The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-15 00:00:00

BLACKBURN, SEPT. 13.

(FROM OUR, OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
At six o'clock last night, the merry bells in the
tower of our old Parish Church, announced the arrival
of 1)r. Moratield, the Bishop of Chester' and at ten
this morning, his Lordship attended our New Parish
Church, (St. Mary's) and consecrated it. After ser-
vice, the Bishop preached a most energetic sermon

from Heb. x. 25.
It is calculated that there were nearly four thousand
persons in the church during the service, alid, although
such an immense number were congregated together,
yet, the greatest decorum prevailed. The day was line,
and most of the respectable families of the neighbour-
hood visited the town on this occasion ; these, with a
vast number of country persons in their " church-
going clothes," made the town a scene of bustle.
The church has been six years in building, the expellee
of which is collected through nearly all the townships
in this parish, and with the new vicarage and burial
ground, will cost upwards of 42,0001.
There is no amendment yet in the thef o wages .poor
starving weavers, notwithstanding some manufacturers
say,Jhat sixpence a cut, (24 or 26 yards) advance,
might as well Aie given, without loss by the manufac-
turers ; but as they are not unanimous, the weavers, in
all probability, must linger on in their wretchedness,
unless Parliamentary interference put a stop to their
sufferings,
SOW manufacturers have establishments here, and
at Preston, where theysive from fifteen to twenty-five
per cent. more for weaving the same quality of cloth.
file weavers certainly are better off than they were four
months ago, but still infull work they, cannot support
their families, and as tile" London Relief Committee '
have ordered gratuitous assistance to be discontinued,
their privations will be increased. The London Com-
mittee talk of having engaged Mr. M'Adam to survey
the roads and find employment for the distressed ope-
ratives, but how can this gentleman find employment
for even a small portion of the fintriecti thousand
individuals who have been assisted with food in this
ownship—many of whom are women, girls, and
childrenY
It would be well if the Committee could adopt some
other sort of employment or relief; and supposing the
women and girls were taken to the roads, (though
such
theythey work on them in winter ? Let the wages of
weaving be advanced, and then subscriptions may
cease as useless, for the weavers generally would prefer
working for what they get than live on charity.

A labourer in the employ of Mr.
Brayton, of Alk-
bank, near Whitehaven, was killed on'Tuesday by a
bull belonging to his master. He bad been sent to
drive the animal out of a field where be was grazing
and though he was armed with a pitchfork, the bull at-
tacked him violeutly, threw him down, and rolled over
hint several times. So intent was the enrNged animal
upon his destruction, that the efforts of a man, who
witnessed the affair, did not divert him from his put-
pose for a moment, till life was entirely extinct.—
, Dorset Chronicle,

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