The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-18 00:00:00

Ebucation.

• KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE, ISLE OF MAN.
ESTABLISHED UNDER HIS MAJESTY'S PATRONAGE,
-VOR the economical EDUCATION of the YOUTH of the
1.1 Island, and of the surrounding Countries, in the doctrines
and duties of Christianity, as taught by the united Church of
England and Ireland, in combination all the usual branchei
of Literature and. Science.
Principal—The Rev. Edward ilson late Fellow of
St. John's College, Cambridge, and Curate M.A.Of St. Michael's,
Bath.
`'ice-Principal—The Rev. Robert Dixon, M.A of Catherine
Hall, Cambridge.
Third Master—The Rev. John L. Stowell, 8.A., of Queen's
College, Oxford.
The above College will .open on the Ist of
_August next for
the reception ofPupils, who must have completed their 7th
year, and be able to read and write.
College Fees for l?upiis between 7 and 10 years of age £1 per
quarter..—Between 10 and 13 do. £1 10 per quarter, and be-
tween 13 and 18 do. 1:2 per quarter. Above its a small addi-
tional fee will be required.
These Fees are to be.paid to the. Principal quarterly, in ad-
vance; the liiSt 'quarter at the time of the Pupil's admission;
the second at. the next quarter day, and so on. The quarter
days will be February Ist, April 15th, September Ist, Novem-
ber 15th. Without the punctual payment of these quarterages
no pupil will be received; nor, if he be removed during any
quarter, will any portion of that quarterage be returned.
N.B.—As the College opens on the Ist of August the second
qn;irtei• in the present year will not be till November 15th., .
Boarders w ill bC received. into the College under the super-
intendence of the Vice-Principal, and by the Third Master, into
his,miai house, as Private Pupils, at £25 per annum for Boys
under' 14, and £3O (hi. above that age, exclusive of College
Feei. • The board to bepaid half yearl}-:
The Principal will receive a few Private Pupils on highar
terms.

Vacations—July and August; a week at Christmas and a
week at Easter.
The Continental Languages, Drawing, Washing, and Books,
extra.
.Early intimation of Pupils intended fur the College is re-
quested by the Principal, from whom further particulars may be
had on application, if by letter post paid.
College, Isle of Man, June 10, i 833.

TO THE INIIABITANTS OF MANCHESTER.
THE MASTER BUILDERS of Manchester have hitherto
abstained from making an Appeal to the Public against
the proceedings of their workmen, in the hope that reflection
would induce these misguided persons to wit raw from a Com-
bination, the injurious effects of whi •1, -ever annoying they
may be to their Employers in the in time, must, eventually,
fall upon themselves. Dissappointed in these reasonable ex-
pectations, the Master Builaers are compelled, by a sense of
what is due to themselves and to the Public, to make the fol-
lowing statement :
The Inhabitants of Manchester are aware that Printed Pla-
cards have been issued by the Journeymen Masons, Brickset-
ters, Slaters,, and other Trades, signifying their intention of
doing away with the system of Contracting; and requiring,
that in future, all work belonging to the Building Trade shall
be executed by the different 1 rades separately, and that no
New Building shall be erected by Contract with one Person.
The MASTER. BUILDERS-have never had any desire to
influence Gentlemen in the mode of Contracting for their
Buildings, nor any objections to the different Trades being em-
ployed separately. The truth is, they
.have been led into the
system complained of by the almost universal wish of Persons,
who had Buildings to erect, to enter into Contract with one re-
sponsible Person, rather than with several.
The MASTER BUILDERS cannot discover what material
benefit. to themselves the Journeymen expect from these pro-
posed Regulations, as the system of Contracting has not tended
to reduce -Wages. In- all branches of Building the Price of
Journeymen's Labour has remained stationary, or with a ten-
dency to rise, for the last twenty years; whilst that of all
branches of Manufacture; as well as the price of the necessa-
ries of life, have been for some years on the decline.
But circumstances which have occurred since the issuing of
those Placards have fully proved that the Journeymen have
ulterior objects in view, and that their intention is to establish
a system of Dictation which would have the effect of making
the Masters the humble dependents on the will of the Journey-
men.

'1 he MASTER BUILDERS, in compliance with the first
Placard from the Workmen, and in order to try how the sys-
tem would act, declined entering into Contracts, except for the
different Trades separately. But this concession had only the
effect of increasing the demands of the Workmen.
By mandates from the Union, some Masters have been sus-
pended from doing any work for Six Mouths, because they aid
not immediately pay to their Men an Advance of WageS, ac-
cording to a Scale of Prices dictated to them.
No progress has been made for two months in several exten-
sive undertakings, and it is ordered that they shall nut be pro-
ceeded with until re-let to different persons iu the several
Trades, because the Union (in spite of all evidence, and the
production of the different SEPARATE Contracts) still choose
not to be convinced that they are not Contracted fur by One
Party. •

Gentlemen who are Building are now obliged to submit their
Contracts to the Inspection of a Deputation from the Union,
before they are allowed to proceed.
Besides all this, the Journeymen are attempting to impose
upon their Masters a set of Regulations respectin the equal-
izing of Wages, the number of Apprentices, the' making of
Over-time, the performing of work iu.any other manner but by
Day, the finishing of work Inc which- Machinery has operateu,'
and other matters, which are alike detrimental to the free
carrying on of Business. The Masters who presume to disobey.
these Laws are in danger of having their whole business
stopped, and; in some cases; have already been obliged to sub-
mit to a Fine to the Union, in order to avert their displeasttre.
Under these circumstances, the Masters have come to the
resolution of resisting the Combination of their Workmen;
aud, convinced that by persevering in this course they will best
discharge their duty to the Public, they look With confidence
for public support. They beg to .oller their best thanks to. those
Gentlemen whose Buildings are in progress, for the forbearance
they have manifested; and hope that they will find. in the
necessity of xeiiSting an unjust, oitressive, and injuyioni Cord_.
la-fixation, a sufficient reascn for sinaoitting to any further delay
which it may occasion. Tfiey also respeetfultv submit to all
who have.projec;cd.New.lections, to suspend their operations
unfil,thoa differenees are adjiurfed.
The 111ASTEll BUMPERS are unwilling to believe. that-
the Workmen will f:4 sp hlind to their own intere3t as to per 7
severe in their present conduct—conduct unprovoked by any.
attempt on the, part, of their. Employers to Lettuce their wages.,
otherwise to diminish their comf4ts. But the Master
Builders consider it their duty, to ,ward these misguided man.,
not to indulge the hope that they will attain the object they
have in view. '1 consequences of cences,sion have been ,fahy,
and maturely couSidered, and whatever peisona,l 4-actifige the
deteirain#tioil.nwy coat them, the hia.ster,thiirdcro dc.e.,l44qther
will not submit to the 'ilium:4 and dii.gracckl
it is the design c.f the Ci4libidatioti of to most
tl.lOll them.
Note.--Thtee tenet:l,4;lC Establishuinittp are thiii,wcpktivjjits
out Workmat; to cuti4teutc of liavsag
' men to work at Building* where 0014 riot the fialiovir
have been eierloy;ed.,