The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-22 00:00:00

TILE DISPUTE IN THE BUILDING TRADES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slit,—The carpenters and joiners of London wish
to state through your columns that they have de-
cided to join in offering the same terms to the em-
ployers as the bricklayers and masons—viz., 6s. per
day or 10 hours for the first five days in the week,
3s. for Saturday, leaving work on that day at 12
o'clock. This decision having been arrived at after
mature deliberation and good faith, the men sin-
cerely hope the above terms will be accepted as a
compromise honourable alike to employers and
employed,—Oti behalf of the carpenters and joiners,
W. R. CREMER, Sec. pro tem.
Committee, Mitre Tavern, St. Martin's-lane,

June 21.

THE .REIO,RMATION OF RELIGION IN

ITALY.

Yesterday afternoon a lecture was delivered on
this subject by Signor Gavazzi, in Willis's Rooms,
King-street, St. James's, to a large and fashionable
audience.

The meeting was presided over by Lord Cal-
thorpe, who having stated that Signor Gavazzi's
visit to England on the present occasion was for the
purpose of raising funds to enable the Italians to
raise and establish a National Italian Evangelical
Church,

. Signor GAVAZZI rose to address the meeting, and
was received with much applause. Having for a
considerable time addressed those present in
Italian; he stated, as they were assembled on a
matter of business, he must state that matter to
them in English in the best way he could. He
was glad to say that Italy had now to a great ex-
tent obtained constitutional liberty, and his desire
was to give her religious liberty. He had adopted
Naples as the present field of his operations, and he
had done so for two reasons. In the first place,
the Neapolitans were more fit for evangelisation
than any other portion of the Italian people. If
well guided, they would follow the truthful teacher,
and as their feelings were truly religious, if once
satisfied that the religion they professed was idola-
trous, they would at once renounce it, and adopt
that which they considered better. One instance
of that was to be seen in the number of converts
from Rome they had already made in Naples in
comparison with the rest of Italy. Then his se-
cond object in fixing on Naples as the centre of
his operations was, that he might be near Rome, for
let him tell them that he had the strongest wish,
and ho believed his wish would be granted, to
make his great evangelical speech in the Colosseum
at Rome. (Cheers.) The lecturer then went on
to state that his object was for the present to open
a large chapel, in Naples, and provide means for
preparing future evangelisers, several priests
being already desirous to work in the evangeli-
sation of their country. He also wished to obtain
a good supply of books, especially commentaries
on the Bible, and the best books on the Romish
and Neologian controversies, for the use of
the future evangelisers while under training. It
was also intended to establish a printing office, for
the purpose of publishing a daily evangelical
paper, together with religious tracts, independently
of foreign printing. To aid in carrying out these
objects, he now therefore appealed to the English
people. An English committee had been appointed
in London, on which were come of the most dis-
tinguished evangelical Christians of the day, while
another had been established in Naples, and through
these committees the whole of the money subscribed
would be transmitted. After commending these
objects to the audience in eloquent and impressive
terms, the lecturer concluded amid much applause.
An enthusiastic vote of thanks was then passed
to Signor Gavazzi for his lecture; and a similar
vote having been awarded to the chairman, for
his kindness in presiding, the proceedings ter-
minated,

TERRIFIC FLOOD A 7 GREENFIELD.

Yesterday afternoon, the Greenfield Valley,
Saddleworth, was devastated by a flood, more disas-
trous than any during the present century. About
half-past two o'clock, the water from the hills rushed
down with terrific violence, sweeping everything
before it, and doing damage to a considerable
amount. The weirs above Messrs. Bottomley's
Mill, which were erected immediately after the
flood in 1857, were completely washed away; three
wooden bridges and one stone one were swept for-
ward through the garden to the mill, the willow-
ing house of which was washed away. Considerable
damage was also done to the dwelling-
house, into which the water penetrated, and
destroyed much of the furniture. The lower
rooms of the mill and dyehouse were also inun-
dated, and damage to the amount of some thousands
of pounds was done. At Mr. Buckley's (Waterside
Mill), the torrent swept away the roads and fences,
and covered the land to a considerable depth, tear- ,
ing up trees, and carrying down everything that
stood in its course. At Clubhouses, a row of cot-
tages near the bridge, the water became dammed
up, and completely filled the lower rooms in all the
cottages fronting the river. In one of these, the in-
mates, consisting of an old woman, the wife of Wil-
liam Bradbury, her granddaughter (a child between
two and three years of age), and another child en-
trusted to her care, were occupying the lower set of
rooms, with no outlet but the front door. Through
this entrance the water rushed before the inmates
could be rescued. A young woman gallantly at.
tempted to save them; but her efforts were of no
avail, and Mrs. Bradley and the two children were
drowned. The body of one of the children was
washed down a mile and a half, and, when re-
covered, was fearfully mangled. Several narrow
escapes occurred further downy several persons
having had to be got out at the roof, so sudden was
c,erirootmhe and the inha-
bitantss,
the rush of the flood. Many houses ware com-
pletely
had
delugedto seek n
upper storeys.
The loss to property it is impossible to calculate,
ithreefinowgn
but it mud be immense,