1R29.2 Worcestershire, Dorsetshire, Sussex, Rutlandshire, S^-e. 



705 



the officidi papers, of the imports of foieitrn silk 

 manufactures during tlie montli of Oi-tnbor, 1S29 : 

 10,528 yards tiillc lace, £o-26 ; 249 pieces India 

 silk goods, ^1.743 ; 3,812 pieces bandannas, 

 j6'4,574 ;silk goods. ad voloreni, .£.')3,.'i63 ;2,710 Ihs. 

 sillc poods, ^Sfi72 ; 15,468 lbs. thrown silk, 

 ^23,202 ; total, £S2,2S0.— Macclesfield Courier, 

 Nov. 14. 



In our last mention was made of tlie consecra- 

 tion of St. Gporfre's cliajiel, at JIacclestield, 

 wliereas it lias only been licensed^ we under- 

 stand ; nor can it, according to law, be presented 

 to the bishop for consecration, until the heavy 

 debt of .f 2,800 is y aid off. For this purpose sub- 

 scriptions are solicited, and the efforts of the 

 trustees will, we trust, be finally accomplished.* 



WORCESTERSHIRE.— Tn consequence of the 

 nail-masters in the neiLrlrbnurhood of liroms- 

 grove having intimated tCT'tbeir workmen that 

 they shouM leduce their wages 10 per cent, they 

 all left work on Saturday last, and at mid-day on 

 Tuesday, several hundreds of them marched into 

 tliat town, in procession, bearing placards al- 

 luding to the illegal practice, the nail-masters 

 sending their workmen to buy, at particular sliops, 

 almost every article they eat oi- wear. On tlie 

 magistrates promising to afford tliemthat assist- 

 ance wl.ich tlie laws of the country extended to 

 tlicm, the men quietly separated; but assembled 

 again on Wednesday morning, to the number of 

 nearly one thousand, conducting tlieniselvcs in a 

 very orderly manner. Tliree of tlie masters have 

 since been convicted in two penalties of ^10 each, 

 and one in one penalty, "for paying their work- 

 men otherwise than in money." 



DORSETSHIRE.— The disbursements for this 

 county for the yearending June 24, 1829, amount- 

 ed to ,£8,300. 8s. lljd ,of whi'.'h ^1 ,!70 wa^* paid 

 for bridge? ; the icst was nearly swallowed up by 

 the vorarious law and its etceteras, far punishing 

 but not preventing crimes — cxcei t the sum of 

 JE2. 39., wbicli was paid for " burying dead 

 bodies cast on shore." 



SU.SSEX. — Sermons were preached at Brigh- 

 ton, Oct. 25, for the bonelit (.f the national 

 schools, n"w erecting attliat place, wlicn the sum 

 of ^251. !Cs. 4d. was collected. 



• In their address to the public they say, " If it 

 be in<]uired upon what ground the trustees rest 

 their claim to public support? Tliey reply — not so 

 much upon their own personal sacrifices, nor npt>n 

 their own res|onsibilily, as upon tlie general in- 

 terests (ff the cburcli of England, and upon the 

 wants of the population in niaccle^field and its 

 adjoining townsbi; s. For that population, com- 

 prising at least .30,001, four-fittbs ol whom reside 

 within the distance of a mile from St. (jeorge's 

 riiapel, there are but two churches, capable of 

 m couimodatinj^aboiit L.^OO each. In tlie lowu- 

 Bhip of Sutton, which alone contains 5,0*J0 in- 

 babitants, there was no place of worship tinder 

 the establishment, until Ibis chapel was licensed 

 for that purpose, wbicli will contain 1,500 persons : 

 more tlian 400 free seats are reserved lor the 

 poor. These cireuinstatires they deem a si.fticlent 

 plea. They have dfuie what ttiey could, and they 

 now leave their cause in the hands ol their fellov*' 

 Cliristians, looking to them lor that aiil wlii'h 

 the nature of tin ir case ^eems to flemand." We 

 have called the public attention to this sul)icct, as, 

 considering the deep diHtre^^» under w*iii'h iMac- 

 clesfield has for a length ot time laboured, and al- 

 though the list iif subscribers is highly lespectable, 

 yet other assistance will be absolutely leccssary to 

 complete the object. 



Al.-M. Xeu- Scyici.—XoL.Wn. No. 48. 



nUTLANrSUIRE.— Several prisoners were 

 tried and found guilty at these sessions for having 

 assaulted and conspired to prevent the employ- 

 ment of some Irish labourers in agricnltural oc- 

 cupations. The chairman, in his charge to tin- 

 jury, said this was a most wanton, wicked, and 

 cowardly attack upon the prosecutors ; that he had 

 heard them during the trial called " fortigncrs,"' 

 which he mnst deny that they were : the Irish 

 were our brethren ; they had borne with us the 

 brunt of many hard contests, had bled for us, and 

 fought with us, both by sea and land, and were 

 entitled to, and should have, our protection. It 

 had been leniarkcd in the course of the day, that 

 the money these poor Irish earned was carried 

 over and spent in another country : " let it be re- 

 membered," said the worthy chairman, "that it 

 is one of the greatest calamities to tliat country 

 that the hard earnings of the industrious poor 

 there, are wrung from them and spent by the rich 

 in this country !!!" 



GLOUCESTERSHIRE. — At Bristol three 

 churches and two chapels are now in course of 

 erection ; one of the latter is understood to have 

 been built at the entire cost of one individual. 

 In addition to 19 churches of the establishment, 

 Bristol contains nearly 30 dissenting meeting- 

 houses, without including others of a minor de- 

 scription, occupied by the various sects into 

 which some of the non-conformists are divided 

 and subdivided. 



The different societies establisliod at Bristol for 

 the purpose of commemorating the birthday of 

 the eminently pious and benevolent Colston, held 

 their annual meeting, Nov. 23, when t!ie Dolphin 

 collected .£422.3?.; the Anchor ^022. ICs. ; and 

 the Grateful .£3ro—urwards of .£I,tOO for charit- 

 able imposes— honour be to the city of Bristol !• 



WARM'ICKSHIRE.- .'.s twelve convicts under 

 sentence of transportation for life, were removing 

 by the Albion .coach from Chester to Chatliam, 

 under escnrt of the turnkey and two assistants, 

 they contrived to- make their escape, although 

 heavily ironed. At about nine miles Irom Coven- 

 try, at a sequestered spot, tliey released them- 

 selves, and seizing the co.ichinan, the guard, and 

 turnkey, whom they pinioned and fastened with 

 cords and handcuffs, they loosened the horses 

 from the coach and decamped. Seven of them 

 have been since retaken. 



It appears by the Report of the Charity Com- 

 missioners, that the property belonging to the Bir- 

 niiiigliam Free ISrammar School produces a rental 

 of .£•3,0117. 6s. 81. per annum— that in I8«0, by the 

 falling-in of leases, the rental will be increased to 

 ^7.8JC. 16s. 8d. ; and in 1850, to ^10,17". 10s. 



• The citizens of Bristol have as much reason 

 to congratulate themselves on the advantages pro- 

 vided fur them by the Public rharities of their 

 anee.-tors as any whatever of the kingilom ; and 

 Iberelore a lew genllemen have meritoriously 

 established tbeniselves into a committee lor the 

 purpo-e of )iuhlishing the Report ol all the Cha- 

 ritable Institutions that exist in that city at a price 

 at which they coubl not have been published with- 

 out : and they have hitherto superintended the 

 pub I i cat ion, to see that the titiji-ct ol the snb«ci"ibcrs 

 * is properly canicd iiitu etl'ecl, well knowinif the 

 immense power ot the Pi ess in remedying abuses. 

 We wish this cxcelleiit example were followed by 

 all the cities and towns in the kingdom. 



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