The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-21 00:00:00

THE BUILDING TRADE AND THE DISCHARGE

NOTE

(From tie Biniiiteghaat Post of We day.)

A meeting of the General Builders' Association is
was held mien*, at Nook's Hotel, Temple-row. There
were about 150 muter builders present, and the following N
11i0001114 other towns in the midland Gaieties WWI repro. lit
sainted:—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, N
Burton-ca-Trout, Wedasetrary. Nottioghana, Darby.
Leherter, Wilieehall, Coventry, Leamingtoe, Warwick,
Hanley, Burstein, Stafford, Stourbridge, Gloucester, &a N
The meeting sou celled for 2 o'clock, and at the au-
elusion of a discmion which lasted about three hours, N
the following resolution paned :—" That with a view to re
the settlement of the presser differme in the trade, the ft
muter builders are willing to withdraw the notice they IN
have given respecting the discharge note, and at once, ;
through their amoiatioo, to meet their men in order to N
settle all labour questions by the adoption of trade rules
and is use of say difference analog are willing to adopt a N
system of arbitration."
We are very glad that the masters have come to Ude si
moieties. They have tubed patilio opiate°, have found 16
la decidedly adverse to them, and have properly given way
—thus avoiding the loss, the odium, and the bitterness al IN
a protracted strike. We are equally pleased with the
latter part of the resolution, inviting a conference with g
the men, for the purpose of drawing tip a code of rules for II
the primmest of the trade. The men, we hope and
believe, will meet the employer, with a real desire to come
to an equitable eettlemeat ; and in this way disputes will
be averted much more wily and satisfactorily to all parties
than by each expedients as the discharge note on the one
aide or by strikes on the other.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MIXTINOS FOR THE 11
Pusamte Wax.—Mots* : Etomological, at 7, miniver- LA
may. Architects. at 8. Geographical, at 84, " Raptors- ti
tics of the North Pole," Captain Osborn. Taseday Ethso-
logical, at 8, " Civilisation in N. Celebes," Mr. Wallace ;
" Llamas Remains from Gibraltar," ProMisor Bask,
Engineers, at 8, " Port sad Docks of Kamilla'," Mr.
Hawthorn. Royal loatitution, at 3, " Electricity," Pro-
fessor Tyndall. Zoological, at 84 " New Birds, Angola,"
Dr. Hartlaub ; " Anatomy of W lisle taken at Grawrind,"
Dr. Musk. Wedaesday : Society of Arts, at 8, ' Beet
System of Extingnishieg Fires, Lambdas," Mr. Yeses.
Geological, at Faearstioa of Valleys by Ica," Dr.
Heart ; Order of Sucoession, Drift Beds, Arran," Dr.
Bryon ; " Mammalian Fatima of Red Crag," Mr. Lanke4er.
Archaeological Associatioa, at Si.," Beitieb Interments on
Lasoeshirsi Moor." Dr. Harker ; Potter's Kilos Silver-
dale," Mr. Mumma • " Notes oe Purees," Mr. Byer Kilo,
;
" Fainting. in Distemper. Church of Holy. Cross, near
Winchester," Mr. Baigent. Thursday : Royal Academy,
at " Architects," Professor Smirk*. Royal, at 81,
Autiquaries. at
_Bl. Royal Institution, at 3, " Electricity."
Profiesor Ty Mall Friday : Royal Institutioo, at 8,
" Results of Cuneiform Discovery," Gummi Sir H. Raw-
lissom. Saturday R3yal Inatitutice, at 3, " Nervous
System," Professor Marshall.
ETON COLLIOR. Yesterday the sixth form
reached the college. the assembling of the school being Ulm
isempleis, as the fifth returned on Thursday.
Ten STRAND MUOICK HALL COMPANY IN CHAN-
ma.—A potation for the winding-tip of the abovanamed
company by the Court of Chancery we. on Thursday
last presented to tits Master of the Rolla by the
European and American Finance Corporation (Limited),
of 64, Threadseedleatreet, in the City of London, and
John Dailey and Thomas Morris, both of 3, Piccadilly, Man-
chester, in the conety of Lancaster, wine merchants,
trading usdar the style or firm of Dailey and Morris, credi-
tors of the said company, and the said petition was directed
to be beard before the Master of the Rolla on the 28th day
of January rut.—Ere..
Imarass or DONATO.—The following circular was
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extensively issued through the Royal English Opera House
on Timidity evening, similar annoutioemente being affixed at
the doors :—" The directors have moth regret in stating
that they have just received the following eertifioate, an. e
Dooming the indisposition of Senor Donato, In emeequencie Ii
of which it ia quite impossible be can appear this evening. IA
By order, Jogs RUBSZLL, acting manager." Medical ow-
titicate—" 1 hereby certify that Mr. Donato Is in my pro•
fesaional treatment on account of a severe cold, sad that it ;
Is quite necesssr7 for him to stay at home for two days. H.
WCRIR, M.D. F.R.C.P." We understand Donato will re-
appear on Monday next, the 23rd high—Ern.
A NIGHT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGL—A strange
'oddest occurred at the London and North Western Rail-
way Station at Ingleton, one night last week. There are I
two statism' at logletco, separated only by the viaduct'
one on the Thornless side, belonging to the London and
North Western, and the other to the Midland Company.
Passengers coming by the Midland are carried ever
the viaduct and handed over to the Loudon and North
Western Company, and riee reran by the London and
North Western to the Midland. One night last week
a lady travelling ins a first-class carriage was brought
from the north by the 4.30 p.m. train, and taken over
Ia the nasal way to the Midland, iuteeding. as it after-
wards tweed out, to go to Skipton by the 5.30 p.m. In-
stead, however, of alighting with the rest of the passengers,
mite seemed to have been wandering in the realms of dream.
laud ; the supposed empty carriages were taken back to
the station, at the Thornton side, and then shunted off
he a siding to wait till wanted the following morning to
go Northward again. rho lady appears to have slept
through all the shunting, and afterwards through the night,
far she was not discovered till about 7 o'clock next morn•
beg, when having " found" herself, she called out to a
who was peasiog, " How aeon does the train start
poetess
kiptoo !" The astouoded porter soon perceived the fair
sleeper's position and conducted her over to the Midland
Station, where she talk her ticket sad departed by the
7.30 LW. tuts for Skipton.—Kendal Mercury.
INOZNIOUS AND DARING &CAPE FROM GAOL AT
Lmaaroot..—Throe primmer', M'Slume. Murray, and
Banks, all under rimmed for separate Grimes of a violent
and desperate character, contrived, on Thursday night or
earl y yesterday moraine, toucans from the main bride.
well at Liverpool, where they ware confined. Murray. it
is stated, had previously *fluted an escape from the Rain-
hill Lunatic Asylum. The three men were confined in
separate cells, but one of them contrived to break the
wicket, and elan to pick the look of the tall door. Having
got into the corridor, he must have picked the locks of the
two adjoining cells in which the other men were confined,
and after liberating them, the three men found their way,
by means of a hoist, which was being constructed to convey
food from the top to the bottom of the building (and which
was unfinished), to the baaement, from whence they
managed to scale a high wall separating the prison from the
fire station, and it is believed they escaped through the
wicket of the fire statism, which was found open. The
bridewell keepers were no duty as usual when the prisoners
got away. Yesterday, Murray was captured in a state of
intoxication. He states that 11'Shane picked the locks
with a wire. Bulks sad lUShana, he says, have goes to
Manchester.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC Ritettyrn. —The traffic re-
! espipta of railways in the United Kingdom amounted for the
week ending the 14th of January, on 11,786 miles, to
570.570!., and for the corresponding week of List year, ca
11.460 miles, to 540,4711., showing an increaae of 326
miles, and of 30,099/. in the receipt'. The gross receipts
on the following 14 railways amounted is the aggregate
en 8,297 (miles, to 465,9491., and for the correepood-
ing week of 1864. oe 8,045 miles to 440,0161.,
increaseshowing aof 242 miles and 25,9781. ie the receipts.
The increase on the Caledonian amounted to 7741. ; on
the Great Eastern to 2.2681. ; on the Great Northam to
1,&161. ; on the Great Welters to 3,5681.; eo the Lamosehim
and Yorkshire,to 3251.; on the Loadon and North Western
to 6.6341. • on the London and Brighton to 2,076/. ;
the London sad South Western to 1,6324 ; on the
Midland to 2,2631. ; on the North British to 1,4201. • co
' the North-Eastern to 1,2641.; and on the South-Eastern
to 2,5481. —t0ta1,26,617/. ; but from this most be deducted
5641,; the decrease on the Great Southern and Western ;
1351. on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
!eerie; the total metes.. as above, 25,9781. The goods
and mineral traffic on these Bees amounted to 273 5381.,
and for the corresponding week of 1864 to 261,5351.,
showing an incruse of 12,0031. The receipts for paw
seems, percale, fie., amounted to 192.456/. against
' 178,4811., showing an inaresee of 13,0751. The Male
meshes es 62 other Uses amounted, cm 3,499 mike, to
' 104,5761., sad for the eorrespooding week of last year, on
3,415 miles, to 100,4551., showing an Increase of 84 miles
' and of 4,1211. la the remise. The total receipts of the
past week show a Menem of 5,321/. es compared with
those et the pestling week ending the 7th instant