The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-30 00:00:00

THE HUNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS.

Theseppleasant performances continue to Ili the
Marionette heatre. Last night affairs looked particularly
dourishing—owing, perhaps, to the wet, which, while it
keeps some people from leaving their houses, also drives
others into places of amusement—perhaps to a more than
usually attractive programme. The audience was of a class
peculiarly dear to managers—not too scientific and exacting,
but at the same time sufficiently discriminating not to listen
to trash, and to appreciate the really good selection which
was offered to them. This selection was not very novel : it
wu better for the purpose intended than novelty would
have been. A popular audience always prefer music
which is familiar to them ; and, accordingly,
nothing could have met with a better reception
than the selections from the Sonnambula, Lucia, Guillaume
Tell, and pieces of a similar character. Of course a great
deal should be allowed for their very satisfactory rendering
—for the precision and generally perfect execution of the
Hungarians, to whose powers we have adverted on a pre-
vious occasion—for the talents of the Distins, who are
everywhere, and who are always welcome ; and also for
Mrs. Theodore Distin, who will be remembered by man
as Miss O'Connor, and who is particularly at home, and
therefore particularly successful, in Irish ballads. Miss
Julia Warman is also an acquisition, as a vivacious and
accomplished pianist'.
While complimenting the audience, it should be observed
that the one of last night manifested a weakness peculiar to
" popular" audiences: they encored everything ; as
arrangement by which they should remember they de-
feat teir own ends, since a judicious management, antici-
pating this inconvenience must, in order to prevent the
performance from being extended to an absurdly late
hour, materially lessen the variety of the programme.

MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET.
A choral society has been formed in the neigh-
bourhood of Albany-street, Regent's-park, calling itself
"The Christchurch Harmonic Society," and a series of
public performances was commenced last night. The
spread of a popular taste for solid and sterling music is
' especially evidenced by the number of choral societies
which have of late sprung up in venous quarters of the
metropolis. The frequent performance of the sublime
masterpieces of Handel, though in some instances
very inefficiently, cannot but have a wholesome in-
fluence on the public taste ; and it must be remem-
bered that the great choral societies of Exeter-hall
originated in the assemblage of a comparatively small body
of amateurs. The Christchurch Harmonic Society is as
yet in too young and immature a state, anal its resources
are too slight, to render it necessary to express more than a
hope for its improvement.

THE STRIKES IN THE NORTH.

(PRONE OUR LuVAITCORALsPONDENT.)

MANCHESTER, Ni.v. 29.
The action of the Masters' Associations in these
district. is now leading to the adoption of short time rather
than a total Cessation of work. Feelings of humanity,
which are sure to outweigh all ethers in the long run,
however great the provocation given, are beginning is
exert their influence. The employers begin to see that,
although many of the operatives are led to take cane=
measures by ignorant and foolish leaders, that any attempt
to punish them falls, unfortunately, upon great numbers of
the innocent as well as the guilty. The millowners find
that, owing to the depression in trade, there is such a de-
memo of demand as to make it desirable, in soma
cues, as a financial question, to close their mills
but this is not generally 53, and a syatem
of short time, if extensively acted upon, will better meet
the object of the majority. This feeling has certainly
operated with some of the employers at Burnley, who were
really distressed to witness the sufferings of their work-
people. They opened the mills at Burnley and I'adiham
yesterday morning, to such of the operatives as might pre-
mat themselves, for four days per week, with the reduction
of ten per cent. (the recent advance) from the weavers, but
continuing it to the spinner. end card-room hands, in con-
' sequence of the better position of spinning. in the market.
The experiment was successful beyond anticipation. One
employer states that there was a perfect rush among hie
workpeople into the mill. Some of the millowners have
taken advantage of the opportunity afforded by
the strike to make repairs, and to introduce new
machinery, and these alterations not being all com-
pleted when the hands returned to work, the disappointment
was great that they would thus be prevented from resuming
work fur some time longer. As rats are said to run from a
falling horse, some of the leaders, or rather misleaden of
the operatives, are extremely anxious to escape the conse-
quences of their conduct, and the following letter, ad-
dressed to one of the largest mil-owners in the district,
shows the kind of spirit which animates them, when the
time comes for displaying whatever true courage they may
possess : -

0 Burnley, Nov. 17, 1853.
" Sir,—l have been informed that Robert Worawiek, one
of your operatives, has had intimation held out to him by
you that you will not recognise him as one of your opera-
tives, on account of your having been informed that at a
certain nu eting in Padihmn, he had said he would not be
content with lees than 30 per cent. (advance). Sir, who-
ever has told you so, has told you a falsehood, because I
myself was the person who said so at the public meeting in
Parliham, oa Monday 22ad August :ast. But I did not ray
it because I thought the trade wou:d allow it, but because
I thought the state of society wanted renovating;
for you, as a Christian, must snow that the working man
ought to have food and raiment and every other comfort
of life. In conclusion. I beseech you to revoke the sentence
you have passed against Robert Worvwick, for you wilt
bud in the language of scripture' that the tongue of the
slanderer spreadeth destruction.' Your's D. Nouns."

Both Nutter and Worawick have been in the habit of
addressing meetings of operatives, and after the
people have been out of wak a month, deluded
into the belief that influential and wealthy men
in communication with their leaders, were ready
upon the least resistance of the masters to find them
money to build new mills to be worked on the co•operative
principle—tbat their fellow operatives in all the other
towns would supply them with plentiful subscriptions to
subsist upon—aad that they must never be content until
they had 30 per cwt. advance ; after all this, the true re-
sults are, that the contributions from their fellow opera-
tives elsewhere, and all other sources, have only amounted
to 31. 2d. per head—that the statement about wealthy men
in the back ground was pure fiction—that instead of an
advance of 30 per cent. they have lust the 10 per cent.
which their masters had readily unneeded in the first in-
stance—and that Mr. Nutter himself now comes forward
to say that he never bAieved the trade would allow it, and
only said so because he thought " the state of society
wanted renovating."

The total number of firms at Burnley and Padiham, in
the union of masters, is 57 ; and most of these have resumed
work four days per week. The number of operatives has
been estimated at 12,000 to 15,000. At Milton, Staly-
bridge, Dukinfield, Newton, Hyde, and Glossop, the
number of mills having gone uroa four days' work per week
is from 00 to 100. In the estimate I gave of the number of
looms the other day, I placed them at 40,000. This, it is
stated by intelligent and well-informed manufacturers, is
en under-estimate. They say 50,300 would be nearer the
mark. The estimated consumption of 9,000 to 10,000 bags
of cotton spun per week would be correct, but the total
number of operatives is said to be nearer 60,000 than the
lesser number I had at first calculated. The number
of persors employed at the looms is calculated
at 25,000 ; and though the balance of 35,000
is a large number to be employed in spinning and its pre-
paratory procures, for the consumption of 10,000 bags of
cotton, it is explained by the fact that a large proportion
of the spinning is of very fine counts of yarn, in which the
quantity of the raw material used is always comparatively
small, and the labour comparatively large. The population
returns for Ashton are 30,000; for Stalybridge 20,030 (or
26,000 within Ole police ; for Dukenfield, 12,000;
for Hyde, 10,000; for Newton, 7,403; and for Glossop
(including Hadfield, Lintwisle, and other places to which
the masters' union extends), 15,000. This makes
nearly 100,000 of a population, and the adjacent
districts of a semi-rural population in the mar
ten' union, bring up the total to near 120,000'
and as the people are much more exclusively engaged in
manufacturing pursuits at these places than in Preston,
Wigan, or Manchester, probably 60,000 is not a full esti-
mate of the workers (from tea years and upwards) in the
mills. There are still a few mills, engaged on fabrics for
which there is yet a fair demand, ruining full time in this
district ; but the number on short time is fully five-sixths
of the whole. The mills commenced running short
time yesterday, without a word of remonstrance
from the workpsople ; some of the employers
keeping their people from day-break to dusk, so
se to save the expense of gar, whilst others keep their
mills open four full days of 10 hours, and close on Friday
and Saturday. In some portion of the district, and not the
whole, the reduction of time is accompanied by a reduction
of wages, to the standard which existed before the recent
advances were obtained by the hands. These reductions,
however, aim principally at an equalisation of prices
among the masters, and therefore are not general.
At Stockport the masters have had a meeting, at which,
a resolution was passed " that notice be recta to the
operatives to go upon short time (or forty hours per week)
from Monday next until Christmas." No attempt is to be
m►de to reduce wages at present, although it was com-
plained that the market would not support the rates now
giving for weaving. By this movement 20,000 operatives,
and upwards, chiefly employed upon long cloths, T-cloths,
and other fabrics, a largo proportion of which are exported
to India, will be affected.

It will thus be seen that in the A3hton district
about 80,000 hands, and at Stockport 20,000, will be
thrown partially out of employ, in adlition is the 53,000
or 61,000 at Preston, Burnley, and other places, which
have been wholly out of employ, but of which a consider-
able proportion at Burnley have been allowed to resume
work for four days per week. It is not unlikely that the
hands out of work at Bacup, Bury, and other parts of the
Roesendale Valley (as well as Burnley) will ultimately be
allowed to resume work four days per week, but of Preston
nothing has at present trenspired.The eaten t to which other
interests besides those of the marten and operatives will be
affected by this movement, is shown by the following esti-
mate from " Poole's Statistics " of the per centage of cotton
consumed in 1850 by each of the various manufacturing
districta. The consumption of cotton has largely increased
since 1350, but tae proportions of each district will probably
still hold good :

Per cent.

Preston

Stockport
Ashton (cnciuding Stalybridge, Hyde, itc ) 131
Russendale Valley (including Burnley,
Bomar, Bury, &c.)

Taking the entire consumption of cotton at 36,000 bales
per week and deducting 61 per cent. of the whole for
Preston, where the mills are idle, and one-third of the other
301 for abort Wu, in the ether places, there is a total of
nearly 1; per cent. as the decrease in consumption of the
raw material ; and the same figures will give a tolerable
idea of the extent to which the wages fund of the entire
manufacturing d.strict will be affected. This is assuming
that Bacup, Bury, and other towns in the Roundels dis-
trict follow the example of Burnley.

COLLISION AT Sit.—The Margaret, steamer, Cap-
tain Heckler, which sailed on Monday from Liverpool for
Havre, came into collision the same evening, to the east-
ward of the Sherries. with the screw steam-ship Danube,
Captain Reid, and received some slight damage, which
caused her to return t Liverpool. The Danube lost heed,
entwater, &c. The Margaret was expected to be able was-
sail by last night's tide.

Mak)" Intelitaence.

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11 DICIALCOMMUITyE OF TILE PRIVY

CUL NCIL-ImaLlwx:

the m usher. of the eentmittee pretest to-day were Sir
J 1 ri. f.. 74•1. T Knight Bruce, the Judge of the Ad-
/watt, euurt, Sir J. Pattetoo, sad Sir Edward Ryan.

Wet %IlTI; St. a aulcsaaosti —nr az 0111$0!0. I %TM.

ist this east, which was a petition to revoke ao order of
0"I1( .1, by which the above patent had been reaewed,.to
auaisnlitee tgeanttd tho applicat:(42, sohjec. to ceratit stipo•
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Tltis was as action against the dcf.adant, who lot traieer
41 hurlers, to recover poseetaion of a horse belonging to the
plaintiff, which he hail wroogiu4 detained, ectl special
damage was alleged from the horse having hem prevented
*tea ruttuing certain recce. The defendant I.!eit:ed not
NeiMr. E. darnes, with Mr. l'oersdorff, appeared for the
glaintiff; Mr. O'Malley, with Mr. D. Power, for the de-
indent.
It appeared that on the Bth September last the plaintiff,
wee ie :a licensed victualler, carrying on business in
Vlesibstred, woe present at the Rochester and Chatham
ear,.. This was what is called a " selling race,- by the
ruir• of which the winning horse must be put up to
Becton after the race, and the difference between
the JUIOU at for which the owner had entered
has. and that for which he is purchased, is put into
the rocs Lund. The race was won by a horse called Em-
mons'', ...bids was put up to auction and knocked down to
i* jl..intiff for 631. The plaintiff, who bed not that
amount in his pocket at the time, borrowed 23/. from the
defendant to reeky it up ; and, as he did sot wish to be
known et the purchaser of the horse, requested Price to
allow his name to be entered as the purchaser. Pries ecia-
salted, and the plaintiff gave the horse to a person named
lenses to be taken care of. He also asked Price for the
receipt for the horse, which Price refused to give up under
Ist On the following dayrhe horse was entered in the name
of a person named Ritchie' for the West lest Stakes, and
wen the drat favourite. The plaintiff protested against its
running, and attempted to seize it with the assistance of
fee or ail friends. A disturbance ensued, butall
dm harms ran and was again the winner. Prieestill refused
so give it up to the plaintiff, who had not, up to the present
time, been able to get poesessioa of it.
The plaietiff having given evidence of the above facts,'
dated, in crosoesaminatiom that he wee well known on the
Jeri, havirg been connected it for seven or eight years.
Lis olsket in not wishing to appear ea the owner of " FA°.
nemly' was, that the public at large might net know he
hod bought seek a quantity of horses, and bee-use if his
w Hied." hod known it, it might have been rather unples-
mat. He had not being Weft against " Essonosay, nor
was he aware that be ISM baled any bone (or the West
lest Stakes. Ho did tow powder that Price had bid for
the horse. He had sot amid that be had lent Price 46i. to
per foe the hoses.
The plaintiff's &tawniest was esseebeasted by Mr. Mao-
lasi, the clerk to the Jock!y Club es Newmarket, who had
nosed as judge at the race is question; and other windows,
some of whom stated that the horse was worth 1001. at the
lime of the OWL

Thi;treiendant, who is a fanner and horse-trainer Is
Iletkischainshin, stated that the plaintiff and himself had
Md against each other for the horse, and that it bed bees
knocked down to him (defendant) for 65!. The plaintiff's
test bidding was, he believed, 61t. He (defendant) not bat-
ter; enough money in his pocket, except by a cheque, which
was not a legal tender, applied to the plaintiff for the loan
el , which he obtained, and with it paid for the horse.
He sold it &gait' the same night for LW. mete than he had
given. The plaintiff had asked him login the horse up
ler a bottle of wine and half a sovereign, which he refused
es do. The neat morning be tendered the 441. he had
borrowed to the plaintiff. He believed flkplaintiff had laid
3001. to lON. against the hors* urea dm West Kent stakes.
The defendant entirely denied the anitemetne of the plain-
t& as to what bad taken place between gem. The atm-
nosier was called to corroborate the defendant's evidence.
Lord Campbell, in samisen: up, said the question was
entirely one for the jury, as It depended only upon the
credit they attached to the statements of the plaintiff and
defendant.

the Jury retired, and after an 'bunco of *bout ten
mane**, Maned with a verdict for the plai*tiff for 100
guineas, allowing the defendant a sot off of 23/.

LITT V. 11111111 V CLIAR PROFIT,

.
Thu, was as action brought against the defendant, the
veil-known slows, fir the breach of an agreement which
M had uttered iato with the plaintiff, who is the manager
of as eiseetrias estab:ishatent at Brighton, by which he
had promised to perform at the plaintiff's circus from the
Nth to the Thad October lit.
The defendant pleaded a denial of the agreement.
Ns. Serjeant Wilkins, with Mr. Horne, appeared for
abs *Wig; Yr. fierjtaat Thomas npresented the de
badast.

2117.11erat Wilkie, flossed the ewe for the plaintiff,
wed mats the bets, as they were preyed by the followiag
evidence . _

Lawrinies Levy, estatiaed by Hr. Haes•—l sat the
plaietift I sat s wherasedmist is Webaseaes:ti the
proprietor sad swoon if an agameltiaa t. la
ember last I was at Ititiblisa wbh sq drear, sad taw
dahailaat. He asked if I lad as opmeing he him. He is
aellehraled at a &ma. I oboe& w ble le las were. Mr.
sousssas was went. He wasted to play a week far hall
m Weft

Lead eampie remarked that is Gemieles time an attics
vas tried Is this smirk the esly gamiest is which win what
was imam by a " char basalt ;" but that gnat actor had
made a very bail whams lee all that could be got out of
him wis that a " dear benefit " was a " char What."
(Laaginin.)
Haar brie* INSIMMI--Half a dear benefit means that
Me paithemee Ml= ball the gross receipts cf the home, and
res M ageism het bk own pristine, such as his tickets
sail balls. I ehisellel M the terms, and proposed that he
allesiliday • Se** he it. He at lint objected, but after
mess easvirrasiiss enfilade as 'sedition that the basalt
sheall he ea the Wilinesier sight, the 19th October. He
salted IN to gee ease hills eat. I got bills out with weed-
iest.. width I - be. His erragemeat was to begin on
the Mowing Monday, the 10th October, and to end oa the
Saturday fortaight, es be and others who were with is.
had to appear at Druerlase oe the following_ Monday.
It poured ia tomato ea the Wednesday. The dates-
deat had acted up to that sight, sad on that night the
neeipts were 681. odd. I paid his half that mount as the
Wednesday evening. He said he had expected 1001. in the
Mum. 1 pmpeeed that he should have the third of the m-
eters cut the foLowing Saturday. He objected, mad
reposed that I should gin him 16/. for the am of his acme,
es taking a bensit, instead of the use-third. I would aot
agree. That was all that took ram. Mr. Barry took the
Meek hoses away to aseertain what had been taken. On the
neat day I west to Loudon, and rettemel on the Friday
Mormon. Imw the &Bedsit on the Saturday morning.
He hod not amid es the Thursday or Frilay. I did sot
speak to his, sad ham sot done so from that time to this.
Oa the Saturday night I was at the pit door acd board
saverd persons ask if Batty was going to play that sight,
and I had to tell theta no. Same went in, aid some went
away. . _ _

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Cross manned by Mr. Serjesat Thomas—l have lees
is theatrical benison 18 or 19 years. 1 have bad the Vie-
toris, Strand, City of London, sad some country theatres.
I have also been sheriff's officer during that time. lam
also • win merchant, and lead nom oseasisaally. I have
ea Mika in Falkland-court. M sou is an attorney
*ere. I have paid • clown 21. • week and awn.
I do mot think I ought to upon the salaries
M gentlemen in the profession. (Laughter.) Toe
tweet is about If. 10s. I have paid IL a week. I
bye paid 3L The printer asked Mr Barry for 61. Vs. fur
his printing. I had left • manager ismy pleas when I
went to London. My wife said Mr. Berry tad offered to
play if I would gamine* half the printing of Lis bills. I
d sot know that he has paid M. 9s. for his priatiag.
Henry Sterling—l am • lieeneed victualler. I carry on
%niness at the tap adjoioing Cremorargardeas. I was
treasurer donne Mr. Barry's engagement. Mr.
!arty ease to se in the middle of the day after his benefit,
ascompanied by the prints., Mr. Phillips, who asked what
was to hte dons with his account *ohm Mr. Barry, which
was between 51. and 61. I said I had nothing to do with it.
1 had previously told Phillips that I would not be answer-
able fur any goods which I had not ordered. I told
Mr. Barry that plaintiff was in London, and that be bad
better call and see him at night. He said "be was not to
he humbagged in that way—he would know who was to
pay." l had paid Mr. Barry on the preceding night. He
had expressed himself saceedingly well planed. Mr. Barry
eventually refused to play that night. I should think on •
akar north the ordinary expenses must be borne by the
managemeat; but the extra 'anent, must be paid by the
performer. Oa the Threday several persona went away
without going is. They Inquired whether Barry was to play.
The average receipts when Mr. Barry played were 141. or
161. each performance. There were two performances on
some days. There was not a very great diminution after
he left. On the Saturday he played the receipts ware 121.
Oa the nest Saturday Okay were 71. ISE On the Friday
ought there was 41. Il• in the gallery; and on the following
Friday, 31.95. That was Mr. and Mn. Nowsome's benefit.
On Saturday, the 16th, it was 31. 6s. ; and on the 22nd,
31. Is. The gallery holds about 2t)l. On the first night
331. 4e. was received. Mr. Barry had nut touched 'he check
tines@ *ben he returned them. He trustea to me. lie
mid the payment of the printer would take a large propor•
ben of what he had received.
Mr. lames Newsome—l am an equestrian performer. 1
was preseat at • coavenation between Mr. Levy and
Mr. Barry. He was to play • forint/int fora half clear
Ilearfit. I bad my benefit on the Friday. I said to the
defendant, " Tom, you might as well play for my benefit."
Se said he would not unless I paid for his bills. I then
went away.
Cross-examined—l was sot entitled to a benefit. I lent
my name to the plaintiff, who gave me so much after pay-
ment of the 'anuses.
Lennot.d, a ntomptaket,:heck-taker, and door
keeper at the gallery of the circa.. proved that about 200
venom bad gun away on the three nights bemire Mr.
Marry did not play.
Crossszansined—l have assisted the plaintiff sometime
as sheriff's dicer for the last mutt or nine years. Adonis
men to the gallery was lid. I could swear that 200 or
MIMI people inquired of MO at the door whether Mr. Barry
weld play
Mr. Sersent Thomas then addressed the jury for the de-
Inedaat, sad submitted that this was as action brought
seemly to pat now late the pockets of the ' tiff's sec
se ion had Wady ad 'Wend say less by