... OLDHAf AMO DISTRICT 0034 io t Tb resignation of Mr. Thoras Cotta as of the Glodwick hbas e dnse muc tr -k sir a- ist -a known. For several year 3fr* Cotu U .s C''i '3 nected with the Glodwick, during wh~s' ?? Ai company has done better than at any other. 2' its history. This being so, it is not wf~nt. i-i some unessinese should have been felt w. -rs- ' Immediately it was announeid that berad t ...

... us COTTON SPINERS AND IALTI ot DOFFING. of The monthlv raport of the Committeeof the Preston on and District Operative Cotton Spinners' Association by has been issued. The only question dealt with is the ni most pernicious system of meal-time doffingp which idthe Committee state is becoming alarmingly urevalent 15The Committee condemn the practice. The Com- th mittee also state that meal ...

... OLDILAM- AND D)STTPPCT Co PAYNIES. The dircetors of the 'Wernehth, in their report, say: or We re-rr-t to have to shlovw a Ions on the quarter's working of £I1312. w. IhiC is caused bv unrsatisfactoy Al margin on spirning. TI is result is featureless, and it Ai ha3 nttracredl no particular attention. A logs of from A' £1,40 to £1,600 -;as predicted, so that it sa tri-ae P. letter than the ...

... FACTORY LEISLATION. I The Grand Committee on Trade meton Thursday in[ the House of Commons for the consideration of the bill, backed by the Home Secretary, Mr. Ritchie, and Mr. Stuart Wortlev, for the amendment of the- law of relating to factories and workcshops. Mr. Osborne w Mbrgan presided. The Committee consists of 83 st members,of w~hom 15 wereadded for the considera- ii: tion of this bil ...

... LANCASHIBR ALNT dI FRFB ANEdN'1 p~LIF E40dT The 22nd. annual meoting of the ancashire wasi Cheshire Miners' Permaneot Relief ociety wa l on Saturday aftearnoon in the Wiranll Mmlinin sc d Mr. Charles Gidlow Jacktiou. challrman of te board of management, presided. T'he annual repo~rt sh11d that at the close of the year the meniLbr5Omx. numbered 55,294--i increase of 3,843 on the prOiS er.Thle ...

... | OLDHA'.1 SHARE MAlRKET. WEERKLY REPORT. Ti. ?? et has been by no means brisk thiaz week. I Business his been rather quiet, and the number of transactions booked has fallen cotnsiderably below an average. Ihe general tone has been firmer, and the little tiohig h:ie been owing to sellers being unwilling to book sarlts without an advance, and not because ibuyers have ?? been scarce or that they ...

... THE STRIKE AT STALYBRIDCGT. FINES FOB ASSAULTS. At the Stalybrdlge Borough Court, on Mondgav morn- ing, Jonn Whalan, Thos. Lynch, Matthew hlMNieholE, William Kennedy, and Thomas Delaney, were sum- moned for having on the 25th nlt. assaulted James Coamill. Thomas Delaney was further charged with assaulting Margaret Connor on the same day.-tr Cobbett (Cobbett, Wheeler, and Cobbett, Manehester, ...

... i A BANKRUPT COMP1ANY PP,(h)MeTEI 1A4sirting for the publ icexamination of Mtr. J. UMrrmv Robertson wsas held at the London Bankruptcy Coma cn Wednesday, before Mr. Registrar Linklaer. The bankrupt was described ag a merchant, trading at 25, Anstin Friars, and it appear- tbat sine ,.antrvy, 1390, he has been engaged in the promotion of con- pa.nies. He ha' also been a director of zeveral eo- ...

... - _ . . rhmom OUR SPEOCAL CORWPONDSNT.] . Nothing was done yesterday at the meeting of repre- sentatives of masters and workmen to hasten the termination of the stoppage. The operatives' repro sentstives submitted the following proposition: That, R providing work was resumed at the full'rate of wiges and the margin was not more favourable to spinners at the end of three months, the operatives ...

... I ?? - THE POSITION. PROSPECTS OF A SETTLFlMEN1T. The delegates of the National Federation of Miners, who met yesterday week, reassembled oa Friday morning at 10 ab the Mansion Hall, Goldsmitb.streot, Nottingham, and were Occupied Htll, Goldssith-street, Nobtinghmin, and vwere occupied until one in deliberating upon the results of the ballot taken upon the three questions submitted in the ...

... ACCPLIKGTON TRAI)ERS ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY. s The hearing Of a charge of conspiracy against o Accrington traders took place at the City Police-court on Tuesday, before Mr. F. J. Headlam, ?? . Mr. G. F. Fisher. and Alderman Forrest. The number of prisoners was now increased to six by the addition eof George Henry Stuart anl Albert lelsby. The other ;)risoners are Mtary Ann Helsby, her husband, ...

... I 1k A good result and a very wet night; are sufficient tO Pr keep mn~y away from a shareaholders' meeting. Thie tori was proved on Wednesday, when the general meeting Poi1 of the North Moor Company was held. There were few shareholders present. The business was disposed of irs about five minutes, and it. was quite formal in oharac, Itoete. Mr. William Blackwell was re-c~sted a director, ice ...