They contrived to have two of the men employed by Walter as compositors apprehended as deserters from the Royal Navy.

The men were taken before the magistrate; but the charge was only sustained by the testimony of clumsy, perjured witnesses, and fell to the ground.

The turn-outs next proceeded to assault the new hands, when Mr.Walter resolved to throw around them the protection of the law.

By the advice of counsel, he had twenty-one of the conspirators apprehended and tried, and nineteen of them were found guilty and condemned to various periods of imprisonment.

From that moment combination was at an end in Printing House Square.
Mr.Walter's greatest achievement was his successful application of steam power to newspaper printing.