The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-05 00:00:00

THE NAVY,

BANKRUPTS.
Charles Botten, brassfounder, Crawford-passage, Clerk-
enwell, to surrender Sept. 19, at half-past one, and Oct. 16,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Season, cabinetmaker, Leeds, Sept. 17 and Oct. 11,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
John Frederick Kent, builder, Croydon, Sept. 14, at
three, and Oct. 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Philip Milns, bootmaker, Stamford, Sept. 18 and Oct. 9,
at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Richard Buttle, tailor, Long-acre, Sept. 15, at half-past
eleven, and Oct. 17,' at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Patman Watson, draper, Hampstead-road, Sept.
15 and Oct. 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
Charles Denes, wine merchant, Liverpool, Sept. 14, at
eleven, and Oct. 11, at one, at the Liverpool District Court.
Silvano Francisco Luis Pereira, and John Grant, wine
merchants, Great Tower-street, City, Sept. 14, at two, and
Oct. 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Frederick Taylor Brassington, boot and shoemaker,
Burslem, Staffordshire, Sept. 14 and Oct. 5, at eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
William Inglis, jun., merchant, Leith.
David Calmm Martin, rope and sail maker, Dundee.

ENGLISH RIFLEMEN AT COLOGNE.-TWO mem-
bers of the
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Cologne, and were both successful in crunpetition for prizes.
In the English match Mr. Muller won the first prize—a
silver cup—having made 21 points in two shots; and Mr.
Whomes the second prize, having made 18 points. Mr.
Muller also won the first prize in another match, having
shot the wing off a wooden bird placed on a pole.
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COVENTRY, SEPT. 3.
The beneficial effects of the close of the riband
weavers' strike on the general trade of this town
are already beginning to manifest themselves. Al-
though the " hands" were not all in before the after-
noon of Thursday, the result was very evident in
the greater activity observable in the shops of the
town, and the spirit which pervaded business of
every kind on Saturday. Up to the present time
the co-operation of the manufacturers in the " As-
sociation for the Protection of Labour" suggested
at the meeting of Monday lasthas not been secured.
In the meantime, however, at the suggestion of the
deputation appointed to wait on the employers, re-
solutions were adopted at a large meeting of the
operatives held on Thursday, the deputation observ-
ing that they were such as was hoped would have
the approval of the manufacturers. I give them,
as they serve to show the character and course of
action which the association will adopt, assuming
that it will attain the consistency of a permanent
organization :
" That the first four resolutions submitted by Mr. Wid-
drington be confirmed.
" That the weavers shall return to their work, and com
plete their contracts entered into previous to the strike ; and
that when such contracts are completed every weaver shall
be at liberty to enter into a fresh contract with any manu-
facturer, and shall take out a ticket as required by the Silk
Act.
" That no weaver shall at any time, or under any circum-
stances, consent to work for any manufacturer under a cer-
tain stipulated list of prices, to be fixed between the weaver
and the manufacturer, and not to be below the prices as
fixed by the committees.
" That the present Weavers' Committee shall be dissolved
on the new association being formed, and that such co aimit-
tee shall hold office only till such association be fully or-
ganized. That these resolutions be printed, and sent to
every manufacturer in the neighbourhood."
The second resolution, it will be observed, par-
takes somewhat of an ex post facto character, inas-
much as it represents the weavers as determining
on Thursday evening to do that which they had
already done—returning to work, for by Thursday
afternoon every hand had resumed work who could
get work ; and I may add that in the great majority
of cases employment could only be obtained at a
reduction of wages.
But, notwithstanding the resumption of work by
the operatives, their present relations to the manu-
facturers are, so far as feeling is concerned, unto-
ward, if not unpromising. The strike, indeed, is at
an end, but this is from the compulsion of want, not
of conviction, and there is a threat of something
that is to come out of the strike. The present is not
simply an interregnum between the abdication of
the " Strike Committee" and the advent to power
of their successors, the consultees of the new Labour
Protection Association, but rather a transition state,
in which while they cry "Peace" there is no peace,
while accepting the proposals of the Vicar of St.
Michael's'-for reconciliation' the acceptors cry " war
to the knife" against the manufacturers who do not
submit to their demand of maintaining a price list.
While the propositions which are to settle the con-
test are accepted, and an organisation based on
them is actually in progress, an element of discord,
which is not provided for by the resolutions adopted
on Monday evening, is clearly indicated as an occa-
sion for the renewal of the struggle whenever an op-
portunity offers. The fact is that the arrangements
which form the basis of the association refer to the
amount of wages, and are silent on a point which has
been lurking throughout the recent struggle under
the guise of a strike for a list of priced—a struggle as
to mode of payment, i.e., by piecework, or by weekly
wages. As illustrative of the proceedings of strikes,
and the hollow character of the truce which is now
in force, I refer to expressions which fell from
speakers at meetings held at the very period when
negotiations were being carried on with a view to
reconciliation. •At the meeting of Tuesday, the
morning after the conciliation meeting of Monday,
and while a deputation was applying for the co-
operation of the manufacturers, an out-door weaver
observes :
"If they had not broken confidence with each other they
Could have been at work six weeks ago. A number of hands
had gone to work, and those who were still out had been
sold. Those who had gone in had got work for their looms,
but they who had fought the question would in a measure
be without. . . . He hoped, if the weavers gave way
now, it would be to rally round more strongly in future.
At a meeting on Wednesday one of the speakers
observed
:
"Even in this, the eleventh hour, there was a course to
be adopted, which was that the men go into all the fac-
tories but one ; then let those in work support the hands of
that factory while out. This should be done, even though
the hands in work were receiving but the same price the
hands on strike turned out for. By these means, end wit
unity, they could beat the Malakhoff' or any other fac-
anow of thepahnol.
ros
tory. ' • ht be
l
I quote these observations—and they
multiplied to an extent almost indefinitelnl
live the
will leave your readers at no loss to
actual causes of the close of the strike,
work is
spirit in which the operatives return
weekly
wages of a determination of substitutingaPtneodeteh at the
thr strike satthteh:e
wages for the piece system by
and
first opportunity. These circumstanceshich has im
tory of a strike point to
tma pheno-
mena, rt,applications
times
wfhoernt hte:o observer of
so f social.
wages
capital are forced home on
our attention by combi-
nations to uphold the alleged
rights of labour.

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our readers to anticipate in our im-
As we led 1 I, ult., Sir J. Scarlett has been appointed
pression of the ..
Gacentiverealiymarten,
to the colonelcy of to
the Durathgoroin Guards, vice Lord Car-
digan, transferred tussars. The number of
cavalry generals whose services would give them the first
claim to the command of. regiments is now very small. Of
be-
lieve, only the following, whom we enumerate as they stand
engaged there remain, we
who was at Waterloo • Major-General Lockwood,
those who
late of the Royal Dra-
goons,late of the 3d Light Dragoons, distinguished in the Affghan
samee Punjab
corps,
wchaom hasp campaigns; gn s; Major-General Gough, of the
evl'hisot
servedh:—avls,elbajeeorn-
in China and in the Sutlej mid
punjab campaigns; Sir Hope Grant, who, after an Indian
career of extraordinary brilliancy, is now, we trust, reaping
fresh laurels in the scene in which he first saw active ser-
vice as Brigade-Major to Lord Saltoun; Major-General
Robertson, who commanded the 7th Dragoon Guards in the
last Kaffir war but one; and Major-General Lawrenson,
the Inspector-General of Cavalry; and Major-General
Parlby, each of whom served for a short time in the Crimea.
—Army and Navy Gazate.

wamingbeert,veningarixich; came in on
A letter from Malta; daTtitenrdespt.Ai :3touhms August
e3asnop,daest :
"HerreahyAeissar
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from
tNwh which
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ha Majesty's
corvette
rfi from jmeoeans Messina,t and her Ma-
jesty'syrom:
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Scylla,h ethw
with gunboat
a6tfpthohltund
despatches front Rear-Admiral
Mundy, brought from Naples by the Renown, left on the
28th to resume her post at Messina. Her Majesty's ship
Cressy, Capt. the
Hon. C. G. Elliot, left port to-day for
Naples. She took as passengers Capt. Trevor, Aide-de-
Camp to Major-Gen. Warren; Lieut. Thomas, 22d Regi-,
ment ; Lieut. G. Smith, 7th Fusiliers; and Mr. Bourchier.
Her Majesty's ship James Watt, made her appearance off
the port this morning under sail from the eastward, and
entered port the same evening.
"Her Majesty's ship Queen, Capt. Hillyar, which left
port on Saturday, has been cruising in the Malta Channel
ever since, and communicated with the port to-day.
"The only foreign man-of-war in port is the Russian
screw steam frigate Grand Admiral, Capt. Shestakoff. This
splendid vessel arrived here on the 27th inst. from Cronstadt
and Gibraltar, on her way to the coast of Syria, as announced
in my letter of that date.
" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alham-
bra, Capt. Steward, which has been chartered by the French
Government for the conveyance of troops, arrived here on
Monday last from Marseilles, with 171 French soldiers and
13 hospital nurses, in charge of Lieut. Lavergne. She left
a few hours afterwards for Alexandria. The troops she has
on board are bound for China. She is to return to France
for other troops for the same destination.
" The steamship Pera, Capt. Jamieson, .of the same com-
pany, came in yesterday from Southampton and Gibraltar,
with the heavy portion of the outward Calcutta, China, and
Australian mails, and left, after coaling, for Alexandria.
" Thelleninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Valetta
Arrived this evening at 9.30, with the overland portion of
the homeward Bombay and Mauritius mails. Her Ma-
jesty's gunboat, Assurance, arrived at Alexandria at 9
a.m. on Sunday. There was no news of importance from
§yria. The French troops were encamping at Beyrout.
The Valetta leaves for Marseilles at 1 a.m."

, Preparations are in a forward state for the launch
of her Majesty's screw steam-ship Anson.at Wool-
wich, the first block of which was laid down to
commence her construction on the 15th February,

1858, under the superintendence of Mr. A. B.
Sturdee, acting master shipwright of the yard on
the occasion. The launch will take place under
direction of Mr. Turner on the 15th inst., when,
according to the arrangements made for visitors, a
very large number is anticipated, and tickets are
already in great request. The dimensions of the
ship are as follows :—Length between perpendicu-
lars, 244 ft. Din. ; length of keel for tonnage, 210 ft. ;
breadth, extreme, 55ft. 4in. ; breadth for tonnage,
54ft. bin. ; breadth moulded, 53ft. Bin. ; depth in
hold, nft. 6in. ; burden in tons, 3,317 78-94ths. Her
armament will be 91 guns :-34 8-in., 65 cwt., 9 ft.
in length ; 34 32 pounders, 56 cwt., 9 ft. 6 in. in
length; 22 32-pounders, 45 cwt., S ft. 6 in. in
length; 1 68-pounder, 95 cwt., 10 ft. in length.
The lighter Aid, Grundy master, from Ports-
mouth and Chatham, with stores, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Monday.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Pioneer, frtm the
eastward, is undergoing some trifling repairs in the
Devonport dockyard, prior to sailing for the coast
of Africa, where she will be engaged in the service
of the exploring expedition.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, 6, Com-
mander Jackson, has been filled up with fuel, and
is now waiting orders in Plymouth Sound.
The Ariel, 9, screw, Commander J. R. Alexander,
was towed down Portsmouth harbour yesterday,
and berthed alongside the dockyard, ready for
masting.
The Emerald, 51, screw, Capt. A. Cumming, in
No. 7 dock at Portsmouth, is found, on examination
of her bottom, to have her external damage con-
fined to some 40 or 50 feet of false keel, which is
expected to be repaired by to-morrow evening.
Orders have been received from the Admiralty to
make good her defects as speedily as possible, her
services being required.
His Danish Majesty's screw corvette Heindal,
Capt. Schultz, from Copenhagen for Brest and the
Mediterranean, arrived at Spithead on Monday
evening. Yesterday morning she exchanged the
customary salutes with the military and naval
authorities of the port. Capt. Schultz, accom-
panied by Mr. A. L. Vandenbergh, Royal Danish
Vice-Consul, afterwards paid an official visit to
Major-General Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., Lieutenant-
Governor of the garrison, and Admiral H. W.
Bruce, the naval Commander-in-Chief. In the
evening Capt. Schultz was entertained by Lord W.
Paulet at the Government-house.
The Sirius target-ship has been towed down
Portsmouth harbour and berthed alongside the
dockyard sheer jetty, where shipwrights are em-
ployed upon her, working extra hours, affixing to
her side the three iron plates for shot experiments
referred to in 21e Sun of the 28th ult. An inspec-
tion of the interior of the Sirius affords abundant
evidence of the terrific shaking the vessel's frame
has received from the concussion caused by the shot
striking the iron plates during the recent experi-
ments in Porchester lake. Bolts are started along
the greater portion of the ship's side, and one iron
knee is broken clear through. At the back of the
plates where they are fractured, but not penetrated
by the shot, the broken plate has driven in timbers
and all in a shattered mass before it. As this is the
result of single shots on a frigate of the Sirius's
scantling, it may reasonably be contended that
concentrated firing from a frigate's 8-ineh
guns, at the same range, will be likely to pro-
duce equally disastrous effects even on a vessel of
the solidity of the iron-cased frigates now con-
structing. Such damage to a vessel's side is irre-
mediable at sea, and if near the water line with any
sea on there is nothing to prevent the iron-clad
ship from filling and going down.
The screw gunboat Hind, tender to the Russell,
60, at Falmouth, left Plymouth for that port '
Sunday. having
The hired transport James Armstrong, , c .n..
embarked the remnant of building
Isis and depen_
tended for the erection of the hospi
was yesterday
dencies at the Cape of Good HoPe, , .
stores, e.a ~ 1.
ich Arsenal,
towed down to Gravesend from woolw
for her destination.
ts were made yester-
and will proceed forthwith
L. Stokes, to the
The folldwing
for surveyin—
dip at the Adm4alty: l
appoi_nttucaepnt.
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g service;
Impregnable, additional
Lieut. F. P. Doughty", to the Foxhound ; Lieut. J.
N. Croke, to the Spiteful ; F. H. Rose, assist.-surg.
to the Ajax; s. M. Sweatraan, paymaster to the
Foxhound; J. Ray, paymaster to the Arid ; T.
Bradbridge, paymaster additional to the Colossus ;
F. Sueter, clerk to the Tartar; Wm. Thorne, clerk
to the Emerald ; H. Langworthy, clerk to the Cur-
h jaw; and A. Hunter, clerk to the Spiteful.

THE ARMY.

The head-quarters of the Bth King's Own Regi-
ment, lying at Spithead in the troopship Clara, from
Calcutta, will disembark to-day, and take up quar-
ters in the new barracks at Gosport.
A muzzle-loading gun, of large dimensions,
weighing about five tons, was yesterday received
in Woolwich Arsenal, from Sir W. Armstrong's
factory, at Elswick, and is ordered for experiments
at Shoeburyness, The weight and proportions of
the projectiles to bQ used with the gun have not
been decided on, but it is stated as probable that
an elongated shot and shell, to be manufactured in
the Royal Laboratory, weighing about 801 b., will
be employed in the experiments. According to an
obsolete principle revived, and the reverse of the
present rifling system of Sir W. Armstrong, the
shot and shell are grooved, while the gun itself re-
tains three projecting lines in the bore throughout,
to correspond with the rifled shot. Much specula-
tion is afloat as to its adaptability, and the experi-
ments are looked forward to with great interest.
The preparations which have been in
finers of
several weeks past by the Sappers and lk
progress for
the Royal Engineers for the destruction of an tra-
mense cliff at Caxton, a short distance from Chat-
ham, were completed yesterday►
and the explosions
are expected to take place in the course of a few