The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

THE WAGES MOVEMENT.

MANCHEsTEL—There appears at present to be
but little probability of a turn out at Manchester amongst
the operatives in the cotton mills, most of the employers
who have yet been appealed to having assented to give
some advance upon the prices they have hitherto been
paying. In one case the advance is said to have reached
nine ptr cent. In the police force the attempts to replace
the constables who had given notice, are proceeding too
slowly to give much hopes of success. The whole number
that have presented themselves do not exceed fifty, and
some of these, who have already been put on duty, have
been assailed with cries of " kuobstick " upon their beats
and followed by children hooting after and upbraiding
them. In some of these cues it has been reported
that the men are very uneasy in their new poeb
tion, and have expressed au intention to return
home again. Most of the recruits are agricultural
labourers from Derbyshire and Cheshire, to whom 17s.
a-week is a alight increase of wages ; but the greater pro-
portion are Irishmen. There is reason to believe that some
of the members of the watch committee, and some of the
superintendents, have been trying to induce the constables
who have given notice to withdraw their resignations, but
are not very likely to be successful generally, minima or
some of the men have obtained situations as porters, and
other employments in the town, at wages of from 21s. to
2k. per week. The Leeds police are also offering higher
wages than are given by the Manchester police, and it is
probable that some few will be attracted there.
STOCKPORT .—The number of mills on strike here is 20 ;
the number still at work is about 10, but they aro mostly
small establishments. Some of the employers who have

closed their mills are very large employers-of labour, and
one of them was in the habit of paying 1,600/. a week in
wages, whilst several others paid 7001 to 8001. a week. The
result of the strike, therefore, is likely to fall very heavily
upon the tradesmen of the town, and, unless soon tam"-
sated, will probably plunge many) f themia to difficulties.
The workmen have had several meetings, at which they
generally expressed their sentiments with great moderation.
The associated masters, of whom only two have resumed
work, had a meeting on Wednesday, and on Thur.-
day they issued an address of considerable =
to the operatives lately in their employ, exp
their surprise and grief that they:should have taken this un-
fortunate step at the instigation of a committee. They bed '
imagined that the lessons furnished by the past el
Stockport in reference to disputes between the em
and employers on the subject of wages, and the
impoverishment of the town, had convinced thenrtri=
own welfare was inseparably connected with the saints-
stance of a good understanding with their employers. The
document sontenda that by remaining quietly at work they
would have obtained all they can possibly get by throwing
themselves oat of employment. They refer to the great tura-
out of 1829,and many subsequent ones between then end 1840,
created mainly by the agency of a working men's commit-
tee, and say that a greater number of failures of muter
spinners end manufacturers, took place in Stockport during
that period than I. any other manufacturing town, attri-
butable to the constant interruptions caused by the turn-out,
to the current of regular end profitable employment. In
1840 the association of employers was formed, which suc-
waded in breaking up the committee referred te, by securing
le the operatives the advantage of an uniformity of
wages throughout the town and neighbourhood, and
tbey invite the operatives now to discard the
urines, and to communicate freely with their own late
I==on the sated of wage,. They remind the ope-
t in 1844 the employers' society, after taking the
mewed the neighbourhood, voluntarily advanced the
we 6 per cent.; that in 1846 the operative spinners re-
another advance, when the STUMM were again
and the consequence was a further advance to the
igisairs of 6 per cent.: so that the workpeople thus ob-
tained. by a mere moist, and without the necessity of any
seilinsat or agitation, the benefit they were entitled to.
If lind Wee weaned a period of depression in trade,
wNi them to work their mills short time. The
susliseed their duty to keep partially at work, although
at wen loss, rather than shut up their mills and leave
Irk vrerk•people to starve. After that the rate of wages
1k11; end finding, on taking the average in the month of
January, 1848, that they were paying 13 per cent. above
the average of the entire trade, they made a reduction of
ten per cent. Though denying the assertion made by
the working men's committee that they then promised to
give back the ten per cent. when trade revived, they say
their promise was to the effect that whenever the averages
were improved they would advance the wages to the extent
of that improvement. In of this promise, they quote
their address of the 21st January, 1848. They repeat their
offer of five per cent. advance to the hand and self-actor
spinners, and of eight per cent. to the throstle-spinners,
and intimate that the operatives, by waiting the progress
of events, U wages, as is probable, should take a still fur-
ther rise, will reap the advantage, without involving
themselves or the town in the distress and misery of a
turn-out.

THE WAGES MOVEMENT AND THE BUILDING
TRADEB.—A lesson may be deduced from the history of the
introduction of papier-mac/din the decoration of buildings,
as related by Mr. Bielefeld. In the last century, plaster
ceilings, richly ornamented, were in general use, enrich-
ments being worked, or rather modelled, by hand in their
place. The number of skilled men being comparatively
few, their wages were large, and they assumed much conse-
quence, coming to work " girt with swords, and having
their wrists adorned with laced ruffles." Subordination
was preserved with difficulty, and ultimately these clever
workers in stucco, laying aside restraint, combined to obtain
what was considered an inordinate rate of wages. What was
the result ? Increased prosperity ? No ; the total ruin of
their art. " Contrivances," says the writer, " wereresorted
to by the masters, which soon supplanted the old mode of
working in stucco. The art of moulding and casting in
plaster, as previously practised in France, was generally in-
troduced; and the art of preparing the pulp of paper be-
came improved and extended, so as ultimately to render
practicable the adoption of pa _pier 'nisch, in the formation
of architectural decorations. Thus, at last, was extinguished
the original mode of producing stucco ornaments ; and
there probably has not been for many years a single indi-
vidual in England accustomed to that business." The men
must not shut their eyes to the fact that as the price of
labour is raised, so must the cost of building be ; and as
this becomes greater, so will there be less building, and
ultimately less demand for their services. The differences
now so constantly occurring between masters and men must
be very disastrous, and, if persisted in, will have the effect
of forcing capital into other streams. With the uncertainty
which now prevails, builders run great risk in undertaking
any large contracts; and some of them, indeed, have already
refused to do so,—The Busider.

SPORTING.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
Tnere was a very thin attendance at the rovn“ this
morning, most of the subscribers having left for B. yerley
and Hampton. The following were the only trans.ctiotui
that came under our notice :

NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
4} to 1 apt Goldtinder (t)
6 to 1 Colsterdale (t)
6 to 1 Chief Justice (t)
8 to 1 Coomberland Stathemon (t)
100 to 6 St. Andrew (t)
ST. LEGER.
60 to 40 agst West Australian (t)
5 to 1 Ratan's& (t)
6 to 1 Cineas (t)
DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Autocrat (t)

BEVERLEY AND HULL MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

HINOSTON-ETON-fit'LL STAKES, of 5 son. each, with 25
'sided, for all ages. About three-quarters of a mi'e. (0
subs.)
Mr. J. Osborne's Bridesmaid, by Sweetmeat, 2 yrs,
sst 71b (Carroll) 1
Mr. Kimberley's Saowdon Dunhill, 3 yrs, Bst 31)
(Charlton) 2
Mr. J. Marson's Min Chance (h b), 3yrs, 7st 91h. 3
Mr. Morris's Light of the Harem, 3 yrr, Bst 31b
(Barham) 4
Mr. H. Johnson's c by Cowl out of Lady Elizabeth,
2 yrs, Sat 10Ib (Ripon) holted
Betting : 5 and Bto4 on Bridesmaid, 3to 1 agttt Sanw-
don Dunhill. Woe very cleverly by a length ; three lengths
between the second and third.
DILIFFIZLD STAKES of 5 son. each, with 20 add, d, for
2-yr•olds ; colts, Bst 10lb ; fillies and geldings, Bst 6lb ; the
winner to be sold for 80 son. If entered to be sold for 601.,
allowed 4 lbs ; for 401., 8 lbs ; for 301., 14 lbs. T.Y.C.

. . . .
(5 subs )
Mr. Downes's The Uncleared (301.) (Basham) 1
Mr. Skelton's Whitenose (301.) (J. o.borne) 2
Mr. C. Spencer's The Merry Maid (301.) .. (Cowl* y) 3
Mr. Armstrong's Julius Caesar (301.)
Betting: 5 to 4 apt Wbitenose, 6 to 4 egst Uurleared.
Won by a length. The other two were beaten otl. The
winner was bought in for 41 guineas.
Itavaut.Er Cur of 100 soya in specie, added to 1 handi-
cap stakes of 10 toes. each, 5 ft, and only 3 if dec:ar* d, &c.
Two mile.. (34 subs, 12 of whom declared.)
Mr. I'Anson's Haricot, by Lanercost or Mango,
6 yrs, 7st 1211. (Charlt..n) 1
Mr. Shepherd's Alp, aged Bst (J. Opt., oc) 9
-. J. ' - fut 131 b (csrrird

, , _
Mr. Rowdon's Happy Joe, 4 yrs, J (earn....
7st 3lb)
Mr. Holtby's Rosa Lee, 4 yes, Est 161 b (40w1(1) 4
Mr. H. Lister's Criterion, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Kendal) 5
Mr. Saxon's Sir Robert, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (including
1016 extra) (Clement) 6
Mr. T. liesseltina's Lady of the Grove, 5 yrs, ist
(T. Smith) 7
Mr. R. Hepatitis's c by Fitzallcn, Miss Burns's
dam, 3 yrs, Est (Eels)holtcd
Betting: 6to 4 agst Haricot, 2 to 1 agst Alp, 7 to 2 agst
Happy Joe; 6 to 1 each agst Fitzallen colt and Criterion.
Won cleverly by two lengths ; 141110 between second and
third. Rosa Lee a bad fourth.
BISHOP BURTON STAKES Of 10 SOTS. each, li ft, with
50 added, for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C. (11 subs.)
Mr. John Osbornes Brown Brandy. Bst 12Ib
(J. Osborne) 1
Mr. J. Dunn's': by Ratan—Miss Martin, Sit 710
(Bumi.y) 2
Mr. T. Dawson's Diligent, Bst 716....(Templemati) 3
Mr. C. Spence's Cardsharper, Bst 71b . (Cowley) 4
Mr. H. Lister's Little Jem, Bst 71b (Kendall) 5
Betting : 6 to 4 on Diligent (backed for a good deal of
money), 2to 1 agst Brown Brandy. Won by a neck. Two
lengths between second and third.
BOLDSRNESS HUNT STAKES Of 5 SOTS. each, with 25
added. Two miles. (8 subs.)
Mr. Condron's Smuggler Bill, aged, 12st 416
(Capt. Ilaworth) 1
Mr. Gibbs's Nancy Martinson, 4 yrs, lOst 910
(Mr. C. Boynton) 2
Mr. J. Lamplugh's Latitat, aged, list 61b (Owns r) 3
Mr. T. Cunningham's Mire Hill, 4 yrs, list
(Mr. Greg.son) 0
Betting : 2 and 3 to 1 on Smuggler Bill, ato 1 agst
Nancy Martinson. Won in a canter by four lengths ;
same distance between the second and third. Mire Hill
pulled up and did not pass the chair.
LONDESEOROUOH STAKES Of 5 SOTS. each, with 23 added.
Mr. Williamson's Galileo, 5
One mile and a quarter.
yrs (301.), 7st Blb
(J. Noble) 1
Mr. H. Lister's The Cutler, 5 yes (300 7st 1116
(r. MaT100) 2
Mr. Wilkin's The Curfew, 3 yrs (401.), bet (Kendall)
. .

bolted.
Betting : 5t04 on Curfew, 6 t 0.2 apt The Cutler. Won
in a canter by six lengths. The owner of the second horse
objected to the winner, on the ground that he carried 2lbe
over-weiVrit without declaring it. The case was submitted
to Lord enlock (the only steward present), who declared
the race void. It was ascertained that the three horses
are in the same stable, and two of them are the property of
the same man. The horse expected to win bolted as soon
as the flag was dropped.
THURSDAY.
SCURRY STALES (handicap) of 3 sou. each, with 20
added. Three-quarters of a mile. (8 subs.)
Mr. Smith's Beau Brummell, by &noggins, 4 yrs,
7st 4lb (Charlton) 1
Mr. Gibba's Nancy Martinson, 4 yrs, 7st Sib
Mr. Down's The Uncleared, 2 yrs, sst (Dickson) 2
121 b
(canon) 3
The following also ran :—Lady of the Grove, Killarney,
Mary M'Cree, and Whitenose.
Betting : 7to 4 apt The Uncleared, 2 to 1 agst Killar-
ney, 4 to 1 each apt Whitenose and Beau Brummell, and 5
to 1 apt Nancy Martinson. Won, after a good race, by a
length. Same distance between 2nd and 3rd. Killarney
was 4th.
EMIT RIDING HANDICAP STAKES of 5 cove. each, with
40 added. One mile and a quarter. (25 subs.)
Mr. Saxon's Sir Robert, C yrs, Bst 61b (including 7th
extra) (Clement) 1
Mr. J. /darson's The Twin, 5 yrs, fat 101 b (Smith) 2
Mr. Barton's The S TTTTT or, 4 yrs, Est 131 b
l 3
yrs, 6st (Bearpa
Mr. W. Holtby's Rosa Lee, 4 91b (Cowley 4
Mr. Morris's King David, 3 yrs, Est Blb (T. Lyejun 5
Mr. H. Lister's Criterion, 3 yrs, sst 101 b. (Kendall) 6
Mr. Hesseltine's o by Fit:ellen—Miss Barns's dam,
3 yrs, sst 121 b (Carroll) 7
Betting : 5 and 6 to 4 eget Sir Robert ; 2 to 1 apt Sur-
veyor, 4 to 1 each apt The Twin, Fitzallen colt, and King
David. Won easily by a length.
WZOTWOOD STANDS, of 1 SOT each, with 10 added, were
won by Mr. Walker's Bravo, 6 yrs (h b) (151.), Sat 6lb (Mr.
Boynton). beating Mr. C. Bash's Fidelity, 4 yrs (401.),
lOst 91b (Captain Haworth), and 4 others. The winner was
afterwards sold for 47 guineu.
IDYLL Stain of 10 Nova each, h ft, with 25 added, for
two and three years old. Three quarters of a mile. (7
subs.)

Mi. J. Osborne's Bridesmaid, by Sweetmeat, 2 yrs,
fist 71b (Carroll) 1
Mr. C. Spence's Catherine Parr, 3 yrs, Elst 41b,
(Cowley) 2
Mr. J. Roper's Maid of Clifton, 2 yrs, Est 41b,
(Clement) 3
Betting: 3 to 1 on Bridesmaid, who won cleverly by half
a length. Good third.
STAND STAKES of 5 son each, with 26 added. Optional
selling weights. One mile (4 subs.)
Mr. R. Snow's Wintrenund, 4 re (301.), let 131 b,
_ (,T! N0..111.9 1

Mr. Wilkin's Criterion, 3 yrs (401.); 6et 1011 i,
(Kendall) 2
Mr. Sim 'e The Setter, 5 yrs (201.), 7st 111 b,
(Baaham) 3
Betting : 6 to 4on The Setter, 3 to 1 apt Criterion, 5 to 1
apt Wingenund. A capital race. Won by a length. The
winner was sold Sr 39 guineas.