The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1859.

?HE NAVY.

The Aid, naval transport, Mr. Grandy master,
having shipped a heavy cargo of dockyard stores at
Chatham, will sail from that port this day for
Portsmouth, Devonport, snd Pembroke Dockyards.
Orders have been received at Chatham, direct-
ing a large line-of-battle screw steamer to be com-
menced at that establishment, on the same slip as
that on which the Irresistible, 80, was built, imme-
diately after that vessel has been launched.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—James M. Shore, additional,
to the Cumberland ; Thomas Anderson, chief engi-
neer, to the Royal Albert ; Charles Cotten, chief
engineer, to the Blenheim ; -Walter W. Williamson,
chief engineer, to the Marlborough ; Samuel Cle-
ments, chief engineer, to the Liffey; William H.
Houghton, acting chief engineer, to the Fisgard, as
supernumerary ; Wm. Wallace, acting third-class
assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary;
T. Silk, clerk, to the Ardent ; IV. A. Dangerfield,
assistant-clerk, to the Prometheus ; and Francis A.
Carter, assistant-clerk, to the Hogue.

and it is asserted that he will remove many restric-
tions which the late Emperor had imposed. By this
proceeding it is evident that his Majesty exhibits
no hostility towards the French, as was stated.
The object of Muley Abder-Rahman, in prohibiting
the exportation of wools, was to prevent French-
men establishing themselves in Barbary, as the
trade in this article enticed many merchants of
France to the ports of the coast."

declaration in any form, and the masters made
up their returns of the numbers by including all
the men they had at work on country jobs. He
urged the lock-outs to try and bear with their pri-
vations a little longer, and to bear in mind that it.
was not money but a principle they were strug-
gling for. If they did not " lick" the associated
masters now they would in the end, and he was
satisfied that before twelve months were over they
would re-enter the shops not only without the de-
claration but under the nine hours. (Great cheer-
ing) Hp advised them in future to form a fund,
by suliscribing say ld. a week, which he said would
amount to £lOO a week, £4OO a month, and £26,000
a year—(upon what system of arithmetic Mr. Pot-
ter makes up this annual total he did not explain)
—and that such fund should be devoted expressly
for the defence of the trades and their support in
future struggles. Let them show in this way that
they respected themselves, and the masters would
respect them ; that with such a fund at their back
there would bno more attempts to compel them
to give up their trade societies. He concluded by
again recommending firmness and union as the cer-
tain means of success.

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Mr. FACEY, a delegate from the conference to the
provinces, reported the result of his mission in the
western and north-western districts, where he said
not the building trades only but the whole of the
industrial community were with the movement, and
were ready to unite and amalgamate with the
building operatives. He had attended public meet-
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in Reading, in Oxford,in Leamington, in
bridge, Gloucester, Swansea, Weston-super-Mare,
Bath, Bristol, Exeter (where there was 'a sub-sub
agent of Mr. Kelk's, endeavouring to seduce men
to engage with the London masters), Plymouth,
Tavistock, and Devonport, and everywhere found
sympathy for the lock-outs. It was true that the
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battle was as good as won. But the battle was not yet
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and concluded a long speech by denouncing
Lord Brougham, Lord Shaftesbury, Lord Radstoek,
and others who were supposed to take the side of
the masters; and, after charging the authors of the
odious document with conspiracy against the rights
of the working men, and with being, in their desire
to glut their vampire appetites with the blood of
broken hearts, the cause of the deaths referred to
in the Registrar-General's report as resulting from
the strike, submitted the following resolution :--
" That, the Master Builders' Association having re-
fused the propositions submitted by A. S. Ayrton,
Esq., M.P., and ail other attempts on the part of
the men at reconciliation, determining still to abide
by the odious document, this meeting appeals to the
public for further support to enable the men to
continue to a successful issue their noble resistance
to that infamous production."
Mr. BROWN, another delegate to the provinces,
seconded the resolutitn, and gave a very similar
report of the result at Northampton, Leicester,
Nottingham, Derby, Manchester, Liverpool, Bol-
ton, and other manufacturing towns of the midland
and northern counties.

Mr. OSBORNE, also a delegate, supported the re-
solution. Hefound that, during his absence, one
of the masters, Mr. Farley, a plasterer, of West-
bourne grove, conceded the nine hours; and
so far from finding it detrimental to his interests,
had stated that it had enabl.:d him to complete his
contracts with satisfaction. He trusted that they
would adhere to their demand of the withdrawal of
the odious document, and nine hours, and no sur-
render. (Cheers.)
The resolution was then put and carried amid
loud cheering.
A vote of thanks to the chairman ccncludcd the
proceedings.
It was stated by the seconder of the vote of thanks
that a scheme was under consideration for raising
capital to enable the Conference to carry on build-
ing works, several offers of work having been made
to them if they could undertake it.
The following return shows the number of skilled
and unskilled labourers thus paid frr the past week,
and the amount received by each body respec-
tively :

£ s. d.
3.50 61 0 0