The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-11 00:00:00

COLLIERS.

IhtmlCK, JAN. s.—An illegal combination of
the Pitmen belonging to the collieries in the
-utighbotirliornl of this town has taken place, with
11 intention of compelling the proprietors to alter
the time of binding, and to allow them an ad-
vance Of merges.
This combination has taken place at a time when, owing
the inclemency of the season, the heap coals had all been
*lid at the different pits, and even a scarcity of coals had be-
rm to toe dreaded by the inhabitants. On the 3d inst. the
Morton,
at Ford, Greenlaw-walls, Thornton, Shoreswood,
Lucker, and Berwick-hill, were deserted ; the men
vent from pit to pit, compelling those who were inclined to
'work to join them. On the same day they assembled
3Cremersten-colliery, but the men there refused to juin them,
1-1 consequence of which no coals were allowed to be drawn
..."P• When matters were in that state, the Rev, Joseph
Zarnes, and James Foster, Esq., Justices of Peace, accoin-
Paul" by a party of the Veterans now at Berwick, re:-
Paired to Scremersten, at the request of the coal-owners;
the Magistrates calmly reasoned with the men on the il-
segality of their conduct, which was the mole culpable, as
the period of their engagement had not expired, and ad-
. 161" then; to return to their work, but without stiecess
lt was then proposed that two or three, as a deputation from
each colliery, should meet the Magistrates and coal-owners,
Gitcitrist'sin Tweedmouth, on the following day, at
o'clock, that the affair might be settled, which was agreed
and the men quietly dispersed. But, after all, no agree-
ktut
Ir,f ty.tcnan.he made with the men, and all the collieries are as
g idle Four of the leading characters concerned in
i •
tk_ co lamination have been Nilo ebended, and this day sent to
iti!_house of correction, at Durham, guarded by six consta-
...:, awl also by a military escort, fur a short distance, to
ent their rescue. It is to be hoped this vigorous step
htut°Perate as a caution to the rest. The Magistrates swore
Twe°:,d"Y a considerable number of Special Constables at
aelu e
i m out
ateh, for thepreservntion o the !mace on the occasion.
vain,
4,N7i for the present- the distress that may be felt for
select •,,` "'alas it was agreed upon by the Magistrates and a
that Vestry, at a Meeting held this day at the Town-hall,
hayin4 P'oPer supply should be immediately procured, by
to theg
~beiu freighted front the nearest port, and sold out
PUblie at prime cost.

tYt ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
ColliersraCt of a Letter from Berwick, January s.—"'FoUr
have been sent off this evening from Tweedmouth
fortl4tiburham gao, as Leaders of a combination for raising
t .r
wages. 'file whole of the Colliers in this District
tahrittsck on Monday, and the uneasiness it has occasioned at
inclement season is very great among many families who
bane not the mans of laying in a stock of that useful article
of life. A Bench of Magistrates has been sitting all this day
Tweedannith, trying to reconcile the, differences between
te masters and the men • but up to this hour nothing has
4eeti done—the men are obstinate. A meeting of Niagistrates
and the Select Vestry has been held this afternoon, in the
wn-ball here, to take into consideration the best mode of
the nearest port they can be got at, should be ordered forth-
with. The men are engaged until Whitsunday and can make
a guinea a week."

Th.e Gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Shore-
118M, in Sussex, hare entered iuto a subscription
for the apprehension of sheep-stealers. This
Illeasnre has become necessary from the fact of
upwards of one hundred sheep and lambs having
been stolen from their grounds within the last
twelve months.
LAST LOTTERY, the First Draw a Prize was entitl-
ed to 20,0001,and way Sold by WEBB,— To-morrow
the First Drawn Prize will be entitled to 20,0001
,"B.l)l9,—The Collimate Ticket may yet be pur-
chased at either of WeEs's Offices, 9, Cornhill ;
'lr. 17, Ludgate-street. The 14Qttery that begins
to-tnosrow, contains Four of 20,00u1.—Two of
thew will be decided iu ;lief/raj/lie minutes.