The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

THE PRESTON STRIKE.

MEETING OF FACTORY OPERATIVES.
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER) .
PRESTON, MONDAY.—The amount brought in by the
weavers' delegates yesterday was about £2,200, or £2OO more
than the receipts in any former week. This fact was an-
nounced to a large meeting held in the Orchard this morning,
and seemed to afford considerable satisfaction. The proceed-
ings of the meeting. commenced by Mr. G. B. Horsfalll of
Royton, (editor of the Factory Operatives' Guide) being
called upon to preside.
The CHAIRMAN advised his hearers to do what they could
to secure the support and approval of the press. If they
could do that, it would be a step in the right direction that
would have a ten lency to bring this dispute to an end.
Unfortunately, with one or two exceptions, the press of this
country was against the working classes. He did not think
that proceeded from any enmity to their order, but arose
rather from want of knoWledge of the matters agitated
amongst them. He believed that if they took means to in-
form the press of the real nature of their proceedings, it
would be won over to their side, and they should be gainers
thereby. He had often heard it asked it why they selected
the present time to turn out for an advance of wages : he
would answer the question. What had bad trade and
gloomy prospects to do with the ability of our Preston
manufacturers to pay as good a rate of wages as the manu-
facturers of any other district ? If trade was bad in Preston,
it was bad at, Blackburn and throughout the whole of the
manufacturing districts ; and he contended that whatever
rate of wages could be paid in any other district could be
paid in Preston. If this dispute could be referred to any
unprejudiced tribunal, he would stake the result on that
point alone. That was their defence for having turned out
at the present time. Their object was not to gain an advance
upon the wages paid throughout the manufacturing districts,
but simply to place themselves on a level with other towns.
Such being the zaze, he thought they were perfectly justified
in their demands; and he hoped they would continue out
until they got what they wanted. (Cheers.)
Mr. R. SMITH, of Oldham, president of the executive
committee, addressed the meeting at great length, and con-
cluded by saying that, this week there was a brighter pros-
pect for them than ever. New sources of support were
being opened to them, and those who had been previously
opened were augmenting their contributions. If the em-
ployers thought proper to prolong this struggle, the
operatives would, be enabled to withstand them; but let
their proceedings be characterised by peace, order, and
unanimity. (Cheers.)
Mr. GRIMSHAW, of Great Harwood, congratulated the
meeting upon the receipt yesterday of £2OO more than had
ever before been obtained.
Mr. T. SMITH, secretary to the Stockport weavers' com-
mitte, observed that if they now gave way, they would bring
condemnation upon Preston ' • for they were not only fight-
ing the battle of Preston, but of the whole country.
Addresses were also delivered by Mr. Rhodes and Mr.
_Chadwick, of Stockport, after which the assembly dispersed
to receive their week's pay at the appointed places.

Despatches were received at the colonial office yesterday
morning from the governors of the North American colonies,
and New Zealand.
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VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON AN ATTORNEY AT MANCHESTER,
—At the Manchester City Court of Record yesterday, before
R. B. Armstrong, Esq., recorder, Mr. William Keating
Taylor, solicitor, of 32, Cooper-street, Manchester, brought
an action against Mr. John Higginbottam, landlord of the
St. Peter's tavern, for a violent assault committed on the
plaintiff on the evening of the 9th of September last. The
case occupied the attention of the court the whole of the
day. From the facts, as stated on behalf of the plaintiff, it
appeared that on the evening of the day mentioned, about
seven o'clock, the plaintiff, in company with a gentleman
named Smith, a professor of music, residing at Bury, went
into defendant's house, both being smoking at the time.
They walked into a room on the left hand side of the lobby,
and had not been there many moments before the bar-maid
came in and told them that if they wished to smoke they
must go into the bar. Plaintiff replied, " oh, nonsense, I
have smoked often here before." The bar-maid then left
the room, and in a few moments the defendant entered and
commenced a ferocious assault upon plaintiff. The latter was
carried out of the house insensible, and was for several
weeks afterwards confined to the house. On the part of the
defendant it was said that the plaintiff struck the first blow,
and used offensive epithets to the defendant when he asked
him to come into the bar if he wished to smoke. The
jury, after being absent for some time, returned into
court with a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, £25.
ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER EMIGRANT SHIP WITH CHOLERA,
AT QUEENSTO'WN.—A foreign- barque, with German emi-
grants for New York, arrived in Queenstown shortly after
seven o'clock on Friday morning, and on being boarded by
the custom-house authorities it was reported that cholera
had broken out amongst the passengers. The agents of the
-vessel requested Mr. E. T. Brickrell to proceed to the ship
and ascertain the particulars, and shortly after that gentle-
man went off to her in the quarantine boat, along with Mr.
Reed. Through the agency of Mr. Meldahl, the German
interpreter of the port, it was ascertained that the ship was
a Prussian vessel belonging to Rostock, called the Prevalar,
and that she left the city of Hamburg on the 26th of Octo-
ber, with 159 German cmicrrants for New York. On the 28th
October, after being two days at sea, one of the passengers
died of cholera, and since that date the deaths have averaged
about one each' day. In a few days after, the captain was
attacked with the same disease, and died on the 7th of this
month. The sailmaker of the ship was attacked, and died,
and those are the only deaths that have occurred amongst
the crew. The body of the captain was sewed up and placed
in a box, carefully caulked with pitch, and still remains on
board the vessel, but will probably be interred this evening or
to-morrow. The disease on board this ship is said to be of a
very mild type, the parties attacked generally living six or
eight, and in some instances ten days. Up to the present
time the total number of deaths on board amounts to eleven,
of whom nine were amongst the emigrants, and the captain
and sailmaker. The remainderof the passengers are in a
healthy condition ; there are this day only two cases on
board, and those are convalescent. The ship is at present
in quarantine, but, from the healthy condition of the passen-
gers generally, and the peculiarly mild type of the disease,
• it is probable she will be able to proceed on her voyage in a
day or two.--Cork Examiner.