The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-07 00:00:00

THE ENGINEERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS.

No progress was made yesterday towards a settle-
ment of the deplorable dispute between the operative
engineers and their employers. It was mentioned in ye*.
terday's Express, that the Amalgamated Society bad
forwarded an official communication to the Central Associa-
tion of Muter Engineers, expressing a desire to meet the
executive of that body, with • view, if possible, to settle
the existing differences. The executive committee of tho
Central Association met yesterday, and took that communi-
cation into consideration; but, after a lengthened sittiug,
no conclusion, it is understood, was arrived at. The
council of the Amalgamated Society also met last night,
and, without waiting the reply of the Central Association
to the proffer of an amicable conference, passed the fol-
lowing resolutions
The council of the Amalgamated Sickly submit the
following resolutions to their members, and request that
branch meetings will be called as soon as possible, and the
votes taken ma returned to the council.

lit. That 10,0001. of the funds of the Amalgamated
Society shall be paid over to such number of trustees, not
lees than six, as are selected by the executive (such trustees
to be men in whom public confidence will be placed in
consequence of their position in society), and to advance the
same from time to time, to managers appointed by the
executive (such appointments to be afterwards confirmed
by the society) for the purpose of carrying on the business
of engineers, machinisue,
2nd. These advances, es well asothers which the trustees
may obtain from other sources, shall be secured by a mort-
gage of all the plant and stock-in-trade employed in such
huskies' to the said trustees who shall have power to give
priority to any such other advances over sums advanced
out of the funds of the Amalgamated Society.
" 3rd. The conditions of work under which such business
is carried on shall be such as are approved of by the execu-
tive of the Amalgamated Society from time to time, with
the view of giving employment to the greatest possible
number of members of the trade who are out of employ-
ment for the time being, consistently with the stability of
the business and the welfare of the workmen employed."
A message was yesterday received by the workmen from
Manchester, stating that, in addition to the three firms
before mentioned which had posted notice of their inten-
tion to close their factories on the 10th, the clime course had
since been followed by Messrs. Higgins and Co., Messrs.
Sharp Brothers, Fairbairn, Elce and Cottam, Marsden and
ILewis. The firms which harKneither posted nor given ter.
bal notices were M'Gregor anti Co.'s, Crighton's, Flochton's,
Galloway's, Gore's, Gad's, Lynch and Neglish's, Briggs
and Mather's, Mather's, Glasgow's, &he's, t aughan's, and
Beseech's. It must not be understood from this that it is
not the intention of these firms to co-operate with the other
masters, since they hold themselves at liberty to discharge
their workmen without any notice whatever. A communica-
tion from Bristol, stated that the firm of Stothard, Slaughter,
and Co., had determined to close on the 10th. The effect of
this step, on the part of that firm, would throw about 400
persons out of employ.
A very considerable number of the society's men are en-
in the different railway workshops and steamboat
factories of the kingdom. There are about 000 members in
the shops of the North Western and its branches, and not
lees than 120 of them at Stratford. It is stated that ono
railway company in the west of England had offered to
pay their men double time for Sunday work, and at the
rate of time and a half for all other over-work. Last
night it was said that a number of trades, representing
2,000 men, heel offered support to the society to the extent
of is. per week per man.

TILE CHARGE OE CARD-CHEATING AT BRIGHTON.
—LEive.s, TIM/11/Al.—ln the course of the proceedings in
this case before Mr. Justice Brie, at Chambers, during the
last week, Mr. Bill, the solicitor for the prosecution, inti-
mated to that learned judge his intention under the pecu-
liar skaraminese of the case of applying to the commit-
ting at Brighton to appoint the chief officer of
poltp o that town (Captain Chase) to be the prosecutor
instead of Mr. Hamp, and Mr. Justice Erie made the order
for the use of tho necessary affidavits for that purpose. The
Brighton magistrates being in *canons here to-day Mr. Sill
appeared before them, and having explained the circum-
stances which had satisfied them that Captain Chase should
be substituted for Mr. Hump, the magistrates at once ac-
ceded to the application, and Captain Chase was 1100014
ingly bound over in his recognisance. of 6001. to prostate
at the ensuing assizes, and Mr. Sill was at the sow than
desired to continue in the conduct of the proeecution.