The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-09 00:00:00

JOURNEYM N WEAVERS.

Mr. BROUGHTON and Mr. BENNET, of Worship.
street, sat till a late hour yesterday evening, occu-.
pied separately in the investigation of cases arising
out of the destructive proceedings of the weavers in
their district.

The nefarious system of destroying silk in the
loom was carried into effect on Saturday night,when
about sixty yards of silk, the property of Mr.
Thompson, of Fort-street, was destroyed, and in
this case there was no assignable motive for such a
proceeding, for Mr. Thompson had acceded to every
demand, and issued tickets, signed by himself, to
prove that his work was paid for at the right price.
One of those tickets, intended as a protection to
the property, was actually upon the loom when the
work was cut, and it was suggested that the work
had been cut by mistake.
George Dove, Esther Dove, his wife, James
Dove, and Elizabeth, his wife, and a girl named
Elizabeth Dove, their sister, the sole occupants of
the house in which the outrage was committed, were
placed at the bar yesterday before Mr. BROUGHTON.
Mr. Thompson proved the delivery of materials
for ninety yards of gros de Naples silk to George
Dove, and that about ten o'clock on Sunday morn- '
ing he received informatioH from the two brothers,
that the work had been cut on Saturday night in tile
manner afterwards stated in their defence.

The Chief Constable informed the Magistrate
that the Bow-street patrol who had found the work
cut, brought it to the office, and he asked them why
they had not brought the journeymen in custody also,
'according to the order of the Magistrates.
Phillip Parish, one of the patrol, complained that
they had been very roughly treated by the chief con-
stable on the occasion.

Mr. BROUGHTON—It is true, as Mr. Garton says,
that the Magistrates have ordered, and I have done
it repeatedly, that journeymen should be taken in
custody whose work had been cut, that they may be
brought before the Magistrates. Mr. Garton, as
chief constable, has a heavy responsibility upon
him. Parish—And so have we, Sir.
Mr. BROUGHTON-It is the order of the Magis-
trates that the journeymen in such cases be held in
custody, for, until they prove the contrary, they are
themselves deemed guilty of the felony. We have
repeatedly given instructions to that effect. The
officers are not to exercise their discretion, but to act
upon the orders given, for which they are not re-
sponsible. Any complaint between you and Mr.
Garton must form the subject of another inquiry,
and we must now proceed to inquire into this case.
Grossmith, one of the patrol, then stated, that
about a quarter before eleven on Saturday night, in
consequence of information received, he went to the
residence of the defendants, and found the work in
question cut to ribands. He found the females only
in the house, and was told that during the absence
of the male defendants the house was broken into,
but he did not observe any outward marks of violence
on the door.

Mr. BROUGHTON-Why did you not take the men
into custody ? The officers must understand, that
in all cases where property is thus destroyed, the
journeyman should be taken into custody. It was
for him to prove that he had Acted honestly. Gros-
smith said that he did not see the men.
Mr. BROUGHTON—That is a reason for not taking
them certainly. You could not take men that you
did not see.

Parish said that the women appeared much
alarmed and agitated when he saw them, and he
really thought that the transaction was as they stated.
Mr. BROUGHTON—''hereabouts in the neigh-
bourhood is your party stationed ?—Parish—lt was
done before we were on duty. But there are watch-
men near the place.

It was here stated that the watchmen were not to
be depended on for assistance in these cases.
Waters (the officer)--I have been on duty there
myself, and I could never get assistance from the
watchmen.

Mr. BROUGHTON—This is a matter that must be
inquired into. Do you, Mr. Garton, represent the
case to the trustees. The watchmen ought to be in
attendance here, for they are generally wanted. But
take care that the trustees of Bethnal-green are in-.
formed of this.

The defendants were then called upon to account
for the manner in which the work had been destoyed.
George Dove said that he went to his shop-meet-
ing on Saturday night, and knew nothing of what
had taken place till his brother came and informed
him of it.

Parish, the Bow-street patrol, said that at nearly
one o'clock, he met the two brothers and their
wives, and, in the presence of Mr. Davis, to whom
he had been talking about what Mr. Moore had
said as to the removal of the parish lamps, he spoke
to them about the work being cut, and told them
that they ought not all to go out together. Both
the men said that they' had been to their respective
shop-meetings, and considered that the work would
be safe, being protected by the printed ticket. They
told him that men had been in and cut the work,
and they considered that it must have been done by
mistake. They expressed great regret, and he told
them to come to the office on Monday, and they did so.
Mr. BROUGHTON-I dare say you acted as you
thought right in using your discretion; but you are
not to judge in these cases, but act upon the orders
of the Magistrates.
Mr. Garton described the place, and said that
the females, by merely walking into the yard, might
have alarmed the watchmen and their neighbours.
They could have been heard by night in that place
to the distance of 100 yards.
Mr. BROUGHTON—it is one of the worst cases
brought before me, for here, in spite of the sup-
posed protection, the property is destroyed. I give
an opinion now as to the propriety of the masters
giving these tickets. But here is a ticket, stating,
under Mr. Thompson's own band, that he gives
" the proper price." It is fixed upon the loom to
protect it, and yet the work is cut. The matter is
to me inexplicable.

The defendants were cautioned, that whatever
they said might be made evidence against them; hut
they said they had nothing to conceal, and desired
to state the truth.

George Dove said he had always protected Mr.
Thompson's work, even when he paid only sd. a
yard. (The work destroyed was paid for at the full
price, and only one other case has come under our
notice of Mr. Thompson's property having been cut.)
He went to his shop-meeting at a quarter before ten
o'clock on Saturday night, leaving his work safe, and
thinking it was protected by the printed ticket placed
on the front of the loom. His brother came to him
afterwards, and told him that the work was destroyed,
and when he went home, at a quarter before twelve,
it had been taken away by the officers.

The defendant James Dove, who wept incessantly
during the examination, made the following state-
ment :—At the same time that his brother went out,
he also went to the shop-meeting of the men em-
ployed by Mr. Appling, for whom he worked, and
was called out in the course of the night to his
younger sister, whom he found at the public house
door crying, and she told him that the work had been
cut. He went in again to his shopmates, who told
him to stop there, and they would go arid see if it
was all right.

Mr. BiiouGuToN—Did they stop you by force,
or only persuade you ? Defendant.—They per-
suaded me to stop : for I was so struck with what
I had heard, that I did not know what it was about.
The Magistrate asked what sort of work he was
employed on, the prices paid, and whether his work
also was destroyed ?

The defendant said that the prices paid by his
master were the same as Mr. Thompson s; but he
was employed upon velvet, for which he was paid
3s. 7d. a yard. His work was not touched, and he
had cut out the manufactured part and carried it
home. When he found his brother's work was
cut, he went to his master, and expressed a hope
that the work would nGt be taken from him on
that account ; and his master said, " No, you shall
not lose your work ; we had a good recommenda-

tion with you." He added, that after his sister had
told him, he went to his brother, to inform him.
They stopped at that place a.few minutes, and were
afterwards going home with their wives, when they
met the officers.

The females were afterwards placed at the bar
separately, and each gave her statement, declaring
that she wished to speak the t►uth. The sum of
their statement was, that the wives retired to bed
when their husbands went out, and their younger
sister was in bed in the workshop. They all fell
asleep, and afterwards awoke upon hearing a great
noise made by a number of men (supposed to be
four or five), who had forced open the street-'loor
and entered the front room, where the elder Eliza-
beth was asleep, and they compelled her, by horri-
ble imprecations and threats, to remain quiet while
they went and destroyed the work, wh;ch did not
occupy them more than two or three minutes. Her
sister Esther was so frightened that she could not
stir or cry out ; and the girl said that she also was
frightened, and did not speak to the men, nor they
to her.

Mr. BROUGHTON said, he was at a loss to under-
stand how these cutters could carry on their pro-
ceedings undetected. There were a great number of
officers always about, and it was agreed on all bands
that they did their duty. They were almost omni-
present, and yet these (lemons of mischief perpe-
trated their mischief undetected. Here were said
to have been half a dozen men uttering threats and
committing such outrages, and yet nobody saw them.
If the women had gone out to the back of their
place and cried " Murder !" and " Watch !" they
might have been taken if there were such people.
The females declared, that taken by surprise as
they were, they were deprived of the power of giv-
ing an alarm.

-The scene in the office was a very distressing one.
The whole family appeared greatly afflicted at what
had taken place, and their sorrow was evidently un-
affected. The elder female Esther, fell to the
ground in a fainting fit, and remained for a consider-
able time insensible. They received good charac-
ters from their employers.
Mr. BROUGHTON said, there was much mystery
about this case. The strong feelings of the parties
made him believe that they had no hand in the mis
chief, but he could not conceive how the cutters, if
there were such, could have selected this work in
the dark, and go at the most convenient time to cut
it, unless well instructed.

The defendants gave their recognizances to re
appear, and the watchman was summoned to attend

THE MALT TRADE.

Yesterday afternoon a Meeting of Maltsters, dele-
gated by a large proportion of the trade, to arrange
matters for the reference agreed to by Government
on the subject of the oppressive nature of the last
Malt Act, was held at the New Corn Exchange
Tavern, Mark-lane.

Mr. R. MORECOCK presided, and stated the ob-
ject of the Meeting. Ministers having agreed that
the points at issue with the trade, they had to in-
form their delegate on those points the trade wished
to have ameliorated in the new Act. They had,
therefore, to adopt resolutions on the subject. He
alluded to the difference in the mode of making by
the west country maltsters and the town maltsters,
and contended that the general good of the whole
should be sought, while the full revenue was secured
to Government.

On the subject of an adkerence to the certificate
system, Mr. GRAY contended that if it could be
made effective, it would protect the fair trader as
well as the Government. He firmly believed that
not a maltster in the kingdom for the last thirty
years had paid the full duty claimed by the law. As
the certificate system now stood, it was unjust and
oppressive. He moved a resolution to that effect,
which, however, was negatived, the system being
generally considered as affording a loop-hole for un-
fair traders to get out in cheating the revenue. The
referee was instructed accordingly.
On the subject of sprinkling the barley in the pro-
cess of malting, Mr, Kent, Mr. Gosling, Mr. Far-
ren, and other malesters, gave their opinion. It was
ultimately decided that endeavours should be made
to abolish sprinkling, as by such means the corn was
swelled, and an increase obtained.

The CHAIRMAN next adverted to the most op-
pressive of the late enactments, viz.--the penalty on
the couch gauge. He said the Chancellor of _the
Exchequer was wrong in stating the duty on malt
was an ancient duty. Beer drinking first occurred in
Henry 'Ml's. time, and he (the Chairman) had no
doubt but that rapacious monarch taxed beer-drinkers.
In 1643, the first duty on beer was laid on, and in
the 12th of Anne (1714) the first duty on malt of 6d.
per bushel continued up to this day. In 1787, the duty
on malt was raised to lOs. 6d. per qr., and at present
it was 20s. Bd. per quarter. Recollecting the value of
money in 1787, when flour was 30s. a sack, and the
quartern loaf 54d., the increase in the malt duty was
not great. The penalties by the new Act had
greatly increased. In the old Act there were nine
penalties, not exceeding in all 2001.; in the new Act,
106 penalties, amount to 135,000/. How was it
possible for the trade to go on without some amelio-
ration ? The couch penalty was most oppressive.
Mr. FORD said, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
had sent a communication for the maltsters to take
this subject into consideration. He would, in his
conference with Ministers, endeavour to promote the
general good of the trade; and would enforce the
resolution, that double duty should be charged for
all that was over gauged in the couch.
The meeting then adjourned.

A melancholy accident happened at Scre-
merston, near Berwick, on the evening of Sunday last.
On that day Mr. WILLIAM CARR, of Ford, his brother
Mr. GEORGE CARR, of Berwick, with their sisters, Misses
ELIZA and MART CAart, had been on a visit to their
urother-in-law, Major JOHNSON, at Scremerston, accom-
panied by Miss JANE DONKIN. After spending a happy
day together, the party unfortunately proposed to return
to Berwick by sea, and they accordingly embarked in a
boat accompanied by two boatmen ; but, lamentable to add,
they had not proceeded above 200 yards from the shore
when the boat was upset. Miss ELIZA CARR and Miss
Doss lsr sunk to rise no more, but the rest of the party
providentially succeeded in getting upon the rock, where
they „remained till a boat from Spital rescued them from
their, perilous situation. To add to the anguish of the
moment, Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSON were spectators of the
heart-rending scene from the beach, without being able to
render the least assistance.--Newcastle Chronicle.

MURDER.—On Tuesday morning last the
body Of THOMAS MIDWINTER BLISS, who resided at Watch-
field, near Faringdon, in this county, and who possessed a
little independent property, was found dead by the road-
side, within a short distance of his own house, his skull
being dreadfully fractured. Poor BLISS was about 50 years
of age, and rather weak in his intellects, but particularly
good natured and inoffensive in his manners, and it was sup-
posed he had not an enemy in the world. On Monday he
had been taking his evening glass of beer at the Barrington's
Arms, in Shrivenham : a man named Pococx and several
others were in the house, and on the company being about
to depart, Buss was asked if he was not going home :
he replied he should stay a little longer, as he feared, if
he went with them, Pococx would play off some trick
upon him. He. however, soon went out, and it is supposed
_passed the party. A coroner's inquest was held on the body,
but though the jury deliberated two days, nothing deci-
sive could be made out, and they returned a verdict of
Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown.'
On Thursday, J. HUGHES, Esq., the Rev. T. F. CLEAVER,
and the Rev. P BOUVERIE, three Magistrates of the
county, summoned all the suspected parties before them ;
and, after a long investigation, it came out in evidence,
that the deceased was sitting in the hedge, and as two of
the men who had before been his companions passed, one
of them threw a large stone at him, which knocked him
down. The other, seeing the deceased fall, exclaimed,
" You have killed old Buss !" to which the fellow who
flung the stone replied, " If I have not, I will do it," and
immediately went back and finished the bloody deed !
After a full examination of all the witnesses, there being
strong reason to believe that HENRY Pococx, the man
before alluded to, was the murderer, he was, after being
strictly interrogated, fully committed to take his trial for
the offence. Pococx is a stout young man, and well
known in this town, where be has frequently been with
a carrier's cart. He has lately been carrier between
Watebfield and Heuley“—Reading Mercury.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.

The betting yesterday was confined to the Ascot Cup,
which excites universal interest, and is likely to be a re-
markably heavy betting race; a few offers were also made
in the St. Leger. Some of the country people settled
their engagements for the Derby and Oaks, but the gene-
ral settling takes place this day.

ASCOT GOLD CUP.
5 to 2 agst His Majesty's The Colonel (taken)
3 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mameluke
5 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Zir,Kanee
7 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Cadland
8 to 1 agst Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter
10 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Green Mantle
12 to 1 agst Lord Clifton's Souvenir
14 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Varna
20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant (taken)
20 to 1 agst lord Eg-emont's Br. to Lapdog
20 to 1 agst Lord Sefton s Bobadilla.
ST. LEGER.
6 to 1 agst Lard Cleveland's Voltaire (taken)
9 to 1 agst Lord Lan ford's Sir Hercules
10 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Rowton
11 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwieke's Frederick
12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's The Exquisite
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Sarah
13 to 1 agst Mr. Riddell's Lawn Sleeves
30 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Prince Eugene (taken).

CHARLES TUFTON, the present Earl of
THANET, lives in complete seclusion, at his seat, at Hoth-
field, in Kent. During the life of the late Earl, who died
in Paris, in 1825, Hothfield was distinguished as one of
the most hospitable mansions in the kingdom ; and the
guests whom the Noble Earl entertained were of the
highest rank and talents. His present MAJESTY, when
Prince of WALES, FRANCIS (hike Of BEDFORD, the Earl
of EGREMONT, Mr. BURKE, Mr. Fox, 'Mr. SHERIDAN,
Mr. ERSKINE, Sir PHILIP FRANCIS, Lord GREY, Gen.
FITZPATRICK, Mr. HARE, JOE RICHARDSON, and Lord
JOHN TOWNSIIEND, were sometimes inmates of Hothfield
Place, at the same time. The stables and coach-houses
alone cost thirty thousand pounds. The whole are now
rapidly falling into ruin ; nor is it the intention of the
noble owner to repair them.—Morning Puper.

Mr. JEFFREY has resigned the editorship of
the Edinburgh Review. His election to the Deanship of
the Faculty of Advocate=, which places him at the head of
his profession, is deemed inconsistent with his retention of
his former critical management. His successor in the Re-
view is said to be Mr. M. NAPIER, but this arrangement
is said not to be finally fixed.

GREENWICH FAlR.—This annual amuse-
ment of 'prentice boys and servant maids, the school girls.
old women, and pick-pockets, of London and its neigh-
bourhood, commenced yesterday morning.

The skeletons of several men, lying in much
confusion as to form, and doubled up as it were, have just
Liven discovered, about a foot below the surface of the
earth, at Coleby, near Lincoln. A number of warlike
instruments were discovered at the same time, consisting of
Roman swords, daggers, &c. &c.

WONDERFUL OPERATION.--Mr. KITE,
veterinary surgeon, of the Cam!, Salisbury, has extracted
the eye of a horse, and with it a cancer weighing 16;
ounces, which be has preserved in spirits for the inspec-
tion of the curious.

A friend of ours (not a very polite one, we
are sorry to say) was, with another dandy, blocking the
gangway into the Park of Brussels, when a person in a
plain blue coat passed between them, interrupting their
conversation. Our friend observed pretty loudly, "
that fellow, he's no gentleman !" Upon which the
stranger turned round, took off his hat, made a bow, and
said, very courteously, " Gentlemen, I am the KING !"
Literary Gazette.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.--Yesterday the last di-
vision of Prizes awarded by this Society, for inventions
in Art, Science, and Manufacture, took place at the So-
ciety's house in the Adelphi ; his Royal Highness the Duke
of SUSSEX in the Chair. Twenty-five prizes, in gold anti
silver medals and money, were awarded. Amongst Ow
most interesting of the cases which merited the Society's
rewards, was Dr. DowLEa's musical instrument, called
the Glosophone, being much smaller than the cabinet
piano-fot te, and partaking of the character of that instru-
ment and the chaml er-organ. As a specimen of its
powers, " God save the King" was played on it with
great sweetness. , Another interesting case was that of
Lieut. WILLIAms, R.N.—that gallant Officer having lost
an arm in the service of the country, turned his attention
to the formation of a pair of oars, to be worked by one
arm ; he succeeded, and the oars were worked at
the meeting. The next invention of interest was the
repeating stop for a naval sextant, by Mr. T. REYNOLDS,
who is quite a youth, in the West India trade ; by this
invention observations can be made with certainty at sea
during the night and in thick fogs, without the loss of
repeating each observation before the succeeding one can
be taken.—His Royal Highness congratulated the Society
upon the advancement of science, after which the meeting
separated.

Complaints of a scarcity of money have been
rather current in the course of the day, which appears to
take its origin from the large paymen•s at present making
into the Exchequer, attended with some reluctance on the
part of the bankers and great capitalists to make loans to
the same extent as usual, because they are in doubt how
far they may themselves be inconvenienced by that tem-
porary narrowing of the circulation which commonly fol-
lows these payments into the Exchequer. In this way the
mere prospect, or even the possibility, that money may,
become scarce, tends to make it really so. The inconve-
niences of this kind, to which the money-market is very
often subject in the third month of the quarter, has often
been discussed among the members of the monied interest,
with the view of finding some remedy for them ; and
among other expedients it has been suggested that the Di-
rectors of the Bank might usefully lend their assistance by
establishing a temporary office, in which money might be
lent simply on the deposit of Exchequer-bills for a short
period, just long enough to relieve the money-market until
the payment of the dividends. The expedient, which is
well enough adapted for the purpose, does not, however,
appear to be countenanced in the Bank-parlour, as the
Directors consider that their advances upon Exchequer-
bills ought to be confined to the Government alone, and
that the claims from private holders might become so
great as to increase the circulation of bank-notes beyond
what they could conveniently manage. It is contended by
the other party that this is a fallacy, as the Bank can limit
this as effectually as any other portion of its issues, and
could at all events scarcely be called upon for more than
had previously been taken out of circulation by the pay-
ments into the Exchequer, from .whence they can only be
re-issued in the shape of dividends. Some members of the
rank Direction are disposed to countenance the plan, as a
temporary one only, but they at present constitute, we be-
lieve, a minority of that body.—Times.

SHOCKING FACT.—During the proceedings
in a bastardy case, at the Rochdale Petty Sessions, re-
ported in another column, one of the most revolting facts
came to light that could occur to disgrace a Christian com•
munity. In order to raise a presumption that the woman
seeking to affiliate her child had become pregnant (horrid
thought !) by her own father, it was proved, and after-
wards admitted by her and her father, that the whole fa-
mily slept constantly in one bed ! But this is not all :
to deprive the circumstance of its singularity, the Overseer
of Spotland came forward and mentioned, that, to his
knowledge, there were no less than twenty other large fa-
milies in that township who had but one bed each ; and he
added, that, on examination, in the other townships in
the parish of Rochdale there would be found a proportionate
number of similar cases ! Nothing, of course, can be ex-
pected from this worse than savage state of life, but gross
depravity, and the degradation of whole masses of the po-
pulation below that of the brute beasts of the field.—
Manchester Times.

Eight persons have been committed to our
gaol, on the warrant of the Reverend HUGH HAmwrox,
charged as having been present at, and accessary to, the
murder of the unfortunate DOMINICK NooN, in lugust
1826, which must be fresh in the memory of most of our
made's. NOON, after having prosecuted to conviction one
MacurnE, for being a ribandman, and administering un •
lawful oaths, had sworn informations against a number of
persons for the like offence, and was kept for protection in
our county gaol until they would be brought to trial. In
the meantime it is generally supposed, that a conspiracy to
take away his life had been formed amongst the friends of
the persons he had implicated ; and to that end they in-
duced a young woman, to whom he was attached, to
inveigle the unfortunate man from the gaol, when, un-
happily, the stratagem succeeded, and he was decoyed to
his destruction. The body, after most extraordinary exer-
tions to find it, was discovered in a cave of considerable
depth in the parish of Bobo, within six miles of this town,
the skull fractured, the arms and limbs broken, the tongue
cut out of his head, and altogether exhibiting a spectacle
dreadfully appalling.—Permanaph Reporter.