The Express. — London, England, 1853-11-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1853. CITY CORPORATION COMM', Yesterday the Coinagegoner. Mistimed the in quiry at the official residence of the Prime Minister. Mr. Labonchere in the chair. Sir .1. Patteson was not present. Captain Bullock examined I was employed by the Admiralty to y the Port of London between 1830 end 1853. I re-surveyed the Medway, bat did not re-survey the Thames. There are many sited. in the river Thames. I cannot say whether the City of London has done its duty in respect to the conservancy of the Thome, because I ' don't know what their duty is. The Navigation Commit tee also employed me to survey the river. I made my re port in 1842. The recommendations proposed in that re port have not been carried out. I understand that the City presented a bill to parliament for the purpose of carrying out those suggestions, but parliament rejected the bill. I understand the City his not the power of removing these shoals ; it is a matter of dispute between the Trinity House, the Admiralty, and the Corporation. us to the power of removing. The Trinity House claims the right over these shoals for ballast. The Thames is embanked, but the Medway is not. There are traces of the Medway having been embanked, but the embankment. have given way. The cost of repairing them would be enormous. The river itself remains perfect, but the unprotected marsh lands arc falling into the river. The marsh lands are private pro- Perty. Mr. F. WHISTLER war examined, and said—l am con nected with the wine trade. Oar house is in Bucklenbury. I have been there for 46 years. I am a liveryman, and a member of the Mercer's Company. I war asked to become a common councilman and an alderman. There are orphans dues taken which amount to 2s. 4d. a pipe on wine. I do not complain of that. I think the City requires reform, but that it would be unjust to sweep away the corporation with all its privileges and inuannities. The City is slow in making improvements, but still they do improve. I paid formerly 101. for the pollee, and I now pay but 61. The shoals in the river ere not very injurious. The Steam Navigation Company I know ran their heavy ships some times at low water. With regard to the lights, I think the regulations of the corporation are mast wise, sad I regret that the corporation have not enforced their orders in that respect. lam not a shipowner, but I have had a goad deal to do with shipping. There are 6,000 licensed water- men on the river, and it is necessary that there should be persons on the river who are acquainted with all the turns and points. With regard to thcilmagistrates of the city, I think they perform their duty most admirably. I scarcely ever knew a complaint to be urged against the mode in which the aldermen perform their magisterial duties. I think the freedom of the City should be thrown open. This would, I think, give a better class of councilmen, and I think 'they ought to be compelled to serve if elected. Some greater control than at present exists should be established over the finances of the corporation. With regard to the supply of water, though it is good, it is insufficient. The state of the markets is a disgrace to the City. I think the companies should undergo a great change. Mr. Thos. Rogers said—l am a solicitor, and have raided l is the City for 30 years. In 1839 I was elected a common councilman, but I served only one year. lam a member of the Spectacle Makers' Company. With respect to the working of the common council, I think its proceedings are as much as possible like those of the House of Commons. I was a member of the coal, corn and finauce committee, and the general purposes committee. The committee have the power of getting most precise information from the ' various ofileen of the corporation. Strangers are excluded from the proceedings of the committees. There is ns publication of the proceedings. The minutes of proceedings are laid Define the Lord Mayor and court. We do not bask to any spend atom in the members of the committees for the business that comes before thin. but can call persons who are well acquainted with the various subjects. These committees did net receive a penny for for their services. The general purposes committee in the year in which I served spent 2001. in dinners, and the cod, earn, and finance committee 2001. also. That money is'expended to induce the members to be punctual in their attendance. If a member is not present et the meetings within five minutes after the hour appointed he loses his right to dine with the committee. I certainly think that the system of dinaen is a good one, because it tends to bring men of various minds to the consideration of the questions brought before the committees. Besides, the members leave their own private business, and their own 'Bonn hour has generally passed by while attending the committee. The meet ings of which I am now speaking are monthly meetings. The chairmen hes the right of inviting two of his friecds from the ward:in which he resides. There is a greater mundane* on tho mouthy meetings than at the intermedi ate meetings. The intermediate meetings are meetings of sub-committees. They are *temerity smaller than the monthly meetings. The wards are under the aldermen, sad their liberality and charity is very great. I am sure that if Alderman Copeland has given 11. he has given 10,0001 in private charity in his ward. I should be very sorry to see the aldermen abolished. They sit as silent judges in the Central Criminal Court, under the superior judges, and it is impossible to be in a better school. The magisterial duties of the aldermen are admirably performed. The aldermen are judges of oyer and terminer under charter of Edward IV., that being so it would be hard to decide that they ate unfit to be magistrates. They take no active part in the administration of justice at the Central Criminal Court, but I think their presence does good. The corporation hes very ancient privileges, and I think they ought not to be taken away. Some other corporations had charters, but only since the time of Charles 11. They are of a modern date as compared with the charters of the City of London. Mr. W. E. Hickson said I have given great attention to the subject of corporations. I published various articles in the iVestatiouter Review on the subject, which have since been published in separate pamphlets. I was formerly con nected with the city as a merchant, and have still an lute rest in the City. lam a rate-payer of St. Dunstan's parish. I connoted the Weshnissier Review for eleven years, and made it principally subservient to the promotion of admi nistrative reform. My object is not so much to make out a case against the City of London as to make a case for the consolidation of the City of London generally, and for the whole metropolis in connexion with the City. I don't think that the governing bodies of the City are individually liable to the charge of corruption. I think they may be taken as fair samples of the middleclames generally throughout Ragland and Ireland. The gist of the matter is that in the City we suffer from a system of extravagant expenditure sad conflicting jurisdiction brought to a reio ad abeswituns. There is no city anywhere when the local burdens ought to be so light, and where they are so heavy as in the City of London. I speak both a twee direct and Indirect taxes. At the time of the last emni of inquiry it was stated that the revenues of the City athatabd to 160,0004 that that was theism width they were answerable for in their corporate capacity. They mile a Moduli= between their corporate estates sad OM hods they eheisieter under arts of parUameat,enheeelthiely, they impossed bat too well on the Wads et the miethithithein id that time that the inquiry at that pedal led eillateethe 4* to the *ape rate property, but these est of Meek mho leek an interest is the matter, immidered that the Ompsration were finan cially responsible he 600,0001., hefted of 160,0001. That fact was stated seen time atter web by Lord Brougham in the Reuse of Lerro, bet the eteptrelkee mewed to the re port of the lest emmiedee, i wed& it was set dews at 160,0101., sad our shim that time we lie under the tageeedes of beihit grossly exagge rated the uwmMture for whit* the corporation are directly or indirectly responsible. However, the fact is as I have stated. But the eagesditure is em braced in fifty or sixty different aseasses, which are kept in the Chamberlain's Office • and the sunk is, that the members of the Common &WWI daiRMOMIS know very little about them. A person looking at these accounts en perficially would suppose that the a lowanee to the Lord Mayor war 6,0001., as set down, but it is perfectly well known that be receives 2,0001. in bee at the Mansion House which does not appear in the acoaunts. It is noto rious that the City tradesmen receive 1,0001., but it does net appear, in the City accounts because the items are broken up into small amounts, such as SI. and like emu. It would appear that 55,000/. is the whole amount of the fixed ensue! salaries of the two courts of MO City, the Court of Common Council end Court of Aldermen ; but the salaries and the fees of the Lord Mayor, of the commissioner of police, of than district surveyon, are omitted. In fact, salaries and officers in the City ate omitted in this account to the extent of 50,0001. Here is a statement of the oat to the public, in the year 1833, of the officers and clerks of the London oorporation, in salaries, fees, and office allowances, from returns signed by the officers themselves, and presented by them to the revenue committee of the Court of Common Council, in 1836 :—Legal staff (consisting of appointments held by soli citor+, barristers, proctors, sad attorneys' clerks), 38,0671.195. 64. ; state officers (the Lord Mayor, chamber lain, sheriffs, yeoman, trumpeters, ste.), 24 , 1871 . 2 a. 94.; officers of nista= end market dues, 29,3381. 12s. Bd. ; officers of City gaols, 4,3301. 7s. 2d. ; officers of public works, 6,4031. 12e. 6d. ; miscellaneous officers (including bell-keepers, beadles, Irish Society, Port of London, ate.), 9,6531 ss. 3d. ; total, 110,9801. 19.. 10d. An impression has prevailed that, since 1436, an improvement has taken plan in the administration of the City funds, and Mr. Dillon hes given evidence to that effect before the Com missioners. I inquired into that, and I find that whilst there has been a reduction in offices, fen, and expenditure on one side, there has been an increase on the other. I believe, in point of fact, that the expenditure is consider ably more at the present time than it was in 1835, though I cannot take upon me to say how much. I should say that 120,0001. for fees, salaries, and emolu ments at the present time is within the mark. In some cues the fees go into the hands of the Chamber lain, but that is not a general role. The commissioner should not merely call for a return of the salaries of offi cers, but also a return of the expense of the offices. For instance, the salary of the Chamberlain is 2,6001., but the cost of the office is 4,600/. The rainy and fees of the town clerk amounts to 1,8921. ; but the office outs 4,6741. This is the ease with City offices generally. I think it will be desirable to give a comparison of the expenditure in other places. Leeds hu a population of 172,270, or 60,000 more pERSECUTION OP BRI7IBII SUBJECTS may. fed freedom of waualge g e r Me &jud o ) i s oi s Ix I . OIIIEIUN corxrinis. volleys (Mesh t err) Or why should we he less fisergetie them Aberdare, who, writing W - • Lord Stratford on the subject of the Christian sub)** pullio Outing of the members awl friend' of of the Porte said, "To maintain our fellow•religiOniste le a the Postestaat All, woe, fur the purpose of nemesia- I Tallow duty front which I will Gu a r rig hts are equal, our necessities are the t h e goverament en the aspect of peyery abroad," L i i . Z.„lr .. ) as far greater than all those who tom ia reference to the Peneeuties of Protested west hefole as. The responsibility, therefore , is Tally . lintoh subjects in Tuscany, Spate , Portugal, and ether arises and inevitable, and, under the blessing of Go we Boman catholic countries of Bangs. will at be wanting to such ample miens sad to so glorious The Earl of SliAtfitinVllT presided ; and lass the II °ls m-. ~.I ns et i ee._ (Loud cheers.) air t.mt.t.too EASOLXV moved • resolution declaring p Larotat were Sir Culling Eardley, the H su. A. Kinsale& that amosasing eacreactssests of the Romish priesthood, M Hon. S.C. Canon, Hoe. Capt. F. Maude, Mr. J. V pesearing the eseotment of now, and the revival of B watouglthy, C donel Alituader, Admiral Hawker, assiete, laws, against the peerestale profession of protestant Ajatie d V. Hartman, Mr. A. Haldane, Major Bealag, Christi "ityi is &maxis; ender their induence, calls for decided ulna as the of British protestants in order (optima Trotter, and ILvs. Canon Miller, W. Jenkiimen, to the security of ne mad their fellow-subje cts, while tt%. L ow th er', Thomas S rhos, Dr. Thomson , 0. H. Da- res idi ng , n , ere traveling through, countries wher e' the s po, E. GoloOt, W. Arthur, John Weir, C. M. Whither- religion of Born is dominaat. l e y, M. Thomas, John Blackburn, sad Jobs Keeling. The Rev. W. MILLS., of Birmingham, seconded the Sol Suet s ['JURY stated that the committee of the Pro- ""islase . • The rostolatios was put and earned. tenant Aliases had called the present meeting for the par- The Rev. G. H. Davis, of Bristol, moved the adoption of pes s. ,ifvoisoleriog a very simple proposition—a preposition • memorial to the Earl of Clareados. - the. had arisen out of the events that kid lately taken place The Rev. W. Aaron& isecoaded the motion, and the on the continent of E urope , an d moss R oma , cat h o li c Rev. T. NOLAN spoke in support of it, and urged upon the attention of the meeting the example of the government of colog re n es is which we to be found many residents and the U nited States, which in • resent treaty with the moot'. trieelit`n of t he British nation . Th ese events had very lie of Uruguay hod stipulated for perfect freedom of.wor smsrsally allotted the rights and comforts of British sub- ship, and fur the right of burial according to this forms of rem, sad the committee thought it fair that there should their religion far all the protestant subjects of America re le demanded • full, clear, and satisfactory explanation of the siding in that republic. which British subjects stood in those countries, The motion bane; Chal m er s ` and earned ' Mr ' lames mom in is Lord and the Rev. W. seconded a vote of thanks a il a full and ample recognition of their undeniable rights, to the chairman, which was linedacknowledged • y by. his i( . n „, :e ..) The present purpo e was not, at least so far as lordship, who in doing so spoke of the severity of' the h e was concerned, to discuss at length the individual eases penalties which had been indicted upon protestant' by the Grua Duke of Tuscany, which he said were an offence to that hail occurred, gross and oppressive as they had been, b u t they would be referred to rather as proofs of the humanity, to the Christian religion, and which justified the most indignant protest on the part of our government. spirit by which the governments of those countries were The int 'Ong then separated. 'enl isted, and so instances of the great necessity of obtain ing as speedily as possible the recognition of those rights to watch he had shaded. (Hear, hear.) Without pausing to argue upon popish aggression as manifested in this country recently, and still more recently is foreign coon toes, it could not have escaped the observation of every one that the influence of the Vatican had of late years been used in the most decided, and pointed, and aggressive manure for the purpose of stimulating all the governments of the continent to ineasurrsof coercion, and even of inso lence. (Cheers.) It could not have escaped the observa tion of tome whom he was addressing that the m of those foreign governments, intended ostensibly for their own subjects, had in a great degree been directed against the prutestauts'of all nations, but more especially against the protestant, of' the English nation. (Cheers.) Take the code that had recently appeared in the kingdom of Portugal. (Hear, hear.) If there were upon the face of the itarth a country that owed much to another country, it was Portugal that owed • deep debt to us. (Hear. hear.) If there were a people or • government upon the tam of the earth, upon which we could make a claim with the full assurance, so far as right was concerned, that that claim would not be denied, that country was the kingdom of Por tugal. (Cheers.) Nevertheless there had appeared in Portugal a cods of whieh these were the prominent regula• tuns. On loch December last this code appeared, and it coated, " That any ens failing in respect to the religisa of th e i ingdom, the Roman Cathelic Apostolic, shall be con demned to imprisonment from to three years,and to a fine proportioned to his income." So far so good . but let them °born the definition of the mode in which they might fail in respect to the religion of that country :- 1. Injunog the established religion publicly, in any dogma, act, or object of worship, by deed, or wore, or publication in say form. 2. Attempting by similar means to propagate doctrines contrary to the catholic dogmas as defined by the church. 3. Attempting by any means to make proselytes or converts ton different religion or sect condemned by the church. 4. Celebrating public acts of • worship other than that of the said catholic religion.—Tbus they were to be told by this said kingdom of Portugal, which, but for the in ter:cation of this country, wider God's providence, would base been, in more than one instance, wiped oat from the map of nations—(hear, hear)—the people of England were to be told, that if they went to reside in Lisbon, or soy part of the dominions of Portugal—if they celebrated there the public acts of their protestant worship, in the most simple, decent, orderly, and even the most private manner, that they were to be imprisoned from one to three yean, with a tine proportioned to their income. (Hoar, hear.) He knew not whether that decree was more audscious or more insolcnt—(hear, hear)—whether it was mon intolerable or more contemptible—(cheen)—but this he kuew, that the people of England, is whatever aspect they regarded it, would not allow it to exist on the statute book as directed agsinst them—(cheers)—and it was for the parpose of expn-sing their opiaions upon these, and other mitten to which he should direct their notice, that the moat assembly had been convened, sad also with the view of laying those opinions before her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—a gentleman whom he knew would not be indifferent to any appeal that was made to him with reference to the ',item of the *minty and the honour of the Queen. (Loud cheers.) Take next the kingdom of Spain. They had all, doubtless, read the correspondence th at had taken place between the minister of Spans and our ambassador at Madrid, Lord Howden, a correstaondence which redounded infinitely to the credit if Lord Howden, and most discreditably to the character of the Spanish government. We were to he told—we who had done quite as much for Spain as we had for Portugal—we were to be told by Spain, that was indebted to us, not only for her existence (but in many other ways financially even of a lower consideration), we were to be told by her that our people resident within her dominions were to be denied the rites of decent burial ; that they were to be thrust out at night like dogs or cats; that so service whatever was to be performed over them ; add if at last the Spanish government Is its great mode rnities should allow such corrupt specimens of the human race as English pretestants to be laid below the sod, it mast be dose in secresy, and in such • way that it should be known only to the grave - digger and the man who iminied the corpse. (Hear, bur.) Pus neat to the Wad of Malta. Here was • possession of our own, which wader our government had attained to the greatest comfort, me, independence, and every enjoyment of which it was ape- Die. (Hear.) A new code had been hawed by that sat goverment which we had allowed the island et Man to enjoy, but which, as conquerors, we might have takembesa then but we had permitted to Mahe its own seU-gieurs meat, sad that self goverment bed head a Melee in which it declared that my esatewp•—ad the dead. doe of contempt wag left is ibe Mob of these albs administered the law—that say ernalengtelanialltedallab say of the doctrines, rites, or seeemease .1 the Sams catbolic religie. esietiag la that Mel was to be }cabbed by periods of imprisonment imam, be boliesed. lbws three to six, or even Melee boir.) NA cams neat to the dukedom el Tuesday, sad tide esassesi them more seriously, becomes the swats wen of MOS INF cent date, sad bemire I. the Ma deem that gounneeleal had thought At, in the meet paha =maw, to dodos that the code should and is sil e az a med to me longer, before, be Mailed to the awl snow Sion of its own subleale. The of that gems. meat, the feelings tart meineted it, the views it entertalael e sad its objects, were eaMeisaftly maalheted I. the neat =iet the Walkel. bealwed sod wilb, wire, by the filled s bad wilassad S good asalledia. MI who. drabs to lbe sad sad seatheente &mph INN am *sir glious mop* ef "Oh amass " (Har e ) He meld ask bow ever, dwell ups. tide ease, bit then had NM ma sahnquently • dowse which seek Aid ea lst Sept. sad which was woe et the most wad wed seagalsary that bed ever Used hem a aiwilimedon erns ea neeivilined gunnenent. TM new penal aim et the Dukedom ed Totten, was anima apresaileated ha the lobed pedal of the dark egos. (Cheese.) The pudebeassts wise View able ia themeless. awl the slims mire es digit rot it wadi 66 *keenest maw of a posslisi Ism* asp femme SO Mell adheas ea of dime whe might be brought v. so sylphs beim ties. The Int who bad tales waist ibi saw desetw l V e. to be a matey. wane of awe ewe, NM o (User . beer.) Fhbdessmame it um bad dud Weight the wows: presevesatly Wise tM leddsl publis—whieb had stalledlegether the mesa meliss, wed which woad pimp them to eadeaveler amerlala tbireagb the mediate of the geeermeat of these realms, what was sad what should 's lb, precise peados of • British subject resident is the dissideas el the And Dike of Tuscany t (Haar, d a lest4This 11018 i., 1111.11•44 1111.11•44 over three hawkedmtiele, awl It was se Moe, that few persons could read it. It we so complicated and various, that no one could remember it ; but the great and leading principles of it were theist—that word, and speech, and, action, and even thought, were interdicted to everybody who should be living ruder the authority of the Grand Duke. By the enactments of that code, any British subject sojourning in Tuscany, who might speak in secret to friend sr relation, to wife or husband, to son or daughter, or who might write to • friend at home upon religious sentiments, touch ing religious doctrines not necessarily oontroversia/, not necessarily polemical, but which, according to the opinions of the person who might read it, or of the court before which it might be brought, or according to the will of the Jesuit confessor who advised the Grand Duke, might contain any sentiment of religion drawn from the Gospel, might be perverted into an off ace against the Ro man catholic church, and be punished with doe or impri sonment of 10, 15, or 20 years, with hard labour, or is some instances with death by the hatchet or on the sCallold. We shall propoes to yes to-day to agree to a me morial to be vaunted to the Secre tary of State for Foreiga Affairs, in which we shall set forth these various grievances, sad its which we shall request his intero ssioa and that of government to bring all these various powers to their senses, and enable us to ascer tain what is our position, and the power and authority by which we shall be able to maintain it. This is the business of the day, but I cannot does what I hive to say without expressing a hope that our exertions hereafter may not be limited to the ties of lellowoitinitsbip and to efforts in behalf of our person and our language. It is our duty and it ought to be oar glory to b e able to support the cause of protestantism all over the world. (hear, hear.) And my firm belief is that if we proceed in that spirit we shall not be wanting of great, noble, and vigorous allies on the other side of the warm. (Hear, bear.) I believe our transatlantic brethren will not be behind us in the assertion of these great truths, and if we be united with them in this great work, I snap my fingers at all the powers of Europe. Why should we be lee bold than Queen Elizabeth ? Have we Ins danger, lees necessity, less means, or less hopes? Why behind Cromwell, or wht inferior to the statesmen of 1704, who dents:dad and obtained freedom of conscience, religious ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH REVOLUTION. A meeting to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of the Polish revolution of 1830 wee held yesterday evening, being convened by the Polish Central Democratic Committee, at the Hanover-square:Rooms. The room was thronged by a moot numerous and apparently respectable assemblage of Eatlish and foreigners, the latter element embracing almcst every European natio,. There were also a great number of ladies. The platform was occupied by some of the leading exiles of different countries, who formed the majority of the speakers. Mr. Worcell, a Pole, presided. The proceedings commenced with the reading of an ad dress of the Polish Democratise Committee in English by Mr. Linton, an Englishman; in Polish by M. Bleat owlet, a Pule; and in French by a gentleman whose name could not be ascertained. In this it was stated that the motive of the committee in calling together the representa tives of so many different natiossalities at that solemn anni versary was the new era which the passage of the Danube by the Turks seemed to be opening for the oppressed and down-trodden people of Europe. Their chief enemy was for the first time, since 1830, arrested in his onward course —(cheers)—and when that enemy happened to be the keystone of European despotism, but for which, four years ago, the unholy alliance of kings against peoples: would have crumbled to pieces, sad was tottering under the weight of its own crimes, it was (or the eldest of its victims to call manfully to the sister nations, " The hour of deli verance strikes." (Cheers.) This was an appeal from Poland to Europe and the world. There were there, side by side, the men who, at the Hotel de Ville, proclaimed the Republic in France ; the men who, at Berlin and Dresden, made kings doff their hats in homage to the people's will; the men who at Vienna made the sovereign transfer his power from himself to the people of Hungary. There had also bees invited to that fraternal gathering of the nations, sons of England who sympathised with freedom even beyond their own shores— (hear, hear)—and who believed in international duties as well as is national rights ; the oommitte rendering homage to the hospitable land which afforded them shelter, and easescrating upon English soil en altar of universal bro therhood. To all they had something to say. The season of mere words was past, the time for common action was coma. Now that the war bad begun, let them beware of satimely peace. (Hear, hear.) The wounded wolf, if not killed, would kill them. (Cheers.) If Turkey were eaa strained by the three partitioning powers, Russia would be stronger than ever—it would only have recoiled the better to spring upon its prey, and having seined Constantinople would become lord of Europe. (Hear.) It became the free not to allow their rulers to stop the progress of the struggle for freedom. (Cheers.) Of that struggle the war in Turkey was but the beginning. That, on the 23ri anniversary of her revolution, was Poland's last cry from the tomb; when once she bad risen again she would have but to eosgratulete Europe on the final conquest of liberty for all. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then introduced Mr. A. Herren. a Ma slen, observing that as he had never been allowed to speak is public in his own country, it was necessary that he should reed his speech. M. Exam then read an address written in French, in which he gave a graphic description of the rendition of so ciety in Russia, and was understood to my that in that couutry nothing less than a complete social revolution would suffice. He deprecated the interference of diplo matists in the affairs of Turkey; and after showing that a close connexion exist+ between the destinies of Poland end those of his satire country, concluded by exclaiming, " Five la Pologne independents, et la Eustis libre !" (Much cheering .) Mr. LINTON addressed the meeting in English. Dr A. Roos (a German) and Dr. P. DAYASZ (a Pole) each addressed the meeting in his native tongue. Dr. Rownirt g Hungarian) spoke is • lath bas been read frees 31. 11 =i, who bad bees immessei m one of the speaker, Cant PIADAIII delivered to Fees* ea energetic ad drew, which was very warmly opplawdod. Mr. WATSON expressed to the meeting the sympathy of the English democracy with the mum of PolasA. M. LanfierZoLux, who was rimeivel with meek ap plause, sibeedsi the meeting in Preach, said it appeared as *sash a mysterious bead bad defeated all human com birtiona it the events of the Met two years. Nearly all ow Somme then reigned the ensues of death ; eves Pena immed Nei II this Mob of thisp, sad in a meet assagostedi mummer, a ;diary erne seised in the liamt of Hump by a men esho imiaiMsd himself " the lin at God," la imitation of Ildesediabie or Alexander, his Haw and his bolas= Med mad. Diplomacy eeali set euelood in averting what threatened. War was imminol. Why ? Basses Niele/as was drives to Metope to sepia ifs pm*. in Europe, lett by amemelsie al his audio". It wee imminesee,, boners in faielaa }NOM wee motel he impish( sYltlsasl team IS Ike di, edited thigh the may end ass be Nada- Mimi. Neither impedes me a meow could prevent km/okm When Ems INN mama shot was seriously fired meths Danube, Louie Napoleon would eater Indu l t wide Italy was seised by the FTSOSSI Rower. weed plot with Hungary. He believed, however, that Fewest would is. new ma for the rigistosil that, there =war was liberty. Ileffeilai Meeks se le eleturiout, Napless "mil psepw to bin a Mellen of the "'idiom the prbelde of ispperlise &shadily. A con doning linked* weed be tie result for Beeilaed ; sad what wadi thus beam at the simmendel deem ? Under such cleemMetilMees .En4ami meat Wm to democracy. Thereby*, wheMmethe Tark yore dieseisa k ee whether e• wen ~iagaished , war ;is hhiity: 31. , concluded • powerful sad ricitiog address with the ezelassation, " Viva la repubUque, demoesslique et sociale." E. Scantswicz followed with a speech is English, at the oenclosion of which the 'meting diepereed. SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH POACHERS NEAR LEEDS. --•--- Yesterday (Tuesday) sa men were brought rep at the Leeds Court-house, before the Rev. J. A. Rhodes and other West Riding justices, on the chyle of shooting at and seriously injuring the head gamekeeper (Mr. James Phillips) at Templenewmin sad his assistants. The pri soners are Thomas Seholefield, We. Reston, James Shad, Joseph Shad, Wm. Ellis, and Robert Wilson, all residents at Rothwell and the neighbourhood. Early oa Sunday morning the watchers employed on the Templenewsain estate (the property of %Instil Ingram, Esq.) fell in with a party of poachers, and information was given to Mr. Phillips, the head gamekeeper, who with six assistants went in pursuit of the party, which was found to be a lugs one, consisting of twelve or thirteen men, nearly all of whom were armed. A parley took place, but the poachers being nearly double the number of their oppo nents, refused to be taken into custody ; and in a short time shots were fired on both sides. At least eixteen shots were heard at a distance, and two of them wok effect ; one wounding Phillips, the head gamekeeper, in the head, and the other one of the poachers in the leg. With these unequal odds the gamekeeper and his party abandoned all further attempts to secure the party, and eventually they all left the ground, the poachers taking with them their wounded companion. Information of the affray was at once sent to Mr. Greta, the superintendent constable of the district, and in the course of the day he learnt that three men, one of them lame, were seen walk ing towards Bothwell. This led him upon the track of the offenders, and he presently found Thomas Scholcfield, the wounded man, and subsequently caused the other five prisoners to be taken into custody. Mr. Phillips is still very ill, though it is hoped he will recover. He could not, however, appear before the justices yesterday,and therefore he.case was remanded. nthan the - City - of Laudon. The expendtture for the year ag September 1, 1853, was 17,6631. 6.. sd. ; the salaries sad &Common were 1,2591. In the parish of Marylobes', with a population of 157,696, an area of 1,490 acres, whisk is twice that of London, the total expenditure for the year ending December 31, 1852, including 10,8001. Interest, annuities, and bonds paid, was 148,6001. • owl the salaries amounted to 1,7421. 17s. There is a difference in the police expenditure of Maryiebone, which is but one pariah, and that of the City, which contains 110 parochial districts, of 20,0001.; although the moot the former is twice as large as that of the latter. Mr. Lewis—Marylebone only pays its proportion of the metropolitan polies rate, but the City maintains its own prisons, so that the comparison cannot fairly be instituted between the two. Mr. Hickson—There are many soirees of in the City of London over which I think any new municipalit in connexion with the met ro poli s , ought to have power. T he indirect taxation of the City in 1862 amounted, as well as I eau estimate it, to 333,7021. 1 hat amount is thus made up: The 4d. duty on coals, 67,5911. ; Bd. ditto, 113,6691. ; Id. ditto, 14,W71. ; total, 185,4481.; market dues, 20,5981. ; street tolls, about 7,260/. ; corn dues, 63,6391. ; fruit, potato, and oyster outages, 16,8561. ; sundry corporation I=l including weights and measures, brokers, rents, f floes, sheriffs' ditto, 5,8a91. ; fees to of of the corpora tion, 30,0001. ; freedom and livery floes, about 6,0001. ; loss to the public by exclusive privileges of town carmen, water men, to., 10,0001. The total estimated amount of indirect taxation was 277,4481. This sum includes local rates, poor rates, ward rate, rbureh rate, tithes, and Easter offerings. The Trusts Estates for public and charitable objects amounted to 427,6851. The port of London charges amounted to 68,3771., making a total of direst and indirect taxation to the amount of 1,107,1641. Mr. Lewis—Do you mean to say that it is a common practice in municipal boroughs that the poors.rate, charities, tithes, and Easter offerinp, form part of the municipal amounts ? ; but I put them aU together, because I think that under a new municipal organisation all the ex penditure of • local nature, whether belonging to the cor poration or other bodies, should be placed under age management. The corpor ation receive 200,0001. from their (states, 200,0001. from the nal duty, and 200,0001. from lila police rate, the consolidated rate, and other local rates. With reopen to the coal duties a very inaccurate impres sion MOM to prevail. The corporation claims the 4d. duty as their property, and it is thought that they have handed over the Bd. duty to the Office of Works for metropolitan improvements. That is not so. The Bd. duty has been diverted to improvement, within the city, and has been expended under the officers of the conioration. Here are the figures in support of that fact. Here is the statement of the loans secured on the Bd. coal duty from 1831 to 1853: Remaining part of 95,0001. for debtors' prisons, 1,0001.; ditto of 6,0001. for Moorfields, 1,5001. • ditto of 80,0001. for site of new Pat-office , 68,1001.; Lond on-bridge approaches, 1,000,0001.; removal of Fleet-market, 250,0001.; improving the site of Royal Exchange, 160,0001.; ditto, 40,0001.; now Farriegdongtreet, 25,0001. ; total, 1,635,800/. Here is a further statement of further loans secured upon the prospective receipts of the Bd. coal duty :—Fer New Belton street, Long-acre, New Oxford-street, and new street from London Docks to Spitalfields, 200,0001. ;_ i ditto, 100,0001.; Coventry-street to L ong-acre, East Smithfield to Rosemary lane, and in aid of improvements in Southwark and West minster, 189,0001.; for ditto and general improvements, 116,0001.; new street in Southwark, 30,0001. ; Victoria street, Westminster 30,0001.; New Farringdon-street to Coppice-row, 88,000/. ' • total, 763,0001. (Act 13 and 14 Vie., c. 103.) Up to the present time, therefore, the cor poration of London are clearly responsible for the whole ex peudtture of the Bd. duty. Mr. Lewis—How much of the coal duty of 1852 was ab sorbed ky the metropolis ? Mr. Hickson cannot answer that. Mr. Lewis — Bat is not that the whole question ? Mr. Hickson—The corporation are not only responsible for the expenditure of the money, bat they are responsible for having retarded to a great extent, by the sectional and antagonistic spirit of their institutions, the progress of metropolitan improvement. The penny coal duty is the fund out of which the New Coal Exchange has been built. Since 1845 the peony duty has been paid to the Office of Works. The coal duties, which extend to the whole me tropolis, ought to be placed under a board representing the metropolis. The contract for the building of London bridge was 426,0001., but the expenditure up to 1831 was 1,426,0001., or 1,000,0001. more than the con tract. The City unused to represent the metropolis in regard to the conservancy of the Thames, and in other particulate, bat that power should be taken away from them, and placed in the hands of a metropolitan municipality. The power of interfering with metropolitan improvements generally should be placed in other hands than the City corporation. The corporation op posed the plan for the im provement of the City, pro by Sir C. Wren after the great fire. The City have allowed encroachments upon the river. There is a building on the south side of the river near London bridge, which projects twelve feet beyond the stain of London-bridge into the river. This is most dis graceful to the corporation. In other cities the most beautiful parts are g e lly the river frontages, but that cannot be said of the City of London. With regard to New Oxford-street, and other streets, the Woods and Forests proposed plans for the improvement of the west-end of the town, but the corporation put forward counter plans for the Exchange and its approaches, and their architect appeared before several com mittees of parliament in opposition to the metropolitan improvements proposed by the Woods and Forests. The result of the opposition was, that the sum for metropolitan improvements was cut down from 638,0001. to 310,8001. I thine the money laid out in the City hue beer badly ex pended in this sense—that it has not been laid out with duo consideration of the wants of the metropolis generally. The new street in Cannon•street is so far good and useful, but what should be done was to bring the street from London-bridge to Charing-cross, instead of bringing it out at Ludgate-hill. Mr. Lewis—What would you do with the Temple gar dens ? The corporation has no jurisdiction over them ? Mr. Hickson—That is another instance of obstructive ness. In regard to metropolitan improvements generally, I think there should be a general metropolitan body to which such questions should be referred, because the votes of members of parliament coming from the most distant parts of the kingdom are often brought to bear, in the interest of local and private parties, in reference to those improvements in which they cannot be supposed to have any great interest. The effect of having London divided into three Poor-law Unions in stead of one, has been to cause an expenditure of 300,0001. more than need be. I think the poor would be not only as well eared for, but better cared for, if the three unions were consolidated into one, and if the corporation took the dutyof managing the poor upon themselves. They have now &com mon house in Norwood for the poor children, but In ether respects the three unions are still divided. The workhouse accommodation expenditure alone has been 100,000/. more than it ought to be sine the City was di vided into three unions. The expenditure on account of the pour is rattly greater in London than in any other parts of the country. The expenditure for the poor in the three City unions, with a population of 129,128, and exclusive of parochial expenditure, was, in 1852, 78,7391.; in hiaryle bone, with a population of 157,698, 47.7311. ; in Lambeth, with a population of 139,325, 33,9231. I believe there would be lees difficulty in consolidating the City unions it there were no corporation. Mr. Hickson's evidence had not terminated when the cestaimioaen adjourned at four o'clock. CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Yesterday, the commiesionen met, Mr. Deputy PRACOCIL hi the chair. SNI OFFICIR 01 NEALTIVB REPOIT ON THE CM:OLIVA. The annual report of the Officer of Health (Mr. Simon) was lad before the Corainiasionen. It was of immense length, and Om following is only a mere suransary oirts MI plats Me. dims reported the number of deaths which had taken Sue to the fifty-two weeks previous to Michaelmas lut at SAM, being 26 fewer then in the last preceding dyads, peeled. As the population of the City was about 130,,000, die average rate of mortality during the lest five yywwee Milan twenty-four per thousand per annum. The haallblsN ealmilstrict (the north-west sub-district of the West Lewin Union) showed a death-rate of only eighteen in the thessand ; whereas, in the unhealthiest (the north west enb-distriet of the City of London Union) it was above twenty-nine per thousand. The lowest death•rate which had been obtained in any largely populated district throughout the country during the term of seven years was fourteen, or lees than one-half of that in the worst sub- . . district within the jur is d i ct ion of the commissioners. The average deativrate amongst all the City population above five years of age was nearly 17 per thousand, while for children under five years it was nearly eighty-five per annum. The annual rate of death per thousand persons in the different unions had been as follows: Overfly. years. Under five years. East London 16.68 .... 91.99 West London 20.58 .... 94.84 City of London 15.08 .... 71.72 Average 16.85 .... 84.72 To the annual average of 3,120 deaths, typhus had con tributed 140; choleraic affections (including the epidemic of 1849), 196; scarlet fever, 76 ; small pox, 40 ; erysipelas, 30 ; the acute, nervous, and mucous diseases of children, 672; then measles, hooping cough, and croop, 82; so that diseases of infancy alone had yielded an avenge of 1,242 deaths, or nearly two-fifths of the entire mortality. It was a curious fact that while in the healthier districts the winter was the most fatal time of the year, in consequence of the ravages which inclement weather made upon the aged and feeble, those ravines were completely overmastered in the unhealthiest districts, and the rate of mortality was highest in summer. The unfavourable effects of civilised land City life upon the health was shown by the circumstance 1 that not one.eighth of the 15,597 persons who had died within the jurisdiction of the commissioners during the last five years had reached the threescore years and ten which are allotted to man. Fusing from atatistics to the prospects of the City during the apprehended visitation of cholera, Mr. Simon congra tulates the commissioners on the fact that there had been a diminution of mortality to the extent of four per cent. since the sanitary acts of the City had come into operation ; and he trusted that the abolition of Smithfield would lead to still more favourable results. Yet their anticipations of the future were pregnant with gloom. The cholera was stealing upon the metropolis in precisely the same manner as it had done upon both its former visitations, and they had only too much reason to dread the results that would follow the approach of summer. With respect of the question of low levels, it must not be supposed that that was the only condition predisposing a legality to the ravages of the epidemic. The sub-district of Bt. Peter's, Hammersmith , averaged only 4 feet above the high wate r level, and that of St. Olave, Southwark, was ten feet higher. Yet the cholera mortality in the former had been only eighteen in the thousand, whereas that of the latter had risen to 196. So also within their own juris diction. Side by side along the river lay four of their sub district.; three at the elevation of 21 feet, one at the ele vation of 24 feet. The cholera mortality, if simply pro portioned to levels, should have been nearly the same for these fear subdistrict., and somewhat less in the last one than in the first thiee. But the contrary was the fact; for in two of these sub-districts the cholera mortality for equal numbers of population was 44 times as great as in the other two, where, however, to lowness of situation were added density of population and improper or deficient drainage, the cholera made its home. Their present system of tidal drainage was exceedingly prejudicial. At low water the filth was allowed to trickle over broad belts of spongy bank, exhaling poison ; and at high water it was driven back into the sewers to soak into the surrounding brickwork and earth, and to send forth pestil ent i a l effluvia through %eery gully hole. Persons who lived en the higher levels might care nothing for this, but the prevalence of an infantile sickness of unusual malignity, or a doctor's injection to seek a change of air, that they, too, were subject to the partial workings of that gigantic poison bed which they had contributed to maintain. Lowness of situation, overcrowding, and bad drainage, then, were the chief conditions which rendered a locality obnoxious by the inroads of the pesti lence ; but there were, of course, other causes that would operate to an important extent in the same manner. Amongst those were, of course, want of proper ventilation, an inefficient water supply, personal uncleanliness, an habi tually detective diet, and the like. The precautionary measures recommended by Mr. Simon were capable of being summed up in a single word—cleaa fines., in the fullest extent of the term. The state of the docks, and particularly that of Whitefriars,would become of the greatest importance; and the condition of all th e sewers should be certified to the commissioners—the grand test of successful sewerage lying in the inodoroue discharge of its functions. The City was already well paved, but they should take care that the scavengers and duetmen care fully performed their functions. Great vigilance should be exercised as to the condition of slaughterhouses and other similar places ; and no disturbance of the earth should be allowed to take place that could possibly be avoided. He deeply regretted that they could not compel a continuous supply of water, but at least there should be a daily filling of the ciaternege, and Sunday should form no exception to the rule. It would surely be no heathen's part to urge 'that the Christen's Sabbath suffered more desecration from the filth and preventible unwholesomeness of many thousand households than in the honest industry of a dozen turncocks. He was glad to learn from the engineer of the New River Company that they expected very shortly to be able to f u r n i s h th e City with a largely increased and practically exhaustless supply. The subject of the City pumps was an important one • for the quality of the water dept tided upon the state of the gathering-grounds of each, and they were for the most part saturated with impurities. It might, however, be to some extent improved by the use of filters competed of animal charcoal. The City had already established a system of in spection, and within the last year not fewer than 3,147 visi tations had been made, and 983 orders for the abstemeat of nuisances had been obtained. A recent increme of the staff from four to six would of course materially add to its effi ciency'; and he calculated that the inspectors would be able to visit in each of the five more important districts from 100 to 120 houses, besides attending to their other duties. He recommended that printed notices should, during the prevalence of the epidemic, be posted in every back street, court, and alley, and renewed every month, advising the careful mainte- 1 nonce of cleanliness, and invitingcomplaintsas to nuisances. He also suggested that circulars be sent to the clergy, the beads of visiting societies, and the like, desiring them to communicate with the officers of the commissioners on any local uncleanliness which might come to their knowledge. Mr. Simon, after strongly advising all persons to quit the tainted districts—a course of proceeding that might have a very beneficial effect in Producing reform, proceeded to give a quantity of advice as to the course to be adopted by audividuals during the epidemic. He strongly advised each person, on the appearance of the premonitory symptoms, to seek the advice of their own medical attendants, in prefer. ence to relying on any published formu:a. His advice with respect to avoiding excess, damp sad cold, over fatigue, and the like, was not dissimilar to that already given to the public; and he at length concluded by expressing the neces sity of a complete and comprehensive reform extending to the whole metropolis. The report was received and ordered to be printed, and taken into consideration at a future court. ! MUSIC. MISS DOLBY'S SOIREES MUSICALES. The most remarkable feature of Miss Dolby's second soirie, last evening, was the performance of a new composition by Mr. Lindsay Slopes, of a somewhat novel form, a Fantasia for the voice and pianoforte, entitled, "The Lady and the Nightiegaie." The words are a grace ful and fanciful little poem by . Mr. U. F. Cborley. A lovelorn damsel of the olden time is sitting at her virginals 1 , (the pianoforte of the sixteenth century), fitfully touching its keys, listening to the evening breeze, and musing sadly on her absent and supposed faithless lover, while the song of a nightingale from a neighbouring cypress seems to respond to and echo her feelings. The ringing of a lute is heard ; it is her returning lover's serenade ; and again the song of the nightingale responds to her strain of joy and rapture. This pretty subject is beautifully treated by the composer. The vocal part, full of melody and passion, is blended with brilliant and fanciful passages on the piano, suggesting images of the whole scene and situation. The piece, in truth, is a Cantata, with a rich and highly wrought descriptive accompaniment ; though its very ima ginative character, and the prominence of the instru mental part, give it a good right to the title given it by the composer. It was most charmingly sung I by Miss Dolby, and exquisitely accompanied by Mr. Sloper himself; and its impression on the audience was so great, that it will certainly become one of her most favourite pieces. Besides this, the most striking feature, the concert con. tested several very interesting things. Mendelssohn's Duet in D, for the pianoforte and violoncello, was played by Mr. Sterudale Bennett and Mr. Lucas ; and Mr. Bennett per formed a solo on the piano, consisting of his Capriccio in A minor, and his Tema e variazioni in B major —two charm ing compositions, which he executed with the grace, refine ment, and Sahli for which he is so highly distinguished. Mist Dolby was assisted by Miss ?lenient, Miss Ursula Barclay, Mr. Benson, and Mr. Walter Bolton ; and the selection of vocal music, consisting of airs and concerted pieces, was elegant and varied. In particular, Mr. Bennett's floe song, "To Chloe in sickness," was sung by Miss Bar clay with much taste and feeling ; and Mr. Benson, in Mr. J. L. Hattan's beautiful " I love all things the seasons bring," showed himself to be one of our most accomplished chamber singers. Miss Dolby's rooms were literally filled 1 1 to overflowing with fashionable company. MR. HARRIS WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENT. Last evening, at the Marylebone Institution, in Edwards-street, Mr. Harris Wilson gave an entertainment entitled " Mems. of Minstrelsy of Many Lands "—a lecture intermixed with and illustrated by songs and ballad. He gave a history of the minstrelsy. not only of England, Soot. land, and Ireland, but of some of the continental countries ; evincing much research, containing a great deal of curious information enlivened with many amusing traits and anec dotes, and delivered in an easy, animated manner which wee exceedingly agreeable. Mr. 'Wilson dosd not sing like a vocalist by prehssion, but hie musical attainments are evidently hoes of an amateur of more than ordinary calibre ; and be accompanies himself on the pianoforte with conside rable brilliancy and effect. He gave great satisfaction to a numerous audience, and we can recommend his entertain ment to the lovers of national music—they will derive from it both information and pleasure. THE HUNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS. Theseppleasant performances continue to Ili the Marionette heatre. Last night affairs looked particularly dourishing—owing, perhaps, to the wet, which, while it keeps some people from leaving their houses, also drives others into places of amusement—perhaps to a more than usually attractive programme. The audience was of a class peculiarly dear to managers—not too scientific and exacting, but at the same time sufficiently discriminating not to listen to trash, and to appreciate the really good selection which was offered to them. This selection was not very novel : it wu better for the purpose intended than novelty would have been. A popular audience always prefer music which is familiar to them ; and, accordingly, nothing could have met with a better reception than the selections from the Sonnambula, Lucia, Guillaume Tell, and pieces of a similar character. Of course a great deal should be allowed for their very satisfactory rendering —for the precision and generally perfect execution of the Hungarians, to whose powers we have adverted on a pre vious occasion—for the talents of the Distins, who are everywhere, and who are always welcome ; and also for Mrs. Theodore Distin, who will be remembered by man as Miss O'Connor, and who is particularly at home, and therefore particularly successful, in Irish ballads. Miss Julia Warman is also an acquisition, as a vivacious and accomplished pianist'. While complimenting the audience, it should be observed that the one of last night manifested a weakness peculiar to " popular" audiences: they encored everything ; as arrangement by which they should remember they de feat teir own ends, since a judicious management, antici pating this inconvenience must, in order to prevent the performance from being extended to an absurdly late hour, materially lessen the variety of the programme. MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET. A choral society has been formed in the neigh bourhood of Albany-street, Regent's-park, calling itself "The Christchurch Harmonic Society," and a series of public performances was commenced last night. The spread of a popular taste for solid and sterling music is ' especially evidenced by the number of choral societies which have of late sprung up in venous quarters of the metropolis. The frequent performance of the sublime masterpieces of Handel, though in some instances very inefficiently, cannot but have a wholesome in fluence on the public taste ; and it must be remem bered that the great choral societies of Exeter-hall originated in the assemblage of a comparatively small body of amateurs. The Christchurch Harmonic Society is as yet in too young and immature a state, anal its resources are too slight, to render it necessary to express more than a hope for its improvement. THE STRIKES IN THE NORTH. (PRONE OUR LuVAITCORALsPONDENT.) MANCHESTER, Ni.v. 29. The action of the Masters' Associations in these district. is now leading to the adoption of short time rather than a total Cessation of work. Feelings of humanity, which are sure to outweigh all ethers in the long run, however great the provocation given, are beginning is exert their influence. The employers begin to see that, although many of the operatives are led to take cane= measures by ignorant and foolish leaders, that any attempt to punish them falls, unfortunately, upon great numbers of the innocent as well as the guilty. The millowners find that, owing to the depression in trade, there is such a de memo of demand as to make it desirable, in soma cues, as a financial question, to close their mills but this is not generally 53, and a syatem of short time, if extensively acted upon, will better meet the object of the majority. This feeling has certainly operated with some of the employers at Burnley, who were really distressed to witness the sufferings of their work people. They opened the mills at Burnley and I'adiham yesterday morning, to such of the operatives as might pre mat themselves, for four days per week, with the reduction of ten per cent. (the recent advance) from the weavers, but continuing it to the spinner. end card-room hands, in con ' sequence of the better position of spinning. in the market. The experiment was successful beyond anticipation. One employer states that there was a perfect rush among hie workpeople into the mill. Some of the millowners have taken advantage of the opportunity afforded by the strike to make repairs, and to introduce new machinery, and these alterations not being all com pleted when the hands returned to work, the disappointment was great that they would thus be prevented from resuming work fur some time longer. As rats are said to run from a falling horse, some of the leaders, or rather misleaden of the operatives, are extremely anxious to escape the conse quences of their conduct, and the following letter, ad dressed to one of the largest mil-owners in the district, shows the kind of spirit which animates them, when the time comes for displaying whatever true courage they may possess : - 0 Burnley, Nov. 17, 1853. " Sir,—l have been informed that Robert Worawiek, one of your operatives, has had intimation held out to him by you that you will not recognise him as one of your opera tives, on account of your having been informed that at a certain nu eting in Padihmn, he had said he would not be content with lees than 30 per cent. (advance). Sir, who ever has told you so, has told you a falsehood, because I myself was the person who said so at the public meeting in Parliham, oa Monday 22ad August :ast. But I did not ray it because I thought the trade wou:d allow it, but because I thought the state of society wanted renovating; for you, as a Christian, must snow that the worki ng man ought to have food and raiment and every other comfort of life. In conclusion. I beseech you to revoke the sentence you have passed against Robert Worvwick, for you wilt bud in the language of scripture' that the tongue of the slanderer spreadeth destruction.' Your's D. Nouns." Both Nutter and Worawick have been in the habit of addressing meetings of operatives, and after the people have been out of wak a month, deluded into the belief that influential and wealthy men in communication with their leaders, were ready upon the least resistance of the masters to find them money to build new mills to be worked on the co•operative principle—tbat their fellow operatives in all the other towns would supply them with plentiful subscriptions to subsist upon—aad that they must never be content until they had 30 per cwt. advance ; after all this, the true re sults are, that the contributions from their fellow opera tives elsewhere, and all other sources, have only amounted to 31. 2d. per head—that the statement about wealthy men in the back ground was pure fiction—that instead of an advance of 30 per cent. they have lust the 10 per cent. which their masters had readily unneeded in the first in stance—and that Mr. Nutter himself now comes forward to say that he never bAieved the trade would allow it, and only said so because he thought " the state of society wanted renovating." The total number of firms at Burnley and Padiham, in the union of masters, is 57 ; and most of these have resumed work four days per week. The number of operatives has been estimated at 12,000 to 15,000. At Milton, Staly bridge, Dukinfield, Newton, Hyde, and Glossop, the number of mills having gone uroa four days' work per week is from 00 to 100. In the estimate I gave of the number of looms the other day, I placed them at 40,000. This, it is stated by intelligent and well-informed manufacturers, is en under-estimate. They say 50,300 would be nearer the mark. The estimated consumption of 9,000 to 10,000 bags of cotton spun per week would be correct, but the total number of operatives is said to be nearer 60,000 than the lesser number I had at first calculated. The number of persors employed at the looms is calculated at 25,000 ; and though the balance of 35,000 is a large number to be employed in spinning and its pre paratory procures, for the consumption of 10,000 bags of cotton, it is explained by the fact that a large proportion of the spinning is of very fine counts of yarn, in which the quantity of the raw material used is always comparatively small, and the labour comparatively large. The population returns for Ashton are 30,000; for Stalybridge 20,030 (or 26,000 within Ole police ; for Dukenfield, 12,000; for Hyde, 10,000; for Newton, 7,403; and for Glossop (including Hadfield, Lintwisle, and other places to which the masters' union extends), 15,000. This makes nearly 100,000 of a population, and the adjacent districts of a semi-rural population in the mar ten' union, bring up the total to near 120,000' and as the people are much more exclusively engaged in manufacturing pursuits at these places than in Preston, Wigan, or Manchester, probably 60,000 is not a full esti mate of the workers (from tea years and upwards) in the mills. There are still a few mills, engaged on fabrics for which there is yet a fair demand, ruining full time in this district ; but the number on short time is fully five-sixths of the whole. The mills commenced running short time yesterday, without a word of remonstrance from the workpsople ; some of the employers keeping their people from day-break to dusk, so se to save the expense of gar, whilst others keep their mills open four full days of 10 hours, and close on Friday and Saturday. In some portion of the district, and not the whole, the reduction of time is accompanied by a reduction of wages, to the standard which existed before the recent advances were obtained by the hands. These reductions, however, aim principally at an equalisation of prices among the masters, and therefore are not general. At Stockport the masters have had a meeting, at which, a resolution was passed " that notice be recta to the operatives to go upon short time (or forty hours per week) from Monday next until Christmas." No attempt is to be m►de to reduce wages at present, although it was com plained that the market would not support the rates now giving for weaving. By this movement 20,000 operatives, and upwards, chiefly employed upon long cloths, T-cloths, and other fabrics, a largo proportion of which are exported to India, will be affected. It will thus be seen that in the A3hton district about 80,000 hands, and at Stockport 20,000, will be thrown partially out of employ, in adlition is the 53,000 or 61,000 at Preston, Burnley, and other places, which have been wholly out of employ, but of which a consider able proportion at Burnley have been allowed to resume work for four days per week. It is not unlikely that the hands out of work at Bacup, Bury, and other parts of the Roesendale Valley (as well as Burnley) will ultimately be allowed to resume work four days per week, but of Preston nothing has at present trenspired.The eaten t to which other interests besides those of the marten and operatives will be affected by this movement, is shown by the following esti mate from " Poole's Statistics " of the per centage of cotton consumed in 1850 by each of the various manufacturing districta. The consumption of cotton has largely increased since 1350, but tae proportions of each district will probably still hold good : Per cent. Preston Stockport Ashton (cnciuding Stalybridge, Hyde, itc ) 131 Russendale Valley (including Burnley, Bomar, Bury, &c.) Taking the entire consumption of cotton at 36,000 bales per week and deducting 61 per cent. of the whole for Preston, where the mills are idle, and one-third of the other 301 for abort Wu, in the ether places, there is a total of nearly 1; per cent. as the decrease in consumption of the raw material ; and the same figures will give a tolerable idea of the extent to which the wages fund of the entire manufacturing d.strict will be affected. This is assuming that Bacup, Bury, and other towns in the Roundels dis trict follow the example of Burnley. COLLISION AT Sit.—The Margaret, steamer, Cap tain Heckler, which sailed on Monday from Liverpool for Havre, came into collision the same evening, to the east ward of the Sherries. with the screw steam-ship Danube, Captain Reid, and received some slight damage, which caused her to return t Liverpool. The Danube lost heed, entwater, &c. The Margaret was expected to be able was sail by last night's tide.