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      STATE OF THE COUNTRY , ( Continued from onr Third page . POTTERIES . SKKT . TOK A 5 D HAKLKT . MONDAY , BIGHT O ' CLOCK ^ A . H . The work of destruction has commenced . At the close of a meeting , of which I gave you an imperfect sketch this morning , a body of colliers and others marched to the Hanley and Shelton station-honse , demanded the keys of the police , opened the lock-up , cleared it of all its arms and irons , and released a boy who happened to be eonfined for some minor offence . They then marched to the house and office of Mr . Gibhs , of Shelton , the contractor for and collector of the poor-rates in this neighbourhood . Here they smashed every Bquare of glass in the house , desnroyed the furniture , and literally covered the streets with the fragments of the torn booka and papers of the office , severely maltreating and personally injuring several of the police who were on ihe spot &t the time . From here t&ey marched to Stoke , on their way to which place they met the stipendiary magistrate , Mr . Rose , who was oa kb way to Hanley , for the purpose of presiding over the court , which should have been held * there to-day , bat which , for the present , is . suspended in consequence of the riots . He was in his carriage or gig , the horfce of which the rioters immediately turned , and Mi . Rose was glad to retreat as fast as he conld without receiving personal injury . They then came to the office of the Court of Requests , on which they made an attack . This place was gutted , and all that could be destroyed . Having arrived at Stokej they proceeded direct to the Station-house there , beat in the door , seized all the arms and irons , as they did at Hanley , and having seized and severely beaten the person of * Stonier , a policeman , and leaving him in irons at the Siation-honse , they proceeded to Fenton ^ Here they also made an attack on the police-station , and having cleared it of all it contained , marched direct for Squire Allen ' s . The rioters , I believe , have completely gutted thiB gentleman ' s house , and are now on their way to Mr . Hose ' s , the stipendiary magistrate . A body of soldiers , from Keweastle-Tindwr-Lyine , axe jUBfc gone to Lonjjton or Lan&-end- Should they meet with the lioiers , there will be bloody work . five o ' clock , p . m . I have just returned from making the necessary inquiries . Mr . Rose ' s mansion i 3 entirely gutted , p ot a halfpenny-worth of property is said to be left in it . Windows are smashed , furniture destroyed , money , plate , and other valuables carried off , and now the rioters are said to have gone to the Stoke poor-house . All trade is suspended—the shops are closed , and no man dare follow his work from fear of the rioters . What will this lead to ? "Where will it end ! Who may be the sufferere to-night no one can telL All i 3 confusion and terror . When the soldiers appear , the rioters are fled , and thus are the former chasing the latter without the least effect . FURTHER PARTICULARS . BCJtffiyG JLKD DESTBOTIXG . TUESDAY MOKUNG , BIGHT O ' CLOCK . Last night the mob smashed the Rev . Dr . Bay ley ' s honse , and burned it down . They have destroyed the Rev . Mr- Atkin ' s house , andborned it down . The house of Mr . Perkins , magistrate , is burned down to the ground . Mr . Forrester ' s honse , of Cobbridge , agent to Lord Granville , is gutted . This morning , as the omnibus for Birmingham left , the driver met thousands marching to Borslem , in a line of road occupying two miles on length . AU is in the utmost terror . The town of Hanley is in a mos ; alarming state , feather beds , furniture , and all throwing about the streets . I have .

      Dot heard that any of the owners of the houses were personally injured , bnt they must have narrowly escaped . What to say about the troops I know not . All I can say if , that I am told they went to Leek , where it was said rioting was going on . They returned here this morning , and are moving about in all directions . The omnibus was stopped yesterday at Shelton , and the guard ' s coat torn off his tack . ^ They did not attack the passengers .. I Tegret being obliged to wiite so disjointed , but I am writing for the train , and obliged to write as I can collect facts . I have just heard three men were &hot by the soldiers at Hanley , and that the seat of the Duke of Sutherland and Mr . Copeland ' s house were in danger of an attack .

      BUBSLEif . At a meeting of the unemployed colliers of the Pot tery district , held in the luge room , at the George asd Dragon , in Hanky , it was unanimously resolved , — "That it is the opinion cf this meeting , that nothing Irat the People ' s Charter can give us the power to have ** a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , " and that one and all pledge himself to stand out for the same , in the hope that the whole cf the colliers in Great Britain will do the same . " A : sothe : rBeggi : xg Bbigade of colliers and othera entered the town of Buralem on Friday at noon , -which has caused amongst the rich no small alarm . Almost all the time since Saturday zdght last , When OUT little town was taken by storm , we have been guarded by a troop of horse to the amount of forty or fifty ; but to day , in eonseqnence of the demand for their services at Manchester , they were marchad to the " great" town .

      Scarcely an hour elapsed feefore there appeared a numhec of men -who went direct to the Town-hall , and took into custody the " bine bottle man" on duty . They took him down to the house of Mr . Ryles , head policeofficer , and there demanded one of their begging boxes , 'which was taken from the three men apprenended on the Saturday previous . No sooner had they obtained possession of their box , than they released their prisonex , and again commenced begging . They tailed first on the publican , who a few nights before , locked their box to the floor ; now he gave them £ 1 . They then went to the h&ad police-officer , Ryles ; he was from home , but I&n . Byles gave them 5 a The amount collected altogether , amounted to between £ 13 and £ 14 Pastas are oat offering £ 20 reward for the apprehension ol the parties offending , on the Saturday night ; -and others are also out on the part of the turn-outs , offering , £ 100 lor the head of the first informer . All is confusion .

      IKPOUTAST PUBLIC PATTPEK ^ EETIJiG ! In consequence of the great depression of trade in tills district , distress prevails to an alarming extent , and that distress has lately been much aggravated by the late eolliei ' s btriie . The two "Union Bastiles are crowded , and there are many thousands receiving outdoor relief . The Burslem Sasttte - * ras built to accomodate 350 . There is now 850 in it . The relieving officer relieved 1 . 000 last week ! On Sunday , July 3 Ut , the paupers walked in procession through ' the whole of the Potteries . They held

      two meetings , and determined on rising a general meeting . Accordingly , a committee was formed , who invited all the gentlemen and clergymen in the neighbourhood to attend the meeting . They also issued circulars and posters , announcing the meetirg for August 9 th , on the Crown Bank , Hanley , to take into consideration the causes that produce the present alarming destitution ; and to devise some meansto apply a speedy remedy . When the time of meeting came , the gentlemen and parsons were not there ! Some few of them sent notes of excuse .

      Mr . W . S . Eliifl was called to the chair , who , after making a few appropriate remarks , and reading letters from Francis Wedgewood , Esq ., Wm . Ridgway , Esq ., and Richard Daniel , Esq ., apologising for non-atttndance , introduced Mr . Jehn SichardS to propose the first T&solntian : — "That this meeting views with feelings of sorrow and regret the unparalleled distress and impoverish-Bient that hangs like a pall of gloom orer our neighbourhood , and threatens to engulf the whole cf the industrious classes , and which is rapidly extending its ravages to the middle and manufacturing classes ef

      society . This meeting feels convinced that there murt be semething radically wrong in that state of society which , possesses iffimit&Ma means of producing -wealth , an industrious , brave , intelligent , and ingenious people , aided by mechanical , chemical , and scientific discoveries , unparalleled in the history of the world ; and yet , with all these inestimable advantages conferred upon them by 3 > ivine Providence , presents to the eye ol the philanthrophM nothing bat Poverty in Bags , and Patience in Despair . This state of things calls for the immediate interference of every lover of his country to stem the tide that threatens to over-Whelm all in universal poverty . "

      It is impossible for me to give you any idea of the effect of Mi . Richard ' s speech . He spoke in a stain of the most fervid eloquence for an hour and twenty TTnTrptPB . Whilst he was . speaking , the paupers of Chell Baitile , marched op to the meeting , sis abreast , 2 , 000 in number ,. headed by a band of music Mr . Wm . Evans Beconded the resolution , by adverting to the introductisn of machinery ; stating that with it another class of capitalist * had sprang into existence—the Mobbisok's , the Ma&shaixb , Hie &hegs , the Pbeis , toe ABKWHIGHTS ; and the COBDESS , Whose Interest lay in the profit arising from ita present use . * These men had been the agitators for the Reform Bill , and then for the Municipal Corpora tions' Bill , to get power into their own hands . It was these men who had raised the cry that population pressed hardly upon the means of subsistence ; fat tbej

      aw that they most in some way account for the fact that those who prodncei all the wealth were being superseded by macMnery , and reduced to poverty . They then raised this anti-population ery * and deaigcate the superseded "hands * a * a " surplus popu lation . " To get rid of Otis snrplnj population Bmigrafcias was put forth by them , u a panacea tottw evils we have to endure . When these men , the ptopagaton of the doctrines of Marcus , found public Cfinkmtoo strong for them—irhen they found that laejjisad women was not brutansed and demoniacal ffOOgb . to moider their own ofipring , they supported tfialWIHantspeeimeri of ; WWidWsW SSS the Infernal NewjPoor law .. Tto « oly plan tint eould leSsre the exfeBngponrerfy woold be the brinrine toeetber Use Tmc&Uv&tti landaod the nne » ptoyedJabod-Tt theeoontrT , Therewerefourteenmillionfl of acrea of un-

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      cultivated land , which would much more than supply with food , clothing , and shelter , the starving population ; and it was the height of cruelty for a Government to see the people starve , whilst such abundant means existed for making them happy . They voted immense sums of money for the carrying on of -war in India , for the benefit of the East India Company ; they could also redeem the black Blaves , at an immense cost ; but the white slave was not an object of their compassion . Mr . Moses Simpson proposed the second resolution , namely— . .

      «\ That it is the opinion of life meeting that tinder the distressing circumstances that have plunged the working classes into snch a state of helpless suffering , an appeal ought to be made to the upper classes of society for pecuniary assistance ,. towards in some measure temporarily alleviating that distress of which thousands Of our fellow-men so justly complain ; and this meeting feels convinced that they will respond to that appeal with true Christian liberality and old English generosity . " . Mr . Simpson first defined . .. " charity . " He © bserved that when he saw such a vast amount of wealth piled up on all sides ; clothes-shops fall , and men naked ;

      corn warehouses loaded , ant the people starving , he was forced to the conclusion that we only wanted a better system of distribution to enable all to live well , and not " charity "; yet he thought that , -under immediate circnm 8 Lances , the upper classes , who had taken all , could not consistently oljeet to allowing a small portion cf it to revert back to the producers of it . If working men were not better prot&cted by the laws , we should soon see the middle class in the same position . If the operative could not buy , of course the shopkeeper could not eell . He wished to see self-supporting Institutions studding the country , instead of Bastilesinstitutions combining agriculture and mechanics . We want our rights—justice , net " charity" !

      Mr . Hamlet Booth seconded the resolution . He was ajauper . Twas hard to be a poor pauper 1 It was an unenviable position ; and the only consolation he had was the reflection that those who were not on the paupers' books were in the lawyers' books I He hai expected to have found the hustings filled with the respectable gentlemen of the neighbourhood , to advocate the cause of the impoTerished ; but they were not there ! None shewed themselves to be only sincere friends of the poor but the Chartists . He had been an industrious steady xn&n all his life ; but was at last a pauper . There were a thousand at least in the crowd like to himself .

      Mr . James Oldham moved the next resolution : — is the opinion of this meecting that the distress which gnawing the vitals of the British population can never be permanently removed until the People ' s Charter becomes the law of the land . " He spoke for an hour in an eloquent and argumentative style that rivetted the attention of the audience , and must have convinced the sceptical or prejudiced of the justness and reasonableness of the truth and efficacy of the principles of ChartiBin . The resolution was briefly Beconded by Mr . Henry Eorster , when that venerable old Chartist chieftain , Mr . Capper , rose to submit to the meeting the adoption of a memorial to Sir Robert Peel , requesting him to furnish the Pottery Chartists with 10 , 000 stand of arms to protect the property of the district Mr . Richardson seconded it .

      Every resolution was passed without a single dissenting -voice . Ten thousand persons at least were present . A troop of the 3 d Dragoon Guards were nnder anus all the day ready to act at a moment ' s notice . The Burslem Tories are staggered at the midnight visit of last Saturday .

      HANLEY . MOJfDAT EVENING . I write in baste to acquaint you with the state of this district , that is what has taken place within a few hours . A great meeting of colliers and potters took place in Hanley Market-place this morning at nine o ' clock ; a body of colliers proceeded from tnence to a . coal-woTk where Borne men were employed , returned to the town , set at liberty some prisoners for light offences , stripped the Police-cffice of the books , papers 4 c ., which were torn to atoms and strewed about the streets . One policeman was slightly injured ; but as cur police are more respected than any other in this district , no farther injary traa done them , The mob then proceeded to the house of a poor-rate collector , who is very

      unpopular with the working classes , broke every pane of glass in his bouse , demanded his books and papers , which were soon committed in fragments to the winds , strewing the streets in all directions- From thence they went to the Court of Requests , destroyed the book * there also , and cut the head of the clerk , a gentleman much respected by all parties . Proceeding to Stoke Police-office , the books there shared the same fate , the furniture was broken , brought out and burnt in the street Here the military ( a company of the 12 th ) , with Bailey Rose , Esq ., a stipendiary magistrate , at their head , were announced ; the mob divided , one part going the Lane End road to decoy the soldiers , while the oiher parted by few and few , and met at the man ' sion of Thomas Allen , Esq ., at Fenton , where they demolished the furniture and searched for arms ( it

      being reported there were 500 stand of the old volunteers ) , but few were to be found . They then went to the house of Baily Rose , Esq ., who was leadiog the txocps in another direction , being completely OUtnisrceavred by the mob . Be arriTed at his honse in about five minutes after it had been completely gutted , his furniture , books , &c , destroyed ; in fact it was a complete wreck , done by the very party of whom he was in quest It is further stated that Stomer , an unpopular policeman , has had his arm broken . I have just he ? rd that the Fenton Police Office windows are all destroyed . Ererything that could be burnt was piled np in two heaps and set on fire , to the great-hazard of burning the houses , on which the inhabitants were forced to throw great quantities of water .

      At Lane-end Market-hall { a police station ) the books were dtstroyed . Every article was brought out and burnt ; they afterwards set firs to the Market-hall ; which was extinguished after the mob left the town , A troop cf Dragoors has just entered . — Sun . - . -

      STAFFORD . Two troops of the 32 th foet arrived here on Thursday the 12 th inst ., and are stationed on guard at the Gaol . It is snpposed they will remain here until the strike in North and South Staffordshire is at an end . On Friday , the 12 th , Mr . " Cooper , of Leicester , was announced to lecture to " the Crispin brigade of Stafford Chartists , " in the Market-place , at seven o ' clock , when all that faction could do , or malicious ingenuity suggest ,- was resorted to , to prevent and intimidate us from holding the meeting . " Specials '' were sworn in .

      composed of some of the greatest blackguards in the town , as if for the purpose of breaking the peace . At seven o ' clock precisely , Mr . Cooper , accompanied by Messrs . Peplowand Hunnible , made his appearance in the Market-place , where the people were assembling in great numbers . The rostrum being planted , Mr . C . with several friends mounted , and proceeded at some length with good-humoured ironicals to dilate on the doings of the aristocracy , and drew a strong contrast between the salary and condition of the " silvertongued lady" with those of the ^ wives of the working population of England .

      At this stage of the proceedings , a party of soldiers , prompted by their rfficers and a county constable , with several other tools ol the party , commenced an endeavour to get np a " row . " To fiastrate this , an adjournment was instantly moved to the Stone Flat , a piece of common land a distance from the town . Thither the people went , Binging in gallant style , " Spread the Charter . " This had the effect of bringing nnmberB to the meeting -who tronld not otherwise save attended . On arriving at Stone Flat , the "Lion of Freedom " was given out and sung . Mr . Cooper then proceeded again with his lecture , and be wade a powerful impression . Towards the close a rumpus took place with a tool of the Tories , named Gratidge , -who had been eziconraging aome boys to make a noise while Mr . C . waa speaking , which ended in his being driven off the ground .

      The " Lion of Freedom" was again rang in grand style , Mr . Cooper leading ; after which , three tre-Ujendons cheers were giTen for the Charter , three fox Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jonea , threa for O'Connor , and three for " General" Cooper . The vast coneourse of people then left the ground ; and returned into town again , linked arm-in-arm , » incin « Spread the Charter . " This " new move" of the Chartists seemed to electrify the inhabitants of Stafford . And on passing by the gaol , where the soldiers were on guard , they thought th& colliers were coming , and a scene followed which was laughable in the extreme . The soldiers rushed to defend the entrance to the Lodge , and seemed panic-struck ; the Governor and officers calling out to them to do their dnty , when lo and behold it was only " Chartist rabble P Upon this three aky-readiBg cheers were given for Mason and his fellowpriBonerB , which must have awoke them from their midnight slumbers .

      On Saturday night , at ten o ' clock two persons name j Edward Collier and Henry Harris , were arrested on a warrant which charged them with assaulting William Sratidge at the Chartist meeting on Stone Flat , the previous evening . Bail being refused they were sent to the Lock-up until Monday morning .

      DEWSBTJRY . ¦ WEDSESDii HOBNING , JUNE O ' CLOCK . A pablic meeting . ws * . field on Monday evening at Bailey Can , to elect a delegate for tke Manchester Conferenoe , when it waa ^ greed that a public meeting should be held in the Martet-plaw , Itewsbury , at six o ' clock in the morning . At the time specified , there oouW not be less titan 5 , 000 persons present The ¦ aetiBg . was addressed * J Mr . Sheldrake and Mi . Dewhirat . The meeting broke np at eight o ' clock in the morning . It seems to be agreed upon that all factories in the neighbourhood of Dewsbnry should be stopped for the tnra-onta tliited fchem , and thirty-eight were stopped daring Uw day . Every mill they visited had the boiler * trnpfaggefc Not a single mili-master objected to this . It appeared as if it was become a genes * nndenrtaaaing that it should be 88 . No accident ocenrred the whole day . A meeting was held In Dawsbury , at six in the evening . There could not be less than 20 , 000 : I heard some estimate them at 80 . 000 .

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      About four o ' clock yesterday afternoon , from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 people come down from Huddersrleld , and stopped all the mills in tbeit way to this town . The magistrates have been sitting ever since yesterday morning , and have sworn in a large number of special constables . ; ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . - . ¦ ""¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦;¦ , .-:. - ; ..: ; . ; - . - ; Toe town is all q'llet at ^ present There was another meeting held this morning , in the Market-place , and the turn-outs have taken off to Ossett , Horbury , and other places . The number this morning was Tery large . ¦ - - , "'¦ - : ¦ : . ¦ - ¦'¦ ¦ " ¦" - ¦ -: " . ¦

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

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

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

      HUDDERSFIELD . MONDAY MORNING ELEVEN O ' CLOCK . Daring the last week this town and neighbourhood have been kept in one continued state of excitement respecting the turn-outs in Lancashire and their proceedings . On Friday , a report reached here that the Lancashire men intended to visit this town and stop the mills . Dr . M'Douall arrived about eight o ' clock on Friday evening ; aud according to previous announcement delivered a lecture in the Guild HalL The hall was crammed to excess ; hundreds were disappointed . His timely arrival , and the argumentative and profound lecture he delivered , convinced all who heard him , that they had nothing to gain by breaking the peace or violating the law ; on the contrary , they had

      everything to lose . On Saturday morning it was generally believed the turn-outs were making rapid progress towards the town , aud were stopping all the mills on the road as they came . In the afternoon , Bmsll parties entered , and walked through the streets , and between three and four a great body of the turn-outs entered the town , having stopped the mills of Messrs . Armitage , Crossland , Starkeys , Fisher , and several others They i . ext proceeded to the factory of W . Brook , Esq ., magistrate , who made a temporary resistance ; but he was pushed down upon his own coal heap , withont ceremony , and bid to stand out ot the way , -while they drew the plug from his boiler . This they did , and saw his men out They then proceeded in a similar manner at several other mills , and promised another

      visit on Monday . They also held a meeting on the Back Green , when the speakers declared their object to be a V good day's wage for a good day ' s work . " They related the sufferings they had endured , and declared a readiness to die rather than suffer hunger . They also said they would not interfere with politics , neither Whig nor Tory ; they had good friends among&t both parties . They had nothing to do with the Charter ; their object being to obtain better wages . Some of them complained of tfee men of Huddersfield , because the / would not asai&t for anything less than the Charter , from a conviction that it was useless to go for better wages , whilst labour was unprotected : and they were alBO unwilling to be made instruments in the hands of designing knaves for had purposes . Some one amongst the turnouts put the Charter to the meeting , when instantly

      arose a forest of hands , amidst the most enthusiastic cheering . They then left the town in great numbers , but in the most peaceful manner . The magistrates met at night , and issued summonses to many shopkeepers , requesting their attendance the next morning ( Sunday ) at nine o ' clock , to be sworn in as special constables . The oath was administered daring divine service . A troop of Lancers also arrived from Leeds , and were confined to two or three houses . They were kept together on Sunday afternoon , upon the Bowling Green connected with the George Hotel , diverting themselves with that game , whilst their temporal Blasters were engaged at church . During the day , the magistrates caused billa to be posted in the streets , stating they had made euch arrangements that tbeir workmen might return to their work on Monday morn * ing with safety .

      MONDAY NIGHT , TEN O CLOCK . On Monday morning all was excitement . By five o ' clock a large public met ting was holden on the Back Green , attended by eight or ten thousand people . They were addressed , amongst others , by Mr . W . Brook , the Magistrate , who desired them to be peaceable , and to return to their work . Most of the meeting were disposed to leave the town , indeed a great portion of them had departed , when , by orders of one of the Magistrates , Mr . Armjtage , a large posse of special constables were turned out to parade the streets , that they might be seen . This sort of challenge bad the effect of stopping many who would otherwise have departed , and of causing the return of others who were already on their way out of the town . The specials

      were received with groans , and other marks of disapprobation . As soon as they were drawn in , after pecforming their perambulations , all was comparatively quiet . The streets were lined with people , who showed the greatest good humour , reclining on the edges of the causeways , and standing in small groups in the Marketplace , and other open spaces . The major portion of the mills and workshops were all standing . Indeed there were but 3 mills in the town and immediate neighbourhood that attempted to run ; and they were but very partially supplied with "hands . " They were respectively the mills belonging to Messrs . Crossland , at the bottom of Crosslana HU 1 ; those belonging to the Messrs . Starkey , ( magistrates , at Loogroyd Bridge ; and those belonging to Mr . WUiam Brook , (

      magistrate , ) in Nortbgate . The troop of Lancers were under arms , ready to act at a moment ' s notice Between eleven and twslve o'clock news was brought into the town that the turn-outs from the " upper regions " . of Yorkshire had arrived at the Messrs . Crosslftnd ' S mill , and w&re entering it to stop the engine . Thither the soldiers , with the Magistrates at their bead , and with a portion of the specials at their tail , hastened . They found a number of people assembled on the sides of the road , sitting upon the walls , and otherwise amosing themselves ; bnt they found no disturbers of the peace . All waa orderly and quiet , but the " hands" Were out ofthemilL The Magistrates , therefore , withdrew the troops and specials , and returned to town . They had scarcely proceeded 500 yards on their route back again ,

      when the mill yard was entered , and the plug of the boiler driven inwards , so as effectually to prevent the ¦ working of the engine , for some time at least It was rumoured that the large body of turn-outs expected to visit Huddersfield , had crossed over from Maraden to Melth&m , and that they would proceed through Honley , Army tage Bridge , and some other places in the Holmfirth valley , before they entered the town of Hudderfifield . This rumour proved correct . All the mills and workshops in their route were stopped , the "hands" in nearly all instances joining them most enthusiastically . Where the mill happened to be worked by steam , the boiler was almost invariably on-plugged , and the water allowed to run out . Where water , power was the means of working tfie machinery ( the

      case with most of the mills in the Holmfirtb and Marsden valleys ) , the sluices of the mill-dams were raised , and the water let oat This was done also on Saturday , in their progress to the town ; and so mueh accumulated water was thus turned down the river as to cansea considerable rise , or flood . Some boys , who were bathing , were in great danger of being drowned from this cause . About a quaiter past four o ' clock an immense number of the turn-outs entered the town from two parts : one section by way of Chapel-hill from Lockwood ; and the other by way of Shore-head from -Newsom . When met they proceeded in a body along New-Btreet , past the front of the George Inn , and down Kirkgate . The George Hotel was the zendezTous of the magistrates , constables , and military . Most of

      the turn-outs had with them good thick walking sticks , and some appeared to have been newly procured from the hedge-rows . As they passed the George , they waved arid brandished these , good-humouredly , over tbeir heads . They made no stoppage opposite the Inn , but proceeded onwards to the mill of Mr . W . Brook , in Northgate . This mill had been partially worked during the day ; but at this time was entirely dosed , as was every mill in the town . The crowd halted opposite the large gates which close the mill yard ; amis number of them demanded admittance , tbeir object feeing , as they said , to satisfy themselves that the engine was not in a condition to be ran in the morning . The gates being closed they thundered at them , and began to apply their Bttcks as crow bars , to force them

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

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      unwisely and most foolishly we again repeat : for not a penney'a worth of damage had been done to the millproperty of Mr . Brook ; or indeed to any body ' s property ; and the crowd were quietly and peaceably taking themselves away . Had destruction of property been the object of the turn . outa , they had sufficient Ume between their arrival before the mill and the appearance of the military , to have had the whole in one entire sheet of flame ; but destruction of property was manifestly not their object . The magis trates were in the most excited state ; Mr . W .

      Brook foremast , and Mr . Armytage was next The latter gentleman In a state that defies description , screamed out " the Blot Act is Read l disperse I ! disperse !!! " The appearance of the magistracy and military was the signal for " halt" on the part of the retiring crowd . Great numbers of them returned . The soldiers galloped up and down the street backwards and forwards , trampling upon the people in the , Way . One woman was mueh hurt ; and it was instantly rumoured that she had been struck by a lance , and wounded in the breast These proceedings exasperated the crowd , and upon the soldiers galloping some little distance down the Bradford Road , they were greeted with a pretty considerable shower of stones ; plenty of ammunition of Mankind lying on the sides of the road .

      We believe Mr . Brook , the magistrate , got a blow from one of the stones . A parley was now bad between the magistrates and the commanding officer , as to the propriety of using the sword and firing upon the people . The commanding officer was against this measure just then , and in thai place ; and they returned , both magistrates and military , to the George Inn , leaving the mill property of Mr . Brook much worse protected than before they made their appearance . Good humour and quiet determination then animated the crowd : noto these were drowheil in exasperated feelings . - As might have been calculated on , the crowd followed the soldiery into the Market Place . When there ; and while there was not " ¦ -. the slightest manifestation of disturbance , the constables rushed out of the Gftorge ,

      Betaed four men , and dragged them into the house in custody . This was soon bruited abroad j and in a few minutes a number ef men armed with sticks and cudgels were seen approaching the door of the Hotel . They made bang up to it , and . forced theirway intotbe passage , laying on the specials pretty roundly with their weapons , and the specials in return using their staves . The object of this movement wns the rescue of the four men just apprehended . The specials proved the masters , v The men were driven back , and at thts instant the magistrates and military salHed out of the ; back yard of the Inn . They bad been there ready mounted ; and the commanding officer had harangued "Ma men" pa the effect that if they had to use their swords they were to da it effectually I and if they

      received orders to fire , they were to fire slap bang amongst the crowd | . The appearance of theTjnilitary was the signal for a run on the part of a great portion of the crowd . Some took shelter within the railings of cellars ; others ran down passages and entries ; . and those that could departed by the ordinary roads . The charge was sounded ; away flaw the sabres , and . the half-drunken cut-throats galloped amongst the retreating crowd , cutting and slashing in the most ferocious and brutal manuer . Neither Bex nor age wure spared . One valiant sergeant ' ' rode down a parcel of women , and cut at them with such vengeance , that his sword coming in contact with the wall , was shivered to pieces . Many were severely wounded ; some had portions of their scalp cut off ; others their heads split open ; others

      their arms nearly cut eff ; and many othera suffered minor cats in various parts of the body . Tfae streets were scoured in all directions ; the retreating people being followed In some instances by the soldiery nearly half a mile oat of town ! The conduct of the soldiers was liihumau aud brutal In the extreme . The t « wn might have been cleared without the loss of a single drop of blood , had they exercised only common and ; manly forbearance . Instead of this , they gave vent to their butcherlike passions ; and they Were heard at night boasting over their cups of the " valiant" deeds they had performed on an unarmed people , r those they had ridden down , being chiefly women !! * 'I did slashi the b——r , " was heard to proceed from the lips of many a thing in the shape of a man , with hair on his upper lip to denote

      that be possessed coit rage ! . At a proof of their forbearance take the following : at half-past seven , two hours after the heart of the town was cleared , a number of soldiers were at the upper end of the town . T here is a vaoaut piece of ground by the side of Wallet ' s Circus ; and across this a man was passing , evidently on his business . There Was no one else near him . The street and road were perfectly clear . One of the soldiers galloped up to him , and brandishing his ¦ word in a threatening manner , bid . him to run . He refused ; alledgiug he was going quietly on his own business . The " hero" rode around him and around , quavering his sabre , and evidently debating within himself whether he : should venture to cut him down or net 1 Eventually be struck him most -violently with

      the flat part of his sword , and galloped forwards to the causeway of West-parade . Here the doors and the causeway were lined with the inhabitants , -who in that situation could see down ; into the to wn . They were principally women and children , who had been observing the whole proceedings , and who ; were in fact at home , on their own door-stones . Up amongst these dashed « ur jnoustac / ioed man-of-courage ! first np one ride and then up the other . This Was mere wanton brutality . He lunged with hia aword wherever he could : aud in one Instance , where the parties had retreated into their own garden , it having an entrance as narrow that bis horse could not follow , he nearly fell from his Saddle In an attempt to reach them with his butcher ' s-knife . -. ;; '; ' ¦¦" . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ - '

      In our" opinion , ( and the writer saw nearly all he bas related , ) there was not the slightest neceeaity for the employment of the rnilltary . If the maglgtrates had not been so unwise as to bring them into Nortbgate at the time they did , in all probability , Ijudging from the temper arid deposition evinced by the crowd , ) not a penny ' s worth of damage to property would have been done , or a single blow struck . The introduction of the military at that time led to blows : these led to exasperated feelings on both sides : arrests , when tbe people were standing quietly ; followed : these led to an attempted rescue \; aDd this furnished a pretext for the instant employment of the military . They once out . had full opportunity of indulging in revengeful brutal feelings : and wounds

      and bruises , probably death itself , is the result ! A firm , bat 'cool and collected magistracy could have cleared the town without this . Choleric men , © rarrogantly-Taln men , are not the men to be entrusted with the preservation of the peaco in times like thOBe we are now living in . A clear-headed , cool man , as magistrate , would riot have bad a single breach of the peace in the town of Hudderafleld on Monday last , other than the mere entry of the crowd . He would have preserved and takes > dvahtage o ? , to the clearing of the town , the good humour continually manifested up to the poiVit of the military ' s I ntroduction to preserve that which was not in danger , except in the heated and excited brain of W ; Brook and his co-peacepreservers . Such times as these try a man ' s metal ;

      try whether he is a man or not ; or a lump of excitable bounce . A M ^ N will try TO MAKJS THE BEST 0 / iA e worst circumstances : a choleric bundle of passion is always sore to make 6 ad wobse . Precisely such was the effect of the measures adopted by the Huddersfleld magistracy . , The employment of force ' . 'Un ' til the most urgent necessity presents itself , is always to be condemned Y the vain and paltry array of force , of mere empty pompous parades , is no less condemnable . Both these faults the Huddersfield magistrates committed ; and feelings of hatred and'sorrow will be engendered in consequence : hatred on the part of those who have suffered from their want of piudeDce and tact ; and sorrow on the part bf ethers that men so incompetent should bave been entrusted with the playing of each a difficult card . : ; / : ¦;•'

      In the course of the afternoon and evening , ' eighteen persons were apprehended , and placed in chains . They were looked np In rooms In the George Inn . ; IUESDAV MOliNINO , ELEVEN O ' CLOCK . All has b ^ en quiet up to this hoar this xnorning ; but the conduct of the magistracy in setting on the military yesterday , and the brutal conduct of the soldiers when the orders to butcher were given , form the theme of conversation with every body . A feeling of universal disgust is unequlvooally expressed . Sorno of the speclalB , too , come in for their share of it . The gloatings and boastings of Borne of them ever the havoc and slashings they had witnessed and aided in , will not soon be forgotten ; and it will : be well * hat some of them do not hear of them again another day i v

      There is not a mill running that I can hear of . All are standing The good-humoured feeling so manifest yesterday , has given place to a gloomy moody siiance ; and it will be well if the matter end there . I fear that measures of retaliation may be resorted to ; and Ibat destruction of sptopetty may enaue . This is a fearful state of things . to contemplate . . : TUEiSDAY NIGHT , TEN O'CLOCK . All , as yet , are quiet here . The town has been throng , but no symptoms of disturbance have been manifested . The piifloherB apprehended yesterday have been examined , and three of them committed to York , for riot j and a woman has been committed to Wakeneld for two monthsfor her sharefini thei affair . Several others have ^ shared her fate . The examination was bad In the house of Danson , the police officer , In the prison yard ; and a sentinel was placed at the door to prevent tbe ingress of all parties , except the law officials .

      It Was rnmoured this morning that Mr , W . Brook , the ^^ magistrate , wm bo ierlously injured last night in going home , that he would be unable to attend in town to-day . Tbto . rumoui was Incorrect to a certain ; exfent i for he waa present at the examination just spoken of . I have heard that it is true that he was attacked on his road home ; and that botk Mr . ^^ W ; Biook and the spedala who ^ ^ were guarding him ( he Uves some little distance o » t of town ) were struck With huge stones . I have also heard that a portion of his family deemed it prudent t « leave their home for the night , and take shelter In the habitation of Mr John Wood , vv - -: ; v ; : ; " > - ' •;¦ ; .- ' " ' / ''' ; . ; .: . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ > Last night , about ten o clock , a company of foot soldiera arrived . Their services have not been called into requisition . The othsr brutes have done enough ! This has been inarket-day ; but tiiere has been no market I The town was quiet , but there were no buyers . ¦¦ ¦ . - ¦ .: . . ¦ ¦ . ; . ¦ ; -- : -: ¦ ¦; ' : ; . " ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ : '¦ ¦ ; . ' ; : . ' \ " : ¦ ' . "' \ ' ¦ : ¦;

      -. . . All the mills in the town and neighbourhood are stopped . To-day tbe mills in Honley , Holmfirtb , and that district have been dosed . Some few places of

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      minor rate here , commenced work this morning , but they were very speedily closed again . The Hudderatteld men seem to have caught the infection from Lancashire ; for 1 am informed that great numbers of them are gone to viait Dewsbury and surrounding places . ;?" .:. ¦ •/ / V ' " ; . ;¦ ¦ - . •> '¦ . . ¦; ¦ : ;¦; ' ¦ ¦'' v - ; --v ; - : -- . ¦ ¦ ' v •'" ¦ . ' '• WEPNES 0 AT , BIiEVBN O ' ClOCK . Ail is quiet ' bere . More speciala have been sWern In this morning . Scores of freah men have been ; added . All the men at Mr . Armytage'sFactory , at MUnea Bridge , are sworn in as specials . Norris and Sykes ' s had arranged to begin work this morning , and rung their " hands" in ; bat the Magistrates immediately ordered them to stop . There is not a mill ruaning to-day . The streets axe thronged with people , all anxious to bear whatiadoing . v- . ¦ ¦ ¦; - . ;; .,: ' > , ' -X : "" - " ¦ . - " . ; " , V : ¦' ¦¦' ;¦' . ¦ '' ¦

      , y :,: ¦ : ; - .. - : ¦ .., ¦ . WAKEF 1 ELD . ;' . ¦ ¦ : ;;¦; . ; : / - ' -- . ' - ¦' ^ '¦ .: . ¦' :,--: ' :. S . ; MEETING OtGOIiWEBS . '¦ \ : ' \ ¦['¦ _ : ,-. ; ¦ A meeting of this useful though much injored class of men took place in Wakefield on Monday last . Notice bad been given by handbills , several days previous , Of their intention to meet and discuss their grievances , in which it was designated "a meeting of coal-miners , stewards , and masters ; " but none of the last-mentioned class appeared to be present ; The magistrates , under the apprehension of a disturbance taking place , had given orders for the assembling of the / Yeomanry toTOlvy , and the celebrated ?• ctack " troop of Captain Fernandez was accordingly parading the Btreets before the hour of nine , ready to cut up the "black diamonds" to mince-meat . Fortunately , there waa no occasion given for an exhibition of their bravery . " / ; '¦" : ;; ¦'¦ ¦¦ ¦¦' ; . '¦ . ; . ..- ' 1 ^ . '' - .: V ¦; . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ - ¦'• ¦ - - " '/¦¦ . . ¦ •'¦;"'

      : At ten : o ' clock the colliers assembled in the Music Saluon , which had been previously engaged for the purpose , and Mr . Samuel Mann , of Halifax , was called to the chair . He opened the business by expressing a hope that the speakers would confine tbemselves to the object for which the meeting was called , aud not attempt to enter into a political discussiori . A reBolntion , in support of this recommendation , was Immediately proposed arid seconded , which led to considerable confusion , as many as a dozsn individual sometimes speaking at once . John Wilson , qf Catherine Slack , proposed an amendment that the speakers be allowed to give free " utterance to their sentiments , whether social or political . " But the resolution against entering into political discussion , after much wrangling , in which the Chairman : was the principal actor in opposing the amendment , was negatived .. The following resolution was then briefly proposed , seconded , and earriedunanimously : — . ::, . ' ¦¦;¦ •' ¦ :

      " That we . as a body of miners , consider ourselves the moving classes of society , and that we ought to be remunerated for oat labour , equally if not superior to any other trade , considering our laborions and dangerous occupation . " ¦' . ' ¦ . ¦ : ¦/ ' . ..: ; ¦ , . '' ¦' : ; ¦ - / . " /¦¦•¦¦ ' "¦'¦ . ¦; '¦ .- - . ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ .. - " ' :, ¦ y : The speakers recommended the miners of the various districts to endeavour to obtain the co-operation of their employers to Attempt to raise the price of coala to manufacturers and large consumers , who are principally supplied by coatract , at a charge considerably below what Is generally made to householders . This system of BUpplylng by contract bad the effact of producing a ruinous competition , alike Injurious to the coal-owners and the workmen ; : /

      After the above resolution had been disposed ef , it was suggested , on account of the number of individuals outside who could not gain admittance , and the intense beat of the room , that it would be better to adjouin the meeting to the vacant ground between the Court House and the Music Saloon , and a motion to the effect having been passed , adjournment accordingly took place .

      /;; " ADJOUBNED MEETING , / V After considerable delay the tneetlng was again formed , arid the ; chairman having mounted a wall , in lieu of a hustings , / - : - - . v : ¦ " ¦''" "'¦¦ : ; V :- ' - '"' . ' '¦¦' . ' Mr ; Charles Wbftakeri Of Bradford , moved the third resolution : — ¦ "• : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . . ¦ ••>¦ -: '' :-x ' . '¦ ¦¦ .-.: > ' . ; ¦" . ' /¦' . ' . - "' ¦ ' . ' / . " That as it is tbe opinion ef the public in general , that the miners , ought to be well remunerated for their wort they trust th&ir masters will take it into their serious consideration , and if they cannot make their workmen comfortable with the present prices of the commodity , that they will try to meet this inconvenience in the best way they may think proper . " ; , In moving this the speaker urged upon his hearers the necessity ; - ' of union and caution , and contended strongly for a cordial feeling between employers and the employed . ¦' . : v -: ;¦ - ¦¦ . ¦¦ : ¦'¦ :: ' . ' :: — ' ¦ : - ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦' : ¦

      Mr . Jonah Jowett seconded the resolution , and , after being supported in a few remarks by Mr . rhos . Shepherd , It was put and carried unanimously . Mr . John Autey moved the fourth resolution : " That a meeti ng of delegates from each and every colliery in the West Riding of Yorkshire , be held at the Griffin Inn , Wakefield , oh the 29 th of August , 1842 , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . " ; : - This wa > seconded and agreed to , and the meeting then adjourned . ¦ ¦ - ' . ; .. ¦ .

      BRADFORD . ¦ -.: ; : v . " . ¦ : ¦ , ¦ - . . :-V ::: ' i- : ' " '¦¦ : >;¦ . ; . ' MONDAY IJOOS . . - . : This riiomirig a very large meeting was held in front of the ¦/ Odd . 'Fellow * ' H » U , at seven ¦ o ' clock , called by requisition to take into consideration the present crisis . Mr . Clark was called to tbe chair , and opened the meeting by calling on Mr . Smyth to move the first resolution , as folows : — " That thia meeting pledges itself , collectively and individually , to keep the peace and preserve law and : order . " Mr . Hodgson seconded the motion , which was unanimously carried . Mr . Fletcher moved the second resolution , and made an excellent speech . He wished the people to be firm and peaceable . The resolution waa as follows : — " That we do

      most emphatically declare that it is our solemn and conscientioua conviction , that all the evils which afflict society , and which have prostrated tbe interests and energies of the great body of the producing classes ; arise solely from class legislation ; arid that the only remedy for ihe ' . present alarming distress and wide-spread destitution , Is the immediate and urimutilated adoption , and carrying into law , tho document known as the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Smyth seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Hodgson moved the third resolution , which was seconded by'Mr . Arran , and carried ttuanimowsly . / It was as follows : — " That this meeting recommend the people of ail trades and callings forthwith to cease -work , until the above document becomesthe laW of the land . "

      MONDAY EVENING , TEN O ' CLOCK . This morning , a large procession of turn-outs , marching eight and ten abreast , departed from this town along the Manchester Road towards Halifax . The procession reached a full mile in length . They left Bradford a little before nine o ' clock . They molested nothing till they came to the mill of Messrs . W . and J . - Sutciiffa , at the top of Hodsall Mp < 6 r , Wibsey , where the steam was let off , and the pings ef the boilers struck out Mr . S . Bateman , whose mill is near the same place , as soon as the procesaion ¦ wai . seen , ordered the engir . e to be stopped . A deputation was sent to him to request him immediately to draw the plugs of his boilers . He consented to draw one out ; but just at this moment Lamplugh Hird , Esq ., rode

      into the mill yard at fall gallop , and told them he waa a magistrate , and ordered them off the premises . He was asked if he was the master ? Mr . Bateman then objected to the plug of the boiler been drawn . From thence they proceeded to Shelf , where the mill of Mr . Moses Bottomley and another -were stopped . At this place they were overtaken by a troop of the 17 th Lancers , at full gallop . . The people made way for them , and they went quietly forward . They were hearted by four or five magistrates who wished tbe people to return home agaain . The presence of both military and magistrates was riot sufficient to influence them to return . They were told that the Blot Act had been read , and that for their ^ own sakeB they had _ better return home . This , however , waa of no avail . On they went to Halifax . A mill near the Stump Cross was ordered or requested to be stopped by some of the

      magistrates . When the large procession reached the middle of the New Bank , going . into Halifax , the 17 th Lancers were drawn acroisa the etreat , to obstruct their further progress . The people , seeing this , asked one another what they were to do , and received for answer , ?• Gfct into Halifax the best way We can , " Forthwith a very high / wall waa scaled , and the mala body thus got past the military . Several hundreds of the people kept the magistrates in parley , while the people were thus getting into the town . As Boon aB the magistrates found this out , they turned the military about , and galloped up Haley Hill , towards Mr . Akroyd ' a new mill , called the Shades . ThisVuill was Well guarded by soldiers , and special constables . : Mr . Actroyd made a very stout resistance for a long time . Eventually the military were withdrawn for ' - ' a faw moments , and a number Of men from Todmorden and Bradford

      rushed in , in defiance of Jonathan , specials , and all , and drew put the fire , and unplugged the boiler . They afterwards went to the mill dam , ; and Were abOPt to let the water out , when Mr . Ackroyd accosted them , and presented them "with five pounds to let It alone . Report says seven prisoners were captured , and were about to be taken to prison by a file of foot soldiers , when they were rescued by their brethren . Two soldiers fired on the people and slightly wounded one in tbe arm and the other slightly on the belly , the ball , going in at one side of the breeches flap and came out of the other * It waj reported that a poor gfarl ^ had been trampled to death ; whether correct or not I cannot CelL

      Tbe Bradford men got scattered in all directions by being obliged to go into the town in the manner they did ; but about half-past two o ' clock the word was passed throughout tbe crowd for the Bradford party to assemble at the top cf the New Bank , w-ben a goodly number mustered , and the procession was . considered as large as % hen they ^ flrat net out They ^ k their ; route / down Godley-lane , filing off up Shibden Dale , and stopping three mills on their way . The wate * w let out of . the dams ottwo of tbenii They then proceeded to Qoeea ' a S ^' w ^^ p ^' --V ' nl ^ Mr ^<^ y mppM ; bi » mUl w soon » he Baw the turn-outa approaching . He also gave them two sovereigns and a large quantity of good beer . O- v •//¦/ - - -V ^ . 'iV : '" ::: - / i-- ; V"L ^ V-1

      . . ; .. Gr ^ ' Hor ^ n \ wM- ; tbe .. ' . nextV ' plaee .- ^ te ( l , /* pd there the following inilis Were ^ topped : —the ¦ . Cliff Mill , occnpled by B . S . Akroyd , Eaq ; the millof Mr . 8 . Dracup ; the mill of M * . Cowling Akroyd ; the mill of Mr . Wm . Cousens , and a ioalU called Common mllL From thence the turu-outs proceeded to Legram ' slane , and stopped tbe mill of an amiable (?) master , named NathaaBentlfiy . / Heret the water was ^ et out at tbe dain . : : ¦'¦ ¦\' - \ / :: " " : ¦'"/ :. ;¦ . ¦ '¦" •' : ; "'¦ - / - ¦ ¦¦ "

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      Field Head mill , owned and occupied by B . S . Akroyd ; was next visited , and stopped . ;/ / v Also several others ; in / Thornton Road- / The mill of E . 0 . Lister , Bpq , / was dUcovered to be lighted up ; and thither the ero # d went , ofer hedge and ditch , like hunters . That mill was stopped . From Mere tbe crowd marchedLiato the town ; and immediately dispersed . / / It was underetood they were to assemble in the morning again at seven o ' clock . Bradford itself baa been wry peaceable during the day .

      /¦ .,: - ¦ : / - ; " / .: - - /// 8 TOCKPORT . ;•;¦ . CFrma ceeond edition <^ t he Stf ^ poH Adveiiis ^ ; '¦ : " : ;¦ " -.- _ ••; - " . ¦ . ;/ Saturday . ) ;; "' ¦ ¦ ATTACK UPON THE 8 T 0 CKP 0 RT Ui ^ ION WORKHOUSE ,

      AND COMMITTAL OP THE TEISOMBBS . It appeared that while an immense public meeting of the turn-oats of all branches was holding in Watwlooroad , John Wright in the ehair , another party , Who , we und « r 8 tand , had been closing the mills and workshops in Edgeley and Cale-green , wenb to the workhouBe , the leaders of . whom demanded from Edward Hunt , tbe lodge-keeper , immediate admittance He refused them , and asked them what th « y wanted ? They answered that they wanted to come in . Bant inquired whether they wanted tbe men who were work * ing there ? and they said they did . All the joiner * , blacksmiths , &c ., amcunting to about a deseo , being all the Workmen employed ,- independent of the paupers , were called outand they having joined the crowd the

      , gatoeyert . lockea , ' 'v ' Bpme .. «^ .-the / inenJ \ hbwe ^ rf , w ^ "Stop , we want Bomething to .. . eat , " at the same time demanding that the gates should be opened . The lodge keeper declined to unlock them , but offered to fetch the governor Bepudlatirig any desire to see tbe governor they vehemently , with . uplifted sticks demanded admittance , or they would pull dowa the gates . Tae lodge-keeper being inexorable , two of the ringleaders climbed tbe palisading , and entering the lodge tbreateried to ? f cut hint down" if he did not surrender the keys , that tbe mob might come in . He sard he would sooner lose 1 ^ Uf ( 9 than comply . At this moment they uplifted their blndgeon * , in the

      attitude of levelling : blows at him , when his wife , with feelings of fear and affection , threw the keys at them , and they immediately unlocked the gates , and the mob rushed into the yard , numbering between 2 , 000 and S . OpOTperspns . Some of the mote daring Went into the boose , and , being the distribution and pay-day of the oat-paapers , they eusceeded in possessing themselves of upwards of 700 loaves , & number of small bags of meal , and other articles of provisions which were In iha kitchen ; The loaves having been thrown amongst the crowd , the same party demolishing the door of the pay xoopa , succeeded in carrying away between £ 5 and £ 6 in copper . The mob outside then commenced breaking the windows . ¦ ..-. ¦ •¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦¦¦"¦ ¦ .: ¦ ' ¦' . ' - '¦ :

      On the first attack information was sent down to the Court-room , when the military , magiBtrates , and police , accompanied by the town-clerk and a formidable body of special constables , consisting of the tradesmen of the town , hastened to Shaw-heath with all possible despatch , leaving the court-room in charge of the yeomanry ( commanded by Captain Worthlngtori ) and infantry , Mr . BiSykes acting as magistrate . On ¦ arriving at / the : wofkhouse they found the whola premises in possession of the insurgents . The magistrates , specials , and police , guarded by the infantry , forced their way into the workhouse , whilst the

      yeomanry ' maintained guard ; in front of the lodge . In tbe melee which ensued , one of the officers of the yeomanry Was assaulted with a ha ^ e stick by a man named Spencer . He was secured on the spot . In the meantime other parties bad been detected in the workhouse ; and many of them having been identified as of the number who broke into tbe pay-room , they were given in charge . The gross number apprehended was fiftyone , the majority of whom resided In this borough . A very small quantity of bread and meal waa recovered ! . Amagistrates' court was then foimed in the workbcuse , and the prisoners were examined on the spot where they bad committed the depredations .

      Whilst the investigation was proceeding it was notified to the Court , that a deputation from the pub lie meeting of the working classes wished to have an interview with the magistrates . Mr . Sadler , the superintendent of police , retired to receive them , and to require froBi them their object . After a consultation the mayor , magistrates , and : town-clerk ; aceompanied by "Major Hope , of the 79 th and Captains Lloyd , Tattori , and Townshend ; Lieutenants Nicholson , Wallace , Legh Richmond , and E . Marsland , and ether

      offlcero of the Cheshire Yeomanry , proceeded into another room , for the purpose of being present at tbe interview . The deputation on the outset required the unconditional release of the prisoners , on the ground that they bad : been taken into ooatody illegally . However , before tbe magistratei entered upon that part of the question , the town-clerk required from them their names . They were John Leach , tailor , Hyde ; Robert Lee , cotton-spinner , Ashton-under-Lyne ; John Jackson , shoemaker , Newton ; and John Wright , labourer , Stockport . - ¦ .- .. ' / :: ¦' ¦/ ¦ : -.- ¦ . ; - " ' ' ¦ "¦ ¦' '¦ . . ' ¦ : ' :: -- y' ' ¦ - ¦ /

      The deputation addressed the magistrates seriatim , commencing with Leach . He said the meeting he had left were much excited by tbe conviction that the prisoners bad been taken into custody innocently . They were only ia the act of asking for a mouthfal of bread , because they were starving . The Mayor informed him that such Was not the fact ; but that they had been apprehended for breaking into the workhouse , and BteaUrig : 406 ox 500 loaves , meal , and the money whicto belonged to the paupers . Leach hinted that the building might fee in danger if the men were detained . The Town Clerk said the building , provided arid protected as the civil power was , both inside and outside , would defy the force of all their number to effect its destrnotton . The deputation replied , but without enacting the object of their mission , and they retired .

      The exaoaiiiation of the diffarent witnesses , together With an inquiry into the plausibility of the statements of the prisoners themselves , was then resumed and occupied the Court a considerable time . The result was the discharge of thirty-six , they having only been found in possession of loaves , whilst of the remaining eighteen prisoners , sixteen were committed to Chester assizei for trial : two were remanded , and the other , Spencer , was committed to Knutsford for one month ' s hard labour , for assaulting the Yeomanry oflicer . •;• : / Those who were committed for trial were identified as being armed with offensive weapons , taking ft Violsnt part in the proceedings of tbe day * and being more particularly engaged in breaking : into the workhouse . They were all conveyed between seven and eight o ' clock In the evening , leg-ironed , in coaches to Knutsford , en route to Chester , accompanied by two constabulary officers under a strong escort : of cavalry as far as the Cheadle-heath . / ' ¦ - . ¦ . ' ¦ •¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ --: ¦ : ¦ : ' ¦ . / " . "• " ¦ " . ¦¦/' . .. "" . . . ' •/

      An immense meeting of the unemployed , armed with bludgeons , took place at Waterloo , at five o ' clock this morning ( Friday ) . John Wright was the principal speaker . He exhorted them to keep the peace , and to retain possession of the advantage they then , enjoyed towards obtaining the advance of their wages . Tbsj were left to conduct the business here ; and if any man proved false to his princlplea by returning to bis work until their object was achieved , it would be worse for him . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' .- : ¦ ¦ ¦; - ¦• ¦ . ¦ : '" ' ^ - ¦"¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -: ¦ ¦¦ " - . ¦ ¦/ ' ¦ : ¦ ' ; About half-past six o ' clock they separated , aud the procession proceeded through the town to Leyeushulma , Heaton Mersey , arid to Styall . Oa their way through Cheadle , they completely sacked the provision- shop o a person named Hunt , and several bouses , and exposed 1 the loaves upon the ends ef tbeir sticks arnidst toemeadoris shouting . / ; ,

      Another portion of the Stockport people proceeded towards Hazlegrove ; levying contributions from ^ all the respectable householders on their way , Including the Coroner and Mr . Jonathan Thornhill ; and falling in with the mob from Hyde , W » odley , &o ., the joint bodies jnarched to Poynton , and stopped all the pita . They then proceededto the hall arid demanded provisions They were supplied with both bread arid money ; and Mr . Christy having still further gratified tbeiri by giving them bread from the Crescent , they went forwardi to Bflllington and Macclesneld , withoat commiiting any breach of the peace . V / Our market this day Is very languid , and badly a > tended , owiflg to the "" fear--of--the farmew to riBk the safety of their produce . / A apeoial session is now ( twelve o ' clock ) sitting at the Court-room for the trial of the prisoners reinarided from tke workhouse , or who have been apprehended early the morning . „ i / : ¦ :- ' // ; /¦¦; .., ;¦/' - / / .- ; "' - . ' '¦ ¦¦; ¦

      : > .- / . v ., : ;¦ - . : // HOXTINGHAM .. ; . " ' , : ¦ ; - / - /¦/ . ; ... ¦ : /¦ . ; ¦ ¦ ; , - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' >¦ . ; . : . . . ¦ ¦;; ¦ . : :. ¦ '¦// ¦ ;¦ xtjeSDAT MOBNING . ' The town Is in a great state of excitemerit Horidreds / are grouped about in various directiens , discussing the news from the disturbed districts . The magistrates are luucn alarmed , and are Bitting in full meeting at the Excbapge . A requisition to the Mayor to call a public meeting has been signed . TUESDAY AFTERNOON , TWO OCLOCK . The people are resolved to hold Market-place , at seven this evening . A deputation from them was raceired Tery courteoosly by the Mayor ; but

      the requisition Was refused on account ef . tbe Queen ** Proclamation . They have sent a deputation to Derby , by the three o'clock train , to learn how things are going on there . He will be back by ^ seven -tfclock .-God knows what the authorities will do if the people meet . I have * just returned fHMnlikeston . The butties . and coal-majiters are compelling Uhe poor man to work twenty-aix or twenty-eight hours for a day ' s . wage ; and the truck system , is in fall operation ; truly these aw times to try men's souls—and bodies too . I understand severalof the inanufacturera -bexa' will close this moment ) the people request them . " / . / T

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      OUMBURJl .-The Chartistg of this place assemUBd in their room , East end of Railway Bridge , on Sunday , Mr . John Hebden in the chair . Mr . Isaac Bruce sent in his resignation as sub-Treasurer on account of not being able to attend regalarly . and Mr , M . Jade pitman , near Byker Bar , was elected ia hia stead . The delegate meeting in Newcastle was taken into consideration , when Mr . John Hall was moved by two or three members at once as delegate from this place ; but owing to previous engagements he could not go , and Mr . John Hebden aai . PetervBamsden were elected ; At tbe « onolusionof the business three joined the association .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct767/page/6/