The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

an immense gathering,
•;f hcav lintiPr3tooo,

that Mr. George Cowelb, who returned from London' the
previous day, woukDaddeess- the assembly. Mr. Rhode'.
(of Stockport) presided:- Mr. Cowell observed that theY
had fought for their union; and now would fight for the
1:0 per cent., and they- might depend upon it the bf.ll:N
was theirs„jie moved,avote,of thanks. to the Blackbarl
manufactdilla " for We .::table spirit they had evince',
--jug this agitation?' The motion was carried by ace'''.
Mr. Cowell soli Monday morning was comin
when the great doors are to hb.opened ; and you are told
that when the masters gat as many hands as will set
their machinery agoing they will resume work. Now,
you who are determined to stand: by your committee, an
have• an unconditional 10 percent., hold up your hands;
An. immense array of handS responded to this appeal, oaf,
reiterating cheering followed::: The vast assembly lc'

mation

tin dismissed.
WIGAN.—On Thursd

iiet.met by adjournmen

2Vtremely good muster, 1.174 s

l'ezoal. proprietors in this dig"
the Royal Hotel. There was al
' he union being
following re'

'members

present - After two hoursrdAiberatio., - • 0-
solutions were passed watnimously This meeting
hears with satisfaction trtat • the: men at Bispham ce'
fiery; : and also a portion; of-- the- Waltilew.-house
hive resumed work at the bid rate of wages; and that the
rest- of the miners employalr'att the. Walthew-house
Eery; and those at ilrs. Darlilgton'4, Coppul colliery, sty"'
on strike, have expressed their willingness to return to
• "--" That in consequence.of this important instance

of the willingness of the fmak.of the men to resume wor s,
this:meeting pledges itself te.supportnessrs.Brancker and
Rylands in terminating the•partia strike which still el"
iits; by supplying them with. coals and cannel. And that
the meeting be adjourned lt'r a fortnight, to allow the
men,stin on strike to resume work." There is little Del
to report in connexion with, the strikes in this town and
neighbourhood. Scarcely two Hundred: colliers, au,
about that number of drawers; are now on strike ; all
e
rest of the mining operatives,- about 74500, being at hi'
work: Most of the men still out belong. to one of the
milieries. of Messrs. W. H.. Brancker and Co., known by
themame of Walthew.houssi.and situated at Pemberton.
Independent of the questionlOf wages, colliers do not like
labouring at it. One reaSon:is4aid to• be, that working
as it does a rich seam of coal;dtgives aff a great deal of
fire-damp; and is also the tiLiepe3b pit in• _Lancashire, being
500 yards below the Surface,- Mit: thePririeipal objection,
apart' from wages, is, that arigid observance of the rules
(which. prohibit the taking-oil- the tops of safety -lamb
and: the smoking of tobacco-pipcs-in the-mine) is enforced;
and-for- a breath of them, which may have led to an °-
'plosion; more than one man has been brought before the
magistrates and committed to prison- But even at oral"
thew-house the men are gradually going to work agalenic
notwithstanding that the, •turn-outs are tolerably,
supported by the generalt body-. of miners in the
district- There is every probability that the partial str''
Of the men, principally aimed against Messrs. Braucher
d
and: Co:„ will soon be overceme ; for that firm are enabled
to, stand out against their' miners. even with the I
sent great demand for coal, by several of the associated
colliery owners supping them. with the quantity O
coal and cannel they require for their customers•
the. mills of the associated,: cotton-spinners still 110
time e.lOsed, and when:the . strike- of factory hands, A w5O-
- is a mystery: A meeting. of the Mastera`,3 to •
elation was held yesterday.. They say they are wiluP° a
open their mills ana,start. their machinery whenever,e6.
suflielent number of hands present themselves at the
but until then that, will ,do nothing% Last week,
the
reftwed a request made. ,by. the overlookers to Ole'
hands to assemble inthe mill yardsto hear the terms
which their respective masters would allow them to re.es•
work, and their rwen .for refusing was that the operatl,rtr
might interpret it as a sign. of' way on their 1?3
t I,7°° The distress of tie workpeople.is exceedingly grea • per.
they struck, some.. of them ware promised 4s. or 455--te.
week ; but last week:they only received support at they
of a halfpenny head, and. this week lid. Per 1_
Beggars abour& by hundreds, almost thousands 4 • pts--
claim sympathy., on .the ground that they are turntoul
involuntarily, the fact being that the strike of card" to
°e•stig -
hands brough.;_all those engaged at the other Prez
a stand.

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AMONG'.
.IiIIL2.OWNERS.

IN mantiacturing towns we are generally tan,....,714„de.
derstand that civil.and: religious freedom has...uSr upi-
hom.e.—agricultural districts, governed by 1)4 "del
owners, Leing. the scene. of all violations oft ao. 7,aske
law. But.this is by no. means true, as we wfit s°4)lliLiag"
It appear. The tyrannical landed proprietoriof I3°e or of
ham has. found a sympathetic tyrant in P. 'n
ham time •
Lancas4ire- A labouring family in Burnley, S
ago, fowl themselves out of employ, arul,.inadeurY The
tion to a manufacturing firm in the neighbourhood-
memqrs of this family, however, have btva in the
of attending Church service and several'', of
berol among the Sunday scholars. The roaster or 3o:tbis
applied to made them offers of employments but.ll,o of
base condition. Listen to it, inhabitants of thr `; who
liberty—give. ear, ye readers of Liberal: newsPsPei
love large principles, but have narrow hearts j„bour
Fight have opportunity to earn their bread by 111,ad bee, 11,.,
if, they would
_forsake the church which tbeY krolu ti e
acpustomed, to attend, withdraw the. childre, 4.'", spell ;;;;I
Sunday-school where they had been taugl." "irequell'ot
word of Clod, and go to the canting conventicle,, e° must.
by this proselytising employer, who,. not bper'oltion,
thew 0;.5
with hard labour and inadequate rerto°2-the b
enter
strike for the souls of his workpeople rI
It sounds well in this season oChoasted po°,r "fa.a,
does it not F—that the master, should as 5- fat-1111,-oi'
men to sell the convictions of himself ull-4.-3lly et— It
beggarly pittance to be also far more substsuq.ons
If Dissenters cannot keep up their cong'rega
el"r Ineetiligof
means so unholy, the sooner they convert - 11 cause
houses into stables the better will it be for t leb;eet
that religious toleration which has for its ciafter 11.1_0
allowance of every man. to worship his Create',..,
own fashion, and which it has hitherto been
advocate and support. But we will not beyeve„,t body
abominable act will find any sympathy sv!th;'..`2:, ; thq.,
whose. power and influence it was meant to
latferi
ns
a blot on their banner, and denounce from the.ll' P_ith cb,57
will indignantly repudiate what would con.sugiteire so f°1-u.
and pulpits so degrading an attempt to.f.atsiS "
d the Dail!!
honour their escutcheon. We have mentipne we has
of no parties, nor is it our intention to do so% the hopP
been induced to publish the circumstance,. wit.'l
that I.o_
and conviction that so vile an action riLlaY 111...e,t,110f
all such

rewal;

versal execration which is the
villanous attempts to cheat the poor man of tas (te, 00
his only birthright—the liberty-to think for irnselg
that which affects himself and himself only.— The .13ur"
Mentor.

a few words " with ne., io
it suicide by throwing er° er•
however, by sonie 9,,
-honi
_she- 4;l'lA

at the time, ray
:n Hospital, which she ~
"unctay, in the company of her bi-'