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1, lat. 58,

[PRIOE SD.

:h 8, lat.

THE DEPARTURE OP THE BALM' FLEET-
DINNER TO SIR CHARLES NAPIER.

t, lat. 34

1 to Mel'

We believe we are correct in stating that the fleet in-
tended for the Baltic will quit our shores this day. If
we cannot without emotion contemplate -the departure
of so many noble ships 'and gallant- men, the feeling is
boding of evil. Humanly speaking,
accompanied neither with depression -of sprit nor fore-
Sir Charles Napier
goes to assured victory. The circumstances cpd con-
ditions under which we enter into this Contest are
totally and auspiciously different to those under which
Nelson sailed for Trafalgar. By a strange destiny
the heir and nephew of our most powerful enemy
at that time is now our close and trusted ally. . His
empire, though not invested with the daziling glare
of conquest, is as potent as the first, 'and far
more firm, because it is avowedly*, based on the
foundations of justice and respect for , the rights of
weaker States. It is this which gives to Napo-
leon the Third the moral force which, quite as
much as his undoubted abilities and his organised
power, has acquired for him the respect of nations, and
enabled him to take such a marked and leading part
in the affairs of Europe.
The English people are just,' and now, when:they
are reaping the benefits of the French alliance,' they
will not forget to whom it is mainly due. They will
remember that, when Sir James , Graham and Sir
Charles Wood were insulting the French Emperor by
ribald abuse before tumultuous' and bacchanalian as-
semblies, Lord Malmesbury, the Foreign Secretary of
Lord Derby's Government, had frankly recognised the
imperial authority of Napoleon, had discovered the
capacity for sovereign rule which he has since dis-
played, and calculated on the good faith which his sub-
sequent acts have verified.
Nor will it be forgotten that the predecessor of Lord
Malmesbury—at once the most brilliant member of the
Coalition, and the least acquiescent in its policy—ceased
to belong to the Whig Government, because he also had
expressed confidence in the ruler of France. Lord Pal-
merston, at the banquet given to Sir Charles Napier, in
proposing the health of the Emperor, said :
We have had to do, during now more than a twelve-
month, with a most difficult and complicated negotiation
with the Sovereign of France. We have been met on his
part with the greatest straightforwardness—(loud cheers)—
with the most perfect good faith—(cheers)—with a single-
minded sincerity, and with an energy of purpose and a
community of determination which have inspired in our
minds the same full confidence in him that I am proud to
say he has always expressed in us. (Loud cheers.)

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LONDON NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
REDUCTION in the CHARGE for SHALL PARCELS.
The Public are requested to take notice, that on and after the 20th
February, 1854, Parcels of Ilb weight and under will be conveyed
between London and Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Stock-
port, Chester, Warrington. and Preston only, at a charge of r-ixpence,
including delivery within the usual boundaries. And Parcels of 21b.
weight and under, at a charge of One shilling.
To insure the transmission of Parcels by this conveyance, they
must be delivered to the c•impany at one of their stations named
above, or at one of the following offices of their agents ( tiessrs.
Horne and Chaplin), in London : Spread Eagle, Gracechurch-st. ;
Swan-with-two-Necks, Gresham-street (late Lad-lane) ; Cross Keys,
Wood-street, Cheapside ; Bolt-in-Tun, 64, Fleet street ; White
Horse, 90, Fetter-lane ; 90, The Borough, Southwark ; George and
Blue B ,ar, 269, High Holborn ; old White House Cellar, 151, Picca-
dilly ; Golden Cross, Charing-cross ; Do., 33, Regent'.-circus ; Spread
Eagle, Regent's-circus ; Griffin's Green Man and Still, 335, Oxford-
street.
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to any parcel not delivered to them at one of their own offices, or to
the charge of their agents.
By order of the Directors.

CONTRACT FOR FISHING GEAR AND TWINE.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 14th March, 1854.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord IDA Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
the 18th April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying her Majesty's
severaLibacliZeiXrila 'with
VISITING GEAR AND TWINE.
Patterns of the articles may be seen at her Majesty's Dockyard at
J)eptford, and a form of the tender may be o tained at the said
Office. No tender will be received after One a'cl.)ck on the day
of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an
agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender f it Fishing Gear,
&c.," and mast also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by
a ,etter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become
bound with the person tendering in the sum of bOOl. for the due per-
formance of the contract.

Mr. John Austin's Fashionable and Superior Stock of,rewels, Jewel-
lery and Trinkets, Plate, Plated Articles, and Watches, removed
fro 1.36, oxford.street.
MESSRS. ROBINS will Sell by Auction, at
their spacious Rooms, in Covent-garden, on MON o.AY next,
March 20, and four following days, all the valuable
PLATE, PLATED ARTICLES, WATCHES, JEWELS,

TRINKETS and JEWELLERY
forming the Fashionable, First-class Stock of Mr. JOHN AUSTIN,
removed trom No. 13 , Oxford-street, who is relinquishing business
in consequence of ill health, the lease o the premises having been dis-
posed of. Hie Stock embraces
SEVERAL I HOUS AND OUNCES OF HANDSOME sILVER

Lord Palmerston could say with pride as well as truth,
but it would be curious to know with what feelings it
was listened to by his colleague, Sir James Graham.
His experience may have brought with it mortification,
but it had not taught him prudence, aslis subsequent
speech attested. The inopportune hostility of his gibes
at our ally was replaced by maladroit congratulations on
the party advantage of having two " Reformers" at
the head of our national armaments. To narrow his
position further, by distinguishing himself from
another Reformer his Leader in the House of
Commons—he even went out of his way to empha-
sise the confidence which he himself felt in the
" discretion" of Sir Charles Napier. He stopped short,
indeed, of the climax, that a greater gain to Reformers
was the consequence of his own countenance of their
" large measure," in the acquisition of his own adminis-
trativeter satisfaction. discretion at the Admiralty. From these paltry
pretensions we cordially turn to that which a party
may
remember
Lordsof
the with
Admiralty j us
areto
hv We
may not
be able to boast that Conservative admirals or Conserva-
tive e the exclusive,
or indeed any, share in the triumphs of the coming
-war. But this circumstance will neither diminish
the alacrity with which Conservatives will do their
best for the common cause ; nor will it lessen
their pride that they were deprived of their fair
official opportunities by the policy to which it is
nowt recognised that this cause is indebted. Others,
including reforming Secretaries of ,the Admiralty, may
reap the advantage of a position they have done their
best to undermine ; but for the alliance which is invalu-
able at this moment we are indebted neither to them
nor generally to their reforming colleagues, whether
Whigs or Peelitss, but to the statesmen they opposed,
and to the Ministry they supplanted,—The Press.

THE PRESTON STRIKE.

MONSTER MEETING AT HOGHTON.

PRESTON, MARCH 13.—Large as was the gathering
which took place at Hoghton on Saturday, the meeting
held yesterday at the same place was far more nume-
rously atbandod, having probably had no rival since the
Chartist assemblies at Blackstone-edge, on the borders of
the neighbouring counties. For several hours previous to
the time appointed for the commencement of proceedings
(3 o'clock), the various roads leading to Hoghton,
and especially those from Preston and Blackburn, were
thronged for miles with pedestrians of both sexes and all
ages. The ordinary trains on the East Lancashire
Railway conveyed large numbers to the scene ; and, be•
sides these, there was a special train from Preston, con-
sisting of about 40 carriages, which were crowded to
excess, the roofs of some being occupied as well as the
interior. People were present from all the manufac-
turing towns withiii a circle of jbout 20 miles, of
course not a tithe of the vast multitude could hear the
addresses delivered on the occasion, but they seemed
contented to look on. Mr. K. • Smith, of Old-
ham, having been called to the chair, the meeting was
opened with the singing of an " Operatives' Hymn,"
commencing :

" Assembled beneath Thy broad blue sky,
"To Thee, 0 God, Thy children cry."
The CHAIRMAN then offered a few introductory re-
marks. after which,
Mr. MATTHEWS (of Heywood) said, there was a class of
people in the country who declared their opposition to war
and who professed to be in favour of arbitration. Yes,
they approved of arbitration if it was between the Em-
peror of Russia and the Sublime Porte, but, if it was
between the factory operatives and their employers, it
then became. a very different thing in their eyes, and
they would ask,—" What right has any body to inter-
fere ?" The speaker condemned the proceedings of the
local authorities, and observed that the operatives, with
their pence, were willing to fight the manufacturers with
their pounds, but they would not bare their breasts
against the bayonets of the soldiery. (Applause.)
Mr. SYKES announced that he had that day brought
2501. from Stockport, and intimated that, so long as
this strike continued, he could guarantee that that sum
would be forthcoming weekly towards the maintenance
of the people of Preston. (Applause.)
Mr. LAWLESS (of Warrington) remarked that they
were again met to express their sympathy with the brave
and heroic people of Preston. Miles had they again
walked to show forth to those who were opposed to them,
and to the world at large, that charity still reigned
paramount in their hearts. The bonds of sympathy
were growing wider and wider, and the power of the
people would every day be more felt through the medium
of such monster gatherings as that. Too long had they
been sunk in the depths of degradation and slavery !
Too long had they borne the proud man's contumely
and the rich man's oppression ! Too long had they
sat and winced and writhed, humbled and cast down
in spirit ! But now they begun a new era ; they
had at length determined to gather up their strength,
to husband their might, and to come forth in their
thousands, and proclaim before men that they would,
they dared be free. (Cheers.) Oh that the poet could
look upon that vast meeting ; he would say in his soul—
" Gather ye, gather ye, come o'er the heather,
Flock in your myriads from mountain and glen,
Number like trees of the forest together—
Counsel your union—be brothers, be men."
In this question of life and death, of justice against in-
justice, of liberty against oppression, they must, they
would be more than men. If they wished to exercise
their power, now was the time to lay the foundation of
that power. Thousands of pounds had been sent to
Preston ; let thousands more be rolled in ; for every man
in that assembly must know the great fact, that money
was the sinews of war. The fiat had gone forth—the
people's mandate had been issued—that they would never
resume work until justice, long withheld justice, had
been done to the men and women of Preston. To those
who admired the heroic fortitude evinced by the people
of Preston throughout this protracted struggle—to those
he appealed ; and he would say to every. man, woman,
and child, who had a penny to spare, let it be th rown
in
at the altar of liberty. He would conclude in the lan-
guage of the poet—
" Arouse, ye toiling, bleeding slaves !
Unite, unite ! why stand ye tamely. by
In voice as loud as ocean's rolling wave,
Proclaim your will through earth and sea and sky."
(General applause.)
Mr. COWELL said, he was firmly persuaded that if this
struggle were lost by the factory operatives of Preston,
it would ultimately affect
the entire working population
of the British dominions ; whereas, if it were brought
to a successful issue, they might depend upon one thing,
that lock-outs would for ever be at an end in England.
After taking a show of hands in favour of persevering
in the contest, Mr. Cowell concluded by announcing
that the income from the various districts that day
amounted to about 2,2001., the following being the chief
contributions : —Blackburn, 6601. ; Stockport, 2501. ;
Preston, 121/. ss. ; Ashton-under-Lyne, 1401. ; Glossop,
1301. ; Over-Darwen, 1231. ; Oldham, 1021. ; Tiutwistle,
601. ; Staleybridge, 60/. ; Great Harwood, 63/. 14s. ;
Church Parish, 551. ; Accrington, 371. 10s. ; Compstall-
bridge, 321. ; Heywood, 30/. ; Durnley, 23/. ; Droylsden,
23/. ; Chorley, 22/. ; Clitheroe, 20/. and Littleborough
fullers and weavers, 281. 10s.
The other speakers were Mr. Walton and Mr. Bar-
low, of Blackburn ; Mr. Swinglehurst, of Preston ; and
Mr. Grimshaw, of -Great Harwood, who stated that be-
fore long they would convene a meeting at Blackstone-
edge, and summon the labourers of Yorkshire and
Derbyshire to the rescue. Mr. Ernest Jones attended
the meeting for the purpose of advocating the " mass
movement," but the Operatives' Committee would not
allow him to take any part in the 'proceeding, being re-
solved to keep the wages' question distinct from all
others.

Another hymn having been sung, the proceedings
were brought to a close at 5 o'clock. A. collection made
among the crowd realised about 71.