The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-25 00:00:00

THE KING V. JOHN JONES.

On the motiint of Mr. CAMPBELL, this defendant
was brought up by Habeas Corpus to be discharged
on bail, to answer a charge of Manslaughter, at
the next Assizes for Monmouthshire, having kilted
a man named Evan Young, in a boxing affray at
Llandover, on the 17th of August last, in conse-
quence of a public-house squabble.

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The Court consented that bail should be taken
in the country.

MARGATE PIER COMPANY.

Cause was now shewn against a rule obtained.
in the present Term by Mr. GURNEY, calling upon
tl►e_ Margate Pier Con►liany to secure the payruent
of certain parish rates, they not having any pro,
perty on the Pier which could be distrained. It
was contended against the ride, that the Com-
pany had property on the Pier upon Which a dis-
tress could be levied. They had a crane which
cost 2501., and a sloop..

Mr. GURNEY observed, that this crane was a
fixture, and could not be removed ; or if it was
not a fixture, it would, i► taken down, be worth
very little.
The COURT held, that it was property upon
which a distress could be levied, and discharged
the rule.

COMBINATIONS IN SCOTLAND.

We copy the following article from the Ayr
Paper :—" On Tuesday last, ISth inst. John Fol-
house lnlson, a weaver at Westmuir, in the barony
parish of Glasgow, and Charles Banks an:l James
Hind, colliers, at Stevenston, in Ayrshire, were
brought from Irvine, in a. post-chaise, escorted
by the chief constable and a party of dragoons, and
lodged in Ayr gaol, 00 an accusation of organizing
and heading an illegal combination of the colliers
throughout the county. Those three persons,
and about thirty other colliers from the different
coal-works in the shire, were discovered convened
together at an inn in Irvine, and the three, as the
ringleaders, were apprehended,-and several papers
connected with the combinatio:i seized. It appears
that, for three or four months back, Wilson acted
as Clerk to an association of the colliers in the
Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, and that that so-
ciety having obtained a redress of grievances, he
w,as employed to act in the same capacity to the
Ayrshire colliers, receiving a stated sum weekly
for his trouble. Ile accordingly came to Ayrshire
about a month ago, and since then several meet-
ings of deputies from various coalworks have been
held at Stewarton, Stevenston, Kilmarnock, Dun-
donald, Irvine, and Newton, at all of which he
acted as clerk, while Banks acted as Presses. At
these meetings, reports on the state of wages given
at the several collieries were made ; minutes of
the proceedings regularly kept ; resolutions form-
ed, and afterwards printed and distributed ; and
petitions and letters of remonstrances, in conse-
quence, presented to the several coal-masters.
The whole were bound together by' an oath, a
pait of which enjoined them to secrecy. The
grievances complained of, we believe, were spe-
cially adapted to the different coal-works, but in
general they were the improper employment of
more hands than were necessary, too large mea-
sure taken, and rat!ier small wages allowed. The
leading resolution was, either to have these griev-
ancesredressed by the 29th of this month, or, in
a body,. to strike work ; and it was acted on in
so far as presenting a written statement of the
complaints to their masters. The colliers at
Newton have not wrought any since they pre-
sented their .remonstrance. We have not heard
whether the colliers at the other collieries are off
work. After a precognition of the facts was
taken by the Sheriff-Substitute and Procurator-
Fiscal, the three persons above named were fully
committed for trial."

ENORMOUS APPLR.—An .enormous apple has
been shewn, brought by the Belvidera from Balti-
more, which measured 15 inches in circumference,
and weighed 241} oz: We understand it has been
sent to Sir JOSEPH BAN43.—(Liverpool Advertiser,
Nov. 20.)

LONDON MARKETS.

PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEK.

The highest price of the best Wheaten Bread thrOughout
the Metropolis is stated by the Bakers to be he. 2d. the
Quattern Loaf.—Some Bakers sell the Quartern Loaf from

one penny to two-pence lower.

lb. oz. lh.os
Peck Loaf to weigh .. 17 .6 Quartern Loaf to weigh 4 5i
Half ditto.. ditto .... to 11 Half Quarter!' ditto .. 2 24