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London, England, 1859-08-06 00:00:00

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PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD•

ROYAL YACHT-SQUADRQX REGATTA.
COWES. -

R.Y.S. PRIZE ors T5O. •
• Five. vessels-4-tbe Lanru, 12 • tonsT:thc:.. Folly, 12
tons; the Qaver, 15 tons.; the Thought,,27 tons;
and the 'Violet, 40 tons—entered for this rae.e, the
terms 'being' three to start or no race. Time alloWed.
The Violet and the Thought took up their, berths
off the Royal Yacht,. Club-house, , but no: other .ves-
sels made' their appearance; the smaller yalit's- re-
.fusing to 'Sail after entOrihg"On fi. tlh'rhosght
was to he one of the competitors, although the time
allowed appeared to give the smaller yachts every
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chance. '

The' programine for' this day consists of a handi-
cap race, to start at 11 a.m. ; five. to start or .no
race;. first prize £lOO, secondprize £25 ;.'11,17,.5.
Course'; 'yachts of any club.; the time heing ar-
ranged.as follows

t :Violet allows:--
11.
S.S 11. -:;1. S.
Thought 0 2 40: Laura •• • 0 10. 5
Quiver
Thotig4. allows :

H. M. S. H. S.
Quiver
Laura

Quiver allos

M.. S. IL H. S.
Folly
T.,aura allows olly, 22i sec.
The following vessels had entered up to two p.m
yesterday :

Cecile ''. Lotus .-• Sultana .• • = Marina
Wild. /Axe. Gipsey Queen ,Arrowl ypoo •
Alarm Zouave Violet . Brunette

Lady Bird Osprey

Alotquito.

At five p.ni. her Majesty give..prizes of £lO 'and
£5 each to be rowed for by boats belonging to the.
Royal Yacht Squadron.
At noon Isle'of Wight pilot boats, over 20 tons,
and not exceeding 40 tons old measurement, will
sail for prises of, first vessel, £2O ; second vessel,
£5. To sail under their channel'sails. The Royal
Yacht Squadron Course.

In our short description of the contest for the
Queen's Cup, in our impression of yesterday, weby
a clerical error stated it was the "first" match of
the Royal Yacht Squadron. We intended; to have
said that it was the " premier," or chief, match,
her Majesty's Cup taking, of course, precedence of
all other matches.

THE NINE .HOURS MOVEMENT.

This movement, which has • suddenly . assumed
Such colossal proportions, and which now, engrosses
a large amount of public attention, is by no means
of recent growth. In one shape or another the
reduction of hours' has for years been agitated for
at intervals, and the Confederation of ;he Building
Trades as now established for the special purpose of
gaining the nine hourg has been in existence h 0
months. In this league There are said to be. up-
wards of 20,000 skilled artisans, and by a resolution
arrived at three weeks ago the labourers are now
admitted' as members. The business of the society

is conducted byt a committee of 42, consisting of
seven delegates contributed by e:•ch of the five
trades, and seven froth the labourers. Its opera-,
tions embrace a circle of a few mileS orily•round

the metropolis, such towns as Croydon vnot being
included within its scope. . The trade societies,
however, extend their ramifications all over the
country.' Many of them are in a comparatively
'flourishing condition, and it is understood that they
will support. their metropolitan brethren both with
their money and their sympathy.
As the labourers have united with the tradesmen
in this movement, and as their work is dependant
upon and subsidiary to that of the artisans, it fol-
lows that the hors of labour' if reduced at all, must
be reduced .concurrently to both branches. It is
presumed that a league offensive and defensive has
been entered into between the artisans and
the labourers, and that, if the former carry their
point, they will :assist the latter in achieving the
same object. The masters are particularly anxious
that it should be understood that they do not re-
quire a signature to any document; but the propo-
sition which they have put forth in their notice of
the 3d inst. is unfortunately more distasteful to the
men even than signing the obnoxious "document."
By this proposition a chock, or file engagement
book, with duplicate successive numbers, is to be
kept by the foreman or person by whom the work-
men of establishments are engaged, and the men are
to pledge their words not to belong to any society
which interferes with individual trade arrangements.
The men regard this proposed system of ticketing
•and numbering as insulting and degrading. They
state that with the organization possessed by the
masters they will know the history and antee,edents
of every man, why he, left his last employ inent and
all about him. If a man is dismissed by u crochetty
or tyrannical foreman, they apprehend, that a black
mark will be set against his name ; that when he
applies for a situation he will 'oe asked for his
ticket and number; that the mater will then write
to the Central Association to ascertain what is
known about number so and so, and if he has
quitted his last employer for alleged impertinence,
inattention or anything of that description---" for
demanding his rights," as the men say—it will be
impossible for him to obtain work again in the
yard of any Metropolitan builder. The answer to
this ingenious: argument is that the number which
any man receives will not pertain to him for ever,
but that it only lasts while he remains, in• the same
employment It• is not anticipated that men will
keep these numbers for a day—they may light their
pipes with them, and no objection will be made.
To suppose, therefore, that upon a man seeking a
new engagement he will be asked for his number,
or that he can be identified under any number by
the Central Association, is a chimera of the wildest
description."

As regards the question of interfering with the
free will of /pen in taking any work they please,
the Workmen adinit that when there is a* turn-out
at any particular job, that job is " picketed." The
masters say that the pickets resort to all manner of
unjustifiable practices to effect their object of pre-
venting men going to work for an establishment
where a strike is on. Intimidation, they allege, is
sometimes had recourse to, while the device of mak-
ing the unsuspecting workman drunk is frequently
practised. The. Society men, on the other hanid,
define the duty of the pickets to be to explain the
circumstances-of the strike, to reason with him who
is about to offer his services to the tabooed em-
ployer, and to use moral suasion only. After this,
say they, if the man likes to go to work he is at
liberty to do so, and thenceforward he is never in-
terfered with. Which of these statements is the
more correct those who have had to. deal with
pickets will have little difficulty in determining.
Possibly there is a certain amount of truth about
both of them, "the conduct of the pickets varying no
doubt according to the circumstances of each par-
ticular case.

Yesterday a meeting of the Committee of the
Central Association of Employers was held at tha
Freemasons' Tavern, when a great deal of corres-
pondence was read by the secretary. The most
perfect unanimity marked the proceedings ; the
necessity of firmness in the present juncture was
insisted on, and all joined in expressing their
readiness and ability to hold out for a considerable
time. Several letters also were read from large
masters in the North, stating that work was scarce
in certain districts, and offering to send up men to
the assistance of the London firms. The difference
of wages between town and country-ss. 6d. a day
in the former land 4s. in the latter—is said to be
sufficient inducement to bring a strong force of
men from the provinces if they should be required.
The London men, however, regard this as a san-
guine view which will not be realised.
Among the large and important works in Lon-
don and the vicinity, the progress of which will be
retarded more or less by the present movement,
may be mentioned the Patriotic Asylum at Wands-
worth, the new wing to the House of Correction at
Wandsworth, the Church in Baldwin's-gardsns,
the Artillery Barracks, and numerous Govern-
mental works at Deptford and Woolwich, on which
patloyperdes,etnhte bGertewneaedn 3,00
Grenadier Guards'
and 4,oooardfe Barracks menin Roches-
ter-row, are
he
ems
ter-row, considerable alterations to the Bank of
England, still heavy works at the Houses of Par-
liament, the Westminster Palace Hotel, the Middle
Temple Library, and large warehouses, in New
Cannon-street, and houses in different parts of the
metropolis. It is believed that in all these cases,
with the exception of the Guards' Barracks in
Rochester-row, an extension of time has been con-
ceded to the builders ; while
con-
tract for the Westminster P ainlaiNicer.H.Moatycle,rtsaboutwhich a good deal of anxiety was felt by the
public, there is what is called a "strike" clause,
emergencywhich
of this description.
The determination of the master builders, as
expressed in their resolutions of the Ist inst., is to
re-open their works upon the new agreement with
the
men, "as soon as. Messrs. Trollope and Sons
have resumed their works." They do not speak of
waiting till Messrs. Trollope's yard is full, as has