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London, England, 1831-01-05 00:00:00

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other prisoners were conveyed to a neighbouring hou3
guarded by Mr. Johnstone, one of the troop, who fastened
the front door to render his charge more secure, but
°Mined to barricade the entrance at the back. The col-
lo and hers took advantage of this circumstance, and rushed in
almost to rescue their comrades, which they did to the great terror
as and of the sentinel, who was found armed with a naked sword
age of in one hand, and a glass of brandy and water in the other.
,f con- What became of the cavalry after this we have omitted to
ie suf- learn, but the colliers determined to rescue their coin-
me who Mimi in Wrexham gaol, and with that intention marched
e very in great body towards the town. But, before they
above reached it, the Magistrates had liberated the prisoner, and
iligent he met the mob as he was travelling home. They re-
-9s per ceived him with three cheers, and immediately dispersed.
pth of, NVEDNesnay.—The cavalry assembled again this day,
'nts oi and proceeded to Acrefair, where the Rims colliers bad
ifferere joined their fellow workmen and the miners in that neigh..
:loathes bourhood. There were several hundred more assembled
them, than on the preceding day, but they were principally
rs had miners. They showed no inclina•ion to riot or tumult,
I days but the Riot Act was read. Captain Morris, with the
pictu- most laudable activity, endeavoured to learn what were
eseettit their wants, and he acted as interpieter between them
shire), and Sir Watkin Wynne. Mr. Wood, principal agent to
1 who the British Iron Works Company, was present : and
family he had, it appeared, become very obnoxious to the
ge the workmen, by countenancing a Tommy shop belonging
.volent to the Company, and kept by a man named Chambers,
ge and at Acrefair. The colliers, in addition to their other
y cub- complaints, were loud in condemning the Tommy sys-
distri- tent, which they said reduced their wages to a mere
.nkets. nothing, as it compelled them to purchase inferior
point- Provisions at a very high price. Sir Watkin called
nicrip-, Mr. Wood, and asked him if he could comply with the
Wishes of the men, and abolish the Tommy shop. Mr.
r dim Wood replied, no, he could not. The men then said they
nice of bad another complaint against the shop, the goods sold
nuke of there being short of weight. Mr. Wood stoutly denied
rn the this charge. After a good deal of parleying it was deter-
a fes mined to send for weights and scales, and at the same time
e same fora pound of sugar from the Tommy shop, which was
Lich he Weighed in the presence of Sir Watkin, and found two
grace. Penny pieces short of weight. In defence of this it was
listrest atated that the sugar had been wrapped up some time and
h hail lost weight by the evaporation of the, moisture. At last it
to re• was agreed that the coal masters and others should meet
We on the following day at ten o'clock, at the Wynnstay Arms,
of the Rhuabon, where Sir Watkin would attend as mediator for
t more the workmen, and the cavalry returned home.
ry, for THURSDAY.—This morning, a great number of col-
Dui and here and miners assembled at Ruabon, in order to attend
of die. the meeting which it had been understood would be a pub-
do not lic one. There was a heavy fall of sleet and snow, but
race to the coalmasters were punctual to their time. After Mr.
to sal Pickering, a large iron and coalmaster, had arrived, six
idea of men were sent for, and they were informed that the mas
y and ters could not accede to their wishes, and they had better
return home. The six deputies retired and communicated
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it tees to the workmen the ultimatum of the masters, which so
reciatel enraged the mob, that immediately they rushed into the
Inn, with determination of revenge. Mr. Pickering, Mr.
neigiv T. Griffith, and Mr. Greenhow escaped ; Messrs. Parry
ad be, and Jones retreated to another room, where they had
being Pieced, for protection, twenty picked men from their own
tinted works. But Mr. Woods, agent to the British Iron Com-
a it is Piny, had endeavoured to conceal himself behind a
reed to hayrick in the garden where he was discovered and
istrigi, dragged out with great violence. The mob cem-
&let- rnenced an attack upon him, and we are sorry to say
aid re. he .was most brutally abused, and severely kicked.
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No other outrage was attempted this day. In the afer-
noon, Sir Watkin sent fur six of the colliers to Wynnstay
a tree, House, where were several of the master& He begged the
men to lay their complaints before him, and he would do
which his utmost in their behalf. The poor fellows made a full
,f re.. disclosure; they required 3s. per day for full and able-
rting it bodied men ; 2s. 9d. for the next ; and 2s. 6d. for the
can be third class. They likewise presented to Sir Watkin the
a mesa following statement which we have been assured is cor-
ictione. r, et, and excited no little surprise. We give the statement
t min, verbatim et literatim

nor no Gentlemen,-IVe will hereunder endeavrur to state
dal, before you the priuciple difficulties that prevents the k-
w and habitants of this parish to make a livelyhnod.
First,—The proprietors keeps up the royalty at the
same pitch, or rates, as when the produce was takeing
three times the present prices.
Secondly,—The coal masters contracts with us to rise
the coal for landsale at a tolerable good price (say) 3s. 6d.
per- course of 24 cwt. When a customer comes to pur-
chase 24 cwt. they will sell him a course of 36 or 40 cwt.
for the regular price of 24 ctvt. which is 91. then we are
robed of our due for riseing from 12 to 16 cwt. in every
load, and the proprietor as well for his royalty. To pre-
vent this the proprietors should appoint a stedv person in
every neighbourhood to take a dayly account of the sale,
and by so doing they will find the benefit shortly.
Thirdly,—The cottages in which we dwell are the same
rent now as when we were getting good wages ; we pay
in this parish from ls. 3d. to le 6d. per week for two
rooms, without one yard of land with it.
Now gentlemen we humbly and respectfully beg leas e
to state to you our request of wages per day, and the
difficulty of working every day.
First,---Our request 3s. per day which you may con-
sider to be eighteen shilling per week but the difficultys
which arises to prevent our progress are Ist, failure of air
which is an enemy that shortens our lives and has taken
many of our fathers to the grave. 2d, machinery braking.
3rd, an accident in the work such as a fall upon the
waggon roads which we are obliged to contend without
any allowance from our masters.-4th, the weather. sth,
waggon ropes, pytchers, &c. brakeing. 6th, a waggoner,
or a collier being absent through sickness, &c. will cause
a whole pit to play.-7th, in winter we work tolerable
constant ; but in summer we are prevented through the
dullness of coal sale, and many of our masters will not
allow us to rise a stock and many of us work no more than
two days per week so that an average Winter and Summer
our work is no more than 3} days per week.
This statement, as might be supposed, was read and
discussed at some length, the men affirming it was too
true to admit of any dispute. Mr. Rekering then drew
up a paper embodying the meaning and wishes of the men,
which he signed and promised to obey conditionally,—
viz. "if all the other masters would do the same." The
deputies departed highly delighted with their success, and
hir Watkin assured them if they could obtain an agree
rnent from their employers, he would make it his business
to see it enforced.
FRIDAY.—This morning it was ascertaine.l that Mr.
Wood, agent to the British Iron Works, and his family had
left Wales, and that the Tommy shop had been shut up.
The paper signed yesterday by Mr. Pickering, was for-
warded to Mr. Greenhow, of Wrexham, by one of his
own reeves for signature. The Rhos colliers followed the
reeve within a short distance of the town, where they
waited for a reply ; which was most happily given in their
favour. Captain Morris returned the paper to them,
signed by Mr. Greenhow and Mr. Briscoe, and so grateful
did the men feel towards Captain Morris for his active
exertions in their behalf, that they insisted in carrying him
in triumph round the town on their shoulders.
SATURDAY.-This day was market day at Wrexham,
and the town exhibited its usual tranquil appearance. The
universal topic of conversation was the distressed state of
the colliers and miners ; and every heart seemed ready to
burst with sympathy in their behalf, while every tongue
declared how deserving they were of relief. The turn-
outs were gone in the direction of the Black Park colliery,
near Chirk, and some persons were apprehensive that the
Oswestry Yeomanry would come into collision with them,
and that serious consequences would be the result.
Two meetings were convened by public advertisement
at Wrexham this day; one for the purpose of raising sub-
scriptions for the relief of the suffering poor in the town
and neighbourhood ; the other for receiving offers from
young men to form a Volunteer Corps of Infantry for the
preservation of the public peace. The first meeting,
heat in 'lithe Town Hall at twelve o'clock, was rather
a stormy one. Mr. Edwards contendel that there
were 300/. of charity money unappropriated in the hands
of the trustees, for the use of the poor, and it was absurd
to suppose the inhabitants would agree to a general sub-
scription, until that amount had been duly disbursed; and
lie called upon the vicar, the Rev. S. Cunliffe, to explain.
The Vicar said the meeting was called for a specific pur-
pose,—to raise subscriptions for the relief of the poor,
and not to inquire into any charity accounts. He had
been threatened with a bill in Chancery, if the funds were
riot properly appropriated at the end of the year, and that
period (March) should be allowed to arrive before the
officers were called to account. This unfortunate affair
caused a schism in the meeting, and very litle more than
100/. was subscribed.
The other meeting was held in the same place at two
o'clock, but so few young men came forward that the de-
sign of a volunteer corps was abandoned.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
On Saturday the Acrefair colliers proceeded to Black
Park, to induce Mr. Ward's colliers to join them ; but
they did not succeed. The Oswestry cavalry were called
out, and were under arms during Sunday; and up to this
tittle no serious tumult has taken place.

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The consecration of the new Bishop of Exeter
(Dr. PHlLLrorrs) took place on tiunday morning at the
Archiepiscopal Chapel at Lambeth.