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furniture . and practices . of St . PauJ s , we , the parishioners id vestry assembled , beg to jespress a strong desire for the removal of thejsojaer-altar , the credence ; table , the cross , and the candlestick ^ ,, and hereby . authorise the cbaxcb warden ^ to . -remove tl ^ e sau * e . We . strongly poojt-est against the practice of thenafoypter tpynpuajdie alow c&esj ; , and ^ therefrom to pay choristers < and waging expenses , as tending to bring almsgiving in . Us only legitimate form into contempt . We desire also to record our disapproval of the . procession of choristers instead of
and clergy , and of tl >« , practice of intoning saying the services , and desire that the churehwar&ens will forward a copy of this resolution to the diocesan . " A deputation was then appointed to wait upon the Bishop , and present * copy of the resolution to him . A vote of thauka >« ras passed to Mr . Westerton , nncd also tovthe Kev . Mr . tidtiell ^ nd the meeting , which had been texy enthusiastic throughout , dissolved . A large concourse of people followed Mr . Weatertoa to hishouse , cheering him wa « nly .
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vStackport operatives would have waited fcvr the setrtletnent of , the Preston dispute before 4 h . § y tuined ' out again . Tliis expectation , however , lias not been / * realised , and between 9 , 000 and ,. 1 & 0 Q 0 operatives *» re inow " on strike" in that <* own . The leadem qf the Preston operatives naturally dtesent fromthi » courae , i and it is not to be wondered at ; for , ^ attiioQgh ^ hjB t Stockport people iaave pledged themeelv-e * not * tb ^ I apply for assistance to any town that aufeactibes toj Freston t it is difficult to conceive how two strikes T > f ; such magnitude can be kept alive . The argument ;! of the Preston Unionists is this : —7 " we are now ' fighting a battle which has lasted for thirty-three weeks , ^ md have spent nipre than three , hundred
^ thousand -pounds , in the contest . Our objact is to establish the . same . principle which -the -fitockport operatives would now turn out to protect . If they turn -out they damage our cause , and in damaging our cause 4 hey , damage themselves . " And it must be adtnitted that there ^ Boaaereaaoni in this . Dividing forcestis iilways dangerous , } apid have reason to -believe that 'the jprospecttof A ^ prolonged tturo-qat at fStodkport is . viewed by ithe Preston Associated 'Masters with Teeling * , of ^ graatt satisfeeHon . 3 * here tis no dodbt that a TOry ^ exeiJ&lj state < df iffe&ing now prevails over JtUe Stockport operativn ^ and « o strongly are they dispjds ^ tOTPe- '
' wthQui ^ ad npt worked a mill I <** Vears " Tha& aeojOe ^ thcgr « re , now jreBM * sing ; b ^^ folUftjraE . peived this week the usual renef frSttlta ^ S During * he week , forty-six immigrant * haw SSn irttported , of whom about 4 wenty « four aneefit - **» work ; sixteen have been sent away by train < m ^ i « e % ?¦ J dbTrr 3 tli 5 rt vne & *** f <* k * & * tat journals j < the ~ t 3 par * ftaiO states th « t thenumber ^ f jUnmi Ktants 7 . 5 ? S ^ 2 ^ t- ' ^ la 3 t T * ™ " lAwa f 700 aim 800 . " This is a very extraordinary over-{ statement , multiplying the tru | & by ten . * On Sunday last , one * fhe ^ ffecte of theHitrike was
icururosly laafiifested . It 'is customary on Easter Sunday for every factory'iasB * t © appear vi » H ^ M * bqnnetj and jfireat is the emulation ^ -and 'fierce ^ ijie Ilieftrtburnjing :, as to who shall exhibit the g ^ uflimrtr [ piece of mttliaery upon ^ venhatn Wflfca , ' - ' ^~ $ | ja ; iday thc ^^ be ^ utiful ^ remenades qcp qxiute ^ k ^ ca-- shire edition of the Champa E ^ Ses . . tAl £ sJ foo , 'Suuday < th . ey were all but deserted . With Ibe ifc * - ' . c ^ ptionof thoce ^ working at ifthe . mills now in iftilL iactivity , the poor lasses hadttahide ^ their ^ diiqtaMbjad heftfla" and lust year ' a bonnets . 'So * he SE * re « ton 'Strike indirectly affects even the trade df > I >^»
rOniS ^ p ^ aay inoriiinff it was qis $ mr $ c 0 ; $ & % & ( & iScripUpni * ¦* % , tli © ( Uriioh * tl £ r .: pb $ i ^ & PSIgn JdUUhad decamped , taJong ^ i ^^ um ^ o , « id > - | 9 criptions for Jthe . w « efc Amouutiog rtOiMM * M « * Mma rasa , iwhose mamedtB : ThoraiM ( ^( GfiQ % -f 0 um fWilgon , was a ^ broad ^ ioomcweaver of ^ gre « t « biii ^ ja ^ % & % eenHnith £ < n ^ laro in # fto 1 n * 258 . ^ o 28 s . T » er'week > MetsjnGfejt ^* ft ^ rDo « iWw * !
the { Sovereign Mill . It is belieyeathBthehaafcottT ^ heavily into Qebt , and that he has betaken him ^ f % . . | L ^ eri < S | i imt i : have ^ so B ^ # . ^ t ^ eli | Mm I ^ On Mtoju ~ ; . muf WMW m ^ mmm Uum ^ bibitm , ^ id # * 8 . a « d tnat ^ apt ^ r vwojhwji ia « cp | HpanJies ^ hirn ; inJ » w flight , ; -, .. ; i , K ; , ^ Che « ' Mediation ComtnUtee" , haa brought iitejar ! boo ( rato ^ clo 8 e , > and ^ bssresult ^ £ ll ( be ! beatrgatbsiea £ rom the subjoined correspondence!—* ,:- << <
« BP 0 « T ^ ORWAKVEp : BT'W . COKLESS , •« $ O « Tflrir . -milijeb , ftstt . " ¦ ' ¦' - " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' " " J- ' , "The Mediation Oomnilttee , which w ^ siionliiittea st ^ lito public . meetinglield inthe'Theatre on | lre ^ 9 th elfJtoti ^ a ^ fli me ; t jfor the first time on Tuesday evenliyj , the ^ tb 0 ( f ^ nU It -wUl be proper here to remark , thai tiro or tbra ^ ertonS who were iionavnajted at the meeting tte ^ Uned to act as tirtntr bersotthofloinnilfctee . ' ' '; " *¦ ' ' > - ~ ' - ;; r- -St «;? ^ "AtUs firit . meeting"the committee resdlvetl ^ tiWt ^ propouus should'be ob | amca from ' the operatives ^" w ' tJbe terias 6 n lybich they woulQt ijasunrc > ro ^; an ^^ baft the ^ fetr . J . O . cparr , the Vicar ;( Mho offidatM \ ot c ^^ irnim ^^™ committee ) , riboiild ^ ndeaVour'to ^ Mr ^ itf etopjoyeS 8 in repeat to thfe profliretl med ( nitiofa . '" ' J - ¦" "ThesedairS meetinfrof me cottimitt « B"K&hilirrn' ^ FmtiL .
day . evening , the 11 th ofr April , ^* li en the report of ^ herEvic ^ r and the proposals of the operatives ^ ere ^ rcceiyed . ^ QTwa Operative ^ p inners prpposccl to acce |) t "an Ay ^ rAgeyrateiitf wages , high and 'low , jiaid in ihe ^ nniHn ^ l ^ jaTOhiiMctiiu ^ districts of Lancashire . The Weavers , ^ rere willing to abide by . any onct of the four ft lowing conclitions : —Lst . They would resume work at tSie pfice » "that were paid when the mills were closed . 2 nd . fFliey meuld ixianAie ( wwrkdUiihe prices now orTer « d by the gmplqfMgt ^ gmYid ^ d ; tlint t | mtbinx » certain specified fmnd , Kaai « naWe ymMfyMJ » 'fed »»« hifthfl fi ^ ej
employers woqia ^ f » ye ^ jn ^»« i ^ ajn « sv ^ ges wmo . iwv , ceiving wben ^ tt ^ iUa ^ awffll ^^ p ,,.-, ^ .. $ hOT ^ rOT ^ l $ tyj high aodlow , jjs ^ m tie pnnclpM . ntanj ^ tnring Autrdto of * Lancashire . ^ 1 i . Thijy ^ f ^^ grOT ^ irbltilatUnJ . ^ flp would pledge themselves , that in "fhB ^ vent tyfth e arbltraton deciding in favour of the . prices at ^ reaent offered by the employers , they -would immediately return to work . " The vicar , on behalf . of the i « oiplqyejfl , intimated that 'from inquiries I hftve . niad ^ , Iam \ C , oiav ^ ivced , ofrt ^ e . iuutHiJty of any attempt at mediation on't lie factory ^ uestSanr "
^ MswBBow . iyiccfin ^ iiJiaoM ** iW . C or ) eB 8 , Esa , Waekley ^ sftuarfi , . A pttU& ^ fW * 44 Dear Sir , —^ Xhe nota sent -by yo » and # jr . Sbaw , ^ lonjj with ^ ho . report , will be laid befqre ih < j , committee of th « j Assopjftted Kaaters , at their . net mooting ca Moriday morning . * T am . d « ar $ vr , yonrs fiiithfully , 7 4 » T . « a 3 OTAB 2 " REPLY OF THE ASSOCIATED MABTBJKS' OOMMltpKB . MPrcaton , 17 th April , W 4 . 41 Gentlemen , —T am directed Ijy the committee df the tm »» i «»« , i 'M ,, if » ra tn « nv - that tliev have had a 'letter
placed 'before them signed % Messrs . Corleaa and't * . « naw , hicloaiwg a report from a Mediation Committee , aimomteH < at the Theatre on the . 29 th ultimo . The committee believe'that the gentlemen who havo undertaken this task ar « actuated by the most disinterested motives , and a sincere desire to effect the object for which they were appointed . 41 The only matter now in disputo between "Clio masters and the operativea is the amount of wages to be paid , ^ tris simply the offer of certain wages by one party , and the refusal of them by the other .
" This same difference might , and no doubt daily does . exist between muster and servant iu . all other trades , -j as well as in domestic circles . " Rates of wugoB cannot be nettled . b , y mediation , ' but must be left to the free operation of supply and demoim . > 41 committee cannot thereioro rocomtnenid the "Asaociutod Maatora toaccedo to any mediation in uuch a case , na it would b « the acknowledgment ot a principlo most
danseift my Rttvice to return to work , th 4 rt , ^ 'li ! m satRe ' of the Xrerton leaders sappeare / i at < an j ^ p ^ ptiitj ^ t-l iiuj near Stockport the . ather / day , they m ^ wSSffi several peruons an the crenel tlxat if ihey-sprikfi . pf , return to work , tbey wjQuldbepulled-out » f ^ be cart . ; Injreferring-tovtheixedu ^ tion . o £ . twages «| t ^ t « okport ,: tkedentr « l ( pommittee'of'Delegate 8 , repre « 8 ating ^ the 3 i spitwers , raindens , 'tw-isters , anQ-rovers tft'&anca-, ^ tei ^ 'phe ^ hire ^^ wrfehlre , ^ nd Derbyshire , in their ' usjtal weekly cjrciilar , . say that the -worliii ^^ ela ^ ses * % iow ^ hat a reduction in wages , even 3 n a depr «||^ a attfteof trade , is . no xemedy , but an aggravation tf £ tncerai
THE LANCASHIRE I / ftBOTR-BATTLE . _ QFrompur Correspondent . ) Prestaxi , Thursday . H ? eob orthodox but inconvenient conduct of the London tmd North-Western BailwaytiponGfiod Friday prevented me fVom announcing the appearance of Mr . Newton ( celebrated ; in connexion with the « triie of the Amalgamated . 'Enginjeers ) as a star in this Cimmerian gloom . On Thursday evening a meeting was h&ld at the tueatrefofr the purpose of ^ gi ^ ing this gentleEoan an opportunity of exprefisin ^ g ( hi « " » i ^ w : s . Cotxsidering 7 tiie ? &c ^ th at Juon ey was chte- « g « d « at * doors , the metitisg was svjery well attended , ^ atdiUbe
proceedings ¦ were conducted with ^ temper f « ni # »* cbrtnn . ' Mr . Siewton ' s aadreas ^ bicli eeeugited ^ aiere ihati toi'hour in its * delivery ,-was eloquent , 'andf * bone theiosrks of great preparation ;| but I , dotibt ^ # he * tkmM-it were "* cie 0 ned" througn a Uttte ^ ogic , much - wnuld be found x > f value to tk ^ Ptestonjjne Tatives >« t this . juncture . Mr . Kew 4 m . had . goi . iis politfcalteconomy . very epat , a « d proa ^ Dp ^ d a ijit 4 le bundle of estra ^ ts from Malthus , t Jehu Sluart JfjgU , Adaoi 8 ml ( tb , and ^ Bieardo , rto prove tbat cit jis de-* irable to elevafee 'the -condition oi the working Classes ; but When ire came-to-deal with ^ lie "^ Supply And IJemand" argument , liethrewtherjoliticaleeonothat is of
xnist | : tp the wind ^ declaring labour « axommoclity , because labour is Man , the bone and muscle , 4 herAinif ^ rJbrnedr iaii , 8 nc . £ 1 wonder what Mr . JNawton would say if , when he remonstrated w | fch his ehoemoker . for charging more than ' . his neighbour , iheBOuof ^ Crispin were to turn this own ^ argument wpon ^ iim : *^ Sir , how can you bring such considerations into the qpieation ? What you are now bargaining for is me yriper / brmed labour / " [] SE * resentlyi Mr . ^ fewton defenSeQ the strike upon the ground that labour is a commodity , and that the operativea have a perfect jight to get as much as they can for it . JVtr- Newton complained that the Law
qf-JDi&lri-¦ bulion had not been sufficiently considered by statesmen , and quoted JLamartiae upon that point . He concluded bia address by likening Capital to Joseph , « mfl Labour to the hairy Esau , and said that the smooth young Joseph < bad defrauded his elder brother of his 'tiirt ^ Tight , taa& toad grven but a mess df pottage in return , and , urging hiBheaTers to " mould the primaeval curse until it became a blessing , " he « af down amidst a storm of applause . The Stockport afikir being now more developed than it was last week ) I « tn enabled to give Culler information respecting it . I should premise that the Stockport Masters' Association , . was : formally
< li 88 olved at the conclusion of the last turn-out ishere , which terminated , as may be Temembered , " with the concession of an advance of ten per cent . Lately , and for some cause or other , certain of the Stockport masters have met together and debated the question of wages among themselves . I have noVjet been able to ascertain whether those gentlemen have revived the . / brat of the defunct , association , but it is quite certain that they have revived thp spirit of it ; for . they have concerted and agreed together to make a simultaneous and indiscrimimrte redaction of ten per cent . I am informed "that notitje-papers "were even sent by these employers 'to others who had not taken part in their counselssome of whom adopted those notices , others of whom adopted and afterwards retracted them , and the
remainder of whom made no use of them at all . When these notices were issued , the workpeople employed in the mills threatened with the reduction sent deputations to their employers , and told them that they should prefer short time , or even no time at all , to a reduction of tlie rate of wages . If I am rightly informed , the replies given by the masters were of a nature to lead to the inference that they -wen ? at that time divided in their counsels , and not at all certain as to what course they ought to adopt , and tliat , even so late as luat Monday , one deputation wjis told that the reduction of the ten per cl'uL . would depend , in that case , upon the state t \ f the markets in . Manoheater on the following day . 1 said last week that 1 did not think the operatives would willingly cause a diversion of public assistance from Treaton , and 1 certuinly had expected that the
j ; " -ana . sal&seguentJaf , an . the fblLowing resplu- ] ^ tion ,-they , develop this principle more fully :-r- V '" That thisOTeeting is 6 f opinion that . in-adepnresied . state of-tendc , . it . is & most suicidal policy- onrtue . part- of- tmploye »' : to tredoce vthe wages of their -workpeople , inasmuch w > it ' i does nottremedy the fitvil ^ but gives encouragemeat to a wokless course'of corapefcitbn , b y which ( the markets iaecome glutted , aad goods and-yarn depreciated , tbe : reMolt ^ ofvwhichi is either ^ stoppage , or a still farther redaction of wages ; we would , therefore , most respectfully urge upon the'employers throughout 4 he . country to avoid havingrecoursevto a remedy which experience hits shown to be woarse thancthe disease . \
"With the proceedings ofthe Stockpottrtnagistrates thfi ; publiaareby this time faxaitiar . ; i am informed , upon very good . authority , £ na $ ; £ he course winch theyihaveadopted meets ^ rithtthe ; approba ; tiQn jE > f : the HomeSecretary . ; ibut I can . only isay that , if < th « t be the case , the HJauoe Secretary must have a nrerytexaggerated adea of 'the * tate of feeling among -the working classes . The enrolment of a fewr ^ pecial consbobles : may , iindeed , bea very prudent preventive measure ; but J cannot ) conceive that the suppreasion of open-uiir -meetings within the thorough can have any other result than , the excitement of feelings most calculated to ^ promote ji dutuFbance , ; and -the public
can . ngard it in mo other , light than * an act of tyranny on the part of those who occupy the very suspicious position j > f justices of the peace ? and ( opponents df the very people whose meetings they prohibit , tindeed , it seems to . me that the condition dfjihe-magisterial ibench in all-these lesser cotton towns as of aa uatuieito need Tery searching inquiry , lipon the Preston bench , I have heretofore commented , and I understand that iupon that of Stockport thereas but one gentlemao who occupies an entirely impartial position ( which exception is said toJmve testified ihis concurrence in the proceedings of his brethren , by
permitting the operatives to meet in a : field > without the borough , wiiieh forms part : of his property ) . 31 he Mayor of Stockport is a medical practitioner 1 , which is certainly not a position calculated to . ensure impartiality of feeling , not to mention the inconvenience © f it . Imagine the cortflicting claims of Justitia and Lucina ! or the dilemma of a Mayor who may at the same time be called upon to read the Riot Act or administer a cathartic ! Manchester has a stipendiary magistrate , why not Also Breston , Stockport , Bolt on , and Wigan ? Anything would be better than the present state of things in all these twv » s ; for there is no douht thatinall at them there
is a preponderating amount of cotton influence among the magistrates , And . a proportionate distrust of them among the public . Reverting to Preston ; so far as I am able to judge , the general aspect of affairs appenrs unchanged . There have boon rumours abroad that tlie funds of the operatives have fallen off ; but this is unfounded . The Unionists have been lately revisirjg their listB , with a view of striking off all who have been improperly participating in the lenents of tlie Union , and these persons have sought employment at the mills ; hence a report that tlie slcilled operatives are returning to work very fust . The fact is , that when the masters opened their mills the cormmitteus admitted many people upon the Union wlio had no direct interest in the dispute , and many of
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Leader (1850-1860), April 22, 1854, page 367, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2035/page/7/
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