The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-25 00:00:00

The Colliers' Strike.

The men on strike are still as determined to remain out
as ever ; but in the face of the determination of the authori-
ties not to permit even the gentle intimidation of the con-
gregation of large bodies of men with bands early in the
morning, in the immediate neighbourhood of colleries where
the men are at work. The military and police, however, are
still in great force in the Dudley and Tipton districts, to
which the strike is now confined. In the Bilston and Wol-
verhampton district by far the great majority of the pits
are at work. The determination of the authorities to permit
no intimidation or influence of the character above alluded
to has excited the ire of the leaders of the strike, as it
offers an inducement of which many are taking advantage
to return to their work. Accordingly, a great mass and
indignation meeting was held at Tipton yesterday, for the
purpose of protesting against such interference with the
men on strike. Soon after n'ne o'clock small companies
of men,—many of them with their wives with babes in
their arms and their children—began to flock towards
Tipton from all directions, and by two o'clock, the time
appointed for the commencement of the meeting, there
were upwards of 15,000 present. The whole of the
ground known as Tranter's ground was literally packed
with human beings. Many thousands of those present were
not either colliers or miners, bat puddlers and others who
had come either as sympathisers or lookers-on. The meet-
ing was the largest that has been held since the strike be-
gan, and was considered by the men on strike a very im-
portant one. The meeting was not only addressed by colliers,
but by puddlers and other workmen of the district. Every
speaker severely censured the conduct of the police in atop,
ing their bands from playing along the highway when near
any pits. They also charged the police with having put out
the lamps in the morning, for what purpose we cannot say.
This was the first time we have heard of the lamps being
put out. The speakers complained very loudly of the con-
duct of the police on Wednesday morning last, ana gave
quite a different version as to the cause of the ro R—that
they were going peaceably along when the police, without
any warning, knocked in the sides of the drums and them
turned upon the men with their cutlasses. The speakers
said the various lodges had come to the determination to
defend the arrested men-now in custody to the best of their

ability, by employing counsel for their defence at the next
examination. After passing a vote of censure on the police
for their past and present conduct, they again expressed their
determination to still stand out until they had their wages.
The meeting passed off very quietly considering the vast
numbers present. There was a large body of police, as well
as two troops of hussars, in the town during the time.

WHAT NAPOLEON 111. HAS DONE FOR PARIS.—..
Since 1851 the new buildings, restorations, new
streets, &c., have thrown into the shade everything previ-
ously achieved at Paris, or probably in any other city in the
world. The Louvre has been thoroughly repaired and coma■
pleted, the Place du Carrousel cleared, and generally every
public edifice in Paris repaired, restored, and rebuilt. The
buildings are perhaps, however, less wonderful that. the
clearings. Paris, like most old continental towns, consisted
of a dense mass of old lofty houses, only accessible by nar-
row and crooked streets, impervious to light and air, and,
what was perhaps more thought of, to regular troops. To
put an end to this state of things the Emperor has almost
eviscerated Paris. The old and crowded houses which
covered the ground from the Hotel de Ville to the Louvre
have been mostly pulled down, and wide streets and open
spaces substituted. The reader may form some idea of the
change when he is told that the Tower of St. Jacques la
Boucherie stood inaccessible in the midst of houses. By
this means the Rue de Rivoli has been extended from the
Tuileries to the Hotel de Ville, the Boulevart de Sebastopol
broken through the densest quarters of Paris, cross streets
made on each side of it, and wide streets or boulevards cut
on the south side of the Seine. The quays on each aide of
the river have been extensively repaired, and made baser•
vient to a system of sewerage, in which Paris had hitherto
been very detective. These gigantic works are paid for,
partly by the State, partly by the city of Pat ie; enl the pro-
prietors of the houses, taken for the purpose of improve-
ments, are bought out and compensated as in England.
Gus been everywhere introduced, and the pavement much.
improved; in fact, it is now bettor than that of London.
AN UNWELCOME GUEST.—While Captain Wm.
Hunter on Tuesday last was hauling in his nets at
sea off Filey he found theta to contain, to addition to a good
catch of herrings, a fierce looking shark, measuring Eft
in
length. A portion of a large hook,
of foreign manufaca
ture, was in his cheek, which no doubt had been broken
while the crew of one of the Data fishing boats had
been trying
with a line attached to the hook to pull biro
board.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tots DAY.—Morning, 10h. 10m.—Afternoon, 10h. 48c2.
l'o-woßsow.-Morning, Ilb. 2021.—Afternoon, 11h. tiOm.