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

THE WAGES MOVEMENT.
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MEETING OF THE MANUFACTURERS.
Yesterday morning a meeting of the associated mastel
of Preston and the neighbourhood was held at the Be'''
Hotel, Preston ; Mr. T. Miller in the chair.
A brief debate resulted in the unanimous adoption of
the annexed resolutions :
" 1. That neither the prospects of trade, nor the positio.n
taken by the workpeople, enables us to recede from, or
modify, the resolutions of the 4th November, 1853.
" 2. It having been alleged that persons willing to scot
work do not know where to apply for the same : Resolve
in conformity with the resolution of the 4th of November'
18)3. that public notice be given that applications for eU'
pleiyaltent will be recoived at'-mills now ctrisermittril
working day from ten o'clock a.m. till ten o'clock past.,
and that when a sufficient number of hands to enable 11°
to open our mills shall have applied for work, the committee
do forthwith convene a general meeting of the association.
"3. That this meeting do now adjourn till Thursday'
the 29th inst."
Copies of the above resolutions have been placarded'
with the following notice appended :

" PUBLIC NOTICE.
"Notice is hereby given, that in conformity with the
above resolutions, applications for employment will be re'
ceived at the mills now closed, on and after Monday, Sl'.
sth of December, 1853, from ten o'clock in the forenoon
till four o'clock in the afternoon.
" By order of the Association!'
Rumours were rife in the town yesterday that a breach
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of the peace was to be apprehended on the occasion
the masters meeting yesterday ; but as yet nothing he 6
occurred to indicate any disposition on the part of the
operatives to commit any outrage upon persons or Pro.
perty ; on the contrary, their conduct has been uniforroiki
such as to elicit the commendation of high authorities- a
After an open-air meeting of spinners and others, hel
in Orchard yesterday, resolutions were passed pledr
ing those present not to resume labour without an ntli;
conditional advance of 10 per cent., and to support tu
union. Similar resolutions were agreed to at a meeting
of weavers on Wednesday afternoon.

DEATH FROM CHOLERA.—A compositor of the nay
of Watt died on Wednesday morning from this distrla
ing disease. The unfortunate man, who was attack
only on Sunday evening last, resided in Vauxhall-tea''.
Lambeth. He has left four or five children totally tl°
provided for.
FATAL COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTHI%
TERN RAILWAY.—The following statement is furniv,,
by the authorities of the London and North-Weste,
Railway :—On the morning of Thursday, a serious tit
dent occurred on this line, near Birkhampstead.
engine of, the train, leaving Euston station at 9 a;rx''.
owing to the breaking of an axle was thrown off the 1111";
together with the leading guard's van and two follole
ing carriages. The rear guard immediately adopted
necessary precautions, and stopped all the trains folks ,
ing from London, but the up express train from Birtllo
barn, which was passing at the moment, struck,
guard's van of the disabled train, killing the guard ("'"01
Blaxey). Several passengers suffered contusions frB4
the shock, but all, with the exception of one lady,
invalid, continued their journey. The line was clot

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monument is festooned with triumphal garlands, ae`!„o
frieze is decorated with wreaths of laurel. In the sr-dj
which intervene are panels in which the sculptor inteilge,
to introduce medallion portraits of Gough, Ilarw°oo
Colborne, Sidney Beckwith, and William IsTapho,
historian of all the great deeds of the Peninsula. op
THE STRIKE OF THE BOTTLE-MAKERSOF THE TT or;
WEAR.—The bottle-makers belonging to 17 house' for
the Wear, and 10 on the Tyne, have been on strike 01
about three weeks The movement is for an advance,.
wages. The men, with scarce an exception, are infor a
tured workmen, bound to serve their employere,boso
term of years ; many of them at rates lower than are
paid by the masters when they struck, hence theid
liable to imprisonment for breach of oontract. The ntato
were advanced in the spring of the year by the 111 go,
—to finishers, 245. a week ; blowers, 20s. a-Nreelfjoics
therers, 17s. a week. The men now demand an au'iderd
of 4s. a week more, though, as above stated, a e°lso-ysl4
able number of them are bound to serve their eloPiyirt
at wages lower than what they have been rneenoicli
But in point of fact the men have been earning to tlie
more than the wages enumerated above, inasinno,!onecl
finishing of a certain number of bottles is ree"yer tbilt
day's work ; five days' work go to a week • all ° • - rate
quantity is counted overplus, and is paid for at !Jr vre
of 31d. a dozen. Now, with hardly an exceptie;lp
are informed the men have been making Sew' orione,h°
each weekly overplus for some time. Seven st Soli
who had struck in Messrs. Cuthbert's works t
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Shields, were sent to gaol by the inagis ears d
town. From letters received from them it all?.1;_,110., an,
rue the day they ever were deluded ispast „Fora
would be only too glad to get out, g
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TAILORS AND EDIICATION.—There use e
built and opened, in connection with a la_rg school iie
establishment at Newington CausewaY,;,B for
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lecture hall, and a library, together with I"nd the_`j
improvement and convenience of its workm%'"dgivere;
families. On Tuesday evening a working s:_evultill:eoo
a very interesting and sensible lecture on nresided Ise
the hail. Mr. Apsley Pellat, M.P., whUvvh.o WO
:by
the occasion, and the Rev. Mr. BinneY, exhibitsuoe,
present, spoke highly of the intelligen: conduct of.w_bi„
the lecturer, and warmly eulogised the h`,4,,,
who had been instrumental in establish.ing°ns Oft: td
an institution. It is to be hoped the into;
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founders will not be unappreciated pli.,stur,
classes, and that their praiseworthy Lau'
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crowned with success.
BE LIB faun'
NORTH LONDON ANTI-ENCLOStr id at oh doe
terday at the monthly meeting,
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the British ' eier
resolution, vesting- the lit:c.:.y
cr...e, or Ifile°
" whenever it should have no lir_
members mod to interest thews Iry me
and Griffiths,
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ibrary secretary,ll
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