The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-28 00:00:00

HuYAL THANE:: YACHT CL'-B.

11. e ra..e oho third and fourth class utters of this great
Out, r, to take place fleet set nniay. from Ilravesend, round the
Vote Light, and back, for talus Value at. and s;10. Half a
minute time alkmaneeper too. The race srUlbe s • nmpanied to
Use (Puma of the Thames steamer, which will lease 1.111.10b-
-4rk!g, at ! all•past R tie sui•Juin the entries .

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The li:reat Channel Itace, from the Nom to Ilavre, take. More
on the ath of Jul,. The entriesr lone on Monday next. several
rem* hoots are already mita real. An Invitation hat been lamed
trot,, the Prv.olent of the flame Regatta laanielttve to the
tontleo.eu e..gatreal in the lace to a grand wawa; afterwards

THE 7RADES VSION INQUIRY AT ShEFFIELD.

William Henry Owen, brickmater, said he had
formerly acted as secretary to the brickmakets sad brick-
! iyers. There had been charges against the society of
dae..iging brick,. In their trade they spoilt the bricks by
putting their feet upon them. The bricks spoilt are gene-
rally those, of non.unionists, and it is done to make them
comply with the union rules. Sometimes they put ides
and needle in their bricks, but there was only one
charge against the union of the kind since his
secretaryship. Other outrages were committed which
he thought were not done on account of the union. A
„.•nod deal of damage might be done by the pins and needles
but witness never beard of 17,000 bricks being spoilt in
ono night. He read some time ago in the newspaper that
Mr. Thompson had a quantity spoilt in this way next the
Brailway tunnel. The effect of putting the pins and
needles in the bricks would he to destroy the men's kneels
and to ruin the makers. Besides the charges he had incite
he had heard of none other, nor did he know of any. He
had read of people being shot at. He knew Mr. Moor.
house, but was not aware he was shot at. nor was he
aware that Mr. Cotton was shot at either. He and Cotton
were intimate friends. /Series and Peat were both
members of the society, but he did not know
anything about them, except Peat once told him
he had been rattened, but the anion made it
good. Bridges be knew nothing about. but he had
heard of Bohannon having some gunpowder thrown through
his window. That was seven or eight years ago, at which
time his men were not paying to the society. He is still
living, but was not yet a member of the union. He
charged the union with being implicated in the outrage.
If their union paid anything for that it would be cut out
of the books when the leaves were destroyed. Most of
the muter brickmakers pay to the union, and, in that
case, if property is destroyed the union makes it good.
That is in accordance with one of their rules. Witness
had never paid any money himself, nor heard of any being
paid by others, for any kind of outrages.
Mr. Sec.. here said there bad been two cases of the
kind ; but although the men might have been prosecuted
they were not.

24% u L Romanis, secretary to the table knife (Finders,
admitted that rattening bad been resorted to in has union
in extreme cases. There hod been no case of outrage or
personal violence. They did not adopt any inea,ure for
compelling a man to join the union who did not wish to
do so.

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JOSHUA TV/ACIL said he was a member of the firm of
Tyzack and Sons. In January, 1860, they were
eu.ploying some men obnoxious to the trade, and
one of the places where they were working was
blown up. A man named Needham was sentenced to
four years' penal servitude for that. Witness had
en interview with the prisoner, and from that
when he heard, in 186/, that Needham was again in
Sheffield, he tried to see him. One evening in November,
1862, sa he was going home, when passing • plantation
just past Broad Oak Bar, he was shot at twice, and look
mg round he saw the flashi of a third shot, which came
from under a wall on the road aide. The man who fired
would be about 12 or 15 yards off. All the shots came
from one place. The bullet of the last blest struck his hair,
and passed through the brim of his hat. Witness after
this became unconscious, and fell at the bottom of his gig,
where he remained for about half a minute. When he
recovered he urged on his horse, but he had scarcely
started before two other shots were tired after
him. Ile then drove on. lie was not aware
that he bad had any quarrel with anyone.
lie was not aware of any other motive for the perpe-
tration of the outrage, beyond the fact that he had made
many inquiries respecting Needham. Needham is at pre-
sent in America. He wee desirous of finding Needham, '
because be wanted his evidence as to the blowing up of a
chimney at Dronfield, for which outrage he had been con-
victed. Michael Thompson, secretary to the Scythe
Grinders, had given Needham 101. for doing the job. lie
believed the reason he was shot at was that Thompson was
aware he was looking out for Needham. During the hilt
ten years witnem had had several threatening
letters, some of which he gave to Mr. Rayner—
late chief constable. The letters were usually to the
effect that if they sent any machine knives to grind
to others but scythe grinders they might expect
to be blown up. Subsequently they were rattened at Abbey.
dale works. That was became a man named Thole-
wood had done work to the amount of :ki. which was wrong.
In 1858 he Lad three pairs of bellows destroyed because
the scythe finishers were in arrears. After that all their
men were taken away and sent out of the country, and
the union would not allow them to return unless witness
agreed to certain conditions. In July, 1859, witness had
thisteen scythe-grinding bands taken. A man named Ray
was prosecuted for that. In 1863 they had several shops
broken into and tools taken away because the scythe
finishers were in arrears. In 1e65 two shops were broken
open and tools taken away—these had just been found
by the men making the railway. In 1866 they had a
number of bands taken to make the patent scythe makers
join the union. After this he had a letter threatening to
fire his place.
The court adjourned till to-day.
It will be remembered that Henry Skidmore, the chair-
man, and Thomas Smith, the secretary, of the Saw Grinders'
Union, were implicated in the Hereford-street outrage,
having paid for it, and having had at least some knowledge
of it. A meeting of the Sawmakers' Society was held on
Wednesday night, to consider the position of Skidmore
and Smith, who were 'upended by a resolution of the com-
mittee on Saturday last m consequence of the evidence
given before the Trades' Union Inquiry by Mr. Broadhead
on Friday. The meeting was a very large one, 460 persons
being present. After two hours and • half discus ion
nothing was decided, and the meeting was adjourned, but
there was • strong feeling in favour of the reappointment
of Skidmore and Smith.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLA BEFORE PARLIAMENT.
—Yesterday, in the House of Lords, in Lord Redesdale's
committee, the following bills were passed and ordered to
be reported :—The Navan and Kingeoeurt Railway, the
Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway, the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway, and the Mold and Denbigh Junction
Railway. In Room C, their lordships proceeded with and
further adjourned the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board
and the Liverpool Improvement Rills. In Room D, the
Great Western Railway and the Wartime/ Railway Rills
were further considered and again adjourned. In the
Painted Chamber, their lordships passed the North Staf-
fordshire Railway Bill; and the London and North Western
Railway (new work., 6.0.), and the Wolverhampton and
Walsall Railway Bills were adjourned. The Pier and liar.
hour Orders Confirmation (No. 2), the Midland find Glas-
gow, and South Western Railway Companies, and the
Midland Railway Rills were further adjourned. In
the House of Commons' committees, the preamble of
the Nt'ellanil River Outfall was declared to have been
proved in Group S. In Mr. DodBoll'3 committee, the
Witham Drainage Bill was pawed.
MARIE ANTUINIATTI.I4 LANs DRERB.—" A very
aged eeclesiadie," says the Moniteurdu Soir, " presented
himself a week ago at the cathedral of Avignon and asked
if an old black chasuble, which he described minutely, was
still in existence. The guardian replied affirmatively, and
at his request showed it him. The priest recognised it
immediately, and with a sentiment of veneration, inex-
plicable for the sacristan, approached it and kissed
it devoutly. Very much puzzled, the sacristan asked what
remernbtances this old worn-out ecclesiastical article of
dress could recall. The priest then told him that this
chasuble, which had formerly belonged to himself, the
speaker, was made out of the last dress that Marie An-
toinette bail worn at the Conciergerie. He gave very
circumstantial details, sod the authorities having made
the ducted inquiries believe the authenticity of this
recital"