The Express. — London, England, 1852-01-14 00:00:00

o . !r lsurd to hare been on fire. It it considered o.6,lsciory proof thut this was the cause of the tire. - Hun. H air y thy letter, resigning his seat in 4 S e nate, was read in the mato of the I kvislature on the 2dril Deeember, when' • % wed o wlutions to elect a senator on the next Tos.• Mr ( ' l a y's health is not improved- His Tot !". - situitioa i. daily becoming more precarious, and pa wls the most serious anticipations among his igk ron. friends. The (m oor.. of Kossuth from city to city coo- Us . ail to be the ataorbinir topic of public interest. tit. r id s departure from New York, he was received w ith enthuoastie ilensonstrations of popular fee . li% la Mit :phi' and Bahl:nom., w h ere he addetits t ru e amitosis.. with his accustomed liersuazive Cl.)' pecelles at Philadelphia and !lain 3r, of the ...one stamp as thow delivered in • York• e ‘pressing fully his views of the state of present Fur ape p an olities t arrived at W iodiington exc ng on the times. morning of th K. e ;Ali December, a little before 11 o'clock. A ' g nat mood bad gathered at the &pot. Senators Wail' ja, • • d .:hields, with Mr. Reale, the sergeant- • of the Senate, and Mr. Wallack, :ll.tr-hal of the I listriet of Columbia, r ece i ve d hi m the It.iltinion. l'onuttitter. 'the party proceeded r. Oat: orri.utc.4 direct to Brown s hotel. Hero • 1.1,r41: concour,e had collected, and they ye wit the guest with every demonstration ot respect. cone out on the balcony and bowed t ,, ople. lw then returned to the reception room, rx,'. the G.dumur Committee took leave of him, wish. him la altli. *mecca., sod a long life of continued ko..,tuth replied, acknowledging with • t„ apmeciation of the generous , kind s.— ~ 1 , 1 Ailintion of the people of Ihiltimore and dui!. ii powntatise.. Mr. Seward then informed a ix would he waited on at half-past 11 o'clock la timid IV' 6.tcr, Ft eretary of State. • tele4caphie despatches—from the 11, re ',I .4 Jan. I—prewnt an account of el, mewling. of litswuth in the .%marican capital. a , tla a. was tuuwn up to the time of the departure cf Oh' mail. thenticity—the auriferous wealth of California. has been but partially known. It i 4 said this gold is found in decomposed layers of slate, which, un being stirred, ernr.able like slaked lime, and expose to tke sanguine miner the shining and precious metal in quantities sufficient to satisfy the most avaricious. There is one feature of this news which is not so piedmont as that concerning the new discoveries. The Aim Fark Herald says:—"it is much to be feared that the Indians in California arc conspiring for the purpose of exterminating the whites, end that an Indian war will be the cousevence. If the Indians should array themselves against the whites, their extermination will certainly follow. There is no doubt, however, that they have been badly treated by the white settlers, especially by the emigrant. from Oregon, wh o h ave always looked upon the In diana as enemies, and tired upon and killed them without remorse. At all events, the two races never bare agreed, and it is the red man's fate to disappear before his white brethren." The intelligence which had given rise to the fore going remarks, is taken from the Sas Franciaca Ile rahl, lice. I, and is as follows : Icy the +hawser Ohio, which arrived yesterday morning, we have received important intellgence Irvin the southern country. The following letter from our special correspow• dent furnishes the particulars:— " Los Angeles, Nov. 23. "The usual quiet of this place has jug been somewhat interrupted by the receipt of the tollowing letter by one of the citizen, from a connevi oa of his, announcing the pro bability of an attack by the Indian tribes who inhabit the neighbouring mountains:— _ .. • Rancho of Nov. 20. " • Dear Friend,—Anlndian was here yesterday sent by the Demerol Antonio of Agua Caliente, to giro MC make, telling me that Antonio had sent hint to ask me • How were we here ?—if we were well t' I answered him, Well, what about ? ' Ile replied that Antonio had com manded him to advise us that the Indians were going to rise ; that the Indians of the Colorado were coming to fall upon San 'hero: and Antonio and Juan Antonio, with their people, were going to fall upon Los Angeles, and those of the Totems upon Santa Barbara; and that he sae :going to Los Angeles upon the bunnies of Antonio. I do not know if it is *retain, and if you have learned anything, I beg you to give me notice fur my govern ment. since yesterday I have learned that this Indian was talking with the Indian Cuomo, servant to —, and related to hint that the Indian Antonio had gone to the river Colorado, and hail killed all the Americans who were there, and had thrown them into the river; had convoke , ' the Yuma', and that fur thousand were coming to fall upon San Diego, and those of Antonio would fall upon Los Angeles, and those of the Tulare upon Santa Barbara, in order to make an end of all the Ameri cans, to tight for their land; and that already Antonio had sent to the river, to draw the cannon that belonged to the deceased, with their animals, to enter Los Ang e l e s ; , and that Antonia had sent to advise us that we should not have any fear of their doing injury to us • that those they came to kill were the Americans. This last I have leagued now, but not from him; and that at one time they were going to tall upon the three places." The causes of this move meat are supposed to be the killing of a small number of the Cahuilla tribe, at a disturbance in this place on the occasion of a Peon festivity, in the early part of this month, the particulars of which you have already published, and other alleged wrongs which this tribe declare they have +uttered from the whites; also the imposition of • heavy tax upon them in the couuty of San Diego, and the er foreentent of the same. The receipt of this communication produced various impressions here ; some of the citizens betraying en twines', whilst others treated it as of little importance. A ' call for a public meeting to organise and prepare for a de feat* was yesterday posted up, but no meeting was held. However, a volunteer guard is on duty every night. More importance is attached to the rumour to-day, from the re ceipt of a note by the lion. Abel Stearns, from his major diimo, in charge of his cattle at Temecula, about twenty one leagues distant from this. It is dated yesterday, and stated, upon the information of a semi-eiviliseil Indian, that the Cabuillas have risen ; that they have stolen from the ranch of the lion. John Warner, twelve head of cat tle, and killed others. Mr. Warner had, with his family, moved to San Diego. Others in that neighbourhood were moving their rattle into the minion of San Luis Rey. The bearer of the note also brings the additional report that the Indians had killed a mud' party on the Colorado, who wi re dnving sheep. The Ohio, which came up this this morning from San Diego, reports the same rumour as having been received there. There appears to be no doubt that these Indians are committing depredations upon the ranches in their neighbourhood. Some effort is being made to raise a company fur the purpose of protecting the ruche', though there ts a great lack both of arms and ammunition here. However, it is to be hoped that these rumours of wars will prove to be no more serious than others which have heretofore afforded a pleasurable excitement in this quiet town. Wasulatortne, Dec. 31. N.seith, accompanied by his suite, was presented to the Tr , so:. at too:a). .1t 0000, at the White House, by Mr. the istervi. w was strictly private. tleneral sold Mr. seaanl we re present, and Messrs. .‘tl t ..arail, of the cabinet. The 4.:. , 1 about ta enty minute,. It took place is l'e %:.r room. Kownth came nut tint, and en the lull for some minutes. lie looked wry .r.t., an.l omewhat disappointed. After s en ht. e.irriag.• Mr. Webster Joined him, and tt,e In., away toe. tie r. The other members of the Cain ta attend a Calpairt meeting. Ths Pnoident ti.,suth ihnner on SitutiLay nest. Thirty-spa r• ore or en-,11. 'Elie Secretarii with their ladies, in all, 1:..: ..f them lieloneins to the President's family. the corn. the :Senate and House, the President of the Senate, 0., N., .14% rof the Uouse together with Kossuth, and his make up the number within three or four, and who IL,' an to is• his not yet transpired. Personally the l're. o d•:rous of showing every attention to Kossuth ; Fy lie•huly, he will he, of course, governed strictly by the pre...hues ol Congress. 'hue reception of the diplomatic cap... to take place au hour earlier than usual toimorrow. A rt that the, arrangement has been made so as to yt any unpleasant collision between the despot. of the t: I W..e..1 all the apostle of liberty. The blluain4 it from the same journal : Wasureuroy, Dec. 31. ti. m's rs of the cabinet marl Congress were presented to Kossuth, in his private reception room. A' tsvhe o'clork, Kossuth and hi. suite - went to the Pre. o. 'eat earatrani with Webster, Shields, and es•arl. and wereduly presented to Mr. Fillmore. The k.t.n.i or was eonfinod to the parties above named. AL 1.711,r. WIN refined admittance. k%Cfy member of -auth's suite was excluded from the interview with the I :,•; kat. The President and cabinet, and Meese,. Shields ar. Swan!. were pr.-,-nt. Mr. Cass did not go. • r returning, Kossuth called on Mr. Cass. ba r,. toady after the adjournment of the house this is nu.r, the wilocribers to the Kossuth banquet were at order —Mr. Clinirman in the chair, and Mr. Stan t a. if Ohio. secretary. On the motion of Mr. Stanton, of lan., the chair was authorised to appoint • committee to tr.?. r with • committee to be appointed by the Senate, to ciao. the Deeteiary arrangements. A committee from C01:92,u., l:92 , u., Ohio, invited Ko..uth today to visit that city. He r that he should stay here about a week, and would : • them know in a few days whether fie would go, sad . a. The accounts received here from the west are very Kowsutli received to-day the calls of many public ate. A dew serenade was giv en t o Kewuth at I I o 'clock tat aurht. Ile came net, and briefly returned thanks. Kossuth had made known his opinion of the coop fi of Louis Napoleon. In his speech at the l'hila tlelphi a banquet, on the 26th December, 1w averred that the revolution in France was highly favourable b the um..• of freedom —it was but the precursor of ▪ general outbreak. He declared that the sacri kr. at. movement of Louis was the one thing wanting Until.. the down•trodden mamas in the Old \World tiro in their ntight and assert their rights. Kossuth occasion to deny any fraternisation with ti•Li r wori lusts or alsilitiouists—he belonged to nei ther part. Gosh!. rahle excitement was produced in the Haw of Representatives, on the :10th, by the move- Lent fur a cs.iurnittee to wait on Kossuth, and intro t him t r that body. The house adjourned without to any decision, and on the following day • questions of order were raised on a re • of Mr. ('lingman, to stop the debate in La an hour. On the resolution, the yeas and tar, wen , called several times. Finally, Mr. Crgham's nwolution to stop the debate passed, the House went into committee of the on the state of the Union. Points of order ir,re raised as to the liminess which should first be t..otn up, and after sonic struggling the committee t • id. d in favour of the resolution for the appoint t rat of a committee to wait on Kossuth, to introduce La to the House. A long discussion ensued, and, the contest was given up by the friends of t.. resolution, and, without voting on it, the House tdi.eirned. ln the Senate, with regard to the presentation of tosiuth, it was decided to adopt the course pursued is the ease of General Lafayette, viz., merely intro d-..ing him as Louis Kossuth, and invitin g him to seat. The other proceedings of Congress have Lon barren of interest, and were ad j o urned, partly om.eivienee of the calamity at the Library, earlier Las u.a.11 for the New Year holidays. lit of December al says: The debut of Lola Mantes as a &monies, came off Monday 1 , use at the Itniaolway theatre. The house was crow d a.r.oe ex, lieively With the male sea. She was well received. th,, audience seined to be actuated by a curiosity to st the ' , tom in rather than the dancer. It appears from 0u open that she did not excel as an artist, but was P'v , t,d rattier as s crierful, girlish, pretty, piquant, lady- Lo semen, ase.Mg about with great misname', and pre- Intim Wet beautiful attitudes. This was just as we an tfeieted. The legal warfare has begun between her and Lex sad there is • protability of seeing her in a short tame to • new and mere interesting character than as • ok ...oar in • ballet. lee same Journal of Jan I, has the following : Nap , l. on, through his minister at Wa.bington, ra,,rfacielly announced that it was fur the perpetuation of fie tran i uillity and happiness of the six mainsail of people a d'.loeto d hare, as well ss that of the world, that he '6- ,mi the entire eoatrol of the French government. He •••!e , all mani.ind to especially understand that in this Lsvmption of power, hi. motives were patriotic and for net of every human being. Time will soon reveal •riith nr falsity of thew extraordinary assertions. 7hr.• Wry ditastroue fires occurred in as !Deny different cu. , * aw ar d * y scorning, lire. 27. The fire in this city. .r:f.liatt from the flowery to Divisiun.street, destroyed e.iLt..a heeding*, which, with the other property com ma:oot, le e r. rninvit d to be worth over 100,000 dole. In liibia a tire recurred by which it is supposed that cite 14 2.0 .ono tIol•. worth of property were swept away. Let readers this eal.uaity still more serious is sin persons It Amos to ha., 10-en killed, and several firemen were by the falling of walls. Another tire in the city of i„ lej Inward • vest amount of property—probably dot-. worth. The firemen in the three cities had P .1 tilt& alty in subduing the spread of the flames, in t'"'i‘e bet of the into nse c o ld. W a t er almost instantly 'in leaving the pipes and reachi n g th e atmosphere; ho k i d to he th y m thi s cit Man ra y of the hydnte were frosen47: B , ewed with warm water before the ° •" l sepplied. TrAwn e rays : isa saddened on Monday by the tidings that La.! bad received advice' of the death of her us. sad had be e n so p ros t ra t e d by th e io mat sh.- could n ro ot give her ppow concert. d farewell Z. .... or. ,a,l would be heard no more on this aide of tVe understand that she leaves America im -1 at, weeks . later achieve (to Dee. I) from Califur apt' "I been received at New York by th e s t e am e r lieu% which arrived on the 29th lice, from ~ l uan:de Ni caragua. Lit Ili, ov Pr y of new and very valuable depsita of in Mariposa county had been made, which fur , iss excel any that were previously known. Tho ". ries were made by a few Mexicans, wh o , in a tier "bort time, and before the .Imerican miners had .a st It, extracted a quarter of a million dollars' of gold dust (rum a very small area. If this news ' IIIIP-24(1 there appears to be no doubt of its au- Capt. Waterman, of the ship Challenge, had Bar rend( red himself to the ci%il authorities for trial, and Douglas, the mate, after examination, has been com mitted for the same purpose. The U. S. brig Lawrence was wrecked on the night of Nov. 23, off San Francisco, but no lives were lost. Advices from Oregon announce difficulties with the Indians. which have compelled the interference of the United States troops. An engagement ensued, in which several Indians were killed. The news from Nlsxico extends to the 29th of November. The dates from Vera Crux are to December 6th. 'I he Matamoros Bander(' Mexicana contains an elaborate defence of the conduct of General Arabs. It says, very )justly, that had he not reduced the, tariff he would have been unable to make head against the movements of Carvajal. The pr , osonciamiento of Cordova is not yet sup pressed, notwithstanding the late assertions of the Mexican papers to the contrary. The leader, Ro mero, had not fled with ten men only, as had been reported, but had retreated with a respectable force. Afterward he renewed hostilities by attacking and dispersing a detachment of sixty dragoons. Finally, however, ompoonls were made to Romero, which, it is thought, he will accept, and so put an end to the I Contest. The hurricane at Mazatlan on the 27th and 29th of October was very devastating in its effects. The rain fell in torrents, the sea rose, and the streets were flooded so that the water penerated into the houses. The vessels in port were driven from their anchorage, and dashed against each other with vio lence. If the tempest had continued two hours longer, the whole town would have been reduced to a heap of ruins. As it was, all the fame houses and those which were badly constructed were pros tasted. Of the eight small vessels in port, four were destroyed and two stranded. The English corvette- of-wax Daphne lest her masts. In the city, 22 per sons were killed, and a large number wounded. Three sailors were drowned. The office of the Es trella del Paolsce was so much injured that it had to suspend publication. The Indians still continuo their ravages in Du rango and Chihuahua. A large number of dead bodies have been found on the plain of the Sepultures, ten leagues west of Parras. It is supposed that they are the bodies of persons murdered by the Indians. The modifications in the tariff proposed by Con , greas aro as follows : 1. To reduce the duties on all objects of general con sumption. 2. To make such alterations in the duties on articles of luxury and licpiers as the government may deem proper. 3. To permit the importation of raw and coarse manu factured cotton ; the former paying a duty ad not over three cents. a pound, the latter six rents. per yard. 4. To exempt the cotton manufsetories from the taxes under which they at present suffer, in the interior of the republic. d. To liquidate, call in, and annul the permits for the in trixluction of cotton now outstanding, and to set apart for this purpose fifty per cent. from the duties. 6 That the government effect a loan of two million and a half of dollars, by public adjudieation—i. e. by selling it to the highest bidder—giving a lien on the duties to he col ' lected from the articles of which the importation shall be permitted, according to the preceding project. . . . . _ Gen. Almontehad sent in a memorial to Congress, recommending that a junta bo formed of the princi pal officers of the army and navy, for the permanent defence of the nation. The English vessels of war in the harbour of Vera Cruz were the Indefatigable, a 0 guns; the Cumberland, 70; the Wellesley, 70; and steamer Express, 6. It is stated that the British fleet has stationed it self off Vera Cruz for the purpose of blockading that port, in ease the Mexican Bonds due to the English are not instantly paid. " The adoption of this course by Great Britain (says the Ilrra4l) has long been expected, and no surprise need be manifested if the next arrival brings us intelligence that the city is under the immediate surveillance of Victoria's men of-war." liy a telegraphic despatch from New Orleans, we are infermed that hostilities have recommenced between the revolutionists and the government troops. Ihe former, under Caravajal, had made an attack upon Ceralvo, and after two day.' hard fighting, succeeded in taking nearly the whole of the place. The Mexican troops are said to have lost great numbers in killed and wounded, and those which were left sought refuge in the fortress.— Nearly all the Seminole Indians, including their leaders, were annihilated, Caravajul List but ten EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1852. men, and got possession of all the baggage, arms, provisions, 5:c., of his enemies. As soon as ho succeeds in routing the Mexicans from the fortress, it is said he will be able to march into the city of Monterey without opposition. This looks as though the revolutionists were really in ' earnest ; but, at the same time, it sounds very much like seine of the representations of the siege of Matamoros, by the seine party. It will bo recollected that the opposing armies fought bravely at the , latter place for many days cannon balls, bomb shells. rifle balls, buckshot, and all other kinds of missiles were fired into the city and out of the city —every point was assailed—walls were battered yown, and numerous houses tired—the revolutionists gained possession of tho larger portion of tho town, and were certain of complete triumph, after such a desperate struggle—when, allNof is sudden. they beat a speedy retreat. On referring to the lists of the slain and injured on both sides, we found—killed, 5; wounded, 11; missing, the whole of the rovo- ' lutionary army, and a large part of the Mexican. The fa ict s, it does not make much difference which party is successful, and those who compose the op posing factions are well aware of this. The people or:Mexico have been so long misruled that they care but little who is at the head of affairs, so long as they can get food enough to keep flesh and bones together—which many ut them now sadly stand in need of. to 48e. to 46e. for Western. The last sales of 'adieu wen were at 66c. from store, for nixed Western, bat at the elms it was dillicult to purchase at that rate. Northern round yellow is nominal at 66e. to 68e. _ Wednesday, Dec. 31, 6 p.m. We have very little change to report in quotations for stocks to-day. On the whole the market was a little more buoyant, but there was not! much activity. At the first board Reading railroad advanced per cent. ; Erie railroad, 11; New Jersey Zinc, with sales to some extent ; Canton Company, Harlem I; 8 , I ; Norwich and Wor cester, I. At the ;mood board there was a better feeling in the street, and an advance on the leading fancies was realised. Norwich and Worcester went up pi r cent.; Harlem, b ; Reading railroad, ; Erie railroad 1 New Jersey Zinc , I ; Sussex Mining Co m p an y, I ; Long ' island, We hardly anticipated such • decried turn in stock transactions. The steam ship Europa, for Liverpool to-day, carries out 847,494 dole, in specie, principally American gold. This will probably be the bulk of the exportation of precious metals for the week. There is no et he r steamer from this port for Liverpool on Saturday. The new arrange ment for the winter goes into operation on the Ist of Jan., 18.52. The receipts at the Ohio of the assistant-treasurer of this port to-day, amounted to 64,371 dole. 97e_ .•, payments, 1,11../,688 dole. 66c. ; bal ance , 1,122,484 dole. 6c. SAN O, Ditc. 1. Since our last review we have had FRANCI several SC arrivals from the Atlantic ports, and we have hardly sustained the prices quoted in our last. The change, however, is not great, and any depression we consider as but momentary. Ilitratitertm.—The sales have been considerable for city trade; a good deal of Gallen° in barrels has been sold. The stock of prune Chile has been much reduced, the com pany having entirely sold out. A good deal of repacked dour has been put off by some dealers, and great dissatis faction has arisen, after having paid heavy rates of trans portation, and then to find the quality bad. Buyers cannot be too careful to see that what they purchase compares with ,ampler shown. The market is short stocked of really prime fimr, notwithstanding the frequent remarks to the contrary, by parties perfectly ignorant of what they were writing about. Bares or Excnatroz.—Paris, GO days, 4 85 to 4 00; Paris, sight, 4 SO ; New York and Boston, 2 per cent pre mium ; London, sight, 48d.; Valparaiso, 3} to 4 per cent. dis. Stocks—Stato 3 per cent. per month, 7 per cent less than principal sad interest; State 7 per cent per annum, 69; City 10 per cent. bonds 2 coupons off, 48; gold dust, clean, 17 dolo.; money, 4 per cent per month. Mining and agricultural interests good. The market is too heavily stocked with good, generally, anceboth shippers and tra ders hero would be much benefited by • decrease in ship. meats. COMMERCIAL NEW YORK, TeSSDAY NIGHT, Die. 30. Government storks and other leading securities have fluctuated but little during the past week. The demand from Europe, although hteatly, is not extensive, oval the fact that the bouts of transfer of moat of the principal stock. are closed, has had • tendency to restrict operations. After the Ist of January, however, more animation may be expected, the book. of transfer will then be re-opened, and a large amount of mom y paid out in dividends, interest, Ac. Independent of the numerous semi-annual dividends which will be paid by the various incorporate.' companies, upwards of ono million of dollars will be paid by the assistant treasurer in this city, on account of inteiest to the United States loans; and two million four hundred thou sand dollar. by the state of Ohio, on account of interest and part principal of her funded debt. The exciting news from Franco had a depressing effect upon the market for specu lative stocky, but it has now subsided, sod prices range as tvforr. The re has been a fair demand for foreign exchange, hut the supply has been ample, and sterling has had a decided downward tendency. We quote Loudon, 110 to 1101 ; l'aris, 5.131 to 5.20; Amsterdam, 411 to 411; Hamburg, 361 to 361 ; Bremen, 781 to 781. It is probable that the Europa will take out eight hun dred thousand dollars in specie, but the demand has fallen off, and, should sterling fall to 1.10, there will be no anxiety to ship. The California mail, which left San Francisco on the 4th inst. , has not yet arrived, but it is confidently expected that a large amount of gold will be received by that conveyance. COTTON.-The intelligence received per the Europa of ' the coup d 'estat of Louis 'Napoleon, accompanied by instruc tions to cancel orders and suspend credits, caused buyers immediately to withdraw, and the transactions under the receipt of the Baltic's &deices, were confined to small parcels forced off at a reduction of Ic. to le. Subsequent) y more disposition was shown to purchase, and on th e 24th 3,600 bales were sold, at an improvement of le. to je. Subsequently more disposition was shown to purcha se , an d on t h e 24 t h 3,001) bales were sold at an improvement of Ic. to Ic., chiefly for the Continent and home use. O n th e 20 t h th e Canada's accounts came to hand (by telegraph) advising, contrary to expectation, a moderate business in Liverpoul, and • par ti d reduction of Id., although the political news from France was satisfactory, order being mill preserved. On the 27th, with light sales, 1400 bales, prices were agaio go. easier, although no anxiety was shown by importers to realise. On the 20th 800 bales sold without change, and to-day exporter., and consumers have operated freely, the oohs reported on 'Change amounting to 3,000 hales. Our quo tations annexed are le. to jc. below those advised per Nia gara. At New Orleans neither the advice. per Europe, Baltic, or Canada, appear to have produced much effect. The price of "miderins" is stereotyped at 71c. to 71c., and at Mobile at 71c. to le. There is now certainly less disposi tion among Americans to ship than existed a month since, as they have lost confidence in the improvement, then anti cipated, iu the Liverpool market during December and January. The export to Great Britain will probably, therefore, continue on a moderate scale, until more liberal limits are received, or an advance is established, as planters, particulurly those of South Carolina, Georgia, and Flo rida, are either holding their crops tor higher prices, or have made less than we supposed. But we are not pre pared to admit an error in the estimate advised, vie., 2,700,000 bales, as the growth of the season, although well-informed parties at the south are beginning to qui stion this fact, but we are free to admit that we do not believe that quantity will reach the ports at the present range of prices. To planters. and in fact, all above the inthence of limits, it certainly must appear preposterous, that a crop of 2,700.000 bales should yield the year. South of Virginia the estimate was last year reduced in consequence of high prices, from 107,000 bales to 60,000. The quantity consumed in the States south and west of Virginia will, at least, this season equal that of '49 and '5O, and the total re quirement* therefore of the L'nited States fur consumption we estimate for 1851 and 18.52, at 607,000 bales. Of your own consumption and that of the Continent, and the pro bable supply from other quarters than the United State", you have the data from which to draw your own conclusions. Much interest is felt to learn the declared stock of American in Great Britain on 31st December, and on this subject there is a wide margin in the estimates here made, arising solely, however, from the different views entertained of the quantity to be added " for error in stock taking." tither At'antle. N. Orleans. Golf Poeta. Inferior Ord. teamed Wirt. to good Sid. fair to fair lll to 811 ... I to 94 ... to 94 Fully fair to good do owns. ... woe. ~ noes. Freight to Limped eery doll at id. To Bane arm at le. Pnovtatorrs.-Pork is dull, and prices have a downward tendency. Sales of mesa have been made at 14 dots. 75c. to 151 doh for old and new ; prime ditto, 13 doll. 60c. to 13 doh 871 c., wit° a lot occasionally at 14 dots. Beet is dull, at 8 dots. to 11 dots. for mess ' arid 4 dole. to 5 dots. 25c. for prime. Lard is firm and in demand at 9to for prime in barrels, and 9t091 in kegs. Dressed hogs bring fie. to 6'c. Butter, 21c. to 21e. for Orange County ; 15e. to ilk. for State ; and 12e. to 14c. for Ohio. Cheese is in good request, at 6c. to 71e. AtIFIRS.- Pot ashes are steady, at 4 dots. 871 c., and pearls at 3 dots. 621 c. NAVAL STWILS.-Rough turp entine . is steady, with mo derate sales at 3 doh. 61e. and has been sold at Vic. to 35 e. Wilmington rosin, 1 dol. 32e., delivered. No. 2 ditto, I dol. 75c. Tar, 1 dol. 811 c. Famours.-To Europe are dull. Cotton was taken for Liverpool to-day at 1 dol. per bale. We quote flour and meal, 9 to 101. per bbl. ; heavy goods, 15e. per ton ; bacon and cheese, 15s. to 20s. per ton • grain in bulk, 3d. to 31d. per bushel. To London tob a cco , 265. per hhd. ; flour, Is. 9d. ; turpentine, 2s. to 2s. 3d. per 280 lbs.; measurement 255. to 30s. per ton • heavy goods, oil, &c., 17s. Oil to 22a. ; cheese, 30; ; Beef and pork, 4s. to 4s. Gd. per tierce. To Marrs : Cotton, square bales, Ic. per lb. ; ashes, 6 dots. to 7 dots. per ton ; rice, 8 dol. ; ' quertitron bark, 7 dol.; measurement goods, 8 dol. ; whalebone &a., Ic. per lb. 600 bbls. of flour were engaged for Glasgow at Is. 714. BaeramErtrrro.-Edward Bill's Flour and Grain Circu lar. Exports of breadstuff' to Great Britain and Ireland, from September 1, 18.51: From To Moue. Mail Cu " Mint D oes. —...--. — MI. DWI. bblo. bob. bob. New Teat Dee. 30 280,909 ... 732. U% 217, 9 93 New Orleam „ 10 4,003 .. . 06,049 Philadelphia ,, 1 31,671 1,00 67,539 1,233 Noldisaeo o 1 13,923 ... 63,401 ... , Boston Other Porta . 3,100 ... 11,000 1i,i77 --- - - - Total About woo date bat year (Per Europa). New York, Dec. 30.—Based upon an ex ceedingly light stock of flour for the winter supply as stated in my last circular, and which has now been still further re duced, and also upon the small supplies expected for some weeks or even months to come, there has been some specu lative inquiry for the week past, and a few thousand barrel' have changed hand., at 4 doll. .50e. for State brands, leav ing the market in a firm though quiet state, without, how ever, any export demand of consequence, and a limited trade fur home use.—Wheat: The stock of all kind. is now said not to exceed 125,000 bushels, and the last sales show an advance of 3c. to se. per bushel, on my highest former quotations.—Rye has also advanced, as the article is seldom stored, and stock afloat having been all taken, we cannot expect lower rates until the opening of spring navigation. Indian Corn, of the old crop, continues scarce, and the severe cold of the but week having closed the southern riven, the supplies of the new are not at hand, prices in consequence are higher, abut, in the absence of material sales, may be considered nominal.— The exports from this port for the fortnight ending on the 26th init., consisted of ; 7,657 bhrs. Flour, to London ; 3,554 bbh. Flour, 79,111 hush. wheat, to Liverpool; 5,029 bble. Flour, 25,420 bush. wheat to Glasgow ; 146 bbls. flour to Antwerp; 800 bble. flour to liamburgh.—Flour: With the ezeeption of some speculative movements, the trade (ea usual in the winter months) has been very quiet, and mostly of a retail were. Canadian, in bond, has been inquired for, and sold at 1 dole. 25c., but is now held at 4 dole 371 c to 4 doll. 60e. Common to straight State brands may be quoted at 4 dole 50e. to 4 dole. falic. Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, 4 dole. 5640. to 4 621 e. ; g i o n u e the a r n ik il G kinds a e r nn e ete g e 4o. 4 dols. . ilac in . g to 4 4 75c.. to 4 dole 62ic. for Baltimore, Alexandria, George. town, &e. ltyo flour, with light suppli e s, ha s improved, and is held at 3 dole. SOc. Corn meal sells at 3 dole Zic. to 3 dole. 50e. for Jersey end brandywine.—Urain The de mand for both milling end export has been active, and holden are firm in asking 100 e. for Canadian in bond ; 100 e. to 103 c. for white Michigan, and 10Se. for white Southern. Genesee white iv nominal at 115 c. to 120 e. ; red and mixed Long Island and Ohio, 95e. to 100 e. ltye has been sold at 77e. to 78c., and in the absence of supply is now very firm. Barley mains Tact at bUe. to bdc. Vats hare advanced CANADA. A tire broke out at Quebec, in the east end of the artillery barracks and ordnance stores, near the l'a lace gate, about 2 o'clock on Friday morning, Dce. 26. rho troops quartered in the barracks barely escaped with their lives. About 40,000 dollars worth of military gores were destroyed, and the building was valued at from 50,000 dots. to 60,000 dole. .1 public dinner had been given to M r . M ac k enz i e by his constituents. The dinner took place at the Campbell House, Cayuga. Several speeches were made, and the whole affair passed with great good humour. Mr. McKinnon, the candidate opposed to Mr. Mackenzie, did not attend at the declaration, but sent a letter to the returning officer, in which he stated that he should never again be a candidate. Tic parliamentary elections were nearly over, and the rysult would be known in a few days. In Upper Canal& the supporters and opponents of the govern ment will be about equally divided in numbers. The ministry (according to the Tribune) will not have a majotity of more than two or three at most for this section of the province ; but, taking Lower Canada into cecount, they will be well supported. Vie Court. WINDSOR, hs. 13. There was no addition to the royal dinner table yesterday. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance at the Castle during dinner, and played the following pieces: ovrture, "All 'Nibs" Chsrubinl. Vaaaaia from "11,barto Demme" Dioisetti. Marb de la Caneans du Desert Ails et r boar des Dame., has the "Ileguenota" Wats, "dt)rer,lodlrr•' Galen, "Janke" labitzky. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and per formed the following selection : mixture, "IA Dayadere" Quictetto, ahrwro, lars belt°, orinuetto. sod trio, these, see irerlasiosse—dawns*, two violins, viola, sod violoncello —Moan. Wilb.ons, bourbon, Costae, Hill, and Chipp Mozart. Doke ,eleetices. " Masenklio" The Duchess of Kent visited hit Majesty last evening. The Queen and Prince rode in the Hiding Howie this morning. The royal children did not take their usual exercise, owing to tao unfavourable state of the weather. Tho Oxford University Commission hod a meeting yes terday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Hey. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Hey. A. I'. Stanley (weretary). Mr. Co • -General Miller had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-offlee. Mr. Grenville Berkeley'T had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official rcsi dence in Deeming-street. Despatches were received at the Colonial•office yesterday from the Governor of 13t. Helena. The Cabinet Council to-day is to be held at two o'clock—that on Thursday at 12. Wo are enabled to announce that a Lieutenant- Governor is about to be appointed to , the Cape of Good (lope, to conduct the civil business of the colony durin g absence of the Governor at the seat of war.—Ul o b c .— his seems to be following out the suggestion gi v e n i n th e ay News on Monday last.] There is no foundation for the statement of a morning contemporary, that a committee has been appointed by the government, and are now sitting at the Custom house, on the management of Customs. The statement that Sir Thomas Fremantle, chairman of the Board of Cus toms, is about to be replaced by another chief commissioner, is equally unfounded. The Customs reforms, to the accom plishment of which the attention of the imaginary com mittee is announced to be sp.cially directed, were effected more than a year ago, at the instance of Sir Thomas Fre mantle, Sir Alexander Spearman, and Mr. Ha ter .— Glebe. With respect to an announcement by tho Herald, that the address in reply to the speech from the throne will be seconded by Sir Richard W. Bulkeley, we may my, that the mover and seconder have not yet been fixed upon. The probability is that Bir IL W. Bulkeley will be the mover.thobe. Lord J. Ru~eell is to arrive in town to-day for the 110111011. (Pro. kat Kleine Gaone.) FOREION-OFFICY. JAN. 10.—Tbe Queen Imo been graekmay Owed to t the Kim. kielard Bingham, now Smooma ea Ye 'a Legation St Turin, to be Beerotary to bee at Lisbon ; also to &p -peful the Hon. Ed Morris Ersklme, now Paid Attache to her blajosty's Legation at Brunk, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Turin. CROWN -OFFICE, JAN. Dl—Member returned to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Lis- burn : Sir James Emerson Torment, Knt. in tho room of Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, K.C.11., deoesubed. DANGEROUS STATE OT PARLIAMENT-STREET AND New PALACII•YARD.—Yesterday and the day before the great thoroughfare from Whitehall along Parliament street, and across New Palace-yard, was in a condition to reflect the greatestdistreee on the parties responsible fur its maintenance. Imm edia tely in front of the Duke of Buc eleuch's grounds, in Whitehall, there was an accumulation of mud and water extending across the carriage way to near the pavement in front of the Board of Trade and the Privy Council-offiee. As the omnibuses, cabs, coaches, carts, &c., drove through this slough, the foot passenger was besmeared with mud and dirty water, and desperate indeed must hare been his courage if, looking down upon the prospect before him in Parliament-street, he deter mined to advance on his journey to Westminster Hall. On ono side of Parliament -street, innumerable vehicles were embedded in macadamised metal, while on the other side of the street conveyances were axle deep in ponds of thick water. INFANTRY FIRING.—The following short para graph on this subject may be acceptaSlo. I found it among a small collection of newspaper cuttings ; but I cannot give either the name or the date of the paper from which it was taken Meager BALLS —Marshal Saxe computed that in • battle arty one ball of eighty.five takes effect. Others, that only ono in forty strikes, and no m ore th an one i n 400 is fatal. At the battle of Tourney, in Flanders, fought OR the 22nd of May, 1794, it i s calculated that two hundred and thirty-six musket glint were expended in disabling each soldier who suffered."—From Notes and Queries. MURDER IN SllADWELl..—Yeeterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of Almon, whose murder in a low houao at Sliadwell we reported when the case came before the Thames Police Court. Thu evidence failed to throw any new light on the I ease, while it clearly c on fi rme d th e gui l t o f t h e pr i soner Berdugo. l'he inquest was adiourned. TDE LATE Otll:M.—Ncarly tho whole range of English coast was on Friday and Saturday la-t visited with a tremendous South-westerly gale, spreading destruction before it to en incalculable extent. It continued to rage until late on the following (lay, and was accompanied with a great fall of snow. A long list of fearful disasters re• salting from the wiud has been received. THE STRIKE. PROCEEDINGS IN LONDON. The men, until so recently employed in the great engineering factories, having now unfortuuately much leisure on their hands, neturslly are anxious to meet to gether as much as possible, in order to talk over their pre sent prospects, end to listen to the encouragements which the more sanguine of their body offer. Every piece of in telligence, however little authenticated, is greedily devoured, and in the absence of avowed declarations and direct com munications from the association of master., the expulsion' !aid to have fallen from individual employers arc eagerly discussed, and every indication of a decided move on either part is anxiously canvassed. In the midst of all this excitement, however, whilst plenty of rumours are afloat, there is little really accurate intelligence to be communicated. In London the number of men thrown out of employment has not yet been ascer tained, but it will no doubt exceed 1,000. The men who are thrown out of employment are entering their names in hooks for the purpose in the different districts, and the exact returns will he completed in a day or two. It is satisfactory to find that no aecoonts have been re ceived of the turnout of any men from the great railway engine shops. The men at the railway stations generally are very little subjected to the piecework system, nor does it exist much in London, but is stated to be almost entirely confined to the manufacturing districts of the north. Over time was, until recently, very general in the railway shops, but, now that the plants have been greatly increased, sud den emergencies do not so frequently arise; awl by a sys tem, adopted at all the large stations, s u c h es Wolverton, Ashford, Crewe, Swindon, Stratford, and the rest, of having a relay of fresh men for the night, the necessity for over time is dispensed with. Whatever number of men may be thrown out in the pre sent crisis, it should be stated that ordinarily the society hes not less than 600 claimants on its bounty. At the time of the last report there were 221 members on donation, re ceiving 10s. weekly, 30 ditto receiving 7a. weekly, 167 on sick fund receiving 10s. weekly, 10 on ditto receiving ss. weekly, 2 on ditto receiving 3e. Gel. weekly, /it members on " trade protection " receiving 15s. weekly, and 23 on super annuatiou receiving 6a. weekly. Total, 609 recipients; , weekly cost, 2531. 12s. Yesterday, meetings were held at the Sun, Blackheath, at which a number of men still in employ reported that their several shops had determined to devote one day's I wages per week toward, the support of their brethren; at the Crown, Lambeth, adjourned in consequence of the numbers to the Teetotalshall, Lambeth-w;dl, of the men of all classes recently in the employ of Messrs. Maudslay end Field, where resolutions were agreed togenerally approving of the proteedings of the executive; at.ltateliff-crose and elsewhere votes are being taken on the proposition to ad vance 10,0001. for the co-operative scheme, but the returns will not be completed until the 20th. Last night there was a meeting of the executive council of the Amalgamated Society, convened for the purpose of organising committees and appointing treasurers to receive subscriptions from the public and from th e mea in employ ment towards the carrying out of the co-operative project, and providing fur the immediate support of the non-society men thrown out of employment in consilie.mcc of the pre sent movement. Upon this subject a resolution was agreed to to request each member of the society who was in em ployment to subscribe a day's wages per week toward, the' support of their less fortunate brethren. It was also deter mined to appeal to the public on their behalf. MANCHESTER DISTRICT. We regret to say that no progress appears to be making to bring about a reconciliation between tho ope rative engineers and their employers in Manchester and its neighbourhood. The following, which is a more complete fist than we could present yesterday, includes the names of the 3G firms who have joined the central union in Lou don, with the number of hands to each, that will bu thrown out of work by the strike Hands Firms. discharged. Sharp, Brothers, and Co., Manchester &A W. W. Fairbairn and sons, ditto Parr, Curtis, and Madeley, ditto 6BO J. Hetherington and Co., ditto lBO Dobson and-Barlow, ditto 986 E. I'. Eellhouse, ditto l2B John M. Dunlop, ditto J. Whitworth and Co., ditto 277 John Ellis and Co., ditto Peel, tVilliams and Peel, ditto lOO Wm. Higgins and Sons, tialford Ilibliert, Platt, and Sons, Oldham Saville and Wolstenholme, ditto Lees and Barnes, ditto Benj. Hick and Sons, Bolton 602 Mw.grave and Son, ditto Knight and Wood, ditto 142 Executors of Charles Hardman, ditto Jackson and Brothers, ditto Richard Thrclfal, ditto Bothwell and Co., ditto Thomas Marsden, Salford F. Lewis and Sons, ditto lOO B. Goodfellow, ditto W. Collier and Co., ditto W. and C. Mather, ditto 12.5 P. Bothwell, ditto W. J. and J. Garforth, Dukinfield Wm. and Joseph Cole 6O James Numyth and Co., I'atricroft 3OO Edmond Leach and Sons, Rochdale John Mayson, ditto 272 Lord and Brot hers,Todmorden Robert Gordon and Co., Stockport Robert Dalglish, jun., St. Helen's Tayleure and Co., Warrington not known Total 10,350 With a few exceptions these workshops have all been closed. In a few instances, however, the firms found that having paid wages fortnightly their men could claim a fortnight's notice, and these have been obliged to postpone the day of closing from the 10th to the 17th inst. This has probably given rise to the statement which has appeared in 'some of the morning papers, that several of the employers who had at first joined the union had withdrawn or were wavering. The secretaries to the Manchester Association of employers deny that there has been a single instance in which parties have retracted, but read letters from other large firms in the district, who declare their intention to cooperate with the employers in closing their shops. The conductors of a large foundry near Wigan say they object to join the masters' combination, having always objected on principle to combinations of the workmen; but they still desire to keep good faith with the masters, and will conse quently close their works at the same time. A large firm in Liverpool also write that they are desirous of coope rating, and have given their men notice to quit on the 17th. They say "We have no cause of complaint against our workmen, but nevertheleas wo feel it incumbent on us on such an occasion as this to make common cause with the employers." Thu following is a list of engineers and machinists in Manchester who have not closed their workshops : Messrs. Crighton and Co., Mr. W. Crossley, Mr. Joseph Bushell, Mr. N. Bathe, Mr. H. Birch, Mr. S. Cave, Mr. 0. Clark, Mr. G. Duncuft, Mr. W. Edwards, Messrs. J. Ellis and Brothers, Mr. J. Floekton, Mr. T. Gadd, Messrs. W. and J. Galloway, Mr. N. Gough, Mr. Richard Greenhalgh, Messrs. J. flotation and Co., Messrs. R. and H. Howson, Mr. John Hunter, Messrs. Irlam and Bothell, Mr. W. Ken dell, Messrs. W. and K. Kirkland, Mr. J. Lillie, Messrs. Lynch and Inglis, Messrs. M'Farlane and Briggs Messrs. I'. and J. M'Gregor, Mr. W. Mabon, Messrs. Oldham and Richards, Messrs. Richard Ormerod and Son, Mr. J. Pig gott, Mr. J. Powell, Mr. B. Rathbone, Mr. C. Bchieler, Messrs. Shipton and Co., Messrs. P. Taylor and CO. ' Messrs. Towers and Shirley, Messrs. Vaughan and Hassock, Mr. W. Walker, Mr. J. Watson, Mr. 8. White, Messrs. Wolfenden and Taylor, Messrs. A. Woodward, and Messrs. Wren and Bennett. Three firms employ about 2,100 bands. In Salford, the following firms are still In work, employ ing about 1,000 hand s altogether : —Mears. R. and W. Orem, Messrs. Barton and Co. ' Mr. li. Bentley, Messrs. Browning and Rigby, Mosses. W. Collier and Co., Mears. B. Ellis and Co. Mr. R. Giroy, Mr. P. Leigh, Mr. W. Muir, Mr. C. Reece, Messrs. Robinson and Young, and .Mr. W. Routledr. The following is the estimate formed by the workmen's association of the number of bands still emploTed M the machine shops connected with the railway stations in or near Manchester: Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, Miles Platting station Sheffield Company, Gorton station London and North Western Company, Lonpight station Ditto at Crowe station Ditto at other stations From the same source we learn that amongst the hands who continue in work are those employed by tho Earl of Ellesmere, at the Bridgewater Yard, Wortley, to the num ner of 30 or 40. At Bury none of the hands have turned out. Messrs. Walker end llacking, Simpson and Bland, Kayc, and the Bast Lancashire Company are all at work, employing, it a estimated, between 3,000 and 4,000 hands. At Stockport, Messrs. Gordon and Davis are the only firm who have turned out. At Bolton, the workmen allege that the strike is post poned to the 21th inst., the pay-day of the principal firms there being fortnightly, and having subjected them to lia bility to give a fortniglit's notice to their men. At Blackburn, Preston, and Liverpool, where there arc very large houses in the trade, there has been at present no notice of stoppage. In Salford, the workmen state that some of the firms who hive given notice are likely to resume work, a dispute having arisen between the members of the firms as to the propriety of joining the strike. Among those who continuo at work are Messrs. Oddy and Robinson, at tho Adelphi works, employing 40 men; Messrs. Ellis and Norton; Messrs. Gilroy. employing 40 men (who all belong to the society); Messrs. Muir, employing 40; Messrs. Batho, and Messrs. Robinson and Young. The society say they have two-thirds of their men still working in Manchester and the neighbourhood, exclusive of Oldham, where they estimate about half to be in work. With regard to the probable result of the strike, end in answer to a question as to wheth er they were taking any steps for sending deputations to the masters, it was stated by one of the committee, " No, the masters have turned us out, and se we are to a very large extent a migratory body, often subject to removal front one part of the country to another, the greater part of our force will seek work in other towns. .t number went oil on Saturday, others on Monday, and numbers more will follow them ' • so that we hope to reduce the numb er o f t h ose on the b ooks of the society very materially, till the masters shall be only too glad to offer us higher wages than they discharged us at, to induce us to return. A great many of thei r b es t h an d s, it is probable they will never get back." Messrs. Hick and Sons, of Holton, have issued the fol lowing notice to their workmen in closing their establish ment : "Yn' are all, no doubt, acquainted with the nature of the demands which have been recently made upon us and other mechanical establishments, by a body of men styling ' themselves The Amalgamated Society of Engineers, &c.' The persistence in these demands, and the extent of the combination formed against us, has leR us and the heads of other similar establishments no alternative but that of clueing our works, in preference to submitting to such in terference and demands; and we huge, therefore, felt obliged to issue the notice, with which you are all ac quainted, of our intention to close these works on the 24th instant; and we may add, that we see no prospect of a re sumption of businese until this attempted principle of dicta , non is abandoned. We do not address you on the subject of the reasonableness or otherwise of this body of men ' stepping in and assuming to interfere between you and our ' selves: the measure is, So far as you and we are concerned, sufficiently condemned by the fact that so few of you have joined this body, or approve of their proceedings. But this disapproval does not put an end to the interference ; and in on operating to effect this, we (eel rail, d upon to assure you of the deep regret we feel in being driven to sever a connexion which has so long subsisted between us and many of you, more especially those who now concur with us in opinion, and entirely disapprove of the measures that have been adopted towards us; to them we mould say that nothing hut the strongest conviction of its absolute necessity could havo induced us to adopt the course we have resolved upon. We know it will seriously affect all parties concerned ; it will involve many of you in much undeserved privation and suf fering, and us in heavy pecuniary law, whilst the customers upon whom we all depend will sustain much temporary in convenience and annoyance, until they have arranged to provide them. Ives elsewhere. But if the measure appears harsh, let it be remembered it is not of our seeking. If tho innocent 'monied you appear to be suffering equally with, or more than, thoso whom we think are to blame, it must be borne in mind that our customer., as well as we, arc in the form , r class ; and if we could have devised any means ' to break down the combination in question, less h trh than the indiscriminate course in which we have felt obliged to concur, it should not have been wielded by us. Wu feel it unnecessary to refer particularly to the goal will and kind offices which have mutually characterised our lung intercourse with each other in one several relations towards each other, and a hich we believe to have resulted in our mutual benefit. Wu have seen no reason for that Stow of feeling to be interrupted, nor for its natural results to ho diverted by the interfi rence or dictation of others. We hive known and acted on the principle that oar mutual in terests were inseparable. We disclaim all right to Impose on others the particular modes of dealing they she . ' adopt towards each other, and we will not be dictated to by others as to the relation,' which shall subsist between you and out selves. We again maitre you of the deep and sincere regret we feel in thus terminating our connection with you, and we would urge so many of you as disapprove of the pro ceedings of this amalgamated body, for your own sakes and interests as well as ours, to use all your legitimnte influence to stop this movement, which if it could succeed (but it cannot) would, we firmly believe, benefit none aim To the small minority of you who have given in your adhesion to this ill-judged measure, we would say pause and reflect before it is too late; you may, by perseverance, now inflict a blow which will recoil with tenfold force upon yourselves and families, and commit an injury ahich a loug life's toil may be insufficient to repair. " We are, yours faithfully, "BENJAMIN HICK and SON. " Bolton, Jan. 10, 1812." On Monday morning last, an arrercgate meeting of the operatives in the iron trades at Oldham, who have been turned out of employment by the closing of their workshop. by the masters in that district, was held at the Working Men's Hall, Horsedge-street, Oldham. There were about 2,000 workmen present, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:- 1. That in the opinion of this meeting, the executive council of the Amalgamated S ciety have acted in strict accordance with our views, in carrying out the resolutions come to by that body, with respect to piece -work and sys tematic overtime ; and further, that we exonerate them from having any sinister motive in the steps which havo been taker, by them. 2. That in the opinion of this meeting, the statement in the press that the workpeople of Messrs. Hilbert, Platt, and Sons, intended to turn out if the tools were cot conceded at Christmas, 18.11, is a wilful and deliberate falsehood of the parties who originated such statement, no such notice having ever been given by the workmen to such effect. 3. That in our opinion the statement that Mr. Newton, of the executive council of the Amalgamated Society, origi nated the agitation respecting discharging labourers upon machines, is entirely false, inasmuch as it was commenced and conducted by the men of Oldham, without the sanction or approbation of the executive council. 4. That the cause of our demand respecting mechines was in consequence of the foreman of the establishment of Messrs. Ilibbert, Platt, and Sons compelling us to learn laborers, at 15s. a week, no as to take our situations, when they were instructed, with the view, ua they have expressed it, that they should conduct the worlu with a few leading hands, labourers, and apprentices. 5. That the statement in the public press that the work people of Messrs. Ilibbert, Platt and Suns have desired to continue piece-work for a week longer, is unfounded ; the fact being that Mr. John Platt threatened legal proceed ings if they would not finish their work; though the notice for their works to be entirely closed on the 10th instant, was posted up in them at the time. 6. That inasmuch as the public press have so misrepre sented our case, we call a public meeting to be held on Tharaday evening, Jan. 15, 18-32, in the Working Men's Hall, Oldham ; and most respectfully invite our employers, with their foremen, the press, and the public, so that all can judge for themselxes. N.B. The employers having refused to execute the work of the public, we beg to inform them that we are prepared to execute orders for repairs, jobbing, &c., which wall be executed with the greatest despatch, and upon the most reasonable terms. The application to be made to the com mittee, sitting daily, at the store, in Ratcliffe•strect, Church street, Oldham. We learn that the work+ closed at Oldham against the men are those of Mows. !Ebben, Platt, and Sous, 1,636 men, skilled and unskilled; Messrs. Lees and Barnes, 400 men; and Messrs. Saville and Wolatenholme, 2.52 men. The workmen allege that all the other firms are at work, aid although they are not employing so many hands in the aggregate, yet they have in their service quite as many of the skilled and society hands as have been turned out from the three great establishments alluded to. In addition to this, they assert that on the average, the cotton factories, which are exceedingly numerous there, employ four hands each, which are generally society men, and picked men of the various branches of the iron trades to which they be long. This remark also applies to the cotton factories at Manchester, Oldham, Ashton, Bolton, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, and all the manufacturing towns and villages in the district, so that they calculate very largely upon sup port from these sources, independently of the funds accu• mutated by the society. The following are amongst other machinists, in addition to those in Manchester and Salford, who have, as yet, sig nified no intention of closing their works.—At Ashton under-Lyne: Mr. William Jamieson, and Messrs. Wrigley and Clarke. At Blackburn: Mr. William Dickinson, Mr Joseph Harrison, Mr. R. Walton, and Messrs. Whitehead and Cotton. At Bolton: Mr. John Albinsen, Mr. J. Banks, Messrs. A. Dean and Co. Messrs. J. and W. Lord, Messrs. W. and T. Rigby, Mr. William Ryder, and Mr. W. Yardley. At Dukintield : Messrs. Cryer and Lees, Mr.Wil- IMm Raines, and Messrs. W. Warbrick and Sons. At Old ham: Messrs. R. and T. Braddock, Messrs. Cohin and Tunnacliffe, executors of Joseph Garnett, Mr. Ma thew Hague, Mr. David Hayes, executors of W. E. Hilton, Messrs. Samuel Lees and Son, Messrs. Roo and Boyd, Messrs. J. and P. Schofield, Mr. W. Schofield, Messrs. Riddell and Grime, Mr. James Simpson, Mr. W. Welch Mr. 'l'. Whiteley, Mr. J. Wylde, Mr. J. Wormaid, and Messrs. Worsnip and Brothers. At Rochdale : Messrs. J. Ashworth and Sons, Mr. J. Berry, Mr. Thomas Berry, Mr. John Clegg, Mr. William Clegg, Mr. James Collier, Mr. James Hoyle, Mr. George Hulme, Mr. John Munn, Mr. L. Smith, Messrs. Sutcliffe and Platt, Messrs. Tatham and Cheetham, Mr. Thomas War burton, Mows. E. Whitaker and CO., and Mr. W. Wild. At Staleybridge : Mr. Hobert Broadbent, Mr. Thomas Lawton, and Mr. Hugh Worsnip. At Stockport Mr. J. Dawson Mr. W. Dawson, Mr. T. M. D ean , Mr. Robert Minshull, Mr. George Nuttall, Mr. W. Robinson, Moors. Williamson and Roberts, Mr. W. Sleigh, Messrs. Wood and Whittingham, and Mr. W. Garwood. TILE BANBURY MURDER.—BANBCRY, TUESDAY EVENING.—The person charged with the commission of this crime, Giovanni Guillaume Kalabergo, was brought up for examination to-slay, at the White Lion Hotel, Ban bury, before Colonel North, Revs. W. Lloyd and C. F. Wyatt, and 11. Norris and Aubrey Cartwright, Esqs., county magistrates. The prisoner had been confined since Sunday at a public house in Wroston, having two con stables constantly with him. However, about five sieleck yesterday ho managed to jump from a casement winslow,:a distance of 22i feet from the ground. In the fall he broke the small bone of his right leg, still he contrived to run a quarter of a mile before he was captured by the landlord, who had gone in pursuit. Ile was then taken back to his old quarters, whero he was heavily ironed. At the examination of the prisoner to.day, the tollowing hash evidence was brought forward :—Wm. Walker. of Banbury, the owner of the baker's cart whirl' lir, ceded Kalabenio's cart when the latter was stopped, heard dis tinctly two reports of firearms quickly following each other. The ground being slippery, witness's horse was walking at the time. He was not more than 200 yards from the place where the body was found. Going tcwarda Banbury 110 met Ward's van. Thought the reports were caused by a sportsman firing off a double-barrelled gun. This occurred about 10 minutes to 6 o'clock. When the deceased was last seen by this witness ho was walking be hind his cart. Some further evidence of no interest having been taken, an adjournment took place for the purpose of procuring an interpreter, an the prisoner, not understand ing the English language, is yet ignorant of the nature of the proceedings adopted against his. Kossuril Sit tESPEARE SUBSCRIPTIONS.—Eighty bne Friends from tho Good Intent, Brown-street, tines senor-square. Os. 9d. ; the hands employed on Sheffield Free !Yr.', is. ; Ilomsey subscription (l 2), 3s. 64. ; 27 Inhabitants of Lewes, 2s. 3d. ; John Green, 3d. ; Anony mous, :h. ei l ; City and West-end Friends, per Mr. W. liii».)11, Is. 7d. ; 4. persons, per Mrs. D., 3s. Od. T 1 • ,