The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY) DEC. 13.

CONSPIRACY AT TUE WEST 'INDIA. DOCKS.
John Smith, SaMuel Walter Foreman, and' Daniel
Hall, journeymen coopers, in the service of the West Indio.
Dock Company, stood indicted fisr conspiring to raise the price
of their wages.
Mr. Adams, principal cooper to the Dock Company', • gated,
that on the 7th of August he received directions to read, aTAPet
to the men, informing Om that they could not be'etriffloyea
by the Company unless they complied with the terms*fixed
the Company. The men, to the number of three hundred, WO
into a field near the Docks. 'Witness read- the paYpEr'-ta
them, in an audible voice as he was desired. They were.-ceh-
suiting amongst themselves, and there were so many speaking
at once that he called to Barnworth to come out ; he•tlid'set
and stated that the men would not come back to be 'lcbtit tea
minutes beyond the time, and. if they did return, they. ,must
have 6s. instead of ss. a-day. The hours of work in the Paces
were from eight in the morning till four in the afternoon:,
mess then- walked away; as he passed, the men cheered three
times. There were at the time more ships than ordinary in the
Docks, and they were extremely busy.
A great number of witnesses having been called to prove the
existence of a conspiracy, . 4.1. •
Mr. CUP.WOOD addressed the Jury in behalf of fiirksi and
expressed an intention of not calling any witnesses, in.conse-
. (pence of the failure on the part of the prosecutors to establish
the fact.
I Mr. BRODERICK addressed the July for Hall, and took a
similar line of argument to that of Mr. Curwood, namely, the
infamy of the ncipal witness, and the direct contradictions
given by the othersri who were called to support the prosectitiOn•
Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury with his usual ability
on the part of Foreman.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS addressed them in behalf of Smith.

At 10 o'clock the witnesses to character were called,and at ten
minutes after, the COMMON SELtJEANT commenced summing;
up. At half-past twelve a juryman was taken extremely ill,
and begged to be suffered to leave the bce and another ;ap•
pointed in his stead. This he was informed could not be done,
and the Common Seijeant said he would immediately conclude.
The gentleman partly. recovered, but again relapsed, and
minutes after the Com Mon Serjeant concluded.
The Jury consulted fora few minutes, and acquitted the
prisoners.
A burst of applause ensued, and was with 'difficulty restrain-
ed; and on the verdict being announced outside, the general
body, who had anxiously waited to know the result, received it
with three cheers. c_

ST. PAUL'S CATUEDRAL.—Yesterday Morning
St. Paul's Church-yard exhibited a scene of great
bustle and gaiety, in consequence of the appear-
ance of the Union-jack standard, on one of the
poles which compose the fearful scaffolding Of
the Cathedral steeple. This being the signal
that the erection of the new ball and cross was
commenced, great crowds assembled the
streets, and even on the roofs of houses and
telescopes were put in immediate requisition,
with a hope of obtitining even a glimpse of what
was passing above,;. but to very little purpose,
as the view was greatly impeded by the close-
ness of the scaffolding. The flag, which is above
ten feet long, appeared about the size of a sheet
of paper, as it waved.to and fro, on its fearful
eminence.

D►t:AnrG7. CATASTRONIE.--"The painful (WY,
has devolved upon us to record one of the most
melancholy circumstances which has occurred iu
this neighbourhood within our recollection. Oa
Wednesday evening, about six o'clock, a most
promising young gentleman, 15 years old, .and
highly highly accomplished, the eldest son of Major
Lenora, who resides at Grange Cottage, in the
Queen's County, within three miles of this town,
got leave front his father to go out for the ,por"
pose of killing rabbits. The young gentlema"
wrapt himself up in a Portuguese cloak, with the

intention of calling upon the on of a neighbour-
ing farmer, of the name of Maher, some year+
older than himself, who generally accompanied
him on such occasions. In a fatal moment, 40w#
ever, Mr. Lenon conceived the idea of giving the
young farmer a surprise, and concealing his face--
which he did by elevating the cloak above his'head
—on arriving at Maher's house he assumed a feigned
voice, and, leaning over a hatch-doorolernanded
their money, arms, &c. Young Maher- -the rustic
friend and companion of Mr. Leon's hours of
recreation—struck with the supposed danger of
the moment, seized a blunderbuss loaded Kitt`
slugs, which lay by the fireside, and, horrible to
relate, tired at the young man in whose defeat:''
he would have died himself. The nose and
considerable part of the head were literal'
blown away ! Dr. Read and Surgeon Byrn,.
this town, were inmiediately sent for, but tlz.ll
could only put an end to the torturing anxiety'
the wretched parents of both parties, by d r
daring that hope had fled forever! Mr. Leinvo
died on Thufsday. The miserable young triAo
who committed the act was seized with a defri
rium, and has gone off, no person can tell wheee•
On Saturday there was a Coroner's Inquest
on the body—Verdict, " Accidental lleath.---
(Carlow Morning Post.)

Res.—Wednesday night, about nine o'clocl,
a fire broke out at the house of a clothes .dealer'
65, Holywell-lane, Shoreditch,. which was eiv
tirely destroyed.—A. fire broke out about one
o'clock yesterday morning, in the premises of Mr.
‘Veckin, colournian, of Charles-street, Cornwall'
street, Alile-end. It commenced in the lower
part of, the manufactory, and soon spread. to
great height. The enzines arrived in about lalf,
an hour, and there belts; a plentifvl supply Of
water the fire did not extend to any of the otho
houses. The whole of the premises where 11
' broke out were completely burned to the groua
1 with their contents.