The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE FROM BUENOS AYRES.

The bat que Marion, Captain Lowery, brought dates
from Buenos Ayres, to the lit ult., at which time the
port of Monte Video remained strictly blockaded by
the French fleet, General Oribo still refusing to yield.
The previous reports of the probability of a war be-
tween Buenos Ayres and Brazd are confirmed by this
arrival.

THE TYNE.—ANOTHER STRIKE.—The South
Shields shipwrights struck work on Saturday morning.
The Tyue shipwrights are about 1,100 in number, and are
pretty well known as close unionists. In the fall of last
year they met, and, without consulting their employers,
adopted a code of rules, many of which are found by the
master shipbuilder and shipowner to be most obnoxious in
their character, and injurious to the trade of the river. The
masters met at Newcastle in November last and re-adopted
a set of regulations passed by the dockowners in 1842.
These regulations came into effect yesterday, and the strike
at South Shields is the result. It is also supposed, that if
some arrangement is not come to between the masters and
the men, the whole of the shipwrights on the Tyne will turn
out. The Hecate and Trident war-steamers, sent down by
the Admiralty, at the request of the mayor of Tynemouth,
in case of a riot amongst the sailors during their strike, are
at present lying in Shields harbour ; but there is no necessity
for their presence, as the river is clearing of ships, and the
men are receiving the advanced wages as soon as the vessels
are laden. A great number of colliers have left the Tyee
during the last three days. Notwithstanding the antipathy
of the seamen to the shipping offices, there seems no danger
of a repetition of disturbances, which were confined to a
small section of the men.
THE MERCANTILE MARINE ACT.—The clause
strictly enforcing the provision that all masters, first or se-
isers;
a..
prod
cond, or only mates, of foreign-bound.
yes:flowehd to sailuce in
certificates of competency before ri.
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un operation • and no
such vessels, yesterday came
them to be fully corn-
in charge produce certiticatess
not carried into force on the Ist
vessel will now be permitted top iu:,tnintgo sea unless the officers
petent. This regulation
applications) to supply the certifi-
cates
the immense number of
time.
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of January because the nauwthorities were not able (owing to
within the prescribed
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trade are yet developed,
symptoms of unusual acbtuist-
ness has supervened in the nail and chain departments, and
other manufacturing branches of our home consumption,
orders being proportionately slacker. In pig iron little is
doing, most parties having made their purchases early in the
last month, and there is no tendency to any further advance
in this article. Coal and ironstone also remain unaltered.
The reports from other districts are as various as the sources
from whence they are derived ; upon the whole, they are
quite as satisfactory as the facts within our own knowledge
would seem to warrant. Welsh bars are said to be in good
demand, and a considerable increase of make has been lately
brought into the market. Scotch pigs have a downward
tendency, though the price of manufactured iron is there re-
presented as tinu.--Birininvharn Gazette.