The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-16 00:00:00

THE WAGES MOVEMENT.

[FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.]
WIGAN, THURSDAY EVENING.—There is no doubt that
the strike of colliers in this district has at length terminated.
There yet remains out about seventy miners belonging to
Walthen-house colliery, (Messrs. W. H. Brancker & Co's.)
and forty to Gidlow and Swillley colliery, (the executors o
the late J. Rylands) ; but the turn-outs at Coppull colliery,
near Chorley, have resumed work at the old rate of wages,
and the men yet on strike are now manifesting a disposition
to give way shortly.
This morning the adjourned meeting of the coal proprie-
tors and their representatives, was held at the Royal Hotel,
Wigan, Mr. W. Pearce, manager of the collieries of the
Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, in the chair. After a brief
deliberation, it was unanimously resolved :

" That in consequence of the continued disposition of the
men at the collieries still on partial strike to resume work
at the old rate of wages, the resolution passed at the last
meeting be confirmed and adhered to, and that this meeting
stand adjourned to this day fortnight, at the same place, at
eleven o'clock."

The Earl of Aberdeen left town this morning for Osborne,
on a visit to her Majesty.
There are 170 patients under treatment in the Manchester
dispensary for children.
The Queen has given £lOO to the House of Refuge, Edin-
burgh.
The late Mr. James Ewing has given £lB,OOO to the Free
Church of Scotland.
Australian letters per Victoria steamer, arrived in London
at 3 p.m. yesterday.
The number of patients attended at the Manchester
and Salford lying-in hospital during the week ending yester-
day, was 19_,- the number discharged, 13.
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public deposits in the week ending the 6th of August were
th© endow-
ment of the bishopric of Glasgow.
SHIP IVANHOE, OF GLASGOW.—We notice the arrival of
this fine ship at Port Philip from Clyde, after a rapid pas-
sage of 86 days, all well.
The Lady Mayoress of Dublin is confined with an attack
of measles, having taken to her bed the day after her brilliant
ball.
ILLNESS OF THE DEAN OF ROCHESTER.--The very rev. Dr.
R. Steven, Dean of Rochester, is so dangerously ill that his
life is despaired of by his friends. The deanery is worth
£1,500 a year at present, but will not yield so much to Dr.
Stevens's successor.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Mexican and South
American mining company, it was announced a dividend of
7s. 6s .per share will be payable on the 20th of January.
The progress of the undertaking is considered satisfactory.
A PATRIARCH.—There is a man in Orkney, now aged
nearly ninety years, who has led to the hymeneal altar and
followed to the grave eight wives. He is about to be mar-
ried the ninth time !—.Ar. .B. Mail.
CHOLERA IN EDINBURGH.—At the meeting of the sa-
nitary conference on Tuesday, it was stated by the various
inspectors that within the last week nine cases of cholera
had occurred in various parts of the town.—Edinburgh
Witness.

VESSEL LOST —On Tuesday forenoon, the sloop Mary
of Aberdeen, bound to London with a cargo of potatoes
from Peterhead, foundered in the bay of Stonehaven, with-
in a mile and a half of the shore. The sea being perfectly
calm at the time, the crew had no difficulty in escaping.—
Scotsman.

THE LATE QUEEN OF PoirruaJu..—Yesterday morning
a funeral service was celebrated in the Catholic Church of

the Bavarian embassy, Warwick-street, Golden-square, for
the repose of the soul of her late Majesty the Queen of Por-
tugal. The deceased was sister of her late Imperial High-
ness Maria Amelia, Sister of the Emperor of Brazil. The
church was most numerously attended.—Globe.
MONUMENT TO LIEUTENANT BELLOT.-At a general
meeting of the members of Lloyd's, held on Wednesday, the
sum of 501. was voted in aid of the subscription now being
raised for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory
of Lieutenant Bellot, of the French Imperial navy, who lost
his life in the last Arctic expedition in search of Sir John
Franklin.

LAUNCH OF A STEAML.. WITH HER MACHINERY ON BOARD.
—Yesterday, at high water, Messrs. Lawrie & Co. launched
from their building-yard at Whiteincb, a trim little paddle-
wheel steamer of 20C tons burden. The vessel had on board
the whole of the machinery, and in so complete a state that
she will in a day or two be ready to proceed on her voyage
to Australia.—N. B. Mail.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The annual distribution of prizes
to the scholars connected with those schools took place yes-
terday in the theatre of the institution. After the distribu-
tion of prizes, the successful competitors were addressed by
the Rev. Dr. M'Neil, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P. and the
mayor. There was a large attendance of proprietors present.
Two fashionably dressed young women named Martha
Hales and Elizabeth Barratt, were a few days ago, at the
Surrey sessions, sentenced to six years' penal servitude, for
picking pockets on the platform of the London and South-
Western Railway terminus, Waterloo-road. They had
mixed among the passengers, and did not recognise each
other, though all the time the one was standing so as to
cover the operations of the other.

MEXICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY.—Yesterday
the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held at the
London Tavern, Mr. J. D. Powles in the chair. The chair-
man said the concerns in Chili had gone on, on the whole,
in a satisfactory manner since the last meeting. The quan-
tity of ore smelted in the nine months from January last was
6,772 tons, and the quantity of ore extracted was 1,091
tons. There were 1,157 tons of copper received since the
last meeting in England, and the ore on hand on the
Ist of September, in Chili, was 2,151 tons, containing
about 347 tons of copper. The chairman, announced that
the half-yearly dividend of 7s. 6d. per share would be paid
on the 20th of next momth.

GREAT FIRE AT STOKE NEWINGTON.—On Thursday
morning, between the hours of one and two o'clock, a de-
structive fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr.
Lobb, furniture broker, carrying on business at No. 8,
High-street, Stoke Newington. In spite of the exertions of
those in charge of the engines the flames penetrated the par-
titions, composed of lath and plaster and wood noggin, and
fired the next house, belonging to Mr. Wm. Dean, a green-
grocer, and Mr. W. Clapp, a leather-cutter. The firemen,
however, kept to their work, when all of a sudden both
houses fell with a tremendous crash, and then the flames
seized the premises of Mr. John Carter, baker, threatening
to destroy everything near. The brigade men laboured
most praiseworthily, but it was some hours before they could
make the least impression upon the fearful element, and not
until the whole of Mr. Lobb's stock in trade, furniture, and
wearing apparel, were destroyed. The goods of Mr. Dean,
and his stock in trade, together with the whole of the pro-
perty_of Mr. Clapp, are consumed ; and Mr. Carter is like-
wise a serious loser by the disaster,

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MONETARY
LAIvERrNDooLC,OT.MLEDARyescA—,46I%
In directing the attention of our readers
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new project whether for the construction eet,
ways, docks, harbours, or the establishinu,'
institutions of a more general character s f,io
banks, insurance, water, gas and other congres
we invariably do so on the broad pri eel Pets
public accommodation and the requirein%l4
increased social economy. The creation lllatid
way king, and the barefaced acts of Pee a, ot
attributed to his majesty George Illidsd°ood
specimens of the mischief that may behe stgi
public by the press lending itself to iPto
gentry to notoriety. Holding these viewlooo
sound both morally and politically, and 0011
to the magnitude of the disastrous r_taii
which have attended the opposite c_ue $1
to which we allude, we are disposed to lieacijaio‘
new projects and their promoters, to a deg;
which shall follow a sound and nu"'
critisism. f and
In our advertising columns will be -R°0•110,
notice of the
." Carlisle and Silloth •"„ befo.,°
and Dock Company." Its promoters ealn".o3lo
us with a provisional committee of unquest ere i oi
respectability, and in which we find the °of
the mayor of Carlisle ; while the names dept
engineers, both in the railway and dock.biliti
ments, are sufficient to guarantee the prattle!,
of the project. These points being all "--01,7
torily adjusted, the only points left for
n`
discussion, are those set forth in the pr?s,ries no;
The Cleopatra steamer from Australia' 000,"
reported, would not leare Adelaide until d- Cori
middle of October, and she will come roue,
Horn. Her arrival will supply an aditional 4.000
of gold, to the extent of 5,786 ounces, eh, di-C",
account of the South Australian Bankll/0,6,A°
pany It is also reported that the same le, 'XS
has 10,980 ounces on the way by the Overia"nf
We also learn that the London agencim".Mi
Bank of New South Wales has been 11%fg°,1"
the consignment to them of 15,000 ouncesiv:,l
by the Madagascar, 20,000 by the Ch,_410.9";
20,000 by the Roxburgh Castle, 7.000 by tn,,,,e
10,000 by the Undaunted, and 15,000 by
brosyne, making altogether 87,000 ounce 6 b 1
34,0001., in addition to 25,000 ounces sent a:A
the Victoria, just arrived. The 11.1ada- 941$ fsl
Chowringhee are known to have a total 0
60,000 ounces each, and are expected dailY,;ioe,l
The steamer Calcutta sailed from Sont'.olt,"
on Wednesday, and took specie to the 3,,111'41:if
40,6701-28,0001. of which is in gold, and pis
deposited at the Mauritius; 5,4701. in
Madras, and the remaining 7,0001., in golu,i Om
left at Ceylon. The Calcutta has on board
cargo of merchandise, and between 80 9114 an e 5
sengers. A letter, of which the following „of
tract, has been received by the director% CI
Australian Consols Gold and Copper
pany, from Mr. Spurting, their manager 14.00,
ney, dated Segenlwe, 15th September, 1853 ",er,
is again being found more plentiful than esseArce,i
consequently, labour becpmes still more en °o
o'
and as to the companies who have sent rara
here, there is not one that has kept We'f;ool"ps
chanics are receiving here and elsewhere 61. f.
to 1/. 15s. per day. Gardeners from 41. 10
aev
week, and labouring men 10s. per day. , i,v
" Secret diplomacy" is beginning toi,e',lyat',f
again on the English Stock Market. " A-19°" t°
helm and the ship is lost" is the great a %jo
will
the day, and the public awaiting the isstle,,s
morrow awake to receive a further deolinewo 0'
will be increased by 4,000 British AlliesAserfilic
the field. Men of business, apart altoge'--
politics, look to this. The market ferbaticD;,,
Securities opened heavily this morning, ,flifist
will it be to-morrow? Secret diplomacy must
swer this question. Our London conteloe
the advocates of mere political interests' e of °01)
all give a different reason for the deehe frea}„
national securities. One oints to the Coc„g
funds. Another flies off tot he reports es
ney engineer in Australia, and a third st.o; rec°,4
at all beyond what history t.OO
of the London press. The actual (Ll° tilbitit °els
as follow : Consols closed 941 to 9„45.; 113i66'•
official hours they receded to 94-k to, 7 Isbows„-ee
the face of money declining in T.""
political and the commercial value 0 'V't" seheB
o'
and-a-Quarter per Cents. 968 t
q,2 13111.
bills, 4s. to 7s. India Bonds axe ra very
In the Foreign Stock
business was done. I",.crk",,Fe arkable ,p
is a further advance cola
shows that as our national securities be:
_so
ciated in value, those of our ene,'
nian, 901 ex. div. ; Spanish
ehanced. Is there no traitor here. 14; V"o;
ye. p.x- . were quoted 1124 to a o fits,
-n Russian a nDeSfetrroce:
re:
Belgian per Cents., 64i; and Dutch '1 rree ttle'e
at 96. Mexican, Peruvian, and the rest a- II
nominal. ace,
_mg
Owing to the pressure on our s„re c 105"
must refer to our usual returns of
prices in the London Share Market.
nv Tl'
The following are the returns of RailW" 40,1
'or the week;—
Conscr
week 0
1853. wee X-A '1
£4,621
1,621
3,638 4'51
4,499 /'914
16,750 16f1d
21,126 5
135 lit
17,505 0;41
10,354
46,108 gt%
o4'
11,258 ,441
2,776 6';o
7,389
24,461
2,265 11'10
12,675 lri
1,608
663
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ENGLISH LINES.
Bristol and Exeter ...
Cheshire Junction ...
Chester and Holyhead
East Lancashire
Great Northern •••
Great Western
Kendal and Windermere ...
Lancashire and Yorkshire ...
London and Brighton
London and North-Western...
London and South-Western...
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Manchester, Sheffield, &c.
Midland •••
Oxford and Worcester
South-Eastern
Shrewsbury and Chester ...
Shropshire Union ..
York, Berwick, and North
Midland
IRISH LINES.
Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and County Down ...
Cork and Bandon ...
Londonderry and Enniskillen
Londonderry and Coleraine...
Waterford and Kilkenny ...
Ulster ... •••

24,792

239
423
193
111

SCOTCH LINES. W
Aberdeen ••• ••• ... 1,815 ,
Caledonian and Edinburgh o'o4
and Glasgow ••• ... 14,030
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen 758 !'gligli
Glasgow and South-Western 4,510 - °
North British ... ... 4,123 03
Scottish Central and Scottish 0, r$
Midland ... ••• ... 2,733 „ OP,O of
In the. Manchester Market, there was 11", at
to-day, either in cloth or yarn The 11 seelialo
Tuesday are maintained. Buyers doll 09 45
all disposed to give orders except for il!cijlV
requirements. The great uncertainty wilifavott-0
over political events still exercises an urt.'o of •11'
influence on the market, in conseclael Cl3:ift'
recent intelligence from India all' s 09/
the business for those countries contifirftecovolii
And we may add that the improvea..,g obi
from India and China may tend to bri"Dets.,
more readily a settlement of the disPatftoo,,l4/
the masters and the operatives of Pre' ye"' ,
much as the goods suitable for these 0131
_.(ill
extensively manufactured in that town• dv d' c"
The Liverpool Cotton Market was stea titjef n fof
the day. The sales amounted to 6,000 0,04 i
which 1,000 were taken on speculationif
export. 4V
Our Share Market was a shade flatter to
;(0
closed as it opened—the amount of busL-
,,
being rather limited

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BELFAST SAVINGS' BANK.—The quarterly ineetj!g4
institution was held on the 12th instant, JosePil a ell ,
in the chair. A statement of the affairs for the Yeto r,
20th November last was submitted to the Inee„/. VT,
showed that the amount of deposits was 123,49;4d, 0
abmeinougntanreicnecirveeadse
froonmthdeepyoesairtorsof
d9ar,si2aogl. ju; iforti,foi:r
40,309/. 7s. 2d., exceeding the receipts of 1802' b4l„ ..p,
SABBATH OBSERVANCE -GENERAL SCBSw 1, kof (1,
PING COMPANY.— Some clergyman of the Chure',,.so t!
company
plasulayndagaoifnsAt spceerminsiottningwrtohteeirtosteraemnieemns
land proceeding in one of the company's seanie;oo ~,P,
to
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always avoid it; at the same time they vnll
on Sundays. The company through their 01001;6
that they are most anxious to avoid Sundaint tliele,,
their time is measured by hours and they gladeltill/ to ralr,
be rei'vs
from their employees that the voyages have bee° el"
hos
shall not have prevonted the attendance at u
without Sunday labour, or at all events thatitivooo
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