The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-15 00:00:00

THE APPROACHING STRIKE AT MANCHESTER

Thie sodas ghee to the operatives at Manchester
by master spawn, which would expire last sight, were
the itheving : Mean. Maley's, Sharpe's, Kelly sad Oil-
slag's, Esaisedy and Co.'s, Chaise Clarke's, Barton's,
Wood% med Chthe's and Pony's. The minden of self-
deissewrinsillstr...ll is all aim mills have expressed their
to lean work nibs: thaa inept the terms
letherod in them. A large meetiag ef then workpeople was
110 he Wilda eight, however, to farther °molder the solo
,ML Is the menothes a number of the operatives have
theelalled the homing address to their employers emu the
Sabha :
laseheeter, sow. li. lea.
Oustimmill selfailag Madre sad plums taper en-
lig. lert e Is edlezu.
IG• km mega to 121 bodes of a neadiso la oar
mom Dare Mae we beg napreathp m suggest the
swami of Megag ssaritar seam via., atemoinsey missibe la
the lime of waling say am Nas 0 holes la the mar. Wean
kap lam thet your tads besoonerany. Ism ungrellatie dung
Virmits Mire =1 ones a alp yea la any 111•111t1/0
a aa=a M=Rina es ids ewes et way. bat we sated' that
ammo booms alma
Dia so neekable that Mils ina in Mine yeenthes by •
zolosho of mew. Mere to us. Meth a« ll 1
alma et the lour et mum= . pm ar
ek
advisee Mean the a et atm I'veo ,
pea ma, gwe map Milhe moot el ass meanses et this
.demur, it same same OM It ma be of Moseleme so
you ge sto take Ma or sonaash a mid pempotke the sea
el Issdastisa. amilmen. we math eels yea that $ proem
roe 41 lee lam a aseuselso of yen and pas and les small
a ellth amain Is titbit/wary, and that the samba yin tad ans
aisteemlamt with amass muse) of madam the prima sae
adder. 41 Widish the peadloodee of the yen by rellnieg the
dm of wilehlog 2141 we In gate ready to do, as ream& am
=had. as as aid elisedes to it we ma see is that the
wag ase he Mowed la ear Marisa we sledge enesehes
ado& la me power te Maw our hileasersokmen al ewer MI
111116.117 11l inemeith Oar mean a eismag memo widek we
b=eZu.olee. honeene.awi ellielost kw dee easel eft ell aim
mein wa if we mom to sada seen farms IV
year eared rainotisa. lielostioa he awry Ohre Oleg the least
thonghta. I. tszatim who dreams of reastiou I For door we
sire pram Ss. lama of la ed. . • sager, U. hosed of ed.; sel
same domande askets Is peoportia. Yea amok thecae%
weeder that meaner to a redactim la oar wages, and we imam
Ally mom that you will are carry oat pow mom hat have _our
mese as they are.—vie remain, gootlemen, mat emeaully,
Val atoecerne amen 1110 Tacna es Toll lanoe.
Ile far seem be usertalaed there is no proposition Ia the
diarists surrosescheg Msuchester sating the agnomen of
blividag Ow example of Manchester by offering a taxation
to the imekpeople, although it is • well-asoertained fact that
thaw at the millowners ere working at great disadvantage,
ming Is over-production having rendered profits niL Oa
die plat there eon be no doubt, beams some large mill-
omose, having bees able to show their positioa to be a
Wing ome, ban recovered thole ehargee to the ammo tax
for too post peer. There are few of the larger millowsen
who WM sapped work but may of the email tees who
Mil elethei busier, during the prosperity of 1849 63, have
Erdend is some of the country districts owe of
isi=rforamed penny annw,bear of
m. temontotarozgi I
to solload Masa awing the last few months, and scam
of die mom mid Salina have imam chargeable to the
Oillith ha it ie Mad that few of the adult operatives have
appEod for relief, sad that to the credit of the working moo
gaserally there is ea &afloat:, to seek parish relief so nog
se they ein "acid it.
With reference to the existing feelings of the operatives
at the praiser time, the hllowhig extract from the Men-
theses: dessisiner hal Mass will be read with interest:
"Amon the Omaha theneteristics of this neighbour-
hood, alai in et the best answers to the cry of insulin is
the motathituelag districts, an these densocetrations of m-
oped, the spentaasess offerings of a kindly feeling, whisk
are is losemoutly ozonised by employed to employer. Tee
recent imarispe of the eldest daughter of Mr. Juba Wood,
of the It. of Wood sad Wright, of Clayton,vale and Beth"
bridge, gave rise to me of these genial gated riage ell
latierday last, when about 800 of the people engaged lo the
works, lnclsding both male and female, eat lows in as
excellent dinner provided by Mr. flaskill, Queen's has,,
New Ashton-road—a banquet which did the worthy beet
groat credit, and which was got up oat of a saleeriptioe
seabed exclusively to the operative', the onnegers,
and dirks of Messrs. Woad sad Wright. A. English-
ness is within without his dieser ; it is thee that his genial
amuse expands the more freely ; and a dinner under certain
eirmamanose is sotbiag without Its phew puddlog—a valu-
able eansodity, which cm the present oaission was liberally
supplied by Mrs. Wired—m in than 190 et &OM Meg
added to the riches of the board. A request to allow the
getheriog to be bald at the works having bees greeted by
Mr. Wood, the dinner took jams is one of the large rooms,
which was decorated with flowers and evergreen, inter
opened with numerous appropriate mottoes, whilst an egad.
lent bead increased the cheerful spirit that appeared to
aghast' all present. After the good things hod been haply
partaken of—for kindly feelimis generally accompanied by
good appetite—a &nineties from the party proceeded, ow
sompanied by the bead of Music, to Invite Er. aid Mrs.
Wood sad Mr. and Mrs. Wright, along with their families, to
joie the happy some. Os the arrival of this 'esteem oldi-
doe to the party, there was sothusiutic cheerios Mahe the
members of the twe fannies took their seats at the dais
provided. The shave headiest the three epriacipal tables
were taken respectively by Mr. Pollitt, Mr. Femininely,
and Mr. Bardeley, the manages* of different aspartame'.
After the and loyal toasts bad boon disposed et. the
health of the bride aid bridegroom was given sad rapeaded
to by thews that made " the welkin ring ;" this was followed
y' health to Mr. and Mr.. Wood and taally," which met
with as equally enthusiastic nowise. When at Inetediesse
had beet restored, a respeetable looking elderly ware.ained
Mark Gramm, a Woe printer, much esteemed kr hi
1 fellow-weans as well as by his employes' dme wpm ome
of the tables, sad looking anxiously towards the roma.
1 appisired for sse time unable to proceed with the remarks
he had needed to make; at length, in a gmint and mho
maser, peculiarly Lascasbire in "barmier, said :—" demo
tan
_ails me. I don't know what ; but something ails me.
I think Its gratitude, and I must speak. Fifty-three years
ego li wee boned appointee to Mr. Wood's father, as a
oe mister. I have been is his and his sot's service ever
athe. Man arm had better masters, and I hope they have
net hoed me an laworthy servant. My father aid my
thither waked far Mr. Wood's father helot* as. I've
worked foe hems. Wood sad Wright ; bat, at the same
Mar, I've worked for myself, sad while I've been working
he myself, I've bees working for them. Now, this is what
I all ' cooperation; for bow (null I have worked midf-
ield eniployen ? I've never wasted a good meat. I don't owe
a shilhag to anybody, and I kaireol a bad seat on my bath
bather. l'at6l3, I've worked for them, but I've been working
he smelt sad so 1 hops to work as to the end." This little
addisss, boitoorable alike to the speaker as to his ent
players, we and sanely say. set with loud plaudits, and
deso Mr. Wood replied in luggage, which affected eves
to tams many of those present, some of whom bad been in
his melee twisty, thirty, sad men forty years. The \smith
of Mr. sad Mn. Wright was also warmly welcomed, and
ether torts, to which 'espouses were given by Mr. Wright
sad Mr. fliddall Wood, BA., that would well deserve
mdse. We are forbidden, however, out of respect to the
hangs of the individuals. Oa the departure of the guests
there ease into the room parties who had been enjoying a
weereigvate samisens of good will in other noes of an
, wad the. the dues booms geseral, testing ft
bus til
dens edema. The aseesion will loag be kept is remem-
brance es ewe is while there eh nothing to Warfare with
a raised wejemamt, beaded upon a grateful Winne of
well areal WWI!.