The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-03 00:00:00

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PICQUETING" A COTTON-MILL.—For the last few
days the mill of Messrs. Gardner and Bazley, cotton-
spinners, Water-street, has been " picqueted" by a large
body of unemployed operative cotton-spinners, about
200 in number, who parade up and down Water-street,
in front of the mill, from about live or half-past five in
the morning, when the hands are going to work, and re-
main till nine, staying over the breakfast hour, and till
the workpeople are again in the mill. The piquet then
departs till about twelve o'clock at noon, when they again
visit the neighbourhood of the mill, and parade backwards
and forwards till about half-past one or two o'clock, by
which time all the hands have resumed work after the
dinner hour. The picquet then march away, but return
to the place about six o'clock; and remain opposite the
entrance to the mill till all the hands have left, which
is generally about half-past six o'clock ; but on Thurs-
day evening, the picquets kept their post till about eight
o'clock, parading up and down. They do not appear to
have used or threatened violence towards 'any of the
,hands ; nor have we heard of any attempts to induce the
spinners in the mill to leave their employment. Indeed,
from what we have beard, that would not seem to be the
object of the picquet. It seems that since a turn-out,
which occurred in 1829, through the interference of the
Spinners' Union, Messrs. Gardner and Bazley, have de-
clined to employ any spinner who is a member of the
Union ; and the object of the picquet would seem to be
to ',compel or induce the hands in the employ of the
firm at this mill—about four hundred, we believe—
to join the Union, and, of course, to help to main-
tain all the Unionists who are unemployed. There
is not the slightest difference between Messrs.
Gardner and Bazley and their hands ; they con-
tinue working as usual, subject only to the daily visits
and inspection of the picquets. Though, as we have
stated, the latter do not of any direct violence or
threats to the hands, and only use that sort of intimida-
tion which must naturally affect many individuals of
timid disposition, from the presence of a great number of
men, collected together for a common object, yet the
assemblage of two hundred men in a public thoroughfare
for two hours together, of course excites a good deal of
curiosity and inquiry, and at times a considerable crowd
is collected. With a view of protecting the hands from
any actual violence, five or six of the borough police hare
been stationed in Water-street, where they remain all
d my, not interfering with the " picquets," but watching
their proceedings.—Manchester Guardian.
GREAT RAILWAY TRAIN FROM LIVERPO3I. TO
LONDON.—It having been announced by placar,ls and
otherwise that there would be a railway trip from Li-
verpool to London and back for 285., to start on Mon-
day the Ist of August, and return on the following
Thursday ; tickets to the number of 1,000 were issued
and immediately bought up ; and, the trains consisting of
30 carriages drawn by one engine, and 22 drawn by
another, started at six o'clock on Monday morning
from the Edge Hill station for their destination.
The Antwerp Company's steam-ship Bruges,
Captain Main, landed her passengers yesterday morning
at St Katharine's-wharf, Tower, within twelve hours
after leaving Ostend. Sir Patrick Bellew, Bart. ; Sir
Edward Smithe, Bart ; Mr. Harrison, Commissioner of
Excise, &c., arrived by her.
LONGEVITY EXTRAORDINARY.—OR Thursday last
at Dewsbury, died Pheebe Gibson, aged 76 years. Aka st up,
t the period of her death she had g
enjoyed uninterruptedly
good health. She has left two brothers and three sisters,
whose respective ages are as follow :—Jo,eph Wood, 84
Elizabeth Wood, 82; Sarah Crossley 80; Hannah Barnes,
74; %Hiatt'. Wood, 70; and her own age being added, makes
their collective ages 466 years. The lirst-born of the family,
Joseph Wood, served in the Egyptian and Peninsular wars
against Napoleon, and is now receiving a pension of 14d. per
day.--Leeds Times.