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charitable aid or condescending patronage ; but will
readily and cheerfully pay for the advantages which it
confers ; that he will prepare himself in individual cases
where he feels that the adverse circumstances around
him have rendered it necessary ; in a word, that he will
feel his responsibility like an honest man, and will most
honestly and manfully discharge it. (Great cheering.)
I now proceed," he concluded, "to the pleasant task,
to which, I assure you, I have looked forward for a
long time."

And a pleasant task it was, certainly—pleasantly dis-
charged, and most agreeably accepted. The audience
never wandered for a moment. The reader, in return,
took care not to tax their attention too much. There
are many things in the most interesting books intended
for quiet perusal which would fatigue a large assemblage
of listeners. Even the Carol can afford some omissions
in this respect, and in the Cricket on the Hearth there is
still more room for judicious curtailment. Mr. Dickens
managed this admirably, and it was curious to observe
nearly under the pressure of a public ordeal, he had
lopped atf everything to which the knife of the critic
would have been applied. Hie tendency to exaggera-
tion and overcolouring became subdued, and the truth-
fulness of his delineations, thus sobered down, grew
more strikingly powerful. It may be remarked, there-
fore, as one feature of such readings, that their influence,
even where the audience is comparatively illiterate, is
in a healthy directien upon the mind of the author,
whose perceptions are always more or less liable to be
warped by the partiality of his own coterie. By a dex-
.—ous use of that humour which with Dickens is never
out of place, and often adds point to the profoundest
pathos, be has hit upon an intelligible resting-place be-
tween this world and the world of shadows, to which
the hardest headed mechanic in Birmingham can unhe-
sitatingly follow his flight. They all did so the other
night, and not one among them but accompanied the
three spirits of Christmas back into their own youthful
days, then through their present, and then forward to-
wards the dark and mysterious future. "Itis a fair,
even-handed, noble adjustment of things," says the
author of the Carol, "that while there is infection in
disease and sorrow there is nothing in the world so
irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour."

CLARENDON.

THE ARMY.

'ON STRIKE.

PRESTON, MONDAY.—The predictions of the delegates
have been fully realised by the largely increased contri-
butions received from the various districts at the meeting
of She central committee held yesterday at the Tem-
perance Hall, in this town. It had been intimated that
the income of the weavers' committee would this week
reach 3,000/. ; the fund placed at their disposal to-dap
actually exceeds 3,2001. This augmented income enables
the committee to advance the pay of the unemployed
weavers from 4s. to ss. 6d. per head, and to reserve a
balance in hand. The other classes of operatives are to
receive a proportionate addition to their week's pay.
All the districts sent in enlarged subscriptions, but the
chief contributors were the people of Blackburn, who
furnished 1,000/. The "New Year's Gift " (as the in-
crease of pay is designated) afforded matter for congra-
tulation to the speakers at an open air meeting held in
the Orchard at croon to-day. After some encouraging
remarks upon the subject by the chairman, Mr. LANG,
Mr. BROWN said he observed that the statement he
had made on a former occasion with respect to the Earl
of Wilt had called forth a letter in contradiction. All
he (the speaker) bad to say in reply was, that he re-
ceived his information upon good authority, and at pre-
'sent he saw no reason to retract his statement. Refer_
ring to the week's in:;orne, Mr. Brown remarked that
it had been shown to the millowners of Preston that
the delegates spoke the truth, and that Geo. Cowell
was a true prophet. Some time ago Mr. Cowell
promised that 3,000/. would be forthcoming for
the relief of the operatives of Preston, and this week
they had more than that sum. He (the speaker) antici-
pated that before three weeks more were over the com-
mittee would be able to raise the wages of the hands per-
manently.

Mr. GEO. COWELL commenced his address by wishing
those present a happy new year. He hoped that before
another year had rolled away this question would be
settled, and their (the delegates') occupation would be
gone. If any of their leaders were desirous that the
present state of affairs should continue those were men
who ought not to be trusted. For his own part, he
longed to see the time when the multitude now without
employment should resume work, providing they could
do so on terms honourable to themselves and honourable
to their employers. He did not wish to gain a victory
over the employers. All he -desired was, that justice
should be done to the operatives ; and that was, that
they should receive a fair day's wage for a fair day's
work. Inquiries had been made respecting the promised
comparison between the Preston prices and those of
Blackburn and other towns. In reply, he begged to
say that the document was in course of preparation, and
would be issued as soon as possible.
Mr. CHEETHAM (of Oldham) advised his hearers not
to purchase those newspapers which were adverse to the
factory workers' interests.

The meeting was also addressed by Mr. Stevenson,
of Burnley, and Mr. Grimshaw, of Great Harwood.
A resolution was unanimously passed, pledging the
meeting to persevere in this struggle.
As usual, the prodiedings terminated with cheers for
the 10 per cent.

MEMORIAL TO THE EARL OF

The subjoined is the copy of a memorial, which
is in the course of signature in the city of Chester.
The feeling in that part of the kingdom in favour
of a decided policy is very strong, and the present
policy of the English Government gives great dis-
satisfaction :

"To the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendoa,
her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.
"The humble memorial of the undersignel
inhabitants of the town of Carnarvon—

"Sheweth,—That a memorial from this town was
some time since addressed to your lordship, respectfully
conveying to your lordship the anxious desire of the
memorialists, that the pledges given by the Government
of this country to protect the Turkish Sultan and his
subjects from the unprincipled encroachments of Russia
might be fulfilled. And that, in reply to that memorial,
the memorialists whose names were attached had the
satisfactioa of receiving from your lordship an unquali-
fied assurance of the determination of her Majesty's
Government to maintain uni►npaired the independen3e
of the Turkish empire, and the honour of the British
name:

"That, entertaining sentiments of the sincerest respect
for your lordship's position and personal character, and
fully appreciating the onerous nature of the responsibi-
lities of her Majesty's advisers at the present crisis, your
memorialists would not o' light grounds have presumed
again to trespass on your lordship's kindness and atten-
tion.

" But that they feel assured that for so doing they
will be deemed to poswess an ample justification in the
events which, since the date of your lordship's communi-
cition, have occurred or are in provress -viz., the inva-
sion and occupation of two Turkish provinces by a
Russian army, combined with the plunder of the public
treasury, and tile conscription of the militia of those
-trov;nc-s • the destruction of a division of the Turkish
, ,
fleet under circumstances that have created a deep and
earnest sentiment of indignation in this and in other
civilised countries ; the active and unrelenting prosecu-
tion by the Russian Emperor of these and other mea-
sures of aggressive war, in the presence of the fleets of
England and France, m open defiance of treaties, and
in violation alike of the law of nations and of the dictates
of humanity.

" That the highest interests of this country, as well
as its national honour, are indissolubly connected with
the maintenance of the Turkish empire from the unprin-
cipled encroachment on its dominions now in progress,
and with the repression of the lawless designs of Russian
ambition. And that by his noble and heroic refusal to
violate the laws of good faith and hospitality (by betray-
ing the Hungarian and Polish refugees), the present
sovereign of that empire has obtained an► imperishable
claim to be ranked among the most illustrious defenders of
the principles of freedom, civilisation, and humanity—a
claim which should ensure to him the firm and consistent
protection of the Governments of England and France,
which they trust will be extended to him henceforward."

THE ARMY IN INDIA.

The following tribute has been paid to the memory of
Major-General God win, C. 8., who was a guest of Sir
William and Lady Gomm at the time of his decease ;
and the same has been notified in general orders to the
army by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in
India :

" Head-quarters, Simla, Oct. 26, 1853.
"With deep sorrow—a sorrow sacred to the memory
of rare private worth and recorded public merit--the
Commander-in-Chief in India makes known to the army
the death at Simla, after brief but severe illness, of
Major-General Godwin, C. 8., commanding the Sirhind
division, and recently holding chief command of the com-
bined force which achieved the conquest of Pegu.

" Sir Wiliiain Gomm feels assured that the army at
large will regret with Lim the sudden departure from
amid its ranks of a distinguished soldier, a galhAr!t leader,
and an ardent promoter of its interests ; while some,
perhaps, will mourn with his Excellency over the loss of
a long-tried and justly-valued friend, faithful and true,
from youth upwards to the close of a useful and honoured
life

"W. M. Gomm, General,
"Commander-in-Chief East Indies.
"(By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-
Cbief),
" 11. T. TUCKER, Lieutenant-Colonel,
" Adjutant-Ge:,eral of the Army."
The Commander-in-Chief passed the following high
encomiums, in a general order, dated October 24, 1853,
on the three distinguished regiments, the 18th, 51st, and
80th, now on their march for Calcutta, where they art
to embark for England :
" Her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish and 80th Regiments
of Foot are on the point of returning home, after each
completing a term of nearly seventeen years' foreign
service.

"Many gallant and many arduous services mark the
career of both these distinguished corps, comprised
within the period above cited.
" Her Majesty's 18th contributed essentially to the
success of our arms in China. Her Majesty's 80th as-
sisted actively throughout the first Sikh war, and con-
spicuously at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, and
Sobt aon.
" Both corps have since maintained the high charac-
ter already gained for gallantry, soldier-like steadiness,
and endurance under privations and the enervating
effects of climate, throughout the recent operations in
But mah.

"The Commander-in-Chief cannot take leave of corps
which have so well upheld the character of the British
soldier in India, through a series of years, without ten-
dering to them severally his warmest wishes for their
future welfare, and for their rapid restoration to health
on their passag, home.
"Neither can his Excellency forego the opportunity
thus afforded him of expressing his view of the recent
services, on the same field, of her Majesty's 51st Light
Infantry, also about to proceed borne—services repeatedly
brought to his 'mike by the major-generalcommanding
the field force in Burmah, in the course of its operations
—and of offering to this regiment, which will be relieved
from the Madras Presidency, the same earnest good
wishes as to its brethren in arms of the 18th and 80th."

DUBLIN, Jan. 2.—Mnjor-General Cochrane having
left Dublin for Scotland on leave of absence, the troops
in the garrison of Dublin and Dublin district report to
the Lieutenant General Commanding (Sir E. Blakeney)
through the Assistant Adjutant• General and Assistant
Quarter-MasterGeneral of the district and the Town
Major.