The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-02 00:00:00

TRADE DISPUTES.

Another dispute in the building trade bas been seitl'
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arbitration. The Wigan joiners claimed an advance intho
wages of 2s. a week, and were able to show clearly tl°,
the rate of payment in that town was below the AO!
received in neighbouring places. The disputed
was left to the arbitration of Mr. Alderman Cross,
it
well as a question as to overtime, and another Pefy
the limitation in the number of apprentices. 0
arbitrator's decision has just been given. He a11°175:40
men an advance equal to ls. 91d. per week, and
the rule as to the ]imitation in the number of appreetl;
The deci.-ion is binding, and by its acceptance a strike-
be avoided.
The disputes in the building trade in Manchester A.-.c),
to be so easily settled. The strike and lock-out of the b
layers commenced yesterday morning, and the hibele;
will cease to work as a matter of course, although their
tice has not expired. The men appear quite deterroined
to accept the hour system.

THE ENGLISH JOINT-STOCK BANK'

The directors and the manager of the English 3.61 P;
stock Bank were again before the Lord Mayor at
Mansion House on Tuesday.
The defendants were again represented byMr. 111etelll
Mr. Poland, Mr. Ormerod, Mr. Montagu Williano, so
Mr. Straight, barristers.
On Saturday the case for the prosecution was concluaej:o
and the court was addressed by Mr. Metcalfe sad!
Littler on the part of Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Fi°ll,h-
Speeches were now delivered by counsel for the e")
defendants.
Mr. Montagu Williams defended Mr. Abbiss.
Abbiss, he said, was a man known and honoured byLI
He regretted that it had now become so common to 571,
criminal proceedings. Dissatisfied shareholders 06")1
have recourse to the ordinary civil proceedings, but ae,/
few discontented shareholders rushed into crimbiell)Aif,
ceedings. The opening statements in these cases, "",h,
Williams complained, were usually made to occulc
whole of the first day in order to create an effect. revej
ring to the charges against the defendants, he reroltj
that the real question was whether the defendante44
deliberately intended to defraud the public. With re° y
to the purchase of shares made by the defendantiocc
reminded the Lord Mayor that it was done to coup° te
the effects likely to be created by a large lilts
of shares being thrown on the market by 3?",4
Laurie and Young, who retired from the
With regard to the commissions paid to Weller, Eroli,
and Bradlaugh, he submitted that his client
nothing about them, and he and the other two dire e,O
were as much astonished when evidence was
regarding them as his lordship was. With refcre.,r
to the advance obtained from the Imperial .3"y.
cantile Association of £50,000, it was said
entry was made as if the money were a deposit,whereOfj
ought to have been entered as bills payable ; but be at,
his lordship whether that entry made any differeneet4
the balance sheet? He did not see how it Pee")
could, and Mr. Kemp, when in the box, also 013
it would make no difference. How, then, c° of
it he possible that the directors who were not 50114
that entry could be held criminallyresponsible? Mr. A' 40
held 100 shares. Was it likely that if he had 10° to
the bank was about to stop payment he would
_sit°
continued to hold that large number of ebwpo
In conclusion, he remarked that the directors bad °id
way benefited themselves ; on the contrary, they bad to
their money ; and he called upon the Lord Mare
dismiss the charge.
Mr. Poland then addressed the bench on behalf of C"ro
tain Mangles, and asserted that that gentleman,
el'
beginning to end, had acted in the interests of the P
holders, and it never had entered into his head
act in a fradulent or dishonourable way. He coroPislif,
of the course that had been adopted by
Lewis. At the first examination, when Mr. Firma °;le,
was charged, he said the directors were equally 11301
and that he would apply for summonses against them, ere
eight days were allowed to elapse before they
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be
summoned, and this was only done after •
twitted by Mr. • Straight as to bringiug jjo
charge of conspiracy against one man.
wanted to know why Mr. Abbiss, Mr. Brade;:o;
and Captain Mangles were selected, for he would site,
that if they were guilty, there were others also gew;f
Mr. Poland then entered at some length upon a hi°t:jil
of the case, and referred to the hostility that was br°°;i4
lo bear against the bank by Messrs. Laurie and Sr°llll,,,°oo
Zonsequence of the withdrawal of the London bus'-cro
from the City Bank, in which these two gentlemen Ifire,
interested. Messrs. Laurie and Young and their relotloi
held 640 shares, which, upon their retirement, t,,0
immediately threw upon the market, and they were tsi`to
up by the defendants in order to prevent the bank fr°o
being injured, and without any intention whatoreros
defraud. Passing to the charges with reference t°
omission of certain entries from the minute boolirob
observed that all the commissions paid to Weller, 13riet
laugh, and Howard were entered separately in the led yo
and vouchers kept for them, so that there wg to
concealment, and the directors were not bony'
enter every payment in the minute book. to
The Lord Mayor announced that he would take be
consideration the points that had been urged by tei
learned counsel in connection with the voluminous 11200
of the evidence taken by Mr. Oke, and give his decisiell
Monday.

THE BRECKON ELECTION PETITION.
petition against the return of Lord Hyde for Brecc:itjt
appointed to be tried before Mr. Justice Wiles on the
instant.
COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. H. T. Irvin", 41
E. E. Rushworth, and Mr. G. W. des Vceux are 02:„.ci,
Colonial Secretaries for Ceylon, Jamaica, and St. P" 01
respectively. Mr. S. J. Prescod is appointed a Jude
the Assistant-Court of Appeal at Barbadoes.
MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY AND PROBABLE
DER AT ISLINGTON.—A mysterious affair has been 131400
to light by a discovery made by the police at Islingt°l3o4,
Monday afternoon last. In the front garden of an g
cupied house was found a paper parcel, which, on behi:il
opened, proved to contain the foot of a female, which
Fat
been severed from the leg at the ankle joint. The l*
also contained a letter hinting at a murder. tift
A story is told that during a concert recall
when the organist was " exhibiting the full power of ',O
instrument," a lady was enthusiastically conversing si
her neighbour about her household arrangements. bal
suited the tones of her voice to those of the orgaus_di
" reckoned without her host " this time. The (Ogre
made a sudden transition from " fortissimo " to " P:tif
issitro," without giving the lady warning; conseque;pl
the audience were somewhat amused at being inforn3eu

her, in a shout, that " We fried ours in butter !"
tste°
A telegram from Southampton in the Times 0-tio
that according to advices from Lisbon, dated May 29',01
financial Bills of Count Samodaes have given gev-be
satisfaction throughout Portugal, and there is very Pr°;e4
bility that the new taxes (about £900,000) will be aPPr°t re
by the Legislature. The total reductions in expen7:oo,
made by the present Ministry, amounting to about .£soo'dill
give an additional assurance that a financial equilibria ° ;r1
be attained by another year's perseverance in the P°;:cl‘
inaugurated by the Portuguese Cabinet. Portuguese!
was at 361 to 36j. Exchange on London, 90 days', °"‘
SUPPOSED MADNESS.—An eminent mernbetg,
the Irvingite Church was deputed to visit a doctor at "it:if
who had expressed a desire fur information coneetlit-p
the tenets of that sect. Unfortunately there were 1'",,5e
two doctors of the same name, and the divine, of 6'11,-4:
went to the wrong one, who kept a private mad-V.-elf
He was shown into the sanctum, and announcing
as the angel of the Catholic Apostolic Church, 80,c; li 10
sent by the apostle to Dr. T., he proceeded to uni°':,ef
mission. Dr. T., accustomed to the various forrl3°l
mental delusion, saw, or thought he saw, in the angeoo
scheme
promising patient, and entered into the convere°""os
orto
wo ith great warmth, drawing out his unfort_,oe
visit
his heart's content. At length the time
for the angel metaphorically to use his wings, fold'aiLtr:.
fessing the greatest anxiety for Dr. T.'s spiritual we"-er;
he
rose to go. Now was the time for the doctor to eX of
his skill in detaining his patient. He must not tllionDel
going yet ; he must tarry there that night. The
;
pleaded important engagements elsewhere, and even bAn ito
at the possibility of missing his train. After an irl6l,t•
amount of fencing and coquetry by both, and sortie'to
tering and felicitous allusion on the part of the &etc:Prole
the honour which would accrue to his humble roof by
and
entertainment of an angel, and finally to the rarity
ado
infrequency of angelic visits, the patient in despair tato
a rush at the door ; the doctor touched the bell' a it•
warders entered the room, and, in spite of every
ment, carried the poor man off to a cell, whence. t°
the story short, he was rescued on the moan'', 131
friends.-7 Notes am? Querim