The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-28 00:00:00

STEAM TO PRESTON AND LYTHAM

- , The LIVI. RPOOL & PRESTON SCREW STFAM
- , .• \ COMPANY will Commence Running their New
f. err. ~
• At) 71 ', oi, , Steamers, the
—......:.a... YOUNG ENGLAND.. 225 Tons..
Capt.RtMER.
LIT! LE DJ RIT .... 2_5 Tons.. Capt. WEBBER,
In Ja, e. with Gods and Passenvers.

These ves-els are built expressly for this stati n. and of extreme
light draft o water. to enable them to deliver their cat goes along-
side the quay at Preston at alrtimes.,2f the tide.

AGENT IN FRESTON—THO,4 MITCHELL.
AGENIII IN LIVERPOOL—M CLUNE & TAMeLIN.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL
AND BORDEAUX.
CALLING Al NANTES AND CHARENTE.
- The WEST OF F LANCE sTE A It NAVIGATION
~,,tv , .b.4\ COMPANY h ve now completed arrangements for
. AA, placing their powerful s earners
..f........0.., LOIRE Tons. Potter. Captains.
650. . .100 Wm RAM sky.
GARONNE.. 750 lOO DAVID A.Cuoos,
On this line very shortly.
'1 hese vessels are built specially for this trade, and combine
splendid accommodation for passengers, with great capacity for
cargo. _ _

M'CLUNE & TAMPLIN, Managing Owners, Liverpool.

STEAM COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM LIVERPOOL
AND LONDON,
CAT LING AT
PENZANCE, FALMOIP H. PLYAIOUTH, & PORTSMOUTH.
• , The LONDON & LIVERPc OL SfEA u SHIP
~
•t - . • \ COMPANY beg to a-nounce Their intention of
e ,
1 despatching oe of their powerful vessels weekly
•4„,.. • 4 from each port, as the trade may require, in April
'-.--- and May, v z.:—
Tons. Power. Captains.
ROSE .......... 650.... ..2:,10 ...... HIGGINS•
ANTELOPR ..1007 150 REF D.
FMPRESS FUGFNIE... 7:0 lOO Sistesorv.
TOWN OF LIVERPOOL. 750 lOO Jox Fs.
se vessels are all first-class, and have superior accommodation
zers, combined with great speed and capacity tor goods.
'g berth north west co ner Collingwood Dock.
THE ROSE.
^ horse povier—Captain Hroonvs,
Ir Slay. at 2 o'.l ck, afternoon
• Dot lin steam Wharf, I.ondon, on
9 o'i lock, night
o'tl ck, night
Matthews, Jun. ;
Po, tsmouth.
1 Pal lin

for passe,

LOaQk..

f 650 toss, 2a,.
Saturday.
Returning from the Liverpool an,.
nit relay 3rd May, a.
Saturday..........iLh May, at y
For treiaht. &c., apply in Pertzaree, to Jon.
Fa mouth, to W. Carne; Plymouth, to Robert Clad e,
to R. Hatch ; Low'r n, to James Hai tl y& Co Liverpool et,
Stea a Wharf. I ower East Smithfield, and 137, Leadenhaii.,
and in Liverpool, to
MTLIINE & TAMPLIN,
Columbia-buildings, Brunswick-street.
N.B.—Weekly Sailings will commence in May.

SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAYS

On Thnriday night a densely crowded meeting in aid of
these important objects was held in Exeter-hall, the Earl of
ShafteAtiry io the chair.

His Larelship_ in opening the proceedings, observed that
the present movem-nt was an offshoot of the early closing
one, which he bad been informed had made the streets of
London in the evening dark and dismal, but which he was
aware had brought j )y and light to thousands of families.
Legislation was not ent,mplated by them for the removal of
the obstac es in their path on the present occasion—public
opinion they believed would be more applicable for that
purpose. A difference existed between wholesale and retail
busine's, and though they might not immediately be able
to procure the advantages of their obji-cts for all branches
of trade, that was no reason why they should not for some.
The early closing had operated in the manufacturing
districts, he was aware, with admirable results. The hours
procured by legislative interpesilion bad been the means of
spreading among workmen a vast amount of educaion ; and
so far from trade having been injured by it, production has
been largely increased by the added energy and buoy-
ancy of the workers. The term " working classes" should
not be confined to those who used great muscular ex rtion ;
the lawyers' clerks, for example. were dreadfully
overtasked—some of them never having a Sunday even,
aid nobody needed manumission more. The tendency
of the age too was to increase labour, as in that admirable
institution the penny post, in which it is expocted that ere
long we shall have a delivery every hour. We should take
precautions against what was so usefnl to the country
bringing mischief to any body of her sons. As to the early
payment of wages, the noble chairman introduced the case
of a poor woman who, he understood, saved two shillings a
week by her husband's payment on Friday night instead of
Saturday. Such an arrangement would also remove the
temptations to Sunday trading.
The Lord Bishop of Oxford, in moving the first resolu-
tion—" That it is of vital national importance to have a
good
_feeling between capital and labour, and that such

would be greatly promoied by employers giving °pint,
tunity to the employed for moral improvement and
healthful recreation"---observing that labour was a blessing,
so far as God had ordained it, but not as greed demanded
it. The objects now sought would be chiefly valuable for
the young men, of whom there were 1.00,000 in this great
city at labourious daily, and often nightly, toil. We had
the blessing of Heaven in favour of the movement, for did
not Scripture say, " If one member suffered, all suffered
with it."

The resolution was seconded by Sir S. Morton Peto,
Bart, who adduced a business experience of thirty years in
favour of the opinion that the working men would use the
boons desired with good results to himself and the com-
munity. The speaker said he bad been through life
immensely assisted in business by self-cultivated men, and
we should afford the opportunity to the labourer for self-
education. In the public works with which he was con-
n( cted, labour was left off at four o'clock on Saturdays, and
with the best effects.

The next resolution, recognising the advantages of
selecting Saturday as preferable for the half-holiday, was
proposed by Mr. Roundell Palmer, M.P., and was seconded
by Mr. C. Cowan, M.P.
After some further observations from other speakers,
the meeting broke up with a vote of thanks to the noble
chairman.