance of millers and dettle ra u o Ael t market this morning, but little disposition to exert s, evinced, and sales of wheat could not be effe cted al,ar a decline of 2d per cental on the week. Oats, ostm e o ley, beans, and peas met a slow sale at late rates. easier to buy. Indian corn neglected. - SHEFFIELD—Nov. 22. dor te 0 ; The attendance at our corn exchange was 111°,.a p ic°_, day. We are tolerably supplied with wheat, whicAtiotatioP: dull sale ; but we make no alteration front t ll ° le r ior (1 „ ° • of last week. Fine heavy barley in request i I° ,oo 11 ' seriptions are more saleable. Beans and other ar" Oi changed. in 0 01 ,1 8 :0 Red wheat, par load of 3 imperial bushels '-' s A t• 2 - ocl White 1 6 " is. It tt • .17$ 6d t° 19$ 63 New red /t 9) . . lBs °d t° 2,0$ 63 New Beans white )1 » :••• os t f 9 I) 6d to s oos od 44s O a °So e j Peas, per qr 33 5 Od t ° 4 ,2 8 od Grinding barley, per qr ......... 0Q o a to , od Maltingditto ......... o' s n 1 tO 3° at ) y 1 .............. ~,, ,u. .1 fly Oats ........ h is WU r Millers' prices JO; flour-1s Is ..... ~ is Bd, and - 14113. LEEDS--Nov. 22. The show of red and white wheat is exeeedittle l f ev; and the few sales effecßarley sold readily, neted are at a slight deV vi i 0 al last Tuesday's prices. s as b e ' as dear. Beans and oats is dearer. Other fore. NEWCASTLE—Nov 22. Our market was pretty well attended this 01 0 - 0 0 st A there was a moderate sapply of wheat, whiell: 01 0 ,; - • full rates of last market. Malting barley d. 13°P supply, at extreme prices. Oats in better detasil scarce, and dearer. -- lg• ttlet NORWICH CATTLE — N o v••tore 0 ir b co tts m i p n ri es s s in d g on S o, co b t u s l apoor Our market to day exhibited a good show of . 8 Afs a losii. shorthorns, 'alif ecl • 1 1l Os Scots, 5s to 5s 6d ; shorthorns 4s 6d to 5 8 -elht 1 to 4s 6d ; Devons, 4s 6d to 5s dd (estimated sce fat). be. i endDanerer.is, an- - 0 Fat beasts scarce, at 7s 6d to 8s 6d per stone. T he 0 Sheep—There wero few h • the Pen s ' p B° s eep ill ~ t o hee I sheep in demand at 39s to 40s per head. .' 3 40 40 ; 8s 6d per stone. fat po Pigs—A good supply Store pigs 2 5 s to 7s Od to 8s 6d per stone. ..._. V Lir' FOREIGN NAIL PACKS- A ,,, 41 01 In the following table E signifies that lette rs are b y / aorta by evening mails f in tne following table E signifies tnat iv.—nwr° jog ,_ by evening mails from London, and 31 by $O l gisil tof dlie 4 DESTINATIONS. Despatch por _ 4 ,,,.. .......• . 4 Australia and Maurit* . ms, via S utilan l P Dec" Southampton Dec. 1?, 31 0 ....... Ditto, via Marseilles , • Nov' 0 Bahamas and Havana via New 0 (4 *Of. York as E Liverpool... Canada; ke. (by Canadn. pckt ) Nov. —, 1 -: L IY°11) creo• 2 _ of Mails. _____DesP""— ---- 1 : 0. to St Ca Ro pe of n, and Good Hele Hop na e, Dec. 6, x' ''' Ascen- ..,, „„yonport 0 . 1 0—• 26 China, Tenan.", and Sinp,,a pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles ~,5 . *:::" 8.131..P: . • .I°Ovf-A: 1159 Gibraltar, via Southampton Nvo . . 26, __M 2,, ° „ u t t h h ato a l• °fel' f El n o d n ia dur w a a s lc a u n t d ta ll ) le a w nd lie c ld e s v . o . n . : Dec. 17. 2 1E 1 „ vec• go 31 snuthator sof. via Southampton Dec. 3, - Ditto, via Marseilles N0v.26, E ........... . Nov 26 India (Bombay), via South- soutbar A P . De c ' 4 ampton. ....... Ditto, via Marseilles ec Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Nov.2B, 31 sof A Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via 31 SouthaMP' Nog., Southampton Nov. 26, .... • pee. ' Ditto, via Marseilles 31 Sonata Mexico and Havana .... 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