The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-29 00:00:00

POI ICE.

• GetultHALL.-,--Yesterday three compositorS,
named Johnson,* Dalton, and Alder, were -bright •
up •on a charge of assault and trespass. One of
the Proprierors et The Times paper• stated., that
consequence ,of a generid.' combination among the;
Newspaper 'Prititerg, -for obtaining an exorbitant
increase of wages, all the' compositors and ple!isleen
had given aJortnight's. notice that they • would dis.:
continue working on The Times.. This perio.l hav;,
ing• expired on Saturday, without any. wish being
expresSe.d by the proprietors to retain the men who
had given warning, although they-were ready to illy
the increased wages to fresh hands, the gene•al
of printers entered into a conspiracy to d. (et, !)v
every -possible means of annoyance, any others *in
the trade from supplying the: places of the former
workmen. In jherance of this design, a number
of them assembled at du.k On Sunday evening; op-
posite the printing-office of The Times;
.Wilerc. they
excited considerable claMour and confusion ; threa-
tening ,personat violence to those who had succeed=
ed them. At 'last, their audacity reached such •an
height, that the three pa,oners above hamed;
tered on the premises of the proprietors, and assault-
ed one of the new hands.

The person on whom the assault was made:stafed,
that having been employed on an Evening Paper,
one of th; prisoners came to him on Saturday as he
was at work, and threatened him with personal -vio-
lence if he wen to work on The Times. On _Son-
day--evening :the same person came opposite the
/window of The Times office, near which he worked,
and repealed his threats. 'About ten having.
occasion :to go into the back yard, on his re-ihrn he
was seized in the passage by the arm, by Johnson
(the two others being present), who said, " So,
you little --, you are going to put this paper to
press to-night ?" He called out for assistance, and
they immediately withdrew. Shortly after. !hey
were taken-into custody at a neighbouring
house, and being identified, were sent for. the night
to the Compter.
The prisoners could offer nothing in their defence.
Johnsen said, that his reason for going on the pre-
tnises was to ste some friends who occasionally
worked there; Dutton stated that he went to see
what was• becoMe of Johnsoii ,"and Alder, " tliat
he went to Ipok after the other two."

The fast ^ of the assault having been deposed to;
the three prisoners were ordered to, find bail ; and.
the Magistrate observed tO the Proprietor of The
Times, that -he might besides prosecute them, for'
a conspiracy, at the ensuing Sessions, which the lat-
ter declared he should assuredly. do.'
It was stated in the course of the proceedings,
,that a considerable number of Newspaper printers
have bound theinselves by an oath, not' to' succeed
for six months
.to the situation Of any of the trade
who shall either be dismissed, or shall voluntarily
quit his employment, in consequence of demanding,
or not obtaining, an increase of wages. The object
of this highly criminal oath is to put the Proprietors
of Newspapers entirely at the mercy of the con-
spiring printers,_by rendering it impossible for th,:qn
to procure substitutes in the place of the rcfrattory.

The premises of Mr. Mosely, of Tofts, caught fire
alew nights ago, owing to a spark lrorn'the chim-
ney falling on the thatch of the barn, and Vl. ere en-
tirely
destroyed. The bailiff, who resided at the
cottage, took one of the-horses to ride into the vil-
lage for assistance, having previously_ turned the
ether foes horses out of the stable but forgetting to
fasten the stable-door, the animals returned in again
during his absence, and were all bp rut.
An alarming fire broke out on itiurday'ilight

the house of Captain Smith, at Thorney, Bucks,
which ,consumed• the mansion, together with tour
out-houses and six fine horses, the whole of h:ch
is estimated at 80001. loss, end not one third of
which was insured. It was occasioned ,by the: heat
of an oven newly constructed in the kitci en settiHg
fire to a bed-room. Mr. Smith 'and his family, wcN
in London at the time of the fire.

Several persons at Sydney, (New South Wales)
have begun to cultivate the hop vine. A Mr.
SQUIRES, in 1808; planted two.acres, from which
he gathered 500 cwt. of clear hops. Last year be
bad four acres in, which he poks..L about t tie middle
of November last ; they con. inued to look rernatk-
Ably well, the weather be:rig moist and-favourable
until the middle of Dt!cember, the perceptible
growth of the vines being from 12 to 18 inches in'
the course of a day and night. Several hot days,
however, affected the vines, that, though the crop
was estimated at a ton, not more than on third of
that quantity was obtained.

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