The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

MILITARY.

There is to be a grand sham fight on Roborough
Down this morning (Monday) coder the command of
Major-General bir H. G. Smith. Some thousands of per.
sous troin Plymouth, Divonport, S.onebousa, and Taffli
stock are expected to be present. The troops engaged ot.
this occasion are those stationed in the P:yinouth garrison.

(PROM FRIDAY'S GAZZITIL)
THE MILITIA.
ti=emmitions base been signed
gent., to be adjutant in the 3th, or Royal Eithorne
Rogimma eilladdleent Militia.
Atpew liehrod West. gad., to be erst Hen•enant in the Bid, or
=Ms & Mama of laddlero 1111111da.
Jaevelis paw, to be Inn lientersint in ditto.
Those Aram Brandt, gent. to be surgeon to the 3rd Regiment
of the Dsbe of Lansester's Own Mititia.
lama Cbmbers Ferguson, A.M.M R., to be surgeon in the Artil-
lalehterelit Gemsied ."1 I, geire'tii., to be segued lieutenant in ditto.
Laramie* Maim fames Tarim. to be captain, vire Twine, de.
ansia, m thaermaes Own Worcestersbire Megiment of Yeomanry
oa
al=le DOW Les Smith, gent., to be lieutenant, vim Taylor,
prearat, Is ANC
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s •
&herb Maas, psi. Iv he mots. Mr a Bathurst, Promoted, to the
BhuBSI-Karoirr LNII Istaistry Regiment of Militia.
Cam FreSsetat mash Vapor e, Bob to be lieutenant In the
bridgesh
Items Anse Hervey Bathurst, Pp., to be captain in the RoyalWPA *Ma.
. . .

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eta= el tai
.4nel eta gent.. to be Ann transmit, In the Royal Mlle
Carps at ltestestsfbahlre Muth

ADVANCED WAGES AND SHORT TIME
MOVEMENT.

The fine spinners of Lancashire, working on yarns
malaise from 30's to 300's, are making considerable W-
pm, in their movement for increased wages sad fewer
hours of labour. At Bolton, where, as at Manchester, the
Tan „Hours Act has been well observed by the employe,and applied to adults as well as the young, from the passing
of the law, the spinners conceded an advance of wages very
early in the preirnt struggle. At Ashton, Stalybridge,
Himmel, Hyde, and Mosley, the operatives fleet got an ad-
vanes of wages, and then struck for decreasing the hours of
labour from twelve or thirteen hours to ten per day. After
a sharp, but brief contest, they have been completely suc-
cessful. Saturday was a great field day for them people.
Flushed with victory (and secretly aided, it is said, by the
defeated masters to attack the others), they made an lave-
lion of the thriving district crossing the borders of Derby-
shire, Glossop Dale. The attack wail a peaceful one,
but nut likely to be inopera•ive. Monster trains slung the
Manchester and Sheffield Railway conveyed 2,000 to 3,000
people from the towns named to Dieting Vale, and from
thence they marched with bands of music and colours
flying to Olomep, where they held a melting with the
aid of the Glossop operatives, and passed the following'
resolutions:—

" 1 That in the opinion of this meeting, the rysteiratlc
violation of the Factory Act throughout the whole of
Glossop Delo calls for the reprobation of every lover of law
and order, and therefore, ea ten ►ours and a half per day is
now the time worked by all the neighbouring townships,
ensued in th. cotton trade, this meeting pledges itself not
to commence work before six o'clock in the morning, and
to leave off at six la the evening, having one fall hour and
a half out for meal times ; and we will a cease our ex-
ertions till such time of working is fully and fairly carried
into effect.

" 2. That from and after the bth day of June next, the
whole of the adult population of Glossop Dale will cease
labour stein o'clock in the evening ; and should any person
or persons be discharged in consequence, this meeting
pledtes itself to use every peaceful and legitimate method
to raise subscriptions fee their support, by appealing to the
manufacturers of Great Britain, who are obeying the law;
and also to the operatives, who are enjoying the benefits of
the law, and will continua so to do till all have found em-
ployment elsewhere."
A committee was appointed to carry out these resolutions,
and the speakers intimated that the masters of other dis.
tricts, who were undersold on the Manchester Exchange
by the spinners and manufacturers of Glossop, through
their hands working fourteen hours instead of tan for toe
more wages, would beck them with any amount of money ,
to pay the wages of operatives liming employment through
this movement. The meeting passed o 8 harmoniously and
the operatives from Manchester and elsewhere returned home
by their special wain at • late hear.