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    f Continued from onr Third page . POTTEKIES . SHELTOS AJiD SiKiET . JlOKDiT , EIGHT O ' CLOCK , A M . The work of destruction has commenced . At the dose of a meeting , of which I gave you an imperfect sketch this morning , a body of colliers and others marched to the Hanley and Shelton station-house , demanded the key 3 of the police , opened tho leck-np , cleared it of all its arms and irons , and released a boy who happened to be confined for some minor offence . They then marched to the hosse and office of Mr . Gibba , of Shelton , the contractor for and collector of the poor-rates in thiB neighbourhood . Here they smashed every , square of glass

    in the honse , destroyed the furniture , - and literally covered the streets "mth tae fragments of the tora ooois and papers of ihd office , severely maltreating and personally injuring several of " the police who were on the spot at the time . From here they marched to Stoke , on their way to which place they . met : he stipendiary magistrate , Mr . Rose , who was OH his way to Hanley . for the purpose of presiding over the court , which should hare been held shere > to-dav , bat whioh , for the present , is suspended in ocns-q-icnc ^ of the riots , fie was in his carriage or gig , ins horse of which the rioters immediately turned , and Mr . Rose was glad to retreat as fast as he coald wjthoai receiving personal injury . They then came to tie office of the Court of Requests , on

    wmch they made an attack . This place waa gutted , and all that could be destroyed . Having arrived at Sioke , they proceeded direct to the Station-house there , best in the door , seized all the arms and irons , as thi-y did at Hanley , and having seized and severely b * aWu the person of Stonier , a policeman , and leaving biin ia irons at the Station-house , they proceeded to T-. nton . Hers they also made an attack on tha polic-asratioD , and having cleared it of all it contained , xuarcbed direct for 5 mrire Allen ' s . The rioters , I believe , have completely gutted this gentleman ' s house , and are now on their way Ur Mr . Ros = ' b , tee stipendiary magistrate . A body of soldirrs , from Hewcastle-nndtr-Lyme , are just gone to X . jugi <> a or Lane-eDd . Sao / uld lirey meet with the noiers , there will be bloody work .

    IITB O CLOCK ., P 3 C I have jns » returned from making the neoessary inquiries . Mr . Hose ' s mansion is entirely gutted , pot a halfpenny-worth of property is said to be left in it . ^ Windows are smashed , fonatara destroyed , money , pla ' . e , and olher valuables carried off , and now The rioters are said to have gone to the Stoke poor-housa . All trade is suspended—the shops are closed , &v . 4 no man dare follow hts work from fear of the rioters . What wiii this lead to ! Where will ii end 1 Who may be the sufferers to-night no onec * nieU . All is confusion aad terror . When the soldiers appear , the rioters are fled , and thus are the former chasing the latter without the least effect .

    ITJRTHER PARTICULARS . BU 1 KIK 6 AKD DBSIBOTXKG , TUESDAY MOBNDiG , EIGHT O ' CLOCK . Last night the mob smashed the Rev . Dr . Bay ley ' s house , and burned it down . They have destroyed the Rev . Mr . Atkin ' a house , and burned it down . The house of Mr . Perkins , magistrate , is burned down to the ground . Mr . Forrester ' s house , of Cobbridge , Agent to Lord Granviile , is gutted . This morning , ^ as tie omnibus for Birmingham left , the driver ! met thousands marching to Burslem , in a line i of road occupying two miles on length . All I is in the utmost terrcr . The town of Hanley is : in a most alarming state , feather beds , furniture , ; and all throwing about the streets . I have . '

    not fc ^ ard that any of the owners of the houses were persouaHy injured , bat they must have narrowly escaped . What to say about the troops I know not . AE I can say If , that I am told they went to Leek , where it was said rioting was going on . * They returned here this morning , and are moving about - in all directions . The omnibo 3 wa 9 stopped yesterdsy at Shelton , and the guard's coat torn off * his b ; csv They did not attack the passengers . I r g t beicg obliged to write so disjoiRted , but I am WiriLuig for the train , and obliged to write as I can collect facts . I have just heard three men were shot by the soldiers at Hanley . and that the seat of the I > a > e of Sathsrland and Mr . Copeland's house were in danger of an attack .

    BTTRSLEil . At a meeting of the unemployed colliers of the Pot tery district , held in the large room , at the George and Dragon , in Hanley , it was -tmanimonsly isiolved , — That it is the epiinon cf this meetinf , that nothing b «» tie Peopled Charter « a give ns the power to have 11 a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s works" and that one and all pledge himself to Bland out for the same , in the hope that the whole of the colliers ia Great Britain will do the same . "

    A ^ oTETEUBEGGrse Brigade of colliers an&oUiera eater : u the town of Burslem on Friday at noon , which has caused amongst the rich no small alarm . Almost all the tise since Saturday loght last , when our little town was taken by storm , we h&ye been guarded by a tmnC rtf > : r ^ ao * a »> . » ••—^—t * X f ^ m ^ f M Ott / j , Vttl VJ day , in conssgaeBce ol tha demand for tbeir services at Manchester , they were mirchdd to the " great" town . Scarcely an hour elapsed before there appeared a number of men who went direct to the Town-hall , and took into custody the " blue bottle man" on duty . They took him do'sm to the bouse of Mr . Ry lea , head policeofficer , End there demanded one of their pegging boxes ,

    ¦ whidi -s ? a 3 tauten from the three men apprenended on the Ssinrdsy previous . Ko sooner liad they obtained possession of thsir box : than they released their prisoner , and apain commenced begging . They railed first on the publican , who a few nights before , kicked their box to the floor ; now he gave than XI . They thea -w « Kit to the Head police-officer , Rylee ; he was bom home , but Mrs . Bjlts gave them 5 s . The amount collected altofeihar , amounted to between £ 13 and £ 14 Postere are outx&ilEg £ 20 retrtkid for the appreheasion of the parties offending , on the Saiarday night ; aod others are also out on the part of the tum-outo , ofierlng £ 100 tex the head of the first informer . All is COHfusion .

    IilPOniAST PUBLIC PaCPZB . KEETISG ] In ccffiScouence of the great depression of trade in Otis district , distress prevails to an alarming extent , and that diitrasa has lately been much aggraxated by tbe l » te corners strike . The two Union Bastiles are crowded , awi Uiere are many thousands receiving outdoor reli&f . The Barslem Bastile was hnilt to aecomo date 350 . There is now 850 in it . The relieving officer rt-iievbd 1 , 000 last week J On Sonday , July 3 irt , the paupers walked ia procession through the whole cf the Potteries . Xbey beld

    two meetings , and determined on holding a general meetiDg . Accordingly , a committee iras formed , who invited all the gentlemen and clergymen in the neighbourhood to attend the meeting . They also issued circulars and posters , anc aimcing t&e meetirg for August 9 th , on the Crown Bank , Hanley , to take into eonaidfiration the cavses that produce the present alarming desatntion ; and to devise some mean * to apply a speedy remedy . When the time of meeting came , the gentlemen and parsons were not there ! Some few of them sent nuZn of excuse .

    Mr . W . S . Ellis was called to the chair , -who , after making a few appropriate remarks , and reading letters from Francis "Wedgewood , £ nj ., Wm- Bidgway , Esq ., and R . chard Daniel , Esq , apologiHiag for non-ittendasce , introduced Mr . Jahn Kidiirds to propose the first resolution : — " .. . - . "That thi 3 meetiiig viewj with feelings of sorrow and regret the unparalleled distress aad impoverfehaient tnat haiigs iiJse a pall at gloom over out neighbourhood , and threatens to -engulf the 'Whole of the hadxntrioua classes , and which is rapidly extending its ravages to the middle ssd manufactur'ng classes af

    society . Tba meeting feels eoovmeed that there must be BsifleVhlng radically wrcn ^ ia that state ot society -whicu , possesses illimitable means of prodndhg ¦ wealth , an iB-uscriws , bcare , iatalligent , aa 4 ingenious people , uided fey roechaoical , cbemieal , kd& scieotiiis discoveries , unjaralleled in the history ol tl » -world ; asd yet , -nfith all these inestimable advantages conferred upi _ > n them hy Divine Providence , ptesenU to the eye of- tfce ptaanthropbiflt nothing but Poverty-Jn Bags , and P&ttence in Bespalr , ThisBtats of things calls f \ . i the immeqiats intexferenee of evexj lover of his ctuEiry to stein the tide that threatens to ovar-• wh | tai 3 . Uin nniversal poverty . "

    It is uupossibte for me to giTe you any idea of the efisct ot Mr . Biehssd ' s speech * He spo&e in a strain of th& most fervid eloquence for as hour and twenty minutes . Whilst he was speaking , the paupers of CheB Ba-tils , marched sp to the meeting , sis abreast , 2 , 000 in number , headed by a band of mimic . Mr . Win . Evans seconded the resolution , by adverting io the intrcdnotien of machinery ; Stating that Vith it another class of capitalists had sprang into existence—the 2 do&aiso >"' 8 , the Marsralls , th& 0 &EG 5 . the Ps&u , ttn AEKWE 16 HT 8 ; and the Cobdexs , whose interest lay in the profit arising from its prt& ^ nt use . These men had been the agitators for the Reform Bijl , and tiiea far ibe Municipal Corporations' B > H , to get poYer into tiieir own hands , it -was these men who . had raised the cry that population pressed hardly apon £ he means of subeisteooe ; for they

    saw that they must in some w « y account for the fact that those wbopiodnce 4 all tbe vealth -wm being « ap * r » foCsd , by xoBchinery , ami noticed to poTerty They thea raised ihi » mnW-po ^ mlstion cry , and derig natoUi s ropeaeded "hand * " at » " surplus popalation . " - Io get rid of tliia rtrphu population nugratiott vaa pot fartti by tbam , as a panacea for the evils «» have to ffldnre . WbaJtbase men , the PtOP * gato » « # «» doctrfaes - of ^ Msreea , fonnd public eF&BtikSw Btrong for them—wian the / found that - nmjui&wBumpetB not bnttaKsed and deaoniaeal , « WB ^ b to iSB ^ d » their o » n ofi ^ riBg , they mpported " 3 **! P »* * e ^ ittea of WMg ohrutian leglalattoa , ^ U » intensl Heir Poor Ijnr . The only pian that oonld - ¦ ¦ wflevoUie « isttn « poverty -woold be tbe wrt ^ rtfe toee ; «« S&an « lfiw ^ landfa ^ tfcejmaBp 3 ^ red laboBr of - -- ttewuiitry . Ttwre veN £ ourte «» iBiiiioni of acres of on-

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    cultivated land , which -would mnch more than supply with food , clothing , aud shelter , the starving population ; and it was the height of cruelty for a Government to sea the people starve , whilst such abundant means existed for making them happy . They voted immense stuns of money tar the carrying on of -war in India , for the benefit of the East India Company ; they could also redeem the blade slaves , at an immense cost ; bat the white slave was not an object of their compassion . Mr . Moaes Simpson proposed tbe second resolution , namely— it is of

    ' ^ That opinion this meeting under tha distressing circumstances that have plunged the working classes into such a state of helpless Buffering , an appeal ought to be made to the upper classes of society for pecuniary assistance , towards in bobib measure temporarily alleviating that distress of which thousands of onr fellow men bo justly complain ; and this meeting feels convinced that they -will respond to that appeal with true Christian liberality and old English generosity . " Mr . Simpson first defined " charity . " Ha observed that when he saw such a vast amount of -wealth piled up on all sides ; clothes-shops foil , and men naked ; ha

    corn warehouses loaded , &n ^ the people starring , was forced to the conclusion that we only wanted a better system of distribution to enable all to live well , and not " charity *; yet he thought that , under immediate circuuiitaiices , the upper classes , who had taken all , conld not consistently o . ^ jecfc to allowing a small portion of it to revert back to the producers of it . If working men -were not better protected by the lawi , we should soon see tha middle claBs in the same position . If the operative could not bay , of course the shopkeeper could not Eell . He wished to see self-supporting institutions studding the country , instead of Bastilesinstitutions combining agriculture and mechanics . We want our rights—justice , nat " charity" ! .

    Mr . Hamlet Booth seconded tha resolution . He was a pauper . T was hard to be a poor pauper ! It was an TmbB- ? iab ; e position ; -and the only COQSOlStiOQ hd had ¦ was the reflation that those who were not on tha pacpeti * bocks were in tbe lawyers' books I He had expected to have found tbe hustings filled with the respectable gentlemen of the neighbourhood , to advocate the cause of the impoverished ; but they were not there ! None shewed , themselves to be only Sincere friends of the poor but tbe Chartists . He bad been an industrious steady man all his life ; but was at last a pauper . There were a thousand at least in the crowd like to himself . . "¦" :- ' ¦¦' ¦ "

    , Mr . James O . dham moved the next resolution : — " It is the opinion of this meeetinc that the distress which guawing the vitals of the British population can never be permanently removed until the People ' s Char ter oeeomvs the law of the land . " He spoke for an hour in sb eloquent acd argumentative style that rivetted the attention cf the audience , and must have convinced the setptfeal or prejudiced of the justness and reasonableness of the truth and efficacy of the principles of Chartism . , The resolution was briefly seconded by Mr . Henry Forster , when that venerable old Chartist chieftain , Mr . Capp * r , rose to submit to the meeting the adoption ¦ of a memorial to Sir Robert Ptel . requesting him to furnish the Pottery Chartists with 10 . 000 stand of arms to protect tne property of the district . Mr . liidhardBon seconded it

    Every resolution was passed without a single dissenting voice . Ten thousand persons at least were preseot A troop of the 3 d Dragoon Guards were under arms all the day ready u > act at a moment ' s notice . The Burelera Tories are staggered at the midnight visit of last Saturday ..

    HANLEY . MOSDaT EVENING . I write in haste to acquaint you with the state of this district , that is what has taken place within a few hours . A preat meeting of colliers and potters took place in Hauley MarfceV place this morning at nine o ' clock ; a body of eolliew proceeded from tSence to a co&l-work where some men were employed , returned to tho town , set at liberty some prisoners for light offences , stripped the Police-office of the bocks , papers &c , which were torn to atoms and strewed about the streets . One policeman was slightly iDjared ; but as par police are more respected than any ot her in this district , no farther injury was done them . The mob then proceeded to tbe house of a poor-rate collector , who ia very

    unpopular with tbe working classes , broke every pane of glass in his house , demanded his books and papers , which were soon commitUd in fragments to tbe winds , strewing the streets in all directions . From thence they -arc * to tbe Court of Bequests , destroyed the books there also , and cut the head of the clerk , a gentleman much respected iy all parties . Proceeding to Stoke Police-office , the books there shared tbe same f » te ; the furniture was broken , brought out and bomt in the street . Here the military ( a company of tbe 12 th ) , with Bailpy Rase , Esq ., a stipendiary magistrate , &i I heir head , -were announced j the mob divided , one part going the Lane End road to decoy the soldiers , whila the ' other parted by few and few , ar . d met at the mansion of Thomas Allen , Ejq , at Fenton , where they demolished tha furniture sT > d searched for aims tit

    ¦ Jbeiug reported there were 500 stand of the old volunteers ) , but few -were to be icwnfl . They then went to the fcous © of Baily R > s 9 , E » q ., who was leading the troops in another direction , being completely outmsiiwavred by tbe mob . He arrived at his house in about five minutes after it had been completely gutted , ixL , fumitavo , braka , ocsx , tlcsuuytHl ; In -tact it Was s complete wreck , done by the very party of -whom he -was in quest It ia further stated that Stonier , an unpopular polioem&n , has had his arm broken . I have just he ? rd that the Ft ; nton Police Office windows are all destroyed . Everything that could be burnt -was piled up in two heaps and set on fire , to the great hazard of bnmiEg the bouses , on Which the inhabitants were forced to throw great quantities of water .

    ' At Lane-end Market-hall ( a police station ) the books were destroyed . Every article was brought out and burnt ; they afterwards set fire to tte Market-ball ; which waa extinguished after the mob left the town . A troop of Dragoons has just entered . — Sun .

    STAFFORD . Two troops of the 12 th foet arrived here on Thursday the 11 th inst , and are stationed on guard at tne Gaol it ia supposed they will remain here until the strike in North and South Staffordshire is at an end . On Friday , the 12 lh , Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , -was announced to lecture to "tbe Crispin brigade of Stafford Chartists , '' in the Market-place , at seven , o ' clock , when all that faction couM do , ox malicious ingenuity suggest , was resorted to , to prevent and intimidate us from holding the meeting . Specials" were sworn in , Composed of Borne of the greatest blackguards in the town , as if for tbe purpose of breaking the peace . At seven o ' clock precisely , Mr . Cooper , accompanied by Messrs . Peplo-w and Hunnib ! e , made hia appearance in the Market-place , where the people were assembling in

    great numbers . The rostrum being planted , Mr . C . with several friends mounted , and proceeded at some length -with good-humoured ironicals to dilate on the doings of the aristocracy , and drew a strong contrast between the salary and condition of the " silvertongued lady" with those of the wives of the working population of England . At this stage of the proceeftiDgB , a party of Boldiers , prompted by their officers and a county constable , with seversl other tools of the party , commenced an endeavour to get up a " row . " To finstrate this , an adjournment was instantly moved to the Stone Flat , apiece of common laud a distance from the town . Thither the -people went , singing in gali&nt style , " Spread the Charter . " This had the effect of bringing num . bers to the meeting who would not otherwise have attended .

    On arriving at Stone Flat , the "Lion of Freedom " was given out and sung . Mr . Cooper ^ then proceeded again with his lectnre , and he made a powerful impression . Towards the doB » a rumpus took place with a tool of tne . Tories , named Gratidge , who had been encouraging spine boys to make a noise while Mr . C . was speaking , which ended in his being driven off the ground . The " Lion of Freedom" was again aung in grand style , Mr . Cooper leading ; after which , three tremendous cheers were given for tbe Charter , throe for Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , three for-O'Connor , and three for " eteneral" Cooper . The vast eontonrse of

    people then left the ground , and returned into town again , linked arm-in-arm , sineins . "Spread the Charter . " This " new move- of the Chartists seemed to electrify tbe inhabitants of Stafford . And on passing by the gaol , where the soldiers were on ¦ guard , they thooght the colliers were coming , and a scene followed which was laughable in the extreme Tbe soldtera raabed to defend the entrance to the £ odg « " safi seemed panic-strode ; the Governor and officers eaffing out to them to do their duty , when lo and behold it was only " Chartist rabble r TJpoa this three sky-rending cheers were given for Mason and his fellowprisoners , -which must have awoke them from their midnight slumbers .

    X > n 8 aturday night , at ten o ' clock two persons name j Edward Collier and Hemy Harris , were arrested on a warrant-which charged them with assaulting William Qiatadge at the Chartist meeting on Stone Flat the F «> vi ° as evening . -Bail being refused they were sent to the Lock-up until Monday moning .

    DEW 8 BUBY . TfKDSESDit HOMIKG , KIHE O ' CLOCK . A publie meeting was held on Monday eveaingat Batley Can , to « lect a delegate for tie Manchester Conferenoe , when it was agreed that a public meeting ahould be held ia ttre Market-place , Dairsbury , at six o ' clock in tbe -oumdhg . At the tone specified , there couM aot be lets tfaan 3 , oeo persons present The meeBng paaddraaed by Mr . Sheldrake and Mr . Dewhint . The meeting broke np at eight o ' clock in the

    morning . It seems to be agreed upon that all factories in tbe neighbourhood of Dewabury should be stopped for tte tunwmta Tiaited them , and thirty-eight were stopped during tbe -day . Every mill tbey visited had the boilers unplugged Not a aiogie mUl-master objected to tins . It appeared as if it was become a general understanding that it should be so . No accident occurred tbe whole / day . A meeting was held in Dewsbury , at six in the evening . There could not be less than 30 , 009 ; I heard tome estimate them at 80 , 000 .

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    About four o ' clock yesterday afternoon , front 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 people come down from Huddersfleld , and stopped all the mills in their way to this town . The magistrates have been sitting ever sinoe yesterday : morning , and have sworn in a large number of special constables . ' - ¦ - " ¦" . . . . . ¦"; ' .. ' .. , ' . ' ¦ ¦ -: ¦ ¦ The town fa all quiet aVpresent . There was another meeting held this morning , in tbe Market-place , and the turn-outs have taken off to Ossatt , Horbury , and other places . The number this morning waa very

    OLOHAM . Mondat Night . This morning , one of the largest meetings ever seen in this town took place in the field behind the Albion Inn . It was computed to consist of 18 , 000 persons . There were besides other sectional meetings of the trades met at the same time to elect delegates to represent their several bodies in the general delegate meeting to be held in Manchester A majority of the trades gate in their declaration for the Charter . Mr . Edward Clark and Mr . Bailey , of Manchester , delivered appropriate addresses ,-whloh were well received . Tbe bill-posters have been busily employed to-day with posting copies of the Queen ' s Proclamation .

    At seven o ' clock this evening , another very large and numerous meeting took place . Very energetic and soulstirring addresses 'were delivered by Mr . Samuel Yaardley , Mr . Cooper , Mt . Rylance , and Mr . Miller . The audience manifested themselves generally satisfied . We have no military in the town ; but the specials are still on duty in the Town Hall . There seems to be no earthly use whatever for them ; for all is peace and harmony op to this time . : - TUESDAY NIGHIjKLKVKN O ' CLOCK . Nothing of great importance baa transpired to-day . Tbe meeting took place this morning , at six o'clock , as

    canal , Mr . Sharp in the chair . Mr . Miller and Mr . Hurst , of this town , delivered appropriate addresses . The multitude then peaceably separated , and groups were Been standing in different parts of- the town , conversing and discussing together . All were anxious to hear the decision of the delegate meeting at Manchester . At six in the evening the people begun to gather at the place of meeting ; and the assemblage was considered to be one of the largest we ever had . Whenever the Charter was named , a universal barst of applause in stantly followed . Up to the time I write ( eleven o ' clock ) all is peace and good order . :

    BUDDERSFIELD . MONDAY MORNING ELEVEN 6 ' CtOCK . Daring the last week this town and neighbourhood have been kept in one continued state of excitement respecting tbe tarn-oats in Lancashire and their proceedings . On Friday , a report reached here that the Lancashire men intended to visit this town and stop the mills . Dr . MPouall arrived about eight o ' clock ou Friday evening ; and according to previous announcement delivered a lecture in the Gnttd HalL The ball was crammed to excess ; hundreds were disappointed . His timely arrival , ani the argumentative and profound lecture he delivered , convinced all who heard him , that they had nothing to gain by breaking the peace or violating the law ; on the contrary , thty had

    everything to lose . On Saturday morning it was generally believed the turn-outs were making rapid progreu towards the town , and were stopping all the mills on the roa 4 as they came . In the afternoon , smBll parties entered , and walked through the streets , » nd between three and four a great body of the turn-oats entered the town , having stopped the mills of Messrs . Amifcage , CroEslBUd , Starkeys , Fisher , and several others . They next proceeded to the factory of W- B « K > k , Esq ., magistrate , who made a temporary realstaice ; but he was pushed down upon his own coal heap , without ceremony , asd bid to stand out of tbe way , while they drew the plug from his boiler . This they did , and saw bis men out They then proceeded in a similar manner at several other mills , and prombed another

    visit on Monday . They also held a meeting on the Back Green , when the speakers declared their object to be a " good day ' s wage for a good day's work . " They related the sufferings they had endured , and declared a readiness to die rather than suffer hunger . They also said they would not interfere with politics , ntither Whig nor Tory ; they had good friends aniongBt both parties . They had nothing to dp with tbe Charter ; their object being to obtain better wages . Some of them complained of the men of Hmldersfleld , because the / would not assist for anything less than the Chatter , from a conviction that it was useless to go for better wtges , whilst labour was unprotected : and they were alsa unwilling to be made instruments in the bands of designing knaves for bad purposes . Someone amongit the turnouts put the Cbirter to the meeting , when instantly arose a forest of hands , amidst the most enthusiastic

    cheering . They then left the town in great numbers , bnt in the most peaceful manner . The nagistrates met at night , ana issued summonses to mtny shopkeepers , requesting their attendance the next morning ( Sunday ) at nine o ' clock , to be sworn in is special constables . The oath was administered duriig divine service . A troop of Lancers also arrived frou . Leeds ; and were confined to two or three houses . They were kept together on Sunday afternoon , upon the Bowling Green connected -with the CNorge Hotel , diverting themselves with that game , whilst thdr temporal mttiteTB w « e engaged at church . Darin g tie day , the magistrates caused bills to be posted in the ttreeta , stating they bad made euch arrangements that tbeir wo'kmen might return to their work on Monday morning with safety . MONDAY NIGHT . TEN . O ' CLOCK . *

    On Monday morning all was excitement . By five o'clock a large public meeting was holden on the Back Green , attended by eight or ten thousand people . They were aduressed , amongst others , by Mr . W . Brook , tbe Magistrate , who desired them to be peaceable , and to return te tbeir -work . Most of the meeting were disposed to leave the town , indeed a great portion of them had dtparted , when , by orders of one of the Magistrates , Mr . Arajtage , a large posse of sptcUl constables were turned oat to parade the streets , that they might be Been . This sort of challenge had the effect of fctopping many who ¦ would otherwise have departed , and of causing the return of others who were already on their way out of the town . The specials were received with groans , and other marks of

    disapprobation . As soon as they were drawn in , after performing tbeir perambulations , Ml -was comparatively quiet . Tho streets ware lined with peeple , wbostaowed tfco greatest jjood humour , reclining on the edges of the c luhewayB , and standing in email groups in the Marketplace , and other open spaces . The major portion of the mills and workshops were all standing . Indeed there were but 3 mills in the town and immediate neighbourhood that attempted to run ; and they were but very partially supplied "with " bands . ' They were respectively tbe mills belonging to Messrs . Crossland , at the bottom of Crossland Hill ; those belonging to the -Mt-Bsre . Starkey , ( magistrates , atLongroyd Bridge ; and those belonging to Mr . WMiam Brook , ( magistrate , ) in "Nortbgate . The troop of Lancers were

    uacier arms , ready to act at a mcmetit ' s notice Between eleven and twelve o ' clock news was brought into the t ^ wn that tne turn-outs from the " nj ^ per regions" of Yorkshire had arrived at the Messrs . Crosslaud ' s mill , aud -were entering it to stop tbe engine . Thither the soldiers , with tb& Magistrates at their head , and with a portion of the specials at their tail , hastened . : They found a number of people assembled on tbe sides of the road , sitting upon the walls , and otherwise amusing themselves ; but they found no disturbers of the peace . All was orderly and quiet , but the " bauds" were out of the mill . The Magistrates , therefore , withdrew the troops and specials , and returned to town . They bad scarcely proceeded 500 yards on their route back &g % in , when tbe mill yard waa entered , and the plug of the

    boiler driven iuwuidB , ao as effectually to prevent the working of the engine , for some time at least It was rumoured that the large body of turn-outs expected to visit Huddereueld , had crossed over from Marsden to aieltham , and that tuey would proceed through Honley , Arniytage Bridge , and some other places in the Holrafirth Valley , before they entered the town of Huddmfleld . This rumour proved correct . All the mills and workshops in their route were stopped , the •' hands" in nearly all instances joining them most enthusiastically . Where the mid happened to be worked by steam , the boiler was almost invariably un-plugged , aud the water allowed to run out Where water , power was the means of working the machinery ( the case with most ef the mills in the Hulmfirth and

    Marsdtn valleys ) , the sluices of the mill-dams were raised , and the water let onU This was done also on S » turday . in tbeir progress to tbe town ; and BO mush accumulated water was thus turned down the river as to cause a considerable rise , or flood . Some boys , who were bathing , were in great danger of being drowned from this cause . About a quarter past four o ' clock an immense number of the turn-outs entered the town from two parts : one sectionJby way of Caspel-biJi from Lockwood ; and the other by way of Shore-bead . rum Nnwsom . When met they proceeded in a body along Now-street , post tbe front of the George Inn , and down Kirkgate . The ( Jeorge Hotel was the rendezvous cf the magistrates , constables , and military . Most of ihe inni-onts had with them good thick walking ticks ,

    and some appeared to have been newly procured from the hedgt-rows . As they passed the " George , they waved and brandished these , good-humouredly , over their heads . They made no stoppage opposite the 1 )) D , but proceeded onwards to tbe Kill of Mr . W . Brook . in Nurthgate . ThiB mill had been partially worked during the day ; but at this time WOS entirely cioBed . as was every mill in the town . The crowd halted opposite the large gates-which dose the mill yard ; and a number of them demanded admittance , their object being , as they said , to satisfy themselves that the engine was not in a condition to be run in the morning . Tte gates being closed they thundered at them , and kegan to apply their sticks &s crow bars , to force them

    open . At this . juncture a special constable wh » happened to be present , and a friend that he had with him , exerted themselves to the utmost to dissuade the turnonte from making a forcible entry into the mill . They were listened to patiently and attentively ; and the lodge door being opened a number of those present Were admitted into the mill-yard ( with the consent of those having charge of the premises ) to see how matters stood in the boiler-honse . In two minutes tbty returned and reported that " all was right ; " and the crowd immediately began to depart , some along the Bradford Hoad towards Hill-house , and others passed down into tbe Leeds Road , and went towards Cooper Bridge . At this instant the magistrates , most unwisely asd most foolishly , came up with tho military . Most

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    unwfaely and mosy foolishly we again repeat : for not a penney ' 8 worth of damage . fiad been , done to the m \ Upropertyof Mr . Brdokjor indeed to any body ' s property ; and the crowd were quietly and peaceably taking ^ themselves away . Had destrubiipn of property been the ohject of the turri-outfl , they had sufflclent time between their arrival before the mill and the appearance of the military , to have had the whole in one entire sheet of flame ; but destruction of property was manifestly not their object , The magi * trates were in the moat excited state . Mr . W . Brook foremost , and Mr . Armytage was nexW The latter gentleraan in a state that defies description , screamed out .. MtJiB Blot Act is Rwidf dispersal ! disperse 11 ! " The appearance of thai magistracy and

    mUltwy was the signal for "halt" on ^ the part of the retiring Crowd . Great numbers of them returned . The soldiers galloped up and down the street backwards and forwards , trampling upon the people in the way . One woman x » aa much hurt ; and it was instantly rumoured that she had been struck by a lance , and wounded in the breast These proceedings exasperated the crowd , and npon the soldiers galloping some little distance down the Bradford Itoad , they were greeted with a pretty considerable shower of atonies ; plenty of ammunition of

    The commanding ofncnrwaB against this measure just then , and in that place ; and they returned , both magistrates and military , to . the George Jna , leaving the mill property of Mr . Brook much worse protected than before they mado their appearance . Good humour and quiet determination then animated the crowd : now these were drowned in exasperated feelings . As might have been calculated on , the crowd followed the soldiery into the Market Place . When there , and while there was not the slightest manifestation of disturbance , the constables rushed out of the Gr . orge , seized four men , and dragged them into the house in custody . This was soon bruited abroad ; and in a few minutes a number ef men armed with sticks and cudgels were seen approaching the door of the Hotel .

    They made bang-up to it , and forced their way info the passage ; laying on tbe specials pretty roundly with their weapons , and the specials in return using their staves . Tha object of this movtment was the rescue of the four men j ast apprehended . The specials proved the matters . The men were driven back , and at this instant the magistrates and military ealHed oat of tbe back yard of the Inn . i They had been there ready mounted ; and the commamiing officer had harangued " his men" to the effect that if thoy had to use tbeir swords they were to de it effectually I and if they received orders to fire , they were to fire slap bang amongst the crowd . The appearance of the military was the signal for a run oh the part of a great portion of the crowd . Some took sfaettetf within the railings of

    cellars ; others ran down passages and entries and those that could departed by tha ordinary roads . The charge was sounded ; away flew the sabres , and the half-iirunken cut-throats galloped amongst the retreating crowd , cutting and slashing in the most ferocious and brntai nronuer . Neither sex nor age were spared . One valiant sergeant rode down a parcel of women , and out at them wit& such vengeance , that his sword coming in contact with the wall , was shivered to pieces . Many were severely wounded ; some had portions of their scalp cot off ; others their heads split open ; others their arms nearly cut &ff ; and many others suffered minor cuts in various parts *' of the body . ; Tbe streeta were scoured In all directions ; tbe retreating people being followed in some instances by tha soldiery nearly half a

    mile out of town ! The conduct of the soldiers was inhuman and brutal in the extreme . The tewn might have been cleared without the loss of a Bingle drop of blood , had they exercised only common and manly forbearance . Instead of this , they gave * vent to their butcherlike paubsious ; and they were beard at night boasting over their cups of the " valiant" deeds they had performed on an unarmed people , those they had ridden down , beingchitfly women I ! " I did slash the b——r , " was heard to proceed from the lips of many a iking in the shape of a man , with hair on his upper lip to denote that he possessed courage ! As a proof of their forbearance take the following ; at half-past seven , two hours after the heart of the town was cleared , a number ot soldiers were at the upper end of the town .

    There is a vacailt piece of ground by the side of Wallet ' s Circus ; and ' . ¦ ¦ ' across this a man was passing , evidently on his business . There was no one elsejpear him . The street and road were perfectly clear : One of the soldiers galloped up to him , and brandishing his sword in a threatening manuer , bid him tqruit . Ho refused ; alledging he was going quietly on his own buaipess . The "hero" rode around him and around , quavering his sakre , and evidently debating within hlmsulf whether he sh ! oul « l venture'to cut him down , or not ; Eventually lie struck him most violently with tho flat part of his sword , and galloped forwards to the causeway of Weai-parade . Here the doors and

    the causeway w < . re lined with the inhabitants , who in that situation could see down into the town ; They were principally ' women and children , who had been observing the whole proceedings , and ' who were in fact at home , on their own door-stonea . Up amongst'these dashed eur moustachoed man-of-couroge ! first up ouo side and then up the other . This was mere wanton brutality . He lunged with his sword wherever he Could : aud in one instance , where the parties had retreated into their own garden , it having an entrance s » narrow that hU horse could not follow , he nearly fell from bis saddle In an attempt to reaoh them with his bntfcher ' s-knife . : ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦' . '¦ : . / ' - ¦/ ' . '* ¦ ¦ , ¦ . ¦; . : . . . ¦ ¦"¦ :.

    In our opinion , ( and the writer saw nearly all ' he has related , ) there waa not the slightest necessity for the employment of the militajy . If tbe magistrates had not been so unwise as to bring them into Nortbgate at the time they did , in al probability , ( judging from the temper and disposition evinced by the « rowd , ) not a penny's worth of damage to property would have been done , or a single blow stmtk . The introduction of the military at thai time led to blows : these led to exasperated feelings on 6 o / A sidcf : arresta , when the people were standing quietly , followed s these led to an attempted rescue ; aud this furnished » pretext for the instant employment of the military . They once out , had full opportunity of indulging in revengeful brutal feelings : and wounds

    and bruises , probably death itself , is tne result I A firm , bnt cool and collected magistracy , could have cleared the town without this . Choleric men , er arrogantly-vain men , are not the men to be entrusted with the preservation of the peace in times like those we are now living in . A clear-headed , cool man , as magistrate , would , ' ¦ not have had a single breach of the peace In the town of Hnddersfieid on Monday last , other than the mere entry of the crowd . He would have preserved and TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF , to the clearing of the town , the got » d humour continually manifested up to the poiiit of the military ' s introduction to preserve that which was not in danger , except in the heated and excited brala of W . Brook and hia oo-peaocpreservers . SvJch / times aa these try a man's metal ;

    try whether he ia a man or not ; or a lump of excitable bounce A man will try to make the best of the wont circumstances : a choleric bundle of passion ia always sure to make bad \ voaSis . "Precisely such was the effect of tbe xneasurea adopted by the Huddersfleld magistracy . The employment of / o > ce until the most urgent iieceasity presents itself , is always to be coi . demned : the vain and paltry array of force , of mere empty poropous parades , is no leas condemnable : Both these faults the Huddersfleld magistrates com . mitted ; and feelings of hatred and sorrow will be engendered in consequence : hatred on tha patt of those who have suffered froiH their want of prudence and tact ; and sorrow oh the part of ethers that men so incompetent should have been entrusted , with the playlne of such a difficult card .

    In the course of the afternoon and evening , eighteen persons were apprehended , aad placed in chains . They were locked up in rooms in the Gteotge Inn .

    . TUESDAY MOBNINP , EtEVEN O CLOCK . All has been quiet up to this hour this morning ; but the conduct of the msgfstrHby in setting on the military yesterday ,: and ' the brutal' conduct' of ; tbe soldiers when the orders to butcher were glvon , form the theme of coBversatlon with every ^ hodjr , A feeling of universal disgust is unequivocally expressed . Some of the specials , too , come in for' their share of It : Tbe gloatings and boastings of some of them over the havoc and slashings they had witnessed and aided in , will not ooon be forgotten ; and It will be' * . W * i | . " v&atl flpme of them do not hea * of them again toother davi ' ^ , There is not a mill runsfng that I can hear of . All are standing . The good-humoured feeling so manifest yesterday * has given place to B , ^ lo 6 my moody Bllence ; and it will be well if the matter end there . Ift ; ar that measures of retaliation may M resbked to j and that destruction of ¦ property may ensue . This is a fearful Btate of ttiingB'to contemplatft .

    T 0 ESDAT NIGHT , TENO'CLOCK . AH , as yet , are quiet here . -The town has been throng , but no Bymptoms of disturbanoe have been manifested . The prisoners apprehended yesterday have been examined , and three of them committed to York , for riot ; and a woman has been committed to Wakefield for two months for her share in the affiir . Several others have shared her fate . The examination was had in the house of Danaon , the polled officer , in the prison yard ¦ and a sentinel was placed at the door to prevent the ingress of all parties , except the law officials .

    It was rumoured this morning that Mr . W . Brook , the magUtrate , was so seriously Injured last night in going home , that he would he unable to attend ia town to-day . This rumour was incorrect to a certain extent , for he was present « t the examination just spoken of . I have heard that it la true that he waa attacked on his ^ ^ toad hornet aad that boU * M » . W . Brook and the specials who were guardhig him ( he lives some little ulBtauce out of town ) were strnck with huge stones . I have , also beard that a portion of bis family deemed It prudent to leave tbeir home fox tbe night , and take ahelter ( n the habitation of M * John Wood . ; . - . . ' - ; ¦ ¦' , ¦ ; >¦'" Vv . - ' -:- ' \ ., ¦ .., ; . : wy *''¦ .:. > .. Last-night , about ten o'doci , a company of foot soldiers arrived . Their services have not been called into requisition .. The other brutes have done enough 5 ' This has been market-day , bat there baa been no market I The town waa quiet , but there -were no

    buyers . .. * .. ¦* -r- - . : - : .... . . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦¦¦ ¦ :. ¦ / . ' . ••¦ "• ; . ^ . " ¦¦ :: ' ¦ All the mills In the town and neighbourhood are stopped . To-day the mills in Honley , Holmflrtb , and that dktrict bate been dosed . Some few places of

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    minor rate here , commenced work thla morning , but they were very speedily closed again . The Huddersfleid men seem to have caught the Infection from Xaincaehlre J for t am Irirorrned tiiat great numbers of them are gene to visit Dewsbury and surrounding places . ^ ' v *' . ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦'•'¦' : : \' : ' y . l ' - / : ^ :-M . ¦)¦ : ' * ¦ ' ^ .: ' ;/ - ; - ' . '* vr- ' : : V ^ ELEVEN O ' CLOCK . All is quiet here . More specials have been awern in this morning . Scores of fresh wen have been added . AU the men at Mr . Armytage ' sFactory , atMilnes Bridge .. ate sworn in as epesials . NorriB and Sykes ' s had arranged to begin work this morning , and rung their " hands" in ; bat Mis Magistrates immediately ordered them to slop . There is not a mill running today . Tbe streets are thronged with people , all anxious to hear what is doing . > v

    ? WAKBF 1 ELD . ' " ¦¦ : " ' ¦ ' }' . ¦ MEETING OP COLLIERS . A meeting of this useful though much irjarad class of men took place in Wakefleld on Monday last . Notice bad been given by handbills , several days previous , of their Intention to : meet and discuss their grievances , in -which it ^» aa designated "a meeting of coal-rainere , stewatds , and masters ; " but none of the laat-mentloned class appeared to be present The magistrates , under the apprehension of a disturbance taking place , had given orders for the assembling of the Yeomanry Cavalry , and the celebrated "crack " troop of Captain Fernandez / was accordingly para > iing the streets before the hour of nine , ready to cut up the" black diamonds" to iriince-meat . Fortunately , thete waa no occasion given for au exhibition of their bravery . * ¦ ¦ - * - ' . / ' v . ¦ ¦ * .. ¦ ¦ * . ' . , ' . , . ' r , \ v- '¦ " :,: - ¦ '¦ * ¦ ¦• ' •''

    At ten o ' clock the colliers assembled in the Muaic Saloon , which had been previously engaged for the purpose , and Mr . Samuel Mann , of Halifax , was called to the ohalr * He opened the businjess by expressing a hope that the speakers would confine themselves to the object for which the meeting was called , and not attempt to enter Into a political discussion . A resolution , in rapport of tbia recomfflendation , was immediately proposed and seconded , which led to considerable confusion , aa many as a dozen individual sometimes apeafcVng at once . John Wilson , of Catherine Slack , proposed an amendment tbat the speakers btj allowed to give free " utterance to their sentiiiients , whether social or political . " But the resolution ajainat entering Into political discussion , after much wrangling , in which the Chairman was the principal actor in opposing the amendment , was negatived ; The foliowing resolution was then briefly proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously : — ; " " ;

    "That we . as a body of . . miners , consider ourselves the moving | clauses of society , and that we ought to be remunerated for our labour , equally if not superior to any ether trade , considering our laborious and d / ic ^ erous occupation . " The speakers recommended the miners Of the various districts to endaavour to obtain the co-operation of their employers to attempt to raise the price of coals to manufacturers and large consumers , who are principally supplied by contract , at a charge considerably below

    what is generally made to householders . This system of supplying by contract had the eftact ot producing a ruinous competition , alike injurious to the coal-owners and the workmen . ¦ ¦' ¦ "' . ' After the above tesolatlon had been disposed of , it was suggested , on account of the number of individuals outside who could not gain admittance , and tbe intense heat of the room , that it would be better to adjourn tho meeting to the vacant ground between tie Court House and tbe Music Saloon , and a motion to the effect having been passed , adjournment accordingly took place .

    : ApjpUBNEp MEETING . After considerable delay the tneetfng was ftgafri formed , and the chairman having mounted a wall , in lieu Of a hustings , ¦ Mr . Charles Wbitaker , of Bradford / moved the third resolution : — . ¦ . - ¦¦ * ' : ; .. ¦ : ¦'¦' . ¦ ; * * ' ;" ; " . \ -Y ' * ' ' ' [ : '¦'¦¦ ¦ 'Thatas it is tkeopinion « f the public In general , that the miners ought to bd well remuuerated for their work , they trust their masters will take It into their serious consideration , and if they cannot make their workmen comfortable with the present prices of the commodity , that they wlU try to meet this inconvenience in the best way they may tbiak proper . " In moving this the speaker urged upon his hearers the necessity of union and caution , and contended strongly for a cordial feeling between employers and the employed . ;^ ' . ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦* ' . : ; .:. . . ;; . - .- ¦ ' ; ' :- ; . . ' ; . ; :. " . ¦

    Mr . Jonah Jowett seconded the rssolutlon , and , after bying supported in a few reniarka by Mr . £ hoB . Sh 6 pherd / U was put iand carri e d ; unanimously . Mr . John Autey moved the ; fourth resolution : "That a meeting of delegates from each and every colliery in the West Riding of Yorkshire , be ' held- at the Griffin Inn , Wakefleld , on the 29 th of August , 1842 , at eleven o ' clock inMbb " forenoon . " Y This was seconded and agreed to , and the meeting then adjourned .

    BRADFQRD . JIO ^ DATMOON . This morning a very large meeting was beld in . front Of the Odd Fellows' Hall , at seveu o ' clock , called by requisition to take into consideration the present crisis . Mr . Clark was called to the chair , and opened the meeting by calling on Mr . Smyth to movd the first resolution , aa fol ows : — " That this meeting pledges iteelf , collectively and ihdividua'ly , to keep the peace and preserve law and order . ' Mr , Hodgson seconded the motion , which was unanimously carried . Mr . Fietcher moved the second resolution , and macte an excellent speech . He wished tho people to be firm and peaceable . The resolution waa as follows : '—" That we do

    most emphatically deciara that it is our solemn aud conscientious conviction , that all the evils which afflict society , and which have prostrated the-interests and energies of tne great body of the producing classes , arise solely from class legislation ; and that the only remedy for ; he present alarming distress and wide-spread destitution , is the immediate and unmutilated adoption , and carry ing into law , tie document known as the People ' s Charter . " Air . Smyth seconded the motion , whieh was carried unanimously . Mr , Hodgson moved the third resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Arran , and carried uuaniniously . It was as : follows : — " That this mooting recommead the people of all trades and callings forthwith to cease work , until the above document becomes the law of the land . " . :

    MONDAY EVENING ' , IEN O CLOCK . This morning , a large procession of tum-outs , marching eight and ten abreast , departed from this town along the Manchester Road towards Halifax . The procession reached a full mile in length . - They left Bradford a litUe before nine o ' clock . Y They molested notbing till they ^ came to the mill of Messrs . W . and J . Sutcliffd , at the top of Hodsall Moor , Wibsey , where the steam was let off , and the plugs ef the boilers struck out , Mr . S . Bateman , whose miil is near , the same place , as soon as the procession wa& seen , ordered the engi / e to be stopped . A deputation was sent to him to request him immediately to draw the plugs of his boilers . He consented to draw one out ; but just at this moment LamplughHird , Esq ., rode

    into the mill yard at full gallop , and told them he Was a magistrate , and ordered them off the premises- He was asked if he was tbe Blaster ? Mr . Bateman then objected to the plug of the boiler b&en drawn . From thence they proceeded to Shelf , where the mlU of Mr . Moses Bottomley and anothar were stopped . At this place they were overtaken by a troop of the 17 th Lancers , at full gallop . The ( people made way for them , and they went quietly forward . They were beaded by four or five magistrates who wished the people to return borne agaain . The pressnee of both military and magistratea was not sufficient to influence them to return . They were told that the Riot Act had been read , atn > that for their own Bakes they had better return home . ThlB , however , was of ; no' avail . On they Went to Halifai . A mill near the Stump Cross was ordered or requested to be stopped by some of tho magistrates . When the large procession reached the jhiddia of the New Bank , Ygbing into Halifax , the 17 th

    Lancers were drawn across the street , to obstruct their further progress , The people , seeing this , asked one another wbat they were to do , and received for answer , "Get into Halifax the beat way we can . " Forth > with a very high wall was sxaled , and the main body thus : got past the military . Several hundreds of the people kept tha magi * , trates : in parley , while the people were thus getting Into the town . As soon as the magistratea found this out , they turned the military about , and galloped up Haley Hill , towards Mr . Akrpyd ' s new mill , called the Shades . This mill was well guarded by soldiers ,: and special constables . Mr . Ackroyd made a very stout resistance for a long time . Eventually the military wero withdrawn for a few momenta , and a number of mm &am ; TodmordenT and Bicadforcl rushed In , in defiance ef" Jonathan , specials , and all , and drew oat the fire , and unplugged the boiler . They afterwards went to the mill dam , and were about to

    let the water bnt , when Mr . Ackroyd accosted them , and presented them with five pounds to let it alone . Report says seven prisoners were captured , and were about to be taken to prison by a file of foot soldiers , when they were rescued by their brethren . Two soldiers fired on the people sad slightly wounded one in the arm and tba other slightly on the belly , the ball geing in at one side of the breeches flap and came out of the othefc It wa » reported that a poor girl had been trampled to death ; whetner correet or not I cannot telL The Bradford men got scattered in all directions by being obliged togo into thetown in thettaaner they did :

    but about half-past two o ' clock th © word was passed tnrooghout the crowd for the Bradford party to assemble at the top cf the Now Bai > k , ¦ when a goodly number mustered , and tte procession was considered a » large « s when they first set out They took their ro « te ddwn Godley-lane , filing off up Bhibden Dale , and stopping three mills on their way . The water waa let ottt < bt Vbi dams of two of them . They then proceeded to < Joe « j's Head , and Btopped , or rather Mr . Foster stopped 1 bis milt m soon as be saw the turn-outs approaching . He also give them two sovereigns and a large quantity of good beer . :- ' ¦ : '" . ¦; - . : - " ¦ - ' ¦ '"'¦' ' :. -, ¦ >• . ;¦' ¦ ' >¦ -V ' - " - ' - '' ¦ -

    Great Horton was the , next place visited , and there the following mills were stopped-. —the Cliff Mill , occupied by R . S . Akroyd , Esq . ; the milt of Mr . S . Dracnp ; the mill of Mr . Cowling Akroyd ; the mill of Mr . Wm . CoueeHB , and a mill called Common mllL From thence the tnrn-outs proceeded to Legram ' olane , and stopped the mill of an amiable ( f ) master , named Nathaa Bentley . Here the water was let oat of : thV ( l » iB .- -: '; Y-Y :: ¦ ; : - ' ::: ¦ ¦¦ ; , ¦" ' - . - ; : ; , ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ; r- - ' -.

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    - i - ~ —~ . p" . . —s Field Head mill , owned and occupied by B . YS . Akroyd , was nv « visited , and ^ stopped . Y Also ^ several others ! in Tborntoii Boad . , r : ¦ The mill of E . C Llstev EaqY ' ^ w dlacorered to be lighted up ; and thither the crowd went , over hedge and ( Uteh , like bnnters . That mill wa # itoppeet •;; ' From here the crowd marched into the town and immediately dispersed . : Y •• " . YY Y It was understood they were to assemble In the morning again at sevdn o ' olock , Bradford itself has been very peaceable during the ^ ay .

    STOCKPORT . ;;•> : ¦ . a v ( From a Second ( editionofIhe SUxitsport Advertiser jf ¦¦ :. "A . : ; . ; . ;\ ¦ Saturday . ) : ' ' -ir- ^ Y- ?* - :: : Y ' ATTACK UPON THE STOCKPORT tff JOW WOJl ^ liSUSB , AND COMMIITAL OP TBE PRISONBHS . ' , : . j , ; ' ; - It appeared that while an immenfie public meeting of the turn-outs of all branches was holding in Wafceriooroad , John Wright in the chair , another parJy ,-who , we understand , had been closing the mills and workshops in Ea ^ eley and Cale-green , went to tbe workhouse , tha leaders of whom demanded from Edwatld Hunt , the loiige-keeper , immediate admittaooe ^ J ' He refused them , aud : asked them what thay wantedf They answered that tbey wanted to come in . -Hunt inquired whether they wanted the men who wera work-? AU

    ing ther ^ : and they eaid they d id . the joiners , blacksmiths , &c , amounting to about a dozen , being . all the , workmen employed , uidepejidentof th « : P * SEer »» were called out , and they having joined the crowd ^ the gates were locked . Some of the men , , howey § r , eaioi " Stop , we want something to eat , " at the same time dfeinanding that thegatesshould be o pened . . The | pdgekeeper declined to unlock therij , but offeredtofetisib . the gqverribr . " 'B ^ pndiating any , d ^ ire ' to i * $ e ; -Jiie governor they vehemently , >» ith ; uplifted .: sJ&Jw demanded admittance , or Ythey would ^ pBjl i down the gates . Tbe lodge-keeper l ^ ing intaorabl ^ . ^ p . irf the ringleaders climbed tfee palisading , and erjtexirjg , the lodge threatened ^ ••^ ntJhimdpwju ; i 4 . heY 4 f 4 # * surrender the keys , that" t&e Mpb mighli fiSW ^ Afe 6 MP

    said he would sooner lose hi « , Ilf © : ii ^ ajtOVa . S * ls ^ : A % this moment they upHftedYtheii :: bladgeqns ,. Ib ^^ W ? tude « f leveiUng : blows at biin , * when " hi ^^^ i , J « i ! b feelings of fear and affection ,, threw . the keys at . ibem , and they immediately unlocked the , gates , . and thejPiob rushed into the yard , ; numbering between ' ; 2 ^ 0 # nd 3 . 000 persons . Some of the more , daring weut , Into . th « house , and , being the'distribution and P * y ^ d * I ft * , £ h 9 oat-paupers , they BUeceeded lu posaeaaiag ^ 8 nM ^ lLVe » , upwarda of 700 loaves , a number of Bmall ^ J ^ jM Ypjf meal , and other articlesi of provisions which ^ ere&niBj ' kitchen . The loaves having been thrown amongBt the crowd , the saiae party demolishing the door of the paf room , succeeded in carrying away between £ S and £ 6 in copper . The mob outside then commenced breaking the windows . ¦/¦ - : ' ~ : : ' r : ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ : -- ' ¦ . ' :. . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ : "¦¦ ¦ : ¦' / ' - ' - - "¦¦ . ' ¦ . ¦'

    On tha first attack information was sent down to the Court-room , when the military , magistrates , and police , accompanied by the town-clerk and a formidable body of special constables , consisting of the tradesmen of the town , hastened to Shaw-heath with all possible ¦ despatch , leaving ; the court-room in charge of the yea-- ' manry ( commanded by Captain Woithington ) aud infantry , Mr . R . Sykes acting as magistrate ; On arriving at the workhouse they found the whole premises in possession of the / insurgents . The magistrates , specials , and police , guarded byihe infantry , forced their way into the workhouse , whilst tha

    yeomanry maintained gu ; ird in front of the lodge . In tha tttelee which ensued , one of the ofiacerB of the yeomanry was assaulted vfith a hu ^ e stick by a man named Spencer . He was secured on ( she spofc . In the meantime other parties had been detected in the workhouse ; and many of them having been identified aa of the number who broke into the pay-room , they were given la charge . The gross number apprehended was fiftyone , the majority of -whom resided in this borough . A very small quantity of bread and meal was recovered . A . magistrates' court , was then formed in the workhouse , and the prisoners were examined on the spot where they had committed the depredattohs .

    Whilst : tha . inveatigaiion was proetieding it waa notified to the Court , that a deputation from the pab lie meeting of the working classes wished to have aa interview with the magistrates . Mr . Sadler , the snperintendent of police , Yretired to receive them , and to require from them their object . After a cpnsultatioa the mayor , magistrates , and . tewn-dtrk , accompanied by Major Hope , of jth *! 7 £ lth . and Captains Lloyd , Tatton , and Townshend ; LietttenautS'Nicholson , WaU lace , Legh Richmond , and E . Marsland , and ether

    officets of the ; Cheshi ^ X 6010 ^ 1 ?* : proceeded into another room , for the purpose of being present at the interview . The deputation on the outset required the unconditional release of tliepriapneis , on . tae ground that they hadYbeeiLtakeninto custodyilleg ^ ly . Hoy ever , before the , magiatrat € « entered upon that part of the ques ^ rphjth ^ . ta ^ -clerk required from them their names . They ¦ wexe . John ' teach , tailor , Hyde ; Robert L 9 e , cottpn-spinner , Aahton-under-Lyne ; John Jackson , shoemaker ^ Newton ; and Jolm ; V ^ iifijit , labourer , stockport ; Y ; YYYY Y' ; YY ; -Y : ^ Y , YY- ; Y 4 v-: ; ;' N ^ Y '' . i - -

    The deputotlou addre ^ ed tfie magiatrates sertoiim , commencing with Leach . He said the meeting he had left were much excited by the conviction that the prisoners had been taken into custody innocently . They were only ln&e act of asking for , a mpnthful of bread , because they were'etsryiDg . The Mayor informed him that such waa not the feet ; but that they had beea apprehended for breakiBg ; Into tfte wodfhousjB , . , ^ aA stealing 400 or 500 loaves , meal , and the money which belongedLtdttta paupers . " ^ might be in danger If the ineu weW . detained .. Tna Town Clerk arid the battdlng , vproYld $ dL andViBsroteoted as t ' oa civil pbwtr was , both Insjd ^ » n ) j outalil *^ WQOldL defy . tfaehico . of alltheir ^ ^ numfejr . j ^ ijKi ^ itsJeiitr ^ tion . Tho deputation replied , but without effacting tha object of their mission , and they retired ..., i j . ^ ;

    The examinatioB of the different witnesssa , together with an inquiry into the J ^ usibllity of tho statements of the prisoners themselves , was then resumed and occupied the Court » considerable tinie . ¥£ j&k Msuljtwp ; the diBGharge of thirty-sik , they havfaxg only be ^ p , fo ^| 4 ' \ iu possession of loaves , whilst of the remaining eighteea ( prisoners , sixteen : were committed to' Chester assizes . . for trial : two were remanded , and the other , Spencer , ' was committed to Knutsford for one month ' s hard labodr , for aasaultlDg the Yeomanry officer . ' ' . YY ;! , V Those who were committed for trial were identified as being armed with offensive weapons , taking a violent part in the proceedings of the day , and being morei particularly engaged in breakingYtato & » workhouse . They were all conveyed between seven and eight o ' clock in the evening , leg-ironed , In coaches to Knutsford , fit route to Chester , accompanied by two constabulary officers under a strong escort of cavalry as far as tha Cheadle-heath . ¦' :- " . ; ,- . ' , ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦"¦ . ' :: A ' - ' .- "' ' \

    An immense meeting : of the * nnemployed ,, armed with bludgeons , took place at Waterloo ;; -at fivero ' efcek , tbia rnerning ( Friday ) . John Wright was the principsi . speaker . He exhorted them to keep the peace , and _ to . retain possession of the advantage they then enjoyed towards obtainlrig the advance of toelr wagfia . . Thejf wereileft to conduct the ^ business here ; and ^ 'u any man , proved false to hi «^ principles by returning tor Ws work until their object was achieved , It would be # ors «! for him . ¦'' '; . " :. . - . ¦¦ ' •¦• .. ''"¦ . - . : ¦ : " . Y . : " " ' " ¦ ' . /''' "¦ : ' ¦' . '¦' ' : ' ¦ ¦¦ . About half-past six o ' clock they separated , and the procession proceeded through the town to Leyenshulme , Heaton Mersey , and to StyalL On Vhfiir way through Cheadle , they completely sacked the pTovislon-Bhop 6 - a person named Hunt , and ( several houses , said : « cp 9 « edf the loaves upon the ends ef their sticks amidst tremendous shoating . ;;¦ ¦; "' ¦¦ '¦ - ' .- " . . . . . . ¦ ; . " ., ¦ "¦ ¦ ; - Y--- Y '

    Another portion of the Stockport people prbeeedsd towards-Hazlegrove , levying oontributions from all the respectable householders on their way , ' Including the Coroner and Mr . Jonathan Thornhill ; and falling in with the inob frota Hyde , W » odiey , &ci ,. tfe ^ Joini bodies marched to Poynton , and Btopped all the ^ plt « t They then proceededto the ball and demanded provisions They were supplied with both bread and . money } and Mr . Christy having still further gratified them t > y -gi » ing them bread from the Crescent , they wetit forwards to Rollington and Macclesiaeld , witfcTOt ^ TOminitlSBJ ' any breach of the peace . ,.. ; , ¦ •;¦' , ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ - ¦ ';* A - ' ^ l ^ :- . Our market this day Is very languid , ^ i ttdbadljrat . tended ; owing to the fear of &e faormer »; tO' » la ¥ the safety of their prodaoe . ¦ " ¦ ¦ '¦¦ - , "Y . V ^ " * ^ Y- ' 7 ?' : ' '¦' '

    . A fipeclal session Is now ( twelte ^ ii'olbekf sittlng « t * ne Court-room for the trial of the prlsonew e&muiae * tt 6 m the workhouse , or who have been appreheudedtatlsf th'a morning . ; ' 'A \ - ';¦ . '" : ¦ ¦< : ¦ : ¦ - ' '' : ¦ ¦">¦ ' ^ ' i ' ft ; l . ' - . ' - '> - ' ¦ \ - \ ¦ >; ' ¦ ' . : ¦ :- . " : ! \ C ^ OTT 1 N 0 HAM . - W ^' ^ S ^ .. ;;; -. ; ¦ ; ; : ' ,. Y ; . ¦ - ' . ;/¦ : Y ; :- ; - . ^ : \ /< ^ fftwr ^ ilbBHiw 6 ^>; The town is in a ; great ^ ^^ states of' exoilamelit ^ ' - | B& »" dredr are grouped about in variotffl directionsi' d' « - cussing the news from the disturb ^ tiil ^ ylets . . The magistrates are much alarmed , and are sitting Jin full meeting at the Exchange . A iequiBititttt to ^ th » Mayor to call a public meeting has been , signed . ^ : Y ' ; Y '' ¦' - ' .. '¦ - TUESDAY ABXBUNPON , XWOt OCCIiPCKi

    The people are resolved % o i hbld a meeting Inthe Market-place , at seven thiB ^^ ning : A ^^ depntatioa from thein was received very ioourtediisiy by the Mayor ; bnt the requisition was refused on account ef the Queen's Brdclamatlon . They have sent a deputation to Derby , by the ^^ three 6 'clbck train , to leam hb ^ w things are going on there . He wlU be back by seven o ' clock God knows what the authorities will . do If thepwpte maefe = 1 have just returned from : Hke ^ n . ^ he bottl « an « « oal . masterB are eempelHrig the poor inen ; -to : ; writ twenty-six or twentyielght hdors-tat . af dat ' s mm a * " the track system is in foU op ^ tton } "traly tpew ^ wg times to try men ' s souls—and bddies too . ¦ I tm «^ " « saveral of the manufacturers here will close the niomant : the peopfe ; requestthem , : Y' - . ;~\' f-. "' : : ^* y ' ii > H , '¦' . Y

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    <• OTWBBimK . —The ehartists of ^ thisYplao ? N * sembled in thefir room , "fiasti ; < snd of BaUWftj ^ 'igfl . on StiBday , 1 »; Jolm Hebdsn - in ^ itfe ' fiSS ^? . «»« ¦ , ¦ Isaac Bruce sent inhiari ^|^ ti 6 » ii ^| i 3 *^ a 8 urer on account of not being able to attend regulariy . ana Mr . M ; Jude , pitman , niar "ByKer ^ afc was el ^^ in his stead . The ; deiegatSlSieetto ^¦ " »•• Newcastle was taken ^^ into consideration , w }^ ! i ^ Z ^ pM Rau waa moved by two 0 ? three membera at onoe aa delegate from this place j but owinsf to previous engagements he could not go , and Mr . John Hebden and Pete «' R ^ de ' nv ; we ^'" elB /^ d . - \ A « . 'tft 6 ''<» n < att "' aion of the business three joined the a « sooiation .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1175/page/6/