The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

ter. Her Majesty is now out of danger, and in a
few days will resume her journey.
The Piedmontese Gazette publishes a royal de'
cree, dated Turin, 18th, dissolving the divisional
council of Ivrea, and directing the Intendant-Gene-
ral to convoke the electors for a new election.
A letter from Rome of the 10th, in the Moniteur,
says :—" I always hesitate to contradict the false
intelligence given relative to this city, with a
manifest spirit of hostility in certain Italian and
German journals, and copied into ours. I will
merely mention the latest ones—namely the assas-
sination of the delegate of Ravenna, the riot at
Terni, the insurrection at Civita, Vecchia, the
number of political prisoners estimated at 30,000,
the great review of the French troops by the Pope
in company with General Andre, and so many in-
ventions of the same sort. lam inclined to think
that these rumours prove themselves to be untrue
by their improbability, and that it is scarcely ne-
cessary for me to say that they ought to be set
down in the category of falsehoods."

GERMANY.
The National Gazette of Berlin states that though
the Prussian officers employed as instructors in the
Turkish army have not been recalled, the recall
will take place in the event of hostilities between
Russia and Turkey.
According to the last resolutions adopted by the
Germanic Diet, the strength of the Federal army 15
fixed at 456,000 men, exclusive of the reserve.
From the Voss Gazette of Berlin we learn that
the reduction of the Austrian army is not equally
extended to all the corps of which it is composed.
That commanded by Field-Marshal Radetzky, the
Austrian garrisons in the German fortresses, 84
also the 9th and 10th corps, are not, for the pre'
sent, subjected to any reduction ; but the measure
applies to the troops of several provinces borderiu4
on Turkey, as also to the frontier regiments, an
to the 10th and 11th corps scattered in Hungary.
The German Journal of Frankfort, under date
of Berlin, 15th, says :—" The relations between
the Emperor of Russia and the Prince of Prussia
are no longer what they were. A tone of cold
ceremony has taken the place of former cordiality
On the very evening, when the Czar took leave of
the Royal family to return to St. Petersburg, the
Prince of Prussia went to Berlin with his son,
Prince Frederick William, to see the new operas
which certainly would not have happened in for-
mer years."

WAGES MOVEMENT.

THE COTTON-SPINNERS' STRIKE AT MAN'

CHESTER. -
According to the present aspect of the turn-out, there
does not appear to be the slightest possibility of a settle"
went of the dispute between the masters and the men for
some time to come. Yesterday a large body of the turn'
outs was held in the Marsh, an immense plot of land,
about a mile from the town. It was calculated that, st
various parts of the day, the number present would range,
from 10,000 to 15,000. The meeting was rather a gene'
ral gathering of the hands than one convened for ant
special object. No formal resolutions were passed,
but the meeting was addressed during the day by se"'
ral speakers, who urged upon all present the desire'
bility of union and firmness, and earnestly called upon
them to endure any amount of pecuniary and physic
i
suffering, rather than submit to what they designate"
the tyrannical and despotic requirements of the employ'
ere. The matter is beginning to be viewed by all classes
in Preston, as one of the most serious concern, and the
gloomiest apprehensions are entertained as to the cone&
quences, by tradesmen, shopkeepers, and others vital
interested. It appears that so indignant are the master;
at the violent language used towards them by the opell",
tives at their various public meetings, that they will
not only not consent to re-open their mills until the
men have withdrawn themselves from the union, but,
further, that trade being now so gloomy, they are con'
templating keeping them closed for at least several weeks,

THE WIGAN STRIKE.
The turn-out of colliers and factory hands continues,
and neither masters nor men show a disposition to give
way. About 6,000 manufacturing operatives are at
present out of work. These consist to a
great extent of,
females, and young persons, and their wages may be
put down at from Bs. to 10s. each. Adding adult male*
who, by attending to four looms each, earn about 185• a
week, the amount of wages withdrawn from circulation
may be set down about 3,5001. per week. Of the o°.ll.
hers somewhere about 7,000 or 8,000 are now out .
work ; and there is no outward evidence of a diepositi°l`
on the part of the men to succumb to their employe;
Taking all into consideration, the amount lost to
district by the present suspension of labour cannot b,
set down at much less than 1,2001. to 1,5001. per welcy
Of course, this is severely felt in a town like Wiga°'.rs
parties engaged in every branch of trade. The 0„'1-e1•11
are at present firm in their determination to ma 1117,„
their present position. The factory hands are eqll9l''''
determined.

BAR SILVER.—In consequence of some further orders
having been received by the last overland mail, bar
silver has been much in demand, and the limited
amount brought by the West India steamer has been
disposed of at filid., an advance of ed. per ounce.
CUSTOMS REGULATION.—By an order recently issued
by the Board of Customs, and which was noticed at the
time, the landing-waiters were empowered in all cases to
deliver free goods without putting the importers to the
inconvenience and delay of waiting for the inspection of
the surveyors. This regulation, so far as it has been
t
carried into effect, has given the utmost satisfaction:,
for, while the revenue is sufficiently protected by the
careful examination the goods still undergo, the advan-
tage to commerce, in the saving of time
one, is veil
considerable. It is now asserted, however, that some
few of the acting surveyors are using their utmost en-
deavours to thwart the intention of the Board, by
making unusually rigid examinations, and detaining the
goods for that purpose. Out of many others, one ease
is mentioned where a consignment of 50 casks of citron
was detained, and every one of them examined. " Was
it not enough," it is asked, "to expose to injury a tithe
even of the parcel, without subjecting the whole to da-
mage, which must necessarily result from the citron
being pierced by an iron instrument ?" It is also of
firmed that the goods are very roughly treated and much
injured by the tide-officers, who, it appears, are still,
engaged in the examination of certain articles free co
duty, although the evidence given before the select cow"
mittee demonstrated the repugnance of the mercantile
community to the employment of this class of officers
for such purposes, and it was also at that time con'
demned even by the Commissioners themselves.
A SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA..—The following is an
extract from a private letter, written on board the Spirit
of the North, a few days' sail from Anjer, and dated
the Ist of August, giving a somewhat strange account
of a vessel deserted by her officers and crew On
Tuesday, the 19th of Jul
Nina, of Bristol, abandoned. we fell in with the brig
arded and
found out by her papers that she was bound to, Met•
bourne. Her papers, charts, chronometers, Sce., were
all lying loose in the cabin,
and the sailors' bags and
chests were on the hatchways, ready to be taken away.
Her staunchions, bulwarks, and mainmast had been car'
ried away, the latter, however, having been replaced by
jury mast, on which a small sail was set to keep her to the
wind. From these circumstances the captain is of
opinion that the crew must either have all been washed
overboard, or taken off by some other ship. I think the
last is the more probable; as the long-boat is gone ; and
if the crew had been washed overboard, the bags and
chests would have been carried away by the same sea.
When we found her she had been abandoned four days,
as appeared by the log-book. B the manifest ap-
peared that her cargo was worty h about 7,000/ It 4 and
there being only about ten inches of water in the hold,
the captain sent her to Batavia, in command of the
second mate, consigned to Messrs. Pitcairn, Syme, and
Co. She
Bristol seem had
to ben out four months, and her agents in
Messrs. Golden, Perrin, and Co.''
Loss OF THE AUSTRALIAN EMIQRANT SHIP BOURNEtir.
—lntelligence has been received at Liverpool of the
total loss of the Australian emigrant ship Bourneuf, be'
longing to that port, on a detached reef at the entrance
of Torres Straits. The vessel sailed from Hobson's Bay,
Australia, on her return to this country, on the 15th of
July, and on the 3d of August got on shore on the reef,
and became a total wreck. In attempting to leave the
wreck, the captain (Bibby), his wife and her sister, and
five seamen, were drowned, a sea having struck the
boat when half lowered, which broke the davits and
drove the boat under the ship's counter. The rest of
the crew miraculously escaped. Six seamen and an ar
the
tree named Alfred Brownless, a native of Liverpool,
are reported as having ken badly bruised. Everything
was lost, and inany of the crew were naked. Those
saved, 31 in nuMber, were picked up by the ship diva Elizabeth, Elizabeth, bound from Sydney for Batavia. After-
wards six of the men were draughted to the British barque
Earl Grey, bound for Bombay. The chief mate
coming home in the Julius Caesar, bound for Havre-
The statement does not furnish the names of the crevi,
that were drowned. The Bourneuf was a new ship, of
1,400 tons burden, and commenced her first voyage
from Liverpool for Port Philip on the 26th of Mayo
1852, with Government emigrants.
AFFRAY BETWEEN THE SOLDIERS AND MR PoLICIe
AT EDINBURGH.—Four of the soldiers concerned in the
recent affray between the military and police in the,
Queen's Park were tried on Tuesday before Sheriff
Gordon. It will be recollected that, during the progress
of the Edinburgh Gymnastic Games on the Bth of Sep'
tember last, Lieut. Roberts, of the 4th Regiment, at
present stationed in the castle, struck rather severely with his cane a boy who happened to run against him.
The officer, who was in the dress of a civilian, was
mediately taken into custody by the police ; but
a large party of soldiers, who were on the ground a°
spectators of the games interfered to prevent the air prehension of their officer. A fight ensued, the 0'
diers using sticks and belts to attack the policemen,
some of whom were very severely injured. Eight
soldiers had been detained, but only four were trieut
viz., William Butler, Charles Welch, and James Connor,
'privates, and John ithey, lance-corporal, all of whew
pleaded guilty. Captain Martin and Captain Gambl?
having given evidence as to the previous excellent
character of the men, more especially Withey, who II!s
a good-conduct badge, and whose term of service nor'y.
entitles him to another, the Sheriff thought the curet,'
of justice would be satisfied by a sentence of
months' imprisonment on Butler, Welch, and Connor,
and of sixty days' imprisonment on Withey. We _l3
lieve Lieutenant Roberts will not be tried on the charge
of striking the boy,—Scotsman.