The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-14 00:00:00

THE TURN OUT OF THE WORKMEN.

We have little that is new or precise to report relative
to the turn out this week. We can only state that the
men, renerally, remain firm to their purpose, be it for
good or evil to themselves. A considerable number, how-
ever, of principally joiners and bricklayers, have signed
the "declaration" required by the masters, and returned
to work. Bat the stone-masons yet stand out strongly.
It is a remarkable fact, which we learn from good au-
thority, that few or none of the latter body of operatives
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or employment.
They appear in fact, in this respect, to have made up
their minds to undergo a silent and occult struggle, so
long as their resources will avail them. We repeat that
we never yet knew, in our experience of years, any good
to result to the workmen from these emeures, but, on
the ( ontrary, an injury to themselves and families.
At: the same time, as public and private works of mag-
nitude are going on. (or should be,) tending to the general
good. we sincerely hope that some amicable arrangement
will shortly be come to, satisfactory to both parties.
At Bradford there is not the least appearance of any
arrangement being come to between the masters and the
journeymen. The trade of the town of Bradford at the
present time is such that the masters are benefitted by the
absence of the men, and under the circumstances we are
reminded of the woolcombers' strike in 1825,—it, as the
present, was unfortunate for the working men.
At Manchester the strike still continues; the employ-
ers are gradually filling up their shops with applicants
who are willing to work, and who sign the declaration.
The turn.outs keep up the system of piquetting, and of
intercepting the bands whenever it is practicable, and en-
ticing them away.

On Sunday la•t tour gentlemen were drowned in the
Thames off the new pier at liungerford Bridge, by the
displacing of a plank on which they were walking from
one lighter to another.

The subject of Taw:ell's confession was again before
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the
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ment. The rev. gentleman, however, said that he bad
made a soletin promise to Tawell not to part with the
statement, and that no power on earth should ever induce
him to do so. It remains to be seen what further pro-
ceedings will be taken.
On Saturday, Samuel Yarham was executed at Norwich
for the murder of Mrs. Candler, at Yarmouth. He did
not make any confession but maintained a sullen silence.
20,000 people were present. This execution stands in
one respect almost unparalleled in English history—that
of a man being hanged for a murder after he bad been
allowed to give evidence against three supposed accom-
plices in the same ofreoc... He is also executed upon
statements which be himself made whilst under the im-
pression that, in consequente of giving such evidence, he
was free from any ulierior proceedings.

CATTLE FROM THE CA+ E.—A vessel called the Sir
Edward Ryan arrived in the St. Katherine's Decks a few
days since from Canton and also the Cape of Good Elope,
at which latter place she had called on ber homeward
voyage, bad on board, in addition to an extensive cargo,
comprising every ankle usually imported from China and
the Cape respectively, 60 bags oj flour, 63 bags of barley,
sundry packages of onions, apples, seeds, and flowers,
and 80 sheep, the produce of the latter place. The im-
portation of cattle from the south of Africa is certainly a
novelty, and it remains to be seen to how great an extent
such importations from that distant quarter of the globe
may profitably be carried.
NEW RAILWAY lioTEL.—Much alarm has been cre-
at .d amongst the hotel-ke-pers in this town by a rumour
that the Grand Juncti. n Company are about to possess
themselves of the whole of the land from Lime-street to
Hoth3m-street, and from London-road to Lord Nelson-
street, including the whole of the Blind Asylum, for the
purpose of erecting an hot,l upon it for railway passen-
gers. It is said 'hat, having teen disappointed in pro-
curing the site of the Islington Market, they have now
set their eyes on the land in question, and are determined
to purchase it from the several owners. The hotel-
keepers view the design as an infringement upon their
private rights, and are likely t 3 call a meeting shortly
with the view of memorializing the Council on the sub-
ject.
Tne result of the neentiations of the Cheater and Ho-
lyhead Company with the Government for the immediate
formation of a harbour of refuge and railway pier at the
latter port, is that if the company agreed to contribute
towards the outlay a sum of £200,00U, the works should
be carried out to the full extent described on the plans,
and be immediately commenced, and prosecuted' with the
utmost expedition. The inner pier is to be appropriated
to the company's traffic and the use of her Majesty's go-
vernment, and the present harbour deepened for the pur-
poses of the railway by giving accommodation to the lar-
ger class of steam-packets, until such time as the new
harbour and pier can be n ade available. Government
has undertaken to pay £30,000 annually for the carriage
of the mails for five years, to be subs 'quently increased
on a scale with the interest accruing to the line. The
shareholders have consented to the terms proposed.
THE WEATHER.—Never was the precarious nature of
our c iniate more fully demonstrated than within the last
ten days. On Sunday week, we had (as we have before
stated,) a heavy downfall of snow, sleet, and rain, with
the attendant cold and dreariress of the middle of win-
ter. On Sunday last, particularly in the afternoon, the
atmosphere became warm, it not sultry ; and to crown
all, we had in the evening, between six and seven o'clock,
a brief but somewhat alarming thunder storm ! Friday
(Good Friday,) was a truly delightful spring day, and the
Dicky Sams, a-nd their wives. relatives. and friends,
turned out in perfect shoals. like midges on a cious
summer day. Those who reside don the Cheshire side of
our noble river were under the impression—from the vast
' multitudes who there landed from the steam-boats, that
Liverpool had disgorged nearly its whole population.
We can assure them they were egregiously mistaken.
Otir own streets, as well as those of Birkenhead and its
park, were thronged throughout the day. We in truth
wondered where all the people came from. We have li-
terally bad fine April weather—" smiles and tears,"—and
yesterday afternoon, a downfall in which the " tears"
amounted to an absplute " flood." Meantime, vegetati-
on, released almost at once from the rigours of wintry
cold, progresses with great rapidity, and, it the same tem-
perature and genial showers continue, the country will
ere long present one flush of verdure.