The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-12 00:00:00

THE NINE 11OURS' MO VEMZNT.

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say that men are to be had, although they do not
make their appearance. The men point to Bristol
and elsewhere, and argue that instead of provincial
workmen coming to London to supplant them, the
movement will be spread to all the country towns,
and will in a short time become universal.
Mr. Plummer, the Kettering operative, has ar-
rived in town, and offered his mediation, but there
were peculiarities about his position which induced
the men, although he apparently bore some Sort of
mission from the masters, not to accept his 131.°'
posed services. The Kettering operative is a
youngish man with an active hand and a reflective
countenance. He is slightly lame and very deaf,
and has acquired a certain amount of notoriety 113,-
his answer to the prize pamphlet on the Nine
Hours Movement. This was written by Mr. Evan
Daniel, and of course ranks high in the literature
of the nine hours movement. Mr. Plummer's an-
swer meets with equal approbation in another
quarter. He has called upon the Conference of the
United Trades, but his efforts and mediation have
resulted in nothing.
It is stated that nine of the 225 firms who are
supposed to have g;ven their adhesion to the Cen-
tral Association, have since opened their doors to
the men ; and it is anticipated that by degrees the
point will be conceded by others.
Each builder views this question as affecting hie
own peculiar interests, and he does not and cannot
recognise the necessity of sacrificing immediate and
positive gains to prospective and uncertain advan-
tages. While, therefore, this small number of tape
is admitted as defections from the Central Associa-
tion, there can be little doubt that others have given
their adhesion, and that the masters since have
gained strength.
In the absence of positive information it would
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not be prudent to give currency to the reports
which are in circulation.

CREMORNE GARDENS.—" The Fete of the Sea-
son" took place here yesterday, being, in other words, the
benefit of Mr. Simpson, the enterprising lessee of this well-
conducted place of amusement. The gardens were open":
at three o'clockentertainments, and a series of al fresco entertainments
filled up the time agreeably until the commencement of the
various evening performances, including an attractive con'
cert and various rustic sports. The gardens were brilliantly
illuminated, some thousand additional lamps being
dis-
played on the occasion ; the centre walk was particular Ye
noticeable for the radiant vista which it presented to th.
eye ; and various other other parts of the grounds offered.,
devices appropriate to the occasion. The crowded state °I
the gardens bore ample testimony to tho rank they fill as.a
place of public amusement, and the esteem in which their
proprietor is held.
dividend
for AND NORTH-WESTERN.—The
for the past six months will be at the rate of 41 per cent'
per annum, with a balance of about £lO,OOO to the credit of
the current account. The last June dividend was at the
rate of 31 per cent, per annum, with a balance of £6,oo°'
The present June half-year has the benefit of £23,000 only
from the previous December six months' working, whereat;
last year's June account drew no less than £43 000 fora
the balance of the previous six months' revenue. Revenue
during the past half-year has been charged no less then
£7,000 on account of a bridge burnt upon the Trent Valley
line. The dividend proposed to be paid, in fact, amounts
to £66,000 more than was divided for the corresponding 9;--
months of 1858.

EXPANSION OF CURRENCY. A correspondent
writes as follows to the editor of the Times :--,c The wribfirr
of your city article mentions an expansion of the clare'
to the extent of £2,000,000 and upwards ; this excessive
increase of notes in the hands of the public he app,
unable to explain. Now, I have travelled for 1017„y
1,1,
years in England, yet never before witnessed ":„,
lines of railways so crowded with passengers
they are this year. As for the hotels, they are 7,i
overflowing ; even the cottages are occupied at ilig
by late travellers, the surplus outcasts from the hotels
usual lodging-houses ; these are glad indeed to seek sIIE4TI
anywhere. The increase of notes, then, to a considerable
extent may be traced to the great increase of hcme tree
yellers this year, who are using home currency ; but sve_r.t
the usual proportion of English travellers on the Contine,
this year, then they would be using circular notes at
foreign currency, and by so much our home currently
would become diminished.
NEW CHURCH AT REIGATE.—A new church for
the ecclesiastical district of St. Mark, Reigate, has just been
commenced under the auspices of Earl Somers. The chancel
of the church which will be a handsome Gothic structure'
will be calculated to hold 700 persons, and the cost will
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£3,600. The first incumbent will be the Rev. Art''
Cazenove, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, curate
FrAtenden, near Staplehurst.