of the prisoner. An hour's work including 1800
revolutions, was required each morning, and breakfast
was not given until this task was accomplished. This
was done expressly on the "Scriptural principle"—"if
a man will not work, neither shall he eat." Untried
prisoners were frequently punished for talking to one
another, and for turning round in chapel; the general
punishments being, confinement in a dark cell, confinement
upon bread and water, and whipping. Prisoners
in some cases were strapped for an hour to the wall in
the day-time, and at night were secured to their beds.
The governor said, he did not recollect a single instance
of a woman's being put in a strait waistcoat. He
admitted that he had one day stopped the dinners of nine
debtors in the county prison: one of them had laughed
loudly, and not knowing which it was, he thus punished
all. In chapel the prisoners were kept standing, each
in a separate stall. The surgeon to the gaol stated that
he had noticed debility, swelling of the legs, wasting of
flesh, and paleness when at work, as the effects of crank
labour. One man was kept without food for a whole
day and until four o'clock of the second day. "Several
cases" of mental depression occurred; in two cases the
prisoners had been removed to the Lunatic Asylum.
One prisoner, numbered "C. 3. 11" was kept "strapped
to the wall daily, by order of the surgeon," from the
13th of April to the 16th of May—thirty-three days.

Strikes for Advance of Wages still continue both in
London and the provinces. In London, workpeople in
several trades are making movements. The carpenters
employed at the Reform Club have struck for 6d. a day
increase. The bricklayers persist in partial strikes; the
masters being deserted one by one. Several of the small
masters have been compelled to yield. The bricklayers'
labourers have returned to work, failing to get a rise
from 18s. to 21s. a week. The lamplighters and the
bakers have also failed in their attempt to get higher
wages. The basket-makers, demanding 10 per cent,
have partially failed, but some shops have conceded the
rise. The brass and iron-founders are conspiring for a
10 per cent advance. Of the girls employed as
seamstresses and slop-workers, many have suddenly left
London and turned hop-pickers in Kent and Sussex;
while the masters widely placard London with offers of
"constant employment at good wages " to every
description of needle-workers.—The Preston Strike
continues, and is well supported by the operatives at work
in the town and neighbourhood. The funds are
distributed weekly among the men on strike; 6s. per head
being given to the "weavers, winders, and loomers; and
3s. per head to tenters. The operatives attempted an
open-air meeting after sunset on the 19th, but were
prevented by the magistrates, and had to meet in the
Temperance Hall. The workmen's committee have
earnestly advised the men to keep the peace; in future
none of the common fund will be expended for the
defence of operatives tried for illegal acts.—The
Manchester Weavers are still "out," but their funds are
getting low. They can now afford but 10d. a week to
each man out of work. The strike of the fustian-dyers
seems equally unsuccessful: 1200 struck work, but the
masters have hired 852 fresh hands, and the number is
increasing every week. The strike has now lasted for
eleven weeks. A great deal of bitterness has been
aroused, and personal outrages have occurred: on the
19th a large paving-stone was flung at Mr. Crabtree, a
master dyer; and the son of one of the dyers at work,
was fiercely assaulted by a woman. The dyers say that
their wages have not been increased for the last twenty
years. The skein-dyers of the town have returned to
work, having got an advance of 15 per cent.—The
Bolton Cotton-Spinners ask a further advance of 5 per
cent: some of the masters have consented. At Wigan
the Card-Room Hands have given fourteen days' notice
to the manufacturers, that unless some have an advance
of 2s. a week, and others 1s., they will cease work. The
throstle-room people have resolved to demand 10 per
cent increase.—There is a great strike among the
Colliers at Wigan. All the collieries in the district are
stopped; and it is calculated that 5000 men are out of
work. The men lately got an advance, but they
demand a further advance of 16½ per cent., or 1s. 2d.
where they now receive 1s. Birmingham district is
notable for the few strikes that have taken place there;
and it is boasted that in no trade connected with the
town of Birmingham has there been a cessation of
work, reasonable concessions having been always readily
made. The nailers of the town now ask an advance
of 10 per cent., and the request is likely to be granted.

The opening of Mr. Salt's Alpaca Factory at Bradford,
probably the largest manufactory in the world,
was celebrated by a great banquet on the 20th inst.
Mr. Salt himself was the host; and the guests numbered
3750, including Lord Harewood, Lieutenant-Colonel
Adams, the Mayors of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, and
Wakefield, many other persons of West Riding
notability, and 2500 of the operatives employed in the works.
After the dinner, Mr. Salt ordered special trains and
conveyed his guests to Bradford, where he treated them
to a concert in St. George's Hall. The new buildings,
covering six acres, will employ 4500 hands, and cause an
increase of 9,000 or 10,000 to the population of Saltaire.
To meet this increase, Mr. Salt is building 700
comfortable and airy dwellinghouses, in wide streets and
spacious squares with gardens attached, grounds for
recreation, baths and washhouses, a covered market,
schools, and a church.

Mr. William Brown, Member for South Lancashire,
has offered a donation of £6000 for the erection of a
Town Library at Liverpool, open to all classes of the
community.

A Lodging-house for Unmarried Workmen has been
opened at Windsor; it will accommodate fifty men,
paying 2s. a week each. By its side is another lodging-
house open for the reception of "tramps." Both buildings
have been erected by the Windsor Royal Society,
of which Prince Albert is President.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE.

The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, arrived at Dublin on the
29th ult. The people of Dublin had made great
preparations to receive their sovereign; and she was
welcomed on her arrival, and as she passed through the
streets, by the acclamations of innumerable multitudes.
The royal party took up their residence in the Viceregal
Lodge. In the evening the public buildings were lighted
up, and many citizens, unmindful of the official
proclamation, had illuminated their dwellings in the old
style. It was remarked that the people looked happy,
well fed, and contented. The royal visit to the Exhibition
was made on the following morning. The building
was filled by the holders of season-tickets; the ladies
occupying all the best seats, and forming a beautifully-
coloured margin round the central compartment, where
stood the dais erected for the Queen. It is remarked
that, generally speaking, there was an absence of official
costume; which was quite in character with the special
view of the royal visit. As the Queen entered the
central hall, a loud cheer burst from the assembly, hats
and handkerchiefs waved, and the National Anthem
pealed through the building. The Committee, headed
by the chairman, Mr. George Roe, led the way to the
throne; then came the Queen, Prince Albert, and the
two Princes; next to them, the Lord-Lieutenant and
the Duchess of Wellington, and the Countess St. Germans
and Earl Granville. The Queen sat with the
Prince of Wales on her right hand, Prince Albert and
Prince Arthur on her left. The spectacle which the
hall now presented was singularly imposing; in front,
the vast assemblage standing up and cheering loudly;
behind, the Court in an attitude of respectful attendance;
and beyond them, on the verge of the platform, a semi-
circle of the Irish nobility. The Lord Chamberlain then
made a sign to Mr. Roe, who read an address of welcome
to the Queen, to which her Majesty replied with her
usual grace. Then the Committee of the Exhibition
presented a suitable address to Prince Albert, to which
his royal highness replied. Mr. Dargan, who had taken
up a position among his fellow committee-men, was now
beckoned for by the Lord Chamberlain; and, kneeling
down, he kissed the Queen's hand, amidst the cheers of
the great assembly. After this presentation, a procession
was formed, in which the committee and chief officials