The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

TILE STRIKES IN TILE NORTII.

FRESTON, Mosuar.
The amount 'brought in to the Weavere' Commit-
tee yesterday, fell somewhat chart of 2,0001.; this being
what is termed " the little week," or the week in which the
operatives in some of the districts do not receive their
wages, inasmuch as they are paid fornightly. The Cans-
fia-!!tile, however, have a considerable balance remaining is
hand from last week's receipt., and consequently ti,eg are
enabled to distribute four shillings per head as here-
tofore. As an indication of the present de-
Jsressed nave of trade it may be mentioned that
Mr. Goodair (the lergest manufacturer unconnected with
the Masters' Association) has today given votive to cow
mence running short time in the weaving department—all
his hands having hitherto been fully employed.
This afternoon a large meeting of operatives was herd
in the Orchard, Mr. Lang, of Blackburn, in the chair.
After a brief introductory speech, in which he 'MUM' the
assembly that they stood in as good a position as lest week
intro-
duced Mr.
rrd
Brown,to of
pecuniary
Blactktebrusr,nt,hewhtstatedchairman h
inttro4
he had been infirmed that Mr. Paul Catteral
had rung his factory bell this morning at breakfast time.
Whether that was correct or not he could not tell; but
certain it was that the overlookera were all ready to com-
mence work, for he saw them himself. The manufacturers
of Preston were prepared to open their mills on this condi-
tion—that they should run four days per week, and lay
the prices of last March. (Voices: " Never We are
better as we are.") Were they not iu • better position
now with their lc per week fur playing, than they would
be with Gs. and working four days for it (Cries of
As ! ")

The Meeting closed with three cheers (Jr the ten rer
cent.

THE MURDER NEAR LEIGHTON BUZZARD.

Yesterday, the inquest on the deceased Charity
Gleuister, who was so brutally murdered by Abel Burrows.
was neld yesterday. The preceirlings excited the utni-At
interest, and the room at the hotel was crowded all day.
Much surprise and no inconsiderable amount of tnaigna-
tion have been excited amongst the residents in the neigh•
bonehead by attempts which have been made to represent
the accused as labouring under mental aberration conse-
quent upon religious fanaticism. It is stoutly denied that
there is the slightest ground for such a statement, indeed it
is confidently affirmed that he never evinced any degree of
religious feeling, his whole career having been one of un-
swerving dissoluteness and profligacy. Since his capture he
has taken a course which, under other circumstances.
might lead to a belief in a state of mental unsoundness, but
there seems to be nothing in his previous life which for a
mzment warrants the supposition that he was in anything
but full possession of his leases when he murdered Charity
Glenister and threatened the lives of all other persons who
came in his way.
A number of witnesses deposed to the facts which were
narrated in the Daily News of yesterday. Amongst them
was the father of Burrows, a very old man, whose failing
memory and desire not to criminate his son, rendered his
evidence an almost unintelligible mass of confusion.

The jury at once found a verdict of Wilful Murder against
Burrows.

It appears that since the prisoner's apprehension a letter
has been sent to him by the woman with whom he has been
Cohabiting while apart from his wife, which corroborates
tae rumour that she was not aware until quite recently that
he was a married man. From the tenor of the first part of
the letter, it is evident that she deeply regrette I the decep-
tion which bad been praetieed upon her.

Contrary to the expectations of the coroner, the pr.smser
was not brought before the jury. His presence, however,
was quite unnecessary. Burrows is 37 years of age, and
has a daughter grown up to womanhood. He is a native Of
Leighton Buzzard.

GARROTTE ROBBERY A7' MANCHESTER.
About ton minutes after 12 o'clock on Saturday
night, as Mr. James Holme, of Everton-road, Ardwick,
Manchester. was returning along Ardis ick-green irons the
house of a friend, he was garrotted and robbed, and other-
wise severely handled. lin passing the George and Dragon
Inn, he observed five rough-leoking men, one of whom
wore heavy clogs, standing close to the house, but ha-I no
idea at the time that they all belonged to one party.
When some of them, therefore, followed him up the road,
he entertained no fear of being robbed, and thought that if
any one attacked him, there would be plenty of people about
to come to his rescue. The men followed him until he
was close by a dead wall at the end of the green, and oppo-
site Union-street, where one ut them passed him, and,
turning quickly round, dealt hint a Wow on the left eye,
which almost stunned him. At the same time his neck
was grasped from behind, and his mouth covered with a
hand, so that he could neither utter a cry nor struggle to
free himself. The other men then surrounded him and
rifled his pockets, one taking a punka containing 18s., while
another seized his watch, and broke it from the guard to
which it was attactied. Mr. Holme was then tilted back-
wards on the pavement, and two kieks were admit istered
at the side of his heed s ith the Leavy clogs, in such a
manner as to fill one of his cars with cinder-dust from the
roadway, and cover one side of his lace with cute and
bruises. The men rain up Union-street, and Mr. Volme,
as soon as he was able to recover himself sufficientry, rose
from the ground and called out " police," but no one came
to his assistance. He walked half a mile up Everton-road
without meeting an officer of the police force, and it is need-
less to say, under these circumstances, that the robbers
made good their escape.

IRELAND.

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N,,'..'.

Dr. Merle D'Aubigne, the historian ot the Retor-
station, mired in Dublin on Saturday night, ttnd
will address an assembly to-morrow evening, in the
Beata Church, Capri-street, ou the subject of religious
affairs on the continent, in connexion with the
Evangelical Alliance.
The Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, with
the Solieitor.Gcnersl and several eminent Ite;,aan
catholic members of the bar, and others, lirtended
yesterday at a meeting, presided over by the High
Sheriff of Dublin, held far the pertiose of promoting
the erection of a grand Gothic church, which has
been commenced in this city be the Friars of the
Dominican order. It would be had to say. what
Special interest the lawyers should take in the
matter, unless it be because the prevent courts of law
happen to occupy the site of the original Dominican
church on the Inn's-quay.
Mr. Dorgan has intimated a request that the
Royal Dublin Society would acquiesce in his desire
of not commencing the removal of the main portion
of the Exhibition Building from the lawn before the
beginning of March next. In the interval Mr. Dor-
gan proposes that the building, stripped of its con-
tents, shall be opened to the public—in the day time
only--for such purposes, under such regulations, and
at such a charge fur admission, as shall be mutually
agreed upon between the council of the society and
Mr. Dorgan and that the proceeds arising from
the admission ot the public shall, subject to the pay-
ment of expenses, be at the disposal of the society,
as a fund for the embellishment of the lawn, after
it shall have been cleared of the building, and re-
stored by Mr. Dorgan to its original state, as far as
circumstances will permit. The council approve of
the proposition.