The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-23 00:00:00

THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSES op THE ALARMING CRISIS IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Fasque-by-Fittercairn, Kincardineshire, August 15. Sfu,—The session of Parliament is now closed ; among the many important measures and general proceedings that have distinguished its bourse, none appear to me to call more for notice or remark troll the conduct of those members of • the House of Commons who are either concerned in, or other wise connected with, the cotton manufactures of the country, which alone - form at least a moiety of the whole; my atten tion has been more particularly called to what is stated to have fallen from Mr. M. Philips and Mr. Cobden on the last I day of the session ; these gentlemen complain bitterly that I nothing to satisfy them has been done by Parliament to dimi nish or relieve the distress now prevailing among the working classes in those districts, and impute great blame to the ' Government for their presumed neglect. I I venture to think that it must be evident to every reflect ing person at all acquainted with the subject, and aware of the causes that have produced the present distress, that, com paratively speaking, little could be done by the Government for its immediate prevention or relief, that all within their power has beon effected, which, although, from its nature, no direct material or immediate relief could be expected to fol low, yet the liberal and judicious measures they have adopted afford a reasonable prospect of gradual and permanent im provement in the state and comforts of those, and of all other classes. In my humble opinion more is not at present in their power, whilst I feel convinced that the reckless measures pressed upon them by their Radical opponents, whose objects and motives I do not mean to discuss, and particularly the total repeal of the corn laws, would only tend to hazard con summating the ruin of the country, by discouraging and seri ouly diminishing home production, by depressing and inflict ing further injury on the great, agricultural body, after all, the most important customers of the cotton manufacturers, by placing the community in a state of dependence for food on foreign supply, and that from countries whose Govern ments, it is well known ' are actively employed in creating means of employment for their greatly increased and increas ing population, by the establishment and protection given to local manufactures.i Bread at moderate prices is necessarily required to enable them to do so, which increased demand from this country would so unfortunately interfere with, and it therefore may be expected in such cases their Govern ments, to preserve moderate prices, might resort to prohibi tion of exports, cutting off our supply, whilst we, engaged in discouraging and neglecting our home resources, would find ourselves, whilst placed at the mercy of foreigners both as to price and supply, exposed to be in a state of dependence and uncertainty that it is most alarming even to contemplate. it is also evident that those Governments, in thus protecting their own manufactures for the employment of their people. must be expected to discourage the importation of ours, as is actually the case, and require us, as we have hitherto ex perienced to pay for such supplies of corn as they might find it expedient to spare us with the precious metals alone, of which our stock would soon be exhausted, and our case ren- ' dered hopeless ! I ask where could we expect to find means to provide and pay for a foreign supply, such as would essentially contribute to that of our population of 26,000,000 of souls, accustomed as they are to abundant supply, very different from the manner in which our continental neigh bours are fed, and who, on a very moderate computation, annually consume 22,000,000 quarters of wheat, 10,000,000 quarters of barley, and above 20,000,000 quarters of oats, London alone also requiring fully 20,000 head of black cattle, with 1,500,000 sheep, to meet her annual consumption? Let us also take into our consideration the uncertainty of seasons, the failure of crops here, and on the continent, or both, which in such cases usually happens, with the extent of our home growth greatly cut down, and those of the continent then required for their own supply,—would not bitter distress and regret then assail us, with the painful conviction of our most improvident and mistaken folly? Ido not hesitate to say, that to risk placing this country in such a situation, by the repeal of our corn laws, thus withdrawing protection, ren dered necessary by the habits of the people and the great weight of our public burdens, from which continental growers are exempt, would be inflicting an alarming, if not fatal dis couragement to our present existing, and next to certain sources of supply from home production, would border on insanity, and appears to me like an act of national suicide. But I must now return from this unavoidable digression to the more immediate inquiry as to the causes which have led to the prevailing distress in the manufacturing districts, in which the reductions made in the rates of wages is that most loudly complained of. I do not hesitate to charge the master manufacturers with being the cause of this state of things ; for many years they have carried on a highly profitable and regularly increasing business, annually producing large additional capital, for which they had to find employment,—that employment they sought for in the extension of their manufactures, which had been the source of their wealth ; and although they some times felt an occasional pinch or warning from temporary interruptions in demand, they went on building and rapidly increasing their number of mills, improving the nature of their machinery, so as to reduce the quantum of human labour required in working it, and thus materially reducing the relative number of people it was necessary for them to employ in their work, whilst the population collected around them went on rapidly increasing. The fruits of these mea sures was a great increase in the production of goods, una voidably followed by reductions in price, and also in creased export, with, for a time, increased home consump tion ; but all things have their limits ; notwithstanding the reduced prices, the supply was also so increased that every foreign market was overstocked, and the confidence of the home buyers shaken, who, not being able to discover where and when such reduction was to stop, though repeatedly ex pected to do so, no longer kept np their stocks by regular purchases. In this state of things, to support or extend the scale of operations, still lower prices appear to have been considered necessary; lout these could only be adopted without injury to the masters by a still further reduction in the low scale of wages previously paid to their workmen ; this was, therefore, resorted to by several establishments, and would, no doubt, have become general, but for the alarm it produced among those people who felt that, after every exertion they could make, their remuneration was already reduced to rates barely sufficient to sustain life with strength sufficient for bodily labour ; they, in consequence, have resisted, from which has followed the present distress, discontent, and insubordina tion, which all must unite in deprecating, as well as in cen suring the causes which have led to such unfortunate conse quences. Let not those gentlemen who have pursued this course im pute to others the evils of which they are themselves the authors, but let them return to more moderate measures, and by restricting their scale of reduction to that of regular demand, in place of forcing•an extent of trade injurious to themselves and others, be enabled to obtain such prices for their goods as will admit of their paying wages to their people at rates to satisfy their reasonable demands. We are now, thanks to God, engaged, by the blessing of His provi dence, in reaping an abundant harvest, and we are also, un der the operation of the new corn-law, receiving, and are likely to continue to receive, large supplies of foreign corn, from all which material reduction in the price of bread must follow as the inevitable fruits of abundance; moderate wages will then be sufficient to meet the wants and comforts of the working classes ; let their masters then look forward to such changes to enable them, with more prosperous times, to ex tend production in proportion to increasing consumption, without attempting a further reduction, but rather looking forward to the means being in their power to increase and restore the former rates of wages paid to their people, and no longer attempt to place the great interests of the country in a state of jeopardy by vainly urging the adoption of de lusive measures, which, were it possible they could succeed in carrying them into effect, would, in all human probability, involve themselves, as well as the community at large, in great national distress and general disorganization. These gentlemen have reaped the profits of their systems, and it is to be hoped they will for a time submit patiently to the disappointment or loss caused by the reverses which have followed them as the fruits of their success. I contend they have no right to call on the country to make further sacri fices for their separate advantage or protection. It is the principle of our poor laws, that the property of each district of the country shall provide for the wants of those among them requiring assistance. This principle may press heavily in the present instance, yet, notwithstanding, it most be applied and acted upon, as being just and reasonable in itself. I thus, from a sense of duty, avail myself of the right pos sessed by every individual, however humble in station, to state the sentiments I entertain at the present crisis on a subject that is most interesting to every one, and in the hope that better times are approaching, I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, JOHN GLADSTONE, Of Carlton-gardens, London. LORD FRANCIS EGERTON AND THE WORSLEY COLLIERS. To the EDITOR of the MANCHESTER COURIER, Worsley, August 18, 1842. Sir,—Your readers and yourself will, I hope, acquit me of unnecessary ostentation if, at this juncture, I request your insertion of the copy of an address which I have just received from a large body of colliers in my employ, with some explana tion of the circumstances which have produced it : (copy.) " August 17th, 1842. " To our great and worthy master, the right honourable Lord Francis Egerton, his virtuous and most gracious lady, Mr. Fereday Smith, and all in legal authority over us. " From a conciousness of the good feeling which prevailed amongst us when your lordship addressed us in such an affec tionate and kindly manner, we feel, as your lorship stated, that we are utterly incapable of expressing our gratitude and love towards you ; therefore, as ;with the voice of one man, We declare our design that we are willing, as far as life and safety seems probable to enable us, to defend your honour and all in connexion. uyinhdicehr i Nv ilb it l ,c "Your loyal and obedient Colliers." thel shall . be utterly misunderstood if I am supposed to desire Publication of this document with the object of bringing nected with notice any deserts of mine. The practical good i t l he best intentions, can be effected by one con sical araeliorat; moral infl large mining population, must be small. Any he can exert must be gradual, and any phy combination (l ion of their condition which the most felicitous duce, must be jiisdoin and liberality in his dealings can pro myself; Id o Z i th gradual and partial. I claim nothing for district that theirtQcsohowever, for the colliers of the Worsley ings appreciated. lirtuluct should be known,-and their feel. berally the worki ng ciaeannot be too widely known how li reward, with thei r good Nill andi country are disposed to r ight or wrong, they v affection, those to whom, attribute similar feelings towards them selves. this addres s has proceeded were those The men' from whom whom the deluded instrum ent , m y e cowardly instigators bad driven by violence from their occupation. Of their services, for the protection of m y o st occupation being immediate protection; their own scenes Premises, I had no scattered, I was not able to coll.ecLtrernef in one place with laockur, 'which ablietl? ha n c i l v b il :e i been otherwise em ployed and a view to the resumption of thei. ,at any interrupted in my absence; and I bad 4r ' in organising some hundred s p r'l armed men for their own protection a n d itself. Some instances, however, having occurred individual colliers bad been forced to accompany the par ties of misgaided men who have been p era mbulating this district, the body of that pop ulation in my em p lo y did asse n is ble on Tuesday to protect th emselves a g ainst this deserli tion of outrage in the first instan ce, and to be read y for any other service they could render to the cause of law and or der. It was under these c i r cumstances that I came a mong them. They formed a ring round my family and my se lf ;. and what would then have been my position, if those feelings had existed against me in this neighbourhood, which it is the object of combined incendiaries to excite in the em ployed against their employers? It was in this position I addressed them ; what I said is of no consequence. The above is their answer ; its purport had been sufficiently com municated to myself by their reception at the moment. I wish your re a de r s t o k now it. All I can say is, aand vegetate elsewhere, in some locality less liable to dis turbance,l might live and possessing other advant a ges over Lancashire; but while m y neighbours stand by me as they have, I will stand by them. I can only add that 'the spirit of this portion of the popu lation is to may belief, I may say knowledge, fully shared by elsewhere, as I ve those who work l ground in my employ for it. Nleanw at Worsley and hile believe this will be proved if occasion calls aid of soldiers to enable them are not yet reduced to call in the them to pursue their honest indus try, interrupted forbya momentone by mob tyranny; but which has been resumed Whicb an l d all with an alacrity, a determi nation, and a union s y t our may ve serve ry obedient an n servant,ex amp l e (15 N to j : ::' , . many others.—l remain, air, ru ... 0 .., 1,4 streN ' ,?-:,' IV— 4liz .• .7. 1, ri.:,, . %.,, "... . -c - = -- - :7-1 ‘ , 40.: r 4 , 1". / --.7 7 -; _..) I: P. r_, N::lu , - ~1 .....;„ r ...3 1, 1: VI \N•40,4),N . THE PREMIER AND THE EX-FOREIGN MINISTER. The Journal des Debats, one of the most influential of the French papers, speaking of Sir Robert Peel's speech in reply to Lord Palmerston's review of the Session, charac terizes it as one of the most happy efforts of eloquence, and, in respect to our French relations, judicious and seasonable. The following are some of this journal's remarks : " The reply of Sir Robert Peel is generally considered as one of the most happy efforts of eloquence ever made by that statesman during his parliamentary career. Certainly, considering that this reply was impromptu, the vivacity and the nerve with which the Premier successively repelled all the attacks of his spirituel adversary cannot but excite ad miration." " We particularly call attention to that part of the speech of Sir R. Peel where he speaks of the relations of England with France. It is impossible to meet with sentiments more honorable than those which are expressed by the Prime Minister of England, and we cannot help believing that such language, and the testimony of a sympathy so sincere in all that concerns the greatness, the happiness, and even the grief of France, must contribute powerfully to calm and even extinguish those feelings of national hostility which we grieve to see again raised. " We are at a loss to know what reply Lord Palmerston could make to the powerful apostrophes addressed to him bo Sir R. Peel when he asked him what he had done with the friendship and alliance of France." Of Lord Palmerston's speech the Journal des Debats drops observations which in many points very closely coincide with the opinions we expressed in the last number of the Intelligencer ; and the Paris Correspondent of the Britannia, a London weekly paper. shows a still closer coincidence with our sentiments. The following extract is from the Debats " The sitting of the House of Commons of the 10th was distinguished by one of the most brilliant oratorical tourna ments of which the English Parliament has for a long time been the theatre. Lord Palmerston and Sir R. Peel alone took part in a discussion which lasted several hours. It is the custom in England, at the moment of the prorogation of Parliament, for the leader of the opposition, in one of the Houses, to enter into a critical review of the legislative la bours of the Session. Under the last government it was Lord Lyndhurst, who, in the House of Lords, thus made the annual political accusation against his opponents. This year the scene has been transferred to the House of Com mons. The work of general criticism, which is called the review of the Session, should have been made by Lord John Russell, but lie was not present, and delegated the task to Lord Palmerston. His lordship is, without doubt, a man possessing much esprit ; he is one of the most skilful de baters in the house ; he excels in the art of showing things in their best colours, and giving the appearance of success to the most undoubted checks. Lord Palmerston required all the dexterity of his eloquence to accomplish his task, for in attacking the policy of his adversaries he had naturally to defend that which he had pursued for ten years, and in the responsibility of which he shared. The task could not be confided to better hands, for if he possesses any quality equal to the fruitful resources of his eloquence, it is an impertur bable assurance, to which his adversaries give a less mild ap pellation. At a time when the boldest statesman lose their confidence in the future strength and power of their country, Lord Palmerston alone preserves a confidence in himself. He represents, in the most favourable point of view, if not the justum, at least the tenacem propositi virum ; he speaks in the most composed manner of all the ruin which he has made, impavidum ferient ; and under the blow of the dis asters of Affghanistan, the prolonged war in . China, the dis organisation of the Ottoman empire, the 'change in the relations of Great Britain and America, the French alliance destroyed, and the peace of the world compromised, Lord Palmerston feels sufficient self-assurance to congratulate his opponents on the brilliant inheritance bequeathed them by the last ministry, and to hold up, in the most exalted point of view, the glorious results of all those enterprises in which England has been blindly thrown by the policy of the Whig government. He has made a speech full of eloquence and sarcasm ; but unfortunately he had to deal with a powerful antagonist, and the vigorous reply of Sir Robert Peel tended to assuage the enthusiasm inspired by the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, by the remembrance of his victories and his conquests. These two speeches form a complete review of the present state of English policy." \ .01 ) \ \ 344 c< l „., ^.:- , - 1: ,,,:, :::; i; I . : ti 1.',..'s GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY MEETING. The half-yearly general meeting of the Great Western Railway Company was held at the terminus, Bristol, on Thursday, Mr. Charles Russell, M.P., in the chair. The Chairman said, the report which the directors had had the pleasure to lay before them that morning was so full on every point, that it would be unnecessary for him to de tain the meeting with many observations. The receipts for traffic during the last half-year had not been quite so large as in the preceding one, but that was to be fully accounted for, by its being the winter half-year, in which the receipts never were so large, and by the depressed state of trade ; he was, however, happy to say, that their receipts would bear a comparison with those of any other railway in the kingdom. The directors were happy to say that they were enabled to declare a dividend upon the half-year of 3 per cent. The report stated, that the gross receipts during the six months ending the 30th of June, 1842, were £310,87 16s. 2d. for the three lines.—Great Western, Cheltenham, and Great Western Union, and the Bristol and Exeter. Of this sum, £273,877 12s. 4d. had been received on the Great Western Railway exclusively. The line having been only partially opened at the same period last year, no perfect comparison could be made of the receipts. They were, however, only £187,780 16s. 2d. for an average distance of about 100 miles, as contrasted with £273,877 12s. 4d. for a distance of 1181 miles. The falling off in reveitue during the first six months of 1842 as compared with the last six months was £26,480 18s., which was accounted for by the dif ferent season. The number of passengers conveyed for the last half-year, was 736,571. The conveyance of merchandise had increased during the last half-year, not withstanding the general depression of trade; presenting an augmentation of P,612 ss. 7d. over the former half year. The directors'eonsidered this item susceptible of considerable increase ; but they had a vigorous compe tition of water carriage to contend with, and they felt that it would be necessary to proceed with caution in redu cing their charges, lest they should be losers in the carriage of goods for local purposes for which there was no competi tion. The report referred particularly to the articles of stone and coals, and stated that measures had already been taken to improve that branch of traffic. The expense for the past half-year had somewhat exceeded those of the pre ceding period, which was accounted for by the augmentation of the accommodations for the merchandise traffic, and by the expenses of the accident at Sonning cutting. The main tenance of way had also been heavier, which was to be ac counted for by the repairs necessary from the wet weather. The maintenance of way had now been let by contract, at an average of less than £3 per mile per week for the 1471 miles. The expenses in ratio to the receipts was 41 per cent. The balance of interest on loans during the last half-year was £72,438 ls. 7d. ; this sum, with £8,500 to the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Company, and £17,237 Os. II d. to the Bristol and Exeter Railway, being defrayed out of the general revenue account, a balance remained of £93,355 6s. Bd. The directors declared a dividend of 3 per cent. for the half-year on the capital called up, to be paid on the Ist of September next. This was the same dividend as that paid in March, and would amount to £90,750, leaving an undivided balance of £2,605 6s. 9d. for the current half-year. The property-tax for one quarter of a year from the sth April would be deducted from the present dividend. A call of £8 per share on the fifths of shares would be made in Jan. next, to liquidate the debentures on loan notes then falling due. A report having been circulated that an eminent geologist had given an opinionlhat the Box tunnel was insecure, the Presi dent of the Boartl of Trade had ordered an inspection of the tunnel by Gen. Pasley, inspector-general of railways, who had reported it perfectlyliecure. The report stated that the Chel tenham and Great 'Western' Union Railway Company had obtained further powers from Parliament, which enabled them to treat for the p4chase of the finished portion of the line, and for its complefflon. The directors had been in com munication with that company, and were of opinion that the most desirable mode of obtaining a continuous line of rail way from the Great Western to Cheltenham, as well as traf fic from South Wales, &c., would be by an undertaki ng on the part of the Great Western Company to lease the lines at a fixed rental, when completed, for a stated number of years ; and the report concluded by asking the proprietors to give their sanction to a negotiation with the Cheltenham Com pany being entered on for that purpose, the result to be sub mitted to a special meeting. Mr. Oventon rose to propose the adoption of the report, with the exception of the 3 per cent. dividend, in lieu of which he proposed that the reserved fund of £20,000 should be abolished, and a dividend of 3 1 per cent. declared. The motion having been seconded, an amendment, viz., " That the report be adopted," was moved by Mr. W. Roskell, and a long debate ensued ; after which the amend ment was put and carried. Resolutions declaratory of the dividend, empowering the directors to negociate with the Cheltenham Company, and the usual resolutions of form, were then carried, and the meeting, which was at one period a very stormy one, broke up at half-past four o'clock. STATIONS OF WESLEYAN METHODIST PREACHERS. The following appointments were made at the ninety-ninth annual conference, subject to correction : The Liverpool district.—Liverpool, North, (Brunswick Chapel, &c.)—Abraham E. Farrer, Joseph Beaumont, John H. James. Liverpool, South, (Pitt-street, &c.)—William Atherton, Joseph Hargreaves, Henry Chettle. Liverpool, Welsh, (Benn's-gardens, &c.)—Thomas Aubrey, Edward Jones, Ist. Chester—Thos. Stead, William H. Clarkson. Holywell, (English,)—Henry S. Thomas, Thomas Sbaw. Carnarvon, (English,) Thomas Rodham. Holyhead Joseph Sykes. Wrexham—Francis Barker, Joseph White head. Whitchurch, (Salop)—Adam Fletcher, Geo. Dickin son. Warrington—Samuel Wilde, Richard Rymer, James S. Thomas. St. Helen's and Prescot —William Elton, James P. Fairburn. Wigan—William Constable, Frederick Payne. Southport and Ormskirk—John Hague, William Parkinson. Preston and Chaley—William B. Stephenson, Benjamin Slack, Jas. Scholes. Garstang—Moses Rayner, George Paterson. Lancaster—John Talbot, Alfred Abbott.—Wm. Atherton, chairman of the district ; Abraham E. Farrar, financial secretary. The Manchester and Bolton District.—First Manchester, Newton, Peter &c.) Joseph Taylor, Robert Peter Cooper, John Clulow • Edward Gibbons, W a l ter Hus sey, supernumeries. Second Manchester, (Irwell-street, &c.) —John Nowell, John Nelson, George Maunder ' • Josiah H. Walker, supernumery. Third Manchester , (Grosveno r . street, &c.)—James Dixon, John Lomas, George Osborn, David Hay. Fourth Manchester, (Bridgewater-street, &e.) —Henry Davis, Richard Brown ; Wm. Shelmerdine, super.. numery. Altrincham—lsaac Woodcock; William 0. Booth snpernumery. Manchester, (Welsh.)—David Evans, 2d, who shall change on two Sabbaths in every three months with the Welsh preachers in Liverpool. Stockport, North, (Tiviot-Dale, &c.)—William W. Stamp, Charles Westlake. Stockport, South, (Hill-Gate, &c.) —Roger Moore, James Little. New Mills—Samuel Allen, Charles Howe. Glossop — Abraham Watmough, John Mann ; George Marsden, super numerary. Ashton-under-Lyne--Benjamin Wood, Joseph Walker, George Hughes, Oldham—James Broke, Robert Dugdale. Delph, (Saddleworth,)—Thomas Turner; Luke Heywood, supernumerary. Bolton—William Jackson, Ist, John Bedford, Nehemiah Curnock, William Edge; James Hyde,i supernumerary. Rochdale—Benjamin Pearce, Jarvis J• Skid more. Phillips, Burnley—Benjamin Firth, John Griffith ; John bury. V i l rs , !lpernurnerary. Bury—John Bell, Joseph Heaton, Col,n3o—huir Hough ton, ' r ii l i. 13. ButhY• Blackburn--John Raby, Jas. Hough ... B j aeup—Leonard Pesnett, Wm. J. Shrews bury. es Wilson, William Winterburn ; Win. John Hornb ThomasV. Barrett, supernumeraries. Clitheroe— Richard Sine'etharn 0. Keysell. Leigh—James Rought ; the president of the' conference Hannah, D.D., to the northern branchorlference, who is also theological tutor district. George of the institution, chairman of the Osborne, - 1,. .............__financi a l secretary. .t.,r , ILCLIIs/E OF SOCIALIS M . leave for ever of Rose Hall, Cam Owen has taken his SOCIALISM.--Mr, s peculation, after expending uporibtire, for America. The decided failure. Mr. Owen left it a few 7 ,? °°° ' deposit money or riage purchased for him by two ladies •-ats ago, Ina car report, had lent him £7,000 towards con;let7 has proved a , according to ° o f Harmony Hall." They now appear to resign all hope interest. It is further said, that even the de rn°'ley for Rose Hall has not been paid. The Hampshire breezes were ge tting troublesome to the father of socialism: hence this s udden departure.—Correspondeut of Morning Post. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE RIOTS. We resume our report of the disturbances in the manu facturing and mining districts. In most of these localities comparative order has been established, and if our account contains no mention of places which have recently been the scenes of the most alarming outbreaki, it may be taken for granted that in those quarters tranquillity has been restored, and that no further disturbance is likely to occur. The nar rative below contains the proceedings up to Saturday night, in the various disturbed districts, and the latest accounts from our reporters, who are stationed over the country, will be found in another column. MANCHESTER. FRIDAY.—This day Manchester was perfectly quiet and peaceable, and there is every reason to hope that the disturb ances are at an end. The streets are still patrolled by spe cial constables, in addition to the regular police force, and in order to prevent any attack upon those establishments in which the hands have resumed work; there is a general mus ter of each division of special constables, at half-past five in the morning, in the respective districts allotted to them. The only thing which seems now to render it doubtful that peace and quietness will be speedily restored, is the possi bility of the town being re-visited by mobs from a distance; but if such an event should take place, the force now at the disposal of the authorities will be amply sufficient to prevent any such acts of aggression as were witnessed in the course of the preceding week. To-day and yesterday thirty-five establishments commenced work, and in all probability hands have " gone in" in other places which have not been re ported. SATURDAY.—A second edition of the Manchester Guar dian, published on Saturday evening, says—" Since the publication of our first edition this morning, the appearances of a speedy termination of the disturbances in this town have become hourly more apparent and striking. Indeed, the general combination of the working classes, for certain spe cific objects, is now entirely at an end, in form as well as in substance; inasmuch as the assemblage of delegates, which professed to direct the views and the operation of the work men, after having dwindled away from 144 to twelve indivi duals, has this morning finally broken up. The workmen are now divided into separate bodies, some of which have already resumed their employment. Amongst these are the mechanics, millwrights, and engineers,—a body of men who have taken a very active part in the recent disturbances, and whose secession from the general confederacy was calculated to produce great discouragement amongst the remainder. , To-day, however, a more important occurrence has hap pened : the workmen employed in a considerable number of the most extensive cotton factories in the town have made application to their employers for permission to resume their work on Monday morning, which has been agreed to ; and we believe the mills will be generally opened at that time. This is, in fact, a complete death-blow to the turn-out ; and we feel little doubt that there will be a general resumption of work on Monday." The chartist delegates met on Saturday morning, when only twelve persons were present. Having received intelligence of the apprehension of their chairman, Alexander Hutchinson, they dispatched Thomas Melrose and two other delegates to inquire if the report were correct. At eleven o'clock the delegates returned and informed the meeting that the report was quite true. The delegates were so much alarmed by this information that none of them dared to take the chair. Since their previous meeting they dis missed William Duffy from the office of secretary, in conse quence of some suspicions which they entertained of his want of attachment to their cause. It was reported, that their for mer secretary, Chas. Stuart, was also apprehended at Eccles, on Wednesday morning last ; and, finding themselves thus deprived of leaders, and deserted by every person pos sessing any talent, they mutually agreed to separate, with an intimation from Lewis, who seemed to be the chief spokes man of the party, that due notice would be given as to when and where they should reassemble. Upwards of 500 colliers assembled on Kersal Moor this morning, and having appointed a chairman, several speakers addressed the meeting on the question of. wages. Their speeches, we have been informed, were temperate, and all connexion with politics was disclaimed. They adopted a resolution to remain out until they got a " fair day's wages for a day's work." The proceedings terminated ht nine o'clock, when the mob pro ceeded in the direction of Clifton and Haishaw Moor. As alluded to above, between three and four o'clock this (Satur day) morning Mr. Beswick, accompanied by Inspector Lomas and Sergeant Buckley, proceeded to the house, No. 39, Edge-street, near George-street, Hulme, and captured, in bed, Alexander Hutchinson, for whose apprehension he held a warrant, issued by the county magistrates. In his house were found a capital rifle (which, it is said, cost six teen guineas} a neat fowlingpiece, a brace of large pistols, a canister of Curtis and Harvey's fine diamond grain gun powder," three powder or shot flasks, a tin box full of ," best London improved anti-corrosive (percussion) caps," two moulds for casting large and small bullets or balls, & c. There were also found in the house a number of papers, both printed and MS. Hutchinson presided at the dele gates' meetings during the week, and was the chairman at the Hall of Science, when the meeting there was ordered by the magistrates to disperse, as an illegal meeting. HALIFAX. SATURDAY. — AII is going on favourably, that is peaceably. From the surrounding neighbourhood the most cheering accounts of the resumption of the mills are hourly received; and in all probability hardly a mill will be closed on Monday next. The general feeling of the operatives is decidedly opposed to this " national holiday ; " a feeling which many mill-owners have strengthened by their determination. "If you will play you may, but it shall be for six months," was the declaration of one manufacturer to his men • whilst others have been careless of the recommencement of their mills for a longer period. In few cases, however, have such declarations been necessary ; and the only fear, therefore, arises from the dread of interference from operatives coming from a distance. On Friday morning the, eight rioters committed to York Castle, were sent off in an omnibus to the Sowerby Bridge railway station, escorted by the military both horse and foot. This station was selected as the road to it is more advanta geous for the military in case of resistance, than the very dangerous one to Elland ; but not the slightest necessity for the military appeared on the rood ; and on their return to the barracks their services have been required no further for the whole day. The swearing in of special constables has partially con tinued ; and late last night an address to the millowners by the magistrates was published, recommending them to com mence work, and offering them protection in doing so. SKIPTON. SUNDAY, AUG. 21.—Since Tuesday we have no disposi tion to riot ; during Wednesday and Thursday, the unem ployed, from the stoppage of the factories here and in the neighbourhood, congregated in small knots about the town, but everything has so far passed off quietly. The Castle has been fitted up for the soldiers, so that we are both willing and ready to give them as warm a reception as they experi enced on Tuesday, when we gave them the first check to their lawless proceedings. The special constables parade the town during the night to guard against their malignant pri vate intention. Matthew Wilson, Esq., who was reported as killed, is quite well and in daily attendance with his bro ther magistrates, who have been highly complimented by Sir James Graham, for their praiseworthy and successful exertion. J. B. Garfortb, Esq., who was so severely in jured by the mob, is fast recovering. The factories have continued working, and business is assuming its usual appear ance. The factories at Keighley have also commenced working, and I do not hear of the Sunday meetings which have lately been so frequent upon the hills. THE POTTERIES. STORE, THURSDAY.—We are glad to be able to state, that all continues quiet in this part of the country. We under-_ stand that the magistrates, military, yeomanry, and special' constables, were employed during the whole of Thursday, in taking measures to prevent a recurrence of the riotous and destructive scenes of Monday and Tuesday last, and in making search for and apprehending parties known to have been concerned in the riots. During the day, about twenty more prisoners were sent from Hanley, Burslem, and the neighbourhood, to Newcastle-under-Lyne. Mr. Isaac Cot terill, the active chief constable of Newcastle, gave his aid in these measures. Much of the property stolen from the pawnbrokers' shops, and from other places, has been reco vered; and it is said that the constables, on entering one house, caught a man in the act of burning an old family bible, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Aitkin, which the plunderer thought it desirable to destroy. None of the potters had resumed work in the neighbourhood of Hanley. The Ut toxeter troop of yeomanry cavalry were stationed there. During Wednesday the workmen of Mr. Kinnersley, of Clough Hall, left the works at Kitsgrove, in order to protect and defend the residence of their employer; but all remain ing quiet in that quarter,—which is on the northern border of the county, near the Red Bull (which is in,Chcshire),— the men resumed work on Thursday morning, both at the coal-pits and the iron-stone mine. Up to Thursday evening all remained quiet at Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Burslem, Tunstall, and their neighbourhoods. BURSLEM, THURSDAY MORNING.—An inquest was held yesterday on e bdy of one of the riors who wa sho on Tuesday morning i o n the affray with the military. s The t in quiry excited a great deal of interest, and the whole of the circumstances connected with the hostile appearance and violent proceedings of the mob were fully inquired into ; and the result clearly established the necessity of the course which was adopted, however much the melancholy conse quences of the affair are to be regretted. After a patient in vestigation of nearly seven hours, the jury returned a verdict of " justifiable homicide." The deceased was one of the principal leaders of the rioters, and belonged to Leek; The whole of the towns throughout the Potteries are now completely garrisoned, although all business is suspended, and the mob have broken into small parties, and betaken themselves to the surrounding villages, where they have in some few instances committed acts of violence, and plundered the inhabitants. At Hanford an attempt was made to set fire to the cottage of W. Harding, Esq., the coroner; but no serious injury was done to his premises. These cases of outrage occurred yesterday before the troops arrived; but the magistrates have adopted effectual remedies for putting an end to any further violence of this description. • A meeting of the inhabitants was held yesterday at Crown Bank, Hanley, for the purpose of adopting measures for pre serving the peace of the diatrict, at which the chief bailiff presided. At Shelton a detachment of military has arrived, and a large body of special constables has been sworn in. Throughout the towns visited by the mob in their tour of violence and plunder, an active search has been made for the parties concc:ned in the destruction of property. Several women have, amongst others, been taken into custody for 1 assisting in the work of demolition, and for stripping the favour it n w i shops of the pawnbr o k ers. S ome of these tra d esmen have, I regr e o t f to pr say, been gre a t su ff erers, ow i ng t o th e ent i re ab sence otection from the military or civil force. One man has lost property to the amount of nearly £2,000. i l a ibe t Chartism is indeed at a di scount amongst the middle classes theirl l b e eyes.ln c before oop e rt,ll theis species Chartist liberalism i soa Potteries, finds and lecturer, from Leicester , made his escape from the neigh bourhood, on learning that' thereissued by the magistrates warrants .. magistrates for his apprehen • sion It is said that he has gone to Manchester, where con • stables have been despatched after him. The incendiary appears to have been one of the prime movers of the deplorable events which have occurred in the district, the system of outrage being commenced im mediately after the clos e o f t h e meetings which he harangued at Hanley, on Monday morning. A letter received from Stone, and dated last night, states that apprehensions were entertained of a Trent ham Park, the seat of the Duk e of Sutherland, r and that a an attack on party of military had been despatched forits The magistrates were entirely e ngage d during the protection. day taking m easures to preserve the peace, b u t all business was sus pended. Every thing which has transpired since last night tends to confirm the opinion that the disturbances in the Potteries may be considered at an end. • The following circular has been issued from the Home Office to the Lords Lieutenant of counties : , " Whitehall, 15th August, 1842. " My Lord, In consequence of acts of outrage and vio lence, which have suspended I r in various employment o f labou n various parts of the country, am . commanded by her Ma jesty lordship the n • to impress on yo ur necessity of taking effectual and immediate measures for the repression of tumult within your county, and for h t e rotec i P t on of the lives and properties of her Majesty's subjects. " For this purpose I am assured, that your lordship will concert measures with the gentry and yeomanry of the county, whereby the civil force may be so strengthened and arranged as to cure general union and co-operation. " In present circumstances it is necessary that all the justices of the peace, mayors, and other magistrates within your county, should be reminded of the duty imposed by law, which commands that all persons shall he protected from violence and threats in the pursuit of their lawful occu. patina; that no mine, mill, or factory, shall bo entered by force; and that the owner is entitled to the aid of the civil power in the defence of his property, and in resistance to any attempt to invade it. " If the civil power be unequal to overcome the violence used in the attack, military assistance may he givea ; for law and industry, and the rights of property are subverted, if the peaceful subjects of her Majesty cannot follow their lawful callings without exposure to personal injury, and to outrage at the hands of the riotous multitude. "The magistrates should also be warned, that by law they are justified in preventing the entrance of a riotous assembly into a town, when they are credibly informed that the pur pose of the assembly is unlawful, and that the public peace may thereby be endangered ; or when, from the demeanour and threats of the multitude assembled, terror is produced, and no reasonable doubt is entertained of their unlawful object. "I repose the firmest reliance on your lordship's zeal and discretion ; and it is thereforre unnecessary to recommend your prompt and special attention to those parts of the county in which disorder and insubordination Have unfortunately prevailed ; but it is my duty to represent that your personal influence and exertons, as far as it may be possible to use them on the present occasion, are requisite for the public service, and will receive the approbation of her Majesty.— I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's obedient servant, J. GRAHAM. BURSLEM, SATURDAY EVENING.—There is nothing to report from this district beyond the continued arrest of the parties enzaged in the late violent prooceedings in the neigh bourhood. Between 70 and SO have been sent off to Stafford gaol during the last few days. The magistrates have received information of private meetings of chartists being held, at which fresh plans of mischief are being concocted ; but the circumstance of the authorities being cognisant of these pro ceedings is a sufficient security for the preservation of the peace. All the markets in the towns throughout the district were ordered to be closed at eight o'clock this evening. Business is being gradually resumed, although it will be some time before confidence is perfectly restored. The magistrates seem indeed perfectly alive to the necessity of watchfulness and continued vigilance, in consequence of which the measures taken to restore and preserve order at the beginning of the week are strictly acted upon. On Wednesday an inquest was held on one of the Lane End rioters, when it appearing that the death of the deceased had been caused by drinking ardent spirits to excess, a verdict to that effect was returned. NOTTINGHAM. On Friday the town was restored to tranquillity, but in the evening the mob reassembled at Carrington, and pro ceeded to the factory of Messrs. Biddle and Birkin, at New Basford, where they made a violent attempt to turn out the workmen. The magistrates took steps for the suppression of the disturbance, and whilst one of them was reading the riqt act, it was torn from his hands. On Saturday they had another gathering, and attempted to turn out the hands of Mr. Berry's factory, at New Radford, but were unsuccessful. They then went to Lord Middleton's pits, and endeavoured to induce the colliers to join them ; but before they got there, two troops of the Queen's Bays, under the command of Colonel Charlton, intercepted their progress, and they were soon driven back in the wildest confusion, 39 of them were taken prisoners. On Friday all was quiet at Lough borough, but on Saturday large bodies of men were going from village to village, compelling the stocking makers and other artisans to cease labour. At Sheepshed, where there is a manufacturing and very poor population of about 4000, this illegal coercion was carried on to an almost general extent. In many instances the operatives expressed great regret and reluctance to quit their frames, but the brutal and alarming threats of their mob masters compelled sub mission. LEICESTER. AUG. 19, HALF-PAST 11 P.M.—The streeta are crowded with people walking about ; the police and special constables have orders not to allow any one to stand still ; one or two instances of opposition have been offered, but the parties being secured and conveyed to the police-station, no further violence was offered. A party of men entered the house of Mr. Tebbutt, baker, in High-cross-street, during his ab sence, and compelled his wife, who was in a delicate state, to give them several loaves of bread ; another party, in Bel grave-gate, seized a tub of apples beonging to Mr. Ward, , and carried away the c tents . Several instances of intimi dation have occurred, 'eh have led the inmates of houses and shops to comply i the demands of the mob. The malcontents, finding from the experience of the Belgrave meeting that they could not stand against the civil and military force opposed to them, have expressed a de termination to " serve their oppressors out some other way," and this, we regret to state, appears to be a return to the Swing system, as an alarm of " Fire" reached the town about nine, p.m., 'which proved to be a hay-stack belong ing to Mr. J. Haines, hosier, standing in a close belong ing to the corporation, adjoining the road leading from Leicester to Lutterworth. A meeting had been held near the spot about an hour previous, and there is no doubt that the stack was wilfully fired. The borough and Midland Counties Fire-office engines, with their brigades, were quickly on the spot, but could not save the property. At 20 minutes past 10 p.m. Mr. Goodyer, with eleven of the county police, left town by railway train for Loughborough, a large meeting of Chartists having assembled there. In the early part of the day they entered the factories of Messrs. Cart wright and Warner, and compelled the hands to turn out. In the afternoon they proceeded to Sheepshed and Hathern, and entered the houses of the framework-knitters, for the purpose of causing them to leave work, but this many of them refused to do ; the mob in all such cases took a part of the frames away. Hayfield's (the policeman reported to have been killed by the mob on the 12th instant) house was sur rounded, and the crowd groaned and used threats towards him. Mr. Phillips, of Garendon Park, was quickly on the spot with a body of special constables, who dispersed the as semblage. Mr. Dawson and the Rev. J. Dudley attended at Hayfield-house, to take his depositions against the party who attacked him and his dwelling on Friday, after which six warrants were issued for the apprehension of the men who took pert in the proceedings. At Moira barricades are being erected. - - AUGUST 21.—The public tranquillity has not been dis turbed since last night. NORTIMICII. MONDAY MORNING.—The colliers in this neighbourhood are comparatively quiet. Many of the ringleaders at Stock port, and elsewhere, have been sent to Chester Castle for trial. WALES. STRIKE OF THE MINERS IN CARDIFF. The chartist and anti-corn law doctrines, which have been productive of so much confusion and loss of life, have ex tended their baneful infl uence to Glamor g anshire . A letter from Cardiff, dated Saturday night last, contains the follow ing information. The working men seem to be impressed with the belief that the time for the redress of all their fancied and real griev ances and they have, following th e su i c id a l course has arrived, of the operatives of the north, determined to better their condition by reducing their wages to nil. They admit, and the terms of one of their resolutions passed at their meet ing on Thursday morning states, " That it is almost impos sible for the ironmasters to make any advance in wages at the presentlow price of iron," and yet in the very teeth of this declaration, they have resolved to do no work unless they are paid the higher rate of wages of 1840. It is to be feared that much disorder and loss of property —probably, too, loss of life, will ens ue . Th e spea k ers, i t i s true, profess peaceable intentions, and say, that while they are firm, they will be orderly; but experience proves, that where large masses of workmen are collected together, and suffer the privations of hunger, their love of peace soon eva porates, and they are ready to join iu any mischief which might offer itself to their notice. A gentleman of this neighbourhood has published a letter from which it would appear that designing men from other parts of the country—probably from the north—are at the bottom of the present movement. He says,—" It is well known that concoctors of mischief, styling themselves dele gates, have been busy here ;" and the editor of the Merlin says,—" The miserable emissaries of dissatisfaction, who would involve the country in anarchy, in order to come in for a share of the spoils in a scramble, have been doing their demoniac works among our hill population." I subjoin the proceedings o a f the adjourned meeting, which was held near this place on Thursday afternoon, at which, you will see, it was resolved to do no more work at the present rate of wages. The hour fixed was two o'clock, and the place a piece of ground on the Aberdwr-road. At a little before the time named, the workmen began to assemble, and by about half past two o'clock there were several thousand present, and a workman was called upon to take the chair. He said very little, but a man named Enoch Williams, another named Timothy Thomae, a third named Jones, and others, harangued the meeting, principally in Welsh. Bitter com plaints were made of the low rate of wages and high price of bread. Williams described his earnings at £1 15s, 7d. per month, and Thomas said his amounted to £2. Other sums were also mentioned by different workmen as having been earned by them. A miner named Evan Rees then proposed " that no more work be done until the wages of 1840 can be obtained ;" and a man, whose name was not given, having seconded it, sotoe discursive declamation took place, after which another man proposed a. resolution " that no more work shall be done"—some said till the. Charter could be had, but the resolution iu its simple form was put to the meeting, and carried. Something, was then said, and the meeting formed into a procession, and went en masse to the works of Messrs. Crawshay, at Cyfartha, when they had an interview with Mr. Crawshay, to whom they represented the purport of the resolution passed at the meeting. It is under stood that Mr. Crawshay gave them a direct negative with respect to their required advance of wages, and represented to them how impossible it was for the masters to increase their scale of payments with the present reduced price of iron. Mr. Crawshay told them he would not object to sign the memorial to the Queen, praying her to re-assemble the parliament, after Sir John Guest, the member for the bo rough, bad done so. The procession then re-formed, and wen; to the Market-square, when the result of Mr. Craw shay's observations was made known to them. It was then agreed to re-assemble on Monday. SCOTLAND. (From the Scotch papers of Saturday.) THE MID-LOTHIAN COLLIERS' STRIKE. - -------- _ On Tuesday afternoon, a meeting of about 400 colliers took place near the West Houses, parish of Newbattle. Most of them were committees from the pits in East and West Lothian. The general feeling seemed to be, that they ought to be allowed higher wages, and that, in order to accomplish this, perfect unanimity was required. A collier named Whie lan, said he was commissioned by those working in the Mar quis of Lothian's pit at Easter Bryans to say, that every one was resolved to remain at his work at the present state of re muneration. This announcement, we understand, gave great offence, and threats were used by the other party, that the houses and engines at Easter Bryans, and other collieries, on Lord Li thian's estate, w hich were equally resol ve d against strikingi,should be 'destroyed. In consequence of this threat, twelte men were sworn in as special constables, and two of them were stationed at East Houses, two at West Houses, two at Gowkshill, two at Newton Grange, and two at the Bryan's coal-hill, while the remaining two, with the police constable, patrolled the road between these villages and coillieries. No disturbance took place at any of these villages ; hut the watch is to be continued so long as the present unsettled state of things lasts. The colliers at these pits go regular to work. A general meeting of the East and Mid-Lothian colliers was held in a field near Stoneyhill coal works on Wednesday afternoon, which passed off qui etl y -500 colliers voted-323 for a strike, and 217 for working. In consequence of this vote, we understand, the Edmonstone coal works are stopt. A meeting took place at Edgeh ead on Wed nesday. There were about 100 present, man y of whom were w omen and boys ; and after some speeches, resolutions were passed in favour of the charter. The meeting dispersed about 9 o'clock at night without committing the least outrage. On Thursday between 500 and 600 collected at Loanhead, when a workman of the name of Wilson from Stobhill was called to the chair. The following resolutions were proposed and carried unanimously; lst. That the workmen should coals y hold out for 4s. a day, working eig ht hours ; 2 nd. That they should be paid weekly on the Satu rda y ; 3rd. That the should be weighed at the bottom of the pit , in presence of the workmen. The chairman advised the meeting to be quiet, as all acts of violence must in the end affect th e i r own interests. The meeting dispersed about 5 o'clock. On Friday a large meeting was held in Musselbnrgh Links, consisting of about 800 colliers and 200 idlers drawn there from Curiosity. The resolutions passed at Loanhead were again put and carried, with the addition of the following, namely, that,fhe workmen should not return to their employ ment, until the whole of the masters agreed to the terms proposed. A workmen of the name of Meikle, from White hill, attempted to propose an amendment, but could not ob tain a hearing. He then told his party to withdraw to another part of the Links, where it was understood, he ad vised the workmen to return to their employment, and trust to the generosity of their masters : at the same time, point ing out the impossibility of their getting higher wages, when the large stock of coal at present on hand was considered. At the other meeting, a workman named Smith, from Holytown, stated, as a rumour, that the workmen of one of the collieries, in the west country, had all returned to their work, although the masters were considered the most tyrannical in the district. The meeting then dispersed. It was then generally expected, that the workmen in Mid- Lothian would return to their employment immediately. COLLIERS' AND IRONSTONE MINERS' STRIKE. We have little new to communicate from the mining dis tricts to the East of Glasgow. We may mention, however, that, on Tuesday, a man knocked down a baker at Rawyards, about two miles from Airdrie, with the intention of stealing some bread, but he was apprehended, and has since been sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment. We may mention, likewise, that a meeting of colliers and miners was held near Coatbridge upon Tuesday, when it was resolved to continue the strike. A person, however, from Clackmannanshire, ad dressed the assemblage at great length in favour of the charter, and it was resolved to hold a subsequent meeting to consider the propriety of striking for the charter, instead of for a rise of wages. The military are represented as behaving very ill in Airdrie—about a dozen of them being in custody for having been drunk, and some of them, it is said, will be tried by a court-martial. In Campsie, during Monday and Tuesday, the whole coal, lime, and alum works in that neighbourhood were stopped, in consequence of the hands employed in them having been forced to suspend their labour by a body of men, who proceeded from Kirkintilloch in order to effect that purpose. We understand that the men em ployed by the Hurlet and Campsie Alum Co., under their contractor, have likewise had to submit to the demand of the colliers, to strike, although we believe their wages have never been reduced, they being perfectly willing to remain in their employment. As a company of the military have been called out for the protection of the men, it is expected that the work will be resumed in a few days. THE STRIKE AT DUNFERMLINE. Up to Tuesday of the present week, all in the town as well as among the surrounding collieries was quiet. On Sa turday one or two arrests were made at Halbeath, and but for the systematic activity of the police, some disturbance might have ensued by an attempt among the colliers and their wives to rescue the prisoners. The cause of these ar rests was an alleged attempt to cut the rope on one of the railways ; and also for riotously entering public-houses and bakers' shops on the previous Wednesday. On Saturday all was so far quiet that Sheriff Monteath attended the Regis tration Cotirt in Cupar. The superintendent of police has also withdrawn part of his force to their usual stations. The military still remain, and part of them will likely do so till some security of a settlement between the colliers and coal masters shall be come to. The Lord Lieutenant has left for the moors. On Tuesday (the 16th) one of the rioters (Allan) appre hended for attempting to rescue another prisoner, and de force the constables in the execution of their duty, was tried before the sheriff, and sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment in Kirkaldy jail. Petrie, Brown, and Fife, for forcibly en tering a baker's shop in Crossgates, have been examined and committed for farther trial. Their case is likely to assume a serious aspect. On Monday, another of the ringleaders in the riot of the previous Tuesday was apprehended and com mitted to jail. Up to Wednesday noon, all was quiet in the burgh, but the surrounding collieries of Townhill, Halbeath, &c., were still unsettled. The men at Elgin, Fordel, and Donibristle, were at their work as usual. Dundonald, a small colliery to the cast of Lochgelly, is said to have struck work on Mon day. On Tuesday the collieries in the east of Fife had re ceived threatening summonses to attend another great "ag gregate meeting" this week—day and place as yet unknown. THE METROPOLITAN AGITATION. This agitation, which was to have given full employment to the whole disposable military force in and near the metro polis, or, in thelanguage of the chartists, have kept them " at home," continues to flicker under the watchful observance of the police. The peculiar offensiveness, however, of the " agitation"—viz., the nocturnal perambulating of the " pa triots" of Cow-cross, Field-lane, Saffron-hill, St. Giles, the Mint, and other equally respectable and intelligent portions of the metropolis, has been, we believe, effectually remedied. The vigilance of the police has defeated the objects of the rogues who enrolled themselves under the banners of Char tism ; and the various sinks of iniquity with which London, like every other great city, abounds, are now, as previous to the attempted "agitation," each tenanted by its own proper and peculiar pickpockets and burglars. They find they are much more likely to be " lucky" in their usual sly and secret avocations than in an open attack, even when attempted under the fostering care and support of Chartism, upon per son and property. On Saturday some further attempts were made by a few, and but a few, Chartists, to hold meetings on Clerkenwell green, in Islington, and other farts of the metropolis, but the police rigidly enforced the orders which have been issued against seditious and tumultuous assemblages. The agita tors intend to try what they can do this evening on the other side of the water. Kennington-common is the rendezvous fixed upon. They speak very confidently of the thousands who will meet " in their strength" on the occasion, but as the police will of course carry out the orders alluded to, no opportunity will be afforded to the agitators to sympathise with the rioters of the north, or present sedition to the tur bulent and disaffected " at home." A meeting of " the electors of Finsbury," at which Mr. T. S. Duncombe and Mr. Wakley are " expected to be present," is announced, we perceive, for to-morrow night, at White Conduit House. Should it take place, we prognosticate that the last scene of the farce of " metropolitan agitation" will have been enacted. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. rIIHIS EVENING (TUESDAY), Aug. 23d, a GRAND CONCERT, by the Principal Members of the Italian frompany, FOR THIS NIGHT ONLY. MADAME GRIST, ..- SIGNOR LABLACHE, SIGNORA E. GRIST, SIGNOR MARIO, SIGNOR F. F. LABLACHE, and MR. H. HAYWARD, Principal Violinist from Her Majesty's Concerts. Conductor—SIGNOLCOSTA. The Prices on this occasion will - he—Lower Boxes, Gs.; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, ls. The Concert will commence at Eight o'Clock. No Second Price. The celebrated Dancer, MADEMOISELLE CERITO, Of Her Majesty's Theatre, London, is engaged for FOUR NIGHTS only, and will make her second appearance TO MORROW Evening, in several of her most popular Dances, in which she will he assisted by MISS O'BRYAN, also of Her Majesty's Theatre. O'CONNOR AND THE RECENT RIOTS. The Northern Star (Feargus O'Connor's paper) of Satur day last containT a long statement of perverted facts (to suit his purposes) of the: proceedings in Manchester on the 16th of August, 1819, illustrated by a woodcut, depicting the military cutting down men, women, and children, with their sabres. He also prints a list of the names of the Manchester Yeomanry of that day, as if for the purpose of pointing them out as objects of vengeance for the present mobs. Amongst the names given are several of the most respectable mill owners, who have resisted the turn-outs on this occasion by continuing to employ their men despite the intimidation which has been excercised towards them. The bloodthirsty " Chartist Lamb," who is allowed to prowl at large whilst his victims by hundreds continue to be consigned to dungeons, introduces the names of the Manchester Yeomanry with the following seditious and cold-blooded remarks : " And this was the way the middle-class men of Man chester and Catholics, the ' Yeomanry,' served a peaceable and unarmed people, seeking to petition for a reform in the system of representation ! These were the terms of ` union' betvieen the middle and labouring class at that period. This was the way one class, bloated, blustering, big, and inflated with gin and pride—brandy and arrogance,—this was the way they attempted to prove that the ' interests of the two classes are identical !' and, that the middle classes are the ` natural leaders and protectors of the labouring population of the community !' 0, 'how arrogant, how puffed up with pride, they were then ! How they sneered and scoffed, and turned up the hose of affected contempt! How they gloated and glorified over the blood they had shed—the suffering they had caused—the life they had sacrificed! What heroes they then were ! Where are they now? How many of them are yeo. men now ? How many of them have been able to keep out of the Gazette, or out of the insolvent list? How many of of them have been able to keep out of the workhouse ? And how many have cut their throats, or hanged themselves ! Where is the thing amongst them that would now glory in the bloody deeds he then committed ? Where is the thing amongst them that would not give his ears to have his name erased from the damning record—the list of the ' heroes' of Peterloo ? It is in vain, however, that he so wishes. The characters in which the names are written are those of blood! Thep cannot be washed out, but by the waters of justice ; and those have not yet been applied—or Thisticwood, Ings, Brunt, and Tidd would not have been the last men executed and beheaded in England for high treason ! I No • the names are not to be obliterated from the bloody list ! nere it is ! Let the actors of the fiendish deeds of 1819 feast their eyes upon it ! ! !" With respect to the Anti-Corn-Law-League's connexion with the present outbreak, it appears as though O'Connor had broken faith with Mr. Sturge and that party, for after the reception of his pay from the former for the assistance rendered by himself and gang at the Nottingham election, he charges Mr. Sturge and tae leaguer's with whom Mr. Sturge is associated, with being at the bottom of the late attempted insurrection. In a letter he published on Saturday he - - Bear in mind that Acland informed me of the conspiracy at Halifax ; that Taunton and the devils of the Corn-Law Conference recommended `rising' and ' rioting ;' and that the Sun and all the organs of the revolutionists trumpeted forth the unnatural advice with unbecoming joy. * * * The League have put the wrong leg foremost; they have taken a false step ; they have bribed some, and have tam pered with others of our leaders; but enough of virtuous power still remains to render desertion harmless, and treason fruitless. We have long courted the trades of Manchester; and at length they have adopted our principles ! May Heaven bless them ! And when our object is achieved, which will give peace to all, then will their names stand pro minently forward as the saviours of their country. " Let no blood be shed. Let no life be destroyed. Let no property be consumed. Let us, in God's name, set an example to the world of what moral power is capable of effecting. " Ever your faithful friend, " FEARGUS O'CONNOR." This Acland, to whom O'Connor refers, is the fellow whose exhibition of the French giant and Master Nookes, the calculating boy, obtained for him so much notoriety some years ago ; and whose connexion with a cheap bread company of Bristol caused the awkward questions to be but to him by Mr. Townley Parker at the last North Lancashire election, when the Anti-Corn-law League had the assurance to put him up as a candidate against Lord Stanley. On this occasion it will be recollected his backers and bottle-holders, during the nomination, were Mr. Alderman John Brooks and Mr. R. Cobden, M.P. for Stockport. In other parts of O'Connor's paper (the Star), published this day, in allusion to an anti-corn-law conference, he says " While this ' conference' was sitting, Mr. O'Connor happened to meet with Acland, the hired tool and lacquey of the anti-corn-law league, the man who is paid £lO per week for his services. They met at Halifax.. They had a discus sion upon the question of the corn-law repeal. " After the discussion, Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Acland had some talk. In the Star of the succeeding week, that is to say, in the Star of July 16, 1842, Mr. O'Connor published the following fact, in a letter addressed by him to the Chartist body : " One thing which Acland told me, as he said, in confi dence, must not be kept back. No, no; lam not just the man to keep the secrets of the League. Now, let every man pay particular attention to the following disclosure, coming from the principal spouter of the ' Plague.' " Acland said to me,—Well, Mr. O'Connor, we shall either have a repeal of the Corn Laws or the Charter, in three weeks. " Mr. O'Connor.—lndeed 1 how? _ _ " ' Mr: I tell you, in confidence, that the object bf the League's present meeting in London is to take into consideration the propriety of stopping all the mills upon a given day ! !! and they will do it !! ! ' " This was published near a month before the strike. Now, Acland has never contradicted it. He dare not do it ! " Let our readers also mark another fact. All the reduc tions in wages that have been attempted within the last two months in the manufactories have been attempted by Corn- Law Repealing masters ! Point out a Tory or Conservative master who has attempted any such reduction. We believe it would be impossible. At all events, we have not heard of any such. This fact speaks volumes ! " It is reported that the Rothschilds have offered to com pound for the income-tax for three years at £24,000, which admits an annual income of about £270,000. A DOUBTFUL ENCOMIUM.—The other evening, a lady having exerted her vocal powers for the amusement of the company at a soiree, received the following ambiguous com pliment :—" Your singing makes you appear a delicious screecher (delicious creature.) Etbrrpool tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1312. We beg to draw attention to a letter addressed by Lord Francis Egerton, to the editor of the Manchester Courier, and which will be found in another column. It is pre-eminently honourable to his lordship's heart and mind, whilst to those dependent upon him, it is a testimony to their right feeling and strong good sense, as valuable -as it is handsome. The condition of the working classes of Great Bri tain must .urely -now receive the prompt and anxious attention of the legislature. We see on every side of us their wretchedness—a wretchedness which has been growing in intensity for years past ; we see how utterly powerless they are in the struggle into which the sel fishness and avarice of employers are constantly plung ing them ; that a grinding money-ocracy is tearing their sinews asunder, draining their blood drop by drop, and reducing them daily nearer and nearer to the level of the beasts, or to the state of the insentient machine by whose sides they toil ; and we cannot—for it is no longer safe—defer a searching and full enquiry into the extent of the evil and the nature of the remedy which it demands. What is, we ask, the system which is now going on around us—our manufacturing system ? What is its tendency ? is there any save the veriest dreamers who dare to say that it is one by which the sum of human happiness is increased, or which' can end in anything but a convulsion of the society in which it exists ? We have penned up our population in mines and mills; we have withdrawn hundreds of thousands of men and women from the light of day and the fresh breezes, to immure them in the fetid and filthy atmosphere of our manufacturing towns; and we are grinding them into gold for the millocrat and the capitalist. We are mak ing experiments in Hamceopathy to discover the pre cise amount of food upon which human beings can subsist and perform our tasks, as we would to learn the quantity of oil which would keep our machinery in working order, or the coal which would produce steam enough to drive it. We are striving to ascertain the amount of torture, in the form of unhealthy occupa tion, which our toiling slaves can endure without being goaded into outrage, and to the destruction of their taskmasters. And fearful indeed is the progress which we have made towards this point at which endurance termin ates ! The history of our national industry for 't he past twenty years—what is it but a history of encroach ments upon the comforts, the independence, the moral and physical well-being of the working man ? We have driven down the price of his labour until it no longer provides food to support him or clothing to cover him. We have made him the mere appendage of machinery, and we are daily exhausting our inge nuity to lessen the dependence of that machinery upon his guidance. In two-thirds of the operations of the manufacturing labourer, the hands of a child, a girl or a youth, are performing now the work for which a skilled adult was not long ago required. The spinning frame and the power loom—our . chief producers of manufactured staples—are managed chiefly by such. Our silk mills are filled with such. Throughout our manufacturing districts the order of nature is inverted. The male adult is a useless burthen upon his wife or his youthful offspring. "THE CHILD is indeed TILE FATHER OF THE MAN !" Nor do the most sanguine of the eulogists of the manufacturing system look forward to the occurrence of a check to this downward progress of the labourer. We hear never —we contemplate never—the placing of the labourer in a condition of comfort, by means of a higher money rate of wages, or by the restoration of the adult to his legitimate place in society. We hear only, as the remedy for this distorted state of things, of reduction in the cost of the necessaries of life—of the oil and fuel by which the human machinery which we employ is fed and propelled. We legislate, in fact, in reality and solely for a reduction in the first cost of labour. The amended Corn-law, the new Tariff— valuable measures though they be—profess no greater object than this. We bring down the cup to the level of the lip which thirsts for it ; but we leave out of our contemplation the means by which the object of our sympathy may be held up in his present position to drink of it. We never dream, even, that, low as we may reduce the cost of subsistence, the manufacturing labourer will not ultimately and surely progress in his downward course until it becomes once more above his Peach. We are told, indeed, by our "liberal" philosophers, that measures of free trade will produce such a change as is to be wished for ; that an increased foreign com merce and stimulated production of manufactured goods will sweep from before our eyes all the distress which surrounds us, and the danger which menaces society, But does past experience bear us out in en tertaining such hopes ? No. Upon the showing of a "Liberal" millowner—Mr. John Fielden—proved, too, by parliamentary returns, we learn that we stimulated our production of manufactured cotton goods in the interim between March, 1836, and February, 1839, (in Lancashire alone,) from 23,700 horses' power at the former date, to 36,393 horses' power at the latter,—in all, 533- per cent. Did the amount of human labour employed in comfort increase in the like ratio ? It did not! The number of the population employed by these mills increased only, as demonstrated by the same returns, 21 per cent. ! We had thus an increase of manufacturing production, such as is contemplated by the. Liberal philosophy of the day ; and yet the labour ers' progress to wretchedness was not arrested one step. The destitution of the manufacturing population was greater at the end of 1839 than at the commence ment of 1836 ! And how, if we now consent to adopt the specific pointed out to us by the Anti-corn-law League and its organs, and it is temporarily successful ? If production is stimulated, the labourer employed, comforts brought within his reach—if, in fact, what the manufacturer calls "prosperity," is the temporary result—how are we to ensure its continuance ? How are we to ensure its continued enjoyment by the working population ? Production and employment, we know, do not pro gress in an equel ratio ; and when we have rendered more vast our powers ,of supplying the world with manufactured goods—when we have destroyed our native agriculture and congregated the peasantry, which it now employs, in our manufacturing towns — we shall still find that we have only plunged deeper into difficulty and danger—that we have only extended more widely the mine beneath us, whose explosion may at any hour—at the pleasure of any reckless rnillo crat who chooses to tell starving men to "go and play" —involve in one mighty ruin our mills, our loom shops, our mansions, and the very frame work of society itself. In fine, the extension of the system which we see working around us, by such means as are proposed by the Liberal millocrat, would only be a step, and a giant one, towards a civil convulsion. The power of CAPITAL to enslave society must be curbed, not increased. Our legislation must be directed to the protection of the working man and of society itself, which is threatened by his frenzy; and not merely to swell the hoards of " Liberal " millocracy. The labourer must be raised from the earth to which we have bound him,—enabled to walk erect in the light of heaven, which is hie as well as ours,—and released alike from the grinding power of capital and the maddening appeals of the incendiary demagogue. By what measures such a consummation is to be attained we shall not at present attempt to point out. One step, however, wo will mention ; and we cannot do so better than by adopting the able language of a gentleman for whose warning appeals in the hour of danger the people of England have had, more than once, occasion to be grateful. The writer is Mr. John Gladstone, of Carlton-gardens and of Fasque. "These gentlemen, our manufacturers, have reaped the profits of their systems, and it is to be hoped they will for a time submit patiently to the disappointment or loss caused by the reverses which have followed ,them as the fruits of their success. I contend they have no right to call on the country to make further sacrifices for their separate advantage or protection. It is the principle of our poor laws, that the property of each district of the country shall provide for the wants of those among them requiring assistance. This principle may press heavily in the present instance, yet, • notwithstanding, it must be applied and acted upon, as being just and reasonable in itself." Need we say how entirely we agree with the humane sentiment here expressed ? The 'millocracy of the northern counties have drawn around themselves a population which is now and may hereafter be a fa mishing one; and if they choose in wantonness to close their mills against that population, they must be taught, by a just and even Liberal POOR LAW, that they shall not be permitted to hand them over to utter destitution. TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'n last Tuesday's STANDARD, in giving the first intimation of the riots which have since spread so alarmingly in the Potteries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was stated as one scene of disturbance, instead of Newcastle- under-Lynze. JUNIOR CLUE-HOUSE. — In answer to a correspondent rela tive to the progress of this institution, we are authorised to state, that negotiations for a suitable locality are in progress, and the result will speedily be announced. LOCAL NEWS. On Friday afternoon the British and North American royal mail steamer Caledonia, Captain Lott, sailed for Halifax and • Boston. She carried out between sixty and seventy passen gers. Mr. Charles M`lver, one of the co-agents, has gone out in the Caledonia, on business connected with the steam ers composing the line. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday morning a young man named Thomas Kenyon dropped down in a stable in Dale-street, and was instantaneously a corpse. No further particulars have yet transpired. An inquest on the body will be held to-day. POSTOFFICE MONEY ORDERS. — The number of money orders issued and paid at the Liverpool PostolliCe in one year, ended the sth July, 18-12, is 126,309 : amount £273,464 19s. 9d. ! In the year, ended sth October, 1838, the number issued and paid was 6194: amount £9411 Os. Bd. The in crease in the number is more than twentyfold, and in amount nearly thirtyfold. WAVERTREE CHURCH.—This church, which has been closed for repairs for a few weeks, was re-opened on Sunday last. The painting and cleaning of the church was done by Mr. Codes, of Liverpool. The church has been erected about half a century, yet there is all that simplicity and mo dern neatness in the interior which becomes a place dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. STEALING FROM A VESSEL—A youth named William Knowles was yesterday committed to hard labour, by Mr. Rushton, for stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from the forecastle of the ship Godwin, lying in the Brunswick Dock. The articles belonged to a seaman of the:ship, which is to sail on the Ist proximo, otherwise the prisoner would have been committed for trial at the next sessions. The Rev. T. S. Bowstead, incumbent of St. Philips' Church in this town, has been promoted by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry to the rectory of Tarvin, in the diocese of Chester, void by the resignation of the ev. R. W. Evans. We believe the incumbency of St. Philip is at the disposal of Mr. Cragg of this town. ODDFELLOWS.—Yesterday the annual procession of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows took place along the usual streets of this town. They were accompanied by bands of music and many large handsome flags, and presented very respectable appearance. Their numbers were very large. We presume this will be the last display of the kind permitted in the streets of this town. THE ABDUCTIONISTS.—On Wednesday morning last, by the quarter to nine o'clock train, John Orr M`Gill, John Osborne Quick, Richard Jones, Samuel Martin Copeland, and Jane Clayton, the parties convicted as principals anti accessories in the abduction of Miss Crellin, were conveyed to Lancaster, there to undergo their respective terms of im prisonment, in conformity with the sentence passed upon them by the Lord Chief Justice at the assizes just termi nated. LAUGHABLE MISTAKE.—A certain gentleman of this town, who may occasionally be met with taking his quantity of Thomas's Welsh ale, was on Sunday last sttending divine service at a church in the Lake country, when he was not a little surprised by a request from the officiating minister, who had mistaken him for a brother divine, to undertake the performance of the afternoon service. By those, however, who have noticed the devout exterior of our friend, the mis take is not one to excite great wonder. Not possessing a sermon in his pocket, the request was of course declined. ST. BEES COLLEGE.—The Bishop of Chester has requested the principal of St. Bees Clerical Institution, Cumberland, to increase, if possible, the number of students to 100. About 60 are at present in training for the ministry in that college. The Bishop of Chester, as well as the bishops of the adjacent dioceses, have expressed their conviction of the great usefulness of this institution, which has sent forth so many able men into the ministry of the established church.- - Herald.--[We confidently anticipated that the removal of Mr. Buddicom to this institution would be the means of in creasing its utility.] RATHER SUSPICIOITS.—A youngish man named Noel Livington was yesterday placed before Mr. Rushton, at the police court, under the following suspicious circumstances. A police officer stated that he had o❑ the previous day ob served the prisoner loitering at several warehouse doors, and ordered him away. He afterwards saw him at a warehouse door in Fenwick-street, touching the padlock, as if attempt ing to open it, and on going up, found that he had a small nail, (which was produced) in ono of his hands. The pri soner said, that he had been totally destitute for three days ; had not had a place to sleep in during the time ; and that he had done it to attract attention, so that he might be appre hended and relieved. Mr. Rushton said, he must know that if he had applied to the parish authorities, and his alleged destitution were well founded, he would be relieved. The prisoner said he bad applied at the Night Asylum, and had been turned off. He was committed for fourteen days. THEFT OF COCHINEAL FROM A VESSEL.—At the Police.- court, yesterday, a man named Casey, his mother, and two other females, were placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of stealing from a vessel. On Saturday, Police-officer 312 stopped the female prisoners while they were attempting to sell 3 lbs. of cochineal, (insects forming a valuable scarlet dye,) for much under its real value, and an examination was entered into that day, when the prisoners were remanded until yesterday. It appeared that the property had been taken by the male prisoner from a ship which was being dis charged in the Brunswick Dock, and at which the male pri soner had been assisting the other men for a short time. The " lumper" who had undertaken to unload the vessel , appeared as a witness ; and it appeared, from the evidence of others, that it was no uncommon thing for such men to undertake such a piece of work for £4 10s. though they could not accomplish it for less than double that sum, to paY the men he employed—who were thus left the chance of plundering what they might catch. There was not, how ever, sufficient evidence against the " lumper" on this occa sion, nor against the two women not named. Th e two Caseys were remanded, before being committed for trial, until it could be ascertained what quantity of the article was missing. INQUEST.—An inquest was held yesterday, before the borough coroner, on view of the body of Philip Dearden , an old man from the country, whose death, it was at first thought, would involve a charge of manslaughter. It ap peared that, on the Bth instant, a cab belonging to Mr. Can liff was driven by Hugh Parry at a rapid rate down Chapel street. The deceased was standing in the street talking to a carter, and the driver of the cab called out " Heigh ! " as a warning to him to get out of the way. The old man was rather intoxicated at the time, and, by some mistake, stag gered backwards towards the cab, in place of going the op posite way ; when one of the wheels of the machine came In contact with his heel, and inflicted a severe lacerated wound , of which he afterwards died. Two individuals who wer e standing on the other side of the cab, and who had not an opportunity of seeing the occurrence accurately, were under an impression that the cab-driver was to blame; b u t the carter, who saw it distinctly, exonerated the accused ; and the jury accordingly returned a verdict of " accidentally killed." SINGULAR OCCURRENCE : A BIRTH IN THE STREET !"-- On Tuesday last, about noon, a woman, who had that come from Wales, was suddenly sei ze d, i n H ar dman' street, about fifty yards above Rodney-street, with the pains of labour. As soon as her condition was discovered by the passers-by, persons ran into Rodney -street for a surgeon to attend the delivery. Before one arrived, however, the WO' man was actually delivered, on the flags of the footwalk, of a fine child. Some horse-cloths were brought from an adjoin; ing stable and placed under and around the mother and child. A clothes-rail was also brought, and, some carpet. being thrown over it, a kind of sc reen was ma d e t o keep nn the crowd who had assembled, and who were exceedinglY intrusive in their demeanour. The surgeon, as soon as he arrived, performed the necessary part of his duty. A gentle man then sent for a coach, and the poor woman and her infant were conveyed to the Workhouse. They have since , we understand, done as well as though the delivery had take! ! place in a chamber, with " all appliances and means to boot.' CHARGE OF THEFT FROM "THE HINDOSTAN."—Yef ° terday, an old man, named Robert Disney, and his son John Disney, a youth, were placed at the bar of the police-court , on a charge of theft from this vessel. Police-officer No -253 said, that on Saturday afternoon, he saw the prisoners -- one drawing, and the other pushing a hand-cart from the shed at the Clarence Dock basin, opposite the steam-sbiP Hindostan, and, suspect i ng something wrong, he stop ped them. He found in the cart a quantity of shavings and chips' on two plank s , an d b elow several pieces of new bar a nd other iron, weighing about two cwt., four pieces of mahogan),;' and a pair o f rope - s li ngs. The elder prisoner, it appeare"' was allowed to take the shavings and chips, but not the iron, or wood. Th e i ron h a d b een ta k en f rom a b out t h e s hi p , and the pieces of wood from a workman's bench, opposite to her! where he had loft it on giving over work. The elder prisoner said that he had on former occasions returned any such arti cles or tools which he had found amongst the rubbish, and that he would have returned those produced from his lions' after he found them, as he had not himself loaded the cart: The younger prisoner said the iron, &c. was amongst the rubbish, and lie did not know of them. They were both committed for trial at the sessions. PROPOSED DISSOLUTION OF THE GREAT WEST STEAM-SHIP COMPANY.—It has for some ti me been prettY extensively known that this company has been working at heavy loss, and were becoming involied in serious difficultie s : On Tuesday last a special meeting of proprietors was held at the offices of the company, in Bristol, " for the purpose 0 ' taking into consideration the best means of selling, or other wise disposing of, or applying, the yard, workshops, and tool 3 of the company, and making such order or resolution, 311 , adopting such proceedings in reference thereto, as maY,'",, deemed expedient," at which, after a long discussion ant.' . full exposition of the affairs of the compa n y, a resolution was passed to the effect, " that a committ ee o f t en proPri i i etors be appointed to confer with the dire c t ors , an d to afib r 3 them advice and assistance in any arrangement which 0 might be thought desirable to adopt." It appeared that t o complete the building of the " Great B r it a i n ," now 1 . 1 P2 , t the stocks, the original estimate for which was £75,000, ,u"d which will cost £ 76 , 116 , about £lO,OOO would be requigo to be raised by the shareholders in addition to £l 5, 0 already owing to the company's bankers. To meet theii, amounts, a sum, nearly equivalent, is in arrear c a d• alreadym ades,ubut,pme doubt exists of their being recover e i ; and two calls estimated to produce £13,000 remain to be m ade. The feeling of th e mee ti ng appeared to be, tha t 41 , " Great Western," and the ship now building, with the" 1 1 0, tire works of the c om p any, s h ou ld b e di sposed o f to the " de vernment, or to the best customer which could be produce