The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-21 00:00:00

`HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 lOs to £6 lOs; clover,
.£5 10s to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
Trade firm. •

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £6 lOs ; clover,
£5 10s to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
An active demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £6 lOs ; clover,
£5 10s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 12s per load.
Trade steady.

COAL MARE
Price per ton at the
s. d.

:ET, JAN. 20.
close of the market.

Byass's Bebside West

s. d.
Walls End Haswell 19 0
T unstall
Walls End Riddell 15 9
Walls End Harton
Braddylls Hetton l7 3
Hartlepool
Hastings Hartley l7 3
Walls End Gosforth 15 9
North Pelton Gas-- 15 0
Eden Main
Walls End Byron 16 0
West Lambton l7 0

Hartley l7 3
Cowpen Hartley
Lambert's W. Hartley 17 0
Walker Primrose l4 0
Carway and Duffryn
Malting 22 0
Kelloe
South Kelloe
Heugh Hall l7 6
East Hartlepool
Walls End Hetton
Cassop
Ships at market.

128 ; sold, 79.

Alleged Infringement of the Foreign Enlist•

ment Act.

Miguel Grao, commander of the Peruvian screw cor-
vette man of war Union, at present lying in the English
Channel, was brought up yesterday by Superintendent
Brandon, of the Kent County Constabulary, before Mr.
Thomas Horn Fleet, at the Sessions House, Dartford.
charged on a warrant with enlisting British subjects for
service under the Peruvian Government, at Greenhithe, in
the parish of Swansconibe, on Dec. 28, 1864. Mr. Freeman
attended to prosecute, and Mr. T. Salter, barrister, defended
the prisoner, instructed by Mr. Sharpe, on behalf of the
Peruvian Government. The Peruvian Consul stood by the
prisoner during the examination, and communicated the
preceedings to him in his own language. Mr. Freeman
stated that the prisoner had been enlisting, by signed
articles, a number of British subjects for a term of two
years, to serve on board any war vessel in any arsenal or
dockyard belonging to the Peruvian Government. Mr.
Salter said the Peruvian Government had identified itself
with the case and determined to defend the prisoner, who
had been illegally arrested. The case was one of great in-
ternational importance, and if the prisoner's vessel was de-
tained in the Channel the parties concerned would incur a
great responsibility. It appeared the information was laid
by a Mr. Crapes, but the prosecuting counsel declined to
give any information as to who he was, beyond the assur-
ance that he was a man of responsible moans. Goodwin
Beckenham, a coal trimmer; living at 40, Queen-street,
Gravesend, said—l was applied to on Dec. 28 last by Mr.
Chas. Brown, of Gravesend, to become a stoker on board
the Peruvian corvette Union, commanded by the prisoner .
I went on board, and after being examined by the chief
engineer, who was an Englishman, I was accepted as eligi-
ble and was handed dome printed articles, which I read
and signed, the prisoner telling me I must be on board next
morning, and that I should?not be allowed to go on shore
after I once went on board. I joined the ship on Friday,
Dec. 30, when I was handed over to the chief engineer and
seat below to work as a stoker. We wero very cruelly
treated on board, and a few of us resolved to leave. There
were 70 or 80 men on board, about half of whom were Eng-
lishmen, and I was treated like the rest. The food was not
sufficient, and we had no bedding or bed clothes. Sun-
day night (two days after I joined) was fixed for leaving
the ship, and a waterman's boat came alongside for the
purpose. Myself, another stoker named Peen, and the
first fireman, named Sullivan, got into the boat, when the
second lieutenant came on deck, and, with drawn cutlass,
insisted on us going on deck. We refused to leave the
boat, but the quartermaster:and other assistance being pro-
cured, we found resistance .utterly hopeless, and went on
the quarter-deck, when the second lieutenant ordered us
up to the rigging. In vain we protested we should fall, as
we were not sailors. We were compelled to go up, I be-
ing placed on the maintop and Peen on the second top. It
was freezing hard, but we were left there from seven at
night untiL half-past four next morning. We were after-
wards dismissed and loft the vessel. The Union is a man-of-
war, with 14 large guns (seven on each side), with several
smaller brass guns in other parts of the vessel. There
were loud complaints of the treatment on board, and a
large number of English were anxious to leave, but could
not get away. In cross-examination by Mr. Salter, the
witness said—l came here at the instigation of Mr. Smith,
a police officer in court, who has paid my railway
expenses, but given me no money. Except the solicitor for
the prosecution I have not seen any one. James Peen said—
I am also a coal trimmer, living at Gravesend, and, like
the last witness, am a British subject. I went on board
three weeks ago, and signed articles in London—not in the
presence of the prisoner. I never saw, and don't know,
either Mr. Piesse or Mr. Crapes. Mr. Freeman submitted
there had been sufficient evidence adduced to justify him in
asking for a remand. Mr. Salter said—l object to a remand,
and am instructed by the Peruvian Government to ask for
the immediate discharge of the prisoner. The Foreign En-
listment Act does not and never was intended to appl,3;
in such cases as this. This Act can only be invo
ke
where two nations are in actual warfare, and there
is no war as yet between Peru and Sepit.utinv.hth Earl
Russell has received a despatch from the
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have Get
vernment, and the arrangements therein prof but charac-
terise sanction of the Foreign Office.
prisoner had left Plymouth and
wiat when he was arrested
these proceedings as harsh
saonnd yiniscAlwlneyd
tfoorp.ayThhise
respects to the Admiral of the PoThe
arrest was totally
by Superintendent Brautoant•
the
preamble of the Fo-
illegal. Mr. Fleet said that
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lfiosit.mseein.
the Union could
tion whether, under
creoingtnracEtsn
vessel of war within the meaning of
not be regarded as instances,
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became a ques ion w the case of
her Majesty. service
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th
evset circumstances,
the
int me-office would have sanctioned these
the Act, which forbaadvecenlistm.ents without th
Union the
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d to. At the same time
the magistrate
be should scarcely be justified in detaining pri-
sonerthought
the evidence given. the signed contracts had
on
enlistments if applied
been produced he might have been induced to act other-
„.ise. Mr. Freeman said he could furnish additional evi-
dence as to the enlisting to the same purport as now given,
and would give notice for the printed articles or contracts
to be produced. Mr. Salter said he might give what notice
he pleased ; but no signed or printed contract would be
forthcoming. Mr. Fleet said that unless different and more
complete evidence was forthcoming, he should have to dis-
charge the prisoner, which he ultimately did.