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London, England, 1855-11-15 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals•

(From the Morning Advertiser of this day.)
If, at times, we Condemn the course which Lord
Palmerston, in particular circumstances,
thinks
proper to pursue, it is not with the view of impair-
ing the strength of his Government, but the oppo-
site. We are anxious to see his grasp of power so
firm that he shall feel himself in a position to carry
out those great principles, both with regard to our
foreign and domestic policy, which we consider in-
dispensable to the prosperity of England at home,
and her glory abroad. If we have often had occa-
sion to point out the short-comings of the Premier,
we have hitherto been disposed to make great
allowances for the peculiar circumstances in which
he has been placed. We know that he has still
to contend with unfriendly influences at Court,
and that there are within the bosom of his own
Cabinet persons who would, any day, be but too
happy to trip him up. That consideration has
made us, on various occasions, deal out our cen-
sures on his errors much more lightly than we
should otherwise have done. But there are limits
to everything ; and there are bounds to our allow-
ance for the situation in which Lord Palmerston is
placed. We cannot always admit the existence of
hostile influences at Court, and a covert unfriendly
feeling among some of the members of his Cabinet,
as an excuse, much less a justification, for measures
which are manifestly at variance with the national
interests and the national honour.
And here it is right we should speak in plain
terms. If the Premier would retain his position
as the head of the Government the time has come
when he must divest his mind of that dread of dis-
pleasing the Court, and that fear of forfeiting the
friendship of certain of his colleagues in the Cabinet,
which have hitherto prevented his acting up to
his convictions of what what would be most be-
coming his position, and most conducive to the
public good. He has been influenced and paralysed
by these feelings too long. If he would insure the
permanence of his Premiership, and be in a posi-
tion to present a manly front, alike to friends and
foes, he must assert his own dignity and indepen-
dence as First Minister of the Crown, by acting in
every various class of circumstances as his judg-
ment may dictate. He must boldly break through
the trammels in which he has hitherto been held,
both to the Court and to a clique in his Cabinet.
He must practically forget that there is either a
Court or an adverse Cabinet clique, when the ho-
nour and the interests of the country are at stake.
Lord Palmerston ought to remember that he is the
servant of the nation, not of the Court. The Court
occupies but a secondary place, compared with the
people, in the Constitution of England. There is
no principle so broadly laid down by all our ac-
knowledged writers on the Constitution as the
great principle—that all power proceeds from the
people. The country was not made for the Court,
but the Court for the country. A regard, there-
fore, for constitutional principles, as well as for the
security of his own position as Premier, should
prompt Lord Palmerston to set the Court, and its
minions in the Cabinet, at defiance, whenever their
views or wishes coma into collision with his own
convictions of wha: is most conducive to the inter-
ests of the country.
We repeat what we have already said, that the
great error which the Noble Lord has hitherto
committed is, that of standing too much in awe of
the influences which prevail in high places. It is
the fear of offending parties who bask in the sun-
shine of Court favour that has prevented his giving
the Colonial SJcretaryshirito one of several persons
whom it were easy to name, who possess all the
requisite qualifications fur it, and offering it to
others who had no claims to it whatever beyond
the circumstance of their being favourites at
Court. Why does not Lord Palmerston assume a
firm tone and resolute bearing with reference to
all the leading appointments which it devolves
upon him to make ? If he is to be held responsible
to the country for his acts, why not courageously
insist on being a free agent, and pursuing that in-
dependent course without which he is Minister only

in name ? Let him begin now. Let him at once
appoint to the Colonial Secretaryship whatever
person he deems the fittest for the office. The high
character, extensive information, and great admi-
nistrative capacity of 'Mr. Charles Villiers—to
mention only one name—point out that right hon.
gentleman as one that would ably and satisfactorily
discharge the duties which attach to the office of
Colonial Secretary. The appointment of Mr. Vil-
liers to that or any other vacant office, with a seat
in the Cabinet associated with it, would be emi-
nently popular among all classes of the community.
And here we repeat—what we have for years said
over and over again—that it is discreditable in the
highest degree to our leading Liberals in power

that Mr. Charles Villiers sh-ould not have been
in the Cabinet long before now. He was the real
author of Corn-law repeal. He ably, zealously,
and perseveringly advocated the abolition of the
bread monopoly for many years before the
names of Cobden, or Bright, or any of
their contemporary Anti-Corn-law agitators had
ever been heard of beyond the little circle cf their

own private friends, and even when the public
were most apathetic on the subject. Mr. Villiers
has, moreover, been one of the most consistent
public men of the day. He is, let us add, as much

respected in the House of Conirnons as he is loved

by the country. Why 'then is the injustice done
to the Right Hon. Gentleman of excluding him
from the Cabinet ? Why is the country deprived
of the services of a man who, as a Minister of the
Crown, could be of the greatest benefit to it ?
Why, let us further ask, should Lord Palmerston
deprive himself of the additional strength which
the accession of such a man as Mr. Villiers would
give to his Government?
If the Noble Lord would but resign himself
t) the impulses of his own mind, which we be-
lieve to be, iu the main, in consonance with
popular views and wishes, and resolutely pur-
sue, in all emergencies, the course which he
-regards as right, ho would attract to his standard
the overwhelming majority of the people, and en-
trench himself so firmly in his position that not
only would the Court party be unable to jeopardise
his Premiership, but they would even cease to at-
tempt to molest him. Let Lord Palmerston
henceforth cease to stand in a foolish, because un-
founded, fear of the " Families" and Germanism.
Let him dismiss his groundless apprehensions, and
throw himself on the sympathies and support of
the people. No Minister, or Statesman, ever in
vain reposed a generous confidence in the people.
Lord Palmerston has the country entirely with
him. lie cannot fail tot know this as well as we
ac
do. Why, then, not up to his knowledge and
convictions ? Let him but ad opt our advice, and
seek for popular support, instead of looLing to the
Court, or to the aristocracy, and he will become
one of the most popular Ministers that ever pre-
sided at the head of affairs iniEngland.

TEE APPBOArTHING STRIKE AT
MANCII ESTER.

The notices given to the operatives at Manchester by
master spinners, which would expire last night, were
the following :—Messrs. Binley'e, Sharpe's Kelly and
Gilcr;our's, Kennedy and Co.'s, Charles Clarke s, Bar-
ton's, Wood's and Clarke and Perry's. The minders of
self-actors and pieces in all these mills have expressed
their determination to leave work rather than accept
the terms offkred to them. A large meeting of these
werkpeople was to be held last night, to further consider
the subject. In the meantime a number of the opera-
tives have presented the following address to their em-
ployers

" Gentlemen,—minders "Manchester, Nov.
and, IpBisesce.rs
in your employ, beg respectfully to address you.
, Yon have thought proper to give us notice of a reduc-
tion in our wages. Before that notice expires we beg re-
spectfully to suggest the expediency of adopting another
course, viz., a temporary reduction in the time of work-
ing, say from 60 to 40 hours in the week. We are fully
aware that your trade has, generally, been unprofitable
during the present year, and are quite willing to join you
in any measure that may he calculated to alter this• state
of things, but we submit that a reduction of wages is not
one of them.
It is remarkable that while you propose to relieve your-
selves by a reduction of wages, which, however important
to us, is only a email decimal of the cost of production,
you are giving 10 per cent. of an advance within the last
fortnight to the holders of cotton in Liverpool • and, if
we may judge by the extent of your purchases aethis ad-
vance, it seems almost incredible that it can be of import-
ance to you to take from our earnings such a small proper-
of the cost of production. Gentlemen, we submit to you
that at present there is too large a production of yarn and
goods and too small a stock of cotton in this country, and
that the simplest plan (and one most consistent with corn-
won sense) of remedying the present state of things, is to
diminish the production of the yarn by reducing the time
of working.
This we are quite ready to do, as regards
us the only valid objection to it we can
otuselves
see is that the example may not be followed in other dis-
tricts, we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to induce
our fellow-workmen t
all over the country to associate
with their masters in adopting
cofourritehewolbl cehc twwee id'eesii°t•vee
.
to he wise, humane, and etlicieut
• "Gentlemen, excuse us if woseem tßoeedxnheitbilotn sionmeevieuary.
Patience by your offered reduction.
other thing is the least thought of. In taxation who
dreams of reduction? For flour we, are pdayoitnhge3rsaoiransetsetaie
• instead
of is. 6d• ; sugar, Bd. instead of 4d.
comforts in proportion. You cannoi, a ntheresfore,
and
wwonecleer.
that we demur to a reduction in our wa
Spectitilly request that you will not carry out your notice,
but leave our wages as they are.—We rem
ain gentlemen,
most respectfully,
" THE SELF-AOTING MINDERS AND PlErens IN
You
So far as can be ascertained there is no proposition in
the districts surrounding Manchester amcng the mill-
owners, of—following the,- example of Manchester by of-
fering a reduction to the worispeople, although it is a
well-ascertained fact that many of the millowners are
working at great difia'dvatitage, to over-production
having rendered profits nil. On this point there can be
a., doubt, because some large raillowiaers, having been ,

able to show their position to be a losing one, have re- 1
covered their charges to the income tax for the past
year. There are few of the larger millowners who have
stopped.work, but many of the small ones who had
started business during the prosperity of 1849-53, have
stopped, and in so lie of the country districts cases of
great suffering and poverty are heard of among the
working classes. In Manchester several firms have been
obliged to suspend payment during the last few months,
and some of the women and children have become
chargeable to the union, but it is stated that few of the
adult operatives have applied for relief, and that to the
credit of the working men generally there is
an anti-
pathy to seek parish relief so long as they can avoid it.
With reference to the existing feelings of the opera-
tives at the present time, the following extract from the
Manchester Examiner and Times will be read with in-

terest
:
"Among the pleasing characteristics of this neigh
bourhood, and one of the best answers to the cry of ty-
ranny in the manufacturing districts, are those demon-
strations of respect, the spontaneous offerings of a
kindly feeling, which are so frequently expressed by em-,
ployed to employer. The recent marriage of the eldest
daughter of Mr. John Wood, of the firm of Wood and
Wright, of Clayton-vale and Bank-bridge, gave rise to
one of these genial gatherings on Saturday last, when
about 800 of the engaged in the works, including both
male and female, sat down to an excellent dinner pro-
vided by Mr. Gaskill, Queen's Arms, New Ashton-road
—a banquet which did the worthy host great credit, and
which was got up out of a subscription confined exclu-
sively to the operatives, the managers, and clerks of
Messrs. Wood and Wright. An Englishman is nothing
without his dinner ; it is then that his genial nature ex-
pands the more freely ; and a dinner under certain cir-
cumstances is nothing without its plum-pudding—a valu-
able commodity, which on the present occasion was libe-
rally supplied by Mrs. Wood—no less than NO of these
being added to the riches of the board. A request to allow
the gathering to be held at the works having been granted
by Mr. Wood, the dinner took place in one of the large
rooms, which was decorated with flowers and evergreens,
interspersed with numerous appropriate mottoes, whilst
an excellent band increased the cheerful spirit that ap-
peared to animate all present. After the good things
had been freely partaken of—for kindly feeling is gene-
rally accompanied by good appetite—a deputation from
the party proceeded, accompanied by the band of music,
to invite Mr. and Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Wright, along
with their families, to join the happy scene. On the
arrival of this welcome addition to the party, there was
enthusiastic cheering whilst the members of the two fa-
milies took their seats at the dais provided. The chairs
heading the three principal tables were taken respec-
tively by Mr. Pollitt, Mr. Peadlebury, and Mr. Bards-
ley, the managers of different departments. After the
usual loyal toasts had been disposed of. the health of the
bride and bridegroom was given and responded to by
cheers that made " the welkin ring ;" this was;followed by
" health to Mr. and Mrs. Wood and family," which met
with an equally enthusiastic reception. When at last
silence had been restored, a respectable looking elderly
man, named Mark Gregson, a block printer, much
esteemed by his fellow-workers as well as by his em-
ployers, got upon one of the tables, and looking anxiously
towards the guests, appeared for some time unable to
proceed with the remarks he had intended to make ; at
length, in a quaint and naive manner, peculiarly Lanca-
shire in character, said :—" Something ails me. I don't
know what ; but something ails me. I think its grati-
tude, and I must speak. Fifty-tree years ago I was
bound apprentice to Mr. Wood's father, as a calico
printer. I have been in his and his son's service
ever since. Man never had better masters, and I
hope they have not found me an unworthy servant.
My father and my mother worked for Mr. Wood's
father before me. I've worked for Messrs. Wood
and Wright ; but, at the same time, I've worked for
myself, and while I've been working for myself, I've
been working for them. Now, this is what I call co-
operation ;' for how could I have worked without em-
ployers ? I've never wanted a good meal, I don't owe
a shilling to anybody, and I haven't a bad coat on my
back neither. I'm 66, I've worked for them, but I've
been working for myself, and so I hope to work on to
the end." This little address, honourable alike to the
speaker as to his employers, we need scarcely say, met
with loud plaudits, and then Mr. Wood replied in lan-
guage which affected even to tears many of those pre-
sent, some of whom had been in his service twenty,
thirty, and even forty years. The health of Mr. and
Mrs. Wright was also warmly welcomed, and other
toasts, to which responses were given by Mr. Wright
and Mr. Siddall Wood, B.A.,that would well deserve
, notice. We are forbidden, owever, out of respect to
the feelings of the individuals. On the departure of the
guests there came into the room parties who had been

enjoying a more private expression of good will in other
rooms of the building, and then the dance became gene-
ral, lasting until eleven o'clock. The occasion will long
be kept in remembrance as one in which there was no-
thing to interfere with a rational enjoyment, founded
upon a grateful tribute of well-earned esteem.

Sporting Intelligence.

SHREWSBURY AUTUMN RACES.
WEDNESDAY.

The Severn Stakes of 2 sovs each, with 20 added ; for
3-yr•olds and upwards ; optional selling allowances,
&o. ; certain winners extra. One mile and 195 yards.

Ten subs.
Mr. Harris's Romeo 5 yrs, Oat 81b (10/.)...(Flatman) 1
' Mr. E. R. Clark's Bi
llingham, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b (101.)
(Wells) 2
Capt. Christie's Roving Betsy, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (101.)
(T. Cliff) 3
The following also ran :—Cineas, Weasel, Jack Leem•
ing, Noisette, Flageolet, Henrietta.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Jack Leeming, 4to lagst Cineas,
6 to 1 each agst Romeo and Noisette. Won by a head ;
two lengths between the second and third ; Jack Leem-
ing was a good fourth ; Noisette and Cineas were next.
The winner was sold to Mr. Downes for 190 glinea=.
A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, h ft, with 25 added, for
two and three-yr-olds ; 2-yr-olds, 7st ; 3-yr-olds, Bst ;
fillies allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 501.;

certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. Nine subs.
Mr. J. Osborne's Alfred, 2 yrs, 7st slb ...(Bearpark) 1
Mr. Evans's Eardrop, 2 yrs, Est 111 b (Prior) 2
Mr. Hawkins's Primrose, 2 yrs. Est 61b (Cresswell) 3
The following also ran :—Plausible, Sandboy, Ten-
nessee, Prince's Mixture, c by Newcourt, Preston.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Preston, sto 1 each agst Ear-
drop, Alfred, and Prince's Mixture. Won by two
lengths ; half a length between the second and third,
and a head between the third and fourth. Preston,
Prince's Mixture, and the Diadem colt got badly off.
The winner was bought for 100 guineas.
Military Race, Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with a whip
added ; 12st 31b each ; mares and geldings allowed
31b. Three-quarters of a mile. Two subs
Lieutenant Minor's Starlight, 6 yrs, 12,t (Owner) 1
Capt. Cotton's Beggar.boy (h b), 5 yrs, 12st (Owner) 2
Betting-5 to 2on Beggar-boy. The non-favourite
made all the running and won by half a length.
A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each. Two miles. Three subs.
Mr. Pell's Pole Star, byFaugi-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs, 7st 4.b
(Ashma' I) 1
Mr. Andrews's Little Davie, 5 yrs, 7bt 11lb
(G-. Quinton) 2
Betting-4 and sto 1 on Pole Star. Won cleverly
by half a length.

The Grand Annual Steeplechase of 5 soya each, 2 ft,
with 50 added; the second to save his stake. Certain

penalties for winners, &c. About four miles. 34 subs.
Mr. B. Land's Emigrant, aged, 9st 121 b ...(C Boyce) 1
Mr. Tyer's Star of England, aged, 9st 121 b (Green) 2
Mr. B. Land's Odiham, aged, 9st 31b (J3oxall) 3
The following , also ran : Maley, Peter, 11..,5a,
Minerva, Sailor, Thirkleby, Jemmy the Black, Gany-
mede, and Fenman.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Emigrant ;6to 1 agst Star of
England ; 7 to I. agst Minerva • 10 to I agst any other.
Won easily by a length, very bad third. Fenman and
Minerva fell early in the race. On going over the course
the second time Ganymede's saddle turned round. Only
the horses placed passed the post. Thirkleby ricked
his back and shortly afterwards died.
A Hurdle-race Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 1
ft, with 40 added. Certain penalties for winners, &c.
About two miles and a quarter. Thirty-six subs.
Mr. Minton's Garland, aged, 9st 101 b ...(G. Stevens) 1
Mr. Davies's Minerva, 5 yrs, lOst (Green) 2
Mr. Mayo's Banstead, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (H. Bell) 3
Mr. S. Smith's Beechnut, 5 yrs, 9st (W. White) 4
The following also ran :—The Prince, Parchment,
Leda, Hunter, Pillaton, Firebrand, Gaylad, and Spot.
Betting-9 to 4 agst Banstead, 100 to 15 each agst
Beechnut, Pillaton, and Minerva. Won by a neck ; a
bead between the second and third ; a length and a half
between the third and fourth. At the second flight of
hurdles Hunter fell over the rails, and Weaver, his rider,
was much stunned.
Selling Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for
three-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights,
winners extra. The second to save his stake.
yryFlrils:Onescstou3lbolbs, (251.) (R.Archer) 1
&c, ;
M
and'ESllvying2-
9st 81b (251.) (It
The following also ran .
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ton.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Lincoln,
yeobln,tw2otolelngagthsts.lnaLkieneepoeirn,
3to 1 agst Ginger.
fell off Ginger early in t
bolted whilst in possession
roafcea
y.loEntgvilnegadto,nanwdaßsßurrows
upafter
guineas.
entering the straight. The winner was bought
in for 50
Selling Hurdle race of 5 sous
yr-olds and upwards. Optionaleach,
sweiltlhin2gswadeidgehdt;s,thtrce.e;-
thetwo secondin iesSix to save s
u Bst Sib (30/.)
Mr. E. R. Clark's Laura Selina, 3 yi.•
bs.
his stake ; winners extra. About
(Kendall) 1
Mr. Reynold's Alleborelio, 5 yrs, 10st 7l(bg:(B300/y.)ce) 2
Mr. Butler's Rosa, aged, 10st Slb (301.) (Donaldson) 3
Mr. Johnson's Miss Purdon, 6 yrs, lOst 131 b (500
(W. White) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Alleborelio, sto 2 agst Laura
secondSTehlei na
and
winnerV b
. l.towni
third
was bought
four lengths, half a length between the
;1;0 14ulgishst in Purfdoronlodoidgunionteaps.ass the post.
The disputed race between Tom Burke and The
Assayer is to be referred to Admiral Rous for decision.

DEATH OF A NEWSPAPER.—The .Rock, a journal Esta-
blished in Edinburgh to forward Protestant interests,
has, after a brief existence, ceased to live. " This
death has renewed with much forces lesson which meas
to be widely proclaimed at present—that it is not one of
the easiest things in the world to establish a successful
newspaper—and that a newspaper without ai distinct ne-
cessity is sure to end in failure."—Scottiak PreM,

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The flag-ship Impregnable, 104, Captain Wise, in
Hamoaze, struck lower yards and topmasts on Tues-
day.
The screw steam block-ship Centurion, 90, having been
masted, was taken into Keyham-dock on Tuesday.
The screw steamship Sanspareil, 81, Captain W. J.
illiams, and the troop-ship Belleisle, 24, Commander
J. Hosken, were towed from Plymouth Sound into
Hamoaze on Monday.
Her Majesty's screw block-ship Blenheim, 60, Cap-
tain W. H. !dell (" Nemesis "), C. 8., arrived at Spit-
head yesterday from the Baltic.
The corvette Arachne, 18, was 'coppered on Tuesday,
and will be taken out of dock at Devonport on Wednes-
day.

The Pearl, steam-sloop, recently built and launched
from Woolwich dockyard, is rapidly progressing with
her fittings for sea, and will get up her steam in the
basin on Friday next for the purpose of trying her ma-
chinery and engines. She is to be well manned with
20 68-pounders.