Star.
London, England, 1828-12-27 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, Mc 24.

At the New Bailey Gut-house this day, twelve
spinner. lately in the employ of Messrs. Jenkinson and
flow—naniely,William Beswick,Thoreas Davies, Hugh
Davies, Wil jam Morris, John Cunningham,— Ken,
nett., Henry Birch, Jsmes Barker, -- *cosh, Richard
Hodson, John Howarth, arid Roger Sharpies, were
brought up upon warrant, for leaving their employment
without notice. Mr. Thomson attended to prefer the
complaint. It appeared that in the month of September
la‘t Nlessrs. Jenkinson and Bow. by their manager,
intimated to all their hands that they would require a
fortnight's notice before any of them should leave, and
they undertook to give a similar notice on their part
before turning off any of their men. These conditions
were agreed to by all the workmen, including the pri-
soners; but on Friday morning last, Birch and Morris,
MO of their number, vent to the manager and told him
that they intended to leave unless their wages were in-
creased. The manager said he should require a fort-
night's notice. according to the agreement ; but this thay
refused to give, stating, that as the agreement had not
been ;educed to vi rating,it was not binding. The manager
then requesied them to see Mr. Jenkinson on the sub-
ject; but they said that they could n do any thing
beyond what they had done without the permission of
the club. It appears that the same men afteiw aids
went to Mr. Jenkinson, and informed him c f their in-
tention to leave, stating as their reason that these Gen-
tlemen did not give the town's prices, and that they had
supplied weft to Messrs. Williams and Co. whose buds
tinned out about ten days ago. Mr. Jenkinson at
tempted to reason with the men, and told them that at
all events he should require a fortnight's notice before
they left. The men, however, left their work the same
evening. Or, the following day (Saturday). some of the
men, among whom was the prisoner Howarth, vent to
the mill to clean their mules. On that occasion Howarth
said to Priestly, the manager, " I suppose the master
intends to have us at the New Batley to-day." Priestly
said he did not know ; upon which Howarth said,
tg Well, we'll have to serve our time in the New Bailey,
as the other spinners in the town won't let us continue
at our work."
-The pri.oners said in their own defence, that they
coisidered Messrs. Jenkinson and Bow to have them
selves broken the contract, by discharging without
notice a man who was sick, and therefore they did not
conceive it to be any longer binding.
Mr. WRIGHT said, that if they bad any ground of
complaint against their masters, they should have ap-
plied to the Magistrates, who would have given them
redress; but it was not to be suffereJ that they should
take the law into their own hands, and throw their
master's business at a stand, upon a moment's notice.
Eleven of the prisoners were then committed to pri-
son- with hard labour for three months each; and
Samples, who had been compelled by the others to turn
out contrary to his own inclination, was liberated, at the
desire of Mr. Jenkinson, on his promise to smut to
his work.
Abut ten days ago the spinners of Messrs. Williams,
of Piccadilly-mill, turned out fur advance of wage:. It
appears that in this town wages have varied from Ii J.
to 211 per pound for 40's ; whi!e io the country,
the mules ire smaller, and eisrefore the work less lu-
crative. the price is in some instances as low as
The sate demanded by the spinner is two pence half-
penny, being, on the medium price of tao pence, an
advance rit not less thane 25 per coot. It is no
&At true that the pt ices of provisions are greatly ael-
vanceil, and therefore the situation of the spinners, in
common with tha of other classes of operatives, is de-
te,iorated. But we believe there scarcely ever v as' a
time e hen the ma- ens were carrying on a le SI) prefit-
te,le vade, and ;her toe that the) should be able to
:afford such an advance, is out of the question. Messrs.
Jetikinsoo and Boviebad been paying their men *d. per
lb. to, 40's and the demand of the men was that they
should be raised to 2i We understand that when the
workmen of Me•ses.Williams and Co. (power-loom ma-
ru'attiiiers as well as spinners) turned out, they had
in ny °Mini shed warps in theloems,whichwould rot if not
speedily woven out. They, therefore, applied to Messrs.
Jenkinson rid Bow, to sell them the weft necessary to
complete toe work. A number of skips of weft were
actor .!irgly sold by Messrs. Jenkinson and Co. to
Messrs. Williams, and the •pinners of the former had
actually the assurance to state it as one of their induce-
ments to turn out, Vat they had dated to supply weft
to Messrs. Williams, whose hands had thought proper
to leave their employ. For whatever difficulty the
journeymen spinners who thus comport themselves
mig'-t-tall into, they would deserve no pits ; but the
misfortune is, that a much larger number of nineteen
Fermi:a are involved in difficulty by their misconductt
The torn-out of forty spinoffs at Messrs Will auta's
entirely deprives of employment at lesst 260 other'
bend.; and the pteportions v ill be similar at other
places. The mastrr spinners in Manchester think this
den;ri.d for an advance of wages particularly Oflrta-
soitabie ; because. they s y, that without taking into
cwicolati-n the rise now asked ter, coon./ power loom
piniutacturets can al eady mak. their cloths from sd.
t 0.6 I. per piece less than a similar avidity can he pro-
eucrd fns in this town—a difference which, in an Article
that sells tan 85.6 J. is, it need Not be said, a serious one,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION 110USIC.
Anon= Cm' Curium or Cmernici.--Au elderly
before Alden
woman named
Mars Mom, alias Wilton, alias Sotomens. was charged
man Fataassovsaa, with having assaulted sad obstructed Collins,
the beadle of Ws'brook, in the execution of his duty.
This case was rendered remarkable by being the Brit connected
with the revival of a very old custom of the City of London, este
blished for the punishment of persons guilty of immoral conduct
in houses of a certain description.
The City Solicitor attended for the prosecution. Ile stated that
as it was Impossible to calculate with certainty upon the puni-li-
ments of the keepers cf notorious and dangerous brothels in the
City of London, and as numerous complaints had been lately made
against the owners of such houses, by wow of the most respectable
families, it had been at length determined to resort to the ancient
and excellent custom of carting these who frequented such places
fur immoral purposes--(Loud laughter). It was mentioned hi one
of the City records. that " a lewd woman may be pursued it she
be in company with a man lot wrong purposes, into a bu.vie of ill
repute, and betaken therefrom and carted throueb the streets, and
that her male compaitiou in such wr rag doing, of whatever sir-
tree, may be also apprehended, and carted likewise."
Collins deposed, that having received his orders, he kept his eye
upon the house in question. A girl addressed hint in the street
and invited him to a house in Shelbornedane, Walbrook: lie told
her to go on and he would billow her. She forthwith led the way,
and walked up stairs. lie also went in, but before he reached the
landing place, the defendant :totted out or the parlour, wised hint
by the collar, dragged him down, and called fur the poker.
Ile
immediately .hewed her his staff—(Liughter). She still resisted—
(Continued laughter)—called him by the moot opprobrious palsies.
and he left the house.
Mr. Harmer. who attended for the defendant, said, that the
beadle could have expected no ether treatment. Mts. Moss con.
lectured that he had an improper design upon the young *muss,
and very properly Interfeeed. If It was the beadle's intention to
enter not for pleasure, but for the purpose of apprehending parties,
he should have brought his warrant.
The City Solicitor said, that Mr. Ilarmer was quite mistaken in
that respect. The beadle hid a right to pursue patties whb were
in houses of the kind upon " disorderly business"—(laughter). and
to take them into custody without a warrant, and any one who in-
terfered was punishable at the Quarter Sessioes. This was a cus.
tont, certainly, peculiar to the City of London.
Mr. [farmer contended, that such a cif-loin had fallen into de-
suetude, and was worth nothing. No man had a tight to enter a
a house without a warrant to search for petsiais.
The Alderman asked whether the defendant wished to give any
account of the matter?
Mrs. Moils—Your Vorship, I didn't like to see Mr. Colliath,what
every one knows has a Large family, go along with a duberout cha-
racter. I considered Ib thelt el a wile, and I knows the bionics
of a roman, and I wouldn't let hint do nu such thing—(l.augliter)
Collins, who could nut help j,. ee 11l g in the laugh, stated, that sons
time afterwards' he " pursued" a Gesolentati and a female to the
same house, aod upon g. iug after them, hp waits, he was natio
' seied. in a very rough 111.111111 Cr, by the deteoil aft, to whom lie :lain
' showed his staff, but who gros.ll reviled I 111 l , and o.re-stetted hini
with the poker.
Mr. Hamer said, he real's• considered this most unwArtatit..hl,
conduct. It was quite ridiculous to suppose th it a 111411 be
justified in enterinz, a house 01 any tlesailitries otthoot au ate limit:.
signed by a Magihn ate.
The City Solicitot —I expect that the dstest.laun wdl lie iwileted
to Bud bail. The house ih a dreadful stui..iiice, and carting is the
only alternative left —( Laughter).
Mr. 11.unter—Iluw did Mrs. Moss know that the couple were
not man and wife?
The City Sulti:itor—Nobody cast doubt the purpose fur which
they *rent in.
Alderman FA 11111110711 za oldet td the defendant to find bail, and
in default cunindued her.
It is stated that the car ting.system will be immediately adopted
on a very general scale in the Cit. of London. and that the operatimi
is as follows t—The delinquents are placed back to back in an open
cart, and a piece of paper is pinned to the breast of each, stating the
nature of their acne,. They are then to be driven at a slow pace
to the City boundary, and when they arrive there the back board
is to be removed, and they are both to be gently dtopped into the
county.
GUILDHALL.

a..segesu.-111r. Thomas Reeves, Ward Clerk of Farringdon
Without, attended before Mr. Alderman Assess, by desre of the
Authorities of that Ward, to prefer an information against Mr.
Jones, for contumaciously keeping open the Cheshire Cheese publc-
house, in Fleur de-Lis•coutt, Fleet-street, in the palish of St.
Dunstan in the West.
Mr. Reeves stated, that the bnuse in question had been the resort
of bad company, and that the defendant had, in consequence, been
unable to obtain the certificate from the local authorities to entitle
him to his license from the Magistrates.
The defendant pleaded " not guilty" to the information.
James Hayes, a watchman, deposed. that be went to the house
in question on the night of Saturday, the 291 h of November, and
called fur a pint of beer, fur which be paid two pence halfpenny.
lie was served by the prisoner, who acted as landlord, and he
drank the beer in the house.
The defendant said he was licensed, and produced a document to
prove it ; but it turned out to be only the license from the Excise.
Mr. Alderman ANSLIM said, that it was necessary that he
should also be licensed at the Quarter Sessions, or before two

giurates.
The defendant replied, that he had not yet been able to take up
his freedom and to procure his oat( r license, in corm quence of the
neglect of his broker ; but he should be able to do so soon.
The Worthy Alderman said, that the present charge was not for
carrying un business, not being a freeman, but for selling beer to be
consumed in the house without a license, the penalty for which was
from AS to ,C2O, at the discretion of the Magistrates.
Mr. Reeves said, be bad other informations against Mr. Randell,
which be should not bring forward it lie shut up the house, but
othet wise be must press fur a penalty on each. On this occasion be
should only ask for the lowest penalty, £s.—The defendant was
convicted accordingly.
Mr. Reeves then laid a similar information against Mr. Jobe
Bates, of the Greyhound, in Smithfield.
Mr. Reeves stated, that the license of this house was stopped on
account of its having been charged with being the lemon of thieves;
1 yet that the defendant persisted in keeping it open. and the Ward
authorities bad therefore directed him to lay this information.
Mr. Bates denied that any thieves or bad characters (requested
Ibis house; and asserted that it was used by none but the most re-
spectable people, u be bad an abundance of witnesses to prove.
Mr. Reeves then desired Jackson, the beadle, to state what was
the test& of his inquiries of the people to whom the defendant re•
leered him respecting his character.
11 Jackson said be had learned, that the defendant bad lost the li-
lame of a former house through improper conduct.
Mr. Bates desired Jackson to give the name of his informant;
lbw Mr. Alderman Assuir said hr was nut bound to disclose it.
The defendant totally pleaded guilty to the charge, and was
Stied hi the mitigated penalty of 51. and promised to remove all
objection to the renewal of the license within a fortnight.
BOW—ST it RET.
Yesterday Nathaniel Delatourt was brought up on a charge eir
having broken into the shop of Mr. Owen, a butcher, In Fitaropi
triarket.
The prosecutor stated that be was awoke at as early hour on
ThUrsday morning, by souse boys, who told hint that his shop had
been broken open. lie immediately dressed himself. and on going
the shop, be found that several hied quarters and two or three
loins of mutton bad been stolen. The shop had been safely locked
the night before, and was full of meat, but the prosecutor could
not swear more particularly to any other part of his property. A
piece of beef, which had been placed on the block the night pre-
vious, was found on the door just ready to carry away.
An officer deposed that he went with the prosecutor and a boy
mimed Smith, to a house in Tottenham. street, Tottenham-court-
read, where the prisoner lived, and they found a loin of mutton
lying on the table, which the prosecutor swore to as being his pro-
perty. The prosecutor stated that he knew the loin of muttun be-
cause it had been chopped uff, instead of being divided with a saw ;
and it was rather a curious circumstance that be had never cut any
`Meat in such a way before during the course of his business. Thel
'boy Smith on seeing the prisoner, pointed him out to witness as the
man whom he had seen in the prosecutor's shop.
• The prosecutor unattested, that a neighbour bad told him be had
seen a cart at his door ready to take away the meat, but be had
not seen it himself.
The prisoner in his defence said, that he was a hawking botcher,
and that be bought the meat of a man with whom be had often
had similar dealings, and gave Lint three &dings for it. He then
entered into rather a rambling story of the transaction, and con-
eluded by saying that he was sure the prosecutor could not s• in-
demnify" his property.
The prisoner was remanded for the production of bulbar eel.
deuce.

Yesterday, as one of the drays belonging to an inter-1
mediate ate hriwery was passing through Noble-street.
Gomel-stint, a floe boy, named Henry Lanr, three
year, old, accidentally falling under the horses kert,
one of the wheels pasted over his bead, sod killed him
sin She instant.