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      THE BUILDERS' STRIKE . This . contest'still continues , accompanied " with indications that it is beginning to tell seriously against such of the men as persist in their refusal to resume work . At a meeting held on Monday in St . Martin ' s Hall , Mr . Potter admitted that the dividend paid that day at the Payiors * Arms was smaller than usual . This shows that the supplies from the provinces are falling off , and , with the winter setting in , the prospect for the men is gloomy . The recent returns of the

      Registrar-General prove that the mortality among the wives and families of the operatives in the building trades is excessive . In fact , there is too much reason for the painful reflection that scores of innocent persons and young children are perishing from sheer want . At the meeting on Monday night a resolution was passed appealing to the public for support ; and the tone of the speakers was such as to induce the impression that they themselves had not confidence in tiie continuance of pecuniary aid to the extent of which it has heretofore been given them .

      "William Perham , a leading member of the Masons Society , was summoned on Monday to the Clerkenwell Police-office on a charge of inducing a number of men to leave their employment ; but some necessary witnesses being absent , the hearing of the case was adjourned . . The Building News says— "There is nothing new to notice . The usual meetings have been held , and the ordinary course of procedure adhered to , without any material change . B ) th the masters and the

      • workmen reiterate-tlieir determination to stand by , and defend their respective colours . The fund atthe disposal of the Conference of the united building trades , for distribution among the men on strike and the lock-out ^ was less last week than usual , which led to a proportionate diminution of the dividend paid to the men locked-out . The leaders of the Conference , however , are of opinion that the smallness of the contributions to their exchequer is but a temporary feature in the existing struggle .

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      WRECK OF THE ROYAL CHARTER . One of the most lamentable catastrophes resulting from the recent fearful gale is the loss of the auxiliary screw clipper , Royal Charter , belonging to the Eagle line of Australian packets sailing from Liverpool to Melbourne , and managed in Liverpool by Messrs . Gibbs , Bright and Co . The vessel , which was announced as off Queenstown at 2 p . m . on Monday , fifty-eight days out from Melbourne , was caught in the gale on the night of Tuesday , when she went ashore in a place called Moelfra Bay , near Puffin Island , on the coast of Anglesea . At Queenstown the Royal Charter landed about ten pf her 340 passengers , and so far as is yet known , upwards of 400 lives have been lost , only twenty-nine persons—viz ., nineteen sailors and ten passengers , being saved . The Royal Charter has also a general cargo of wool , and 79 , 000 ounces of gold .

      On the news reaching Liverpool , the steam-tugs Reliance and Resolute , with Messrs . Gibbs , Bright , and Co . ' s overlookers , were dispatched to the scene of the wreck , while other persons left for Bangor by the first train . Passengers arrived at Liverpool , on Thursday evening , from Bangor , state that the Royal Charter had broken up , and that the country people had commenced plundering . The local authorities had sent for the assistance of the military , and it is stated that an application for assistance has also been sent to Captain Meux , of her Majesty ' s ship Hastings , now lying in the Mersey . The latest accounts say that the unfortunate commander ,

      Captain Taylor , deeming it hazardous to make the Mersey in such a fearful storm , hove the vessel to , and that shot drifted into Dulus Bay , where the anchors were let go , but the screw kept moving , in order to ease the strain upon the cable . At 2 a . m . she went upon tl » o rocks . A negro seaman swain ashore , with a lino to which a hawser was attached , and some persons were in this way saved . Doubtless many more . might have been rescued by the same means had not the vessel parted . amidships , letting the engines through and engulphing the whole of the people pn board . It is understood that when the rigging was cut away to ease the vessel it became entangled with tho screw , and the latter thus became

      useless , The bodies which have so far been discovered are for the most part dreadfully mutilated . Tho rocks were strewn with money and valuables belonging to passengers . A bag containing 100 sovereigns was picked up , and large quantities of loose sovereigns also found ; The boatswain ' s mate , saved , brought , away 4002 . with him . Mr . Smith , the collector of customs , was indefatigable in preserving order and preventing plunder alter tho wreck . It is confidently expected that the bullion will be recovered . A detachment of men from tho Hastings frigate lying in the Mersey have been sent to assist the local authorities . AathoRoynl Charter had tho latest dates , her passenger list was not fully

      known , nor can it be until the arrival of the next overland mail . Reporters who visited the wreck on Thursday state that 470 souls perished , arid that the number of saved is 39 . On arriving at Point Lynas the captain sent up signals for a pilot , but without success . When the vessel first struck , Captain Taylor went down into the saloon and told the passengers to keep up their spirits , and that there would be little danger if they kept calm , and obeyed the instructions of the officers . A clergyman , the Rev . Mr . Hodge , was most assiduous in his attentions in giving religious comfort , and offering up prayer . The repeated strokes of the the

      vessel , however , upon the rocks told too plainly story of destruction , and soon the passengers became fearfully alarmed and excited . When she parted , large numbers of the passengers were crushed to death beneath the falling funnel , and other portions of the machinery . Mr . Stevens , the chief officer , was killed by the falling of the rigging . When last seen alive—and he was the last man seen on board—Captain Taylor was clinging to a spar ; he cried , " There is hope yet , " when , according to one report , a boat fell from the davits upon his head , and he perished . Several of the crew saved themselves by the hawser before described , and others of the survivors were saved by swimming , aiid taking hold of floating spars .

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      NAVAL AND MILITARYLetters received from the squadron in China state that the crews of the various ships are suffering severely from ophthalmia . The Chesapeake" is said to have 200 en her sick list from this cause alone , and one of the vessels is named as having the whole of her crew without one exception suffering from the same cause . Admiral Hope is stated to be re ^ covering his health , but unable to move across his cabin , and has to be carried whenever necessary to do so . ' . ¦ ¦ '

      Of the preparations making by Spain for immediate hostilities with Morocco , private letters from Santander of the 1 . 6 th mention that 700 men of the Regiment of Savoya left that port for Cadiz in the Spanish war steamer Marques de la "Victoria , bought from the Cunard Company , and one of the large number of vessels built and purchased for the Spanish Government in England . A battalion , of the Regiment of Almanza and another of the Begiment of Tolosa , quartered at Burgos , were expected at Santander in a few days , also bound for Morocco .

      On the 19 th inst , abont 900 rank and file , composing the first battalion and part of the second of the Regiment of Almanza also arrived at Santander . This is a much finer corps than the one that left on the I 4 th . They carry excellent armes de precision , and are dressed in light white felt shakos , loose-fitting chocolate-coloured frock-coats with capes , Hue trousers , and black gaiters to the knees . The men seem eager enough for the expedition or a erusn . de against the infidels , but do not by any means relish the idea of having to traverse the sea to get at them .

      Two more splendid men-of-war have been launched this week—the Irresistible , 80 , at Chatham , on Thursday , and the Narcissus frig . ite at Plymouth . The Duke of Cambridge has issued a circular to general officers ami others commanding regiments , directing their attention to the necessity of having officers examined for promotion without waiting for expected vacancies , and pointing out tho inconvenience to the service , and the injury to interests of individuals , arising from disregard of the regulations on this head . Ijhe neglect of this duty culls for the severest reprehension of the general comnianding-in-chief . His royal highness assures commanding officers that he will not recommend officers for promotion unless their certificates of qualification have been received ; and he holds commanding officers responsible for the neglect .

      There-arc in tho French army 140 Jewish officers , ranging in rank from colonel downwards , and of course the privato soldierj are in due proportion . Of the former , tho larger number are in tho engineers and artillery . The French Government has ordained the systematic gathering of tho sea-wood which is washed on to the rooks of the coasts of Normandy and Brittany * to servo as wadding for artillery—it being found to answer tho , purpose admirably—keeping tho iron cool , and not liable to ignition , like tho cotton wad hitherto In use . Tho material has alroady been distributed to tho ordnance department at Vincennes .

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      THE VOLUNTEER CORPS . Tub volunteer force of the kingdom is beginning to attain respectable proportions , and the break-up ot tho fine weather does not appear to damp the enthusiasm of the recruits , all of whom will continue thoir drill through tho winter . Tho metropolis is making a more satisfactory appearance in tho matter , ft »«

      we trust more will speedily be done than has yel been the case ^ The St . George ' s battalion is tc consist of 500 men ; the South Middlesex * London Scottish , and Marylebone , of a like strength ; and several others of smaller numbers are to be found in the metropolitan districts , while new corps are in course of formation . The stir that has been made about the London Rifle Brigade has had the effect of partly arousing the Council" from their torpid state , and there now appears a prospect of something being done besides money collecting . The public attention must , however , be directed from time to time to this regiment , to prevent its relapsing into the dolce far niente system .

      In our limited space it is impossible to notice in detail the various rifle and artillery companies that are springing up all over the kingdom . It is most cheering , however , to find that the public spirit and patriotism of our countrymen have , in almost every district , given a ready reply in men and money to the appeals that have been made to them .

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      IRELAND . The svnocl of Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland is declared , by the Roman Catholic press , to have been of great importance , involving grave deliberation . There were four archbishops present , and more than twenty bishops . The subject of the Catholic University appears very much to have occupied their attention . It is authoritatively stated that Mr . Card-well , Chief Secretary , has informed the bishops of his inability to reply to their " resolutions" August last . The subject , it appears , is to be made a Cabinet question . Meanwhile , however , the prelates have taken their measures , and are determined , by energetic action , to prove that they are resolved to carry into effect their educational scheme entire ^ A board of directors has been appointed , and an address adopted for the management and future government of the Catholic University . .

      The inexorable John Mitchell , who . is now in Paris , has commenced a series of letters in a Dublin paper called the Irishman ( similar in its poljticsand designs to the Nation ) , in which his object is , suggest to the Irish peasantry that France will soon be at war with England in the Mediterranean , and that the opportunity will tlfen have arrived for inducing the Emperor Napoleon to invade Ireland . " But " exclaims Mr . Mitchell , " who will make the

      Emperor snrc that the Irish people wait for mm and pray for him ? How is he to know that 252 , 000 fighting men would be found to follow his eagles from Ban try Bay to Dublin , and from thence , if he chose it , across to Liverpool ? How , above all * are the people—the people of all classes and creeds—to be brought to look steadily towards this as an event not only possible but probable , and which may to each of them bring joy or sorrow just . as they may demean themselves in it * ? " How , indeed !

      The settlement of the Tipperary Bank miserable swindle is not yet complete . In ono of the Chancery offices , an offer was laid bafore the Master by a shareholder , Mr . Bennett , to compromise the claim of the creditor on him by paying £ 4 , 500 . It was stated that the representatives of the creditors and the official manager approved accepting the offer . Mr . D . C . Heron , who appeared for Mr . Patrick Mulqueeny , one of the cr-editors of the bank , did not make any objection to the amount of tho offer , but he applied that his client should bo paid the costs which he had incurred , amounting to £ 24 , in profacias in

      ceeding against Mr . Bennett by scirc ana other proceedings . The Master was of opinion that tho offor , which was a substantial ono , should be accepted , and that Mr . Mulqueony ' s costs should be paid , under the circumstances . The notioti of raising an army in Ireland for the service of the . Pope , no matter how illegal it may be , seoms to bo very much entertained by some or our more enthusiastic fellxm-subjects on tho Other side of the Channel . Even tho numbors that could bo raised aro now stated . Tho Dundalk Democrat says 20 . 0 U 0 would answer to a . muster-roll under tile banner of Popo Pius . Tho same journal also tolls us where tho necessary funds for such a movement could bo found , taking the whole world in which to find subscribers .

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      LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . No notification whatever has been given by tuo Homo Secretary as to tho intention of the Government with regard to tho final disposal of Dr . Xnomas Srnothurat , and everything relating to the cane remains in exactly the same position as when the reprieve during her Mojeety ' s pleasure was flrat , S sTrJohn Doan Paul and Mr . Stralmn , who are deemed fit objects of clemency notwithstanding tliQ ruin thoy have caused , have boon roleasea from prison after four yoara' ponal servitude . ¦ At tho Central Criminal Court , Leonard Duott > worth Barlow surrendered , to take hl » trial fox

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      No 501 . Oct . 29 , 18590 THE LEADER U 93 " ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 29, 1859, page 1193, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2318/page/5/