We stated a few days ago,...
The Times, 1824-08-11T00:00:00

WVe state<l a few (lays ago,thatconsiderabie sensation had hcen produced in the East Ind(ia trade by the increase of' the duties nn British merchandise in B3atavia. M'e rind that a memorial on this subject has been presented to the Board of Trade, and that an .nswer has been received by the Ea.st India trade committee, ir, which it is said that nothing Call be done in the aihT'ir at present, 1)1r. Canning and 'ir. Wynn being @ut of town.-Glvbe and Tra. vcller. MANCIESTER JOUCNEYlEN DYERs.-('Froms tiie M1an- r-hester Gazctte.)-On Alonday thc major tuart of the js'urnevmen iyersof this popUlOus town " turned out" for an advance of wages. T-he masters, it appeared, were determined to make no advance, and yhe consequence was, the desertion of nearly all the dve-houses about Fhe town. Large bodies of dyers, to the atnou2it of several hundreds tacht, paraded the streets, and some of them visited those dve-houses where the Men, keeping at work, thought " half a loaf better than none," and by repeated cheers and groans endeavoured to gain an *.ccession of malcontents. Several placards were posted in various parts of' tle town, from which it appeared that the majoritv of dvers if Alanclhester and its neighbourlhood didt not receive more than from 128. to 14s. per week; and that all above this rate, as represented by their emplo' ers, was tfr '' over-time," iu which they worked untl 10 or 11 o'crock at night. The origin of the turn-out woulde seem, from the statement of the men, to be the knowledlge which they had I obtained of their masters having received from the mantuhietturers an atlvance ot'prices: and consouently they thought themselves en- tided to an advance in wages proportionate to the increased profits of theIr employers. The masters, determined to bring their men to their duty published hand-bills stating their immediate want of se- veral stout, active lads, and young men, who would be taught the business of dyeing, and receive constant work and liberal wages. This called forth frouit the journeymen another appeal to the public, in which appeared the following statemetit :-" The liberality of the masters is already well kiiown, in refusing an advance when they themselves received it. The following is a correct Statement of the liberal wages given to learners:-He must work for several weeks for netthing! He will then, fbr a length of time, receive 5s. per week, and if fortunate, he may arrive at 8s. or lOs. per week, and there must remain. So much for liberal wages. It is a well-known fact, that men who thoroughly understand their business, and who have worked at it for upwards of 20 vears,'do riot receive more than 12s., and some only lOs. If such are the wages given to old hands, what prosiect is there for the new ? For these wages the tnen are obliged to be confined in u stove of' 184 degrees of heat, after which they are repeatedly sent to work in cold water, withiout being allow- ed tiiiie to cool themselves ; would it ngt require the constitutions of horses to support this, on the I hberal' wages given ? The journey- men only add, that they wish the golU.en maxim to be acted upon. ' of doing unto others as people would wish others to do unto them.' Let every one follow up this, and it will sati,.t ' the journeymen dyers of Manchester.' " WVe have not heard that the parties have as yet come to anv amicable arrangement. Hundreds are seen loiter- itg in various parts of the town ; and if' the statement as to the wages they have been accustomed to receive be true. they and their families must be in a state of great distress. It is to be hiopedl that they will not injure their cause by any violence; -and t'tat the masters will make such further advances as their means may admit, and the ne- cessities of their men require. The Tribunal of the First Instanec at Nismnes has sen- tettced to six days' imprisonmnent, and a fine, a Catholic woman, for having insulted one of the pastors of the Reformed C'hurch, while in tile performance of his functions to her husband, a Protestant, wlho was at the point of deathi. PA Is, Aug. 5.-An important trial is to take place in the course of this it rnth before the Court of Assize of' the depart- ment of the Aube. The accused is a young and pretty wonsan, the daughter ef a surgeon of Alontmorencv, suspected ot' having poi3 soned her husband 15 days after their marriage. On the husband's return from a journey, it appears that his wife served him up an omelet, of the taste of which, as well as of that of the wine she gave him to drink, lie complained. Shortly after he experienced a violent attack of the cholic, which was followed by vomitings; and live or six days after he died. At the request of' the uncle of the deceased, the physicians opensed the body ; but refused, for what reason is not known, to declare the result of their examination. After the body had been buried for five days, it was disinterred, and the con- tents of the stomach were ordered to be analysed, as also the grease of a saucepan which was found concealed i;n the house. On the first examnination 120 witnesses were heaid. The Royal Court ef Paris, betore ordering the accused for trial, had her brought before them'; they also chrrged Alssrs. Vanguelin, Orfila, and Barruel, to analyse a liquid contained in a phial, and which had been trans- iutted to Paris by the physicians who examuined the body atter its disinterinetit. It is said this case will present some very curious and extraordinary details. Mr. Bishop, of the Bowvstreet police, has bee'i sojourn- ing at Boulogne-sur-Mller during the last week, to the no little soli- citude of many of its visiters. The object of his mission is to re- cover the person of a ward in Chancery. w14o has been surreptitiously taken out of the jorisdiction of the Cour. The subject has been referred to the high legal authorities at Paris, but it is rumoured that they densur to any active intterference to restore the ward. A wom]an, named Marltha West, about 50 years of age, and cook in the service of Ilr. Morris, a gentlemati residing in Dover-street, Piccadilly, was charged yesterday at Mlarlborough- strect police office, upon suspicion of having robbed her master of Bank of England notes amouniting to upwvards of 701.-The case was remanded. An inquest was yesterdlay helt at the Ben Jonson, Shoe- lane, Fleet-street, before T. SHELTON. Esq., on the body of Jane Sykes, aged 54. William Wheatley, lightermnan, said he was on board a barge he had the care of, lying off Rosher's-wharf, on Sun- day evening last; there was another barge about 20 feet distant from his; he had been on board during the evening in company with the deceased and her husbatid. who slept in the cabin. Witness went to bed- between 10 and 11 o'clock ; at that time thIe other barge was aground, being low water. About 1 o'clock he was alarmsed by the husband crying out '- Will ! Will !" On getting up, he discovered the other barge rapuidhy siiking, and it was with the utmost difficulty be succeded in rescuing the old man (Sykes),who was nearly drowned. It was impossible to save thedeceased. Hc eonceived this melan- choly accident was owing to a plug at the bottom of the vessel being out. Wfilhian Sykes was now lcd into the jury-room in a state of great debility. he was first alarmed by water pouring upon them into the cabin he got his wife by the hand, endcavouring to save her, and called out to the first witness; she was not able to get out of the cabin, and witness was then obliged to let go of her, and saw her no more. He could not account for the plug being out. The barge was heav'y laden with stones. Four witnesses proved that about four o'cloclk they went to search the bar,e, having heard of the accident, and they discovered the deceased floatiuS inside the cabin, which was nearly filled with water. T'he jury tnmediatehy returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." Yesterday afternoon an inqusisition was held at the Bar- lcy-mow public-house, High-street, Shadwell, upon the body of arriet Holland, a young woman about 20 years of age. It appear- ed that the deceased was the daughter of respectable parents, resid- ing in Horselydowii, and that about six months ago, a young mien, who was paying his addresses to her, prevailed on her to leave her paternal roof, and having succeeded in seducing her from the paths of virtue, in three month4 *Ieserted her, Rather than return to her friends, she was obliged to resort to the streets for the means of sup- port; her abhorrence to such a course of life was ao great, that she a short time since attempted to poison herself, but was -at the time frustrated in her attempL On Friday night last she accomp aI the captain of a ship lying in the river on board his vessel, and while on deck she hastily took olb hert shawl and bonnet, and threw herself into the water. Every exertion was usd at the time to save her. but without efiect. She Was fobuntl near the sarse spot on Mon- deij morning. ersdict.-Temparary Instii4r.