... .,TERI'ATENED ORISIS I.N THE IRONir TRAYD). I.,1kltl(tixA l ti- WU Uhi.Olfi 1.'1 t.1. J.im }L ' .4 TnF ironrnasters of the sgreab northern rlistriet are, it is gaid, about te. try an experimont, which is en almost necessary act of self-dcefnco: They might shut upL their protnises altogether, allow tbeir furnaces to become extingoished, and patiently w5oit until the slcirkoning of t'ne demand ...

... :,COMMENCEMENT' ?? A,, GREAT, | a BUILDING TRADE STRUGGLE. TH. PLASTERES LCKED OUT. ?? returns of the irecent~ballot of the :members of the .Operative' Plasterers' As- sociation on the general. question of sub- .mitting to: the demands-of- the National Association of 'Master 'Builders of Great Britain- and. Ireland' were offlicially an- nounced on Friday evening. -Onthe question,*whether the ...

... TIIE DEPRESSION OF TRADE. ON Saturday, at Wiulverhlriptoi, there was a distribu- tion of bread and oatmeal to about LGOO distressed people. This is the third distribution during the week, b-t the .distres iS increasing, aird o inladequaete are the mean:s subscribed to meet it that the Mayor issued air easnest appeal for further subscriptions. Ilis worship states that many hundreds of families ...

... . - - -t -t -1__L -l 1!ls~l, ON Friday night, at the Townsbend Schools, West- I minster, the prizes awarded to competitors at the Westminster and Pimlico Working Class Exhibition which was opened this day week, were distributed by Mrs. Farrar. At the commencement of the pro- ceedings Canon JFarrer, who occupied the chair, said they must all rejoice at the occurrence of so excel- lent a thought ...

... . I . I I I . t . . . 'i '1s wWi_ l-L ~i r -Y ?? a. TiencE is not the east indication at present, says the fa Tiooes (Jnly 30), of any arrangement between the nail- rI makers in the South Staffordshire district and their P employers. The strike is one of very large dinensinos, ' some 24,000 or 25,000 hands being out, and it has been b entered upon without the nailers having any resources d ...

... TE:i LABOUlt MAEKET. I - ±t _ T._ SKrunDAY last WMS U very busy day with the Lordon v Masons' Strike Committee, who, in addition to the S usual work of looking after the payment of the strike f, allowances, had to receive sev~eral visits from men s from the country who expressed the wish to return b to'their homes. The number on the strike roll last week was 619, and -of these, the 'married ...

... THE LABOUR MARBE(l'. .. .. . - T.L __I I I 4.nf tin,,.v us -u .-oes-4 AN executive meeting of the Northumberland Mliners' I Association was held on Saturday at the committee- room, Lovaine-crescent, Newcastle. It was reported that the majority in favour of continuing the lock. out was over 1000, but as the ralerequires,. majority l of two-thirds, it remains to be seen whetherthe vote is valid ...

... THE trade and navigation returns for April show that the balance of trade is against us, and the balance of trade-if probed to the bottom.-means the balance of power. The total imports for the four months of the year which have expired are valued at £130,889,351, while the value of the exports during the same period is only £62,557,382. In round numbers the balance against us is sixty.eightmil ...

... SERIOUS CEIRGE OF ARSON a~~~ I .. - _ I FRItOCEtICIK STEPRhEiS FULMeR, aged thirty-two, of Charles-street, St. John's Wood, a hackney-carriege driver, was charged on remand, at the Marylebone Police.court, on Saturday, with unlawfully setting firo to hie stables, 3, St. James's-mews, Primnrose Rill, on Septomber 2*2ad. Mr. Sims appeayed on behalf of the Public Prosecutor and -Mr' Pain defended ...

... . AFRICAN MINS. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO NATIVES. WgxE the, Transvaal agitation subsides .attention' oug t'o 'be givnto .the report :upon the treatnient of .natsves. inieome of Jt4 mines at Kimberley and Beiacseld.' According to ?? Time, just to' hand, the report of the Prote'tor-of Nat've for ths Kimberley di'trict is: 'oe long; in-; I'dictment of the system pursued''by certwin' mine, and ...