The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-17 00:00:00

DAILY TIMES

;OSING OF THE PRESTON ..4Q,ZTON
MILLS.—TIVENTY FIVE THOUSAND
PEBSO?TS Oar.OF- EMPLOYMENT.

I.TEST PARTICULARS, FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.]

Saturday afternoon,.

the vakious mills in Preston, and

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its vicinity, iii Which the notiees t' the hands had exiiired;
were closed; and'upwards of 15,000' additional persons 'are
thus left without employment. On Friday and Saturday,
no less than thirty-six.mills were closed, and if we add the
number closed for a I=few weeks previously; ten, we have a
grand,total of forty-six mills nowr absolutely closed, and in
which, there is an entire snspension of manufacturing opera-
tions. There are yet running four mills, which are under
nofice to close, so that in a -few days the nuniber of mills
closed will be uywarcls:of fifty; only eight mills in the whole
district continuing operations. The number of mill hands
at Preston is estimated at about 30,000, and the number
who are now walking about the streets of Preston, without
employment, is set doNiii at froin 20,000 to 25,000 persons.
The amount of wages paid weekly; at the various mills now
closed, is stated to have been- from £12,000 to £13,000.
The immediate withdrawal of so large an amount, must
operate very. injuriously On-the trade and generalbiisiiiess of
the town. To enable the large number of human beings,

who are now without employment, to exist, the committee
of the Operative 'Union proposes to pay them weekly, a sum
of £4,000, and they allege their funds are sufficiently

strong to enable them to continue this payment for some
weeks. In the meantime delegates are to be deputed to visit
all the principal towns in the kingdom, to solicit assistance
from the operative classes of those towns, to enable those of
Preston to prolong their struggle with the employers, and to
compel them, if possible, to yield the 10 per cent. on pre-
pent prices. Thus far we have indications of an obstinate
and ruinous struggle, rendered less likely to be brought to
an amicable or speedy conclusion by a strong belief on the
part of the 'hands that the masters cannot long afford to
keep their mills dosed, and a feeling on the part of the
masters, amounting almost to a certainty that the necessities

of the bands, when without employment for a few weeks,
will bring them to their senses, and induce them to
submit not , only to the •terms which they now propose,
but to any which they may then think fit to insist upon.
This is the present position of the unfortunate misunderstand-
ing which has arisen between the employers and the em-
ployed at Preston, and until either party succumb, or some
arrangement is come to, even supposing the union is enabled
to continue the payment of £4,000 per week, the business
operations of the town must suffer to the extent of £B,OOO
per week, or in the ratio of the very large sum of £400,000 per
annum. The prospective loss of this sum, and the difficulties
in which must involve shopkeepers and others, have necessarily
caused a great deal of excitement amongst persons in business,
and they are not slow to attach blame to all parties who hay(
taken any part in producing the present crisis. The genera;
feeling, however, seems to be that if someslight concessions or
immaterial points, on the part of the masters and men wen
Made, the strike, or rather "lock out," as it is now called, migh,
be speedily terminated, andbusiness allowedto resimae its Usua
course. On the other hand, the operative classes, not alone
of Preston, but of several towns in Lancashire, Cheshire, &c.
are favourable to the 'course taken by the " Lock outs," am
have determined to support them to the last. So far as the
trades of Preston are concerned, this was clearly exemplifies

n Friday evening, when a meeting was held at Farmer
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Arms, at which fifteen trades were represented, comprisin
steam-engine makers, boiler makers, mechanics, tin-plate
workers, stone masons, bricklayers, joiners, flaggers, slaters
&e;,' &c. An unanimous resolution come to was, to suppor
the lock-outs to the best of the ability of the various trades
and a form of placard was drawn up, announcing to till
public the determination of various trades to do so. Thl
following is a' list of mills closed, under notice, and still a
work :

Closed : Swainson Brothers (3 mills), James Naylor
Miles Rodgett, J. and R. Walker' R. Riley, Gardner am
Naylor, John Clayton, William Bashall, junr., Horrockses
Miller, and Co. (4 mills), Paul Catterall, Son, and Co., T
Ainsworth, and Co., J. and H. Seed, W. Dawson, W
Eccles, and Co. (Walton), W. Taylor, and Co., R. Threlfall
Horrocks, Jacson, and Co.. Humber Brothers, T. and W
Mc. Guffog, J. Paley, and Co., J. and A. Leigh, D. Ark
wright, Swainson, Birley, and Co.' J. Hawkins and Sons
Garrington, and Co., G. Smith, R. Riley, Birley Brothers
W. Calvert, and Son (Walton), R. Almond and Co., E
Edge, and R. Orrell (Lostock), G. Corry, J. and J
llaslam, T. Co.,drundy, and C 0.,. .W. Shaw, and Co., W
Bashall and Co. (Farington), Rodgett Brothers (Walton)
Gardner and Welch, H. Dawson (Fylde-road).'
Yet running, -but under notice to close : Sharpies am
Wilding, -W. Lancaster and Co., T. Blackliurst and Co., 1
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"Still at work : Napier and Goodair (one mill, the othe
closed, but only temporarily for repairs), Hugh Dawson
(Maudlands), Smith and Slaters, R. Goodair, R. Gardner

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\V. Paley, It. Miller, J. Williamson, J. Gillow. •
After the closing of the mills on Saturday, owing to ti
extreme wetness of the day, no demonstration on the part I
the "lock-out" hands took place, but in the afternoon tl

boll-man was sent round, who announced that a meeting o
the weaver's would be held at the Temperance Ilan at fou
o'clock. Should this morning, however, prove fine, a monste
meeting is to be held on the Marsh, Preston. The amours
of steam power now idle exceeds 2,000 horses, and th
dispute is stated to have resulted frem a diffefence relativ
to the payment of £1 per week in a small mill.

MEETING OF WEAVERS

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A meeting of the weavers was held on Saturday evenin,
at four o'clock, in the Temperance Hall, behind the pari:
church. Notwithstanding the extreme wetness of the afte
noon, the hall was well filled with male and female open
tives.—Mr. Pryce HUMPHREYS, weaver; was called to tl
chair. . .

The CiIIIRMSN, in opening the business, said, that in
consequence of nine or ten delegetes having come over from
Blackburn, they considered, it wisdom to call that meeting.
The great ane important question they had before them that
evening was the position in which they stood in Preston at
the present moment. The question had been before them
for a long time; it was "The 10 Per Cent.—No Surrender
—and the Union." (Great applause.) This was lost sight of
by the masters. They wanted to diminish combination and
to destroy the committee, but there were persons on that
committee Who could weigh their characters ,against those
of the 'Masters' Association. The determination of that
committee was never to yield until they were completely
beaten, and with their assistance that would never be.
(A-pplause.)
Mr. COWELL, one of the Secretaries of the •Preston Com-
mittee, referred to the generous manner in which the Black-
burn delegates had come to express their sympathy and
strong regard for the obligations• they owed to the labour
cause. He next adverted to a meeting called by a person
named Catterall, and held in the Paul-street School-room,
remarking that the-object of Catterall was to malign, under-
mine, blast, and scatter to the winds the characters of those
who were taking aprominent part in the agitation.— (Cheers.)
—and hand over the operatives to the manufacturers, so that
Preston would be branded as long as one brick of it remain-
ed upon another. He hoped the operatives would never be
led by a man like .Catterall, who now sought to upset the
committee after haying, in the first instance, urged him (Mr:
Cowell) and others, to. go. on with the agitation for the ten
per cent. Let them press forward orderly and quietly, and
victory was theirs. Blackburn was at their back, and not
only the weavers, but the mechanics; engineers, millwrights,
joiners, carpenters, cabinet-makers, and all other trades,
throughout the kingdom. There was nothing to fear on
their parts. (Hear, hear.) They talked of their funds
failing; they had never failed yet. (Cheers.) Subscriptions
kept rolling in, and should the agitation be carried on for 12
months, he was satisfied the subscriptions would never fail ;
they would constantly keep augmenting. There were plenty
of places they had 'not yet been to, Bradford, Leeds, Bir-
mingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Crewe, and other places.
He called upon those present during the turn-out, to enjoy
innocent recreation, to attend public meetings, and he hoped
the clergy of every denomination iu the town would open
their schools, and would teach the male and female opera-

tives to, reacl., and write. Let the ministers, if they Niot
make themselves useful in cultivating their intellectual fact

ties, in making men more moral, making them better sub-
jects, :teaching them to read and write, and their duties mo-
ral, physical, social, and political. If they did this, and
minded their own work, , they had quite sufficient to do.
(Cheers.) If they (the ministers) could do the operatives
any good in attempting to negotiate for them, he should not
object to their help, but he did not want that sort of nego-
tiation which wanted them to yield everything, and throw
themselves into the arms of the manufacturers. (Cheers.)
If clergymen could attempt no better negotiation than this,
he was satisfied they could do as well without them as with
them. (Cheers,)
Mr. HODSON, of Blackburn was the next speaker. They
had come there, he said, to speak with them on a vast and
important subject. The crisis upon which the inhabitants
of Preston had now entered was big with importance to
coming
i generations. Preston was not the only town inte-
rested n this great subject. (Hear, hear.) As a working
man, he felt an interest in their welfare and in his own ;
and he felt also that, on them in the present crisis depended
the great question, whether they should be slaves or free-
men. (Cheers.) That was: the point. It was time they
should assert their. manhood. Allow every man his opinion,
but let them not degrade themselves to serfs and slaves, or
be the sUbjects of any man living in the world. (Applause.)
The contest was not whether they should have an advance
of wages; but whether they, should submit to a future course
of despotic rule on the part of those who claimed to have a
right to say what they should have lor their labour, and
that they had no right to say what they demanded for it.
(Hear, hear.) Was that fair or honest between any two
men, place :them in w.liatevex position in society they might ?
(No, no.) Was not the poor man a man ? The rich man
was no more than a man. Both stood equal in the sight of
Heaven, .and why should not both have an equal say as to
the manner in which they should contract for their labour, and
the manner in which the should be paid. As delegates
from Blackburne, it was said they had no right to interfere-
in this matter. Had they no right ? Were they not in the
same rank of society, amongst the same classes ? Had they
not to do with masters, and labour, toil, sweat, and live on
labour ? They had a right ; for if the operatives of Preston
'did not get the advance they sought, the operatives of Black-
burne must have the disadvantage of that, for if Preston: was
not raised to the level of Blackburne, Blackburne must come

,wn to the level oPrekton. .(.Applause.) That was their
Isition, and there needed be no secret about the matter.

thefdid not"gain this struggle in Preston, they lost' it
roughout the length and bre4dth of the manufacturing
;tricts. (Cheers.) That was the reason• why they, in other

mns, were willing to aid and help the operatives of Preston.
hit if they had no Tight in. Preston, what right had. the

manufacturers of Prestonto meet those of Blackburne On the
Manchester Exchange, and ask them to discharge men from
their employ. (Hear, hear.) They should show they re-
spected= themselves, and then they would be respected by
others. They must be firm and persevering. There was
no necessity for falling out with the masters ; their object
should be to reason with them, and have interviews as fre-
quently as possible,-but never to diverge from the principle
of the full and entire 10 per cent., and no surrender. (Hear.
hear.) That was the point to which the association had
agreed, and let them be resolute and stand to it. He knew
there were fears entertained at Preston, and fears of a strong
and powerful character, and there was great need of fear.
Mizell caution was required amongst the working classes of
Preston at the present crisis, both with regard to their con-
duct and deportment in the streets. (Hear, hear.) Let
them take care that no one was abused or insulted in the
streets. (Hear, hear.) Be calm, deliberate, firm, and deter-
mined, yea, resolute. (Cheers.) He then referred to those
parties who were in authority in mills, and who wielded an
enormous power for good or evil, and advised the operatives
to endeavour to gam the confidence of those parties. He
praised those' who gave their masters good advice, but de-
nounced these whom he called " lick spittles " that pan-
dered to the wishes of the masters. He next adverted to
the righteousness of their demand, and asked what there
was unjust in it? They wanted their true rights, and as men
they ought to have them. (Hear, hear,) No man couldsaytheir
demand was an unrighteous one. If they looked on the affair
in its religious aspect, they would find the individual who
wished to deprive the labourer of his hire, was denounced
by God himself as the veriest tyrant on earth. (Cheers.)
The speaker' then contrasted the position of the operative
with the manufacturer, remarking that the former by dint

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f economy and 'scraping during a long life, was in some
'ery few cases enabled to get together as many thousand
wicks as would build,himself a cottage, whilst M a few years,

he manufacturer was enablelto erect 'gigantic mills, 'build
,plendid mansions; and purchase large estates., and asked
vhere did all this come from ? (A voice :•' From the work-
ng classes.") That was the very place. It came out of thE
ihuttle's eye, and,off the spindle end. Out of the sweat of

he operative had this abindence come, and yet they coulC
iot afford to raise- the wages 10 per cent. Were they tc

)elieve their own senses, or those mens' silly nonsense ?
['hey would believe their own senses, and not their silly non-
;ease. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Hodson) was glad a suggestion
iad been thrown out about the way in which they. should

spend their time. Let schools be opened, and let both men
and go there to learn to read and write and cast. up
accounts. Above all things they should study to get the
capital into their own hands.. That was the point. If
they raised capital within themselves, they raised power
within themselves ; for wherever there was wealth, power
was sure to follow it, and no person could hinder it.
(Hear, hear.) If they had capital, they could easily say to
the masters in Preston, " if you do not give us ten per cent.
advance, we will go to work for ourselves ; we have
power, and looms of our own; we can work cheaper, and
we will ruu you out of the market." (Cheers.) The floating
capital of the country, he was bold to say, passed once
a-year through the hands of the working classes, and if by
economy and temperance they could only scrape together
one sixth of that, -in six years they would have all the
capital in the country. (Hear, hear.) Drunkenness had
been the cause of previous failures, and he asked those
present to shun drink, to confine themselves to the simple
necessaries of life. Every day they stood firm, their masters
would tremble before them. AU the mill-owners in

Preston were not yet rich, and those were the firms which
must bend to their power. In conculsion, he reminded his
hearers that the Ist of November was approaching, and he
trusted they would return Mr. Goodair to the council,
and endeavour to have him elected Mayor for the ensuing
year.
Mr. IVALTorr, of Blackburn, next addressed the meeting,
and informed them that the whole country had declared
that the operatives of Preston should not lack suppc rt.
Mr. CARNES, also of Blackburn, followed. He pointed
out the various evils which arose from under-paid labour,
and warned the mill-owners of the calamities, which their
conduct would inevitably lead. -
Mr. HOUBRAY referred to an article in the Preston Citron-

icle of that morning, which stated that the whole dispute
originated about a question of £1 per week in one mill in
Preston. If this were so, it was a disgrace to the manufac-
turers of Preston to lock up their mills. He called on the
operatives of Preston to stand firm, and he promised
them the support of all the working men in Lancashire,
four-pence per loom, or if necessary, six-pence per loom would
be given. ,
Thanks were then voted to the glackbulin Delegates.
Mr. the proposed
HODSON then
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" That this meeting pledges itself to the ten per cen
without equivocation until it be maintained in the entire o
the manufacturing districts of this land, from this time."
Mr. liounnAy seconded the moticn, .which was unani.
mously agreed to.

Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the proceedings
terminated shortly before seven o'clock.

DARING AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY
LA ST NIGHT.

During the absence from home of the family last night,
who were all at church, the residence of Mr. Linton,
18, Seymour-street, London-road, was forcibly entered, by
one or more persons, and wearing apparel and jewellery
stolen, amounting in value to upwards of £4O.
As every member of the family, servants included, were
leaving the house, for the purpose of attending divine ser-
vice, the precaution was taken to make all secure and the
front door was locked from the outside, the family faking
the key with them. On their return, about half-past eight
o'clock, the key of the front door was being inserted, for the
purpose of unlocking it, when, to the astonishment of the
family, the door flew open with the slightest push. It was
then immediately discovered, on an examination being
made, that the front door had been forced open with a
"jimmy," or crowbar, and that by this means an entrance
had been effected, and an extensive robbery committed.
On an inspection of the premises, it was found that the
thief or thieves had ransacked every room in the house, and
stolen a large quantity of wearing apparel, and various
articles of jewellery, including silver spoons, &c., &c. ; the
value of the stolen property, altogether, amounting to between
£4O. and £5O. All the bedrooms in the house had been
entered, and the drawers forced open, and it was discovered
that the thieves had taken no less -than 16 pairs of trowsers,
several coats and vests,. besides other articles of wearing
apparel. The various rooms in the house had been ransacked
and were left in a very disordered state, the drawers being
left open, and several articles, which it would appear, the
thieves did not choose to include in their booty, being strewed
about the floors in all directions.

Shortly after the robbery was discovered information Was
given to the police, with a view to the apprehension of the
parties, implicated, but at the hour of our going to press no
clue to the thieves had been obtained.

This impudent robbery shewi the great imprudence of
every member of a family being absent from home at the
same time'. It is more than probable that in the present
ase, the robbery, was committed by some parties ac-
quainted with the family, and having a knowledge of the
premises ; and it is equally probable that the thieves were
on the look out, and saw the family leave the house.

Yesterday morning, a female prisoner escaped
from the South Dock Bridewell.

SHOP ROBBERY.—Yesterday morning, between
the hours of one and two o'clock, the shop of Mr. Mason
grocer, Whitechapel, was entered by means of false keys
and about 201bs. of tea, and 20s. in copper, stolen there.
from. The thieves got off with their booty.

The British and North American Royal mail
steam-ship Niagara, sailed from the Mersey, on Saturday,
with the mails, a large cargo, and one hundred and sixty
passengers.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night, a man
named Owen Owens, in the employ of the London and North
Western Railway Company, was very seriously injured by a
train in the tunnel, near Edgehill. His arm was cut off,
and his head seriously bruised. Owens was in a state of
inebriety at the time.

SUDDEN DEATH.-011 Saturday morning, at a
quarter to .eight o'clock, John Brennan, residing at St.
Ann's Buildings, St. Ann-street, a porter in the employment
of Mr. Robert Christie, jun., merchant, 5, Old Hall-street,
was obserVed by Thomas IVlgicnna, a fellow workman, to
open the office door and come towards the street. Seeing
that there wars something disordered in his appearance,
M'Kenna ran towards him, and perceived great quantities
of blood flowing from his mouth and nose. He got hold of
him and set him down on the office steps, but the man died
before the surgeon of the dispensary, though promptly in
attendance, arrived on the spot. An inquest was held on
Saturday, and a verdict of •' Died by the visitation of God"
was returned.

CONCERT HALL, LORD 'NELSON-STREET.—MR.
BRO*NE, M.P.—On Saturday evening, Mr. Templeto
long known in the musical world for his many success
both as an operatic and ballad singer, gave the first of t
series of popular musical entertainments which he purpos
giving in this town. Mr. Browne, M.P., ever anxious
promote all that is useful and beneficial to his kind, presid
on the occasion, and in the interval between the first and s
cond part of the performance, pointed out in brief but a
propriate remarks, the elevating tenderness of such reunio
which instructed while they pleased, and though possess
of merit in a superior degree, yet aimed at nothing me
than they professed. to be, popular entertainments, and
such, he was happy to find they were deservedly apps
ciated.

• THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN IRELAND.—The inquest was
resumed on 'friday ; and, after the examination of several
witnesses, was adourned to this day (Monday), when it is
supposed the verdict will be given. On Saturday, experi-
ments were made on the line from Wins to the place
where the catastrophe occurred.

MONE,TARY

1 ArD COMMERCIAL

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY Eve
By the steam-ships Africa,. which arrived in the
ns)
river this .evening we are in receipt of advices fes
NeW York to the .sth inst, The Africa brillg
seventy passengers, and 800,000dols. in golds
Californian ingots. Her commercial intelligeu'
is of the utmost importance, Under- the infinelled'
r ?)
of advices froin Europe, received by the Alq't
iig
Baltic,. the corn market was!very animated 011 ,
as*
the week, and large sales, both_ for expol4.
speculation, have been Made at an advance 0-f ;„
6c. per. buShel on wheat and 30 to 40c. per bbt
Flour. The principal transactions were-in wtiedo
for which the demand . was more active, sau,
supply more abundant :The ordinary brau.ei
shipping flour were scarce, and the extra cinslitl
relitively cheaper. Indian ,corn_ had particips46
in the advance, and the markets were active. A,
supplies coming forward .are reported to be -5
usually large, and by the end of the crurentin°ll4
increased receipts were expected. Freights icebhi,
quoted : To Liverpool, flour 3s. 6d. to 4s. per to
Grain 12 to 15d. asked per bushel. Cotton 7-°,,,*„,
1.4 d. per lb. Heavy goods 30s. per ton. To .1-4 r
don, flour 3s. 6d. per bbl. Naval stores 3s. 61 14
bbl. Grain 12 to 15d, per bushel. Heavy go°,;r
35s per ton. To GlaggoW, flour 3s. 6d. to 4s• 1'
bbl. Grain 12 to 15d. per pushel. St
The following are clearances of flour and Syme
from New York,,from Sept. 26 to Oct, 1,:—
To London, bbls 1;533 To Marseilles.:.....
To Liverpool
To Glasgow
To Havre 26,000

Y2#s
314,
5,6441

Clearance of wheat for the same period :
To L'pool 123;000. bush.. To Dunkirk 26,50016P5i
To Gl'sg'w 23,106 bush. To Antwerp 22,00010
To Havre 69,042 bush.
Rye and barley were unchanged. State and 05.
tern oats were quoted at 46c, to 48c. per bush fled
flw The Cotton Market was firm, and, judging.
the reported state of the crop, prices must

vance.
iStet
The arrivals of foreign coal were very mode
and prices were advancing. Liverpool Orreli")
selling at 10 dols. 50c. to 11 dols. per ton. see
Cannel at 8 dols. 50c. per ton-4 months.
The tone of the Money Market continues to„de
prove. The rates of money on call were the S
as 'our last quotations. The Foreign Exclittli,6,:4'
were firm. First class bills on England 60 0.7;1
sight, were done at 1094 to 110. Large importso
bullion were still pouring in from California.
the arrival of the Aspinwall and Panama co 0
evening of the 4th inst., the mails from Califor/id
to the Ist of-September, had been received, toS
ther with 708,000d015. in gold. By this arrili.l:4
small amount of gold from Australia had also o'4l
received viii Panama. The receipts of gold dasitir
the Philadelphia Mint, for the month of SePted
ber, were reported on the Ist inst. The exposni
specie for the month amounted to 1,244,191 dolwo
against 2,122,000 dollars same month. last Yf,,i6
We annex the comparative results of the sP`tio
movement for .the nine calendar months of
year : .

DEPOSITS OF GOLD DUST AT PHILADELPHIA 31I0n.
1853. 1857
dul. 4,962,000 dol. 4,162,0
of
3,549,000 3,010,vn0
7, 534, 000 3,890,10(
...... —4,766,000 .3,091" no
4,366,000 33
4,6,v‘,00(
4,544,000 .
16,65v,,.4
3,491,000 4,200,5
..„4,512,000 2'6764
_ ,": 3,025,000 4,54/

January

February

March
April

tine .

August •
,September

Total dol. 40,049,000 dol. ;16,699 'OOO
Increase quantity t,ltis year .
,‘4O
T0ta1........:_

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ClOl. 40,0 9106
EXPORTS OF SPECIE FROII NEW yon,,
1853. 1807,'d 000
dols. 748,000 dols. 2,6°,100
1,121,000 3,6166;,-000
0()
..592,000
200,900
767,000
1,835,un
‘),169,000 3,556,01 f,
3,264,000
2,971:000
.3,901,000
1,184,030
.1,344,000 2,122

January

February
March
April
May

August
September

Total 9 months, (lois. 14,983,000 d015.20,66'l
Decreased export 1853, 5,670,000

dots. 20,653,000
In the official return just issued of thettolie`ieOt
Bank Notes authorized to be issued by the ,01111 t
Banks of issue in Scotland, and the average IL:0 °`
of Bank Notes in circulation, and the ow tile
coin held far the four weeks ending Saturd%:,
Ist of October, we find the following re 511,,
Circulation authorized by certificate, -13,061';t0
average circulation, 13,833,226; average ani°7ol§
coin held, 11,183,523 ; amount of notes ia qote,
tion above the amount authorized by certi •

£767,016 . Sar
The news from India, which appeared in asit
plement to the NORTH ERN . DAILY TIMES of teid
and which was delivered to our readers mallY'W,
in anticipation of the London papers, is ul,lol`
satisfactory. The advices brought by this 00
fully confirm the Commercial information give,
our Supplement. The markets were firm, iltofil
standing the unsettled state of things in 00
parts of our Indian possessions. Enchang, el
Enland varied during the month from 2s. hi.
Rupee, for first-class paper at 60 days' siglior
2s. 15-16 d. at 25..1d. per Rupee. Cotton was hit)
er, owing to a decline in the rates of freight, W'
Was last.quoted at•X2 15 to £2 17s. 6d.
Our commercial intelligence from Australial
day- was also important, and as it was deriveci,o td
private correspondents, we were not compely
glean our matter from the columns of the
bourne Argus, or any other colonial paper, gi)ol4,
find our London contemporaries were. Oilfae?
Philip and Sydney correspondents hold the lilt,
commercial . positions, and their advices JoiV
Strictly relied on.
We subjoin "an account of the Assets and re:
bilities of the Preston Banking Company, at die/
ton, on Saturday the Bth of October, 1853; as
appear in the London Gazette :
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.)
ASSETS. ,4201/111.

Bills of Exchang, Bank Premises Preli-
minaries Expenses, Loans, &c., Cash in
Bank, and Deposits in other Banking
Establishments. 465,6'2'2 2

£465,622_,!,./

.4010/".i
X. •si j
13F41:0,41065083>1i64
£465,622
HENRY GAEAVES, Managcl;ll,lf
For the state of the London and Liverpo°loi
kets we must refer to our ordinary reports,
will be found in another column. .

LIABILITIES

Capital Stock
Deposits and other liabilities
Undivided profits

London, 778. 9d. ; Paris, —; Hamburgh'
sterdain; —; Vienna,
' --; St. Petersburg,--„;:,o4r,
lin, —; Milan, • Constantinople, • Ativ'
; Bombay, ; Calcutta, ; Hong' Koritifielf
Sydney, 745. 9d. to —B. ; Port Phillip, 775. 3d; /
• Victoria, 775. 6d. ; Ovens, 765. 6d.; Montreal,/
New 'York, —; Boston, £3 17s. 9d.; San Frt/ of
; Mexico, —; Brazils, —.
We subjoin a return of the Foreign Do- vice
calculated, according to the London Mint P

£:3 17s. 10id. the .ounce
A

....msterdam, short, 11 16 to 17 ; do, 3 mc
to 19 ; Rotterdam, 3 m. 11 1n to 191 ; ".-4
1
3m. 25 35 to 40 ; Brussels, 3 m. 25 35 to /5 41
Hamburg, 3m. 13 61 to 71; Paris, short, /5;
10 ; do, 3 m. 25 35 to 40 ; Marseilles, 3 11„1„.,' . l'
to 423; Frankfort, 3 m. 1201 to 1203; Vienna, °'",.11,
to 19 ; Trieste, 3m. 11 18 to 11 22 ; Petersblto,
to 371; Madrid, 3 m. 4911 to 50 ; Cadiz, 3 to. fko `,//
Leghorn, 3 m. 30 10 to 30 20 ; Genoa, 3m. 25 40 'to 1
Naples, 3 m. 41i to 42; Palermo, 3 m. 12,1! .0 14
Messina, 3 m. 1244 to 125 ; Lisbon, 3 in. to 010;
3 m. 534 to 531- ; R. Janeiro, 60 days, 28 to AY..:,
York, ditto, 1091 to 110 ; Boston, ditto, to --A' : ,rotyd
Gold in bars, £3 17s. 9d. ; Mexican Dollars, Os..t ' Pori
in bars stand, Os. Od. ; East India Company's 13,211,'d0.60j,i
Bills 60 ds ; Calcutta Co's Rupee, 2s. 44d. ; 130110,;.' 55.0iiit.
2s. 15-16ths, ; Madras do., 2s. 44d ; Hong IC°l/4J$. i)''
ss. 104 d. ; Sydney, 30 ds. 4 dis., 1 pr. ; Adelaide,,'„wa, NO;
1 pr.; Launceston, 30 ds., 1 dis. 1 pr. ; Hobartl': Oec1"
1 dis. 1 pr. ; Wellington, &c., 15 ds., 1 dis., 2 Pr' 'lO.
15 ds., 4 dis., i pr.; Alexandria, 991; Shalightle'
7s. ld.; Canton, --7 to -....