The Sun. — London, England, 1867-09-13 00:00:00

IRELAND• DUBLIN, Sept. 12. The magisterial inquiry at Rathfriland was re sumed yesterday. Mr. Rea having unsuccessfully attempted to show that one of the parties accused was not in the procession, the magistrates decided that, with the exception of one against whom there was no evidence, they would send all the defendants for trial. The following parties (Roman Catholics) were then sent forward for trial to the next Downpatrick Assizes ou a charge of riot and unlawful assembly : —John Devlin, Thomas Murphy, John M'Poland, Edward M‘Poland, Patrick Norris, Hugh Francis O'Hara, Patrick Dyer, Thomas Ilannathy, Joseph Tumor, Daniel M'Harrison, Arthur Devlin, Owen Faren, Jas. Chas. Burns, and Jas. Morgan. Another group of the Catholics who formed part of the procession from Barnmeen were put forward charged with riot and unlawful assembly at Augh navollogue on the 15th August. Their names are John Maguire, John Lieman, John Burns, Francis M'Convill, Hugh Higgans, John Hillan, Daniel Carr, Jas. Smith, Peter Downey, Patrick Downey, Michael Downey, Daniel M'Conville, Patrick Brady, E !ward .111‘Kenna, Michael Sally, James O'Hagan, John Morgan, John Carroll, and Hugh M'Alinden. The evidence was to the same effect as that given in the previous cases. The inquiry was again ad journed. The annual show of the Lisnaskea Agricultural Society was held yesterday. It was superior in ex tent and quality to many of the provincial shows which have preceded it this season. Another show of greater magnitude was also held yesterday at Athy, under the auspices of the County of Kildare Agricultural Society, in the park which the Duke of Leinster liberally presented to the inhabitants. This society is conducted with great intelligence and energy, and its progress is highly satisfactory. The show yesterday was better than those of for mer years. Special prizes were offered by Lord Otho Fitzgerald and the Baron de Robeck to encourage the breed of horses, but as yet the attempt has not been remarkably successful, the perfor mances of the animals which competed for the prizes being far short of what might be expected in such a country. There was a splendid exhibition of stock and agricultural produce, and a very creditable col lection of implements by a local maker. In the even ing the members of the society dined together in the Corn Exchange, at which the Marquis of Kildare presided. In returning thanks for the toast of the " Houses of Lords and Commons," Lord Otho Fitzgerald, alluded to the subject of railway management, and expressed a hope that the Govern ment would undertake the matter. The Rev. R. W. Bagot, the honorary secretary, in responding to the toast of his health, enumerated cups and ether prizes which were to be offered at future shows, and referring to the importance of such societies in re ference to the condition of the labouring classes, exhorted the landed proprietors of Ireland, if they wished to have contentment established and dis affection removed, to see that the labourers were well housed. Ile recommended the erection of good houses for them, with an acre or half an acre of ground attached. The visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to Cork has called forth a strong expression of dissatisfac tion iii reference to the construction of the Royal dockyard. The Cork Examiner indignantly com plains that up to the present " the works have been a mere mockery of the hopes they were intended to fulfil ;" that of the £40,800 voted in the estimates not one-fourth has yet been expended ; and that the object appears to be to do as little as possible in order that the Board may at a future time abandon the distasteful job without much loss. The First Lord is appealed to as an Irishman to show his patriotic feeling by putting a stop to the " Admiralty dodging." The Cork people have some reason for being out of humour, as little earnestness has hitherto been shown in carrying out this Irish pro ject, upon which they have set their hearts. The port of Waterford, which has been steadily improving for some time, chiefly owing to the enterprise of the Messrs. Malcohnson, is about to mike another step in advance by the establishment of a dry dock near the city. Mr. Stephen, the engi neer of the Harbour Commissioners, has examined a suitable site, and furnished an estimate of the probable cost, amounting to £42,570, and, subject to the approval of the engineer-in-chief, the work will be commenced at once. THURSDAY NIGHT. Lord Hubert Canning Burke was returned to day for Galway without opposition. He was pro posed by Mr. Bodkin, and the nomination was se conded by Capt. Blakeney. A meeting was afterwards held, at which it was resolved to erect a statue to the late Lord Dun kellin. THE LORDS OF IHE ADMIRALTY IN LIVERPOOL. Yesterday, Mr. Corry, Chief Lord of the Admi ralty, and Admiral Milne, paid a visit to Liverpool, their principal object being to take part in the annual distribution of prizes on board the school frigate Conway. A numerous and fashionable company assembled on board the Conway, the deck of which had been covered in and suitably decorated for the occasion. In the absence of the mayor, who was in attendance at the marriage of his eldest son, Mr. Edward Lawrence, Deputy Mayor, pre sided, and amongst those present were Mr. Hors fall, M.P., Mr. Laird, Mr. R. Brocklebank, chairman of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Mr. Beazley, chairman of the Conway Committee, and other gentlemen. Letters of apology for non attendance were read by the Secretary, Mr. Clarke Aspinall, from Sir John Hay, Sir John Kingcombe, Capt. Mends, R.N., Capt. Paynter ib• " R N Mr. S. It. Graves, M.P., and others. The secretary also read the reports of the examiners. Mr. H. W. Jaynes, late examiner and Mathematical Mas ter at the Royal Naval College, said—" I have examined the papers set for the last Mid summer Examination in Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, and found on comparing the work done by the students in these sub jects with the corresponding papers of last year that, satisfactory as was the previous examination, a marked and decided improvement both in the theore tical 'and practical parts of nautical astronomy is shown in the present examination. . . . They are certainly worth the being inspected by those who are interested in the progress of the Conway." The report of Mr. Towson, scientific examiner of masters and mates to the Local Marine Board of Liverpool, was equally satisfactory. The CLIA.IRMAN said it was a source of great gratification to himself to be permitted to occupy once more that position. He assured them of the deep interest the Mayor took in the welfare of the institution. It must be a cause of great satisfaction that they were once more honoured with the presence of the Lords of the Admiralty. It was no mere accident that they were present, but rather the con tinued indication of a settled policy on the part of her Majesty's Government to take an interest in an institution the merits of which they had so fully recognised. He might accept their presence as a recognition of the fact that this institution was doing a special—he might say a national—work for the country. (Hear, hear.) Circumstances ha I pre vented this gathering being held at the usual time in June, but be was pleased to see that this delay had not affected the attendance of the friends of the institution. Ile then proceeded to address a few remarks to the boys on the leading principles which should regulate their conduct, and then called upon Mr. Corry to deliver the prizes. Mr. Corer, who was received with much cheer ing, said he learnt from the last report of the Com mittee of Management that the institution was designed mainly to train and to complete the educa tion of boys intended for officers in the merchant navy, and it was impossible for any one in the office which he had the honour to fill not to take the deepest interest in such an institu tion, having such an object in view. In time of peace under the continuous service system, and with the large annual entry of boats into it, the navy might almost be said to be self-sustaining ; but on the occurrence of any emergency requiring any mate rial increase in its existing strength it was to the mercantile marine that it must look for the neces sary supply of seamen, and the quality of these men must in no small degree depend on the officers who had commanded them. This institution, therefore, having for its object the training of the officers of the mercantile marine, must command the sympa thy of those who had the responsibility of the main tenance of our naval power. But, independent of that, there was another connecting link. 'We had now a Royal Naval Reserve, and the officers of that reserve held commissions similar to those held by the officers of the Royal Navy, and, in the event of war, would be called upon to share the duties and responsibilities of those officers. No doul t one day many of those he was addressing would belong to that Reserve, and it was important that they should receive such a naval education as he was happy to learn they did receive o❑ board this ship, qualifying them to discharge the responsible duties they might be called upon to undertake in Her Majesty's navy. But there was yet a more intimate bond of union between the Conway and the navy. He understood that this institution was mainly established by the Mercan tile Marine Servica Association, consisting of 900 merchant captains trading from the port of Liverpool, but that those gentlemen, independent of their own service, provided for the education onboard the ship of cadets intended for Her Majesty's navy. That was au additional reason why he and his col leagues should take an interest in the ship. He could not refer to the preparation given in this ship for appointments in the Royal Navy without saying that he was sure the cadets appreciated as was deserved the generous manner in which Her Majesty had come forward to encourage them. (Cheers.) It had been usual for the First Lord of the Admiralty to place a naval cadetship of the first class at the disposal of the com mittee ; but as this year the successful competitor had reached an age which disqualified him, he (Mr. Corry) had conferred upon him a cadetship of the second class, and through the kindness of his friend and colleague, Sir Sidney nacres, he had been able to place a second cadetship in the hands of the committee. (Cheers.) Alluding further to the in timate connexion which existed between the navy and the mercantile marine, he said he was reminded that no vessel could be better appropriated for this double training than the Conway; for an early friend of his own named Fair entered the mercantile ser vice, volunteered thence into the Royal Navy, and after a distinguished career died when in command of the frigate Conway on the Cape station. (Cheers.) He would wish to impress upon their minds that however great might be the knowledge they acquired OR board this ship, it would be of no avail unless accompanied by those high moral qualities which were most requisite in those who were destined to command. (Hear.) It would bepresumptuous almost in him to endeavour to instil this lesson into their minds, for nothing could be more beautiful than the language in which her Majesty had impressed the same lesson upon them. He might be permitted to say that it was one of the most necessary qualities of a sailor that he should be strictly sober, since a single act of intemperance, whether when in command of a ship or of a watch, might lead to the loss of a ship and of many valuable lives. (Hear.) He washappy to know that the instruction given to them on board the Con way was well calculated to qualify them in all these moral and intellectual respects. (Cheers.) The distribution of prizes was then proceeded with. Her Majesty's gold medal for general proficiency and the possession of fearless and manly qualities was awarded to William Cowley, and the Admi ralty nomination to a naval cadetship, together with her Majesty's prize of a binocular glass and £35, to J. F. Marshall, and the second Admiralty cadetship to G. F. Daley. Mr. Horsfall, M.P., Mr. Laird, M.P., and other gentlemen afterwards addressed the assembly, and votes of thanks were addressed to the Lords of the Admiralty, the donors of prizes, the mayor, and the chairman. The Lords of the Admiralty, accompanied by the chairman of the Dock Board, and Mr. John Laird, M.P., Mr. Horsfall, M.P., and the principal guests, then proceeded on board the Alert, and made an inspection of H.M.S. Donegal. On returning to the Alert they steamed past the transports England, Queen, Kangaroo, and Peruvian, which were taking in stores for the Abyssinian expedition. The Eng land was ready for sea, and it was expected would sail in the course of the afternoon, accompanied by the Peruvian, if she could be got ready in time. The Alert next steamed round by the Liverpool and Birkenhead docks, giving their lordships an oppor tunity of glancing at the splendid dock resources of Liverpool, and the great facilities for accommodat ing the immense trade of the port. The steel and iron works and the various shipbuilding yards were also visited ; and at the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Laird Brothers, Woodside, Birkenhead, they had the means of witnessing the progress which has been made in the construction of the various vessels which are being constructed there for her Majesty's service. The great object of interest is her Majesty's twin screw turret ship Captain, of 4,272 tons, and 900 horse power, now in course of construction, from the joint design of Captain C. Coles, R.N., C. 8., and Messrs. Laird Brothers. This ship combines the acknowledged power of the turret system for carry ing guns of the largest size, with the qualities of a seagoing cruiser of the first class. She will have splen did quarters below for officers and men, as well as a poop and forecastle, and an upper deck for exercise, or manceuvring of sails. Her dimensions are, length, 3201 t; breadth, 53ft 2 in; tonnage, 4,272 tons; draught of water abaft, 23ft Gin; forward, 22ft Gin. The engines are to be two separate pairs of 900 collec tive horse power, driving twin screws, and are in tended to drive the vessel at the speed of 14 knots an hour when all complete and ready for sea. Her armament is to consist of six guns, four of which are carried in the turrets and two on the upper deck. The guns in the turrets are to be 600 pounder 25 ton guns, which are the largest ever made up to this time, and those on the upper deck at the fore and after end are to be chase guns of large size. The ship will be wholly protected by armour from sft. below the water line to the main deck gunwale, right fore and aft, thus affording complete protec tion, not only to the midship part of the ship where the machinery and turrets are placed, but also to the quarters for officers and men. The thickness of the armour plating opposite the turrets will be Bin., which is more than on the broadside of any ship afloat, and on the remainder of the midship portion of the vessel to be 7in., slightly reduced towards the ends. These plates rest on a backing of East India teak, 12in. thick, through which they are bolted to the skin of the ship formed of two thick nesses of three-quarter plates, the whole supported by massive framework 10in. deep. The main deck at the level of the upper part of the armour will be covered with iron liin. and lin. thick, supported by very strong beams, and again covered with oak plank Bin. thick. The turrets, of which there are two, each carrying 2,600 pounder 25 ton guns, pro ject through the main deck, and the upper part, where exposed to shot, is covered with armour plates 10in. thick, the lower part and all the gearing being protected by the Bin. armour on the sides. The height of the centre of metal of the guns in the turrets will be about 1 1 ift. above the water line, which will enable them to be fought at sea in very heavy weather, and they will have an arc of training from the foremost turret of 154 degrees, and from the after turret of 156 degrees. The ad vantages of a poop and forecastle for a sea-going ship, as adding to the comfort when steaminc , head to wind, and a ff or di ng a certain amount t' of additional accommodation for officers and crew are obvious, and they have therefore been adopted in this ship, as by using the guns of the after turret for extreme training forward and the guns of the forward turret for extreme training aft they do not materially interfere with the extreme training of the guns, which is the only objection to them. This poop and forecastle are connected by a centre spar deck, 241 t. wide, which runs over the turrets, giving free communication from one end of the ship to the other in the heaviest weather, and the area of this deck will be sufficient to admit of the whole working and manceuvring of the ship without going on the main or turret deck. The hatchways round the funnel and amidships are carried up of iron, forming at once a support to the spar deck and a system of ventilation permarhaitly ,runked up to the level of the spar deck, at a heig!it of about 20ft. above the load water-line. The Captain will be rigged as a ship with masts on Captain Coles' tripod system, and will have a spread of canvas equal to that of the best type of broadside ironclad frigate of her own tonnage. The general construction of the hull of the ship is similar to that of other large armour-clad ships building for her Majesty's navy, and combines all the recent improvements of water tight inner -bottom, wind-passages, and other bulk heads ; the fore-end especially is made of enormous strength, and terminates in a massive wrought-iron stem formed as a rain for running into an enemy's ship. The engines are to be two separate pairs, each pair driving a screw propeller, the outer ends of the propeller shafts being carried on bracket frames on the same system as adopted by Messrs. Laird in several other armour-clad vessels built by them ; the cylinders are 80 inches diameter, and 3ft. 3iu. stroke, and the indicated power is to be not less than 5,400-horse power. The contract for the Captain, which is for the completion of the ship, turrets, and machinery ready for sea, with the exception of rigging and sails and such like stores, were made in February last, and since that time great progress has been made with the ship and machinery, as she is now nearly all in frame, skin-plating fixed and rivetted, the beams of main and lower decks are also in place, and the internal arrangements are in progress. The first cylinder is bored, the trunks fitted, and many other parts well advanced. The boilers are erected. The shipwrights have already commenced placing the teak backing to receive the armour-plates, the first of these being now fixed on the side of the ship and the boring and planing the remainder fairly com menced. We may state that the first plate of the keel was lowered into the dock in the last week in March, and that since that time nearly 1,200 tons of iron have been worked into the ship, besides a large quantity being in various stages of preparation on the premises. The Captain is being built in the large graving dock in which H.M.S. Agincourt, of 6,600 tons, and the Euphrates, 4,200 tons, were con structed, and it is intended to take full advantage of the shed with which this dock is covered, and of the great depth of water on the till to keep the vessel in until she is completely finished, all the armour plates fixed, the turrets and machinery all in place and ready for trial. In addition to the operations in connection with the Captain we observe throughout the works considerable activity and show of work. Among the other vessels in progress are a composite gunboat for her Majesty's Government, two ironclad monitors, about 1,600 tons and 140 horse power, and an ironclad ram of about 1,320 tons and 3bo horse power. These three last-named vessels are to be fitted with turrets on Capt. Coles' system, and will each carry two 300-pounder 12k-ton guns. In addition to these there are two paddlewheel river steamers, of about 600 tons, and a small fleet of 12 iron screws, of about 50ft. length, fitted with engines of 15 horse power ; the launches have just been completed, and occupy one of the graving docks. The total amount of tonnage in course of construction at present is about 10,000 tons, and the engines for all these vessels, amounting to about 2,000 horse power, are being made at the Birken head Iron Works. The party were entertained at lunch by Messrs. Laird, Brothers, before making the inspection of the works in progress in the yard; and in the evening they were to attend a banquet given by the Mayor of Liverpool in honour of their visit at the Town hall. During their stay in Liverpool their lordships are the guests of Mr. John Laird, M.P. E SUN, LO N DON. FRI 0A Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1867. were spoilt. A number of barrows and other pro perty were destroyed, and the loss would be about £4O. Thought at the time the pre miser had taken fire accidentally, but, finding bottles of naphtha - - - and oil left on the premises, he thought it must have been maliciously done. He offered a reward of £5, but did not discover the offenders. Worked com fortably afterwards up to 1864. Employed non union men up to 1861, but employed union men afterwards, because he wanted his WWI done and to go en comfortably. James Clifford, examined by Mr. Pickering Worked for the last witness in 1859. There was a union about to be formed of briekmakers at the time. He and the men employed. by Mr. Taylor were non-union men. One of the unionists came, named James Marsden, and asked them if they would join the union. They answered they did not know. Remembered the fire at Taylor's yard. He had no watchman at the time, but bad afterwards. Had been a member of the union, but left it because he did not like it. John Butterfield said he is the son of John King Butterfield, who had been watchman in February, 1861, at Mr. Joseph Barlow's brickcroft in Droyls den. Some men came at the time and threatened him if he started watching. There were two or three, and they kicked up a regular row. They said they would do something at him if he started firing (the bricks). His father went that night and lit the fire. His father's horse after this had its throat cut, but only skin-deep. The horse had his back sinews cut, and had to be shot there and then. This was six months after. His father continued to watch and fire after this. The union men were on strike at the time, but Barlow's men were at work. Joseph Frith, examined by Mr. Pickering—ls a member of the Ashton trades' union, and had been president one quarter of last year. Was a member, and went to the bottle-throwing at Kirk's. He was there with Burke and the others, and received a pound. He believed Ensor was engaged to carry out the affair, and paid all the money. The reason for the attack on Kirk's and Clifford's places was that they employed non-union men. He had not been concerned in any other. He did not know of any depredations while he was president, but if there were any he should pay for it as president. He was president in 1860 or 1861, and remembered paying Ensor £l5 or £2O, but could not remember what it was for. Thought it was for spoiling bricks. The secretary gave him the money and entered it as he liked. His duty would simply be to pay the money. The money was kept in a safe with five keys, which were held by five different persons, who had all to be present when it was opened. By Mr. Chance —Had only been at two of these affairs, and never intended to be at any more. He did not approve these outrages, and should be glad to put a stop to them. Before the Commissioners adjourned to lunch at one o'clock Mr. W. P. Roberts served the following notice on the Court in reference to the box they had threatened to force open : "To Messrs. Pickering, Barstow, and Chance, barristers-at-law, Commissioners acting in the Assize Courts, in Manchester, under the ' Trades Union Commission Act, 1867.'—1, the undersigned Willian Prouting Roberts, of 44, Princes-street, gentleman, attorneyfor the Brickmakers' Society of Manchester, for whom I am appearing in the said courts, hereby give you notice that the said society deny your right t o se i ze, or author i se t h e se i z i ng, of their boxes (the same having been seized and taken away from their possession, as is said, by your authority and connivance), and they require you to cause such boxes to be taken back to the place and places from which they were so illegally taken. And they deny your right and the right of all persons to open the said boxes by violence or otherwise. And if any violence is used to the said boxes, or any boxes or property belonging to them, they will bring an action or actions against you under the Bth sec tion of the said Act, and also against all other per sons by whom such violence is authorised or prac tised. And they desire me to require you to stop at once the practice of examining them in private, either before or after any public examinations, or at any other time or times, such private examination being most unfair and partial, and calculated to entrap into admissions and statements the persons subjected to them. And they desire to conform to the law in all respects. And lam to inform you that the Act of Parliament under which you are act ing gives no power of seizure of boxes, or of break ing them open, or of private examination.--Dated this 12th day of September, 1867. " W. P. ROBERTS." Joseph Frith having been recalled, said that on one occasion his carter was carting bricks to build the Manchester City gaol, out of the Ashton dis trict into the Manchester district. His carter got a good thrashing, and so did Samuel Lees, who went with them. Witness sold about 40,000 afterwards and had delivered carter was obliged to 3b into ornor. the h s Onone Manchester bricks obeaoca s district,o back an ndthe p t them in the yard again. Manchester would not let the bricksetters set Ashton bricks. Manchester Union claimed a circle of four miles round Manchester for ten dis tricts or 121 square miles, and were too powerful for Ashton, and the weak always f e l l to the wall. There was no objection by the Stockport or Oldham Unions to Ashton bricks. The Manchester Union was the only one that claimed that monopoly. James Harrison said, in answer to Mr. Chance, that he is a master brickmaker. As a journeyman he was a member of the Ashton Trad es ' U n i on . I n 1866 his brother bad some clay th a t th e y were grinding use it. by The ina aychcline, and th e men said they must not was not fit f or b ricks without grinding, because of there being lime in it. There was a ready sale for such bricks, if they could have supplied them. Three men came a n d gave no ti ce This was on following th e s h ed was on fire a 'Wednesday, and on n d t w h e e nt su a n w d a a y y . in which bricks were drying. About 3,000 bricks were spoiled. Could not find out who did it. W ere only the employing only damage three or fou r U nion men. That was they had s us t a i ne d. O nce afterwards they were fined 2s. for using moulds out sooner than 18 or 20 men should b e stoppe d th e y of shape, and as they bad a good deal of work, paid the fine. Some of their fowls had been poisoned. A neighbour was knocked insensible by a man on his way home the other Sunday night, and there was reason to suppose he had been mistaken for their watchman. J. Smith said in 1863 he was manager of the Ard wick Brickmaking Cu., and in the night a quantity of timber had tar thrown on it. They were having timber from Mr. Bennett, but had ceased because of Bennett's carters being threatened and one of their horses being killed. They were machine brick makers, and Bennett thought they had better get their timber somewhe re e l se . The tar thrown on the timber was set alight and the timber destroyed, or rendered unfit f or the purposes i nten d e d. O n one occasion a s t a bl e was broken open o f th e i rs , a nd a grey mare b e i ng tied up by the head shavings were placed und er i t and set on fire. The horse died within a couple of hours. This was a t 3 o ' c l oc k in the morning. A neighbouring woman gave alarm of the fire, and sa id she saw three or f our men like brickmakers leave th e s t a bl es. Wh e n the horse was found it had s t ruggled and pulled the h ay cra t c h down. In J u l y, 1864 their brick carts had the kecker bars withd rawn wh i le t h e car t er were lunch ing in the A s ht on Old-road. If th i s h a d no t b een , discovered the five carts would have been upset and the bricks in them when started, and the horses would have been injured. A woman saw a hand brickmaker do it, and told the carters. On another occasion he left a boy- to take some letters to the post-office, and as he wen t th ree or four brickmakers took him and th rew him into a pit o f wa t er 10 to 12 feet deep, and l e f t hi m there. A m echanic was passing, or the boy must have been drowned. One man took him by th e shoulders an d an other by the feet, and they th rew him five or s i x yards into the water. Knew of no reason for i t b u t that they were makers of bricks by machinery. In June, 1861, some brickmaker set fire to a joiner's shop belong ing them. A bottl e h ad b een pu t into his house since that, containing gun powder, and a flannel saturated with spi r it s . O n th e first of May some bricks made by machine were sent by them in carts, and three band brickmakers came and cut ,he ornaments from the horses, a 4cl, the traces were cut. One of the carters came to tell him, and he went to see what was taking place. There were three brickmakers, and they beat him, and one, while he was down, struck a knife at his shoulder, but it went into the ground and the blade broke off. It was about 3in the afternoon. He ran off as soon as he could, and went into a wheelwright's shop, where he got hold of a ham mer. By that time there was only one brickmaker following him, and heturned on seeing the hammer. Ile went back to the place where the knife had been struck at his shoulder, and found a piece of the blade of the knife in the ground two to three inches long. That was in 1861. Ile left the company's service in consequence of that attack, his friends persuading him to do so for fear he would come to some serious injury. Ultimately the company gave up making bricks by machine, having so many breaks down of machinery in the place that they thought hand brickmakers got into their employ under false pretences, and caused these breaksdown. Machine-made bricks were much superior to hand made. Thos. Cole said—ls about 14 years old. About the latter end of 1861, about 7 o'clock, he was going home from the works, when two men dressed in brickmakers' clothes threw him into a pit. He could not swim. A stranger coming by got him out. It is a pit in an open field with a road passing it. The men came across the railway. He was near the pit. One man took hold of his hands and another his legs and threw him four or five yards. Was going to the post-office. He said nothing to the men. John Cole, brickmaker, said he remembered in July, 1864, there was a machine brickmaking com pany in Ardwick. Was taken into custody in 1861 on a charge of drawing the kecker bars from some brick carts, but he had done nothing of the kind. James Broom said he was a carter in the employ of Mr. Mars and Bennett, and remembered three or four years ago one of the horses in the stable had its throat cut. There were seven cuts and one laid the windpipe bare. It was in the night. The horse re covered. They carted timber to the machine brick making concern at the time, and it was supposed to be done by brickmakers. This was a white-faced horse among four in the stables, and was the one employed always to take timber to the machine makers. The Court adjourned to Friday (this day). MANS CHI?ISTIAN ANDERSEN. Mr. J. Ross Browne, in " The Land of Thor," gives the following account of Hans Christian Andersen at home : The city of Copenhagen, it should be borne in mind, is intersected by canals which, during the summer month, are crowded with small trading vessels from Sweden and Jutland, and fishing-smacks from the neighbouring islands and coast of Norway. The wharves bordering on these canals present an exceedingly animated appearance. Peasants, sailors, traders, and fishermen, in every variety of costume, are gathered in groups, enjoying a social gossip, are interchanging their various products and wares, and strawberries from Amak and fish from the Skager- Rack mingle their odours. In the second story of a dingy and dilapidated house, fronting one of these unsavoury canals, a confused pile of dirty, shambling old tenements in the rear, and a curious medley of fish and fishermen, sloops and schooners, mud-scows, and skiffs in front, lives the world-renowned author, Hans Christian Andersen. I say he lives there, but properly speak mg he only lodges. It seems to be a peculiarity of his nature to move about from time to time into all the queer and uninviting places possible to be dis covered within the limits of Copenhagen—not w here The mantling vine Lays forth her grape and gently creeps Luxuriant,' - - but where the roughest, nosiest, busiest, and fishiest of an amphibious population is to be found. Here it is, apparently, amid the most incongruous ele ments, that it draws from all around him the most delicate traits of human nature, and matures for the great outer world the most exquisite creations of his fancy. It is purely a labour of love in which he spends his life. The products of his pen have fur nished him with ample means to live in elegant style, surrounded by all the allurements of rank and fashion, but he prefers the obscurity of a plain lodging amid the haunts of those classes whose lives and pursuits he so well portrays. Here he cordially receives all who call upon him, and they are not few. Pilgrims of every condition in life and from all na tions do homage to his genius, yet,valuable as his time is, he finds enough to spare for the kindly reception of visitors. His only household companions appear to be two old peasant women, whom he employs as domestics, weather-beaten and decrepit old creatures, with faces and forms very much like a pair of antiquated nut-crackers. He occupies only two or three rooms plainly furnished, and apparently lives in the simplest and most abstemious style. When I called according to directions, one of the ancient nut-crackers merely pointed to the door, and said she thought Herr Andersen was in, but didn't know. I could knock there and try ; so I knocked. Presently I neard a rapid step, and the door was thrown open. Before me stood the tall, thin, shambling, raw-boned figure of a man a little beyond the prime of life, but not yet old, with a pair of dancing grey eyes and a hatchet-face, all alive with twists, and wrinkles, and muscles ; a long, lean face, upon which stood out prominently a great nose, diverted by a freak of nature a little to one side, and flanked by a tremendous pair of cheek bones, with great hollows underneath. Innumer able ridges and furrows swept semi-circularly down ward around the corners of a great mouth—a broad, deep, rugged fissure across the face, that might have been mistaken for the dreadful child trap of an ogre, but for the sunny beams of bene volence that lurked around the lips, and the genial humanity that glimmered from every nook and turn. Neither moustache nor beard obscured the strong inviduality of this remarkable face, which for the most part was of a dull granite colour, a little mixed with limestone and spotted with patches of porphyry. A dented gotta per:tha fore head, very prominent about the brows, and some what resembling in its general topography a raised map of Switzerland, sloped upward and backward to the top of the head ; not a very large head, but wonderfully bumped and battered by the operations of the brain, and partially covered by a mop of wavy hair, a little thin in front and somewhat grizzled behind ; a long, bony pair of arms, with long hands on them ; a long, lank body with a long black coat on it ; a long, loose pair of legs, with long boots on the feet, all in motion at the same time—all shining, and wriggling, and working with an indescribable vitality ; a voice bubbling up from the vast depths below with cheery, spasmodic, and unintelligible words of welcome—this was the wonderful man that stood before me, the great Danish improvisator, the lover of little children, the gentle Caliban who dwells among fairies and holds sweet converse with fishes, and frogs, and beetles ! I would have picked him out from among a thousand men at the first glance as a candidate for Congress, or the pro prietor of a tavern, if I had met him anywhere in the United States. But the resemblance was only momentary. In the quaint awkwardness of his gestures and the simplicity of his speech there was a certain refinement not usually found among men of that class. Something in the spon taneous and almost child-like cordiality of his greeting; the unworldly impulsiveness of his na ture, as he grasped both my hands i❑ his, patted me affectionately on the shoulder and bade me wel come, convinced me in a moment that this was no other, and could be no other, than Hans Christian Andersen. " Come in ! come in!" he said, in a gush of broken English ; " come in and sit down. You are welcome. Thank you—thank you very much. I am very glad to see you. It is a rare thing to meet a traveller all the way from California—quite a surprise. Sit down ! Thank you !" After record ing conversation, and how there arose a question of Andersen's portraits, which caused him to fetch out a dozen from a drawer, Mr. Browne continues : While looking over the collection, I said the like ness of one who had done so much to promote the happiness of porno little friends I .1..3.•••••••••••• had at home would be valued beyond measure ; that I knew at least half a dozen youngsters who were as well acquainted with the "Little Match Girl," and the " Ugly Duck," and the " Poor Idiot Boy," as he was himself, and his name was as familiar in California as it was in Den mark. At this he grasped both my hands, and looking straight in my face, with a kind of ecstatic expression, said, " Oh, is it possible ? Do they really read my books in California ? so far away ! Oh ! I thank you very much. Some of my stories, I am aware, have been published in New York, but I did not think they had found their way to the Pacific Coast. Dear me ! Thank you! thank you ! Have you seen my last—the—what do you call it in English ?—a little animal—" " Mouse," I suggested. " No, not a mouse; a little animal with wings." " Oh, a bat !" "Nay, nay, a little animal with wings and many legs. Dear me ! I forget the name in English, but you certainly know it in America—a very small animal !" In vain I tried to make a selection from all the little animals of my acquaintance with wings and many legs. The case was getting both embarrassing and vexatious. At length a light broke in upon me. " A musquito !" I exclaimed, triumphantly. "Nay, nay !" cried the bothered poet ; " a little animal with a hard skin on its back. Dear me, I can't remember the name !" " Oh, I have it now," said I, really desirous o relieving his mind—" a flea!" At this the great improvisator scratched his head, looked at the ceiling and then at the floor, after which he took several rapid strides up and down the room, and struck himself repeatedly on the forehead. Suddenly grasping up a pen, he ex claimed, somewhat energetically, " Here ! I'll drawf it for you; and forthwith he drew on a scrap o paper a diagram. " A tumble-bug !" I shouted, astonished at my former stupidity. The poet looked puzzled and distressed. Evi dently I had not yet succeeded. What could it be ? " A beetle !" I next ventured to suggest, rather disappointed at the result of my previous guess. " A beetle 1 A beetle !—that's it ; now I remem ber—a beetle !" and the delighted author of " The Beetle" patted me approvingly on the back, and chuckled gleefully at his own adroit method of ex planation. " I'll give you the ' The Beetle,' he said —" you shall have the only copy in my possession. But you don't read Danish? What are we to do? There is a partial translation in French—a mere notice." "No matter," I answered. " A specimen of the Danish language will be very acceptable, and the book will be a pleasant souvenir of my visit." He then darted into the next room, tumbled over a dozen piles of books, then out again, ransacked the desks, and drawers, and heaps of old papers and rubbish, talking all the time in his joyous, cheery way about his books and bis travels in Jutland, and his visit to Charles Dickens, and his intended jour ney through Spain, and his delight at meeting a traveller all the way from California, and whatever else came into his head—all in such mixed-up broken English that the meaning must have been utterly lost but for the wonderful expressiveness of his face and the striking oddity of his motions. It came to me mesmerically. He seemed like one who glowed all over with bright and happy thoughts, which permeated all around him with a new intelli gence. His presence shed a light upon others like the rays that beamed from the eyes of "Little Sun shine." The book was found at last, and when he had written his name in it, with a friendly inscrip tion, and pressed both my hands on the gift, and patted me once more on the shoulder, and promised to call at Frankfort on his return from Switzerland to see his little friends who knew all about the " Ugly Duck" and the "Little Match Girl," I took my leave, more delighted, if possible, with the author than I had ever before been with his books. Such a man, the brightest, happiest, simplest, most genial of human beings, is Hans Christian Andersen . COUNCILS OF CONCILIA7 lON. Conseils des Prud-honimes have long existed in France, and are said to work well. They were established for the settlement of disputes between masters and workmen, and are in the nature of a discussion first, and, in case of non-agreement, by arbitration. It was argued that, were a simi lar institution formed in England, we should have no more of strikes and the other more terrible forms by which coercion is sought to be prac tised. The confidence that might otherwise have been felt in the asserted successful example of France is, however, somewhat shaken by the fact that, in spite of these councils and this law, strikes have become as frequent almost in France as in England. But this ugly evidence, notwith standing, the system or something very like it, is to have a trial in England. During the late session an act was passed for the establishment of like tribunals to be called " Councils of Conciliation." We pro pose briefly to describe this scheme as it is set forth in the statute. It begins by providing that if any number of masters and workmen in any particular trade or employment, being inhabitant householders, shall, at a meeting specially con vened for the purpose, agree to form a council of conciliation and arbitration, and shall jointly petition the Queen in Council stating their scheme, a licence maybe granted t o them for that purpose. Such council is to consist of not less than two nor more than ten of each and a chairman. The first council is to be elected by the petitioners. It is to be empowered to appoint a clerk or other officers ; it may hear and determine all questions in dispute, and differences between masters and workmen, as set forth in sth George IV., cap. c. 96, which may be submitted to them by both parties, and their award is to be final and conclusive between the parties without any appeal. The council may also adju dicate on disputes and differences between masters and workmen that may be submitted to them by mutual consent, with the same powers of enforcement as given by the said act, and the award in writing of the chairman is to be suffi cient evidence. But it is expressly provided that nothing in the act shall authorise the council to establish " a rate of wages or price of labour or workmanship at which the workmen shall in future be paid." A quorum of not less than three, one being master, and another a work man, and the third the chairman, may consti tute a council to determine disputes. But a com mittee of conciliation, consisting of one master and one workman, is to be appointed, and all disputes are in the first instance to be referred to this com mittee, who shall endeavour to reconcile the parties in difference. If this fails the case is to be remitted to the council for settlement. The chairman is to preside, and to have the casting vote. No counsel nor solicitors are to attend at any hearing without the consent of both parties. The council is to be elected yearly, on the first Monday in November. When such a council is formed, the clerk is to k eep a register of all pe r sons claiming to vote for the council, whether master or workman, a fee to be fixed by the council to be paid by him for so doing. And every person belonging to the trade, being 21 years of age, and an inhabitant householder, or part occupier of any premises, or any master resident in the place, may claim to be registered. A meeting of masters and workmen, being registered, is to be held after 14 days' notice, and each class is to proceed to elect members to the council for the year ensuing, but either party may demand a poll, the tim e an d place of whi c h are t o be appointed by the council. The council may hold their meetings in any publi c room with the consent of the authorities. It may make a list of fees, by laws, &c., to be sanctioned by the Home Office. The act is not to extend to do mestic servants, or servants in husbandry, and it is to be cited as "The Councils of Conciliation Act, 1867."—Law Times. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Pills.—Conscientious Conviction.—No investment of money can be so profitable as that which insures good health. It has been established beyond dispute that Holloway's pills, which cost but a trifle, will successfully wrestle with and overcome disease. In all the many forms in which dyspepsia or indigestion presents itself it may bo thoroughly removed by these purifying and gently operative pills, assisted by a diet which must be simple in quality and moderate in quantity. 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Under the arrangement now completed prepayment of postage (sometimes at high rates), is made necessary in all cases. The following on:ial statement gives a full list of the cmintries with seine of which there has been regular communication - that are now included in the delivery by way of Hamburg and Bremen : Rates of postage on newspapers and other printed matter (periodicals, (5c..;.) sent frum the United States to coun tries in Europe and Asia, by Bremen or Hamburg mail, prepayment compulsory. NEWSPAPERS - 51:IRKED AS FOLLOWS : Bremon, by Bremon mail-2 cents each Hamburg, by Hamburg mail-2 cents each. Prussia, Austria, and G3nnan States, by Bromon and Hamburg mail-3 cents each. Lunenburg, by Bremen mail —3 cents each. Lunenburg, by Hamburg mail-3 cents each and 1 cent per ounce. Schleswig-Holstein and Ru - nark, by Bremen or Han- burg mail--3 cents each and 1 cent per 11 ounce. Sweden, by Bremen or Hamburg-3 cents each, and 11 cent per 1} ounce. Norway, by Bremen or Hamburg-3 cents each, and 3i cents por ounce. Holland, by Bremen or Hamburg-3 cents each, and 1 cent per 11 ounce. Russia, by Bremen or Hamburg-3 cents each, and 1 cent. por 11 ounce. S witzorland, by Bremen or Hamburg— I cents each. Italy, by Bremen or hamburg-5 cents each. Turkey, by Bremen or Hamburg-3 cents each, and 51 cents per 11 ounce. Greoco, by Brenion or Llamburg-3 cents each, and 51 conts por If ounce. Gibraltar, Spain, and Portugal, by Bremen or Hamburg —3 cents each, and 2k cents per ounce. Austria, India, and China, by Bremen or Hamburg mail via Marseilles-3 cents each, and 9 cents per is ounce. Austria, India, and China, by Bremen and Hamburg mails, via Trieste-8 cents each, and 2 cents per i ounce. PERIODICALS, ETC. Bremen, by Bremen mail-1 cent per ounce. Hamburg, by Limburg mail-1 cant per ounce. Prussia, Austria, and Gorman States, by Brennen or Mu burg —ll cent per ounce. Lunenburg, by Bremen mail —l/ cent par ounce. Lunenburg, by Hamburg mail-1/ cent per ounce, and 1/ cent per lf ounce. Schleswig-Holstein and Danmark, by Bremen or Hank' burg-1 cent per ounce and 1/ cent per 11 ounce. Sweden, by Bremen or Hamburg-1/ cent por ounce, and 2 cents per 11 ounce. Norway, by Br3men or Hamburg —ll cent per ounce/ and 4 cents per li ounce. Holland, by Bremen or Hamburg-1i cent per ounce, and 11 cent per 14 ounce. Russia, by Bremen or Hamburg-11 cent per ounce, and 11 cent per lf ounce. Switzerland, by Bremen or Hamburg-1i cent per ounce, and 1 cent per -?-; ounce. Italy, by Bremen or Hamburg —ll cent per ounce, and 2 cents per I ounce. Turkey, by Bremen or Hamburg —ll cent per o unce, and 51 cents per 11- ounce. Greece, by Bremen or Hamburg-11 cent per ounce, and 51 cents per 1; ounce. Gibraltar, Spain, and Portugal, by Bremon or Hamburg —ll cent per ounce, and 21 cents per If ounce. Austria, India, and China, by Bremen or Hamburg mail/ by way of Marseilles-11 cent per ounce, and 9 cents per 11 ounce. Austria, India, and China, by Bremen or Hamburg wai l, by way of Trieste-61 cents per ounce, and 2 cents par ounce. These charges are in each case in full to destination , combining rates between the United States and Bremen or Hamburg-, and the rate beyond Bremen and Hamburg to points of delivery. COUNTRY MARR.ETEC. BRISTOL-THURSDAY. On our market to-day farmers asked • very long price! for English wheat, and succeeded in realising fully 3s on previous currencies. In foreign wheat, which met a g?ou inquiry, prices advanced fully 2s on last week. Malt►ng barley inquired for ; grinding sorts met with a trifling sa l° at about is over the rates of last market. Oats in good de mand, and rather lower. Beans quiet., at former prienS• Indian corn met a dull trade at a slight decline. MANC HES TER—THURSDAY. Our market this morning was fairly attended. Tl.' er° was a fair business done in wh ea t, an d E ng li s h d esc ription s advanced 2s per qr and foreign 4d to 6d per cents]. ready trade in flour, at fully is per sack over late c urren cies. In oats and oatmeal no material change to no te ' Indian corn advanced 2s to 2s Gd per qr. Beans steady. BURY ST. EDMUNDS—WEDNESDAY. The supply of wheat at this mar k e t t o -d ay was VI, fair, and farmers wore able to make 2s to 3s per q r on pro, vious rates. In barley a limited sale. Other articles we t unchanged. Average prices : —Wheat, 58s ld ; barley, 35s ld ; 05° ' 28s Od; beans, --s Od. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. At to-day's market there w as a f a i r supp l y of Eng-llsh wheat, which was cleared off at 2s to 3s per quar ter a vance on the quotations of l as t wee k. Barley ruled At decline of is per qr. O a ' s ru l e d a t former prtees. 13 ° 311 5 and peas were is lower. EDINBURGH —WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, is Od up average, Os lld 1 . 1 1 3 ' Barley on the top, 2s Od up average, Os 2d up. a Oats on the top, Os 9d u p average, i s Od dosv„ Beans on the top, is Od u p average, i s 2d dos _. _ Total supply and sales. Wheat 397 qrs sold 292 Barley ll2 qrs sold 51 Oats B5O qrs, ,sold 398 Beaus rs sold 63 Average prices. Wheat, 66s Od 1 Oats, 33s 6d Barley, 3Bs 3d 1 Beans 45s 041 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 53s Od; B S tX3 superfine, 51s Od; superfine, 49s Od; fine, 47s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. To-day's market was moderately attended, and the tra d° clone in wheat was active, at 6d per 2401 b dearer. F lour quiet. Barley and beans the turn cheaper. New 1145 oats at a decline of 6d to is per 2641 b. Indian cora we t t 6 quiet sale. 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Important Caution.—Beware of theg" o o unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, iviu"... authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attaclT ,4 s . ; In tins at ls. 14d.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. Gd.; 5 lbs. , . "77, 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 405.— BARRY DU BARRY and Co:, S c 7iny xtegent-street, London; also Fortnam and Mas o n, 182,Pieea,, and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63, 150, and - Oxford-street : 330 Strand ; and all grocers and chemists.____. Births. BESLEY—On the 12th inst., at 4, Belgravo Villas, Bri of t's .) the wife of Edward T. E. Bosley, Esq barrister, daughter. LLOYD—On the 9th inst., at Stoke L o d ge , ne ar Dartmouth, Devon, the wife of Major-Gen. Lloyd, R.E., of a soil. TOLLEMACTIE —On the 9th inst., at 15, Warwick-$(110°' Lady Emma Tollemache, of son. Marriages. JARMAN—MARTIN—On the 12th inst., at St,.Peter'sell arcll 2 Eaton-square, Stephen Jarman, Esq., R.N.R., of n" rn „ s f gate, to Maria Frances, youngest surviving daughtet,;... the late Capt. K. B. Martin, harbour master, of na l " gate. PIERCY—A'BEAR—On the 11th inst., at Rotherfield Oxon, Alfred Piercy, Esq., of Cold Harbour, Hen1(11. Thames, to Harriet, youngest daughter of the late F. A'Bear, Esq., of Rotherfield Grays. Deaths. ASIICROFT— On the 9th inst., at Croft's Bank, near 313t1- chester, John Ashcroft, aged 55. CRAVEN—On the 11th inst., at 12, Polham-place, Th arj°e t square, Mr. D. Craven, of the Educational Pcpartrnea S. K. Museum, aged 82. Hour—On the 10th irpsi ,at Hope Villa, Cricklesvo°d' Kilburn, Mr. John Holt, aged 81. KILNER—On the 9th inst., Thomas Kiluer, Esq., the firm of Kerr, Scott, and Kilner, l a te °, f , E.C., aged 48. NOBLE—On the 6th inst., Miss Eliza Noble, the late Colonel Noble, 85. North , Nonni— On the 10th inst., at Margate, Win. Green's-row, Chelsea, aged 47. o der STun i tur —On the 6th inst , at Stratford Essex Coma ) , g n Jay.les Stuart, EN • of Athenian Stuart, aged ~ sou Calciinatiognh-stterree:f London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDltill of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN 0 0100, No 1 of Str . and, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the COU't)r" SePtemher 18G7. 7R. I DES' OU7RAGES COATIMISSION. SEVENTH DAY. MANCHESTER, Thursday. William Tetlow, examined by Mr. Chance—ls a brickmaker at Hurst, near Ashton. In 1861 was in his father's service. Resides near the brick-yard. Is not a member of the Ashton Brickmakers' Union. Ceased to be one 20 years ago. Gave up paying because they illused him. I❑ 1861 the men turned out, and the masters had meetings. Employed non union men, and they wanted an advance, and his father agreed to give them 13.10 d. They then turned out, and they put needles in the clay—many a thou sand. It was in May, 1861. Some bottles were thrown into his house about six months afterwards. His father and self and brother, and the chap that wed his wife's sister, agreed to work the concern themselves as well as they could after the strike. The bottles were thrown into his house about 1 o'clock in the morning. He was asleep, and when his wife heard the first bottle she said, " There are some brickmakers throwing bottles into the room." He said, " Oh, never heed them." They were thr own into the parlour, and he could not get down stairs for the smoke and smell. There was a smell of naphtha. When he got down stairs he found a bottle neck. Some - of the bottles struck the bedroom window frame, and exploded outside. One or two bottles were struck against the frame of the bedroom win dow. lle found parts of the bottle under the window outside, and pieces of the room on fire. The blind.; were set on fire in the room below, and pictures were broken. They had to have window shutters afterwards, and altogether the affair cost them many a pound. By Mr. Pickering —Had been threatened since, and used shameful. Had had bricks spoiled four or five times since, and one time they spoilt 20,000. Men had come and shouted out" knobsticks." Had been illused this summer through a disturbance over the water in the brickyard. Burns and Henry Watson attacked him in the yard and cut his lip with their fists. They said it was not his water he was using. Burns and Watson were union men. They tried to get him into the water. Watson said, " What are you doing with this water ?" They put him into the water. Ile got the upper hand of Watson, but Burns came and used his fists. His wife came and talked to them, and they threatened to throw her into the water. Watson had said in a public house they would take his life before the summer was out. He had been shouted at, and he was afraid to go down the street. Timothy Burns, examined by Mr. Pickering—ls a member of the Ashton Union, and has been for 17 or 18 years. There were men regularly employed to go round and gauge the bricks and look whether union men were employed. There was a dispute about taking water out of a pit. It was in Tetlow's yard, but he allowed Mr. George in the next brick croft to take water out of his pit. This summer he was called from his work and told that Tetlow was taking the water. He then thought that the water belonged to Mr. George, his master. He went and found Tetlow and Watson struggling, and he parted them. Tetlow's wife smacked his face, but he put her away without striking. He had never called Tetlow a " knobstick," but bad heard that he em ployed " knobstick" men. Never believed in spoiling property, and was never engaged in doing it. Henry Watson has been a member of the union, but was not now a brickmaker. Worked for Mr. George in the next yard to Tetlow. The water was in their yard, and Tetlow was letting the water run off in waste. He told Tetlow he must not let it run off in spite, and he said it was his water, and he should do as he liked with it. He told him he should not, and Tetlow struck him, and Burns came up while they were struggling on the ground. had heard Tetlow called " knobstick." He did not employ union men at that time, but had employed them. Witness never spoilt any bricks. Would swear he never said he would have Tetlow's life, or ever heard such words spoken. James Taylor said he was a master brickmaker at Saddleworth, 5} miles from Ashton. Had a brick croft at Cockbrook in 1859. lle believed the Ash ton Union broke up about that time, and the men were re-forming it. He turned his hands away and engaged fresh ones—six or seven who were non union men at the time. Paid them the same wages as the others. They worked for him all the winter. Two union men came in October and asked him to take his hands back. Ile believed one was Thomas Harrison. Told them he should keep the men he had, and one slid, " Then he must take what fol lowed." He replied he would—" he would take potluck." On the 4th of November a fire was dis• covered in his brickyard, at between one and two in the morning. Ile got out as soon as he could, and , moved some boards from the shed, stopping it from spreading. The upper part of the shed was all destroyed. The shed would hold 2,300 bricks, which