The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-04 00:00:00

Monday the 24th alt., an entente broke out among
the Crown prisoners in Lancaster Castle, which, but for
the spirit and promptness with which it was met,
might have been attended with very serious conse-
quences, if not with loss of life. We learn that one
or two desperate characters, now in the Castle for long
terms of imprisonment, having cast about for some
method of escape, adopted, as the plan having the
fairest prospect of success, that of inflaming the minds
of their fellow-prisoners by representation of hard
treatment, and of the ease with which the two or
three turnkeys, having in charge three hundred men,
could be overpowered. Although many of the pri-
soners fell in with the plan of opening their prison
doors by this means, there is no reason to believe in
the existence of any general organised plan. It ap-
pears that, on Monday morning last, when the men were
rung out to wash, &c., in the yards, scme of the pri-
soners in the No. 3 (misdemeanant) ward followed as-
sistant task-master Clegg into the time yard, and were
ordered by him to go back. A rush was made upon
him, headed by two powerful men of desperate character ;
C!cgg was seized, and his eyes were covered ; a hand-
kerchief was also held to his mouth, and he was seized
by the throat, so as to prevent him making any noise.
He succeeded, however, by his cries in alumina the
other turnkeys, and one •of them promptly and fortu-
nately succeeded in slamming to the door of the barrier,
and thus rendering it impossible for them to reach the
keya which hung up within the barrier. At this junc-
ture the monitors of the wards—those prisoners who,
from good behaviour are entrusted to keep good
order among their fellows—came to the rescue of the
task-master, and liberated him from the hands of
his assailants. By this time many of the prisoners of
the other wards, to the number of 150 or 200, had been
drawn to the spot ; and the great excitement prevailing
among those on the spot who witnessed the attack,
quickly spread and became general. The prisoners were
entreated to return. to their work by the principal turn-
key, but they refused. Captain Hansbrow, the gaoler,
was quickl~v on the spot, and would havegone in the yard
alone- among the excited crowd, but was earnestly dis-
suaded by the turnkeys, wbo feared, from the temper of
some of the ringleaders, that the worst results
might have occurred. Captain Hansbrow accordingly
addressed the men from the terrace over the yard,
and asked the cause of all this disturbance. One of
the ringleaders stepped forward to explain ; but Cap-
tain Hansbrow refused to hear him, telling him he was
a bad subject. Another man at last said that they
wanted the new regulations repealed. The regulations
referred to were adopted by the Visiting Justices last
winter, and restricted the prisoners from the use of
pen and paper, and from the privileges heretofore en-
joyed of exchanging presents received from their friends
far some portions of the gaol allowance. Capt. Hans-
brow replied, that their request could not be complied
with, and told them to return immediately to their
work. The men refused, upon which the captain
threatened to have out the ringleaders and punish
them, and further said, that not au ounce of food
sh,uld be brought to them until they returned to
their work. At this some of them were staggered ;
and the request then made was, that two men who
had been put into solitary confinement a day or two
before should be liberated. Captain Hansbrow told
them that this also could not be complied with, hut
promised them that their complaints should be exa-
mined by the Magistrates. Finding that they had
taken nothing by their motion, the men returned to
their work ; and so matters stood until twelve o'clock,
when, the ringleaders being still among them, a sullen
and mutinous spirit again displayed itse:f. About fifty
or sixty men of the felons' ward refused to go to work
until their grievances were redressed, when Captain
Hansbrow went into the ward, and, seizing one man,
pulled him on his legs, and told him if be did not go
to work, he should be flogged. The threat had the
desired effect, and the man walked out, followed by
the others. At night, precautions were taken to pre-
vent the men of the different wards from being let
out at the same time, and all was quiet. Three or four
of the ringleaders were then apprehended, who con-
fessed their desire was to escape from the castle. On
the following day and on Wednesday, the Visiting Jus-
tices sat at the Castle, and sentenced Thomas Barlow,
alias James Brierley, James Dickenson, and Thomas
Scanlon, the first of whom was the origin of the disturb-
ance, and the two others having seized Clegg, to one
month's close solitary confinement each, on the second
class diet, from which animal food is excluded. Had
the rioters succeeded in obtaining possession of the
keys, they could only have forced their way to the
debtors' yard, where, instead of receiving assistance, they
would have encountered a determined opposition. There
would still have been the inner iron gate to force ; and
had they attempted this, the officers of the gaol would
have been compelled to use their fire-arms, and much
loss of life must have been the result. It is on many
accounts a subject of congratulation, that, by the vigour
aed firmness of Captain Hansbrow, this has been pre-
vented.—Lancaster Guardian.

AGBICULTURAL REPORT FOR
JUNE.

Previously to about the 10L11 of this month, the
crops of wheat, in all parts of England, did not ex-
hibit that promising appearance, either as relates to
their colour or growth, as has been generally noticed
in most favourable corresponding periods of the year
—the former being, 'particularly on poor soils, of a
sickly hue : the latter unusually stunted. However,
the roots of the wheat plants, on examination, were
found to be well grown, wide-spreading, and to have
thrown out a greater number of strong shoots than
often before witnessed. In these respects the accounts
which reached us from the whole of our corn growing
counties, were not at variance in scarcely a single in-
stance. But we do not mean to assert that failures
have not occurred ; still they have, doubtless, been fewer
than scarcely ever before remembered. Since the
abovementioned period, the weather has been all that the
most industrious farmer could possibly have desired
or anticipated—we having been favoured with some
fine refreshing rains which, aided by warm intervening
sunshine, have worked wonders in the vegetable crea-
tion ; indeed the impetus given to the growing corn
las been almost without parallel in any former sea.
Although the harvest will, possibly, be what is
,ermed a late one, still it is not considered, from pre-
sent appearances, that it will be so backward as that
of last year. Nothing can be more promising
than the barley, oats, beans, and peas, now rapidly ap-
proaching maturity, yet the oats appear to have suffered
somewhat from the grub : but these are casualties ex-
perienced, invariably, in a greater or less degree, in the
months of May and June. In some parts of Essex,
Kent, and Lincolnshire, the wireworm has been com-
mitting extensive ravages upon the young wheat : but
the rapidity of the growth has formed a strong barrier
'o any general devastation.

Haymaking was partially commenced on the 20th,
since which time numerous stacks of well made hay
have sprung up throughout the kingdom. The crop
will, it is supposed, prove a heavy one, especially in
those parts situated in the immediate vicinity of the
metropolis.
Depastured fattening stock have fared extremely
well, whilst the supply of green fodder has been very
plentiful and good.

Turnips and potatoes have come up well, and pro-
mise abundantly ; yet the former have suffered con
siderably from the fly, but we arc happy to say not to
that extent as to endanger the crop.
From Scotland, we have intimation of the crops
looking very promising. It is admitted on all hands,
that the stocks of wheat, in the granaries and on
arms, are fast diminishing, and that the dealers are
short of stock ; nevertheless, it is considered that
prices cannot rise much beyond those at present ob-
tained, at least whilst the present prospects continue.
On the borders, wheat is rapidly coming into ear, and
some portion of it will have fallen beneath the sickle,
ere another fortnight has elapsed. All the principal
grain markets have been scantily supplied with every
description of grain, yet the trade has been in a sluggish
state, at drooping currencies.
In Ireland, the early sown barley does not appear
so favourable as could be desired, the plants having
become somewhat spindly •
; but the crops of wheat,
oats,
(poenas,aoacroeugnotitoii the available supply,sgve i on favourably. In
since the exports have been very exten to Eng-
land,
from the commencement of the year not being so
some beans,parts,oats and
extensive as in some former seasons) are commanding
high prices, and the shipments are on the decrease.
Very hale has been Passing in wheat and barley. The
growth of potatoes is fully anticipated to he great.—
Farmer's 1 r

bu,_•incss doing yesterday
STATE OP TRADE.—There wa
rather more
than on the preceding Tuesday,
s
bath in yarn and goods; but the prices of both were some-
what lower—yarn about a farthing per pound, and power.
loom printing cloth from lid. to 3d. Fer piece. Good 7-Bth
printing cloth, which sold at Bs. 6d. in the month of April,
could be bought at 7s. yesterday, a fact quite sufficient to
account for the extension of short time amongst the manu-
facturers by power, which is going on to a considerable
extent, as well as amongst the spinners of yarn for ex.
port. We understand that, at a meeting of spinners in
Bolton and the neighbourhood, held on Monday last, it
was unanimously resolved that their mills should not, for
the pre work more than four 'days a week. At Wigan,
we understand, there are now ten, or, as some parties state,
eleven factories, some of them of considerable size, entirely
standing; and all the rest, with the exception of one, are
working short time. Indeed with the exception of some
large isolated establishments, it is now all but universal.--,
Manchester Guardian.

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