The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-13 00:00:00

THE SHEFFIELD RATTENINGS.

On further information it appears that the bands
which were found, belonging to Messrs. Sorby, are
only three of the seven, and that all the nuts are
Still missing. A general meeting of the saw trade

snot, h of •h. 'Thrt,zsz.r.,
night ; it was a stormy meeting andlasted five hours.
The proceedings were private, but the resolutions
which follow have been communicated to the press.
Wild, one of the men rattened at Brittain's Wheol,at-
tended, and stated for himself and his fellow work-
man, (Jrookes, that they were not unwilling to join
the Union, and that they only left of paying because
they saw that some others were not paying, and
thought they might as well be of the member. lie
agreed that payment should begin on Saturday, both
current contributions and instalments towards clear-
ing off the arrears. As the men who took the bands
were supposed to he at the meeting, the coming to
terms with the men who were rattened will most
likely be followed by the property being rettme,l
in as mysterious a manner as it was taken. In re-
ference to the rattenings, the committee put forth
the following resolution, which was moved and
seconded:—" That the financial committee pay no
more scale until the bands and nuts of Messrs. Sorby
and Brittain be restored." The following amend-
ment was moved, seconded, and carried :--"That
it is the opinion of this meeting that the rattening
that has taken place this week is at the hands of
some members connected with this trade, and this
meeting pledges itself not to countenance such
actions, and further declares that no moneys shall
be paid by this society for such erroneous work ;
and that this meeting thinks that if there are no
moneys paid this rattening will die away of itself
and if in any way the parties can be found out they
shall come under the 33d rule—that is, to be ex-
pelled from the society."

THE CONDEMNED CRIMINAL BAKER.--A number
of persons in the town of Guildford, in which place Baker's
father carries on the business of a tailor, and where the
unhappy criminal was brought up, are exerting themselves
to get up a memorial to the Homo Secretary, praying for
a delay in the execution of the sentence, on the around of
the great doubts exisling as to the prisoner's sanity. A
statement corroborative of this opinion has been issued by
Henry Taylor, surgeon, who was called for the defence on
the trial.

THE WESTMINSTER PLAT.—'fhe first of the
three annual theatrical performances took place at West-
minster School yesterday evening, the well known
"Adelphi" of Terence having been the play selected for
this classical entertainment. A largo and distinguished
audience assembled, according to custom, upon the occr-
sion, but the embodiment of the different characters did

not seem to us to present any very striking feature, nod
we cannot say that it exceeded in any respect the average
amount of excellence. The first representation, however,
way be regarded as a species of mere rehearsal, and when
it is repeated, according to announcement, on Tuesday
next and on Thursday next, we shall ht.ve a better oppor-
tunity of estimating the merits of the young performers.

The bulletin of the Pm is Observatory of yestcr-

day morning gives the following as the atmospheric
situation :—" Since Tuesday morning the tempera-
ture has risen continuously, and the thaw is now
general. The glass is low in the Baltic and the
Mediterranean, and the wind is N. 117. over the
greater part of the west and north-west of Europe.
In France the sky is generally overcast.
The barometrical preFsure is still nearly 773 mm.
in Ireland." In Paris yesterday the thaw con-

tinned, with a dull heavy atmosphere, and during
the morning and forenoon a thick fog covered the
capital. At three in the afternoon the thermometer
marked 6 deg. Centigrade (42 4-5 Fahrenheit).
The Vienna journals state that a solemn funeral
service for the Empetor Maximilian will take place
on the arrival at Trieste of the bodytliow being
brought home by Vice-Admiral Tegethoff. Orders
live been already given for the manufacture of a
large number of mourning banners and drapery.