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London, England, 1856-09-18 00:00:00

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DONCASTER RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.

CESAREWITCH STAKES.
20 to 1 agst Polestar (taken)
20 to 1 agst Alice Wentworth (taken)
25 to 1 agst Fulbeck (taken)
25 to 1 agst Trapper (taken)
25 to 1 agst Homily (taken)
28 to 1 agst Middleton (taken)
28 to 1 agst oby Ratan (taken)
30 to 1 agst Quince (taken)
30 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins (taken)
30 to 1 agst Jolly Marine (taken)
30 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken)
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33 to 1 agst De Ginkel (taken)
33 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken)
50 to 1 agst Gortschakoff (taken)
66 to 1 agst Br to Grey Tommy (taken)

DEBBY.

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25 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh
40 to 1 agst Comedian
50 to 1 agst Strathnaver
66 to 1 agst Laird Duff
66 to 1 agst Magnifier
15 to 1 agst Dawson's lot (taken)

THE ALADDIN CASE.
NEWTON' lIANDIOAP. —Stakes and bets awarded to
Vau Dunck. Cup and bets awarded to His Piper.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

(MEETING THIS DAY.)

A general Court of the governor and company of the
Bank of England was held this day. The chair was
taken by the governor.

The minutes of the last Court having, been real, and
the result of the scrutiny yesterday, declaring the elec•
tion •f A. Latham, Esq., a director in the place of H. J.
Prescott, Esq., deceased,

The GOVERNOR said he had now to inform the Cour
that this was the usual half-yearly meeting, and also one of
the quarterly courts appointed to be held by the charter.
The net profits up to the 30th of August last amounted
to 637,6721. 3s. 9d., making the amount of rest up to
that day 3,683,405/. 17s. lid. After providing for the
dividend of 4i per cent., the rest would be 3,033,5201.
17s. 11d. The Court, therefore, propose a dividend of
4,i per cent. without deduction on account of income tax.
The formal resolution, declaring the dividend of 41 per
cent., was then put to the meeting, and carried unani-
mously.

The GOVERNOR then announced that the dividend
warrants would be delivered on the 10th of October next.
A PROPRIETOR wished to know how the west-end
branch was progressing.

The Goyim:Tort said the branch was making progress
and the business increasing.

A PROPRIETOR Raid it might be progreesing favourably
without returning a profit.

The GOVERNOR said there were certain incidental ex-
penses to be provided for, such as the expenses of the
building to be liquidated, before it could return a profit.
A PROPRIETOR —Are you satisfied with it !
The GOVERNOR—As far as it has yet gone the di-
rectors are satisfied with it.
The proceedi❑gs then terminated.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.)

(Before Mr. Justice Williams and Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
CONSPIRACY.-THE LATE STRIKE AT MESSRS. YOUNG'S,

SHIPBUILDERS.

Richard Gale, James Mumford, George Reeves, Ed.
ward Layton Hopper, John Brown, Frederick Young,
Augustus Henry Fredericks, George Binet, Jelin Hopper,
and Stephen Mayse surrendered to their bail, charged
with conspiracy in reference to the late strike at Messrs.
Young's shipbuilding yard.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and
Mr. 101 l were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Edwin
James, Q C., Mr. .Metcalfe, Mr. Ribton, and Mr. Sleigh
were for the defendants.

The Attorney-General, in stating the case to the jury,
said that this was a case of very great importance, and
he begged their serious attention to the circumstances
he should lay before them. The case was of great im-
portance, not merely to the parties concerned, but it
was also of the greatest importance to the whole of the
manufacturing industry of the country, because in it
was involved the relations between employer and the
employed—whether the employer should have a right
to say that he would employ whom he liked, and on
such terms as he liked, or whether, on the other hand,
the operative should have the right, not only to say that
he would furnish the labour required on such and such
terms, but combine with others of the same, or any other
trade, to constitute themselves into a body, calling them-
selves by any name they might choose to adopt, and
exercise an undue power over others, and prescribe
the terms on which they should labour. No one
disputed for a single moment that it was competent t),
any number of persons belonging to the same trade or
the same department of manufactures to agree that they
would not afford labour except on certain terms, having
a perfect right to combine for the mutual protection of
their common interests, so far as related to the terms on
which they would labour, but they had no right to go
beyond that, and by molestation, obstruction, illegiti-
raate means, and undue combination, and, above all, by
intimidation, to proscribe to others the terms on which
others shouH afford labour to those who required it.
Those were the principles which the law sanctioned on
the one band, and common sense and reason dictated on
the other, and it was for the violation of the law in that
respect that the present defendants appeared at the
bar of that Court. The case he had to produce on the
part of the prosecution he should be able to prove with-
out difficulty and substantiate against the defendants,
viz., that they bad combined by illegal means to prevent
Messrs. Young and Co., shipbuilders, of this port, from
carrying on their business except on certain terms ac.
ceptable to the defendants and those who acted with
them. The practice in the shipbuilding yards of Lon-
don, with the exception of one private yard, and which
was adopted in Messrs. Young's yard, previous to last
May, was to commence work at 6 o'clock in the morn•

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ing. and continue until 8 o'clock, when there was half an
hour allowed for breakfast. At half-past 8 o'clock the
men returned to their work and continued until
eleven o'clock, when twenty minutes was allowed for
allowance (refreshment), after which work was resumed
and continued till 1 o'clock ; there was then a cessa-
tion of an hour for dinner. At 2 o'clock the men re-
turned to their work, and continued till 4 o'clock, when
there was an interval of 20 minutes again for allowance,
after which they continued their work till 6 o'clock,
when they left off, making together 9 hours and 40
minutes. The periods for allowanc3 were a peculiarity

belonging to the London ship-building yards, no such
practice existing i❑ provincial yards. It was found by
Messrs. Young and Co. to be one productive of great
inconvenience, and, so far from benefitting.the men, was
considered to be productive of inconvenience and harm,
for the men, not having time, in these short intervals,
to return to their homes and their families,
necessarily repaired to the public houses in
the neighbourhood. Every one, he felt cer-
tain, must agree with him, that whilst every oppor-
tunity should be afforded to the labouring classes for
recreation and refreshment, the less they fre-
quented public-houses the better it would be for them-
selves, their families, their employers, and society ;
and Messrs. Young considered they might make such
an alteration in the hours of labour as would be at
once beneficial to them and the men, without reducing
the aggregate number of hours of labour, though
in reality shortening the length of the day. After
maturely considering the subject, they issued in May
a notice, stating that the hours of labour would be
altered as follows : —To commence at G o'clock in the
morning and continue till 0 o'clock, when the men
would have an hour's cessation, instead of half an hour.
They were to retain their 20 minutes allowance at
11 o'clock, but instead of stopping at 4 o'clock,
they continued on till half-past five o'clock instead of six
o'clock, when the day's work ceased, the effect of which
was that the day, instead of being 9 hours and 40 mi-
nutes, was 9 hours and a half, whilst the men worked as
long as before. He (the Attorney• General), in conduct-
ing that prosecution, took his broad stand on this: that
the employer bad a right to Fay to those in his employ,
" If you desire to remain in my service it must be on
such and such terms," and that the artisan and operative
had a right to say they would not accept such terms,
but that, if you desire to have the benefit of my labour,
it must be on such and such terms. The learned gentle.
man then referred to the terms of the notice, of which
he said the men had no right to complain, and entered
at great length into the facts of the case as detailed i❑
evidence, and read some of the placards issued by the
men, in which they characterised the change as an in-
vasion of their rights, which bad been legalised by cus-
tom, which, he said, was a total misconception of the
rights of the employer and the employed, for there
could be no rights a man could possess in any particular
system adopted by an employer with reference to the
terms of labour or any other circumstance, and the only
right or interference the artisan bad was to say he
would not labour on the terms proposed. The learned
counsel next detailed the organised plan of operation
laid down and acted upon by the defendants, and their
interference with the prosecutors in procuring men from
Wales, Ireland, and the various parts of England, as
well as their conduct towards the men they succeeded in
obtaining from Guernsey; and in conclusion said that the
three men, Fredericks, Reeves, and Binet were not in
the prosecutors' employment at the time, but the others
were. The first was president of the trades' union ;
Reeves president of the joiners' union ; and the third, a
Jersey man, who took a conspicuous part in the proceed-
ings. Every man bad a right to assert what he consi-
dered his rights, and trades' unions might be of great im-
portance and advantage to the various trades to which
the men belonged, but if they were allowed to usurp a
power they could not exercise without detriment to the
whole operatives of the country, and such tyrannical
power over those who belonged to the same trade by
their interference, as in this instance, they would be
found to be the greatest curse of the trading community
generally.

Mr. Young was then called, and deposed to the
issuing of the notice for the alteration of the hours of
labour in May last, the strike of the men, the committee
sitting at the E linburgh Castle which overlooked hie
yard, and the issue of counter placards by the Union,
and the engaging men to enter their employ in the place
of those who had struck, and he identified several of the
defendants as being at the window of the committee-room.
Edward Hopper admitted to him that he met
the Gloucester men on the platform of the Great

Western station and offered them money to go back,
and endeavoured to prevent other men from going into
their employ. On the 26th July there was a great
crowd in the neighbourhood of the yard in consequence
of 42 Jersey men having arrived the previous day and
been accommodated in the yard. From 80 to 100 persons
congregated daily, and there was much excitement-
About half-past 12 of that day several hundred bad
assembled, and when the Jersey men were expected back
from their dinner from 800 to 1,000 persons had assem-
bled. There was great shouting, evincing a feeling of
exasperation, and he wrote to the sitting magistrate
twice, and on the second application ho had the assist-
ance of the police. He saw Reeves and Brown there
that day ; they were standing quietly. Very few of the
men could get back to their work at half-past 1 o'clock,
being kept back by the crowd. His son went with the
crowd, and was struck. Reeves came up to him in an
excited state when the excitement was at its height, and
said, " For God's sake, Mr. Young, put an end to this:,
Witness asked "flow ?" Reeves replied, " Why, by giv
ing up." Witness said to him, "Go away, you fooiish
man; give that advice to your colleagues at the public-
house over the way—don't offer it to me." Reeves then
left. Previous to the above day Reeves called on bun with
others, and introduced himself as president of the
joiners' society. Witness said, " I don't think I ought
to discuss this with you." Ile replied, "Oh, we are all
milking, one common cause of it."
W. George Osborne, gatekeeper to the prosecutors.—

After the strike the up-stairs room of the union public-
house, commanding a view of the yard beneath, was
occupied by the men on strike. He saw Brown, Edward
Hopper, Gale, Mumford, Reeves, Dray se, and Fredericks
there whilst the strike was goi❑g on. People congre-
gated round the prosecutor's premises during the strike•
An additional crowd assembled on the coming of the
Jersey men. Ou Saturday, the 26th July, the Jersey men
were at work in the yard. A large number of men co

gregated on that day about the time tb ese men left the
yard, at dinner-time. The defendants Brown, Edward
Hopper, Reeves, and Young were atnongst the crowd.
He saw Reeves frequently during the strike outside the
premises. At dinner-time of the above day he
saw Brown near the yard, and also Young.

The Attorney-General proposed to show by the evi-
dence what the crowd did on the 26th July in offering
obstruction.

Mr. James objected to its production.
The Attorney-General contended he could ; and it
was for the defendants, who had been identified in the
crowd, to afterwards explain their conduct.
Mr. Baron Bramwell said he thought the question
could be put to show the aggregate conduct of the
crowd.

Witness was examined, and said that about half-past
12 o'clock from 500 to 600 persons were present.
The Attorney-General—What were they doing ?
Mr. James objected to the question. No sufficient
grounds had been yet shown to identify the tb,ree men
spoken to with the acts of the crowd to make them re-
sponsible. They ware for aught shown to the contrary
passive spectators, or rather, so far -as Reeves was con-
cerned, as stated by Mr. Young, attempting to put an
end to the excitement. They had not been shown as ob
structing the Jersey men or inciting the mob.
The Atterney•General contended the evidence could
be received, and that it was for the jury to decide how it
affected the defendants. The defendants could have no
other motive in being present than to control and coerce
the conduct of the business at Messrs. Young's yard, and
Mr. Young's evidence, relative to Reeve's conduct, was
evidence sufficient for the jury to decide whether or not
he was not a member of the congregated body who
assembled at the union public-house.
Mr. Baron Bramwell said he thought more evidence
should be shown to connect the defendants with the
acts of the crowd.

Nicholson, a shipwright, from Southampton, entered
the service of the prosecutors on the Ist July. On
first going into the yard he saw a number of persons
round the union. On Saturday, the 26th July, he
attempted to return to the yard, after dinner, with
three others. At a short distance from the yard they
saw a crowd of 200 persons in front of the yard. The
crowd said, "Here they are," and opened to let them
pass, after which he and his comrades were closed on and
struck. The crowd said, " Serve them out." On being
struck, he turned round to see who it was, when he was
struck again from behind. When within 12 yards of the
gate, as he turned round, Brown struck witness violently
two or three times about the head and neck. He was
afterwards knocked down by the crowd, and he was
unable to work for a week from injury he received in
the hand. Witness saw the defendant the first day he
arrived in London. They were standing around the
Union public-house.
Mr. James reminded his lordship that there was a
separate indictment against Brown for this assault.

Mr. Baron Bramwell—But that does not prevent his
being charged on this indictment for conspiracy.
John Hillier deposed—On the 26th July last I was
in company with a man named Nicholson, in Messrs
Young's employ. I was struck by several persons and
knocked down. I saw Brown in the crowd. The crowd
was shouting very much, calling out " Let them have
it—give it them." He described the attack and the
state of the crowd similar to the last witness.
David Hunter corroborated the evidence of the last
witnesses. The crowd cried out " Hit them, beat them
—knock them down—give it to them." He was knocked
down. A policeman assisted him, but none of the men
who comprised the crowd. He was guarded home by

police.
Edwin Goodwin, P.S., was at the yard on the 26th
July. When the men returned from dinner, there was
an assemblage of 800 or 1,000 people of all sorts in front
of the yard. Men and women attacked the shipwrights
going to work, and knocked their hats off. He described
the mob as unruly, and he saw a rush, and 30 or 40 men
on the ground, including two policemen. He saw Brown
lying on Nicholson. He saw many shipwrights in the
crowd he had seen previously in and about the Union
publichouse. Brown and Young were in the crowd.
Cress-examined by Mr. James.—Young said, " rescue
him," meaning Brown. There were a great many
" lumpers" there.

What is a 'limper I—A man who does anything.
(Laughter.)
Mr. James.—lt commenced first good naturedly—
knocking one the other's hats off.

Wituess—Yes. (Laughter.)
Mr. Baron Bramwell.—l did'nt hear him say good
naturedly on the first occasion.
Mr. James to witness—How many more were in the
crowd,
Witness—A great number.

Mr. James—And comprised ladies, Jumpers, and
children I

Witne3s—Yes.

Benjamin Thomas and John Davey also described the
riotous nature of the crowd. The last witness had his
hat and rule taken away.
Police-constable 313 K deposed that ho spoke to
Brown and asked him "if he wanted to kill the man—
that he should know his face again." Witness saw him
strike a man several times.
Mr. Tucks, clerk to the prosecutors, deposed—ln
May I was sent to Paddington station to meet some
shipwrights coming from Gloucester. When I got, there
I met Gale and Mumford. The train had not then ar-
rived. Mumford asked me how many men I expected
up from the country. I said I didn't rightly know. He
said he understood twelve were to come, because he hal
had a letter from Gloucester saying some hands were
coming. He also asked me if some were coming from
Wales. I said I did not know. He said he believed
they were, and asked after Mr. Cosens, in prosecutors'
employ, who was then at Gloucester. I said to Mum-
ford, "You appear to know more about it than I
do." He replied, " Lord bless you, we know all
about persons coming." On the arrival of the train
the two defendants walked with witness up and down
the train to see if there were any men like shipwrights.

The two defendants found the men out first, and had
some conversation with them. I took the men to a
lodging at Paddington, and afterwards took them to a
public-house, and went into the bar. Gale and Mumford
were there. They entered into conversation with the
men, and said they were out on strike for
their rights and privileges, and that Mr. Young was
as good an employer as any could be. I said
what these men have said is true, except its being for
their rights and privileges. Gale and Mumfordasaid it
was the unanimous opinion of 2,000 shipwrights of
London that it was so. Gale, Mu►nford, and I afterwards
had something at the bar. Mumford went back and
spoke to the men, and they joined us. The two defend-
ants then sent some refreshments to the men in the par
lour. Gale, Mumford, and I the❑ rode to Limehouse i❑
the same omnibus. Before parting Mumford said to
Gale, " We must go the Union public-house to see our
mates, for they are waiting for us." On the following
morning I went to Paddington, and stopped the Glou-
cester men from coming down to Limehcuse that day.
In Fenchurch-street I met Gale and Mumford, who
said, "Your men are waiting for you at the station at
Paddington." I went on to Paddington, but in Oxford-
street I saw three or four of the Gloucester men in an
omnibus coming into the City. Lodgings were provided
at Limehouse, but they were not to go there
till night. On the following day I went
to the lodgings, they were not there ; two cabs were
near the house, in one of which was some of the
Gloucester men with Edward Hopper, a signal
was given, when Hopper slipped out and shut the door.
The men were driven of to Paddington station, and left
by train for Gloucester that same day.
The Court adjourned for half an hour for lunch. On
the return of the learned Judge,

Mr. James addressed his Lordship, informing him
that he had availed himself of the interval to persuade
his clients (except Fredericks, against whom there was
no case) to withdraw their pleas of not guilty, and plead
guilty. He concurred in the opinion expressed by the
learned Attorney-General with regard to the law of the
c zse, and he (Mr. James) thought these men were now
convinced of their error in coercing others.
The Attorney-General said that the prosecutors had
no vindictive feelings in the matter, but they considered
their duty to society, the trade, and themselves, rendered
it necessary that they should take the course they bad.
They had no wish to be considered other than good
masters, and they would be satisfied witb the defendants
except Fredericks, entering into their recognizances to
come up when called on to receive judgment.
Mr. Baron Bramwell said he had no ot,jection to the
course proposed, but a question arose in his mind whe-
ther he ought now to take cognizance of the violence
proved against Brown and Young, or leave it to be met
in another place. He would, however, take into consi-
deration the recommendation of the learned Attorney-

General.
The defendants having retracted the plea of Not
Guilty,
The learned Baron then withdrew, and consulted
Mr. Justice Williams, who was presiding in the other
court, relative to the evidence as it affected Brown and
Young, and on his returning into court said that Mr.
Justice Williams agreed with bilk in thinking that the
1 defendants were not indicted for the assaults, Not

being indicted for a conspiracy to deter •with violence,
it would be wrong to punish th em now, 'but to leave it
to the parties aggrieved to proceed against them
elsewhere. The defendants bad been well ad-
vised to plead guilty, for they must bare
been found guilty of conspiracy under the counts
in the indictment. The parties sv'tio had offended might
not have known they were bred king the law, and under
the circumstances, acquiesced in, discharging the defend•
ants on their own recognisance s, as suggested.
The defendants having el-Its:red into the required re•
•ognisances, left the court with their friends.

POLICE INTELLIGENC:?..—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DABING WATCH ROBBERY.—BIiza, Shepherd, a well•
dressed young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Bingham, charged with stealing a silver watch, the
property of Mr. David Heard, draper, 143, Oxford street.

Mr. WOubrey, the barrister, r.ppeared for the pri

soner.

The prosecutor deposed that about a quarter-past nine
on the previous night he was walking down Regent.
street, when the prisoner passed by him and said,
"Hallo, my dear ; where are you going 1" He looked
round and saw the prisoner, but did not speak to her,
and he still kept walking on slowly. ile bad not gone
very far when she came after him, and again asked where
he was going. He told her he was going to Leicester.
square. She then asked him to go with her and treat her.
He declined doing so, and was about walking away
when he felt a jerk at his waistcoat pocket, and on
putting his band thereto he found that his •watch and
gold guard were gone. The prisoner was in the act of
running away, when be caught hold of her. She said
" What do you want with me !" He told her she had
got his watch. She then reached out her hand, in which
he distinctly saw his watch, and attempted to give it to
a man, evidently her companion ; but witna 3s caught
hold of her, and after some struggling sux•ceeded in
taking the watch and chain from her. A police.
constable subsequently came up, and he then gave her
in charge. The ring of the watch was found close by
where she fir,t accosted him.

Sergeant Freeman, No. 10 C, said he received charge
of the prisoner, who was a well known meniber of a gang
of thieves over the water.

Mr. M'Oubrey having addressed the court on behalf
of the prisoner,

Mr. Bingham was about committing ler for six months
when Mr. Squire, a gentleman residing in Oxford-street,
stepped into the witness-box, and identified t'ae prisoner
as the person who had robbed him on Sunday night last
in Regent-street, of a valuable gold watch.
Mr. Bingham thereupon remanded the Iccisoner till
Saturday next.