The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

THE PRESTON STRIKE.

PRESTON, APRIL 17.
It was currently reported this morning that there had
been a serious falling off in the income of the Power-
loom Weavers' Association. On inquiry, however,' I
was informed that this was not the fact, but that, on the
contrary, the-receipts yesterday actually exceeded those
of the previous Sunday. Includinc, a. balance of 1021.,
last weeks income amounted to 2,0861.' ; this week, with-
out any balance, the fund, I am told, reached close upon
2,0541., enabling the committee to pay the hands 58.
per head as heretofore ; and this without any contribu
tion from Stockport, which has hitherto been in the
habit of sending from 2001. to 2501. a-week. Black-
burn still continues to send its 6001.
This morning Mr. Cowell addressed an open-air
meeting of-the unemployed in reference to the present
aspect of the strike. He said,—Various false rumours
have been disseminated among the ,weavers. It has been
alleged that it would be impossible for us to pay you ss.
a-head this week. However, lam thankful to tell the
meeting that our income is over 2,0001., that we are
again paying you 55., and that we shall be enabled to
pay you ss. for five months to come. So far from
this movement being broken up, to my mind the agita-
tion appears to be only just commencing. We have had
a meeting this morning of Messrs. Horrockses, Miller,
and Co's hands, and they seem as determined as ever to
maintain their integrity and their independence. We had
also another meeting in the Cockpit ; the hall was com-
pletely crowded, and the people there, on being tested,
declared, by a unanimous show of hands, that they were
determined they would never succumb while we could
find them ss. a week. (Cheers.) Whatever may be said
against us, I am prepared to assert that the people in
the country have confidence in us ; that the people of
Preston have confidence in us ; and that, so long as the
money is forthcoming, so long will this agitation be car-
ried on, until the proud masters of Preston think proper
to give us that for which we are contending. (Cheers.)
Now, after you have been in receipt of 3,0001. a week
for upwards of 27 weeks, will you betray the people of
England, succumb to the masters, and bring Preston
and the people of Preston into disrepute and into disre-
spect wherever they may be named ? (Cries of "No !")
You who are resolved never to succumb until we get

that for which we are struggling hold up your hands.
(The response was unanimous.)
The meeting soon afterwards separated.

THE STOCKPORT TURN-OUT.

A meeting of the factory hands was held at Stockport
yesterday morning, when it was stated that three only
out of the whole 41 mills were continuing the advance
obtained last year. The hands in these continued to
work.. The only other nulls at work were a fekv whose
notices do not expire until next Thursday. At preent
about 10,000 workpeople are on strike, and after Thurs-
day the numbers will be increased by several thousands.

A large staff Of veterinary.surgeons proceed to the teat
of war, ‘nth a proper supply of medicines and other
requirements necessary for the safety of -the horses.
Contracts have been entered into with persons in Turkey,,
recommended oy the Ottoman Governrient, fora pe.
riodical supply df forage for the horses.
The infantry and cavalry are to be unencumbered'
with their heavy caps, and.a most appropriate pattern as
the substitute. The war-or fighting "p is about- half
the size of an ordinary hat, "alritliii Peak. in front and
lap behind to ward off-the heat.
The Earl of Lucan, commander of the cavalry, entered
the army in 1816. He was for some time, as Lord Bing-
ham, colonel commandant of the 17th Lancers, now en
route for Turkey, for the seniority in which he paid, it is
generally stated in military circles, no less a sum than
20,0001. Lord Lucan was born in 1800, and is conse-
quently the junior by three years of his well-known kins-
man, Lord Cardigan. The noble lord served as a volun-
teer with the Russians against the nation he is now
supporting in 1828 and 1829, and was under General
Diebitsch at Varna, Schumla, Widdin, and, indeed, at
the gates of Adrianople, where the Turks consented to a
humiliating peace. For these services he was honoured
with the thanks of the Emperor Nicholas, who created
him a military knight of the order of St. Anne of Russia,
second class. His lordship's eldest son, Lord Bingham,
lieutenant in the Coldstream, who is ou his noble father's
staff, has left with his regiment.

Brigadier the Earl of Cardigan, commander of the
light division of cavalry, entered the service in 1824, and
Brigadier the Hon. Yorke Scarlett, commander of the
heavy division under Lord Lucan, joined the service in
1824. The gallant colonel is son of the late Lord
Abinger, so well known in legal circles at one time as
Sir James Scarlett. It is worthy of remark that the
three gallant officers paid heavy sums for their commis-
sions, and in departing to lead their country's troops
they leave behind them large properties as well as rela-
tives and friends.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Nile, 90, Commander Booth, bearing the blue
broad pendant of Commodore IL B. Martin, C. 8., ar•
rived at Spithead yesterday morning from Plymouth, to
complete her crew for the Baltic.
The Gladiator, 6, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. Broke,
having repaired her starting gear, went yesterday to test
her speed at Stokes Bay.
The Harpy, 4, iron paddlewheel steam-vessel, Lieut.
CGIT. Lindsay, and the Pigtny, paddlewheel steam-ves-
sel, fitting at Portsmouth as a'gunboat for service, in the
Baltic, will be rigged and ready for service by Saturday
next.

The Hornet,. 16, screw steam sloop, built at Deptford,
and launched last week at that dockyard, was brought
down to Woolwich yesterday to be made ready for sea.
The Cossack, screw steam frigate, launched from Mr.
Pitcher's dockyard at Nurthfleet on Saturday last, was
towed up the river yesterday, to have her engines put
on board by the contractors.
Upwards of 8,000 visitors were in Woolwich dockyard
during the day, and as many as 3,000 were on board the
Royal Albert, 131, screw steamship, at one time in the
afternoon. Booths are to be erected for the accommoda-
tion of 5,000 persons to witness the launch on May 13.
The number of visitors to the Royal Arsenal was also
very great.
By letters from the Baltic fleet we learn that it has
been ascertained the Russian force afloat in those waters
amounts 0.'30 sail of the line, and a corresponding num-
ber of frigates, steamers, and smaller craft, whose crews
are well trained' and have been together six or seven
years, also 800 gunboats.
The Simoom iron steam troop-ship, Captain Smith,
steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to refit for
further troop service. -
The Rhdamanthus steam-transport, Master-Com-
mander Belam, having landed the machinery of the
Colossus at Portsmouth, left yesterday evening for Ply-
mouth with part of the machinery for the Exmouth,- 90.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's fine
steam-ship Euxine, laden with munitions of war and
other freight, and personages, left Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon for Turkey.
All the transports which have arrived at Portsmouth
(nine sail) are being victualled with every description
of provisions, stores, and forage for horses, for four
months. The Royal Clarence Victualling Establish-
ment, Gosport, under the superintendence of Cap-
tain Courtenay, is in full work from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m.,
and the men were employed until one o'clock on Sunday
in victualling the Euxine. The crews in that and the
other transports refused to work on Sunday, and struck
at 6 p.m. on the Saturday night ; nor could they be in-
duced to help in the emergency. In this strait the con-
victs of the Portsea Prison, under Captain and Governor
Knight, volunteered to do the work of stowage in the
Euxine, &c., and did it well, being employed the whole
day in the dockyard and ships of their own free will.
This is not the first time these prisoners have exhibited
similar praiseworthy conduct.
The Clarence-yard has now in its vf.ctualling stores
upwards of 10,000 casks of beef and pork, and all other
kinds of provisions in proportion, ready for shipment—
more than ever the storehouses contained before. Master
Attendant Davies and Storekeeper Pinhorn are inces-
santly employed in superintending the work of storing or
shipment, and the whole staff of the establishment is
alike active.
The transport-ships Wilson Kennedy and Shooting
Star (the latter a fine American clippeitsailed on Sunday
from Liverpool for Plymouth. They have been ready
for sea for some days past, but delayed for want of men,
some of those previously shipped having at the instiga-
tion of the crimps refused to do their duty. There are
about 12 more transports preparing for sea under the
inspection Of Captain Bevis, R,N• It has been stated
that the French Government had purchased two screw-
steamers at Liverpool and sent down a corps of French
sailors to navigate them, but up to yesterday no official
intimation of the fact had reach ad the French Consul

The number of rank and file of the 39th and 89th
Regiments, with the draughts of the 30th and 55th
Regiments, that will leave Queenstown, in five trans-
Ohs, for Gibraltar, during the present week, will be
2,150, exclusive of officers, staff, &c. The depots of
several regiments are •being concentrated at Fermoy,
under the command., of Lieutenant-Colonel Townsend,
for the purpose of rattail instruction and receiving re-
cruits for the service companies. The depot of the 49th
has left Cork for that station, and the depOts of the 33d
(Duke of Wellington' own) and 50th Regiments have
also arrived there. The depots of the 30th and 89th
Regiments are also lying in that garrison. On the de-
parture of the infantry from Cork barracks the head-
quarters division of the 46th Regiment, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Robert Garrett, K.H., will
arrive from Kilkenny. The 14th Regiment, stationed
at Limerick, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel
Maurice Barlow, is under orders for foreign service, and
will embark at Queenstown.

Arrangements are in ,progress for placing the commis-
sariat department of the service in Ireland under a staff
responsible for the proper and regular supply of food and
forage for the cavalry and infantry. In 1846, when the
progress of the ITish famine made it necessary to distri-
bute food to large masses of the, people, a branch of the
commissariat was originated in Dublin, and found to
work well ; and it has now been determined to recon-
struct this board, with a full and efficient working body
of officers. Deputy-Commissary-General Watt and
Assistant-Commissary-General Carpenter arrived in
Dublin on Wednesday last, and are busied in' taking the
preliminary steps to carry out the views of the Govern-
ment.

THE FREE TOWN OF BREMEN AND
THE WAR.

The following is a_ translation of a notice from the
authorities of this town respecting the trade and
navigation of the belligerent Powers :

" BREMEN, APRIL 13.

" Since war has arisen between several of the great
European Powers, and the commencement of active
hostilities has been declared by land and sea;
"The Senate feels itself called upon, under the exist-
ing circumstances, and in order to prevent damage and
loss accruing to Bremen property, and to secure the
neutral position of Bremen against all risks, to call the
attention of every one, but more particularly of those
engaged in trade, and of'shipowners in their mercantile
transactions to and from places belonging to a belligerent
State, should the same be in a state of blockade or
otherwise, that they might be most careful, if they
would not act in their own prejudice, to avoid any con-
travention of those duties which the law of nations and
the Bremen State treaties impose upon them in war
I time.

" Although the Senate feels assured that a reference
to the obligations due equally to the frie.ndly Powers as
to their own city, will be sufficient to prevent the citizens
of 13remen for the future, just as well as heretofore,
&din undertaking anything in contravention of the prin-
ciples of public law (offentiickes-rechs), nevertheless the
Senate, without prejudice to any further necessary mea
sures for the preservation of the neutrality of Bremen,
takes this ofportunity of calling general attention to the
following orders :
" 1, The exportation of all a rticles deemed' contra-
band of war by the law of nations and by the existing
Bremen State treaties, but particularly of all ammuni-
tion, powder, balls, (kugeln), percussion► caps (amid-
hutch,ea), of brimstone and saltpetre, of ordnance and
arms of every description, and generally of all articles
which can be immediately used in war, to +he territory
of the belligerent Powers, is forbidden until further no-
tice, either by land or by water, and that, too, equally
under the Bremen or a foreign flag.
" The transgression of thui prohibition will entail the
confiscation of the articles in _question, and the infliction
of an appropriate fine and imprisonment, according to
circumstances.

"2. In all cases of exportation to the belligerent
States the goods must be accurately specified, and the
superscription 'merchandise,' or any similar general de-
scription, will not be admitted. •
" 3. No Bremen vessel is permitted to carry two sets
of ships' papers or a fol-eign flag.
" 4. The duties incumbent on sworn shipbrokers, in
compliance with former enactments, to notify the in-
tended shipment of merchandise to be regarded as con-
traband of war, as also the care they must exercise in
seeing that the ship's documents and ship's papers are
in order, remain in full force, and their attention is
hereby again particularly called to them.
" Decreed at Bremen, in the Assembly of the Senate
on the 12th, and published on the 13th of April, 1854."