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THE SUN, LONDON, PIIJ'DA.:V EVENING, SEPTEMBER lB, 1846

MA-

METROPOLITAN SE W AGE
NURE COMPANY.
The first public meeting of the shareholders in this
company was held yesterday at the British Hotel, Cock-
Spar-street.

-J. C. B. WARREN, Esq , having been called to the
chair, congratulated the meeting on the success
With which they bad been able to struggle through
Parliament, notwithstanding that they had had the aid
of no men Of title, but they had had able leaders and
men to ;ia them whose opinion in science was attended
to.

The SECRETARY then read the Report of the Directors,
which stated that though they had made some conces-
sions in their plan to prejudices, it was substantially
still the same. The Company would begin its operations
at King's Scholar's Pond, pipes being carried on to
Hounslow. After alluding to Mr. Martin, the projector
of the company, and the claim he ht.d on the share-
holders for compensation, the report congratulated the
meeting on the certain prospects of a remunerative
return.

Mr. NEISON moved that the report read be received
and adopted.
Mr. Pao',ExT seconded the motion.
Messrs. aellico and Owen Junes were appointed
auditors tr; the company.
Mr. &Vans, of Deanston, then addressed the meeting
and stated at length the experiments which had been made
to ascertain the practicability of their scheme, and
demonstrative of the certain good effects which would
follow its application. lie gave notice that he would
move at the next general meeting of the Company, that
the half-yearly meetings in future should take place in
May and November.

Mr. MoonE, the Secretary, entered into his own
twenty-three years' experience of the good that would
result from the adoption of the Company's scheme, cor-
roborative of the remarks which had already fallen from
Mr. Smith.
A vote of thanks was moved to the directors, and the
meeting then broke up.

BANDON AND BANTRY RAIL

WAY.
The requisite number of shareholders to constitute the
dissolution of the company having attended yesterday,
the chairinan declared the company to be legally dis-
solved.

WELSH MIDLAND DAILWAY.
A meeting of the scripholders in this company was
held yesterday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of
receiving the repo'rt of a committee appointed to wind
up the affairs of the company.
Lord Hereford took the chair.
The SECRET-Art.lC. having read the advertisement con-
vening the me :sing, proceeded to read the report, from
which it elepeared that the Bid had not passed the
Standing Orders' Committee, and that although the
directors did all in their power to retrench the expenses,
still the demand of the engineers and solicitors remained
unsettled. The report concluded by stating that it
had been resolved to dissolve the company,
vrbick had been accordingly done, and that 15s. a
share would be returned to the shareholders.
The CHAIRMAN then rose to address the meeting.
It was the wish of the directors of the company to court
inquiry, and to seek the strictest scrutiny into their con-
duct. The delay in giving the shareholders the full in-
formation as to their circumstances was owing to ina-
bility to get in the accounts of the claimants. More-
over they were -anxious to promote the formation of a
new and good company. The enormity of the accounts
was as much reprobated by the directors as by any of
the shareholders.—(Hear, hear.) It was proposed to
resist those claims at first ; but the boar 4 found it would
be necessary to review all the transactions, such as con-
tracts with other companies, &c., and it was considered
mom politic to endeavour to make arrangements than
to oppose them with all the means in their power.
He stood there on the pert of himself and his brother
directors to give any individual present full and imme-
diate explanation as to the past proceedings of the direc-
tors, which he had no doubt would be satisfactory. In
conclusion, he trusted that a searching inquiry would be
made, and this inquiry the directors demanded as a
right.—(Hear, hear.)
The SECRETARY then read a statement of the liabili-
ties, in which was one item of payments of over
20,0001. to Mr. Baxter, as well as large demands still
due to him.
Mr. GEORGE JONES said he regretted that printed
copies of that report had not been made, as the details
were too numerous and various to be retained. After
the enormous expense that had b en gone to, a little
more might have been incurred for this purpose.
The SECRETARY, in reply to a question, said that there
would be a balance of 20,0001., after paying the 15s. a
share, but the accounts were not yet arranged, and the
assets were not certain.
Mr. MAUBERT said that he was sure that they must
all be struck with the amount of the charges brought
against the company. Enormous as were railway
charges in general, these exceeded all other;.
One thing should give them great satisfaction. F-rom
the explanation they had just heard from the chee'leman,
it appeared that they had to deal with heenourable men,
and who had the same interests witen themselves. He
felt satisfied that they would do all in their power to for-
ward these interests.—(come dissent.) Now, as they
had heard from the chairman that the directors were de-
sirous of inquiry, he woul'et take the liberty of asking a
few questions. In the first place he would ask, why
5,000 shares had net been disposed of ? and, in the next
place, how many stares the directors held originally ?
Mr. AKERS, in reply, stated that the 5,000 shares al-
luded to were not allotted from a consideration that it
would be better to reserve a certain number of shares
for the pr4rietors of the land through which the line
was to pass, as well as the canal proprietary. With
respect to the second question, there was a minute on
the books that the directors should be compelled to take
one hundred shares.
Mr. MAIIBERT said he would now ask how many
shares were held by the directors ?
Several directors here stated that they held not bnly
the number of shares originally allotted to there,but a
considerably larger number. Some stated ttey held as
many as 350.
The deed giving power to the directors to extend
their line and construct new branches was read by Mr.
Baxter, to show that the directors were authorised in
enlarging their line beyond the, P.mits laid down in the
prospectus.
In reply to a question,
The SECRETARY read a list of payments already made
to Mr. Baxter, amounting to 20,000/.
The CHAIRnAN, in reply to a question as to the re-
maining debt of 21,0001. to Mr. Baxter, for which that
gentleman had offered to take 7,000 L, said that they did
not believe that the amount of Mr. Baxter's demand
would amount to the sure claimed, and the first intention
of the directors was to resist that demand.
Mr. BAXTER se id it was the first time that he had
heard of the intention of the board to resist the claims
he had made. He would bog leg leave to state
what had occurred between him and the directors. (Mr.
Baxter here entered into a long detail, the purport of
which was, that when his account had been made out
he was himself surprised at its amount, and sug-
gested that it should be taxed. He also stated, that
when the affairs of the company became so very bad
he had offered to make a deduction even from the
taxed bill of costs, which, however, he would not
have done bad he been aware of the intentions
entertained by the directors, and stated, in conclusion,
that he would not demand the full balance remain-
ing.—(Hear, tend cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN explained that his meaning was, that
it wets the original intention of the directors to resist
the papnent of Mr. Baxter's demand, but from the
moment they entered into communication with Mr.
Baxter they abandoned that intention.
After a protracted discussion, it was finally
agreed that the report should be printed
for circulation amongst the shareholders, and the pre-
sent directors should be continued in office till the affairs
of the company had been wound up.
Thanks were voted to and acknowledged by the chair.
man, after which the meeting separated.

THE PEERAGE—ASSUMED
NAMES.
The Duke of 'Wellington is not a Wellesley ; his real
name is Colley ; his grandfather, Richard Colley, as-
sumed the name of Wesley (now modified into Wel-
lesley), without having a particle of the blood of that fa-
mily in him, but merely because he succeeded to the
Wesley estates, under the will of a distant relative. The
earl of Clarendon is not a Hyde ; his only connexion
with that noble family resides in the fact that his
grandmother was the granddaughter of Henry
Hyde, the last Earl of Clarendon of that
line ; paternally the Noble Lord is Villiers. The
Duke of Northumberland is not a Percy ; his real
name is Smithson, and his ancestor paternally was Sir
Hugh Smithson, who took the name of Percy, and re-
ceived the honours of that famous house ur der a new
ereation, solely because his wife's grandmother was a
Percy. The Marquis of Normanby exhibits a still wider
excursion in search of a title, which seems ancient, but ;
is not really so, His Lordship has not a particle of the
Mulgrave nr Normanby blood in him. His great grand-
mother, when she married Mr. Wm. Phipps, was the
widow of Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, who was also
Marquis of Normanby and Baron Mulgrave ; thus
Constantine Phipps, her son, contrived to get a re crea-
tion of a title belonging to his mother's first husband,
whom he had never seen, and whose descendant
he was not. lord Stafferd is not a Wentworth ; Lord
Wilton is not an Egerton, although he has assumed that
name. Lord de Tably is not a Warren, which desig-
nation he now assumes ; nor is he a Leicesttr, which
name he bore a few years ago ; he is, in truth, the
descendant, paternally, of a certain Gregory Byrne, of
the Queen's County in Ireland, whose successors, having
married two or three Cheshire heiresses, seized upon
the name of those ancient homes. The Duke of
Marlborough is not a Churchill ; his real name
is Spencer ; and he is only connected with the
great military commander by the fact that his ancestor
married the celebrated Duke's daughter. Earl Nelson
is paternally a Belton ; his father was Thomas Belton,
and his grandmother was the immortal Nelson's sister.
The Martinis of Anglesey is riot a Paget—his father's
name was Bayly. Tire surname now used by Earl de
Grey is the same as his title ; a few years ago he called
himself Weddell, but his real name is Robinsen.—The
Topic.

We have to announce the death of one of the oldest
servants attached to the Palace of Fontainebleau—viz.,
Aly, a Circassian by birth, whom l'.7apoleon brought
from Egypt, and placed among his- mamelukm Ile
was after-wit-ifs taken into .the service of the Etepress
Josephine, and in ISOS sent to Fontainebleau as garcon
d'appartement, a Fzition h prcscrved till his death,_
Paris Paper.

LEAVING WORK WITHOUT they would have been fernished with the bobbins they
NOTICE. usually worked.
IMPORT ANT DECISION, This was the complainants base:
Mr. Roberts then addressed.the befich for the elefjnee.
(From the Mandicsier Guardian.)
.
He appeared, he said, before them that day on behalf of a
On Saturday, at the Boreugh Court, Stockport, Charles
large euneleal• or the working men of these districts, and not
Putts, William Eye, and James }Jettison, workers for .
Messrs. Kershaw, Leese, and Co., of Mersey Mills, ap. 'only of these districts, but, he might also say, on behalf
peered to answer informations, charging them with leav- of the spinners of the entire kingdom, to protest against
ing the service of their employers without notice or per- the fraud—for he would not mince the matter—to pro-
mission' and before the term for which they were en- test against the fraud attempted to be practised upon
gaged had expired. them in this instance. The defendants were 'threatened
Mr. Thomas Eskrigge, of the firm, appeared in per- with a heavy imprisonment ; their master had boasted
son, along with his attorney, Mr. William Vaughan ; that he would send them to prison. He seemed to think
Mr. J. P. Roberts, the miners' "attorney-general," ap- he had the power of the bench ; contemplating, possibly,
peered for the defendants. the time when he should fill that high and distinguished
The case of Charles Potts was first taken. position, and speculating, probably, upon the weight of
Mr. Vaughan, for the complainant, stated that the his private and personal influence with the bench, he told
defendant Potts was engaged by an overlooker named the defendants that he would send them to prison ; that
Jackson, whom he should call, upon the usual terms— he would not let them off so easily as he had done the
viz., that he should give a week's notice whenever he others. But the defendants were there that day not on
left. Potts was a frame spinner, and he continued to their trial merely ; their master was there on his trial
work up to the time of the present complaint. Last also. He had attempted to practise upon the de-
Thursday, it happened that the defendant, with others, fendants a gross fraud—gross, horrible, and tyran-
was using a particnlar kind of rovings. They were of a , nical ; and if his (Mr. Roberts') attendance there
rather softer nature than usual, and the manager wished that day should end only in his saying so, . he
to employ them temporarily on that kind of work, in had done something, for he had proclaimed the
order to prevent them from stopping altogether. De- opinion of the defendants, working men generally, ,
feedant at once said they would not do the work, but that the attempt to introduce a kind of work never bar-
would rather leave. Jackson replied that they were, of gained for—never dreamt of—which other men were
course, at liberty to leave on giving the usual notice, but paid higher wages for working, was a gross attempt at
they still persisted that they would leave rather than do cheating. He knew not whether this attempt was to be
the work, and they accordingly did leave, and had not followed by others of a similar kind, bet if the principle
since returned to the mill. Prior to their leaving, it was was once admitted, it was quite impossible to say where
stated that the fresh rovings, such as they had been it would end. Whether the master in this case con-
working upon, and did not object to, would be supplied templated pursuing the practice in future he did not
to them again. know; but he hoped that he would receive a lesson from
Joseph Jackson was then called, and examined by the bench that would teach him that he was not quite so
Mr. Vaughan—ls overlooker of spinners. Engaged the omnipotent in Stockport as he had previously fancied
defendant Potts to work in the employ of Messrs. Ker- himself. The men came there not to be sent to gaol,
shaw, Leese, and Co., nearly two months ago. En- but to be protected against the tyranny of their master;
gaged him on the usual terms, to give and take a week's they threw themselves upon the bench for protection.
notice, according to their rules. Defendants went away Regarding the merits of the case, there were at first two
on the Thursday morning at half-past nine o'clock; their issues to be tried, since reduced to one; the first was,
week's work is made up on the Thursday night. They whether the master required the men to do a different
receive notice at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. work to that which they had been accustomed to do; and,
There is a notice to that effect up in the room, where the secondly, whether the work was of a harder kind. The
defendant worked. question was now reduced to the latter consideration
This notice, pasted on a board, was here put in. It alone. It mattered not whether the work of a single day
was as follows :--
was or was not divided among three men. Cheating for
" Notice.—All persons now working, or hereafter an hour, or for a moment, was the same in principle as
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coming to work, on these premises, are required to give cheating for a day, for seven days, a month, or a year.
a full week's notice previous to leaving their employ.. Only let so dangerous a precedent be set, and it would at
ment, and such notice to be given by four o'clock on the once be followed by all other cotton spinners. Only let
Saturday afternoon, it go forth that Eskrigge got one day's work more from
" Mersey Mills, July, 1845." his men, and other cotton spinners would immediately
The notice was also put up in different
,tparts of the follow the example. Who would say that, if the men
mill. Some rovings of a softer nature than usual had worked an hour under such circumstances, they should
been given out to the defendant, with others. They not work longer? If Eskrigge, by a cheat, was allowed
were from Dyer's frame bobbins, and the others of a to tax the labours of his men for a single hour, who
better quality were from press frame bobbins. Defen- should say where it was to end? His instructions were
dant abruptly refused to do the work on any account, that in other parts of the country Dyer's work was paid
and said he would leave rather than do it. Told him for in the same proportion to the press work. As to the
and others if they did leave, it must be with notice. The agreement. In law it was no agreement at all. It was
soft rovings would, perhaps, have lasted that day out. not even in pursuance of the terms of the information.
H-ad supplied them with soft rovings, that the machinery In law the agreement ought to be full and plain with
might not be kept standing, and they remain idle. That the parties at the time ; the party ought not to be left
was the reason ; had done it for the defendant's good ; to derive his knowledge from something stuck upon a
not that he was to continue on that work constantly, wall, as in this case. The agreement put in stated that
but only until the better rovings were ready. the man should give a week's notice, but it did not say
By the Bench—When he engaged the defendants, they the master should. Now no agreement in England was
were not to do any particular kind of work. Did not binding where it was not mutual. He had tried the
say that they were to have press bobbins or jack frame question in the Court of Queen's Bench, before Lord
Denman, and it had been decided in his favour. Let,
bobbins. There was no difference that he knew of i 1
the prices given. The work proposed to them would therefore, the cotton-spinners of Stockport know it,
not have made one penny difference in the defendant's that any such agreement must be mutually binding on
wages for that week. both parties. There was no doubt upon this point.
He should have no hesitation in appealing to them upon
Cross-examined by Mr. Roberts—Told them that the
soft rovings were only put in while the others were got the point, even supposing there was no law upon
the
ready. They said they would not do it. There was no case ; but as there was, and as it was in his favour,
extra work required. They said if he (witness) would he asked them to set their faces against the fraud to
pay them something extra for that kind of work, they be perpetrated by such an agreement as that put in.
would do it. Said he would not, that it was not a prac• The agreement put in was neither consistent with corn-
tice of the mill ; that there would be no alteration, and mon sense nor justice ; it said, in effect, that the ras-
ter should have the power of turning the man
awaythat there was no need of any. Defendants had been
working press bobbing, and the work they were required at a moment's notice, and the man should be compelled
to attempt was Dyer's frame bobbins. Press and Dyer's to give the master a week's notice. In the circuit of
gs. The difference is, that press
are both made from the same quality of cotton, but press Mr. Maude's jurisdiction, at Manchester, the master was
makes the better rovin bound by an agreement as well as his men. There was
rovings have a twist in them which Dyer's have not. a case in point, "Sykes v. Dixon," in the 9th vol. of
Part of the duties of a spinner are performed by his Adolphus and Ellis' Reports. A workman had left the
piecer ; the piecer is paid so much a week by his plaintiff's service and gone to work for the defendant,
spinner. That is an arrangement between the parties. Plaintiff brought his action for harbouring the workman.
On Thursday morning the decent-tents were required An agreement similar to that in this case was put in,
to work Dyer's rovings. Tie requirement was but was eventually set aside for want of mutuality ;it
made on the Wednesday evening, and on Thurs-
was all on one side—there was no corresponding agree-
day morning again i b".t between the Wednesday ment on the part of the master, similar to that which
evening and the fnursday morning, they had worked bound the man. Resting upon this case, therefore, as
to the point raised, he contended that a contract to
press bobbins. saw Potts take his Dyer's bobbins out,
and he told him (witness) he was afraid he was going to hold good in law must be mutually binding upon both
take some advantage of him. The refused to work parties. But supposing it were otherwise, then the infer
D er's Ijobbins on the Wednesday, the -
same as on the
tnation was good for nothing. The information was, that
y
Thtersday. Did not know whet'ner the same wages were " Charles Potts, of the township of Stockport, did, on
the sth September instant, contract and engage with
raid for Dyer sas for press bobbins. That was a ques-
Thomas Eskrigge, a spinner, for the term of one whole
lion for the master to determine. They did not spin
Dyer's regularly. Could not speak to the practice of week, such contract being carried on between the said
other mills. Had worked Dyer's bobbins before, and parties to continue from week to week, until one party
paid for those and press both alike. Would swear that shall give the other thereto one clear week's notice to
had been the case. The spinners were paid so much a dissolve and determine the same." This information
thousand. There was no difference in the wages was most accurately drawn and printed, but it mis-stated
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of the spinners they had, between Dyer's and press the date and day of the commencement of the defendant's
bobbins ; only in the former case the spinner was service by a period of six weeks. He had now stated
allowed a bobbiner to creel them. (Mr. Roberts, his preliminary objections, and should pause for Mr.
mistaking the terms used by the witness, repeated, Vaughan's reply. If the Bench thought there was any
weight in them the case would be at an end ; if
not, he
with solemnity and emphasis, "A bobbiner to clean
them." Taking advantage of the circumstance, was prepared to proCeed.
Mr. Vaughan observed, "So much for a bid at Mr. Vaughan said the contract was made when the
popular applause.") The bobbiner was not employed defendants first commenced working for the com-
i.lainants. He had proved, by evidence, that they were
when they were working press work. When Dyer's
was done, an additional bobbiner was allowed. The mutually to give and take notice ; and the contract was
a continuing one from that time to the present.- He
master paid the bobbiner. A mule was divided into
boxes ; each box contained 16 ends or, spindles, and proposed to recall the witness Jackson to speak to that
there were 576 spindles in each mule. The defendant had fact"
14 boxes in his mule. Each of the defendants had to do Mr. Roberts objected. A: printed notice had been put
four boxes, so that three and a half men were together in ; by that, he contended, the Bench must be guided,
te, do the same work that one man would have to do if and that no parole evidence could afterwards be ad-
-Ihe was working entirely Dyer's work. Six shillings a milted.
Mr. Vaughan rejoined that he had proved the terms of
week was paid to the bobbiner who assists the man who
does Dyer's work. The bobbiner's name was Thomas the contract by evidence ; the printed form put in was
Kershaw. He (Kershaw) worked at the same pair of not that agreement, but merely a general notification to
mules that Potts did. The work required from Potts the hands.
was as nearly as possible one-third of what had been The Bench retired to deliberate and decide upon the
done by Kershaw on the Dyer's work. Did not pay objections. Having been absent about twenty minutes,
Kershaw himself; his wages were given him in the they returned into Court, when
warehouse. Did not tell ' defendants on Wednesday
Mr. Newton, the Chairman, said, we have considered
evening that they might go home when they the objections, and we think them good, therefore we
refused to work the Dyer's bobbins. Told them dismiss the case altogether. It is upon the ground that
when the Dyer's bobbins were out they would have the agreement put in by the complainants is not the
more press to go on with. Never said anything about same that. was made in the first instance, and that they
going to gaol. Believed the master had never men- ought, as is understood from the notices issued out in the
tioned that word. Master told defendants, in his hear- town, to use the proper form, which would be binding on
ing, that he would not let them off so easily as the both parties.
others had been ; that he should not be satisfied with Mr. Eskrigge—That, sir, is up in the lodge.
their paying the costs merely if they did not give proper Sir R. Pendlebury—lf you had put that in instead of
notice. The bobbiner he had spoken of was allowed the one you did, the case would have been altered.
for Dyer's work at that time, because they were then Mr. Vaughan—l believe it is my mistake. Like my
t' on inferior work. He believed there were better Dyer's friend Mr. Roberts, I was only spoken to about half an
bobbins in the creel when the defendants gave over, hour before I came into Court, and, therefore, in that
than the press ones they had previously been working. respect we were about on an equality.
The quantity of Dyer's bobbins he wanted to put in Mr. Newton—The case has been very ably argued on
would have made no difference in the defendant's both sides.
wages. Supposing tLey had worked all Dyer's work,
Mr. Roberts—l wish all the magistrates in other dis-
they could not have earned quite so much as at the tricts used the same precaution.
press bobbins ; not far from r.,however, when allow-
Mr. Newton—lt is rather unfortunate that the notice
ance was made for the extra assistance of the bobbin-
was produced at all.
nor, as well as for the time during which the creels Mr. Eskrigge—They are all aware of it, sir, and
were stopped and put in a position for the other bob-
these men (the defendants) knew it too.
bins. It would have taken, perhaps, two hours to alter Mr. Roberts—You must not send them to gaol this
the creel, and during that time the defendants would time, Mr. Eskrigge.
have been earning nothing. They were not paid by Mr. Eskrigge—Not this time, sir. .
their time, but by their labcur. The duty of the piecer Mr. Roberts applied for costs, but they were not
was to put the bobbins in and keep the mules clean. The allowed.
relative duration in time between the press and dyer's The case lasted fully two hours and a half. The
bobbins depended upon the yarn from which they were magistrates on the bench were Mr. Newton, Mr. Baker,
Mr. Wilkinson, Sir R. Pendlebury, and the Rev. C. K.
spun. On the average, the same number of each would
be put in each day. There were 576 spindles in a couple Prescott, rector.
of mules working press work, 288 spindles in each mule. We insert the form of notice alluded to in the above
The weight of a press bobbin was seven ounces ; of a as that which ought to have been used. It constitutes
dyer's, six ounces. The press was stronger and had a the rule by which the decisions of the Bench are now in
twist in it, which accounted for the additional weight. all cases guided:—
A piecer's duty was to piece up the ends. It depended " NOTICE.—PETTY SESSIONS, DEC. 5, 1838.—As a
upon the nature of the material, and the number of hanks great number of cases are brought before the borough
whether there were more ends in the dyer's or the press magistrates which arise from disputes between masters
and their workpeople in the cotton manufacture and the
bobbing. Could give no answer as to any average in the
matter. other manufactures which are carried on in this borough,
The witness hesitated in many of his replies, evidently the magistrates give this public notice, as a general
perplexed by the ignorance of the details of the business guide to all parties concerned:—
displayed by the advocate in his cross-examination. See. , "That the general custom in this neighbourhood, and
ing which, , the only one recognis. d by the magistrates, is a week's
Mr. Eskrigge, addressing the witness, said—JOseph, wages and a week's notice.
give your answers as pointediy and direct as possible. "That any party in a case in future depending before
Mr. Roberts, upon this, observed to the witness— the borough magistrates, wishing to prove a contrary
Now, Sir, you have received your instructions, follow custom, will be required to prove that a printed or
them. written notice, varying this general custom, hat been
Mr. Eskrigge begged to observe that the witness'had Publicly posted in the room in which the workman was
never received any instructions at all. -
employed, or an agreement in writing, signed by the
Corss-examination continued—The breakages were Parties, varying that custom.
not so frequent as some folks represented ; that de- " Any person leaving his employment without no-
pended upon the numbers they were spinning. The tice, except in those cases where notice is dispensed
with by both parties, forfeits by law any wages for that
average might be from thirty to sixty in a day ; but it
depended upon the manner in which the material was P
onion of the week during which he has worked, in
used. Could not say whether the breakages were more
addition to renderin himself liable to punishment by
frequent with Dyer's than press bobbins. Dyer's make
more dirt than press bobbins. The scavengers cleaned
nated without the full notice, imp.rNisoonsmerevnitce where notice is requisite cm be termi-
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the dirt away. The piecer cleaned the spindles and except by.the consent of
rollers. Some of the manufacturers in Stockport had both parties, or by the gross misconduct of either party e
both cress and Dyer's work going on. Did not know, and any person alleging such misconduct will be required
even as matter of comm in rumour, that they paid more to produce strict proof of the fact.
for Dyer's than for press work.
" The better way, in all cases, if practicable, is to ter-
Mr. Vaughan—Oh, don't let us have anything on minute the service by the regular notice, or bring the
rumour, if you please. charges for misconduct before the magistrates for their
Mr. Roberts begged he might not be interrupted. The adjudicatien. " R. PENDLEBURY, Mayor.
liberties of five individuals were at stake, and that was a "JONATHAN THORNHILL.
very grave responsibility to be entrusted in the hands of " W. B. WORTHINGTON.
one advocate.
" JOHN SLACK."
The object of twisting the roving was to put more on
the bobbin, both a larger weight and quantity. The
rovings came to the spinner from the carder. Had made
no calculation as to the relative quantity that could be
made in a given time between the Dyer's and press
bobbins. The rovings were made on the premises. Th..ir
anything he (witness) knew to the contrary, the threads
spinners were paid the same for both Dyer's and press
work. The bands worked so many hours to Ole day,
and six days to the week, only when there was. a stop-
page for roving. The stoppages were not very frequent.
The defendant Potts had had more than two whole
weeks work since he had been employees at their mill.
It had never happened that a man had been stopped for
roving three days out of the six. Potts might have been
off two days some weeks, being idle for want of rovings.
Re-examined by Mr. Vaughan—lntended to put sixty
Dyer's bobbins in each pair of mules, on the morning in
question. The quality of the cotton would have been
setter than that of the press bobbins. The object of
furnishing them with Dyer's roving, was to prevent
them from stopping, so that they might go on earning
th,±ir wages. They would otherwise have had to stand
halt' a day, if not more. Told them they would have
to stop, if they refused to go on with the Dyer's bob-
bins, until such time as they could have press bobbins to
pat in. They would not have had to work the Dyer's
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EGYPTIAN BARLEY.—We have been favoured with
a few stalks of this favourite grain of the Nile, grown
in the garden plot of Mr. John Bowie, New Richmond
Cottage, Fochabers. The barley was first planted about
three years ago, from a few grains, which in due course,
sprouted up to maturity ; and subsequently additional
produce rewarded the exertions of the cultivator. Ia
order to show the rich produce of this species, from
one seed seventy-two grains were counted last year ;
and, this season, twenty-two sterns are growing from
one root 1 The barley is quinquangular shaped—
having five corners ; and in approaching the ripening,
has a very beautiful appearance. The spike is not so
thick as the square barley or bigg, chiefly cultivated in
England and Scotland ; but the calyx, husk, awn, and
flower, more resemble rye—the flour is, indeed, very
fine. We question much, however, if it could be pro-
duced to any great perfection in this country, as an
alternate soft and warm soil and climate are imperatively
necessary for its cultivation. Mr. Bowie, we understand,
has sufficient seed of this grain to plant three acres.—
Elgin Courant.
IRISH ORE.--A vessel arrived in the river from
Belfast, has brought the large quantity of fifty-one tons
weight of load ore, the pr(Auctkou of that part of the
sister kingdom.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANS'ioxlio 00.
G'torge Bead, Alderman Wilion's coachman, wtt§
brought before Alderman Gibbs charged with having
threatened to murder Mary Hill, his fellow-servant,
waiting-maid to Mrs. Wilson. •
Mr. Humphreys, who attended for the prosecution,
stated that the complainant had .been many years in the
service of Alderman Wilson's lady, and that the pri-
soner had been the Alderman's coachman for but a com-
paratively short period. The prisoner had by his atten-
tion engaged the affections of the young woman, who
was a person of most excellent character and highly re-
spected in the family in which she served. Having,
however, learned beyond all doubt that the man who had
thus ingratiated himself was a married man and the
father of a number of children, she, of course, rejected
any further acquaintance, beyond that which ordinarily
existed between fellow-servants, and the prisoner exas-
perated at the disappointment threatened to destroy her,
and she had every reason to believe that he would per-
form his promise, if allowed to carry into Effect his pre-
sent intention. A letter could be produced which clearly
showed that the prisoner was a married man, but as it
was not legal evidence it could not, without the consent
of the prisoner, be read.
Alderman GIBBS asked whether the complainant and
the prisoner were to have been married ?
Mr. Humphreys replied that they were ; and he be-
lieved all the necessary preparations had been made,
when the prisoner's wife interfered. The complainant
refused to have anything more to do with him, and he
threatened to shoot her, and then himself.
The prisoner—Did she break open the seal of a letter
of mine ?
Mr. Humphreys—You have no right to ask any ques-
tions of the kind.
It was here stated that there was no evidence of any-
thing of the kind.
Mr. Humphreys—l am ready to read the letter I have
alluded to, if the prisoner has no objection.
The prisoner—l do not wish the letter to be read.
Alderman Gums—She says you are a married man.
The prisoner (smiling)—l am not.
Alderman GIBBS—She says you have threatened her
life.

' protector was himself a party to the infamous outrage,
she instantly ran to the window and implored the as-
-sistatice of a donstable who happened to be passing, and
having admitted him into the house, gake the prisoner
into custody.
Police-constable K 217 stated that while the last wit-
ness was relating to him the particulars of the transac-
tion, the prisoner, who was accompanied by her husband,
came down stairs ; and on asking him if he had been
invited there by the latter, he answered in the negative,
and said he had been admitted by another man. Witness
then asked the husband if he wished to give the prisoner
into custody for being found on his premises, to which
he replied carelessly that he knew nothing about the
matter, and had no charge to prefer. The wife, however,
who appeared excessively shocked and agitated at the
indignity she had suffered, insisted upon pressing the
charge herself; and the prisoner was accordingly con-
veyed to the station.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that he had
been drinking freely, and was unable to explain how he
got'int.) the house or anything that subsequently occurred.
Mr. BROUGHTON characterised the case as one of the
most flagrant that had come under his cognizance, and
said, that on a review of all the circumstances, he could
conic to no other conclusion than that the husband had
been accessory to the whole transaction for the further-
ance of some ulterior object, the nature of which was
sufficiently obvious. He considered the prisoner's
defence an aggravatiOn of his conduct, and should
therefore, order him to be committed at once for a
criminal assault, and direct the immediate apprehension
of the husbane, to answer for the previous ill-usage
towards his unfortunate wife.

STARVATION IN LEWES GAOL.
The Sussex magistrates, living in the vicinity of
Lewes, and most of whom are visiting justices of the
House of Correction, held a meeting at the County Hall,
for the purpose of investigating the circumstances con-
nected with the death of James Allen, on whose body an
inquest was held on Monday week. The magistrates
present were the Earl of Chicester, Mr. Sergeant
D'Oyley, Sir H. Shiffner, Bart., Mr. Blackman, Mr.
Molineaux, and Mr. J. G. Blencowe. The meeting took
place at the termination of the usual business of the
weekly petty sessions, and the reporters of the local
press having left, Lord Chichester expressed his regret
at the circumstance; whereupon a message was sent to
the offices of the two Sussex papers, published in Lewes,
and in a few minutes reporters from those papers were in
attendance. On the arrival of the representatives of the
press, an examination of the officers of the gaol com-
menced ; but in order to refresh the minds of our readers
with the circumstances of the case, we first give a sum
wary of that portion of the evidence adduced at
the inquest, which shows the cause of the inquest
being held, and which will be necessary to render the
present examination intelligible. Our readers, we take
for granted, remember that the verdict attributed the
death of the deceased to the rigorous enforcement of his
sentence of eight months' hard labour, interspersed, as it
was, with nine separate weeks of solitary confinement,
combined with the insufficiency of the prison diet.
The father and sister of the deceased deposed at the
inquest that the deceased entered the prison as a
healthy man, never having had a day's illness ; that at
the end of six months they were, for the first time, ad-
mitted to an interview with him, when they saw him
looking very ill, but that he made no complaint to them,
the governor of the gaol being present at the interview ;
that when the deceased came out of gaol at the end of
his eight months' imprisonment, he was very weak; that
he suffered much from diarrhoea, and soon afterwards
died, notwithstanding that he was attended by Mr. Ver-
ret), the parish surgeon at Brighton, and at his recom-
mendation was supplied by the directors and guardians
ith all the nourishment which his case required ;
:hat while on his deathbed he stated, that in the
,gaol he was very weak, that the food was not enough for
him, that when tho prisoners had what was called soup,
it was only " skilly," that no meat could be seen in it,
hut that there were bits of something resembling cow's
udder boiled up; that he complained to the surgeon and
the chaplain of weakness and illness, but was told that
he must work at the treadmill; and that one day he was
so ill that he could not go to the treadmill; and that in
consequence he was placed in the woodhouse, where the
flesh peeled off his hands, and that notwithstanding he
was obliged to work. Ile stated further, while on his
deathbed, that when he was in solitary confinement he
was very ill, and that from six o'clock in the morning
till six o'clock at night his bed was taken from him, and
that when he could not Fit on the edge of the bedstead
he was obliged to be on the cold stones or boulders. He
thought he should have died, as there was no one, to see;
and he asked the doctor if he could not give him any-
thing for weakness in the inside; when the doctor gave
him some pills which did him no good. He told the
man who was over him in the woodhouse, that the flesh
came off his hand, on hearing which the man said he
must work or be reported. When they sent him to
chapel he was so hungry that he could not listen to what
the minister said, and if he dropped a crumb while eat-
ing his bread, so hungry was he that he would after-
wards cross his cell to pick it up.
1 his was the evidence, a rumour of which led to the
inquest. In addition, Mr. W. Verrall, of Brighton, sur-
geon, deposed that when the deceased came out of pri-
son he was suffering from diarrhcea and disease of the
lungs, for which he (witness) attended him almost daily,
being, however, satisfied from the first that there was no
chance of recovery. The disease of the chest appeared
to have existed a considerable time, and from a post
mortem examination witness thought it was of five or
six months' standing. A man with such a disease was
unfit for hard labour or solitary confinement, and paucity
of food would tend to aggravate the disease. Such dis-
eases required a generous diet.
It was to meet this evidence that the magistrates now
examined witnesses, but not on oath. We subjoin an
abstract of their statements:—
Mr. John Sanders, governor of the Lewes House of
Correction, stated—James Allen, the deceased, was on
bail before his trial, and he came into my castody on the
27th of November, the day of the adjourned Michaelmas
sessions, for stealing 25., the property of Mr. L. Slight,
clerk of the commissioners at Brighton, from a desk in
the Town-hall. He was sentenced to eight calendar
months' hard labour, except the first week of every
month and the last week of his sentence, which was in
solitary confinement. He was discharged on Saturday,
the 25th of July. The greater part of his time he was
on the treadmill, besides the pump, and other labour. He
never complained to me of inability to work, or of insuffi-
ciency of food. I saw -him every day, and sometimes
twice or more. When in solitary confinement, he was
in a boarded cell with the exception of two or three
weeks, when he remained in a cell having a stone
floor. lie had a wooden bedstead, and need not lie upon
the stone floor. There is no floor with boulders. The
stone floors are flat, the cell having the stone floor was
in the upper part of the prison, and very dry. He was
never taken from the wheel to the woodhouse, except in
his turn, and never for lighter work. He had a cough
sometimes in July, for which he was treated by the
surgeon. I saw him leave the prison, and meet his
friends outside. His friends had visited him in the
beginning of June ; they made no remark to me as to
his appearance or treatment. The meat in the soup
is from clods cut up into small pieces. It
was always beef clods, sackings, and shins.
There were no pieces of cow's udder in it,
or anything like cow's udder. It is wrong to say he
was obliged to sit upen the stone floor. He might sit
upon the bedstead or water-closet, the lid of which is a
good wooden seat. I have no reason to think he ever
complained to a turnkey. The turnkey would have re-
ported it to me if he had. The dietary consists of 11b.
of good wheaten bread, made of the best seconds flour,
two pints of gruel, l oz. of meal (flour and oatmeal
mixed) to each pint, one pint of soup, 3 oz. of meat
(beef), without bone, 1 oz. of mixed meal, 2 oz. of pota-
toes, and leeks or onions to flavour it, to each pint. This
is for the first three months. After three months 110.
of potatoes is allowed daily, in addition.
The witness having signed his examination, the next
witness was called.
Mr. R. Turner, surgeon, deposed—l saw Allen when
he first came into the prison. He was in good health.
Two months after he came in he laboured under a
gonorrhoea. I treated him for it accordingly. He was
very anxious about his complaint. His diet was
141 b. of bread a day, one pint of soup, and two
pints of gruel. The soup contains three ounces of
meat without bone, one ounce of mixed meal, two
ounces of potatoes, and leeks or onions to flavour it to
each pint. This is for the first three months; after-
wards 11b. of potatoes was given daily in addition. I
have often tasted the soup; it is very good; no cottager
ever gets better. There could be no cow's udder in it.
It is good nutritious food, with three ounces of meat in
each pint. The soup is always stirred up, so that each
prisoner may have an equal quantity of meat. Allen was
from six weeks to two months labouring under the com-
plaint of which I have spoken. He was treated by me
accordingly. No obstacle has ever been thrown in the
way of increased diet. I have ordered, and my instruc-
tions are to order, extra diet, if I think it necessary. I
consider one pound of potatoes as a great addition. The
prisoners are thankful for it. A prisoner now in the
gaol is having porter and mutton every day. The de-
ceased complained of' cough on the Bth of July. He had
complained on the 20th of June of spasms in the stomach,
for which I treated him and cured him, and at the end of
June he said he was well. I prescribed for his cough
on the Bth-of July, and never afterwards. He never
complained of diarrhoea. I saw him the day
before he went out. I have seen him on the

The prisoner—l deny it.
Mr. Humphreys—lf this letter be a falsehood, I shall
give the prisoner an opportunity of punishing the writer.
Mary Hills was then called and sworn. She stated
that the prisoner said if she refused to marry him he
would carry pistols about him for twelvemonths, and
follow her to church to destroy her, as he did not care
about getting hung for her, he was so fond of her.
Alderman GIBBS—When did he last say anything of
the kind? Witness—On Thursday last. He said he'd
follow me to the Sydenham station and take my life.
The prisoner—Did I offer to take your life? Witness
—You threatened to do so.
Alderman GIBBS called upon the prisoner to find bail,
himself in 40/., and two sureties in 301. each, to keep the
peace for twelve months.
The prisoner—I cannot find bail.
The prisoner was then committed to prison.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ALLEGED FAVOURITISM BY THE POLICE.—A batch of
omnibus drivers were summoned by t.e police for stop-
ping at the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, longer titan
was necessary to set down or take up passengerc.
Amongst these summonses was one against Andrew
Fletcher, the driver of a Richmond omnibus.
Police-constable C 134 Droved that on the day stated
in the summons the eefendant stopped before the White
Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, for two minutes, during whict
time he neither took up nor set down passengers.
In defence, the driver said the police stationed at the
White Horse Cellar, from some cause which they alone
could explain, chose to favour the Hammersmith omni-
buses, and to deal oppressively with the Richmond ow
nibuses. The first were allowed to stop at the White
Horse Cellar without limit; the last were hardly allowed
to draw up before the office. The species of favouritism
was known to and protested against by several of those
gentlemen who resided at Richmond, and who were in
the habit of riding with him. He denied that he stopped
longer than was necessary, and he had:evidence to estab-
lish that fact.
The defendant first produced a letter from a gntleman
at Richmond, named Wall, which stated that the defen-
dant had not stopped, as the summons declared, longer
in Piccadilly than was absolutely necessary.
Two witnesses, Mr. Godfrey Dyne, of Bolton House,
Turnham- green, and Mr. Whitby, of Richmond, deposed
to the same effect, and expressed their belief that par-
tiality was exercised by the police in the cases of the
Richmond and Hammersmith omnibuses.
Inspector Aggs, C division, said he was entirely igno-
rant of the suspicion of partiality entertained against the
police. He could assure the Bench the police had no au-
thority to show favour to any party. The constables
were to treat all alike, and as some proof that this par-
tiality was imaginary, he would just mention that the
very next summons the Court would be called upon to
hear was one against the driver of a Hammersmith omni-
bus for loitering.
Mr. HARDWICK readily acquitted the superintendent
and inspectors of any intention to act otherwise than
with the utmost fairness; but as the impression of par-
tiality appeared to be shared by so many respectable
witnesses, he could not help thinking there must be some
ground for the belief. The defendant had been sum
moned for stopping two minutes only, and respectable
witnesses had sworn that during that time the defendant
was engaged in the business of the omnibus. Now he
thought that it was attempting to carry out the Act in
a spirit and manner foreign to its real intention, for the
police to summon a person for stopping so short a time,
and more especially when the convenience of the public
appeared to require that this temporary stopping should
occur. Under the circumstances of the case he must dis-
miss the summons.
A second summons against the same defendant for a
like offence was also dismissed.
SOUTHWARK.
Yesterday Frederick Dixon, a man of respectable ap-
pearance, appeared before Mr. Combo on a charge of
absconding with the wife of James Williams, a milk
man, of Portsmouth-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and
stealing a portrait painting, a Bible, and other articles.
The complainant stated that about three years ago he
engdged the prisoner as his clerk, and in five months
afterwards, business calling him into the country, he
left home. His business being finished in a month, he
returned to town, when to his great surprise and morti-
fication he found that his wife had eloped with the pri-
soner, after having ransacked his house of a consider-
able quantity of property. He had made repeated in-
quiries after the fugitives, but could obtain no precise
information about them until last Friday evening, when
he discovered the prisoner was living in the Broadway,
St. Thomas's Hospital. On the following morning he
went to the prisoner's place of abode, and finding several
articles his property, and which had been taken from his
house at the period his wife eloped, accordingly gave the
prisoner into custody.
The prisoner, in the most indignant manner, re-
pelled the charge, and said that he never acted as
clerk to the complainant, who merely employed him
in his capacity of accountant, he (the complainant)
heir... at the time an uncertificated bankrupt. That
with respect to the complainant's wife, she had
been treated in a shameful manner by him, and his
conduct was so bad to her that she determined not
to remain any longer under his roof, and accordingly
quitted his house without a shilling. At that period
he (prisoner) was living in the district of Queen square,
and out of compassion admitted the poor woman into his
house from pure motives of humanity, and no other
feeling. That the complainant knew perfectly well where
his wife had taken refuge, and, as a proof of this being
the case, about 18 months ago he (prisoner) gave him in
charge for creating a disturance in front of his house.
The next morning he was taken before Mr. Bond, at
Queen-square, and punished by the infliction of a fine,
which he (prisoner) subsequently paid for him, not hav-
ing the money himself, in order to prevent him from
being sent to gaol.
The MAGISTRATE said that he was very much in-
clined to believe the prisoner's statement of the affair, he
having admitted, without disguise, that the few articles
found at his house were brought there by the prisoner's
wife, at the time it was alleged she was compelled
to abandon her home. However, without the pro-
duction of much stronger evidence he (the Magistrate)
should not think of sending the case before a jury, but
merely continue the accused's recognisances to appear
when called on.

wheel, and he made no complaint that he was
unable to work. The turnkey would report every
case of weakness of a prisoner on the wheel, and
I should immediately attend to it. I cannot imagine
the diet insufficient. The dietary agrees very well
with the prisoners generally. Free drinkers would feel
it most. There is nn alteration of diet from the labour
to the solitary cell of 21 ounces a day out of 49. They
do not have the soup and potatoes in solitary. I have
not seen the prisoners suffer from this change of diet in
solitary confinement.

The-Rev. Richard Burnett, chaplain to the House of
Correction, deposed--I have a distinct recollection of
Allen's case. I saw the first entry in the surgeon's book
of some complaint. I asked him if he had any complaint,
and he said he had not. He was low-spirited in solitary
confinement. He was naturally silent. He could not
read when he came in. He attended my school, and
learned to read and acquired information. He made no
complaint to me whatever.
Mr. Turner being recalled, and questioned by the
magistrate, said the prisoner seemed to suffer more in his
mind than anything else.
After this evidence had been adduced, we understand
that the magistrates expressed themselves satisfied with
the officers of the prison. We may, however, add, that
all these witnesses were examined before the coroner's
Jury, who returned as their verdict that death was occa-
sioned by the rigour of the sentence and the insufficiency
of the diet. Sir Henry Shiffner has given notice that he
shall bring the subject before the magistrates at the
Michaelmas Quarter Sessitsm

TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN
ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE.—MEETING OF
THE VESTRY.
A meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras took place on
Wecineedayi at the Vestry-rooms, Gordon-square, at
which a long anti stormy discussion ensued concerning
the recent charges made before tt coroner's jury (in the
case of Mary Ann Jones, the pauper, who committed
suicide) against the authorities of St. Pancras Work-
house, and as to the general treatment of the poor .herein.
Mr. Churchwarden Wagstaff was its the chair, and ;he
foreman of the jury referred to and several ratepayers
were present to watch the proceedings.
The first business was to levy a rate for the relief of
the poor for the ensuing half-year, and an elevenpenny
rate having been proposed, and the various estimates read,
Mr. LEWIS called the attention of the vestry to the
recent charges made in the public press with reference
to the treatment of the poor in their workhouse—
charges which, if true, reflected not only discredit upon
those who had the management of the workhouse, but
upon the vestry, and indeed the entire parish. He
learned that the board of directors were instituting an
investigation into the treatment of the poor in the
women's " shed."—(Cries of " There is no shed.")
He thought the men's oakum room equally demanded
investigation.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") One case would
suffice—it was that of John Mackenzie. This poor
young man was of weak intellect. He was a pianoforte
maker by trade, and had been occasionally an inmate of
the workhouse fur the last three years ; he was out the
last time for three or four months, but whenever he re-
turned to the workhouse, although he had never com-
mitted the slightest offence, he was consigned to the
oakum room, and made the companion of vagabond..
Mackenzie's master and other gentlemen were at that
moment present in the vestry-room, and could speak to
the excellence of his character. The poor fellow's mind
had become so affected by the position in which he was
placed, that he had written to Mr. Eisart, his master, to
say that unless removed from the oakum shed he would
destroy himself. Was this, he would ask, proper treat-
ment in such a case? He (Mr. Lewis) also understood
they put the poor in a dirty cellar.or black bole.
Mr. GOODWIN (a director)—The black hole is as clean
as this room. It is a clean whitewashed kitchen.
Mr. DOUGLAS said he would be bound to say that
there was some strong reason for Mackenzie being sent
to the oakum room.
Mr. LEWIS moved a resolution calling upon the direc-
tors to make an inquiry into the case of John Macken-
zie. Under what circumstances he came into the oakum
shed, how long and why he is still detained there.
The motion having been seconded,
Mr. MANN said he considered the inquiry should be
made general, and that an individual case should not be
selected. A full and feir explanation to the ratepayers
and the public was demanded.
The CHAIRMAN said the board of directors were at the
present time pursuing an inquiry into the whole manage-
ment of the house.
Mr. HOWELL considered the inquiry going on by the
board of directors a partial one. They were themselves
inculpated in the matter, and had constituted them-
selves the judges in their own case. He considered the
only satisfactory mode to be pursued was:to have a com-
mittee appointed on the part of the vestry, and another
on the part of the rate-payers, to go into the whole mat-
ter.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN considered the board of directors
could not be charged with conducting their inquiry
unfairly. The doors of the board room were open
to vestrymen and rate-payers, and there were three
reporters for the press present taking notes of their
proceedings.
Mr. BRIGHTON considered the more rigid and general
the inquiry was made, the more satisfactory it would
prove to the rate-payers. It would also be more satis-
factory if the vestry, who were the representatives of
the rate-payers, made the investigation. He would move,
as an amendment, " that ten members of the vestry be
selected to carry out the necessary inquiry, with the di-
rectors of the poor."
Mr. MANN seconded the amendment.
Mr. Churchwarden HOWARTH denied that the board
of directors were in any way implicated themselves in
the charges made. Many of the regulations had existed
for thirty years, and the board was a perfectly com-
petent tribunal to inquire into the general discipline of
the workhouse and the conduct of their officers. With
respect to the appointment of vestrymen, the board were
an independent body, and could not legally act with
them.—(Oh, oh.) The vestry, if they thought proper,
could appoint a committee of their own, but if they
did so it would imply a want of confidence in the di-
rectors.
Mr. GOODWIN admitted that the guardians, as also the
vestry, were remotely mixed up in the charges made, but
at the same time he thought the interference of the vestry
premature.
Mr. T. H. SMITH, as a director, was desirous of every
publ city, and if the amendment was withdrawn, he
should call upon the vestry clerk to issue a summons
calling upon the whole of the vestry to attend the next
investigation by the board of directors.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HOWARTH hardly saw the necessity, as the board
had determined, at the conclusion of their evidence on
Tuesday, merely to meet on the next occasion to consider
their report.
The amendment having been withdrawn, the original
resolution was pat and carried.
Mr. SMITH said, after the statements about the report,
he would now move that a committee be appointed to
inquire into the conduct of the directors, the rules and
regulations, and general management of St. Pancras
workhouse.
The CHAIRMAN announced that it was ten minutes past
four o'clock, and notice not having been given of the
motion, he could not receive it.
The vestry then broke up.

THE EARL OF RIPPON AND THE
REV. MR. CROWTHER.
Mr. Crowther has addressed the following letter to
the Editor of the Times, in reply to the defence of the
Earl of Ripon's solicitor, of that Nobleman's conduct :
Sir,—l have this moment seen a letter in your
paper of the 12th from Mr. Pearson, of Sleaford, the
solicitor of Lord Ripon, which letter he states he
writes by his Lordship's directions. In that letter
he states, " although Lord Ripon had nothing to do
with Mr. Crowther's appointment, he, nevertheless,
(the Vicarage-house not being then vacant), put him
in possession of furnished apartments, rent free, and
paid 401. towards his salary as curate." After this
public statement from Lord Ripon, the public will, per-
haps, be surprised when I state that, instead of having
the furnished apartments " rent free," I virtually paid
301. a year for the rent of the same. The stipend to
which I was legally entitled was 1201., instead of which
I only received 201.; and my vicar, the Rev. W. T.
Marsh, in one of his letters tells me that the remaining
301. he considers fully made up by the furnished apart-
ments which Lord Ripon had provided for his conve-

nience.
With respect to the other assertion of Lord Ripont
that he p lid 401. towards my salary, I can only say i
is the first time I ever heard that he contributed any towards my stipend ; and if he did so, it must
have been paid to the vicar, the Rev. W. T. Marsh, who,
and who alone, was benefited by it, as I never received
one farthing, either directly or indirectly, from his
Lordship. I remain, Sir, yours very respectfully,
11ENRY CRO WTHER.
The Rectory, Waddington, Lincoln, Sept. 14.
P.S. I would add, that I know Lord Ripon is fully
aware that I was virtually paying the 301. a year for his
furnished apartments, because in September, 1845, I sent
one of his principal tenants (Mr. Cartwright), in whose
house I resided, with the newspaper to Lord Ripon, con-
taining Mr Marsh's advertisement offering 901. a year
and a furnished house ; and he told Lord Ripon, by my
direction, that Mr. Marsh considered himself entitled to
deduct the 301. for-the apartments.

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Finney
sA,
DOCKS.—Yesterday
DISTRESSING canoxionEgnuarest IwNas
ThilelEd atWMErs.
the Queen's Head, Poplar, before Mr. W. Baker, on the
body of John Wood, a labourer, aged 50, who was killed
on board the Maria Hardy, a brig from Jamaica, lying
in the West India Import Dock. It appeared from the
evidence, that on Tuesday afternoon last the deceased
was in the after hold, under the half deck, engaged in
the delivery of the cargo, when a beam which supported
the flior of the half deck over the hold gave way, and
fell with a loud crash, taking with it about half a
ton of coffee, ginger, and other merchandise, the whole
of which fell upon the unfortunate deceased. Several la-
bourers immediately went to his assistance, and in about
twenty minutes afterwards they succeeded in removing
the mass. The deceased was found sitting on a cask with
his head and shoulders bent down, and a heavy beam,
which had crushed him, lying across his neck. The poor
fellow exhibited no signs of life, and he was taken to the
guard- house, where he was examined by Mr. Pritchett, a
surgeon, who pronounced him to be quite dead. His skull
was fractured, and there was an extensive bruise on
the neck. The beam which supported the flooring
of, the half-deck and cabin was cracked in Jamaica, and
was not capable of supporting the heavy weight placed
on it. Mr. Dixon, the superintendent of the dock com-
pany's police, who attended to watch the proceedings,
produced the remains of the beam, and an old fracture
was evident. The extra weight of the men sent on
board the Maria Hardy to deliver the cargo might have
caused the flooring to give way. The jury appeared to
be of opinion that sufficient caution had not been used.
The Coroner said the jury could not levy a mite, because
deodands had been recently abolished, and unless there
was culpable negligence the jury were not empowered to
return a verdict of manslaughter. The law of deodands
he always thought a good one, and a check upon people
not to trifle with human life. There was, however, an-
other Act recently passed, which would in some measure
counterbalance any evils that might arise from the aboli-
tion of deodands. The executors or administrators of
deceased persons killed by accident could maintain an
action against the parties guilty of negligence, and re-
cover damages. The jury then returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."
SEIZURE FOR RENT.---THREATENING NOTICES.
Notices were posted on several chapel doors on Sunday,
stating that auctio©s for the non-payment of rent were
to be held in various places on the following Monday
and Tuesday, and directing all the men in the district to
leave their work and give their attendance at the auc-
tions, and to fail not at their peril! Notices were also
posted on the doors of the stewards of several of the
gentry in the neighbourhood. An auction of corn was
to have taken place on Tuesday, for non-payment of
rent due to James Willington, Esq. In consequence of
the determination of the people to resist the sale, it
was postponed for a week, in order to apply to the
authorities for a military force to effect a sale.---IVenagh
Guardian.

GRAPES FROM HoLLAND.—Yesterday afternoon,
500 baskets of Dutch grapes, ex Rainbow, from
Holland, were landed at the Custom House Quays.
Upwards of 3,000 baskets of this fruit have been im-
ported ftom Hamburgh and Rotterdam within the last
few days►