The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-14 00:00:00

BREVET.

Major Henry Brown, of the East India Company's
Service, and employed upon the Recruiting Service of
that Company in London, and on other military duties,
to have the local and temporary rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel while so em!ployed, Jan. 13.
The undermentioned Cadets of the East India Com-
pany's Service to have the local end temporary rank of
Ensign, during the ,eriod of their being placed under the
command of Lieut.-(;olonel Harry D. Jones, of the Royal
Engineers, at Chatln tm, for Field Instruction in the art of
Sapping and Minin g;—James Paladio Basovi, Gent.;
C.Eneas Perkins, GE nt.; Elliot Packenham Brownlow,
Gent,; William if lenry Edgcome, Gent.; David
Thomson, Gent.; 'William Aest Goodfellow, Gent,
Jan. 13.

MEMORANDIIM.--The promotion of Ensign John
Richard Blake to a. Lieutenancy, without purchase, in
the 6Lh Foot, vice Lieutenant Norris, who died of his
wounds, on 15th October, 1851. has been dated 16th
October, 1851, instes of 26th December, 1851.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Linlithgow-

shire.

Sir William Cuny nghame Cavendish Dalyell, Bart.,
to be Deputy-Lieul enant; Robert Alexander Osborne
Dalyell, Esq., to be t )eputy-Lientenant, Jan. 8.
TEHALL, JAN. 8.
_ _

Tha Lord Chanoellor has appointed Thomas Mar-
tineau, of Birmingh am, in the county of Warwick,
Gent., to be a Maste r Extraordinary in the High Court
of Chancery.
BANKRU PTCY SUPERSEDED.

George Haynes, C raper, Leek, Staffordshire.
Darid Hood, bleat her, Chorley, Lancashire.
'BANKRUPTS.

William Moss, jun , miller, Stock, Essex, to surrender
Jan. 22, at half-pas: ; eleven, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Bisinghall-street ; linklater, Size-lane; Woodward,
Billericay, Essex.
Alfred Markwicks. manufacturer, Martin's-lane, Can-
non-street, Jan. 24 and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Cr,mnan, official assignee, Alderman-
bury; Plews and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Harold Stanley, scrivener, Gerrard•street, Soho, Jan.
27, at two, and Feb, 26, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Miller,
Gray's Inn-place, G 2 ay's Inn.
Edward Wickins, linendrapor, Faversham, Kent, Jan.
27, at half-past two,. and Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. E dwards, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basing'aall-street.; Linklators, Size-lane,
Bucklerabury.

James Phillip Tait Lazarus, merchant, Ilorbury,
Yorkshire, Jan. 29 end March 4, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds;
Clough and Bantoft, Huddersfield; Courtenay and
Compton, Leeds.
Isaac Gardiner, folddler, Bristol, Jan. 27, and Feb. 24,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official
assignee, Bristol; B:?van, Bristol.
George Moon, railer, Borrowby, Yorkshire, Jan. 23
and March 4, at e +even, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Swarbreck, Thirsk;
Bond and Barwick. Leeds.
Robert Plowden 'Weston, surgeon, Wellington, Shrop-
shire, Jan. 29, and Feb. 29, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham Distrkct Court. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham ; WiA e, Shrewsbury; Smith, Birmingham.
James Cooper, butcher, Liverpool, Jan. 21, and Feb.
26, at eleven, at tbe Liverpool District Court. Gaza-
nove, official asssigi se, Liverpool; Greatloy, Liverpool.
John Stephen Or ford and William Kirkham, paper-
hangers, Manchee-A r, Jan. 23 and Feb. 13, at twelve, at
the Manchester Di strict Court. Mackenzie, official as-
signee, Manchest‘a:r; Brisley, Pancras-lane, London;
Cooper and Son, Atanchester.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

J. Sanderson, umlvrella manufacturer, Blackfriars-road.
W. Ilex, carpentoP, Northumberland-court, Northum-
berland-street, F. trand.
S. W. Burridge, in anager to a licensed victualler, Stone's
End, Newington -causeway.
Dauiel Coulter, bin ,war, Rochester.

Charles William E;eran, manager of an insurance com-
pagy, New Bricci;e-street, Blackfriars.
Nathan Charles Eammond, feather bed manufacturer,
Tennison-street, York-road, Lambeth.
Elizabeth Collett, Asylum-terrace, Chelsea.

Edward Elstone, omnibus proprietor, Princess-street,
Stamford-street,, Blackfriars•road.
R. Scott, journeyman carpenter, Oxford-street, Stepney.
T. Smith, wine merchant, Church-street, Chelsea.
D. H. Hammond, broker, Norwich-court, Fetter-lane.
W. A. Chenery, stationer, St. John's-wood-terrace.

John Willsher, Grove-place, Lisson-grove.
John Brockbank, tobacco manufacturer, Church-street,
Lambeth.
John Meir, traveller, Vasesll •terrac, Brixton.
Samuel Elsworth, :provision dealer, Little Horton.
Ivirsaiallciarinitleirgog,ifnas;motrb,utucihtetor,u,SGlalnochuceesstte.
errshire.
Robert Courage, tallow-chandler, Newcastle upon-Tyne.
William Ewen, grocer, March, Cambridgeshire.
J. Holroy d, wooller, waste dealer, Southowram, Yorkshire.
Thomas .Lester, grocer, Carnarvon.
George Smith, but Aer, Bristol.
G. H. Wright, maltster, Clarence-terrace, Haggerstone.
Robertl.lruimmaann denier,,dea:
lei in
paper-hangings,paper-hangings,
Salford.
Salford.
Geo
Joseph Rutherford, shoo-maker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Richard Symonds, accountant, Groat Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Nioholas Smirk, sail maker, Bishop Wearmouth,
Nicholas Smirk, ju:n„ sail maker, Sunderland, Darham.
Thomas Twas Tipler, newspaper reporter, Rugby,
o slhpouarn ir helraaisrmen
itkiitht l Harrison,h iik:
eee.
T. Dixon,lV r•
p dealer in manures, Clifton,
I
J. Cheshire, son., salt plreowperaitsAtoler,tiCillniri*
Cheshire.
re.e
J. Cartwright, boiler maker, Manchester.
If. Cartwright, boiler maker, Itlanchester.
E. Tunstall, broker. Llangollen, Denbighshire.
W. Hodgson, butcher, Lancaster.
J. Sadler, letter-pans printer, Liverpool.
J. Lloyd, provision fleeter, Manchester.
T. Lucas, farmer, A.laton-in-Mackerfield, Lancashire.
Robert Wood, book-keeper, Stublev, Lancashire.
James Rowbottom, rile dealer, Ma-nchester.
George Callender, woollen draper, Birkenhead.
Charles Phillips, tobacconist and oyster dealer, Liverpool.
John Openshaw, licen sod victualler, Manchester.
Samuel Bradley, confectioner, Preston, Lancashire.
George Crofts, shoemaker, Exmouth.
Thomas Parrott, chemist, Plymouth.

DIVIDENDS.

At the Court, Basinghall-street.

C. Watt, Southampton-street,Pentonville, baker, Feb.,.l '
6, at twelve—C. Mackenzie, Lower Crown-street, West—
alabaster, bookbinder, Feb. 3, a$ one.

WEDNESDAY EVENING,

In the Country.
R. Robson, Newcastle• upon-Tyne, manufacturer of
plaster of Paris, Feb. 5, at halt'-past eleven, at the Court,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

F. C. Veitb, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, i 3., on
Tuesday, Jan. 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld,
E. J. Scott, sen., Kingston-upon-Hull, paper stainer,
ls. 4d., on Tuesday, Jan. 13, or any subsequent Tues-
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stuns-
fold, Huli.
J. Higginson, Liverpool, merchant, 4s. 33., on Wed-
nesday, Jan. 14, or any subsequent Wednesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
Liverpool, merchants,
fourth
divi-
dends 45., on Wednesday, Jan. 14, or any subsequent
Bartodniv,ildroluadm, ofan 81, 11i
makingggio n ;ith the previous
Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Turner, Liverpool.
Edwards,bot between eleven
eitybouur
ayu,
andbanker, three,
ee
j;
Thursday,9s. 103., on any
Christie, Birmingham.
at the office of Mr.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
E. Chnrton, Holles•street, Cavendish-square, book-
seller, Feb. 3, at twelve—E. Evans, Paddington-green,
nurseryman, Feb. 5, at two—W, Miller, Hawley-place,
Kentish Town, baker, Feb. 4, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. Smith, Altrincham, Cheshire, joiner, Feb. 5, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester—R. Jackson, Notting-
ham, butcher, Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Notting-
ham.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
H. Aldrich, Ipswich, Suffolk, coal merchant—J. Hor-
well, Lower Mar.h, Lambeth, cheesemonger, certificate
of the third class—Ann Elizabeth Hickman, Cannon-
street-road, St. George's in the East, undertaker, certi-
cate of the second class—W. Powell, Jeffrey's-street,
Camden Town, builder, certificate of the third class
R. A. Taylor, Dunston, Durham, Epsom salts manu-
facturer, certificate of the second class—W. Hackett,
Leicester, pianoforte dealer, cetificate of the third class,
after twelve months from Jan. 9—T. Goddard, Derby,
brush manufacturer, certificate of the first class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Mary T.. Holyland, Leicesterdra-
pers-IP.nn .
BoyNeVsalatner d
and
sad T..
Stony Stratford, Buck-
inghamshire, drapers—J. Barlow and W. Sager, Bury,
Lancashire, woollen manufacturers—G. W. Thomas and
D. Phipp, Bristol, Bath, and Devizes, canal carriers—
W. blears, sena W. Mears, jun., and G. Mears, Sunder-
land, Durham, hardwaremen—P. Johnson and P. Cray-
Lancashire, engineers—G. Jackson and
J
land H. Robinson, Elton-lane, South Pimlico, engineers
—J. Bennet and W.
Li iter, Leeds, Yorkshire, wood
w.oßo de ,
ad
Kendal, Westmoreland, painters—C. Robinson
cutters—R. Gardner and J. Gardner, Liverpool, block
makers—S. Dodgson and E. W. Preston, Sowerby-
bridge, Yorkshire, woollen drapers—W. Farmer and J.
Prescott, Wood street, wholesale furriers—J. Machin
and B. T. H. Bell, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, surgeons—
G. H. Ford and B. G. George, Hatton-garden, litho-
graphers—A. Crabtree, R. Aked, E. Fenton, J. Elliott,
and G. Patchett, Pernambuco and Bahia, South
America, commission merchants (so far as regard the
said G. Patchett)-4, minister and G. Harvey, Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk, ship smiths—C. Shillingford, T.
Phillips, and J. C. Blake, Oxford and Bicester, wine
merchants—T. Rudkin and F. Moore, Groby and Swith-
land Slate Quarries, Leicestershire, slate merchants—
W. Wooldridge and J. T. Veitch, Jermyn-street, sur-
geons— S. Johnson and W. Probert, Oldbury, Worces-
tershire, brick makers—J, Beswick and C. Crookall,
Blackburn, Lancashire tailors—W. T. Newalm and J.
Althorp, Stamford, Lincolnshire, chemists—H. Jewel
and C. J. Bennette, Tregoney, Cornwall, surgeons—S.
Laing and M. F. Bruxner, Mincing-lane, colonial pro-
duce brokers—J. Taylor, %V. Gardhouse, and R. Gra-
ham,
Brampton, Cumberland, mercers (as far as regards
the said J. Taylor)—J. Taylor and W. Gardhouse,
Carlisle, Cumberland, mercers—R. Cropton, T. Cropton,
R. Reynolds, and R. Fluthinson, Bishopwearmouth, Dar-
ham,.rope manufacturers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Henry Atkinson, Halifax, Yorkshire, stonemason.
S. Iredale, Halifax, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturer.
Thomas Howard, Deal, grocer.
James Mallalien, Hattersley,
Chester, beer seller.
John Brock Durrans, Huddersfield, hatter.
James Gerrard, Manchester, salesman.
Richard Rees, Carmarthen, cabinetmaker.
Thomas Needham, jun., Althorpe, Lincolnshire, farmer.
John Ridgway, Althorpe, Lincolnshire, butcher.
Sarah Kirkham, Wigan, Lancashire, smallware dealer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Jamieson, Paisley, draper, to meet within the
Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, Jan. 6, and Feb. 6, at one.
D. M'Dougall, Kilmarnock, confectioner, to meet
within the George Inn, Kilmarnock, Jan. 17, and Feb.
14, at twelve.
G. R. Baxter, and G. N. Baxter, Dundee, grocers, to
meet within the British Hotel, Dundee, Jan. 16, and
Feb. 9, at twelve.
D. Fraser, J. M`Vean, T. M`Gibbon, H. Cooper, J.
Watson, T. M'Vean, and W. M'lntyre, Glasgow, calico
printers, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Jan.
19, and Feb. 9, at two.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jan. 13.
THE COMMITTAL OF AN ATTORNEY'S CLERK.

Mr: PAYNE called the attention of the Court to the
case of the individual who was committed into custody
on Monday by the Learned Judge on a charge of frau-
dulently obtaining 10/. from a person named Banks.
The Learned Counsel said he was informed that the ac-
cused was on Monday taken before a magistrate, who
remanded the case until Friday, and that Banks would
be then forthcoming; but his object in mentioning the
matter was to rectify a misstatement which was made
on Monday, and which had appeared in the public
now,
newspapers. I; was then stated that a clergyman had
instructed the attorney who employed this clerk to de-
fend the case on behalf of the Society for the Protection
of Young Female' ; on behalf of that society,
he was requested to deny that, and to say that the cler-
gyman in question was not known to the society at all.
The Learned JUDGE said he bad no doubt what Mr.
Payne had said would be made public.

Willi= Wegner, Philip Kessler, and
POLICE INTELLIGENCE
the Germans charged with having
MANSION-HO USE'.
'uttf.‘ring a forged cheque for 3401. at
betshoeeAlnoLnir ncoooonn/nddicojanae4enradbdueir;vvestminster Bank, were brought up forri,r
further examination. The justice•room was crowded.
Mr. Roy, the solicitor for the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, applied to the Lord Mayor to allow the case
to stand over for a week, there being other witnesses
whom the police considered it necessary to bring for-
ward, and whom they expected to be able to produce at
that time.
Mr. Bsllantine, for Kessler, said he had no objection
to the remand, and expressed is persuasion that he
would be able to show, to the satisfaction of the Bench,
that his client was not at all concerned in the transaction.
A Solicitor, who appeared for Krakauer, submitted
twatmereth e
ont
thoatechrtiagainst him except the
the company of one of
The LORD MAYOR desired that Badcock, one of the
Policemen who had watched some of the prisoners, should
state what he had to say about the other evidence which
it might be necessary to bring forward.
Badeock said,
persons r shhoaan(vi having
upon being sworn—.I believe, from the
information I have received, that I shall be able in a
-weak to produce evidence to connect the whole of the
prisoners with the transaction of uttering the cheque.
Mr. Lewis, who attended us solicitor for Wagner, said
'there was no case against his client, the only matter
*calculated to excite too least suspicion being the very
vague and uncertain evidence of the female attendant at
aeb
rnege
end proved.se
en in
'the coffee-house in the Strand, who, he could show by
'gross-examination, had made a mistake. He could show
that Wagner had not written the paper which she bad
said she saw the person she waited upon in the coffte-
louse write, and that the identity of Wagner was by no
means established.

Sarah Dunk, the waitress who gave evidence on the
last examination, was then called, and, her testimony
upon that occasion having been read over,
Mr. Lewis proceeded to cross-examine her, but she
did not vary in any resp-et froml ihert. former assertions.
Upon her re-examination by Mr. Roy, sho said she
'did not see Wagner write, but she received from him the
.piejlern L
of powspiesrsawidithhownriotuinidg u
Mr. Roy—There is no doubt of that. My case is
that ho did not write on the paper; that he had the
show that
of the
Wagner.paper
alluded
.to did not contain the handwriting
paper ho handed to the young woman prepared for his
u3e.
__

The LORD MAYOR—
I see no reason why I should not
:remand Wagner as well as the other prisoners.
Gerber said ho had no counsel or solicitor to defend
.him. He considered that he was very cruelly dealt
with, and ho pressed the Lord Mayor to discharge him.
.He had, he said, gone to the London and Westminster
.Bank by the direction of Mr. Sims, who had left the
to discharge him, after
written paper for him at the coffee-house. He had been
'apprehended on the day he presented the cheque, and
s
having heard precisely the
same taken to Marlborough-street, Police-office, where the
.magistrate had thought proper
evidence upon which
'the city authorities had detained him. He believed the
against him by
,case was got up the police, and that if
they had taken up another person whom they knew,
they would probably have the right person; but cer-
tainly tho person next to him (Wagner) was not the
personlwho, in addressing him, pretended
The LORD MAYOR then remanded all the prisoners
'for a week. to be Mr. Sims.

Jane Nolan, who
1 upon the charge of robbing a gentleman of banknotes to
•me arncrint of 180/. was discharged. It had been ascer-
tained that the unfortunate prisuoer knew nothing at all
has been three weeks in custody
of the rubbery which - ' -ch was, in fact, committed by a girl
• who had been seen in her company, but who had disap-
I peered from London altogether ever since the offence
was committed.

WORSHIP-STREET
Daniel MC
-'I"Y, an athletic Irish labourer, was
p laced at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with
he following brutal maltreatment of his daughter
M'Carthy, a child six years of age, and also with
violently assaulting the police constables who effected
his apprehension.
A harness-maker named Dalton stated, that while
;passing through Wentworth-street, Whitechapel, about
U 2 o'clock on the precaling day, his attention was at-
tracted by the cruel conduct the prisoner was pursuing
towards his child, who was walking by his side, and
whom, in the course of a few minutes, he saw him strike
so violent a blow upon the head as to send her stagger-
ing against a brick wall. Upon recovering from the
effects of tho blow the little girl hastened away as fast as
she could from her father's clutches, and the prisoner
immediately caught up two bricks, which he flung at her
in rapid succession with the intention of bringing her

down, but the ponderous missiles fortunately missed
their object, and the child was rescued from further ill-
usage by the interposition of some of the bystanders,
vs ho were so indignant at his infamous conduct that
they detained him until the arrival of a constable, and
then gave him into custody.
A young man named Lane confirmed this evidence in
its essential particulars, and also proved that just before
the little girl had been illtreated in the manner deposed
to he saw the prisoner, who was in a disgusting state of
intoxication, beating the child about the head with great
cruelty, and finally fell her to the ground.
Taylor, a constable of the H division, stated, that on
receiving an intimation of the way in which the little
girl had been treated by her father he hastened to the
spot, and there found the child crying very bitterly, with
marks of blood upon her dress. On proceeding to take
the prisoner into custody, however, he commenced a
desperate resistance, flung him to the ground, and se-
verely kicked him, and it required the joint efforts of
himself and several of the bystanders to overpower and
secure him.

Sims, another constable, also stated, that upon reach-
ing the station-house the prisoner conducted himself
with such outrageous violence that they were compelled
to handcuff him, but before succeeded in effecting their
object ho commenced a furious attack upon the witness,
and dealt him such a severe kick on the lower part of the
stomach that he had been extremely sick ever since, and
was still suffering severely from the erects of the injuries
he had sustained.

Oa being called upon for his defence the prisoner
merely said that he had been drinking to such an extent
that he had not the slightest recollection of anything
that had taken place; and, it appears that his child had
very fortunately escaped without any serious personal
injury.
Mr. D'EYNCOURT, who said that, had that not been
the case, it was his decided intention to commit the pri-
soner for trial, sentenced him to pay a penalty of 3/. for
the brutal assault upon his daughter, and a further pe-
nalty of 20s. for his attack upon the police, or in default
to stand committed for six weeks to the House of Cor-
rection; to which, as he could not pay either penalty,
he was shortly after removed in the van.
CLERKENWELL.

On Monday, just before Mr. Corrie left his seat on
the bench, a young man of respectable appearance, who
gave his name as Dunah, was placed at the bar,
charged with having obtained money under false pre-
tences.

Mr. Wakeling, solicitor, addressed the bench, and par-
ticularly called the attention of the worthy magistrate to
the case. The prisoner at the bar had been ordered into
the custody of Greig, an officer of the court, by Mr.
Sergeant Adams, who directed that he should be
brought into this court, in order that the charge made
against him might be investigated. The Learned Gen-
tleman went on to state that two girls were tried that
day before Mr. Sergeant Adams, the Assistant Judge at
the Middlesex Sessions, and convicted on an indictment
for robbing Mr. Carter, a farmer of Maldon, Essex. On
the examination of the prisoners at Bow-street, the
prisoner attended there for the prisoners, and he (Mr.
Wakeling) for Mr. Carter, when the prisoner at the bar
cross-examined the witnesses, representing himself as
the clerk of Mr. Shattock, the solicitor, and that he was
engaged by the Reverend Mr. Brassnell, who was se-
cretary to a charitable institution for the pro-
tection of women, and who had taken up the
case of these girls. The prisoner at the examination
requested a remand, which was granted; and sub-
sequently he called upon Banks, a brothel keeper,
No. 3, Church-way, St. Pancras, and said that for 104
nothing more would be said about the matter, and Banks
paid the 101. The facts having teen made known to
the Court, and the prisoner having admitted the fact
of receiving the 101. from Banks, and being ordered into
custody by the Assistant-Judge, he (Mr. Wakeling)
felt it to be his duty to appear and prosecute the case.
Mr. Shattock and the Rev. Mr. Brassnell were both in
attendance.

The prisoner said he was clerk to Mr. Shattock.
Mr. Shattock admitted this to be the fact.
Mr. Whkeling—Did you authorize him to receive the
100 Mr Shattock said ho never authorized his clerk to
receive the money. _

Mr. CORRIE inquired what had become of the girls?
Mr. Wakeliug—They were convicted and sentenced to
six months' imprisonment each.
The prisoner said—l am clerk to Mr. Shattock; the
Rev. Mr. Brassnell and myself have had great trouble
is the case. Banks was anxious to trace the woman
who let the room to Carter and the girls. Banks said,
" I will give you 101. if you can find the woman who
lot the room, in order to get rid of her. I used great
exertion, which the Rev. Gentleman can testify, and I
received the 101. fur private services performed, and did
not receive it as costs. I wish Mr. Banks was here, and
he would explain it all to the satisfaction of your wor-
ship.
Greig, the officer of the court, said that he took the
prisoner into custody under the directions of Mr. Ser•
geant Adams, who received a communication frum Mr.
Ballantine, the barrister, that it was a serious case, and
required investigation.
Mr. Courtin—lt will be necessary to have Banks here.
Mr. Shattock again (in answer to Mr. Wakeliug) said
—I never authorised the prisoner to receive 101., and he
never accounted fur it to me. Mr. Brassnell came to me
and consulted with me, and wished me to attend on the
part of the institution to which he is secretary. I told
him that my olerk (the prisoner) should attend the ex-
amination and do his best. I always found the prisoner
to be honest.

Mr. Wakeling here said the prisoner's name was
Dunn, and not Dunab. He was in the habit of going
about and being paid for singing at concerts in public
houses. _ _ _

The prisoner denied this, although he admitted that
he had sung a comic song or so at a public-house near
his office. His real name was Dunah, but for shortness
soma persons called him Dann.
Mr. Wakeling said that this was a case of importance,
and under the judgment of Mr. Sergeant Adams re-
quired full investigation. He would ask for a summons
to compel the attendance of Banks to give evidence. •
Mr. CORRIE said that under all the circumstances he
would offer no opinion in the case. As it was sent be-
fore him by Mr. Sergeant Adams for investigation, he
felt bound to investigate it; but at that late hour, and
the whole of the evidence not being present, he must re-
mand the case to a future day, but he would accept bail
for the prisoner's appearance.
Prisoner—Mr. Shattock will be my bail.
Mr. Wakeling suggested to have twa bail.
Mr. Shattock said. he would have no objection, if it
would not compromise him in any way.
Mr. CORRIE said it would not.
Mr. Shattock became his bail to appear to answer the
charge on a future day, and ho was liberated.

THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.
MANCHESTER.
There appears to be no prospect at present of any
accommodation of the differences between the operative
engineers and their employers. There was a strong
feeling all last week that the masters, being thoroughly
roused by the spirit of dictation in which th© Amalga-
mated. Society had moved, would be more difficult to
make terms with after things had come to an extremity
than before. Yet, strange to say, both employers and
workmen appeared to entertain a notion that neither side
would be in a right position to negotiate advantageously
till the strike had actually taken place.
The employers regard it, and with some reason, not
merely as a question of piecework, or of the number of
hours the men shall work, but as a struggle which is
to decide whether they shall be masters in their own
premises, and direct -and control their own capital.
A conversation with the overlooker of a machine•shop
which is not yet included among those under notice
to stop, elicited information which would sound strange
in the ears of men having the direction of well•regu-
lated workshops in other businesses, For instance,
when it was mentioned to him, that a firm bad
been put to great inconvenience and loss by the
workmen refusing to stay a few hours later
on a Saturday afternoon to complete a railway
locomotive which the employer was bound to deliver
that day under heavy penalties, he said, "Oh that is
by no means an uncommon Cease. We had some men
away drinking and idling a few weeks since, when they
knew that the machine they were completing was one
for which we were under a penalty of 11. per day for
not delivering, and we bad actually 71. to pay through
their neglect. But," he continued, taking out his
pockotbook to show the item, " I have another recent
entry, where wo had to pay 421. for penalties to a firm
of cottonspinners for machinery we had contracted to
supply, and which we could have well completed within
proper time but for our men going away, to drink, and
neglecting their work for days together.' He said to
some of these men when they were making a charge of
double time for overhours, " I'll pay you double wages
for overtime if you'll consent to deduct double time
Jut
this of work through drinking in the day."
this could not be thought of, though there are some firms
in Manchester where fines have been inflicted for
neglect of work during the day, except caused through
illness. Among these are Messrs. Sharp and Co. The ma-
nager of the works above alluded to said their hands had
not absolutely refused to work overtime, and since the
threatened strike some of them had declared that they
would accept overtime at the regular day-work price.
Yet three of their hands, ho said, had been at work all
Christmas week, and their charges were respectively for
14, 15, and 16 days' work. These men were engaged
repairing a mill which had stopped for the holidays, and
they charged from daylight to dusk as a day, and for
every five hours' overtime (reckoning double) they
charged another day. For working Christmas-day they
also charged two days' wages each. And thee, in addi-
tion to this, they charged for what they call their
" lowance," which is Bd. per day for drink when they go
to make repairs at any distance under two miles from
the workshop, and Is. per day when the distance exceeds
two miles.

Having heard it stated that a large mill-fitter at Leeds,
principally employed i❑ making flax-spinning machinery,
had turned out all his society hands, because they had
dictated to him the proportion of apprentices he should
employ to his journeymen, and had replaced them by men
taken from the streets, whom he had trained to supply
their places in three month 9, we asked the possi-
bility of this, where so much skill is supposed to
be required? The gentleman in question, we were
told, had been to the United States, where he found
none of the trade restrictions of the mother country.
Boys were taken into the workshops to learn
a trade without indentures of apprenticeship, and
were paid according to their value from the first, and
liable to discharge, or at liberty to seek a now em-
ployer at pleasure, like the older workmen. This gen-
tleman had returned with a determination not to suffer
dictation any longer, and had not only completely
broken through the restrictions sought to be placed upon
employers by trades' unions of workmen, as respected
piecework and overtime, but, instead of one apprentice
to four men, had nearly four apprentices to ono man.
A great PertioA of his work was done by machines,