The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-17 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Ana 16.
Quizzes Cousas.—The Rev. L. P. B. Dykes,
one of the Senior Fellows, has announced by written notice
on the chapel door, that the election of a Provost, in the
room of the Right Rev. William Thomson, 1).D., Lord
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, will take place on Thurs
day, the Bth of May. We understand the election is con-
fined to the actual Fellows on the old and consolidated
foundations.

THE WEAVERS' STRIKE AT CHORLEY. —The
strike amongst the operative weavers at Chorley still 'con-
noun, and the probabilities in favour of a speedy settle-
ment or a protracted contest are now shout equal On
Monday afternoon, a large meeting of operatives, adjourned
from Saturday, was held in Pearson's Assembly-room. The
room wasdensely crowded, end it was some time before a
moderate degree of order could be obtained. The pro-
priety of again adjourning fora week was discussed at some
length, but ultimately • small majority decided in favour
of a settlement of the question at that meeting. The meet-
ing was convened for the purpose of taking the vote in
favour or otherwise of resuming work upon the masters'
terms. A resolution, to the effect that meetings should be
held by the operatives of each mill, and that deputations be
appointed at these meetings to wait upon them respective
employers and arrange upon the best terms they could get,
was submitted, and, although a majority voted against the
resolution, the arrangements for holding shop meetings
were made. The decisions arrived at at these meetings,
however, were conflicting, an some of the shops agreed to
request their employers to open their mills, whilst others
refused to accept the terms that were offered to them.
Consequently, the millowoen refuse toopen their mills until
there is a general resumption of work in each mill. The
alterations in prices, we understand, will more seriously
affect the wages of the operatives employed upon 80030
sorts of cloth than those employed upon other kinds;
hence the diversity of feeling among the operatives. Lit-
tle prospect is held out to the operatives at these meetings
with regard to any means of support in the case of a pro-
tracted strike.
THE DISTRESS IN Loren:m& —The expenditure
of the Wigan relit/ committee for the past week is againin
exams of the preMing week, the total amount having risen
from 2081. to 2191. At the meeting of the sub-committee
there were oo fewer than 74 new applications, and at a second
there were over 70, with a corresponding increase in each of
the other wards. Some additional payments have been
made to the relief fund since our last report, and the sum
in the bank and to be collected will amount to between
7001. and 8001. As this will only last two or three weeks
at the present rate of expenditure, a deputation from
the committee has waited upon the board of guardians
to inquire whether the board could not takes number of the
MIN off the books of the committee. If the guardians
were to relieve all they had power to relieve, and the cons-
mines were to take the remainder, the funds would mot be
exhausted for • month or two. This suggestion was ac.
quiesced in by the board, and arrangements are making for
transferring • large number of oases to the books of the re-
lieviog officers. The guardians have decided to meet twice
• week to take these cases. At the meeting of the com-
mittee last week, it was agreed to reduce the amount paid
it wages to the men employed on the different streets of
the town from Is 6d. to Is. 3d. per day. When this alte-
ration was made known to the men, they struck work ; but,
representations being made to them of the folly of their
conduct, they returned to their employment.