The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-25 00:00:00

On the part of the plaintiff it was provTithat
d
had been seized by the military passengers on hoe
his ship, acting under the command and at the in'
stigation of Captains Vesey and Neill. That in de-
fiance of his orders the booby hatch had been token
off by Captain Vesey's men. That he had been
seiz,d, carried into the hold, and lashed to a stsnch.a4
ion
for 12 hours in a constrained and painful posit
being for that time scarcely able to stir; and tb
afterwards his hands were fastened together bY
chain cut from the canhooks, secured by padlocks,
which were only taken off at Meals and then put on
again. It was also proved that he was not allowed t°
Ro on deck at any time, as a sentinel was kept over,
him night and day, and none of his crew ever allows
a
in any way to see or even communicate with Wl,'
He was not allowed on deck even to answer the cal':
of nature, tubs being used for that purpose. 'Elu;
the military took complete possession of the veoe'l
by Captain Vesey's orders, who appointed the disrateio
mate to act as captain, and a soldier as the stewar,a'
It was also shown that he had materially suffered In
health, and appeared pale and weak when brought °ll
shore. All this the defendants attempted to justify by
asserting that the life. of Captain Vesey had beel't
threatened,. and that a loaded pistol had been held 8,
his breast, and the trigger actually pulled; but 1,6
could net he proved that either the pistol was cocked'
or Captain Campbell had pulled the triggerii
Nor could the defendants deny that Captain Came
had warned them, that if they interfered with biro, at
prevented his men obeying his orders, he Would i°B
the pistol, or that he had told the soldiers to put dovia.
the ship's arms when they had seiz,d them. TheYßto
tempted to chow that the sentinels over Captalt
Campbell. were servants to attend upon him, bu
fulled; as also to deny that he had been lashed to tbs
stanchion, and prevented from coming on deck whekili
ever he wanted. They also attempted to prove WI
he was a drunkard, which was denied by the crel;
and also that he had cruelly used a sailor-boy, "'Pica
the boy himself disproved; that he bad generallYvue.eii
insulting in his manner to Captains Vesey and
which, however, could not be proved. After till
to charge him with blasphemy and ernberzlToll:
they completely broke down at the fourth witnei%'
'
and declined to call another, although they 1-I:ndatt,:.t6o
of 13 soldiers, two women, and the disrated
pull them through, if their case had contained 101115
it even the shadow of a justification
After a long, learned, and vet impartial tidal
from the Chief Justice, the jury ryetired, and returned
with a verdict of guilty against the defendants) 8/1'
awarded—Damages, 2001.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS' At
LEEDS, SEPT. 23.—There was a fair arrival ofartherWu
to-day. Trade assumed a littlo firmness to check td be
decline, yet nothing beyond the rates of Friday ow
obtained. Barley remained as before, with little
Oats and shellings as before. Beans were fully ss dei2ed
NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, SEPT. 03.—Trade
cxetedingly heavy to-day, and to eff, et sales s dec 0.
of is per qr. on all descriptions of wheat had to bsvor
ceded to, at which decline little business was done. flour the
grinding barl.y former terms were obtained.o
turn in favour of buyers. In oats and other articlee
change.
NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, SEpT.23.—Sr-
beasts less than last week by 40 head;
The better qualities were in active demand, and rc2;itihi
a little more money, but the middling kinds p
sluggish sale, and part Hi; unsold. The number carsyse,t
and lambs on show this morning exceeded that mot
market day by about 300. Both descriptions of e'"
,d
sold slowly, and pric3s ruled in favour of the buyer' 80.
a few remained on hand. Beef, 4s 6d to .55 9d per
mutton, 4il to bid; lamb, 4id to 5,1 d per lb. 4rr'ls
Beasts, 624; sheep and lambs, 6,852. in
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 23.—There
the meal market to-day 7 sacks oatmeal, each weighing,2Z6'el,
imperial, which sold thus :-3 at 11 lOs Od, lat '""hole
1 at 119 s Cc], and 2 at 1/ 8s 6d; averse price of the "...-
1/ 93 4d 3-I2ths. 11 sacks pot-barle wg-hereof 8 sold thus
2 at 265, 4at 23s 6d, and at Vs. y,
quality indifferened
EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SEPT.
Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones tr°,;d:
wheat ditto, 7s 6:1 to 88 Od ; barley ditto, Os Od to 75
Hay, from 7d to 9d per stone.
DA LKEITH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 22. There webr.e,
`)
Si bags of oatmeal, 7of barleymeal, and of pot-barley at td
day's market. Oatmeal down on the top Is per quarter Eec°
price Is 9d down ; that sold at 26s was of inferior qualitY* ird
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second ~
Od
imperial •• ... 295 Od 27a 9d mssOd
Barleymeal, per ditto ... 20s Od —s Od Od
Peasemeal —s Od —s Od """ Od
Flour —s Od —s Od Od

22s Od I —;OdI •••4