140 SEVENTH REPORT—1837. 
On the Educational Statistics of the Parish of Sidlesham, in Kent. 
By the Rev. F. Dz Soyvres. Communicated by C. B. Fripp. 
Dame schools, 1, 15 
Sunday do, 2, 123 
40 Sunday scholars also attend day-schools. — 
931 
Adult Population. Agricultural class. 
Able to read ......males...... 55 married ; 28 unmarried. 
females .... 83 Q7 
Not able to read ..males......42 married; 22 unmarried. 
females .... 30 1 
Miscellaneous class. 
Able to read ...... males......38 married; 16 unmarried. 
females .... 40 9 
Not able to read....males...... 6 married; 3 unmarried. 
females.... 6 
An Inquiry into the Origin, Procedure, and Results of the Strike of the 
Operative Cotton-Spinners of Preston, from October 1836 to Febru- 
ary 1837. By Mr. Asuwonrtn, of Bolton. 
In October 1836, there were in Preston and its vicinity, 42 cotton- 
mills, giving employment to 8500 hands, and requiring about 1200 
horse power to work them. The capital invested in the buildings, 
TNACHINCEY pCO. WAS ADOUL cas scat amaemceete s Me) a aloe ee £550,000 
‘The -workine capital, BB0Ue. oo. eset ite oo ne te 250,000 
ee 
Total. . £800,000 
In consequence of a struggle between the operatives and the ma- 
sters, concerning the rate of wages, which the masters proposed to ad- 
vance 10 per cent., the operatives ceased working on the 5th of No- 
vember, when 660 spinners, 1320 piecers (children employed by the 
spinners), 6100 card-room hands, reelers, and power-loom weavers, 
420 overlookers, packers, engineers, &c., making in all 8500 persons, 
were without employment. Weekly payments were made to them 
from the funds of the “ Trades’ Union” previously established, but 
the distress became great, and in December, notwithstanding the 
grant of £100 from the corporation, “ universal and intense.” The 
mills were re-opened by the masters, to such as chose to work, on the 
9th of January, and the scale of prices was fixed as previously offered 
by the masters, viz. an advance of 10 percent. By degrees, almost all 
the work-people resumed their employments, and on the 5th of Fe- 
bruary the mills were in full operation. 
