The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-26 00:00:00

PRICE SEVENPENCr.

have taken that parcel, or assisted in taking apart of those
1,000 bags ; for I made no application -
I have not very lately in the course of my btleineassent goods
by the Duke of Bridgewater's conveyance ; buteicifven taw. I
did not experience ninth difficulty and inconvenience.
The third witness (still for the rail-rotid) is 111 r. WittoreleY,
lle, after stating most positively that the present means orc3n.
veyance are inadequate, and instancing among other caksatine
in October, wherein difficulty and delay had been.exnerienced,
says—" I cannot say if any of the cotton was forwarded by the
Leeds and Liverpool Canal in the month of October, 'atxr,
whether I might not have forwarded the whole of the surplus is
the menth of October by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ;"..
die same witness afterwards says—
I hare said, that when I applied to have cotton shipped
_by
the ordinary means of conveyance, and offeted to pay the same
rate, being fifteen shilinn, as the other canals, they cbjecteNl-to"
take them, unless paid' es
an advance of freight, but•l do ?id
know the feet.
.- •
• It is a strange way of giving evidence to depose to important.
eiremnstances,-and then to admit that the witness does net
know the fact. But still more important piece of evidence is
cliental from this witness, rear the conclusion of his examine-,
Lion : he says, " I do not mean there is an insufficiency in lines
of communication, tot there are not firsts enough," so that it!
srems, in all the witness has been saying with regard to the in-
adequacy of the means of conveyance, he does not mean that
there is the least necessity for opening new means of continua
nication between: Liverpool and Manchester; but only, tat
there are not a sufficient number of boats employed upon the.
canal. When a witness for the rail-road gives intOrmetiuti like
this, there is indeed no wonder that conscientious men like iller
K. Gordon and Mr. Celcraft should begin to hesitate. It seems
hardly necessary to have recourse to the evidence of witnesses-
for the canals, because the extracts which we have already
given, throw discredit upon the evidence of the rail-roads. Tn.:
witnesses have confessed their ignorance upon points essential
for them to have known, and made adinissiona which render,
their evidence altogether itngatary ; none oritie three were
qualified to tell whether the existing means oe._ct3naeyance are
adequate or not—because, they were either ignorant of theft'
existence altogether, or had never ascertained their capabilities,
and the last mentioned witness admits, that if new regulations
were adopted on the canals, the difficulties which he says do
exist, would then exist no longer.
To accumulate conviction however, we shall shortly refer to
the evidence of some of the witnesses, called on behalf of the
canals. Mr. DircnEssox says—
I never experienced any inconvenience from not receiving is
much timber as I wanted, nor do I believe there ever was any
inconvenience felt at Manchester in consequence of not receiving
a sufficient supply of timber.
Mr. EDMUND SMITH says, that 1200 tons a day might be
loaded and discharged at the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal.—
This is a most important fact, as It has been repeatedly given
in evidence, that the daily transit of goods between Liverpool
and Manchester does not exceed 1200 tons ; and there ure two
other canals besides the Duke of Bridgewater's at the service cf
the public. Surely after this, there is no occasion to go farther;
yet we cannot resist the temptation of still adding a fiTtle to dill.
accumulation of evidence. Mr. ASHTON MUItGE,;S says,—
" I do not know that I could from my experience, point out
any mode of conveyance, that upon the whole would be y.re-
ferable to that which now exists."

" 1 know, that per week, the present modes of conveyance
are adequate to the regular trade between the two towns
Liverpool and Manchester."
Mr. JOHN LEGLI says,—" I think the present tnoden
conveyance are sufficient, and will be more so when a little ala-.
ration is made, by putting on a few more flats."
Mr. WALTER WATSON says,—" 1 Lave Already told you,
we have as great a facility for carryil4g timber as we want.
cannot see how it (a rail-road) could. 4arry timber at all. Where
is the use of having additional conyeyance, when w& have sufE...
cient already." Where indeed is the use of it ;we c,anriot here'-
s better concluding sentence. It would be an insult to the un-
derstanding of our readers to recapitulate the evidence, or to
give any explanation of the nature of it. Re that runs may
read. In our next we shall proceed to consider the question is
some of its other bearings." •

COMBINATION LAWS.

BRAD
Our Summer Sessions comm,
the following Magistrates:—
MATTHEW WILSC
Benjamin Dealtry, Esq.
E. C. Lister, Esq.
Rev. J. A. Rhodes, Clerk.:
Thursday being our market-day, and the Piece:KO; •ig
which the Sessions are held, being consequently occipiett, tiie
Court could not proceed to business until near twelve. O'clock:
The inconvenience which this delay produced was severely felt
at the conclusion of the Session, it being within a Tastier of
eleven o'clock on Friday night, before the business terminated.'
The Grand Jury having been sworn, the Chairman inforthed-
them that Mr. Dealtry was desirous of offering them seine ob--,
servations.

FORD.
Lanced on Thursday lasg Wore

,1.4 Esq., Chairman.
Michael Stocks, Esq. and
Rev. Lamphigh if ird,

. Mr. DEALTA,/ then said, he wished to address the Jury,
because he had been enabled to acquire touch local infcfrma-.
tion on the subject to which he would call their attention. It
' was a subject of vital importance to the town and neighboit:-
hood of Bradford, and well deserving their most serious consi-
deration. He meant the differences at present unfortunately
existing between the operatives and their masters, relative to the .
rate of wages.
It must be admitted that the mechanic's labcur was a com-
modity which he had a right to bring to the best market, and
dispose of for the best price.
To regulate'their interests in that respect, the operatives were
at liberty to associate for the purpose of consultation, and to
adopt such measures as might be thought beneficial; tie,(oo4-
les*, they should be extreme cautions not to•exceed the litnits
which the law has prescribed.. Any attempt to controul by
threat or intimidation the conduct of
.others who might think •
proper to adopt acourse differeit from that of the general asso-
ciation would be illegal, and the Magistrate's would in that
event have the laws put into immediate execution, and the,pern
sons so offending brought to punishment. Ile would. recom,
mend it to the operatives anxiously to weigh the opitione
those to whom they delegated the management of their affairs,
and to consider whether the steps they have taken were really.
conducive to their general Welfare, They should be aware that
unreasiihable demands on their part might ultimately be pro-
ductiVe of ruin to themselves, If, by complying with those
inands,. the profits of the masters sl-oeld be too much reduced,
they might be induced to withdraw their capital, and employ.
it in other and more lucrative branches of trade ; or should'
they be compelled to raise the prices.of their goods, they .infehe
be unable to compete with the foreign merch::.nt ; in which
the purchaser would be driven from the market, to the Utter. •
ruin Of the trade.
,„ As to the masters, there Were several pcints to ,
would call their attention,' and he hoped that the spirit of cur -
ciliation would induce them to remedy, as far allay in 'their
power, the evils under which the Mechanics labcaired, a fewwhich he was about to mention.' It was, hi understood, the-
custom 'for many of the masters tO pay their men's wages, in'
public-houses 4 whisk led to drinking, and often 'p3 interhytei,- •
=CC -Much mischief was also caused by the masted requumg:
'their men to prOcure the change necessary iri thi payment of
• their wages, for which purpose they most liiiie'recoutse to tbe
public-house, and consequently be tempted, if not necessitated
to drink. Theie practices were a considerable injury the,
and- could'not be beneficial to the masters. It'svaS,
with masters to build small houses, with shops, which thei.lei
were ex
to persons in their employment, from 'whom thinaen, weve
petted, almost cornpelleo, to purchase the necesiarie'S of life at,
a considerable disadvantage, both as 'to' price anti quality.—
This, combined with the other causes, tended indirectly to .
crease the earnings of the operative. .
Another subject well worthy the coriiideti:iiin of the.Milisers;
was that of the contract entered into ohihe
whereby the latter were bound to 'give three.ivionthit to
case of parting, while. the termer were whOllY, free frtiniueli4e-
strictione: Tllis was surely unjtat, and perhaps upon a Strict
examination of the statutes, might, prove to be illegal: Zts
to be desired, that'for their own respectabitifj tt die.corignrr..
of their meet, such contracts would not hi Perie:tered'in Moe.
sentiments he whited; through the Jury,'to coinutiinicate both":
to•masteri and'Meri, and should they be reedited by both with
the same goocifeelink' in which they were 'offered,'he
of in anuidpating that mutual advantage Would eventually be '
the result.
eaThete
an
ro of thenatitdiet a
tvrieaitit upoiredivhinic.hd iwsposoulicp,
weof
pis of ordinary
con-
ceive, be wholly uninteresting to our readers.-{Bradford
C'c^ar;.er.)