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London, England, 1831-08-18 00:00:00

DIKIL—At Leith, Miss Helen Charter's.—At Pettr.
bud, Borbars Hutchinson. relkt of the late T. Ferguim .
Erlinburgb.

111111fCRESTER TIMES, Aug. 13.
TM committee appointed by the association of calico
phases, to barbs into the rate of wages paid by the trade,
fa thlsgmenteybstia deadand and Ireland, havir,
theft Mem vapost as fellows:
The attention of the assess cos first directed to tsar.
trio the rate of wages paid he the faimediate neighbourhood
of Manchester, by what are tanned the" irregular shop,'
of which these appears to be from sixteen to twenty in num.
her. Without vouching for the numerical accuracy of rho
=the committee are, nevertheless, of opinion.
inhumation they have derived from various sources,
that the aggregate amount of the Tables employed by three
establishments, cannot be less than 12 to 14,00, consisting
of men, women, aid boys, sod working at priers varying
from 25 to 50 per cent. below the printed list of the mood.
• The wages of tolerable hands being from 25 to 30
per
_ma. below the regular prices--of the old and inferior
beads from 30 to 50, and the women and boys at various
rates according to their standard and ability.✓
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The rate of journeyman's wages in Scotland, may be
Mated, Remaly, at from 40 to 50 per cent. below the
prices paid by the association here—but, it appears that
rough work is done by women, who are laid only one-third
the wages of journeymen for the same descrtption of work.
Thus, a printer In Scotland is paid 7d. and a woman net
more than 20. foe the same work which In England, at the
prices of the associatioae costs one Maw
Theme of wages in Leland, as far m the Committee hen
yet been able to soceatain it, Is still lower than in
Scotland; much week, and in mime Amp •
nearly all the work. Wing done by maim and boyM to the
almost total exclusion of regular j • and so for
from the trade in that sonatry having of yam declined,
though the number et small shops has dhairdshed, yet the
principal Goes have increased in ma mba& in a fourfold
and are become most formidable opponents to u' in
a large branch of the export trade.
This meeting is unanimously of opinion, that the rats of
wages now paid by the members of the association can no
longer be maintained • it appearing from the report of the
committee that, not only in Ireland and Scotland. but even
in the immediate neighbourhood of Manchester, the price
for block printing paid by various houses giving employ.
meat to near fifteen hundred tables, are less than those of the
smocked= by twe.nty.five to fifty per cent; thus establish-
ing a ruinous competition with the latter, which an me
loom be endured.
That the scale and system of prices proposed by the cm.
mittae be adopted t that copies of the same he delivered to
the journeymen at each establishment In the association on
Saturday, the 18th of June, with notice that, from and aftr
the let of July next, those prices alone will be paid.
That notice also be given, that from the sense date the
rules and regulations of the apprentices, and journeymen
respecting apprentices, shall be abolished. The unjust and
exorbitant admission fee of seven guineas for each appro.
tics; the limitation of their bouts of labour, when journey.
men have not full employment ; aid the restrictions on the
nature of their work and the size of their blocks, being alike
Injurious to the interests of both master and workmen.
Tar 18TII ROYAL !MIL—A public meeting of the in.
habitants of Great and Little Belton was held on Bolton
Moor on Monday evening, to take into consideration the late
disgraceful conduct of a portion of the 18th Royal Irish, to.
wards the town's people, and to adopt measures to prevent
a mamma of such outrages. About 500 persons wee:
present. Thomas Smith having been called to the chair,
the meeting was addressed at great length by the chair-
man, Messrs. Aston, O'Carrol, Hall, Thornley, and others.
Several resolution were parsed, denouncing in strong tern
the =duct of the 18th Royal Irish, and denying the ne.
meshy of a standing army in time of peace. The speakm
were uncommonly severe in their remarks, and advised tee
people to resist any insult which might be offered to then.
by the military, on the spot. It was also agreed to memo-
rialise the Home Seczetary, to remove the detachment of the
18th Royal Irish, now stationed here, praying that ao other
troops might be sent in their steed, as front the penal&
disposition of the inhabitants, the presence of a military
three in Mien was unneceiteare. ft was suggested by some
of the sposimem. that if the Illth were act romoved by the
proper mglemities, the people should drive them hoot the
towo. Pima die deternaleed tone of defiance, maitifeeted be
the waits( dames, tpwards the soldiers, and She wig.
soden genawilly expressed at their conduct by the middling
and higher chum it is to be hoped that Lord Melbourne
will muse the likh to be immediately removed, otherwise
further Woodshed may be the consequence. The result of
the inquiry into the proceedings of the 31st ult, and the 51
Inee, Is aasiously looked for. fourteen soldiers have been
pedaled oat by the inhabitants, as being the ringleaders in
the riot. CoL Shaw came over from Idaothmarr on Moo-
day, to investigate the matter. The soldiers have ales
identified a few of the town'e people, who they say were sc.
Seely envied la the dietnebonces.
RAMC or MAKCJIBITM2O-4bo second annual pond
meeting of the preprivors of this establishment, was held
on Thursday,' the 11th inst. in be Manor Court roves
Frost the report of the Directors, road to 'the ite.
pears that the paid.up C*tal of the Company Is lad
and that the ;rather of stamd:elpi=prop-lated Is 711.
A dividend of six per coot. on the wee declared, art
the following genilemen were Directors, to succeed
those who have retired by rotation—salt,Joha'Brown, H, B.
Birley, Robert Ogden, Richard 'nelsons.
Rev. ROISMIT TAYLOIL,-.00 Tenthly ermine Wt. •
meeting of the friends of free discussion was held in the
Imp room of the Waggon arid Horses, Chapel-tome. Sal-
ford, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning
for Mr. Taylor's immediate edema from Hersemonger Gaol
—Mr. Edge in. the Chair. Tee metiers was severally ed-
dressed by Main. Oates, Conan,' Eaton, Re. A Wit, of
resolutions were agreed to, and a petition founded opts
thefts, to be presented to the House of Commons by Iln
O'Connell, and that Mr. Hunt sad Mr. Hume be requeued
to support the prayer thereof.
At the Cumberland Anises, on Tuesday, an sales vet
brought by en innkeeper, In which CoL Luebingtou'opary,
to the interest of Lord Lowther, had their bead-quottltt•
against the inhabitants of Cumberland Ward. ibe lamer
done by demolishing the front of his house. Bane Vaughan
said the prosecutor must be prepared to prove that there was
a felonious Intent to destroy. After the examinadm sf
willows, Baron Vaughan, in charging the jury, mil WM
they were confessed of the Monism intentions of ihe INA
.they must rows a verdict for the defendaoL Den
returned for the defendant. lidge--11ten you do not
there was an intention to demolish y Foreman—Precisely to.
4syllevenstiteirmeogarrommumgMa. Cease
mier's ramieue.@ friends
Mr.
C.sbb
district, was bald; in the school.soom endow the Welch chi•
pel, bottom of Parliiment-street, for the purpose of taking
the Most ellbdtual stegik to insure the return 'of that Er-
damn, as me of the representatives of Manchester.
TetOnio WNedi". Id
No.
.room was ormedied to maws, and the wood% wee add:toed
by ammel of. ids. Cebbetes friends, who awed. she daime
he had .to the confidence of the people of lifanthelle,
"baling, ii their opinion, that he was the most It and
to be the representative of the
s=
in,roFt* pet= Ned the working classes of this ur
The meeting was also informed that the general Irmo
which meets every Monday evening at the White
Hangings Ditch, had determined, that a public
31. °abaft'e hinds should be hold in held' if thetlimen
Almeida of the town, rand in all thswgjeligg=„l:
would. be mtitieti to vote with the ;wit% 4.
in the event of the Rdorm.iiill peeing lino a law.
Ezecomou at Lmenin.—An Friday list, Rickard C.
ivy, aged 16, and Thomas Mottey; aged 10, the two
tnated and .nalagoide4 pang men who were centered d
arson at our late mixes, paid the forfeit of their no lo
the ellended Uwe of their county on the new drop of or
'Oa
ItARRIED.--James Duckworth. Esq. to Miss Gilv-
eq Batman..
~^OO-ttasst —At, Stockport, Isaac Soo
...it,* ,use Obarite, daughter of do
late George ydeClar • Esq. of Hyde Hall.—At 13td-
ford, ' the ;Rev. John Aldis, baptist minister, to Le'i'.
-youngest angina of Dr. headman, .president of Holt*
College.
troDwetlE,
iDd.--reepeibi.ll—maaßabt.okon;lisarrttlawnifeNoiefililivocr.J:s2l.lll;',:::'
gentlemen isomoded Cropp, theists proprietor and
tor of the Rollo s OrlllSkil, as anpodsontiont of that con:
71111 in
Al"b"fholljt.turrti I/ScFiir. I& of choral!!
• P. Taylor, neatly trim
years a rectiwer at the Ilies *ord. Liverpool.

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