The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

THE PRESTON STRIKE.

IT is now the sixteenth week of t a ate
strike, au ..e.
twelfth of the lock-out, and still it is impossible to nit
diet when the present contention is likely to be broutie
to a close. There seems to be little, if any, increase in
number of applicants at the closed mills ; in fact, tot
registration of the names of those seeking emploYln.,+pe
scarcely ever mentioned. It is said that the conaut
the Masters' Association met on Thursday, but the ru"iiie
of their deliberations has not been made public.
reports show that there has again been a large inere°,o.
the number of persons relieved by thevarious
committhe
The income, however, has more than kept pace with by
increased demands on the funds. The sum disburseu,,
the respective committees since the commencement ofll
710,
strike now amounts to close upon £30,000. As an
yea
tration of the condition to which some of the uneniP of
are reduced, it may be mentioned that, at a meetiltb,
spinners, on Friday, an operative, named Giles 11„.,„°11ro ift
made the following startling announcement :—"
suffering in the town of Preston • and such suffering 'pool
few have any idea of, who are not 'familiar with the lace
and haunts of misery. I myself, know a family willeod,
visited a slaughter-house regularly, and procured_ oli%
and used it, without anything like groats or bread v."tiboot
with it. There is also another man who has been nrini the
food, until he has been seen picking the bits out from
wash that was intended for pigs." „„.ds.f,
The weekly meeting held in the Orchard, on Seri pi to
was as large and enthusiastic as any that has
Fpm
since the commencement of the strike.
11e t. tend
twelve thousand of the unemployed were Pre"
Waddington, of Preston, presided. said b.!
The CHAIRMAN, in some opening observation„S'
anticipated that the weavers' fund for the ensal Would
would be £2,500, and that in the week following 1
be increased to £3,000.
Mr. BROWN had been present at a meeting,,,3tatwgiliecli
il;
one of the Earl of Wilton's agents attended. -Ll' ow 01
tleman stated that the earl, having heard of the had pro-
the factory operatives to erect co-operative mills, n',;_josi
mised to let them have three acres of land for a 1a1;1, aed
consideration, say a farthing or a halfpenny Per
to lend them £2,000 on approved security. in rePit
Mr. COWELL delivered a lengthy address, chieilY,,ich
to an article in the Manchester Guardian, in
was insinuated that the delegates were running ,—•,;° 00-
E 25 out of every £lOO collected. Let us, he selliVierto
ward, peaceably, orderly, and quietly, as we havv_moeraef
done, and you may rest assured that not all the
Just'
in the country can prevent us from obtaining this
this fair ten per cent., for which we have so lonogr
gled. It is as surely ours as if we had it now in u Pi:Zrj,
ets. All you who are determined never to resume
until you get the ten per cent. hold up your hands.
multitude unanimously responded. e meetings he
hMr. GRIMSHAW gave an account of large
)eaa
odd
ip attended t
to% ne,
ovendad
sdu Burnley,r i
jealous the
as
twe
oevllee week
p
of Preston.
Mr. WALTON lu
rounds of cheering of antw behalf Places,
e'ts Tell° deo
p tvehie

briefly addressed the assetablf,
given for Blackburn, for the dele"

gates, and for the ten per cent. d
The meeting, which commenced at half-past two, dose

at four o'clock

THE STEAM-SHIP ARGENTINA.—A letter received
Liverpool, on Friday, from the River Plate, states that,
the South American and General Steam Navigation co';
wit
pany's steamer Argentina is plying successfully in t,
Brazilian coasting trade. She has to compete han
American steamer of the same power, which she regular S
beats on the ratio of two miles to one, her average sPee
being fourteen knots an hour, while her competitor e 9,32
only accomplish seven. The Argentina was built by -nri
John Laird, and is of the same power (120 horse-power)
and tonnage (400 tons) as the new iron paddle-wbe
steamer Collaroy, for the Australian coasting trade.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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AT Iturteoux a licensed victnalh
association has been established.
4-u• C. L. CLARE, of Hindley-house, obtained tl
fond prize of £5 for a pen of five pigs at the Bimini
.45 cattle show.
f,„" EXTRA. CLERKS in the Customs are in future
be Paid monthly instead of, as hitherto, once in each
quarter.

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, SOUTHPORT.—On Thursday a discourse was delivered
ut the Assembly-room, Town-hall, Southport, in behalf of
ie Young Men's Christian Association, by the Rev. W. F.
Taylor, of Liverpool, on the subject of science and religion.
t 13IBUINGHAM CATTLE Snow.-Mr. Clare has sold his
"Lve Young pigs for £63. Mr. G. W. Moss won three
Prizes for poultry, as did Mr. Worrall, both gentlemen of
this town.
ANNUAL CONCERT AT THE COLLEGIATE.—The pupils'
concert at the Collegiate Institution, on Tuesday, was, as
Usual, a successful performance, and reflected much credit
on the musical teacher, Mr. Crowe.
THE ALPS, screw steam-ship, sailed on Wednesday, for
New York and Boston, having a full cargo of goods.—The
ned States mail steamer Pacific, Captain Nye, sailed
slinArtly afterwards for New York.
A
u STRONG Room has just been manufactured by
'Lessrs. Chubb, for the Australian Banking Company at
Adelaide. It has a clear internal capacity of 254 cubic
feet, and is lined with hard steel plates. The weight of
the room complete is seven tons.
RAILWAY MEETING.—A number of gentlemen inte-
sted in the Carlisle and Siloth Bay Railway and Dock
Company held a meeting, on Wednesday, at the Angel
Ilotel, in this town, for the purpose of recommending the
'Project to the attention of the people of Liverpool.
HAILEYBURY.—At the Christmas examination of the
Students at Haileybury College, amongst the pupils in the
*eeond term Master M`Neile highly distinguished himself,
Said obtained a prize in mathematics, ditto in political
'economy and history, ditto in law, and ditto in Sanscrit.
Tan MAYOR, J. B. Lloyd, Esq., entertained a numerous
Party at the Town-hall, on Wednesday. The guests in-
cluded the members of the Dock Committee, several mili-
trZnnd naval officers, a considerable number of mer-
pot' and other leading inhabitants of the town.
B NOTICE.—The Government express from
Bombay to Calcutta has been discontinued; and, conse-
quently, letters and newspapers addressed to Calcutta,
when sent viiißombay can only be forwarded in future by
the ordinary mail.
THIRTEEN SHEEP BILLED.—On Monday morning,
about six o'clock, a railway train ran over a flock of sheep
bear the Sutton-drain bridge of the Victoria-dock railway.
They belonged to Mr. Stephenson, farmer, of Whiting,
and had strayed from a field at Stoneferry. Thirteen of
them were killed, and others were frightfully bruised.
FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday a miner,
named Michael Brownlow, met with his death very sud-
denly, at Mr. Scowcroft's pits, Ince. The des-sed was
engaged at the bottom of the shaft, when one of the wood
Conductors gave way. fell upon him, and piercad his side.
Re died in about an hour afterwards.
THE EARL OP HARDWICKE, the Earl of Malmesbury,
Mr. Disraeli, and other political friends of the Earl of
Derby, have been spending the past week at Knowsley,
the seat of the noble earl. The late premier has recovered
from his attack of gout, and joined the party in the sports
'of the field with his usual spirit.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tuesday morning, Mr. W. Lea,
.a clerk at the Wapping railway station, and residing at
lillYton, went into the railway yard to deliver some
'orders, when he fell down and suddenly expired. An in-
'rest was held on the body on Wednesday, when Dr.
that
who had made an examination of the body, stated
the deceased had died from serous apoplexy.
SUDDEN DEATIL—Ann Irving, a dow, residing in
'Joke-street, Wigan, was found dead win
bed by her son,
1:41 Tuesday morning. It appeared that deceased guar-
'telled with her son, and afterwards went out and got
40nie drink. In the middle of the night the son was
4,roused, and found his mother lying on the floor drunk.
srte helped her to bed, and in the morning when he awoke
found her dead. Verdict—" Died from excessive drinking."
PREVENTION OP A PRIZE FIGHT.—On Tuesday, a
I):ize fight, which was to have come off at Belmont, near
„13°1ton, between James Preston and John Jeffries, for
‘,
'45 aside, was stopped by the county constabulary. The
Police having gained some information of the fight, pro-
ceeded to the intended battle ground, where they took
both the pugilists into custody. They were subsequently
sent to Preston to be brought before the authorities.
A LAD BITTEN BY A HORSE. —On Tuesday afternoon.
James Cox, about ten years of age, living in Combermere-
street, who had taken his father's tea to Mr. Tipping's
Stables, where he was employed, approached too near to
one of the horses, when the animal, a vicious one, seized
hold of him with his teeth, and severely lacerated his
cheek and lip. The boy was taken to the Southern Hos-
pital, where he still remains.
08341E0E1RK LOCAL BOARD.—An adjourned meeting was
held on Wednesday, at the office in Church-street, for the
purpose of examining the accounts. Present : The Rev. J.
A. Kershaw (chairman), Messrs. Leak, Tilsley, Bromley,
and Marsden. The clerk having read the minutes of the
last meeting, Mr. M`Manns, the surveyor, produced a plan
and specification of a new method of ventilating the well
netted with the water-works, for the purpose of facili-
noYs the repair of the pumps, which was highly approved.
--vaava
nesaa, t OP THE LATE MESSRS. HOLMES.—On Wed-
the late " stock of herrings in this town belonging to
Man, were es3rs. Holmes, of Liverpool and the Isle of
1,600 barrels (rod of by auction. There were about
barrelscase_ sings. with a quantity of salt, empty
th BThe auctioneer was Mr. Branch, and
was a spirited one. the sum realised being upwards
z. 1,600, a larger amount than was anticipated. The
auction took place at the herring houses in Hatton-garden
and Johnson-street.
THE EABLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. —On Wednesday
evening a lecture was delivered in the large room of
Messrs. Frisby, Dyke, and Co.'s establishment, by Mr.
James Belford. The subject was the " Responsibilities
of the young men of the present day, arising from the
increased facilities for mental culture." The chair was
occupied by Mr. Dyke, who urged upon those present
{about a hundred in number,) the necessity of mental and
moral culture, and pointed out the numerous means af-
forded in Liverpool for following out such process of intel-
lectual improvement.
ACCIDENT IN GREENLAND-STREET.—On Tuesday,
whilst a number of children were enjoying themselves in a
e''N'ing-boat, which was placed on some waste ground in
Greenland-street, the supports gave way, and the occupants
Were precipitated to the ground, andf several of them
B:!verely injured. A boy, named henry M'Cartney, living
", Flint-street, fell upon a street fire which was standing
laear, by which, in addition to the injuries resulting from
the fall, he was burned severely. n, a lad
14 years of age, living in Brick-street, suffered a severe
thillrY to the knee by the same occurrence. Mary Callan,
a)foung woman hying in Bell-street, received a fractured
thigh, and Thomas Tracey, a youth residing in Jamaica-
street, a severe contusion of both thighs by the fall.
Wednesday,
BY A SHOPMAN —At the Police-court, on
den for
Owen Williams, a respectable youth, who has
for three years in the employ of Mr. William Hen-
derson, of Church-street, from whom he received £5O a
year in addition to board and lodging, was charged with
embezzling 3s. 6d. from his employer. On Tuesday after-
ll'ons the prisoner sold some ribbon for 7ad., and received
heftfrom a customer to pay for it. He made out the
his master for ls. Md., and put the odd shilling of
change into his pocket. Earlier in the day, he sold
'4otee goods for 16s. to a lady, Mrs. Mudge by name, to
Whom he gave 4s. in change, but he had previously made
outitn false bill of 13s. 6d. to his master, who gave him
'"*. ed.. in change out of the sovereign. The prisoner was
,d for trial.
AN ECCENTRIC PREACHER.—On Sunday, a dissenting
Preacher entertained a Darwen audience with a sermon
.rscul. of varied sentiment and expression, and entirely devoid
"A`, all monotonous character, as the subjoined will show.
:rout the middle of the first portion of the service (the
''ulging), he made a kind of running comment upon the
,rtistic powers of the performers, in the following useful
!Ad not altogether ornamental or devotional manner :
Well done, lads, that's gradely done, but don't brast
,cnirselves." This compliment, however well deserved,
~,,,"4‘l only the effect of drawing forth a smile, and thus
I,7tters went on until he had waded through a portion of
;,s1 sermon, when his attention was arrested by a respect-
-4e gentleman, on whose behalf he offered up the following
~.eJaculatory prayer :—" The Lord bless and preserve this
44ce-draped young man sitting here below me." This
tecond outburst of feeling had not a very devotional effect,
4,nt on order being restored, he once more pursued the
,even tenor of his way." Subsequently "
`) er the spirit of his dream ;" he recce
Pgation a young man who had bee
previous evening, and publ;,.,
(Ttnl. and, his hospitality thus—
Clualg to the individual in qi
t night ; I had a comfortable bi
With a box of lucifer matches in ir.*
ga" inVosing tableau to the earlier
ee was received with feelinrs of
tion, who now deemed it ex )edient
the service to a conclusion.-1 'lckbur,
e TTIR HISTORIC SOCIETY 'OP T
ItelfßsatßE.—The monthly mee.,..
bld in the Collegiate Institution
eQuie in the chair. There wp
L!. The first volume of the Scots it
;gaited% to the members, the secretai
4,11.1/Irking that it was interesting at tl
he" Only from the date of its publication
because it contained, on the first
pc,4l.ings of Scotland, having ti-
14ter, with the lion ra-
m to, "Nemo me impune
kePPerplate, was exhibits
ltrir''.4 of the volunteers in
the alit at the end of the la!
colo.,eaPtains of the different
k Lies of the different regi
me
re
sheet, which was pun.—
Ap,,nts, which had been forwardet
2_read by the secretary ; thc;
*l'Cug ground from Si*
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life below stairs." Mr.
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br brass in Walton Chin
tof ttract from the will 0
August, 43rd year
,equeathing a messuage,
kial'ish of St. George, I
thurchwardens of St. "S
Old Fish-street, London,
they should yearly pay
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