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      BLOCK Pbixtebs . —A numerous and respectable Eaten * of this body was held on Friday , the 12 th inst , E tie Fairneld Tavern , FairSeld-streefc , to take irto EErideration resolutions passed at a meeting of the Mechanics , and to hear the report of their delegates . After the report had been given in , a resolution was Jassfed by acclamation that they , the Block Printers , tiopt ; he resolutions which have been passed by the Jkehanies" delegate meeting . Mr . P . M . Brophy was invited to address the meetis . He did so in a & lining manner , during 'which he trendy recommended them to form tbemselTes into a tetb of the National Charter Association , as the only £ s sss to secure good Government , and a protection fe their labour .

      After a vote of thanks to Mr . Brophy , it was passed If lee-amation that they form themselves into the Ka-> aai Charter Association . A vote of thanta wa » then jiven to the host , and bt « capers for the Charter , when the meeting adjsraed to Saturday , the 13 th . HO 5 BAT 3 £ 0 £ > -I > G , FITE O ' CLOCK . Tbs walls of our town are densely placarded frith pro-Uaationa from the County and Borough magistrates , iied , Town Hall , Sunday , August 14 th , 1342 . The fcochni&tion states that the magistrates declare all settings of numbers of the people illegal , wherever feld . sad for -whatever -purpose called ; and that the fcsrlstrates are determined to put all such met tings ^* n , if need be , by force .

      The town having been placarded , calling a public getting of the cotton spincers and eard-roem hands , to fekeld in the Carpenters' Hall , on this ( Monday ) mom--g . at five o ' clock , considerable excitement prevailed as *> "whether the Magistrates wonld disperse the meeting , k tte hour appointed , the largeroom was filled , Notwithstanding the Proclamation , the people appeared to « determined to have tbeir meeting , and do the business ^• shicn it bad been called . At about half-past five , a factory operative was railed « tie chair , "who opened the busineas by calling upon > e Stcretary to state to the meeting the result of an

      yfrrrisw -with Gaptaio Sle&gh , the Assistant CommiBfcafer of the Police force . He ( the Secretary ) said that bring seen the Proclamation « n the "walls , he consi-^ 3 ta it to be his duty to go to the authorities and iniSte "whether they considered this meeting as cosiing ^• ta the term " illegal meeting ; " "when hs was informed ^ t it "was an illegal meeting , at least in the opinion of ~* Magistrates of Manchester , and that they were de-. ¦ aaiufc-i to put a step to it , and not to it only , but to ^ rj meeting , "vrhateTer was the object But as they * i asstmbled together they "would do their business * 5 Eck aa possible , sud then dissolve .

      * as following resolutions were earned unam-^ -iiy : — . *• " Ttat this meeting is determined not to com-° i * ee -srork until their employers agree to "work the r * Icr gth of time as other trades , viz ten hours per S ? i . for five daya in tie "week , and eight hours on c ^ &dsys . " ^ ¦* ' Ttat this meeting considers that their "wages ^ t to be advanced one-sixth , one-elghib , and one- , £ f-fc , to msi * up the deficiency of the reduction in the j ^ s ' -f labour ; and also that those employers , who have re paying lea tfo-n the more honourable , should be B sbt to the same standard , " ¦ ttov " lQat tMs meeting iB determined not to commence « s again until sacb time as the employers agree to tfe " ^? that exaction made upon Bpinners only , j * * iuaking them pay for the arpfiwal light they work

      * ivs 5 ^? ^ Et «« ^ appointed by this meeting , £ ir ? ° ^ > to »»» nP ™ the whole of ^ nploye » m Manchester and its vicinity , for the ! J *« tf informing them of our determination , and l ^^ l npoa them , if possible , to acguiesce -with oar * te ^ ? P * ** meeting be convened for the pur-U * s ? fnS'fci » Kport of the delegate ' s conference , | ftt 5 ?» p 6 f whkh ** " ** hereafter 8 tated * y L / Th&t this meeting pledge itself not to xehan to w £ jSELtbB Ckarter-fce the law of the land , should f ~^* Cotierence so decide . " l ^ a th&ak s being giTen to the Chairman the meetp't paated before the autharitfeBBmved . I T ' hro * * ° Sda , ten o ' clock , all is vary peaceable ; bat no Wje J" ™ 8 m - A fixed determination , on the part of I ™ P « » i » Btrongly manifested .

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      Manchester has during this day presetted to the contemplative mind a scene fraught with interest of a somewhat fearful character ; the streets crowded all day , with passers to and fro , "whose only business seemed to be anxious enquiry after the news and exchanging opinions and prognostications of the prospect btfore them . The utmost peaoefuloesa of demeanotir -was remarkably observeable on the part of boih people and authorities ; work ss totally at a stand ; all business nearly so -, shops in the most frtquented and public streets closed in all day "; and yet all comparatively quiet asthe grave ! not a brawl , not a murmur , not even a policeman ' s truncheon visible . Early in the morning the walls t » ers covered with a Royal Proclamation and a Proclamation from the Magistrates . ,

      . " I passed during various portions of the day through most of the populous district of the town , and save the menacing procession by Carpenter ' s Hall , have seen no indication the neccessity for the obtrusion of feXtraofdinary provision for the maintainance of order . Nothing could be more peactful and praiseworthy than the conduct of the people , and 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 txception beforenamed , I havffseen only one soldier out of barracks , and one policeman in the streets , during the entire day . The following placard has been plentifully distributed ; " Bck toe . Gold j —labour ia suspended I Public confidence is shaken . ' Paper is worthless l Run for Gold ! Every sovereign is now worth thirty shillings . ' Paper connet be cashed ! Run ! middle-classmen , trades , Odd Fellows , sick clubs , money clubs , to Savings * and all Banks , for gold ! gold ! gold !!!"

      JTomerous trade societies and Othfef 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 hav 9 drawn £ 5 , 000 this motning , a spirit which cannot be better chiiracterised than as indicating tke cool bnt fierce determiaation which seesas to animate the whole populate a . Bt'M ' s lJo . M' ) i £ 5 T Demonstration . —Ourreaders are aware from the announcement in the last week ' s Star , that the committee had very 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 communicutions passed between him , the committee , and the magistrates , from which it appeared to be the determination of the lat . er to act

      with unconstitutional authority and disperse the intended meetiBg , iowever legal and peaceful both in its object and its bearing , though every fair prtttxt for doing so had been removed by the determination to hold it on the private property of Mr . Schoiefle : d , when it could by no possibility have interfered with public convenience or safety . Determined , however , that the roflians who seek an affray witb the peepie should , if possible , have no pretence upon ¦ which to make one , the meeting has btcn put of , and will consfcguer . tly not tate place . Tbe tea-party and ball , however , go on in pursuance with the public notice given , notvjivb . 8 t&T \ d ing that Sir Charles Shaw , even while receiving the assurance that the meeting should not take place , refused to _ pledge himself that the company shonld be permitted to take their tea in peaceMneEB .

      The above was accompanied by the following letter to our publisher : — ~ " D . ea : r Hobsox , —Herewith you have the news of the day . There is " no mistake" that the League are at the bottom of this movement . I "will write more fully on this point by to-morrow moroing ' a post , A WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF MR . 0 C 0 N-2 fOR IS LYING- IN SIR CHAKLES HHAVVri HANDS ; and if- hi come . he will be , at all hazards , arrested . 'So &t least the Magistrates told the Rev . Mr . Siiiolefleld . " Some thingUie . three to four tcousanda soldiers one here now , all under arms . On the Leeds and Manchester railway is a special engine carrying two nine pounders , and the men to work them on its tender . A troop of riflemen are also on the lice in readiness to move on any given point , for the protection of the line . "

      Tuesday morning ' s post brought the following letter : — TUSSDAT MORMISG , KINS O ' CLOCK .. Deak Hobsok , —All is quiet still—magistrates and military parading tbs streets—no meetings to be holden The people still determined to uphold the strike , and " to have the Charter . " There is no use in trying to reason with them ; they are resolved " to try it on . " I have mixed a great deal among them . Yesterday I talked "with many . I find all in one mind , or nearly bo : —" well try tbia strike on-Well bold oat aa long as ever we can , and , d—n their eye * , if it mun come to a tussle , we ' en dee hard . " I incite you last night that the meetingin anniversary of Peterlo * has been abadoned .

      I went last night , after ten , to the Mcsley Anna , to inquire for Mi . O'Connor . He had not arrived . The waiter told me that ie had been informed by several gentlemen that Mr . O / Csnnor waa in gaol , having been arrested , for violating , at Nottingham , bis peace articles . I have a messenger now gone again to ask after him . ¦—r-My messenger has this moment returned . Mr . O'Connor has not arrived at the Mosley Arms ; but Mr . Heywood says that he is in town . Mr . H . has seen one wto travelled with him . If lie be in town , I believe that te Trill be arresied .

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      WAJiCHESTEB , TUESDAY . MORNING . The people are all out , as on yesterday . There ha been no breach of the peace ; but all is in breathles anxiety , awaiting the adjourned meeting of trade dele gates , wiieh ia to take place this morning in the Hal of Science . A large placard has feeen posted , signe < ' A citizan , " in which all the -vituperation that a ms lignant enemy could make up , has been heaped upon thi heads of the devoted Chartists . We have been informed by a person in connectioi

      with the New Bailey Prison , that ont of those that have been committed to prison there is not more than five can be recognized as persons of character , the others are all well known as common disturbers of the peace , and but for whom , and the class they belong to , we would not have even these five deprived of their liberty . It being known that Mr . O'Connor was to be in town to-day , many were the anxious inquiries after him , particularly when it was reported teat a warrant for the apprehension and detection of bis person had been issued against him .

      The authorities are at a loss what to do : for the works are all standing , and the people walking the streets in the most orderly manner . Every plan that can be devised has been tried to make the people break the peace , that there might 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 aw&vting theit time . The working men are determined , Bt this tini 6 , at least , to prove to their oppressors that intelligence has opened their eyes to all their schemes and thtsir treachery . The above is a sample of the para < le of . power used to enslave the toiliB * millions .

      Reports are hourly arriving respecting the disturbed state of Bolton , Blackburn , Wigan , Choriey , and Preston . In the last mentioned town , report says that there are two persons killed , snd eleven dangerously wounded . A report baa reached us that fourteen of the Rifle Brigade have been brought into this town prisoners , under a strong escort , for refusing to fire upon the people cf that town . A detachment of the 60 th . R flea were sent per railway this morning to Wigan . The yeomanry cavalry are out in that neighbourhood , under the command of Lord Prancis E ^ erton . In Salford , the shopkeepers are beginning to find that the working classes are their best friends ; and they therefore called a meeting on Monday evening , when the following resolution was passed : —

      "Tiiat we , the shopkeepers of Salford , do render the people our assistance , both pecuniary and otherwise , to obtain thuir political rights . " Notwithstanding the peaceable demeanour of the people , the military , police , special constables , a&d . all the old pensioners , are stationed in various parts of the town , ready to act at a moment's notice . It has been rumoured that Sir Robert Peel , Sir J . Graham , and Lord Stanley are in town to-day ; if so , they must see what was never seen in England before . They will learn that Tory steel and Tory lead are as ranch hated by the people as ever ; and that they look with confidence to the not very distant time when all the unjust powers of Whig and Tory factions shall pass away , and the reign of peace and plenty commence . Bills have been posted on the walls , of which the following ia a copy : —

      " Committee Room , King-street , Aug . 16 th . At s meeting of Spinners , Manufacturers , Machine Makers , Millwrights , Mechanics , Printers , Dyers , and others , it was nnanimoosly resolved , "' That the mills , and other public works , in Manchester and Salford , be not opened for work until the workpeople therein employed signify their desire to return to labour . '" This is looked upon by some as » n insult to their poverty-stnesen state ,- and it has caused many to say that the roasters shall be the first to invite them to work ; that they have worked toolong for small remuneration ; but that they are determined to have protection for their labour for the future .

      PATRICROFT . Four mechanics have been arrested at this place , and taken to Manchester in custody . The names of three of them are Edward Williams , Alexander Braid , and Andrew Shores . The name of the fourth we have not yet learned . Wfcat the charge against thtm is We can have no conception ; aolesa 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 out , not alone for wages , but also for the means of protecting their labour . Mr . P . M . Biophy addressed a meeting at more than 10 , 000 persons , amonget whom 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 mau can ever ameliorate his condition .

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

      L 1 TTLEBOROTJGH . All is at a stand here , not alone for wages but also for political justice for the millions . Some of the trades , particularly the calico printers , are an ill-used set of men ; their employer , Mr . Hudson , only paying every 8 > x or seven weeks . But in expla-naiion , it shonld be stated , that he gives them a tickt . t evt-ry week to his brother , who keeps a " badger ' s shop , " for ten shillings worth of provisions , and , as may be expected , that which they receive is of the worst description . This conduct , and the conduct of another employer named Scbolefied , wbo abates the wages of his workmen and often pays them in cotton goods , makes the poor people here call out Jondly against oppression ; and to advocate most strenuously the Charter aa the only means ever likely to remedy the evils of which they bo justly complain .

      BACUP . . The men of Rochdale entered this village on Monday morcing , and held a large meeting . The magistrates an ' about thirty of the Gist regiment of foot were soon on the spot , ung the inhabitants of Bacup , many of whom had never seen a soiiiier before , took to their heels , totaetuneof "Dd'il take the hindmost" The men of R ichdale , however , soon rallied them , and the meeting went on , but not before the magi strates read the Riot Act The people , however , persevered and

      told the magistrates , and officers commanding the soldiers , that they might shoot them if they thought proper ; tut the meeting was a peaceable one , and they would continue it . The 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 . The meeting conclmled by giving three cheers for the m . jtaty of the people , and passing a rtsointion that they would not return to their work until they aot an extension of political power through the enactment of the People ' s Charter .

      ASHTON-UXDER-LYNE . FRIDAY . The to"m is in a State of great excitement , in consequence of the tniilF all being at a stand , but there has been nothing like a breach of the peace . Meetings continue to be held every morning at five o ' clock aud at six in : ha evening . Mr . Brierly , . Mr . Hindl ^ and others address them . SATURDAY . There wss a meeting this morning at sis o ' clecki and good speeches were delivered by Mes&rs . Wolfenden , Taylor , Johnson and others . A ' . l wiis" peaceable and quiet The speakers all advised the people to prove themselves lovers of peace , law and order ; and to take the oaths to qualify to aci as special constables to preserve the pvace . The authorities have been busily engaged swearing in specials to tbe number of about five hundred .

      SVSDA . Y . All is usual on this day with the esceptien that large meetings wtie held morning and evening . In the evening excellent speeches were delivered by Messr . 8 Spindle , Bjolh , Storur , Challenger and others . Monday . At an early hour this morninsr , the workiea wended their way to the usual place of meeting ; Mr . Ellis was called to the chair . Mr . Aitken , Mr . Hindle , Mr . Robert Lees , Mr . Woolfeaden , and Mr . Challenger spoke , and called on the people to be united in action , to preserve the peace , and bs firm to their purpose . A meeting o a similar description waa held at six o ' clock in the evening , and all passed over very peaceably .

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

      SHEFFIELD . TUESDAT . We had a very large meeting in Paradise Square last night A motion was moved and seconded that the trades of Sheffield do immediately meet , and appoint delegates to take Into consideration the propriety of following the example of the men cf Manchester , and its neighbourhood . This was carried by all handa being held np with great enthusiasm . This morning large bodies of men assembled in almost every part of the town . They assembled at seven o ' clock at an open space of eround , near Ellin ' s Wheel . The people were quiet , peaceful , aad attentive . The Sun paper was read . Mr . Ragg was called to the chair , and Mr , Edwin Gill addressed the meeting , urging them to be peaceful and , firm iu their determination .

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      PRESTON . SUNDAY , AUGUST 14 . Mr . Editor . —The first time 1 wrote you was when the cruel cotton masters had locked out their hands to starve them into compliance with their low prices . I now write on as pressing , but a more momentous emergency .: .: , : ¦¦ . . - . _ ¦ : ¦ .. ¦ ¦ . ; - ^ . - '¦¦¦ . ¦ ¦ v : . - . ¦ The fact 1 « this , ' . ' wbetlin .. ^ m * - ' tbe > wti < lorn taw League , or from the more deadly enemies of real jostlce , the people , to the number ot fourteen , have been tsnot—Deadly shot !!! and , as the whole town proclaims , without sufficient cause beyond what was wantonly provoked by the police . I do not know that any are yet dead ,, but the third edition of the Preston Chronicle says that five are mortally wounded . I

      I have just returned from visiting three of the dying men ; Wnat a BiRht ! Men—poor : wretched akeletbalooking men , with as wretcbedJooking and tis way ? worn wives by their bedsides ; perforated by leaden balls . Oneball passed , as I understand , through the body , just below the left breast I saw the wound on the front ; the other just in at the right side ; and the third , the ball entered the spine . They are all three dying . Then there are other two- ^ eae has had hiajeg amputated , the other is shot through the wrist ; besides these , I am told there is another whose bowel 8 were " pto ' trbde ' d . He is at his own home , f he three 1 have seen , I am told the doctor says are fast going to their account-Co rrespondent .

      ANOTHER AND MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT ; A U GUST 14 T H , TEN O'CLOCK , . ' ¦ ¦ . - ..- ¦ ¦ . ' . EVENING ; ., - . . , , Witb this letter I send you a Preston paper , of Saturday last , wherein you will perceiye the awful and melancholy destruction that has taken : place in . our town ; and I will give you a brief and faithful account of the eause of the turn-out , as far as I have been able to collect information . On Thursday evening last , about Bix o'clock , I was summoned to attend two persons , who were waiting for me at our Association Room , andreported to have come from Manchester ; I left ruy work , and . proceeded to the place , when I was accoBtea by a person ; a perfect stranger , who asked me—" what we intended to do in

      Preston ? " I immediately replied , that I was unacquainted with their mission , consequently I could not answer the question , and begged to know what he purposed : to do ? He stated that be came from Aahton-under-Lyne ; that the whole of the workmen in Manchester , Ashton , Staleybridge , &c ., &e ., had struck work for an advance of wages , and that he and bis compaiHOji had been depnted to Preston , and other places , to endeavour to got . the working men to follow the example . It Soon got buzz 3 d about that there were two persons from Manchester bad come to Preston , and in a short time the room was crowded ; , They requested to briefly address the meeting that night , which being granted , gave a plain statement of the turn-out in Ashton , and that

      THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF ASHTO . V HAD SUPPLIED THEM WITH FUiN'D 3 to oppose this reduction ; and if the woriktog men in the various manufacturing districts did not turn out , they were sure to be sacrificed in Ashfcon , Manchester , &c &o . Challenger , his companion , followed in the same strain . On Friday morning , about eight o'clock , 1 was given to understand that a party of weavers in tbe employ of Mr . Ainswotth , had struck work in consequence of a reduction of wages to the amount of threepence per piece , which "would amount to two shillings and ninepence from each person's week ' s wages ; the reduction was for the work being too thin , and the weavers bad

      in a great many instances put two picks in the quarter more than tbo full ; number required . The piecea are weighed , and the materials from which they were worked were of too fine a count ; consequently they would not weigh the required amount I was then informed that AHken and Challenger had been addressing the weavers in Chadwick's Orchard , and that whun the meeting bad left there , they had gone to turn ont the mill of Messrs . Paley . Now , you will bear in mind that young Thomas Ainswortli is a rampant Corn Law Rapealer . ( Query : Was this abatement of AinBworth ' s preeoncerted before these Ashton men came to Preston ?) . ¦ . ¦ ¦ '•¦ : : "

      Before night every cotton-mill was turned out without any resistance ; and all done chiefly by boys and girls .. At eight o ' clock there was a very large meeting In Chadwick's Orchard , which was addressed by Aitken , Challenger , and Odleuui , the last of whom proposed a resolution to the effect , : "That the meeting pledged themselves to strike work nntil they had a fair day ' s wages for that work , guarantting its continuance , with the Charter . ' * Large number * collected in Chadwick's Orchard on Saturday morning , aa early as six o ' clock , when it being reported that some of the mills had resumed work , the crowd repaired to Messrs . Sledden ' s machine shop , Narthroad , and attempted to force tbe gates , but were ultimately compelled to turn out , after several windows bad been broken and a few slight wounds inflicted on both sides , —the workmen throwing pieces of iron at tho crowd , and they in return using stones .

      A detaehment of the 72 nd Highlanders , twenty-one in number , entered the town this morning , and , headed by the Mbvor , Mr . Samuel Horroeks , Mr . Jackson , a magistrate , and Mr . Palmer , the Town Clerk , marched down Friargate , to Messrs . Payly ' s mill , accompanied by Mr . Bannister , tbe superintendant of the borough police , and about teuor a dozen of the force undt » r his command , where a party was endeavouring to force out the workpeople . The party so engaged fled , towards the Com Exchange , Lune-street The police and military marched in that direction , when several ' . . a ' tones were thrown at the policy , and a sort of tunning . fight was kept up all the way to Lune-street When the soldibTs bad cot near the top of Lune Btreet , the police

      bting in the rear , and each now and then running after tbe boys . Btcikiiig them with their utaves , and retiraating under the cover of the military , the Riot Act was read , and the policestating the soldiers were going to fire , the soldiers made an opeaiBg for the police to piss threugb , and the fatal word was Riven They did fire ! and , on . . reference tu theChronicle , you will perceive the destruction that it baa caused . People could scarcely believe their senses . Riots have before happened in Preston but never before was the military ordered to fire . The Ashton me i , who bad been houBtd after addressing the people in the morning , fled immediately on the people being fired upon , and left the town .

      Another detachment of the 7 th Rifle brigade , about 150 in number , was marched into the town , and the 72 ad marched out , no doubt to sttirn the popular fury , it being the almost unanimous opinion that the Mayor ought to be tried for wi ; ful murder . It being repotted that there was a great body of people maicuing in from Blackburn , proclamations were posted ; forbidding any meetings of the people , and calling for special constables . The public houses were all closed by feix o ' clock—armed men stationed in all the mU )> who kept up a fire all night at intervals . But all passed off in tbe night without uny disturbance . I have been to seo three of the parties wounded at the House of Recovery , and . there is not the slightest hope for their recovery . —Another ¦ Correspondent . The following is the account from the Preston Chronicle alluded to in tbe above important < wmmunicatiun : —

      FIRING L'PQN THE P 150 PI / E . At about six o ' clock this morning , an attack was made upon the factory of Mr . Francis Sleddon , Northroad , under the following circumstances . —The Creiwd called upon the biinds , who were at w « rk , to come out and leave work ; but so far from the order / being complied with , the men in the factory turned the water pipes upon the mob and endeavoured to beat them back . They were not sufficiently strong , ho wever , to effoct this purpose , and after some damage bad been done to the outside of the mill , the hands were , obliged to turn-out . Subsequently to this , at about eii ? ht o ' clock , as the mob w ere proceeding up Lune'Street , near the New Market , they were met by a body of policemen and the military . The crowd couimenctd shouting and throwing Btones . On Captain Woodford makig towards them , as if to arrest one of the parties , he was knocked down . One of the constables , iu endeavouilng to assist , was struck a violent blow ' ou the arm with a

      stick , ami on the chest and ip the face witb stones . An attempt was made to reason with the . parties , and they were informed tliat if they did . not : disperse , ' and ceasu their riotous conduct , orders would be given to fire upon them . The Riot Act was read , and the police Laving feec-n beaten back , the order to " fire " was given , and several were wounded . Four or five were taken iuto the Dispensary , and their wounds dressed . The accounts vary as k > the number ' who were wouuded , and as to the nature of the wounds One wbo was shot in the knee , was obliged to have his leg amputated ; another . man "Was shot through the bo <' y . Somo of the bullets struck tbe house of Mr . Caup , the landlord of the Corporation Arms , several persons being at the windows . ' Mr . Coup a son who was leading & borse to the stable , bad a narrow esc 3 p 3 , —a bullet , -which bad paesed . through the wooden door of the Stable yard , went whizzing past hiaear . - . ' : ¦ ¦ . " ' ' . - ¦'¦ ¦ :- . ¦ - ¦ " ' . ¦ ¦ ' . . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : " .. .- ¦ . " ! ' ¦ -.

      There are several shot marks on the house of Mr . Coup . A bullet struck tbe lamppost opposite the Augel iDn , in Lune-strtjet , and glanced off through one of the windows . . . y ' ¦ ¦ v ¦ . . ¦ ' ¦ At this time , twelve o'clock , quietness has been re . stoiedi but ofoourss there is a great ferment in people's minds , and business is almost at a stand still , although it ia our chief market day . ¦'¦'¦ .- ' ' - . '¦ .. ¦¦¦ ' . ' '¦ PAI . F-PASX TWELVE . We hear that eight have been wounded : five mortaUy . Notice is posted on the walla tbat the Riot Act has been read . —Preston Chronicle . =. From an account furnished to the T » w « by their own Reporterwo extract the folio wing : —

      , H is scaroeljr known , bow many have been wounded , but it is supposed from twelve to flfteeni sbma of them mortally . Five have been taken td ; the Houseof Becovery , and in the '' course ' of the morning one of tbe five bad bis leg sroputated ^ above the knee ,- - the leg being completely splintered by the ball . A Ia 4 ^ * M shot tttrougb tbe wrist , the ball gracing bis side * It is believed his band xuust be awpuVited . One man was shot in the back , wkere the baJ ' t atill teoiaina in : the bone , and it cannot be exira . eted . ^ Two are sbot through tbe chest , and one is lp an exceedingly dangerous state . There is also one man shot through tbe bowels , which , protrude in p . shocking manner , ; and he

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      is in a most precarious state . Tbe medical gentleman who has been engaged to attend the sufferers states tbat he thinks four of the wouncled will not recover . A « may be expectea , very considerable excitement prevails . Large posting-bills have been stuck up to announce that the Riot Act has been read , and that people are : forbidden to be seen about the streets in groups . A proclamation has also been issued , and indeed the authorities are using every exertion to prevent any more assemblages . The following are tne names of the individuals in the House of Recovery : — William Petting , 21 , steam-loom weaver , in tiie employ of Mesers . Dawaon . He was shot through the knee , and has had bis leg amputated ; William Lancaster , one of the ringleaders ( 23 ) was shot through the body , and lingers without hope of recovery , ' / "¦¦' ¦¦ . '¦ - : . . ' . : ; : . ¦ . . - ^ \ ¦¦ - '

      James Roberts ( 20 ) steam-loom weaver , in the employ of of Messrs . Gardner , is shot through the : wrisL . ; ¦ . •''¦ ¦ . : " ' - - , ; . '¦ . , ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Jobn Mercer ( 27 ) ia shot through the body , and is not likely to recover . Adam Hodgson , a shoemaker , was shot through the back .: ; . ; ' ¦ . ; . . . . ' , , - ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ John M'Namara was shot through the bowels ; no hopes are entertained of his recovery . William Moore is Bhot in the chest , and is in a very precarious state . He worked with Mr . Paley as a cotton-spinner . The people are assembling in different ' . parts of . tbe ' town , threatening to reveDge tbe proceedings of the morning . —Times . M 0 J > DAY '' EVENING , FIVE ' . O ' CLOCK *

      The town has remained quiet all day , and the whole of the cotton mills and machine shops resumed Work at the usual heur this morning , with the exception of Ainsworth ' s , Gardners , and Weavers . About 100 of the Rifles are sent from the town , aud their place had been supplied by tbe Wigan Yeomanry Cavalry . One of the wounded men died this morning , James Mercer , aged % 27 . There is another trick being played here , by some scoundrels in Manchester Bending letters repre-Benting tbat tjbe people iu Mancbeater are ' .. sHooUug the soldiers like sparrows , done no doubt to incense the people and hurry them into acta of violence . If anything more should take place I will let you know . TUESPAV EVENING , EIGHT O ' CLOCK .

      The whole of Jbe mills and other works here continue at wort , with the exception of Ainsworth ' s weavers , who flrsfc stiuek , Gardner's started at noon to-day . Sowerbutts , » boy who was wounded on Saturday , drad yesterday and a warrant was issued by the Coroner , to remove the body from the honse where be died to the House of Re covery . A . jury was empannelled this morning , who sat . at the ^ Courli House from eleven o ' clock , p . m ., to four o ' clock , sun . ; and tben returned a verdict of " Justifiable Homicide . " There is still a ' , ' putj of the Kifle Corps in the town , and the different mills are guarded every night ; but there is nothing unusual except the bustling after working hours with persons anxious to hear the news .

      WIGAN . MONDAY EVENING , SEVEN O ' CLOCK . A large crowd , amounting in number to &ome thousands , entered this town to-day , and immediately proceeded to thei various mills , collieries , and ; factories , stopping the engines , and getting tbe ' bauds' to join them . Haying ^ effected this , they marched out of the town towarda the Beat of the Earl of Bilcairea , at Hay , in which neighbourhood there are a great number ot collieries . OQ their . passage through the town , they committed no violence to property . They asked for

      provisions from the Bhopkeepers , which waa of course given to them . The principal streets are crowdei with peaceable operatives , and no feara are entertained for tbe safety of the town . A company of the 72 d HigblandetB , under tbe command of Captain Balfour , ia statidhed in the town , ready to act promptly , when required . A disturbance is reported to have taken place at Hindley , four miles : from this place , and Capt . Balfour baB despatched thirty soldiers there , at the request of the county magistrates . Hindley contains many cotton mills , and all the hands have this day been turned out .

      Every inbabitantol Wigan and the surronnding townships have closed their shops , warehouses , & ; ., nail business is totally BUBpended . Upon the shuttera of several of the closed shops are posted copies of resolutions entered into at the Sherwood Inn , Mancbtster , to the effect that tbe workmen there had resolved not again to resume work until the People ' s Charter becamp the law of the land . The sticks-which the turnouts bad with tbein were very formidable and destructive weapons , about half a yard in leugtb , and about the thickness of a constable's staff .

      BLACKBURN . Monday . We have had pretty work here to-day . Several hundreds of people fram Haslingden , Accrington , and the neigbourhood , came into the town about ten o ' clock this forenoon , and proceeded to atop the mill of Messrs . Brierly and Rodgett , in JFuvther-gate . A number of them ( about fifty ) got into the mill yard , when the mill owner shut the gates aud sentf off to the police station Tbe police soon arrived , and though there had uot been the slightest disturbance , they commenced cutting about them right and left most unmercifully ; one man got bis bead laid open with a cutlass , ' and wbs otherwise severely . ; wounded on the cheek ; several others were weuhded , though theydid not make the leatit resistance . About twenty were taken prisoners and conveyed to the Bui racks . A number of soldiers accompanied the

      police . From this place the people went down to the mills belonging to Messrs . Fielden and Townley , which they stopped . They then proceeded to Messrs . Livesey ' a aud Rodgett ' s mills , Woalley Baaka . Here they were again followed by the soldiers and police , headed by tbe magiatrates . Ho wever , in spite of this force and the opposition of the proprietors , they succeeded in stopping the mill . One of the proprietors was severely injured , and a number of the people were made prisoners . The Messrs . Turner ' s mill was the next that was stopped . The main body of the people theii caaie over the fields to Now Scotia , aud stopped the milla of Messrs . Eocle 3 , & Co . They then went to the Messrs . Hop wood ' s mill , where , on those gentlemen refusing to stop the mill , they broke several windows of the Lodge formiugthe entrance to the mill yard . The military were sent for , and the crowd dispersed .

      Mr . j . Eccles ' a mill was the next they proceeded to atop : \ this is situated in Darwen-streot . A-few stones had been thrown , when two men , who worked in the mill , were so foolish as to fire upon the peopia This so exasperated , tbenii that showers of stones were thrown , demolislilng most of thei windows on one side of the mill .. The military were Boon on the spot , tad succeeded in capturing four of thef rioters : these , together with the two who fired from the mill , were conveyed to the barracks , previous to being examined before the magistrates . On conducting these men up D ^ rwen-street , some person threw a stone , which

      struck the officer in charge of the prisoners j that functionary immediately turned round , and ordered the soldiers to fire . They did so , one part firing up the street , and the other down ; flvo or six persons were shot ; one , a poor woman , who it appears was returning from work , was shot in the back , the ball , I understand , coming out at the abdomen , and she now lies without any hope of recovery , Two others were shot in the thigh -the rest were but slightly wounded . At tiie time of writing this all is : quiet , though it is reported tbat great numbers will be here to-morrow , to stop the remainder of tiie mills now at work .

      TUESDAT . The whole of this day , up to noon , has been spent in making preparations to beat the rioters back , should they attempt to come . Large quantities of stones , bricks , &c ., have been piled up on the roofs of the different mills at work . About half-pait one ot two % * clock , a considerable number of persons arrived from Darwen , and proceeded to Messrs . Hopwood ' s mill , with a view to let off the water from the boiler . On meeting with resistance , a row took place , when several of the officials of the establishment , armed with pistols and other fire-arms , fired iodiscrinimafeiy upon th * pftople , wounaiog , in a very severe manner , several children and women . One man , more brutal thaa the rest , actually ran a considerable way after some children , and then fired amongst them . About fifty more have been taken up at Further-gate , but the reason has not transpired .

      TODMORDEN . "Vye expected to be visited on Tuesdiy last , as we bad beard reports that a great quantity of people were msvjng about from place to place stopping the factories , but we were not disturbed until Thursday . Oa that day there came a procession from Rochdale and surrounding places . Previeusly to this the authorities had sent for the soldiery from Burnley ; and about an , hour hefors , the procession entered , thiro canie about thirty of the Hth Hussars , Prince Albert ' s Own , and took up their : station in ' ¦ the yard belonging to Mr . Buckley ' s ^ factory , now standing . The officer , accompanied by Messrs . Crossley and Taylor , magistrates , Went to Mr . John Fielden , M . P , and requested him to stand out against the tura-outs . Tiw following dialogue took place : — Officer—Mr . Fielden , if you . want any protection I Bhall bebappy to aasistyou . „

      Mr . Fieldenr—I thank you for your offer , but I can do without your assistance ; for ¦ I beUeye the people want nothing but : " a fair day ' a wage for a fair day ' s work , ' ' and theyovffhito haveit . Mr . Crossley , Magistfate ^ I understand they want to be the masters , and want to make the laws , Mr . Fieidea—I believe . Sir , they want nothing but right good English laws agreeable to the Constitution ; but at all events I want none of tovs . assistance . The officer and magistrates went away seemingly chagrined . = '¦'¦ . ¦¦' ; :. '¦ ' : " : ¦ ¦ .. - ¦ '' / v ^ - . '" ; " : ' :. ;; .. ¦ ¦ ' - , : ^ - ' -

      A meeting c& the operatives was held , at which resolutions were passed , pledging that they would not go to their employ again until they got tbe wages of 1840 ; and ttiat females hating children , even , one , Bhould ioease to work where machinery is used ; and that the hours of labour BhQuld be only ten per day . The people , who had . stopped work called another meeting rfor seyeo o ' clockv and they confirmed the resolutions passed at the former mefcting ; and also passed another to the effect tbat they woiald follow the example set them by the Rochdale people ; and that they / would meet in the morning and form into procession , and go

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      to Hebden Bridge > Mytbolinroyd , and Cragg , to request the factory ! masters to stop . Acoordipgly they met at the appointed hour , and such a meeting I never saw for numbers and determination , The procession proceeded to the places named , and all the luills stopped . Meetings were hoiden at Mytholmroyd and Cragg and similar resolucions to those agreed to at Todmorden were passed nnanimousljf . All is quiet ; no breach of the peace bas occurreO as yet . There are two hundred sjaecial cenatables parading the town . .

      . . ; LA 3 SWADE , SCOTLAND . Deae 5 tR ,- , A friend has just shown me two letters from Dunfermlinei from which it appears that the weavers and -colliers are rising there , that they had set fire to two factories , gutted several track shops , and seriously maltreated a number of constables and police . I have alsai just learned that foot soldiers from Stirling and Edinburgh Castle , Diid dragoons from Jock ' s Lsdge , have been ordered there . . ...-. ' .. ; ¦ ¦ . If such are the proceedings in summer , and the destitution of the people still increases as it must increase , how-will it be in winter ? N . B . It is currently reported here this morning , tbafc the town of Paisley was in a state of awful rist oa Saturday night last W . Danielxs . August 15 th , 11 pm .

      TuaN-OK . T OF THE COLLIERS ¦ ' . iJV THE EMPLOY OF THE DUliE OF BDCCXEUGH AND THE MaUQUIS of XoTHiAN . ^ -Qn account of repeated reductions of wages , aud numberless otbor acts of oppression / the coal Biiners of this district have struck work this day , and are determined to \? otk no more until tho-r manifold grievances are redressed . They have partly come to this resolution , in order to assist their brethren Thus the colliers of Airdrie , i > alniarnock , Fife , Falkirk , Mid and JEast Lothians are acting in concert ! Should thiastrifce continue , the most part of the iron works and manufactories in Scotlaiid will be at a stand for coal . How this will end tio one knows— there i& evidently a crisis approaching

      , . DUNFERML 1 NE . The Whig papeTswUV no doubt represent the dfsturbancei in punfermline during : this week : in the blackest colours , and shun all allusion to the provocation ¦ which the people : received ; before they attempted resistance . Th& facts are these : —during tnese five or six years past , the less respectable part of the manufacturers , these of them that had not one shilling they could call their own ; have pursued a vexatious system of reducing the wages every now and then , and have employed every means in their power by clipping , quibbling , and curtailing , to biiug their workmen to the starvation point . Tbey at length carried their avarice beyond endurance , until their own wickedness overtook themselves . The people would stand it no longer ;

      and with the assistance of that most unjustly oppressed class—the cplliers and miners , they rose en maise . It is not my purpose' to enter into details : sulfiui it to say , that after two nights of dreadful work—the firing of factories ; turning out the contents of oria of those abominable truck-shops , &c , the Sheriff , along with the better part of the manufacturers , stepped in * and ¦ with the help of a public meeting , brought matters . to aa issue . The avaricious masters , lti'fwir and trembling , and iu presence of the Provost and Saeriff , signed a recantation of tieir proposed reduction , by adhibitSny their namea to t&e former table of Wages . Tneyhare gotten a lessen . They thought they bud nothing more to dp than fleece ,: aud flsece again ; but they found a tiger

      wherethey thoughtthey had a skeep . Every one of them has discovered there cm ba -no protection for property if there is no protection for labour . It is the duty of every jnaai of . property to rise up in determined hostility against these systematiu reducers of w ^ ges . These men , take them , throughout , are generally found at last to be thouaanda behind iu the world , living alone by plunder . Theseiaro the greatest enemits themes of property have to fear . Tbe leaa a population has to live upon the taorei desperate it will' become ; and with , a desperate population , ' .. ' everything ' - is insecure . A . week , or a day , may wrap a district in flaraeSj and make -him who . is to-day independent , to-mbrrow a beggar . —Correspondent . '¦¦"¦'¦¦ ¦¦¦ .

      THE SCOTTISH COLLIERS . ( From the Glasgow Chronicle . ) With regret we have to announce that the miners of Airdrie , Coatbridge , and vicinity have resolved to continue their alarming and extensive ; strike , and that the potato-fields in this quarter are still ravaged with the most barefaced audacity . The miJlitaryara still stationed at 'Airdrie and Coatbridge ; but their presence seems to be of little avail iu restraining the starving depredators . On Monday night last a large potato-field , near Calder , the property of Mr . Lindsay , was completely cleared of its contoats ; and oa the same day , another field at Rasbush , not more than half a mile from the head quarters of tho military , was similar visited . Iadeed . . so far as

      appearances go , this turn-out would seem to be the most alarming that has ever taken place in the mining districts in the west of Scotland , At a large meeting of the colliers on Saturday last , they resolved unanimously not to return to their employmenfc until their " reasonable " demands were complied with ; and at three district meetings held on Monday that resolution was deliberately confirmed . WhaV ever be their present circumstances , the colliers appear to be united and determined to continue the strike , and this resolution ; the condact of the employers at this meeting in Airdrio , where the sheriff prerided , oai Friday last , would seem to have considesably strengthened . At that meeting the facts adduced , and whichare noiv made generally known

      throughout the mining districts , have tended greatly to excite the sympathy of the community , and to render the conduct of the masters exceedingly unpopular . One or two of these it will be sufiicieBt to detail . The men complained ( and assorted that ifc was a grievance , without eiception ^ in every coal-pit in the neighbourhood ) , that , instead of tryiDg the quality of the contents of their hutches by a riddle , the openings of which should not be more than one inch square , the masters have adopted the use of an article called a '• skrek , " which is generally from 8 to 10 feot in length , and Its bars from 1 to 2 i inohe 3 apart , through which coals of considerable " sizs aria suffered to drop , to t ^ e great detriment , and injury Of the profits of the workman ; it being generally

      undersiood that the men are not pai ' o . for any coals that go through the bars of the skrek . In this way they insist ; they , are defrauded ,: not only of tho small coals , for which the masters get as high as S 3-per 30 cwt ., but of a great quantity of larger coals that find their way through , the article in question . They were also loud in complaint against tne truck system , practised by iieariy the whole of the masters , the effect of which ib to compel tho workmen to pay an exorbitant price for their provisions aud other necessaries . The tneu also complained that their pay-days had been ubnecessarily lengthened from a fortnight to a month , by which means they were kept out of the u ^ o of ready money , and compelled to have recourse to the masters' stores .

      Another grievance , - which vva 3 pointedly referred to , was the system of taking iptirest from the men , . at the rate of Id . per 12 J ., and Is . per paund for all monies paid them bafore the payrday—even . while : sueh wages were fairly earned and wrought tor . The practices of condemning " -hutches , " found to contain the smallest piece of stone was also severely dwelt upon . These complaints and others of a similar character W 8 ro adduced at the meeting of masters aud workmen in Airdrie , over which Sheriff Alison presided , and the paltry defence of thamasters has ' anything but satisfied the clamorous demands of the miuers . All the furnaces at Calder are extinguished ; there are 'five outat Dundy van , eight -at Garisherriei and twd at Chapelhall ., The miners have appealed to the shopkeepers for assistance ti > carry on the sirike

      ( and when it is considered that- many of them are altogether dependent upon the colliers for a subsistence , it will not appear wonderful that their appeals are attended to ) , and in this way considerable sums have been ^ raised ; sums from 5 s . to £ 1 aro extensively contributedj and one grocer , we are informed , is so involved in the success of the colliers , as to find it his interest to offer them th © loan of £ 150 , to be -returned when they get ; iuto employment . ' ¦ " " : '¦ It is but fair to the men ta state , nevertheless , that at every meeting they have held it has been strictly enjoined on the multitude to abstain from all acts of violence , and to conduct themselves orderly and peaceably . A great many of the colliers have left the towns lor the harvest , end a number more " to visit their friends , "; .- '' but the numbers in the towns are still sufficiently

      imposing . The following circular was extensively circulated by the miners in Airdrie ; yesterday : — "Sir , —As a general request , could you find it convenient to attend a meeting of the respectable grocers and traders in . and arbuhd Airdrie , at two o ' clock in tbe afternoon , at the Masons' Lodge , when you will find on the table a petition from the coal and ironstone miners , stating t © you our circumstances , and the present necessity of . our demands 1 Should this meet your approbation , we will expect to hear favourably from you . " -By order of the Committee . " Meadow ^ bead , Augnst 9 , 1842 . " ; v

      In answer to this , request , a meeting of shopkeepers was held in the Masons' Hall , where a memorial , containing a detail of the principal grievances of the colliers lay on the tablo for examination . At the meeting several Bums of money were subscribed , and a friendly feeling towards the colliers generally exhibited . ' . : ; •; '¦ .. ' . ¦ ¦' : ] : \ ¦ ¦ . ' . . . " : ' . : . . rr-. ' .- "¦ .

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      POCKtINGTON . —Ou Monday evea , ng , Mr . KigbyifiQjn Lanoasbire , gave a Boul-stirring leoiuro to a large and attentive audience . Tbe meeting was convened at half an" hour's notice . Mr . Rigby commenced like an auctioneer , offering for sale the general freedom of man to the lowesi bidder ; but no one Would bid less than the ' whole hog' 1 A publican and a fey ? others came forward to join ua . JN . B , Any leotufer iatendlag to visit this town , muat give us at least three days'notice , and bring bis credentials with him , either from his own locality ( where he was member laet . Vor from the General Executive , otherwise he cannot be received .

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      On Saturday evening , Aug . 13 th , a public Electing of the power loom "weavers was bdd in the Carpenter ' s Hall ; Mr . Sinclair in the chair ; "when the meeting vzs addressed by Messrs . Donavan , Riley , Lane , Bay , H-Connell , Collins , Halliwell , Brophy , D » xon , and others Xae foilowing resolutions " » ere carried unanimously : — 1 . T ^ at tM « meeting pledges itself to discountenance ill illegal proceedinga ; and farther , ttat tfcey "Win EcdfeaTour to preserve the public peace . 2 . That we cannot exist witb the present rats of * jj § es . and that "we are determined not to go to work mUl we obtain the prices paid in 1 S 39 . S- Tnat each master be called upon to pay tbe same pice for the same fabric of work throughout the -whole EsouEacturing districts .

      L That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that political Bffcts are imperatively necessary for the protection of Tsges : we therefore pledge ourselves to act with our other friends , and the trade * generally , in legally and peaseiolly establishing tfeat document known as the " People's Charter , " and causing the same to become tie law of the land , as the only means of securing our rights . 5 . That this meeting pledges itself not to return to » ori nntil we hear the decision of the Conference of Deifccaies , on Monday next , at the Sherwood Inn .

      6 . That the povFer loom weaveri of Manchester , deem it tbe most unpardonable injustice , on the part of a peat number of the fsctory masters , that they refuse to five employment TO he > ' in their factories , but in their stead employ "women , over wham they can tyrannise -with Impunity . We therefore are determined tbat this crnel sad nz . jasi system shall be abolished before we go to cur work . After the election of a delegate to the Conference on Honday , and a committee of management , the t ^ itTitii of the meeting "were given to the chairman , and the Hrfrtiag dispersed in a peaceable aa £ orderly manner *

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      STATE OF THE COLjNTRT . ( From our otcn Correspondents . ) MANCHESTER . SCKDAT M 0 B 5 IKG , EIGHT O ' CLOCK . At this Hioment a Tery large train has arrived at the Station of the London and Birmingham Railway with & reinforcement of troops consisting of a detachment of the Hussars snd the Royal Artillery , with four field pieces , part of "which "we understand are going forward to Preston . NINE O ' CLOCK . Another extraordinary large bain has arrived at tie game station filled witb tbe Coldstream Guards .

      I hope the conduct of the people will he such as will frustrate the designs of tboss "Whose desire it ' a to cry iavock and let slip the dogg of war" upon & patient and starving people . Since the meeting of Friday in the Carpenter ' s Hail , the people have been very peaceable , and are looking forward to the decision of tne Conference of the trades'delegates on Monday . The peaceable demeanour and quiet determination of the people is more to be dreaded by the authorities than any evanescent ebullition of feeling , snch as the break ing of windows , burning of mills , it , or other destruction of property . Tbe one evinces & firm settled purpose l the other may be regarded more in the light of a fla 3 h in tbe pan than any thing else .

      At three o ' clock * fr » n morning Mr . Tinker was arrested under a warrant for riot . It appears that the dyers , to which trade Mr . T . belongB , at a meeting held on Thursday night , resolved , that the members of tie Dyers "Union saould stop "What is called the " knob * ikk" shops . On Triday morning they carried this resolution into effect . It is alleged that Mr . Tinker was , during tbia business , with the other men . On Saturday the delegates from the Trades assembled in the large R » om , Sherwood Inn , Tib-street Mr- John 5 Iiddleton was called to the chs . ii , when It w » s unanimously resolved to peat the town with the following placards—JUSTICE ! PEACE !! LAWK 1 ORDER ! ll \ TO IHE INHABITANTS OF HANCHEST £ B , SaLFOUD , A > T > SVKS . DtrSDtSG

      DISTRICTSWe , £ he Beltgates of all the various Trades ef these important districts , having been , each snd all , legally and duly elected by oar various trades , have again this day met in solemn Conference , empowered by our con-Etttnents to vi atch over and gnard the interests of the people "whom we represent ; and we d « most earnestly implore of you not to be led astray by your enemies , bnt remain firm in your purpose to uphold your just rights , as set forth in the resolutions agreed to by the delegates' meeting in the Carpenter's Hall , on the 11 th and 12 th inst . We call npon yon to be prompt in the faction of your Delegates to tha Greal Delegate Conferts . ee -which -will be held in the Sherwood Inn , Tibttrtret , on Monday , Aug . lota , 1 S 42 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , and that you meet immediately for that purpese , such of you as have not already elected delegates .

      We most solemnly pledge ourselves to persevere in oar exertions until we achieve the complete emancipation of oar brethren of tbe "working and middl ing dasstjs from the thraldom , of Monopoly and Class Legislation , by the legal establishment of the Peop e ' s ChxrUr .

      The Trades of Britain carried the Reform Bill . The Trades of Britain shall carry the Charier . We call upon you then to act with promptitude andr eaej& . Do you your duty . ' vet trill do ours ! ! We trust the issue to the protection ol Heaven a&d the justice of oar cause . Joh > - Middletox , Chairman . The lolleTring resolatitfa , amongst others , was agreed to unanimously : — " That no person wQl be admitted to the delegate meeting on Monday next , unless such delegate bring his credentials duly signed by the chairman or Secretary of s public meeting of the trade he represents . ' *

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      GHEAT- DELEGAIS MEETING OF THE TfiADES OF H . AXCBESTEB , aND IHE WHOLE SUBBOCNDlNo DISTRICT . MOXDAT EVENING , HALP-PAST KIUB . This important meeting resumed its sittings at ten o'clock a . m ., at the Sheardown Inn , Tib-street , Mr . Hutchinson in the chair . A committee was appointed to , scrutinize the credentials of delegates fer ascertaining that" all were legally elected , and that all were bona fide representatives ef trades . Considerable numbers of persons , induced by intense anxiety to hear tbe proceedings of the meeting , were assembled outside ; and though nothing could be more peaceable Iban their demeanour , it was thought advisable , considering the temper of tbe authorities , that they should be entreated to disperse and go home . Mr . M'Cartney waB appointed to address them to that purpose . Great caution was exercised to preserve the integrity of the meeting by preventing the admission of persons with factious or improper credentials .

      A discussion arose on the admission of two delegates from Mossley , they presenting credentials purporting to emanate from all the trades of that village collectively , whereas the meeting , by resolution , on Saturday , had determined to entertain none bnt strictly Trades * delegates , each representing a trade . It was agreed , however , that other towns in the district which had not been represented at the meeting on Satu ~ day , could not be expected to adhere to that resolution , becanse they might not know of it ; and on this ground the Mossley delegates were admitted . The large room being nowfound to be too smali for their accommodation , the delegates adjourned to Carpenters * Hall , where , after tbe muster-roll was called over , the proceedings of the meeting were resumed . It was then arranged that each delegate sbeuld in rotation state to the meeting the opinion cf bis constituents , and the instructions be had received from them as to the steps necessary to be takBn .

      There was exhibited , as might have been expected , a difference of opinion amongst the thousands who were represented" by the several member * of this important meeting as to the precise object to be recognised as the distinct purport of the strike . Some , and those the majority , -were instructed on tbe part ef their constituents , to diw . IftJTp all minor and secondary objects of contention , and to declare that tbeir resolution was fixed to uphold the strike on no other ground than as a means , to obtain the Charter , for which purpose they were resolved to maintain it to the last extremity . Others , and those principally from Stalybridge and tha Other , localities in which the strike began , were instructed that their constituents regarded it mprely as a trades' strike , a question ef wages , and trades' rights ; while a considerable number of places , without giving any opinion of their own , expressed by their delegates their readiness to uphold their brethren in any strurcle that mieht ba deemed advisable , and to

      abide thereTore upon toe decision of that meeting , be the same what it might Daring the day eighty-five delegates thus delivered their instructions , representing all the respective trades of Manchester , and of most if not all the towns and villages within twenty mile thereof . To give their statements seriatim would be merely to occupy space with repetitions . The great question seemed to have been , with each trade , "whether the contest shonld be a mere trades or a political contest , and of their decision an analysis is given below . 0 / the eighty-five delegates , fifty-eight declared for the Charter ; seven . for making it a trades' contest ; nineteen to abide the decision of the meeting ; and one , the r epresentative of the stone masons of Manchester , stated that his constituents were iudividully for the Ch-arter , but that fas had no instruction from them as a body , and could not therefore pledge them to any precise course of

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

      threat and menace with a proper ant ? dignified conismpt , their object being legal and their means ptaeefuL A committee had . been appointed to draw up an address to the trades and the public generally . The address was read and discussed ^ but Borne of its expressions being thonght 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 trf .-janrned its sittings until t * n to-morrow morning , at the Hall of Science ^—ths Carpenters * Hall being engaged to-morrow for Hunt ' s monument festival .

  • 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-ncseproduct767/page/3/