The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-10 00:00:00

OPEN-AIR MEETING.

A numerously attended meeting took place in the Orchard
on Thurday afternoon; Mr. Waddington presiding.
Mr. K. SMITH announced that the Blackburn burial
society contemplated presenting the Preston operatives with
£lOOO in Christmas week.,"(Loud cheers.)
Mr. COWELL communicated the result of his visit to Lon-
don this week ; but the purport of his address was to de-
scribe the meeting in London, of which we have already
given an abstract.
THE " LOCK-OUT" AT PRESTON.—We have now arrived at
the eleventh week of the " lock-out," and the sixteenth of
the strike, with but little prospect of an early settlement,
judging from the small number of hands who have applied
during the week for emyloyment. Subjoined is the weekly
return of the disbursements of the six committees :

Power-loom- Weaver.? Committee.

No. reliered.. Amount.
7825 Weavers, at 4s. each £1565 0 0
849 Winders and Warpers, at 4s. each 169 16 0
224 Twisters, at 4s. each 44 16 0
50 Dressers, at 4s. each lO 0 0
77 Weavers, at 3s. each
4 Hand-mill warpers, at 4s. each..
856 Helpers, at 2s. each
22 Reachers, at is. each 1 2 0
Spinners' and Self-actors' Committee.
821 Spinners and Minders, at 7s. each 287 7 0
838 Piercers, at 3s. 6d. each
796 ,Bobbiners, at 2s. each
_ _ _ .. ... . .

Card Room Hands' Committee.

1322 Hands, at 3s. each.... ..... ............. 198 6 0
24 Do., at 2s. 9d. each 3 6 0
229 Do., at 2s. 3d. cv h
286 Do., at 2s. e lt.ll 28 12 0
18 Do., at is. 6d. each
23 Do., at ls. each 1 3 0
Throttle Spinners' Committee
360 Hands, at 3s. each 54 0 0
38 Do., at 2s. 9d. each 6 4 6
26 Do., at 2s. 6d. each
7 Do., at 2s. 3d. each
1 Do., at 2s.
33 Do., at ls. 6d. each 2 9 6
Tape Machine Sizers' Committee. .
46 Hands at 7s. each l6 2 0
3 Do., at ss. each
12 Do., at Bury, at 7s. each • 4 4 0
Power-loom Overlookeri Committee.
182 Hands, at Bs. each 72 16 0

14,972

£2,820 8 0

Present week— number of hands
Previous week do. do.

14,972
14,299

Increase in the number of hands receiving relief.. 673

Present weeek—amount paid £2,820 8 0
Previous week do. do . .. 2,723 13 4

Incre Ise in the funds for the relief of the hands £96 14 11

From the above it will be seen that there is a large in-
crease in the number of hands, the weavers alone exceeding
the previous week by 466 persons ; their funds have, how-
ever, not only met this large demand upon them, but the
committee have a balance in hand of £156 ss. 7d., which
would have paid 781 more hands, at the rate of 4s. each.
The weavers' committee have also, we understand, this
week contributed a sum of £4O to necessitous cases not
included in the above return. The increase in the number
of spinners is 144, their committee have a balance in hand
of £57 7s. 9d., and have this week invested £5O in their
"local fund." We notice that the committee have been
assisting- several families to remove to other localities.
There is a small increase in the number of card-room hands
and throstle-spinners, and the former committee have this
week spent £2O 14s. as a gratuity to a number of hands not
included in the above return. Erom the same source we
learn that whereas, the total outlay in assistance in the first
week of the strike was, for power-loom weavers £BO ls. 30.;
it was in the fifteenth week £2027 12 Oid. The spinners
and self-actors, sametimes, £147 68. 101 d. and £595155. 50,
The card-room hands, same times, 112 9s. Bid., and
£293 14s. 6d. The throstic-spinners, same times, £8 6s. 3d.,
and £7O 17s. 4d. The tape machine-sizers, £6 135., and
£22 15s. sd. in the same times; and the power-loom Over.