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

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 males,
who, by attending to four looms each, earn about 18s.
week, the amount of wages withdrawn from circulation
may be set down about 3,5001. per week. Of the col-
liers somewhere about 7,000 or 8,000 are now out of
work ; and there is no outward evidence of a disposition
on the part of the men to succumb to their employers.
Taking all into consideration, the amount lost to the
district by the present suspension of labour cannot be
set down at much less than 1,2001. to 1,5001. per week•
Of course, this is severely felt in a town like Wigan, 1)1
parties engaged in every branch of trade. The colliers
are at present firm in their determination to maintain
their present position. The factory hands are equally'
determined.

BA.R 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 Gild., an advance of ad. 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
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 alone, is very
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 case
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 af-
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 of
duty, although the evidence given before the select com-
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, h 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 July, we fell in with the brig
Nina, of Bristol, abandoned. We boarded her, and
found out by her papers that she was bound to Mk
bourne. Her papers, charts, chronometers, &c., 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 a
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. By the manifest it ap'
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peared that her cargo was worth about 7,000/. • 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 had been out four months, and her agents in
Bristol seem to be Messrs. Golden, Perrin, and Co."
Loss OF THE AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SHIP BOURNEUr•
—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 Rai,
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 nna,
drove the boat under the ship's counter. The rest 0l
the crew miraculously escaped. Six seamen and an aP,"
Prentice named Alfred Brownless, a native of Liverprol'
are reported as having been badly bruised. Everything
was lost, and many of the crew were naked. Those
saved, 31 in number, were picked up by the ship Ever
diva Elizabeth, bound from Sydney for Batavia. After:
wards six of the men were draughted to the British bare:
Earl Grey, bound for Bombay. The chief mate
is
coming home in the Julius Caesar, bound for Havre._
The statement does not furnish the names of the crel
that were drowned. The Bourneuf was a new ship, 0e
1,400 tons burden, and commenced her first voYag
from Liverpool for Port Philip on the 26th of MAP
1852, with Government emigrants.
AFFRAY BETWEEN THE SOLDIERS AND THE POLIOAT EDINBURGH.—Four of the soldiers concerned in the
recent
h
recent affray between the military and police in "ft•
Queen's Park were tried on Tuesday before Shorlso
Gordon. It will be recollected that, during the progre
of the Edinburgh Gymnastic Games on the Bth of S
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p,
tember last, Lieut. Roberts, of the 4th Regiment,
present stationed in the castle, struck rather sever.ef,
with his cane a boy who happened to run against 12;',
The officer, who was in the dress of a civilian, was lbut
mediately taken into custody by the police ;
party of soldiers, who were on the group ao.
spectatorslrge of the games, interfered to prevent the
prehension of their officer. A fight ensued, the suc,
diers using sticks and belts to attack the policelfo.ebt
some of whom were very severely injured. rpcl,
soldiers had been detained, but only four were trier,
viz., William Butler, Charles Welch, and James Connor''
privates, and John Vithey, lance-corporal, all of Nv.,'"bie
pleaded guilty. Captain Martin and Captain GiTent
having given evidence as to the previous excel bas
character of the men, more especially Withey, wh
a good-conduct badge, and whose term of service Peep
entitles him to another, the Sheriff thought thetbren
of justice would be satisfied by a sentence o,if floor,
months' imprisonment on Butler, Welch, and he-
and of sixty days' imprisonment on Withey- charge
lieve Lieutenant Roberts will not be tried on the
of otriking the boy, .Scotsman.

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