The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-13 00:00:00

THE MIKE IN TEE BUILDINO TRADE.

The rejection of the propositions recently sub-
mitted to the masters' executive committee of the Central
Association has, it appears, made the men more united than
ever, and active measures are in contemplation to wars a
tame complete organisation throughout the kingdom to obtain
aid to the lock-outs during the continuance of the struggle.
The masons, although separated from the conference, are
meetly disappointed at the =weir in which they have bean
received by the masters, and are determined to have no farther
onsuaratication with them. They will now receive from
their own puddles an allowance of 10s. to 16e. per men
weekly, which they consider will enable them effectually to
redid the masters.

No cworonnicatios was received yesterday from bir.Ayrtan
at the Parlors' Armco.

A deputation from the operatives on etas in the metro-
poll. attended on Tuesday evening a meeting of working
men in Newcastle, explained the origin and objects
of the strike, end appealed foe aid to enable the recusants to
hold out until their demands were conceded. Resolution/
inimical to the "declaration,' and pledging the meeting to
render the turn-outs" pecuniary and ether earistanos,
were carried unsaimonely.

STRIKE OF LOOMERS, IC., AT BLACKBURN.—In
oomph/me with a resolution peened at a recent meeting of
tamers, Scc., the operative loaner,. beenters, wieder*, sad
drawers, employed at the mills at Masers. Hobert Hopwood
and Eons, Nova Bootie and Croedold, end at the =Uhl of
Moses. Joseph Harrison and Co., Hight id, having on
Saturday completed their term of notice, and their em-
ployers refusing to give them the advance of wager., our
out on strike. It is, however, expected that they will get
the advance and resume work during the week. At en set-
: journed meeting of operaives, held at the Hostages Arms
' on Monday night, it yea stated that 14 alibi, largest firms in
the town end neighbourhood had already gives the advance,
and that 17 other firms had promised to pay the advanced
rate of wages on next pay day. In two other establish-
ments in the town the operatives were under notice, and
would strike work if the admire was not conceded. A
levy of Oild. per frame was ordered In support of the turn-
outs, sad the meeting urged them to be firm in their reload
to commence work until they had obtained the prices for
which they had struck.
A CAsn or REAL EARDSIIIP.—Of 100 silk-
printer., 18 stated that they were subject to complaints of
one sort or another; of 100 scavengers similarly questioned,
19 ands complaints; of 100 bricklayers' labourer., 2.5; of
100 carpenters, 26; of 100 brickmakers, 36; but of 100
bakers no kr then 70 IMO subject to diaries more or ler
rear'. The results of similar inquiries directed to ascertain
the existence of sever* diatoms' among diSereot cleanse I
of working men proved confirmatory of these statements for
while 10 ecnengers in 100, II bricklayers' leboarers, sod 12
silk printers had had severe attacks of illness, 48 per cent.,
or very hearty half of the bakers, had suffered in the nun
way. Bat a still more striking illustraion of the bnetul
effects of nightwark and overwork, under peculiarly un-
favourable circomstanme, on the health of the poor journey-
men bakers, arises out of a compariton of the baker with the
c• mpositor. Out of 100 compositors selected as being em-
ployed in tbesmalteet, clorest, and hottest rooms, one-fourth
were found subject to severe aware of the chest ; but the
fraction in the ease of the bsken, taken as they came to band.
without selection, amounted to lour-filth. Toe consumptive
cases among the bakers were found to beer to the same err
among the compositors the proportion of 31 to 12. It is
needless to add that the Journeymen bakers are very short-
lived. The journeymen bakers, thersion, are mere than
twice as liable to attacks of illness r the moat sickly elan
with whom they have been compered; Mee than tides as
liable alse to seven diessres ; more than three times as sub-
ject to sheet complaints, as the least fsvotuably ciromastenced
among the unhealthy clan of ooropoishors ; and nearly three
titre as subject to constunpttoa as they era—heetr'e
divans", for October.
ROYAL Plum HOSPITAL, ORAT'S-INS-ROAD.-1110
number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week
ending Saturday, Or. 8, was 2,402, of which 749 were new
ern