Star.
London, England, 1824-09-02 00:00:00

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MONTEFIORE? ..ESQ.
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Pot 'ammo's's.* totot, suukstseuresreirtla be(nre:k weld be
put into the hearse. After thii was effectestrdiamithitillag maths,
to the number ail, drew ap;ita native sie• vslaileas mad treads
of the deceased. There were aka airmishir ateledeasea's carriages.
.Ale. Mears Movvanosa andillAL llomemeasm, Eeq. were the'
chief mourners. The proceeskailispreell rear o'clock, and
proceeding throughpaktes lad laeha w , arrived about sit
o'clock at the berial•groarol, whirs the •Ileverend Dr. lisasesres.t.
performed the funereal. dais, after which the body was interred/
The length of time they were reaching the ground was owing to
the intthense weight of the codas.
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LONDON MECHANICS" INStITUTIO.V.
The third third Quarterly General Meeting of this Institu-
tion was held last night, and the attendance was most
numerous. The principal business of the evening was
the approval of the Committee's proceedings—the enact-
ing of a new law, enebling forty requisitionists to call
.Extraordinary Generpl Meetings—and, what was most
singular,- a proposal to. cell the Editors of certain Pub-
lic Sournals before the Meeting, to answer for certain
'charges of negligence and mismenagethent which tbey
have lately brought attainst the Committee-men. This
attempt to interfere with the liberty of_ the press was as
absurd as unconstitutional ; and says little either for the
good sense or good feeling of the managers of the Me-
chanics' Institution. Of 'course the Editors declined to
obey the authority of this new sort of Inquisition.

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IMPROVEMENTS IN GLASGOW.
Notwithstanding the advancement Oft/i season, new
buildings are commencing in every part of the town.
the foundations are just nOw digging for several large
public works. There are at present eight steam-loom
factories erecting, which will coon be ready for the ma-
chinery. One factory at Mile-end will, when finished,
contain SOO looms. It is only flue story high, and to
matte the bottom solid, four hewn stones are required
for each loom, which makes the numberof stones wanted
3,200. Several of the new factories are erecting on a
similar plane by which, although more ground is
covered, there p a great saving in the power; and the
machinery requisite to carry the force Of the engine
'six or eight stories high is wholly superseded.—
There is an unprecedented demand for machinery.—
Many of the mills and factories finished in the spring
are at present :filled in only one or two flats, from the
want of machinery. Private lodgings are also build-
ing, with all possible dispatch. Not less than one ban-
' dyed masons are employed * some of the buijdinigs
at the west end of the town. The principal quarries
in the neighbourhood of. Glasgow are sill-thronged,
and some of them are employing three times their
osual number of hands. The demand for lime from
the hurlet and other quarters is likewise very great.—
h' is calculated that in March last, these were at least
three thousand masons in tows, exclusive of labourers;
and the number in Glasgow and suburbs at present is
estimated at 5,000. Several meetings .of the masons
have been held to adopt measures for preireuting in-
ferior•hands from the country, who may have served a
year or .two at the business, from taking advantage of
the general briskness, and passing themselves off as
journeymen. A house of will, where their qualifications
'will be examined, let° be established. The general rate
ofwages is from 18s. to 225. and very superior hands, 245.