The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

THE WAGES MOVEMENT•

MEETING OF THE MANITFACTURP_ItiI,
Yesterday morning a meeting of the associatedne
of Preston and the neighbourhood was held at Pe
Hotel, Preston ; Mr. T. Miller in the chair. ,011
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A brief debate resulted in the unanimous ade
the annexed resolutions :
"1. That neither the prospects of trade, nor the e"orr
taken by the wollipeople enables us to recede from'
modify, the resolutions of the 4th November, 1850'
" 2. It having been alleged that persona willing
work do not know where to apply for the same : Icobt
in conformity with the resolution of the 4th of NO,„f",
1853, that public notice be given that applicationsr 01;
ployment will be received at the mills now closed:01;
working day from ten o'clock a.m. till ten o'cleeNo:
and that when a sufficient number of hands to 00„...tr
to open our mills shall have appjied for work, the c°,131,-0104°'
do forthwith convene a general meeting of the essrtiil';'
"3. That this meeting do now adjourn till T"
the 29th inst."
Copies of the above resolutions Lave been Pc.
with the following notice appended :
" PUBLIC NOTICE. .4111!
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above resolutions, applications for employment
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ceived at the mills now closed, on and after go Vie
sth of December, 1853, from ten o'clock in the ,
till four o'clock in the at" By
ei ny oo
on. • 61'00
der of the Assoela b
Rumours were rife in the town yesterday that s •014
of the peace was to be apprehended on the °c 1,,
the masters meeting yesterday ; but as yet noti2011;
occurred to indicate any disposition on the Ps"oreii
operatives to commit any outrage upon persessiso
perty ; on the contrary, their conduct has been ascitiebdi
such as to elicit the commendation of high autb:ro
After an open-air meeting of spinners and othed 1;1
in Orchard yesterday, resolutions were pass top do
ing those present not to resume labour withea or 4
conditional advance of 10 per cent., and to suP,„6O"
union. Similar resolutions were agreed to at a
of weavers on Wednesday afternoon.

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DEATH FROM CHOLERA.—A compositor of ti
jot' ~I
of Watt died on Wednesday morning from this tool)
ing disease. The unfortunate man, who vos,o, of
only on Sunday evening last, resided in Vatyclallf
Lambeth. He has left four or five children to 0,
provided for. 0.9
FATAL COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND IC°l4forlii,l4
TERN RAILWAY.—The following statement i' WO
by the authorities of the London and North:o '
Railway :—On the morning of Thursday, a grid, 0,
dent occurred on this line, near Birkhampsteat9.e,oo
engine of the train, leaving Euston station 4/
owing to the breaking of an axle was thrown ol'olo I
together with the leading guard's van and V ntoiLf
ing carriages. The rear guard immediately 07(014
necessary precautions, and stopped all the tralll.girOl
ing from London, but the up express train frororti'elfg
ham, which was passing at the moment, sfrd
guard's van of the disabled train, killing the g° :0 ociOPO
Blaxey). Several passengers suffered cont 0010)
the shock, but all, with the exception of 00e of
invalid, continued their journey. The line 'sr if
about three hours.
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DESIGN OF THE MANCHESTER MEMORIAP ,boOrar
LINGTON.—The figure of Wellington occupie.as ;11, 7111. i,
and around are grouped statues of Lord P. . .
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Pakenhatn, General Crauford, Lord Lynedoehrited e 00
Fitzroy Somerset. The pedestal is suPP° nfStillid
angles by groups of flags representing thoffe,",A
(11 OF
Scottish, Irish, and Welch regiments. The "- il,
toy 1
monument is festooned with triumphal gale the
frieze is decorated with wreaths of laurel. eltoriliAie.
which intervene are panels in which the seoefpr
to introduce medallion portraits of Gougli,,,piers
Colborne, Sidney Beckwith, and William )9, *4/
historian of all the great deeds of the Felling° vts of
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THE STRIKE OF THE BOTTLE-MAKERSO. -, / h0....i il
WEllt.—The bottle-makers belonging to '',, etivoefi
the Wear, and 10 on the Tyne, have been °-00.9y,
about three weeks The movement is for an 010
wages. The men, with scarce an exceptionfoieff/
tured workmen, bound to serve their ertlPr tiew%ilo
term of years ; many of them at rates love ce th" A
paid by the masters when they struck, 11613 o%r
liable to imprisonment for breach of oontraot.4o 11.1_, ifP4
were advanced in the spring of the year bY: iceel*e_
—to finishers, 245. a week ; blowers, 20s' An eflti4
therers, 17s. a week. The men now demani, oi 01 lofr,
of 4s. a week more, though, as above statea 01NA
able number of them are bound to serve thene "104
at wages lower than what they have be,ooiog ea I), t
But in point of fac't the men have been 7:00eh,,,,f0,0
more than the wages enumerated above, io°: reclf!'er tPti
finishing of a certain number of bottles I; silo:or:0
day's work ; five days' work go to a week for at.oo,
quantity is counted overplus, and is pamexcepoto
of 30. a dozen. Now, with hardly a,_ll. Q. se.
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are informed the men have been roas•Yerv'en l'ipi,..)
each weekly overplus for some time., °_,_,lo, aP4 tri
who had struck in Messrs. Cuthbert s NT'.
aistrate of of
town. Shield Shields,
Fwreorme
Iseetntotrstorecgeaiovledbfyrotromema:ti,
rue the day they ever were deluded 113_.,d go
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would be only too glad to get out, fi,"
httelliA
again. rri.,„.re has ~A to ~1
TAILORS AND EDUCATION.—There a large chooof
tsatrPrit:og,:o#
built and opened, in connection wit
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establishment at Newington Causew.'n baths.,a tej
lecture
vehma lel
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tand d a
cloi
nb rvaernyi ,e
nt
co
eg eon's iiifon7g},
110,1
se nee '
~a
eadtiii
ti itiffieor,oo
families. On Tuesday evening a v.7°_re on selleo,lol
a very interesting and sensible lecture who pre
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the hall. Mr. Apsley Pellat, AlViney, wilibibitetloi°
the occasion, and the Rev.
*r.telligeoce :wet of, 0011
present, spoke highly of the m the cons° adoll, iiio
the lecturer, and warmly eulogised fishing
be intellho lii(?11 Ve
wanhoinhstaidtubtieoenn. instrumental
teontbael ihnpes:.allieldis7;
titi°l/8121fi4
founders will not be unappre ' ''
tbY /31)13 P i'
o_ w r ..- ,d,
classes, and that their praise
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crowned with success.
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iA at jet
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NORTH LONDON ANTS., he f
c' 1' ooPu of 0,
monthly eblu-' and aci 0 0
terday at the mon
yeretorY' ste 'Mese .0
Mr. H. D. Griffiths, the e at ITAllll'.,;sh..
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institution and its free library, 1
- in the Brir".iglielS"
resolution, vesting the li n hme, 0 ....e
" whenever it should • have 'u
home, Jo
members ceased to intereS taw'