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      V * STATE OF THE COUNTRY . ( Continued from onr Tl . ' irdpage . POTTERIES . SHELTON ATCD HA >~ LKY . MONDAT , EIGHT O ' CCOCK , 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 corners and others marched to the Haaley and Shelton station-house , demanded the keys of the police , opened the lock-up , cleared i » of all its arms and irons , and released a boy who L'appened to bs confined for some minor offence . They ; nen marched to the house and cfHee of Mr . Gibes , of Shelton , the contractor for and collector of the poor-ratrs in this neighbourhood . Here they smashed every square of gi&ss

      in the lionse , destroyed the furniture , and literally covered the streets with the fragments of the torn books and papers of the office , severely maltreating and personally injuring several of the police who were on ths spot at the time . From here they marched to Stoke , on their way to whi&h place they met the stipendiary m ^ isirate , Mr . Hosd , who was OH his way to Hanky , for the purpose of presiding over the court , which ah cold have been held there to-day , but which , for the present , i 3 suspended in consequence of the riots . He was m Jus carriage or gig , tne horse of which ihe rioters immediately turned , and Mr . Rose was glad to retreat as fast a ? he could without rj * ceivir . jj personal injury . They then came to iLecfaoe of the Court of / Requests , on

      which they made aa attack . This place was guittd , and all that cou ; = i be destroyed . Having arrived at Sroke , they proceeded direct to the Station-house there ,. beat in tLe coar , srizsa all the arms and irob % as tLcj did at Hsnlry , and having seiz .-e * and fevercly bt&tea ths peison of Sr-zmier , a policeman , and leaving him in iron ? at the £ > : a « on- £ esse , they proceeded to Ftr . ron . Here they also made an atiack on the poiice-stavioii , aiid havmg cleared it of all" it contained , mareata direct for Souira Allen ' s ^ The rioters , 1 believe , have completely gutted this gentleman '? ioase , and are now on their way to -Mr . Rose ' s , the stipendiary ra ^ isurate . A body of soluier ; , from New ? astie-unQti-Lyme , are just gone to Langton or Lane-end . Sbould they meet with the noitrs , luere will be bloodv work .

      FIVE O CLOCK , PH . 3 have jnst re ' iaraed from making the necasrary inquiries- Mr . Hope's mansion is entirely gutted , pot a halfpenny-wprlh of property i ? said to-be left in h . Windows are smashed , furniture destroyed , money , piaie , and other valuables carried effi and now the rioters are said to have gone to the S ; oke poor-hc-usc . All trade is suspended—the shops are closed , r . nd eo man care fuliow his work from fear of the rioters . Y / hat will this If ad to 1 Where vrill is end ? Who may ba the sufferers to-sight do one can tell . All is . confusion asd terror . When the soldiers appear , the rioter ? are fled , and tins are the former chasing the latter without the least effect .

      FURTHER PARTICULARS . Br £ > I > : G A > D DESTROYING . " TCESDAT MOSMXG , EIGHT O ' CLOCK . Last night the mob smashed the Rev . Dr . Bayley's hou c e . and burned it down . They have destroyed the Rev . Mr . Atkin ' s house , and burned it down . The house of Mr . Pc-ii ^ ns . mr-gi-trate , is buned down to the ground . Mr . Fjrrester ' s ions ? , of Obbridge , agent to Lord Grsnville , is gutltd . This mornicg , as the ennibns for Birmingham left , the driver met thousands marching to Burslem , ia a line of rosd occupying two mile 3 on lecgTb .. All is in the utmost terroT . The town of Hanlev is

      in a most aiancTng state , lertcer Decs , furmtnre . and fill throwing about ths street * . I have . Bat htard thai any of the owneK of the houses were personally injured , bn ; they must have narrowly escaped . What to say about the troops I know not . All I can say i .-, that I am told they went ; o Leek , where it w . rs said rioting was going on . They returned here this noraing , and aie mOTing about in ail eir > cnoii 5 . The omnibus wa ^ stopped yesterday as Shelton , and the guard ' s coat t : rn IS his back . They did not attack tbe passengers . I regret being obliged to wiite so disjointed , but I am wriiiDg for ihe train , and obliged to write as I can « oLcCt zzcis . I iETe just heard three xnezi were chot by tte soldiers at Haniey . and that the sest of the Ihifcs of Sutherland and ilr . Copeland ' s house were in dangar of an attack .

      BUK 3 LEM . its ireetiug of its m > tniployed colliers of-the Pot tery district , held in tte large room , at the George se . 1 3 > receE . ia Eanity , it "was acaiuinoiisly resolved / " That i : is tLa cpir . ion cf tfcis meeting , that uothicg but tbe People ' s Charter can give tis tbe poorer to havts h a fair day s vragts for a fair day's work , " and that one and all pledge himself to Etard out for the same , in the hope that tie -whole cf the coliitrs in Great Britain -srill do the ssme . "

      Aso 7 H £ R ~ Bzggixg Beigabs of colliers and ethers tnl « cii the to ^ rn uf Borslem en Friday at noon , which has rm&ed amongst the rich no small alarm . Almost all th-j tima sic-. e Saturday i ^ ght last , "when our little town -wis taken by Etonn , we have been guarded by a troop of hoTse to ths amount cf forty or fifty ; tut . to day , in ecnseqnetce of tha d = maiid for their syrices at Mancnester , tht-y -wtra xarrbftj to the " graat" tjwd . Scaretlyaa tcux elap 3 efi ^ fetfore there appeared a number of t-ea -who w ^ nt direct to tlie Town-hall , and took into etistody the •« blue bcttle njaii" on dnty . They took him down to tbe Xionse of Mr . Kjles , head police-Offictr , and there demaiidtti one of their legging bexts r

      Whicu Was tsitD from tha three men appreiieiiiied on tbe Sstaroay previous . If o EOODtr Lad they obtained po 3 B « 6 iuT 3 of ths . iT bcx , than they released their prisoner , and again com ^ eivced begging . Tiey exiled first en the pubiicaa , who a few nights before , kicked their box to Jhe flosr ; no « " fce gave them £ l . Ti < ey then west to the head pyliee-cfficer , Ryles ; he vi \ s from home , but ilrs . Kjlss gave them 5 s . The aiconat coliect = d aitc ^ ciberj axaon 5 U < i to between i' 13 and" £ 14 Posterns aie out efferine ; £ 20 re-fTETtl for tbe apprehension of tha parties cEeiiding , on the Saturday night ; and othrrs are also out on the part of the turn-outs , offeriEg i £ lOO for the head of the first informer . All is coefnaion .

      IMPOaiAST PUBLIC PACPEB MEETING I In coascouence of the great depression of trade in this district , dirtrtEspreTails to an alarming extent . an £ that distress has lately been much aggravated by the late eoilier ' s strike . Tha two "Union Bastiles are crowdrd , and there are many thousands receiving outdoor relief . The Buraleni Ba 3 tile was bnilt to accotnodate 350 . There is ao-w 850 in it . Tto leliCTinj Officer relieT&d 1 000 last wevk ! On Sunday , Juiy 31 st , tfce paupera walked in procession through the whole of the Potteries . They held

      two meetings and determined oa holding a general meeting . Accordingly , a committee was-formed , who inritcJ all the gentlemen and clergymen in tbe neighbourhood to attend the meeting . TLey also issued cirenl&ss and posters , announcing the meetirg for Auzust 9 tb , on the Crown Bank , Hanley , to take into consideration the causes that produce the present alarming destitution ; and to dovise some means to applj-a spetdy remedy . When the time of meeting came , tbe gentlemen and parsons Were not there ! Some few of . them sent not es of excuse . ¦ "

      Mr . W . S . EUis iras called to the chair , who , after making a few appropriate remarks , and reading letters from Francis Wedgewood , Esq ., Wm . Ridgway , Esq ., and K : chard D mitl , E ^ q ., apologisrng for noc-attcudaace , introduced ilr . Jahn Richards to propose the first resolution : — " Teat this meeting -news wita teelinga of BorroT ? and rcgrei ths unparalleled distress and impoverishment t ' oat han ^ s iika a pall of glocm over onr neighbouihood , and threatens to engulf the whole of "the industrious ciassia , and whi ^ i ia rapidly extending its ravages to the middle and mannfactur'ng claeses ef

      society . Tins meeting feels convinced that there must be something radisaiiy wrong in that Bt&te of BOtifety trhith , possesasa illimitabie jneanB of prodncing wealth , an iniostiictts , breve , intelligent , and ingenion- ; people , aided by mechanical , chemical , and scientific diBcovcritiS ,-unparailelbd . in the history of the world ; and jet , with all these inestimable advantages conferred upon theai by Divine Providence , presents to the eye of tbs philanthropbiss nothing but Poverty ia R . *) jT « , and F ^ t ^ mce in Despair . This stats of toicga calls for the i ; nm&uiatc interference of every- lover of bis c . " -Uitry to fctem the tide that threatens to overtrheim 3 ^ 1 in uiiiversai poverty . "

      It is impossible for me to give you any idea of the efiYci of Hit . Rivhsid ' s speech . He spoke in a strain of the moit fervid eloqatnce for an bour and twenty minntea . Wntist ha was speaking , the pauptia tf Chell ifci-fclie , marched up to ths meeting , six abreast , 2 , 000 ia number , beaded cy a band of musia Mr . Wm . EvanB seconded the resolntion , "by adverting "to the introductien of machinery 5 gtating-that ¦ with it another class of capitalists had sprung into exisieiiCi—the Mobbjsox ' s , the Mae . shai . ls , th " Geegs . the Peels , the Ab . kwe . ights ; and the Cobdess , whose in ^ rest lay in the profit arising from its present use . Tbsemenhad been the agitators for the Reform Bill , and then for the Municipal Corporations * Bill , to get power into their own hands . It was these mea who had raised the cry that population pressed hardly upon the means of subsistence ; for they

      saw teat tber must in some way account for the fact &ab tkose -who produce * all tb . 6 wealth were being snperseaed by machinery , and reduced to poverty They then raised thiB anti-population cry , and designate the superseded "bands" as a " surplus population . " To get rid of this surplus population eniigratioa was pat forta by them , as & panacea tor the evils we have to endure . When these men , the propagators of the doctrines of Mareus , found public opinion too strong for them—when they found that men and -women were not brut&lizsd and demoniacal enough to murder their own ofepring , they supported tt&t brilliant specimen of Whig Christian legation , S" ^ ! Foot * " ••• The cnly pim u ^ could Ifilifive the ^ s ? Dg poTerty would ^ ^ briB ^ ^ Oar tilt mcm&vated land and the nnmplojedkbow of ttewuttiy . TaerewerefcurteeniniliioM oiacresofM .

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      cultivated land , which wonld much more than supply \ rith food , clothing , and shelter , the starving population ; and it was the height of cruelty for a Government to see the ptople starve , -whilst eucn . abundant means existed f- > r making , them happy . They roted immense sums of money f « r the carrying on of war in India , for tbe benefit of the East India Company ; they could also redeem the black slaves , at an immense cost ; but the white slave was set an object of their compassion . . Mr . Moses Simpson proposed the second resolution ,

      namely" jThat it is the opinion of Uiis meeting that under the distressing circumstances that have plunged , the working classes into such a state of helpless suffering , an appeal ought to be made to tho upper classes of society for pecuniary assistance , towards in some measure temporarily alleviating that distress of which thousands ol oar feUoxF men so justly complain ; and . this meeting feels convinced toat they will respond to that appeal with true Chrisuan liberality and old English generosity . " ^> lr . Simpson first defined " charity . " He observed that when he saw snch a vast amount of wealth piled up on all sides ; clothes-shops full , and men naked

      corn warehouses loaded , an-: tbe people starving , he was forced to the conclusion that we only wanted a better system of distribution to enable all to live well , and not " chsrr . y "; yet he thought that , under immediate clrcnmstancss , tne upper ciisscs , "wno had taken all , C ' -uld not consistently ol j = ct to allowiiii a small portion cf it to revert back to tbe producers of it . If working men were not better protected by the laws , we should soon see tbe middle class in tha same position . Jf the operative couia not buy , of coarse the shopkeeper could not f' 1 ! . He wished to Beo self-supporting institutions stu-Ming the conutry , instead of Bastilesinstitutions combining agriculture and mechanics . We Taut our rights—justice , n * t " charity" !

      Mr . Hamlet Bjotb . Reconslud the resolution . H 3 veas a pauper . 'Twas hard to be a poor pauper ! It "was an ncenyiab ' e position ; and tho only consolation he bad ¦ was the reflection that those vrho were Dot on tho paupers * books "were in tue l . rwyers * books ! He ha »! cxpecttii to have found the hustir . sp ft ' . lwi "Wilo , the rtspec ; able gentlemen of tbe nti . ? hbcnihood , toadvoca ' te the causs of the iKipcveriehsd ; but they were not there ! None shewed theiuatives to be only sineers friends cf the poor but the ChartL-ts . He bad been an inciustricus steady man ail his life ; but waa at last a panptr . There wore & thousand at least ia the crowd lite to himself .

      Jlr . James Oidham moved the next resolution : — " It is the opinion of this meteting thit the distress "wLica g :: awing tbe vitals of the British population can never be perruaccntly removed v-vxW tha Perple's Charter becL-mes ths ltw of the land . " Ee spoke for an hour in an eloquent and argumentative sivle that nretted the attention cf tha ati-licnce . and must have convinced th = i «? pt : cal or prrji ! diced of tbe justness aud reaso ;; - nb ! tn ; -bs cf the truth and efiicacj of the principles of Charti 3 ; c . The resolution tcps britfly seconded by Mr . Henry Fors ' er , "svhen that venerable old Chartist chieftain , Mr . Cspper , rose to sabniit to the meeting tbe adoption of a memorial to Sir Robert Ptel . requtsting him to lurcish tbe Pottery Chartists vnth 10 . 000 stand cf arc to protect the pioperty of the district 3 Ir . Richardson Seconded it .

      Every resolution vrss passed without a single dis-Scnting voice . Ten thousand persons at least "Wv-re pTes-fSt . A troop uf the 3 d D / ag ^ on Guards were under arms all tte day ready to act at a mor .-. cnfs notice . The BarilicE Tories are staggered at the midnight visit of last Saturday .

      HANLEY . MONDAY EVENING . 1 wiite in h : \ st 8 to acquaint you with tbe state of this diitr : ct , that is what hiis taktn place vrittin a % e-w tours . A ^ reat meeting of co . ikia and p / . ttvra to ^ k piace in Hsnley Market-place this morning at nine o ' clock ; a bo <' . y of c ^' . liers proceeded from thesce to a coal-vrork where some men were eiuployt-dj rt-tufneti to the town , set at liberty some pnsontrs for light offtnees , » tr pped the Police- ^ fiics of the books , pspers Jca , frhicii weie torn to atoics and strewed about tbfe streets . One policeman was slightly itjnr-ed ; bet aa cur police aro more respected th ^ -n : icy o ' . hcr in tfcid disrrict , no fnrlLer irjuty "svas dor . t them . T :. e iuob tLcn pr&cecdtd to the housa of a poor-rate c-.-iiector . wbo is v ^ ry

      m ; pJt / UL . r with tbe " woiking cl ^ sErf , brckc every pane of z \^ £ s in Lis house , df m ^ nuea hid bcoka and papers , -p-hicb -were socn ccnsuiiUeO ia torments to the winds , B ' . rt = Tsinif the str »> e : s in ail flirocsi . ^ ai From th . nce ttey "wect to the C ^ urt of Rtqutsts , destroytd the books there also , and cut the head of tbe clerk , a gtntieman rnneb respected Jy all partie 3 . Proceedinif to Stuke Po-Iice-Li 3 oe , the books there shared the same f . ite , the- * furniture was broken , brongLi •• ut and bnmt in tbe street . H . re tbe muitia 7 ( a cnnptiny of the 12 tbi , vub Bailey Kose , £ » q ., a stipendiary magistrate , at thfeir bead , " were announced ; the mob divided , one part going the Lano End ro :, d to clec ^ y the soldiers , while the ouier parted by few acd few , and met at the mansion of Ttomas Allen , E . < q ., at F = c-ton , where tLey

      demolished the fa oiuire and starched f .. r arms ( it fceiug refi-rtr-d Itere "wtre i 00 staxci 01 the oiu voluuttcrii , but few were to be found . Ii . ey ttv ^ n "went to tha house of Baily R-ss , Eiq ., wbo wa 3 lt ^ diig tht tr > p < 5 in another dirtction , being completely outrcptiejvred by the niob . He arrived at his house in about five minutes afttr it bad bern complexly sutted , bis furi : itura , botk ? , &c ., tit stroy&d ; in i ^ at it w ; : s a compltts ^ recfc , done by tne viry party of "whom he WSJ in qn&st . It ia further stated that Stonier , an unpopular policeman , has had his crm broken . I have just hejrd that the FeDton Police Office windows are ail destroyed . Eyirythii . g that could c * burnt was piled up in two heaps and stt on fire , to the great haZiid of burning the hcnBes , on "which the inhabitants were- f .-rcca to tLrow great quantities of

      "srat £ T . At Lan ^ -end Market-hall ( a police station ) the books ¦ were destroyed . Eyery article was brought cut and burnt ; they afterwards sut fi ^ to , tke 3 iarket-hali ; "which "wa . s extinguished after the mob left the town . A troop of Dra ^ ou : s has jutt entered . — Sun .

      SlAFFOHiy . Two tro .. p . 3 of the 12 th foet arrived here t > n Tbnrs . * ay the 11 th in-t ., and are statiored . on g ^ ard &t the Gaol It is fnpp . -i sed they "srill ivinain here until the stripe in North and S .-uth Staffordshire is at an enJ . On Friday , the 12 th , Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , "w ? s annoTiiiced to lectnre to tbe Crispin brigade of Suffurd Chattiits / ' in the ^ laikfet-p W ^ at seven o - cloci , -when all that faction could do , or malicious ipgemr . iy suggest , ^ as resorted to , to prevent and intimidate us from holding the meetine . " Soecials- ' were sworn in .

      composed of some of the greatest blackguards in the ; town , as if for the pcrposa of breaking the peace . At J seven o'clock prsciEfcly , ilr . Cooper , accompanied by Messrs . Peplowar . d Hucnible . male his apperjauce in tbe 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 "Wish good-humonred ironicala to dilate on the doings of tbe aristocracy , and drew a strong contrast between the salary and cocdition of the " silvertongued lady" with those of the wives of the working population of England .

      At thi 3 sfcuje " cf the proceedings , a party of soldiers , prompted by tfaeir officers and a county constable , witb several other tools of the party , commenced an endeavour to get up a " row . " To fiustrate this , an adjournment was instantly moved to the Stone Flat , a piece of common land a distance frcm the to ^ n . Tbitber the people went , singing in gallant style , " Spread the Charter . " This had the effect of bringing numbers to tbe meeting who would not otherwise feavti attended . On arriving at Stone Flat , the " L ! on of Freedom " was given on ^ and sung . Mr . Cooper then proceeded sgain with his lecture , and he made a powerful impression . Towards the clrse a rumpus took place with & tool of the Tories , named Gratidge , wbo had been encouraging some boys to make a noise while Mr . C . was speaking , which ended in his being driven" eff the _

      gronnd-The " Lton of Freedom" was again vcmg In grand style , Sir . Cooper leading ; after which , three tremendous cheers were given for tke Charter , three for Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , three for O'Connor , and three for " General" Cooper . The vast concourse of people then left the ground , and returned into town again , linked arm-in-arm , singing " Spread the Charter . " This " new more" of tbe cnartists seemed to electrify the inhabitants of Stafford . And on passing by the paol , where the soldiers were on guird , they thought the colliers were coming , and a scene followed which was langbaWe in tbe extreme . The soldiers rashed . U > def&na xhe entrance to the Lodgo , and seemed panic-struck ; the Governor and officers calling out to them to do tneir duty , when lo and behold it wa 3 oniy" Chartist rabbJeJ" Fpos this three sky-renduig cheers were given for Mason and his fellowprisocers , which must have awoke them from their midnight slumbers .

      On Saturday night , at ten o ' clock two persots named Edward Collier and Htary Harris , were arrested on a warrant which charged them with , assaulting William Gratidge at the Ciiartist meeting on Stona Fiat , the previous evening . Bail being refused they were Bent to the Lock-up until Monday morniD * .

      DEWSBURY . WEDNESDAY MOENTNG , KI 5 E O ' CLOCK . A public meeting was held on Monday evening at Batley Carr , to elect a delegate for tkeMacchestbr Cpnferinee , when it was agreed that a public meeting should be held in the Market-place , Dewsbnry , at six o'clock in the morning . At the time specified , tbere could not be less than 2 , 000 persona present The meeting was addressed by Mr . Sheldrake and Mr . Dewhirst . The meeting broke up at eight o ' clock in the

      morning . It seems to be agreed npon that all factories in the neighbourkood of Dewsbury should be stopped , for the turn-outs visited them , and thirty-eight were stopped during the day . Every mill they-visited had the boilers unplugged . Not a single mill-master objected to this . It appeared as if it was become a general understanding that ft Should be Eft . No accident occurred the wfiole day . A meeting was held in Dewsbmy , afc six in the eveniBg . TUere could not fce lesa than 20 , 000 ; I heard some estimate them at 30 , 000 .

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      About four o'clock yesterday afternoon , from , " 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 people come down from Huddersfield " , and stopped all the mills in their way to this town . The magistrates have been sitting ever since yesterday moming , and have sworn in a large number of special constables . Toe town is all quefc at ' present . There was another meeting held this morning , in the Matket-placa , and tho turn-outs have taken off to Qasett , Horbury , and other places . The number this morning was very larse . - . '' , ' - . . : : ' .. - . ¦'¦ .

      OLDHAM . Momdat Night . This morning , one of tha lowest meetings ever Been 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 gave in their declaration for the Charter . Mr . Edward Clark and Mr . Bailey , of Manchester , delivered appropriate addresses , which were well received . The bill-posters have been busily employed to-day with posting copies of the Qaeen ' a Proclamation .

      At seven o'clock this evening , another very large and numerous meeting took place . Very energetic and bou ' - s ' : irring addresses were delivered by Mr . Samuel Yardley , Mr . Cooper , Mr . 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 up to this time .

      TUESDAY MGHI , KLEVEN / O ' CLOCK . ' Nothing of great importance has transpired to-day . The meeting took place this morning , at six o ' clock , as usual , Mr . Sharp in the chair . Mr . Miller and Mr . Hurst , of this town , delivered appropriate addresaos . The multitude then ppaceably separated , and groups were seen standing in different patta of the town , converaing 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 tho place of meeti-R ; and the assemblage was conirideied to be one of tha largest we ever had . Whenever the Charter was named , a universal burst of applause in stantly followed . Up to tlte time I write ( eleven o ' clock ) all is peace and good or . ier .

      HUDDER 3 FIELD . MONDAY MORNING ELEVEN O ' CLOCK . Daring tho last week this town and neighbourhood have been kept in one continued state of excitement respecting the turn-outs in Lancashire and their proceedings . Oa Friday , a repoit reached here that the Lancashire men ictended to visit this town and stop the mills . Dr . M Douall arrived about eight o ' clock on Friaay evening ; and according to previous announcement deUrered a lecture in the Guild HalL The hall was cramniad to excess ; hundreds were disappointed . His timely arrival , and the argumentative and profound lecture he dalivcred , convinced all who beard him , that they had nothing to gain by breaking the peace or violatinj ; the law ; on tke contrary , they had

      everything to lose . Oa Saturday morning it was generally believed the turn-oute were making rapid progress towards tho town , and were stopping all the mills on the road as they came . In the afternoon , small parties entered , and walked through the streets , and between three and four s . great body of the turn-outs entered the town , having atoppud the mills of Messrs . Armitage , Crossland , S ^ arkeya , Fisher , and ssveral others . Thsy next proseeded to the factory of W . Brook , Esq ., magistrate , who made a temporary resistance ; bat he w ; is pushed down upon his own co . il heap , without ceremony , and bid to stand out of the way , while they drew the plug from his boiler . This they did , and saw bis men out . They then proceeded in a similar msiiiufcr at sevsril other milla . and promised anothvr

      visit on Monday . They also held a meeting on the B . ' . ck Green , wfcr ; n tho speik ^ ra declared their object to be a " good day ' s wage for a good day ' s work . " They related the sufferings they bad endured , and declared a readiness to die rathur than tuflfer hunger . They also said they would cot interfere vith politics , neither Whig nor Tory ; they bad good frientls amongst buth parties . They had cothin ^ to do with the Charter ; their o'jiot beics ; to obtain better wa ? es . S ime of them-complained ' of tfee men of Hui ; derstield : because the / wouid not assist for anything less than the Coarter , from « iconr vicvion that it "w&s useless t « 30 for better wages , whilst labour was unprotected : and they were also unwilling to be marie instruments in the hands of designing knaTcs for baii purposes . Sjme one amongst the turnouts put the Charter to the meeting , when instantly arose a forest of hinds , tmidst the most enthusiastic

      cheering . 'They then left the town in great numbers , but In tha moat psaCL-ful manner . The magistrates met at night , ana issued summonses to many shopkeepirs , rtquesting their attendance the next morning ( Sune ' ay ; ,- ; t nine o ' clock , to be sworn in as special constables . The oath wr . s administered daring divine service . A troop of Lancers also arrived from Leeds , r . nd wore co : fined to v vo or three bouses . They were kept together on Sunday afternoon , upon the Bowling Green C-mnected vith the 03 Orse Hotel , diverting themselves witb that game , -whilst their temporal Blasters were engaged at church . During the . day , ' tbe mai , ibtiati _ 3 caused bills to be posted ill the streets , stuting they had nwde tuch arrangements that their workmen " inkht return to their work on Monday morning with safety . MONDAY NIGHT . TEN O ' CLOCK .

      On Monday morning nM was excitement . By five o ' clock a large public mettii'g was holdcn on the B ^ t-k Green , attended by eight or ten thousand poop ! e . They were adaresged , anioDget others , by Mr , W . Brook , the Magistrate , who desired them to be peaceable , and to return to their work . Most of tha meetine were ^ disposed to leave the town , indeed a great portion of them aad aeparted , when , by orders of one of tha Magistrates , Mr . Armjtaze , a large poaae of eptciVl constab '? s were turned . ont to parade the streets , that thry n ) i » : ht be seen . This sort of challenge had the effect of japping many who would otherwise have departed , and of ceasing the return of others who were alre ' idy on their way out of the town . The specials ¦ ware rec « iTed with groans , and otter marks of

      disapprobation . As soon as they were drawn in , after purfonning their pf-rambulaticns , all was comparatively quitt Tue fctreet 8 were Hntd with people , who show eel the greatest good humour , reclii ing on the edges of the causew :. > s , and M ^ udiiig in small groups in the > Iarketplace , and other ~ . pen Bpacos . The major poition of the milla ami worfcabops -were all standing . Indeed there Were but 3 mills in the to- ^ n and immediate neighbourhood that LUempted to run ; and they wtre but very partia l ' y supplied with " hands . " They were respectively the mills belonging to Messrs . Crousland-, at the bottr . m of Crossland Hill ; those belonjrng to the Messw . Starkey , ( nia « ibtrates , at liOEgTpyd Bridge ; and those bulonging to Air . Wi-liam Brook , ( magistrate , ) in Northa'ate . The troop of Lancers were to at

      uijtier arms , rc ^ tiy act a incuiei ; fs notice Between eleven and tw « lve o ' clock news was brought into the town that the turn-outs from the " ujper regions" Yoikhbire bad airivtd at the Motsre . Crossland ' s mill , and were entering it to stop the engine . Thither the Soldiers , with tht Magistrates at tbtir head , and "vrith a portion of the specials at their tail , hastened . They found a nuinber cf people assembled on the sides of the road , sitting upun the walls , and otherwise amusing themstlves ; but tbt > y found no disturbers of tb ? peaca AU was orderly and quiet , but the " Lands" were out v £ thd miiL Tha-Mugiotrates , therefore , withdrew the troopB and sptc als , and returced to town . Tiiey had scarcely proceeded 500 yards on their route back again , when the mil ! yard waa entered , and the plug of tho

      boiler diiven inwards , so as effectually to prevent the working of the engine , for some time at least It was rumoured that the large body of turn-outB expected to visit HnddcK&eld , hud crosetd over from Maradnjn to Maltham , and that they would proceed through Hooley , Armytage Bridge , and some other places in the Holmflith valley , before tney entered the town of Hudderefield . This lumour proved correct AH the mills and -workshops in their route were stopped , the " handB" in nearly all instances joining them most enthusiastically- Where the ml . 1 happened to be "worked by steam , the boiler was almost invariably un-plugged , and tne water allowed to run out . Where water , power was the means of working the machinery ( the case with mott ef the mills in the Hulmarth and

      Marsden valleys ) , the slnlces of the mill-dams were raised , and the water let out . This was done also on Saturday , in their progress to the town ; and so mueh accumulatfad vrater was thus turned down the river as to cause a considerable rise , or flood . Some boya , who were bathing , were in great dauger of being drowned from this cause . About a quarter past four o'clock an immtxse number ot the turn-outs entered the town from two p ; irts : one section by way of Chapel-hill from Lockwood ; and the other by way of Shore-head from Newsuin . When met they proceeded in a body along New-streetj past tbe front of thu Gsorge Inn ,, and down Kirfeg-ite . The George Hotel was the rendf zvous of the uiagi 8-r ^ tes , conbtaWes , and military . Mest of the turn-outs had with thtm good thick walking sticks ,

      and some appeared to have been newly procured from the hedge-rows . As they passed the George , they waved and brandished these , good-humourediy , over their heads . They made no stoppage opposite the Inn , bet proceedtd onwards to tl-e aiill of Mr . W Brook , in Norfflgate . This mill had been partially woiked duriiig the day ; but at this time was entirely dosed , as waa every mill in the town . The crowd halted opposite the large gates which close 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 tbe morning . The gates being closed they thundered at them , and feegaa to apply their sticks as crow bars , to force them

      open . At this juncture a special constable wh » happened to be present , and a friend that he had with aim , exerted themselves to the utmest to dissuade the turnouts from making a forcible entry into tne 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-house . In two minutes they returned and reported tbat " all waa right ; " and the crowd immediately began to depart , some along the Bradford Road towards Hill-house , and others passed down into the Leeds Road , and went towards Cooper Bridge . At this instant the magistrates , most unwisely and most foolishly , came up with the military . Most

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      unwisely and moat foolishly we again repeat : for not a penney 's worth of damage had been done to the millproperty of Mr . Brook ; or indeed , to any body ' s , property ; find -the crowd were quietly and peaceably taking themselves away . Had destruction of property been the object of the turn-buta , they had sufficient 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 , Tho magistrates were in the moat excited atate . Mr . W . Brook foremost , and Mr . Armytage was next . The latter gentleman in a state that defies description , screamed out " tne Riot Act is ilaad j disperae II disperse !!! " The appearance of the magistracy and

      military was the signal for " halt" on tho 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 tho way One woman waa much hurt ; and it was instantly rumoured that Bhe had been struck by a lance , and wouuded in the breast These proceedings exasperated the crowd , and npon the soldiers : galloping some little distance . down the Bradford Road , they were greeted with a pretty considerable shower of stones ; plenty of ammunition of Wai kind lying on the sides of the road . We believe Mr , Brook , the magistrate , got a blow from one of the stones . A parley was now had between the magistrates : and the commanding officer , as to the propriety of using the sword and nring upon the people .

      The commanding officer was against this measure just tfy on , and in that place ; and ' '; th ' ey /' . returned ,, both magistrates and military ,, to the George Inn , leaving the mill property of Mr . Brook much worse protected than before they made their appearance . Good humour and quiet determination 7 ftcn animated the crowd : now these were drowned in exasperated feelingB . As might have been calculated on , the crowd followed the soldiery into the Market Place . When there , and while there waa not the slightest manifestation of disturbance , the constables rushed out of the George , seized four men , and dragged them into the hoube in eustody . This was soon bruited abroad ; and in a few minutes a number of mon armed with sticks and cudeels were seen : approaching the door of the Hotel

      They made bang u- ? to it , and forced their way into the passage , laying on the specials pretty roundly with their weapons , and tne specials in returu using their staves . The object of this movement was the rescue of the four men juat apprehended . Tha specials proved the masters . Tne- men "were driven back , and at this instant the magistral s and military sallied out of the back yard of the inn . They had been there ready mounted ; and the commanding officer had harangued "Ms men" % o the effect that if they bad to use their swords they were to do it effectually ! and if they received orders to fire , they were to flrp slap bang amongst the crowd . The appearance of tbe / military was the sfgnal for a rua on the part of a great portion of the crowd . Some took shelter within the railings of

      cellars other ? ran down passages and entries ; and those that could departed by the ordinary roads . The charge was . Bounded ; away flaw the sabres , and the half-iirunken cut-throats galloped amongst the retreating crowd , cutting and slashing in the most ferocious and brutal mauuer . Neither asx nor age wtre spared . One valiant aergeant rode down a parcel of women , aud cut at them with tmch vengeance , that his sword coming in contact with the wall , was shivered to pieces . Many were Beverely wounded ; . some had portions of their scalp cut off ; others their heads split open ; others their arms nearly cut off ; and many others suffered minor cuts in various parts . ' -of the body . Tke streets -were scoured in all directions ; the retreating penple being foJlowed ia swno instances by tha soldiery nearly hull a

      mile out of town ! The conduct of the soldiers waa inhuman andbiutHl in the extreme . The tewn might have been cleared without the loss of a single drop of blood , had they exercised only common aiid manly forbearance . Iasttad of this , they gave vfcut to tUfcir buVo' » erlike patsioiis ; and they were heard at night boasting over their ciips of the '' valiaut" deeds they had performed on an unarmed people , tho . ie they had ridden down , beingchitfl / . wo ' tnun . ' . ' . " I did slash the b——r , " "was heard to proceed from the lips of many a ihing-ih-Vtie shapo of a man , with hair on his upper lip to denote that hepoBseEsed courfiye 1 Ab al-ptpuf-of their forbearance take the following : at half-past eeven , two hours nftcr the heart of the town was cleared , < i number of soldiers were at the upper end of the town .

      There is a vaeaiit piece of ground by the side of Wai let ' s Circus ; nnd across this a man was passing , evidently on his lusitioss . Tbere "was b < j one else near him . The street and road were perfectly clear . One of thesjldter 3 ieUlloped up to him , and brandishing his sford iu a ttn « at « nmg nuriuer , bid him to run . Ho rtfustid ; alledgiug he was going quietly on his own business . The " hero" rode around him and around , quavering his sabre , and ¦' eyid ' tiiit . y debating within himself-whether he ahoulil venture to ' cat aim down 01 not ! Eventually Be struck him moet violently with the flit part ot his sword , and galloped . forwards ' to the cause way ot West-piiradG . Hfre the doors and

      the cauatjway wi-ra lined witii the inhabitants ,: v ? no in that situation could see down into the town . They were principally women and children , who had been observing tae- wholo proceedings , and who were in fact at home , on their own door-atones . Up amongat fAese dashed eur mouatuchoed man-6 f-courage ! first up one side and then up the othor . Tiiia was mere wanton brutality . He lunged with hia sword wherever he could : and in one instance , whore tbe patties tad retreated into their own g ; mieri , it having an entrance a » nairow that his horas-. coiiW . aot follow , he nearly fell ironi hia saddle in an attempt to rcaab . them with his butchbr ' s-kuife .

      In our opinion , ( and the writer saw nearly all ha has related , ) there was not the slightest necessity for the employment of the . / military . If the magistrates had nos been so unwise as to bring thein iuti North gate at the time they did , in all probaWlity , / judging from tho temper end disposition evinced by the crowd , ) not a penny's worth of damage to property would have been done , or a fcingle blow struck . The introduction of the niilitary at that time led . to blows : these led to exasperated feelings on both sides : arrests , when the people were standing quietly , followed : these led to an attempted rescue ; and -Ibis furnished fl prettxt for tho inatant fcinploynient of the rnlHtary . Tbey once out , had full opportunity of indulging in revengeful brutal kelipgs : aud wounds

      and bruises , probably death itsslf , is the result ! A firm , but cool and collected magistracy could have cleared the totvri with ' put this . Choleric men ; er arrogantlj-vain lucni are not tho men to bo entrusted with the preservation of the peace in times like those we arc now living in . A cltsar-headed , cool mnn , as magistr ate , would not have bud a single bruach of the peace in the town of Huduersfleld on Monday last , other than the mere entry of the crowd . He would have preserved and taken advantage of , to the clearing cf the to-yvp , the Roed humuur contiaualJy niEnifested up to the poi . it < f the military ' s introduction to preserve thai which was not in dangar , except in the heated and excited brain of W . Brook and his co-peacepreservers . Such times as these try a man ' s metal ;

      try whether be is a man or not ; or a lump of excitable bounce . A man will try TO make tue best of the worst circumstances : a choleric bundle ot passion is always sure to n » ukc bad Avqrse . Precisely surh . was theetfdet of the nitjaaures adopted by the HtKiderafield magistracy . The employment of force until the most urgent necessity presents itstif , is tvlways to be co . demned : the vain and paliry array of force , of mere enipty pompous parades , is no less coridemiitible : Both these fnUits the Huddersrield magistra-tea com * mitted ; dna feelings of hatred and sorrow will be engendered in consequence : hatred on the part of those who have , suffered from their want of pruderice and tact ; i and sorrow on the partpf ethers that men so incompetent should have been entrusted with the playing of such a difficult cavd .

      In the course of the afternoon and evening , eighteen persons were apprehended , and placed In chains . They were locked up in rooms in the George Inn . TUESDAY MORNING , ELEVEN O ' CLOCK . ' AU has been quiet up tO : this hour this rivorning ; bnt the conduct of the magistracy in Betting on the military yesterday , and the brutal conduct of the soldiers ween the orders to butcher were given , form the theme of converaation with every body * A feeling of universal disgUBt ia unequivocally exprossed . ; Some of tho specials , too , come in for their share of it The glontings and boastings of some of them over the havoc and slashings thoy had witnessed and aided in , will not soon be forgotten ; and it will be well that some of them do not hear of them again another day !

      There is not a mill running that I can hear of . All are standing . The gpod-uumoured feeling si > manifest yesterday , has given place to a gloomy moody siience ; and it will be well if the matter end there . I fear that measures of retaliation may be resorted to ; and that destruction of property may ensue . This is a fearful state of things . to contemplate . I TUESDAY NIGHT , TEN O ' CLOCK . AUi as yet , are : quiet here . Tne / toivn has been throng , but no symptoms of disturbance have been manifested . The prisoners apprehended yesterday have been examined , and three of them committed to York , for riot ; and aVwqni&n has feaen committed to \ Vakefleld for two months for her share in the affair . Several others have shared her fate . The examination was had in tbe house of Danson , t&e police officer , in the prison yard ; and a aentinel was placed at the door to prevent the ingress of all parties , except the law officials .

      It waa rumoured this morning that Mr . W . Brook , the magistrate , was so Beriously injured last , night in going home , that he would be unable to attend in town to-day . ; .. Thia rumour was incorrect to a ^ certain extent , for he was present at the examination juat spoken ot . I have heard that it is true that he was attacked on bis road home ; and that ) botk W- W . Brook and the / 8 peclais who were guarding hiin ( he lives some little distance out cf town ) were struck with tange stones . I have also heard that a portion of his family deemed it prudent to leave tkeir home fqi the night , and take shelter in the habitation of Sir John Wood . ¦ ¦¦ " -: . - . - ¦/ "" :: . " ¦ / . . .- ' .. / / ;; - ¦ . ;/ .- / ' -: ¦¦' . ' ' ; . Last night , about ten / o ' clock ,-a company " of foot soldiers arrived . TAetr services have not been called into requisition . The othor brutes have done enough ! This has beea market-day , but there h&a been no market 1 Tlie town was quiet , but there were no buyers . / ' /' . •• . ¦"¦' : ¦ . ¦ . ¦/ -. ¦ ' / . - ¦ ''• . / ' : ' : " - / . ' ¦ - ¦ .. '

      All tbe mills in the tovra and neighbourhood are stopped . ' To-day the mills in Honley , Holmflrtb , and that district have been closed . Some few places of

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      minor rate here , commenced work this morning , but they were "very speedily closed again . The Huddersfleld men seem to have caught the infeotidn from LanoaBbire ; for I am informed that great numbera of them are gone to visit Dewabuiy and surrounding places .- - . "• - • '¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦' . " : ¦ ' : " . : '; .- - "¦"' : '¦ ¦'' " . : ¦ - ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" : . -. ' WEDNESDAY , EtEVBN O ' CLOCK . All is quiet here . More specials haVe been awem in this morning . Scores of fresh wen have been added . All the men at Mr . Armytage ' fl Factory , at Milnes Bridge , are sworn in as specials . Norris and Sykea ' a 1 bad arranged to begin 'work this morning ; and rang , their " hands"in ; bat the Magiatrales immediately ordered them to atop . There is not a inill running to-day * The streets are thronged with people , all anxious to bear what ia doing .

      WAKEFIELD . : JIEETtNiG OF COLLIERS . A meeting of this useful though much injured class of men took place in Wakefleld on Monday last . Notice bad been given by handbilia ^ saveral days previous , of their intention to meet and / discuss their grievances , in which it was designated " a meeung * of coal-ininers , stewards , and masters " but none of the last-mentioned class appeared to be present . The magistrates , under the appiehension of a diBturbance taking place , had given orders for the assembling of the Yeomanry Cavalry , and the celebrated " crack " troop of Captain Fernandtz was accordijigly paradiOg the Btreets before the hour of nine , ready to cut ' up the " black diamonds" ta mince-meat . Fortunately , there was no occasion given for an exhibition of their bravery . ¦¦ ' . ¦ .. '¦¦¦ : ¦'• ¦ . ' ' ' . ' . . - . ¦ "" ..- ¦ ' ' .: '' - . ¦ ¦ ¦• :

      At ten o ' clock tho colliers assembled in the Music Saloon , which had been previously engaged for the purpose , and Mr . Samuel Mann , of Halifax , was called to the chair . He opened the business by txpressing a bope that the speakers would confiae themaelves to the object for which the meeting waa called , and not attempt to enter into a political discussion . A resolution , in support of this recommendation , was immediately proposed and seconded , which led to considerable confusion , as many as : a dczoh individuals sometimes speaking at oiice . John Wiisoh , of Catherine Slack , proposed an amendment that the . " . ' speakers '; ba allowed to give free " utterance to their sentiments , whether social or political . " But the resolution a £ ainst entering into political discussion , cfter much wrangling , in which the Chairman was the principal sictor in opposing the amendment , was negatived . The following resolution waa then britfly proposed , seconded , and earried unanimously : —

      M That we , as a body of miners , consider ourselves the moving olas , siea of society , and that we ought to ba remunerated foi out labour , equally if not . superior to any other trade , considering our laborious aid dangerous occupation . " The speakers recommended the minefa of the varibuB districts to endeavour to obtain the co-operation of their emplpyera 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 . ThiB : system o £ supplying by contract had the effect of producing a ruinoua competition , alike injurious to the coal-ownera and the workmen . After the above resolution had been disposed of ,- it was suggested , on account of the number of individuals outside who could not gain admittf » nc 9 , and the intense heat of the room , that it would be better to adjourn tho meeting to the vacant ground bet-ween t ! e Gourfc House and tbe Music Saloon , and a motion to the effect having been passed , adjournment accordingly took place .

      ADJOURNED 'MEETING . '" . . '¦ After considerable delay the meeting was again formed , and the chairman baying mounted a wall , in lieu of a hustings , Mr . Charlea WhiUker , of Bradford , moved the third resplution : — " That as it is th 3 opinion » f the public in general , that the miners ought to hi well remunerated for their work , they trusc their masters will take it into fcueir serious conaideratiou , and if they caniiot make their workmen comforta ^' e with tha present pricaa of the comniodity , that they ^ vi \ l try to meet thi s inconvenience in the best was they mayibiuk pTOper . " In moving this the speaker urged upon bis hearers tho necessity of union and caution , aud contended strongly for a cordial feeling between employers and the employed- : .

      Mr . Jonab Jowett seconded the resolution , and , aftor being supported in a few remarks by Mr . Ihos , Shepherd , it was put and carried unanimously . Mr . John Autey moved tbe fourth rtssolutioh : "That a meeting of delegates from each and © very / colliery in the West Ridiiig of Yorkshire , ba held at tbe Griffia Inn , Wakefield , on the 29 th of August , 1842 , at eleven o'clock . in the forenoon . " This was seconded and agreed to , and the meeting then adjourned .

      BllADPORD . MONDAY KOON . This morninsf a very large meeting was held in froa * of the Odd Fellows' Hall , at seven o'clock , called by requisition to taka into consideration the present crisis . M r , Clav k was oiled to the cbair , and opened the meeting by calling on Mr . Smyth to move the first resolution , as fol ows : — " Tiiat this meeting pledges itself , collectively and . individualy , to keep the poaca and pr / eaerve law and order . " Mr . Hoclgsoa seeoarJod the motion , \ rhich was un&n ' . mous ' -y caTried . Sir . P : etcher moved the secocd resolution , tiiwi aiaJe an exc-sllent speech . He wiahed tho . people to be firm and peaceaMe . Tho resolution waa as follows : — " That we do

      most omphatically declare that it is our solemn and conscientious conviction , that all the evils which afflict society , and v-hich have prostrated the interests aiid energies of the great body of the producing clasaeB . arise Solely from class lejitslation and that the only remeay for the prt' 8 eut alarming diatresa aiHi wido-spread destitntion , is the ]' min ^ d-i ; t ' : o . ai . 'd uamutiiatou adoptiou , arid carrying it to law , tlie cl-jcuniLiit kaovzn as tiie tjopio's Charter . " Mr . Smjth secouded the motion ^ which waa carried unanimously . Mr . Hodgson moved the third resolution , which was seconded by Mr . itran , and carried unanimously . It was as follows : — " That thia meeting recommend the poople of all trades and callings forthwith to cease work , until tho above docuuient becomes the law of the land . "

      SIONDAV EVENING , TEN O ' CXOCK . This morning , a largo procession of turn-outs , march-Ing eight and ten abreast , departed from this town along tbe / Manchester Road towards Halifax . The procession reached a full mile in length . They left Bradford a little before nine o'clock . They molested nothing till they came to the milt of Messrs . W . and J , Suteiiffu , at the top of Hpdsall Moor , Wibsey , wheriJ the steani "was let off , and the pluga © f the boilers struck out . Mr . S . Bateman , whoso mill is near the same place , as soon as the procession was seen , ordered the engi e to be stoppud . A deputation was sent to him to request him immediately to draw the plugs , of his boilera . He consented to draw one out ; but juit at this moment Lamp ' ugh Hird , Esq ., rode

      into the mill yard at full gallop , and told them he was a magistrate , and ordered them off the premises . He Wiia aBked if he was the master ? Mr . Bateman then objected to the plug of the boiler been / drawn . Front thence they proceeded to Shelf , where the mill of Mr . Moses' Battomley and another were stopped . At this pl 3 ce they were overtaken by a troop of the 17 th iincors , at full gallop . The peoplo made way for them , and they went quietly , forward . They were hearted by four or five magistrates who wished the peop le to return homo agaain . The presence of ; both , military and magistrates was not sufficient to influence them to return . They were told that the Bict ; Act had been read , an . i that / for their own sakes they had better return home . This , howe-ver , was of no aTail . On they went to Halifax . A miU near the Stump Ck , bs waa ordered or requested to be stopped by some of the

      magistrates . When the large , procession reacned the middle of the New Bapk , going into Halifax , the 17 ih Lincers were drawn across the street , to obatruct their further progress . The people , seeing this , asksd one anbtker what they were to do , and received for . answer , ' ¦ 'Cr ' bt into Halifax the best way we can . " Forthwith a very high wall ' . was ' .-. scaled , / and the main body thus got past the . ' . ¦ ' . military ..,. ' Several hundreds cf the people kept the magistrates in parley , while the people were thus getting into the town . As sbon as / the magistrates found thia out , they turned the military about , and galloped up Haley Hill , towards Mr . / Akroyd's new mill , -called' t&e Shades . This mill was well guarded by soldiers , and special Constables . Mr . Ackroyd made a very . stout resistance for a long tima . Eventuftlly the military were withdrawn for a few moments , and a number of men from Todniorden and : Bradford

      ruBhed in , in dtflanee of Jonathan , spscials , and all , and drew but the are , aud nnplugged the boiler , They afterwards went to the mill dam , and were about to let the water out , when Mr . Ackroyd accoated them , and presented them with five pounds to let it alone , keport says seven prisoners were captured , and were about to be taken to prison by a file of foot soldlers i when they were rescued by their ^^ brethren . Two soldiers fired on thVpeople and slightly wounded one in the arm and tue other slightly on the belly , the ball going in at one / side of the breeches flap and came out of tbe other . ¦ ' It was reported that a . poor girl had been trampled to deatb ; whether corifcct or not ! cannot tell .

      The Bradford men got scattered in all directions by being obliged to go into thetown in the manner they , did ; but about half-past two o ' clock the word was passed throughout the crowd for the Bradford party to assemble at the top of tbe / Ne * BaLk , wben a goodly number mustered , and tbe procession was considered as large as when they first set out They took their route down Godley-lane , filing off up Shibden Dale , and . stopping tbree mills on their way . The water was let put of the dams of two of them . / They then proceeded to Qaeen ' a Head , and stopped , or rather-Mr . Foster stopped his mill aa soon as be saw tbe turn-outa approaching ^ He also gave them two sovereigns and a large quantity of good . beer . '¦ ' . v . ;/ . . ; \/ : - ////; - ' ¦¦ ¦ . " ' : ¦; - / :

      ; _ . . ; ... Oreat Horton waa the next place visited , ana there the - 'following' mills were stopped : —the Cliff Mill , occupied by B ; S . Afcroyd , E ^ jy the mill of Mr . 8 . Dracup ; the mill of Mr * Cowling Akroyd ; the mill of Mr . Wm . Cousenfl , and a mill called Common mill . From tbence the turn-outs proceeded to Legram ' slane , and stopped the mill of an amiable (?) master , named Nathan Bentley . Here the water was let out of the dam . ¦' '' . ¦¦ . ¦ :. . "; // - , '¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦' . ' - - ¦ / - , .. - ' - ' ¦ . '•'

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      Field Head mill , owned and occupied by R . S . Aktbyd , wasisxt visited , and stopped . Also several others in Thornton Road . The mill of RC . lister , Esq , was discovered to be lighted up ; and thither the crowd went , over hedge and ditch , like hunters . That mill was stopped . From here the crowd marched into the town and immediately dispersed . It was understood they wer « i to assemble in the morning again at seven o ' elock . Bradford itself baa been very peaceable during the day .

      STOCBZPORT . ( From a ¦ second edition of' tiie > Ster feport Advertiser of Saturday . ) ¦ ; ATTACK UPON THE STQCKPOItT UNION WORKHOUSE , AND COMMITTAL OF TUE PRISONEKS . , It appeared that while an Immensa pnblic meetiDg of tbe tnrn-oufca of all brancbes was holding in Waterlooroad , John Wright in the chair , another party , who , we undaistandj had been closing tbe . milla and workshops in Ed ^ eley and Cale-green , went to the w / orfc honse ; the leaders of whom demanded from Edward Hunt , the lodge-keeper , immediate admittance ! He refused them ; and asked them what th « y _ wanted ? They answeied that they / wauteA to cbmein . Hunt inquired whether they wanted the men who were

      working there ? and they said they did . All the joiners , blacksmiths , < bc , araouuting to about a dozen , being ail the workmen employed , independent of the paupers , were called out , and tbe ^ baying / joined the crowd the gates were locked . Some of the men , however , said , " Stop , we want something to eat , " at the same time demaudipg that ; tbe gates should be ppeced . The / lodgekeeperdeclined to unlock them , but offered to fetch the governor . Repudiating any desira to see the governor they vehemently , with uplifted sticks demanded admittance , or they would pull down the gates . Tfae lodge-keeper being inexorable , two of tbe ringleaders climbed tae palisading , and entering tbe lodge threatened to /* ' cut hint down" if he did-not surrender the keys , that tke mob Slight eoiae in . H ?

      said he would sooner / lose his lite than comply . At this moment they uplifted their bludgeona , in the attir tude of levelling blows at him , when bis wife , with feelings of fear arid affection , threw the keys at them , and they immediately unlocked tha gates , and the mob ruvhtd into the yard , numbering between 2 , 000 and 3 ^ 000 persons . Some of tbe more daring went into the houses and , being the distribution and pay-day of the out-paupers , they succeeded in possessing themselves of upwards ot 700 loaves , a number of small baga of meal , and other articles of provisions which were in the kitchen . The loaves having been thrown amongst / the crowd , the same party deinoiisbing tbe door of the pay room , succeeded in carrying away between £ 5 and £ 6 in copper . The mob outeide then commenced breaking the windows .

      On the first attack information was sent down to the Court-room , when the military ; magistrates , and policy accompanied by the towh-clerk and a formidable body of sbecial . constables , consisting of the tradesmen of the town , hastened to SQaw-he&tb , witb , all possible despatch , leaving the courtroom in charge of the yeomanry ( commanded b > v Captain Wortbington ) and infanti-y , Mr . R . Sykas acting as magistrate . " On arriving at the workhouse theyfaund the whole premisea in ppsaession of the insurgentai Tbe magistrates , spec als , and police , guarded by the infantry , forced their way into the workhouse , whilst the

      yeamiinry maintained gu * r 4 in front of the lodge . In the melee -which ensued , one of the officers of the yeomainry ¦ was assaulted with- a huge stick by a man named Spencer . He was secured on the spot In the meantime other parties had been detected iu the workhouse ; and many of them bavingbeen identified as of the number who broke into the . pay-room , thtiy were given in charge . The grosB number / apprehended was fiftyonei the majbrity of whom resided in this borough . A very small quantity of bread and meal was recovered . A magistrates' court was then formed in tae worJchbusej and the prisoners were examined on the Bpbt wheys they had committed the depredations .

      Whilst tna investigation -was proceeding it was notified to the Gouirt ; that a doputattoa from the pub lie nisetiDg cf the working classes wished to have an int 8 rviaw with the magistrates . Mr . Sadler , the superfhtendeiit of police , retired to receive them , and . to requiro from thorn their object . After a consultation ths mayor , magistrates , and town- ckrk , accompanied by Major Hope , of the 79 tb , and . Captains Lloyd , ' Tatton , and Townshend ; Lieutenants WicholEon , W . allice , LeRh Richmondj and E . MarsIand , and ether

      officers of tha' Cheshire Yeomanry , proceeded into another room , for the purposB of being present at the interview . The deputation on the outset-Inquired the unconditional release of the . prisoners , on the ground thaVthoy had been taken into caatody iilegally . However , before the mag iatrate » entered upon that part of the question , the town-clerk rt quired from them their namea . They were John Leach , tailor , Hyde ; Robert Lee , cotton ^ spinner , Ashton-under-Lyne ; John Jackspny shoemaher , Newton ; and John Wright , labourer , Sfcockpojfcv / - " . ¦ - : .:: / . ' . ¦ •¦ ' " . ; . :. ' .: " ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' / : " ' .

      The deputation addressed tbe magistrates senalim , comtneDcirig with Leach . He said the meeting he had lefc were much excited by the conviction that tbe prisoners had . been taken into custody innocently . They ware only in the act of asking for a mouthful of broad , heciusa they were starving . The Mayor informed him that each was iiot the fact ; but that they had been apprehended for breaking -into tha workhouse ,. , and stealing 400 or 500 loavea , . ' . meal , and the money which belonged to the paupers ., Leachhintedi that the building might be in danger if . th 8 men were detained * The Town Clorksaid the building , provided and protected as ths civil power was , both inside and outaide , vronld defy the ferce of all their number to effect its aeatructton . The deputation replied , but without effecting the object of their mission , and they retired . ' . ' ¦ ' : ¦ . ''

      The examination of the diffarent witneases ,. together with an inquiry into tlie plausibility ' of the statements of the prisonerathamselves , was then resumed and occapied the Court a considerabie time . The , result was the discharge of thirty-six , they having only been found in possession-of ^ loaves , whilst of the remaining eighteen priaoners , aiitoea wers committed to Chester assizes for trial : two were remanded , and the other , Spencer , wasi committed to Knutsford for one month ' s hard labour , for assaulting the Yeomanry officer . : ¦ Those who were committed for trial were identified as being armed witb offensive weapons , taking a violank part in the proceedings of the day , sad being more particularly engaged in breaking into the workhouse They were all conveyed between seven and eight o ' clock in the evening , leg-ironed , in coaches to Knutsford , en route to " CbesWr , accompanied by two conatabulary officersi under a . strong escort of cavahry as far as the Cheadle-heath . ¦ ;; / : :

      Art immense meeting of the unemployed , armed with bludgeons , took place at Waterloo , at five o ' clock this inerniag ( Friday ) . John Wright was the principal speaker . Ha exhorted them to keep / the peace , and to retain possession of the advantage they theu enjoyed towards obtaining the advance of their wages . They were left to conduct the business here and if anyman proved false to bis principles by letuining to bit y / or'k ^^ until their object . .. was achieved , it would be worse for'bim . .. ' / , ¦ ¦ '¦' .- ' "¦ . / . ¦ .. ¦ .-:: ¦ '¦ ¦ "';' ' ¦ '¦ / - About balf-paBt six o ' elock they separated , and the procession proceeded through the town to Levenpbulme , Heaton Mersey , arid to Sryall . Oa their way through CHeadle ,: they completely sacked the provision- shop o a i'craoii named Hunt , and several houses , and exposed 1 tha loaves upon the erida ef their sticks amidst tremeadou 8 shouting .

      . Another portion of the Stockport people proceeded towards Hazlegrove , levying contributions from all the respectable householders on their way , including the Coroner and Mr . Jdnathaa Thornhill ; and falling in with the ; mob from Hyde , Wwdlsy , io . j tbe joint bodies marched to Poynton , and stopped all the pits . They then prdccededto the hall and demanded provisions . They were supplied with both bread and money ; and Mr . Christy having still farther gratified them by giving ibem bread from tne Crescent , they want forwards to R . Ellington and Macclesfield , without commuting an ? hr 3 a ^ b of the peace . / . / ,,- ;• ¦ . Oiir market this day is vary languid , and badly attonded , owing to the fear of . the farmers ta risk the safstyof their produce . ; . ; '¦ '¦ A special session is now ( twalve o ' olook ) sitting at the Court-room for the trial of the prisoners remanded from tbe' "workhouse , or who have been apprehended eaxly this morning . ' . / ,. / - ¦'¦/' /! , ' .. ' . " / . // -, " ¦ .- ¦ "' ¦ / ' - ¦;

      NOTTINGHAM . .. . " . ' ..: ' ' . ' . ' .. ; . '' :- ' / ' : ; .- ' ' TUESDAY MQBNING . The town is in a great state of excitement Huaureds are grpuped about in various dirvctiwiis , discuasing tha news from the disturbed districts . ^ The magistrates . are much aiarmed , and are sitting A Iul * ilitieting at the Eichangei ¦ A requisitioa to tba Mayor to call a public meeting has bean aigued . : - TUESDAY AFTERNOON , TWO O ' CLOCK . The people are resblvedl to bold a meeting in the Market-place , at seven this evening . A deputation front them Was rsceived very courteously by the Mayor ; but

      the iequiaition was refused on account ef the Queen ' s Proclamation , They have sent a deputation to Derby , by the three o ' clock train , to learn how things are going on there . He will be back by seven o ' ciock . € rod knows what the autborities will do if the people meets I have just returned from Ilkeuton . The butties and coal-masters are . / compelling ' ' the poor men to / worit twenty-six or twenty-eight hours for a day ' a "Wager &ud the truck eyatem la in fall operation ; truly these are times to try men ' s souls—and bodies too . I understand several of tbe manufacturers here will close tbe moment the people request thenu //

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      OUSEBURK .-The Chartists of this place assembled ia their room , East end of Railway Bridge , on Sunday , Mr . Johu Hebd « n in the chair . Mr . Isaac Bruce sent in his resiguation aa sub-Treasurer on account of no t being able to attend regularly , aria Mr . M . Jade , pitman , near Byker Bar , was elected in his stead . The delegate ^ meeting in Newcastle waa taken into consideration , whoa Mr . John Hall was moved by two or three mefmbera at ^ onoeas delegate from this place ; but owing to provioua engagements he could not go , and Mr . John Hebdea and Peter Ramsden were elected . At the conclusion of the bueine 33 three joined the association .

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      R THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • 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-ncseproduct444/page/6/