The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-15 00:00:00

THE CONVERSAZIONE.

On Thursday evening a conversazione of the ladles and
gentlemen belonging to the Association was held in the
NVleilan Rooms and Gallery. It was altogether the
•nost brilliant affair of the kind which bag ever taken
dace in Gia.gow. •The company began to assemble a
little befor:• nine &deck, an,i poured in, without inter-
niissinn, until there were fully 1,500 ladies ant. gentle-
men present, the former in full dress. The crowd be-
so dense that locomotion was almost ;
food humour and gaiety, how,ver, actuated every et,e.
About half-past nice the Lord Provost entered the halls,
lea,litig in tFe Countess Campelln, and accompanied by
Prince Lucia. Bonaparte, the band playing " Partant
pour la, Syrie." Their reception was of the most cordial
and respectful kind.

WEA VERS' CONFERENCE IN GLASGOW.

The delegates met yesterday at tan o'clock, in the
Maeons'-hall, Smith's-court, Candleriggs. They divided
themselves into deputations to call upon the manufac-
turers. On their return they gave in their reports,
which were to the effect that the manufacturers, in ge-
neral, were willing to advance their wages on condition
that the weavers would only accept work from those who
would pay the highest wages, and refuse to work for
those who would not pay the advance. One company,
in particular, Messrs. J. and A. Marshall, said they
were paying 31d. for 1400's gingham, and were willing
to pay more if others would do so. Another manufac.
tnrer of white work put on id. per ell yesterday. Others
said they would pay up in two or three weeks. OR
the whole the weavers consider that their request will
be fully realised in a short time. Resolutions were
unanimously carried.
1. " That it is the mind of this meeting that the firms
who refuse to advance be made known in all the die-
ponded
executive to
council our request.
have
tricts where they have work going on, and the weavors
will
m
e
instructed to turn their attention to those houses
whouh
work to do, it is necessary that all
have
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ai
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l
y
threes
the districts be re-
quested to furnish pecuniary aid as early
order to enable the council to ea as possible, in
carry
auTiciously begun." y out the work so
The books of the society were
gates from Auchterarder and audited by the dele-
gates and James M`Min Eaglesham— Andrew
n—and found correct.

BANE OF ENGLAND.. The Gazette returns of the Bank
of
7218, ,4g21
nlatshte esvten:cdkugofshbLuwllioan,fuanrtdhethr
edimexipnectotinoonj
that the decline would again be large caused heavinula
in the *took-markets throughout too day. Looking,
however, at the movements in the rate of discount, the
fall has till been singularly limited, and is liuch as to
show the perfect cmfideuce that exists throughout the
country in the g. neral soundness of trade.. Consols for
money, which left off 1.14 evening at 903/4, were first
quoted 90 to 4, and tbis was the cl ,sing official price,
although fora moment they touched 901. After regu-
lar, hours there was more flatness, and the final trans-
actions were at 903 for money and 903/4 to 1 for the
12th of October. The operations during the day were
not extensive, but there was a continued demand for
money, although to a I,IIR extent than was experienced a
day or two back. The applications for discount at the
Bank are very numerous, and, notwithstanding a fur-
ther improvement in the foreign exchanges, gold is still
iu course of withdrawal, large sums being remitted, it is
said, to Vienna for corn purchases on the Danube. Dull
weather and a slight additional rise in wheat likewise
t tided to increase the causes of depression. On the
other hand, the notifications of fresh sums of
gold on
their route from Australia, coupled with the less severe
accounts of the French losses before Sebastopol, were
calculated to have a (10§tailiDg ildiaPP_Fe•