The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

BOROUGH. 4 sxon said, he had to apologise to the members of Ze,Xtrended borough for the smallness of the council ": 1 )! for the present, but the intended alterations had p et l e a , efe re d , Bo that the members for Broughton and 3fk a 'on might have a voice and a vote respecting them. 443 aw that the difficulty had been got over, steps would lot th e be tak en for providing better accommodation e members of the council. (Hear. hear). t 0111,,, '.. )cee N OMINATION OF MAYOR. CLERK said the first business on the paper was ''d to the nomination of a fit and proper person to rte e t ed on W ednesday.next mayor for the borough. yi,f_ Alderman AGNEW congratulated the mayor and the 4 1 .1. 0 f the gentlemen present, on the very kind manner o i d ' i aleh the whole of the members of the council, new and it t s t ' e 'net 14le,Biat together. (Hear, hear). And he was quite the gentlemen from Broughton and Pendleton who associated with them, would find that the Salford th Q 131 ,,,ea had been earnest and sincere in the promotion of ben welfare by desiring for the amalgamation, which %rdi i ; el 'would be, one not merely of form, but of heart and I N ;1' 1 , 3 ', (Rear, hear). On looking round as to who 1 ,,4e et „°tetY Person to fill the responsible office of Mayor for Salf ord Year, he had consulted . several gentlemen of the kith hiirrPoration, and their feeling was in perfect unison aci ° , that the choice of Mayor should in the most he 1 1 - ; in anner, be left to the out-townships, that was, that tith er '3'2r should b e chosen from amongst the gentlemen With oo ° ' Broughton or:Pendleton. With that feeling, he other gentlemen, looked up to Mr. Wm. Ross, ' p os e it . l . 0 11, as a gentleman eminently calculated, from his t j'eci 'at from the time he had at his command, having livei„ata busin ess , an d from his having at all times taken p aiifi e c i 'aterest i n th e we lf are o f t h e b oroug h, — em i nen tl y Din e d to discharge with efficacy the duties of the office of %r ib : aie could speak personally as to the interest which ‘ l n leat , - i, sB had taken in the Peel Park Library and Museum. 4 1 a L i ' - t e o a rt He thought Mr. Ross was a most likely gen , called upon to fill the office of Mayor. He I lto4Z o l laulted with several gentlemen connected with h a "ke,,, tl and Pendleton, and every one to whom he had .I? e d' ,"as possessed of the same feeling. (Hear, hear.) He 4,!eave respectfully to name as a fit and proper pe rson der li IL" office of Mayor for the ensuing year, Mr. Al i t Atr.;, s • (Hear, heer.) t• 4,mderinan faANGWORTHY seconded the nomination of Bs t• b . 43 ,_ , as mayor for the ensuing year. He had had great t v iit ta knowing Mr. Ross for many years, and he could - `, l: _confidence, that he was a gentleman fully qualified t • e ,:wharg o f the important duties which the office of 5 4,:„ °41 d impose upon him. (Hear, hear). Mr. Ross 14ms tau a warm interest in all matters calculated to pro- Welfare of the inhabitants, and from his station in 4 4 , ,, ett .kild r i lis i. character altogether, he thought they could not „t6 f° the office of mayor of the borongh a fitter gentle- The Mr. Alderman Ross. (Applause). . Nly .d3lll illation was put from the chair, and carried unani- NOMINATION OF SALFORD ALDERMEN. Zitlii s °/V N CLERK said, the next business for which the 4714„ . to tta,“ . d been called was to nominate four fit and proper IQ the office of aldermen for the Salford district, 7 . 0 l of those who retired by rotation. According to of the Amalgamation Act,if the members of any (y l t tle "Ivere unanimous as to the selection of gentlemen t to tk't,,'Qces, the representatives of the other two but he tZlid probably withhold any opposition : if kz,Z% any township were not unanimous upon the 'C e ll it would become the duty of the general council 4:1, 1 ,4e question. ili Verinan WORRALL said the gentlemen who retired Messrs. Aldermen Harvey, Jenkinson, Parker.Ad he begged to nominate for Wednesday,re- Messrs. Harvey, Jenkinson, and r.4 1 1: 4 1 for election, Mr. Marsden. . ir "tnlan BAY seconded the nomination. Otti°l4lcillor Tovam proposed, as . an . ame G ndm d en , h °lO l 11 of Messrs. Jenkinson, Higgins, en all, and !f t. OThe'ancillor SANKEY seconded the amendment. _ B to te Was th en t a k en w h en th ere were f or th e amend -I.lt. +tagainst it 30. The amendment was consequently 'iorit y — t . €l motion was then put and carried by a great NOMINATION OF COMMITTEE. i4eall,_ezt business was to appoint a special committee to I ;t4pf the annual committees for each district for the en- I; ea t. After considerable discussion on the motion of I dernian, TIADEx, seconded by Mr. Councillor Pmr bklit 1 1 % the following gentlemen were appointed to repre ;tl 'roumhton in - the special committee :—Alderman q t , 4 04 aid Radford, and Councillors Burgess, Cawley. oqouse, and Long. the motion of tVIr. Alderman SMITH, seconded by Mr. 6114- Bkaaow, the followincr were appointed for Pen . , — Alderman Heelis and tanklyn, and Councillors Leaf Statham, and Weston. _ 6'es 14 tien ' of Mr. Alderman WORRALL, the following k at ., el l 4, 4 ,-hltig g i„'re appointed for Salford :—The Mayor, Alder -1,11,1Q, a ' 8 and Kay, and Councillors Marsden, Davies, 4 0 , C on „ to th e 'eu ter DAVIES moved that it be a recommenda- Ltlenle a .pecial committee, that not more than twelve e 0 appointed on any district committee. to *u t iti v r eu lqr AcvoN seconded the resolution. b laite ' e rMatl WORRALL thought it was not advisable l la Y limitation as to the number to be placed on a 4 tte n • 4 , 4 Y t e PELLETT was of the same opinion. sh ort conversation, howevei, the resolution was Tie ke ' , nig then broke up q 1 411 - I N • GR EAT A N C O ATS, MANCHESTER.—At six 'tie red P a st 9 o'clock on 'Wednesday evening information littit e r e Police yard, Clarence street, Manchester, t hat . a t ti Zsrs, Il y_ l ne Manufactory in Great Ancoats-street, occupied by % .ep t o Ttham and Plant, was on fire. . Mr. ,Rose, Superin ke the Fire Brigade, accompanied by the Thames II I& , a _, •te, e a., t la a strong body of firemen, immediately set off for i, k , t ,c l- : ef conflagration. Mr Rose before leaving the Police 1,7.4;1 . orders that several other engines were to follow, Nti, "Ilgerstood the fire, from information which had reached t1 4: 4 , 1 likely to be a serious one. As the Thames pro- N a 'ong Mosley street the sky presented a peculiar and th e let tn . the k. t i .esque appearance, owing to the vivid reflection of ,+. % II the heavens, and on the arrival of the firemen on l. s°4l e ' t he excitement in the neighbourhood was most Nee 4 ' Th e fire it appears was discovered by two police 1 1 1 11 etf t ' to e rte of them of the detective department, who immediately ' t 'et/ii,„ t ;' a cab to the Police yard; with information that the. ) itt er , 14 question were on fire ; and so rapid was the con '4(l ef th e message, and the response to it from the Police 14: ma t lir. Rose, (the persevering and energetic head of t tf l t e : 4l6, ) and his men were on the spot in about 16 adu lt: I)(l. t he discovery of the fire. But even in that short tt 'tl.o 4k 4l ne that bad elapsed, the fire, owing to the nature of c I R ' NY4ich was dry and very inflammable , had made very 44 p ro I tf , bk. gre ". Portions of the roof had fallen in, and great i 4 :`i4 l -- entertained that the shops situated to the right and k ... " 41 t47 premises on fire would be destroyed. Mr. Rose (14 4 1 t ' i; te lY caused jets to be attached to the high pressure ' s,:t th lt ran through the street, and by this means a n abun tsiarv,l. of water was instantly obtained ; and in a very 01411 tea the firemen were enabled to pour on the building pl,: t a th .l4r ee streams of water, two of which were directed Op L,Nreet in front into the windows, and one w as carried C., 4 ers behind into the room on fi re ; thus the fire was ~a c o 'elt and front. In this way the fire was extinguished c 4 k k illee of hours ; and in fact . after the engines had been to It o ov e ,, 4t a quarter of an hour it was evident that all danger th P ,tz 0 - ,.. The mages of the fire were confined to the upper ,4,146.--0:, buildine, the two lower ones being saved, although 4 tents are conaerailY ` i nured - lf - the water. - The ~4 q ne is estimated to amount to between £ 3OO and t, lt lree i ,"luding the building and stock . The building was g a i'ett,, - ' the Leeds and Yorkshire office for g 1,5(), and is the ~ ors,. ) (4, -rl lat fir. Cutts. The stock was insured in the National , 4, 4, - ' 4 ffice for' £ 6OO. HoW the fire originated is not ! . ?ti l ,„ , qi'',ii--- - '-'= , ASTERN AND CONTINENTAL STEAM PACKET rip,Nci a .,." - A special Meeting or this company was held on i q 'k l , 4 > St the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge, for the 4, 1 '4 t i ° , f finally dissolving the company. and completing the , the j eight steamboats, mid other - property of the company 4 L 4 lie ea ' °ll th Eastern Railway Company, as authorized by "I't " I t; Mr. J . Macgregor, M.P., in the chair. The k 4 at % t a .. , that the balance at the disposal of the company 11 t, l'y t ?' °9l , which included the sum of £99,406., pay- Vti 41 ,.'e . South Eastern Railway Company for the eight 'lttferle belonging to the Steam Packet company, on their fl tip' a balance in cash at the bankers of £ 38,366. N!°l7 -141 1 had outstanding claims to settle to the amount of V k.'e and there was £9BB. due to proprietors for dividends 44; 'n course- of payment. The number of shares which 04 4 1 P a id np by the proprietors is 11,099 ; and the num kl, which calls are still due, ii 23; and the amount of t e , 0 .11 i s 124. The directors will be prepared, at .the office klt a ,"Pany, on the 4th hist, (yesterday,) to pay to' each .\4l. 41;fi,te:rn his executing the deed of release, £l2 per payment of the £l2 per share, a balance will )414\:' '' . ' ,62 7., to meet contingencies, and, on the final \ ,i, up of the affairs, the balance'will be available fel !lie- P , o h V Duplicates .of the deed of release will be. sent to h, l o v. Manehester,-and ether places, for execution by the N l, , a ' B . Resolutioni were passed for dissolving the corn th:44, l'Provin g th e reports a nd acc o unts , and also the deed of 11 1: 15 ?1: 444 requeiting th e di rec t ors to. procure theiexacution 1 41 4 a ll he 6 2 Ni t , . proper Partlea-to..w.horn any'part of the assets of I, t r l. Nv Yfla to be paid.. It was stated that the balance of l'kiih. a '''egili'VOient to 3s. per share, and that, owing to tatiazttate of the raoney market, the assets of the corn qikillt eiVer cent. stock had been reduced in value to the 4 1. : Il iti;riLle i r share. Votes of thanks were passed to the L 'tt,' 4t i v , ____' riR. Brown, the originator of the company, 'l , 4 a L t liti, ,f, --.."''sbe tl ' the Secretary, for their .valuable ser-. 'vq, "writ vot e of thaAlra A 9 the auditgrs„; the _Alp_gting SALFORD TOWN COUNCIL the l e " 1 , at t Dsp01)!Ir r its se° QueSt i°ll t this ddf - _A IS L 1 at On °,, the 1310 state ill°l ale , IV coo''' . • SCllt 9"S'e theft fl tiill e° - res.' anti" 13 01/141 ld j 11 d e - e u thine' g: e v au- ~ le, c ir .s of ,0 nOW 11 " tope Id AV, iced e' ,cieo; bite(' P 1 ace Is IY 5 013 NOMINATION OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN. A • y est 61),enlal meeting o f th e corporation of Salford was held a ve er Y (Friday) morn i ng, in the Town-hall. There wasl7- D.; numerous attendance of the members of the council. r r Zorship the mayor (Frank Ashton, Esq.) presided. '-"XXODATION FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE EXTENDED >ct. Aro, L tioli' f ) ;11 i 9 sti r no 0' i 0 21 ..1~ ;ertl it i held rtiOe for t , f l ilis was arab" a 1 11°911 , ' „ted ill: at 0,(1 bee' s g a" 00 ,ositioa sactioo )Alr , „rte . ' o f icarclt •f 13 ,1 or f cl° r e° s pe9s /0 0 0 ;t'ocU,' DISTRESSING DEATH OF A LIVERPOOL GENTLEMAN IN IRELAND. INQUEST ON THE BODY. In our paper of yesterday we gave the particulars of the melancholy and fatal accident which befel Mr. Thomas Naylor, of this town, commercial traveller to Messrs. Binks and Co. whilst proceeding from the. Dunkitt Railway Sta ion to Waterford in a coach, on Monday evening last. Mr. Naylor was inside the coach along with Mr. Nerwich, a jeweller, of Dublin, and Mr. and Mrs. Barrow and their son. The night was very dark, and the road was covered with water to the depth of from four to five feet. Whilst proceeding on their journey one of the wheels got off the road, and upset the vehicle into the ditch, by which Mr. Naylor and the driver were drowned, but the other parties escaped by getting through' the window. The following was the. evidence given at the inquest on the body of Mr. Naylor, which was held at Waterford on Tuesday evening : Mr. Norwich, from Dublin, a jeweller, was the first witness examined—He deposed that he left the station about half-past eight o'clock. with one outside and five inside passengers ; the night was very dark ; witness observed the coach to move unusually slow, looked out, and saw a com plete sheet of water on both sides of the road; they were coming from Donicitt to Waterford from Kilkenny; called to the coachman to stop, who took no notice, but drove on; about ten yards farther on they stopped. A Juror—Did you think the coachman understood you when you called on him to stop ? Witness—l am sure he did; when the coach was upset the deceased (Mr. Naylor) was next the coach door upper most ; a young man broke a pane of glass in the carriage door, and got out first, then Mr. Barron got out ; after wards deponent, who also assisted Mrs. Barron to get out ; they had nothing to hold on by when they got outside but the rails of the carriage ; witness had a pole stretched to him and escaped to land; Mrs. Barron was trying to get out at this time, with assistance of deponent and her son, but was unable by reason of weakness ; thinks Mr. Naylor must have been dead before them; Mr. Naylor was at the part of the coach through which deponent and the others got out ; thinks if he had self-possession he could have got out second, or even first ; when deponent got out he called out lustily for aid; the horses were attached to the coach at the time ' • on seeing the driver engaged in detaching them, deponentbegged of him for " God's sake" not to take them away, but the driver heeded him not ; never saw him after ; his name was Cummins. A juror—When you got out of the carriage was it into water you got ? _ _ Yes ; there was water on the road, in the field, and each side of road ; wherever you looked it was one waving sheet of water ; after some time, say a few minutes, heard shouting from the direction of Granny ; saw two men on the road, who told them to remain quiet and they would save them; the men cried out "is there a lady, or any female that we can save ?" Mrs. Barron's son and I then tried to get her out ; she clung to the hind wheel of the coach, and deponent with difficulty prevailed on her to trust herself to the men who came to their assistance, and she was saved. A Juror—Could you observe the plantation from where the coach was upset ? Witness—l could distinguish nothing ; the water waved and swelled and dashed as far as I could see ; the night was exceedingly dark, and I could see nothing but water, or hear nothing but the moaning blast. Foreman—lf there were fences at each side of the road, would such a guard protect the driver from such a catas trophe ? Witness—lt is my opinion that it would. Mr. Kerr deposed that a wall, which had served both for a fence and land-mark, had 'been taken down, and that the ma terials had been used for repairing the road, and that the wall had not been rebuilt, nor anything substituted in its stead. Timothy O'Connor, traveller, of Maryborough and Water ford, sworn—There is no fence or land-mark on either side of the road where the accident happened ; deporwnt is in the habit of travelling that way : on deponent's last journey (about a month since) an impenetrable fog set in before they came to Granny bridge ' • the coachman got down and led the horses, and but for great caution, in the absence of anything to mark their way, they would have been lost that night. Laurence Doolan, a watchman, sworn—Has been five or six years in his present occupation ; on Monday night he; was on duty as watchman in the vicinity of Granny Bridge ; could not stop on the low ground by reason of the rising water, was obliged to take the high road above the bridge ; was stationed there when he heard shouts from the direction of Newrath ; it was then about nine o'clock ; made towards the place where he heard the shouting; forced another per son named Connolly, whom he met, to go along with him; when advanced about three perches in the water with which the road was flooded encountered a man whom he knew to be a clerk in Mr. Draper's (late Strang's) mill ; this person told him that all on the coach were drowned ; deponent was at this time up to his knees in water, on the road ; witness's comrade went away shouting for assistance, while witness ploughed his way to the overturned carriage; by the time he reached it he was up to the arm-pits in water. A Juror—Had the coach lamps ? Witnes.—No Witness—Had a stick. and was obliged literally to fee his way to the drowning people ; deponent asked was there a lady in danger, or any female ; was answered yes said, send her out and I'll save her or die ; an old lady was forced out ; she clung to the wheel for nearly ten minutes, when witness prevailed on her to throw herself into the water, and he brought her safe to the road. . . By a Juror—The coach was off the road, and in water three feet deeper than it was there; there was no fence to the road, no protection, no line, no landmark, nothing in fact to distinguish road from river field from fence, or marsh from solid gr6und. Foreman—ls there' a deep gripe at each side of the road? Witness—There is, to a depth of three or four feet, and not a wall to protect it. Foreman—What was the person's name who broke the glass and got out ,? Witness— I don't know. - [Here Mr. Kerr, who we undersand is a gentleman con nected with the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company, and who appeared deeply interested in the proceedings came forward and said, that such a road as that from Dunkitt to granny and Newarth was unparalleled, and that there was not in England or Ireland a track in such constant use with out better protection. The Jury, after a consultation of about twenty minutes, returned the following VERDICT. " Accidental Death—The deeeased, Thomas Naylor,. whilst travelling in the public Coach, running between the Duukitt railway station and Waterford, and upon the pub lic road at Newrath, in the said county of Waterford, the said road being then flooded with water, and without fences or walls, the coach was upset into the adjoining marsh, and being filled with water, he was drowned therein on the night of the 31st of October last; and the jury are of opinion that the grand jnry of the county of Waterford, or other authori ties whose duty is to keep this road in a fitand proper repair, so as to be safe for travelling, are responsible for the death of this man ; and as such accidents have frequently before oc curred at this place, the jury call upon them to take imme diate steps, to make this road safe for travelling, and prevent a recurrence of such for the future. FRIGHTFUL SANITARY CONDITION OF THE PREST wren UmoN.—At the weekly meeting of the Prestwich Board of Guardians, this week, a report of an inspection of part of the township of Newton within the union, by • the Sanitary Committee, was laid before the board. The dis closures made, reveal to the world the shocking social condition of hundreds and thousands of our labouring popu lation. The report says :—" The committee on the 17th inst., visited that part of Newton, called Gaggs'fields, for the purpose of visiting certain premises whereon nuisances were alleged to exist, In the course of their inspection, they found a state of things absolutely disgusting and sickening to witness, and which it is impossible truly to describe. In the house of John Grantham, Boardman Street, they found on a table a lot of scraps of fat, fast putrifying, and hanging up was a leg of beef to be consumed, as was alleged, by pigs ' • under the stairs were two leg bones of a cow, the meat having been recently cut off in small pieces, and not in joints. Entrails of beasts were strewed about the yard, and the contents of the privy were overflowing, and running out of the yard, under the door, into a little gutter which]. emptied itself, or rather communicated with a sheet of water which accumulated in the lowest part of the street, at the back of the house was generally in a very dirty condition. Grantham's wife was very dirty, and appeared to be out of health. All the houses adjoining Grantham's were in a state similar to his only that your committee did not find in them any traces Of beasts having been slaughtered. Your committee also visited and entered -many houses in the following streets, viz :—Holland-street, Booth-street, Back George-street, Shooter-street, Johnson's Buildings, (1), do. do. (2), Cuthbert-street, George-street, Mayer-street, Back Boundary-street, Boundary-street, Mary street. Boardman-street, and Grantham's house, may be taken as types of the other streets and houses. The com mittee believe, from information which they received, that calves in a dying state are " killed," or if dead, dressed for food in many of the cottages. The meat is intended for the Manchester market, and generally introduced and sold by gaslight, for sausage meat, potted meat, and pies. The committee were assured by Mr. Lancashire, who accompanied them, and who knows well the condition of the locality, and the habits of the residents, that.often in one day four or five beasts, all unfit for human food, although sold for such, are dressed in some of the slaughter-houses. These beasts are driven to the slaughter-houses in a most emaciated con dition, sometimes fire is put under them to force them on, and ,a ferocious dog was pointed out to the committee which was used to set on Jo all but worry beasts which were too far gone. to be got to the slaughter-houses by fair means. In one little back square, enclosed on three sides by cottages, there is a piggery capable of accommodating atleast 100 pigs, The conamittee specially notice the condition of some of the slaughter-lieuses..: The yards are covered with blood, !entrails, and offal, all emitting the most sickening smells ; - adjoining, one of these, belonging to Michael Gaggs, there is a Bess.pool in a back s treet, closed at one end, the cess pool used exclusively for a depot for offal ; at,the time of the committee's visit it was pearly full of such mattclr, in a pu- trid or pitrifyipg state. The stTp,e,ts,gre dirty, tlio houses are ciirty, flip _AtJhOitants,,4re dirty ; , aid eyesthg.liabits ,of the little ct.D.dren in theitreeti are most indecent." THE NORTRERN DAILY TIMES. THE PRESTON STRIKE MEETING OF THE MASTER MANUFACTURERS (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) PRESTON, FRIDAY NIGHT The associated masters met this morning, and after having been in deliberation for some time, passed the subjoined re solutions, from which it will be . seen that, taking in con nection with the tone manifested by the operatives, there is not the remotest prospect at present of a settlemept of the dispute. The resolutions passed by the masterd are as follow : At a general meeting of the Masters' Association, held at the Bull Hotel Preston, on Friday, the 4th of November, 1853, It was resolved— " That whereas an advance of wages was offered to the operatives of Preston and the neighbourhood, on the 19th day of August last, which offer was dictated more by a desire to preserve the harmony and general good feeling that then prevailed in the town, than by anything in the state of trade warranting such advance ; and whereas, the same has . not been generally accepted by the operatives, through the interference of the same mischievous and irresponsible parties who have been the cause of all the distress brought upon the town, and whereas, the prospects of the trade have materially altered for the worse. . " It is, therefore, the unanimous opinion of this meeting that, whenever the time shall arrive for the re-opening of the mills, the rate of wages shall be the same as was paid on or before the Ist of March last, subject, however, to such alterations as may be recommended by the committee in particular cases. " That this meeting, on its rising, do adjourn to Thurs day, the Ist of December next; but that the committee be requester to call a meeting at an earlier period, if they are of opinion that it would be conducive to the settlement of the question on the basis of the foregoing resolution, provided also that they are satisfied that the general body of operatives are prepared to emancipate themselves from the dictation of parties who have an interest in prolonging the unfortunate dispute between the employers and the em ployed. " MEETING OF THE OPERATIVE WEAVERS A meeting of the weavers employed at the nine mills, still at work, was hold in the Temperance Hall, last night. Mr. RICHARD ASHTON in the chair. There was a large attendance. _ _ The CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting was called for the purpose of exciting the sympathies of the operatives in employment, that they might contribute as much as they could spare for the relief of those who were suffering through the effects of the strike. Mr. SWINGLEHURST said, during his travels he had an opportuhity of hearing the opinion of the public upon their struggle, and he could assure them that the sympathies of all classes, that were not tainted with cotton, were with them. He had had some conversation with Mr. Ashworth, of Bamber Bridge, and that gentleman intended to open his mill on. Friday. Mr. Ashworth intended to give the " ten per cent." to the spinner and card-room hands, but not to the weavers. This would not alter the state of affairs, as the mill would have to be closed again, because the weavers would not consent again to resume their work upon such terms. The great bone of contention amongst the masters was their union. If the operatives would consent to abandon the union and their leaders, they were told that the masters would open their mills. But the masters had called the• union into existence by their tyranny ; because in the com mencement of the agitation, it could not be called a com bination. It was then, the sympathies of the poor were called into operation by the justice of their request. But now it was the combination of the workers to obtain their right from their grasping and merciless employers. A Baptist minister, at Bacup, had expressed to him his entire concurrence in the views of the operatives, and had also said, that " sooner than he would submit to the arbitrary requests of the masters, he would suffer himself to be starved." The hands were willing to resume work if the masters would let them, only they stipulated for the " ten per cent." The speaker, in conclusion, requested the hands to contribute as much as they could, and sat down amidst great cheering. The CHAIRMAN' made aiew remarks upon the propriety of paying wages to the speakers, and then introduced Mr. OLDHAM, who condemned the placard the master spinners had issued, remarking, that there was a want of truth in their statements, which was evident to those who understood the question. The hands at Bashall's mill did not receive an advance of one penny per cut; and as to Messrs. Birley Brothers, if they would give the advance spoken about, the hands, he would undertake to say, would resume their work. But the union was the sore place ; and let the masters talk as they may, and write as they may, the question was now, whether or not, their union should perish ? Some one in the crowd proposed a levy . of one shilling per loom next Saturday, which was carried, though not with any great show of enthusiasm, only about one hundred and fifty hands being held up. The CHAIRMAN then said that the meeting was at an end, and thc, cumoraldaso quic.bly Icctirt.A. The following return of the payments made to the unem ployed operatives _is from the Preston Guardian of this day. Power-loom Weavers' Committee. M. relieved. Amount. 7420 Weavers, at 4s. each. 826 Winders and Warpers, at 4s. each 165 4 0 216 Twisters, at 4s. each 24 Dressers, at 4s. each 4 16 0 783 Helpers, at 2s. each . 7B 6 0 10 Reachers, at Is. each .. •.• 0 10 0 _ _ Spinners and Self-actors' Committee. 843 Svinncrl and Minders, - at 7s. each .... 295 1 0 773 Piercers, at 3s. 6d. each 135 5 6 762 Bobbiners, at 2s. each. • Card Room Hands' Committee, 1276 Hands, at ls. 6d. each. 981 Do., at ls. 3d. each. l7 11 3 312 Do., at Is. each. .. ........ ... • .. 15 12 0 Throstle Spinners' Committee. 361 Hands, at ls. each. .. .. 61 Do., at 9d. each 17 Do., at 6d. each 0 8 6 Tape Machine Sizers' Committee. 48 Hand at Bs. 6d. each . 3 Do., at 6s. 6d. each 0 19 0 Power-loom Overlookers' Committee, 170 Hands, at ss. each. . . 42 10 0 1 Do., at 35... - ... 14,707 £2,460 . 2 6 Present week—number of hands 14,707 . £2460 2 6 Previous week do. do. 13,43 Q 2311 9 0 Increase 1,268 £l4B 13 6 =—Preston Guardian of this day. At the meeting of the board of guardians this week about double the number of applicants for relief appeared before the board, nearly the whole of them being factory operatives. Agricultural employment was given to the able-bodied, with out-door relief. REPLY OF THE OPERATIVE WEAVERS TO THE • MASTERS MANIFESTO The following reply of the operative weavers to the masters' manifesto was placarded this evening : " GENTLEMEN,—An address appears upon the walls of our town, purporting to be from the Committee of Associated Masters, to the public, in which an attempt is made to prove that misrepresentations have been made of the causes which brought about the present unfortunate dispute. " Gentlemen, your Association is of long standing ; our organization is but the natural impulse for mutual protec tion and self preservation, having no existence anterior to the' , present dispute ; your committee, conscious of its supe riority, by the long existence and experience of the power of combination, has treated this question hitherto as beneath argument, and unworthy of explanation ; but you have now thrown off this reserve, this ice-bound silence, and we trust that you will not consider us out of our province (however short our existence may have been, or inexperienced we may be in the secret of combination), if we, 'the Committee of the Preston Power-loom Weavers,' enter into some explana tion of the statements you have made. "If the statements you have made be the cause, the im pelling :motives of the 'lock out,' we think that it will only require some little explanation and forbearance on the part of the masters and workpeople to bring about an amicable arrangement. You attribute the 'lock out' to three causes:— " lst.—Because certain masters had disputes with their workpeople. " 2ndly.—Because you consider that an attempt was in tended to be made to establish ane equalization of prices; and " 3rdly.—Because acts of insubordination had taken place at certain mills in the town. "Now, gentlemen, there are but four firms that you specify, where the weavers had any disputes, (we leave the other cases to those whom they concern) and we might enter largely into causes, as verified by the workpeople of each firm ; but we do not wish to cause more irritation than already exists, we will therefore take a cursory view of each case. "You say that at Messrs. Birley, Bros., ' they were allowed to be amongst the best paid in the town ;' we will only say at present, that we are surprised that gentlemen of your experience should have been so grossly in error, it being too well known that the prices paid here was less than most places in the town. But though your statement as to the advance offered may be partly true--but not correctly so";.—it was not the amount advanced, that was alone the cause of the turn-out; but it was the way in which they were treated,' which induced them to believe that advantage was being taken of their position as females, to deceive and impose upon them=they did not' receive the consent of the Weavers' Committee to stop work. "In Mr, Basball's case, they did not receive an advance, or premise of an advance till after they had struck - work, so that your statement is anything but correct... " In Messrs. Taylor's case, we find upon comparing the weavers' statement with this published statemefiti-that there is a serious misunderstanding, , because it is evident from the Juastere•Akwnarords,-..that,therezro other eircuthstanoe4 beA side the question of wages, which caused the hands to turn out. Had Messrs. Taylors received the deputation that waited upon them, instead of driving them from the works, we have no doubt but much ill-feeling might have been avoided, and a satisfactory arrangement come to. "In Messrs. Swainson, Bros.' case :—the disputes be tween them and their hands was brought before a public meeting of their own, weavers, and it, was then and there agreed what course to pursue, the committee was never asked for a decision upon it, so that this statement is with out foundation. " But each of these hands have endeavoured to come to an explanation with their employers, before the ' lock out' but were refused. You wish to infer that because all the hands who had struck work, receivedsupport from the funds collected, that consequently they had turned out at the bidding of the committee, we assure you that such was not the case, they received support, not because they had obeyed any rule, but because each and every body of mill hands, did, and were entitled to be the judges of their own position and actions,—and you now make it a serious ground of complaint, that we endeavoured to keep them from starving. If you had made reasonable proposals for an arrangement, and.they had refused every overture as you have done to them, then they would have received no support, sympathy, or countenance from their fellow workers or the public. We think that after this explanation, without giving any opinion as to who was to blame in these unpleasant affairs, the conduct of the masters (or masters' committee) in pre venting an arrangement, justified the public protection be stowed upon them. " Gentlemen, we have looked in vain through all the ad dresses, manifestoes, and resolutions, together with all the proposals that have been made by the weavers' body, with a view to an arrangement, and we can find nothing that can imply that we ever intended an equalization of prices ; it is nothing but a phantom conjured in your imaginations, so that your second cause is founded upon error. "And with respect to your third cause, you do not specify when nor what that insubordination was, you may have just cause for complaining, amidst the excitement that existed, much may have been said both by master and work people, that was wrong; and you must not forget that before - any strikes took place, or were contemplated, people were thrown out of employment, for only asking a civil question, for an answer to the memorial, and perhaps this has -much to do with that insubordination you now com plain of. " Gentlemen, you omit to state your reasons for refusing to allow the different firms where disputes existed from coming to an arrangement with their hands, it has appeared evident that your committee was the cause and only cause of non-arrangement, and it would be well if you wonld explain why you cannot agree to our proposals for mediation or arbitration. " You say that you cannot hold out any hope of a resump tion of labour until the hands abandon our present leaders. We beg to inform you, that they are but our servants, ren dered necessary by the position you have placed us in. If any of those servants be either strangers to the town, or traders in agitation, come to an honourable arrangement with your workpeople, and their occupation is gone. " Gentlemen, the eyes of the world are upon us, let us not disgrace the name and character of our town, `by prolonging unnecessarily, this awful state of suspense and anxiety. We have adopted every means, and made every proposal that we thought likely to lead to an arrangement; but you have taken none, but treated us as aliens and outcasts of society. " Let us, as reasonable creatures, liable to err, adopt some means to thoroughly investigate the grounds of dispute ; and if misunderstandings have taken place, let them be explained; if errors have been made, let them be candidly acknow ledged ; let disputants come to an arrangement, and the cause of the lock out' being removed, let the mills resume their usual work. "And if, gentlemen, after this, you are disposed, we are desirous to endeavour to establish some means that will pre vent a recurrence of such unfortunate disputes in future. "We have no desire, no interest, and no feeling to pro long this dispute ' • but, we must say, that everything appears to favour us with success, public opinion and sympathy are with us, every .post encourages us with fresh supports ; new channels of assistance are daily, yea, hourly, opened for our assistance, but we here publicly declare, that in spite of all this, we are now, as we have ever been from the first, willing to submit to reason, justice, and equity. '. Preston, November 4th, 1853." SHIPPING RETURNS A return lately printed, of the shipping and tonnage of the United Kingdom, furnishes a complete account of the progress of British and colonial shipbuilding, from the year 1814 to the present time. One of the most remarkable facts presented by this statement, is the constant tendency shown to increase the size of vessels. In 1814, the average capacity of all the ships constructed in Great Britain during that year, was 122 tons, while in 1852 it was 235 tons. Hence, although the aggregate of new tonnage per annum has nearly doubled, the figures have been 86,075 tons in 1815, against 167,491 last year; the number of vessels built each year has remained nearly stationary, the total having been 706 in 1815, and 712 in 1852. In colonial built ships this tendency is observable to a still greater extent, their average capacity having been only 84 tons in 1815, while in 1851 it had risen to 207 tons. At the same time the advance of the colonies has been such that, notwithstanding the vast increase in the average capacity of their ships, the number constructed like wise shows an extraordinary augmentation. In 1815 they built 131 vessels, with a total capacity of 11,069 tons, and in 1851 the number was 680 vessels, with a capacity of 141,116 tons. In the face of all the appre hensions on account of the repeal of the navigation laws, a total tonnage of English vessels annually con structed since that event, has shown a steady increase, and last year it was larger than at any former time, with the exception of 1840 and 1841, when an unusual addition was made in consequence of a speculative mania that had prevailed for some time at Sunderland. In the colonies, the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1848 were the most active ever known ; and, although after the latter year, during which a great stimulus had been imparted by the demand for freight, occasioned by the famine which had just been experienced on this side, a reaction took place, there has subsequently been a steady recovery, until in 1851 the figures again rapidly approached the total from which they had receded. For 1852, the colonial returns are not yet complete, but they will probably show a considerable further advance. The same document gives an account of the number of vessels belonging to the several ports of the British empire in each year, from 1814 to 1852 inclusive. From this it appears that, in 1814 the total of vessels was 24,418, with an aggregate capacity of 2,615,965 tons, employing 172,786 men and boys. Last year, the num ber wus 34,402 vessels, with a tonnage of 4,424,392 tons, employing 243,512 men and boys. During the interval of 39 years, therefore, the increase of vessels was equal to 41 per cent., of tonnage to 72 per cent., and of men to 40 per cent., the augmentation of capacity and the improvements in construction causing a comparative economy in the number of persons employed. A return is likewise given of the number of foreign ships purchased by British owners since the repeal of the navigation laws, viz. :—in 1850, 1851, and 1852. From this it appears, that the totals were-57, with a capacity of 10,499 tons, in 1850 ; 26, with a capacity of 6,049 tons, in 1851 ; and 28, with a capacity of 6,724 tons, in 1852. It is evident, therefore, from the decline which occurred after the first year of experience, that British builders have nothing to dread from the superior ability or cheapness of foreign competitors. Shipping Gazette. ROBBERY Of £l75.—A gentleman named John Darkin. who resides at No. 55, Marshall-street, Manchester, was robbed of £175 in a railway carriage, whilst travelling from Manchester to Liverpool during the present week, under the following circumstances : It would appear that Mr. Darkin had induced a young lady, who is described as remarkably well look ing, and who was the barmaid at a respectable public house, in Manchester, to accompany him to Liverpool. Whilst on the way a series of little endearments passed between them ; the lady " clipping " as it is termed Mr. Darkin in a very loving manner, and easing him at the same time of a purse containing £175 in hetes and gold. Mr. Darkin did not discover his his until some time after his arrival in Liverpool, and when lossfair companion had been for some time missing. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLACKBURN--Since the publication of our account of the frightful explosion at Blackburn, on Wednesday morning, it has been ascer tained that in addition to the five persons who lost their lives, sixteen others were more or less injured ; the following is a list of the persons killed :—James Clegg, aged 40, weaver, Grimshaw-park, who was found against the wall in the weaving shop, with the back of his skull knocked in, and quite dead; Thomas Brotherton, 40, weaver, John-street ; Thomas Sharpies, son of the engineer ; William Bean, painter, Swin don ; and a child a few months old belonging to a person named Robinson, the tenant of the cottage that was blown entirely down, and with whom Benn, the painter was lodging. The persons injured, were James Cowell, shuttle-maker's apprentice ; Edward Sharpies, the engineer, who had ono arm and one leg broken, and the other arm much scalded, besides being otherwise burnt and bruised ; James Howarth, alias Walmsley, the fireman, scalded and bruised ; Edward Ingham, painter, who was struck by a stone as he was passing up the street, and had his leg broken ; Ann Waugh, aged 15, weaver ; Alice Duckworts, weaver, Richton -bridge, bruised and scalded; Ann Duckworth, 22, and Abel Duckworth, her husband, slightly hurt ; Aim Sharrocks, weaver, slightly hurt ; James Coup, 21, weaver, who fell f f ora the upper weaving-room into the place where the boiler had been, and had to scramble out over the hot ashes, sustaining several bruises and burns ; Wil- ham Coupe, brother - of the last; who was ,bruised about the legs by the falling materials ; Betty Shorrocks, weaver,.brnised about the head; Ephriana Shorrocks, the o'verlooker, living in BlacliWater : street, cut over the head by the falling materials; Alice Ainsworth, weaver, Moor-street, a good, deal hurt; Elizabeth Chew,lifoor-street, and' Jane Biddy, both weavers. These two women Were found under their looms, their arms, round each - other's - becks, and their hands clasped together. 'Howarth, the fireman, who was ,struck on the head by -some, of the falling bricks, was,carried,hoMe TayilitC l :4.ld,,l l 44.Fpcut.ired lOvemi - men to hold 'hed:"" - rtis — recovery, with that of Sharpies, the engineer, is very doubtful. CORONER'S COUR 7 - Y -.- V ESTERDAY SUDDEN DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS OF PASSION AND DRINK.—On Thursday evening, a woman named Mary Anne Houghton,. residing at 42, Gildart's-gardens, being slightly under the influence of drink, quarrelled with her husband. She went to bed in a state of great excitement, and shortly af terwards got up to get a rope to beat one of her two children; not being able to find it, she got into a violent passion, and suddenly fell forward with her head against a box. Directly after her fall the husband struck her with a rope, (he being also drunk and believing her asleep at the time,) when the poor children lifted their mother into bed they discovered that she was dead. At the inquest, held yesterday, Dr. Kemp deposed that her death was caused by apoplexy, no doubt set up by drink and excitement. FATAL ACCIDENTS—A schoolmaster named Wm. Holmes, residing in the Park, was coming down the Pit steps leaving the Park Theatre, on last Friday night, when he fell and broke his arm, he was intoxicated at the time ; he was taken to the Southern Hospital where he died yesterday. An inquest was held on his body, and a verdict .of accidental death from a fall returned. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A seaman who gave his name as William Lawson was admitted to the Southern Hospital on the 27th ult:, he said he had had a fall, but did not say where. He had received a scalp wound, from which he died on Thursday. It is supposed he belonged to a ship which sailed on the day before the accident. POLICE CO URTS.-YESTEFCDAY LIVERPOOL COMMITMENTS.—John McKensie, was convicted of steal a jacket from a cart on the Quay, near the old Church, on Thursday. He cooly took the garment from the car, and it was found upon his person. He had been twice before committed, and was now sentenced to three months' impri sonment. Patick Baines, for stealing linen, from the yard of Mr. John Gilmore, 6, Hope-place ; was committed under the vagrant act, for three months. William Grimes, an old offender, who had been ten times before committed, was now imprisoned for two months, for having in his posses sion a horse cloth. James 'ogee for stealing two valuable counterpanes and a quantity of bed-linen from off a line in the drying yard of Mr. 'Alfred Ackerley, Rose-dale, was ordered to be imprisoned for one month. PICKING Pociarre. —A well-dressed young thief, who was detected at half-past twelve, yesterday, picking the pocket of a gentleman named Augustus Miller, of a silk handkerchief, at George's Basin, and wh o h a d b een fi ve times before committed, was sent for trial to the sessions. William Robinson, James Ross, and John McGregor, three sleek well-dressed boys were charged by two of the detec tive force with attempting the pockets of several old ladies on Thursday afternoon. The officers saw them busily plying their vocation in Elliott-street, and followed them along Lime-street Brownlow Hill, and Islington, to London-road. They were not successful in any attempt they made, and finally the officers arrested them in a beer house at Copperas Hill. Ross escaped, and running up a court in the same street, drew a knife, with which he swore, he would stab the first officer who laid hands upon him. The other prisoners were very violent. All three are-well:known to the Police, and wer esentenced to three months' imprisonment. THE GAROTTE ROBBERY IN GREAT ROWARD-STREET.-- Thomas Colville and Patricia Jordan were charged with being two of the parties concerned in garotting an Irishman named Richard Feely, in Great Howard-street, on Thursday the 27th ult., and robbing him of £29, in Bank of Ireland notes, as mentioned in our paper at the time. The evidence against Jordan did not sustain the charge, and he was set at liberty, but it being sworn by two witnesses that Colville was seen with'the prosecutor, at the time he called for help he was remanded for one week, in the hope that the notes might yet turn up. Sarah Russell; a gay-looking lady, was charged by an apparently respectable young man, who gave his name as William Stanley, a merchant's clerk, with stealing his watch yesterday morning, at about two o'clock. He unfor tunately brought the fair frail one to his lodgings, and while entering, she took his gold watch. The property not being found, she was remanded to this day. A PITEOUS CASE.-11fary Hill, a very young and inter esting-looking girl, was charged wish having in her posses sion, and wearing, a shawl which two months since had been stolen from her mistress, Mr. Tippett, with whom she at the time of the robbery lived in service. The lady said that she had found the prisoner artful and deceitful, but did not sus pect she was a thief. She had complained to her aunt, and they were thinking of sending her to the penitentiary, as she had evidently got into bad company, when she suddenly absconded. Though she subsequently missed several articles, this shawl amongst the rest, she still did not think that prisoner was the thief, until another servant told her, she had seen with the girl a copy of "The Vicar of Wakefield," which Mrs. Tippitt had lost. The magistrate said it was, a pity, the girl was now con, p_ote_y ruiuud, although sllp might have been saved at the time. Her mistress first thought of getting her into the penitentiary. She was remanded for seven days. ROBBERY .BY PROSTITUTES. Rose Ann Crosbie and Ann Jones were charged with, on Thursday night, robbing a very decent looking man, who gave his name as Asprey Davies, of the Potteries, of £lB in gold and notes, a silver watch chain and pencil-case. Pruseeutur salU mac lie liad unfortunately fallen into the company of Crosbie, and having visited more than one spirit vault, and liberally treated her, he finally came to Shakerley's vaults, where, upon calling for a glass of Sherry, he found he had no money to pay for it. The smartness of his loss did not, however, bring him to his senses, and he accompanied his amiable friend to her residence, a brothel kept by the prisoner Jones, in Spitalfields. On awaking in the morning, he was presented with the pawn ticket of his coat; but the chain, pencil case, and money were gone ; and to crown all, he was told he was in debt seven shillings and six-pence. He wrote a note to his brother for money, and the ladies very condescendingly undertook to find a messenger, and shortly afterwards, Crosby handed him his chain and pencil case, which she said she had only held as security for his debt. The magistrates said they could do nothing for complainant. lie choose to get drunk in bad company, and should bear the consequences. The prisoners were discharged. - STREET ROBBERY WITH VlOLltßOE.—Richard _Edwards was charged by a seaman named George Pierce, of the ship "Boomerang," who said that on Thursday evening he met the prisdner in a public house, and having got into conver sation with him, and treated him to a glass of ale, he was persuaded to take a walk in his company; when at the top of Water-street prisrmer made a grasp at his watch and plucked it away, When arrested no watch could be found. Remanded for 7 days. STEALING COTTON'—John Broaclburn and _Honor Kelly were remanded till to-day for having a large bundle of clean cotton, for which they could not account, on their persons, in Love-lane. CLAIM FOR SEAMEN'S WAGES,—William Taylor, seaman, summoned captain lames Levens, of the barque "Mary," for £3 15s. Od., wages alleged to be due upon the voyage from BaltiMore to Liverpool (30 dols. for the run). Mr. Campbell appeared for the plaintiff, The only point at issue seemed to be the statement of the captain, that he had paid the amount to some person in Baltimore, on account of Taylor, who he also stated was in a very destitute condition when he shipped. The plaintiff's name did not appear in the ships articles. No proof of payment having been pro duced, the magistrates gave an order for the amqunt claimed, with costs. PUBLICANS AND BEER-SELLERS The following publicans and beer -sellers cases were dis posed of :-- PUBLICANS Mary Smith, Mary-lane, for selling drink• at half-past twelve on Sunday morning last, was fined 10s. and costs. John Morris, Kay-street, the same offence, on Sunday morning last, was fined 10s. and costs. Owen, Evans, Union-street, appeared to reply to an in formation laid against him by of4oer 08, charging him with selling drink on Sunday morning last. Mr. Owen, solicitor, appeared for the defendant, and crossex-amined the officer, on the evidence given : I visited his house two or three times this, last four months, it is not my beat, and I have visited the house on suspicion before, because I saw people coming in and out previous, they keep lodgers, seamen lodgers. Some of the glasses contained more than a teaspoonfull of ale. I believe on an average there was more than a teaspoonfull. I could not swear it. I did not take particular notice. Mr Owen next called defendant's witness. Edward Jones examined by Mr. Owen : My name is Edward Jones ; I am a messenger 4 Mr. Evans's public house ; I was in the house last Sunday morning ; I know the men that were in the house when the officers came ; I was there when the officers came • I let the men in; I let them out ; I let the officers in ; I had been in about ten minutes before the officers came ; I never saw any drink drawn while I was there ; there could be none drawn without my seeing it. Mr. Owens then addressed the Bench for the defendant, who was fuel 20s. and costs. The following beer-house keepers, were also fined for sel ling ale on Sunday last : William Moore, Cable-street, fined 2s. 6d. and costs ; Thomas Mackay, Eaton-street, 40s. and costs ; James Tailor, Vauxhall-road, 50s. and costs; Myria Winterscale, Henry Edward-street, 20s. and costs; Miles Dowde, Edward-street, Ss and costs; Richard Filbert, Adlington street, £3 and costs; Catherine White, 20s. and costs, Edward Roberts, Vauxhall-road, ss. and costs ; John *Donald, Hodson-street, 20s. and costs ; William Hussey, Gascoigne-Street, ss. and costs ; John Maley, Fontenoy street, 10s. and costs ; Joseph Moore, Bent-street, £5 and costs ; 'Elizabeth Evans, Bedford-street, Park, 10s. and costs ; Aim Higgins, Albion-street, 10s. and costs ; James Foxley, Cropper-street, 10s.stfna-costs ; -"Elizabeth Dolphin, who has a cook-slaop in Skelhorn-street, for selling drink,- and has no license, was fined 10s. and costs; Catherine Marine, for a similar offence, was fined 20s. and costs. MANCHESTER. IMPUDENT ROBBERY OF A WATCH AT THE THEATRE.-- At thO i City yolico Court, yesterday, a young man named 4ameS *AS _charged with. robbing -Thomaa'Neild of a patent lever silver watch, the previous night. The pro secutor Neild stated that on Thursday night ho went to the pit door of the Theatre Royal for admission, and just as he was going into the house, ho saw the prisoner and another man coming up the passage, and observed that the prisoner had a wateh in his hand. Prosecutor immediately looked at hit waistcoat and found that his watch-guard was hanging down, and his watch was gone. He had a friend with him upon whom he called to stop the prisoner, who was followed, but speedily, got away from them. He was again pursued, however, and ultimately captured. When the pursuit commenced, the watch was seen in his hand, but when apprehended it was not in his possession. The prisoner who has been in prison several times for offences similar to that now laid against him, was committed to take his trial at the. sessions SAvat ASSAULT BY STABBING.—'!fit" the City Police Court yesterday, a youth named George Burke was charged with stabbing a carter. It appeared that the carter was em ployed by a bailiff, who was distraining forrent in the house of the prisoner's mother, to remove the goods. The prisoner, who is a butcher's lad, interfered to protect his mother, and said that if they dared to remove anything out of the house, be would rip them up with a knife. On this, the carter imme diately got hold of him, upon which the prisoner took out his knife and made a thnrst at the prosecutor. The carter put down his hand to protect his body, upon which his hand was caught and cut severely. The prisoner's defence was, that the knife fell out of the sheath, that he picked it up, that the cartel seized him by the hand, and that he was accidentally cut as he was pulling it through.—Committed for trial. SEIZURE OP UNWHOLSOME MEAT.—At the SAlford Borough Court, yesterday, before Messrs. Trafford, Latigworthy, Ash ton, and Kay, a butcher of the name of Lewis, appeared in answer to a complaint preferred against him of having in his possession a quantity of unsound meat, unfit for human food. The town clerk (Mr. Charles Gibson), appeared in support of the complaint ; Mr. Saunders; barrister-at-law, was for the de fendant. The complaint against the defendant, was that he had in his place of business, in Chapel-street, two quarters of bad meat, weighing altogether 1491b5. They were discovered in the defendant's shop on the 31st of October, about II o'clock. Inspector Pickering, being of opinion that the meat was unfit for human food, seized it, brought it to the Town hall, where it was examined by four respectable butchers, and then by the magistrates, who ordered it to be burnt, Inspector Pickering was called, and stated that the meat it question was unfit for human food by four butchers; who stated that it the direction of the bench it was destri 'he meat was examined unsound, and under Messrs. Dale. sub-inspector of nuisances, and Spencer, ansfield, and Williams, butchers, were called and stated that e meat in question was unsound, and unfit for human food. Mr. Saunders addressed the bench on• behalf of the defen nt, contending that the meat in question was not unsound, or ' ' sto heath. The learned counsel having called witnesses, The magistrates were of opinion that the offence charged had been proved, and fined the defendant in a penalty of XIO and A distress warrant having been applied for, it was immedi ately granted by the magistrates, and the defendant was ordered to be detained until he had found sufficient sureties for th© :)enalty and costs. FAILURE OF A BALLOON ASCENT FROM MANCHESTER. which. excited considerable interest came on for hearing in the Manchester County Court, on Thursdaylast, before It. Brandt, Esq., Judge of th e C our t. The plaintiff was Mrs. Margaret Graham, the famous aeronaut, and the defendant was Mr. Beardsley, proprietor of the Pomona Gardens, Cornbrook, Hulme. Mr. It. B. B. Cobbett, solici tor, was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Saunders, barrister at law, for the defendant. Mr. Cobbett, in opening the case, stated that Mrs. Graham had been making a tour in the provinces, and paid a visit to Ireland. While there, it was thought convenient that she should make two or three ascents on her way home. She then made an application to Mr. Beardsley, the defendant, with whom an arrangement was come to, to the effect that if she made one ascent from the Pomona Gardens she was to have given to her, clea r o f a ll expenses, th e sum o f £ 2O, and that in case it should be thought desirable to have a second ' ascent, she should, upon making such second ascent, have, free of all expenses, a further sum of £l5. Mrs. Graham was to provide the balloon. Mr. Beardsley the gas. It was stated that the lady had heard that in Manchester, they made gas from cannel coal, and that that gas was not sufficiently light to give au ascending power to the balloon. She then sent over from Ireland, for the purpose of testing the weight of gas, a small pilot balloon to Mr. Beardsley, at the Pomona-gardens. Mrs. Graham; in her letter to Mr. Beardsley, in which the pilot balloon was enclosed, stated that if they filled that balloon with the gas, and found that the linguini, which con tained fourteen cubic feet of gas, could lift set en old penny pieces, then the gas would be of sufficiently light a quality to take up her large balloon, and that that kind of gas would inflate it. The pilot balloon was made about three parts full of this gas, and then it raised five penny pieces. Mr. R. J. Richardson, superintendent for Mr. Beardsley, wrote to Mrs. Graham, to say that the pilot balloon. 'would lift seven penny pieces, with the gas that was th en i n the town, and which was the same gas as that with which the Pomona-gardens were supplied. Upon this, the great bal loon was sent over, and on the 16th of Sentember ‘r nArties ciuY2v a .l 1 " - r - v flate the balloon with gas supplied from the Manchester gas works, where they use cannel coal in making the gas. It was found after a large quantity of gas had been put into the balloon, at about 12 o'clock the next day, that it was not more than half filled, and that it wo u ld not inflate. Then they sent for Mr. Dale, of the firm of Dale and R o b er t s , f or the purpose of getting a quantity of hydrogen gas, which is very much lighter, with which to inflate the balloon. Mr. Dale came, and after making some hydrogen gas, it was eventually found that the balloon would not inflate, upon which Mr. R. J. Richardson, accompanied by Mrs. Graham, went upon a platform in the gardens, and addressed - the multitude then assembled to witness the ascent. He ex plained the circumstances of the case, and stated that no, person should suffer any loss on account of what had hap pened. His speech was received with much cheering. The gas was then let out of the balloo n , an d i n or d er to facilitate that process, some person in the employ men t o f M rs. Gra ham cut the mriel monster with a knife. A fur ther attempt it appeared was made to get in from the Stretford works • a quantity of gas made from another description of coal, and especially for the purpose. They commenced inflating the balloon on the2lst of Septem ber, the gas being poured into the balloon during the whole of the night, and by twelve o'clock the next day, ten thousand ' cubic feet had passed the meter, But the gas that entered the bottom appeared to occupy a space not much larger than the size of a common barrel. The balloon then lay upon the ground, almost perfectly flat, and having little or no gas in it. Mrs. Graham thought that there was not sufficient power to throw the gas into the balloon, so as to inflate it, because the meter was not one of the ordinary kind, having a weight attached to force it out. Eventually it appeared that Mrs. Graham said:she had an engagement at Dukinfield, (near Ashton-under-line), but Mr. Beardsley would not give his sanction to her taking away the balloon, and stated that he would pay all expenses and indemnify her in all losses rather than that she should make an ascent from a place so near Manchester as Dukinfield, Ultimately, however, Mrs. Graham went to the garden and took away the balloon in a cart. The action was brought to recover £2O, the sum agreed to be paid for the first ascent, and £l5, the sum agreed to be paid for the second ascent, Then there were some other small charges which he (Mr. Cobbett) thought would not be objected to by the other side, such as cab fares, and other necessary expenses. There was also a sum of £2 55., the value of some grappling irons and ballast which were refused to be given up. Mrs. Graham had received £lO on account, and the action was brought to recover the difference between the original account and the sum paid, Mrs. Graham was called and examined in support of Mr. Cobbett's opening. In cross.examination Mr, Saunders asked the lady whether the balloon had not been broken and torn very much at Dub lin by coming in contact with some chimney pots, and, she admitted that such was the case. He then asked her how that happened, and she said that a Captain Kennedy accom panied her upon one of her ascents, and that he bowed to the lady of the Lord Lieutenant who was in the gardens below them, taking off his hat and bending his body, and that that had the effect of bringing down the balloon. The principal ground of defence was, that the gas supplied was of sufficently light a character to inflate the balloon, and n ascending power; but, that the balloon could not e gas in consequenoe of having a number of perfora tions, upon which patches had been put, but through which the gas contrived to make its escape. A nu* ber of witnesses were called in support of the defen dant's case, and amongst others Mr Beardsley himself, land his superintendent, Mr. R. 3. Richardson. give it retain the In order to give the learned judge an opportunity of examining the balloon, the inquiry was postponed till Thurs day next. MEETING OF MASTER. SHIPWRIGHTS.--A Meeting of the Master Shipwrights, convened by circular, was held in the Regulating Office, yesterday, Mr. Grayson in the chair. The Secretary stated that the shipjoiners had made a demand . from ss. 6d. to 6s. a day, which had been given by some masters, the result of which was that the men in the employ of other masters had struck. A discussion followed, in which it was stated that 6s. a day had become general, and it was re solved that that sum should be recognized by the association, as it was thought useless, in the present state of the labour market, to offer a less amount. The Seeretary then alluded to a resolution which had been passed by the association cin the 19th of October, to the effect that no carts be allowed to take, men to heir• work, and that no omnibus money be allowed. He enumerated various instances in which that resolution had been infringed.—This led to a long discussion, which ended in Mr. Jones proposing that a carriage be provided 'for themen, at St. James' ohurch,halfan hour before the time for Starting for work, to•.convey them to. tho North Graving docks:--This pro position was oppesed by several .thembers, particularly by Mr. M'Elroy, who stated that in three or four instances men had left his ships and gone to other vessels in the same 'dock. where they could obtain a higher rate of wages. .'Phis 'he was deter ,minekl. to sullmit.te no. longeri - and • inc future - tic' would give "the very highest wages.—Mr. Popo moved the adjournment of the meeting, until Monday morning, which was agreed to after some slight opposition.