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      ( From our own Correspondents . ) MANCHESTEB . J 3 ESDAT HOKNING , EIGHT O ' CLOCK . At this moment itsy large train baa arrived at the Station of the London and Birmingham Railway vrith a reinforcement of troops consisting of & detachment of the Hassan and the Royal Artillery , frith four field pieces , put of which ire understand are going forward toPmton . KINS O ' CLOCKAnother extraordinary large train has arrived at the ¦ sine station filled -with the Coldstream Guards .

      I hops the eonduet of the people will b » sneh as will frustrate the designs of those -whose desire it is to " cry havock and 1 st slip the dog » of war ** upon a patient and starring people . Since the mBeting of Friday in the Carpenter ' s Hall , the people bsva been Tery peaceable , and are looking forward to the decision of tfcfi Conference of the trades' delegates on Monday . The peaceable demeanour and quiet determination of the people is more to be dreaded by the authorities than any evanescent ebullition of feeling , such as the bre&fcatg ef -windows , burning of mills , &c , or other

      destruction of property . The one evinces a firm settled purpose I the other may be regarded more in the light of * fiasb in the pan than any thing elBe . At three O ' clock this morning Mr . Tinier was arrested under a warrant for riot It appears that the dyers , to which trade Mr . T . belongs , at a meeting held on Thursday night , resolved , that the members of the Dyers "Onion should stop what is called thB knob stick" shops . On Friday morning they carried this resolution into eflfect . It is alleged that Mi . linker "was , during this business , with the other men .

      Oh Saturday the delegates from the Trades assem-W © a in the Large Rwm , Sherwood Inn , Tib-street . Mr . John Middleton was called to the chair , when * iV * rw unannnoQsly resolved to post the town with the fbBowiBg placard : — JUSTICE ! PEACE !! LAW 111 ORDER I !!! TO THB l 5 H . iLBITA . 3 TS OF MAS CHESTER , SjlLFOBD , ASD SV&ROVSDIXO DISTRICTS .

      We , the Delegates of all the various Trades el these important districts , haying been , each and all , legally and duly elected by oar varlons trades , have again this day met in solemn Conference , empowered by our constituents to ¦ watch over and guard the interests of the people whom we represent ; and we ds most earnestly implore of you not to be led astray by your enemies , but remain firm in your purpose to uphold your Just rights , as Bbt forta in the resolutions agreed to by the dele * gates" meeting in the Carpanter ' s Hall , on the 11 th and 22 th inst . We call upon yoa to be prompt in the election "" of your Delegates to th = Greal Delegate Confer--exce which will be held in the Sherwood Inn , Tibatreet , on Monday . Aug . 15 th , 1842 , at ten o ' clock in tha forenoon , and that you meet immediately for that purpese , sncn of you as haTe not already elected delegates .

      We most solemnly pledge ourselves to perseTere in our exertions until wb aehieva the complete emancipation of our brethren of the working and middling classes from the thraldom < & Monopoly and Class Legislation , by the legal establishment of the Peoples Charter .

      . The Trades of Britain carried the Reform BilL j The Tiadss of Britain shall carry tfce Charier . \ "We esll upon yon then to act with promptitude and , « nergy . % o you your duty' vtvill do ours !! We trust 1 the issue to the protection of Heaven and the justice of oarcaase . \ Joh > Middleton , Chairman . The following resolution , amongst others , was agreed < to unanimously : — j " That no person will be admitted to the delegate meeting on Monday next , unless such dilegate bring bis ! credentials duly signed by the chairman or Secretary of a public meeting of the bade he represents . ' * i

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      On Saturday erasing , Axus . 23 th , a public meeting of the power loom weavers was held in the Carpenter ' s HaH ; Mr . Sinclair in the chair ; when the meeting ¦ was addressed by Messrs . DGnavan , Biley , Lane , Ray , M-Connell , Collies , Hatthrdl , Brophy , 2 > ixon , sjid others . The fallowing resolutions were carried wmnimously : — 1 . Tfcat this meeting pledges itself to discountenance aillegal proceedings ; and farther , that they will endeavour to preserve the public peace . 2 . That ire cannot exist with the present rate of wages , and that we are determined not to go to work until we obtain the prices paid is 1839 . 3 . That each master be called upon to pay the same price for the same fabric of work throughout the whole manufacturing districts .

      i . That it is the opinion of this meeting mat political rights are imperatively necessary for the protection of wages : we therefore pledge ourselves to act with our other friends , and the trade * generally , in legally and peacefully establishing that document known as the " People ' s Charter , and cansing the same to becomo the law of the land , as the only mam of securing oar lights . 5 . That Sub meeting pledges itaelf not to return to work until tb hear tht decision of tht Conference of Delegates , on Moaday next , at the Sherwood Inn .

      6 . That the power loom weavers of Manchester , deem it the most unpardonable injustice , on the part of a great cumber of the foefcory masters , that they refuse to give employment TO MBS in their factories , but in their stead employ women , over wham they can tyrannise with impunity . We therefore axe determined that this cruel and us j art system shall be abolished before we go to cmr work . After ih& election of a delegate to the Conference on Monday , and a committee : of management . , the thanis ef the Bee&Dg were given to the chairman , and the meefeg dispersed in a peaceable and orderly manner .

      BLOCK PBI 5 TEES . —A numerous and respectable meeting of this body was held on Friday , the 12 th inst , at the Fairiield Tavern , Fairneld-htreet , to take irto consideration resolution * passed at a meeting of the Mechanics , and to hear the report of their delegates . Aft < = r the report had been given in , & resolntion was passed by acclamation that they , the Block Printers , adopt the resolutions which have been passed by the Mechanics'delegate meeting . Mr . P . M . Bropby was invited to address the meeting . He did so in a stalling manner , during which be acrozigiy recommended them to form themselves into a branch of the National Charter Association , as the only meaDa to secure good Government , and a protection for their labour .

      After a vote of thanks to Mr . Bropby , it was passed fey acclamation that they form themselves into the National-Charter Association . A Tot » of thanks -ira * tiien given to the host , and threfe tken fox the Charter , -when the meeting adjourned-to Saturday , the 13 th . : MOXDAT 3 TOBKI 5 G , P 1 TE O " CLOCK . The walls cf our tows are densely placarded with proclamations from the County and Berough magistrate * , dated , Town Hall , Sunday , August 14 th , 1842 . The proclamation states that the magistrates declare ail meetings of numbers of the people illegal , wherever held , £ od for whatever purpose called ; . and that the magistrates are determined to put all such meetings do « Fa , if need be , by force .

      The town having been placarded , calling * public meeting of the cotton spinners and card-zoom hands , to be held in the Carpenters Sail , oa ttaa ( Monday ) morning , at five o'doek , considerable exeiteajent prevailed as to -wbether . tbe Magistrates would disperse the meeting At the hour appointed , the large room was filled . NotwithstanfiiBg the Proclamation , the people appeared . to be determined to have tbeir nutting , and do the business fer which it bad been called . At about half-past fire , a factory operative » u called to the ( iiBir , who opened the business by calling upon the Secretary to state to the . meeting the result of an

      interview with Captain Sleagh , the Assistant Comsiissioaer of the Police force . He ( the Secretary ) said that having seen the Proclamation en the walls , he considered , it to be his duty to go to tbe authorities and inquirewhether " ihey considered this meeting as coming underthe . tem"ill ^ al meeting ; " when he was informed tbst it waj ad nicflfii Tnec . ^ pgj ftt least in the opinion of the MagHi&at £% of . Manchester , and that they weredettnain ^ i to ^ ut . ^ ft op iajt , and not to it only , bat to every meeting , whatever va » ths object . Bat as they had assembled togethez they would do their basiaeea as qmck u possible , and then dissolve .

      The following xenihttioB * -wf *© carried nnani 1 .. " That thU we&sg ia xtetezmined not to com-Jatnce work until their employers agree to work the fcne length of time as other trades ^ viz ten hoars per a * j . for five day * in the week , and eight honra oa -Sltnrdajfc " 2- *• That this meeting coniiaeni that their wages ought to be advanced one-sixth , one-eighth , and onettnth . to make op the deficiency of the reduction ha the hours of labour ; and also that those employers / who have betD paying lea than the more bonouiable , should be *» nttt to the Bame standard . " *• " That Qw : meeting is determined not to commence * erk again unHl-such time as the employers agree to pttt at ead to that exaction made -upon spinners only , tt ^ aaiiBgUjEni pay for the artificial light they work

      * - . "^ hatatepeta&on he appointed by tZOs meeHng , f ^ T ? ** lSxtBCa men , to wait npon aewhole ot " ^ W ' - ' iQ-lSt ndwter and ita vidni ^ , for the purpose of iaftwnfiag them of our determination , and J ^ JJJ ^ * " * . if possible , toscquieace with oar * " That Mother meeting be eonveoad for the pur-^« of rearing ths xepotb of ti » delegate * sonfereace , ^^^ plaee . fef which will be hereafter stated by I " That this meeting pledge itself sot to return to iTV *® fce Chattel be the law of the land , shoBld tee Ttadetf Cotfarenee so decide .-, ^ Wr thanks bei ^^ ven to the Chairmaa tie xaeefc-° g *» P » iBted before the authnritiMamved .

      W ^ £ ** ' ^ a-o ' cJo * . all is yerf peaceable ; but bo «« going oo . A Bxsd determinattoo , oa the part of ¦* People , U trongly ^^ jfwifed .

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      GREAT- DELEGATE MBETIKG OP THE TBADES OF MANCHKS 7 EB , aKD THE WHOLE SCKBOBSDlKf ) - DISTRICT . MONDAY EVENING , HALF-PAST NINE . This important meeting iesumed its sittings at ten o ' clock a-m ., at the Sheardown Inn , Tib-street , Mr . Hutchinson in the chair . A committee was appointed to scrutinize the credentials of delegates far ascertaining that all were legally elected , and that all were tona ^ . representatives » f trades . Considerable numbers of persons , induced by intense anxiety to hear the proceedings of the meeting , were assembled outside ; and though nothing could be more peaceable than tiieii demeanour , it was thought advisable , considering the temper or the authorities , that they should be entreated to disperse and go home . Mr . McCartney was appointed to . address them to that purpose . Great caution was exercised to preserve the integrity of tbe meeting by preventing the admission of persons with factious or improper credentials .

      A discussion arose on tbe admission of two delegates from Mossley , they presenting credentials purporting to emanate from all the trades of that village collectively , whereas the meeting , by resolution , on Saturday , had determined to entertain none but strictly Trades' delegates , each representing a trade . It was agreed , however , that other to ^ ns in the district which had not been represented at the meeting on Satu'day , could not be expected to adhere to that resolution , because they might not know of it ; and on this ground the Moss '; ey delegates were admitted . The large room being bow found to be too small for tbeir accommodation , the delegates adjourned to Carpenters' Hall , where , after the muster-rob was called over , the proceedings of tbe meeting were resumed . It was then arranged that each delegate should in rotation state to the meeting the opinion cf his constituents , and the instructions he had received irom them as to the steps utcessary to betaken .

      There was exhibited , as might have been expected , a difiWreDce of opinion amongst the thousands who were represented by the several member * of this important meeting as to the precise object to be recognised as the distinct purport of tbe strike . Some , and those the majority , were instructed on the part ef their constituents , to disclaim all minor and secondary objects of contention , and to declare that their resolution was fixed to uphold the strike on no other ground than as a means to obtain th « Charter , for which purpose they were resolved to maintain it to the last extremity . Others , and those principally from Staly bridge ana the . other localities in which the strike bfi ? an , were instructed that their constituenta regarded it merely as a trades' strike , a question ef wages , and irades' rights ; while a considerable number of pL . ces , without giving any opinion of their own , expressed by their delegates their readiness to uphold their Brethren in any struggle that mi « ht be deemed advisable , and to

      abide therefore upon the dec ' sion of that wetting , be the same what it might Daring the day tighty-flve delegates thus delivered their instructions , representing all the respective tradis of Manchester , and of moat if not all tbe towns and villages within twenty miles thereof . To give their state menta xriaUim would bo merely to occupy space -with repetitious . The great question seemed to have been , with each trade , whtther tbe contest shonld be a mere trades or a political contest , and of their decision an analysis is given feelow . Of the eighty-five delegates , fifty-eight declared for the Charter ; seven for making it a trades' contest ; nineteen to abide the decision of the meeting ; and one , thB representative of tho Etone masons of Manchester , stated that his constituents were individully for the Ch . arter , but that he had no instruction from them as a body , and could not therefore pledge them to any precise course of actien .

      -The most intense interest pervaded the assembly tbe whole day . Their deliberations were marked by great earnestness and extreme good order . An imposing array of military , specials , pensioners , and policemen , were several times marched past the door of the Hail , evidently with the intention oi intimidating the delegates . A message -was also sent from the authorities to the curator of the Hall , having for ita o ' pject tbe inducement of him to eject the meeting for fear of consequences . This however he refused to do , and the delegates , quietly continued their sittings , treating the

      threat and menace with a proper and dignified contempt , their object belnj legal and their means ptaeefaL A committee had been appointed to draw np an address to the trades and the public generally . The address was read and discussed ; but tome of its expressions being thought a little too warm , tbe delegates being determined to act with such prudence as should disarm even malice of its sting , recommitted it J&t further consideration . The meeting then adjourned its sittings until ten to-morrow morning , at tbe Hall of Science—th 3 Carpenters' Hall being engaged to-morrow tot Hunt ' s monument festival

      -Manchester has during this day presetted to the conUmpl&tive mind a scene fraught with interest of a somewhat fearful character ; the streets crowded all day , with passers to and fr » , whose only business seemed to be anxious enquiry after the news and exchanging opinions * and prognostications of the prospect before them . - . ' The utmost peacefulnesa of demeanour was remarkably obstrveable on the part of boih people and authorities ; work ss totally at a stand ; all business nearly bo ; shops in the mest fitquented and public street * closed in all day ; and yet all comparatively quiet as the grave ! not a brawl , not a murmur , not even a policeman ' s truncheon visible . - Early in the morning the walls were covered with a Royal Proclamation and a Proclamation from the Magistrates .

      I passed during various portions of the day through most of the populous district of the town , and save the menacing procession by Carpenter ' s Hall , have seen no indication the neccessity for the obtrusion of extraordinary provision for tbe maintain&nce of order . Nothing could be more peaetful and praiseworthy than the conduct of the people , an 4 though the military , police , and pensioners , are said to be all under arms . ** i ri many hundreds , soaae say thousands , of special constables sworn in , with the exception beforeoamed , I have seen only one soldier out of barracks , and one policeman in the streets , during the entire day . The following placard has been plentifully distributed ; "RUN FOR GOLD . ' —Labour is suspended ! Public confidence is shaken ! Paper is worthless ! Ran for ( xold ! Every aovtreign is now worth tcirty shillinga 1 Paper connot be cashed ! Ron ! middle-classmen , trades , Odd Fellows , sick clubs , money clubs , to Savings' and all Banks , for gold 2 gold 11 gold !!!"

      Numerous trade societies and other benefit societies are said to be-acting on its advice , and the banks are being ran on . The benefit societies of one village are reported to have drawn £ 5 . 000 this morning , a spirit which cannot be better characterised than as indicating tke cool but fierce deteimioation which seems to animate the whole populate b . Hc . vr ' s Monument Demonstration . —Ourreaders sre aware frcm the announcement in the last week's Star , tbat the committee bad very wisely determined to forgo tbe procession . Mot content , however , with this this concession to their timid fears , the authorities , on Sunday , sent for the Reverend Chairman of the Committee , and several communications passed between him , the committee , and the magistrates , from which it appeared to be tlie determination . of tbe latter to act

      with "unconstitutional authority and disperse the intended meeting , however legal and peaceful both in its object and its bearing , though every fair pretext for doing so had been removed by the determination to hold it on the private property of Mr . Schole 2 eld , when it could by no possibility have interfered with public convenience or safety . Determined , liowever , that the ruffians who seek an affray with the people should , if possible , have bo pretuica upon which to make one , the meeting has been put of , and will consequently not take place . The tea-party and ball , however , go on in pursuance . with the public rotice given , notwithstanding that Sir Charles Shaw , even while receiving the assurance tfiat tha meeting Bhould not take place , refused to pledge himself that the company * ehould be permitted to take their tea in peaccfulness .

      The above was accompanied bj the followiag letter to oar publisher : — *• Dsab . BTobsos , —Herewith you have the news of the day . There is " no mistake" that the League are at tbe bottom of this movement . I will srrite more folly on this point by to-morrow morning ' s post . A WASBANT FOR THB ARREST OF MR . O'CONNOR IS LYING IN SIR CHARLES SHAW'S HANDS ; and if lie come he will be , at all haz-iTds , arrested . So ' at least the Magistrates told the RoV . Mr . Scholeaeld . ** Some tjbinglite three to four thousands soldiers one here sow , all under arms . Oa the Leeds and Manchester railway is a special engine carrying two nine pounders , and the men to work them on its tender . A troop of riflemen are also ou the line in readiness to move on any given point , for the protection of the line /* Tuesday mondng * a post brought the following Utter : —

      TdSDAl MOB . KJHG , NINE 0 CLOCK , - DEAB HOBSOH , —All is quiet still—magistrates and military parading the streets—no meetings to be holden . The people still determined to uphold the strike , and to have the Charter ! " after © is up use in trying to reason witt them ; Ibef *» rtsoj ved " to try it oa . " I have mixed a great deal among them . Yesterday I talked with many , ' I find all in " one mind , or nearly so . - — " well try this strike on . Well hold out as long as ever we can , and , d—n thsii eyes , if It man eome to a tussle , we'en dee hard . " I write von last nfcfct that tte meeting in anniversary

      of PeterXoa } y « been abadoned . ¦ 1 went last night , after ten , to the Moaley Arms , to inquire for Mr . O'Connor . He had not arrived . The waiter told me that he had been informed by sssveral gentlemen that Mr . O'Cennor was in gaol , having beta arrested , for violating , at Nottingham , hia peace articles . I have a messenger now gone again to am after him . My messenger has this moment returned . Mr . O'Connor has not arrived at tbe ilcsley Arms ; but Mr . Heywood says that ho ia in town . Mr . H . has" se « n one who travelled with him . If he to ia town , I believe that be will be arrested .

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      MANCHESTER , TUESDAY MORNING . The peo pie are all out , as on yesterday . There has beeanobn ^ ach of the peace ; but all is in .-breathless anxiety , aw , aiting the adjourned meeting of trade dele , gates , "which is to take place thia morning in the Hall of Science . A large placard has been posted , signed "A citizen , " in which all tbe vituperation that a malignant enemy could make up , has been heaped upon the heads of the devoted Chartists . We have been informed by a person in connection

      with the New Bailey Prison , that out of those that have been committed to prison there is not more than five can be recognized as parsons of ehavaetCT , the others are all well known as common disturber * of the peace , and but for whom , and the class they belong to , we would not have even these Sve deprived of their liberty . It being known that Mr . O'Connor was to be in town to-day , many were the anxioas inquiries after him , particularly when it waa reported that a wnrnHK for the apprehension and detention of his person hw been issued aeainst him .

      The authorities are at a loss what to do : for the works are all standing , and the people walking the streets in tbe most orderly manner . ' Every plan that can be devised has been tried to make the people break the peace , that there misht be a pretext to re-enact the bloody work of 1819 , but without avail ; in fact , the meeting of trades ts-day in the Hall of Science . Camp Field , "was -turned out at the point of the bayonet ; but still the masses bore the unwise proceeding with patience , calmly aw . iitiDij their time . The working men are determined , v . i this tim 6 , at least , to prove to their oppressors that inttlHgence has opf-neu their eyes to all their schemes and their treachery . The above is a sample of the parade of power u * ed * : to . enslave the toiliag millions .

      Reports are bonrly arriving respecting the disrurhed - state of Bolton , Blackburn , Wigan , Caorley , and Preston . In the last mentioned town , report Bays that there are two persons killed , snd eleven dangerously wounded . A report has reached us tbat fourteen of the ; Rifle Brigade have been brought into this town prisoners , under a Btrong escort , for refusing to fire upon the people ef that town . A detachment of the 60 th Rifles were sent per railway this morning to Wigan . The yeomnary cavalry are out in that neighbourhood , under the command of Lord Francis B ^ erton . In Saiford , the shopkeepers are beginning to find that the working classes we their bent friends ; and thby therefore called a meeting on Monday evening , when the foUomog resolution was passed : —

      That we , the shopkeepers of Salford , do render the p « opie our assistance , both pecuniary and otherwise , to obtain their political rights . " Notwithstanding the peaceable demeanour of the people , the military , police , specirl coE * tab ! es , and aJi the old pensioners , are station edin various parts of the town , ready to act at a moment s notice . It has been rumoured tbat Sir Robert Peel , Sir J . Graham , and Lord Stanley are in town to-day ; if so , they must see what waa never sten in England bt fore . Taey Will iearn that To ? y steel ia ; d Tory lead are as much hated by the people as ever ; au-. l that they look with confidence to xhv net vtry . 'distant- time when all the UDJust powers of Waig and Tory factions shall pass away , and the reigu of peace and plenty commence . " Bills have been pasted on tha walls , of which the following is a copy ;—

      " Committee Room , King-street , Aug . 16 th . " At a meetiug of Spinners , Manufacturers , Machine Makers , Millwrights , Mechanics , Printers , ' Dyers , and others , it was unanimously resolved , "That the mills , and other public works , ia Manchester and Salford , bo not opentd for work until the workpeople therein employed signify their desire to return to labour . This is looked upon by some as an insult to their povertj-stricken state ; p . nd it has caused many to say that the masters shall be the firet to invite them to work ; that they have worked too ong for fciuall remuneration ; but . that they are determined to have protection for their labour for the future .

      PATRICROFT . Four mechanics have been arrested at thia place , and taken to Manchester in custody . The names of three of them are E-I ward Williams , Alexander Braid , and Andrew Shorts . Tho name of the fourth we have not yet learned . What tho charge against them is ¦ we can have no conception ; unless it be the refusing to work for wage-reducing employers . It is rumoured that warrants are issued aeainst others .

      HEYWOOD . The people of this locality are all out , not alone for wages , but also for the meats of protecting their labour . Mr . P . M . Brophy addressed a meeting of more than 10 , 000 persons , amongst whom were a great number of the middle classes . All appeared to lt « impressed with the conviction that nothing short of an extension of political rights to the working man can ever ameliorate his condition .

      ROCHDALE . All the hands employed in mills and mines in this populous district are ou t Tfcere has not yet been a breach of the peace . SMALL BRIDGE . Great efforts on the part of the Toriea has been made in this village to bring the people in collision one with another daring the past week , but all their efforts fcave been fruitless . The Orangemen belonging to two Lodges kept here were out in their robes , and a band of music , yet so cool -were tbe people , - . md so determined to keep the peace , that none but the Orangeman , who wers infuriated with drink , could bo found disorderly ; and in instances not a few , they were seen fighting amongst themselves .

      LITTLEBOROUGH . All is at a stand here , not alone for wages but also for politics ] justice for the millions , tiowe ot the trades , particularly the calico printers , are an ill-used set of men ; their employer , Mr . Hudson , only paying every six or seven weeks . But in explanation ) it should be stated , that he gives them a . ticket every week to his brother , who keeps a " badger ' s shop , " for ten shillings worth of provisions , and , as may be expected , that which they receive is of the worst description . This conduct , and the conduct of another employer named Scbolefled , who abates the wages of his workmen and often pays them in cotton goods , makes tbe poor people here call out loudly against oppression ; and to advocate most strenuously tbe Charter as the only means ever likely to remedy the evils of which they so justly complain .

      BA . CUP . The men of Rochdale entered this village on Monday morning , and held a large meeting . The magistrates an * about thirty of the 6 lst regiment of foot were soon on the spot , ssi the inhabitants of Bacup , many of whom had never seon a soldier btfora , took to their heels , tothetunoof "De'iltafce the hindmost . " The men of Rochdale , however , soon rallied them , and the meeting went on , but not before tbe magistrates read the Riot Act The people , however , persevered and

      told the magistrates , and officers commanding the soldiers , tbat they might shoot them if they thought proper ; but the meeting was a peaceable one , and they would continue it . Tho magistrates and soldiers then retired to the top of the hill , while the meeting went on for an hour and twenty minutes after the Riot Act bad been read . The meeting concluded by giving three cheers for the majesty of the people , and passing a resolution that they would not return to their work until they got an extension of political power through the enactment of the People ' s Charter .

      ASHTON-TJNDERLYNE . ..- - ¦ ¦ : - FIUDATt . The town is in a atata of great excitement , in consequence of the mills all being at a stand , but there baa been nothing like a breach of the peace . Meetings continue to be held every morning at five o ' clock and at six In fhe evening . Mr . Briwly , Mr . Hindlejand others address thsm . SATUBDAY . There was a meeting this morning at Bis o ' clock , and good speeches were delivered bv Messrs . Wolfenden , Taylor , Johnson and others . Ail was peaceable and quiet . The speakers all advised the people to prove themselves lovera of peace , law and order ; and to tuke tbe oaths to qualify to act as special constables to preserve the peace . The authorities have . " been busily engaged swearing in specials to tbe number uf about five handred .

      SUNDAY . All is usual on this day with the exception that large meetings were held morning and evening . In the evening excellent speeches -were delivered by Mesars . Spindle , Booth , Storor , Challenger and others . : Monday . At an early hour this morninB , the workies wended their way to the usual place of meeting ; Mr . EUis was called to the chair . Mr . Aitken , Mr . Htndle , Mr . Robert Lees , Mr , Woolifenden , and Mr . Challenger spoke , and called on the people to be united in action , to preserve the peace , and b « firm to their purpose . A meeting o' a similar description was held at sis o ' clock in the evening , and oil passed over very peaceably . . ¦

      TUESDAY . As nsnal , at six o ' clock this morning the people assembled ; ' and Mr . Hindis , Mf ; Pilling , and others spoke , recommending the people to Peace , Law , and Order . , ^

      SHEFFIELD . : . IUK 3 DAT . We had a very luge meeting in Paradise Square last night . A motion was moved and seconded that tbe trades of Sheffield do immediately meet , and appoint delegates to take into consideration the propriety of following the example of tbe men * f Manchester , and its neighbourhood . This was carried by all bands being held up with great enthusiasm . This morning large bodies of men assembled in almost every part of the town . They assembled-at seven -o ' tfocfc at an opua space of ground , near Ellin ' s Wheel . Tbe people were quiet , peaceful , asd attentive . Tee , Sm paper waa read . Mr . Ragg was called to th # chair , and Mr . Edwin Gill addressed the meeting , asging them to be peaceful an&fim . is tbeir determination ,

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      ;/ : ; ¦; .- / v ' , '¦¦ " ; .- -p ' reston . ; , - . ¦'¦ • . ¦' ¦' .,: .- ; : '' : ; . ' -. '¦ :- " •; . ; . . -. - . . - '' . ¦ SUNDA ^> AUGBST I * - Mr . EditOX , —The first time I wrote you waa wfcen the cruel eotton masters had loclttd out their hands to starve them into coinpHaiice with their low prices . I now write on as pressing , but a man . momentous emergency . - ¦ : ¦ : ;• . • ¦ .: ' ¦[¦ ¦'¦¦ , ¦¦ : . ; - > - ; -. ' ¦ ¦" .. ¦ : ¦ ¦ X- . ; ' - . . - , ' ;¦ ; : The fact is this , whether from the ant ' -Corn law League , or from ; the . more deadly enemies of rt « l justice , tbe people , to the number of fourteen , have bee . n shot---Deadly ebott f I and , as ^ the whole town pr oclaims , withoatauffioient cause beyond ; what was wanton 'yprovoked by the police . - : I do sot know that any are jet dead , but the third ;] odition at the Pretton Chronide says that five u » mortally wounded . \

      I have Jast returned from visiting three of fbe-dyVng aen . Wbataslgbil Men—poor wretched ikeletwv loofcing mea , with as wretehed-lookfng and as wayworn ^ wives by their bedsWes ; perforated by leaden balls . GnebaH passed , as I understand , tbrouvhtliebodr , justbelow the left breast . I saw the wound onthe front ; thei © the- jusvin at the right aide , and the third , the ball entered the spine . They are aU three dying . Then there are other two—e » e has bad his leg amputated ; the other is shot through the wrist ; besides these , I am told there is another whose bowels were pratrBded . Heisat his own home , l'he three 1 have seen , 1 am told the doctor says are fast going to their account . — Correspondent . another an © more detailed accotjnt . august 14 th , tem o ' clock ,, ,.: - . ' :: ¦¦ ' ; . - . "' ' '" evening . " ' ' : ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ : - ' :

      _ With this letter i send , you a Preston paper , ef Saturday last , wherein yon will perceive the awful aad melancholy destruction that has taken place in our town ; and I will give you a brief and fatthful accountof the eauee of the turn-out , as far as I have been able to collect information . ' r - : On Thursday evening last , about six p- < jlp <* , I was summoned to attend 5 two persons , who were waiting for »; e at our Association Room , and reported to have epme from Manchester > , 1 left my work , and proceeded to the place , when I was accoatad by a person , a perfect

      stranger , who a * ked me- " what we intended to do in Preston ? " * I immediately replied , that I waa unacquaiuted with their mission , consequently I could not answer the question , and begged to know what he purposed to do ? He stated that he came from A * hton-nnder-LyB 6 ; that the whole of tho workmen in ManctieBttr , Ashton , Staleybrldge , &o ., See ., had Bt ; uck . work for an advance of wages , and that he and hjs companion had been deputed to Preston , and pther places , to endeavour to get the working men to follow tho example . . . ' ¦ ¦

      It soon got buzKd about that the * e \ vere two peraons from Manchester bad come to Preston , and in a short time the room was crowded . They requested to briefly address the uieetingthat uight . which beiniJ ! granted , gave a plain statement of the turn-out in Ashtou , arid that THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF ASHTOX HAD SUPPDED TUEvi WITH FUNDS to oppose this reduction : and- if the working men in the various manufactuTing dtniricts did ot turn out , they were snre to be sacrificed in Ashton , Manchester , < tq . < tc . Challenger ,: bis companion , followed . in the same strain . On Friday morniDg , about eight o ' clock , I ws given to understand that a party of weatots In tbo employ of Mr . Ainswcrtb , had struck work ia consequtuce of a reiJuction « f wages to the amount of threepence per

      piece , whlth Ayonld amount to two shillinga and hineponcQ froin eftch person ' s wpek ' s wages ; tho reduction was for th ? work beins ; too thin , ; and the weavers JihcI in a great maoy instances put two picks in the quarter more than the ; full number requiired . Th « :-p !« cea ate weighed , aad the materials from which they were worked were of too fine a count ; consequuhtly they would : not weigh the reqairad amount . Iwaa thaii informed that Aitken and Challenger had been addressing the weavers in Chad wick ' s Orchard , and that when the meeting had left there , they bad gone to turn out the mil ! of Mesars . Paley . Now , you will bear in mind-that sotttig Thomas Ainsworth is a rampant Corn Law Repeu ' er . ( Query : VVas thifl abatement of Ainsworth s pre 3 ODCorted before these Ashton men came to Preaton ?) v ' : ¦¦ V . ' : .-. : - . ¦ '¦ : ' ¦ ' ¦' ¦ ' . ¦ - '' ¦

      Before ni { ht . every cotton-mill was turned out without any resistance ; and all done chiefly by boys and girls . . .. . ¦;¦¦ - . ' :. ... - " ; - . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ;¦ '¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦' ¦; ' / ' . - .. ' ¦ . ¦ . '¦ - At eight o ' clock tjhere was a very large meeting in Chad wick's Orchard , which was addressed by Aitken , Chillenger , and Odleuin , the last of whom proposed a . rtsolutionU the effect , ' "That thi meeting pledged themselvestp strike work until they bad a fair day ' s wages for that work , guaranteing iu continuance , with the Charter . " '; Large numbers collected in Chad wick ' s Orchard on Saturday nroraing , as earjlyaa six o ' clock , when it being reported tbat some of the mills had resumed work , the crowd repaired to Messrs . Sledden'a machine shop , Nurthroai , and attempted to force the gates , ' but were ultiniately compelled to turn out , after several windows bad been broken and a few Blight -wounds inflicted on both Bidei , —the workmen throwing pieces of Iron at the crowd , and they in ' return using stones .

      A detaihment of the 72 dd Highlanders , twenty . one in numbtx , entered the town this morning , and ; headed by the Mayor , Mr . Samuel Horrocks , Mr . Jackson , a magistrate , and Mr . Palmer , the Town Clerk , marched down Friargate , to MeBsrs .-Payly ' s ! mill , acoompariied by Mr . Banniater , tha auperintehdant of the borough police , and about ten or a dozen of the force under his command , where a party was endeavouring to force out the workpeople . The party-. . ' bo eHSaged fl'jd towards the Cora Exchange , Lane-street The police and military marched in that direction , when several stones were thrown at ths police , ' and aisort of innning flglit was kept up all ths way to Lhne-street . When the soldiers had got near the top of Lutie street , the police

      being in the tear , and each how and tbefi running after the boys , striking them with their staves , and retreating under the eovelr of the military , the Riot Act was read , and the police stating the soldiers were going to fire , the soldiers made an opening for the police to puss through , and the fatal word was given i They did fire ! and , on reference to the Cftronfc / e > you will perceive the destruction tbat it has caused . People could scarcely believe their senses . Biota have before happened in Preiton but never fcefote was the military ordered to nre . The Ashton me ! , who bad been housed after addressing the people in the morning , fled immediately on , the people being fired upon , and left the town . : : ¦

      Another detachment of the ? eh Rifle brigade , about 150 in number , was marched into the town , and the 72 nd marched out , no doubt to stem the popular fury , it being the almost unanimous opinion that the Mayor ought to be tried for wilful murder . It being reported that there was a great body of people matching in from Blacbbnin , proclamations -wer ^ posted , forbidding any meetings of the people , arid calling for special constables . The public houses were all closed by six o'clock—armed men ' Btatioaed in all the mills , who kept up a fixe bU night at interyuls . But all paused off in tho night without any disturbance . 1 have been to see three of the parties wounded at the House of Recovery , and there is not the slightest hone for their recovery }—Another Correspondent ; -: : ¦ ; The following ia tbe account from the Preston Chronicle alluded to in the abovo important

      communication : — : . FIKING UPON THE PEOPLE . At about aix o ' clock thia morning , an attack waa made upon tho factory of Mr . Frauds Sleddon , Northroafl , under the foUowing circumstances ;—rT : hecr » wd called upon the hands , who were at wart / to coaie out aud leave work ; but so fat from the order being complied with , the men in the factory turned the water pipes upon the mob and endeavoured to beat them back . They were not sufficiently Btrong . however , to effect this purpose , and after some damage , bad been , done to the outside of the mill , the hands were obliged to turn-cmt Subsequently to this , at about eight o'clock , as the mob were proceeding op Luno-street , near the , Ifew Matket , they were met by a body of policemen and the military . The crowd commenced shouting and throwing stones . On Captain Woodford maki g to * ards them , as if to arrest one of the parties , he was knocked down . One of the constables , in endeavouring to

      aBsist , was struck a violent blow ou the arm witu a . Btick , and on the chest and in the face witk stone ? , An attempt was made to reason with . the parties , and ttey were informed that if they did not diflperaa , and cease their riotous conduct , orders would b ^ giyen to fir « upon them . The Biot Aoi was reae )* and the poiice baving fectn beaten back , the order to " flr «" was given , and several were wounded .: Four or dye wre taken into the Dispensary , ; and their wounds drwsed . The accounts vary as to the number who were wounded , and as to the nature of taawqunUs . One who w ' us ' s . hbt in the knee was obliged , to feave his leg amputated ; another ^ ^ man was shot through tub boiiy . Sotuo of the bullets Btvuck the house » i Mjr . Coup , the landlord of the Corporation ^ Arma , sevovat persons being at the windows . Mr . Coups son who was leading a horse to tho stable ^ had , a narrow eEcape , —a bullet ^ which had 1 passed ; through the wooden door of the stable yard , went ; whizzing past ¦

      bis ear . : ¦ ; ;; - . . ... -. . •' . . ¦ ; . :. : •¦ . .. . , - ; : ; ¦ , ' . There are several shot marks on the house of Mr . Coup . A bullet Btiuck the iamp-post . oppoaite the Angel Inn , in Lune-street , and glanced eff torough one of the windows . ¦ !; .-. / -, ¦¦¦ . ' . " ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ; ¦¦• . ¦ .. ' ¦'¦ '¦• ¦ : -, -V ' At thiB time , ' twelve o ' clock , quietness has been re « stored , but of course there is a great fermanfc in people ' s minds , and business is almost at a stand fitill , although it is on * chief market day % '' : . ';; : ,. ¦ ; ¦¦ : ' / ' .. •¦ ¦ '¦''¦ : ! ' HAiE-FASt tyityE . ; We hear th » t eight have beau wounded : ; flve morr tally . Notice iB posted on the walls that the Riot Act has been read . —Pmtoit Chronicle . From an account furnished to the Times bg their owa Reporterwe extract the foliowiog : — ;'¦ . •"> ¦ ¦ .

      , It is scarcely known how many havei been wounded , bnt it is supposed from twelve to fifteen , sbm j of them mortally ; Five ; juava been takea to the Honse of K ^ covery , and in , the ^ cparse of the morning one pi the five had his leg amputated above the kneej the leg being completely -siUntoted by the ball . A la * .-?? ahot through ^ tbe Ittiat . the ball grazing bis aide ^ It ia l ) elAeved bis hand must be amputated . One tean was shot in the back , where , the , ball still refliaia ^ in the bone , aid 1 ^ cannot be extracted . T ^ o . are Bhot through the chest , and one is in an exceedingly dangerous state . There is also one man shot through the bo-Wela , which protrude in a "hocking maiuisr ^^ init fa »

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      Is ia a most precarious state : The niedieaT gentfeman «! . - u - ^™ en «^ ed ; to attend tfea sufeccrs states that he thinks four of the \» ouaded will sot recover . As may be expected , very considerable excitement prevails . Larg « opoating-bills have been stuck up to annpnnce that the Riot Aot has been read , and that people are forbidden to be seen about the sbrefats in 1 Sfonp * A proclamation has also been issued , and indeed the authorities are using every exertion to prevent any more assemblages . - ¦'¦ . ;"" : ¦ -: ¦ ., The following are the namea of the individuals in the House of Recovery :-r- V : ¦ \ ; ; William ; Petting , 21 , steam-loom weaver , in the employ of Mesers . Dawson . Ho was ehpt through the knee , and has had hia leg amputated . j ; WiJBani laucaeter , one of th 9 rlngl « idcra ( 23 ) was shot thwngh the body , and lingers without hope of recovery . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ . . ¦ ¦ ' . ''¦ , . ' . : .: ; ... .. ; ;¦ ¦ ¦; " ... . - , ' :.

      James Roberts ( 20 ) st « aai-Idpm weaver , in the employ of of MessrB . ( Gfardaer , ia ahofc throngh the Wrist . : , ¦ "¦ : ¦ : . Y ; ¦ - " V . ¦ ¦; .. " ; . ¦ ¦' , ' ; ; " ¦ ¦ ^ , \ ' \ ' ¦ ¦; . John Mercar ( 2 T ) ia shot throcgh the body , and in not IStely to recover . Adam Hodgson , a shoemafiar . was shot throngh the fcacfc ; ' ¦ ¦'¦ - . -: ¦ . - ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ : ; . ¦ ¦ . :, "¦ :.: ; : ; '¦ .- .- ' -: ' . ; . - ¦ Johc MWaroara was » shot through the bowels ; no hopes oieentert-sined of hiareoovery . Williara Moore isahot in the chest , mulls in a- very precariow state . He wqifced with Mr . Paley as a > cotton-spinner . The peoplei are ossemblh- ^ in different parts of the town , threatening to revenge the proceedinga of She morning .--2 Ym « ft S ¦ MtaSDA-Y EWZNINGfc FIVE O ' CLOCK .

      The towa has remained quiet all day , and the ^ vboJs of the cotton mills and machine shops- resumed work at the usual hear this morning , with the esiseption of Ainsworth ' s , Ctedners > and Weaverai AboutjtOO of the-Rifles ate eent from the town , and theii ? place had been supplied by tbe Wigan Tepmansy . CaTalry . One : of the wounded men died this morning , ^ Jamas Alercer , aged 2 ? . There is another trick being played here , by ' < some scoundrels in Manchester sending lettara represonting that tiui people in Manchester ai- » abootlng the soldiers like eparrows , done no doubt to incense tbe people and harry them into acta of . yiolenGev . If anything mpie should take place I will let you know . ^ CUESDAT EVENIMCv EieBI etotOCK . -.

      The whole of ibe mills and other works h $ m continue at work , with the exception of Ainsworth ' s weavers , who first * bu ; k- 6 ardner s started at noon , to-day . Sowerbntts , a boy who -was wounded on Saturday , died yesterday ; and a warrant was issued by the Coioner , to remove the body from the house where he died to the House of Rteovery . A JUry was emparin «\ led this morning , who sat at the Court Hoase from eleven o ' clock , p . m . i to four o ' clock , am . ; and then returned a verdict of" Justifiable Homicide . " , ; There is still a party of the Rifitj CprpB in the town , and the different mills are guarded every night ; but there is nothing unusual except the bustling after workine . hours wiia persona anxious to hoar the news .

      WIGAN . JIONDAT EYEKINQ , SEVEN O'CLOCK . A large crowd , amounting in number to some th 6 ft > sands , entered tbis town to-day , and immediately proceeded to the various raills , collieries , and factories , etoppiag th ? engines , and getting the ' hands' to join themi Having effected this , they marched out of the town towards the seat of the Earl of Balcarres , at Hay f in which : neighbourhood there are a great number of collieries . Oil their passage through the town / they Cpmmittvd no vioience to property . They asked for

      provisions ' , from the shopkeepers , which was of course given to them . The principal streets are crowdei with peaeeab | 0 operatives , and no fears are entertained for the safety , of the town . A company of the 72 d Highlanders , undar the command of Captain Baifcurr is stationed in the town , ready to act promptly , when required . A / disturbance is reported to have taJcen place at Hindley , four miles frein this place , and Cant . Balfour bas despatched thirty soldiers there , at the request of the bounty magistrates . Hinrtley contains many cotton mills , and all the hands have this day been

      turned out . . ' . . Every inhabitant of Wf gan and the surronndSn . ' ; townships have closed their shops , ¦ warehouses ,: &c ., find business is .-totally suspended . Upon the shutters of Beverftlof the closed shops , are po > sted copies of resolutions entered into at the Sherwwhl Inni Manchfater , to the effect that the workmen there had resolved not again to resume work until the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . The sticks which the turnouts had with them wer » very formidable an < l destrnctive weapons , about ; half a y » rd in langth , and about the thicknasa of a constable ' s staff .

      BLACKBURN . . ¦'¦¦¦•' .- MONDAT . We have had pretty work here to-day . Several hundreds of people fram Haslingden , Acarington , and the neigbouxhood , catne into the town about ten o ' olook this forenoon , aad proceeded tostop theuiill of Messrs . Brieriy and Rodgatfc , In Fartber-gats . A numbsr of them ( about fifty ) got into the mill yard , when the mill owner shut the gates and sent off to the police station . Ths police soon arrived , and though there had not been the slightest disturbance , they commenced cutting about them right and left most unmercifully ; one man . got Uia brail law ajiaarrim a , cuciass , ' and waa oCaerwiae severely wounded on the cbesk ; esveral othera ¦ were weunded , though theydid ^^ not make tha Ieai > t . re 3 iatance . About twenty were taken priaoners and conveyed to the Barracks . A number of soldiers accompanied the

      police . From , this place the people went down to the mitlB belonging to Mesars . Fiulden aud Townley , which they , afcopped . . They then proceeded to Mesara . Lives » ys and Rodgett ' a mills , Whalley BankB : Here they were again followed by the soldiers and police , headed by tbe magistrates . ' However , in spite of this force and the opposition of the proprietors , they succeeded in stopping the mill . One of the proprietors was severeiy injured , and a number of the people were made prisoners . The Messrs . Turner ' s rail ! was ; the next that was stopped . The mala body of the people then caaae over the fields to If ovaScotia , and stoppad the mill 3 of Messrs . Bocles , & Co . They then wttut to tha Messrs . Hop wood's mill , where , on those gentlemen refusing to stop the mill , they broke several windowa of the Lodge forming the entrance to the mill yard . The military were , s > ntfor , and the crowd diflpers ' . d . '

      Mr . J : Eccles ' s mill was the next they proceeded to stop : thiB is situated in Darwon-street .: A few stones had been thrown , when two men , who worked in the mill ; ware so foolish as to fire upon the people . This so exasperated them , that showers of stones were thrown , demolishing most of the windows on one side of the mill . The military were aoon on the spot , » ad succeeded in ' capturing four of the riotero ; these ^ together wltti tie two who fired from the mill , were conveyed to the barracks , previous to being examined before the magistrates . On conducting these men up Darwen-8 treet , some > peraon threw a etono , which

      struck the officer in charge of the prisoners ; that funetiouary immediately turned round , and ordered the soldiers to fire . They did so , one part firing up the street , and th | 9 other down : fiva or sii pstaoaa wets shot ; ong ; a poor woman , who it appears waa returning from wurk , was shot in the back , the ball , I understand coming out at the abdomen , aud she ; noi * lies , without any hope of recovery . Two others were shot in the thigh ; the rest "were but slightly woundod .. At the time of writing this all Is quiet , though it is reyprtod that great numbers will be hero to-nxorroWj to eiop the remainder of the mills now at worfe . ¦

      ' : ' . ; . . .. .. ; . . TUESDAY . ' ¦ ; The whole of this day , up to noon , has been spent in making preparation 3 to beat the rioter 3 b * ck ,-Bhould they attempt to eome . Xarge . < i ^ aiititio » of atones , bricSa , &c ,, bave beeri piled up on ihd . roofs of the different niills at work . ; About half-pait one or two ©' clock , a eonsiderable number of persons arrived from Darwen , and proceeded tO ' Mes 8 r ^ . H 6 ' p . w ^ oi ^ i 9 : ' mUI , ' : 'With . 'a ' . yienr ' ' to iet oft * . the water from the boiler . On meeting with resistance , a row took place , when several of the oficiala of the eatablishuient , armed with pistols and other flre-arma , fired indiscriminately upon the people , wounding , in a very severe manner , several children and "women . One man , more brutal than the rest , actaally ran a cossideiume way ' after some children , and . then fired amongst them . About fifty more have bean taken up at Further-gate , bttt tiue reason has not transpired . : -

      " •¦;'¦"¦ ' TODMORDEN . , . ;• - .,. ^ ' We expected to be visited oh Taesdaylaat , as we lind heard reports . thai a great quantity , of people were nisving about fromplace to place stopping the factories , but we were-not disturbed until Thura < 3 ay . = On that day there came a prcceasion from Rochdale and surrounding places . Previously to this the authorities bad sent £ ot the BOldifcty-froja' Buraley ; and about an hour befor « t ' neprocesaion entered , there came about thirty of the 11 th Hussars , Princa Albert ' s Own , and took up tbeir station in tbe yard belonging to , Mr . Uuckley ' B factory , now atanding . The officer , accoaj- _ panied by Measxs . Crossley : and Taylor , magistrates , want to Mr . John Fieldea , M . P . and requested him to stand out against tho turn-outs . The following -dialogue took place : r-Officers-Mr . Fielden , if you want any protection I shall be happy to assist you . ^ :

      ' .--.- Iklr . Fieldea- ? -I ; thauk you .. for you * ^ ; oSfer , but I can do without your assistance ; for I believe the people ; want nothing but . ¦¦ *? a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work , " andV ^ p ^ hiU haee U . ' h > ' " 'X . ^^ Mr ; Qrossley , ' Magistrate—1 understand they want to be the masters , and want to make the laws . .. : i Mr . Fielden—I beiieTO , Sir , they- want nothing but right good English laws agreeable to the CtenBtitotion ; but at allev « s » ta TwaHinone of ' Toraassistance . - , The officer , had . ws ^ wates wen {;! ai ^ ehagrinedL . Y' : ' :.. ' . Y . ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' < ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ i / - *}* -rv ^ v'V WWf I 4 UVW ' ..... ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ . -, . ; •¦ . ' - ;¦ > J- i' ¦ ' - "'

      . A meeting otthe operatives was held , at which xeBolutions were paased , pledging thut they would not go to their employ again until they got the wages of 1840 ; and that femalea having ciOldi ^ a ; eveifcpjia , should , cease to work where machinory ita used ; ^ d that the favuxabx labour shouia be " only ten per dsy .. The people Who had stoppea vroxk ; callBd andtjit ; i ineeting for saven o'clock , and they cobflnaed the resolutions paased at the former meotiiig ; and also passed another to the effect that they would follow the example Bet them by the Rochdale people ; and that they -would meet to tbe motniog and fona into ptooefiaion , and go

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      to Habden Briage , MytholinrDyd , and Cragg . to reiieat the factory masters to - atop . Accordingly they ' . ' mat at the appointed hour-, and sneh a rayeting I atyer sate tot numbers : arid- deterniinsition . 'i'ho procession proceeded to thei ; places , named ; and all the ualla atopptd . MeetiDgs were boiQen at Mytbolmioyd and Crapg ; and similar ¦ ;¦ resolutions to those agreed tq at Todmordett were passed unanimiusly . y- ; ; ; ¦ ¦ . All ; ia quiet ;; ab breacfc of the peace br » s occurrscl as yet There are two hundred special cananKes parading thetown . V

      LASSWADE , SCOTLAND . Deae Sir . —A friend has jns > shOFn mo two letter * froin Danfermline , from which it appears that the weavers sadf colliers are ' - ' 'rising there , that they had ttk fire to two factories , gutted several trncksh » ps , and seriously maltreated a number of constables aad " police . I have 'also jnst learned that foot soldiers from Stirling and Edinburgh Castle , and dragoons from juc& ' a Ladga , nave beea oider ^ l there ; ... ! ' . ; .. ' If snch are the proceedings in aurrimar , and the destitution of the ueopi « still increases as it must increaae , how will it be in winter ? : N . B . it is currently reported here this morning , that t * e town cf Paisley was in a atato of awful ri «> f oa Saturday bijfht last ¦ ' - ¦ ¦' ¦ - ' ¦ : : ¦' .: ¦ ¦ ' ;"" ' : ¦ ¦ :. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ¦ ' W . DiNIE-LLs . August .. 15 th , 11 pm .

      IB&S-QVT . » P THE COtilKSS Iff THE EMPtOT OF imE , DtJKB O > BVCilEVGH AND THE MaKQW * op LOTHIAN . ^ Oa account of repeated reductions of wages , and hunjberlesa other , acts of oppression , the coal » in&ra of this district hare straefc woric this day , arid ar > determined to work no more notil thsir nianifold griavunotsare redressetl . : They have pertly cbma to this resolution , in order to assfatt their brethren . Thus th * . colliers of Airdrie , ; Dalnmraoek , Fife , F . i ? - kirk , MM and East Lothians are aetioif in conce . rt r Should tBSs strike continue , the ; moat purt of the iroa ¦ works and manufactories in Scotland vtill be at a stand for coal . Sow this will end no one bnovrs—tbers is flvideutly a orisis approachinar 1 ' . ¦

      : ;¦¦ , ¦ : ---: : . ; . r DnTSEERMLlNEi : •' _ ' ; . ^ . . , " . . "¦' - " The Whig papers wiil no doubt resr ^ senfe tho distarbanceij » . Danrern » Vine during this week in the ; 'blaebe 8 t" colours , and ahun all aUnsion ^ o the provocation which tho people lebeived before ihey atteiapted ' 708 X 8 tance , The facts toe these ' . ' —during theso te « t si years pasb , ' the less respectable part of the wianufacturera , those of them that ha < i not one siiJling they cDBld call their owe , have pursued a veattttous system of reducing the wagesr every now and then , and hava employed e-w' ^ mear ia ' in tbVir power by C ; ippi ; ig , ^ Jbbliag . asii curtailing , to ' bttng their woikmuu to tlia starvation pojnfc They at length carried their avarice bsyond ehdurance ;'" until :-their own wkiedmssa over- ; took themselves . The people wouid stand it no longer ;

      and with the asalatancecf that most unjustly oppressed clasa—the colliers and miners , they rose st » snaise v It is riot my-purpose to entes into details r suffic * it to a » y , that after two nights of dreadful work—tha aring of factories , taming oat tha contents of ona of those aborainable track-shops , &c ., the sheriS ? , along with the better part of the manufacturers , stepped in , and . withfcbehelpof a pnblfc meeting , brougotrnattera to an issue . Thei avaricious raastera , in fear im « 1 treniblingv and in presence of the Provost and SberifiF , signed 5 recantation of ^ their piopoaed reductioa , by adhibiting their names to the . former / table of wagta . Ttey have gotten a iesse ' n : they thoaght they had nothing more to do than fleece , and fleece again ; but they found a ti ? er

      whero ^ they thought Sbey had a skeep . Every cneof them has discovered there <; in bs bs > :. '' protection for property if there is no protection for labour . It is t& 9 duty of every man of property to rise up in dtjtcimiaed hostility against theae systematlu reducers of wages . Thsae men , take them thronghout , aie generally found tit lasft' to be thbusands behind in tha world ; living a-on 9 by piuHder .- These are the great& = t « itiuies the men . of property , bave to fear ..- ' Tne less a popuVation has to liva upon the more desperato it wiil becouie : ; ami with a desperate population , everything is insecure . ' A , week , or a duy , iaay wrap a district in fiiinea , and make him who ia : to-day jn ^ epehdtut , . to-morrow a beg « ar . —Correspondent . :

      THE SCOTTISH COLLIERS . : ( From the Glasgow Chronicle . ) With regret wo . haye to announce that the miaera of Airdrie , Goaibndgo , and vicinity have resolved to continue their alarming and extensive sinks , and that . the potato-fields in this quarter are still ravaged with the Tsmit barefaced audacity . The millitary are . still stationed-at Airdrie " andGoatbrid ^ ej but their preaence seems to be af little avail ia reatrainins the * starving de ^ Mda tors . Ou Monday night last a largo potato-fiel'J near Calder , the properiiy of Mr . ] Lindsay , was completely cleared of its contents ; and ou the sa , me day , another field at Ra ^ bash , not more than half a i ^ iile from the head quarters of the military , was similari visited . Indeed , . so far as appears

      ances go , tfeisturn-out vrould Seem ta be . the moatalarming that has ever taken place in the mining districts in the west of Scotland * Ai a large njeeting of the cQilters oa Saturday jaat , they resolved uriaotiimously -hot to return to their employrijejit until their * reasouahle " deinaiuls were complied vrith ; and at three district nieetinjasiieid on Monlay that , resolutiou-wis deliberately c . p , niirjnjiii ^ . Wliateyer bo tneir prfeseat " circaiasia . v . oes the colliery appear to bp united and determined to continue the strike , and this resolution ; the condHot of the employers at this maeting in Airdrie , where the sheriff prerided , on Friaay last , would saem to have o <> iisid ' embly /' ' Btrengthenyd ^'' - ' ; At ' . Jbha . ty ' '' . incetiQg . '' / the ' : ' fa 6 t 8 . ' adduced , and vrbirh aro now made generally known

      throughout the mining districts , have tended greatly to excito the Sympathy of the commuuiiy , and to render the conduct of the masters exceeduijily uopopular . One or two of these it yvill bo sufficieat ' . to detail . The caen complainpd ( and asserted that it was . a grievance , without exception t inievery ocalrpit in the fleighbourhood ) , that ,. instead of trying tho quality of che con euts of their hutches by a riddle , the openings of which should not boinore than ona inch fquara , tha masters have adopted the use o ( an article called a " skrek , " which is jE [ enerally from 8 to 10 feet in length , and ita burs from I to 2 A jnchea apart , through whichi coals of oonsidGrablersizsare suffered to di / op , to . tho great detriment , and injury ; of the profits of the workinaB , it bein ^ ffenerally

      understood that tho men are uotpaia for any coals that go through thp bars of the skrek ; . ; .. In thiB way they insist they are defrauded , not only of tbi small coals , for which the masters get as high as 63 . per 30 cwt ., but of a great quaatity of larger coals that find their way through tbe ' - ' . article inquestion . The ? were also lt > ud in complaint aftainat , tne truck system , praotiEed by nearly the whole of the masters , the eflfect of . which ia to compel the workmen to pay an exorbitant price ; for their provisions and other necessaries . The men also complained that their paj-days had been unnecessiarily lengthened from a fortnight to a month , by which ineana they were kept out of the u ? e of ready money , and compelled to have recourse : to the 1 toasters' storea .

      Another grievance which was pointedly referred to , was the system of taking ibtsrest from the nieri , at the rateY of Id . per , 12 d ., and la . per psuud for all monies paid them before the pay-day—even while such / wages were fairly earned and wrought for . The VpractlQe of condemning ^ huiches / ' found to ccntain the araallest pkee of stone , was ; also . seireiely dwelt upon * These complahits aud ptb . ers oi- ja . simjlar character were adduced at ta ^ 1 meeting ' of ma stera aud workmen in Airdrie , over which SherifF Alison presided , and the paltry defence of the masters has anything but satisfied the clamorous demands of the miners . AH the furnaces at Calder are extinguished , thor © are 5 . ye out at Efuadyvaa , ; ejghi- * s ^ ansher fiei aadL two at ChapeJball . The miners have , appealed to the shopkeepers for ' assistance ' to carry on tho sir is . a ( and wheait is considered that ^^ many of thein ar *

      altogether dependent upon the coUiersifor a $ ubsistenca , it will not . ajppear ^ wonderful that . thei ? : s appeals areattended id ) , jihd in t&isrwiy consicleraf-. ble sums have been raised j gams from' 53 . to £ lire '¦ extensively I contributed ,, and one grocer , we , ar » Informed , is : so inypVved ia tie succgas of the , ; coljj liors , ; as ; to find ' it hjs (' iateres | i to ; effer them ^ tfie lloari ef , £ 150 , to ^ be ^ etBrned yfh ^ n they-get iaio employiaest . ; ¦ w v ' .: ' - . ..: vV- '' - ¦ ¦ ' / . ¦;* : '' -: ' . - .: ¦ : r . ; y- ' : ¦ ¦; - ¦ It isbut fair t , o . th , Q ine ) j - , to , | tat « ,. ni 6 teitli ale ^^ tKitai every ' njeeting thevjjivfi ^ ljel | ; U has bee ^ strictiy enjoined on ; tES in ^ all acts of yiolence , and' to '' condnct themsshea orderly and . jpeacejibly . A great inariy of the ' collier ? have feft the towns tor the ; haryest , and at number more >' to .. visit / their friejad . s , " bat the numbers ia , tha towns are istUl BujEciently im . ^ . p dwDg . ¦ ¦' .- " .. ¦ - . .- . ¦ .. ; .. ¦; . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ :-:: , : ^ | :: V >^ ¦ :: ' - The following circular wag extensiyely circulated by the miners m Airdrie yesterday \ - ~

      . "Sir , —Ab a general request , could you find itcpaveflient to attend , a meeting oi the respectable grocers and tra 4 « rs iu and arouud . Air ^ iMe ,: at , iW O * o'clock in the afternoonj at the Masons' lLQd ^ e » when you will fiad on the table a peution from | the > coal asd ironstone miners , stating t » - yon our circumstances , and tho prfcseat necessity of oar demands ! Should this meet your approbation ,,-we will expeot to hear favourably from you . . v , . ' , '_ -. x- ¦' - - ¦ -. : "By order ortheCommittw . i " Meadpw-hea 4 , Augusk 9 1843 ^ - . ^ - In answer | a tb ^ t reqtteat , » meetiag of ahopr keeDers M& heldift tb ^ MasQns * ¥ fol r , &fieif ¦< A aw ? morial , ooataining a detail of the principal grievauces of the colti »? 8 lay on the tabl « for exatainft ( i « n' . \ Ac the meeting several euma olT raon « ysw « r » sabaojibed , andafrieadiy f ^« liii | jtuwards tJt » e colliers & © aer » lly exhibited . ' :. " :- -S'i-- v ¦; ¦ - •;"' - "; , / > ¦ ¦¦ ¦^ e ^ -j -. u-vU :. a \;

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      EOCKUNQTOM .- ^ -On Monday eveaiiig , Mr . Rigby , irojnLanca 3 bare , g » ve » 8 oui « stirriBgieciawi to a large and attentive ; audience ; . Ta&- meetiog was convened at half an hour ' s notice . Mr . liigbjr conuaenoed : like an auctioneer , offering for fiftieth * general freedom of . msm ioj the lowest bidder ; bui no one would bid leBS than tho ' whole hog '! - " A publicaa and a few others -came forward to joia aa » N . B . Any leoturer intending to visit this town , mast give us at least three days' notice , and bring bia credentials with him , either Xzom his owa locality ( where he was member last , ) or from theGsnexal Eseoatiye , otherwise he cannot t » xewived .

      State Of The Country.

      STATE OF THE COUNTRY .

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      - THE NORTHERN STAH . i-. J . ' - ' > y . > - \ : ' - - : - -- ^ - -:: \^ y . ^' -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1175/page/3/