The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-28 00:00:00

IRELAND.

LATE SHIPWRECK OF A RUSSIAN MAN.
OP-WAR.

The Ulster Times of yesterday contains the follow-
ing :—The Gipsy, .of Belfast, Butler, master, arrived
here on Wednesday night, at twelve o'clock, from St.
Petersburgh, with tallow. On the 13th of September,
at four o'clock, P. at., she fell in with a Russian man-
of-war, sailing to St. Petersburgh, forty miles to
westward of the coast of Norway ; the Russian vessel
was water-logged, masts gone by the board, and
was manned by a crew of 600 men. She unfortu-
nately struck on the rock, off Christiansand, on
Sunday night, the 11th instant, and became a corn-
plet(! wreck. The Gipsy rescued ten of her crew from
a watery grave, and a Danish man-of war steam-boat
took 90 on board, which, with the 10 saved by the
Gipsy, made 100 souls saved. It seems from the
accounts of those saved, that 600 men oeing on board,
no less than 500 persons insist have been lost.
OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN ULSTER.

The l3elfast papers contain accounts of meetings
held on Shonahill, near Waringstown, for the pur-
pose of procuring higher wages for die weavers and
other operatives in the district. At one of those meet-
ings there were 2,000 persons assembled, and bonfires
were lighted at night on the summit of the hill. The
following account of the proceedings is given in the
Ulster Times, a Tory journal, and the writer seems
to derive satisfaction from the determination of the
extensive manufacturers to promote the combination
against the manufacturers of a smaller class:—" The
chief orator was a young man of the name of John
Mathew's. He was elevated on a table, w hich stood
on the highest part of the rock, and spoke for upwards
of an hour at once. He told his friends, in the first
place, to keep strictly within the bounds of the law,
and to give no offence to anY person, nor offer any
kind of violence whatever. He then drew up regu-
lations for prices of weaving drill, according to
-what Mr. Lindsay is paying, which is 225. for one
hundred beers, with Is. off for every five beers down.
Mr. Lindsay was at the meeting, 'and spoke a great
deal, and recommended the weavers to stand out
stoutly for their full wages, and not to weave for
petty manufacturers, or any person who would offer
to pay less. He
said, for his part, he could give em-
ployment to all the weavers on those terms, for five
miles round Waringstnwn. lie gave 11., to pay for
whatever expenses they had been at for printing.
Colonel Blacker was at the meeting all day, and got
tip to speak, but would not be heard. Mr. Rowan, a
Magistrate, to whom the police had represented the
meeting as irregular, came for the purpose of dis-
persing it; but when he saw that their object was only
looking for work and wages, he gave them hiA decided
approbation, and ordered the police off the ground alto-
gether into another field. At the conclusion, they agreed
to have another meeting on Monday, in Bleary school-
honsia ; they all dispersed in quietness, and went
home peaceably. The meeting took place, according
to agreement, last night, and Messrs. James Browne
and-John Henning, of Waringstown, appeared with
their list of prices for diaper and cambric; those
prices, I understand, are the same as befbre the bai ,
trade commenced ; and they said they intend to con
tin-ue -to give them to as many as they can employ

Mr. Browne spoke to the same purpose as,7Mr. Lind-
say, wishing to discountenance any petty manufac-
turers, and encouraging the weavers to stand out.
There was a great disappointment occasioned by
Colonel Blacker not appearing, he having set off for
Dublin yesterday morning, after appointing to be at
the meeting. When about breaking up, they agreed
on meeting this evening (Tuesday) in Waringstown,
where all the proceedings were to be arranged for a
report in some newspaper. It is expected, when this
business is finally settled, that more meetings will take
place, concerning rent, and price of land, &c.