The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-24 00:00:00

take' care not to go back, and we will not have the riot and
disorder that took place on a former occasion. The mode will
be restraining their own passions, and, as far as their in-
fluence goes, restraining the passions of those who arc about
them. This is the best advice would give. I refrain
altogether from stating which is in the right or which is in
the wrong ; if, in such a contest, there be a right or wrong.
But in giving .an opinion, there ought to he no compul-
sion on either part. _

The proceedings in connection with' appeals then ter-
minated. During the proceedings the court was crowded
to excess by male factory operatives, and one-half of the
gallery of the court by.females. When an important fact was
elicited in croSs-exammation by counsel, on a striking point
made by Mr.. Sergeant Wilkins, their enthusiasm could
scarcely be repressed, and on one or two occasions a burst of
applause, followed by clapping of lmnds

The femiles Ivor(

not least. energetic or noisy

PUBLIC MEETING OF THE OPERATIVES

At half-past three o'clock a meeting of operatives was
held in the- Orchard. The afternoon was fine, and no less
than from 5,000 to 6,000 persons were assembled. Mr. John
Brockhurst, of Stockport,. was called to- the chair.
The CHAIRMAN in opening the proceedings said everything
was proceeding satisfactorily for the welfare of Preston, and
they would have a subscription such as never came in before
to *hem

Mr. GRINISHA.W2 of Great Harwood, announced to the
meeting that they had that week made Lancashire ring.
Not a town, village or hamlet in it which they had not
visited, and in which they had not received subscrip-
tions, and they wopid roll into Preston on Sunday,
no less a sum than £2,000. (Cheers.) Blackburn would
send at least £500; Stockport £300; Padiham and
Burnley had made an additional levy of 3d. per loom,
in addition to supporting their own men on strike. (Cheers.)
Did they not tell them truly when the cotton lords of Pres-
ton closed their mills they would double their levy, and roll
in 6d. a loom, and if that did not do they would roll in Is.
a loom. They were determined to win this contest. (Cheers .)
The masters might calumniate them about leading the
people by the nose, but they would lead them, and the
masters could not help it. Public opinion was so raised
that the haughty cotton lords of Preston would be
be taught such a lesson in this crusade as they should
not forget for the next half century. The press declared a
few weeks ago that the operatives would beistarved to death.
They little knew the position of the operatives. They were
in the dark. He begged to propose the following motion :

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nufacturers of Preston have closed their mills for the express
purpose of starving into submission those operatives who
are nobly. struggling for a fair remuneration for
their labour, and to still reduce lower and lower the
operatives in the social scale, this meeting enters its solemn
protest against such proceedinbr, believing such an -act to be
unjust, tyrannical, and despotic." Where was the haughty
cotton lord who could deny they had closed their mills to
starve the operatives into submission ? If there was not one
to justify such a course, he was justified in saying, those
cotton lords were entitled to their emphatic censure. (Hear,
hear.) They were determined to have money by hook or by
crook, or England would be shaken to its very centre. The
cotton ,lords were in a dilemma already : they were dead
beaten. What had they done ? They had employed the
miserable. Dispatch, and the London Times, to write the
operatives down, to show the evil of strikes, and they were
distributing them wholesale in the manufacturing towns.
The masters might write as they liked, but the operatives
were determined to have the 10 per cent., and they were
miserably vexed because they had all the women of
England with them. (Cheers.) In Blackburn,
the operatives had resolved to deal with no shop-keeper
who had not subscribed in aid of the funds of the turn-outs.
(Hear, hear). The public feeling was at such a height it
was impossible they could be defeated. The masters might
give up as soon as they would or they might protract the
struggle, but they were determined to have the 10 per cent.
granted in Preston before they gave up. (Cheers).
Mr. LUKE WooD, of Stockport, seconded the resolution,
he showed that within the last few years that the value of
exports from this country had increased upwards of 19
millions, and he asked where had this increase gone ? surely
not into the hands of tne workinm. classes ; he ridiculed the
idea that the masters could :not afford the advance of ten
per cent., and called on the Burgesses of Preston to remem-
ber the first of Nov., and by their influence to prevent a
manufacturer getting into the Council. They should not
vote for any person who was not pledged to prevent a Pres-
ton manufacturer occupying the civil chair, unless the manu-
facturer was Mr. Godair.
Mr. CORRELL was the next speaker, he detailed the cir-
cumstances connected with his visit to Crew, Brighton,
Staffordshire, and assured this meeting that large sums
would flow froth- those districts.
Mr. Warrom of Blackburn, also addressed the meeting,
and the proceedings terminated.

einnonee vet nresents itself that an
amicable arrangement wince speedily come to uetween mas-
ters and men in this locality. Both parties seem determined
to continue the struggle to the utmost. Delegates from
Preston are now travelling through all. parts of the country
endeavouring to raise funds to enable the men to hold out
against the masters. During the past week, we learn. that
upwards of forty families have left Preston for other manu-
facturing towns, with a view of seeking employment. The
subscriptions, in aid of the turn-outs, from all parts of the
country is stated to amount t his week to £2OOO. Notwith-
standing the number of people out of employment, and the
excitement which must necessarily exist, the most profound
peace reigns throughout Preston, but the business of the
town is now feeling the effects of the strike, and it is much
complained of. The factory hands, when the weather
allows it, spend the greater portion of their time on the
marsh, in playing marbles, kicking foot-ball, and other
games, and they_have vastly improved in appearance, since
the turn-out. We give elsewhere full reports of the proceed-
ings at Preston, on Saturday. During the week five ad-
ditional mills have stopped. the following is a list of mills
locked up, and horse-power unemployed.

Horrockses, Miller, & Co., 347 ; John Paley, 167 ; T.
Ainsworth, & Co., 160 ; Paul Catterall, Son, and Co., 140;
John Hawkins and Sons, 115; Swainson Brothers, 100 ;
Humber brothers, 100 ' • Daniel Arkwright, 100; Birley
Brothers, 90 ; S. and J. Seed, 90; Horrocks, Jacson and
Co., 88 ; J. and A. Leigh, 80 ; Wm. Bashall, jun., 80 ;
William Taylor and Co., 64; Richard Threlfall, 61; Miles
Rodgett. 50 ; William Dawson, 50 ; J. and It. Walker,
50; Gardner and Naylor,',so.; J. and J. Ilaslam, 40 ; James
Naylor, 40; Thomas Mc Guffog, 30; Gardner and Rigg, 30;
Sharples and Wilding, 40 ; George Smith, 28 ; T. J. Gar-
rington, 26 ; Edward. Edge, 26 ; John Clayton, 24 ; Gra-
trix Brothers and Co.. 24 ; Lancaster, and Isherwood, 20 ;
T. Grundy and Co.' 14 ; W. Shaw and Co.. 14 ; Ralph
Worden, 10 ; Robert Almond, 12 ; George Corry, 10 ; Wm.
Seed, 10. .

NONV RUNNING, AND INTENDING TO DO SO.—Napier and
Goodair, 180 horse power ; German and Petty (flax) 90
ditto ; It. Gardner, 80 ditto ; Hincksman and Furness. (flax)
40 ditto ; Hugh Dawson, (new mill) 40 ditto ; Slaters and
Smith, 30 ditto ; W. Paley, 30 ditto • It. Goodair, 20 ditto ;
J. Williamson, 20 ditto ; Gardner and Welsh, 20 ditto ;W.
Boys, 16 ditto ; It. Miller, 12 ditto ; Jamac Calvert. 10
ditto; J. Gillow, 8 ditto.
RUNNING, BUT UNDER NOTICE,—E. Hollins, 59. horse
power : T. Blackhurst and Co., 20 ditto.
•• •

In addition to the above also locked up, are the following
mills : —Fishwick: Swainson, Birley, and Co., Richard
Riley. Ilra/ ton : W. Cavert, and Son, W. Eccles, and
Co., Messrs. Ashworth, Rodgett Bross. Farington :W.
Bashall and Co. Lostock, : R. Orell, Bagshall and Co.

Iti is calculated that the firms who intend to continue run-
ning employ about 5,000 hands, and pays in wages about
£2,600 weekly.