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LAW INTELLIGENCE:

COURT OF CHANGERY, JAN. H.
IN THE •)18TTER OP SIR GREGORY. PAGE TURNER.
Mr. HORNE obtained the order of the Court, for.admitting
the'•4ilicitor to unrestrained colinnunication with the lunatic in
the prison a privilege or right which, as it'ap.petred,,has been
withheld.
The other proceedings of tl:e daY were affairs it; bankruptcy,
of no public interest.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 14. • •
THOMSON v. MACIRONE. • -
Mr. GASELEE stated this to be an action hrnushe by the
plaintiff, a 'manufacturer of army equipments, "tigainst'the de-
fendant, a Colonel in the Spanish Constitutional service, for
1441.185., the amount of an army equipage.
• Robert Semour, the plaintiff's foreman, proVed the Order of
goods to.the amount mentionede and'the stipulation that they
were to be paid.for byes: bill at four months, accepted by.a Mr.
Smith. 111 r. Smith a'fierwardsreftisecl to endorse this hill ; but
the goods had at that time beeif completed. The•defendant was
On board ship and sailing from Ramsgate, when he was arrest:.
ed at the plaintiff's suit, and the hmenint ^sued for deposited in
the Sheriff's bands; to abide the issue of this action. Witness
had made inquiries as to the defendant's credit, which were not
satisfactory to him.
Hannah Thomson, the plaintiff's sister, proved a conversa-
tion in her brother's shop, between him and Mr. Smith, in
which the latter refused to endorse the bill. •
Mr. SCRLETT, for the defence,, contended that the goods
not having been shipped pursuant to theelefendant's stipula-
tion, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. He was-prepared
to prove, from the plaintiff's own conduct, for he was unable
to proVe it in-any other way.; that it never could have been pro-
posed that Smith should endorse the bill, and that the contract
between the parties had been broken by the plaintiff alone. The
defendant, being highly exasperated at the treatment he had
received, having been stopped in his voyage, and taken from
on board ship, had resolved to defend the action. His credit
would be shown to be beyond question, as well from the evi.
deuce-about to be produced, as from the circumstance of his
heVing procured the amount in dispute, which he had lodged
in the hen& of the Sheriff:
Mr. Smitle was then Called, who stated, that Thomson's
fareman called upon him in November, 1822, and asked him
if he worked for a gentleman of the name of Macirone. Wit-
ness replied he did. The foreman asked -if that gentleman was
worthy of credit. Witness replied, he had known him a num-
ber of years ;- had not only worked for him, but had been re-
commended by him to others, and had received many favours
and large sums of money in the way of- business, from him ;
that witness would give him credit to.. any amount. The
foreman then told witness that he came from Mr. Thomson, to
whom Colonel Macirone had applied for a camp equipage. and
whom he had referred to witness as to his credit. The
foreman expressed himself to be satisfied. The same person
called a second time, and said there had been a conversation
between Mr. Thomson and Colonel Macirone about a bill, in
Which it had been proposed that-witness's name should be used
as a security. Witness replied that he was bound to do what-
ever Colonel Macirone should require of him. The foreman
came again, bringing a paper from Mr. Thomson, containing
an undertaking that he would endorse a bill, which he requested
the witness to sign. Witness refused, because Colonel .Maci-
rone (whom witness bad seen in the-interim) did not wish him
to do so. He also saw Mr. Thomson at his own house, whither
he went with a reference to other persons for the purpose of
further satisfying him as to the defendant's credit. The Plain-
tiff requested witness to endorse the bill, and said, that witness
need not fear the bill's getting into circulation, for he had a
person ready to discount it, who would not part-with it until it
should become due. Witness declined because it was not the
defendant's wish • 'the plaintiff then became angry, and the
conversation ended. Witness called again on plaintiff on the
day after the defendant left London, to know the name of the
person who Wes to ship the defendant's goods. Plaintiff then
gave witness the address of Mr. Lane, of St. Mary-at-Hill.
Cross-examined by Mr. GASELEE.—The applications made
by nlaintitf's foreman were in the course of four or five days,
and. happened early in November. The plaintiff did not tell
witness that he had accepted the order solely upon the faith of
witness endorsing the bill.
• C. B. Fisher recollected the plaintiff calling at the shop of
wchooenftstelgerqoou he might
me of
,his uncle, Mr. Odell, a gold fringe-maker in. the Burlington-
arcade, and said he
ecanee
in
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Coalnonwelitllhlaaccireorntaei to know
Witnessig t trust being
that
hat
he might do so very safely. Plaintiff said he wes quite stitis•
fied, and should certainly give-him credit.
Mr. Lane had volunteered his services as shipping agent for
Colonel Macirone. The bill in question was left with him by
the Colonel, who told bin that the plaintiff had engaged to
'ship goods to the amount for which it was drawn : that they
were not then shipped ; but that when they should be so to
the witness's satisfaction, he might
give over the bill to the
plaintiff: Plaintiff after Wards applied to witness to Lacey
whether the Colonel het{ sailed, and by what ship, and witness
gave him the name of the ship and the broker. ellaintiff made
this inquiry to knowevliether he wax in time to send his goods by
the- vessel.- Witness :said lie apprehended lie was,too late.—
Plaintiffsaid if he could not ship them by that vessel, he should
send them by the next that might sail for Bilboa. Plaintiff
called the next day, -and said he thought he should be able to
send the goods by the Good 'Joyner, and if he could, he should
come- to me for the bill.
Cross-examined by Mr. Gase.:LEE.—Plaintiff did not ask •
me whether the bill- was endorsed.
Mr. GASELEE replied : and .the LORD CHIEF-JUS'T'ICE
having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
--Damages, 1441. 18s. tid. -
BRANDON v. HARRIS.
While the Jury were deliberating upon the last cause, the
Loan CHIEF-JITSTICE, addressing,the Counsel in this cause,
said he thought it would be more advisable to settle it else-
where than in Court. The Counsel -having conferred together,
replied that-they were willing, oil the behalf of both parties;
to adopt his Lordship's suggestion. The Cause wins afterwards
called on, and a verdict was given for the plaintitl:for'l33/. 145.,
subject to a reference.
His Lordship then proceeded to try special juries, the first
of which was .

130I.DROT V. WIDDOWs.

M. SCARLETTstated this to be an action of damages sus..
• tained by the plaintiff, in consequence of defamatory reports
spread by the defendant. 'The plaintiff is the master of a large
school at Kirby-hill; near Richmond, in the North Riding of
Yorkshire. The defendant is a carpenter and builder in Lon-
don, who-had sent two of his sons to the-plaintiff's school. Th
_defendant had been induced to enter into a scheme for setting
up a discarded usher of Mr. Boldron's in a rival school ; and to
effect this purpose he had gone about to the parents of the
plaintiff's scholars, accompanied by Mr. Cade, the usher, tell..
mg them that the boys slept in a cock-loft ; that they lay eight
in a bed, exposed to the weather • _ that their food was -un-.
wholesome ; that they were devoured by vermin and the itch ;
and adding, that if the parents had any regard for their chit_
dren they would not let them stay another
.hour under the
plaintiff 's roof. To all this Mr. Cade gave some sort of con-,
firmation, not by words but by significant gestures. The Learn-
ed Counsel proposed to prove these facts, and to &hew -the total
falsehood of the defendant's allegations; he should then shew
the injury which the plaintiff had sustained in consequence,
and calculated very confidently upon his client'sreceiving from
the hands of the Jury such a recompence as they were able to
give hint. He then called •
• John Doswell, a butcher, living a Islington, who said, I have
a son at Mr. Boidron's school. Mr. Whitlows called upon me
in March last, accompanied by Mr. Cade, who was formerly an
assistant in the school. Mr. Widdows asked if I had a son- at
the school ; and upon my replying that I had, defendant said,
" If you have any regard for your son, you will send for him
home :" he said, the boys were treated mere like pigs than
Christians : the bread . they ate was made of bean flour, fit
only for pigs. .They had such potatoes as only pigs would eat,
and nothing more. He said they slept eight in a bed in a
cock-loft, close to the roof of the house, which was quite
open, so that the rain and %snow came is and fell on the
children as they lay; that they had sour milk to drink.
Ile said. that they never received any pocket-money ; that
they _ were eaten up with disease, itch, and vermin ; that
theeboys' clothes - Were tatcen away fronts them and changed..
Cade was present; Widdows said Cade .would confirm what
he said. Cade said- nothing at this time, but lie.nodded as,
sent. Widdows referred also to a Mrs..Bruslitield, and to a per-
son named Powell. Mr.. Cade called on the following day.
alone. My son came home about.4.foetnight after this; he was
in as good a state of health. as a boy couldpessibly he. I sent'

for him,in consequence of the report, by Mrs. Brushfield, who
was going down.
Crossaexatnined by. Mr. Gun Nr. F.—l am not now in busi-
ness.; I live in Camden:street, Islington; 1 took his boy to a
surgeon soon after he came home. There was some slight
eruption; the surgeon said it was not the itch; the boy has
not been sent, hack in consequence of the expense.
Mrs. Brushfield.—l had a son in the plaintiff's school in
February last; I saw the defendant at my own hOu-se at White-
chapel market; Mr Cade came with him; Mr. Widdows asked
if my son was 'at Mr. Boldron's. I said, 1.• Yes." He said,
If I had any respect for my Child,' I should take hint away,
for he was half-starved; he had a bad head, and could not hold
it up. They had nothing to-eat but sour black bread, and po-
tatoes that were thrown to the pigs ; that my son was one of
those that slept eight in a bed ; that they slept in a cock-loft,
exposed to the wind and wet, through an opening in the
roof." I was highly displeased at. his manner of telling
me this, and asked him what proof he.had of it. He appealed
to Mr.'Cade for eonfirratiOn; but 'latter' declined to say
anYtlng. The defendant said his own word was enough,
but lie referred me to Mrs. Fowler. Mr. Doswell afterward:
called upon .me, and, in consequence of what had passed, I
made a journey to Yorkshire. I brought home my own and
Mr. Doswell's boys: I remained at the school three days, and
saw the 'general state of the school. .My boy was in perfect
bodily health, and his head as clean as'when lie left home.-_
He had been there'three year's. I Went into the bed-rooms ;
-the bed in which they slept was a very -large high bedstead,
made to fill a space with two beds on it; the boys slept feet
to feet--four in each bed. 1 had 'no objection to my own son
sleeping in this way. The roof was perfectly whole, the walls
were white, and if there had been:any damp I must have seen
it, for the snow was ancle. deep as I went to the house. I •
had given no notice of my coining. When I arrived the childra n
were at dinner. There were a great many. I observed they had
plenty of good beef and good potatoes. I went another day to
see their soup, it was such as 1 would wish my own family to eat.
During the time I Was there I saw no cause to object to any
thing. Alf the boys seemed in good health,, with the excel).
tion of two, who, having colds, were nursed by the parlour-fire
when I was these. The boys appeared very happy and cheer-
ful, no children could be-mere so. My-son had not the itch.
I brought him home in consequence of the representations
which had been made; his father desired me to do so. I should
have no objection to his going back. Twenty guineas a year
were paid with my son, -for which he was provided with every
thing.
Cross-examined' by Mr. G URN EY.—The bed-rooms had no
ceilings; there was no plastering. •
Mary Anne Jeremy.—l have two sons at M r.l3oldron's school.
I seen 3lr. Widd-ows once. Two boys called on rue first, who
said, they came from my son ; I knew from Widdows after-
wards th'at lie had sent them. The boys said MY son was so
eaten up with the itch, that he wanted to be sent for home.
My son was about ten years old. I asked the boys if they had
been at the school; they said, " Yes," and I told them their
appearance bespoke their 'being very happy there. I sent
the boys away, and 'the next day I saw Mr. Widdows, who
said I was hard of belief, to behave so cavalierly to his two
boys : I said their - tale appeared too improbable. He said
he regretted lie had not brought a piece of the bread with
him, which was as black as his hat. He said that Boidron was
a most consummate villain, and that he got the children there
merely for the sake of the money. I said I had a good opinion
of Mr. Boidron. The defendant recommended me to go down ;
he said he had commenced an action,against Mr. Boldron ;
that it was high time the Yorkshire schools were put down, and .
lie would do it for them ; he referred me to Mrs. Fowler in the
Haymarket, and told me that another lady had been down, and
was so incensed at the treatment of her son, that she had
twgiatrestahwe
raedtder,eassndof
hCeadeaeltleoacoun:e..
next day. '
fibrrmougwhhtahtihrne *red, pai
Defendant gave the address of Cade to core.
firm what he said, tto e nhdoannl

Mr. 'James White, apprentice to a surgeon at Hu was
brought up at Mr. Boldron's, Kirby-hill. I was there for seven
years, and always well treated with respect to my person and
food. `The rain and snow never came in upon me. The other
boys were also well treated. Mr.. Boldron's own sons were in
at Mr. Boldron's, Were treated in the same way. 1 have a brother
who is six year's old, and who went there in
came away. Be went with my approba-
tion. - fere were. Bo. boys when I left; the numbers
since Mr. Boldron commenced. There was an
usher Called Cade,' who left three days after I did. I know why
he left. (This question was, objected to.)
cross.,examined by Mr. P. Poi.Locx.—l slept in an upper
room ; rnore than lialfthe boys did 50. There were three bed-
rotas where there 'was :nothing but a slate roof between the
boys and the skic. One of these rooms was as large as the
other two; there was one window in each of the rooms_
There were not forty' bOys sleeping in any of the rooms.
were of
There were about 14 or' 15 boys' slept-in two beds; the mat-
tresses Were increased6lr yotahnk t
h
tresses
one sheet, two
Straw; the,beds of feathers and chaff; • thee e was
blankets in the winter, and a quilt ; the sheet was
above, the blanket below. The beds were very near each
other. (A piece of brown bread was handed to witness.) This
u, have been some. of the bread, but it must have grown
darker, by being kept. I never had any bread given me to eat
so dark as thia. We breahfasfed on bread- and milk, and oat,
meal,and milk. We dined on Sundays on Yorkshire puddings,
and beef, mutton, or pork ; on Mondays the same dinner cold.
We had meat three and sometimes four times in a week. We
had bread and Milk for supper. I was alwaysstrong and healthy.
The itch was never at the. school while I was there : 1 assisted
in rubbing the boys with hellebore-powder, and hogs' lard. This
was in the latter part of 1822. It was for a cutaneous complaint,
but I don't believe it was the itch. This rubbing continued
about two or, three weeks. There were, I think, about 40 or .50
be ys rubbed. 1 went as an apprentice to a surgeon in April last.
I don't , know that hellebore powder is. used as a cure for
the itch. The hellebore did not cure me. The boys used to
comb each other sometime!, under the superintendence of Mrs.
Boldron. They were not in the habit of catching vermin ; they
used to comb each other into a plate: I have' seen one or two
of the boys catch vermin. The fleas were' at one timein great
abundance before the mattresses were changed. I think it was
about the time of this cutaneous disesse breaking out. The
boys were in the habit of catching fleas and putting them into
a quill: After the mattresses were changed, the fleas- did not
annoy us.

lenry Doswell.—l was at Mr. Boldron's school three years.
I had very good victuals; and plenty to-eat.. I lay on a mattress
with a chaff or feather bed over it. I slept up stairs in, a dry
:room. I was in good health, and very comfortable.
Cross-eSainined by Mr. GURNEY.-1 Should like to go back
again. I never had bread so black as that ; was nearly as
black. All of us had not forms nor desks before Mr. Wid.
down came down. 'We had no table-cloths, either before or
since. I don't think 20 or 30 windows *ere left unmentied for
weeks together. The boys who had no forms used to stand:
The plaintiff had a farm, which took
.up a good deal of his
time.
.Some of the boys who liked to do it, went out to collect
.ch- .
stones anttcougrass. _

Raisbeck.Ll am an usher at Mr. Boldron's school, and
have been so 18 months. The boys appeared all in good
health. I was at the school when Mr. Widdows.caine. He
expressed himself satisfied with his children's condition. He
and Cade went out together to a public-house on the North.
road, and returned home drunk. On that night the defendant
Slept in plaintiff'slteuse.—[ The witness also generally deposed
to the health and good condition of the children, and the
wholsouaeneasand sufficiency of their food.}
Cross-examined—The cutaneous disease disappeared in May
last;' I believe I did recommend an application to kill vermin
inthe" childrens' heads; I know I did ' • it was red precipitate;
I don't know that it is poison ; 1 don't know that it is.an oxide
of mercury ; I don't know how Many boys used it; I suppose
four or five might have used it ; will swear there were not 10
times as many ;' the: :bays have hail chilblains, which have
broken and got well; the red, precipitate was never used for the
chitblainS ; one or. two 'Of. the boys had a ring-worm on their
heads I never, to knoWledge, said that the disorder was
caused by the. boys 'sleeping "so rank." I never believed it;
I never said so; I believe the disease was occasioned by the
boys bathing when they were heated.
The Mas Lister.—l am the plaintiff's bailiff; the plaintiff
fattens his own meat, and keeps cows ; he feeds the school upon
his own stock; it is capital good meat; plaintiff; when he buys,
gets the best meat; has • excellent potatoes; I eat theni, and
have often dined with the boys, who have good appetites, and
are never stinted.

Three other boys, who had been at the school, deposed to the
treatment they experieneed, and expressed their entire satis-
faction at it.

Guit;i•EY, for the defendant, said he was prepared with
witnesses who would prove satisfactorily the justification which
had been pleaded to the present action. Ile trusted he should
satisfy the Jury, that the defendaktehad only acted as every
parent wwid anal ought to have done undef similar circiun-

stances ;. and in endeavouring to prevent the children of others
from experiencing the same neglect and cruelty to which his
own sons had teen - exPoSed; he had merely Obeyea the dictates
.of common. 'humanity, He should priave, that all he hid said
of the school was strictly true, and the deplorable condition of
the children. He then called . • •
Edward Thornley,•a stirgeon,'Who 'said., I ivas called in De-
cember to the defendant's two sons, Who had the itch, and one
of theM was otherwise ill. I think the itch. was of long standitig.
I attended them'for about a: fortnight,' whea they were cured.
Toey elder • boy' had an ulcer in one of 'his legs.: A -Want-of
cleanlines and attention is a common cause of the itch. I attri-
buted the ulcer to the itch.
.
Christopher Siems.—l was at Mr. Boldron'S school; the
numbers were 80 odd. • Eight was the highest number that
slept together in, a bed ; there were two such beds ; the general
number was three in a bed ; some hed .foilr, stole Five, softie
six, -and some seven in a bed. I 'iniVe knOwn thetheet to remain
unchanged a couple of months.. The 'blanket . underneath
was never washed -that I remember. I have lain- on a straw
mattrass, without a feather-bed over it. -tfoil't for
how long. The bed-rootna were very hot in gurinPc,r, and very
cold in winter. The rain and snow have sifter, come.in on the
beds, and we have caught it in pails. We had sometimes good
meat enough, but at others the meals were so had we could not
eat them. The boys had vermin in their •heads• ;7 tiler' used to
comb one. another; the monitors used to comb them into 14
pewter plate, and what they caught they threw either into the
fire, or into the yard. I dinet think there ivas ere in the school
who had not the 'itch; it remained for weeks or months. - We
had no night shirts, and changed our shirts once a week.—
After I carne home I slept with Air. flicker's sor. who caught
the itch of me. '

Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT.—A was rot one of the
boys who made a resistance against the tl:L.st?r and the new
usher, when the latter first came.

Mr. Hincken.—l am the guardian of die last witness ; after
he had been in my family a month .or six • weeks, 1 discovered
that he had the itch, which he communicated, to three of my
sons.

Mr. Curtis, a surgeon, proved that. &ems had the itch,:and
that witness attended him. He could not tell from the ap-
pearances of how lons standing it might live been.
John Little.—l took two Snits of clothes with me to schoel ;
one of which I wore, and the other I do not knOW what became
of. I had a suitof Mr. Boldron's clothes. I used to wear my baton
a Sunday ; the other days I went without. I slept up stairs in the
long garret ; there was no ceiling ; the last' winter the snow
came in upon the beds through• the roof and the windows.--
The servants put tubs to catch the water. I had the itch while
I was there ; I am not cured yet i • I have it in my blood now.
We had plenty to eat ; this was the sort of bread (handing 'it)
we used to have ;, we ate the crust, and left the' rest on the
table, because it was sour. The milk was sometimes sour, but
generally good. There was a great number of fleas when' I
first went down ; they afterwards had new mattresses, and the
old ones were burnt..
Mrs. Little (the mother of the last witness.)— I sent my son
down with two suits of clothes, end had none back ; he was in
a good state of health when he came:back, 'excepting that. he
had the itch, whi.ch he gave to my other son and a lad who has
lived with me two years and a half. Mr. Cad_' called upon me.
John Dalley.—l am 14 • I was , at Mr. Boldron's when. the
Sbsa cdh o
withol theHe
itch, which he gave to four others of my children.Widdows were there. This witness generally corroborated the
statements of the other schoolboys, witnesses for the defence,
respecting the state of the school. He also had the itch.
epherdp.emher a
twelveso namt tohtethpsl,ainvteirff):
came
he last ehoSm
John Shepherd, the son of-the last witneis, caught the itch
at the plaintiff's school.
Day.—I had a son at the plaintiff's school from 1821 to
1823. I desired that he should be sent home in cOnsequence of
some information I had received. When- he came home he had
the itch, and a hole in each of his legs. He has been in the
hospital for six weeks, in consequence of the same disease,
and has never been well since. I have brought him from the
hospital to-day.

Cross-examined.—He was in every o►her respect apparenty
in good health.

. Cleorge Day, the son of the last witness -I had the itch six
weeks before I left Mr. Boldron's ; there were eight boys slept
in the same bed with me.
Cross-examined..—llly, legs swelled, and were lanced by the
Doctor about six weeks after I went to school,' and have ncier
got well since.
Frederick Guilt, Thomas Widdows, ,and John Widdows,
gave evidence as to their treatment, and their haying contracted
the same disease.

. The defence being cjosed, Mr. SCARLETT replied. the
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, summed up, and the Jury returned a
verdict for the.plaintiff—Di:un;iges;l4W.

NIF.ETING OF THE SILK WEAVERS.

On Tuesday 'evening the. Ad our Meeting
of the Jourheythen Silk Weavers of the County er Middlesex-,
and Cities of London and Westminster, took place at the Red
Lion, Phenix-street, Spitalfields, for the purpose of receiving
a Report of a Committee appointed (at a previous General
Meeting) to examine; revise, and correct their present book of
prices —Shortly after eight o'clock Mr. BENSON took the
Chair, and in a little time the room became nearly as fully
crowded as on the for Mer night.
The CHAIRMAN briefly stated, that in compliance with their
Resolutions on the last night of meeting,
..the Committee had
entered upon the duties committed to their care—that they were
present, and ready to enter into a full explanation';' and he
hoped whatever opposition or observations which might be Made
in the various branches of their trade, that it would be done
with moderation and temper; and that, as such a debt of gra-
' titude was due to the Committee for their labours, they were at
least entitled to the benefit of a full and 'w patient. hearing.- "et,
Mr. WILLIAM BAKER stated (after reading the Resolutions
authorising them) that the Committee undertook the discharge
of their duties with all due -regard for the intititai interests of
both employers and journeymen. He would first beg leave to
read under their respective heads the alterations iu price which.
elee-Committee deethed it proper to recommend. These altera-
tions and the standards of 1810, 1805, and 1795, would be laid
before them ; and it would' be seen VI order to meet thoAvishes-
of the masters (so as to enable them to meet with ariy compe-
tition in the markets) how far they recommended is reduction
of prices in • some cases down to the standard of LLIO4 ,and' in
others down .even to the standard of 1795. s woilld, however,
be for the meeting to judge ; and he hoped they. +Nctiltl indulge
him with patient hearing. • •
[MT. BAKER then read over the new list of pries ;r, the
various branches of the silk trade, at least 3001VStlerk‘hied.
by the committee, and contrasted them with eheerws
1805, arid 1795 ; after which the chairman erared then/3v 'be
separately put, when they were, with an exception or two;'car-
ried uhammously.l •- . .
Mr. JAS. Fu NELL then rose, and said that as such unani-
mity seemed to prevail,:they could not consistehily separate with-
out coming to some specific resolution. 'They, he said, had sacri-
ficed much to meet the wishes of their employers ; the public,
also had a yight to be made acquainted with that sacrifice. A few
resolutions had twin just put' into his hands; which he would
read for their 'approval or disapprobation ; for his own part they
met his cordial concurrence, but-it would be for them to decide.
He theh read the folloWing Resolutions, which being . moved,
Seconded, and put from the Chair, were carried'unanimeisly
I. "That in order to enable our employers to meet any com-
petition in the market from any quarter, we do agree t a re-
duction in the piice of labatir in almest every branch of our
trade: • "

2. ". That the List of Reduced Prices now read and prepared
by our Committee, be, adopted. •
3. " That the Committee he empowtcd to respectfully wait
upon our employers for their approval of them.
4. ".That this Meeting* adjourn until Thursday evening
next, to receive the Report of that apPlicatiOn.
J. "' That our warmest thanki are due In the Committee for
their .exertions and labours upon the present occasion."
Thanks were afterwards passed to the Chairman; and the
Meeting, a little before twelve &dock, iiroke appearedthat the fall of wages was .frordfive to twenty per cent. in 1110 st
cases, but the reduction on ribbon was by far the most. con-
siderable.

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On Monday se.'nnig. ht, as the Liverpool mail
was passing through Stannin. gley on its way to York, it came
in contact with a waggon and writ overturned, but although;
there were flour pastengert.theteen, indiiiclual sustained ma-
terial injury. The bags were forwarded in a post-chaise-