The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-01 00:00:00

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Swim us statements have been made by one
eft tee of • temporaries In regard to the stairs 1
of fah- ' tre. 'l'l3. Company is not to lose the
powerful aid of Mr. Jositirrovie (familiarly termed
sleigh Jouesvonz), ear that of Mr. IC:nowt ; and the
arrangements forming for the opening of the Theatre
include, beside the principal performers already so,
high in public Intimation, a variety of additional.
talent, wileeted Mid obtained by the 'new Manageti
that pretenses Olieirliu infinity of eelat to thecom.
mincemeat and progress of the ensuing season. It
Is not treatise. Mr. Doirros is engaged to perform
et Mr. ELLTsTON's little Theatre, though that Gen-
tleman has hitherto declined renewing his engaget:
ment at Drury-lane from some circumstances' cots.
hided with particular arrangements.
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T. lIE 1114NCIIESTE1 COTTON-SPINNERS.
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roar CU. VAXGRItsTE it CHRONICLE, Atm. 29.]
"he piece Of the town is now infringed upon to e
serious &gratify the !vendee of these men and of
psolie permit' who are under the influence of their
Feeling. Peery eirreniog and evening doribg this
week there live beat disturbances, created by the
-hostile ame of Ilse onsimployed against work.people
'ile wooll willingly pursue their business. The
. .lads been misieelled by the former, and em.
, Awry ineogitiOnieece diet their opponentss'e
devise, acionspanied also •by no email degree
.of pirsousl dosser. They bare been attacked with
.stonee and med. In. consegsmece of such proceed-
ings, the Magistracy, Boroegbreeee, and Constables,,
with their officers, have been constantly harassed by
most unpleasant duty, and the military have on seve-
ral occasions been from necessity called out to as-
Oasist in the irksome labour. The special constables
have not bee* remiss on the occasion. In addition to
the above enormities several must respectable Gen--
down, employersist the spinning branch, have been
surrounded in the streets, hooted, and grossly in-
sulted by large mobs of women, boys, and men ;
chiefly, however, of the former ; to such a pitch of
ingratitude are their ignorant minds raised by the
stimulations dare elder turn-oats. The soldiers are
insulted whilst on their painful duty, and the Peace
Officcre hate -keels wounded, and deprived of their
staves of Ace. Such is the present state of things, ,
that one factory' has found it'uecnasary to have armed 1
soldiers stationed within 'lt. Yesterday a body of
Spinners marched in regales; rank and file, in the',,
open day, armed with bludgeons, to a large factory,'
and loudly demanded tbat those at work should
be turned out. This eas not complied with ; but
' before the military could be got .to the place,
the rioters had decamped. At a subsequent part of,
the day Mr. Norris,' our Police Magistrate, felt it
necesary to read the Riot Act, the pressure of an iiii '
manse multitude upon the-officers of the town and
upon the military became so serious, accompanied by
gross insults of manner and language. In some fac-
tories the masters ire under the necessity of supply-
ing the people they hive at work with bedding, and
they sleep where. they are employed. Many 'dis-
totters of the peace have been taken into custody,
bet obtertewitily tile- worst eharacteie Ireire yet
pooped, they ore so cautious and crafty. It is un-
derstood that the Treasurer to the combined men has
this week decamped, and taken with bite a 'consider,.
able sum of their stock of cash.
It has been judged necessary, under these Omni.
stances, that semi means shpuld be taken to make a
more substantial provision for the security of the in.
habitants and of the town. A meeting was there-
fore convened yesterday of the principal residents
to devise a suitable plan for this very nestessacy and
important portant object. Matters ere now got to such a
'pitch, through the refractoriness of some, and the
literisequent.distress of others, for many families, we
londerstasti, are destitute of the necessaries of life,
that it is probable outrages will increase rather than
dimlelib. The law, with all its rerrors, must thin-
k,* lateipeeti. This bailors the more necessary,
es . thefille ellrithesetete Is expected to
be b:
y the accession of men in other occti-
*Zgi vibe ere striking for an advance of wages.—
the baneful principle of combination is ma-
lts 4.41 Waitress, and it is only by firmness and
tertbitt legislative provisions, that its career can be
!Ilfielbaly checked.
' Themes, who were Committed on the charge of an.
Seigel Imaabinstion ate still in custody for want of
'bail Their trial is traversed till next Assizes.
[egos SHE LEEDS MERCURY.]
irk master cetton.weavers iu some parts of Lan.
cubit*. as Well as in Scotland, deriving wisdom from
the dissensinueof others, have at length made an ad-
vance of 10 per cent. on the price of weaving. And
most assuredly the best way to avert the evils of
miroblaatioos, is to listen in time to the reasonable
shies of the labouring classes, and to endeavour to
pie. the* le a situation of humble comfort and con-
tentment.
• Drama nit vawros CHRONICLE.] .
Tile reaudamarers of this town bare this week
raised the prices of weaving Is. per cut, or about 10
per cent. on the sort of goods meat generally malls•
factored in this neighbourhood.
This is an example worthy of imitation ; for, as
we have &Wady stated, the clear weekly earnings of
the men waivers of Lancashire, previous to this ad•
mince, did not exceed Bs. per week ! Is that a pro-
sperous or natural state of society, where the head of a
family cannot, by a whole week's bard labour, obtain
the price of a bushel of wheat ?

BA RITIOLODIEW FAlL—Yesterday the Loan
MAYOR issued his mandates, which were shortly
afterwards fitted op in every conspicuous place round
that neighbourhood and the different public-bosses in
Smithfield, fee thd.regulation of this anneal festival ;
they are prohibitory of all marts in the centre or the
fair, and strictly enjoin that the area shall be solely
appropriated to exhibitioae, vipectacles, and theatres;
all places of carousing at dancing are interdicted
after eleven o'clock at night.
Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, the whole
of the criminals convicted at the UMW Assizes,
14 in number, passed through London, on their way
to Woolwich, where they will remain till the vessel
is reedy which is now preparing to convey to Botany
Bay those wheat periods of transportation are for
the term of 14 years and upwards. •

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