The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-27 00:00:00

dra sing cheques for very large sums. I should say he drew to
the amount of about 30,0001. or 40,0001. annually, on our
house alone. The transactions at our house were only concern-
ing his private affairs. I have seen Suisse receiving the money
for the cheques.
After some conversation between Counsel, _ _

Mr. JARDINE said, if the charge which was stated on Tues-
thy last had been the only one preferred against the prisoner
to-day, he should certainly have discharged him. But as an-
other and a more serious one was brought against him, which
was deserving of the strictest investigation, and was much too
heay., to permit of his being at large, he should remand him
this time for a fortnight.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Georg Morris, Charles Glynn, and Joseph Jones, three
lime-porters lately in the service of Mr. Burton, the pro-
prietor of the Hackney-wharf lime-kilns, Cambridge-heath,
were charged with having violently assaulted a lime-porter
named John Greenhill, and thrown him into the Regent's Canal.

Mr. Richard Burton stated that the prisoners had been in
the service of his brother, and the charge against them arose
out of a combination to extort a higher rate of wages than their
employer thought proper to allow them, and to deter other men
from being employed in their place. The prisoners had belonged
to a gang whose business it was to unload the barges of lime
that arrived at the wharf, and they were paid wages
at the rate of 4d. a ton for ordinary work, and a penny per
ton extra when the lime required to be sorted. On the pre-
ceding day a cargo arrived, which the prisoners' gang was
ordered to unload, but they refused to go to work unless they
were paid according to the higher scale of wages, and their
demand not being complied with, on account of its being ordi-
nary work, a " strike" took place, in which they all took
part. Being resolved not to yield to the exaction, witness
immediately engaged a fresh gang at an adjoining wharf, but
the latter were no sooner set to work, than they were assailed
by the refractory gang, who used their utmost endea-
vours to induce them to join the strike. Some of
the fresh men were frightened into compliance, but
the complainant remained true to bis duty, in consequence
of which the prisoners commenced a violent attack upon him,
and having dragged him on board one of the barges they threw
him into the canal, and the poor fellow narrowly escaped being
drowned. On learning what had occurred, witness applied
for assistance at the station-house of the K division, and
Sergeants Smith and Parker arrived soon after, with a party
of policemen, and took the prisoners into custody.
Tke complainant stated that before resorting to acts of
violence the prisoners endeavoured, by means of bribes
and threats, to induce him and his fellow-workmen to join
them, but he expressed his determination to stick to his
work, upon which the prisoners attacked him with their fists, and
after thrice knocking him down, they seized hold of him, and
threw him into the canal. The water was so deep at the spot,
that he was soused over head and ears, and was in some danger
of being drowned, when a rope was flung to him, by means of
which he succeeded in scrambling into a barge.
Sergeant Parker stated, that on being taken into custody,
the prisoners said they would act in the same way again, to pre-
vent a fresh set of men from working at inferior wages.
Mr. Burton said, that the prisoners could easily earn 30s. a
week, at the rate of wages they refused to work at.
Upon being called upon for their defence, the prisoners re-
pealed the statement and admission they had made to Sergeant
Parker.

Mr. BINGHAM said that in every instance that had come
within his knowledge, the system of " striking" for an advance
of wages, so far from benefiting the parties engaged in it, had
led to results that were of serious and lasting detriment to their
interests. The offence with which the prisoners were charged
we:4 of much too grave a nature to be disposed of in a summary
manner, and he should commit them for trial.—. The prisoners
were fully committed.