1 JULY 1955, Page 32

Mbe 6pettator

JULY 3, 1830

THE TAILORS.—It has been usual for the journeymen tailors to strike for double wages on the occasion of a general mourning. On the present, a feeble effort was made to con- tinue the old custom; but the heart of the bold flints failed them, and fearful, if they stood out, that the dungs might seize the oppor- tunity of striking a blow against their common- wealth, they reluctantly gave way,