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the cargo of the Edgar, on ar about the 20th of June lan, end,
wages amounted ton If. all c f which he hail been pot,
Mr. BRODERIP requested he w bold state in %.hat manner h.
received his wages. lie said the Ci tptain paid him one sovereign
board the vessel, and the balance hue received from the basket
men
on shore ; but that it wee at his own particular request. The
titer being extremely warm, he was &sent to go on bOird,
plied to the Captain to send him Sig wages, which he accordinci
did.
John Coulson. basket man, was then next witness produced,
.ho
evidently with as much reluctance as rile former one, admitted diet
he, with eight others, assisted at the delivering the collier Edger of
her cargo; that he paid the men their wages, which amosnted to
81. lis.; he paid them in a passage leading from the landing.phee
on shore. . .

id
instead of paying the men en kiwi
done, paid them on shore, and
6,
Mr. BRODERIP then ssid he should be glad to hear any
PAY the glen, but ;are which the Captain had to offer.
moneyth eTyh
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slue
hnheasbetkauetge di
hint that
otoahwhahevoed,
conceived that he ought not to he held act muntable for his ao.
Mr. BRODE It I then referred to the Act. which repeal!, matt,
that no captain or owner of a vessel, ow any person whatsoever, i,
on any pretence to pay money to any coal-heaver, or coal.,h,_
pper,
as wages, except on board the Vessel.
IlitonEm tr then inked the Captain how long he had hers
in the trade?—The Captain replied, that he had been between 30
and 40 years.
Mr. Boons:win observed that surely the Captain could not be
ignorant art the existence of the Act of Parliament, and he ought to
have paid each man separately. his wages. uod therefore the only
alternative left him was us convict him in the penalty of 2111. which
the Act made it imperative on him to do, as it did not even invest
him with the power to mitigate it. lie therefore convicted him in
the penalty of 2W.
The Captain intmetVately left the office and returned with ha.:,
for the purpose of appealing from the Magistrate's decision, wilich
he accordingly put in.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA T TERSA LL'S, 1110 renal% A uct.
The Subscribers atter.ded to-day in strong force, and what with
settling on the York races, and betting on the St. Leger, were very
bu.y. The betting on the last-named Stakes assumes a new ahem
Mulatto and Tarrare being brought into the held, nod backed to
some amount. The former is in high favour, and many think hits
safe to win : he certainly made an excellent race with Actaeon, who
on a previous day beat the celebrated Memnon, which of course
speaks for Mulatto, and induces us to think that he must be a bet.
ter favourite. Belzoni rose half a point, and was hacked free:y.
The odds on the St. Leger and the Oxford Gold Cup are as
under:—

ST. LEGER.

9to 4 apt 13elzoni la2o to 1 agst The General
11 to 2 agst 13Alanlite 35 to 1 ap,at Pirate
12 to 1 apt Crusader 50 to 1 agst Fanny Dui,'
12 to 1 ag.t Mulatto 1000 to 20 agst Fanny
10 to 1 apt The Dragon 1009 to 10 agst All.s:dota
25 to 1 apt Tarrare

OXFORD CCP.
5 to 4 on the firhl agst Bur- I 4 to 1 agar Cydnui
Bundy

TROTTING.-Mr. Harrowby, of Leatherhead, nndertonk to ride
his galloway 28 miles, yesterday, in two hours upon the tro,. The
ground sclecitd was five Inks o•t the Epsom road, and the horse did
li dr the distance in two minutes within an hour. The whcle was
completed in one minute a ithin time. The galloway earned eleven
stone.

The grand match st cricket between eleven of the Woburn and
eleven of the Northampton Club was decided yeller* morning

Woburn Ist Innirgs .
2d ditto -

127 1 Northampton ht Innings 124
110 2d ditto . . 115

2371
Many beta were pending upon the match.

LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12.
The demand for B. P. Sugar continues good, and prices are ra-
ther improving. About 1,400 Mid% have been sold during the
week. Our market is quite cleared of linst India and Foreign Su.
gar. In Molasses, upwards of 000 puncheons have been sold. at
22c. a 253. per cwt.; one-half of which footle London market.

W e consider the market for this article about Is. higher.
Two Itufdred and eighty puncheons of Rum have been sold at
2s. Ild. a 20. IN. per gallon, for 16 0.P., and at 4s. for fine strong
Rum.
In Coifee we have had also a better dnera-d. and 200 timeshare
been sold, principally Jamaica. In liinger or Cocoa, no sales. In
Pimento, 400 I. a,fa have been sold at 9d., for shipment. In Ashtt
we have a betur (leotard than for some time past: 450 barrels of
31ortreal Pot wad at Ills. a 21s. ; 50 barrels of Pearl, at 245.; 50
barnla of New York Pest, at 235. ; and 60 of Pearl, at 245. Gd. for
cid, and 26a. 6d. fur t ew.
In hiyewoods we have had a better demand, and holders arches
inclined to sell. The sale, are-GO tons of Campeachy Logeocd,
at 61. 10'., and 10 tons ut Jamaica, at 51. 2s. 6d. ; 25 tons of Cubs
Fuatic, at 71. sa. a 7/. IN., and 20 ions of spaLish, at 31.
In Hiles, the sales are only all! ut 1,200-at 40. for salted
Buenos Ayres ; 30. for salted New York ; and 40. for salted
Jamaica. In Indigo, 64 chests of Bengal cold at 4s. bd. a 3, 3d.;
and a few serene of Caracas, at 6s. per lb. In Rice, 30 casks of Cu-
rtains sold at 17s. Gd. a 20s. ; and 200 bags of Bengal, at Ms. per
cwt. In Tar we have had a considerable advance : 2UO barrelahave
been sold at 178. a I7s. 3d. In Turpentine, 1,500 barrels of ordi-
nary sold at 6s. 3d. a Ga. 6d. ; and 150 itsod, at ils. lid. per cwt.
Nothing done in Cochineal. 100 baits of Turkey Mulder Root
have been sold at 345. Shumac has been forced upon the markets,
and consequently a decline has taken place : 350 bags of Si.
cily sold at Ba. 9d. a 9s. ; and Verona at thi. 6d. ; 2,450 bundles of
Munjeet sold at 20s. in bond. In Olive Oil, small sales only-Le-
vant 30/. In Salt Petre, 600 bags have been sold, at 21s. lid. a 235.
The Cotton Market has continued very steady, and prices fully
maintained; the sales ate about 11.300 bags, consisting of 4,2400
bags of Upland Georgia, at 30. a 60.' and 23 bags of very chance
at 7d. ; 1.350 New Orleans, at fid. a 8.1. ; 3.200 Alabama, at 50.
a 7cl. ; 150 Sea Islands, at 10.4 d. a I4d. • 120 stained Sea Islands,
at 6d. a ad. ; 170 PernambUco, at 10d. a I Id. ; 400 Maranham,
at 80. a 90. ; 300 Bahia, at 80. a 9d. ; l) AI inasNovas, at 80.;
40 Para, at Ojd ; 60 Demerara, at 90. a I ld. ; 20 Barbadoes, at
60. ; 1,200 Egyptian, at hind. a his. ; 23 Surats, at 40. a sd. ;
and It) Bengal, at : of which idiom 1,000 bags American have
been taken on speculatit n ' • and 000 fur export.
The Grain Slarket is dull, and lower : Wheat about 2t1., and
Oats Id.