The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-09 00:00:00

THE WAGES MOVEMENT IN LIVERPOOL.

The agitation for increased remuneration for la-
bour still cantina's in Liverpool. Oa Monday the cotton
porters, who bad made an unsuccessful application for an
advance of 6d. • day, struck work, and have expressed their
determination to remain out until their demand is conceded,
and, further, until the muter* sign en agreement to pay
them:le. a day, instead of the old price, 3s. 6d. The have
also come to the resolution not to work for any one who
employs men who are not members of the Cotton Porters'
Association, a society which numbers upwards of 3,500'
members. The movement meets with the co-operation
of the dock labourer, upwards of 6,000 strong,
who have also struck work. The result threatens
to be very detrimental to the trade of the Mersey,
unless a speedy compromise be effected. The
employers, however, seem determined to resist the dictato-
rial spirit of the men; and, although the majority would be
willing to grant the increased remuneration, they are re-
solved to break down a combination which would pretest
them from employing men who are not members of • cer-
tain imweiation.—Yesterday only one ship in the port was
at work; sad at a monster meeting, held by the men at
the west side of George's Dock, it was intimated that =re-
mould be adopted to " pat • stop" to the few la-
bourers and porters who were employed at it. The letter.
carriers of Liverpool have petitioned the Postmaster-
General for an advance of weges. on the ground that
twenty shillings a-week is temilegnate to their repair..
menu, owing to the inertial price of provisim. as.
They cannot see, they urge, "My their brethren is Las-
don should receive • salary.olfilinm 6e. to 10s. a wink owe
than themselves, while it is Marinas that the eludes el
the carriers in Liverpool am, SI a whole, mule IleMelnls
and, consequently, of equal ringemeMillty to those •fLew '
don." Tb• application ha* Mtg deillei myths from
Viseount Canning, who, M flinghlls damns% ""that
having heard that it is the et aat UM littler
carriers to resign in • body, la do tight d ark ileleelial
not receiving the answer ',bay dubs. Ilbusb nab • sup
any Mae, the public to suffer bausssimma, ad elMel
him, for a time, to provide for the servisa at ea fameased
eget, he thinks it well to warn those whom" be is Mad-
vioad as to adopt such • mune, that usdarsedismabosse
will they individually receive benefit fres my now =-
reanimate'

Tns MrittoroureN Point Foscr--Yesterday a
eery interesting return (obtained by Lord Dudley Stuart)
wax printed respecting the metropolitan police forte. Is
four tears (from 1849 to 1842 inclusive) 72 dicers were
sent for offraces, by the oommiseionen, before magistrates,
and 242 by individual.. Of the former 18 were convicted, and
of the latter 96. In the same period, 3,141 officers, including
the number engaged at the time of the Great Exhibition mid
thou mat to Australia, resigned ; 970 were dismissed ;
624 were suspended ; 2,496 were fined; and 84 reduced in
rank. Daring the four years, 48,331 robberies were com-
mitted within the metropolitan police districts. The value
of the property stolen was 153,4922, and the value of the
property recovered we, 34.0322. There were 237,147 pee-
wee taken into custody by the force is the four years, of
which 146,982 were discharged by the ' tea ; 123,120
were summarily cesvieted or held to bail ; 18,046 were
essemitted for trial; 14,606 were convicted and mateseed ;
2.714 were acquitted; sad is 723 the bill. were sot fossil
is ad promised.