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THE MANCHESTER LDIANr TjpEgDA, OCTOBER 31, 1871. SALES BY AUCTION. THE FJjlES IN AMERICA. THE DEMANDS OF THE IRISH ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS. The expected pastoral, signed by twenty-five Roman Catholic bishops, was issued in Dublin on Sunday.

The bishops say We demand for all schools which are exclusively Catholic the removal of all restrictions on tho usa of Catholic books and religious emblems, and that the rigjit be recognised of the lawful pastors of the children to regulate the whole business of religious instruction, and to remove objeotionable books if necessary. That in mixed schools a stringent corscience clause should be enforced, that the existhi: -del schools should be abolished, and that Catholic ti uning schools, male and female, should be abolished. As to the intermediate education, we demand that tho large endowments now monopolised by schools in which we have no confidence, and many of which are directly hostile to the Catholic religion, should be taken up by a commission in which the Catholics would have full confidence; that the national fund thus held should be devoted to the encouragement of intermediate education by mean3 of exhibitions, open to the competition of all youths under a certain age. With regard to the higher education, the bishops claim for the Catholic people of Ireland a Catholic university; but should it please Her Majesty's Government to establish a national university, the Catholic people are entitled to demand that in each university there should be one or more colleges conducted on purely Catholic principles, and that the Catholic element be adequately represented in the senate. And this can, we believe, be attained by modifying the constitution of the University of Dublin, so as to admit the establishment of a second college within it, in every respect equal to Trinity College, and conducted upon purely Catholic principles." THE MEG-ERA.

Captain Thrupp, lately in command of Her Majesty's Bhip Megiera, arrived in London on Saturday morning from the Island of St. Paul, and reported himself at the Admiralty in the course of the day. A court-martial has been ordered to assemble at Portsmouth to try him, and Rear Admiral Loring, C.B. is to be the president. SALES BY AUCTION.

On account of whom It may concern. To-morrow (Wednesday), the 1st November, at twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Liverpool 50 Bales Broach and 20 Bales Low American COTTON. To be taken all faults. QINDERS, CAIK.ft CO. Brokers, Brown's Buildlngs.Hverpool.

On account of whom it may concern. On Thursday next, the 2d proximo, at the Brokers' Offices, Clarendon Buildings, Tithebarn-street, Liverpool, at one clock About 300 Bales COTTON, more or less, ex Tennyson, from Bombay, lying ln Green and Taylor's, Neptune-street, Liverpool, all f.iult--. Anuly to Messrs. 1IAVID BASSOON CO. Merchants, Peter's Buildings; or to CHAMBBE3, HOLDER, CO.

Brokers. On-Friday nex SofNovember. 1871, at twelve clock noon, intna Brokers' Saleroom, 10, East Bide Canada Dock, Liverpool, Cubic ft. 268 Logs Prime Fresh BIRCH, containing Now landing, ex Howard D. Troop, from St.

John, N.B. dsfc tjlQo Ttriinswlf.fc Docka SPRUCE DEALS, 1st, 2d, and 'Sd qualities, containing 4,167 DEAL ENDS, containing SifiH 11,000 2 1 5 PALINGS. 4 jft. by 3 by I. (1,000 6 0 5 PALINGS, 4 jf t.

by. 1. Beiug the cargo ex Florence Nightingale, from Shediae, now landing East side Canada Dock. Sup. ft.

Dry Floated PINE DEALS, third quality, containing 5,279 Merchantable PIPE STAVES. 7,200 Merchantable PUNCHEON STAVES. Ex King of Algeria, from Quebec, now landing East side Canada Dock. 4,172 Pieces Dry Floated PINE DEALS, third quality.ex Cambridge, from Quebec, piled In Brokers' Office Yard. 1,200 Pieces Dry Floated PINE DEALS, third quality, ex Scotia, from Quebec, plied In Brokers' Office Yard.

1,572 Pieces PINE DEALS, third quality, ex Advance, from Quebec, plied In Brokers' Office Yard. N.B. The Cargo SPRUCE DEALS, ex Emma, from St. George, N.B. consisting of about 400 standards, wilt be sold on supplementary catalogue Immediately after the Florence Nightingale, provided the specification 1b received In time.

All on account of the Importers, and without reserve save by the Brokers. Apply to A. F. D. MACKAY, Brokers and Measurers, 10, Canada Dock.

THE SALE advertised to take place Thi3 Day, at 120, Bradshawgate, Bedford Leigh, IS WITHDRAWN. W. H. HUGHES. Auctioneor.

"TOTICE. The SALE of SHRUBS advertised to take place at our Rooms, 2fl, Fennel-street, To-morrow (Wednesday), IS POSTPONED for a few days, on account of the heavy rains preventing them being taken up. WILLTAM ADAMS SON3, Auctioneers. In Liquidation. THIS DAY (Tuesday), and Following Days, at eleven, at 262, Stratford Road, Hulme CONTINUATION of SALE of WOOLLEN CLOTHS, Cords, Moles, aDd Ready-made Garments, In ra J.

Mawson's estate. C. H. WOODHOUSE. Auctioneer.

OHN ROSE SALE CHINA, GLASS, and EARTHENWARE will commence at eioven o'clock on Wednesday, November 8, 1S7I, in the Cotton Waste Dealers' Exchange, Market Place. EDWARD HARRISON, Auctioneer, 23, John Dalton etreet. M3 R. PHILIP GRANT will SELL BY AUC-tion. on Wednesday.

November 8. 1K71. the CONTENTS of a Well-furnished House In Greenheys, on account of family bereave- ment. particulars in tiiture advertisements. jaarKei.

rxace. THIS DAY. Corporation Salerooms, 33, Corporation-sbeot. MR. WILLIAM ULYATT begs to call attention to the Extensive Stock of Fashionable CLOTHING, consigned for positive sale; consisting of overcoat, reefers, coats, vests, and trousers; youths' and boys' suits, as advertised ln Saturday's papers.

Sale to commence at ten o'clock. THIS at one p.m. Capital Household Furniture and Cabinet Maker's Stock in Trade, Handsome Dining and Drawing Roam Suites, Two Piano Fortes, by Broad wood and Sons end Collard and Collard; Small Stock of China, Carpets, Engravings, Bedroom Furniture, Ac. MESSRS. JOHN SUTOLIFFE CO.

will SELL BY AUCTION, This Day, at one p.m. within their Urg Salerooms, l. Ardwick Green, a Valuable Assortment of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and Cabinet Maker's Stock in Trade. HORSES, CARRIAGES, and Effects, at the King's Arms Stables. South DAY.

Tunning sale at three o'clock. J. li. NEWTON, Auctioneer. THIS DAY (TUESDAY).

Ivy Vale Works, Hulton Brow, Blackley, near Manchester. To Smb Makers, Tallow Chandlers, Brokers, and others. TtyTR. J. B.

NEWTON will SELL BY AUCTION, jJJL. This Day (Tuesday), October 31, at. twelve o'clock, at tho above premises, theSTOCIC IN TRADE, FIXTURES. Ac. comprising ft quantity of tallow, seven carboys of vitriol, quantity of simp in process, Iron vat, soap frames, quantity of deal boards, tuhs, cans, and other articles.

Auctioneer's offices, 13, South Klng Btreet, Cross-st. Market Placp, Chowbent. Re Abraham HigRluson. Important to Grocers, Druggists, Drysalterg, and Choice, and cUelected stock of Teas, Groceries, Drugs, Drysalteries, TtyTR. JOHN B.

MERCER respectfully announces shi- hjstructions from the Trustee to BY AUC-1 ION, THIS DAY and To-morrow, October 31 and 1st day of November, 18,1, commencing each day at eleven o'clock In the forenoon, on the premises, situate Market Place, Chowbent, the Whole of the Truly Valuable STOCK. IN TRADE, Goodwill, Fixtures, and Effects. The goodwfll and fast fixtures will be offered In one lot on Wednesday at noon, and if not so disposed of will be sold particulars can be had on application to Messrs. Nicholson and Milne, accountants. 7.

Norfolk-street; the Auctioneer, at his offices. 99 and 103, Grosvenor-street, M. 8ale of Contractors' Horses. ESSRS. JEFFERYS SON have received sn knight and Pilling to SELL to on 010 Llttla Hulton Kali way, SSSiiV, being far advanced 1b the cause of the are principany young, sound, and from 16 "V8h' "38fu1' short legs, and in blooming condition, rnents ay of sale lu future advertiae- i To-morrow of Excellent Furniture, Bed and nriiujiDg juacnine, ana unecfi.

TVTR. T. CALDERBANK has received iastrac- rv 410118 trustee to SELL BY AUCTION, at Mr. Whlt- teWs rooms, Cross-street, Manchester! wfinSXy l87l beginning at eleven prompt, the following FURNITURE and EFFECTS, comprising seta of mahogany chairs, capital loo and Pembroke tables, easy chairs, rocking chairs, Ac. gilt cornice, mahogany poles, Brussels and Kidder caroets.

fenders and fire Irons, Iron and painted bedsteads, beds, blankets, sheets quilts, mahogany wardrobe, painted chests of drawers, washstaruls and tables, cane chairs, tea services, toilet ware, c. kitchen utensils, and wringing machine. On view morning of sale. Further particulars may be nad from Messrs. Sutton and Harding, accountant, 21, IMcklnson-etreet Messrs.

Sale, Sbipman, and Seddon.s iJId tors, Booth-street; or from the Auctioneer, 63. King-street, Manchester. Wreck of the Underley. Important Sale of Wines and Spirits. A.

W. LYON will SELL BY PUBLIC Auction, on Thursday, November 2, 1871, on account or About 1,200 Cases Hennessey's BRANDY. SBO BRANDY 50 Quarter Casks BUM. "onwharf. Upper Thames-street, London, B.C.

on Mn'n may shK be seen at i catalogues, apply to J. A. and v-m VAilinuu, AjUUUOn, c.y. llnlldlnir MarAHaio tum. m' 1 R.

JAMES GILBODY has been honoured by ot Pendleton. Ac. Turnpike Roads to SELL BY AUCTION, THIS DAY. October wi, commencmg at eleven o'clock prompt. Several Lots of wvrSnPr.1? WEIGHIHG 'MACHINES, and other Sl-i TSi1aild abut 0,9 tollgates respectively situate at Irlam, A8croft, Pendlebury, and Swinton, and in 5 l.TOf.

Mag-machine house at Pendleton. The lots comprise considerable quantities of bricks, slates, roofing timbers, noartls. Sfls, dopT3 and casings, windows, lean, large strong gates, posts, and weighing machines, with fittings. The sale will commence PJpmpt, at the Eoclas Bar. where theEccIesand Irlam lota will be offered for sale.

The sale will be continued at the respective localities of the other lota as follows, namely, at Pendleton Bar at noon. Agecroft Bar at one o'clock, Pendlebury Bar at two O'clock, add tiwinton Bar at thran nVlrIr rin.nlKi.a ti gaged to convey bidders from the Eccles Bar to the other bars in the above and conditions of sale may be had on and after To-day (Saturday), from the Auctioneer, at Swinton Mr. WU- TAYTjfni-ictHir a fS.SKS? yS8, Manchester johu iraioon-street, Valuable Freehold Estate, at Trawsf ynydd, Merionethshire, called or By Messrs. BELL WIUUMR i WIV. th.

ni.M Ti. Dolgeuy.lnthe county of Merioneth, on TTuesdaV i TCh" lay of LiL that FREEHOLD Capital MESSUAGE PkTr- fJrfJ' "H191 01 known te name of pj3: together with the Several Closes, Closures, or Parcels of aItuate' i- ail beingto the parish of i7 J2 "Jl83? county of Merioneth.ontaliilngin the A-fT Ti i p. or xnereaoouts, do the same B4 the Fritb.called the Monlthand Cllppa.and the rH.flo.mmo.21J caUed or known by thenameof Mynydd Bach to the said farm and hereditaments called PantGlas reputed Ht iJppuaoanf an'1 belonging, both of which are outside the walls andfences thereof. For further particulars, apply to the Auctioneers, Liverpool; or to Messrs. ROWLEY.

PAGE, 1' solicitors, 2, Clarence Buildings. Booth-street, Man- By Messrs. HA YHUEfiT TAYLOR, at the Swan Hotel, Bradshaw-gBte, Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, on Wednesday the 3th day of November, l871. at six o'clock in the evening, subject to conditions of sale: Loj LLthatWell-accuatotnedlNNorPUBLIC- HOUSE, known as the Flag Inn. situate ha Great Moor-street, in the borough of Bolton, the Brewbouse, Outbuildings, Yard, and Appurtenance thereto belonging, ln tbe occupation of EUen Harrison, as tenant from year to year; residua of a term of 999 years.

Ground rent, 22. Is. 1. This inn is situate almost opposite the land cn which the London and North-western Railway Company's new railway station is to be erected, and is also adjacent to the new Wholesale Market for Bolton. Lot 2.

TWO MESSUAGES, situate and being Nog. 133 and 132 In Howell Croft, Bolton aforesaid, adjoining lot residue of a term of S99 years. No ground rent. For further particulars, apply to tbe Auctioneers, 6, Market Place Bolton: or to Messrs. BRIGGS BAILEY, solicitors, 25.

Wojd- street. Bolton. Walton-Ie-Date, near Preoton. MR. HENRY SNAPE will SELL BY AUCTION, at the Unicom Inn, Walton-Ie-Dale, on Thursday next November the 2d.

five o'clock, the following Valuable FARMS BUILDING LAND, and Well-secured GROUND BBOT3, offerinz deniable investments: 8 Lot 1. RESIDENCE, WHEELWRIGHT'S SHOP, and 6l. 2r. I'n of LAND in Kellett Lne, as occupied by Mr. George Tuna tall.

Lot 2. FARMHOUSE, COTTAGE, and 11a. 3r 6p. adjoining Io 1. occupied byWr.

PeMr Warden and Robert Watarhouse. Lot 3. BUILDING LAND, with Cottage thereon, containing 2 C32 superficial Moon's Mffl. occupied by Joseph Baldwin. tot 4.

TOP-O-te'-MEADOW FARcontalnlng lS'ir. sSp. near Moon's Mm. In the occupation of Mr. Thomas rjumner Lot 5.

LTVE3BY GREEN ESTATE of 23a. 3r. 30p. occupied by Mr. Thomas Martin.

Lqt 6. DUCKWORTH HOUSE FARM of 35a. 2r. 22p. near the Hosfhal Inn, tenanted by Mr.

Cornelius irartin. I And several Well-secured GROUND RENTS, lssulngfrom properties at BamDerrtdga and Moon's Mill. Particulars, with plans, may be obtained of Mr. E. J.

rLO WEB-DEW, Walton-Ie-Dale; Mr. Henry Snape. auctioneer, Wilton and Preston; and Messrs Pllktegton and Walker, solicitors. Chapel Walks, Preston, food and clojtfcang. The districts burned over were about twenty acr west of and including Canfield's mul, a strip "of land commencing in Maple-Street and extending to Tvson and Robinson's mill, a distance of about half a mile thence through the business part of town, across the river, the flames burning the bridge, and then nineteen houses on the north side.

Blackbird Island was iiterally consumed. Many animals, including some Valuable horses, perished in the fire. The destruction of the little city" of Peshtigo ia thus described: For ten or twelve days before Peshtigo was destroyed tho inhabitants had been engaged in frantic but nevertheless to fight the fires and keep them from spreading from the woods to the town. Nothing but this was done; every man, woman, and- child who could be of the slightest service was brought into requisition, and for a time it seemed as though they were to save their pleasant little city; but leviathan is not so tamed. It was not so much the fire that was to be dreaded, for it had long been burning in the woods and doing comparatively Utile damage, but when the wind began to blow great guns it was seen that there was but little hope of safety.

The town, which was situated on the Peshtigo river, contained about nineteen hundred inhabitants, was well built' and flourishing, and numbered among its buildings several fine hotels, churches, schools, and stores; in the factory of the Peshtigo Manufacturing Company about 700 persons were employed. The town was surrounded by forest lands. Near it was the Sugar Bush," a thrifty farming settlement, seven or eight miles long and four or five miles broad, containing about 300 families. Not far distant was the "Belgian Settlement," numbering about 185 houses. All day Sunday PeBhtigo had been filled with smoke, but no immediate danger was anticipated.

Towards evening the smoke grew denser and the air, which had hitherto been cool, grew warm and oppressive, while occasionally hot puffs would come such as in summer sometimes precede the approach of athunderstorm. Flashes of electric lightdarted out from the region of the woods, and all things portended some unspeakable catastrophe. Shortly after eight o'clock a fire was seen south-weBt of the town, and heavy rumbling was heard in that direction. At nine o'clock the wind freshened and in half an hour was blowing a gale. Smoke poured in clouds through the village.

At ten the tornado burst with all its fury, an immense and wonderful sheet of flame flashed to the sky as the smoke rolled in an instant Peshtigo was seized and whirled away in ashes and fire. The wind blew with such tremendous violence that people in endeavouring to escape were lifted from their feet and blown into burning houses, which roared and crackled like a blast furnace. A woman, who had run from her house, from which she had been driven by fear that it would fall upon her, had caught her child in her arms as it was sleeping in its cradle, and thus encumbered endeavoured to reach the river. Her clothes took fire before she reached the bridge; but, blinded with cinders and clinging to her child, she struggled to cross to a place of safety. half way across the bridge the blast seized and threw her headlong into the stream below, where she was afterwards found, her face burned almost beyond possibility of recognition, and her babe yet clasped to her breast.

In several instances people were killed by the falhng upon them of burning roofs which its fury the tornado had h'fted from the houses and blown into the streets below. The unimaginable horror of the scene cannot be told it was neither whirlwind nor fire it was a whirlwind of fire blowing in all directions. No precaution was possible, for there were no means of telling how or where death would come. Burning beams were dashed with frightful violence into houses yet untouched, and when a building fell crashing to the earth it was to send forth showers of living fire; its destruction was worse than its destroying. People who had no time to escape to the river threw their children into wells and then jumped in themselves, and many were thus drowned, although, owing to the drought, many were saved.

Others threw themselves into vaults and "perished miserably. Mr. John E. Hebee, with his wife and two children, in trying to escape, wore overwhelmed and burned upon their own threshold. The destruction was swift and terrible, and alike in kind -to that which overtook Pompeii when Vesuvius vomited upon it its glowing ashes.

There was no thought oj saving property, however valuable or easy to carry lihij life was all. People by the hundred ran into the river, where they were obliged to keep their bodies completely immersed, for firebrands whirled about over tho stream with the rush of the wind, and the fervent heat blistered their faces and burned their clothes whenever they were exposed. Many had their ears and hands burned off, and lay down charred and mangled on the'bottom of the streams. Women rent the air with shrieks of agony, and ran wildly about on the river's bank screaming for their children, and unable to succour them. A Mrs.

Creamer, having reached the water and saturated her clothing, threw her apron over her head, and, thus protected, ran back a considerable distance from the shore to where her child had fallen in the street, unable to go further. She seized her, and with horrid screams attempted to regain the shore through the rain of fire which filled the air like a shower of sulphurous hail. Within forty feet of the rivers bank she fell, and the two corpses were found afterwards burned and blackened beneath a heap of ambers and sand. Indeed, one of the most horriblo circumstances conaected with the desolation of Peshtigo was the fact that the wind drove immense clouds of sand before it which were heated so that when they struck a human being each grain burned and blistered its way into the flesh, inflicting unspeakable agony, to escape from which many people ran madly hither and thither in blind torment, yelling, and shrieking, and fumbling with maimed hands for egress from the hell in which they were, and finding none save in death. Logs lving in the river ignited and burned to the water's edge.

Frightened animals ran bellowing through the streets. Women and girls rushed about frantically with their hair in flames. Nothing but an earthquake could have added horror to the scene. In less than three hours from the time when the storm burst upon the town Peshtigo was a heap of ruins with nothing to mark its streets or tell the survivors where to seek the burned bodies of their husbands, wives, and children, it is thought that nearly 200 persons lost their lives in consequence of the conflagration, some being burned to death, others bruised, mangled, smothered, and drowned. Surgeons, nurses, and provisions have been sent from, neighbouring cities for the benefit of the survivors, many of whom have been removed to Green Bay.

The pecuniary loss of the Peshtigo Company alone is estimated at "about 33,000,000. Through the Sugar Bush" the loss of life is greater even than at Peshtigo, being set down as at least 300. On account of its remoteness from the river there was small chance of escape. At Little Sturgeon Bay 75 persons were burned to death, the rest escaping "with the greatest difficulty. Menominee and Marinette have suffered a similar fate, with the exception of there being no lives lost.

From the interior of Michigan the panic-stricken people are crowding to the lake, and bring terrible accounts of the loss of life and destruction of property by the fire, which extended thirty miles back into the country, where it even creeos under the ground, burns the roots of the trees and leaves their huge trunks piled up like abattis to the height of twenty and thirty feet. This renders egress impossible; all bridges are burned, and those unfortunates who were detained in their flight must now be dead. At Sand Beach the smoke lies out over the lake five miles from shore, and it is impossible for boatmen to distinguish objects a boat's length from them. Of the inhabitants of Huron and Sanilac counties, 10,000 are homeless, having lost houses, barns, mills, stock, and even clothing, and the winter is coming. The village of East Tawas was at last advices in imminent dangerof destruction.

Thousands of acres of timber inits neighbourhood are consumed every day, and even the extensive swamps of the Au Gres were on fire. Refugees from the interior were crowding to the town, and report that many of their number, especially women and children, must have been lost in the woods, as the smoke was suffocating and so dense that it was impossible for one person to see another at a distance of a few rods. The smoke is an thick hat tiia WUW OUk. LHLU( penetrates it. When seen it looks like a great ball of red lire, ana sneas upon me earth a sickly, yellowish gleam.

the storm of fire burst upon the village of White ivtvK, ana less man an nour the place was uueriy consumed with the exception of one smill house and A hArn. A man iWUiilt; TV HULLl aiA. mU6SOl thft tnwn rRnrrt tKaf oh p. their two children, had to run for their iives, so closelv fu' u- uio names, ln tlieir flight the husband lost his Wlf anil nhi'Irl nhn "uu lULUtJ usj 11 ill days afterwards telling how they had been obliged to lie a ouu icl uut? hyo pass over tnem. A vounf? man rflmrts that ha hari tn shut up in a "root-house" made of logs covered with earth, hoping thus to save her life, but since then he had heard nothing of her.

A woman stood for two hours nearly up to her shoulders in water, a child on each arm, and holding a wet blanket before their faces to shield them from the blistering heat. In all the fires not less than between 2,000 and 3,000 people must have lost their A report of the Liverpool Town Clerk states that the expenses incurred in promoting the Liverpool Improvement and Waterworks Bill, and opposincand watching other bills in Parliament, amounted to 6,272 of which the sum of was spent on the Improvement and Waterworks Bill, and 1,306 in opposing the Dock Board River Approaches Bill. The Diocesan Synod of Dublin has adopted a financial scheme which secures to every parish in the diocese an endowment of 200 per annum, as a stipend tor the future clergy, and 150 for curates, commencing vjith the death of the present incumbents and curates" This is provided for by a payment of 130 a year from each parish for the salary of the incumbent beginning with the present year, and 65 for a curate. The scheme includes a liberal arrangement to help poorer parishes to make up the qualifying amount The pavment of the sums named during the whole lives of the present clersv forms the capital sum out of which this future eaual grant of 200 will arise. DlSASTEBB AT Sua A (oy telegram from Lisbon, in advance of the Brazil mail steamer) that the ship Weiford, bound from the Balles-tras Islands with guano for Cork, for orders, had been spoken in great distress, ship waterlogged, most of the crew washed overboard, and the ship that spoke her unable to render any assistance.

We are jlad to add to this report the purport of a telegram received from New by the owners of the Weiford, who reside at Amlwch, which, though stating that the ship had foundered off Cape Horn, contained the welcome news that all the crew had been saved. It is thought that thev had been landed Si hecaptain on his wa-v b(r niail steamer. Ihe Telford was a ship of $75 tons, and was built at Miramichi in 1664. The arrival of the Australian mafl brings intelligence of the loss of the ship Lucibelle, of Ijverpool, in the Pacific. It appears that under the command of Captain Geary she left Melbourne in March last for Starbuck Island, to load guano, and on her way called at the Kermody Group and Caroline Islands, to look for guano at those places, arriving safelv at Starbuck Island -d May; next morning she got ashore and was totally lost with the cargc-on board.

All the crew were saved commg to England the ships Glendover and Express WORK AND WAGES. THE KINE "HOURS MOVEMENT. On Saturday a meeting of the workmen engaged in the London and North-Westem Railway Company's works at Crewe was held in the Corn Exchange in that town, for the purpose of considering the steps to be taken to obtain a reduction of the hours of labour to nine hours a day. There was a very large attendance, and the chair was taken by Mr. J.

Robinson, fitter. The proceedings were most orderly all through, and complete unanimity seemed to exist in regard to the object of the meeting. The Chairman said they had met to consider whether it would not be for the interests of all parties for it was not sought to damage the interests of any party that the employers should be asked to shorten the hours of labour. He believed that the interests of the employora would in no degree suffer by the concession of this demand, and the reason the workmen made it was that they might be better members of society, better qualified to discharge their duties both as citizens and as the heads of families, and in order that their young men and women might have better opportunities than they had had hitherto for the improvement of their minds, and that they should thereby be enabled to understand more correctly the relations in which they stood to one another, and also the relations between masters and men (Hear, hear.) It could not be denied that there was a great deficiency among British workmen. It was right that the young mechanics rising up to take the place that the elder ones were now occupying should be better able to understand their positions than mechanics had hitherto done; and that they should try to leave the world better than they found it, as those present at that meeting were trying to do now.

Nine hours was a long time to work, and it was questionable whether a man would be able to apply the same devotion and energy to his work for ten hours a day as he would be able to do for a less number of hours. He believed it was a fact that, in the cases in which the reduction of the hours of labour had already been granted, it had been found that in the long run the work actually done in the day had not been lessened. (Applause.1) Every honest, straightforward man would endeavour to do an honest day's work; but when the work became a drag on him, and his energies were worn out, he could not do so. (Hear, hear.) He (the Chairman) believed the Directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company were reasonable men, and would listen to the men's petition with the gieatest consideration. It was not for him to say what the results would be, but he believed that, as they would feel the importance of interesting the men in the success of their works, they would see that this concession would be the means of drawing more closely the ties that existed between them and the men.

(Hear, hear.) The London and North-Western Railway was perhaps the richest in the world, and when the workmen reflected that they had helped in some little degree to build up the prosperity of the Company, they naturally thought that thoy ought to get a little more of the profits. They did not now ask for any of those profits in money; they only asked for the concession of shorter hours. (Applause.) Mr. Scdw'drth, joiner, moved the first resolution, That it is the opinion of this meeting that the present hours of labour are too protracted, and that an earnest effort should be made by us to have them reduced to nine hours per da.v, thus giving greater facilities for the advancement of our social and intellectual pursuits." He said that, whatever might be the result of the movement, there was nothing like a strike in contemplation. (Hear, hear.) A strike could result in nothing but the workmen's own ruin, and the ruin of every shopkeeper in Crewe; but he had great faith in the honour of the Directors, in their sense of justice, and in their business habits, which would lead them to see that the concession of the nine hours a day would be a wise one.

Hear, hear," and applause.) Mr. Jkffcoat, engineer, seconded the resolution, and said this reduction in the hours of labour was no new thought in the minds of intelligent working men. It had been in their minds for many years. The resolution was passed amid applause. Mr.

Arkowsmitii, painter, moved That, in furtherance of the object of the first resolution, the Directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company be respectfully memorialised to concede that in future a week's work shall consist of 54 instead of 5Sh hours, as at present, we endeavouring to make the pecuniary loss as little as possible by increased diligence and attention to their interests." Mr. Farhingtox, labourer, seconded the resolution, which was passed. Mr. Aiums, smith, proposed" That a memorial embodying the foregoing resolutions be drawn up by the Committee, and forwarded to the Directors through the Company's superintendent, and that the deputation appointed to present it be instructed earnestly to endeavour to obtain the valuable co-operation of Mr. F.

W. Webb (the superintendent) to the prayer of the memorial." Mr. Hitch kn, boiler maker, seconded the resolution, which was passed. On the motion of Mr. Hb.vi.ev, engineer, seconded by Bkaxley, striker, a committee was appointed to draw up the memorial and a vote of thanks having been passed to the press, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

Tho nine hours system was conceded to the workmen employed Mr. Meller's brass and copper works, Chester Road, Manchester, yesterday. A wages dispute has "arisen at Sett Mills, near Oldham, between the minders and the proprietor, Mr. Benjamin Travis. The operatives say that the minders employed on the 60 counts are able to make a much higher wage than those employed on 55's, and those working on the lower counts' seek an advance.

A committee of the Master Spinners and Manufacturers' Association have met twice with a committee of the Operatives' Association to discuss the alleged grievance, without coming to a satisfactory settlement. On the case being taken by the Operatives' Asao-' ciation to the amalgamated society of the four counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire at Manchester, the Chairman, along with the officers, had an interview with Mr. Travis, but the matter still remains unsettled. On the recommendation of the Executive Committee the men have given the usual notice to cease work unless the proprietor agrees to certain terms fixed by the Executive. A price per 1,000 hanks had since the recommendation of the Executive been agreed to by the Operatives' Committee and the Committee of the Masters' Association, which would reduce the wages of some of the minders, while it increased those of others.

The minders would not accept these terms, and have left their work. The master is determined not to yield, and is advertising tor minders to fill the places of those who have left. Nine tenths of the chain and cable manufacturers of South Staffordshire have agreed to give the workmen in the factories an advance in wages, but the demands of the outworkers have been refused. The miners on strike in the Forest of Dean had an interview yesterday with Mr. Sully, representing the.

Park End Company. The result is that work will be resumed to-morrow (Wednesday). The masters concede an advance of 5 per cent, and their proposition to weigh the coal in the trucks on its leaving the colliery is accepted by the men, a check being conceded by the masters. The latter refuse to abolish the five weeks' pay" system. Some other points desired by the men are conceded.

A great demonstration In favour of the nine hours system took place in Nottingham last night. A band of music, accompanied bv hundreds of working men, proceeded from the Market Place to the Mechanics' HalJ, where a meeting was held under the presidency of Mr. Heath (the coroner), the hall being crowded to excess. A deputation from Newcastle attended. A resolution was passed pledging the meeting to support a movement for the introduction of the nine hours system into, and the regulation of overtime in, all the trades in Nottingham, and a memorial for presentation to the employers askiag for the boon was adopted.

A Board of OiScers has been ordered to assemble to inquire into the cause of the loss of a considerable amount of personal equipment in some regiments of infantry during the recent Atdershot manoeuvres, and to suggest, if possible, a remedy. The prosecution against" Private Clarke, the soldier engaged in the fracas which took place some time ago at Liverpool between the police and the military, was ves-terday withdrawn upon an apology being made. The Grand Jury had ignored the bill against the other defendants. Agbabian Outbagb in King's County. (By Telegraph.) Early on Sunday morning a party of armed men attacked the of a respectable farmer, named Connor, residing near boon, King's County.

One of the party fired a pistol at Connor, who is frightfully injured, and lies in a dangerous condition. Two men have been arrested. The outrage is agrarian. The Shipwbecekd Mabinebs' Society. We have pleasure in calling attention to a meeting on behalf of this Society, which will be held this morning in the Town Hall, King-street.

Ihis year's report issued by the Committee of Management contains an amount of inter-esDng information of the good work done by the Society, and justifies the appeal which is being made for public support. Italian Peasants. Peacaglia had its theatre: a low dark stone shed, with a few benches and a rude stage, where Orestes was given by the village amateurs in a heroic vein. Alfieri was succeeded by Voltaire's high frame both in this unimaginary century. It was a misfortune that each spectator, at four cents a head, knew every weak spot in the actor's costumes and rant; so that the tragedy at times threatened to lapse into broad farce.

Finally the poetical overcame the prose elements, and there was a hearty appreciation of the motives of the plays. But for me, the best acting was that of the troops of young virgins, as comely, fair, and strong of limb as the Biblical Ruth, every sunset trooping down the steep pathway to fill their "copper vessels at the cool fountain in a near glen, and then, poising the heavy vases on their heads, walk up the hill with the mien and gait of as many Junos; never failing to give me a smiling greeting, as I sat in the recess of an archway to a shrine, watching them and overlooking the magnificent prospect for forty miles away beyond luxuriant Pescia. What flexible, "elastic, rounded frames, with plenty of good brain to top them: Good stuff there for healthy mothers and apt minds; not enfeebled by onesided culture as too many girls are in New England, with muscleless bodies, starved on pastries and vile candies, or shrivelled by fiery furnaces. These Pescagliaas ware of the flashing eye and ready tongue; no fools they or fool's prey either. How independent, too, they are of us: For do they not grow and spin their own linen, raise the sheep whose wool they weave into winter's clothing, cut out their own wooden shoes and decorate them with ea.v colours and brass nails, while all the meat, grain, oil, wine, lumber, marbles, and even metals they require are at hand in these motherly Why should they covet "ur ingenious methods of making ourselves unnatural, discontented, and unheal thful 'iArt Journal.

SjPORTING NEWS. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, Monday. LIVERPOOL COP. Quotations. 100 to 9 st lb Trainers.

,..7 10 Osborne ,..8 ...1 10.. T.Dawson ArftttV RaHmu 14 to taken freely 6 taken SxeMmao icoto Adonis 100 to Sir Bertram 20 to Boh of Atholo 30 to Kingcraft Jo gylva 25 to Mornlngton 83 to Good Hope 33 to OolonelByan 33 to lord Hawke 33 to Stanley 40 to Islam 40 to Jester to 6 offered .8 C. Bayboa I taken 6 Elliott taken 1 taken I offered I taVen 1 tin and 1 tkn and off. 1 offered 1 tkn and 12 Cannon ..8 0.. M.

Damon ..6 0 Wad low ..7 0 Cowley ..7 10.. T.Dawson 10. Woolcott ...7 0.. T.Dawson ..7 10.. T.

Dawson 1 tkn ana off ..6 10.. W. H.Scott 1 tkn and off 12.... A.Taylor BETUNG AT TATTERSALL'S, Mondas. LIVERPOOL CUP.

Quotations. st lb Trainers. Saomus mw Agility 11 to Aaonto 100 to Exciseman 100 to BoseotAthole 14to Sir Bertram 100 to Islam 20 to Sylva 22 to Whmyard 25 to Martyrdom 25 to Chartreuse 25 to I tkn and off 8 12.. H. Woolcott 1 taken 7 10 Osborna 8 taken 8 8 taken 7 10....

T.Dawson 1 taken 6 12 Cannon 6 taken 6 7 Elliott 1 taken 6 10. w. H. Scott I taken 6 0 Wadlow I taken 6 Saunders 1 taken 7 10 BIojs 1 taken 6 10 Goodwin I taken 6 10.. H.

Woolcott Colonel Byan 30 to Ftanley 33 to Lord Hawke 39 to 1 taken 7 10.... T.Dawson 1 taken 7 0.... T.Dawson THE DEBBY. Laburnum 0 to 1 taken and offered Hayhoe Queen's Messenger 16 to 1 taken and offered M. Dawson Nuneham 20 to 1 taxen Dawson Onslow 23 to 1 taken and offered Jo.

Dawson Maid Marian colt 1000 to 35 taken Hayhos Helmet 3000 to 90 taken H.Wooloott Sunbeam colt 2000 to 50 taken B. Peck CITY BETTING (London), Monday. LIVERPOOL CUP. Quotation. st lb Trainers.

AITlUtV to i isnanuon io usDorne Exciseman 100 to 6 tkn and 7 10.. 6 tkn and off 12. Woolcott Sabmus 100 to Sir Bertram icoto AdnnlH 100 to ton ana on 7 muott 6 tkn and off 8 Hiyhoe TtiMnnms 20 to 1 taken 6 Jo. Dawson Sylva 20 to 1 taken Rose of Athole 20 to taken Lord Hawke 25 to taken Whinyard 25 to 1 taken Good Hope 30 to 1 taken Chartreuse 30 to taken 6 0.. 6 12..

.......7 0.. 6 0.. 7 10.. 6 10.. Wadlow Cannon Saunders Goodwin WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING.

The RODS SELLING PLATE of 50 sovb. for two-year-olds colt, list ti Hies and geldings, Set 101b; gelling allowances. Half a mile. Bt. Helens I Comedienne Whip Lady Steatite Holdenby I Each all.

281b. A SELLING 8TAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; weight for age; selling ana maiaen allowances. Dive luriongt-. Loeline Btrathnairn Gladice Trident Whip Beveillee Colonel Crockett Each all.

141b. ORDER OF RUNNING THIS DAY. A Handicap Plate of 30 sovs 1 30 The Roue 8elling Plate 2 0 The Worcester Autumn Handicap 2 30 A Selling Btakes 3 0 The Hurdle Race Handicap 3 30 The Nursery Plate Handicap 4 0 ARRIVAIB. Miss Fanny colt. Gentle Gale, St.

Helens, Blemheim, Worthy, Comedienne, Strathnairn, Trident, May Day. Albany, Log Line, Corbeille, Woerth, Rattlesnake, Threatener, Gladice, Free Squib, Elferon, Newsman, Molly Bawn, Lady Inglis, Sandstone, Instructress, Colonel Crockett, Lady Stealite, Cvanboume, Lady Ann lilly, Magdala, Manolo, Chorister, Parmesina, Whip, Fans-tine, Hector, Dark Duchess, Succes, Wakeful, 6atanstoe, Holdenby, and Beveillee. Beveral others are expected this morning. THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. This Commission sat again yesterday, at Liverpool, in St.

George's Hall. The memhers present were Sir Stafford Northcote, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. W. P.

Pattison, and the Hon. Lyulph Stanley. member of the Protective Burial Society, said that when his wife, a member of that Society, died in 1870, it was fully six months before he was paid. He had in consequence to pay all the funeral expenses out of his own means. He further complained that the officials of the Society persistently, for four years, deDied him the opportunity of inspecting the books.

The Society's meetings were generally packed by friends of the officials, who swamped all opposition. He thought that the Government should take measures which would prevent unqualified persons from voting at such meetings. A Mr. M'Carthy said that one of his children, 11 years of age, was insured in the St. Anne's Burial Society.

When she died, he discovered that some woman unknown to him had insured her also, got a registrar's certificate, and had been paid a claim she made. Fearing that there had been some foul play, he had his child's body exhumed, and an inquest was held. The jury returned a verdict of died from natural causes. James Hollis, one of the Protective Society's collectors, slid that M'Carthy's child, or a child he supposed was M'Carthy's, was brought to him by a woman who did not give an address. As a rule they generally got the addresses of people who insured with them.

The woman spoken of by the witness M'Carthy brought a registrar's certificate with her. The Liverpool Borough Coroner, Mr. Clarke Aspinall, said that in connection with the question of parents neglecting their children in order to obtain money when they died he had very often indisputable, though not perhaps legal, proof of a very great amount of neglect on the part of parents which caused the death of children. He did not think it desirable to dispense with a doctor's certificate, and to make the registrar's certificate sufficient to obtain the money in cases of death, though he thought the cost of such certificates might be advantageously reduced. He was also of opinion that in most cases the societies and clubs were even too liberal, and not sufficiently careful to dispute payments.

Sometimes, however, it was found less expensive to pay the claims made than to legally dispute them, the societies obtaining special prestige by the promptitude of their payments. Mr. Shepherd, a sub-treasurer of the Protective Society, said that it was the first witness's (Wignall'a) own fault that the payment of the claim on his wife's death was delayed so long. The Committee refused to let him see the books, as he was so constantly troublesome. Witness had for 20 years wished that the Government would interfere to regulate burial societies, and ho was very glad the Royal Commission had been anpointed.

He thought there ought to be a Government' auditor, who would have power to compel all societies like theirs to give a full and fair balance-sheet to the members. He also thought that the collectors of societies, who had always great influence, should not he allowed to attend or take part in the meetings of the societies. This sitting concluded the Commission's Liverpool The Chairman said that persons who had anything to communicate relative to friendly societies would always receive attention from Mr. Stanley. THE LATE MUTINY IN A MADRAS NATIVE REGIMENT.

The Indian papers publish a number of official documents respecting th mutinous conduct of the 19th Madras Native Infantry a few months ago, when ordered to embark for Singapore. General M'Cleverty, who was the local commander in chief at the time, in a long letter to the Horse Guards, attributes the outbreak of the spirit of discontent in the regiment in the first instance to "the pernicious influence exercised by Lieutenant Colonel Jenkics, the second in command, and his injudicious treatment of the Sepoys, especially the Mussulman portion," which "had been a cause of, much irritation to the very last, which showed itself on more than one occasion. But the final cause, General M'Cleverty says, was "the unfortunate misunderstanding on the part of Colonel Cholmeley and other officers as to the amount of pay to which the men were entitled under the Pay and Audit Regulations." Taking all the circumstances into consideration, the General believes that the men were actuated by no spirit of mutiny, as evinced in their after-conduct; they used no threats or violence, hut impelled by anxieties about their wives and families, they became impatient in a manner which, though not altogether defensible, could be palliated." In a letter from the military secretary at the Horse Guards to the India Office the Duke of Cambridge gives hi3 opinion on the subject as follows: After a very careful review of the whole of the correspondence and proceedings in this case, the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief is constrained to express his opinion, in concurrence with that of the Government of Madras, that the very lamentable and reprehensible misconduct of the 19th Regiment Madras Xative Infantry is due to the neglect and weakness of the commanding officers, and to the culpable disregard and indifference on the part of the other senior officers of the regiment to the feelings and interest of their men. His Royal Highness entirely concurs, therefore, in the propriety of the course adopted by Government in removing them from their several appointments in the regiment. It ia a subject of much regret to His Royal Highness that an officer of such long service and hitherto irreproachable character as Colonel M.

Cholmeley should thus have rendered himself liable to so severe a penalty; but His Royal Highness considers that, however meritorious his antecedents, the want of judgment evinced by him on so grave an occasion cannot be excused. In regard to the proceedings which have been adopted in dealing with the regiment, the Duke of Cambridge is of opinion that, however much the conduct of the men may be palliated by the apathy and want of consideration on the part of the officers, nothing can possibly justify the serious acts of insubordination of which they were guilty, and under circumstances of such gravity His Royal Highness considers that the regiment should not have been permitted to embark without the knowledge and express sanction of the Government. In offering this opinion, His Royal Highness cannot but eeL that great consideration should be given to the state of health under which the late Commander in Chief was labouring at the time of the occurrence, and to his utter unfitness, from severe iUnes3. to devote that attention to the case whicbinder other circumstances, he would have bestowed upon it. In conclusion, the Duke of Cambridge desires me to express hi opinion that, as the regiment proceeded to the Straits fcetUements and performed duty as usual, it might fairly be considered that its offence had been condoned.

The subsequent dishandment of a certain portion of the corp3 appears to His Royal Highness, therefore, a measure of doubtful expediency and not onlv on this account, but also because, by carrying out this measure, and thus reversing his decision, the authority at the head of the Madras army was The Duke of Argyll, in a long despatch to the Madras Government, concurs in the views of the Duke of Cambridge, and adds that he entertains "grave doubts" whether the Madras Government would not have better consulted the future well-being of the regiment, as well as the discipline of the army generally, by leaving untouched the final decision of the head of the army (however open to objection that decision might have been), than by proceedings which cannot but weaken the confidence of the native soldiers in the influence and authority of their military superiors." On "View This of Useful HousahM turn, ffir ta-ritif ittnp-mftmn ntnl with dlvnrMl nlntA.cr1nia tior.V and gilt frame; Cut Crystal and Bronze Gasallers. a i and Glass, Kitchen and Culinary Utensils, Bradford piSS tag, Wringing, and Mangling Mscbine, and other Property utl- CAPES DUNN respectfully announce thatth have received instructions from Mrs. Boag. vshit i. 7 Manchester, to SELL BY AUCTION, To-morrow vemberl, 1M71, commercing at eleven o'clock, at her ri.i.i,, Villas, Fallowfleld, the Whole of tbe Exsallant HOUSKIIO' NITCBE and EFFECTS.

l) I'S Useful Household Furniture parlour, rooms: Gas Fittings, a Little China nnd Glass, Vavw- i A 1 At i Residence. Portsmouth-street. HOUBEHOLD FURNITURE and EFFECTS. Furtiisr i l4rnTrnn.Qtrapr. In Saturday's Guardian in W.

GRUNDY A SON. Auctioneers. KlnB-shv Manpw. By Messrs. WILLIAM UKUNUY.

A SON, at -the city of Manchester, on Tuesday the 7th dv- of s.n.',,'-'''' at five o'clock ln tbe evening for six o'clock prumpt auw. r' as shall be then and there pr.Muc!: rn IVTINE FREEHOLD DW VELLlXr, 8TH HOUSES, No. 29, East Robert-street, an oo, oot du, (, huu ui x) wj i oru -street, mine CO an a i Tt.Jt 1 the county of Lancaster, lu the occupations if tunmiiiigSi i nomas xayior, ana otners. lot i tbe ceroetual vearl around rent of 2a. is.

Lot 2. A FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE, with house. Stable, Gardens, and Apwirteimic? Ui.tc situate in High-street West, in the of tne occupation oi Henry rimini-it. This lut ajWji, the said messuages, and the Stable erected ou dens, in the occupations of Jane navies, dunge f- This lot is Riilri Ruhiect 36. 7s.

lid. uw iiui.bu:u r.i;i.j For further particulars, apply to tho -Manchester; to Mr. V. II. Sowter, No.

57. Htali sireet or to Messrs. BRIGGS fc BAILEY, THIS DAY, at eleven o'clock, the Mart, 17, -m i 1 1 Iuoixviio, aare, xirouzps: a tine lxiic a. at tjiuicLiu illicit, rct inc lil.ic:,tr.... Chester, and Clowes-street, Chapel-street (uni.jwr- Salford.

i TMHNTING MACHINERY iY and MATERLVji' no 1 JL for Letterpress aud Catalogues may now be had of Mr. 1 orpuiauon-strcet. aiauuueKMsr, nun tu pi THIS DAY, at eleven o'clock, the startf" FIVE Hundred DWARF ROSKchoicri named, from one of the first EDWIN ft. knv TUESDAY NEXT Piano Fortes, Harmoniums, The Mart st Friday next, at eleven o'clock. l'he i Manchiwr.

-important and Attractive Sale of 7.001 ciiuic i- Shrubs, aud Fine Specimen lr'" Tk- Specimen Conifers, from 4ft. to luft. and Evergreen Shrubs, all i'' Kutli' rear. Hums, "mdar.i rmn nj MR! KING will SELL BY AUCTION the ROSES, Fruit Trees. Shrubs, and C.

On view morning of sale. Catalogues may (, 5 11 Thursday nest, at HAMER will SELL BY Al'CTlbv hie Rooms. No. 3. St.

lu 3- Lot 1. 100 Boxes Of SCENTED SOAP, in Lot 3. 30 Boxes of Prime CIGARS. Lot 4 Lot 5. 10 Pair of Handsome CARRIAGE i.a.Mi- tour Sets of Capital gig Harness, THIS DAY.

HEATLEY KIRK PRICK sn i fllNV.H hr0.r.nttfl(ii4U.-.ii.. 1 1 papers, station to Hay Close, to omveyVirclmsersarrivrngby Princess-street, Manchester. a convevanre will ho yestniav mi.i ON KiaiiAY NKXT ExceHnglyClio(C9 Collection rvi HUTCHINGS PlLCllEU. respectfully Kir, notice that they have been wl'h BELL BY AUCTION, on Friday nest. KmVK Odock prompt, at their Rooms, No.

7.. MoJiey-stroW iiVsIt- rV. SWH; Utu Uon. Manchester, a Uapli scuir MTrK DRAW INC.P.-.MBy he publicly viewed on Thnrs lay 3, when catalogues can Iip had at the rooms, or thev r.m prior on application at Hutcliiiigs and Piiclwis oiiice. T-, 0 ON FRIDAY NEXT.

lif Suijerb Election of Fine I'rcnch toother Objects of Art, tho whole of which eio -xhlnitc I 11 UTCHINGS PILCHEIl respectfully Kiw notice that they have been favoured with 1 eminent flnn to SELL BY AUCTION, on VrMiiv, lb71 (immediately after t)u pictures, at their Jlnnuw, 7.., th8 Ko'al Manchester, an A.ss.-mt.Mi!-. BRONZES, TEliRA COITAS, Ac-May be puWiilj- HeneJ tf a V-ceding day and catalogues had. COTTON MACHINERY, ST0lll.and EFFECTS, at Spencer's Birthling. Fha-iilx-rtrofT, Thursday, Nnvrnibcr 2, 1-71, commencing at oiio o'chfk. WM.

LOMAX LQMAX, SONS, A AiwJ-wm. THIS DAY. SALE of FURNITURE. Winged Wanlwl-. Drawing Suite.

lle-ik, with dinners; Carpets, and Ellecis. at f. Tib Lsne, Cross-street. Kit, A'Kti-yir. UN FRIDAY.

To Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Private r.entlomin and V. vy Superior and Large Stock of West uf an I doiw Cloths, marie for The besimke UiloriUK trui 11! ufk 11. 1 Blue Indigo, Dyed Superllnoj, Dwskfti-, i'm--- Best Meltons.Dl.igonal Cnatlns, li---ner-. ISfuvl 1, Tweeds.Stripcd Trouseriiigs.a Few ine 1 v.r.n's. and Misfit Trousers.

MR. THOMAS EDWARD received Instructions to SELL BY IT, I.i- C'ross-Btreet, Manchester, 011 Friday next, Xomi.her veiling at eleven prompt, the ahovr- Verv Superior I-i'v WOOLLEN CLOTHS, well worth tho attention of all irniii wiping good and fashionable materials: will be sold le-u'th-, purchasers. On view on Thursday from eleven to Ftirr'iurj-. tlculars from the Auctioneer. Valuable Freehold Land and Dwelling-housea, lu Oxford Manchiatsr.

By Mr. MARSHALL, at the Clarendon imi, Osfopl-strt, In f-city of Manchest'-r, on Tuesday the 7th day of NovcuiIpt, a-, six for seven o'clock in the evening, subject to conditions of sil then and there produred: ALL that FREEHOLD PLOT of LAND, sitint-in Booth-street ard YorK-stroet, Oxford K-rvl, in ttie rr Manchester, containing. Including street nie-isiiremnut, s-square yards, or thereabouts, together with tho Thro M-asua: Dwelling-houses erected on a portion of tho slid land, fronuiu and numbered respectively fil, an 1 in the occupation of Mrs. Bryan, Griffin, and Mlw Roixtm, v. rentals amountfng In the whole to 72 per annum.

The whole i-l a part of which is now used as a rtryim ground, with RfroM.i:i,' York-Btreet, is subject to au annual chief rent of The premises are very eligibly situated, bo.tiur within a few yards of Oxf-r! Road, The houses are substantially built, and occupied hy ante' tenants; the streets are lavedam! seworcd: and alt gMU-r 1 most favourable opportunity is presented for securing a de'lra; Investment. For further particulars, spoly the Auctlonier. Brazennose street; or to Messrs. PAYNE GALLOWAY, solicitor), llray.ennoee-street.MaiicheftiT. Freehold Messuages or Dweilliig-lius, at Ch-tthjra and F.iiiow.15'.

near the city of MaucheHter. By Messrs. THOMAS ACTON A SONS, at the Waggon and Horw Inn, Thomas-street, in the city of Manchester, on Wednesday V- Mh day of November, 1-71, at six o'clock In the evening, subject conditions of sale to be then and there produced Int A LL those THREE M.ESSU AG ES a X3L DWELLING-HOUSES, fronting Walter-street, off i)JB wood-street, within Fallowfleld, In Manchester aforesaid. which are occupied by Messrs. Cunningham and M'Donald 9t rentals amounting to aud the other at present together with the Plot of Land, containing fl.V) square Ar.ii, or yie; about, upon part of which tho same are erected.

ih.lo'iUM gold subject to the payment of a yearly chief rent 'jf iy. Lot2.AU that MSS3CAGE or Walnut-street, off Waterloo Road, Cheeths iu tll(! 5311 c7 Manchester, occupied by Mr. Turnbull. at a yearly rent of together with the Site thereof, aiuaqfiare yari.Vo-uw abouts. This lot will be sold subj-1 to an annual chief rent of SX occupied 210 square chief rent .1 tot 4.

A. MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOI SK, No. iV In. street foresaid, in the occupation of Mr. Chrlmes al a earl n.

33; 'together with the Site thereof, which contuiis i 1. or thereabouts. This lot will be sold subject 6. 7s. tol.

apportioned part of the said rent ot 13. 1 4d. aU that Receivable Chief or Yearly Rent of tZ. 15s. payable wt of a plot of land and the messuage or dwelllw-no'-- erecten.

inereon (being io. 10 me whole or tne low rentals. There I another messuaea. 1 Hardy; the Auctioneers, Princess streets or aiors. x.v PAGE, ROWLEY, solicitors.

Clarence Building. Manchester. Citv Road, combrook Parlt.Strettorl. Bv Msm. Arrrnv riNS.

on Tuesday the Ulii November, DBrrJculani mav ha obtained from iir. miaiu pv one or more pc BREE SHOPS and DWELLUiG-HOlaBs. jet to Messrs. JL Ing to 119 Road. about rear: anu uie t- ther particulars will aj in anverti Messrs.

EDWARD AL. IN A PKK3TAGK, souciiora. street, Manchester. Under drysaltery, sulphur, 'Dutyrt medicine, psr pafnts, stareb. arrewroot, pota, ua' Xloi.

plasters, rhlcorr. fumery, pomades, "flVer miWellAneo! stocK; together cocoas, hlMkljV soda, and Jffiffistf counters. with mahoif tbe fast and loch Outoco isux window bjttoru vA tops and panelW counter scales, brass v-el; shelves, nest ot WJ' 3how jars, a fares quantity of ir-l Jifwi Auctioneers office, 11, Aiug-sawi, nowes-street, BroHghtoq; Machinery, PJant3tock. fixtures, and KHec-to of a Printer 1 The Macmnery, 8mall Engine, Bolter, Ac. M1 R.

HENRY MAfLiSSJL'Utt is inamicv-" and TlltW.37 gtte Sunty of ncaster. the Valuable PRINTING TYPE, and EFFECTS; embracing double super i3 1 'h K-t Li. rirv; rtnmv Northumbrian nrlnUns mscWi.e.w"' flier, by Donnison demy Columbian press, Albion foil -i paging, and perforating machines, presses J.teV,,6jok-alsortinent of wood and matal type, borders, cnWJ.f' nite binder's tools, ruled account books in great var.rfy.wi stattonery, coloured and white printing cM5, cap, letter, an4 note ditto; excellent counters JV' k-i office furniture, and miscellaneous effects "jcWeU' i-' printing to commenMeach -iny tim4 prr in the forenoon prompt. The whole may he ewM at" sr)ortl ceding the being prewed, a.idin tUKtu obtatoed from Messrs. Wrigley XX'ffv.

Cannon-street; Mr. Addleshw, solicitor, 61, AucttonS hto offlcM, 15, Kennedy-street, Mancfiester. WInkhlU Paper Mttl, adjoining the turnpike r-0-between iiek and A Ui bourne, and fourn.1 es from way StaUotT-To Paper Manufacturers. Silk Dyers, Blacsn Brokers, and others. MR.

BILLIARD respectfoUy announcoatba. is authorised to SELL BS AUCTION, on ThuwW ind boxes; resin stM.di'-'r: C- 4in. 5 n. and qiumuiy 2m. various topis, ladders, wheelbarrows, UaU; tools, two weizhlnz machiDW.

set of large scales, small ahlaved Worts Scopes. UfUngjack. pair of tathe heatis; rests, to ether with a greit variety of other effects in the Mill. a general assortment of useful Household Furniture, Ac. In the tage sdjoiniag the Mill.

The ale to commence at twelve Printed and published for TAYLOR, OASITETT, CO. the Guardian office, JTo. Warren -street, Kewnisr Place, Afanchester, by PETEB ALLEN, of Sedgley rn In the parish of Prestwicb, in thr county of All letter to be addressed "Taylor, Gamett, and Co. Gnatf office, ana not to tne reiaence 01 uie pnousaer. SALE of HORSES, on Tnesday wxTSr-ber 7.

1871 at the Kiss's Arma RtatiiYui. Mni.ix.., "lMl- toturdav's advertlspmpma. peri'etuai yeanv grouno renior tin. 4s. 4ii.

Lot 3. FIVE FREEHOLD DWELLISInOCSrS, 126, 12, and ISO, In Trafford Park View, Eccles New boiounh of Salford aforesaid, with the Gardens in fr.ni. 1 MR. KLNG will SELL BY AUCTI0V as ah, FOURTEEN Superior Full-cornpus mo 1' Broadwood, Ktrknun, Allison. r-Oblique, by ZiegU-r, nil In handsr-me warranted; Harmoniums, by awf Tenors, Flutes, Sheet Music, nnd.

Catalogues will be Issued and further apportioned ipnrr or a yearly 1:: 17a 4d. 'Lota. A Walnut-street by Mr. rti "vMriv vsntal of Tin MM or therralouts. and will be sold uhiect to sn nt Ot lie tviirto nooorrional iart 01 the 4-1 bircn rroanriruw.

books, glasses, ornaments. cnn-- beds, baddlug. toilet gU ab.1-; Tt.fi He.urewow New York papers of the 19tb, which were brought by the Imr iftn ateamer City of Baltimore, contain inteljigenc fmm Chicago to the 18th. In a despatch of that date to the New York Times we read: VeBte- day was tne brightest day Bince the great disaster. .1 -wag throughout the day in the Marsh, where com-merc baa been temporarily established, and saw nobuai-nee-man despondent or idle.

Every one was looking to th future instead of regretting the past, and it may safely said that Chicago is already out of her ashes. She has got to work again in great earnest, and nothing has done more to briog about such a desirable result than the action of the banks, which were opened yesterday for the first time for the transaction of business. While commerce has been called to the west side the banks have adhered to the south side, and all or nearly all are located in elegant residences in the parte of Wabash and Michigan Avenues nearest the burned district. No more singular spectacle was ever presented than can now be found in these streets of splendid dwellings, which have lost.their quiet and seclusion, as almost every house bears a rude placard announcing it as the home of trade or finance. Banks have been established in the most sump tuous of these houses, and the improvised counters of rough lumber present striking contrasts to thB frescoed ceilings and richly ornamented walls.

In some cases two banks are established in one house; at 449, Wabash Avenue, the First National is in the parlours and the Fifth National in the basement. The latter found the doors and windows too small to admit its huge safe, so it has been put in the front area, under the Marble porch projecting from the parlour floor, and has been enclosed in a small wooden house, thus practically leaving its assets out of doors. All the leading banks are established within a few doors of each other; and no fact is more encouraging than that there have been no crowds or excitement about them, but business has been carried on as though no great calamity had befallen the people. As to these institutions, nothing else was expected after the authoritative announcement of their solvency. But a crush was apprehended at the Savings Bank, which opened to pay each depositor S20.

Chief among these is the State Savings Institution, burnt out in Lasalle-street, opposito the Court House, and now established in an elegant cottage residence, Wabash Avenue. It was evidently believed that every one of its 15,000 depositors would appear. I fbund no one came unless he had urgent need for money; and, almost without exception, the applicants were mechanics and working men. From what I saw nnd heard about this and other banks, it is certain that there is to be no run upon Chicago banks. This morning I watched the proceeding at the church corner of Wabash Avenue and Peck Court- One gentleman and two ladies were there, almoners of the world's chaiity, and dealt out bread crackers and baked boans with wonderful rapidity.

Most of these people have been ted almost exclusively since the fire on bread or crackers, and naturally there is an intense craving upon the part of the thousands for meat. The baked beans are eagerly iiBOd as a substitute, although having a repulsive look. The majority of the applicants are women and children belonging to the labouring class, and more than half are foreigners, being chielly Germans and Scandinavians. In every case I saw the applicant come for food on behalf of a family, and as distribution is going on constantly at scores cf places throughout the city, some idea of the widespread destitution can be formed. Today the burnt district literally swarmed with labourers clearing nwny the ruins, and specially on the south side, 4n the business quarter.

In I.asalle, Madison, Dearborn, State, and other prominent thoroughfares, rubbish was being cleared away from the sites of houses, and bricks cleaned for re-laying were hardly cool enough to handle. In several instances walls were already going up. Frame shanties are also going up everywhere in great numbers for the temporary accommodation of business, and nearly the whole side of Michigan Avenue is now covered with these structures, making that unrivalled street for the time as unsightly as it lias hitherto been beautiful. On the north side building is almost entirely confined to the erection of these shanties; on the extreme north thoy are intended for housing families, lioth north and south everywhere throughout the burned districtthere is almost feverish activity, and no more cheering exhibition of the indomitable Western pluck can be imagined than was witnessed to-day in these desolated regions. As yet only private enterprise is pushing ahead, as no steps have been taken for the re-construction of any public building.

It is stated that the street railroads have been put in order. Another correspondent reports that a committee of three was appointed to devise some means to save the grain in the destroyed elevators: Cirain in large masses burns slowly, and ever since the great, fire the prttin in the five destroyed elevators has been burning at the rote of worth per day, without an steps being taken to stop the fire. Probably the action by the committee will save a large part of this grain, as much of the 1.500,000 bushels in these elevators is yet lei unburnt. -No one can yet make a reliable estimate of what will be saved, as it is not yet certain when the fires will bo extinguished, but it is thought that about 100,000 bushels can bo secured in a tolerably good condition. A telegram despatched to tho Trihmr states thot the papers are still making up lists of the dead and missing, but so far it is little better than guess work.

Immense placards cover tho main fronts of the Post-office and Telegraph Office with long lists of names, the bearors of which it is impossible to find, and tho papers teem with notices of lost nnd absent people. As was anticipated, the banks stood the test of opening well, and, still better, instead of calling for deposits, now accounts were opened, and very littlo drawn out by their customers. This inspires the greatest confidence, and the result is evident in every pulse of tho newly growing trade. The news-pnpets hero publicly acknowledged the help derived from tho conduct of tho" New York banks in connection with the many institutions of this city. When the prospect seemed gloomy tho bankers here received assuranse from their York brethren that time and aid were at their service, and thts as much as anything else has sustained tho vigour and revived the spirit and energy of Chicago.

The capitalists of New York and Boston houses it, is known have instructed their correspondents here to sell to the Chicago merchants all the goods they want, opening new accounts and letting the old ones take care of themselves. The receipts and shipments of grain are enormous again, and there seems no break in the old-time trade of the city. The action of tho Legislature promptlv appropriating tho canal lien to the use of the city assures an early restoration of the city buildings, which are now more needed than anything else save gas and water. Hoth of these latter, however, are to be restored within a dav or two All the daily papers now appear as usual, together with several of tho religious weeklies. Never was a busier city wen.

and never a more cheerful, hopeful people. The Merchants' Insurance Company, of New York city, tbnt Uwir Chicago losses will not exceed jsKMKKi a deduction of 33 per cent on the first estimate. he Atlantic Fire Insurance Companv.of Brooklyn was declared insolvent yesterday, causssd by the losses in Chicago. The Manhattan Fire Insurance Companv has been restrained from further business bv an injunction issued yesterday by Justice Gilbert, on account of insolvency. Nearly all the insurance business of the city was done, even before the great fire, bv foreign companies, as the entire insurance capital of Illinois was but 4,000 'XK Nearly all of this has disappeared in the flames of the chiet city of the State, and insurance is now conducted entirely by companies of other cities through resident agents.

The American Central Company of St. Louis commenced paying to-day. The Executive Board of the Kepubhc Insurance Company of the citv, at a meeting to-day, resolved to wind up; their losses "amount in the aggregate to and their cash assets to 89,000,000. The company will pay 26 per cent on demand. The Times estimates the total loss by the fire at 3150,000,000.

A survey of the Tribune building was made to-day- bv architects, who report the walls and most of the floors to bo good and that the building can be repaired for The original cost was $210,000. BURNING OF THE PRAIRIES. The following fuller details of 'the dreadful ravages of the fires in Wisconsin and Michigan are taken from the iSr York Kecent reports in regard to the burning of Manatee show that, as in several other cases, the" fire was one which had been supposed to have expired, but which the high wind of Saturday (October 7) blew up again A heavy gale sprang up from the southward and blew' the cinders or the burning woods against Giffordand Ruddocks mills. This fire was checked by great exertions, but on the next night airfield's miU was found to be in flames, and in less than half an hour it and twentv other BUuiiUx ueou uurnea 10 tne ground, scarcelv a vestige of them remaining. Between this place and the rest of the town there is a hill over which the fire did not run, and the inhabitants thought thev were to escape without further molestation, when suddenlva bright liht to the north-east was seen, and presently the rest of the town was wrapped flames.

A schooner loaded with hav and gram was burned to the water's edge, and alnyxt everything on the north side of the river was destroved About eighteen hundred people were rendered houseless Mr Caafield, a resident of the town, wrote to a friend that bad it not been for his farm and grass land over two thousand people must have perished in spite of all that cpuld have been done. We were circled in with a wall of fire, and the storm on the lake shut off all hose of -escape, hven the shore of the lake was a sheet of flame Owing to ite isolated position and the difficulty of com-mumcauon witi other -places, Manistee will "probably suffer more than any other town in the state, with only the fame proportionate amount of pecuniary loss from fir the wind blew with hurricane 2ao ence. scattering ashes and brands in everv direction U. i a wonder that any part of the town "was saved 11 i 2E Iives were "ere- The fltmes rart along the dust from the sawmills and KcWun eve Tytbmg ln their wav. They came upon the hSus? it was a mass of ruins i last a wountt i the conization yet raging, and ir feared that would be impassible to save anything TIw loss is estimated at about a million dollarsfandlhe surance companies have been requested to adiust tt losses Wlt.hout the rastnm.

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