Star.
London, England, 1819-08-25 00:00:00

CO;INTRY 1711? DON WEAYEA4

coveNrsv, A IGUST 29.
Tileilay morning a numerous body of Weavers.
senibleJ in the Windmill Fields, neat to this City,
consi,!er of the means of obtaining an advance of
;.
-Cie:- some deliberations, they determined not'
co ce.l,c from working themselves, 44.•1.ai50 toj
set hers. Accordingly,. several persons were
to seal the looms ; and a Deputation. war
to wait on the Magistrates, to request their
iaence with the 11lanufacturers. then
la, perambulated the streets, with a placard,
V*3s printed " List Prices or Nothing."—
ie soticitation of the Magistrates, the Manufac-
s he!sl a Meeting that evening at the:Castle Inn,
unanimously agreed that the List.Piice Of
wi::i a trifling deviation, should be paid in
Prior to this, it may be necessary to add,
erreme concern we mention it, several per-
j' ~=ions t 9 the weavers, were carried through
in succe,sioa, on the back of a dbakey ;
.; perotml violArice was, however, offered to
611.11: so treated,
o.lnesilay morning, the weavers having again
Mr. P. CH, 0 irk read a series of Itesolu•
%sere unanimously agreed to. Re
to,v on their tenour ; and trusted ibis:no-
be done by the assembly Preiece,•"o
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the day, we were sorry to observe s fen.
body of watchmakers also paradiogi the
;;or a sintilg purpose. As this had a tendency
,• the cause of the wearers most materially,
•:s•,rates telt themselves called upon to issue
- la which they deClared their decided in-
ppres,ing all tumultuous assemblies that
r tuoire take place.
ti.. I::: e• assembling of the weavers in the even-
', 6 lo•coav observed, in allusion to this hand-
t!..at obedience to the Magistrates must be oh-
,e; t that the weavers totally disapproved of
of other trades with their concerns.
;,;„ v.t, saircred to proceed, it would probably
between both parties, which
::i tumult, and this the law must depre-
(Ate aau 1,;;;IiAl. None should go from that Meeting
nth a :,,t,laziou to compel people to leave thew
!mi.., would be ..1-emed tumultuous; ismnst
be a act in all. It was then determined
they Id all remain still, until the whole of the
mageis si•ped the agreement ; and Mr. Gite-
WRY Ile had no doubt their exertions would be
c:Talaid with success.
A Req .isr.ion having been sent to the Mayor, to
request him to convene a Meeting of the Inhabitants
to take int t consideration the case of the digressed
wearers, Saturday was appointed for that purpose,
she;', 1111ructotts and respectable Meeting of the Ma-
ssfacturers and others, assembled at the County Hall,
• Clarke, Esq. in the Chair.
Mr. C. LILLY stated, that the object for which they
were then assembled, was to adopt some plan for. the
!did of the poor and distressed Ribbon Weavers,
ad he had no doubt that mart ,of the Gentlemen
rand him would assist in so laillitble a cause to.the
taloa in their power. He wished to correct -ad et=
famous opinion which had goneabroad, viz. that
the present stopping of the looms was to raise their
prices, but it was no such thing ; the prices now paid
sere certainly inadequate to subsist the families of
the poor men, but their object was to equaliae.the
prices; and to this 12t manufacturers have armed,
sad have signed their names that they should all pay
alike. By this means every manufacturer will have
le same chance in the market. Trade at this time
ache year is generally very slack, it being between
the summer and winter fashions. Ho (Mr. Lilly) un-
derstood from Mr. Cope, that the manufacturers of
Nuneaton had agreed to abide entirely by the Reso-
!miens of the present Meeting, and the list of prices
the Coventry Manufacturers might pay. Ile sincerely
*taped that the Gentlemen present would subscribe
towards giving something to the poor families who
fad been all the week out of employ. He would re-
commend that they should still refrain from. their
work, rather than take it out at an inferior price ;
zed, he for one, would again come forward, if a
mad subscription should Toe deemed necessary. He
ihould conclude by moving, that a subscription be
raw entered into—(Applause.)
:event Resolutions were then agreed to.
Kr. Cora said, he hoped the subscriptions, upon
this occasion, would be liberal. The distresses dthe
treaters were great ; but none could be better judges
of their deprivations than themselves. He under-
r.ocd that their chairs and tables, and, in some in-
naaces, even their beds, &c. had been sacrificed,
reher than they would apply for parochial relief.—
ile must beg to remark, that a liberal subscription
neuld be fully repaid by the reduction of the Poor-
rtes.--After some conversation, as to those who
vealdbi. the most proper persons to solicit subscrip-
tions in the different Wards, it was thought the Ward
Committees should be appointed to that office.
A subscription was immediately entered info in
Hall, and we understand nearly £2OO were seb-
len:bed. It was announced that the Corporation
torrid g:ve 25 guineas, and the Clothiers' Company
guioras.
Air. P. GREGORY said, he should not again have
presumed to address so respectable a Meeting, had
he not been prompted by the noblest feeling of the
12r-au mind—gratitude. His fellow-artisans Nati-
tiiLt.el vial him in the same feeling, and he,-in their
%could return thanks to the Mayor and Magis-
ut the City, for their kindness and forbearance
•ar.l!, the v:irious large Meetings of the week; and
al.a for their having denounced the interference of
011 q trades.

A Deputation was then appointed to solicit sob-
ttl:,ll.ms ie. each Wa-d ; and, we are happy to add,
tl,rutt..h their meritorious exertions, upwards of
were collected on Saturday evening. Upwards
of £;tmili,2s, who had been totally unemployed
duiing the week, wete then supplied with money to
Plicliase the necessary articles of subsistence, and a
1 surplus rent.tined for the ensuing week.
11,e k ereaing th, Manufacturers again assent-.
~••ti^lim, to receive the Weavers' Re-
; ily;se I,:ttnes which had been signed subse-
:l;e last