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Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 11 iDAY,NOVEAIBER 18, 18 OUR intelligence from the seat of war yesterda came down to the retreat of the Russian army upon kustrian province o Cronstadt, the capital of the Transylvania The Russians in adopting this linE of retreat upon the Austrian territory, must hav( in view one of two objects, which is, either to compromise the Austrian Government by some act which shall bring them into open hostility with England and France, or on the plea of Austria neutrality, to claim protection from the Turk while they were recruiting their strength, and pr€ paring for a fresh invasion of the Principalities The Turks having, as we stated yesterday, detached a strong force through Servia, to intercept the re treat of the Russians, is also an event which in- creases the difficulties attending the observant of a strict neutrality on the part of the Austrian Cabinet That the Turkish troops will succeed in their attempt to cut off the retreat of the Russian army is highly probable, considering the extraordinary alacrity with which the movement was undertaken And should an engagement take place, another victory on the part of the Turks, may save Austria from the awkardness of the dilemma in which she would be placed by th,3 presence of two hostile armies on her territory The most intense public interest is felt as to the movements of the belligerent armies in this direc tion. In the mean time Austria is taking every precaution to preserve tranquillity on her frontiers and an army of observation has just been established on the lower Drave ; while from the accounts received from Bucharest, dated November 13, it appears that the Russian General, OSTEN SACKEN, at the head of 50,000 men, had crossed the Pruth, and was hastening by forced marches to Jassy, th( capital of the Turkish province of Moldavia. Th( difficulties attending the mar( ;la of so large a body of troops over the wide extent of marshy country which lies between Jassy and Bucharest or Golatz and which is almost impassible, leav but littl( hope of their being able to lend any very material assistance to the retreating forces. Should they succeed, however, in forming a junction with Prince GORTSCHAKOFI who must till be somewhere PASHA'S dif- between Galatz and Bucharest, OMAR i ficulties will be somewhat grey r than they are at present. The h chief has, however apprehended, it is evi some such move• ment, and before the Russian reinforcements can reach the Prince, he ma shared the fate which awaited the Russians at Oltenitza. But in any case, it appears impossible fc the Russian ssion of the Principalities for troops to hold% posse the winter Already, out of an army of men, and 264 guns, which crossed the Pruth it July, only 30,000 or 40,000 men are forthcoming. The reports received by way of Trieste, from Constantinople to the 7th instant, state that the Turks had taken the fort of Checkwetit on the 28th ult., in which they captured 2,000 stand of arm and 1,000 men. Several Russian had arrived from Batoum, and more were ex risoners of wa pected N. small Turkish squadron was cruising in the Black Sea, and two British, and two French line-of-battle ships are lying off Therapia fo. present. It was also reported, that a new note bad arrived at the Turkish capital, with instrue- tions to the Ambassadors of England and France to recommend it to the Porte ; :but there appears to be a decided objection on the part of the Turks to its being signed. The city was perfectly tranquil. The intelligence received via Vienna of the same date as that from Trieste (Nov, 7,) states that, large masses of troops are concentrated on the Asiatic frontier, and that the SULTAN had received the title of" The Victorious." Heavy rains had fallen mi the 10th and 11th inst., by which the Danube ls greatly swollen, the roads rendered impassa- ble and military or )ns impeded. To this, all )f which is probably true, the Vienna reports add the following rumour:- The Turkish arim )artly cut off, and routed." This must be entirely false, as all the information received in this country )ncurs in confirming the reported success of the Turks; and the advises received from Paris lat yesterday afternoon state, 'that 'another important victory had been gained by the Turkish arm the SULTAN has purchasel 40,000 Vincennes car bines in Paris, for which the Turkish Ambassador is said to have paid 2,000,000 francs. The number Hof guns carried by the French, English, Tu'rliish, nd Egyptian ships of war, now at the service of he OTTOMANS, is about 5,000. The reported cap- Lure of a Russian frigate, near Trebizonde, by the Turkish fleet, and the wretched condition of th from sickness and bad food, are fully confirmed; and also that the Poles, who had urged from le Russian ser- vice, as they could not fight for the Greek religion ad been shot Thus when we approach any event in Russian history, humanity is outraged, and every feeling of honor roused to the utmost indignation. Nicuo- LAS may yet live, however, to hear the voice of earthly retribution vibrating in his despotic ear and feel the hand of vengeance upon his impious Person. The horizon which surrounds his savage sway is growing darker and darker as the cau s( of civilization prog a glorious strug- ;le after all, and England may be proud of being the " great powei ) which the CZAR shows h: diabolical obsequiousness the days of secret diplomacy and Ministerial apathy, in case where war actually exists, may be said to be numbere( 'he men of Manchester have been, as usua in all cases of National emergenc: the first in the North to show every town and village its bounden duty, as well as it vital interests And they were fortunate in havir :cured such able Kpounders of Russian per filly and Turkish. rights, as the hero NAPIER, and that br beaten Itesman DAVID UUQUHAF These men know the true designs of the AUTOCRAT and the real position of British interests in the How to resist the formei thauthe gallant and tried Admir Eastern hemisphere. few kuow.bett( and no man is more competent to form a jus estimate f the Sultan, than Mr. I RQIJIIART, whose valuable services in Turkey, have not, owing tc some Downing-street jealousy, been duly r cognised and appreciated by his fellow-country- For a period o more than twenty years Mr been associated with State subversion of the Czar's power URQUHART'S name has measures for the in the OTTOMAN Empire. His counsel ought there- fore to be r eived with the utmost attention As for Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S political predilection we need only say, they are British ! He is in fact more a man, of the Empire, than citizen. He knows the value of a true ally and he knows how to handle a designing enem " Then round him gather," for although he be not a king, he is a British sailor, and it is such that England must oppose .to the audacious Mus- covite, and that blundering diplomacy that makes England appear the tool of Russian mendacity. But before we send him to sound " the horn of chase" after the flying Russians let us see him in Liverpool. .He has been hailed from the Mersey before now, or we are much mistaken, and let the Mersey again hail Sit C HARLE A banquet at the Town Hall of Liverpool, to this sea-going hero, wilt be a relief to the ordinary, every-day scenes, we are called on to record from that hot-bed of -. Here we pause for certain reasons. Still we have hope for better things, and let us not be disappointed in the treat of seeing a venerable old sailor laying down in the " second sea- port of the Empire," the true course our country ought to pursue at a crisis when secret diplomacy might have thrown millions of our maritime pro perty into the hands of the Imperial enemy. If anything be wrong. in Downing-street, let nothing be ' wrong in the North. Let Liverpool hear the truth, and invite a NAPIER, and a sailor, to tell it. This is our earnest advice. A full report of the anti-Russian meeting at Manchester yesterday, will be found in another part of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES them ! " Yes, my good sir "Sror my Paper! ball only be request The above must be than an imaginary q too happy to comply with your garded as somewhat more And as stion and an it is a circumstance of frequent occurrence—in deed, we have had a little experience in that way ourselves—we rather feel disposed to generalise a little on the privileges of the Press and the consummate folly of interfering with those privi- l eges " The boy is father. to the man." So, it would appear. In this " topsy-turvy " age everything is taking a false position. At one period 'twcre dif ficult to find seven wise men i n p o li s h e d G reece. With us the difficulty is to discover so many idiots !We are all SOLOMON'S—in embryo. Wise, undoubtedly—in our own understandin g. The pupil takes the place of the master—the hea . rer of the speaker—the taught of the teacher —the cri tised of the critic—and " smart young men,' push sages from their stools. Something of this kind was apprehended in the time of BURNS, when— " Reverend greybeards raved and stormed That beardless 'addles Should think they better were informed, Than their auld daddies." One would think, however, that the conservatism of the Press should not be menaced with such outré Radical reform. Aye, but it frequently is and if Editors did but attend to half the sugges tions, and flatter half the peculiar idioCyncrasi( and crochety notions of their friends— save us THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. from our friends !"—we should have had a pretty result. D,ANIEL O'CONNELL called the Press " the scourge of tyrant's !" And yet, without venturi on, an expedition to lAlnput,. we can find pigm3 beings enough who would—if they could—scourge he Press ! Impudence ad' Dignity," indeed ! Surely such popinjays requir a GII.LLIVER to pommel them most heartil The Press, we maintain, must not only be free from governmental espionnage. and party doinina it must likewise be independent of indivi- dual control and interf( citizen and )atriot should support a newspaper, provided it lay claim to merit. That is a duty. But at the same time. subscribers that such an act empowered them with anti internal aware that they do not engage a paper as they ver it arrangements aey should bE would a flunkey . —to b subservient to their will —study their foibles—flatter their prejudices— ind obey their commands. If such were the cas each individual would require an organ expressly got up and conduct ed to suit his own whims and ha and exactly in keeping with the shape and colour of Then tailors might witl justice exchange th goose" itself for the gool quill; and could make, as they are wont, every article." to measure," warranting a " good fit !" Lr BROIERE tells us of a writer who. _upon bein quested to compose a speech for the lord mayoi very politely asked for t he measure o. the mouth of his lordship Certainly he remarked, " there is a relation to be observed between tl words an the mouth whic L produces them:.' 'Twill never do, Individuals must not be so le Press aims at being the direct of the public mind, and the conservator of the pub lie morals. If a people, therefore, want to be benefit ted, they must venerate and estimate their preceptors, otherwise little advantage will be derived from whatever efforts might be made for their improve- meat The Press to be healthy, must be free—free as the air and light of Heaven. 'Twill not do for it to cribb'd, cabin'd, and confin'd" by the capric of contemptible despots Stop my paper !" the 3 cry, ifyou say aught against their perturbed notions offend their miserable prejudices, or refuse to cone ply with their paltry and selfish wishes Stop my paper," forsooth! Heavens ! what shall become of THE 7 , 7 STIIIKES 111 PRESTON VUFACTU.RING MEMORIAL TO THE HOME SECRETARY. JURSDA • The draft of a memorial, of which the subjoined is a copy, has been adopted at a general meeting of delegates, and was to be transmitted to Lord Palmerston this day : To the Right Hon. Lord Palmerston, Her Majesty's Princi pal Secretary of State far the Home Department. "We presume, my lord, to address you at this time, be- cause; independent of your well-known sympathies for suf fering humanity, in whatever part of the world it may exist, we understand that your lordship is desi rous o f b e i ng ma d e . . at may affect the peace and harmOn aore detrimental to the manufacturing and commercial interests of this country, than the anxiety, agitation, and confusion which at present per vades these districts ; they destroy that harmony and equili- brium so necessary for the peaceful progress and develop ment of the skill and ingenuity for which we as a p eo pl e are proverbial ; and we feel, my lord, that a serious respon sibility is attached to those who, by a disregard of reason and justice, have brought about this state of things. In order that you may fully comprehend our view of this matter, and we assure You that it is based on incontrover tible facts, we beg your careful co ns id era ti on t o th e follow ine, digest , ' taken from the public documents of our b o dy. We presume that labour has its rights as well as its duties, and that capital h is its duties as well as its rights, and we have yet to learn that it is antagonistic to these principles, peace fully, and at a proper time, to endeavour to get a better re muneration for our labour. My lord, you will remember the depressed state of the cotton trade about the year 1847. At that time the manu facturers of Preston and neighbourhood, made a serious re- duction in our wages ; but die) , promised they would restore it as soon as an improvement justified it. On the first day of June, 1863, -a meeting of weavers took place, and it was agreed that a memorial be sent to each master, respectfully soliciting for an advance of ten per cent, on all fabrics of cloth. The memorialists said— ' We would beg to impress upon you, that a few years ago, when trade was in a depressed state, we submitted to a serious reduction in our wages, in the confident hope when it revived it would honourably be put on again. We have patiently waited to see our expectations realized ; we find that trade is in a most flourishing condition, that the demfind for manufactured goods is on the increase, and we submit for your consideration whether we are not justified in wish ing to participate in good trade ; if we are to receive none of the benefits of a flourishing trade, but to have our wages continually reduced, when every depression takes place, our position will be deplorable." When the hands waited upon their employers for a reply, some treated them with courtesy and respect; but a great majority, with insult and contempt, and many who thug ` l - , m were discharged. and )on the world lord, up to this tim upo irked men and women Id no thought of combina tion or unit natural sympathy that alway will exist among non, if they bel They will assuredly offer us as an hol upon the iltar of their offended vanity ! They will sacrifice us on their—counters ! sport indeed !" top my paper That will be hick put us in mind of " Ominous words Sir EARL pi stle, and his unenviable fate— in Pop. " Coningsby harangues, The Court forsakes him, and Sir BAALAM hangs." THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD CARDWELL, M.P., is at pre sent on a visit to Her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle. THE KNIFE AGAIN.---011 Wednesday evening a man named Michael Sheridan was stabbed by a female in Milton • street. sday night the boots at the Bee Hotel, who had i entrusted by a commercial traveller with ten sovereigns to change for a ten pound note, absconded with the money and has not since been hears of. On Wedne FIRE AT Boon,E. —Last night a fire broke out in the corn mill of,the Messrs. Pollards, Bootle-lane, and before assis tance could be rendered the extensive premises were en veloped in flames. The fire was subdued only when the premises were gutted. The loss, which is considerable, is covered by insurance. Some corn and other property was saved. SUICIDE or A SURGEON BY Paussic ACID.—Mr. Francis Champneys, surgeon, of 112, London-wall, committed suicide on Monday morning, by taking a strong preparation of prussic acid. THANKSGIVING DAY AT NEWCASTLE.—Wednesday was set apart as one of solemn thanksgiving for deliverance from cholera. It was very generally observed, services being held in the various churches and places of worship in the town. WOOL SALES.—The colonial wool sales, which com menced on the 20th of October last, have approached their close, and the better description have met a brisk demand throughout, at prices very little below those current at the last series in August. Wools of inferior quality and con dition have experienced some fluctuations, and shortly after the commencement, up to the week before last, a large pro portion had to be withdrawn. SUICIDE IN HYDE PARK.—On Saturday afternoon, a man, whose name is supposed to be George William Cotterill, was found hanging inside a hollow tree in Hyde Pa r k, quite dead. At the inquest held on Wednesday, the police con stable stated that his attention was called, by two boys, to a man hanging inside a hollow tree near the receiving house of the Royal Humane Society. He immediately went to the spot, and saw the deceased's feet hanging in front of the hole in the tree by which the deceased must have entered, but which was some distance from the ground. He then found that the deceased was hung to an inward projection by a silk handkerchief. The deceased, when found by the boys, had been dead some hours. In his pockets a paper was found, with the following written in pencil :—" I die a victim, and not a self-murderer." GERMAN EMIGRANTS AND THEIR BAGGAGE.—The Lord Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, having had under their consideration the request of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, to be per_ mitted to convey the baggage of emigrants arriving from Germany at the port of Hull, without examination, to Liverpool for reshipment, their lordships have expressed themselves prepared to grant the privilege requested, pro vided the railway company arrange to have the baggage in question removed from the ship, as at present, direct into lock-up vans in Hull, which could be removed across the Humber, and placed on the railway, and then carried to Liverpool under existing regulations. ARRIVAL OP THE VALDAVIA. —The South Pacific Mail Company's new screw steamer, Valdavia, arrived in the Mersey (yesterday) f r o m th e Clyde. She was built by the Messrs Caird and Co., of Grfnock, and is a vessel of 760 tons burthen, propelled by engines of 130 horse power. Her length is 192 feet, breadth of beam 283 feet, and depth 15 feet. • The Valdavia, on her voyage here, made the run from the Clock light to the Bell buoy in 10 hours 57 minutes, being an average of about ten knots an hour, a very respectable performance everything considered, The Valdavia is intended to sail on her first voyage to the Pacific about the end of the present month. She is commanded by Capt. Itolt, and promises to be a favourite on the line. Tier outward appearance is graceful, her internal fittings com bine comfort with elegance. She has cabin accommodation for about 180 passengers. MR.' GLADSTONE AND THE NEAPOLITIAN PRISONS. Every one knows the tremendous effect produced through out England by the publication of Mr. Gladstone's pam phlet on the prisons of Naples .The subject was so good, and handled with such vigour, that it made its appearance like a projectile in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and spread terror throughout the capital whose dark prison recesses it revealed. Mr. Gladstone reaped the full benefit of the effort he had made, and the popularity he attained by it was more lasting than that of his financial schemes. But very few people know how near was the public to lose the fruits of Mr. Gladstone's labours and spirit. On the eve of a publication which could not but seriously damage the Neapolitan government in the eyes of the world. Mr. Glad stone consulted Lord Aberdeen, expressing his desire to suspend the publication, if it was likely that the mere threat of it would induce the King to soften the rigour bf his treatment against political prisoners. Lord Aberdeen wrote :o the government at Naples, stating Mr. Gladstone's in tention to refrain from publication if the facts revealed were attended :to in a becoming spirit, and if young Poerio, the chief of those who were implicated in the affair of the " Unita Italiana," should be restored to liberty. Lord Aberdeen's communication went to Naples through the hands of Prince Castel Cicala, the Neapolitan Minister in London, and was adiressed directly to the Marquis Fortu nato, Minister of Foreign Affairs. However, it came to pass—whether it seemed to the Marquis Fortunato that to put such conditions before the King was insulting to his d►gnity, or whether Ferdinand, acquainted with this fact, refused to yield—the result was that no answer returned to London from Naples, and the pamphlet of Mr. Gladstone was published.-- Two PORTRAITS OF THE CZAR.—In the well-known Letters from the Baltic, Nicholas is thus drawn in pen and ink : "His face is strictly Grecian—forehead and nose is one grand line ; the eyes finely lined, large; open, and blue, with a calmness, a coldness, a freezing dignity, which can equally quell an insurrection, daunt au assassin, or paralyse a peti tioner : the mouth regular, teeth fine, chin prominent, with dark moustache and small whisker; but not a sympathy in his face! His mouth sometimes smiles, his eyes never." Mr. Punch, having studied the czar in his works, is disposed to put forth another sketch ;as thus—His face is strictly all cheek; forehead and nose one grand round- a b out curve ; the eye s l arge, open, roun d , and expressive as a cannon's mouth ; cannon that can quell an insurrection, or slaughter innocence; the mouth curved and sinii:icant as a scimit ar teeth large an d prom i nen t as chevaux-de-frise ; the face alto; gether a national death-warrant. The mouth, like scimitar steel, sometimes glistens—the eyes never.—Punch,. - )een called into their fel lave had nc our demands were unreasonable ; theref us to •ow around our sufferir brethren the shield of pl.( tection, and act in union and concert against future acts c despotism This is the real cause of our organisation which at .esent exists, not formed to dictate, but to assist, by peen jury aid, those who have been thrown out of employment nr soliciting their just claims, and we now appeal to, and fall back on, public opinion for protection. But, my lord, we may be asked what grounds we had to ippose that our masters were in a i to redeem ti So stro. y did we feel mjustly, - by being deceived by ances, that a manifesto was agreed• to at a large public meeting of our body on th e 16th July, 1853, in which we made the following proposals : " If on the other hand we look around us at the present time, and at the state of trade for the last five years, we •ous were we not t find the current prices for goods far superior to What the were at the former period; we find hands scarce, and milli, and workshops springing up mushroom-like on every hand ; we see evidence of accumulated wealth in every form and shape, testifying to the prosperity which exists. The Press sings its praises, and your orators make it the theme of every discourse. It has formed a paragraph in every "Royal Speech," and both `• Houses of Parliament " by their divi sions have attested to its truth ; yet the great body of mas ters, with a few honorable. exceptions, declare that they are unable to let u! honorable adheren have no desire to b to their word." parties to keep un t nism and excitement without gootcau - so. Our labor is our only wealth, and the miserable wages we receive for it our only reward. But we here publicly and solemnly declare that if we were not cop.vinced that our masters are able to dive the required advance, we would be the last to request it ; if we are laboring under a misconception, we wish to have oar minds disabused; if we are in error, let it be proved by plain facts. We wish to see peace and concord reign throughout the empire amongst all classes of the community c 'nsistently with our own rights and duties, and to accom plish this object, we propose for the consideration of the masters of Preston :-Ist. That if they will prove that the same necessity which.caused them to reduce our exists,. and prevents them raising our wages at tl time, and that it is incompatible with the state jury of disinterested qen tl emen o f respecta bi l i ty and uuLoie expe rience, that they are in as bad a position now as when the reduction took place in 1847, we will abandon our claims to a more favorable time." My Lord, in these proposals you will perceive:that we had placed ourselves entirely at the disposal of our employers, if they were really unable to give an advance; but we were treated with nothing but silence and contempt. In the meantime two of the manufacturers had given the advance; and about the middle of August, advances had been made of full ten per cent, at Stockport, Blackburn, and other places throughout the manufacturing' districts. Preston has been .proverbial for paying a low rate of wages, much less than other. towns in Lancashire ; but it appears our masters were stimulated by the example of other places, and they simultaneously offered an advance with a few exceptions, some less than ten per cent., -nd the con some more; but -four firms refitsed altogether sequence was, that disputes and strikes arose between them and their workpcople. Strikes took place at two firms where the masters had offered an advance, but not equal to what the hands anticipated, and as much stress is laid upon these two disputes, as the cause of the masters closing their mills, we beg to state, that if an inquiry was p ro p er ly made, would be found that it was not the fractional dispute as it has been represented, but it was the way in which that advance was given, which caused that irritation and ill feeling, which induced the hands . to considered to be a studied imposition. At the advance w given, lamp: v factorily and harmoniously; but it was an understood thing, that if all the masters did not give an advance the others would be obliged to take it off again, and we were naturally led to appeal to the public to . support those on striko in order to retain the general advance. But, on the September, a bill appeared on the walls signed by 35 firms, giving notice to close their mills in one month, "unless those now on strike are prepared to resume their work, and a better understanding is established between the employer and employed." In order that no justifiable grounds for inflicting such a calamity as now threatened should exist; deputations of the operatives of three of those mills, wher disputes existed, waited upon their respective employ r - -i ers; and were prepared (if possible) t o have brought things to an arrangement. Now, mark you, at Messrs. Birley Broth ers , th e y were told that it could only be settled by the committee. At Messrs. Taylvre' they . were driven from the works ; and at Messrs Swainsou..Brothers, they pretended not to know theth and would not hear them speak. We presume, my lord that it would tak( people to -1 proceatings of these gentlemen ; but v appeared cut oft sume work, and prevent the inno committee then -undertook on bet weavers, to 'address a letter to Mr. I Ainsworth, both justices of the peace, ____ and president of the associated millowners ; in which we pr poSed the following Ist. That ddepittation of employ( meet a deputation of their work people for the purpose of d: cussing and arranging the differences : or if this be objectio able, we propose, 2ndly. That th e ma tt er i n di spu t e b e re f ern 'to arbitration, each, party to appoint an equal number of exiA rienced men, unconnected with the strike, and that R. Parker, Esq., be the umpire. If this does not m views, we revpectfully request you to make a desire to come to an honourable arraneemen )y the - operatiyes on on equity, W Le answer we r( I _was, ' We beg, m It them tion could not receive those wino lord, to inform you that though it has been combination of work people had forced the mas, bination for mutual protection—long before a rr • " 0 place in this tow n , the emp l oyers h a d - an association, and tha weekly meetings of their body had taken place, find appeare in the public journals. But other parties ofgreat respecta bility and influence, have endeavoured to approach our mas ters for the purpose of arranging the dispute, and they re ceived the following answer :—" At a meeting of the Corn mittee of the Masters' Association, held on Wednesday, th 15th of October, at the Wi nc hl y Cl u h , Preston, Mr. Thoma Miller in the chair,j it was resolved that, acting on the p ciple that has hitherto guided the a committee, with a due appreciation of by which the gentlemen n is unanimously of gested by the St. Paul's School Committee, is, in the pre temper of the operatives, undesirable.—Thomas Chairman William Ainsworth, Honorary Secretary." My Lord, we appeal to you whether the ntervic that st displ'ayed in' ti became men and women desiring to effect a mi inent. We have never been publicly informe dur . employers havnto pursue the course they I sideut of the masters' association has borne -t - • • )urth of th rms in t of firms no no instanc rs, and they too ;hadow of with th bad as t ably come to is, ti Dr what purpos, have entered 1 th an idle and disco Lev are deprived pr , ccurred in 1 nl lead to T TOUT c extent town are working their. Some thousand; of the hau& Ts—have not riven where not one haiid has ?port of the strikers ; they ra th6ir daily brf 1-feelin with their em- been turned into th, at they are d zely into this unfortunat ,ed people, discos the means of rict mpossible - that the peace of the ( litherto, we have each and all used o elings, in order to prevent .hbouring town ; but ac- :ng may exist is uncertain. 'our Lordship can adopt ,o an arrangement. We not rest with us. tines, and formed ) set us the example ? If we have ap iled to public opinion, and enlisted its sympathy, who owed us the value of it, when it could be used for their [lave col amon :st our- ;lees some few hundred pounds in a week, who used to giv( ieir thousands ? If we were so foolish as to believe trad( ?od, who told us so ? Or of we wished to ( e certain to participate in joy its .e now punish- !, and placing Credit in ou, in conclusion, that though cannot linments that our will find us always prepared lie memorial was signed by the chairman on behalf of COLLIERS STRIKE AT WIGAN. WIGAN, THURSDAY NIGHT. •an district are now at full - '^ithew House at Pendle to Messrs. W. 50 colliers, and many drawers, uc strike. In no case have ,urn-outs succeeded in obtaing any advance whatever. may also be mentioned that the colliery belonging to the latn John Darlington, at Coppull, near Aliers in the Wi k, with .c exception of N ind Bispham at Orrell, both belonging ind Co., who employed about 2 I)ef men not having gone to work ed in the Wigan district. rprietors and their repre iv last) ' was held this Peaece, manager to the There was ivies' (postpone at eleven ,ud the prOceedings lasted about two tours.. It appear( hat the colliers wei Lion of the meeting hat they could effect tial st Igainst Alessi& Branckers and Co., f successful, might be the forerunner of. ()the' strikes; though the masters seemed reluctantly t again to a-general closing of the pits, yet ,it was thA n r. • . ''-*1 ought to adhere to passed at previous meetings, to act in concert attempt on the part of .the men to gain an ad my of them. It was therefore resolved that all the employers, who are members of the association, should give notice to the men in their employment, that if the miners did not return to work at Walthew House and Bispham Colleries, the whole of their pits .would be closed that day fortnight (Dec. Ist) the meeting was also adjourned to that day fortnight. There was no crowd, and not even a group of colliers near the Royal Hotel, during the holding of this meeting.; a great contrast compared with the mob which surrounded the house on Friday, the 28th ult., and commenced the fearful riot which then occurred. As far as we can learn, the number of men who have been on strike, but have returned to work within the last few days, is as follows :—Haigh Colliery, (Earl of Crawford's) 750; Uupholland, (ditto) 60 ; Ince Hall, 550 ; Kirkless Hall, (Messrs. J. Lancaster & C0.).220 ; irkless Hall, (Mr. It. A. Thiek - nesso's) 90 ; Spring Bi-anch, 60 ; Holme House, (Mr. 11. Woods) 60 ; 1d Taylor) 120 ; Moss (Nuttall . mid Caldwell's) - 250 ; Mr. A.•F. 1 1-lalib 7 urton's Ince) 110 ; Do. (Gidlow Lane) 34 : Messrs. Blundell and '3ons (Pemberton) 45: Do., (Ince 40; Winstanley, (Mr. Vankes's) 46 ; Messes. A. Eccles and Sons, 30; Rose 3ridge, (Mr. J. A. Case's) 100; Douglas Bank, (Do.) 26; AI - cat-wood llull, (Aloczrg. J. ICay and Cc's) 20 ; 111 - nssrg J. Taylor and Co., '(Standish) 120 Bull Ring, (Messrs. Dut ton and Co.) 30; Blaekrod, (Messrs. Ridgway and Co.) 40 ; Messrs. 11. Harrison and Co's., 25 ; Messrs. Whaley and Son, 50 ; Messrs. J. Tayleur, and Co's., 50 ; Messrs. Bar ton and Winders, 35; Executors of Mr. J. Rylands, 70. Total 3.031. To these 3,031 colliers 'must be added quite as many drawers, giving a total of 6062. And this is exclusive of the number of men and boys who had not ceased working, a few of the masters having: conceded the advance when demanded. Of the latter there will be about 700 colliers and drawers. If to these there be also added the number on strike, 280, and as many drawers, we have a total of up w a r d s o f 7300 who were employed in the coal pits cf the Wigan District. BAIVKRUPTUY CO E STE RDAY. &R. COMMISSIONER PERRY IN re PEVERELLE.—The examination of the bankrupt's uncle was resumed yesterday. Mr. PEMBERTON said in' this case he appeared for the witness, Mr. Louis Peverelle, who not alone produced; his books, but also four letters which had been written to him by the bankrupt, and received by him on the several dates mentioned on the post-marks, namely, 28th and 24th of August; 20th and 24th of September. There was one or two:discrepances in the plaintiff's evidence to his Honor on the last occasion. He then stated he had altered his books. This appeared -to be wrong : he had merely made in his ledger an entry or transcript of what his Honor had seen ; but his day-book had not been altered, and it s h owe d under several daies that goods were delivered amounting to £lOO, unmutilated. He had only caused an additional entry to be made in_his ledger to bring the amount up to £4Ol. The COMMISSIONER : Then the led altered. ger is, to a certain Mr. PEMBERTON : No, not altered, but an additional and original entry made to correspond with the account sent. The COMMISSIONER: The witness said on the last occasion the ledger was not touched at all, but that the . day-book was altered. Mr. PEMBERTON : Yes ; he had gone through the letters, and he was sorry to say those letters bore out what the witness had stated on his previous examination. Louis Peverelle was then examined by Mr. Yates.—lre stated he produted four letters which he received from the bankrupt, dated 20th and 24th of August, and 16th and 23rd of September, 1853, in all of which letters the bankrupt requested him to increase his claim against the estate from £lOO to £4OO, and to prepare his books so as to be able to substantiate the claim for the larger amount. One of the letters, under date 24th of August, is as follows : " The account is quite correct. Respecting what we have done after the fire is no businesss to any one. Do not fear of me saving too much t ) any one ; and them as are so busy about it, you may till them to go to ." Another letter from the bankrupt requested the witness to alter his book, so that it might appe.tr the goods were delivered before the fire_and not after. Those letters were in the hand-writing of the bankrupt, Joseph reverelle, and i 6 was in consequence of his writing those lette rs , and requesting me that I in -crease my claim for £lOO to £4OO. He mentioned it to me - before, -verbally, asking me to do so, but I had declined, and he then sent me those letters, When I received those letters, I had - been informed that the bankrupt had filed a petition for arrangement with his creditors in this court. lam not aware that I received a circular from the court to this effect, but I received a note to send in my account. I produce my ledger, day-book, and carriers' receipt book. The account, debtor and creditor, which I now produce, is correct, and the t amount due to me by the bankrupt is £BB 3s. 10N. was here examined at some length, as to the 311 had been made in his books to increase the amount ,of his account from £lOO to £4OO, with a view to having the facts properly elicited and placed on the file.) He was then asked whether he had any objection to a memorandum being made in the books, so that at a future period they might be identified. Mr. PEMBERTON Objected, and contended it was anunusual course which ought not to be sanctioned. The COMMISSIONER said it was very important that those (The witn objection to a memorandum being The several memorandums were then ,CO/VIMISSIONER : Those letters of course will remain in court. Mr. YAW They will be placed on the file of course. LONER said this was doubly mischievou; petition for arrangement was before the court it would not be necessary for him to swear to th( Mr. PEMBERTON marked there was no desire to carry -there was no power of attorney to ,ngement—supposing there was an in ,ugh other than bona fide. dangerous to lave a power of attorney, with the proof of Mr. Peverelle. Mr. PEVERELLE : Very dangerous indeed. COMMISSIONER : Ile could not get his debt in haul but he might have got his dividend. of this fraud ; it sCareel. .11 be eiig ;crated because the bankrupt himself PEMBERTON suggested this matter had better not be The proceedings were then adjourned AND COM_YERCIAL MONETARY buor _.. Lust none of its - rfe zt s from the East being in P e l e f. die feeling in favour of T ur bu t ols. advanced to 95 BuYers, for bile afternoon some heavy sal es . 46 4 money were pressed on th e mar k e t whert.P,',l o receded per cent. They subsequently i.,rain and clo se d firmly "tit fititherna ore thanLeost, LIVERPOO A x EVE The Linden ancy to day, the kebping with before S. to is Consol Bank Sto( 5 for aecu• - et d-a - quar ter P 0 218; EsebiVjg )ek market wa t to sell at -- 111 11 :1 Ri t iaul o atsul l sri l lil i Y F inti :P u:: t ered 0 5c cents. 94 to 98k; Mexicans were firm at 24 i l if 24;i; Spanish. were weaker at 44i- t o al; II" which v m amo. deferred 21 to 22k; passive 4t to 4. rei In the Railway Sh ares M ar k et an imPr- o to e feeling prevailed, but. the business done lO s cio o limited to' produce any decided change. L° l3 ( 15, and North Westerns closed at 1021-; 611 to 62±; North British, 28 to 29; York, .., 184 0 castle and Berwick, - 642 to 651; York and - 5° , 1 ,1 . . Midland, 471- ; to 481; Leeds Northern, 121 to Lancashire and Yorkshire, 641 to 651-; Great .I.\ ern 83 to 84; Ambergate and Nottingham, to 55. Gold and Land Shares were not active. get scrip closed at par to prem.; Agricult ll ;. 41 to- 43; North British Australian, - 1 ,„ to p r , e- 3 . 7 ', Peel River, ~toprem.; South Austr a lian 9 3 5 1 1 .0 The London produce ma r k e t s are repor ted to day, with a steady busi ness . Sugars genes were in demand. The sal es amounte d ' to 587 iwat Refined and foreign sorts' .were also more so li ls for at very full prices. Coffees were firm ; 1 11. 736. 1 unchanged ; Native Ceylon,' 465. to 475.; itit.„ ) ::4 to 475. Teas s o ld ex t ens i ve l y, Congous u'q,lll chiefly in- demand at_from Is. 4 d . to Is. 10d. ",r tallow market was:much excited, fine P.Y.C. ed at 565. ;3d. to 565. 6d., and after considero ot competition, they closed at 59 5 , t o 60 s. on the sP e d Cotton was quiet but firm. Scotch pig-iron cb )s te f at 79s to 795. 6d. For Co c hi nea l th ere was a gretiar demand at advancing rates. Rice was not ill mand, but prices remain unaltered a shade to-day than it has been for some tithe past, , he li g ht ness o f stocks and arrivals from tl-1,,e-ce Any advinc e i n p r i ces w hi ch may J.-elf _ —ce on these shall ow gro u n d s, i s no t 111 , 1 ) : ,e sustained, c ons id er i ng t h e l arge stocks' „di' arrivals in the port of Li verpoo l w i t h the re',d rAtch always at ha n d. Wh ea t rep' li V ' advance on the rates of this l : re , week. klour, is. more pe r sac k . an d 0 0 Oats were in moderate d eman d at l ast Thurso'' ef , rates. Oatmeal was 6d. to is. per load elle tt f Beans were a trifle loWer. the Manchester corn market terioi ken p 1 means of de 2d. per busl • The Manchester market for cloth and yarn 5 , 1 Thursday up to to-d a y . h as i ncrease d i n &Jil l ; and the same indispositi on t o d o b us i ness is fest with all classes of buyers. Short time ing is confidently talked of, even if the OS as producers are not able to disP )s f r i The market is quite 0 0 , and only the legitimate" - orders are given ou t t o supply iulter diate and pressing wants. The downward dency of prices is quite evident. The Birmingham corn market was well suProf to-day with wheat. Trade was dull, but I ° v, rate* were not accepted, Barley was ful i l ld lower. • Oats were 6d. to is. p er qua rter A OO l were in fti% from any tendenc% eas the quotatior of t W he buyer. JoY e here subjoin the corn averages t o Thu (to-day,) November 17th : Wheat, weekly, 735. 7d. ; agregate, 695. 3d ," 2d. Barley, „ 42 5 . • , ~ 40s. 7 ' Oats, ~ 255. 5d.; 245• ' 4 ' . „ Rye, , 425. 7d . ; 40s. 8 " A " Beans, 40s. 9d. 7. 475. 1(' 9, ; le Leeds Stock Exchan Klibited activity, and railway shares'were more in den Eastern Union (B.) clos e d 81 ; La n eas' t,fe Yorkshire, 65 - Leeds North ern (fifths i" North Westerns, 7 15-16. • The 7 - and steady - in price. 111 e sales to between 5,000 and 6,000...ba1e* were Our tak sh en ti . r o e p a e ri c i t e t . l t a h ti a ‘7 s n b a e n e d n f r o e v , again today, and )nol cotton market imotau r - i CWhich ,sport. ads b n l u e °ca our L.Lollo. , . follels°/ We give the curre n t p r i ces o f G o ld, as rates to assist the merchant i n ca l cu l a ti n g the tag Foreign Exchange, by th e ac t ua l cu rrent ra— bullion, as last reported VS. BULLION MARKET AND FOREIGN EXCLIANG- London, 775. 9d. ; Paris, —; Hamburgby --- ,; J3e , sterdam, ---; Vienna, —; St. Petersburg, f ' o di•O! lin, —; Milan, • Constantinople, • A1ex 0. a .„.. .„, —; Bombay, —; ' Calcutta, ; Hong' iconz,; Sydney, 745. 9d. to —s. ; Port Phillip, 775. 6d; A cle • Victoria, 765. 9d. 77s ; Ovens, 765. 6d.; Montreal, New York, £3 6s. Bd. to £3 9s. 2d. ; Boston, £3 17s : eer, 7 Mexico. Brazils, ---- San Francisco. '7 • I - .7 7 -- long, 775. 6d. ; Fingal, 725.; Melbourne, 775. South- Wales, average, 765. 2id. We subjoin a return of the Foreign EV/ 111/3 0 ° ot calculated according t o th e L on d on Mi n t pv P 3 17s. 10 1 -d. the ounce : , hort, 11 41-Sto Amsterdam, ---- do 2 months, 1161 19 ; Rotterdam, 3mR 11 18i to X l9,` ; t 4 3m. 25. 35 to —4O ; Brussels, 3m.2535 to 0 V Hamburg, 3 m. 13 361 t o 13 NV Paris, short, _ _•' do, 3m.2525 to 24 70 ; M arse ill es , 3 m•• to 42 ; Frankfort, 3m. 1194. to 119 f ; Vienna, 3 111 Q• . 1 3.1°; to 19 ; Trieste, 3 m. 11 35 t o 11 40 ; Petersburgh, 3°"54: 31-16; Madrid, 3 m. 50 10 t o —; Cadiz, 3 m. 00 1- 0 5.5 u. Leghorn, 3 m. 30 10 to 30. 20 • Genoa, 3' m. 25 4 5 to lof Naples, 3m. 411 to 55 2; Palermo, 3 m. 1241 to n d, Messina, 3 m. 1241 to 125 ; Li s b on, 3 m, —to 541, ; 'T-se" 3 m. 53h to 53 7 ,,t- ; R. Janeiro, 60 days, 27d to 28d; i d York, ditto, 1091 to 109/ ; Boston, ditto, to —; Gold in bars, £3 17 s. 9d . ; Mexican Dollars, - Os. Od. ; in bars stand, O s. Od . ; East India Company's Bills. 6 re, Bills 60 ds ; Cal cu tt a C o ' s R upee, 2s. ld. ; Bom b ay d°' 3,J. 2s. 1d.3-16 ; Madras do., 2 44d ; Hong . Kon g , 6s• 1 (0 6s. 6d. ; Sydn e y, 30 ds. dis., 1 pr. ; Adelaide, 30 d s ' o 0 pr. ; Launceston, 30 di s ., 1 pr.: H o b art Town , ,2 ; 4 1OP 0 dis. 1 pr. ,• Wellington, &c., dis. 1 dis., 2 pr. u r ,'„, o o, pr. ; Alexandria, 992 ; Shangae, 7s. 2d. to 7s. Od.; r - 611 7s. 9d. to —. ' • Victoria, 2,1 - - ; Jamaica, 1; Trinidad' St. Thomas's, 32 ; Berlin, 6 161. po:' THE FUNDS, STOCK AND SHARE MARKET, 1-'64‘ CLOSING PRICES. 10 . Thursday, November 1 7 . 11 1 1 0%7 ENGLISH MARKET. London and N. W.. • • .., . i 0 Consols Account . . 943 5 London and S. W. •• • Do. Money Bank Stock ............ 217-18 Lincolnshire .• •••• of ? Exchequer Bills, L. .. i Midland Stock ........ 0 , 3 v Do. S. ~ 1 4 7 pm. North British ....... • Three and a Quarter per - Do. Preference ..... • cent. 9s§ 6 Norfolks .... ...... • • RA TTAVA 1r SHARES. North Staffordshire • • Am Shrewsbury and Wuxi.bergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction Do. L. a n d N. W. gusr• a , Cale lonian .... South E. and Dover •• 4 ,7 1 0 ; Do. Preference..: 5518 5 1100 York, New., and Ber..v - Bristol and Exeter .. ~ Do. Extension... ••• a East Anglian Do. Preference •• • • 4 1/ " Eastern Counties I2i I3k York and North Mid •• , East Lancashire .... Eastern Union, A . _. _. Do B. &C. Mexican ............. ' ..ill Ediubro' & Glasgow Spanish New Deferred • 4 A Great Northern B3 4 Do. Passives ....... • •4 41 0 1 1 4 A. Do. Threes ... . ...... •. 11r B. Great Western SI i 2i Do. ............... • ... ,3 Lancashire & Yorkshire 644 51 2 LAND S n Aitr , 7 • 4 l,4 Do. Fifths . - /1 13# Agricultural .......... " Leeds North-rn . l2/ 133 North 13. Australian. • • • if f London Brighton and Peel River ........ •• • South Coast 96} 91 South Australia ...... • SHARE MARKETS.—YESTERDAY. 11 G.—The market has been stead, f' 03, 1 A the quotations. The sales aro , 271 ; Eastern Counties, 13 ; Leeds Northels Midland, 611; South Eastern. Stock, 181; York 3 „ 11 el` Midland, H. and S., d. The following are t7i; prices :—Caled on i ans , 274 1 ; E as t ern C oun ties, I '4'o cashire and Yorkshire, 65 s' • London and North she 1027% 3 ; Midland, 61Z- ; South Eastern, In Stock, 201 1. 'ne° s MANCHESTER.—The following was the bi l i l i ci,;el , sll : sacted : Aberdeen, Pref. 6 per cent x.d.w.ina+ 6t Lancashire, and Ch es hir e J unc ti on , I .' ld ; Cale'olllhire,Al4 East Lancashire, 16 5-16 ; L ancas hi re a nd -I "c' rn ", 5 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 204,38; Railway Consols, 61-,0,- 2 ; North Union, - 11 1 2 - iR 5-16. The sales ar( LIVERPOOI closinr firmly nian • 1 —Eastern Union, 31:10,'i 'S' i 65 ; Leeds Northern, I'''. 7 15-1( LEEDS 51 Cle i; • 4) ~onsols for account, 9th De e ' , d .1.11„r . 95 ; Bank Stock, 220+; Dublin a!' . pub Railway debentures, 4 per cent. of £lOO, 100 i ' id, 49. Liverpool Steam Ship Building• Compann 50 Ci 4 cashire and Yorkshir North Western DUBLIN cent Stock wee" t iva " a t 7 It is reported at. Sunderland ardS that on th e - teLIP liament Mr. Hudson will apply for the stew th e fy frOW o Chiltern Hundreds, with a view to retire —O O sentation of that boroUgh. The Conservatives n' Dgman,Dunhar as his successor.• - the s e Lei ( to 31 kebi e nut e (l aYs to ti; thP tt reiv 100 ,0 ,?11„, , o e th t fafay i:ll l l / ora l . fn 4 ttge ever a(11) vt i f f i: thi tirt ( etifie: as , L k k V k tt ,: th-a' Dit e j the If( Of !Ne ~'QY ~~ t} d ~ 'iNb~ 1) a k i (4.„ Ci 1 4 a e t .