Star.
London, England, 1827-01-12 00:00:00

TURN-OUT OF COLLIERS.

• , MANCEIBITEB, Jan. ii.
During the present week, the colliers employed in the sod aims
of Bradford and Oldham turned eat, win the foaming dream.
stances s—For some tine back there has been a miamadentaoding
betweed the cellists and their employers, with respect to the mea-
sure of coals which they send from the pit—it seems that their
wages are regulated by the number of tabs of coals that they send
from the pit. These tube, sccortilng to the standard measure.
should commie three hundred weight and a half domes; at sem
of the collieries, however, the tubs are large enough to captain
hundred weight, and mon, which is added to the man's labour, and
not to their wages. The employers, we undentaad is order to
pacify the men. promised that on the Ist at January, 1127, the tabs
should be regulated, and made all of eves else; and this not being
done, non men who bad to 1111 the huge tubs turned out, and al
the rest joined them. Yesterday aural g, upwards of 600 of them
went to Wonky, in order tothe .there toiling oat,
until a regular adjustment of tin aria skoloid take pike; and
threatening, that if they did net men ell, diseyeradd cet*e ropes,.
and keep them in. The asamesee, we usimneted, ere imposed to
comply with the dennods admit %Trackman, and therefore the turn,
out is not likely to be of Wog continuance.
Donne:we Fun at Toomemamt.—About ems edeck es
terday moredog, a person peados the factory of $ll/116 Itedser and
Sons. known by the name of Bands* Mill, 110110110516 k Min
fire. An alarm wasinlinediately given ; bet below way
assistance could arrindhellanwohnddikeei .001Feit a• assssfis*q
to leave a hope of their being medusa, sod shoe whole Indidleg was
in a short space of time redeem' to a heap of mine. The sew of
this destraetive fire has am yet beds asseetained. The less le very
considerable.

Doyen, Istr.lo —Sailed from Calais, the Sovereign
steam packet, Captain HATIIVID with his lactlieney the Prince
Namur. It has blown hard today: from the westward, and the
packets from Calais were obliged to bear away for the Dowse.
Chilton Lodge, near Hungerford, the seat of Jong
Naas; Req. 111.1` fee Devises, and late gowned' of the Beak
was broken open on Satuiday night, the zotk alt. and robbed of a
live sovereign piece, several eovereipss, two geld thimbles, as ink-
stand, and various other articles of valor.
A calculation has been formed, from which it would
appear, that were the inhabitants of the world to be
divided into 30 parts, 19 of them would be found to be
still Pagans, six Jews and Mahometans, and five Chris-
tians of all denominations.
The system in France is to grow, for their post-
horses, peas, tares, and oats, together. This is cut when
nearly ripe, and dried and tied up in bundles of 10Ibs.
each, the grain remaining in it; and the horses have
two or three, and even more of these bundles? gives
them in the day and night, and are, for the mo-t part,
in good condition.
In St. Alban's Church, is Wood-street, which was
founded in the time of King Athelstan, or about 924,
was flung among the plebeian skulls the bead of the
unfortunate James V. of Scotland. His body, for a
long time had remained embalmed at the monastery, at
Shen:. After the Dissolution it was cast among woe,
rubbish, where some workmen wantonly cut off the.
head, which was taken by Young, glazier to Queen
Elizabeth, who was struck with its sweetness, arising
irom the embalming materials. He kept it for a con-
,iderib!e time at h s house in Wood-street; but at last
gave it to the sexton to bury among other bosses is the
charnel house.

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