The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-11 00:00:00

The Lock-out in the Iron Trade.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Friday.
The determination come to by the North of England
Ironmasters' Association to lock-out the mills and
forges in the Cleveland districts to-morrow is causing
great animosity among the working classes, as the
National Association of Ironworkers connected with
the Gateshead district has done everything in its
power to put a stop to the strike in North Stafford-
shire, and has refused to give men their aid. Meet-
ings of the men will be held in different places
throughout the district to-morrow to determine upon
measures to meet the lock-out. The meeting of the
Masters' Association, which was strictly private,
was held here yesterday, in the office of Messrs.
Lock, Wilson, and Bell. There are several repre-
sentatives from North and South Staffordshire. The
following circular has been issued :

" Newcastle, March 9.

" At a meeting of the North of England Ironmasters'
Association held here to-day, at which deputations were
present from North and South Staffordshire, report is
mado that the North Staffordshire men did not resume
work on the 4th inst., and that the lock-out has conse-
quently taken place in Staffordshire:

" Resolved, —That, in accordance with the notices given,
the mills and forges of this district be closed on Saturday
next, the 11th inst., and that no member of this association
re-open his works till that course be approved by this asso-
ciation as a body.

" It was further resolved that this association, desiring
to facilitate in every way the settlement of the difficulty
which has arisen, appoints Messrs. C. M. Palmer, T. Bell,
George Dyson, and D. Dale, in conjunction with the hon.
secretary, a standing committee to entertain any overtures
tending thereto, preliminary to submitting them to this
association."

The local papers of this morning state that all the
large ironworks in the district will not close, not-
withstanding this meeting. It is said that the ex-
tensive firm of Messrs. Hawks, Crawshay, and Co.,
of Gateshead, is one of those which still continue at
work. If the lock-out should still continue long it
will have a serious effect upon the prosperity of
Middlesborough, Consett, and other districts which
depend upon the iron trade, and a number of pit-
men and others will be knocked off work in the
county of Durham.

In London a meeting of delegates from the whole
of the metropolitan trade societies has been called
for next week, at which a deputation from the Ex-
ecutive Council of the National Association of Iron-
workers will attend for the purpose of affording the
fullest information as to the cause, present posi-
tion, and probable success of the struggle.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.
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LONDON, March 11.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather

cloudy.

FALMOUTH, March 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Kaffraria,
steamer, for Algoa Bay ; Violet, for Nassau ; Isabella, for

Pernambuco.

PnicziNcE, March 9.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Blanche,

from

CARDIFF, March;lo.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Hercules, for
Manilla; Emma Wilson, for Monte Video ; Casoni, for
Havannah.
CLYDE, March 9.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Lord Har-
dingo, for Jamaica.
SHIELDS, March 10.—Wind W.—Sailed—John Pickard,
for Huelva.
OFF FALMOUTH, March 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Woodland, from Cardiff for St. Jago de Cuba.
GRIMSBY, March 10.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Emma
Maria, for Rio Janeiro.
BRISTOL, March 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Racer, from
Mauritius ; Figha Maggiore, from Sulina ; Moulnor, from
Mauritius.

QUEENSTOWN, March 10.—Sailed—Star of the Union,
for New York.

LIVCRPOOL, March 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Laucas-
rian, from Bombay.

Mu.Fonn, March 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wjalkd,
from Swansea for Valencia, leaky, and is discharging her
cargo.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.

Arrived, March 10—Prince Alfred, and Esperauza, from
Foo-chow-foo ; Dundonald, from Sydney; Skimmer of
the Waves, from Mauritius ; Susan, from St. Michael's.
Arrived, March 11—Indiana„ from Havannah ; Kentria,
from Porto Rico ; Ernest, from St. Michael's ; George
Croshaw, from Demerara.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed, March 10—Delta, screw steamer, from London,

for Bordeaux.
Passed, March 11—Pot, for Guernsey ; Princess Alex..
andra, for Swansea—both for London.

STEEPLE JACK AT OXFORD.—During the last
few days public curiosity has been excited at Ox-
ford by the feats of Mr. John Burns (alias Steeple Jack),
who had undertaken to reach the vane that surmounts the
tapering and elegant spire of Exeter College Chapel, which
had become corroded in its own socket, and render it
movable. The ascent was accomplished without a scaf-
fold, by a series of ladders ; and the coolness and sang
froid exhibited by Mr. Burns throughout the operation
were astonishing. The finial and .weather cock were re-
moved by him, and after being refitted with a copper
socket, and subjected to the process of regilding, were
safely fixed in their place by Mr. Burns. Notwithstand-
ing the hazardous character of the work and the high
winds that prevailed, not the slightest accident occurred,
and the job has been finished to the satisfaction of the
Rev. the Vice Chancellor and the members of the college.

Advices from Hamburg announce that the King
of Prussia, accompanied by Count de Bismark, will
shortly make an excursion into Schleswig-Holstein.
The precise object of the journey is not stated.
The journals of Messina mention that a public
meeting has been hold there in favour of abolishing
punishment, and of extending the conscription to the stu-
dents in the ecclesiastical colleges. capital