The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-09 00:00:00

THE SILK TRADE.

On Saturday night the periodical meeting of the
journeymen silk-weavers of the metropolis was held
at the Duke of Gloucester public-house, Sea} right-
street, Bethnal-green, to receive the Report of the
Committee Ls to the steps they had taken since
their last assemblage, for the promotion of the in-
terests of their body ; Mr. BURROWS in the Chair.
_ _

Mr. GROVES, the Secretary, said that in conse-
quence of Mr. Fitzgerald not having taken his seat
in Parliament, nothing substantive had as yet been
done for their relief.

A Journeyman wished to know if the Committee
had waited on the Earl of Lauderdale, for he had
pledged himself that if the measures of 1824 and
1825 were injurious to the trade, he would lend his
assistance for their repeal ?
Mr. GROVES—They have not. The Earl is not
in town.

Mr. DUCE thought, that before they could hope
for success, the question must be made one of the
Cabinet. Their only plan was to go boldly forward,
and tell the Government—" If we have not bread,
we must have death." What had the Roman Ca-

tholics done? They had united firmly; and by the
consistency of their conduct shaken the most obsti-
nate of Ministers. They should follow their exam•
pie. If compelled to it, they should even go to
Windsor to his Majesty." (Tremendous cheering.)
Mr. DAVIS thought it useless waiting on Mem-
bers of Parliament : their answer was, with few ex-
ceptions, " that Ministers must know most about
the question," and those exceptions were the Re-
presentatives of manufacturing districts, who dare
not do otherwise than promise their support. Their
case was not worth a groat unless taken up by the
Ministers.

Several other journeymen addressed the meeting.
They complained of the want of unanimity and
energy among the Committee, and the lateness of
the hour at which they proceeded to business; and
upon the whole a very general feeling was mani-
fested to take the management of their affairs out
of their hands, and appoint other members in their
stead.

The ordinary votes of thanks were then passed,
and the meeting adjourned at midnight.

The meeting of Noblemen and Members of

Parliament on Wednesday evening, at one of the Subscrip-
tion Houses in St. James's-street, was the most numerous
ever remembered, waiting in painful anxiety the return of
the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel from Windsor. About
nine-o'clock Lord G— came into the room and apuotwced
that " all was right," when the members gt•'clyaily sepa-
rated, cheered with the communication.

We understand that the. Bishop of Bath and
Wells, who is an Anti-Catholic, has admitted in ciimpariy
that there will be a majority of 2 for Ministers in the
House of Lords on the Catholic Relief Bill—Examiner.

Sir C. Wetherell is to be immediately re-
placed as Attorney-General by Sir N. Tindal. The latter
gentleman had a long interview with the Lord Chancellor
this morning, in his Lordship's private room, for the pur-
pose, it was stated, of making the necessary arrargeTer4;
for entering upon the Attorneyship.--214,,T0ng
Tke consecration of the tier` cbgroh of the
Holy Trinity, Clondesley-Nuare, Islington, iL M take place
on Thursday, March 194 by Orator(' liishop of London, at
11 oVo,tAi,

The following is a remarkable proof of the
state of intelligence of unhappy Italy. We have the anec-
dote from a respectable source, and can state it as pec,-
:s;ecaasotph4al:;:trie4sperrnathdoongnraan,dsrige:
feet!), authentic. In consequence of an express, p,raviki,
tion of an inquisitor, the theatre of Ilacvv44 has rot been
Sig-
nora Pelat?poi WI 4 Jewess. Every solicitation for the
hopeaeit.'saedl atcl
remoyal of tbis
, y tltlewoarsddir;sa;c
embargo has been vain.

it is intended to let the new race stand no
building at Epsom, in summer and autumn, as a twysera;
and to form gardens and pleasure-grounds f,c4i tl,e, attraction
and accommodation of visitors.
We are informed Oat a. Reverend' Gentle-.
man, yesterdJy, in. favouring his hearers with a political
sertnorA, yt niapn, anobjectiun to the Catholic Religion,
n)ust coloe brae to the bosoms of pastors: He
objected to 11,14 t persuasion, because it precluded to the
Clergy the honour of the marriage bed."— Glasgow
Chronicle.

Though several branches of the. weaving, trade
in the west of Scotland are, we Are sorry to say, in a state
of great depression, we learn thAt it has not reached the
carpet-weavers, in Kilmarnock, who are still fully em-
Pineci, 4nd that the shoemakers there have received, a
small advance in their wages. Thistre presume, la-4g
be the consequence of demands from foreign Countkies,—
Puisle,y Advertiser.