The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

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TEE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST

des lazed with milk, could Dot be manilla from into
heaps. . . .

—The CHAIRMAN (in acknowledging a vote 01 thanks for
presiding) said that he trnstogi all would hereafter see the
mdvautages of the tardy. N,,w we weaned under a cloud
but be had very little doubt that it would blow over, and
that then we should go on better and man noonday
than ever. (Aplause.)
This essoluited the pee/Wall*

THE NOTTINGILLV LACE MAKERS* LOCHOUT

The following appal to the working-claws of
the United Kiwi= cm behalf of the Noteinghsca bow
Naked litissdly flecisay bee been extensively circulated :

Mow working r,—We regret being obliged to appeal
to yeah, amistaine at the present time, and at is that we
an secemilated so to do that we venture to address our fellow
marking men, end mike the present sppeel to their inn.,
pithy to amble us to frustrate the designs of our e.a-
players, who laveidaed themselves together for the ex-
EssartrPocc of effeeOng the extinction of our society, and
that means rensisiffne us at all timer ready and may
to any anummtef tyranny and oppreaion they cheese
to impose upon we to serve their selfish purpnes,regardless
of the moral and social evil such conduct produces on so-
ciety at yam, The origin of the dispute in queen," which
extends to three of the largest firms in Nottingham and its
vicinity, assumed as fellows :—One, Mr. Barmy, abated a
poetics el hie workmen ten per cent., and in some ors
more, end at the mime time Ire informed them that them
wore other bus who had been paying lees than himself,
and if the wain= meld cam the prices to be property
regulated in other Ibm• be would pay as much as any one
she he the Wade, led if only our could be found who wee
=ma be mead pay no more ; and, as it is Aiwa
to avoid abstamatte, the afar was thoroughly
investinabed by the eaecotive committee, when it was found
that Kr. Derrefe workmen worked under a different system
to the other lama, and were subject to nice, expenses ; but
to *add an disputes and differences the workmen in the
three firms in • namely, Mr. Berrey's, Wellston-
street ; Mr. s, Carrington ; and the Meters. Bur.
tuna', of Sherwood (the latter firm being managed by trus-
tees), all agreed to solicit their employers to pay the same
price, end to be allowed to work on the rue system, w-
eeding to the established rules of the trade. On the did of
July, se the workroom had received no &newer, about a
dome of them went to Mr. Berrey's warehouse, to see if any
eettlement could become to, but he was not there, and when
they returned to the factory they found that they were
i looked out, and that all the other workpeople had been
turned out into the street. Mr. Taloa. lucked out the
whole of his lace hands iudiscriminately at the MUM time.
A firm, whom name we suppress, to swell the numbers,
locked their hands out at the same time, but have since
taken them all back. The Sherwood firm locked their hands
out eta the 28th July. There art now nearly 400 of
all climes thrown out of employe:mut, not one-
' fourth of whom had anything to do with the dis-
pute in question, or even knew anything about it. There
have been no terms offered by the employers to settle the
dispute, but from the very strenuous efforts made on their
part to persuade others to follow their exaniple,it is evident
to us that they have commenced a desperate onslaught both
epos our labour and our privilegve, and ate determined if
possible to ruin the Lens Trades Society. When the em-
ployers were waited upon by the executive committee, the
only plea set up by them as a reason why they refused to
comply with the men's request was because some of them
had leen earning thirty shillings per week and upwards.
We admit that a very smallportion of the hands Eitel earn
that sum, but they were skilled workmen, and had to per.
form a vast amount of labour, from four ecluck in the
morning until twelve at night, taking shifts alter-
nately. The lam machine, being one of the
meet complicated pieces of machinery in the
world, requires a vast amount of study and practice for a
workman to become proficient ; and in consequence of the
*unties effect both of untimely hours and the glaring
ligut required in the evening, very few can work at the
Lead.: more than 30 years ; therefore, we say, the lace
makers ought to be well remunerated for their labour
during the time they have capabilities to work. But to
enlighten them unacquainted with the lace trade we submit
the tullowing information :—All lace is made by piece work,
or what is called a rack, the operatives' wages ranging from
about 1:a. to Ak. ear week each, more or lea according to
their ability, mid the quality of the machine they by chance
have to work, said for this amount of money two men, or
man and boy, have to work hours per day. We beg to
call your attention to the following extract, which ap-
peared in the New Qtraeteriy rovolv of April last, and
taken from the report of one of the government cow-
missiosers who was sent by the Secretary of State to inves-
t*te the system the factory operatives worked under :
"The hos trade, as a whole, comprehends a variety of occu-
pation, mid employs about 35,U00 Lauds. Laos, both
• warp' and 'twist, is first made in the factories by @team
machines, which are closely watched by men or boys. This
is the hist and chief process, sad it is in these factory work.
rooms, full of foul vapours, in a temperature of 7.1 and 80
degrees of beat, that child:ea hem the age of seven or eight
year., with women and young penes's, are employed twelve,
attain, mid twenty hours aoley, ,as wiudera," threader.,
end jecLers-off.' labours ',hien it would be tedious to de-
scribe in detail It is here that the great primary evil which
taints all other branches the trade is to bedstected. We
mesa the system of unrestricted and irregular labour. The
;mend rule of lace factories is, that the engine runs front
t.ar a.m. till midnight, except, on Friday, when it runs all
night without cessation, and on Saturday, whim it stops at
six or eight p.m. ; but frequently, when trade is active,
every night in the week is a briday night." The lace makers
being well aware of the misery rusting iu the factories, and
waking to ameliorate their conclitiou, petitioned parlia-
ment to apply the Factory Act to lace factories'. Pell.
teas aped by 10,4110 of the inhabitants were presented
L. the llama of Commons by Mr. Mellor, Q.r., M.P., and
to the House of Lords by the mat of Shaftesbury, in February
Lea : they were got up and supported by the trade's unica,
in coin, alien with the clergy and gentry of the town. Such
pee-et-shop were a dire whales to Inc menufacturers. We
neve had several inipurtaut strikes which have met a large
amount of money, but in each case the employers have
beets obliged to conic to an hoeourable settlement. Such
proceediugs have rendered our society very obooxious to
evil doers, and hence arum • determumtion to break a up.
k non the above account our readers will be led to suppose
that the lace makers are a numerous body of men, which is
sot the cam. Nottingham, the chief seat of the trade,
numbers about 1,74.10 members in the society ; but there are
other large lace factories away from Nottingham, none of
the workini uof which belting to the trade'e society. The levy
which is row being paid by our meridiem is Is. per week ;
but through the greet depresion in the lace trade, which
has existed for more than three years, there is not anything
like oar quarter of our members who are in full work, and
I a lulls number have only half work—litany only miser two
days' work per week, while there are number, out alto-
gether. Notwithetaudiug the privations which many of
oar fellow-unionists have to suffer, we are happy to say
they seem determined. every man, to pay he shilling,
being well aware of the c-asequences, should the society
fail. But it must not fail : and we say, with the sestet.
mos of our fellowcourstrymen, it cannot fail. And we
most emphatically call upon all trades' societies to
arouse themselves to their pootion, mad assist us
in the maintenance cf our rights sad liberties,
and show thet you are detenniaed to euppo t
three who are prepared to sacrifice their all fur the rights
and dignity of labour. Bat why need we fear! We know
that en twiny occasions we have assisted others when they
have lam oppressed—none have ever appealed in vain ; we
Love always lent a helping hand in the tuns of seed • thea
suffer not the unscrupulous capitalist. to rein our little bat
well organ:led society ; acd we faithfully promise, should
cry society to placed in similar difficulties, they way de-
pend upon our most .t.inguine support. We now leave our
cs.,e in your hands, trusting that the working classes of this
c..ustry will support and enable the factory operatives in
this town to Aaiun for themselves a small portion of that
wealth ci rated by their own industry ; and be it remembered
that if the factory operatives fail to establish their position,
their defeat will be followed by • general reductiou of the
wages of factory operatives throughout the country.
We once more cellos you to show to the masters of this
country that you will not tolerate a system that will eke
mealy be the mesas of entailing on children yet unborn
a slavery of mind and body, brought abseil by the cowardice
of their pareuts in not demanding for themselves and their
children the inherent right of defending labour, which in ail
inetences has proved this nation's greatnea.

SHIPWRECKS 011. SoUTHPORT. SOUTHPORT,
AUGUST 24. —About one o'clock en Sunday morning we were
visited by one of the most terrific gales that have ever been
experieM-ed, suit which resulted in the stranding of two',
moils within a few miles of Southport. A vessel, mi.
thistly in distress, wan descried in the offing, and she ',one
struck violently ou the horn Bank—a d,angei oun sand, ou
which many cesualtisa have occurred -an.l having sprung
some of her timbers, she sank. Information having bean
Mom to Rockelitfe, the coxswain of the lifeboat, she was
rizi,cikeldy launched, and, manned by •01/10 br.ive hearts, pro-
to the ves.ch over whit& the sea was making a corn.
pieta breach. The ship's crew consisted ..f on, men, who
Lad given themselves up for lust, as thy I lid not perceive
the Melo.' until within about 200 yards of the illfeted
vessel. With some d!fliculty they were rescued from
th,ir extremely perilous situation, and the lifeboat
returned to Bouthport at nine o clock. The vessel,
which i.. now a t,-unplete wreck, in called th . Hope, of Dub•
lin, and was hound to that port from Runcorn, with a ono
of melt. We may add that the Lythem lifeboat, which be-
leap to the National Lifeboat Institution, alien put off to
the mewl, but having to proceed from a greater distance, it
was too late to be of service. About the same time another
vowel was awned to be in distress. She had been driven
ea shore to the southwest, about two miles from when
the Whitworth ;funs are stationed, end a bust Was imme-
diately placed on the trucks vacated by the lifeboat,
1
, and despatched along the shore. This boat was launched
end claimed by Mr. Richard Ball and a crew, sad proceeded
to the stranded vessel, which proved to be the flat
Britannia, of Preston, with • cargo of slates from Bangor to
`Preston. There were only two matt on board, and they
were re‘einad, and brmllit safely on shore. The Southport
lifeboat rateldishment having recently come under the
inasavment of the Natimal Lifeboat Institution, the men
iwho Performed these valuable terries will be rewarded by
it far the mane.

BOAT ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF SIX LIVES.
A COM*rodent of the North British Daily Moil
communist's the following :—On Sunday, the 19th inst.,
twelve individuals—six males and en malty feandoe—left
Lanvin and Rehm* inOhe parish of liGincertline, Rom
shim, with the intention of to the Tree Chunk in
the pariah of Criech, SutherLodahbes where the Abate-
ment of the Loam Supper was to be dimmed These
two parishes are separated by the Dernoeh Frith, and the
river OficiU. The party, instead of takintjare ferry, took
a salmon fishing-boat or cobs, which t comfortably
miry seven or eight persons only; and cough the wind
was high, the frith rather stoney, the boat overloaded,
and the sail too large, everything went on well till they
were about one mile and a quarter from Boor-bridge.
There it was considered expedient to take down the sail,
and while so doing the boat took in some water, which so
shamed some of the females as to cause them to spring to
the apposite aide of the boat. She immediately filled,
and appears to have more than once turned upside
down in a part of the frith which, at the time, was from
twelve to fourteen feet deep, and is considered 300 or 400
yards from the shore. All were thrown into the
water. Only two could swim. These were Donald
Umnhart, • sailor, sad Alexander Ross. The former had
his father and sister with him) the latter had his wife,
a me, and a daughter. On looking about him, Alex. Rose's
atimition was attracted to his daughter struggling in the
waves, He milled hold and attempted to save her, but,
after an weed effort, he felt that he was in the utmost
peril of losing his own life, without any prospect of saving
that of his daughter, a girl of 16 years of age. He was
mod reinetantly forced to let her go, on which he succeeded
is ewiemaing about 20 yards, when he found that he could
stand, though the water reached to his seek. Donald Ur.
quint% observing Rosie daughter sinking bead foremast,
swam directly to the spot, got hold of has, and swam with
her to her father, who could keep the girl's head above
water. Without a moment's delay, Urqulmrt swam beck,
in the face of a strong wind and id current,
to the others who were helplessly s for life.
Oben ring *female in the act of being en he made
for the spot where she disappeared, dived after her to the
bottom (12 feet), succeeded in bringing her to the surface
and swimming with her to her husband, for she hammed
to be Ross's wife. Up to the neck himself, Ross meaagsd
to keep the heads of his wife and daughter above water.
I Urquhart, with all possible expedition, for the third time
swam bravely to the scene of the disastrous calamity, dived,
as on the previous occasion, and now brought two females
from the bottom. With these he emerged quite close to the
boat, which was rolling in the waves, and to which he found
another female clinging, but in imminent danger of sink-
ing into the oolong water. She managed to g
hold of his clothes, as did her sister—one of the two rescued sod brought from the bottom—the other
was his own sister, who was in a state of utter unconscious.
ness. The noble fellow has no distinct recollection of the
manner in which he now conducted himself, but he led
desperately to bring the three with him to Alexander
With his lIIICOMICIOUS sister in one hand, and the two sisters
(Ann and Bella Roes) clinging to his clotUs, Urquhart made
the most determined and energetic struggles with the one
free hand to carry these to where the other rescued ones
IMO in the water. Without any human aid he succeeded,
although he was much exhausted and quite bewildered. Five
were still in the bottom of the frith—amongst them his
own father—but the brave fellow could do no more, and his
helpless sister demanded all his attention. Betides, them
was great necessity for making for dry land, as the sur-
vivors were getting very feeble, Hitherto none of the
multitude of spectator, who had witnewed the catastrophe
at various distances were able to render any easietance, but
when they were able their service. went of little avail. None
of the five who sank to the bottom were rescued alive.
Dr. Gordon was soon on the ground, and rendered
much aid to these who had been miscued, but all his
efforts to resuscitate Janet Urquhart proved unavailing.
From the above it will be observed that of the twelve
who were in the boat, six were drowned—four males and
two females —and among these the father and sister of
Urquhart. Of the surviving six four were rescued from
certain death by the noble and intrepid sailor. The cool-
ness, promptitude, energy, and daring that characterised
his conduct cannot be too highly appreciated, when the ra-
pidity of the current, the strength of the wind, the rough-
ness of the frith, the depth of the channel at the time and
place when and where the =amity occurred, and the dis-
tance he had to swim, act heavily encumbered, are duly
weighed.

tab) but lliaaut.

00IIRT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Avorsr 29.
(Bears Mr. Onnuniasneer Fonblanque.)
in as YZICUMON.
The bankrupt wee a bookseller, of Paternoster-row and
New-court, Middle Temple. Thu wee the certificate meet-
ing. He owes to unsecured creditors 2,3741. ; assets re-
turned at 700/. The profits had been 1511. ; losses, 1,0151.
(includinga loss on Braes Literary Advertsater and the Stier
PleChiciley was for the assignees ; and Mr. Brough for
the bankrupt.
It appeared that the bankrupt bad begun with & capital of
1,500 k or 1,6004
Hi Honour granted a AM-class certificate.

IN Ni JOHN HALM
The bankrupt was described as a merchant and contractor,
of Gresham Howie, Old Broadatrest. and Dinrsbtu7, York-
shire. This was the siWeg far choice of assignees. The
liabilities are stated at 44,0001., and the meets at a still
larger amount, including property of 40,4301. held by
secured creditors, and consignments valued at upwards of
10,000 t.
The following gentlemen were appointed assignees :—Mr.
Charles Watson and Mr. Phillip Chllibrend, merchants, of
Manchester, and Yr. Harrison, accountant, of Birmingham.
Yews. Bole and Timer are the solicitors.

SECONDARIES' COURT.—AuGusr 29.
(Before Mr. Sametkry Potter and a common jury.)

TROXAB V. DIMIL-BiZALCIt OF MONIS' OF MARRIAGE.-
11•10kOZO 100 i.
.

This wu a writ of Toqui;rioassess the damages, laid at
500 L, in • breach of promos of • case, defendant
having suffered judgment togo by def t.
Kr. Lawrence, instructed by Mann. Scarborough and
Alderson, of Bloomsburyequare, for defendant, said the
plaintiff was • young person 23 years of age, formerly iady's
maid in the service of a stockbroker, who had failed. She
was of peat respectability, and was compelled to come into
court to consequence of the scandalous conduct
of the defendant. Defendant had been • soldier,
and clerk to the military camp at Colchester.
He had been wounded in the Kaifu war, 'and
had received a pension of 2s. per day. In addition to this
he had lately come into a legacy of 6001., left him by an
uncle lately demised. Plaintiff and the defendant met
at • party, and the defendant was much smitten. He
had written many affectionate letters to the plaintiff,
and in one expressed a hope that he might once more
put " his arm round the waist of his dear Lizzie," and
give her the " first kiss of affection." After many letters to
the same effect, the defendant wrote • letter in which " he
was recommended not to
theme plain
ruent," and sup-
posed that " no doubt the plaintiff' would be disap-
pointed," but it would be all right. The plaintiff was
tether angry at that letter, and expostulated with
the defendant, who replied, " That be had not the
least thought of breaking off the engagement," and
tiltiLizzie to forgive him. Soon after this an interview
llace, and then the defendant said he could never look
upon the plaintiff in any other light than that of • sister.
De refusal to make her any compensation, and declared he
should defend himself to the last. The plaintiff's character
was irreproachable, and she was obliged to ask the jury for
such damages as they might think reasonable.
Mr. Green, librarian to the camp at Colchester, said the
Naintiff was his niece. Defendant had lost • leg in the
Haft war. This witness, generally. proved the love me-
tope between plaintiff and defendant, and deposed to de-
fendant's having told him he had lately come into a legacy
of 0001. from his uncle.
-

litier;eiirneane7l4;eed to the rine facts, and the learned
Secondary having summed up, the jury a:waded the damages
at 1001.

No one appeared for the defendant.

ME POLICE COURTS.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Mr. William Story, who was stated in the police-aheet to
bee merchant, carr.ving on his business at No. 36, Crotched-
friars, appeared before the Lord Mayor, upon bail, to ass-
ayer a charge of assaulting William Sheen, one of the City
police constables.
A solicitor appeared for the defendant.
The complainant, who hes the character of a very quiet,
wall-conducted officer, stated that on Tuesday afternoon he
was on duty in Threadneedleatreet, about four o'clock, and
wee standing close to the kerb-stone, when he received a
violent blow from a man's hand on the small of the back,
and turning round immediately be saw the
tidandant in the act of dmarieg his hued away. He
told him that he had acted very fQ.nbly in assaultui; him,
and that he deserved to he locked up. The defendant said,
" What for!" and he told him for striking him in the back;
and the defendant, in reply, said, " You are a liar." Wit-
t= told him he could not submit to be assaulted and told
that he was a liar, and the defendant must accompany him
to the police-statton. On their war there the defendant
invited him to take a glass of ale with him and say no more
abordthe matter, but he declined to do so. The defendant
was the worse for liquor at the time.
In answer to questions put by the defendrmt's solicitor,
The constable said he should not have pressed the charge
if the defendant had expressed the slightest regret for his
conduct.

The defendant's solicitor in answer to the com-
plaint said he was not instructed to dispute the
constable's statement, that an assault had been
committed ; but he was informed that it was
quite unintentional The defendant, who wee in company
with two or three other gentlemen, bad turned out of
Bartholomew.lare, and he accidentally came in contact
with the constable, but he had no intention to assault
him.

The Lord Mayor (to the detnitlant)— What me you?
Defendant—l am a merchant, and I think the publicity
that will be given to this affair will be quite sufficient
punishment.__

The Lord Mayor— You should have thought of that be.
fore you acted in such a manner. It is most disgraceful for
a parson holding the position of a merchant of the city of
Logsdon to be drunk in the streets in the middle of the
day, and I shall fine you ss. fur being drunk, and Is. for
assaulting the officer.
Defendant— My lord, I would much rather pat the money
into the poor-box, if you would allow me, than be tined five
'hillier for being drunk.
The Lord Mayor—l dare say you would; but you should
have thought of the odium that was attached to it before
you cooducted yourself as you did. I shall not alter my
The defendant then paid the money, and as he left the
molt addressed the Lord Mayor and said, " The next time
I meet you, my lonl, I hope it will be in better coni-
PAY." (A lough.)
Dennis Brine, a costermonger, Was charged with as-
malting Frederick Sheen. a City prilieeman.
It appeared that the complainant was on duty in Cheap-
side on the previous day, when he saw the defendant
fighting with another man, node large crowd had assembled.
He tried to induce him to go away, but he was very violent,
and told the policeman he had better not touch him as be
had had twelve months already for nearly killing a police-
man. When the cuustable bad hold of him be made a
violent resistance, and repeatedly tried to inflict dangerous
injury upon the complainant and another constable named
Benham, who came to his assistance, and it required the
aid of four constables to convey the defendant to the police.
station. As they were going along the prisoner made ILA,
of the most desperate threata, and said that if he had a
knife he would stick it into the complainant and his brother
*mutable.

The Lord Mayor inquired whether it was true that the
defendant bad auticied twelve months' imprisonment for an
assault upon • policeman
Partridge the gaoler, said it was true. He was committed
from Guildhall for • violent aroiult, and was sentenced to
twelve months' imprisonment The prisoner was • very bad
character audit was his custom to come into the City, with
some of his companions, and get up a fight, and when •
crowd collected, 1101116 of the gang committed robberies.
The defendant, in answer to the complaint, denied that
he was in fault, ands* declared that he did not make nee
of the language that had been spoken to. He added in an
impudent tone that the police would swear anything, and
that they thought no more of taking a false oath than they
did of outing • beef steak. (A laugh.)
The Lord Mayor said he was • very brutal, dangerous
fellow, and he should commit him for trial for the assault
upon the constables, which would give an opportunity for
an adequate punishment to be inflicted upon him.
An application was made to the Lord Mayor under the
following circumstances
It appeared that the applicant had been robbed on the
28th of May of • 81. bank note, and he stopped the note at
the Bank of England. He sulrequently received notice
that the note bad been paid in through the London Joint
Stock Bank by &highly respectable firm in the City. He
had applied to that firm to know how they obtained posses-
sion of the note, but they expressed themselves unable to
give him any information upon the subject. Under them
circumstances be wished to know what steps he was to take
to obtain possession of his stolen note.
The Lord Mayor said he had no power to interfere in the
matter, and lie advised the applicant to make another appli-
cation to the firm, and if this was unsaccessfuL he might
possibly have • remedy in the county court.
The Lord Mayor acknowledged the receipt of various
sums from benevolent personF, and among them was one of
lOt. for the blind commercial traveller collected by E. G.
Uipron, at Edinburgh. Alai a sum of rif. trent T. S., for
the poor weep= who we. rob Led of her clothct at the owom
packet wharf. In this case it appears that the full value of
the clothes and money lust ha. teen subscribed through the
benevolence of the public, so that she will not sustain any
loss by the heartless rubbery. The Lord Mayor expressed
hie thanks to the benevolent donors in each case, and said
that be wished publicly to esti ess his acknowledgment of
their kindness.