The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-25 00:00:00

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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

(By Telegraph.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.

Arrived.—Sageta, from Barbadoes ; Ocean Bride, from
Farsund ; Fortuna, from Krageroe ; Lone Star, from Ham-
burg; Albert Victor, from St. John's; Searl, from Atnster-
dam ; Arthur Fox, from Rotterdam; Eliza Maria, frum
Rostock; Prudhoe Castle, steamer, from Galatz.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed, Juno 24.—John Baynaw, .from London, for
Montevideo; Sefizt, from London, for Cardff ; Catarine,
from London, for Cette.

Passed (in tow)—Albert Victor, from St. John's, for
London (and not the Victor Albert, as reported last night).
Passed, Juno 25—Alico Walton, from Sunderland, for
Rangoon.

Anchored- Landeborongh, from Callao, for Lond

THE DROWNING OF A GENTLEMAN AT SFITHEAD.
—The clothes of the unfortunate gentleman whose melan-
choly death by drowning was reported in this paper last
week have been identified by his mother, a French lady,
name De Bas, whose attention ha I been called to the para-
graph in question. It appears that the decased only
arrived at Soutitsea on the day prior to his death. He
left his lodgings at an early hour, telling his landlady that
he was going to bathe. A reward of £lO has been offered
for the recovery of the body.
BLACK CATTLE.—111 the western counties of
Wales the breed of cattle known as the " blackeenlitzufoocir
centuries held a conspicuous position, and it hafs
thebe district
by experience that the climate and
are more suitable to the blacks t 1
the leading Welsh
Efforts are LOW being made by
the objects is
contemplation °other breed.
be improved and perpetuated, pi:ture
and
of a herd book, the
agriculturists to devise a schemseembdyeoelovfehticohf the bread may
contemplation is the establishfinilte a
great draWback. A
want of which has long been
ikelihood that it will be
jects in view, and there isev.e
Yliof materially improvin%
the means, in a few years' time,
society is expected to be formedr with this and other ob-
jects
the Herefords or shorthorns.
scarcely inferior even
and enhancing the value of the blacks, and to render them

Sheffield Trades' Union. Commission.

SIXTEENTH DAY (MONDAY).
The first witness this morning was Dennis, alias
Tucker Clark, who was examined several days ago,
and who since then admitted that he had committed
perjury. He now confessed that Broadhead gave
him a quantity of powder to blow up Hellewell
with ; that he sold a portion of it to Simmonite, and
the remainder he and Shaw put into Hellewell's
trough. Ho was paid £3 by Broadhead for that
affair. He also confessed that he had been impli-
cated in two or three cases of rattening, the " ticket"
for which had been given by Broadhead.
Henry Skidmore, Saw-makers' Society president,
was the next witness, and he came up by his own
request. He admitted that after Fearnehough was
blown up he gave Broadhead £15.,—£7 10s. on
account of his own society, and £7 108. for the
handle-makers—for getting it done ; but he denied
that he knew the outrage was to be committed until
after it was done. The first interview he had with
Broadhead about it was two or three months before
the outrage. He was then accompanied by Joseph
Barker, secretary of the Saw-handle-makers'
Union. Fearnehough was at that time working
for Messrs. Slack, Sellars, and Co., and in conse-
quence their grinders, saw-makers, and handle-
makers were out of employ. He and Barker asked
Broadhead if something could not be done to pre-
vent Fearnehough from working, such as removing
his bands and nuts. Broadhead said he would see
what could be done. At that time witness was un-
aware that Fearnehough was to be blown up. Ile
expected that he would be simply rattened. He
(witness) had given instructions as president of the
Saw-makers' Society for men to be rattened when
they were in arrears, or did not adhere to the rules.
In his society no men had received personal injury
or had been attempted to be blown up within the
last ten years. On the Wednesday, two days
after Fearnehough was blown up, he and Barker
paid a visit to Broadhead. They told him that
it (the blowing up) was a bad affair, and that
if they had known he was going to do that
they should have had nothing to do with it. Broad-
head replied, " Well, it's done ;" and witness said
" Yes, and cant't be undone." He then asked what
would be the expense, and Broadhead replied, "£7
103. each." Witness said he did not know how he
should get the money, and that he must see the
secretary of his Union, Thomas Smith, about it.
On the following day he went to Smith and said,
" This is a shocking affair," and Smith replied, " It
is." He then said, " It will cost a good deal ;" and
he asked Smith for £7 10s. to clear him. Smith,
however, refused to pay the money, and said that
as Skidmore, Broadhead, and Barker had taken it
upon themselves they must get out of it as best they
could. A day or two afterwards Smith told Barker
that he must pay the whole of the money, as the
Saw-handle-makers' Society was in debt to the saw-
makers. The next night Barker brought the whole
115 to Broadhead's house. Witness was present
and Barker gave the money in a piece of paper, at
the same time asking him how it was to be conveyed
to Broadhead. Barker seemed to be of opinion that

it ought to be left somewhere, and Broadhead in-
formed of it, but witness said, " Oh, no ; let me
have it, and I will give it to him." He then called
Broadhead on one side and said, " Here's the
money ; you know what it is." Witness was exa-
mined at some length with reference to whether he
was aware at the first interview with Broadhead
that Fearnehough was to be blown up ; but he de-
nied that he was aware that any personal injury
was intended. All the instructions he gave to
Broadhead were that Fearnehough was to be rat-
tenened, and no one was more surprised than he
was when he heard that Fearnehough was blown up.
lie admitted that he presided at the meeting of his
society when the following resolution was passed :
" That this society views with feelings of indigna-
tion and abhorrence the foul and dastardly outrage

committed in New llereford-street on the Bth." He
admitted also that as president of the society he
put the resolution to the meeting, and that Thomas
Smith entered it. (This admission was received
with laughter.) Ile explained that his reason for
going to Broadhead that he only wanted Fearne-
hough to be rattened was because Broadhead
knew more about rattening than he did. Just before
witness was leaving the chair he desired to state
that several months ago he and Barker hired a
man to ratten Messrs. Slack, Sellers, and Co., be-
cause they were employing saw handle makers not
connected with the trade. The grinders at the same
place were at the time in arrears, and consequently
the rattening was a joint affair between the two

Unions.
Thomas Smith, saw smith, who said he had been
secretary to the Sawmakers' Society since April,
1866, said the Hereford-street outrage wa►s done
without his knowledge. He did not know Fearne-
hough until he saw him in court the other day. He
never spoke to Broadhead about the Hereford-street
outrage. Witness proceeded.—Shortly after the
outrage Skidmore came to me and said, "Now we
are in a mess." I asked the nature of the mess, and
he said it was about the Hereford-street blow up.
He said it was a bad job, a'nd asked me for some
money for it. I said, " You have got yourself into
the mess; I have nothing to do with it, and I will
not find you a penny." I told him he must go to
Joseph Barker. I had had nothing to do with it,
and should decline to have. I referred him to Joseph
Barker, because he had told me that Barker had
seen Broadhead along with himself. I thought from
this they were implicated in the blowing up ; but
they satisfied me that they had gone to Broadhead
only about rolling up Fearnehough's bands. The
amount Skidmore asked was £7 10s. Barker owed
the Sawmakers' Society £l7 or £lB, and would, of
course, deduct the amount he paid to Skidmore from
that sum. Barker did, in fact, charge the sawmakers'
trade with the 10s.
Mr. Chance—So that in reality the money was
paid by your society ?—Yes.
Where is the account for £7 103. Barker sent to
you?—l cannot find it ; I have destroyed it.
Have you no entry of it in your books ?—Yes,
but I am sorry to say it has disappeared.
Have you torn it out then? —Yes, it has gone some
way or other; I suppose I must have. (Laughter.)
Then, in fact, you have torn it out ?—Yes.
Did you tear out the page to screen your own
doings ?—No, Sir ; it was very foolish of me to tear
it out, and I am very sorry.
Now did you not tear it out after this Commission
was appointed?—No.
Was this entered as expenses of the Hereford-
street outrage ?—No. I should not be so foolish.
(Laughter.) I entered it as expenses paid by Mr.
Barker. The auditors inquired what the expenses
were. I said they were expenses paid by Mr. Barker.
They did not require any vouchers ; they took my
word.
Is that the only security your members have
from their auditors of the proper application of their
money ?--Yes. The auditors bad confidence in my
honesty. I tore out the entry because it was done
with. Along with this entry were the entries of
nine months. Among them was another entry of
£2 10s. paid by Barker for the rattening of Mr.
Peace's wheel at Ileeley, and charged to our society.
Witness caused some amusement by the emphatic
way in which he persisted in saying he did not tear
out the leaves for the purpose of concealing the
illegal entries.

Mr. Overend solemnly cautioned the witness that
he would not get a certificate of indemnity unless
he b,1,1 the whole truth. Witness persisted in deny-
ing that he had torn out the leaves for concealment.
He admitted that when Skidmore applied for the
£7 10s. be told him that it was to pay for blowing
up Fearnehough.
Mr. Overend—Then, why did you give him an
order on Barker to get the money ?—Witness--I
am very sorry I did. I had hal nothing to do with
it myself. I knew the money was paid when the
trade passed the resolution expressing indignation
at the outrage. He dared not divulge the matter,
because he should have implicated Skidmore and
Barker, who, he believed, were innocent of desiring
the outrage, and because his life would have been in
danger, and he did not want to leave " Old Eng-
land." (Great laughter.) Barker paid £7 10s. for
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his own.

James Robertson, secretary of the Fender Grin