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    STATE OF THE COUNTRY . ( From our mm Correspondents . ) MANCHESTER SUHDAT MOBHING , EIGHT O ' CLOCK . At this moment a Tery Urge train has arrived at the Station of the London and Birmingham Railway with » reinforcement of troops consisting of a detachment of the Hussars and the Royal Artillery , -with four field pieces , put of which ire understand are going forward toPrenoa . KIKE O'CLOCK . Another extraordinary large train h > m arrivftd ftt the game station filled -with the Goldstream Guards .

    I hops the eondnct of the people will t » each as will frustrate the designs of those whose desire it is to «« cry havoc * and let slip Uie dogt of war" upon a patient and" starring people . Since the meeting of Friday in tbe Carpenter's Hall , the people bave been Tery peaceable , and are looking forward to tbe decision of tfce Conference of the trades' delegates on Monday Tbe peaceable demeanour and quiet determination of the people is more to be dreaded by the authorities than any eTaneseent ebullition of feeling , such as the breakfcg cf winaowa , taming of mills , &c , or other destruction of property . The one evinces a firm settled purpose ! the other may be regarded more in the lighi of a flash in fee pan than any thing else .

    At three o'clock fcM « morning Mr . Tinker was arrested under a warrant for riot It appear * that the dyers , to-which trade Mr . T . belongs , at a meeting held on Thursday night , . resolved , that the members of the Dyers Union shoald stop what is called thB " knob stick" shops . On Friday morning they carried this resolution into effect It is alleged that Mi . linker was , during this business , with the other men . © a Sasnxday the delegates from the Trudea assem-Wea in the Large Reom , Bherwood Inn , Tib-street . Mr . John Htddleton was called to the chair , when it * M unanimously resolved to post the town with the foBowusg placard : — JUSTICE J PEACE I 1 LAW 111 ORDER llll TO THS iSHiLBITiSTS 0 ? MA . 5 CHESTEK , SaLFOBD , XSH SVB&QVSD 1 XQ DISTRICTS .

    We , the Delegates of all the various Trades © f these important districts , baring been , each and all , legally and duly elected by oar Yarlons trades , have again this day met in solemn Conference , empowered by our constotasnts to watch oTer and guard til 9 interests of the people wkpm we represent ; and we ds most earnestly implore of you not to be led astray by your enemies , but remain firm in your purpose to uphold your iarf rights , ss Bbt forth in the resolutions agreed to by the delegates' meeting in the Carpaater's Hall , on the 11 th and 22 th inst . We call upon you to be prompt in the election of your Delegates to th = Great Delegate Confer--enss whieb wiU be held in the Sherwood Inn , Tibstreet , on Monday . Aug . 15 th , 1842 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , and that you meet immediately for that purpese , snch of you as haTe not already elected delegates . " "

    We most solemnly pledge ourselTes to persevere in our exert ions BA& WB achieve the complete emancipation of our brethren of tbe working and middl ing classes from the thraldom of Monopoly and Class Legislation , bj the legal establishment of the Peoples Charier .

    . The Trades of Britain carried tbe Reform BilL The Trades of "BrifeiTn shall carry the Charier . We call upon you then to . act with promptitude and energy . 4 teyou your didy ! vt vUl do ours !! We trust the issue to the protection of Heaven a&d the justice of our cause . JOH > ' MlDDLETON , Chairman . Tbe following TesoluVion , amongst others , was agreed to unssimonsly : — " That no person will be admitted to the delegate meeting on Monday next , unless such delegate briog his credentials duly signed by the chairman or Secretary of a public meeting of the trade he represents . ''

    On Saturday evening , Aug . 13 th , a public meeting of the power loom weavers was held in the Carpenter ' s Hall ; Mr . Sinclair in the chair ; when the meeting was addressed by Messrs . DGnavan , Biley , Lane , Kiy , M-Connell , Collins , Halliwell , Brophy , Dixon , and others The followiiig resolutions were carried unanimously i—1 . Tkit this meeting pledges itaelf to discountenance all illegal proceedings ; and further , that they will endeavour to preserve the public peace . 2 . That we cannot exist with the present rate of wages , and that we are determined not to go to work until we obtain the prices paid is 1839 . 3- That each master be called upon to pay the same price for the same fabric of work throughout the whole manufacturing district * .

    < - That it is the opinion of this meeting that political rights are imperatxreJy necessary for the protection of wages : we therefore pledge ourselves to act with our other friends , and the trades generally , in legally and peacefully etablisbing Usat document known as the ** People's Charter , and causing the same to become the law of the land , SB the only means of securing our rigbfes . 5 . That this jneeHof pledges itoeli not to return to work until we hear tb * decision of tht Conference of Delegates , on Monday n * xt , at the Sherwood Inn .

    6- That the power loom weavers of Manchester , deem it the most unpardonable injustice , on the part of a great number of the foefcory masters , that they refuse to give employment TO M * R 5 in their factories , but in their stead employ women , ore * whem they can tyrannise with impunity . We thasefoseui * determined that this cruel and unjust system shall be abolished before we go to cet wort After die election of a delegate to tbe Conference on Monday , and a committee of management / the f * h ? m * lrn ef tbe jreetujg were given to the chairman , and the meetiag dispersed in a peaceable and orderly manner .

    Block Puihtebs . —A numerous and respectable EeeHsg of this body was beld an Friday , tbe 12 th Inst , at the Fairfield Tavern , Fairfield-street , to take irto consideration resolution * passed at a meeting of the Mechanics , aad to hear the report of their delegates Afterthe report bad been given is , & resolution was passed bj acclamation that they , the Block Printers , adopt the resolutions which hare been passed by the Mechanics 'delegate meeting . - Mr . P . M . Biopby was invited to address the meeting . He did so in a stirring manner , daring which he arrongly recommended them to form themselves into a branch -of the National Charter Association , as the only means , to secure good Government , and a protection for their labour .

    After a vote of thanks to Mr . Brophy , It was passed by accsma&an that they form themselves into the National { Baxter Association . A -rot * of -thank * was then given to the host , and three £ bten foz the Charter , when tbe meeting ad-3 owned to Saturday , the 13 th . : MO ^ DAT M 0 B 5 I 5 G , P 1 TE O ' CLOCK . The waSs of out town are densely placarded with proclamations from the County and Berough magistrates , dated , Town Hall , Sunday , Angnat 14 th , 1842 . Tbe proclamation states that the magistrates declare all meetings of numbers of the people illegal , wherever beld , and for whatever purpose called ; And that the magistrates are determined to pnt all such meetings down , if need be , by force .

    The town having been placarded , calling a jrablie meeting of the cotton ^ pincers and card-room bauds , to be held in the Carpentan * Wai ^ o& tin * ( Monday ) niornir , g , at five o * cioek , considerable excitement prevailed as to -Bfhtlher . the Magistrates would disperse the meeting At tbehoor appointed , the large room was filled . Xot-¦ withEtsngiug the Proclamation , the people appeared to be determined to hare their mcttiiig , and do the business fer whidi it had been . « yH ««* . At aJiout half-past fi ? e , & fectory opesaUve t »» called io the Qaax , who opened the business by calling upon the Secretary to state to the , meeting tfcs result of an

    interview with Captain Sleagb , the Assistant Comsiis aioaer < A tbe Police farce . He ( tbe Secretary ) said that having seen tba Proclamation so . the walls , he eonsidtred . it to be his duty to go to the authorities and inquirewhfcth 6 l \ tliey considered this meetiDg as coming tinder the . tenn '' illegal meeting ; " when he was informed tb « t it was » n illegal mefctmg , at least is tie opinion of the Magistrate * of . Maachattcr , and that they were dettrmme ^ to put . ^ ftop toit , and not to & only , bat to every rneeting , whaterei wai the object . But aa they had asttanblea togstliei they would do their busing as quici aa possible , and then dissolve .

    Tee following resolution * wtie carried nnam-J&oaelj : — 1 . That thk H ^ etinx is 4 eteanined not to eomatnee work until their employers agree to work tlie tome length of time as other trades ^ viz ten hoars per * * j . for fire days ia tto week , and eight hours oa ¦ fiiturdsyfc " 2 - Tkafc this meeting eoniidera that their wages oa ? Lt to be advanced one-sixth , one-eighth , and onettath . to make op the dfificiency of tbe reduction hi tbe ^* w of labour ; asd also that those employers . who haTe been paying less tb » " the more honourable , should be iffon ^ tt to the same Btandard . " s- " That this meeting i « determiaed not to commence " » erk seain nnfil- « ach timeas tbe employers agree to pat at tnd to that exaction made upon spinners only , tfce asking item pay for the artificial light tiiey work

    * - . " Thtta « n « taiion be appointed by thia meeting , ^ r ^ ang <* tjj fc ^ ^ ^ i npon ae whole of ^ t ! f ^^>«» Bcb « terand ito fidnity , lot tfce P ^ P * or iiAndng them of our determination , and l ^ and ?» * POntheBl ' P ^ ' towajuiesce with « ar * " That Mother meeting be eonreaed for the pur-?* ° ' . i-earing ths report of the delegate * « onference , g ^ aod place fe { which will be hereafter stated by * L" * ¦* ^ sweUcg pledge itself sot to return to * o « mail the Charter be the law of the land , should * e Trader Cotfareace so decide . " After thanks beiag given to the Chairman the aaeei-^ ** p »« ted before the aathfiritiBt arrived .

    W £ " * > tea . o'doek , ail is very peaceable ; but no « i goiag on . A fixed determination , on the part of ^ People , i * lirongl y manifeeted .

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    GREAT . DELEGATE MEETING OP THE TBADES OP MANCHESTER , A . KD THE WUOLE SCKBOTJHDIKd - D 1 STB 1 CT . MONDAY EVENING , HALF-PAST NINE . This important meeting iesnmed its sittings at ten o'clock a . m ., at the Sheardown Inn , Tib-street , Mr . HutchiDson in tbe chair . A committee was appointed to scrutinize the credentials of delegates far ascertaining that all were legally elected , and that all were iona Afe . representativea » f trades . Considerable numbers of persons , induced by intense anxiety to bear the proceedings of the meeting , were assembled outside ; and though nothing could be more peaceable than their demeanour , it was thought advisable , considering the temper or the authorities , that they should be entreated to disperse and go home . Mr . M * Cartney was appointed to address them to that purpose , Great caution was exercised to preserve the integrity of the meeting by presenting the admission of persons with factious or improper , credentials .

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

    There was exhibited , as might have been expected , j a difference of opinion amongst the thousands who I were represented by the several member * of this impor-| tant meeting as to the precise object to be recojroised as tbe distinct purport of tbe strike . Some , and those tbe majority , were instructed on the part ef their constituents , to disclaim all minor and secondary objects of contention , and to declare that their resolution was fixed to uphold the strike on no other ground than as a i means to obtain the Coaster , for which purpose they were resolved to maintain it to the last extremity . I Others , and those principally from Stalybridge I ana the . other localities in which the strike b&s ; an , I were instructed tbat their constituents regarded it i merely as a trades * strike , a question ef wages , and j trades' rights ; while a considerable number of pb . ces , I without giving any opinion of their own , expressed by I their- delegates their readiness to uphold their Brethren I in any struggle that mUht be deemed advisable , and tx >

    J abide therefore upon the dec ' sion of that meeting , be I the same what it might During the day eighty-five delegates thus delivered their instructions , representing ; all the respective tradis of Manchester , and of moat if not all tbe towns and villages within twenty miles j thereof . To give their statements seriatim would bo merely to oconpy space -with repetitious . The great ! question seemed to bave been , with each trade , whither ! tae contest should be a mere trades or a political con-! test , and of their decision an analysis is given below . OJ \ the eighty-five delegates , fifty-eight declared for the | Charter ; seven for making it a trades * contest ; I nineteen , to abide the decision of the meeti ing ; and one , thB representative of tho ! stone masons of Manchester , stated that his . con-I stituents were individuily for the Cttarter , but that ' he bad no instruction from them as a body , and could : not therefore pledge them to any precise course of 1 actien .

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

    threat and menace with a proper and dignified contempt , their object being legal and their means ptaee / uL a committee had been appointed to draw up an address to tee trades and the public generally . The address was read aud discussed ; but some of its expressions being thought a little too warm , the delegates being determined to act with such prudence as should disarm even malice of its sting , recommitted it for further consideration . The meeting then adjaumed its sittings until ten to-morrow morning , at the Hall of Science—th 3 Carpenters' Hall being engaged to-morrow for Hunt ' s monument festival .

    -Manchester has during this day presented to the contemplative mind a scene fraught with interest of a somewhat fearful character ; tbe streets crowded all day . trith passers to and fro , whose only business seemed to be anxious enquiry after tbe news and exchanging opinions * and prognostications oi the prospect before them . - . ' The utmost peacefulness of demeanour was remarkably observeable on the pait of both people and authorities ; work ss totally at a stand ; all business nearly so ; shops in the meet frequented a » d public streets closed in all da ; -, and yet all comparatively quiet as the grave not a brawl , sot a murmur , sot even a policeman ' s truncheon visible .

    - Early in the morning the walls were covered with a Royal Proclamation and a Proclamation from the Magistrates . ' I passed during various portions of the day through most , at tbe populous district of the town , and save the menacing procession by Carpenter ' s Hall , have seen no indication tbe neccessity for the obtrusion of extraordinary provision for tbe maintainance of order . Nothing could be more peaceful and praiseworthy than the conduct of the people , an 3 though the military , police , and pensioners , are said to be all under arms , and many hundreds , some say thousands , of special constables sworn in , with the exception beforenamed , I have seen only one soldier out of barrackB , and one policeman in the streets , during the entire day . * The following placard has been plentifully distributed ;

    " RUN FOB . Gold !—Labour is suspended 1 Public confidence is shaken : Paper is worthless ! Ron for Gold ! Every sovereign is now worth thirty shillings 1 Paper connt > t be cashed ! Run . ' middle-classmen , trades , Odd Fellows , sick clubs , money clubs , to Savings' and all Banks , for gold I gold !! gold III " Numerous trade societies and other benefit societies are said to be-acting on its advice , and the banks are being run on . The benefit societies of one village are reported to have drawn £ 5 , ooo this morning , a spirit which cannot be better characterised than as indicating tke cool but fierce deteimioation which seems to animate the whole populata n .

    Hcnt's Monument Demonstration , —OnrreaderB are aware frcm the announcement in the last week's Star , that the committee bad Tery wisely determined to forgo the procession . Not content , however , with this this concession to their timid fears , the authorities , on Sunday , sent for the Reverend Chairman of the Committee , and several communications passed between him , the committee , and the magistrates , from which it appeared to fee the determination of the lafr . er to act with "unconBtitntional anthority" and disperse the intended meeting , however legal and peaceful both in its object and its bearing , though every fair pretext for

    doing bo had been removed by the determination to hold it on tbe private property of Mr . ScholeSeld , when it could by no possibility have interfered with public convenience or safety . Determined , however , that the xaffiaBS who seek an affray With the people should , if possible , bare no pretence npon which to make one , the meeting has been put of , and will consequently not take place . The tea-party and ball , however , go on in pursuance . with the public rotice given , notwithstanding that Sir Charles Shaw , even while receiving the assurance tE&t ths meeting should not take place , refused to pledge himself that tbe companjfebould be permitted to take their tea in peace-fulness .

    Tbe above was accompanied by tbe following letter to oar publisher : — " D £ ab Hobson , —Herewith you have tho news cf the day . There is " no ' mistake" that the Ii £ 3 gne are at the bottom of this movement . I will -write more fully on this point by to-morrow morning's post . A WABRANT FOR THE ARREST OF MB . O'CONNOR IS LYING IN SIR CHARLES SHAW'S HANDS ; and if 7 k corns he will be . , at all ha ^ irds , arrested . So ' at least the Magistrates told the Rav . Mr . Scholeneld . " Some thinglike three to four thousands soldiers one here now , all under arms . Oa tbe Leeds and Manchester railway Is a special engine carrying two nine pounders , and the men to work them on its tender . A troop of riflemen are also oa the line in readiness to move on any given point , for the protection of the line . "

    Tuesday morning ' s post brought the following letter : — TUiSPAT MOBNINO , KINB O ' CLOCK , - DEAB . HOBSOH , —All is quiet still—magistrates and military parading the streets—no meetings to be holden The people still determined to uphold tbe strike , and to h * ve the Charter . " There is no use in trying to reason wiflt them ; Ihef * n > resolved " to try it on , " I have mixed a great deal among them . Yesterday I talked "witb manj . VI find all in one mind , or nearly « o : — " well try this itrike on . Well hold onfc as long aa ever we can , and , d—n theii eyes , if It aun eome to a tussle , we ' en daft hard . " the in anniversary

    I write jon last nl * bt tbat meeting of Peterfoa has been abadoned . ¦ 1 went tot nifht , after ten , to the Mosley Arms , to inquire for Mr . O'Connor . He bad not arrived . The waiter told me that he had been informed by saveral gentlemen that Mr . O'Cennor was in gaol , having been arrested , for violating , " at Notliagham , hia peace artides . I have a messenger bow gone again to . as * - after turn .- ¦ My messenger has Ihla mouieai returned . Mr . O'Connor has not arrived at the ilesiey Arm * ; but Mr . Heywood Bays that ho ia in town . Mr . H . has" se « n one who travelled with him . If he be in . town , I believe that be will be arrested .

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    MANCHESTER , TUESDAY MORNING . The peo pie are all out , as on yesterday . There has beea no bi \ * ach of the peace ; but all is in breathless anxiety , aw . siting the adjourned meeting of trado delegates , which i 8 to take place this morning in the Hall of Science . A large placard has been posted , signed U . A . citizen , " in wnich all the vituperation that a malignant enemy could make op , baa been heaped upon the heads of the devoted Chartists . We have been informed by a person in connection

    with the New Bailey Prison , that out of those that have been committed to prison there is not more than five can be recognized as persona of character , the other * are all well known as common dj * torber » of the peace and but for whom , and tbe class they befoogto , we would not bave even these five deprived of their liberty . It being known tbat Mr . O'Connor was to be in town to-day , many were the anxious inquiries after him , particularly when it Was reported that a warnnW for the apprehension and detention of his person had been issued against him .

    The authorities are at a loss what to do : for the works are all standing , and tbe people walking the streets in tbe most orderly manner- ESvery plan that can be devised has been tried to make the people break the peace , that there mi » : ht be a pretext to re-enact the bloody work of 1819 , but without avail ; in fact , the meeting of trades to-day in the Hall of Science , Camp Field , was -turned out at the point of the bayonet ; but still the masses bore the unwise proceeding with patience , calmly awii ' . tiDg their time . The working men are determined , ; . t this time , at least , to prove to their oppressors that inUl ! : gence has op ^ ueu their eyes to all their schemes and their treachery . The above is a sample of the parade of power used " . to . enslave the toiliBg millions .

    Reports are nourly tvrriying respecting the disturbed state of Bolton , Blackburn , Wigan , Chorley , and Preston . In the last mentioned town , report says tbat there are two persons killed , scd eleven dangerously wounded . A report has reached us that fourteen of the Rifle Brigade have been brought into this town prisoners , under a Btroa ^ escort , for refusing to fire upon the people ef tbat town . A detachment of the 60 th Rifles were sent per railway this morning to Wigau . The yeomanry cavalry are out in that neighbourhood , under the command of Lord Francis Eger ton . In Saiford , the shopkeepers are beginning to find that the working classes xre their best friends ; and tht > y therefore called a meeting on Monday evening , when the following resolution was passed : •—

    < That we , the shopkeepers of Salford . do render the p « opie our assistance , both pecuniary and otherwise , to obtain their political rights . " Notwithstanding tbe peaceable demeanour of the people , the military , police , specirl constables , and ali the old pensioners , are stationed in various parta of the town , ready to act at a moment s notice . It has beenTumoured that Sir Robert Peel , Sir J . Graham , and Lord Stanley are in town-to-day ; if bo , they must see what was never seen in England b < foro . They ¦ will iearn that Tory steel msd Tor ; lead * are as much , hated by the people aa ever ; au-. l that they look with confidence to thv net vtry distant time v . hfcn all the UDJuat powers of AVaig and Tory factions shall paBs away , aad the reign of peace and plenty comaieucu . Bills have be » m poated on tha walls , of which the following is a copy : —

    Committee Kcom , King-stre « t , Aug . 16 th . " At a meeting of Spinners , Manufacturers , Machine Makers , Millwrights , Mechanics , Printers , ' Dyers , and others , it was unanimously resolved , "" That the mills , and other public worka , ia Manchester and S ^ lford , be not opentd for work until the workpeople therein employed signify their desire to return to labour . '" This ib looked upon by some as an insult to their povertj-stricEen state ; nnd it has caused many to say that the ma > ters shall be the fin < t to invite them to work ; that they have worked too ong for small remuneration ; but that they are detetmined to have protection for their labour for the future .

    PATRICROFT . Four mechanics bave beea arrested at this place , and taken to Manchester in euatody . The names of three of them are El ward Williams , Alexander Braid , and Andrew Shores . Tbe name of the fourth we have not yet learned . What the charge against * thtm is we can have no conception ; unlesB it be the refusing to work for wage-reducing employers . It is rumoured that warrants are issued against others .

    HEYWOOD . The people of this locality are all oat , not alone for wages , but also for tbe meats of protecting their labour . Mr . P . M . Brophy addressud a meeting of more than lo . ooe persons , amongst \ fhom were a great number of the middle classes . All appeared to be impressed with the conviction that nothing short of an extension of political rights to the working man can ever ameliorate his condition .

    ROCHDAI . E . All the hands employed in mills and mines in this populous district are out There has not yet been a breach of the peace .

    SMALL BRIDGE . Great efforts on the part of the Tories has been made in this village to bring the people in collision one witb another during the past week , but all their efforts feave been fruitless . The Orangemen belonging to two Lodges kept here "were out in their iob « j , and a band of music , yet so cool weie tbe people , r . ad so determined to keep the peace , that none but the Orangeman , who wers infuriated with drink , could bo found disorderly ; and in instances not a few , they were seen fighting amongst themselves . L 1 TTLEBOROTJOH .

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

    BA . CUP . The men of Rochdale entered this village on Monday morning , and held a large meeting . The magistracy an '' about thirty of the 61 st regiment of foot were soon on the spot , and the inhabitants of Bacup , many of whom had never seon a soldier btfore , took to their heels , totbetnnoof "De'iltake the hindmost . " The men of Rochdale , however , soon rallied th&m , and the meeting went on , but not before the magistrates read the Riot Act The people , however , persevered and

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

    Charter-ASHTON-UNDERLYWE . .. - .. -.: ¦ - FRIDAK . The town is in a state of great ; excitement , in consequence of the mills all being at a stand , but there baa been nothing like a breach of the peace . Meetings continue to be held every morning at five o ' clock and at six in fhe evening . Mr . Briwly , Mr . Hindle and others address them . . SATUBBAY . There was a meeting this morning at six o ' clock , and good speeches were deliverad bv M . esBrs . Wolfenden , Taylor , Johnson and others . Ail was peaceable and quiet . The speakers all advised the people to prove themselves lovera of peace , law and or < ter ; and to tuke tbe oaths to qualify to act as special constables to preserve the peace . The authorities liave . been bnaily engaged sw&sring in specials to tbe number wf about five handred .

    SUNDAY . All is usual on thi 3 day with the exception that large meetings were held morning and evening . In We evening excellent speeches were delivered by Mesara . Spindle , Booth , Storor , Challenger and others . Monday . At an early hour this morning , the workies wended their way to the usual place of meeting ; Mr . Ellis -was called to the chair . Mr . Aitken , Mr . Hlndle , Mr . Robert Lees , Mr , Woolfenden , and Mr . Cb&Uenger spoke , and called on tbe people to be united in action , to preserve the peactt , and be flnn to their purpose . A meeting o- a similar description was held at Bis o ' clock in the evening , and all passed over very peaceably . . . ¦

    TUESDAY . As ojsoal , at six o ' clock this morning the people assembled ; ' and Mr . Hindle , Mr ; Piilic ^ , and others spoke , recommending the people to Peace , Law , ana Order . , : ^

    SHEFFIELD . : . lUBSDAT . We bad a very large meeting In Paradise Square last night . A motion was moved and seconded that tbe trades of Sheffield do immediately meet , and appoint delegates to take into consideration the propriety of following the example of the men * f Manchester , and its neighbourhood- This was carried by all bands being held up with great enthusiasm . This morning large bodies of-men assembled in almost every part of the town . Thty assembled-at seven -ovrtosfc at an opuh space of ground , near Ellin ' s Wheel . Tbe people were quiet , peaceful , aad attentive . The £ * n paper was read . Mr . Ragg was called to tb » chair , and Mr . Edwin Gill addressed the meeting , wging them to be peaceful and . fim . ia their determination .

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    : : •;' . ¦ PRESTON . *'* ' ...:: V ' . : ' . ' . ¦ . V V . ... SCNDA ^ V . ACGOST 14 . Mr . Editob , —The first tfme I wrote you waa wben the cruel cotton masters had locked out their hands to tarve them into compliance > ith their Vlow prices . I now write on as pressing , but a BadK' momentous emergency . ¦> : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : * . ; . ¦ ' ¦ .- ; - ¦ ¦ : : - *•¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦*; * : . •¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦• ¦¦ . * . * . ;¦ ; . The feet ta this , Whether from the ant t-Com Latv £ » gne >* orftoitf th ^ ' in 6 »; dradl | ''fi ^ ia'iM ' ofn . ^ . Ji ^ . JM » > the people , to the number of fourteen , have bee . n shot ^ --Deadly abot J 11 ^ and , as the whole town pTy ? o ! aims , withoat sufficient c&u&e beyond what was wanton ly provoked by the police . - : I doaot know that any are yet dead , batthfr third ] odltion of the Preston Chronide says that Bv © are- mortally wounded .

    I have jast returned from visiting three p * tfee dyVng n « m . What a sight j Men—poor wretched ikeletoiilooking men , with as wrettfced-looklng and aa wayworn wives by their bedside * -, perforated by leaden balls . GnebaHpassed , asIunderataDd . throu . hUwbddy ^ jus&below the left breast . I saw the wound onthe fcoht ; thBoth © just in ; atthe right side , and the third , the ball entered th « spine . They we aU three dying . Then there are other two—one has bad his Ug amputated ; the other is shot through the wrist ; besides these , I aw told there ia another whose bowels were pretKufed . Heisat his own home . I ' ae three I have « een , 1 am told the doctor says are fast going to their account—Correspondent . ANOTHER AND MORE DETAItED ACCOtlNT . AUGUST 14 TH , TEN O ' CLOCK ,, - '¦ '; : ¦ ;¦' ¦ '¦ evening . * ' ' ' :-¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ' :

    . With thu letter I send you a Preston paper , © f Saturday last , wherein you will perceive the awful aid melancholy destruction that has taken place in orw town ; and I will give you a brief and faithful accountof the eause of the turn-out , as far as I have been able to collect information . ¦ ' O / i Thursday evening last , about six o'clock , I vaa summoned to attend 1 two persons , who were waiting for iue at our Association Room , and reported to have come from Manchester ^ I left my work , and proceeded to the place , when I was accoated by a person , a perfect

    stranger , who asked me— what we intended to do in Preston ? " I innnediately replied , that I "was unacquainted with their mission , consequently I could not answer the question , and begged to know what be purposed to do ? He stated that he came from Ashton-nnder-fiyne ; that the whole of the vorlrmen in Manonestbr , Ashton , Scajeybridge , < tc , •* . « ., had Biuck work for an advance of wages , and that he and his companion had been deputed to Preston , and other places , to endeavour to get the working men to follow the example .

    It soon got buzsKrt about that the-e were two persons froiD Manchester bad come to Preston , and in a short time the rooai * was crowded . They requested to briefly address the meeting that night , which beinij granted , gave a plain statement of the turn : out in Asntou , and that THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF ASHTOX HAD SUPPLIED xiiE vi with funds to oppose this re # 1 uc tion : and * if the working men in ttie various manuf ^ cturinp diB { rict 8 did lot turn out , they were sure to be sacrificed in Ashton , Manchester , &o . < tc . Gbpillen >? er ,: his companion , fallowed in the same strain , On Friday morning , about eigbt o ' clock , I was given to understand tbat a party ot wearers In tbo employ of Mr . Ainswcrth , had struck fork ia consequcuce of a re < luction « f wages to the amount ut . threepence per

    piece , which \? onld amount to two shillings and nineponce froth each person ' s wpek ' s wages ; tbo reduction was for tha work bein *{ too thin , ; and the weavers hm in a great many instauccs put two picks in the quarter more than tile full number reqalired . The pieces ate weighed , and the materials from which they were worked were of too fine a count ; consequuhtly they would not weigh the reqatrad amount . 1 . waa than informed that Aitken and Challebger had been addresaine the weavers in Ghadwick ' a Orchard , and that when the meeting had left there , they had gone to turn out the mili of Messrs . Paley . Now , yo * a will bear in mind that joung Thomas Ainiiworth is a rampant Corn Law Repeu ' er . ( Query : Was thid abatement of Ainaiworth s presonc ^ rted before these Ashton men came to Preaton ?) ' ' . '¦¦ ' ,. " ¦ * '' : / . : :: ,. : - . ¦' ¦ : ¦¦' ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ - ''¦

    Before nijht . eveTy cpttpn-mill was turned but without any resetacce ; and all done chiefly by boys and s iris . ¦ *' . '¦¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .. ¦¦¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ' . - . : '"' . :- ' ' ; -V ; - ' ,.. ¦ , ; . - ¦ ¦ * At eight o ' clock ^ bere was a very large meeting in Ghadwiek ' 8 Otcbaid , "which was addressed by Aitken , ChiUenger , aud Oilleum , the last of - ^ horn proposed a rtsolution t « the effect , •" ¦ . " : " That tbt meeting pledged themselves to strike work until they hid a fair day ' s wages for that wotk , guaranteing its continuance , with the Charter . " : . Large ounbers collected in Chadwick ' a Orchard on Saturday norning , as earjy as six o'clock , when it being reported that aome of the mills had resumed work , the crowd repaired to Messrs . Sledden ' a machine ebop , North-roai , and attempted to force the gates , bat were ultimatels compelled to turn out , after several windows bad been broken and a few Blight wounds iijfllcted on boih Bidei , —the workmen throwing pieces of iron at tbe crowd , and they in return using stones .

    A detachment of the 72 dd Highlanders , twenty-one in numba , entered the town thiB morning , and ; headed by the Hay or , Mr . Samuel Honocks , Mr . Jackson , a ningistnte , and Mr . Palmer , the Town Clerk , marched do * n Friargate , to Messrs . Payly ' s roill , acoompfiriied by : Mr . Bannirter , tha anperintendant of th 8 boroush police , and about ten or a dozen of the force under bis command , where a party was endeavouring to force cut the workpeople . The party so eBgaged -fled towards the Com Exchange , Lune-street The police and mili , Ury marched in that direction , when several stones were thrown at the police , and a sort of running fight was kept up all the way to Ltine-stf « et . When the soldiers had got near tha top of Lune street , the police

    being in the rear , and each now and then running aftet the b © 5 » . striking them yihh their istaves , and retreating under the cover of the military , the Riot Act was read , and the police stating the Boldierg -were going to fire , the soldiers made an opening for the police to puas through , and the fatal word was given f They did fire i and , on refereM « ttt the Chronicfe i you will perceive the destructionitb&t it ^^ haa caused . ! People bould scarcely belieVe their senses . Riota have before happened in Preiton but neveir hefore was the military ordered to fire . The Ashton me * , who bad been housed after addressing the people in the morning , fled immediately on the people being flred upon , and left the town . :

    Another detachmfint of tbe 9 ihR ! fle > brigade , about 150 in number , was marched into the town , and the 72 nd marched out , no doubt to steta the popular fury , it beiDg the almost unanimous opinion that the Mayor ought to be tried for wilful murder . It being reported that there was a great body of people marching in from Blackburn , proclainatioiia were posted , forbiddiDg any meetings of the people , and calling for special constables . The public houses were all closed by six o ' clock—armed mei } Btationed in all the mills ; who kept up a fire all night at intervals . But all pacsed off in tho night without any disturbance . 1 have been to sae three of tbo parties ¦ vyounded at the House of Recovery , aad there is not the slightest hops for their recovery ^— Another Correspondent . ¦' / :. : ¦ ; The following is the account from the Preston Chronicle alluded to in the above important communication : — : FIRING UPON THE PEOPLE . ,.

    At about aix o ' clock this morning , tin Attaclc " wao made apon the factory of Mr . Frauds Sleddon , Northroad , under the following bircumrtancea :- —The crswd called npon the hands , who were at w » rk , to come oat aud leave work ; b \ it so fat ftbm the order being complied with , the men in the factory turned the water pipes upon the mob and endeavoured to beat them . back . They were not sufflciehtly atroDg , ho wever , to effect this purpose , and after softiedamage . had been done to the outside of the mill , the hands were obliged to turn-out Sabsequently .. 'to this , at about eight o ' clock , aa tha mob were proceeding up Luno-street , near the , Ifew Matket , they Were met bya body of policemen and the military . The crowd commenced shouting and throwing stones . On Ciiptaln Wpodford naaki g towards them , as if to arrest oue of the patties , he was kuockfed down . Oce of the constables , in endeavourlDg to Bsaist , was struck a violent blow ou the arm with n

    stick , and on the chest and in the face wiib 8 tone » , An attempt was made to reason with , tjhe patties , and they ^ ^ were informed that if they ^^ did not diaperse , and cease their riotous conduct , orders would b& given to fite upon them . The Riot AoV was read * and the poiice having feetn ¦; beaten back , the order to " fire " was given , and aeveral 'were wounded , ^" our or dye v ^ ere taken into the Dispensary , ; and their wou ^ da drKfcseii . The accounts viry aa to tbe niimber who ' . yeru woucded , and as to the nature of tho wounUs . One who wns ' shbt in the knee was pbligedL . yto fcays his leg amputated ; another man was shot tbroagb thb boi'y . Somo of the bulletB etiuck the houseui Air Coup , the landlord of the Corpoiation ! ArniB , sevorai persona being at the ¦ windowa . Mr . ObupB son who was leading a horse to tho stable , . had v a narrow e £ C 3 pe , —a bullet , which hail passed ; through tbe wooden door of the stable yard , went ; whizzing paBfc

    hiaear . * ¦ ¦ , ¦ •;¦ . . . . ... •¦ : . ¦' . . ¦ ; . .. ; - . . ;¦¦ : ¦ :- ¦ . ¦ . There ore several shot markfl on the house of Mr . Coup . A bullet struck the lanip-posti oppoaita the Angel Inn , in Lune-street , and glanced cif through one of the windows . '¦ ' " : ¦ ' : ¦'¦ -. V-, - ** . ' . ' •/¦ . "¦*'¦• ¦ * *'* V - ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ At this time , ' twelve o ' cloek > quietness has been re . stored , but of course there is a great fermanfc in peoplo ' s minds , and business is almost at a stand still , although it ia oar chief market day . "• .. ¦" . '" . ¦ ., '" . : Z '; - : { -f ^ . ¦ •¦ * ' - y ' : ' _ :. ''¦'¦ : i / HALE-PASt tyiLVE . We tear that eight ^ have bee n wounded : ; flvemotr tally . Notice is posted on the walls that the Riot Act has been wad . —Pmtoa Chvonide . J ; From an account fuenlabed . to the Times by their own Reporter , we extoacttheiolUiwiDgJ ^ - ; v _

    it to Bcarcely known hpw niatty have been woonded , bnt it is supposed from twelve to Afteen , sbn » j of them mortally . Five ; jhave been'taken to tto , Hotiaeof % < y covet ; , and ii * . the opnirse of tbo morning one pi the five had hia leg amputafced above the knee / th * leg being completely splintered by the ball . A la * w ^» shot througt the" % iit ; the ball grazing Ma aide . It ia iKlievedbia hand must be amputated . One man was shot in the back , wfaere the ball still teoialnaia the bone , a « d 1 ^ cannot be extracted . : ; T ^ o . are Bhot through tbe chest , aud one is in an exceedingly dangerous state . There is also one man shot through the bawela , wklcb protrude in a Blocking ma « n « i , ^ aud , h «

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    l « in a most precarious staK The medical gentleman Who has been engaged to attend th . ei BUfiarcia states I tbat be thinks four of the woontied will not recover . As may bo expected , very considerable excitement prevails . Large postiiig-brlls haye been stuck up to announce that the Riot Act faaa been read , and that | people are forbidden to be seen about the isbre&ta in groups . A proclamation has also beea issued , and indeed the authorities are using every exertion to prevent any more assemblages . The following are tU © nameB of the indlviduala in the Houseof Kecovery :- ^ - ¦ : ** . ; William Petting , 21 , steain ^ oom weaver . In the eraploy of Aiesers . Dawson . Ho was Ehot through the kuee , and haa had his leg amputated . > WilBam Xaacaster ^ one of the ringleaders (^ 3 ) was abot throngh the body , ind liugera withoafc hope of recovery . . . - ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ' * . ¦ " . * .: . . * .. . " ''* * . ' "¦ „ . ' , ' :.

    James RoberU ( 20 ) ' steaarJboin weav « , in the employ of of Messrs . Gardner , ia shot through the wriat :.. "•* :. . */ ' - . ; ' - " " , ; . ¦ ¦ .. " " ¦ ¦ - , ' '¦ ' ' ' ' : . . " ' ' . - JfAn Mercar ( 27 ) ia shot through the body , and io not Hfcely to recover . Adam Hodgwn , a shoema&er , was shot throagh the Sack . ; ' > : ' ¦ ; .. • * \ : ¦ . : : ¦ .. / , "¦¦ ..: ; : > ' * V . '; John WNmmra . was » shot through the bowels ; no iippes OJeenteTtained of hi » recovery . Williatfl Moors is shot in the cheat , asdis in » very precariot * state . He worked with Mr . Paley as & cottpn-spinner . j The people are assembling ; in different parts of the j town , threatening feb revenge the proceedings of tsbe morning .-r-TfffKWi 5 U 5 NDAV EVZNINOi FIVE O'CtOCK . I

    The totra bias reniai » ed quiet all day , and the whoJ ^ of the cotton mills and machine Bhop& resumed work at the usual heur this morning , with the esneption of Ainsworth ' s , Gai-dnen-, and We&yexa . AboutJOO of the Rifles ate eent from the town , and theii ! glace had been supplied by the Wigan JTepmans ? Cavaliy . Ouei of the wounded men died thia morning , Jarne )» Aferoer , ageA 2 ? , There is another trick being played here , by ' some scoundrel 8 in Maneheater sending letters representing that the people in Manchester are Bbooting the soldiera like oparrowa , done no doubt to incease the people and hurry them into acta of . yiolenGe ^ If anything mote should take place I will Ui you know . ¦; . " :. XUfiSDAX EVENING EiftBTi e ^ iocK .

    The whole of she mills and ofcher worfcsliere continue at work , with the exemption of Aineworth ' s weavers , who first 8 tm ; k- Gardner ' s started » t noon ta-day . Sowerbutts , » boy who was wounded on Saturday , died yesterday ; and a warrant -waa issued by th » Coroner , to remove the body fnsiii the house where he died to the House of Rtcovery . A jury wm empannelled this inorning , who sat at the . Conrt House fronri eleven o'clock , p . m . i to four o ' clock , am . ; and then returned a vetdictof " Justifiable Homicide . " , " VThere ia ' . still a party of the Kifb Cprpa in the town , , and the different mills are guarded every night ; but there i 8 notbisig unusual except the bustling after working hpura with persons anxious to heat the news .

    * ¦ -, ¦ ' WIGAN . ¦¦ . /¦ " . - , ¦ .. . ¦ ... . * ¦ 6 IONDAT EVENING , SEVEN O'CLOCK . A large crowd , amounting in number to some thousands , entered this town to-day , aud immediately proceeded to the various mills , collieries , and factories , etuppiug the engines , and getting -Uie * hands' to join theoii HaviDg effected this , they marched out < o £ the town towards the seat of the Bail of Balcarres ^ at Hay in which Beia-hbourhuod there are a great number of collierie ! 1 . Oi ) their passage through the town , they committvd no violence to property . They asked "for

    provisions from the shopkeepers , which was of course given to th « m . The principal streets are crowded with peaeeabltt operatives , and no fears are entertained for tiae 8 'ifety of tlie towoi . A company of the 72 d Highlanders , undsr tho command of Captam B&lfcar " is stationed in the town , ready to act promptly , whan required . A diaturbance is * eported to have taken place at Hitidley , four miles freia this placa , and C ? apt . Balfour has despatched thirty soldiers there , at the request of the county raagiatrates . Hindley contains many cotton , mills , aud all the bands have this day beea turnod out .

    Every inha ^ itantofWigan and the suiTounc 5 Sn 5 townships have closed their stops , warehotisea , : &c .,- " and business is totally 8 nsp © Bdod . Upon the shutters ot Beveralof the : closed shops are posted copies of regolutions entered into at . "; . thie Sherwoovl Inn * Mar > cbt 8 ter , to the effect tbat the workmen there had resolved not again to resume work until the -People ' s Charter became the law ; of the land . The sticks which the turnouts had'with them were very formidable an < i destructive -weapoas . abont : baJf a y » rd in laogtb , and about the thicknesa of a constable ' s staff .

    BLACKBURN . Monday . We have had pretty work her& to-day . Several hundreds of people fjram Haslingden , Acstington , and the neig bombood , came into the town about teb o ' olpok this forenoon i and proceeded toatopthe mill of 6 I « 33 rs . Brierly and Rodgett , in Fdvther-aate ; A number of them ( about fifty ) got into the mill yard , whan the mill owner shut the gates and sent off to the police station . The police soon arrived , and though therehad not been the slightest disturbance , they commenced cutting about them right and left most unmercifully ; one man got his bead laid open witn a cutiass , : and waa otnerwise severely wounded on the cbe ^ fe ; es reral othera were weunded , though ' theydid not make tbale 3 J > t . re 3 iatance . About twenty were taken pri 8 one * re and conveyed to the Barracks . A number of soldiers accompanied the

    police . From this place the people went down to the mills belonging to Messrs , Fiuldea and Towaley , which they , stopped . They then procaetfed to Messrs . Livea « iy ' s and Rodgett ' s iaillar , Whalley Banks ; SBCere they were again followed by the soldiers and police , beaded by tbe mBgiatratea . However , in spite of this force and the oppoaitibnbfthe proprietora , they succeeded in stopping the mill . One of the proprietors was severeSy ipjured , and » number of the people were made prisoners . The Messra . Turner ' s mill was the next that w / ja stopped . The main body of the people then caaa © over the tteldB to Nova Scotia , and Btoppud the mills of Messrs . Eccles , & Co . They then % ynt to the Messrs . Hop wood ' s mill , where , on those gentlemen refusing to stop the mill / they broke severaVwindowa of the Lodge forming the entrance to the mill yard . The military were aentfor . and tha crowd dispeta'd .

    Mr . J : Ecclea ' s mill was the next they proceeded to atop -. thia is aituated in Darwon-atreet . A few stones had been thrown , when two men , who worked in the mill ; were bo fooiiBh as to fire upon the peopie . This bo exaaperated them , tbat showers of stones were thrown , demolishing moat of the windows on one aide of Uie mill . The militaty wete soon on ih& apptv said aucceeded in capturing four of the riotoro ; these , together with ^^ the two who fired from the null , -virere conveyed ¦ .. to the barracks , previous to baing eatamined before the magistrates . On conducting these men up Diirwen-streft , some > person threw a Btono , which

    struck the officer in charge of the prisoners ; that functiouary immediately turned round , and ordered the soldiers to fiie . Xbey did ao , one ^ part firing up the Btreet , and the other down ; flvs o / six psrsoas were shpt ; onq ; a poor woman , yih . 6 It appears"wsa returning from w « tk , was abot in the back , the ball , I uaileratari' 1 earning out at the abdomenv aud she now lies withoutany hope of recovery . Two others were shot in tho thigh j the sest were but slightly ¦ wonndod . At tSe time of ittiiing tfctls all i ? quiet , Ehougli it Is reppitod that great numbers will be hero to-motroWj to stop the remainder of the milla now at wozfc , ; :

    '¦ : '¦ . - . . .. .. . . TUESDiTT . \ . The whole of this day , up to noon , has been spent in making preparationa to beat the rioters back , should they attempt to come , targe tpantitioa of Btanes , bricks , & ; c ,, bave been piled up on thd . * oofs of the different mills at work . ¦ ; About half-past one or two ©' clock , a considerable number of peraona arrived from Djrwen , and proceeded to Mesiars : Hop wood Vmiil , with a view to iet off . toe water from the boiler . On raeeting with'reaistance , » row took ; places when several of tbe oficials of the eatablishuient , atmad witu pistols and other flxe-anna , fired indiscriminately upon -the people , wonndiog , In a Very severe manner , several children and women . One man , mote brutal than tbe "teat , actually ran b conaidei able way after some cliildran , aad then fired amongst them . ; Abput fifty more have bean taken up at Further-gate , but tiie reason has not transpired . :

    TODMORDEN . . AVe expected -to be visited oh Tuesday last , as we lind heard reporta . thaia great quantity , of people ¦ Wer e luaVing about from place to place efcopping the factories , but we were not disturbed iiatil Thorsday . = Ozi that day there oarae a prcceaslon frbnri . Rochdale and ^ surrounding places . Previeusly to thia the authorities had sent for the Bolditryfrotu Burnley ; and about an hout b > foT |« ti ^ e proceBsiori entered , there came ; about thirty of the 11 th Hussata , Pricca Albert's Own , and took up ^ tbeir Btafcion in the y ard beloiaging to , Mr . JJuckley ' s factory , now ; standing . The offlcer , accom * : panied by Meesre . Crossley and Taylor , magistrates , went to Mr . John Fielden , M . P . and requested him to stand out against ths turn-outa . The following dialogue took place : — Officer ^—Mr . Fielden , if you want toy protection I shall be happy to assist you . ^ ;

    idr . Fieldea-rl thauk jrpa for your-offer , but I can do without your assistance ; for I believe tha people want nothing but " a fair day ' a wage for a fair day ' s wbrk , " emdthtyought to hone it . S ' \< ; ;? : > ::. ¦ ¦ - '•/¦ - ' Mr . Croasley , Magistrato—1 understand the ; want to be themasteta , and want to make the la we . ^ i Mr . Fielden—I believe , Sir , they ' want iiotbliJg but right good English laws agreeable to the' Constitotion ; but a * a » events / tea ** none o / TOTJB . assistaftce . - The ofiteer . > ad » a ^ b ^ ehagrined . '* ¦¦;¦ . -. ' ' o ¦ i ; -... > . r ^ ^ ^ " V " A meeting Of the operatives was held , at which

    reso-UitionB wei * paaaed , pledging that they vrttild not gO to their employ sgaln until they got tha wagea of 1840 ; and that femaleij having diildifiB ; eveiBtzma . nberaid . ceaae to ^ ork -where machinery ^ BBeaj Sfld ti ^ jthe Wars bi laboiir Bhould be o ^ ly ten per , day .. Xhe people " who had atoppe ^ % rprfc ; called anofil (; r ini ? etiiig for B *) Ven o ' clock , and they cotflwtiied the KsotaUona paased at the former meeting ; » nd alaopassed alidther to ^ the effect that they would follow the example set them by the Rochdale people ; and th » t they wdald meet iu tha morning Mid Iona into procession , and go

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    to HTabdeo Bricge , Mytholmroyd , and ' Cragg ; to ; rtqjieat t&e factory masters to stop . AccordiDgiy they , mat , at the appointed houf , and sneh a toyeUn g t utyer isa w for number ^ arid- determination , 'i ' ao procession proceeded to theplacts named ; and alithe thilla atopptd . Meetinga werehoWea at Mytholmvoyd Rart Crapg ; and similaf ; resolutuins to those agreed to at Todmorden Were passed unanimously . V- : : : All ; ia quititj no breacfc of tbe peace bos occurred B « yet . Toere are two hundred apeci-al cacatables parading the town .

    LASSWADE , SCOTLAND . Dieah Sir . —A fi-iend has just shown mo two letters ftorn Danfermline , from which it appearB that tfeer weavers snd colliers are riaing there , that they had fctt flre fo two factories , gutted several truck sh » ps , and seriously maltreated a number of constables and " police . ¦ I have Hist * jnst learned that foot soldiers from Biitling anrt \ Eciinburgh Castle , and ' dragoons from Juck'a Ladgo , have been orders there ; . '! If Btich are the proceedinga in aummar , and the destitution of the people atill increases as it must increase , how wUI it be in mntet ? : N . B . it is enrrenay reported here thismorhing . that the town cf Paialey was in a atate of awful riot" ba Saturday night last ; : ' : - ' ¦ :- ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ .: ' ¦ ; ; ;"' '¦* . ¦' : ¦¦ " ¦ ' W . PiNIE-LLS . August .. 1 . 5 th , 11 pm .

    TSRN-QUT . © F THE COLtlErRg IN THE EjIPtOY OF ¦ JME . DiJKB OP BBCC 1 EUGH AN& THE MaHQOI * op LoiuiAH .-: Oa account of reptated reductions of wages , and huipberiess other , Eicta of ' : opprtssion , the coal HJinera of this district have struck work this day , and ara-determined to work no more until thoir manifold gnerVttnptsaTe redtessetl . ; They have pertly cbma to this resolntibp , ia order to assiafc tbeir hretbren Thus th * . colliers of Airdrie , Dalmaraock , Fife , F . ilkirk , Mid and East Lothians are aetiuir in concert r Should tfeiB strike continue ^ th « i most part of the iron works and manufoctories iii Scotland will be at a stand for coal . Sow this will end no one knows—there is evidently & crisis approaching 1 * " .

    : ; -. * ,, •• . : . ; DUTSEERMLINEv : ' *; . ¦ ' , : . " : " The Whig papers * Wiil no doubt represent tha dis-¦ iMrbance ift ; I > anferniiii » e ¦ during this week in thO ¦' 'blackest" coloura , and shun all ailasion to the pruvocation which tb , « people Koeived before they attempted miatance . The factatae these : ^—during these five or six years past , ' the less respectabie part of the manufac- ; tnrers , those of them that bail not one ahiillnq tbejr co-aid ca » I tbeir owe , have pursued a veaitlous syatem of reducing the wages every now and thea , and hava employed evety means ' m _ tli ? ir power by ciippi ; ij , « B » ibbliBg , a'aii cnrtailiBg ^ touring th eir Workmuu to the starvation poinfc They at length carried their avarice bsypndeudurancej until their own wkiedneaa overtook themselves . The people wouid atand -it ' iio longer ; and with the assistance cf that most unjustly oppressed class—the colliers and miners , they rose a ^ maise It is

    not my-purpose to enter into details r sufecs it to say , that after two pighta * of dreadful work—tha firing of factories , taruing out tha contents of ona of those iabominable track-shops ; Ac ., Jh © Sherifif , along with the better part of the iaanufaGturer 8 , stepped in , and . with the . help of a public meeting , brbBgat matters to an issue . The avaricious masters , in fear mm *! trepiblinjr . and in presence of the Provost and Sbwiff , signed a reoMitation of " th « lr p > opoBed reduction , by adliibiting ^ their naaies to the . former tabla of wagta . Ttey have gotten a iessiin . ! they thought they had nothing more to do than fleece , and fleece again ; but they found a tiger where they thoueht ibey had a skeea . Every eneol

    them has dtacoveted tUeee < i « i ba c ^> . pYOteciion fox property if there ia no protection for iabou ? . It is t&a duty of every man of property to rise ap iadettriniaed . hoatility againat these systematlo reducers of wages » ThBse nien , take them thron ^ houfr , aie generally fouud tit last' to be thbusriads behind in the world ; : living aht ' ne by plundsr . - These are tho greataf . t enemies the men . of property , bave to fear . ¦ Tne less a popuiation ha ? to livo Upon the more desperate ityr ' iil beeouiu ; and v ? ith a tiesperate population , everything is ' instciite . ' - A week , -or a day , USay wrap a dis ^ ict in fi tmea , and make him ' who ia . to-dsy in ^ epehOtuI ; , , to-morrow-a beggar . —Correspondent . : ¦

    THE SCOTTISH GOLLIERS . ' : ( From the Glasgow Chromcle . ) With regret wo have to annoiirice that the ininera of Airdtie , Goaibridgo , and vicinity have resolved to coatiziue their alarming and extensive sinks , and that . the potato-fields in this quarter are siill ravaged with the moi ? t burefaced audacity . Tho millitavy are . still stationed-at' Airdrie and Goatbridge \ but their presence Beem 3 to be of little avail ia restrainias theetarvitifc dei » Mda tors . On Monday night last a largo potato-fiel'J near Galder , the propersy of Mr . tiindsay , was compJetely cleared of its contents ; and on the same day , another field at rtaabush , not insre than half a ipiile from the head quarters of the military , was Similar ; visited . Indeed ^ , so far as

    appflar-, ances go , this turn-out would iseem to > bs . the most alarming that haa ever taken place in the mining districts in the west of Scotland . At a largo nseetitig of the cojliers oa Saturday Jast , they resolved unanimously -not to return to their employmejit Bntil their " reasonable "dematuis were coinpiied With ; and at three district meetings held on Mon-lay that : resolution , was deliberately CQillirjQBji ^ . Wliateyer bo itieir present "' circubistanoes , the colliera appear to be united and determined to continue the strike , and this resolution ; the condaotof the employers at this meeting in Ah'drie , where the sheriff prerided , on Friday last , would saem to have considesably strengthened . At that mooting the facts adduced , and whit-h are now made-generally knoyra

    throughout the mining districts , have tended - ' greatly to exoito the Sympathy of the comaiuuity , and to render the conduct of the masters exceedjugly uopopular . Giie or tvvo of these it yvillbo sufficieat to detail . The « nen complained ( and asserted that it was a grievancf , without excep ! ionf inievery or . alrpit in the Beighbourhood ) , that ,. instead of trying the quality of the con ents of their hutches by a riddle , the openings of which should not bo more than one inch square , tha masters have adopted the use o ( an article called a " sktek , " which is generally from 8 to 10 feet in length , and its bars from I ta 2 ^ inoiiea apart , through which coals of considerable : sizs are suffered to di ? op vto . tho great detriment , and injury of the profits of the Workaiaa , it being generally

    understood lhat tho men are not paid for any coals that go through , tho bars of . " . the skrek ; In thiB way they insist they are defrauded , not only of tht > email coals , for which the masters get as high as 6 s . per 30 owt ., but of a great quantity of larger coals that find their way through the article in question . They were also loud ii » coriiplai"citaKain 3 t tne truck : system , - praotised byyearly tho whole of the ; masters , the effect of . which is to compel the workmen to pay an exorbita , nt ptico ; for their provisions and oth ^ r ; neces 5 urie 3 . The men also copplained that their pay-days had been unnecessarily lengthened from a tortnight to a month , by which nieana they W'ere-kept out of the use of ready money , and compelled to have recourse : to the masters' stores .

    Another grievance , which was pointedly referred ! to , was the ; system of taking ihtsrest from the men , •«{ .-, ¦ the rate ¦ of U . per , 12 d ., and Is . per paiiud for all monies paid them hefore the pay-day— -even while such wages ¦ were fairly earned and wronght for . The practlQQ of condemning ^ hutches , " found to contaia the smallest pkee of stone . -wasalso . seveiely ' . dwelt ^ upoo * - . These *' ' complaiiita aud others o £ ja ^ imilar character were adduced at tfiei meeting ' bf mssteira ^ ^ aud workmen in Airdrio , over which Sheriff Alison presided , andthe paltry defence of the masters has anything but satisfied the clamorous demands of tlie miners . All the fnrnaccs at Calder are extinguished ; there are fiye out at Duady van , ; ejghi' at fi artsherriei iaad two at Chipolhall . The miners have , appea ^^ to the shopkeepert for assistance ffo carry on tho striiia

    ( aud wheu'it i § considered that' many of theia are "' altogether' dependent iippn the colliersfor a $ ubsisteuca , it Will noi appear ^ wonderfal tfia | their appeals are at ' tendei to )» and in t&is ; way cbnsiderable sums have beeja rinsed ; Tsiims froin * 53 . to £ l-art ); extensive !^; contributed , and one , grocer , we . aw informed , is ; so involved in tie success of the , cotj liors , ; as ; to -findlvhjU ( inter 6 i 5 | i to cflfej theml the loaii ^ f ^ £ 150 , Vto ^ be Returned whejt they-gct info , employment . * ' '*" " ¦ yH- : y : * " •** - " ^* . ' . •• ¦ . '" ¦ - '¦;¦¦ ¦ ' . .: ¦ : ; : ;; v ^ ' : ;*> It isbut Mr if > tha aae ^ ; to ; | taw ,. a 6 vertheleBg ^ tfiai ai every ^ Djeeting thjM biys ^ pld it has bep * : 8 tr i * ctiy : enjoinedba ' tlie jnuititude to abstain freia all afitaf t o / tiolence , topi' toVcOndact themselvie 3 ' orderly and ^ jpface ^ bly . - ' -, A great iaariy of the colliery have left tho towns . for the harvest , and a nninber more *' tb .. visit their friend ? , " bat the numbers in the townfl aire still Bujficiently iin-.

    powog . . * : . ¦ ¦ .. :: * . '¦ .- ' ,. ' : .. : ' . . ¦ :,. ::-i :- ;;* i :- * * :: ; * ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦* . > , The followipg circular wafiextepsiyely circulated by the minera ittAitdrie yesterday Vr * " Siir ,-- ¦ A . b a general request , could you find it convenient to attend a meeting of the reapeptablo grar cera and traders iu aad arouud Airdtie , ; tt 6 , iWO o ' clock in tho afternooiij at the Masons'IiQU ^ e , when you will find on the table a petition from the coal aHd ironstone mioers , btating t » you our circumstances , and tho present Jiecessity of our demauds 1 Should this meet your approbation , / . we will expect to hear favourably from you . . - 1 ,. -. ¦ ¦' - - •' ¦ . •' J 3 yor < tetoftheCwnaut { W . i M M 8 adot 7-hea ^ Aogusfc 9 ^ 1843 ^ -: - ¦ *¦ : ¦ . In answer to tbi ^; request , * -meeting ^ fshop " keeperaMJja held ift the ^ asonsi Bk ^ l ; w £ ktf . <* B"tr morial , cofiitaiDipg a detail of the principal grievaoices of the collieye lay © u the tablt for examin » ti « ir . \ Ac the meeting several enmaoiT mopayswer * satiaoribeif ,, and a frie ^ dJy fueling tuwardather colliers ^ eoer » liy eshibiied . ' :. ' - ; i- ^ s ^ -s > ¦ ^^ . ' J ^ j-j , - ^^ .:. ^

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    tptG KVUiQT ^^^ O : ' : ^ evening , Mn . Rigby , iromtancaahire , g » ve » soui-stinrtngiectttW ^ to a large and attentive j audience ; Ttitf ntettin& > was convened at half an' hour ' s notice . Mr . Rigby commoaoed like an auctioneer , offerJDg for salo thV general freedom of , man toj the lowest , bidder ; bai do oiler would bid Jess- than the ^ whole hog * | u & publican and a few others came forward to joiu H 8 ^ N . B . Any lecturer intending to visit this town , mast give us at least three dajs * notice , and bring hia credeatials with him , either from his own locality ( where he ytaa member last , ) or trdm the G * « t » L Executive , otherwise lie cannot i » rewiyed .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct612/page/3/