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the Nlagistrates ipperrid to hive Interfered with that circl-
e au and proMplitode which the protection due to the suf-
fering party appears to have demanded. The case of Mr.
RAISON displays, in a very strong and affecting light,
the •irretrievable ruin that most oftentimes follow these
• 'nett-iota' and desperate combinations. It makes tart of
the testimony of the witnesses whose evidence is mime-
thately before ns.

Yeti mai:Atte general want of activity.to the magistracy ; can
You fie on any other case than that of refusing to tulvertise the
AO% reward t—No ; we have no other case to that point, except
that *e hare solicited on many occasions for the interference of the
31agiatratas marten the riots ; and they have given civil answers,
but never have is en any saps.
Have any cater disturbance. between masters and men taken
• "lave en IsverptialP—Fesquently, with regard to shipwrights.
What has I,ecn the nature of those disturbances between the
shipwrights knd their masters?—ln June, 11120, there was em.l
ployeal at a shißealled the Milo, one man in a state of inebriety in
:the morning ; Mr. Grayson went up to him and told him he must
retire from his work; he waa not tit to do his bovines.; and the
other men came up and said—if lie gots we all go. Mr. Grayson
Acid, he was not fit to remain, and should go, whaterec was the
comer:mice ; and they all left work.
„. pow many men might there be ?—About forty. They all weer
an the quay; he waited till the afternoon, and then went and asked
them whether they would go to work ? They said, he had lathr
baakpit np with at man. He would not speak to him upon the
tabaoet; and Mr. Grayson was obliged, in consequmee, to take his
apprentices and complete the job without their asshtance, and suf.
.16_0 no further from that.

Did thtao coca return to work with him on any subuquent or-
iasion 7—Yea.

Without any explanation or understanding having taking
fiat ?—Yes.
lie considered that they merely left him for that job ?—Ycs.
Did he take back that drunken man afterwards ?—Yes ; but not
on that
What space of time elapsed from the time they left his job nn
the Milo, until he employed them un the second jab?—Perhaps
it might hare been on the following week or fortnight ; this man
was always pushed in his way ; he tendeted his services, and Mr.
'Unman, for his own sake, was obliged to put hint on another ship ;
ate was obliged to yield.
further nodes was taken or that subject ?—No.
Was there any other ease ?—Yes ; the ship !leery. Mr. Gray-
son was then residing across the water, in Cheshire; he was waited
uppo by two of the journeymen shipwrights to say—that the men
would all quit die Henry, and to request his attendance imme-
diately. He came ard 'paw them, and said, " What is to eo
here ?'' Their answer was, "We are informed you have lump.
this job, and taken it by the piece ;" he detlied that in the most
solemn terms.

What do you mean by lumping ?—The taking the job for so
much money ; and if the men know there is any thing of that kind,
they will not work at it.
IT the men understand that a job is taken by the piece, they ob.
'ect to it, and will not work ; Shed is the line the ship car.
s...hkre club Aare ldid down. They consider that when the mar.
te-e have much interests* stake, they naturally hurry the work
ut:.: for dui: own interest. After his pledging himself that that I
was not the case, they said they had it front such information. that
they could not look over it : and therefore they threatened to drill
high tur env month, that they would not work for hint for that re.
riot'. And the consequence was, that he could not finish his job,
end hlessrs. Humble flurry, and Company, took the job ont of
hot bawds, anal completed tt ; and he loci all the hew it
litqfnuns.
D.J those men, who had refused to finish the job for Mr. Onty.
•son.inish the job for Humble, llurry, and Company ?-1(61, 'the'
Nkrt same men.

Could Mr. Grayson obtain any other gang to work un that ship ?
—0 o resold not.
J3'd he try ?—lie

Are tile Committee to understand, that the carpenters. by that
proceeding, prevented his finishing the work he had undertaken ?
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Aid that all the endeavour he could make at Liverpool, could
sot enable him to obtain any other men in their place . That is
;1... filet. We may add another inconvenience, that the merchants
et consignees of the ship suffering so much inconvenience, by put-
tiatotorc men on, refused to pay Mr. Grayson's bill, to the amount
ofetout 201 which is yet unpaid, it being an object with them to
finish the ship within a limited time ; the consignees were Wm.
Marion and Company, of Liverpool.
Can rem state any other case ?—The next was a ship called the
Capt. Cobb. In August, MI, the captain and the
workmen had some words, and he told them, that if they did not
do Deter work than thbt, he would take his ship out of dock, ang
go to the north. One aggravating word following another, awed
tote men instantly to break off; Mr. Grayson, not aware of it till
late in the evening, on being apprised of at, went to the dock ; the
men had remit:mitt, their work. The captain or mate, knowing
the laws of the men, had made an apology to them ; and they had
_ goie down to work. Mr. Grayson called the men on the quay, hew,
tag very indignant at the captain or mate's conduct, and asked the
tr.:n to be candid and plain, awl state whom they considend the
ma...er, whether he was so, or the captain of the ship ; one or two
imirodiaiely replied, that he did not pay the wages. It is too true
that the mercAentr pay the wages of the men in Liverpool ; and
we shall never have the control of our men while that continues.
The men said, that they considered the captain u their mister ; he
ea.!, `. Go on, lads, and I will pny you. The consequence was,
that the following day Mr. Grayson's apprentices were ordered by
• the men to march 6C, or they would not work.
On what account ?—Because he had an emolument analog
therefrom. The boys came to the yard, and he sent them back
vein, with a determination that they should finish the work with
the men. The journeymen, resisting this, they broke off
.fisr Mr.
(;.,aywn entirety, at all his other sends, and resolved they never
mould come to him again till he made a poblie apology. This was
.n August, • he then tried foe neuly the space of six months
so do witlint the;n, if he could, advertising to get men from dif-
ferent parts end plasm, which men, it is to be regretted, were very
..41 used and maltreated. .After being at an exorbitant expense in
wItMIO4I lbw men down, they were so worried, they we obliged
to reehe. Again he found his prospects
.quite damped, and that
to had nOhnupsist of doing any thing in the town ; be left the
totvo, and went to the opposite bank of the river, with a pledge
leotn tim 1i1C,111411, generally speaking, of support. The dock
osergim shut of water, the vessels could not all cone up, and his
vessels being principally Americans, he had none which would yen.
Luse to 0041141 011411 to him. The result was, that he seas obliged to
col: his ercdbloer together, and at their request he was brought,
fin• the Aar of himself and his fussily, to make an involuntary
„alsgiggys• his men, through the esedisnrs of the pub& press.
What has passed sines that ?—Before this apology was 171fitle•
lir: tiny= wished to Make another attempt to get a ship called
the flail, belonging to the present Mayor, Mr. Lawrence, into the
gnawing dock, having a number of men working for him (Mr.
Grayson) in Cheshire; they came over in a body, and thought
they might Foremen themselves, being so great a number. They
Lad the blocks all prepared for the vessels coming in the following
innaung. and to his great astonishment, the Li,.erpool carpenters
went and took up Muse blocks of his and thrice Act's all oicr, and
f‘e fuel tacos totally.

Whom do you mean by the carpenters?—The journeymen aMp.

Did they do that in the day, or the night ?---F-arly in the morn-
ing; be wits then apprised that he would be mopped by the men,
and a threat was held out that if his arrange men appeared at the
dads, thee, urntld nOrer. The conacquen..o was, they went to the
Mayor, 111 r. Leyland. and told him he anticipated great danger,
and requested his anis:once. The Mayor told hint very plainly
he could nothing tiU an injury was done; be said, many liven nrcre
'lady to he hamodeil, for he was determined to follow up the war
tore. The Mayors answer ea., " What dorm bother nolOr 1144 W
'4 tyros bras! reedit( some Mjary btji,re can biterfitte.," or words
to that effect. The result was, be was obliged to yield to the'
rashes of the men, and to glee up this to another master car-
penter, and the men all flew away; one was injured in one place,
anti another in another.

It is easy to perceive that a system so mischievotsly in-
terwoven with the operations of manufacture as this, must
be Utterly ciestructive to the trading interests of the MlA-
try, if it once became prevalent in the great manufacturing
miens. If the masters have no redress from the laws, they
have no alternative left ; they must give up their trade, or
capitulate. •We would willingly open everywhere the
market to labour, and leave the wages of industry to find
their own level ; bet we would not lav the commerce of
the eountry at the feet of the working classes, or leave the
capital of the manufacturer at the perpetual mercy of a
combination.

Pt SINYY ELECTION.—The stare of the poll on Tues-
da::, at eleven o'clock, was—for It. Stanton, Esq. 118;
1.1. Barclay, Ksq. 116—Majority for Mr. Stanton 3.
The Innkeepers and Licensed Victuallers of Tewkes-
bury have petitioned Parliament against some of the
clauses in the new Beer Bull. Perhaps it is not generally
:u.dastood, that the Bill alluded to imposes the enormous
additibnal daty of upwards of 44. per gallon. being at the
rate of full 130 per cent. on the best strong beer, and 20
psr cent. on mild or middling beer. We observe that pe-
titions are presenting from the Brewers and Victuallers in
:di parts of the kingdom, against the Bill.-11frefurd
Besides potter's-elay, we have heard that a fine vein of
ceretlent cad has been found upon the estate of Lord
Finley, at Wisky, and that a shaft has been sunk, and other
preparations.** making in order to turn this, as well as the
ales dismally to the lest aceount.—llerchrd Paper.
It is said Spring has been very ill with the quinsy,
at the Swan Imi, Reigate. We enderstand he is better.—
Bei4thes• Gazdtr.
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‘l'iluestlay last, a workman was killed at Brighton
Quarry, n4v Yolniont. His neighbours penciling part of the
101 l ih.wc On place where he WIS at work about to fall in, iinme.
dieuly apprised Jinn of his danger, when, naletivouring to make
1111 eaeape, he fell over a precipice of the rock, and lighted urn
his head. lie Ns left a wife and several children.—Catediritins
dif:ft. Mr's