... The movement for an advance of wages among the operatives in Lan- cashire still continues. At Preston the number of hands unemployed and dependent for support upon the contributions of their brethren in that and other towns is about 2,000 Serious as is this state of things, and disastrous as must be its consequences to many, it is in- significant compared with what may be expected if the ...

... TURKEY AND RUSSIA. FRENCH AND BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR ORDERtED TO CONSTAN- TINOPLE. - The announcement which appeared in last week's ' Examiner,' that several ships of war had sailed from Besika Bay for Constantinople, has been confirmed. On the evening of the 10th ult. the French Ambassador sent his Chief Secretary of Le- gation to Besika, to ask the two Admirals to send some large vessels to ...

... The Chancellor of the Exchequer was presented on Tuesday with the freedom of the burghs of Dingwall and Inverness. The ceremonies at both places were marked by great public enthusiasm, and the right hon. gentleman experienced a very flattering reception, not only from the corporate bodies of these towns, but from a large congregation of the principallinhabitants, who assembled to do him honour ...

... The ?? of the French, the Prince and Princess de Joinville, and their respective suites, embarked at Southampton on Saturday, to proceed to Portugal. Owing, however, to the sickness of the ex- Queen the steamer put into Plymouth and landed the royal party. They have since proceeded to Dover, intending to embark for Ostend. The Crown Prince of Wurtemburgand Princess Olga have left Tor- quay for ...

... The ' Northern Whig' publishes the subjoined interesting letter in re- ference to the last moments of the gallant Sir Charles Napier. It is the reply sent by 3M~ajor M'Muardo to a letter addressed to him by Colour- Serjeant John A. Casey, late of the 22nd Regiment, and now residing at :Ballynafeigh. It is the best testimony to the virtues of the deceased great command er that those w ho had ...

... The civic banquet at Cork to the Lords of the Admiralty and the ofieers of the fleet took place on Tuesday evening, nd was attended by all the leading personages in the city and county. The Mayor (Mr J. F. Maguire, M.P.) presided. On the Health of Sir JamesI Graham and the other Lords of the Admiralty being proposed, the right hon. baronet spoke as follows: As your worthy chief ...

... M~ISCELLANEOIJS NEWS. STOPPAGE OF THE TR&pICx no THE CITY.-On Wednesday the entire carriage way from Wellington street to Farringdon street, by way of Temple Bar, was closed, and all traffic by omnibuses or other vehicles coming and returning between that point and the City stopped until the whole of the pavement has been taken up and relaid. Omnibuses and other vehicles, from Pimlico and ...

... Tuesday, September 27. War-ofilce, Sept. 27 .-26th Regiment of Foot: Ensign Ht. C. Hardiuge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ficklin, who retires; G. W. Northey, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hardinge-42nd Foot: Capt. A. Paterson, from the 68th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ramsay, who ?? Foot: G. W, Lillingstorn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bent, who retires-68th Foot: Capt. ...

... The freedom of the burgh of Perth was conferred by the Town Council of that city upon Viscount Palmerston, on Monday last, in the City Hall there, in presence of about 2,000 persons. The Lord Provost, in presenting the burgess ticket, dwelt on some of the more prominent points in the career of the noble lord, and concluded by saying':-I will only add, that it would have been very delightful ...

... The new criminal code of Tuscany, expressly drawn up to embrace the crime of Protestantism, has recently been enforced against a young Scottish lady, named Cunninghame, who, within a fortnight after it camne into operation, was arrested at the baths of Lucca, and conveyed to the penitentiary there, on the charge of disseminating Protestant tracts in a neighbouring village. The facts of the ...

... ILateot Intelligence.- SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1853. Olmiitz is now the central point of interest with refer- ence to the great question of peace or war. Accounts from Vienna of the 27th state that the Emperor of Russia gave an audience to the Earl of Westmoreland on Sunday last, and that the interview was unusually protracted. They add, that his Majesty displayed the most friendly ...

... If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer, it would beto tell him his fate. If he resolved to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unblessed truth, let him ?? war with mankind-neither to give nor to take quarter. If he tells the crimes of grest men their fan an Em withe iron hands of the law: if he tells them of virues, when thy have any, then the mob attacks him with ...