The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-09 00:00:00

medium of Lady Lenesborongh. He knew nothing

against Mr. King's character exc..pt from hear•sy.
He neverdined with Mr. King hut once, and ti—n
met at his table the prisoner, who was his servant ;
he meant by • that appellation, that he was Mr.
King's agent at Bristol, and circulated that gentle-
man's cards as a money-lender. Eln met the pri-
soner some days- afterwards in Cheaßide, who ad-
dreSsed him, and said, that he had been very ill-
treated by Mr. King, awl told -him that he might
be of seuice to him. Witness ►eplied, that -he
lived at Sion Hall, and as he was then in. a hurry,
direCted him to call on the ensuing mottling at his
houie, and if he could do him any service, ccinsist-i

ent with propriety, he should have 'no olljechon

The prisoner. accordingly called, and in conse-

'quencesof that meeting, a plan was entered into for
a bpeculation. in -woollen .goods, fifteen hundred
pounds worth of which were procured from clifEtr-
nt clothiers, for which witness passed his accept-
ances. nest, cloths were to be sold by the prisoner
at a ommission of 5 per ceni.,; but the prisoner
conveyed them away, as already stated, in a clan-
deitine manner. He did not prosecute the prisoner
for taking the cloth, in consequence :►t all agree-
ment mutually entered into between them.—These
cloths were .not yet paid tor.
On being asked whether he was near the drawers
in the prisoner's lodgings ? .be shuffled
,and preta-
ricated for a considelabld time. He was in • the
centre of the room, be frequently said, but cbuld
not be got to the point, until the Common Serjeant
told him, that rthere was no respe& to perscns- in
that Court, and if a witness prevaricat,d in his evi-
dence, he was liable to be commit!ed. He warned
the Bar►,net to be careful in his answers, or be would
meet with that fate.,

The Baronet then said that he had been near
enough to the drawers to put the seal into them,
but be denied that he had so done,.

Here the COMMON SERJEANT stopped the case,
observing that a more improper witness than the
Baronet had never come for.vard in any Court of
Justice. He had obtained 1,5001; worth of goods
froM tradesmen, which were not paid tor, and had
endeavoured to make that Court' subservierit to his'

malignant revenge against the prisoner, who had
displeased him by taking possession of the goods.
in. question. If the Jury were 01 a similar opinion
the trial should be stopped ; but, if not, he should,
of course, g- en witii-the-examin..iion of the Ba-
ronet,..w,lio:had already exposed his character in its
true
The ..tury signified their indignation at the con-
duel of
.the prosecutor, and without hesitation ac-
quitted the o'i-sutler.
Mr. Bri'Nb Los 'then said that he could prove, that
. the prosecutor had applied to Mr. II:in-tier, tie at-
'torney Of the prisoner, to know by what means his
recognizances.might be withdraWn. •
An univerial feeling of disgust seemed to per-
vade the whole Court, and. the Baronet was
sired do withdraw,- alter uttering a tow words in his
own defence, ant:l,sollo4)g to be allowed his ex-
pellees, which were refused, lk ith a suitable com-
ment on tAe vres"umption of ,ucb a demandl

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CONSPIRACY. /
JOURNEYMEN PRINTERS-COMPOSITORS AND

PktESSNIEN.

Stephen Hurley, Robert Howlett, .IVehard Par- I
sons, John Gee, Edward Kid, William •Crifton,
Stephen Beckett, James Wooley, and-Henry:Byrne,-
Pressmen ; and Wm. Williams, C. Latham, Wit-
ham Cowan, J. M'Cariney, J: Nath.
Collins, Nilatcolni• Craig, J. Chapman, G. Westrai,
.Wtn. We. t worth, .and. J. Simpson,. Compositors;
were indicted fornonspiring' tegetner to raise their
wages, and for leaving. tt.e employ of Messrs. ;Wal-
ter, proprietors of The Times Newspaper, because
they would not comply with,-the 'advance ot..wages
demanded by the traversers.—Tnere was an indict-
ment also against. Guy Warwick, a Pressman ; but
through a mistake he was not-arraigned, and his trial,
did notlakeplace., '
Mr. ALLEY, iu an eloquent sp6ech,- opened the
case-on the part of the prosecution. It appeared
in ..evidence, that the prisoners, of the class of press-
men, gave notice to the publisher of The Times,
that they.intended to quit; if their demands were
not agreed to, at the end of a fortnight, .and they
struck at the expiration of that time.; on the day
following; the: 1511 i., they went to the printing-of- .
ficelif Mr. Baldwin, and, told Benjamin Beveridge,
that 'the men who Were tried last night had been
with them, and they 113 d agreed not to work with-
out the additional halfpenny an hour, and if the
.men employed at Mr... Baldwin's 'did, they would
be considered-as -rats; that there was. to be a gene-
ral meeting iltat night at the Coach and Horses
public-house, Water-lane, and. he had better attend.
Beveridge accordingly attended, and it was proposed
by Howlett and Hurley, that be (Beveridge) should
get a relation of his, who was an impress master, to
• impress four men who continued in Messrs. Wal-
ter's employ,- as they supposed, without an advance
of -wages,
~and they would prove they were de-
serters from the Navy. Beveridge's relation de-
clined undertaking it, as they lived in the city, and
it was necessary to get the .Lord Mayor to back the
impress warrant.—The only charges against the
Compositors v;-ere, that they had given notice to
strike if they' did not receive the rise of Nirages at the
end of the fortnight, and that -they put their threat
into execution ; and also, that they had said they
would Bishop the Balls, it new workmen come in
their situations.
Mr. KNAPP, Counsel for the Presimen, and Mr.
GURNEY for the Compositors, made must ingeni
ous speeches in defence of their clients. -
Mr. ALLEY replied. • . • ,
Mr. COMMON SERJEANT summed up the evi-
dence ; and the, Jury, alter' ten minutes- delibera-
tion, found all the prisoners Guilty, but recom-
mended to mercy those under the denomination of
Compositors. .
Mr.. CoMmON SERJEANT then ordered that they
should be remanded, and to be brought up for sett,-
tence next Sessions. Guy Warwick's bail no(ap,
pearing he was ordered into custody.
The Court was crowded and surrounded with the
wives, children,.and relatives,.ot . the Traversers.
When the serdiCt was pronounced their shoOts and