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jggffgl ^ HtJtBK ^^^^^^^^^ I ^ st -week the births of 925 boys and 872 girls , in allil 797 children , were registered in London . In the ninte corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average number -was 1513 . Atlthe / Royal Observatory Greenwich , the mean heigHt f Of ttte barometer in the week was 29 -98 i in . Ilie : 3 Mg 3 Be 9 t taean was 30-129 in , on Friday ; the lowesfc S # -SO 7 iiu on Sunday . The mean temperature © f tine week was 42-0 deg ., vrhich is 3 T -deg . above t ^ # At ^ itt ge of the same week in 88 years * On M&nil&y ^ and Ihies&ay the mean daily temperature w'iM ^ re&peiitiv ely 13 ' 0 deg . and 9-1 deg . above the at&ftgeB of the B 8 rtne days . Oa Friday < aad Saturday ? it felP below the avewg » e . The highest tempera * tor ^ - of iiie week was 57 * 0 deg . oh Mottday ; . tbe 7 <* f t& 32 * 2 deg . on Saturday . The mean fdew-poirit t&D $ er&turti was 36 ' 4 deg . The wind ble-w from the 8 otftni * e 8 t till Thursday afternoon . Tbe horizontal ni ^^ nt ent df the air on MoMday ^ was 315 miles . The rain-fall of the week was 0 * 25 i » v
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" fittest AND MAtfSLAtTGrHTEft 0 $ A ^ OACHEJl AT UNCOLN . CJonsiderablb Bensa £ jol \ has T ) een produced in th , e neighs bourhood of SfceeVMtf , lni «) lB » ' Airing tie . fltfft * & * day *;' fi ^ itt ilxo c&curokmiiee of Measrt . Stephen and George Hardc ^ ttetfei ^™^^ nt 3 ^ t ^ B aor ^ iertl and sottth « fti diVisiott of ^ til ^ pwi ^ iii ^ iS $ S cottntyi appreteeflidltt ^ » = weusteato » m p ^ hw , % kteed G « o ^^ feelisfeiid , wi ^> lodged in JewV cffdtt ^ " It ap |)* At 8 * &at Sieldsemi , in company with others ^ vri ( S i ptM « hiBg : Jat Blankney , oa thef night of the 24 th ulL A ^ man tnimecfc WiUEanti / VVlllsinsou was captured , tafcea ba ^ ilft titt * te $ « & oih pw ^ BtniteSL . , » fc > Slj&aford on % 6 ^ ^ instant . ^ d Wilkinsoa having been convicted of
night poaching on two" or three previous occasions , lie waBk « o ? tiBn ^ drr . t % six months' hard ty&ti * . fcna ^ rdergd'tfa : fififL ijSI $ u ^ $ a ' of 51 . each : add * ims ^ lHa 10 l . for # o yM 8 &R $ & 'lii ^ vlo'jttr : 'Fiiel ( isend , ' sifter IJcStig ^ captured on tfi ^ night of * wH- ifflray by tie keeper * and ffaeir ttogrfj was lej ^ p % sM ^ dtftbe grotmd , ftahacuffed--on <> of 'the keepers « # fiSg % ? tT # 'iSinej '" Tha ; tdeva ' 8 ^< metfori ^ - 'flotlie * &eatt tiM | , <* biUt ^ iByi tod ? gone in pursuit of WUkdnebn , -whom ths ^ Mptntia ; Firia'send wis « d Mmeelf up and- ipade * is > e ^ p ^ j : fe foand Jbi » 5 W ^ r t » Bracfbridgv kaiacked up . the l )] itciKBinith : rtl ^ erei and requostecL bun to 'Strike , off rtLiei liainidctuis , pnt he rerttSea . * ffiey were , ' however , Vta&eft oCAy > ome ^(^ i ! ersonv and Fieldsend andved safe 'MMir rXie receiveu iuw ins wicucou ut
Jutuonsa * ana a « vu , nnu > W ^ d Very lii ^ ch , and was In a most deplorable condition-HDfeitlothes Were torn to pieces bj the cogft , and bis Shirt vr ' aai ^ coveried with the blood which had flowa from his ¦ wounds ' iA warrant was issued , for the apprehension of Fieldsend , and tha execution of it was . entrusted to tbe superintendent . of the southern division of county police , Gewge itaValaatfe ; 'Brother' tb Mr . S . fi&rd&stle , o ? Lincdlri . When he arrived in Lincoln he sought the assist ' an 0 e of bis brother , and finding- that Fieldsend was under medical , cart * : application wma . made to Mr . Simpson * the surgood , Ito know if be ffiight be removed . The answer given on the last inquiry vras that he might be removed to the ebtintv ffaoi . but not < to Sleaiord . if Meat
care was usedl An uncovered car was procured , and the flardcastlea went to Fieldsend ' s lodgings , where he was stiM in bed , compelled birn to get up , carried him down stairs , and forced him in the car , and he died during the time they were lifting -him in . The officers thought the deceased was " shamming" illness , and they drove to the county gaol- at a rapid rate , but the warder would not receive the corpse . An inquest was opened on Saturday last , and concluded on Monday evening , when the witnesses who were , examined , spoke to the inhuman conduct of tha police . ' The coroner dwelt upon the illegality of the arrest of the deceased , and tbe jury , after ten minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against both the superintendents , the Hardciiatles , " and the coroner issued bis warrant for their committal to . Lincoln Oastle for trial .
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THE PftESTON LABOUB-BATTLE . (^ From our Correspondent . ) Preston , Thursday . Another week of active excitement has passed over Ereston , apparently without hasteaiag the termination of this disastrous dispute . The conclusion of a battle is often the fiercest , and the events of the w ^ eek have certainly pat the temper of the workpeoplje to the severest possible test . In the first PUCjb , ( he poor-law guardians have no alternative but to refuse relief to all persons aide to work , and the operatives ( without reflecting that the guardians haye no option in the matter ) consider this as fighting on the side of the masters . Several men , who have been content to accept parish labour , and to allow their wives and children to seek the shelter
of the workhouse , areaow told that the law will bo put in force to compel them to maintain their wives and families properly . The placards and bill-posters of the week are before me , and they present many curious points for consideration . During the week , arrangements have been made between Mr . Almond and his hands , and Mr . Rodgett and his hands , to the mutual satisfaction of both parties , and the establishments of these gentlemeu are now at work . It would appear that upon an examination of the prices paid by these employers in March last , they corresponded so nearly with the Blookhurn 8 tiuidard List , that the Unionists could not be otherwise than satisfied with them . When it was known throughout the town that tliese bands ytero to go in , reports were industriously
cir-- oulated , by some , that the ten per cent , had been conceded , by others that the hands had > given way . This drew forth from the Committee of tbe Masters ' Association a placard , "Br Order of the Commit , mtttee , " giving the report that an advance had been given an " UNQUiAtiEiJED Contradiction , " and Stating " that Mr . Rodgett has promised to pay the same prices , he paid ia March last , viz ., 8 d . per cut of 40 yards . " On the other «^ iand comes a poster ,. from the Weavers' Ccmmi&ee , announcing that ' " Mr . Rodgett ' s hands are paid by the Blackburn Standard list . " Jfow both of ibese Statements are true , and perfectly reooaeUable . QGo debate small points can only excite the present bad state of-feeling , without effecting any pt » cticali result , and on } y proves to the impartial that bath , sides are influenced by a daHgeroue and improper desire to obtain a Victory * The Central Committee of tl » e Operatives , meeting ht head ^ -quarters in Manchester , appear to view with gceatalarm and disfevour the experatnent of / opening the mills . An extraordittairy placard' ^ ^ purporting to be a manifest ^ of . the tctides ' 4 ele ^ aies , representing the amalgamated engiaeera , machinists , stpnemasons , carpenters and joiners , boifer- makers , steam-enginemakers , moulders , tailprg , boot ¦ . arid shoemakers , black and white smiths , coachbuilders , cabiuetmakera , tin-plate-workers , letter-preas printers , daggers and slaters , eloggera , sawyerfif , ( painters , btushtoakers , curriers , tobacconisiis , bricklayers and bricklayers' labourers , is headed by a < l « atation from the writings of Thorn , ? ' the Inverary bard , " depicting ihe toils and sorrows of the working man , and , after & good broadside of abuie levelled at- '' the cormorants of capital , " concludes , with the foUgwiug iuflammatory sentence i— . . ¦» ..
"We have a duty to perform that we owe to ourselves , our wives , and oar - children , and" the aon-p « rforma » ce of such' duty would entitle us to a . jost reprehension from- oar brethren at large ., V ^ e , tkerefpre , call on the working-classes 6 f tfeis country , and- ln-doiog so , do not disk for . clemency or Sympathetic condolence , we demand 6 f Van a performance of tbtiif dtityciaf the present juncture of arairs j-we call on yttn , in , the iacred" nttme of tJnfon , to cherish and prbrect principleFfbr tli © espbnsal of ifhich so roarir victims have «
ufaumber of persons at work in tbe mills of the Associated Masters , is about 1500 ; and . of these Messrs . Herrockses and Miller have about 500 . It should be observed , however , that a large proportion of these are overlookers , mechanics , engine-drivers * and persons who have been dependent upon the masters during the dispute . The firm above-mentioned has no less than 65 overlookers , which are included in the 500 . From this it will be seen that the real number of " knobsticks" is considerably under the total named above ; aor must it be inferred that all the remainder are
volunteers . The larger employers have the mean& of " putting on ttie screw" to a great extent , and they have m >^ hesitated to avail themselves of that power to ~ adegr . ee which some consider reprehensible . Overlookers , an < l % mechanics who refuse to coerce their famiUeBt into becoming " knobsticks , " have been disqhargedf , and th ^ re is good reason ti > believe that Mr , Miller has disebaiiged a blacksmith , who had beea m > the employ * if the firm for thirty years , because he did not brings his daughter to work at the looms . The . power-loiai overlookecs , desirous of avoiding a qaarrel with edther party , met on Monday , and passed th ^ foliowifig resolutions : —
** Resolv ^ cf , — -That tlic JXrwer-lootk ^ etlookers Preston are oppose * to all ^ trik eft * ^ bttt ^ fffr are of Opinion that to secure oar' own pettkiafttet iafety , and ^ to preserve our families fisnn the Indignation'of the public , laod the perperuai insuito of om' rteighljours , it is oar duty as well as our interest&to take no ? active part between the contending parties , and " while we are prepared to pay aU 4 ue deference ^ and render all necessary obedience ' \ q , our employers , we have a strtng conviction that we are Best serving the ultimate interests of the said employers by preserving a strict neutrality , at the same time beseeching both parties to come to a speedjr kat reasonable settlement of toe presetit dispttte ' j so that our town may resume its fatmer quietude and prosperity . " " ¦ ¦ '
In support of this * the Unionists have solemnly pledged themselves never to accept any situation as overlooker , in the place of any man discharged ia consequence of carrying out the spirit of the fore * going resolution . Altogether , it is feared that these coercive measures of the masters are widening the breach , aad inflaming the bad feeling of the operattve s * Large Imotsof the -unemployed Assemble round the gates of the principal factories during the dinner hour and at the time of closing , to watch the egress of the' ^ knobsficks , " fcut no distatbance has yet
ferea fine and imprisonment at the hands of the ruthi « s $ , refattfau , ii * Kpbtctou * , md tyrant ^ capitalists of this mm ; and ,, lastly , we call on yoti , . m the natne of your own-wives and children , whom yon are pledged before Heaven to protect , to poor in yopr contributions a littler while longer ; and , Heaven approving of our just , cause , wb will for ever brush thai hydra-hewed mohster t Cajpiidt , that has for such & length of time made our homesteads the abode of misery \ ioant , and all the concomitant evils inseparabl y connected with such a state of being ; for be it remembered that , ' he WHO KNOWINGLY PERMITS OPPRESSION SHARES THE CRIME . " Still more rhapsodical and inflammatory is tbe following address from the Spinners : — " to ihb working classes or frbston . " pBTLtx > w- 'TOXi . ERa , —The tenacity with which our employers cling to starvaticn-Tvages would excite our wonder , aid we not know with what veneration , they have always Worshipped and bowed the knee before the idol o ( their hearts—Mammon . " In tbe commencement of this struggle they gloated over the misery they wuld bring upon us , and vauntingly exclaimed that they would make us lick the dust from their feet in a month . * ' Such inhuman ideas could only find a place in the minds of beings callous to every noble sentiment and feeling of the human heart and mind , and can find no parallel except amongst the merciless Iadians beneath the Rocky
Moanoccurred . A trivial dtneute resulted oa Monday , froma proceeding taken t > y Mr . W . Ainsworth ( Secretary to the Masters' Association ) against a defaulting tenant . The rumours respecting this are conflicting , but the following account is authentic : —Thetenant had taken a moonlight flitting , whereupon Mr . Ainsworth caused the door to be opened and seizure to be made of such goods . as were remaining . A crowd collected , and a scuffle ensued , between a policeman a . ud a man in the crowd , ending , in the officer collaring the man . The bystanders sided with the man , and the policeman was summoned the next morning upon a charge of assault . The bench dismissed the charge . *^
It is gratifying to be able to announce that Mr . Hollins , of the Sovereign Mill , has agreed with his bands upon terms satisfactory to both parties . Untramelled by the fetters of the association , thi& -gentleman has acted throughout in a perfectly independent spirit ; and being now convinced that the demand for his goods warrants such a proceeding , he has consented to an advance in the price of labour ; The advance does not amount to a universal ten per cent , ( in some sorts it is only four ) , but his hand * are perfectly satisfied with it . All the hands previously engaged at the Sovereign Mill are to go to work to-morrow ( Friday ) morning at nine o ' clock \ and as both master and hands have made some
contains , or tbe colossal savages of Patagonia . Even tbey would have smoked the pipe of peace before now , bur ied their hatchet , and assembled their braves around the watchfires , to ratify a peaceful treaty for the future . The palefaced masters of . Preston may go and learn a lesson from the untutored children of tbe western wilds , and rise from the lesson wiser , better z and happier men . Every artifice that demonolo ^ y could invent has been pnt into operation to cajole , intimidate , and bring yon to a slave-like submission . As a Jaat reBort , you are now called upon to surrender yourselves , body and soul , to the ringing of a factory bell , the flashing of a gas-light , and the guardian care of soldiers and policemen , who would be doing commerce , liberty , and civilisation far more service on the shores of the Danube than on the banks of the Blbblo .
cessions , the best possible feeling prevails . Tins morning ( Thursday ) they held a meeting to consider how they should treat the hands who are already at work at the Sovereign Mill , when it was unanimously resolved to treat them as if they belonged to themselves . As Mr . Hollins has laid down a great deal of new machinery , there will be ample employment for all . Adding up those who have sought employment ia the factories belonging to the Associated Masters , Mr . Rodgett ' w hands , Mr . Almond ' s hands , Mr . Hollis ' s hands , and tlie hands employed by Messrs . Bashall , of Farington ( who have arranged with their h , ands ) , we find that about 2500 persons totally
un" Will you now , in the eleventh hour , ground your arms , and stand humbled and despised before the universe ? Is all the money that has been subscribed by the people of Great Brituin to bo the same as if sunk in the depths of the sea ? Can you now , when public sympathy is stronger in your , favour than at any time during this contest , run like cur doga to your work as the knell of freedom—a fuctorybeU— -sounds through your borough ? After braving the severities of winter , and ouch day Iriuging nearer to yon summer and warmer times , when the primrose and the violet will woo you to their side , are England ' s sons and daughters to see you give up your light to live comfortably by your labour , and resumo your trials at tho workhouse wages you havo received far , far too long ? "Lilt kvicuy wohkino-man . woman , ano < : nrrJi > in Preston kxci . aim , So iikm » us ( joi > , nkvku ! nkvkkI Nicviiit 11 ! Ani > may God pitoncor tick uiuiit . " By order of the Committee , " MlCHAlCI . ( iALI-AIIKIt , Sec . " Here ia eloquence gone mad ! This Mr . Gallaher is of Celtic origin , and is said to have been educated for a priest . Certainly , the above composition is quite worthy of the Irish hierarchy . So fur aa 1 have been able to ascertain , the total
employed a fortnight back have now returned to their work . . But it is to be feared that the readiness with which those have returned nffbrds no criterion of tho future progress of the resumption . The hun < la of the union will be strengthened in a twofold manner by this partial return : they will have a less number of persons to pay , and more money to pay ( hem with . Tho Associated Masters have done almost all that they possibly cun by the screw system , and they have now to deal with those wlium they havo not the power to screw . They still adhere to the prices or March hut us the basis of any possible terms with their operatives , and this principle the Union storjily refuses to acknowledge ' .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 18, 1854, page 154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2026/page/10/
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