Glasgow Courier. — 1846-04-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

GLASGOW.  Worktnen'e Wages—Minutes' Warning—lt is the rule in various foundries about Glasgow that the employers may dismiss their workmen without previous notice—at minutes' warning; asit is called—and, on the other hand, that the workmelt may leave tbeiv service also without pre', km. ...Ake. When the employersdismiss the men,the former never object to pay the latter their wages at the time of dismissal, but when the workmen choose to change their employment, the employers have been in the habit of deferring payment of the wages till the regular pay-day. Such procedure on the part of the employers, has been objected to by the workmen, and, in order to test the employers' right, one of the workmen of an extensive firm, who had left their employment, and had been refused his wages until the regular pay-day, brought an action against them before the Sheriff Small Debt Court, on Thursday the 16th April current. The Sheriff, after hearing the case, found that the workman was entitled to payment of his wages when he left, and that his employers were not entitled to defer payment of his wages till the usual pay-day. Suicide—On Thursday night, a respectable-looking man, whose name was then unknown, went into a tavern in West Campbell Street, and asked for a drink of water, which was supplied to him when he was shown into a room in the same house. The land lady soon after entered tbe same apartment, and found that the visitor had expired. Dr. Fleming of West Regent Street was immediately called in, but too late to be of any avail. The pockets of the deceased having been searched, however, a phial was found, and when shown to, and examined by the Doctor, it left little doubt on his mind that the sudden death was the result of poison. The Surgeon of the Police Establishment, along with the Inspector of Criminal Police were also immediately called to the spot; and, as the result of their inquiries, ascertained the name of the deceased, and that he had purchased half an ounce of prussic acid at an apothecary's shop in the west end, about five o'clock the same afternoon. The unfortunate man resided in Garnet-hill, and was in respectable employment in the city. The Slaveholders' Money and the Free Church.—A public meeting of the members and friends of the Glasgow Emancipation Society was held in the City Hall, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of passing a memorial to the General Assembly of the Free Church, imploring them to renounce Christian fellowship with American slaveholders, and to send back the money. The meeting was a very large and influential one; and, on the motion of Mr. Watson, Councillor Turner was called to the chair. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Henry C. Wright, Frederick Douglass, James g. Buffurn, and Geo. Thompson, in long and eloquent speeches, which were listened to with the moot profound attention; and resolutions were adopted by acclamation in favour of the object of the meeting. A Mr. James Pinkerton and another individual defended the conduct of the Free Church, but the feeling of the meeting was entirely against them.._.. Arnte.  LONDON MABIKETS, sAPRIL 21..