The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-26 00:00:00

COMBINATION IN DUBLIN.

COLLEGE-STREET POLICE-OFFICE.—ThIS day
three men, named Patrick Nolan, Laurence Gaskin, and W.
Brabazon, were brought forward on a charge of combination.
—From the evidence of Mr. William IllurphY, of Bache-
lors'-walk, and three tradesmen in his employment, it ap-
paved that the prisoner, Nolan, had worked as a sawyer
.Jr Mr. Murphy all last week, at his yard in Kingstown.
—Yesterday morning Nolan left his work, and when Mr.
Murphy remonstrated with him on his improper conduct,
he said he would leave his work when he pleased. About
five o'clock yesterday evening Nolan and the prisoner Gaskin
(the latter very drunk), came into Mr. Murphy's premises,
and advancing to the saw-pit, where there were men at work,
threatened to punish them for " working under rates," and
coming into Nolan's place. Mr. Murphy hearing the alterca-
tion, seized Nolan, and dragged him from the premises. While
this was going on, Gaskin look up a hatchet, and swore he
would cut the heads off Murphy and the sawyers at work for
him.—The prisoners Nolan and Gaskin were convicted in the
utmost penalty of the law—three months' imprie-mment and
hard labour. There being no evidence against Brabazon, he
was discharged. Gaskin declared his intention of appealing
to the Quarter Sessions.—(Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday.)

COMBINATIONS IN SCOTLAND.
The alarm naturally felt by all classes at the
operations of the combined colliers to limit the supply, and by
a forced scarcity to raise the price of coals during next winter,
will not be at all allayed by the intelligence that Mr. Dunlop,
of Clyde Iron Works, whose case was so fully detailed last
week, has been obliged to comply with the demands of his
colliers. His Hamilton Farm colliery has been stopped twelve
weeks, and the iron works six weeks. The wages of his work-
' men amounted to about one thousand two hundred pounds
a fortnight. The idle workmen were regularly supported
by the rest of the combination : and what must excite sur-
prise, with the exception of five. of the principal coal-works,
they readily found employment in other quarters. This latter
circumstance had a strong effect in inducing Mr. Dunlop
to give way; as he had at least expected that none of the
trade would have employed those men who had so unjusti-
fiably left him. As long as this continued any attempt
to reduce them was considered hopeless. So many had thus
been employed elsewhere, that on Saturday week the ge-
neral combination were only 801. out of pocket to sup-
port the idle men. The loss accruing from the stoppage of
the works was great ; and it was therefore deemed useless
to protract a contest single-handed when the chances were so
much against him. The colliers have partially re-commenced
working, and the blast furnaces• are putting in order; but
the population of the village will consume another fortnight
in idleness before the works are fully set a-Being. As was
to be expected, on the termination of the above dispute, the
colliers of another extensive coal-master struck work on Satur-
day. Other coal-masters probably will. next be the object of a
strike. The public will soon feel the consequences ; .already at
some of the coal-hills the price is raised. In the meantime the
colliers are going forward with these alarming proceedings un-
checked. On Saturday last there was a secret meeting of nearly
one hundred delegates at 'Westmuir. The colliers have it in
agitation at present to present Mr. Dunlop with a gold medal,
cup, or snuffs-box' value one hundred guineas, as a testimony
of their gratitude for his yielding to their demands.—(Glaggoto
Chronicle.)