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    STATE OF THE COUNTRY , ( From our own Correspondents . J MAffCHBSTBR , SCSDAT JtO&NIKG , S 16 H * O'CLOCK . At this moment a very Urge train has arrived at the Station of . the London and Birminghnm Railway with ^ lehdarcemaab of troop * rwrmitrtng of a dstaehmenVof tbe Humrs and the Boyal Artillerj , with four field piwea , part of wfcica we understand are going forward to Preston . KINS O ' CLOCK , Anotbjer extraordinary large train has arrived st the « me station filled with tha Coldstoeam Gnsrds .

    I hope tt » conduct of tha people will be each as will frustrate the designs of those whose desire it is to " cry havoek and let stfp the dogi of war" upon a patient and starring people . Since the meeting of Friday in tire C&rpentefs Hall , the people hare been Teiy peaceable , and are looking forward to the decision of the Conference of the trades * delegates on Monday . Tbe peaceable demeanour and quiet determination of the people is more to be dreaded by the authorities than any evanescent ebullition of feeling , sneh as the breaking of windows , burning of mills , &t , or other destruction of property . Tbe one evinces a firm settled purpose ! the other may be regarded more in the light of a flash in the pan than any thing else .

    At three o ' clock this morning Mr . Tinker was arrested under a warrant for riot It appears that the dyers , to which trade Mr . T . belongs , at a meeting held on Thursday Bight , resolved , that the members of the Dyers Union should stop what Is called tbe " knob gdtk" shops . On Friday morning they carried this resolution into effect . It is alleged that Mr . linker was , during this business , with the other men . On Saturday the delegates from the Trades assembled in tiie large Beom , 8 herwood Inn , Tib-street . Mr . John Middleton was called to the chair , wben it was unazriaoriBly resolved to post the town with the following placard : —

    JUSTICE ! PEACEH LAW ! ' ! ORDER !!!! TO THE INHABITANTS OP XASCHESTBS , SaLFOKD , _ A 53 > SUBBOT 75 DI 2 JG D 1 STBICTS . We , the Delegates of all the -various Trades ef these important districts , having been , each and all , legally . and duly elected t > y oar Tarious trades , hare again this < iay met in solemn Conference , empowered by our constituents to V atch over * " «? guard the interests of the people whom we represent ; and we de most earnestly

    implore or you not to"be led astray by yonr enemies , but semain firm in your purpose to uphold your just rights , as Kt forth in the resolutions agreed to by the dele * gates' meeting in the Carpenter ' s Hall , on the 11 th and 12 th inJrt . We call npon yon to be prompt in the election of your Delegates to the Great Delegate Conference wuica will be bftid in the Sherwood Inn , Tibatreet , on Monday , Aug . 15 th , 1842 , at ton o ' clock in the forenoon , and that you meet immediately for that purpsss , such of you as hare not already elected

    dele-We most solemnly pledge onrselVBs to persevere in oar Exertions unto we achiere the complete emancipation of our brethren of tbe working and middling classes from the thraldom of Monopoly and Class Legislation , by the legal establishment of the People ' s Charier .

    The Trades of Britain earned , tbe Reform BUL The Trades of Britain shall carry the Charier . We call upon you then to act with promptitude and energy . Do vo * your ditty ! toe vnll do ours !! We trust the issue to she protection of Heaven and the justice of our cause . -

    Johs Middleton , Chairman . Too following resolution , amongst others , was agreed to unanimously : — " That no person will be admitted to the delegate meeting on Monday next , unless such dalsgats bring his credentials duly signed by the chairman or Secretary of a public meeting of the trade lie represents . * On Saturday evening * Aug . 13 th , a public meeting of the power loom weavers was held in the Carpenter ' s Hall ; Mr . Sinclair in the chair ; when the meeting 'was addressed by Messrs . IXmavan , Biley , Lane , Ray , M'Connell , Collins , HalliweU , Brophy , I > ixon , aad other * Tbe following resolutions " » ere earned unanimously : — 1 . That this meeting pledges itself to discountenance all illegal proceedings ; and further , that they will endeavour to preserve the public peace ..

    2 . That we cannot exist with the present rale of Wages , and that we are determined sot to go to work sota-we obtain tie prices paid in 2839 . 3 . That each master be called upon to pay the same prioe for the same fabric of wort throughout the whole manufacturing districts . 4 . That it is the opinion of this meeting that political lights are impexAUretj necessary for the protection of wages : we therefore pledge ourselves to act with our -other friends , and the trade * generally , in legally and peacefully establishing that document knows as tbe " People ' s Charter , ' and causing the same to become -the law of tbe land , as the only m&aas of . securing our tights . - _; .-. 5 . That this meeting pledges itself not to return to work until we hear the decision of the Conference of Delegates , on Monday next , at the Sherwood Inn ,

    6 . That the power loom weavers of Manchester , deem it tbe moat unpardonable injustice , on the part of a great number of tbe factory masters , that they refuse to give employment to mb > in their factories , but in their « tead employ women , ova whem they can tyrannise with impunity . We therefore ate determined that this cruel and unjust system shall be . abolished before we go to cur work , . ' . After tUs etecHon of a " delegate to the Conference on Monday , and a committee of management , the thanks ef the meeting were given to the f h * " ™*" , and the aeeting dispersed in a peaceable and orderly manner . Slock Pbistees . —A numerous and respectable

    aeeting of this body was held on Friday , the 12 th inst , at tbe Fairfield Tavern ,. JFairfleld-street , to take irto considtratMHi resolutions , passed at a meeting of the Mechanics , and to bear -thereport of their delegates . After the report tad . been gives ia , resolution was passed by acclamation that they , the Block Printers , adopt the resolnfions ' whidi have been passed by the y fT ^ fflff'f' delegate meeting . Mr . P . Sf . Bropby -was invited to address the meeting . He did so in a stirring manner , during which he * trongly recommended them to form themselves into a branch of tbe ^ Tatfsnal Charter Association , as the only means to secure good ( jrovenimeut , aad a protection for their labour . After s vote of thanks to Mr . Brophy , it was passed % y acc ' jtmation that they form themselves into the National Charter Association .

    A vote of thanks was then given to the host , and three ekeers for the Charter , when the meeting adjourned to Saturday , the 13 th . acOJtDAT MOBJHSG , FIVE O ' CLOCK . The walls of ob * town are densely placarded with pro--clmnatinnB from the County and Borough magistrates , dated , Town Hall , Sunday , August 14 th , 1842 . " The proclamation states that the magistrates declare all meetings of Bomber * of tbe people illegal , wherever held , asd for whatever purpose called ; and that the aagisnatea are determined to put all such meetings down , if need be , by force .

    Tbe town having been placarded , calling a public ^ meeting of the cotton spinners and card-room hands , to be held in tbe Carpenters' Hall , on this { Monday } moming , st five o ' clock , considerable excitement prevailed as to WBttner the Magistrates would disperse the meeting . At the hour appointed , the large room was filled . Notwithstanding the Proclamation , the people appeared to be determined to have their meeting , and do the business far -which it Jbad been called . - At atxmt half-past five , a factory operative was called to the choir , who opened the business by calling upon the Secretary to state to the meeting the result of an

    interview with Captaia Hleagh , the Assistant Commissioner of the Police force . He ( the Secretary } said that having seen the Proclamation « n the walls , he considered it to be bis duty to go to the authorities and in-- quire whether they considered this meeting as coming under the term "illegal meeting ; " -when he was informed that it waa xa illegal meeting , at least in the opinion of the Magistrates of Manchester , and that they were determined to put a stop to it , and not to it only , but to every meeting , whatever was tbe object . But as they hid assembled together they would do' their business * s qaick as possible , and then dissolve .

    The following resolutions were carried unaninofcsly : — - ' ; 1 . ' That this aeeting is determined not to comx&enee work until thp $ r employers Agree to work th » same length of time as other trades , viz ten hours per da ? , for five days in the week , and eight boors on JSttardaj-s . " 2 . " That this meeting considers that their wages ought tab * advanced one-sixth , one-eighth , and onetenth , to make up the deficiency of tbe reduction in the hours of labour ; and also that those employers , who have been paying less th * n the more honourable , should be "brought to tiie samestandard . " 3 . ' Tbrttliia meeting is determined not to commence werk again until such time as the employers agree to put at end to that exaction made upon spinners only , the making them pay for the artificial light they work

    A . " Tbata depctation be appointed bj this meeting eosafoiag of abtteea men , to wait opon tbe wbole of ttetmplojest , in Manchester and iti vidntty , for tbe purpose of informing them of our determination , aad . i ^^ JJL * 5011 Umb » tt Possible * to acquiesce with our -S . Tiatsjio ^ inee 4 kig be «« veeBedftw 1 ^ Tn' - ipose ^ of tearing the . report of the fekgaWimwteaaei the tune snd placed which will be hereafter stated by placard . " 6 . "TbJ ^ thisraaeting pledge itself » ot to return to "Work until the Charter be the law of the land , anonld the Trades ' Cosfoeace so d « e > d « . After thanks oeiag giten to tb « Chairman U » » eeting separated before tbe authorities arrived . Up to this , tea o ' clock , all is very peaanble ; bat bo ** ork going on . A tired determinatJoa ,. an . to * part of the people , it strongly aaaifceted .

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    SKEAT DELEGATE MEETING 01 THE TRADES OF MANCHESTEB , AND THE WHOLE SVB . E 0 UND 1 N 0 DISTKICT . MOKDAT EVEHIBO , HAW-PAST U 1 SE . This important- meeting resumed its sittings at ten o ' clock Am ., at the Shtardown Inn , Tib-etreet , Mr . Hutchinson in the chair . A committee was appoioted to acrutiniza the credentials of delegates fer ascertaining that all were legally elected , sod that all were bona Ate representative ! » f trades . Considerable numbers of persona , Induced by intense anxiety to hear the proceedings of the meeting , were assembled outside ; and though nothing could be more peaceable than their demeanour , it was thought advisable , considering the tamper of the authorities , that they should he entreated to disperse and go home . Mr . M'Cartney was appointed to address them to that purpose . Great caution was exercised to preserve the integrity of the meeting by preventing the admission of persons with factious or improper credentials .

    A discussion arose on the admission of two delegates from Mosaley , 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 but strictly Trades' delegates , each representing a trade . It was ¦ greed , however , that other towns in the district which bad not been represented at the meeting on Saturday , could not be expected to adhere to that resolution , because they might not know of it ; and on this ground the Mossley delegates were admitted . The large room being now found to be too small for their accommodation , the delegates adjourned to Carpenters' Hall , where , after the muster-rob was called orer , the proceedings of tbe meeting were resumed . It was then arranged that each delegate should in rotation state to the meeting the opinion of his constituents , and the instructions he had received from them as to the steps necessary to be taken . .

    There was exhibited , aa might have been expected , a difference of opinion amongst the thousands who were represented by tbe 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 disclaim all minor and secondary objects of contention , aad to declare that their resolution was fixed to uphold tbe strike on no other ground than as a means to obtain tbe Charter , for which purpose they were resolved to maintain it to tbe last extremity . Others , and those principally from St&lybridge and tbe other localities in which the strike began , were instructed that their consntaents regarded it mprely aa a trades' strike , a question ef wages , and trades' rights ; while a conaideraole number of places , without giving any opinion of their own , expressed by their delegates their readiness to uphold their Druthren in any struggle that might be deemed advisable , and to

    abide therefore upon tbe decision of that meeting , be tiie same what it might During the day eighty-five delegates thus delivered their instructions , representing all the respective trades of Manchester , and of most if not all the towns an * villages within twenty mile * thereof . To give tbeir statements aeriatim would be merely to occupy space with repetitions . The great question seemed tobave been , with each trade , whether the contest should be a mere trades or a political contest , and of their decision an analysis is given below . Of tbe eighty-Sre delegates , fifty-eight declared for the Charter ; seven for making it a trades' contest ; nineteen to abide the decision of the meet * ing . ; -and one , tbe representative of the stone masons of Manchester , stated that his constituents were icdividully for tbe Charter , but that be had no instruction from them as a body , and could not therefore pledge them to any precise course of actien .

    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 ol intimidating the delegates . - A message was also sent from the authorit ies to the curator of the Hall , having for its object the inducement of him to eject the meeting for fear of consequences . This however he refused to do , and the delegates , quietly continued their sittings , treating the

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

    Manchester has during thiB da ; presented to the contemplative mind a scene fraught with interest of a somewhat feaxfal character ; the streets crowded all day , with passers to and fre , whose only business seemed to be anxious enquiry after tbe news and exchanging opinions and prognostications of the prospect before them . The utmost peacefulness of demeanour was remarkably observeable on the part of both people and authorities ; work ss totally at a stand ; all business nearly so ; shops in the most frtquented and public street" closed in all day } and yet all comparatively quiet as the gravel not a brawl , sot a murmur , sot even a policeman ' s truncheon visibla B&rly in the morning the walls were covered with a Royal Proclamation and a Proclamation from the Magistrates .

    I passed during Tarious portions of the day through most of ^ tbe populous district of the town , and Bavu the menacing procession by Carpenter ' s Hall , have seen no indication the neccessity for the obtrusion of extraordinary provision lor the maintainance of order . Nothing could be more peaeiful and praiseworthy than the conduct of tbe people , and though tbe military , police , and pensioners , are said to be all under arms ,, and many hundreds , some say thousands , of special constables sworn in , with the exception beforenamed , * ! have seen only one soldier out of barracks , and one policeman , in the streets , during the entire day . The following placard has bees plentifully distributed ;

    " Hbk poa Golj >!—Labour is suspended ! Public confidence is shaken ] Paper is worthless J Run for Gold ! Every sovereign is now worth thirty shillings ! Paper connst be cashed 2 Run . ' middle-classmen , trades , Odd , Fellows , sick clubs , money clubs , to Savi ngs' and all Banks , for gold ! gold !! gold !!!" Komerooz trade societies and other benefit societies are said to be acting on its advice , and tbe banks are being ran on . The benefit societies of one village are reported to have drawn j £ 5 , 600 this morning , a spirit which cannot be ^ better characterised than as indicating tkeeool bat ' fierce deteimiaation which seeau to animate the Whole poptllstic H-

    Hcicrs MOSCMERT Demosstbatiom . —Omrreaders are aware from the announcement in the last week ' s Bar , that tbe 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 / or the Reverend Chairman of the Committee , and several communications passed between him , the committee , and the magistrates , from which it appeared to be the determination of the latter to act with unconstitutional authority and disperse the intended meeting , however legal and peaceful both in its object and its bearing , though every fair pretext for

    doing so had been removed by the determination to hold it on the private property of Mr . Scholefleid , wben it could by no possibility have interfered with public convenience or safety . Determined , however , that the rnffisns who seek aa affray with tbe peeple should , if possible , have no pretence npon which to make one , the" meeting has been put of , and will consequently not take place . The tea-party and ball , however , go on in pursuance with the public notice given , notwithstanding that Sir Charles Shaw , even while receiving the aesuranoe that tha meeting should not take place , refused to pledge himself that the company abonld . be permitted to take their tea in peacefulness .

    The above was accompanied by the following letter to our publisher : — " DjEak Hobson , —Herewith yon 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 morning ' s post A WABKANT FOB THE ARREST OF MR . O'CONNOR IS LYING IN SIR CHAKLES SHAW'S HANDS ; and if he come he will be , ai all hazards , arreded . So at least the Magistrates told the Rev . Mr . Scholefield . - •> Some thinglike three to four thousands soldiers one here now , all under arms . Oa 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 xi&men are also on the line in readiness to more on any given point , for tbe protection of the line . "

    , Tuesday raondng ' B post brought tbe following letter : — - - TUISDA * MOEHIHG , SINB O ' CLOCK . DeaB HOBSOH , —All ia quiet still—magistrates and military parading tbe streets—no meetings to be holden . The people still determined to uphold the strike , aad "to nave tbe Charter . " There Is no use in trying to reason with them ; they aw resolved " to try it on . " J have mixed » great deal among them . Yesterday I talked with many . 1 find all in m * mind , o * nearly « oi—" wtfll try thto ateiko on . Well bold on * as Ion * * i « v » we aa , and , d—n tbeir eyes , if i * wan eon » to » tasate , we ' en dee bard . " Iwr iteyoalMtiU ^ tth « t thtme « t ^ inaniiivBrsary nf Pflfarlru * hfl « bf » nn abadfttWft

    I wenVlast night , after ten , to the Mosley Anna , to inqmre tar Mr . O'Connor . He bad not arrived . The waiter told me that he' had been informed by »« ml gentlemen mat Mr . O'Cennor was in gaol , having been arrested , tor violating , st Nottingham , bifl peact artides . I have V messengMf now gone again to ask after him— My messenger has this moment returned . Mr . O ' Connor has act arrived at the Mosley Arms ; bat Mr . Heyweod says that he in in town . T&x . H . has im one who- travaUad with him . If b » be In town , I Nfliaw that , h » will b » amated .

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    . MANCHESTER , TUESD A * MORNING , The people are all out , as on yesterday . There has beea no breach of the peaee ; but all is in breathless anxiety , awaiting the adjourned meeting of trade dele , gates , which is to take place this morning in the Hall of Science . A large placard has been posted , signed " A citizen , " is which all the vituperation that a malignant enemy could makesp . bu been heaped npon the heads of tbe devoted Chartists .: We have been informed by a person io connection

    with the New Bailey Prison , that out of those that have been committed to prison there is not more than five can be recognized as persons of character , the others are all well known as common disturbers of the' peace , and bnt for whom , and the class they belong to , *« 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 that a warrant for the apprehension and detention of his person had been issued against him .

    Tbe 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 ot 1819 , but without avail ; in fact , the meeting of trades te-day in th » 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 awaiting their time . The working- men are determined , at this time at least , to prove to their oppressors that intelligence h&B openea their eyes to all their schemes and their treachery . The above is a sample of the parade of power used to enslave the tolling millions .

    Reports are hourly arriving respecting the disturbed state of Bolton , Blaokbnin , Wigan , Chorley , and Preston . In the last mentioned town , report says that there are two persons killed , snd eleven dangerously wounded . A report has reached its that fourteen of fhe Rifle Brigade have been brought into this town prisoners , under a strong escort , for refusing to fire upon tbe people of that town . A detachment of the 60 th Riflsa were sent per railway this morning to Wigan . The yeomanry cavalry are out in that neighbourhood , under the command of Lord Francis Egerton . .. ¦¦/ ' <¦¦ In Salford ,. the shopkeepers are beginning to find thai the working classes are their best friends ; and they therefore called a meeting on Monday evening , wben the following resolution was passed : —

    " That we , the shopkeepers of Salford , do render the psople our assistance , both pecuniary and otherwise , to obtain their political rights . " ' Notwithstanding the peaceable demeanour of the people , the military , police , special constables , and all the old pensioners , are stationed in "various parts of the town , ready to act at a moment's notice . It has been rumoured tbat Sir Robert Pael , Sir J , Graham , and Lord Stanley are in town to-day ; if so , th « y must Bee what was never seen in England before . They will learn that Tory steel and Tory lead are as much hated by the people as ever ; " ami that they look , with confidence to the not very distant time when all the UDjust powers of Whig and Tory factions Bhall paaa away , and the reign of peace and plenty commence .

    Sills have been posted on the walls , of which the following is a copy : — " Committee Room , King-street , Aug . 16 th . " At a meeting of Spinners , Manufacturers , Machine Makers , Millwrights , Mechanics , Printers , Dyers , and others , it was unanimously resolved , ¦ "' That the mills , and other public works , in Manchester and Salford , be not opened for work nntil the workpeople therein employed signify their desire to return to labour . " This is looked upon by some as an insult to their povert ) -stricken state ; and it has caused many to aay that the musters Bhall be the finst to invite them to work ; that they have worked too ong for small remuneration ; bat 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 eustody . Tbe names of three of them are E < lward Williams , Alexander Braid , and Andrew Shores : The some of the fourth we have not yet learned . What tha charge against them is we can have no conception ; unless it be the refusing to work for wage-reducing employers . It ia rumoured that warrants are issued against others .

    HEY WOOD . The people of thla locality are all put , not alone for wages , but also for the means of protecting their labour . Mr . P . M . Brophy addressed a meeting of more than 10 , 000 persons , amongst 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 man can ever ameliorate his condition .

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

    LITTLEBOROiraH . All is at a stand here , not alone for wages but also for political justice for tbe millions . Some of the trades , particularly the calico printers , are an ill-nsed set of men ,- their employer , air . Hudson , only paying every six or seven weeks . But in explanation , it Bbonld be stated , tbat be gives them a ticket every 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 ia of the worst description . This conduct , and the conduct of another employer named Scholefied , who abates the wages of bis workmen and often pays them In cotton goods , makes tbe poor people here call out loudly against oppression ; and to advocate most strenuously the Charter as the only means ever likely to remedy the evils of which they so justly complain .

    BACUP . The men of Rochdale entered this village on Monday morning , and held a large meeting . The magistrates an / * about thirty of the 61 st regiment of foot were soon on the spot , ana ! the inhabitants of Bacup , many of whom had never seen a soldier before , took to their heels , to the tune of "De'il take the hindmost" The men of Rochdale , however , soon rallied them , and the meeting went on , but not before the magistrates read the Riot Act The people , however , persevered and

    told the magistrates , and officers commanding the soldiers , that they might :. shoot them it they thought proper ; but the meeting was a peaceable one , and they would continue it The magistrates and soldiers then retired to the top of the bill , while the meeting went on for an hour and twenty minutes after the Riot . Act bad been read . The meeting concluded by giving three cheers for the majesty of the people , and passing a resolution tbat tbey would not return to their work until they got an extension of political power through the enactment of tbe People ' s Charter .

    ASHTON-UNDERLYNE . , ; ' FEIDATr . The town is in a state of great excitement , in consequence of the mills all being at a stand , but there has been nothing like a breach of the peace . Meeting * continue to be held every morning at five o'clock and at six in the evening . Mr . Brierly , . Mr . Hindle ^ and others address thBm .

    SATUEDAY . There was a meeting this morning at six O'cleck , and good speeches were delivered bv Messrs . Wolfenden , Taylor , Johnson and others . All was peaceable and quiet The speakers all advised the people to prove themselves lovers of peace , law and order ; and to tike the oaths to qualify to act as special constables to preserve the peace . The authorities have been busily engaged BWearing in specials to the number of about five bandred . - - ¦ . ..... - ; . , '¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ : _ 8 ONDA . T , All is usual on this day with the exception that large meetings were held morning and evening . In the evening excellent speeches were delivered by Messrs . Spindle , Booth , Storor , Challenger and others . MONDAY .

    At an early hour this moraine , the wbrkiea wended their way to the usual place of meeting ; Mr . Ellis wa * called to the chair . Mr . Aitken , Mr . Hlndle , Mr . Robert Lees , Mr . Woolfenden , and Mr . Challenger spoke , and called on the people to be united in action , to pibserve the peace , and ba firm , to their purpose . A meeting of a similar description was held at six o ' clock in the evening , and all passed over very peaceably . , . TCEBDAT . Ac usual , at six o ' clock this morning the people assemnled ; and Mr . Hlndle , Mr . Pilling , and others spoke , recommending tbe people to Peace , Law , and Order . , ¦/ ¦ - .: ' . ; . ' : ¦ ¦ .. .. V ¦ . ; ' . - ¦ ¦ - : ,

    SHEFFIELD . " . - ; " - - ; ' - " - ; - ¦' . ' ; ¦ , :- TCBSDA . T . We had a very Urge meeting in Paradise Square last sight . A motion was moved and seconded that the trades of Sheffield do immediately meet , and appoint delegates to take iato c » nsideratto | r the propriety ol following the example of the men tf Manchester , and its neighbourhood . Sbia was carried by * U hands belsg held up with gnat enthusiasm . This morning lasge bodiesvof men assembled in abnost every paitof tbe town . They assembled " at seven o ' olook at - as . open space pteroand , near JSllin ' s Wheel Tbe people were qaiet , peaceftd , sad attentive . Tf . fr- Sun t » B » r *»* read . Mr ^ Ragg was called to ., the chai » , and Mr . Edwin Q » U » ddres « ed tbe meeting , urgiflg , tfaam . t » peao » fuka » 4 > fiim iO'tlwir deienpUnation . :- ' ¦ '

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    '¦¦ . ' - ¦¦ , ' ¦ y- - .. ; " : ¦ PRESTON ^ ' r ; ' - ¦ ¦;;¦ :- ^ -: v ;" .- ; . : ; "' ¦ ¦; - ¦¦ . ; ' ¦ ' ' ¦ . ¦; . : ' . ¦ ' ¦ y svkdaYj j ^ gv ^ u . Mr . Edito ^ -rThe ftrsfc time 1 ** ° to you Was when the cruel cott < M > masters had locked out their hands to starve them into compliance with their low prices . I now write on a » pressing , but a more moatentons emergency . . . ; . ¦¦ .. ' < ' : . ; :: "¦¦¦ '¦ - ¦ .. ' ' ¦ . _ ¦¦ ¦¦ ' } ' . ¦' ¦ . - . ' . ' ''¦ :. The fact bl ^ ' ^ wlie ^ ' itomV . tte ^ tI > C ^ n ; 'lia ^ . LfeSgae , or from the more dw » dlyenemi «» of real jastlce , the people , to the aamber of Jbmrteaa , haw been sbot—Deadly shot ! U and k as- tb * wbole town proclaiau , withMt rofflotent cause ^ beyowli what was wantonly ptovoked by the police , v , ' - I d » not know tbitr any art- jet de »\ d . b » jt the third edition of the rrestom gluronidk says tiiat five are mortally wounded . . . , . v ; v ......

    I have just returned fcoin visiting three of tbe dying men . What a sight I : Men—poer wretched skeleton looking men , with as- wretcbe « M 6 oking and a » wayworn wives , by their bedsides . ; perforated by leaden bails . Oneball pMsedvaftliundersi ^ ithrouiihthebody , juBt below tbe leftrbreafli . J s * w the- wound on the ^^ ffont j ttw otbfr iust in at the right side-, irndtbe ^ birdv th e ball entered the spine , / 2 hey areattthree dying . Dhen there are other two—on ^ ha * baft Ma leg ampntated , the othe * i 8 shot tbroagiv the wriat ; besides the * . I am told there la another whose bovwls were pretended . Heis at his own home .: ihe three I have seen , I am told the doctor Bays are fast going te their acoount—Correspondent , -- . / v . . - : - ' : -:- ' : - '"' ¦ . "'¦ ' '¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ .. ' . ' . ' " . - .. ¦ . ¦ . . ¦ . ¦¦ . - . ¦ ' ¦ AKOTBEB ANi > MOJtE DETAtLBD AC « 5 O 0 N * . i ' aVQUSX 141 B . TEM 6 'CXOCK , " ¦ ¦" : ;; ' . " ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦" ¦ ¦ >• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦• . ¦ ¦ B-VJBMIN 6 - ''¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦ " •••"

    . ,. .. ... . With this letter I send you a Preston paper , ef Saturday last , wherein yoo will perceive the awful and melancholy destruction that has taken place in onr town ; and Iwill give .-y ' o * a brief and ralfcafol account at the eauso of the turn-out , as far a * I have been able to collect information . - : : ¦ ; On Thursday evening last , aboit six o ' clock ; I was summoned to attend two persons , who were waiting for me at our Association Room , and reported to have come from Manchester ; I left my work , and proceeded to the place , when I was accosted by a person , a perfect

    stranger , who asked me—" what we Intended to dp in Preston V I , immediately replied , that I was unacquainted with tbeir miasion , consequently I could not answer the question , and begged to know what be purposed to do ? He stated that he came from AKhton-under-Lyce ; that the -OThoIe of the . Workmen in Mancaestur , Ashton , Soaleybridge , &c , &c , had struck work for an advance of wages ,, and that he and his companion bid been deputed to Preston , and other places , to endeavour to get the working men to follow the example . ; . ; : ; . ¦ - \\ - - ' ' -::.- " ' / ' : ¦ ¦ ' ¦•¦; . '" . ' i . vV , > . ' \ "

    It soon got buzsad 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 addreBS the meeting that night , which being granted , gave a plain statement of the turn-out in Asbton , and that THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF ASHTOX HAD SUPPLIED THEM WITH FUNDS to oppose , this reinction ; and U tbe working men in the various mannfacturing districts did ot turn out , they were sure to be sacrificed in Asaton , Manchester , &o . &c . Challenger , his companion , followed in the Bame strain . On Friday morning , about eight o ' clock , I was given to understand that a party of weavers in the employ of Mr , Alnsworth , _ bad struck work in consequence of a reduction of wages to the amount of threepence per piece , whioh would amount to two shillings and ninepence from each person ' s week ' s wages ; the reduction

    was for the work being top thin , and the weavers bad in a great many instances put two picks in the quarter more than tbe foil number required . : The pieces 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 Cballenger had been addressinj ; the weavers in Chadwick's Orchard , and that wben tbe meeting had left there , they had gone to turn out the mill of Messrs . Paley . Now , you Will bear in mind that young Thomas Ainsworth is a rampant Cora Law Repealer . ( Query \ , Was this abatement of Ainsworth s preeoncerted before these Ashton men came to Preston ?) ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ : " M ¦ . ' . ¦ ' ¦^ .. . : ;• '' ' ' ¦ ¦' . . ' ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ /' ¦ ' ¦ Before night every cotton-mill was turned out without any resistance ; and all done : chiefly by boys and giris . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦"• : ; ¦ , - ¦ ¦ : ' - [¦ -: ¦ ••¦; : . ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ;¦ . ;• : . ¦ _ > . - ¦ ¦ ¦;¦

    At eight o ' clock there was a very large meeting in Chadwick ' s Orchard , which was addressed by Aitken , Challenger , and Odleum , the last of whom proposed a resolution to the effect , "That the meeting pledged themselvesto atrike work until they had a fair day ' s wages for that work , guaranteing its continuance , with the Charter . " ? Large numbers collected ia Chadwick's Orchard on Saturday morning , as early as six o ' clock , wb « n it being reported that some of the mills bad resumed work , the crowd orepalred to : Messrs . Sledden's machine shop , Nurth-road ; and attempted to force the gates , but were ultimately compelled to turn out , after several windows had been broken and a few slight wounds inflicted on both Bides , —the workmen throwing pieces of iron at the crowd , and they in return using stones . ;

    A detaehment of the 72 nd Highlanders , twenty-one in number , entered the town tbis morning , and , beaded by the Mayor , Mr . Samuel Horrocks , Mr . Jackson , a magistrate , and Mr . Palmer , tbe Town Clerk , marched down Friargato , to Messrs . Payly ' a mill , accompanied by Mr . Bannister , th * superintendant of the borough police , and about ten or a dozen of the force under faia command , where a party waa endeavouring to force out the workpeople . The party so engaged fled towards the Corn Exchange , Lune-Btreet The police and mill-Ury marched In that dimcMon , wh « n tu > var » l mioaim

    were thrown at the police , and a sort of running flght \ 7 as kept up all the way to Lune-street . Wbeh this soldiers bad got near the top of Lune street , the police being ia tbe rear , and each now and then running after the boys , striking them with their staves , and retreating under , the cover of the military , the Riot Act was read , and the police stating the soldiers were going to fire , the soldiers made an opening for the police to pass threugh , and the fatal word was given i They did fire t and , on reference to the Chronicle , you will perceive the destruction tbat it has caused .

    People could scarcely believe tbeir senses . Riots have before happened in Preston but never > efore was the military ordered to fire . The Ashton me i , who had been housed after addressing the people in the morning , fled immediately da the people being uredupon , and lelt the town . Another detachment of the 7 th Rifle brigade , about 150 in number , was inarched into the town , and the 72 nd inarched oat , no doubt to stem the popular fury , it being the almoBt onanimoos opinion that the

    Mayor ought to be tried for wilful murder . It being reported tbat there was a great body of people marching in from Blackburn , proclamations were posted , forbidding any meetings of the people , and calling foi special constables . The public houses were all closed by b ! x o ' clock—armed men stationed : in all the mills , who kept up a fire aH night at Intervals . Bttt all passed ofF in the night without any disturbance . I have been to see three of the parties wounded at the House of Recovery , and there is not tbe slightest ; hope for theirRecovery . —Another Correspondent . ; ^ , The following is the account from the Preston Chronicle alluded to in the above important comtnunication : — , . ' " ¦ ¦'¦ •; : . ' "• : ¦ ¦' ' ; '' .- ¦' - - ¦ ... ¦ , "• ¦ : ¦¦ . : ¦ ... ' ; " ;> ;• > ' " y ¦ ¦ : ¦

    FIRING DPON THE FBOPLB . ; At about Bix o ' clock this morning , an attack was made upon the factory of Mr . Francis Sleddon , Northroad , adder the following eircumstanqe »>—ihocttt-wA called upon the bands , who were at Wtrk , to come oat and leave work ; but bo far ftom the order being complied with , the men in the factory turned the water pipes upon the niob and endeavoured to beat them back . They were riot sufficiently strong , however , to effect this purpose , and after some damage had been done to the outside of the mill , the bands were obliged to turn-out : Snbfieqnently to this , at abont eight o ' clock , as the mob were proceeding up Lune-street , near the New Market , they were met by a body of policemen and the

    military . The crowd commenced shouting ana throwing stones . On Captain Woodford maki g towards them , as if to arrest one of the parties , he was knocked down . One of } the constables , in endeavouring to assist , was struck a violent blow on the aim with a stick , and on the chest and in the face wiih stones . An attempt was made to reason with the parties ; and they were informed that if they did not disperse , and cease their riotous conduct , orders would be given to flre upon them . The Riot Act was read , and the police baving been beaten back , the order to "flre " was given , and Beveral were wounded . Four or five were taken into the Dispensary , and tbeir wounds dreeaed . The accounts vary ^ s to the number who were wounded , and as to the nature of the wounds .

    One who was sbot in the knee was obliged to have his leg amputated ; another man was shot through the boi ^ y . Some of the ballets \ struck , the boweof Mr . Coup , the landlord of the Corporation Arow . seTeral persons being at the windows . Mr . Coop * son who was leading a horse to the stable , had s > mwrow escape , —a bullet , which had passed throBgh the wooden door of the Btable yard , went wbiasiog past bis ear . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' .: ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' '¦' : ' ¦ ;^ :-- ¦ ¦ - " . ' , ; . ' . ' ¦ . ; . ' ;¦ - ¦ :. ¦¦ ¦ " ¦¦ : \^ - ^\ :-:. S . ' There are several shot mark * on the boaMjrf Mr . Coup . v A buliet atruck the lamp-post oppaettii the Angel Inn , in Lune-atreet , and glanced off tbseogb one of the windows . ¦> , ; ¦ ' ' ;• ' . ¦ ; . ^ :... y : ^\ ' / -:: : ; : ¦ - ' ::.- :, At this time , twejve o ' clock , quietness ha » beeaie . stored , but ofcourae there is a great ferment i » people ' s minds , and business is almost » t a stand BtiU , althottgh it is our chief maiket day . ¦ ' . ¦> ....-. ¦; .: ; •" -, •¦ . ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ' - . ' - ¦ : '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ; . . ¦'• . ¦ ; , MiLvm 9 t Jm $ iyitki

    We bear that eight have been wounded :. five mortally . Notice Is posted on the walla that the Riot Act hasbemttad ^ I ^^ Ciro iU ^ ' ;;•; ' . ^\ v . : ' ¦ ¦[[; : From an account ^^ fniaWwd to ttie < Ti *** V $ iba * own Reporter , we extwet tbefoUowiag ;— . ' ; ; . It ta scarcely known-bow manybafe b «« wbaBded , but it is snpposed from twelve to fifteen * somiol them » ortany . V Fire Iwte been tdtisn to tke Hdhs * of Recovery , anff in the eotorse of the morning on * of the A ^^ i ^ i ^ iwfl ^^ . ia ^ v ^ -ii ^^ Wi ^ ' being completely «^ teliiBre 4 : ^!^' l ^ : - -- ! ^ ' *^' ;' ' ^* A shot through th $ wxiat , the baU gaateg-bdiwAde . It fc > t ^ Hftw ^ h >> K * hA mnat fce anpafateA , Pica man wag shot in the rjaA , vAe ^ the balbslW . riuaiia in ^ bone / and 4 t «« not be ** sSi « M ^ rV ^^ J . ' . |* M * . throngh tbfrchMt , and one is ttuaa eau » edl «« ly dangerooi state . Tbare is also c » man sbok throo a tb »> bowels wbich protrude in . O ^ HngjimiaeT , > od H .

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    is In a most precarioua 3 tat 9 . 'Sh e medical geBtfesan wbo hag been engaged to attend the auflerera staSiea that he thinks font of the woanded : ' will not recover . As may be expected , very considatable excitement p » e ^ vail * :-JUM ^ rP ^ tiagrbilZ « ' : : Jiav ^ ' £ aeri ^ staok 'a $ ' 'tff aonoance that the Riot Aot has bsen read , and that people are forbidden to be seen ateat the sbreetst ia gtoups . A proclamation has also been issned , and i » - d « d the aathoritieBare tislng every exertion to pt » - ? ent any more asBemblage * . The following are the names of the IwHvidualg in tbe Hoase of Recovery : — ' -:. : ¦' , . / ¦ , ' ¦ ¦ r . ' > ¦ ; - ' .:. ) William Petting , 21 , steam-loom weav « % in the employ cf Meeers . Dawaon . He was &boi tfanmgb tbe knee , and has bad bis leg amputated . William Lancaster , on © of tbe riaglssdars ( 23 ) wasshot thnagh the body , and lingers wittwat hope of recovery .- ^ ,-. •• ¦ .: ; - ' ¦ ' ; . - ¦ - ^ . ' . ' - . V- - ' . ¦ : j : V ' : ; -:- ' . ¦ . ; ' -V-¦

    James Roberta ( 20 ) steam-loom weaixnv in the employ of of Messjs . Gardner , ia shot through the < ri « t- ' - ' - ¦ : . . :: . y >\ . -: - ¦ ¦ ' }' : ¦¦ -:. ¦' ¦ ' :. : ^ - - ' ¦' ¦ . -VJ « hn Meareer ( 27 ) i » Bhob through the boif , and is not likely to recover . . : . .: •; ¦;¦• ; ' ,. ; ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ r . [ . ' ^ - ' ' . . \\ ;; - , '¦ . Adam Hodgson , a shoemaker , was shot thjoneh the ket- ' -i ¦ ¦? . •¦ ¦'• : ¦ ; : ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ;¦ - ¦ ¦ . ; r ± y ° - - ; :. ^ - , ¦{¦ ¦ ¦ ; ,- ¦; . - . .:: Jtobn M'Nainara was- shot tbrongh the bowels ; no bopware entertained or hi » recovery . William Moore ia shot , in the-chest , and i ? ia a very precarious state . He worfcedi with Mr . Paley aa-a cotton-spinner . :. ¦'¦ . ' " : ' . " : '¦ , ¦'¦ :: "• ¦ ¦ : ¦ '¦ : "¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ " ¦ •^¦ v ^ :: . ' Tbe people are assembling in different parts of the town , threatening to revenge the proceedings of the morntoir ^—Ti » MA " :. ¦ .: ¦; .-. •' - ¦ -W : J - : - . " ' ¦' . ¦ ¦ '¦¦'

    MONDAT STONING , FIVE O ' ffiLOCK . The town has remained qjiiet all day , and the whole of the eotton inills and machine shops resamed work at thensaal bear this mpriitog , with the exception of Avins worth , ' * , Gardners , and Weavers . . About 290 of the Rifles aare sent from the town , and their , place had been supplied by the Wigea ^ Yeomanry Cavalry . ;¦ ;¦' . One of the woonded men died tbis morning , Jamoa Mercer , aged 27 . There is another trick being played here , by some scoandrels in Manchester sending letters representing that tbe peeple in Manchester are shooting the soldiers like sparrows , done no doubt to iacense the P « ople ud harry them into acts of violehce .. If anything more should take place I will let you know . : ; tdesday b « kniN 0 » EiSHx aictock .

    The whole of the mills and other works here continue at work , with the exception otAlnirworth ' s waverB , -who first ettask .:: Gardner ' s started at noon to-day . Sowerbutts , a boy who was wounded on Saturday , died yesterday ; and a warrant was issued by the Coroner , to remove the body from tbe house where' ha died to the House of Reopvery . i A : jury vras emfannelled this morntng , who sat at the Court Hoaso- from ' eleven o ' clock , p . m ., to four o ' clock , svm ; and then returned a verdict of « JustlnaWeflpmjcdde . ^ ? -, ; . ¦ . "¦' . There iaetUl a party of the Rifle Cofps in the town , and the different railiB are guarded every night ; but there ia nothing unusual except the bustling after workine hours with pexsons anxious to hear tbe news . "

    ' : ¦ : , :-, . . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦' ; : ¦ : ' . ¦ WICrAN . - . :: . : . . ¦ . . ; :, . ¦/¦ MONDAY EVENINS , SEVEN O'CIOCKA large crowd , amounting in number to some thousands , entered this town to-day , and immediately proceeded to tfao various mills , collieries , and factories , stopping the engines , and getting the ' bands' to join tueflt . Having effected this , they marched out of the town towards the seat of the Earl of Balcarres , at Hay , in which neighbourhood there are a great number of collierief . On their passage through the town , tbey committed no violence to property . They asked for

    provisions from the shopkeepers , which was of course given to them . The principal streets are crowded with peaceable operatives , and no fears are entertained for the safety of the town . / A company of the 72 d Highlanders , under the command of Captain Balfour , is stationed in the town , ready to act promptiy , when required . A disturbance is reported to have taken place at Hindley , four miles frem thiB place , and Capt Balfour has despatched thirty soldiers there , at the request of the county magistrates . Hiadley contains many cotton mills , and all the hands have this day been ¦ ¦

    tnrned . pBt . " v ;'; : : ; , - . . , .. / : ' : . ;¦ ¦; : ,. , ¦'¦ . . ¦ - .. - ¦¦ . - . ; . ; Every inhabitantof Wigan and the surrounding townships have closed their . shops , warehouses , dec , and business is totally siispended . Upon the shutters of several of the closed shops are posted copies of resolutions entered into at the Sherwood Inn , Manchester , to the effect that the workmen there bad resolved not again to resume work until the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . The sticfes which the turn outs had with them were very formidable and destructive weapons , about half a yard iu length , and about the thickness of a constable ' s staff . '

    BLACKBITRN . ;• " . ¦ . ¦ . ¦;; " - - ; V-.- ^ :. -- '" ' : / / . ' ^¦ . ' ... ' ¦; ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ '¦ ¦ . ; - ¦>¦ ' 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 tbis forenoon , and proceeded to stop the ' . - ' mill of ; Messrs . BrieTly and Bodgett , in Farther-gate . A number of them ( about fifty ) got into the mill yard , when the mill owner shut tbe gates and sent off to the police station . The police soon arrived , arid though there had not been the slightest disturbance , they commenced cutting about them right and left most unmercifully , one man got bis head laid open with , a cutlass , and Was otherwise severely wounded on the cheek ; eeveral others were weunded , tboogb theydid not make the leint reaiataocs . About twenty were taken prisoners and conveyed to the Barracks . A number of soldiers accomoanied the

    police . From this place tbe people went down to the millS belonging to Mowira . P ! n 1 > 1 « n anrl Tnwnlay . T » M « h they stopped . They then proceeded to Messrs , lire-Bey's arid Rodgett ' s mills , Wballey Banks . Here they were again followed by the soldiers and police , headed by tbe magistrates . However , in apite of this force arid the opposition of the proprietors , they succeeded in stopping tbe mill . One of the proprietors wag severely injured , and a nmnber of the people were made prisoners . The Measra . Turner ' s mill waa the next that was stopped . The main body of the peopie then came over the fields to Nova Scotia , and stopped the mills of Messrs . Eccles , & 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 forming the entrance to the mill yard . The military were Bent for , and the crowd disperasd . : :

    Mr . J . Eoolea's mill was the next they proceeded to stop : this is situated in Darwen-street . A few stones had been thrown , when two men , ' who worked in the mill , ware so foolish as to fire upon the peopie . This so exasperated them , that showers of atones were thrown , demolishing moat of the windows on one side of the mill . The military were soon on the spot , and succeeded in capturing four of the , rioters : ; these , together with the two who fired from the mill , were conveyed to the barracks , previous to being examined before the magistrates . On oonductirig these men up Darwen-street , some person threw a atone , which

    Bttnek the officer in charge of the prisoners ; that functionary immediately turned round , and ordered the ioldiexs to fire . They did so , one part firing up the street , and the other down : five or six persons were shot ; one , a poor woman , who it appears -was returning from Werk ; was ahot ia 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 tke time of writing this all ia quietv though it is reported that great numbers will be here to-morrow , to stop the remainder of the mills now at wdrk .

    ¦ ¦ . -- .. ¦/ : ;• . ; ¦ : : ; . ; . ' : .: / ' :- ;; - ;/• ¦¦• ¦; ¦ ¦ ,.. - ' . . SyBSOAY ... The whole of thia 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 , * a , have been piled up on the roofs of the different mills at work . : ; About half-past one or two e ' clock , a eonsiderable number of persona arrived from Darwen , and proceeded to Messrs . Hop wood' s mill , with a view to let off tbe water from tbe boiler . On meeting with resistance , a row took place , when several of the officials of the estabMsbment , armed with pistols and ether flre-arms , fixed indiscriminately npon the people , wounding , in » very severe manuer , several children and women . One maa , more brutal than the rest , actually ran a considerable way after some children , and then fired amongst them . About fifty more hare been taken up at Funrther-gate , bat the reason has riot transpired *

    V- •;¦ ¦ - : , : - , - - - . ;; , -TOOMORDBN . :: ' „ ' . ; .:,,- ;¦¦ - ; We expected ta be visited on Tuesday last , as we had heard reports that a great quantity of people were meving aboat from place to place stopping the factories , but we were ; aot disturbed until Thuraday . On that day there ante a proeessiott from Rpehdale and suK rounding places . Vkevwosly to this tbe aatborities bad sent fof tis » - soldiery irom Burnley VWd ; ab «** W hoar befom tinprooeseioaentered , thereeama about thirty of tt » 11 th Huaaaw , P ^ irwe Adbert'i Owo / aad took up thei * station in the yard belonging to Mr . Buckley ' s fMtory , now standing . The oflicer , aceoH ^ - panied by Messrs . Crbssley arict Taylor , magistrates , went to Mr . John Pleldea , M . P . aad requested blm to atond out against tbo bun-outo . Tne followisflf dialogue took place : — '; : v i "; ' - '; . .. ' . v ;; .-v ' ; ,.. ; ' . M - ^ . ' Officer—Mr-Fielden , i * you want asy pxeteetion I shall be bappy to assist you . A \ ¦ v : i ;

    Mr . Fielden—I thank you fo » you » ofier , but I can do withotkt your assiatanoe ; for I believe tbe people want nothing but " a fair day ' s wa ^ tot a fair dajr ' a ¦ wor k / Vtu&thev < wMt * fw » « i ; ¦ V Mr . Crosaley , Mag ^ atra te—I undwtstand they want to be the muatersj arid want to sake tbe laws . ; , . Mr . Fieldeu—I balieTe , Sir , tbey want nothing but right goedfingiiab . lBjWi iagteeaUe to the ConatUntioni bat at atyermto £ w < wt wa * tfromatsiitoMe . The ftfiMoe . vo $ L magisJirates went . away seemingly ohacriiedi ' ^¦^¦ ¦ t ^ , ; - " ?^ - ^ ;¦ :: , \ uA :---atwhichre

    ABoeting . ottt * op « attveBwaabeld , »( iatio ^ were ptMr i , paging that thtg wtfuld not go to thalr , empW « f *^ ^^ ***? « ot ^ W * S ^» <^ " * Q J aridttnt IeiiM ^ Iav ^ cbildreii f even one , should ceaie to wotkWlitOT rnaehlieryia used ; ' and that the b «^ o « tabew ttioald be only tea pw- day . The . ptoBla , who . bad atoppe 4 work caUad ajw > tbci meeting t » sevetf Velock , and they confinned the resolutions laoaedat ^ tbe torroet toBetipg ? j ^ i j ^ tVfS ^ m& \ W ^»^• Wffthat - ; *|^* . w * aa ' - - ' lwn ^ 1 % : ' - « aBBijla '' set tbeai , by the R <>« bd » lepwple ; aad that they W ( rald meetfcfcU » Bwrnin « ^ J 9 xxfk iata jpooMaioB , aod go

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    to Hebden Briage . Mytholmrayd , and Cragg , to reqaeat tbe factory masters to fstop . AccordiDgly they mat at the appointed boar , and such a metitlrig I never saw for numbers and deteruiinatiorj . I'Xfleaprocession . proceedeli to the placta named ^ ^ and all the nails stopped . Meetings were boitien at { dythohnrojd and Qngf : and similar resolutions- to thow agreevV'to at Todmorden were passed aiwnimoaaly . ' ; ' i ;; ^¦¦¦^¦}~ --- ^} ^ - -A ,.. ^ > f . t-- -f . ¦ : /¦¦ : All ia quiet ; no breach of the peace has occurred a » yet . There are two . hundred spaciai ceristables parading the town . V- /^; - ;; . .- - ¦ . ' ¦ ,: ¦ . <; ¦ >/ ' ; , -: _ , ¦ ¦ : : ^ - \ ir \ i

    ¦ . . ;¦ ¦; •' :. ;; .. XA 89 WAPE / SCOTLAND . : ;_ . XnEikRSlB , — -A f / Jend has juiS shown me two letters ftotn A > uaft ) rmline , froai wbieb it appears that - the weavers aad colliers are rising there , that they had set tre to two factories , gutted several track shaps , arid seriously maltreated a wmnber of « 5 onstaWc » ana polica . I awe al 8 » iust levned that foot soldiers from Stirling and sainburgh Castle . a » d dragoons from Joek'a Lodge , ha » ebeen ordered there . „ v , ^ W such are the pr o ce edings- in suwraer , and the destituUon of the- people 8 tiltiaoreaaes aa it must increase , how will it be in winter ? ; ., " : ; --,:- ^ i KB < it is cwxently reported here thi * morning , that the town c *^ PWaiey waB ia » atate of awfiii riet on Sataiday . night last . ; -.- ; ¦ ' - : ¦'¦ : ¦ . ' : ¦ : ; '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦¦ V .: ' -V ^ ' . ' -- " ..:- ' . ¦' . W-. 1 Xanibll 5 . V- ' : Aagu 8 tI 5 th , j ! l . pm . v : .

    Imut-qvv or -dor COLitB&& in the . Empiot OF T » B DUKB Off BOGGLBUSB A » D-IHK J 1 AKQU 19 OF LWJmAN .- On account of repeated reductions of Wages , arid numbejless other acts of oppression , the coal HMoera . of this-district have struck work this day , and are- determine * (» : work no more until their : manifold grievances am redressed . "They have partiy come to this- reaolutdoo , in order to assist their hrethren . Thus taa collit-ra of Airdrie , Jblmarriock , Fife ; Palkirk , Mid ; , and B « tr Lothiam are actiug in coneert ! Shool # this Btrike oontinue , the- most part of the iron work * and manufacbories in Scotland will be at » stand for coal . How this- will end no one knows—there is evidently a crisiBapBroaching ! ' : / i

    :-: . :--- /;^ r- : ; .: . : \;» OWFERjaiJ ? IE .. : ,- . . ' ¦;•' .. ' . -, ;¦ ; Tb » . Whig papera wilt no doubt represent the dlaturbanca in . Buofermline during this week in theblackest colours , arid shutt all allnaion to the provocation , which the people received btfore they attempted resistance The facts are these s—during these five or six . jea * s past , th& less respectable part of the manufaature » s , thaae of ibem that : bad ; Bot one shilling they could call their owe , have pursued a vexatious system of reducing the wages every riww arid then , and have employed every , means in thfi » power by clipping , quibbling , and curtailing , to bring their workmen to-the ataapvatioB pain * . ¦ They at leDgt ^ carried their avairioa beyond eadairance , until their own wickedness overtook themselves . The people would stand it no longer ;

    aBd with the assistance of that most unjustly oppressed dass—the ooiliersand miners , tbey rose eninasse It is apt my purpose to enter into details : suffica it to , say , thaii after two nights of dreadful work—tbe bring of factories , turning out thei contents at ono of those abominable truok-shops , &t , the Sheriff , along with , the better part of the manufacturers , stepped in , and with the help of a public meeting , brought matters to an issue . The . avaricious raasters , in fear and trembling , and in presence of the Provost ani Sheriff , signed a recantation of their proposed reduction , by adhiniting their names to the former table of wagta . Tney have gotten a lessen . They thought they had nothing more to do than fleece , and fleece again ; but tbey found a tiger

    where they thought they had a sheep . Every one of them baa discovered there cm be so protection for property if there is no protection for labour . It ia the duty of every man of piopeity to rise ap in determined hostility against these systematiu reducers of wages . These men , take them tbronsbont , are generally found at last to be thoaBands behind ia tbe wotIiI , living alone by plunder . These are the greatest enemies the men of property . have to fear . Tbe less a . population has to live upon the more desperate it will become ; add with a desperate population , everything is insecure . A week , or a day , may wrap a district in flarana , and make him who is to-day independent , to-morrow a begxar . —Correspondent .

    THE SCOTTISH COLLIERS . ; ( Ffoin ike Glasgow Chronicle . J 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 mott barefaced andacity . Tbemillitaryare still stationed at Airdrie and Coatbridge ; but their presence seems to be of little avail in restrainiiiK the Btarving depredators . On Monday night last a large pptato-fteM near Calder , the property of Mr . Lindsay , yras completely cleared of its contents , ; and oa the same day , another field at Rasbush , not more than half a mile from the head-quarters of the military , was similar visited . Indeed , so far as

    aopearances go , this turn-out would seem to be the most alarming that has ever taken place in the mining districts in the west of Scotlarid . At a large meeting of the colliers on Saturday last , they resolved unanimously not td : rettirn to their employment antil their ; . ** reasonable" demands were complied with ; and at three distrjot meetings hold on Monday that resolution was deliberately confirmed . What * ever be their present . < nrcuni 3 tah < je 8 , the colliers appear to be united and determined to continue the strike , and this resolution ; the conduct of the employers at this meeting m Airdrie , where the sheriff prerided , on Friday last , would seem to have considesably atrerigtheoed . ¦ = At " : that meeting the . facts ^ nne d . and whiofe ar ? bow m » de gefierSIly known

    iDTOUKhout th 6 mining districts , nare xfnactf great ! y to excite the sympathy : of the community , and to render the conduct of the mastera exceedingly unpopular . One or two of these it will be sufBcieafc to detail . Th& men complained ( and asserted that 16 wai a grievance , wjthoui excepiibn , in ^ every coal-pit ia the Beighboarhood )/ that , instead of trjin / f itie quality of theconenta 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 feet in length , and its bars from 11 « 2 \ inches apart , through which coals of considerable size are suffered to drop , to the . great detriment , and iDJury of the profits of the workman , it being generally

    understood that tbe men are not paw for any coals that go through the bars of the 8 krek . In this way tbey insist they are 'defrauded , not only of tbi small coals , for which the masters get as high as 6 a . per 30 avrt ., but of a . great quantity of larger coals that find their way through the article in question . They were also loud in complaint against the truck system , practised by nearly the whole of the masters , the effect of which is to compel the workmen to pay an exorbitant price for their provisions and Other necessaries . The men also complained that tbeir pay-days had been unnecessarily lengthened from » fortnight to a month , by which means they were kept oat of the u $ e of ready money , and com * polled to have recourse to the masters' stores .

    Another grievance , which was pointedly referred to , ' was the system of taking interest from the men , at the rate of Id . per ¦ .. ' 12 d , and la . per psand for all monies paid them before the pay-day- ^ even while such wages were fairly earned and wrought for . The practice of condemning u hutohes , " found to contaia the smallest piece of stone was also severely dwelt upon ; These complaints and others of a similar character were adduced at the meeting of masters and workmen in Airdrie ; over which Sheriff Alison presided , and the paltry defence of the masters has any thing but satisfied'tbe clamorous demands of the miners . All the furnaces at Calder an iextinguish ^ d ; there are five out at Dnndyvan , eight at Garisherrie , and two at Chapelhall . The miners have Appealed to tha shopkeepers foe assistance to carry < on the strike

    ( and when iris considered that many of them are altogether dependent upon the colliers for a subsistence , it will not appear wonderful that their appeals are ^ ttended to ) , and in this way ooiSsiderible Bums have beea raised ; sums from 5 s . to £ 1 are extensivel y contributed , and one grocer , we are informed , is So ifavoWee in the success of the colliers , as to find it bis interest to offer them the loan of £ 160 , to be returned when they get iato employment . ¦ " ¦ ¦' . ; ' : ' ¦¦ -.. ¦ - ¦¦ ; s ' .. : ¦ . ;¦ •/¦ ' : It is but fair to the men to state , nevertrwless , tbat 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 col * Iier 3 have left the tovraaior the harvest , and a number more " to visit their friends , " pot the numbers in the towns are still Buffioiently

    imposing . : / r . " . ¦ :- - ,,-- : -. ¦ ; Tbe following cirealar was extensively circulated bjvthe miners in Airdrie yesterdaj ^ t" Sir , —A » » . general request , eonld you find it convenieut to attend a meeting of the respectable gre-. eera and traders in and around Airdrie . at two . o'clock in the afternoon ,. at tbe Masons * Lodge > when you wiU tod oa the table * petiUon from tho coal aad ironstone minew , stating to you our circumsianoes , and the present ueoesaty ot our , demands ! Should this meel youir approbation ^ we • - ' * -: ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ '¦ - * ¦ - '" ' ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ - u By order of the Coounittee . ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ; iii uisv ^ 'i ^ lb ^^ keepers waa held in tte MasoneVHalL where * me- ' ¦ morisJ , containing a detail ot ^ heprincipal grievanises - ofthe cdliers lay ; on p Wpfcfox ( Bxa ^ nfMon ^^ Aj ^ ;; gmMHI ^

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct965/page/3/