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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

admitted to that institution, in a state of insensibility, from
which he did not recover ; and he expired at half-past ten
o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased was a weaver, 25
years of age, and has left a widow and one child. It is sup-
posed that the, rupture of some blood-vessel in the brain was
the cause of death. This is the first life that has been lost
during the disturbances. On inquiry at the Infirmary, last
night, we regret to learn that Edward Walsh, who was
wounded with pigeon shot, while endeavouring. along with
others, to turn out the hands employed at the Adelplai Dye
Works, Salford, on the 10th ult., is still dangerously ill. and
but little hopes are entertained of a recovery.
EXAMINATION OF BERNARD M`CARTNEY, THE LIVER
,POOL CHARTIST, AT MANCHESTER.—At a petty sessions
held at the New Bailey Court-house, in Manchester, on
Thursday last, Bernard M`Cartney, of this town, a Chartist
trade delegate, was placed at the bar, charged with having
used inflammatory language at a public meeting in Eecles on
the 11th of August last. The prisoner was apprehended on
Tuesday night last, at his house, in Crosshall-street and
many documents, showing his connexion with Chartism,
were found in his possession. Nathaniel Fryer, of Eccles,
proved that he bad heard the prisoner address an assembly
at Eccles on the 11th of August. He addressed the meeting
as i• fellow-slaves," and commented much on the evils the
working-classes were suffering, all of which he ascribes to
class legislation. He advised them to continue their cessa-
tion from labour until the document known as the People's
Charter became the law of the land. He used other expres-
sions tending to prove the power possessed by " rampant
capital over prostrate labour." On cross-examination by
M`Cartney, the witness said the prisoner inculcated peace,
law, and order. James Crowley and Richard Pollitt gave
similar testimony. M`Cartney commenced his address by
calling his harers " toiling slaves," and then entered at great
length into the destitution, poverty, and misery of the work-
ing-classes, whom he described as degraded to the lowest
pitch, and attributed all this to class legislation; and recom-
mended the adoption of the People's Charter as the cure for
all their evils. He also spoke of " peace, law, and order ;"
and told the people not to injure person or property, nor even
to excite any man's feelings ; but the first part of his speech
was very exciting. He called the workpeople sons and
daughters of toil ; and said this was a contest between ram-
pant oppression and prostrate labour. He advised the people
not to work till the Charter became the law of the land. The
prisoner was remanded till the following day, when he was
again brought up and remanded till Friday next. Mr. Burt,
solicitor, applied for the prisoner's liberation on bail, but
the request was refused.
At Glossop, the life of Mr. Shepley, from whose mill the
rioters were fired on and three wounded, it is stated, is only
preserved by the presence of the military.
John •Teer, Secretary to the Dyer's Union, was charged,
at the New Bailey, Manchester, with rioting and conspiring
to turn out the factory hands, and committed to the assizes,
but admitted to bail.

Beirstow, the Chartist lecturer, was apprehended in the
pulpit, at Bear-lane Chapel, Bristol, on Friday, while
haranguing about two hundred people. After a long exa-
mination, the magistrates bound him over in £lOO to keep
the peace and be of good behaviour for twelve months.
The Manchester Courier of Saturday contains the fol-
lowing :

STATE OF THE TOWN.-FRIDAY

.... .
Matters continue still in a__ very unsatisfactory state. A
few more weavers have gone in, in the course of the week,
but there is still nothing like a general resumption of work.
as will be seen by the subjoined statement. The first column
of figures shows the number of weavers regularly employed
in the different establishments; the last, the number who
have returned to work.
250 Waterhouses and Co., Temple-street
532 Twist Company, Oxford-road
144 Henry Marsland, Chester-street
127 Shawcross
70 J. Hoyle, Albion-street ,
300 George Clarke, Pollard-street
550 Stirling and Beckton, Lower Mosley-street
200 Bateson, Lower Mosley-street 0
-Ferneley, Gaythorn l6
148 Dacca Mills, Fleet-street
'
55 Jones, Store-street
34 Wilson. Lark-street
500 Guest, Holt Town .. 0
165 Chappell's, Beswick
33 Jos. Gibbins, Pollard-street
250 Hugh Beever, Jersey-street
116 Parnell and Thomson, Rodney-street
113 Dodshon and Co., Jersey-street
150 Binns, Ancoats-street 0
100 Thompson, Pin Mill Brow
81 Ditto, Mill-street ..
90 Harbottle, Beswick-street .
120 Jordan, ommercial-street.....
-Birley
-Woodley, Liver-street..
200 Leese and Brothers .
132 Barton, Pin Mill
74 J. and L. Williams, Upton-street..
-Fairweather .. .
-Walsh, Pollard-street . 0
114.. Allen
70 Handford, Jordan-street..
128 Cheetham and Co. .. 0

IMPORTANCE OF THE USE OF IRON IN SHIP-

BUILDING

(From the Mining Journal.)

The mining interest of this country is one of no ordinary
importance. The fact that the minerals which lie richly
stored beneath the soil of Great Britain, when rendered
available by the industry of our people, compose one of the
principal sources of our national strength, is now so com-
monly acknowledged as to have become almost proverbial.
Every fresh means by which the demand for the productions
of our mines may be increased, must be hailed as a direct
gain to the nation at large. While unemployed the ore is
perfectly valueless—it is so much of the country's capital
sunk and lost ; but when, by the efforts of man, its virtues
are drawn forth, the products are all clear gain. A small
portion of it goes into the pocket of the owner of the land,
and a very large proportion of its value consists in the amount
of wages paid to the labouring classes employed in raising
and converting it. It is needless to trace the advantages that
result from such causes, and the very important part such
operations have borne, and may, to a much greater extent
than heretofore, be made to bear, in supporting and perpe-
tuating onr country's glory. There are, however, two addi-
tional considerations that render the question one of para-
mount importance. We may first inquire—Can the metals
produced from our mines be employed as substitutes for ma-
terials from other lands, by which our capital is drained our
of the country ? And, secondly—Will the articles manufac-
tnred from these metals be superior to those constructed of
manufactured from the foreign productions? To both in-
quiries we may give the most decided answer, that by em-
ploying iron as a material for ship-building, we use it as a
substitute for the timber of other countries—at the same
time, that we construct a vessel in every respect superior,
and which, in addition to its direct advantages, such as in-
creased strength, durability, stowage, &c., will enable our
own mercantile marine to cope with the ships of foreign coun-
tries in freights, and reverse the order of things at present ex-
isting—facts brought forward by the government commission-
ers employed in the inquiry, clearly showing thatit isimpossible
at present for our ships to maintain their ground, while foreign
vessels can work at such reduced freights. To all these, and
to many other advantages, does this subject give rise, that
we do not hesitate in pronouncing it one of the highest na-
tional consideration, and worthy of individual and legislative
iniquity. We will, however, take a few moments to show,
by figures, to what extent the substitution of iron for timber
in shipbuilding will be found to be advantageous; in doing
this, we, at the same time, contemplate that much more of
the ship will be built of iron than at present—an opitiion in
which we fully agree with Mr. Grantham, and that not only
the hull, but the masts and rigging, will be of the same ma-
terial. If experience should prove that we are correct in our
opinion, all the most costly parts of a vessel will be of iron—
leaving, probably, not more than one-eighth of the whole of
any other material. Supposing, then, the average value of
a ship ready for sea to be £2O per ton, £ll 10s. will be ex-
pended in iron-work, and, taking the shipping required for
this country at 200,000 tons per annum, we show an expen-
diture of nearly £3,500,000 sterling in iron-work alone, a
very large proportion of which is caused by the wages paid
for producing and working it. This calculation allows no-
thing for the increase that may be expected in the number
of our ships when better able to compete with foreigners.
Mr. Grantham has, in different ways, urged this important
consideration, and has shown that, in consequence of the
difficulty of getting timber for our vessels, our docks are
crowded with colonial and foreign-built ships, so that a very
small portion of their cost is expended in the employment of
our own people, and a very small portion of the materials is
the production of our own soil. By this simple illustration
we hope we have shown that the question of iron ships is of
the first importance for England ; and when we contemplate
the prospect of the result of steam navigation, and on the
navy, it assumes a character that calls loudly for inquiry.

A Mtn NXEN Cow.—On Friday evening last a beer-fionse
keeper at Merthyr put two pails of wort to cool outside his
house: a cow, which was grazing close by, went and drank
about twenty quarts. It is not known where she spent the
night, but early on Saturday she was observed by many
running up and down, evidently under the influence of Sir
John • and, in the course of the same day, the unfortunate
cow died in consequence.—Monmouthshire Merlin.

QUEER REGATTA.—Last week the inhabitants and visi-
tors of Hastings were highly amused with a regatta, not by
members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, but by eight fisher-
men in tubs, with a shovel to steer by. The distance to be
performed was from the battery, round a tub moored off
Beech Cottage, and back. The party started off amidst the
cheers and laughter of the spectators, but had not pro-
ceeded far before six out of the eight tubs were capsized,
whiCh the men did not attempt to recover, but set off to
swim the distance. The tubs, however, proved victorious, as
they both got in before the swimmers. The first contained
Charles Brazier, who was declared the winner of the prize :
and the second, a fisherman, named Richard Hide, who
reached the Battery in his frail craft in safety. A second
match of the same description then took place between eight
boys. sons of fishermen, but their tubs met with the same
fate, as only two out of the eight reached the gaol in safety,
the boys swimming like fishes after them. The sport afforded
considerable amusement to the numerous visitors, and it was
calculated between 2,000 and 3,000 persons were present.