The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-12 00:00:00

SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS.

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Mr. DIXON begged leave to withdraw a moton'
of which he bad given notice, that the Court should
grant a certain sum of money in aid of the coin'!"
butions now raising for the benefit of the Spital-
fields weavers. His reason for withdrawing the mo-
tion was the occurrence of riots which had been
committed by that body of persons. He begged tc!
ask the Lord Mayor whether there was not a sPe.-
cific rate of wages, by law established, for the rep-
lation of the prices of the Spitalfields weavers? •
The LORD
was
replied that such a law In'
w existed, but as at present repealed.
Mr. GALLOWAY, for one, gave his assent to tilue:.
withdrawal of the motion. He certainly thoug`',:e-
that the Court ought to be alive to the suffering '-
the industrious part of the community, but if al'
restsbody as
sf ther oengage peaogpelei
in acts
eftasr
of
violence mistook th
aesi r
aolowenanin,t,et
obtaining redress, it was his opinion that they nuri,
to be taught that .that Court discountenanced Fuc"
a course of proceeding. If a different line of Oil;
duct had been pursued by the Spitalfields weaver;
than that which they had adopted, he should P%
considered it his duty to have done every thing in 13,.'"
power in that Court and elsewhere to afford the
that assistance of which they stood in need, in c°:l
sequence of the pressure of the times. He h°ll-,110.
that the course which the Court would adoPg y
the present occasion would operate as a salut,rft
lesson to the working classes of the commuility
would, he trusted, make them understand that Orel.
never could obtain redress by committing acts
violence or destroying the property of individualS;7
and that whenever they resorted to such
they did themselves the greatest mischief.
Mr. DIXON said, he hoped it would be under"!
stood that he only suspended the motion urder'..
that he might, when lie thought fir, renew it.
The LORD MAYOR expressed his concurrence fri,
what had fallen from Mr. Galloway. The distreinji,
which had prevailed for the last six months aniel:'
the silk-weavers had been the occasion of isubieOrks
tions being raised to relieve it. Very large n 4"".
stt
money had been transmitted through his bandaln.C..'
the relief of the Spitalfields weavers; and.eyedl-
the very day when those out-breakings. which 11°.
lately taken place commenced, 2001. was sent to-hicll3
by certain individuals in the city of Durbasn.
mentioned this circumstance in corifirniarionpf.whO''
It w"
very
had just been stated by Mr. Galloway.
desirable that that Corporation, and every- Public
body, should cot fie forward with' assistance, NYBe"_,
industrioua-:4
misfortune and distress overtook the
artisan; at the same time -they ought to disconitte
nonce him and leave him to his own means wherilnL,!
took the law into his own hands, and atteMistea,
destroy the very means by which he might Olit80?-
for the future a livelihood for hiinself and hia'taii.tfo.
He would inform the Court of a circumstance'
had been mentioned to him, and which heha(tfr,l',
o
good reasons for believing—namely, that 's°,-it
condtitt
those looms which were destroyed on Tue0449;;;;0-were
were actually producing to the owner's :from..
28s. a week; thus affording.thein the Inesl,l,B-s;
competent maintenance. He therefore. thought .t
the outrages which had been committed., by. to
Spitalfields weavers, constituted a most ser,
offence.—(Hear, hear.) eL
h
so Nrolra.eiSt TaEsPfrtioEnNis2ossts.
neymen in the present depressed state a the 01
earned
ttehde t
fact
byo
trade. ,
The LORD MAYOR informed the Court, that.,
tj
had received his information from a very' extengl
silk-manufacturer. sat
oid 28hse. doubted
was au
Mr. GALLOWAY said, that the Court did noes:t
fess to give any opinion whether the silk-.n;
was overpaid or underpaid, but it declared that l',7;v'
lence was not the proper means of obtaining re':,,"
What would be the consequence of the outraF;
committed by the Spitalfields weavers ?
would have the effect of driving away the silk Wl'
a.
from Spitalfields.

The motion was then withdrawn.
Mr. TICKNER presented a petition from. Mr. 141;
bert Gloster, praying the Court to take into alio
consideration a plan he proposed for erecting a °lista
pier attached to the New London-bridge, to set
for the landing of passengers from steamboats. rej
The petition, together with a model, was reser.
to the London bridge Committee. d.
The Court, after considering various order',
journed at half-past two o'clock.

IMPORTANT ARRESTS.—We have receiff7
intelligence of the arrest on Wednesday night And Tb4;od.
day morning of twenty-one persons in the neighhourPd
of Doneraile, by the Police of the Baronies of Ferrne/t,
eI
Orrery and Kilmore, under a warrant from the Elqh,;(l.:
KINGSTON. The offence with which they were eh"; the
was deemed of such importance, that a Meeting ,"
i°
Magistratei was held on Thursday, and they remain to
deliberation to a late hour, when it was decided °too
adjourn it until to-day, when the Noble Lord on
warrant they were eipprehended will give his attend
We have heard of the crime with which those person' !/.
charged, which is of a very serious nature—but as the Irjls;
vestigation was strictly private, being confined to t
Magistrates, and the Police being enjoined to Secrecy, /0
do not feel at liberty to enter further into the subject u°
the investigation shall have closed.—cork ConstiiNtioli•
011
Great alarm was excited in Newington
Friday evening, in consequence of a report that two
drew had been kidnapped. The children, it appeared, 1161,
been placed to nurse with an old woman named Fit. 41,5,%;
residing in Market-street, and on Friday morning. "IV
had been prepared to meet their father, who geuer:to ,
came on that day to see them. They were 'Jere
go out for a walk, and did not return by the time .074
father came to see them. However, about half-pas.t Ogri
o'clock in the evening they were brought homenio, '-
respectable young lady residing at Kennington, and "whs.:
found them wandering alone in the Brixton-road. ' -0,
children stated that they had been enticed by a man into.
chaise-cart, who drove them as far as Brixton-coulPI:,
when they were frightened and cried out, -and the gl4;';
apparently afraid of being arrested, instantly eat
down, and galloped back to town.