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

TRADE DISPUTES.

Another dispute in the building trade has been settled bi
Arbitration. The Wigan joiners claimed an advance in their
wages of 2s. a week, and wore able to show clearly that
the rate of payment in that town was below the enrols°
received in neighbouring places. The disputed Point
was left to the arbitration of Mr. Alderman Cross, as
well as a question as to overtime, and another as t°
the limitation in the number of apprentices. 08
arbitrator's decision las just been given. He allows as
men en advance equal to is. 91(1. per week, and aboliiheg
the rule as to the limitation in the number of apprentices.
The decision is binding, and by its acceptance a strikesvill

be avoided.
The disputes in the building trade in Manchester are not
to be so easily settled. The str:ke and lock-out of the bricY-
layers commenced yesterday morning, and the laboured
will cease to work as a matter of course, although their rlo"
Lice has not expired. The men appear quite determined not
to accept the hour system.

THE ENGLISH JOINT-STOCK BANIC.#

The directors and the manager of the English Joint
stock Bank were again before the Lord Mayor at the
Mansion House on Tuesday.
The defendants were again represented byMr. Metcalfe,
Mr. Poland, Mr. Ormerod, Mr. Montagu Willianle, 9.13 a
Mr. Straight, barristers.
On Saturday the case for the prosecution was concluded,
and the court was addressed by Mr. Metcalfe and rft
Littler on the part of Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Finney.
Speeches were now delivered by counsel for the other
defendants.
Mr. Montagu Williams defended Mr. Abbiss. got'
Abbiss, he said, was a man known and honoured by
He regretted that it had now become so common to adopt
criminal proceedings. Dissatisfied shareholders used t:
have recourse to the ordinary civil proceedings, but 11011-
few discontented shareholders rushed into criminal Plc.
ceedings. The opening statements in these cases, 31,r;
Williams complained, were usually made to occuPY
whole of the first day in order to create an effect. Be,
ring ring to the charges against the defendants, he rerasol
that the real question was whether the defendants 11111
deliberately intended to defraud the public. With regg"
to the purchase of flares made by the defendants
reminded the Lord Mayor that it was done to counteract
the effects likely to be created by a large ntluibe
of shares being thrown on the market by get 15,41.
Laurie and Young, who retired from the bon'
With regard to the commissions paid to Weller, HoWlit:',
and Bradlaugh, he submitted that his client kne,.
nothing about them, and he and the other two director,
were as much astonished when evidence was gite4ll
regarding them as his lordship was. With referell:,
to the advance obtained from the Imperial ~,e;
cantile Association of £50,000, it was said
entry was made as if the money were a deposit, wheres!ij
ought to have been entered as bills payable ; but he no
his lordship whether that entry made any difference
the balance sheet? He did not see how it Posst
could, and Mr. Kemp, when in the box, also —A
it would make no difference. How, then, 6)l'd
it be possible that the directors who were not tearal4ll-
that entry could be held criminallyresponsible? Mr..Sbmo
held 100 shares. Was it likely that if he had kn°
the bank was about to stop payment he would o'9
continued to hold that large number of sbsretiPo
In conclusion, he remarked that the directors bad iumst
way benefited themselves ; on the contrary, they had to
their money ; and he called upon the Lord MAYO'
dismiss the charge.
Mr. Poland then addressed the bench on behalf of C°1:13:
tain Mangles, and asserted that that gentleman, fr°l.e.
beginning to end, had acted in the interests of the 013: to
holders, and it never had entered into his head
act in a fradulent or dishonourable way. He coroPlp
of the course that had been adopted by
Lewis. At the first examination, when Mr. Finney
was charged, he said the directors were equally
and that he would apply for summonses against them'
eight days were allowed to elapse before they
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summoned, and this was only done after •
twitted by Mr. Straight as to bringing ffe
charge of conspiracy against one man.
wanted to knew why Mr. Abbiss, Mr. Brador4
and Captain Mangles were selected, for he would
that if they were guilty, there were others also Oil;
Mr. Poland then entered at some length upon a lii6t°Dt
of the case, and referred to the hostility that was broogo
lo bear against the bank by Messrs. Laurie and Yolilgricli
consequence of the withdrawal of the London. bu2:ere
from the City Bank, in which these two gentlemen .01
interested. Messrs. Laurie and Young and their relat'to
held 640 shares, which, upon their retirement, tsjoe
immediately threw upon the market, and they were tf
up by the defendants in order to prevent the bank ,r tp
being injured, and without any intention whateve'm
defraud. Passing to the charges with reference to 118
omission of certain entries from the minute bookto.
observed that all the commissions paid to Weller, 13drger
laugh, and Howard were entered separately in the le to
and vouchers kept for them, so that there 011 to
concealment, and the directors were not Win

enter every payment in the minute book.
The Lord Mayor announced that he would talLe 1
t bs
consideration the points that had been urged v.i.„,teS
learned counsel in connection with the voluminous '"
of the evidence taken by Mr. Oke, and give his &cis°
Monday.

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THE BRECKON ELECTION PETITION. 110
petition against the return of Lord Hyde for Bree°o
,
appointed to be tried before Mr. Justice Wines on the
instant. • gr"

COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. H. T. Irving, - tij
E. E. ltushworth, and Mr. G. W. des Vteux are g3ze,,,tc,i)
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Colonial Secretaries for Ceylon, Jamaica, and -1"" QE
respectively. Mr. S. J. Prescod is appointed a Judge
the Assistant-Court of Appeal at Barbadoes.
MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY AND PROBABLV
DER AT ISLINGTON.—A mysterious affair has been bf°1151):
to light by a discovery made by the police at Isliegt°l3:"
Monday afternoon last. In the front garden of All iiliec‘i!
envied house was found a paper parcel, which, eh t;
lbeigntaint,thate
contained
d
obpeeennesd, proved to contain the foot of a female, whic'll,:el
froma letter the
also coen\
tjfl
A story • is told that during a concert 0011
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when the organist " •
was exhibiting the full power
instrument,"o-
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a lady was enthusiastically cony lig '6.51i
her neighbour
about her household arangements*
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suited ited the tones of her voice to those of the orgeal'siol
, reckoned without her host " this time. The °rgi.sol3
made a sudden transition from " fortissim. o" to elitl;
issitro," e‘
without giving the lady warning ; conseg-
„P
the audience were somewhat amused at being inferill
her, in a shout, that "We fried ours in butter 1" ~,teo
A telegram from Southampton in the Times
that according to advices from Lisbon, dated IteY ‘401•
financial Bills of Count Samodaes have givengerol)
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satisfaction througlout Portugal, and there is veil ,
ofeJ
bility that the now taxes (about £900,000) will be ellPAr:tofd
by the Legislature. The total reductions in e%Pel3n-
-1"
made by the present Ministry, amounting to about -0
si
give an additional assurance that a financial equilibriul:olief
be attained by another year's perseverance iu tb°
inaugurated by the Portuguese Cabinet. Portugueee,,,t",
was at 364 to 361. Exchange on London, 90 days, •"
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SUPPOSED MADNESS.—An eminent well' 11.0
the Irvingite Church was deputed to visit a doctor PO
who had expressed a desire for information concert co
the tenets of that sect. Unfortunately there were rse,
two doctors of the same name, and the divine, oficTiJiose;
went to the wrong one, who kept aprivate ret",—;:scl`
He was shewn into the sanctum and flouncing
as the angel of the Catholic Apostolic'anChurch, 51:1' 311 i!
sent by the apostle to Dr. 'l'., he proceeded to 1-11.1'°,-(1$
mission. Dr. T., accustomed to the various f°r,i-el
mental delusion, saw, or thought he saw, in the 5':000
very promising patient, and entered into conves.,' it
te
scheme with great warmth, drawing out unfott-
ne
visitor to his heart's content. Atthe c'
length d pc
for the angel metaphorically to use his wings, all V;tref
fessing the greatest anxiety for Dr. T.'s spiritual We
,eft
he rose to go. Now was the time for the doctor to. of
his skill in detaining his patient. Ile must not Out: get
going yet ; he must tarry there that night• r-Cheiii:tel
pleaded important engagements elsewhere, andevel'. 6010
at the possibility of missing his train. After 312 fj3t.
by both, and fi,°„ll3‘.l r t°
amount of fencing and coquetry
tering and felicitous allusion on the part of the u•,,„° tlO
the honour which would accrue to his humblerroof.l,l
entertainment of an angel, and finally to er."olo
desPalf, to.°
infrequency of angelic visits, the patient bell, •
a rush at the door; the doctor touched the
ny, argtlt
warders entered the room, and, in spite of evee to cal
ment, carried the poor man off to a cell, Whenc;
n3orro-
the story short, he was rescued al; the
fritnch. hjlttS ci grim