The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-20 00:00:00

CO.I4IIINATION- AND RIOT OF WORKMEN

iN I'IIANCE. ,
The proceedings of the workmen in the valley' of Oreille,
near Ration, have lately assumed so serious a complexion,
that the C.nstituliurina of IVeduesday deems it proper tie
publish the following details, which were not generally
known :
‘• On Saturday, the to,i instant, there was a general.
strike (recent) among the workmen employed in the nitt.
nufactury of Baron Levavasseur, situated at Holden., Lt ,
the valley of Deville. This strike seems to have *oak
occasioned by the resolution of M. Levavasseur Lb .'
their wages. The fall in the price of cottons had
induced some manufacturers in the valley to • ...
same course, but others had not yet taken the au as. i
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consideration. The workmen of M. Levavimeur AO
submit without murmurs to the reduction. They we*
compelled, however, and from that moment the strike sp'•
pears to bate been meditated.
• M. leievaneur, in order ti' prevent tl,:e mischiefs *licit
might have had even a more TlClatcholy result than what
actually mirk place, yielded to the representation& made to
him, & restored the old rate of wages. lie tai bed only
to except from this conciliators measure, five er six of the
leaden of the mutiny. Thie etc-linen produced all thu
red conaequene.." which have oieurred. The :e okra who
we re thus excluded from the manufactory of M. Lever
vasseur_ipined over to their aids a considerable ponion of
I their fellow workmen. On the folios/tog clay. Mondayi.
I the riot was dangerous. The workmen broke the windows
i of the manufactory ; they burst open thee tiontitifAhr WOG
from the main rood, and overcoming force with, or, they
lat last went the length of tieing seteralshots, one of ith e r .
struck a gendarme, who has mace died of the mitt od. TIWs dee.
*fable mule rendered it nemsosry for the Atigliorkkit to
doubt the r tensity and their precautions. tr iait '
arrests have taken place. About an hood,
bare been conveyed to the prison of Rotten. Infainhatk.
lions are laid against them every hour, and fresh loiositif.
continue to be made. The Royal Guard is, as it were, elk. ~..
I camped in the valley, for the maintenance of the publisit. '
p.ace. The sto:diem are universa3jr praised for their pi-440.
dence and reserve.
" At this moment (8 oturelay evening), all appears quiet;
1 but every body is &trail of the two corning holidays of
Sunday and Nioneloy. A 3 the necessary measures for the
public safety have been t .ken. The publie-hoemes art,
ordered to cl.it.: at seven WeletA in the evening, and the
I most respectable tad influential ruanufacturen of the valley.
have been called span by the local authorities to give their
1 sasistance. We hope, therefore. that the apparent tan-
quelity which prevails from Malatmay to the gusto; of
Rouen, will resatne its lineal permanence. flee tire em-
stance only creates some uneasirees among the Wend; of
pub ic order. It is, that arrying di we woo ktuen there is a
emaiderablenumbev of diocharged convicts (fursats hbh es)
Ito whom the manufacturers gave employment and bread.
for the sake of humanity. It would nut be just to at-
tribute all the troubles and ,l". 1.11 to thew unfortunate
men, but it is their fate not to be wholly free from sus-
picion. Thie result, perhaps, may be ascribed to our
system of prism discipline. Our gaols, houses of correc-
tions and penitentiaries, are so constructed, that oven an.
innocent man is rendered a criminal, if he owe becomes an
inmate of theme. At present, all is tranquil in the valley
of Deville. Fortunately, the gendarmes are every *fiery.
and more fortunately still, the royal guard o 'mph') every
post. It is believed, that the man who kited the gendarm .
teas been arrested. He is teamed Cognut, but seser I
shots were fired.

" Sunday klorning—A fire has been burning for these ty,,,
holm, at a vitriol manufactory, at Diatomic. (Ilk is au
ordinary vocurreuce.)"

41111 SLIPS TRADE.
It appears by the following letter, inserted in the Stair
Courant, that the Government of the Netherlands strict'
enforces the manures against the S'ay. Trade:—
Pemassiano, lea? ti..
On the SA of this sheath, sentence eras pained Is the sane or Cc,.
AttorneyMenerni against Michael leseirlemen dad ?lent Marie :o
Wrapper, for having clandestinely lanperled MN Ale colon? •
nein, of negroes from the Cone of *hie. In naformite wi.it
a emulation of his Majesty, of 17th Ilepieske, MIL thee are
sentence:l to pay a gee of ',en Amiss, se iniprisooment roe flies
years, to the payment of On share of the core, and we Ai. ISC
Infamous. Hllfl4llitk Likings, Direeter of the pleatatin as fl.:11,
Bonham, at et 1.6 place the abates two poisons, one !If of am
negroes imported by diem, Wire take,' es dm filth Jimmy,
who was anneal as a t accomplice, has ben acquitted by the same
sentence of that charge, but condemn& fee hie Imprudent emtlice
to a Woe °ISAMU florins, to paynnat oleos third of the CaMs, and
the time that he hse been in cuelihemtat is to be accounted part of
his punishment.
us smitence decides nothing respecting the negroes, but we
boo. that imntediately after ti.ey wee takes they wens ploene.
at the disposal of his Lacellancy the Unernar, and have bin Le
been employed as feel latuiewen m the public satire In the suit.
of New Amsterdam.
In a preceding sitting of the Caen the famous cans was decided
respecting the camels, the seperennewomil the crew of the French
slave ship IA Login, captured I. W themes Cochrane •
and delivered up r our tioveramsel. My atateriee of 13A Ilan:
ILO, the sensed was outwitted ef the Amp of Imponiug micron
frees Africa tau this colony, we line ding to elm so a but the bri,.4
with the negnme,llde In amber, was antlered to be conveyed to
French calmly.
,Irhe supercargo, Jean Marie Ned, found 1111,611±,
however, to land muss of the nepose by sight is • plantatiu.:,
"thither he meetly retired with en el. a pit Papa, who wee pre..
bably interested is the cargo; they one, bovine, dimmer:d wren
the Repute and penlight back to raramaribe, when the sopercargo
was again tried foe imparting migrate. Moth DIM mil retie
was tuur.d guilty of rebels., sod banished Lam shim sou tute for
Ills; and the esninemetat sulliied by their accomplices is a:counted
for pane:Mint.
As a proof that the Cant powerfully potent' the dame against
the severity with which some austere me disposed le We these, oa
may mamma the promsdings lassitated against the Arlen et the
plantation of Ls boning, who had erandelowely ileilinaled • femala
slave belonging to hie Inman. Ile wee entened see be 00ou meal,
branded, and b ; and Ide three seeeeptine ha fine of 3. WO
loth% and baniebroent.