The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-28 00:00:00

evciair?., to soiLe hundreds sat do,%i, to a
cold collation at the principal hotel, Ih3 Eed Li°ll*

COTTON-SPINNERS' STRIPE'
It is with deep regret we have to state thatfacc.
Friday last the cotton-spinners employed in the
St. ho
tory of Messrs. Couper Maitland, and Co. St. 'leo,
lox, struck for an advance of wages, and we ',11",,
much fear that, in announcing this fact, we are °jell
intimating the commencement of a general susPeas,
from labour among this body of workmen. It apPe'to
that, a fortnight ago, a resolution was come t°
od
meeting of all the operative spinners in and °11)se•
Glasgow to demand an advance of wages; a°,ll the
cordingly deputations were sent round to a' ice
employers, requesting them to return to the ,P.rher
of 1840, which were about thirty per cent. 1.118.
than those given at present. The request was1:0;i1
understand, unanimously refused ; and the w°llsti it
I have since resolved on a trial of strength wit,
,"4-rient
masters, though on a ground somewhat diA;ii,eir
from that put forth in their first demand. -L
find
intention is to take the factories one by one; that
accordingly that singled out for the struggle jsLit°
of Messrs. Couper, Maitland, and Co. who are assehoe
mine their wages to a rate correspondingwith toed
alleged to be paid in certain other factories refwe
to. The exact amount of the advance asked for of
have been unable to ascertain, as the difference
wages paid by the respective factories depends tith,
the number and size of the wheels employed in e•-01
and therefore involves a mode of calculation i/10+,
which we are by no means familiar. We,carif
however, avoid expressing our belief that, 101' all
sent circumstances, a strike must be attendeu„hood,
the most disastrous consequences. In all iilte'„" of
if the workmen insist upon a general advaa—ie.
wages, and continue the strike in the St. 11°111 die
tory, the masters will, in self-defence, stop a',li be
works together, and thus many thousands witbz
thrown out of employment. At St. Rollox
effect of twelve cotton-spinners striking lor'l;•
be to throw idle about 300 weavers and other tor
men. We are aware that the cotton-spinnerspir
miserably paid; but so long as the self-acting silet
ning machines hold so efficient a control as vot
now do over the market, we cannot see b)
means they are likely to better their condition' it
a strike must have the undoubted effect of nif',ctlle
infinitely worse. They cannot be ignorant i'7`3ll,'
fact that many of the spinning masters are grauluOver
filling • their mills with self-actors. One 0111)„-i;ce
has, within the last twelve months, supplied $
of twenty spinners with self-actors, and "sviii`-lidi!
period of two years not fewer than forty-four -sbeeti
in all, one-half of whom are dressers, have.,,,,i;eo
supplanted in this work ; while the machine ',Toilet
are at this moment busily supplying others. 'spio'
these circumstances, a strike would drive man),,,-0
ners to the self-actors with far greater has„g tbs
otherwise they would be disposed to do, and t"„-iiti"
poor workmen would be the first to sustain Ileer
through their own conduct. A master cotton ,sl)` is
assures us, that should this strike be followed 1-00,
less than two years the employers will be wll~ f $
dependent of their men, and will be in fears ~,°Ol3
strike no longer. • Considerations like these 5""
snake the workmen pause.—Glasgow Argus.
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COAL GAS.
.The Drummond Light, the Gurney er f ite
Light, and the Boccius Light exclusive '9' the
" Light of All Nations," are the'Great Lights 0,-, on
.Age. The first is the oxygen and hydrogen gp.-001
lime, and at a very high temperature.' The 5:,1 bil
is the oxy-oil, a jet- of oxygen being intralg.c;,' the
means of a very peculiarly shaped conical jet 111eff
centre of an ordinary oil-wick flame: this vOrrsrilviti
fected, we believe, under the auspices of the
ii"„l,4ei
Board, having been intended to be used in lightw-i;; fi
and we have heard it designated to that vtl'6, the
high authority, as an arrangement afformalb, 05:
greatest possible amount of light in the srnages"l of
sable space. The third is a coal-gas light; 111,1.7 of
this we make the chief mention. This light;,
course, is no recent discovery—it was known s'a ()
ago as 1688 ; but, since then, what an incte3' boi
knowledge of the property of coal g 5 ins'
been gained, and what great mechamjea' ,091'
provements have been arranged for its -)3or
bustion ! Of the latter character is the
suing'
cius light, or, perhaps more correctly st-cor
the Boccius gas-lamp. The one set up oPpos' ~,ists
thumberland House, crowned with ugliness, ce-effo•
of three ring burners, large, lesser, and less, 13-0 0
rated so thickly with holes, that the flames Bull'
,1 tll6
were, three leaves of light ; these are protected trul-cil ore
lateral currents of air by a glass screen, an TY
thrown down and around by a metallic refleeter• tea?
illuminating power is very considerable. t-',,eu„ for
plating the vast establishments in the present u310,,e'
the manufacture of coal gas, the numerous ire Pi „Da
ments for its thorough combustion, mechanmechanicstha,
chemical, of the latter especially— Lowe's °Piot
lised gas, the perfection of artificial:light—we Ci,„ll-°o'
help reverting to the extent of the ''-•0
ledge of gas and its properties, as mentioned 1/9,
letter addressed to the Royal Society, 01;1' o 01•
1688, by Mr. John Clayton, Rector of Cr°,.ls k•
at Wakefield, in Yorkshire, and contrasting
,tlfling
ders of 1688 with the gasometers of 1842.
~ citecf;3l
of the
.thunder in Virginia, and its dreadful s- it/11S
the writer says : " I have been told by verYlLir Ole
planters that thirty or forty years ago, W,''.; :05
country was not so open as now, the thunue" hip'
more fierce; and that sometimes, after violent 4..fect
der and rains, the roads would seem to have Pe't,cli
casts of brimstone ; and it is frequent, after ' ,:rfec
thunder and lightning, for the air to have ib 11-reri,
sulphureous smell. Durst I offer my wed''' re'
cosons when
. I write to so great masters tbheoli
(meaning the council of the Society), T ,5"-n
here consider the nature of thunder, DI 1",;,1ci
pare it with some sulphureous spirits 'ww-cOll6
have drawn from coals that I could 12 3 Vf3Y of
dense, yet were inflammable ; nay, woad. bu:u i-
they passed through water, and that seen''
fiercer, if they were not overpowere,:t thenewl-hjsk
have kept of this spirit a considerable time iffhi 011
ders;. and though it appeared as if it were onr.Y '-'-°0
I
with air, yet if I let it forth, and flied it with A,rl/„.,e3 ter
or candle,,i it would continue burning until all 0.
spent.. —Derham's Inca. Curiosa, vol. iii- P. oerl'
Mention is farther made of gas in another Pktbe
about the year 1691, sent by the same writs' %es°
Royal. Society ; and we do not remember se ping' ;obi
remarkable facts mentioned by any writer an tie '"*.
ject.—L iterary Gazette.

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EXERCISE.—Mr. Curtis, in his work on
rel.,'
Simplicity of Living," strongly recommends
in the open air, and states that it is not only c°,of
cive to the preservation of health, but is, In 'iv?
cases, the most efficacious means of })enefiting f theft,
whose health has become impaired by neglect °.ts. of
natural laws. He strongly urges the ,neceastillolY,
lessening the hours of in-door employment; rs
serves, that the proposal for sho-ec,ening the balsi and
business, now so generally supported in Lond°ll,oolJ
other towns, is one, the adoption of which large
prove very beneficial to the health' of a veri,
class of the community, and would not, he 01.0'1110r
any detriment to trade ; and further recommendtil 0'
the banking-houses ha closed at four o'clock just'' in
five, adding, as a precedent, that all the ban', 5
Dublin are closed at three.
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al
A Journal, we believe the first, has made D 3 0
pearance at Alexandria. It is at present confil ,11.018
commercial and local news, but it is thought pri)°ipat
that in a short time it will become 11.
po Ica
official.
100
A letter from Roma informs us that the POl ri
about to pay another visit to Civita Vecchia, b
expressed his desire that no extraordinary prepallol,o
should be made fbr his reception. The Grand- per
of Tuscany/and other high personages are Os°
petted at Civita Vecchia.

BIRTIIS. ln Regency-square, Brighton, the wife of Captain 010
Preston, R.N., of a son, still born.
lad/ °
On the 22d inst., at Swansfield, near Ainwick, the
Prideaux Selby, Esq., of a son. Cf '
On the 23d inst., in Old Burlington-street, the iseY °f
W. Allen, Esq„ of a daughter.
On the 25th inst., at Cadsden Cottage, near. RisboOeff;
Buckinghamshire, the lady of Captain George Johnston,
daughter.
On the 26th inst,, in York-terrace, Mrs. R. Bray, of a o}r
On the 26th inst., the lady of Samuel Wreford, "
Oxford-square, Hyde-park, of a daughter.
On the 26th inst., at Hampstead, Mrs. Sanger, of a s°a;rie
On the 26th inst., at Leyton, Essex, Mrs. George
(lona), of a son.
On the 26th inst., at Camden-road Villas, Mrs. ConisspOr
of a son.
On the 26th inst., at Brighton, the lady of Alexander Fr'wet
Esq., of Lincoln's Inn-fields ,of a daughter. r,.. C.
On the 27th inst., in King's-road, Bedford-row,-
Lever, of a daughter.

MAR R IE D.
On the 27th inst., at Wargrave, Betio, John Walter, 1E5,54::
of Exeter College, Oxford, eldest son of John alter' ugh"
of Bear-Wood. Berks, 11. P., to Emily Frances, eldest da
ter of Major Court, Esq., of Cr.stlemans, Berks. irbard
On the 27th inst., at St. Maq's, Newington, Surrey, Ilof :41.
Bacon, Esq., of Reading, to Elizabeth, third daughter
Agar, Esq., of Hackney.

On the 19th inst. DIE of
at Stoney Stratford, Eleanor, w,',"--
.the late W. Ratcliffe, Esq ,
1" Wolverton, Bucks, aged ; Jon.
On the 20th inst., Rebecca, the wife of Mr. Edward J°
of Compton-terrace, Islington. A wood
On the 21st inst., in Well-street, Hackney,
Frampton, Esq., M.D., aged 77.
On the 23d inst., at Richmond, Mrs. Ellerker, aged 83' ket,
On the 23d inst., at Six-mile Bottom, near Isiewrear
Cambridgeshire, Mr. Charles Wedge, aged 96.
'
On the 25th inst., at Blackheath-park, Henly, the infant
of Mr. James Smith.
On the 26th inst., at Regency-square, Brighton', of
Martha, fifth daughter of the late Kilpin Warner, .Dsq.'
Camberwell green.
On the 27th inst., at Barnes, John Humby, to CO'

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