The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN.

LAW . INT_

This Day.)

PO.

ON.

Shard Railways.

Closing
Price.

lusiness
Done.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)
MAYNE, AITCHISON, AND CO. V. JOHNSON.

Antwerp & Rotterdam
Ardennes

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Belgian East. Junction
Beziers to Graissessac
Carmeaux Mine & Rail
Dutch Rhenish

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Plaintiffs, oilcloth manufacturers, claimed £1 6s. 3d., ac-
count sales of remnants of oilcloth consigned for salei by
auction to the defendant. Defendant clained £1 2s. for re-
served purchases on two sales.

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Mr. Aitchison, on examination, said that there was no
reserved price put on the goods to be sold. They were to
be sold without any reservation whatever.

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Mr. Howlett, clerk and townltiaveller for the plaintiffs,
said that before the second sale lie called upon the defen-
dant and told him not to sell under ls. per yard.
His Honour considered this was a reserved price, and
allowed the defendant's claim as a set-off against the plain-
tiffs' claim, to the extent of I ls., and gave a verdict for the
plaintiffs for the balance under this deduction, and 2s. 3d.
paid into court with costs.

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858. -

The fact, however, is that the sentences passed
under the last-named Act are assumed to be for
longer periods with a view to granting the remis-
sion referred to, whereas the sentences passed under
the Act of 1853 are designed as a commutation of
sentences of transportation, and as such have been
carried out, with few exceptions, to the full extent
of the terms.

As a precautionary measure Her Majesty's ship
Argus has been sent to Portland, in order that any
convicts whom it may be desirable to remove may
be temporarily placed on board.
The reports of the two following days are favour-
able, And it is hoped that the firmness and discre-
tion exercised by Captain Gambier, the director,
Captain Clay, the governor, and all the officers
both civil and military who were on duty, has had
the effect of arresting what might have been a very
serious affair.

Ifiva.s-bythe skilful disposition of the forces at
their command, and the admirable manner in which
they were handled, that the evil-disposed among
the men were prevented from getting together in
any considerable numbers.
Those who struck work in the different parties
were immediately secured and marched from the
quarries into the prison, whence a proportion of
them were removed to Milbank.

An outbreak of a very serious character occurred
at Portland prison on Monday last, and continued
during the two following days.
Information having been previously received by
the authorities, adequate measures were imme-
diately taken to meet any emergency that might
occur, and it is a matter of no small satisfaction
that the mutiny has, apparently, been suppressed,
not only without loss of life, but without any case
of assault or violence.

The convicts at this important establishment
have ever since its formation in 1848, and up to
this point, been conspicuous for their good feeling
and industry, and the cause of the present outbreak
is attributed to the men sentenced to penal servi-
tude under the Act of 1853 feeling it unjust that
they should be required to serve out the whole of
their sentences, while all convicts previous to 1853,
and under the Act. of 1857, are eligible for a pro-
portionate remission for good conduct.
The convicts sentenced between 1853 and 1857,
a period of about four years, are placed in conse-
quence in a different position from all others, and
it is difficult to persuade them that it is not an un-
favourable one.