The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

WILLIAM HUGHES seconded the resol

ig so ridiculed

statement that the number o:

sailmakers was decrees

or that there was any de

ficiency in the labour market.
The resolution was put from the chair, and unanimously

Mr. R. CASEMENT moved the second resolution, as fol-
lows :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the
reduction of 2id. per hundred, in the piece-work prices,
offered by the masters, would not be to the advantage of
the trade generally." In moving the adoption of this
resolution, be said the remarks of Mr. Gladstone at the
meeting on Friday last represented the reduction of
two-pence halfpenny per hundred as a nominal reduc-
tion, and accompanied that representation with the
statement that the men had promised on a late occasion,
if they got their wages increased to the sum which was
then agreed on, they would not seek any rise in future.
This he denied ; no such promise had been made, and no.
one was entitled to make it. He next adverted to an
allegation on the part of Mr. Gladstone, that the men
were able to earn £4 per week. (Cries of phi" oh !")
This also, he need not tell the meeting, was not true, but
far from true. (Hear, hear.) The men were well dis-
posed towards their employers, and as an evidence of
that, he said, they cheerfully performed whatever kind
of work they were put to, taking
.that which was well
paid for along with that which was ill paid, (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Gladstone also said that a threat had been held out
that the men would demand £1 per day. He (the speaker)
felt assured that no one had ever used such a threat to-
wards Mr. Gladstone ; but if some one had been so unwise
as to make such threat to some one, were all the men to
be branded with the foolishness of one P (Cheers.) A
struggle (he said) was about to be commenced against the
men by the masters about the apprentice system. That
system had been originated by the masters themselves ;
and he maintained the masters had no right to take the
work from the men who are here and give it, he might
say, to foreigners, whom they might bring to the town.
In conclusion, he urged on the meeting to resist this at-
tempt of the masters to break down the rates of remune-
ration, and to do away with the agreement restricting the
number of apprentices. (Cheers.)

The CHAIRMAN reminded the meeting that it was pro-
posed that the men should not remain idle, in their
opposition to the encroachments of the masters, but that
they should work for the merchants and shipowners of
Liverpool ; reminding them also that, if they were so
employed, they could work cheaper than the masters, and
yet be gainers by the proceedings

Jr. GEORGE SMITU seconded the motion for adopting
resolution, and at great length went over similar
ground to that taken up by the previous speaker. In con-
clusion, he urged them to be calm in whatever was done—
to maintain friendly feelings towards all ; and to remember
that too many labourers in any field was injurious to all.
The resolution was unanimously carried.
Mr. MARK MULLEN moved as the next resolution
That this meeting decidedly denies the statement
made at the masters' meeting, that the journeymen sail-
makers of Liverpool want monopoly, or attempt to pre-
vent that full supply of labour which the town requires."
In urging the resolution on the attention of the meeting,
he adverted to the absurdity of saying that the number
of sail-makers was decreasing, while the work was in-
creasing. During the years which have elapsed since 1846,
the association had been increased in numbers by 200
members, and last year 45 new members had joined it.
Did that, he might ask, look like a decrease in the num-
ber of the men ? If Mr. Gladstone's assertion was met by
that, it would be seen that it was refuted. (Cheers.) Not
content with the monopoly which he himself enjoyed, Mr.
Gladstone went round, in what he might call a patent
safety cab, endeavouring to induce the other masters to
join him in his endeavours to fill the shops with boys. He
trusted this attempt of Mr. Gladstone's would be firmly
resisted. (Cheers.)

Mr. Joi.; CaooKs seconded the resolution, and in
doing so said he was himself a living evidence of the
liberality of the association, as he had served his appren-
ticeship in Scotland, yet he had been received with the
utmost cordiality, and admitted to all its privileges. In
this instance he maintained the masters were 'the real
aggressors. The men merely desired to remain in the
position they had already attained. They were accused
of seeking to raise the price of their labour by taking
advantage of the state of the market; but in doing this
what did they do which was not done and justified by
others ? Did not the corn-merchant, the cotton-broker,
and the ship-owner all take advantage of .the state of the
market in raising their demands ? (Cheers.) If a man
is to be reduced to such a condition as that, in times 'of
prosperity, he is only able to make a bare subsistence,

what is fo-become of him in times of depression ? (Cheers.)
He ridiculed the idea of men going to sea in times when
wages were high, and said his experience led him to know
that the higher the wages the more likely were men to
remain at home. (Cheers.)

In answer to a question from Mr. Irvine,
He said he had been a member of the association for
nine years, and when he first joined it in 1846, there were
but 269 members in it; in July of this year, it consisted
of 457 members. Did that, he might ask, look like the
decrease talked of by Mr. Gladstone? After all the
casualties occurring from death and other causes, the assO•
elation was now stronger by 188 members than it was in
1846. He concluded by cordially seconding the resolution,
which was unanimously adopted.
Mr. BARRY then, at great length, argued in favour of
the resolutions, and reviewed many of the discussions
'tween the masters and the men, in all of which, he
the masters sought to encroach on the

maintained,

privileges of the mer

The CIIIIRMIN cautioned the small master
joining in the movement of the large ones, as t
'by maintaining a. great number of apprentices,
able to swamp the former.

would be

The meeting then voted thanks to the Liverpool Press,
for its fairness towards them, and after a vote of thanks to
the chairman, the business was closed.

A MR. GALT, from this town, has been killed by the
kick of a restive horse in the Isle of Man.
CAPTAIN GEEIG, the head constable, has, by the Lon-
don Gazette 'of the 14th inst., been promoted to the
rank of major in the army.
Lin DEMERARA.—This noble ship, whose untimely
fate will be remembered by our readers, was sold on
Friday. The purchasers were Messrs. Wilson, of this
town, and the price paid was something under £10,000.,
THE MATroit entertained, on Thursday, a party to
dinner at the Town-hall. The company was composed
principally of members of the town-hall committee.
KOSSUTR'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.—We' understand the
:intended visit of M. Kossuth to Liverpool has for the
present been postponed. It is now certain that his visit,
if it take place this year, will not occur till late in the
autumn.

MONET. -At the Dock Committee's meeting on
Thursday, offers of money to the extent of £14,500 were
taken at 41 per cent.; and further offers of £2,040 at 4
per cent, The larger sum had been arranged for pre-
viously to the rate of interest being reduced to 41
TXE LANCASIIIRE MILITIA, commandant Colonel
Clifton, now in garrison at Deptford and Woolwich, from
continual drill and training are becoming extremely effici-
ent ; the men are beginning to wear a soldierly look, and
go through their manoeuvres with the greatest precision.

LICENSED VICI'IIALLEIIS' BAZAAR.---ThiS bazaar and
exhibition was brongbt to a close on Wednesday, beine, so
long protracted in consequence of the inclemency of the
weather. The total proceeds are about £9OO, including
donations. There will be a re-opening to-morrow, for the
allotment of the articles sold and the sale of those which
'have been undisposed of. A raffle will then take place for
the splendid sideboard manufactured by Mr. Fairclough, of
Renshaw-street

Tau AFRICA, British and North-American Royal Mail
steam-ship, Captain Neil Shannon, sailed on Saturday for
New York, with the usual mails for the United States and
British North-American provinces, 100 passengers, and a
full cargo of me-.chandis? on freight.
A Bolt SNOT AT AINTREE RAPE-COURSE.—Near the.
.ceutre of the course there were reprehensibly permitted to
be placed two targets for rifle shooting, one sent by. Mi.
Morgan, of a rifle gallery in Williamson-square. On Thurs-
day afternoon;a boy, named Miles Oreenbank, who standing
near this, was shot, the bullet passing into his body. The
unfortunate youth is since dead, and an inqueit on the
body is to be held-to-day.

FATAL ACCIDENT 7T.7. A SRIPBUILDING YARD.—On
Saturday morning, a-boy named James Hatton, was en-
gaged on a stage with eight men, at Mr. Getty's ship-
building-yard, driving rivets into an iron ship. There was
a furnace and a forge also on the stage, and whilst the
men were buisied with their work, the platform: suddenly
and unexpectedly, fell, all upon it being precipitated to the
bottom. The youth Hatton was so seriously injured that
he died the same evening; the eight men escaped with
only bruises and contusions.

Ears Thrown. Trn'vr BIC AX OpprcE-nor.—On Friday
afternoon, between five and six o'clock, a youth, named
Richard Burnes, in the employ of Messrs. Langtrys and
Co., Water-street, made off with the cash-box, containing
£350 in cash, besides other property, of the value of
£l,OOO and upwards. He had been some time in their
service, and they never had reason to suspect his honesty.
Only a few minutes elapsed before the police were made
acquainted with the fact, and though every exertion has
been used to trace him, yet, up to the present time,
no tidings of him can be had.

Munnzu BY AN OLD MAN.—On Wednesday, Mr. Drif-
field held an inquest at the Bird-i'th-Hand, Hindley, near
Wigan, on the body of James Underwood, aged eleven
years. John Grundy, an able-bodied pauper, was present
eu.stodY• Grundy slept in the same *ard at Hindley
workhouse as a number of boys, and early on Tuesday
morning week they were teazing him about some money
he had.. The deceased stroked Grundy's pocket ; Grundy
became enraged, and seizing the lad by the right leg and
arm, dashed his head against the wall until the skull was
fractured. The boy never spoke afterwards, and died on
Sunday evening, The jury returned a verdict of " wilful
murder" against Grundy, who was committed to the
assizes.

TEE COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—The second July
court opened yesterday, J. W. Harden, Esq., judge of the
Chester County Court, in the absence of Mr. Pollock,
presiding. The business was almost exclusively confined
to fraud summonses, insolvencies, &c., and none of the
cases were possessed of the least public interest. Orders
for committal to Lancaster Castle were made against the
following parties, for non-payment of debts for whiCh
judgment had been obtained against them :—John Prit-
chard, Blue Anchor, 112, Leeds-stieet, 20 days ; George
Sudlow, clerk at Messrs. Cowgill and Jones's, -Argyle-
street, 20 days ; W. McCleland, at the Albert Dock, 20
days ; Margaret Wharton, near the post-office. Litherland,
20 days ; W. Evans, Clive-street, Park, 15 days; Richard
Nath, at Messrs. Harrison's, biscuit makers, Mersey-
street, 20 days • Richard Harrison, 28, Nursery-street, 15
days; Miles &roll, 9 Court, Burlington-terrace, Bur-
lington-street, 15 days ; William Heron, book-keeper at
Mr. Brackenridge's, Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street. 30
days ; Shaw, clerk in the office of Messrs. Lawrence
and Co., Liver-street, 30 days ; Isaac Conningham, cerk-
cater, Cooper's-row, 20 days ; John Hook, cab driver, 17,
Falconer-street, Windsor, 20 days; Samuel Lloyd, engi-
neer, foundry, St. Anne-street, 20 days ; Alfred Alkine,
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carter, 15 days; Edward Boyd,
street, boiler-maker, 20 days ; Mary M

20 days ; Thomas Thompson, Vaux
V days; and Margaret Stanyard

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char-woman, 15 days,