The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELII...IGENCE. CIT`L. Two OVLOCR The Liverpool Oott on Mar'Ket yesterday closed quietly, and all kin, ls are unchanged in value. The sales were estimat ed at 10,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for export and 1,000 on specu lation, comprising 16(1 Pernam and Maranham, bid. to Bd. ; 200 Bahi; t, ; 500 Egyptian, 6/d. to Bd.; 1,000 Surat, 41 2 d. to 51d. ; and 100 Sea Islands, 11d. to ls. 2d. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed steadily , at a slight improvement. Commercial advices. from Berlin of the 15th inst. mention that the pre a , ent high prices of raw mate rials for manufacture ,—especially silk, wool, and leather, not only i a Prussia, but throughout the continental markets • —has become so considerable that the attention of the Government has been drawn to the subje ct, and they propose to sub mit the question to the consideration of all the chambers of car amerce, with a view to coun teract its bad effe 3ts on trade, and if possible to ascertain the (;auses of the rise, and that any further incri ase may be checked. The Government has also opened formal negotia tions with Austr is for obtaining the sanc tion of that State to allow Prussian assurance companies to open branches of their establishments in the Austrian dc minions, upon the same footing as they at present enjoy in the states of Northern Germany. A prof nice of this kind had been given separately in the n ew treaty of commerce with the Zollverein. A telegraph mes sage from Marseilles, dated yes terday, states that the wheat market was quiet, abd the arrivals of grain insignificant ; also, that the works of the 1: o no of railway being constructed atween Toulon r ad Marseilles were progressing 7ith activity. The final instaln sent of 20 percent., or 1,000,000/., gas now been pro , tided on account of the Govern- Anent Loan of 5,C 00,0001. negotiated in May last, and the questions I iow asked are, whether the Chan cellor of the Excb equer will be compelled to raise the additional 2,0( 0,000/. by an issue of Exchequer Bills or Bonds, fol ^ which ho took power last ses sion ? And if so ~ when that measure will be effected ? Accord 'in , g to the calculations of some of those who taki3• a deep interest in matters of finance, there is a-m. impression that this amount Will be procured as soon as possible, notwith standing Sir Geo) !go C. Lewis's remark at the Meeting of capitali: its, when the lean was tendered for, that it would not be required until the last quarter of the pre sent year or the first in 1857. Even if this sum is obtained it is thought that the Chancellor will be somewhat, embarrassed, and will have to borrow on deficiency bills to enable him to discharge the liabilities of i'ne Government. The bringing home of the troops !from the Crimea, and th e adjuatment of other matters connected With the late war, have no doubt absorbed a considerable amount more, perhaps, than the Chancellor contemplated, but henceforth, while the income tax rem; ,ins as at present, the revenue will probably largo ly exceed the expendi ture, so that after all he Nl , ' ill have sufficient funds to provide for all continge icies that may arise. At the meeting of the 1 ?roprietors of Bank Stock at the establishment in Threadneedle-street, held this day, a dividend of / ti per cent., free of income tax, for the half-year w: ts declared. As was generally ani ,icipated, the Directors of the Bank of England made no alteration in the Minimum rate of discou ,nt at the " parlour" meet ing to-day. The success which I gas attended the Bank of London has led to the formation of the National Provincial Insurance I issociation. The object of this society is to effect e very description of life and ire assurance, and it • will commence operations under the most favoura ble auspices. The business and influence of three e atablished insurance com panies, whose united ai inual incomes, from pre miums alone, exceed 32,000/. per annum, and which possess large asset s. A proprietary of nearly it thousand members, an d a staff of more than eight hundred agents are in p - 7ocess of being secured ; so that with the valuable c o-operation of the Bank, which is still to be condi acted on its own risk, and with a separate directio n and management, there is every reason to believ •e it will be conducted—at comparatively small w •orking expenditure—to a successful issue. By ti ie above means, the vast preliminary expenses a tendant on the formation of an assurance compan y will be avoided—a con- sideration of some In .oment. Prospectuses are shortly to be issued. Increased buoyancy 5Ls noticeable in the market for the English Funds, but there is less speculation for a rise, and it is not unlikely that the upward Movement will receive check before long, as many of the Bulls will no doubt secure their profits. The recent fluctuations in the market exhibit the nervous state of the operators, who have changed the charaQter of their engagements several times within the space of two or three Weeks, although the - re is really nothing in the po litical horizon, or in the prospects of the Money Market to justify fluctuation. Consols for money have risen to 944 I, and for account 941 to 95. Exchequer Bills oxe 13s. to 15s. premium, and the Bonds are 991 175. A very limited business has been reported in Foreign Securities, although prices in several in stances have advanced about per cent., viz., Turkish, Russian and Dutch 4 per Cents. Portu guese ruled steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 103 i 1 3 - and the 4 per Cents. 103 k 1. Russian 4i per Cents., 97k. Peruvian 4i per Cents., 80, and Dutch 4 per Cents., 991. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 to 7 ; Mexican, 22i to 22i ; Peruvian, 79 to 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 57 to 59 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 to 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 to 110 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 43/ 41 ; ditto Deferred, 24i 5,1 ; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, ai 7. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 1856., Great Western North-Western South-Western 1855. £28,136 63,340 17,520 Brighton Midland South-Eastern. Caledonian . . 19,697 33,307 25,023 13,729 17,545 31,540 25,346 11,563 Great Northern 22,937 21,853 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 26,084 7,413 22,282 6,954 Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire 7,148 6,237 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,555 9,800 North London North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wol?erb 4,309 4,125 Taff Vale 4,984 3,626 Edinburgh and Glasgow ......» 6,150 5744 Glasgow and South-Western Northern of France Grand Trunk of Canada Shares of all descriptions have advanced. R a il. ways are generally up about 10s., and a large business has been done. The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial, however, do not increase, and they remain without any important variation. Rigas are 1 i prem. Bank shares rule flat and mines are quiet. A few transactions are recorded in miscellaneous shares at previous rates. FIitITIBH FUNDS THIS DAY IT ON F , -* O'CLOCK. (From the O f ficial List; Business done. , & per Cent. Console Annuities 943 Consols (or Account E retequer Bills, 20. £lOOO . ' l5 13 E5OO l5 Small l2 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. 994 Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'OllOOlK Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent Ditto Account BO Pot uguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent Russian Bonds, 1822, St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4i per Cent. ,~~:•kieh Bonds, 6 per cent lo3k Ditto Account lO3B 'Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. t Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2A per Con;:.., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 94i DitWACCOunt InclanY's i a l froo 13. IL -- are Ely Of Olirl e . g she oP ,di ter:. ops , shiP ba ne rot B.c -(l°' ri 140 p 0 " DOP 1 " `llO oevt. o 4 requ l n oo 24,v of 310 0 00 0 f the I ° 3o reso. - o 1 ini°" Ars t the b last. re der al P 0" xs o Pi l ' ea ar tbt PO' e boe 9 : ,ken 1 3° be t Wee t . c • 0-°o ,y 00 1 1 0 in tOj ec i V a b ling tr; life ::(1 Lget B ong of THE SUN, .1.40.14 .002 N , THURS DAY .E V ENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 856. Business done this day. 531 5 it 161 9 i x d 81 2 64 I 5 97i i i 7 1 106 103kiifii 10G i T 9 l I 501 17/ 5871 121 i 7 29i 14i i 72 i li le/ 6 4 • 8i k MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 25 26 251 le all A.ustraln. Royal Mail _ 10 all Berlin Water Works 51 6 150 49 Brit. American Land . tOO 31.1 2 Canada l_2o 125 St 00 C.Go.6p.c.Jan&july il3 1131 113 1 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 Do.6p c. Mar & Sept 6 all Crystal Palace. 2 2 . 1 21 5 all Do. Preference si 5i 4 all Crystal Pal.of France 1 $ Duston Iron Ore 20 151 Eastern Steam St. iOO Electric Telegraph 93 95 1 al i Electric Teleg. of Ir 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 11 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Glen. Steam Navigat. 16 all General Screw Steam 121 131 13 i 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 3t 4 20 10 Magdalena St. Swig 10 all mediteran. Elea. Tel. 8 10 all Mexiean&S.Arnericn. 41 —4/ 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. ... 1p 51 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel , 10 5 Netherlands 1 20 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. BpcPissatld id— -100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 23 25 N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. • . all N. B. Australasian 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 1 d 16 1 all Oriental Gas 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" ;p pm I. all Peel Rr. Minrl. 211 2$ 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 67 E 8 50 10 Do. New 5 6 p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Anstral. Invest 1 Ditto New iP 25 all South Anstral Land 3oi 1 all flubsaar. Tel. Scrip... 1 1 all Do. Registered. — 1 1 20 5 'Prost& L.Co.U.Can. • 1.00 28 V. Dimon'. 1,41 , di 15i 16i VaN6P.o.ianianly DONCASTER RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Polestar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Alice Wentworth (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fulbeck (taken) 25 to 1 agst Trapper (taken) 25 to 1 agst Homily (taken) 28 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) 28 to 1 agst oby Ratan (taken) 30 to 1 agst Quince (taken) 30 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins (taken) 30 to 1 agst Jolly Marine (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken) 33 to 1 agst Merlin (taken) 33 to 1 agst De Ginkel (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) 50 to 1 agst Gortschakoff (taken) 66 to 1 agst Br to Grey Tommy (taken) DEBBY. 20 to 1 agst Tournament (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh 40 to 1 agst Comedian 50 to 1 agst Strathnaver 66 to 1 agst Laird Duff 66 to 1 agst Magnifier 15 to 1 agst Dawson's lot (taken) THE ALADDIN CASE. NEWTON' lIANDIOAP. —Stakes and bets awarded to Vau Dunck. Cup and bets awarded to His Piper. BANK OF ENGLAND. (MEETING THIS DAY.) A general Court of the governor and company of the Bank of England was held this day. The chair was taken by the governor. The minutes of the last Court having, been real, and the result of the scrutiny yesterday, declaring the elec• tion •f A. Latham, Esq., a director in the place of H. J. Prescott, Esq., deceased, The GOVERNOR said he had now to inform the Cour that this was the usual half-yearly meeting, and also one of the quarterly courts appointed to be held by the charter. The net profits up to the 30th of August last amounted to 637,6721. 3s. 9d., making the amount of rest up to that day 3,683,405/. 17s. lid. After providing for the dividend of 4i per cent., the rest would be 3,033,5201. 17s. 11d. The Court, therefore, propose a dividend of 4,i per cent. without deduction on account of income tax. The formal resolution, declaring the dividend of 41 per cent., was then put to the meeting, and carried unani mously. The GOVERNOR then announced that the dividend warrants would be delivered on the 10th of October next. A PROPRIETOR wished to know how the west-end branch was progressing. The Goyim:Tort said the branch was making progress and the business increasing. A PROPRIETOR Raid it might be progreesing favourably without returning a profit. The GOVERNOR said there were certain incidental ex penses to be provided for, such as the expenses of the building to be liquidated, before it could return a profit. A PROPRIETOR —Are you satisfied with it ! The GOVERNOR—As far as it has yet gone the di rectors are satisfied with it. The proceedi❑gs then terminated. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) (Before Mr. Justice Williams and Mr. Baron Bramwell.) CONSPIRACY.-THE LATE STRIKE AT MESSRS. YOUNG'S, SHIPBUILDERS. Richard Gale, James Mumford, George Reeves, Ed. wa r d Layton Hopper, John Brown, Frederick Young, Augustus Henry Fredericks, George Binet, Jelin Hopper, and Stephen Mayse surrendered to their bail, charged with conspiracy in reference to the late strike at Messrs. Young's shipbuilding yard. The Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and Mr. 101 l were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Edwin James, Q C., Mr. .Metcalfe, Mr. Ribton, and Mr. Sleigh were for the defendants. The Attorney-General, in stating the case to the jury, said that this was a case of very great importance, and he begged their serious attention to the circumstances he should lay before them. The case was of great im portance, not merely to the parties concerned, but it was also of the greatest importance to the whole of the manufacturing industry of the country, because in it was involved the relations between employer and the employed—whether the employer should have a right to say that he would employ whom he liked, and on such terms as he liked, or whether, on the other hand, the operative should have the right, not only to say that he would furnish the labour required on such and such terms, but combine with others of the same, or any other trade, to constitute themselves into a body, calling them selves by any name they might choose to adopt, and exercise an undue power over others, and prescribe the terms on which they should labour. No one disputed for a single moment that it was competent t), any number of persons belonging to the same trade or the same department of manufactures to agree that they would not afford labour except on certain terms, having a perfect right to combine for the mutual protection of their common interests, so far as related to the terms on which they would labour, but they had no right to go beyond that, and by molestation, obstruction, illegiti raate means, and undue combination, and, above all, by intimidation, to proscribe to others the terms on which others shouH afford labour to those who required it. Those were the principles which the law sanctioned on the one band, and common sense and reason dictated on the other, and it was for the violation of the law in that respect that the present defendants appeared at the bar of that Court. The case he had to produce on the part of the prosecution he should be able to prove with out difficulty and substantiate against the defendants, viz., that they bad combined by illegal means to prevent Messrs. Young and Co., shipbuilders, of this port, from carrying on their business except on certain terms ac. ceptable to the defendants and those who acted with them. The practice in the shipbuilding yards of Lon- don, with the exception of one private yard, and which was adopted in Messrs. Young's yard, previous to last May, was to commence work at 6 o'clock in the morn• • ing . and continue until 8 o'clock, when there was half an hour allowed for breakfast. At half-past 8 o'clock the men returned to their work and continued until eleven o'clock, when twenty minutes was allowed for allowance (refreshment), after which work was resumed and continued till 1 o'clock ; there was then a cessa tion of an hour for dinner. At 2 o'clock the men re turned to their work, and continued till 4 o'clock, when there was an interval of 20 minutes again for allowance, after which they continued their work till 6 o'clock, when they left off, making together 9 hours and 40 minutes. The periods for allowanc3 were a peculiarity belonging to the London ship-building yards, no such practice existing i❑ provincial yards. It was found by Messrs. Young and Co. to be one productive of great inconvenience, and, so far from benefitting . the men, was considered to be productive of inconvenience and harm, for the men, not having time, in these short intervals, to return to their homes and their families, necessarily repaired to the public houses in the neighbourhood. Every one, he felt cer tain, must agree with him, that whilst every oppor tunity should be afforded to the labouring classes for recreation and refreshment, the less they fre quented public-houses the better it would be for them selves, their families, their employers, and society ; and Messrs. Young considered they might make such an alteration in the hours of labour as would be at once beneficial to them and the men, without reducing the aggregate number of hours of labour, though in reality shortening the length of the day. After maturely considering the subject, they issued in May a notice, stating that the hours of labour would be altered as follows : —To commence at G o'clock in the morning and continue till 0 o'clock, when the men would have an hour's cessation, instead of half an hour. They were to retain their 20 minutes allowance at 11 o'clock, but instead of stopping at 4 o'clock, they continued on till half-past five o'clock instead of six o'clock, when the day's work ceased, the effect of which was that the day, instead of being 9 hours and 40 mi nutes, was 9 hours and a half, whilst the men worked as long as before. He (the Attorney• General), in conduct ing that prosecution, took his broad stand on this: that the employer bad a right to Fay to those in his employ, " If you desire to remain in my service it must be on such and such terms," and that the artisan and operative had a right to say they would not accept such terms, but that, if you desire to have the benefit of my labour, it must be on such and such terms. The learned gentle. man then referred to the terms of the notice, of which he said the men had no right to complain, and entered at great length into the facts of the case as detailed i❑ evidence, and read some of the placards issued by the men, in which they characterised the change as an in vasion of their rights, which bad been legalised by cus tom, which, he said, was a total misconception of the rights of the employer and the employed, for there could be no rights a man could possess in any particular system adopted by an employer with reference to the terms of labour or any other circumstance, and the only right or interference the artisan bad was to say he would not labour on the terms proposed. The learned counsel next detailed the organised plan of operation laid down and acted upon by the defendants, and their interference with the prosecutors in procuring men from Wales, Ireland, and the various parts of England, as well as their conduct towards the men they succeeded in obtaining from Guernsey; and in conclusion said that the three men, Fredericks, Reeves, and Binet were not in the prosecutors' employment at the time, but the others were. The first was president of the trades' union ; Reeves president of the joiners' union ; and the third, a Jersey man, who took a conspicuous part in the proceed ings. Every man bad a right to assert what he consi dered his rights, and trades' unions might be of great im portance and advantage to the various trades to which the men belonged, but if they were allowed to usurp a power they could not exercise without detriment to the whole operatives of the country, and such tyrannical power over those who belonged to the same trade by their interference, as in this instance, they would be found to be the greatest curse of the trading community generally. Mr. Young was then called, and deposed to the issuing of the notice for the alteration of the hours of labour in May last, the strike of the men, the committee sitting at the E linburgh Castle which overlooked hie yard, and the issue of counter placards by the Union, and the engaging men to enter their employ in the place of those who had struck, and he identified several of the defendants as being at the window of the committee-room. Edward Hopper admitted to him that he met the Gloucester men on the platform of the Great Western station and offered them money to go back, and endeavoured to prevent other men from going into their employ. On the 26th July there was a great crowd in the neighbourhood of the yard in consequence of 42 Jersey men having arrived the previous day and been accommodated in the yard. From 80 to 100 persons congregated daily, and there was much excitement- About half-past 12 of that day several hundred bad assembled, and when the Jersey men were expected back from their dinner from 800 to 1,000 persons had assem bled. There was great shouting, evincing a feeling of exasperation, and he wrote to the sitting magistrate twice, and on the second application ho had th e assist ance of the police. He saw Reeves and Brown there that day ; they were standing quietly. Very few of the men could get back to their work at half-past 1 o'clock, being kept back by the crowd. His son went with the crowd, and was struck. Reeves came up to him in an excited state when the excitement was at its height, and said, " For God's sake, Mr. Young, put an end to this: , Witness asked "flow ?" Reeves replied, " Why, by giv ing up." Witness said to him, "Go away, you fooiish man; give that advice to your colleagues at the public house over the way—don't offer it to me." Reeves then left. Previous to the above day Reeves called on bun with others, and introduced himself as president of the joiners' society. Witness said, " I don't think I ought to discuss this with you." Ile replied, "Oh, we are all milking, one common cause of it." W. George Osborne, gatekeeper to the prosecutors.— After the strike the up-stairs room of the union public house, commanding a view of the yard beneath, was occupied by the men on strike. He saw Brown, Edward Hopper, Gale, Mumford, Reeves, Dray se, and Fredericks there whilst the strike was goi❑g on. People congre gated round the prosecutor's premises during the strike• An additional crowd assembled on the coming of the Jersey men. Ou Saturday, the 26th July, the Jersey men were at work in the yard. A large number of men co gregated on that day about the time tb ese men left the yard, at dinner-time. The defendants Brown, Edward Hopper, Reeves, and Young were atnongst the crowd. He saw Reeves frequently during the strike outside the premises. At dinner-time of the above day he saw Brown near the yard, and also Young. The Attorney-General proposed to show by the evi dence what the crowd did on the 26th July in offering obstruction. Mr. James objected to its production. The Attorney-General contended he could ; and it was for the defendants, who had been identified in the crowd, to afterwards explain their conduct. Mr. Baron Bramwell said he thought the question could be put to show the aggregate conduct of the crowd. Witness was examined, and said that about half-past 12 o'clock from 500 to 600 persons were present. The Attorney-General—What were they doing ? Mr. James objected to the question. No sufficient grounds had been yet shown to identify the tb,ree men spoken to with the acts of the crowd to make them re sponsible. They ware for aught shown to the contrary passive spectators, or rather, so far -as Reeves was con cerned, as stated by Mr. Young, attempting to put an end to the excitement. They had not been shown as ob structing the Jersey men or inciting the mob. The Atterney•General contended the evidence could be received, and that it was for the jury to decide how it affected the defendants. The defendants could have no other motive in being present than to control and coerce the conduct of the business at Messrs. Young's yard, and Mr. Young's evidence, relative to Reeve's conduct, was evidence sufficient for the jury to decide whether or not he was not a member of the congregated body who assembled at the union public-house. Mr. Baron Bramwell said he thought more evidence should be shown to connect the defendants with the acts of the crowd. Nicholson, a shipwright, from Southampton, entered the service of the prosecutors on the Ist July. On first going into the yard he saw a number of persons round the union. On Saturday, the 26th July, he attempted to return to the yard, after dinner, with three others. At a short distance from the yard they saw a crowd of 200 persons in front of the yard. The crowd said, "Here they are," and opened to let them pass, after which he and his comrades were closed on and struck. The crowd said, " Serve them out." On being struck, he turned round to see who it was, when he was struck again from behind. When within 12 yards of the gate, as he turned round, Brown struck witness violently two or three times about the head and neck. He was afterwards knocked down by the crowd, and he was unable to work for a week from injury he received in the hand. Witness saw the defendant the first day he arrived in London. They were standing around the Union public-house. Mr. James reminded his lordship that there was a separate indictment against Brown for this assault. Mr. Baron Bramwell—But that does not prevent his being charged on this indictment for conspiracy. John Hillier deposed—On the 26th July last I was in company with a man named Nicholson, in Messrs Young's employ. I was struck by several persons and knocked down. I saw Brown in the crowd. The crowd was shouting very much, calling out " Let them have it—give it them." He described the attack and the state of the crowd similar to the last witness. David Hunter corroborated the evidence of the last witnesses. The crowd cried out " Hit them, beat them —knock them down—give it to them." He was knocked down. A policeman assisted him, but none of the men who comprised the crowd. He was guarded home by police. Edwin Goodwin, P.S., was at the yard on the 26th July. When the men returned from dinner, there was an assemblage of 800 or 1,000 people of all sorts in front of the yard. Men and women attacked the shipwrights going to work, and knocked their hats off. He described the mob as unruly, and he saw a rush, and 30 or 40 men on the ground, including two policemen. He saw Brown lying on Nicholson. He saw many shipwrights in the crowd he had seen previously in and about the Union publichouse. Brown and Young were in the crowd. Cress-examined by Mr. James.—Young said, " rescue him," meaning Brown. There were a great many " lumpers" there. What is a 'limper I—A man who does anything. (Laughter.) Mr. James.—lt commenced first good naturedly— knocking one the other's hats off. Wituess—Yes. (Laughter.) Mr. Baron Bramwell.—l did'nt hear him say good naturedly on the first occasion. Mr. James to witness—How many more were in the crowd, Witness—A great number. Mr. James—And comprised ladies, Jumpers, and children I Witne3s—Yes. Benjamin Thomas and John Davey also described the riotous nature of the crowd. The last witness had his hat and rule taken away. Police-constable 313 K deposed that ho spoke to Brown and asked him "if he wanted to kill the man— that he should know his face again." Witness saw him strike a man several times. Mr. Tucks, clerk to the prosecutors, deposed—ln May I was sent to Paddington station to meet some shipwrights coming from Gloucester. When I got, there I met Gale and Mumford. The train had not then ar rived. Mumford asked me how many men I expected up from the country. I said I didn't rightly know. He said he understood twelve were to come, because he hal had a letter from Gloucester saying some hands were coming. He also asked me if some were coming from Wales. I said I did not know. He said he believed they were, and asked after Mr. Cosens, in prosecutors' employ, who was then at Gloucester. I said to Mum ford, "You appear to know more about it than I do." He replied, " Lord bless you, we know all about persons coming." On the arrival of the train the two defendants walked with witness up and down the train to see if there were any men like shipwrights. The two defendants found the men out first, and had some conversation with them. I took the men to a lodging at Paddington, and afterwards took them to a public-house, and went into the bar. Gale and Mumford were there. They entered into conversation with the men, and said they were out on strike for their rights and privileges, and that Mr. Young was as good an employer as any could be. I said what these men have said is true, except its being for their rights and privileges. Gale and Mumford a said it was the unanimous opinion of 2,000 shipwrights of London that it was so. Gale, Mu►nford, and I afterwards had something at the bar. Mumford went back and spoke to the men, and they joined us. The two defend ants then sent some refreshments to the men in the par lour. Gale, Mumford, and I the❑ rode to Limehouse i❑ the same omnibus. Before parting Mumford said to Gale, " We must go the Union public-house to see our mates, for they are waiting for us." On the following morning I went to Paddington, and stopped the Glou cester men from coming down to Limehcuse that day. In Fenchurch-street I met Gale and Mumford, who said, "Your men are waiting for you at the station at Paddington." I went on to Paddington, but in Oxford street I saw three or four of the Gloucester men in an omnibus coming into the City. Lodgings were provided at Limehouse, but they were not to go there till night. On the following day I went to the lodgings, they were not there ; two cabs were near the house, in one of which was some of the Gloucester men with Edward Hopper, a signal was given, when Hopper slipped out and shut the door. The men were driven of to Paddington station, and left by train for Gloucester that same day. The Court adjourned for half an hour for lunch. On the return of the learned Judge, Mr. James addressed his Lordship, informing him that he had availed himself of the interval to persuade his clients (except Fredericks, against whom there was no case) to withdraw their pleas of not guilty, and plead gu ilty. He concurred in the opinion expressed by the learned Attorney-General with regard to the law of the c zse, and he (Mr. James) thought these men were now convinced of their error in coercing others. The Attorney-General said that the prosecutors had no vindictive feelings in the matter, but they considered their duty to society, the trade, and themselves, rendered it necessary that they should take the course they bad. They had no wish to be considered other than good masters, and they would be satisfied witb the defendants except Fredericks, entering into their recognizances to come up when called on to receive judgment. Mr. Baron Bramwell said he had no ot,jection to the course proposed, but a question arose in his mind whe ther he ought now to take cognizance of the violence proved against Brown and Young, or leave it to be met in another place. He would, however, take into consi deration the recommendation of the learned Attorney- General. The defendants having retracted the plea of Not Guilty, The learned Baron then withdrew, and consulted Mr. Justice Williams, who was presiding in the other court, relative to the evidence as it affected Brown and Young, and on his returning into court said that Mr. Justice Williams agreed with bilk in thinking that the 1 defendants were not indicted for the assaults, Not being indicted for a conspiracy to deter •with violence, it would be wrong to punish th em now, 'but to leave it to the parties aggrieved to proceed against them elsewhere. The defendants bad been well ad vised to plead guilty, for they must bare been found guilty of conspiracy under the counts in the indictment. The parties sv'tio had offended might not have known they were bred king the law, and under the circumstances, acquiesced in, discharging the defend• ants on their own recognisance s, as suggested. The defendants having el - Its:red into the required re• •ognisances, left the court with their friends. POLICE INTELLIGENC:?..—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DABING WATCH ROBBERY.—BIiza, Shepherd, a well• dressed young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Mr. David Heard, draper, 143, Oxford street. Mr. WOubrey, the barrister, r.ppeared for the pri soner. The prosecutor deposed that about a quarter -past ni ne on the previous night he was walking down Regent. street, when the prisoner passed by him and said, "Hallo, my dear ; where are you going 1" He looked round and saw the prisoner, but did not speak to her, and he still kept walking on slowly. ile bad not gone very far when she came after him, and again asked where he was going. He told her he was going to Leicester. square. She then asked him to go with her and treat her. H e d ec li n ed doing so, and was about walking away when he felt a jerk at his waistcoat pocket, and on putting his band thereto he found that his •watch and gold guard were gone. The prisoner was in the act of running away, when be caught hold of her. She said " What do you want with me !" He told her she had got his watch. She then reached out her hand, in which he distinctly saw his watch, and attempted to give it to a man, evidently her companion ; but witna 3s caught hold of her, and after some struggling sux•ceeded in taking the watch and chain from her. A police. constable subsequently came up, and he then gave her in charge. The ring of the watch was found close by where she fir,t accosted him. Sergeant Freeman, No. 10 C, said he received charge of the prisoner, who was a well known meniber of a gang of thieves over the water. Mr. M'Oubrey having addressed the court on behalf of the prisoner, Mr. Bingham was about committing ler for six months when Mr. Squire, a gentleman residing in Oxford-street, stepped into the witness-box, and identified t'ae prisoner as the person who had robbed him on Sunday night last in Regent-street, of a valuable gold watch. 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Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares.. iLusitanian IMariquita New Granada INotivean Monde 1 - li 5 - 7 &I - 1 all ill All 'Pontgi.Sil.l4 Le. Min. Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhytoney Iron. IDo. New 2a 21 3} 3i 19 21 55 - P I - 59 (Santiago de Cuba ;Sort. Cons. Min. Co South Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Pref Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. Tin Croft ....... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa ... . Worthing Mining of Australia an CI all All 12e. 30 - 35 26 - 28 16 - 18 fi - 14 - 15 - •.• ."" ••• 7 - 8 r : p - I 9 - 11 23 - 25 6 - - 2 i 2 - 2 - • I. - li 31 - 4# 34 - 4 ••• ••• a i .1.11 ... ....- ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. A novel feature gave variety to the entertainments last night, in the shape of music accompanied by recita tion—or, more strictly speaking, recitation accompanied by music. The passages recited were from "A Mid summer Night's Dream," comprising considerably more than half of that unequalled dramatic poem. The music was that which, perhaps more than any other, has en deared the name of Mendelssohn to England—since, if anything could possibly be added to Shakspere's im mortal verse, it has been supplied, in another language, by the German composer, whose melody and harmony breathe the very spirit of the poet. The task of reader devolved upon Misa Vandenhoff—the original An tigone in 1845, when a translation of the famous tragedy of Sophocles was produced at Covent-garden Theatre, with the choral and incidental music com• posed by Mendelssohn at the suggestion of the present King of Prussia. It is, therefore, not the first time that Miss Vandenhoff has, if we may so express ourselves, acted to music ; and that she should acquit herself like one well experienced in the matter was by no means surprising. She recited the purely poetical passages with appropriate emphasis, and endeavoured not unsuccess fully to impart a species of marked individuality to each of the more prominent characters in the dramatis per sonas. The Music-hall was crammed ; and it was grati fying to mark the decorous behaviour of the crowd and the strict attention which was paid, interrupted only at rare intervals by certain of the "outsiders," situ ated at too inconvenient a distance to catch the precise signification of what Miss Vandenhoff was saying. But even these were at once brought to order whenever the familiar strains of the music were heard. Nearly the whole was introduced —the whole, indeed, with the exception of one or two melodramatic scenes, the cur tailment of which was inevitable unless the entire even ing could have been devoted to Shakepere and Mendele- Bohn. The chain of beautiful and romantic interludes for the orchestra—including the overture, scherzo, and fairy march; the intermeaza, describing Hermia's search after Lysander ; the notturno, and wedding march — were all played, and admirably played, under the direc• tion of M. Jullien, who, not for the first time, showed his intimate acquaintance with the most delicate refine ments of the score. Without being invidious, where there was so little fault to find, we may cite the exquisite notturno (performed while the two pairs of "star crossed lovers" are asleep in the wood), and the stirring and magnificent wedding march, as the most striking achievements of the evening. In the first the horn solos were played to perfection by Mr. Jarrett, whose tone and manner of phrasing were equally worthy of praise. The march, executed with wonderful precision and force, was unanimously encored. The principal voice parts in the duet with chorus—" Ye Spotted Snakes"—were extremely well sung by Misses Stabbach and Poole. The chorus would have been more effective had all the singers put forth their strength ; but, as it seemed to us, one-third at least of the number, instead of singing themselves, looked on with closed lips, as if curious to observe what the rest were engaged in doing. Mr. Land, the able chorus-master, should endeavour to rectify this on a future occasion. The suc cess of the new experiment was complete; Miss Vanden hoff retired amidst the loudest applause; and the audience felt all the better disposed, after this truly intellectual treat, to enjoy the miscellaneous entertainments of the second part of the concert. The revival of " A Midsum mer Night's Dream" is likely to prove one of the most attractive incidents in an inaugurative season of rarely exampled prosperity.-7 hues. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.—SIIAKSPERIAN READINGS BY MISS VANDENHOFF.—We are glad to welcome this talented lady once more in that peculiar role in which she stands so pre - eminent, and we congratulate the directors on this new addition to the varied attractions they have brought before the public. The play selected was Shakspere's " Midsummer Night's Dream," in. terspersed with Mendelssohn's delightful music. To say that the language of our immortal bard was delivered with due emphasis and discretion would indeed be faint praise ; the reading was most delightfully rendered throughout. The principal singers were Miss Poole and Miss Stabbacb. Both ladies sang the music allotted them with much taste, and were warmly applauded. The choruses, conducted by Mr. Land, were most effi cient. The music was sung with great precision and effect. Altogether it was an evening delightfully spent, and we feel assured it must prove highly attractive. MARRIAGE LICENCES FOR QUAKERS AND JEWS.—In the New Marriage Act, which will shortly come into operation, there is a clause to the effect that the marriage of Quakers and Jews may be solemnised by licence. T , ie Registar-General is to furnish marriage register books and forms to each certified secretary of a synagogue of British Jews. THE BISHOPRIC OF DIJRHAII.—W O are enabled to state that the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Right Rev. Edward Maltby, D.D., lately Lord Bishop of Dur ham, has been filled by the translation of the Lord Bishop of Ripon to that see. The patronage of this see, although not so large as that which belongs to the see of London, is still very considerable, as will be seen from the following statement :—The Bishop of Durham pre sents to the three archdeaconries, to one of which, that of Durham, is attached, by act of Parliament, one of the canonries in the cathedral. The bishop presents also to certain other canonries, and to no fewer than 69 livings, all of them situate in the counties of Northumberland arid Durham. Of these, eight are worth sums exceeding 1,000/. a year, and, in fact, one of them (Stanhope rectory, Durham), is one of the most valuAble rectories in existence, being set down at 4,8481. a year. The rectory of Bishop. wearmouth is worth 1,330/. ; Essington rectory, 1,311/. ; Egglescliffe rectory, 1,049/. ; ihughton-le-Skernerectory, with Sadberge curacy, 1,2791. ; Houghton -le-Spring rec tory, 1,6001. ; Sedgefield rectory, 1,802/. ; W bitburn rectory, 1,1131. So much for the livings valued at more than 1,0001. The right rev. prelate will also have the gift of no fewer than 13 livings exceeding 500/. a year in value, —viz., Auckland, St. Andrew, 587/. ; St. Thomas, P. 0., Bishopw(armouth, 500/. ; West Bolden rectory, 653/. ; Elwick rectory, 5421. ; Gateshead rectory, 633/. ; Hal twistle vicarage, 593/., Long-Newton rectory, 604/. ; Ryton rectory, 9561. ; WashiNgton rectory, 721/. ; Whickham rectory, 663/. ; Winston rectory, 5571.; Wol singham rectory, 794/. ; Woodharn vicarage, 512/. There are 25 other livings, worth between 2001, and 5001. ; and the remainder are worth 100/. and upwards, with the exception of the perpetual curacy of Thocke• rington, which is set down at 48/. The total value of the patronage of the new Bishop of Durham will b 3 nearly 40,0001. a-year. Bt. qt.. 20 25 St. Ell 2C 10 St. R. 50 9t. St, 25 20 20 50 5 5 20 10 20 II LOO a; 5 a] 20 1 , 18 18 a. 20i 5 6 al 17; s' 20 1! 20 I 11 100 a] 100 al. 100 & 20 1 20 a 20; 20i 100 s: 100 a 160 a 20 I ~ .1 20 1 n 20 a] 20 al 20 11 33 al 20 1 al 20 1 al 10 I all 20 a, 10 al 20 al 20 al 20 18r, 8; 1 10 20 El 20 a' 20 al 49 I al 20 r' 4 0 6l 25 1 100 51 20 1 50 2' 100 5 1 50 1' 100 1 100 2 100 3 20 11 50 2 20 25 i 20 1 100 i 2 50 11 100 5 THAMES. DREADFUL ASSAULT ON A WOMAN. —J oh tz Perkins: a tall and powerful man, aged 21, and des , ,lribed as a seaman, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing an advance note for the payment of 1/. from George Millard, of No. 4, Neptune-street, Wapping, and violently assaulting Charlotte Millard, Ell en Logan, and a police-sergeant named Fred. Marshall, .No. 20 H. The woman Millard, who had sustained very serious injuries, was led into the court in a state of gre.%t exhaus tion. Her face was much bruised and disfigured, and her eyes swollen and discoloured. It appeared that Mr. Millard is a seaman's boarding-house. keeper, and the prisoner bad lodged with him a few days, and borrowed ss. on a sailor's advance note for the payment of U. The prisoner left Mr. Millard's house a few days ago, and returned last night and asked Mr. Mil lard for the note. Mr. Millard, who was at his door smoking his pipe, demanded the money he had advanced on the note. The prisoner offered 2s. only, and Mr. Millard refused to let him have it, and the prisoner then said he would give the ss. that had been advanced on the note. Mr. Millard called li s wife up from the kitchen, and asked her for his keys and unlocked the desk in which he had deposited the note. Mr. Mil lard no sooner had the note out of his del i. than the prisoner, without any provocation, struck him a violent blow on the side of the head and snatched the note from his hand. Mrs. Millard then came up to the assistance of her husband, and the prisoner immediately ;seized her by the hair of the head and struck her repeated'. blows on the head and face with his clenched fist. Ho r screams were truly pitiable, but the fellow, without. remorse, threw her down and kicked her about the body in a savage manner. Her servant, Ellen Logan, w ent to the assistance of her mistress, and the prisoner struck her a tremendous blow on the mouth which loosened several of her teeth and felled her to the ground. Tti ,e prisoner then kicked Mrs. Millard again, and said " Take that you cow," and used other disgusting and blas phemous epithets. The police were sent for, and Marshall, 20 H, secured the prisoner, who made a violent resistance and struck at the police sergeant, who was obliged to handcuff him. Mrs. roach, the wife of a police constable, was di rected to examine Mrs. Millard, and the reported that the woman was frightfully bruised about the, abdomen, thighs, and back, and that those bruises had been ♦ery recently inflicted. A medical certificate; from Mr. Stuckey, of Wellclose• square, was put in, describing the fearful injuries and contusions received by Mrs. Millard. Mr. Selfe commented on the barbarous and savage conduct of the prisoner, who was a perfect brute, and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and bard I►bour in the House of Correction. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVEIZAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Sept. 18, 1856, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. } SMILEY. OATS. RTE. I music PEAS. 69; 61 45s 81 25s 101 43 91 45s 41 I 41s Od TILE SIX WEEKS' AVERA. ' E WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. 1 RIE I BEANS. PEAS. 71s 6i 453 ld I 26s lid 44s 21 45s 2d i 405 ad QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEn Wheat, 90,282; Barley, 8,511 ; Oats, 8.282; Rye, G3l ; B Jane, 1,172; . Peas, Gil quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENUALL. — The trade ruled steady, is follows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 38 2d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 81 per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Sept 17.—We were fairly supplied with each kind of stock to-day. The demand generally ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to -is 61; Mutton, 3s 6(1 to 5 s 0,1; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s Gd per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Sept. 17.—There was a moderate business doing here to-day, at about stationary prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; ti cal, 3s 8d to 4s Gd; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s Gd per 81bs. Quarter old store pigs, —a to —S. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 03 to 5/ 103; clover 31 103 to 6/ 63; and straw, 1183 to 1111 s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 3s to Si 10s; clover, 31 lOs to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 11 8s to 11 15s per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to SI lOs ; clover, 41 03 to 6 1 10 3 ; and straw , 11 8 s to 11 14 s per load , A fair demand. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Sept. B.—Wind this day at noon, W.; moderate and cloudy. l'ORTsmouTH, Sept. 17.—Wind W. N.W.—Sailed.-- Prince of Wales, for Calcutta ; Seahorse, Ply mouth. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind Linnet, from the coast of Africa. FALMOUTH, Sept. 15.—Wind W.— Off the port—Graf Dirk, from Akyab, for Rotterdam. TEIGNMOUTH, Sept. 17. —Wind W.—Arrived—Haber dine, from St. John's, Newfoundland. BELFAST, Sept. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived—Wild Irish Girl, from Quebec. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived Eagle, steamer, from Sunderland ; Lamb, Newt Ort. Sailed—Hero, for Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived —Baron Renfrew, from Bombay ; Corrit, Mata. Zen ; Agatha Venice ; Albertina , S t. Petersbur g; Cl audio, Porto Rico : Garonne, Leghorn ; Wild Horse, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Off —Sovereign, steamer, and Shamrock, steamer. 12 g 3 Sailed.—Bootia, strew-steamer, for Constantinople. DUBLIN, Sept. 17. Wind N.Tir. Arrived. — l Cadiz. ndustry, from Miramichi •; Creole, QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 16. Wind S.W. Arrived.—Ocean Queen and Energy, from Ibralia. • Tyolf, Constantinople ; James Hackett, St. J o h n ' s - Maqdalino and Sophia, Galatz. Off—Henry Buck, from Matanzas ; Belona, Dom ra. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.6 a.m. Wind W., tide six hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived, Sept. 17.—Athenian, from Calcutta; Pride, Jersey ; Achsah, Jamaica. Arrived, Sept. 18.—Furet, from Gravelines; Macedo nia, Bay of Rocks ; Vero, Jamaica ; Clarence, Oporto ; iPseY, Manzanillo; Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Mentor, Dant zic. Sailed—Lobilia„ for Melbourne; Sultana, Sierra Leone. DEAL, Thursday, 10.14 8.111 Wind N.W., Pas ;et:l.—Phantom, from tho West Indies, for London ; Liverpool, London, Now Yolk; Jacat.L. , .., Loudon, Glab:. gow. Anchored.—Phammond, from London, tor Launceston. Sailed—The Frances Ellen, fox 4iibosi. _~ I ~° 5 ~ y t Cl - le he 33. ;he 'Cu t aut' pOSt )011' I ;CAI ' 94 100 100 all all all all 100 all 100 1001 1100 'lOO all 100 all ' all 1 00 82s. 1 IC9 100 all all 100 3i ,100 1100 • all all luo 100 10 I al 40 60 26 20 100 100 100 20 i