The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-22 00:00:00

The Conviction of Isaac Watson,

The case of Isaac Watson, before the justices at
Driffield, is commented on by the Solicitors' Journal,
Which impugns the conviction under the statute re-
ferred to—the 4th George IV., c 34—" for disobey
jag the orders of his employer, to whom he had
hired himself for a year, and who desired him to
attend a place of worship once every Sunday. The
Solicitors' Journal says :
Such a thing has been heard of as " driving a coach and
four through an act of Parliament," and not unfrequently
are cases met with in which the laws have been perverted to
effect an object never contemplated by them; but the jus-
tices of Driffiald appear to have made themselves parties to
an attempt to make a man religious by act of Parliament,
and, in so doing, have, as we humb'y submit, perverted the
tneauing of the 4th Gorge IV., c3L We presume it is
intended that the offence charge I comes within the words of
the third section of the act, which says that if any servant,
, shall contract with any person to serve him, and shall
not enter into his service according to his contract (such con-
tract being in writing), or having entered shall absent him-
self, whether such contract be in writing or not, or neglect
to fulfil the same or be guilty of any other misconduct or mis-
de em..a nourin the execution thereof, or otherwise respectin3
the same, then the justice may issue a warrant upon a corn-
Valet being made on oath. Upon proof being made of the
offence charged, the justice may cc mmit the prisoner to hard
labour for three months, or may abate the whole or part of his
wages for the time of his absence, or may discharge the
centrac% Now, it does not appear that the offence charged
"was contemplated by the statute. In the first place, it is
not probable that the servant agreed in writing to go to
church every Sunday, and the presumption from the show-
ing cf these letters is that no such contract existed. Was
Isaac Watson guilty of any neglect in the fulfilment of
his contract, or guilty of any other misconduct, or misde-
meanour in the execution thereof, or otherwise respecting
the same? The offence charged was not within his con-
tract for service, and therefore could not have come under
this clause of the section. To anyone reading the third
section of the act, of which we have given an abridgement,
it must appear evident that no such offence as is charged is
within the statute. The justice is to issue his warrant to
apprehend the offender— nothing is said of a summons in
the first instance—clearly shewing that the absence of the
servant from his ordinary work and labour is being guarded
against. Then again the punishment to be awarded shows
the same intent—imprisonment with hard labour, or a fine
of which the master is to reap the benefit. Clearly, if a man
is at church, he cannot be doing work on a farm, and there-
for© the master would for that time lose tho benefit of the
servant's work; but this does not appear to have been the
complaint here, The master lost nothing by his servant's
absence from church. The act was passed to protect mas-
ters from lose by resteen of a servant's misconduct in his
service, and not for such a purpose as it has now been per-
verted to. The statement in the Marquis Townshend's
let ter to Sir George Grey is very short, and may net contain
the terms of the sentence pronounced upon the offender in
their entirety; but we apprehend that the justices have no
Power under this act to order the prisoner to attend church.
There is a civil remedy to compel the performance of a con-
tract; but this appears to have been one of those cases,
now so frequent, in which a penal statute has bsen resorted
to for the purpose of enforcing a legal right.

ROZTEY MARKET

AND

COMMIRCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
A full demand for discounts is reported to-day in
most quarters, but the rates have not moved
upwards, because brokers and others have experi%
enced an important increase in their available
BuPPlies by the reflux of notes and gold from the
"unt'Y) where their circulation was recently
extended by the expenditure incidental to the
harvest. The average quotation to-day for the
last three months' piper is 9 per cent., but several
.instances are mentioned where choice descriptions
have been negotiated at } per ceLt. cheaper.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under:—

_
1864. 1863.
Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South Eastern
Great Northern
1 aneashire and Yorkshire..
Aristol and Exeter
North Eastern 64,691 57,533
Alanchso.er, Snetll2ld and Lincoln 21,383 19,253
Great Eis'ern. ' 31,017 32,512
These returns, when compared with those of the
"coo period of last Tear, are of a favourable cha-
racter. Oa the Great Western there is an increase
of £6,152; on the North Western of £5,967 ; on
the South "Western of £1,335 ; on the Midland of
£3,003; on the Great Northern of £1,440; on the
1-eincashire and Yorkshire of £3,022 ; on the North
Eastern of X 7,158; on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln of £2,130; and on the Great Eastern
of X 1,475.

A further sum of £33,000 in gold was taken into
the B ink yesterday.
The failure has been announced of Messrs. Saal.
feld Brothers, connected with the trade of Leeds.
Their difficulties are supposed to have been pro-
d. ucei through their relati)ns with the Leeds Bank-
' lug Company.
The bills of Mr. John Abraham, of Alderman-
bu23'• engaged in the Leeds woollen trade, were
returned this afternoon.
The failure has been announced of Mr. C. Dose,
. a large cotton speculator at Havre. The liabilities
are stated at £40,000, and the assets are thought to
be considerable.
It is feared that the statements current yesterday
that the affairs of the Leeds Banking Company are
I'6ly to prove less unfavourable than was at first
a,nPposed will not prove to have been well founded.
It
i 8 now said there are bills for about £2,000,000
under discount, bearing the company's endorse-
, Izent, of.which a very considerable proportion will
come back upon them, Under these circumstances
there is no reason to apprehend that the liquidation
wilt be a long and expensive one, and that heavy
calla will have to be made on the shareholders. It is
farther sffirmed that the bank has been insolvent
for a long time past, and that the distress of thelast
Month or two was only the natural and inevitable
result of financial measures of more than doubtful
Character, which have extended over a long period.
The biddings for £300,000 in bills on India took
Place yesterday at the Bank of England. The pro-
Portions allotted were—to Calcutta £177,700, to
Bombay £120,000, and to Madras £2,300. The
nzinivtuni price was, as before, I.s. Did. per rupee
on Calcutta and Madras, and ls. 11ti. on Bombay.
The applications within the limits amounted to
£OBO,OOO. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at 2s.
will receive about 23 per cent., on Bombay at 2s. id.
about 60 per cent., and all above these prices in
full. These terms indicate a diminished demand
for remittances to the East. Ou the last occasion
the lowest of the successful tenders was 2s. iv. on
Calcutta and 2s. 113, on Bombay, and the applica-
tions amounted to £1,300,000.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
Pointed the following special settling days :
Monday, 26 h of September, in the European Cen-
tral Railway, for bargains entered into on and after
the 23d of April ; Tuesday, the 27th of September,
ill the Bank of London New £lOO shares ; and in
the Imperial Mexican Railway, for bargains entered
Into en and after the Ist of September, all of which
are to be quoted in the official lists. The following
securities are likewise to be marked in the twice a-
l',.eek lists, viz., the Indian Tramway Company, and
'llna naermith and City Railway Original and Pre-
ference Shares,
The directors of th© South Eastern Banking
Company have made a call of £5 pee share, £2 10a
Payable on the 15th of October, and £2 103 on the
`)11 of December next.

Two o'CLOCK.
At the Paris Bourse this day, according to
'teuter,s telegram, the 3 per Ceut. Rentes were
rinr.ted GSF. 95°.
t'.:-,w operations recorded in the Engli6h S'.oek
. ultket have led to a declioe of -1- per cent, There
Is also general heaviaess in the other departments,
flecasioued principally through the limited besiness
transacted, mast of the members and their clients
tetnaining out of town. Consols are 88 I- for money,
and, Mt I for the account. The New Threes and
*"..r,dtiONl Annuities are 861 ; March „Exchequer
4'ilitfiqls. to 52. dis.; India 5 per Cents., 1034 1044.-;
and the I.),bentures, 971.
In the Foreign market there is very little ani-
ttien, and prices ar© depressed. Turkish 6 per

Cents., 1862, are 701; do. Consolides, 50/ 51 ;
Mexican, 271 1; do. New, 254 ; Greek, 231 24};
Spaniea Passive, 311 32; do. Certificates, 141 ; Ita-
lian, 67; and the Confederate Loan has recovered
to 741 751.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been extensive, and in some instances a slight de-
cline has taken place in prices. South Western
have receded £1 ; Metropolitan, 15s. ; and North
Western, Midland, and South Eastern, each 103.;
while Bristol and Exeter have improved 105., and
Great Western, ss.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very in-
active, and quotations generally are a shade flatter.
Alliance have declined to 47; Imperial Ottoman,
to 16,i ; Land Mortgage B ink of India, to 45 ;
and land Securities to 4:1. The shares of the Credit
Foncier and Mobilier of London are quoted 2a
prom.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do Account, Oct. 11
3 per Cent. Reduced B6 a
Now 3 per Cent
New 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1891
Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873
&nnuities, 30 yrs, expire &th J an., 1880 —
Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent ll 5
Do £5OO
Do £lOO and £2OO
tiank England Stk, 5i per Ct.
Do Account

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
:ndia Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874....
Do Account
Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ....
Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888
Do Certificates

Do Account .
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)..
Do 41 pet Cent.

Do Zniacal Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872. —
Do 5i per Cent., May, 1879 —
Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do liondsll.ooU..
Do uuder £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
A.astrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do . 1863 —
8 aenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Do Account..~
2hilian 6 per Cent. —
Do 4i per Cent
Colombian 6 per Cent
Cuba, 6 per Cent. -
Do 5 per Cent, 1864
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Do 5 per Cent, 1864
Epa
`'arrant..
New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ll
Do, Provisonal Land 4
Egyptian 7 per:Cent —
Do, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent 9 1824-5, ex-Coupons..
Do Account
Do Coupons
Do Account

uatcmala 5 per Cent.
Do 1839 and 1859

Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
dexican 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do 1564
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dis
Ditto Scrip, £23 paid
Sloorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 2 per Cent.
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares) --
Do Debentures, 4 per Ct.,. April 1861 —
Do do Aug" 1866 --
Peruvian 41 per Cent
Do 3 per Cent. ( firibarren) ... —
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account....
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do Account .. 461
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3..
Do Account
R issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Do 41 per Cent., 1850 ..
Do 1860 —
Do 3 per Cent 1859
Do 5 per Cent, 1862
Do Anglo-Dutch
Do Scrip, £55 paid
Sar,linian S per Cent

Do Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive
1)o Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account ll
Swedish, 4 per Cent.
Do Scrip, £5O paid pin
turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account 69
1)o £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account . . 70h
Do £lOO Bonds.. 7O/ h
Do 1863 ..
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid
Venezuela 3 per Cent,
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1864
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex, 10 Florins.
Do Account ..
Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f
Dutch 23/4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Do 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Relates, 2 per Cent
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex 25 francs..
Do Account.... 67 6/
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s.
nedmontese, 5 per Cent., per
25f
THREE O'CLOCK,
Consols Money
Do Account...,

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

CAton quiet. Sales probably 4,000 bales.

MARKETS—This Day.

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MARK-LANE.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.— Wheat, 42s Od ;
barley, 32s 2d ; oats, 20s lld ; rye, 35a 6d ; beans, 41s 2d ;
and peas, 36s od.
THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s 6a ;
barley, 30s 2d ; oats, 22s 0(1 ; rye, 33s 6d; beau, 40s 10d ;
peas, 368 Id,
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.--Wheat, 109,064 ;
barley, 15,085 ; oats, 7,387; rye, 705; beans, 2,633; peas,
1,004 quarters.