The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

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it of Irr. Thomas's brass foundry, in
was extinguished before the arrival of
by the watchman and others belonging to the

institution are at a very low ebb. There is a debt
500, and the institution is sinking into still further

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thy of Liverpool the wan

rou THE BLIND will be re-opened for
Divine service on Sunday, after having been closed for
several weeks to enable the completion being made of the
painting and internal decorations, so as to restore it to the

Bnow.—Numerous meetings c

the owners

viers of property in Dale-street, Byrom-street
rriark-Pf. find Whift,h9liPl_ wPriz, hold at the Bel

Hotel, en Thur'sd

high level bridge, when it tviS unanimously agreed to
memorialise the Council against it, as likely to very seri-
ously injure their interests. The memorial will be found
in our advertising columns, and will be presented by Mr.
Robertson Gladstone to the Council at their meeting to-

THE SCITOONEE YACHT SvERIGE.—The celebrated
Swedish-built schooner yacht Sverige, late the property of
Mr. Thomas Bartlett, has been purchased by 3lr. Hatton,
of this town, and arrived in the Mersey on Thursday. She
has since been lying off the north end of the landing-
stage, where her handsome appearance has attracted very
great attention. She is said to resemble very much the
renowned schooner America, that two 'years ago caused
such a revolution in the yachting world.
ARCATTECTITRAL AND ARCIIIEOLOdICAL SOCIETY.—
This society will commence its sixth session to-morrow,
under the presidency of Mr, Charles Verelst, who at the
last 'annual meeting was re-elected to the chair. The
paper will be contributed by Mr. 3. A. Picton, on the last
excursion of the society to Beeston and Banbury, which
will no doubt give rise to an interesting discussion, The
students are requested to send in their drawings of " Bir
kenhead Priory" before six O'6lock.

FREE:aASOiIaY.—The prOvincial grand meeting of the
Freemasons of the eastern division of Lancaster will be
held in Blackburn on the 28th. The business of the '?ay
will commence at ten o'clock, at the sessions-room, after
which the brethren wffl-attend divine service in the parish
church, where a sermen will be preached by the Very
Worshipful W. DoWtv., of Walsden, near Todrnerden,
Provincial Grand Chaplain. A collection will be made on
the occasion in aid 'of the funds for erecting a steeple to
Trinity Church. In the afternoon a sumptuous banquet
will take place in park School. The culinary department
will be under the'Ulite superintendence of Mrs. Sansom, of
the Bull Inn.—Blackburn Standard.

STRME 01a OrtRATIVES.—As regards the'labour ques-
tion, the masters 'find their position becoming so unbear-
able that they 'have pretty generally fotnted themselves
into district 'filtociations, to be enabled The'better to deal
with the associated operatives, and we he that a general
meeting of the master spinners and manufacturers of this
immediate 'locality will be held on Monday, to concert
such meagurts as may be deemed nects4ary- in the present
state 'of affairs. The weavers in the 'employ of Mr. W.
Morris, Safford, have applied to him to request that they
may, be allowed to return to their Well upon the terms
whiCh tie'had offered to them preVidas to the strike, and
he has ceded to their wishes. They will resume work
on Mon'tlay morning.—At PreSton,` ;the position of the
masters and their workpeople is one of decided opposition.
The masters have determined to close their mills entirely,
until the hands abate their demmid 'for increased wages.
Moit'of the mills have been locked up, and now no less
than‘l4 are closed against the operatives, whose number
is'egrimated at from 10,000 to 'l2_,Uoo.—At Wigan, eight
'ills are closed, employing 2;soo7uands ; and to-day the
notices will expire at nine other, Mills, which will add MR
additional 3,500 to those already Nutt of employment, thus
Increasing the number of mill 'hands that will be idle to
; whilst there are, in addition, 4,000 colliers idle,
100 have turned out for adman ed wages. This makes a
'total of no less than 10,000 persons who will have ceased
to earn their own subsistence, in one town alone.—ln
-consequence of the proceedings of some of the operatives
:at Burnley, the masters *have 'intimated their intention to
•stop their mills entirely,' and to-day is fixed for (con-
cluding on the measures lo 'be adopted. At Colne the
mills are working short time. It is pretty generally
understood, that on Tueicky next, although no meeting
has been called, a general assembly of employers will take
Iplace, to confer on the present position of affairs.—Mae-
chester Courier.