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    STATE OF THE COUNTRY ( Continued from onr Third page . POTTERIES . SHKLTON AHD HANLEY , V - MONDAY , SIGHT O CLOCK , AM . The -work of destruction has commenced . At the dose of a meeting , of which I gave you an imperfect sketch , this morning , a body of colliers and others marched to the Hanley and Shelton station-house , 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 confined tor some minor offence . The ; then marched to the hoase and office of Mr . Gibbs , of Shelton , the contractor for and

    collector of the poor-rates in this neighbourhood . Here they smashed every squire of glass in the house , destroyed the furniture , and literally coYered the streets with the fragments of the tors books and papers of the offioe , severelj maltreating and personally injuring several of the police who were on the spot at the time . From here they marched to Stoke , on their way to whinh place they met the stipendiary magistrate , Mr . Rose , who was oa his way to Hanley , for the purpose of presiding orer the court , which shonld hare been held the «> to-day , bat which , for the present , is suspended in © onseqnence of the note . He was in his carriage or gig , the horse of which the rioters immediately tamed , and Mr . Rose was glad to retreat as fast as he coald without receiving personal unary . They

    then came to the office of the Coarfc of Ke ^ aests , on which they made an attack . ThiB place was gutted , and all that could be destroyed . Having arrived at Stoke , 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 asd severely beaten the person of Stonier , a policeman , and leavinghixn in irons' at the Station-boose , they proceeded to Fen ton . Hero the ; also made as attaek on the police-station , and taring cleared it of all it contained , marched direct for Squire Allen ' s . - ; The rioters , I believe , have completely gutted this gentleman ' s houBe , and are now on their way to Mr . Rose ' s , the stipendiary magistrate . A body of Soldiers , from Newcastle-aadcr-Lyme , are just gone to Lpngton or Lane-end . Should they meet with the rioters , there will be bloody work . . \

    rrrs o ' clock , p . x . I have jnst returned from making the necessary inquiries . Mr . Hose's mansion ia-entirely gutted , not a halfpenny-worth of property js said toT » left in it . Windows are smashed , furniture . destroyed , money , plate , and . other valuables carried offi , and now the rioters are said to have gone to the Stoke poor-house- All trade is suspended—the shops are dosed , and no man dare followhis work from fear of the rioters . What wfll thia . lead to * Where will it end T Wfcomay be the sufferers to-night no one can tell . All is confusion aad terror . When the soldiers appear , the rioters ! are fled , and thus are the former chasing the latter wiihout the least effect . .

    FURTHER PARTICULARS . BCXNIKG AHD DBSTBOYIKG , TUESDAY . MOBSIKO , EIGHT o ' sLOCK . Last night the mob smashed the Rev . Dr . Bay ley ' s ionse , and burned it down . They have destroyed the Rev . Mr . Aitdn ' s house , and burned it down . The bouse of Mr . Perkins , magistrate , is burned down to the ground . Mr . Forrester ' s house , of Cobbridge , agent to Lord Granvilie , iB gutted . This morning , as the omnibus for Birmingham left , { he driver met thousands marching to Borslem , in a line of road occupying two miles on length . All is in the utmost terror . The town of Hanley is in a most alarming state , feather beds , furniture , aud all throwing about the streets . I have .

    not heard that any of the owners of the houses were personally injured , but they must have narrowly escaped . What to say about the troops I know not . All I can say h , 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 hie i . The ; did not attack the passengers . I r < g et being obliged to write 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 shot by the soldiers at Hanley . and that the Beat of the Uuke of Sutherland and Mr . Copeland ' s house were in danger of an attack . . '

    BURSLEM . At a meeting of the unemployed colliers of the Pot tery district , held in the luge room , at the George and Dragon , in Hanley , i t waa unanimously resolved , — " That it is the opinion of this mooting , that nothing bat tbe People * Charter can give as the power to have »• a fair day ' s wages for a fair day "! work , " and that one and all pledge himself to stand oat for the same , in the hope thit the whole of the colliers in Great Britain will do the same . " Another Begging BsiGADEof collie ™ and others

    altered the town of Baralem on Friday at noon , which has caused amongst the rich no small alarm . Almost all the time since Saturday bight last , when onr little town waa taken by storm , we have been guarded by a troop of hozse to the amount of forty or fifty ; but to day , in consequence of the demand for their services at Manchester , they were marched to the " great" town . Scarcely an hour elapsed before , there appeared a number of men who went direct to tbe Town-hall , and took into custody the " blue bottle man" on doty . They took him down to the house of Mr . Bylea , 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 prisoner , and again commenced begging . They sailed first on the publican , woo a few nights before , kicked their box to tbe floor ; now he gave them £ 1 . Tfley then went to the head poliee-effieer , Bylea ; he was from home , bat Mrs . Byles gave them 5 s . The amount collected altogether , amounted to between £ 13 and £ H Posters are oat offering £ 29 reward for the apprehension Of the parties offending , on the Saturday night ; - and others are-slso out an the part of the tnro-oute , offering £ 100 fur the head of the first informer . All is confngjnn . .

    IMPOBIAKT PUBLIC PaCPBS KEETIKG ! In consequence of the great depression of . trade in this district , distress prevails to an alarming extent , and that distress hat lately been much aggravated by the late collier ' s strike . The two Union Bastiles are crowded , sad there ate many thousand * receiving outdoor relief . The Baralem Bastfle was built to accomo date 350 . There is sow 850 in it . The relieving cffic »» eSievBd 1 , 000 last week J On Sunday , July Slrt , the paupers walked in pro * eesalan through the whole « f the Potteries . They held

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

    Mr . W . 8 . Ellis was called to the chair , who , after Tnakfng a few appropriate remarks , and reading letters from Francis Wedgewood , Esq ., Wm . Ridgway , Esq ., and Bichard D-inieL , Esq ., ftpoTqginrog & >* oon-attendaace , introduced Mr . John Bichardj to propose the first reeolutian : — " . . "That this meeting view * with feelings of sorrow and regret the unparalleled distress aad impoverishment that hangs like , a pail of gloom over our neigh bourhood , and threatens to engulf the whole of the industrious rfvnpt , and which is rapidly exceeding its ravages to the middle add manufacturing classes ef

    society . This meeting feels convinced that there must be amneihhtg radically wrong in that state of 8 oci # ty w&teb , possecsea illimitable means of producing wealth , aa industrious , brave , intelligent , and ingenious people , aided by mechanical , chemica l , and scientific discoverifas , unparalleled in the history of the world ; aad yet , with all these inestimable advantages conferred upon them by Divine Providence , presents to the eye of the phflanthropnis * nothing bat Poverty in Sags , aud Patience in Despair . This state of . thing calls for the immediate interference 61 every Tover of bis country to stem the tide that threatens to overwhelm all in universal poverty . "

    It is impossible for ma to give you any idea ot the effect of Mr . Richard ' s speech . He spoke in a strain of the most fervid eloquence for an hoar and twenty minutes . Whilst he was speaking , the paupers . of Chell Bastile , marched up to the meeting , six abreast , 2 , 000 in number , headed by a band of music Mr . Wm , Evans seconded the resolution , by adverting to the infcroducfcien ot stacbiaery ; stating that with it another class of capitalists had sprung into « xist « we—the Mokkisox ' s , the Marshalls , the &&&QS , the Psbl » , the Arkwbi&hts ; and the OoBDSHg , whose interest lay in the profit arising from Ito present nse . These » en had been the agitaton f or the Beform Bill , and then for the Municipal Corporations * Bill , to get power into their own hands . It was these sea who had raised the « y that population pressed hatdly upon the mews of * & *****?* . fat tgey

    saw that tb « y must to some wayaocoutttforthe fcct that ^ btwe w ho produce * all tbe wealth were being scpaapd&d by rascbioery , aad nduoad to powrty . Ihey than ai * d ttu » anti-popnlaUon cry , asd desig Bate th » soperseded "bands * h -a " surplus pops sstios . " T «>* &i fid it AU nrplos population ttigatioa WM put fOrth by thwn , as a panaeea ' tortheevaBWBhsTetoeBdiue , . "When these man , ths jroptfsiwi of the aoctsrmes of Marcuj , found pnblk opinion too stwog for them-f-wbeo they foead that ttsn » ad wtwaen were sot brutaliSBd and « T ^ nff *< Bml eooogh 46 murder their owr ^ ofifdng , they supported thai MTOMft ypman of WbJg « hti « tiSA leffillatklB , gwlnftmal Kew Poor law , Ths only plan tfcatMQld ralkrr * the « xi « toi « pov « rty wo « M be tb * bdijgini togttfasvthe anadarated lanrfand the unemplayed labour oj ttt coantry . Thsie we » foortaeo millions of aeref © f un-

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

    ") That it is the opinion of this meeting that under the distressing circumstances that have plunged the working classes into each a state of helpless suffering , an appeal ought to be made to tbe 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 observed that when he saw such a vast amount of wealth piled up ob all sides ; clothes-shops fnlj , and men caked :

    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 circumstances , the upper classes , who had taken all , could not consistently ohject to allowing a small portion of it to revert back to tbe producers of it If working men were not better protected by the laws , we should soon see the middle class in the same position . If the operative could not bay , of course the shopkeeper could not sell . He wished to see self-supporting institutions studding the country , instead of Bastilesinstitutions combining agriculture and mechanics . We want our rights—justice , net charity" t

    Mr . Hamlet Booth seconded tbe resolution . He waa a pauper . Twas hard to be a poor pauper l It was an unenviable position ; and tbe only consolation he had was the reflection that those who were sot oa the paupers' books ware hi tbe lawyers' books ! He hai expected to have found the hustings filled with the respectable gentlemen of the neighbourhood , to advocate the cause of the Impoverished ; but they were not there ! None Bbewed themselves to be only sincere friends of the poor but the Chartists , fie had been an industrious steady man 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 : — << it is the opinion of this roeeetipg that the distress which gnawing the vital ? of the British population can neves be permanently removed until tbe 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 aud reasonableness of the truth and efficacy of the principles of Chartism . ~ The resolution was briefly seconded by Mr . Henry Forster , whea that venerable old Chartist chieftain , Mr . Capper , rose to submit to the meeting tbe adoption of a memorial to Sir Robert Feel , requesting him to famish 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 under arms air the day ready to act at a moment's notice . The BuMem Tories are staggered at the midnight visit of last Saturday .

    . . - " - . HANLEY . MONDAY EVENING . I write in haste to acquaint you with the state of tbiB 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 thence to a coal-work where some men were employed , returned to the town , set at liberty some prisoners for light offences , stripped the Police-office of the books , papers &c , which were torn to atoms and strewed about the streets . One policeman was slightly injured ; but as oar police are more respected than any other in this district , no further injury was done them . Tae mob then proceeded to the house of a poor-rate collector , who is Tery

    unpopular with tbe 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 books there also , and cat the head of the clerk , a gentleman much respected ty all parties . Proceeding to Stoke Police-office , the books there shared tbe same fate , the furniture was broken , brought out and burnt in tbe street Here the military ( a company of the 12 th ) , with Bailey Rose . Esq ., a stipendiary magistrate , at their head , were announced ; tbe mob divided , one part going the Lane End road to decoy the soldiers , while the other parted by few and few , and met at the man . sioo of Thomas Allen . Esq , at Fen ton , 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 leading the troops In another direction , being completely ontmscejavred by the mob . He arrived at his house ia about five minutes after it had been completely gutted , his furniture , books , && , destroyed ; in fact it was a complete wreck , done by the very party of whom be was in quest It is farther stated that Stomer , an unpopular policeman , has bad his arm broken . I have just hei rd that the Fen ton Police Office windows are all destroyed . Everything that could be bnnit was piled up in two heaps and sot 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 ) tbe books were destroyed . Every article was brought out and burnt ; they afterwards set flr » to tbe Market-hall ; which was extinguished after the mob left the town . A troop of Dragoon ; has just entered . — Sun .

    STAFFORD . Two troops of the 12 th foet arrived here on Thursday the 11 th inst ., and are stationed on guard at tbe Gaol . It is supposed they will remain here until the strike in North and Senth Staffordshire is at an end . Oa 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 . Peplow and Hunnible , made his appearance in tbe Markeb-plaoe , 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 draw 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 officers and a county constable , with several other tools of tbe party , commenced an endeavour to get up a " row . " To finstrate this , an adjournment was instantly moved to the Stone Fiat , a piece of common land a distance from the town . Thither the people went , singing in gallant Btyle , " Spread the Charter . '' This had the effect of bringing numbers to the meeting who would not otherwise have attended . On arriving at Stone Flat , the " Lion of Freedom " was given out aad sang . Mr . Cooper then proceeded again with his lecture , and he made a powerful impression . Towards the close a rumpus took place with a tool of the Tories , named Oratidge , who had been encouraging some 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 sung is grand style , Mr . Cooper leading ; after which , three tremendous cheers were given for the Charter , three for Messrs . Froct , Williams , and Jones , three for O'Connor , and three for " General" Cooper . The vast concourse of people then left the ground , and returned into town again , linked arm-in-arm , singing " Spread the Charter . " This " new move" of the Chartists seemed to electrify the inhabitant * of Stafford . ^ a on pasalBgbyihe gaol , where the soldiers were on guard ,- they thought the coUlers were coming , and a aoenefollowed -which was laughatte in thTacteeme . The soldiers rushed Vo defend the entrance to the Lodge , - and seemed panto-struck ; the Governor and offioin caning out to them to do their duty , when lo and be * h * M it was only " Chartist rabble r Upoa this three sky-rending cheers were given far Mason asd his fellowprisuum , which must have awoke them bom their -mtHwjgf it > T pTPbeni .

    On Saturday night , at ten o'clock two persons namel Edward-ColUer « Bd Henry Harris , were arrested on a warrant which charged them with assaulting William Gtatidge at the Chartist meeting on Stone Flat , the previous evening . Bail being refused they wars seat to the Lock-up until Monday uondng . DEWSBUBY . WEDNESDAY MOENIKG , HIKE O ' CLOCK . A pubUfl meeting was held ob Monday eY « aiM at Batley Caw , to elect a delegate tat tbe ManehesterConference , when it wa * agreed that a public ™ aa * jnff should be held in the Ma * et-pla * e , Dewsbury atiS o'clock In tke morning . At tbe time specified , there could sot be less than S , 060 persons present . Tbe meeting was addressed ly Mr . Sheldrake and Mr- Dewbint . The meeting broke up at eight o ' eloek ia the

    Tnomftig . It seems to be agreed upon that all factotles m theneighbonrkood ^ f Dewsbwy should be stopped for tbe tun-OBta viatted them , andtiikty ^ l ghtwere stopped daring the day . Every mUi they visited had the boQers uaprngged . Not » atagle jam-master objected to this . It appeared as if . it . waa become a general xnjderstsfflding that it should be a * . No sod * dent oecarred tt » whole day , "A meeting wm bdd ia Dewsbury , at tlr m the eT « ttiag . , There could sot be tose than 50 , 000 ; I heard somB estimate tfctta at 80 , 009 .

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    Abont four o ' clock yesterday afternoon , from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 people come down from Huddenfield , and stopped all the mills in their way to this town . The magistrates have been sitting ever BinoeyetteTOay moitiing , and hare sworn in a large somber of special eonstaWeo . .: ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' : ; - :: ¦ ¦ /¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦; ¦; - ; v . '" : - - ¦ ;• ¦ - - The town Ia all quiet at ^ pteeent . Tbh * was another meeting held this morning , in the Mark « t-plaoe , and the turn-outs have taken off to Ossett , Hoiburv , and other places . The number this morning w « rery large . - '¦'¦" " . ' " . " " / - ¦ - . . '• "'• .. r r _ v- " - -r : OLDHAM . M 0 W )* T JTlOHT . This morning , oat of the largest meetings erer 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 . Mr . Edward Clark and Mr . Bailey , of Manchester , delivered appropriate addresses , which were well received . The bill-posters have been busily employed to-day with posting copies of the Queen ' s Proclamation .

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    At seven o ' clock this evening , another Tery 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 . XUESDAT 'RIOHX , ELEVEN O ' CLOCK . Nothing of great importance has transpired to-day . The meeting took place this morning , at six o ' clock , as

    ttsnal , Mr . Sharp in the chair . Mr . Miller and Mr . Hurst , 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 began to gather at the place of meeting ; and the assemblage was considered to be one of the largest we ever bad . Whenever the Charter waa named , a universal burst of applause in stantly followed . Up to the time I write ( eleven o'clock ) all is peace and good order .

    HUDDERSFIELD . MONDAY M 0 BMINO ELEVEN O ' CLOCK . : Daring the . last week this town aod 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 tke Lancashire men intended to visit this town and stop the mills . Dr . MDouall arrived about eight o ' clock on Friday evening ; and 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-outa were making rapid progress towards the town , and were stopping all the mills on the road as they came . In the afternoon , small parties entered , and walked through the streets , and between three and four a great body of the turn-outs entered the town , having stopped the mills of Messrs . Armitage , Croaaland , Staikeys , Fisher , and several others . They next proceeded to the factory of W . Brook , Esq ., magistrate , who made a temporary resistance ; but he was pushed down upon bis own coal heap , without ceremony , and bid to stand out of 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 " 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 amongst both parties They had nothing to do with the Charter ; their object being to obtain better wages . Some of them complained of tbe men of Hnddenfield , because the / would not assist for anything less than the Charter , from a conviction that it was useless to go for better wages , whilst labour waa unprotected : and they were also unwilling to be made instruments in the hands of designing knaves for bad purposes . Some one amongst tbe turnouts pot 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 ( Sanrfay ) » t nine o ' clock , to be sworn in as special constables . The oath was administered during 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 masters were engaged at church . During the day , the magistrates caused bills to be posted in the streets , stating they had made such arrangements that their woifcmen might return to their work on Monday morning with safety . : V ; MONDAY NIGHT , TEN O ' CLOCK .

    On Monday morning all was excitement . By five o ' clock a large public meeting was holden on tbe 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 orters of one of the Magistrates , Mr . Armytage , ft large pone of speciil 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 wore already on their way ont of the town ; Tbe apeetals were received with groans , and other marks of

    disapprobation . As soon as they ware drawn in , after performing tbeir 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 spabes . The major portion of the mills and workshops were all standing . Indeed there were but S mills in the town and immediate neighbourhood that attempted to run ; and they were but Tery partially supplied with " hands . " They were respectively the mills belonging to Messrs . Crossiand , at the bottom of Grassland Hill ; those belonging to the Messrs . Starkey , ( magistrates , at Loogroyd Bridge ; aad those belonging to Mr . William Brook , ( magtetrate , ) in Nortbgate . The troop of Lancers were

    under arms , ready to act at a moment ' s notice Between eleven and twelve o ' clock news was brought into the town that the turn-outs - from tbe " upper regions" of Yorkshire had arrived at the Messrs . Crossland ' s Mill , and were entering it to stop the engine . Thither tbe soldiers , with the Magistrates at their head , 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 amusing themselves ; but they found do disturbers of the peace . All was orderly and quiet , but tbe " hands" were out of the mill . The Magistrates , therefore , withdrew the troops and specials , and returned to town . Tb » y had scarcely proceeded 500 yards on their route back again , when the mill yard was entered , and the plug of the

    boiler driven inwards , mo as effectually to prevent the working : of tbe engine , for some lime at least It was rumoured that tbe large body of turu-out # expected to visit Huddenfleld , had crossed over from Maraden to Meltham , and that they would proceed through Honley , Armytage Bridge , and some other places in the Holmurth valley , before they entered the town of Huddenfield . This rumour proved correct . All the mills and workshops In their route were stopped , the " hands" in nearly all instances joining them moat enthusiastically . Where the mill happened to be worked by steam , the boiler was almost invariably un-plugged , and the water allowed to run out Where water , power was the means of working the machinery ( the case with most ef tbe Bills in the Holmurth and

    Marsden valleys ) , the sluices of tile mill-dams were raised , and the water let out This was done sJsx > on Saturday , in tbeir progress to the town ; and bo mofth accumulated water was thus turned down the river , as to cause a considerable rise , or flood . Some boys , who were bathing , were in great danger of being drowned from this cause . About a quarter past four o ' clock an immense number of the turn-oats entered the town from two parts : one seijtion by way of Chapel-hill from Xockwood ; and the other by way of Shore-head from Newsom . When met they proceeded in a body along New-street , past the front of the George Inn , and down Kirkgate . The George Hotel was the rendezvous of the magistrates , constables , and military . Meat 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 and brandished these , good-humouredly , over tbeir heads . They made no stoppage opposite tee Inn , but proceeded onwards to the mill of Mr . W . Brook , in Northgate . This mill had been partially worked during the day ; bat at this time was entirely closed , as was every mill in the town . The crowd halted opposite the large gateswhlch close the mill yard ; anda number of them demanded admittance , their object being , as they said , to satisfy themselves that tbe engine was not in a condition to be run In the morning Tae fates being closed they thnndered at them , and began to apply their sticks n crow ban , to force them

    open . At this juncture a special constable whe happened to be present , and a fritnd that he had with him , exerted themselves to the utmest to dissuade the turnouts rrom making a forcible entry into the mill . They were listened to paUenUy and attentively j and the lodge door being opened . a number of those present were admitted into the mill-yard ( with the consent of those hating charge of the premises ) to see how mattew stood in the boiler-hoase . ; In two snhiutes a » y returned and reported that " all wu right ; " and the crowd immediately began to depart , some along tbe Bradford Road towards Hill-house , and others pawed down into the Leeds Road , arid went towards Cooper Bridge . At this Instant the njsgtrtntee , most unwisely and most foolishly , came up vith-tbe military . Most

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    unwisely and most foolishly we again repeat : for not a penney ' s worth of damage had been done to the mill * property 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-outs , they bad sufficient time between their arrival before the mill and the appearance of the military , to have had the whole in one entire sheet of flame ; bat destruction of property wo » manlfeetly not tbeir object . The majfis trates were in the moat excited state . Mr . W . Brook foremeat , and Mr . Armytage was next . The Utter gehueuJan in a state that defies description , teamed out > 'the Riot Act ^ J Read I disperse 11 disperse | 1 J" The appearance of the mftgiatraijy And

    military was the signal for " halt" on tbe part Of the retiring crowd . Great numbersof them returned ; The soldierB galloped up and down the street backwards and forwards , trampling upon the people in the way . One woman was much 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 npon the soldiers galloping some little dtstance down the Bradford Road , they were greete with a pretty considerable shower of atones ; plenty of ammanition Of that kind lyipg . on the sides of the road . We believe Mr . Brook , the magistrate , got a blow from one of the atones . A parley was now had between the magistrates and the commanding officer , ; as to the propriety of using the sword and firing upoa the people .

    The commanding orncflr was against this measure just then , and in that 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 Men animated the crowd : now these were drowned 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 manifestationvof dis . turbance . the . conatablea rushed Out of the George , seized foHr men , and dragged them into the hoase in custody , This was saon bruited abroad ; and in a few minutes a number of men armed with sticks and cudgels were seen approaching the door of the HoteL

    They made baDg np to It , and forced their way Into the passage , laying on the specials * pretty roundly with their weapons , aid the specials In return oaing their staves . The object Of ; this movement was the rescue of the four men just apprehended . The specials proved the masters . The men were driven back ; and at this instant the magistrates and ; military sallied out of the back yard of the inn . They had been there ready mounted ; , and the commanding officer had harangued "his men" to the effect that if they had to aae their Swords they were to d ?> it . « af « rftti ?/ y / and if they received orders to fire , they were to fire slap bang amongst the crowd . She appearance of the military was the Bigual for a run ou the part of s > great portion of the crowd . Some took shelter within tbe railings © f

    cellars ; otheri ran down passages and entries ; and those that could departed by the ordinary roada . The charge was sounded ; away flew the sabres , and the half-drunken cut-throats galloped amongst the retreating crowd , cutting and slashing in the moat ferocious and brutal manuer . Neither sex nor age were spared . One valiant sergeant rode down a parcel of women , and out 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 anas nearly cue eff ; and many otbere suffered minor cuts in various parts ot the body . The streeu were scoured in all directions ; the retreating people being ; followed in some instances by the soldiery nearly half a

    mile out of town . ' The conduct of the soldiers was inhuman and brutal in the extreme . The tewn 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 patslons ; and they were heard at night boasting over their cups of the ' valiant" deeds they had performed on an > narm «< f people , those they had ridden down , being chieflywomen !! I did slash tbe 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 he possessed courage ! As a proof of their forbearance take the following : at half-pest seven , two hours after the heart of the town was cleared , a number of soldiers were at the upper end of the town ,

    There is a vacant piece of ; ground by the side of Wallet's Circus ; and across this a mau was passing , evidently on his business . There was no one else aear him . The street and road were perfectly clear . One of the soldiers galloped up to him , and brandishing his sword in a threatening manner , bid him to ? -wn . He refused ; alledging he was going quietly on his own business . The \ " hero" rode around him and around , quavering his sake , and evidently debating within himself whether he should venture to cut him down or not ! Eventually he struck him most violently with the flat part of hU sword , and galloped forwards to the causeway of West-parade . Here the doors and

    the causeway wore lined with the inhabitants , who in that situation could see down into the town . They were principally women and children , who had been observing the whole proceedings , and who ; were in Met at home , on tbeir own door-stones . Up amongst these dashed or moustaehoed man-of-courage I first up one side and then up the other . This was mere wanton brutality . He lunged with bis sword wherever be could : and in one instance , where the parties had retreated into their own garden , it having an entrance s « narrow that his hone could not follow , he nearly fell from his saddle in an attempt to roach them with his bntcher ' fl > knife . "; .. ; :: "•¦; . ¦ - ¦ . . '¦ :, ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '¦' - ¦ ¦'" - ¦' - . " ' ! :

    In oar opinion , ( and ^ ie writer saw nearly all be has related , } there was not the slightest necessity for the employment of the military . If the magistrates bad bos been so unwise as to bring ' them into Northgate at the time they did ; in all probability , ( judging from the temper and disposition evinced by the crowd , ; not a penny ' s worth of damage to property would have been done , or a single blow strdek . Th » introduetibn of the military at that time led to blows : these led to exasperated feelings on both tides : arrests , when the people were standing quietly , followed : these led to an attempted rescue ; and this furnished a pretext for the Instant employment of the military . They onee ont ; had full oppononity of indulging In revengefml brutal feelings : and wounds

    and bruises , probably death iUelf , i » the » ea « lt f ~ A firm , bat cool and sollected magistracy coald have cleared the town without this . Choleric men , er arrogantly-vain men , are not the men to be enteBsted with the preservation of the ^ peace in times like those we arehowlivhigin . A elear-headed , cool man , as magistrate , would not have bad a single breach of the peace in the town of Huddenfield on Monday last ' , other than the mere entry of the crowd . He would have preserved and TaKHM advantage of , to the clearing of the town , the goed humour continually mjLnlfested up to the point of the military ' s introduction to preserve that which was not in danger , except in the heated and excited fcraia of W . Brook and bis co-peacepreaervera . Such times as these try a man's metal ;

    try whether he is a man or not ; or a lump of excitable bounce , A man will try to make the . bsst of the worst circumstance * : a choleric bundle of passion is always sure to make iad WORSE . Precisely such was the effect ot the measures adopted by the Huddersfleld magistracy . The employment of force until the most urgent necessity presents ltstlf , is always to be condemned ; the vain and paltry aniy of force , of mere empty pompous parades , is no less condemnable : Both these faults the Huddersfield magistrates committed ; and feelings of hatred and soirow will be engendered In consequence : hatred on the part of those who have suffered from their want of prudence and tact ; and sonrow on the part of ethers that men so incompetent ahould have been entruated with the playing of suchi a difiicttltcard . V ; ' ' /

    In the course of the afternoon and evening , eighteen persons were apprehended , and placed in chains . They were locked up in rooms in the George Inn . ¦ . ,.-: ' : V /^ TOESDAT MORNING . ELBVEiN ^ O'CLOCK . : All has been quiet up to tbi » hour this morning ; bat the conduct of the magistracy in setting 0 a 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 unequivocally expressed . Some of the specials , too , come in for their share of it The gloatlngs and boastings of some of them ever the havoc and slashings they had witnessed and aided in , will not soon be forgotten ; and it will be well ihat some of them do not hear of them again another day !

    There is not a mill run » lng that I can hearof . All ate standing , The good-humoured feeling so manifest yesterday , has given place to a gloomy moody eUencer and it will be well if the matter end then .: I fear that measures of retaliation may be resorted to ; and that destruction of property may ensue . Thiaia a fearful Btate of things ^ to contemplate . ¦ •;/ : ^ - ;' : - - ^ - 'fe . " ' - ^ ' ^ - - - ; ¦ TDESBATHtGHT ^ TEN O'CL OCK , AU , a « yet , aw qote * bere , Thtiittrtra hat been throng , bat no symptoms of disturbance have been manifested . The prisoners apprehended yesterday have been examined , and three of them committed to York , for riot ; and a womanhasbeenopnunitted to i ^ akefield for two months for her share In the affair . Several others haveabated her rate . The examtaaUon Washid

    in the house of Danson , the police officer , In the prison yard > and a sentinel was placed at the door to prevent the ingress of all parties , except the ^ law oOeWs , It was ramoured this morning that Mr . W . Brook , tbe magistrate , wae so seriously Injured last night m going home , that he would be unable to attend in town to-day . ThifrnmourwMtocorWct toa ^ rt foi he was present' « t the examination lust spoken of . I bate beard that it Ib trua that he was attacked on his road home ; and th » t both Mr . W . Brook and the specials who were gtiarding Him' ( he lives « ome little distance ont of town / irem atmek with hog * stones . 1 turn ^ also heaid that a portion of his fiunily deemed it prudent to leave their home fo « Uie night , and take slater In too babiUtlon of Mr ¦ jcto ^ to ^^ v \ : vM ^ ' : ¦ ¦ % * ¦¦ . ¦ ,: .

    ^ I * 8 t : iright , sIki ^ ^^ " dJers arrived , I * rfrBervioes have not been called into Yequikitlon . » TbAothwbnites have done enoogh ! This has rjeen rnarkeMay , but there has been no market 1 :- ; 4 B * jowi ^ W quie t , ImtHww were no ' btfyMU' -t :,: ; : . ¦ - y ' r ' ? : * ?^' . ¦ ^¦ . ^ '¦¦'¦¦ ::- / y- . i > .: - ^ , -:: v--. - : All the mlUs fat the town » nd neighbourhood are stopped .. - " , To »' aqr tb » mUIi in Honley , Hohnflrtb , and that district tave been cfosed . Some low ( Uom of

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    miner fate here , commenced work this morning , but they were very speedily closed * 8 i n < Tfae Hudderafield men seem to have caught the infection from Lancashire ; for I am informed that great numbera of them are gone to visit Dewsbury and Burrounding places . ¦;• ' ¦ . ¦ . ¦ . > . : ^ . '¦ : r- :. ' y - . ¦• . -o .: ' ¦¦ '" . :-. " - ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ f . '¦; • ¦ ;¦/ y ;; v : ¦ '¦¦ ^• ¦^ :: ;• •¦ WKI ) . WK | PA ^^• ¦ . * . tKTSI , Q ' GtWi , AU is quiet her * . - More specials have been 8 W 6 ta in thi » nutrning . Scores of fresh men have been added . All the men at Mr . Atmytage ' s Factory , at Milnea Bridge , are sworn in as specials . Norris and Sykea's had arranged to begin work this morning , and rang their " hands " .-fa { but the Ma ^ raies immediately ordered themio 8 iop . There is not & mill running to-day . The streets are thronged with people , all asxioua to hear what ia doing . . v : ¦¦ - - ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ : " . ; / ¦¦ ¦ .- " ¦" : ; .,. ; : ¦; ;;¦ ; : ;/>; : ¦ ^^ ^ AKEFiE La ^ y ; - :- r ) : ¦ ¦ .- . . -- ; : - , MEETING OP COLLIERS .

    A meetbg of this useful though much Jrjured class of men took place in Wakefleld ou Monday last . Notice bad been given by handbills , several days previoua , of their : intention to meet and discuss their grievances , in which It was designated " a meeting of co&l-miners , stewards , and masters ; " but none of the last-mentioned class appeared to be present . The magistrates , andier the apprehension of a disturbance taking place , had given orders for the assembling : of the YBomanry Cavalry , and the celebrated " crack " troop of Captain Fernandez was accordingly parading the streets before the hour of nine , ready to cut up the " black diamonds" te mlnce-meat . Fortunately , there was no occasion given for an exhibition of their braVbrV . / .. ' :. ¦ _ , ¦ ' . \ ¦ . ; .. ¦ - '; . ¦ - ¦¦ -: : ' ¦' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦"' . ¦ . ' ¦;• ¦¦ :: •¦ : ¦"

    At ten o ' clock the colliers . assembled in the Music Saleon , 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 themselves to the object for which the meeting was called , and not attempt to enter Into a political discussion . A resolution , in support of this recommendation , was immediately proposed and seconded , which led to considerable confusion , as many . aa a dozen individuals sometimeB speaking at once . John Wilson , of Catherine Slack , proposed an amendment that the speakers be allowed to give free " utterance to their sentimente , whether social or political" But the resolution against entering into political discussion , after much wrangling , in whioh the Chairman was the principal actor in opposing the amendment , was negatived . The following resolution was then briefly proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously : — - v-

    ' ¦ That we , as a body of miners , consider earselves the moving clatses of society , and that we ought to be remunerated for out labour , equally if not superior to any ether trade , considering Our laborious and dangerous occupation . " . V ¦ :: - : \ :. " _ - .. ' , ¦¦' ¦' : ¦ ' ¦/ :. ' : ; ,: : \ ' ' ^ - ' - : . 'OY ¦ ¦''¦¦ : '¦'¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦ The speakers recommended the miners of tho various districts to endeavour to obtain the co-operation of their employers toattempt to raise the price of coals to manufacturers and large consumers ; who are principally supplied by contract , at a . charge considerably beWw what i » generally made to householders . This system of 6 upplyiDg by contract had the eftacfe of producing a ruinous competition , alike injurious to the coal-owners and-the workmen . , v ' . - : > ¦" ¦ -

    After tbe above resolution had been disposed ef , it was suggestei , on account of the number of individuals oatside who could not gain admittance , and the intense heat of the room , that H would be better to adjourn the meeting to the vacant ground between tbe Court House and the Music Saloon , and a motion to the effect having been passed , adjournment accordingly took place . - :

    " • • • :. ¦¦ ¦; ... ; -:- ,- . ADJrpUJttNED MEETING . After considerable delay the meeting' was again formed , and the chairman having mounted a wall , in lieu of a boatings , ' ' / : . ; ' : ' ;[ ' / '' :- ; ' : . ; . : ; ¦; ¦ . ¦ , •;; ' . ¦ •¦ ¦¦'¦ ' . . Mr . Charles Whitaker , of Bradford , moved the third resolution : —/ S : ;; --v ' ; ¦ .. ^ ' ¦ - ¦' :. : ' ' - ¦'¦¦ . ' ¦' •¦ •¦¦ . . ' ¦' . ' ¦¦ •¦ ; ' '¦ . '¦¦ ' .-. ' ''That as it Ist&e opinion © f the public in general , that the miners ovght to ba well remunerated foe their work , they trust their mafitera 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 add the ^ employed .:.. Y ¦ . / ;' :: Y , ; . " .. ¦ : ¦ ' :. . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; ¦ . .-J- ' ;/ : '¦ ;¦ :. ¦ .: ¦¦ : " '' ¦ " . ¦ . ¦¦' . : . ¦

    Mr . Jonah Jowett seconded the resolution , and , after being supported is a few remarks by Mr . Xhos . Shepherd , it was put and carried unanimously . , ;¦ ¦¦ Mr . John Autey moved the fourth resolution ; " That a meeting of delegates from each and every colliery in the West Biding of Ybrksbire , be held at the Griffin Inn , Wakefleld , on the 29 th of August , 18 * 2 , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . " ; / : ' This was seconded : and agreed to , and the meeting then adjourned . - ¦ ¦¦'¦ ¦'¦ : >'' ¦ ¦" ¦; ' '¦ ¦ ' . ' : ¦ ¦ -: ¦ ¦ ";¦' . ' ¦ ' ' - ¦ . ; .- - ' ¦ .

    BBAWOHD . . '¦ ¦ . : " '; : : ' : ;; ¦ ¦ : : : :- / Y .. ' ^ X :. : ¦'¦ ¦ .- ¦ ' . ; MONPay noon . ; This morning a very large meeting was held in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , at seven o'clock , called by requisition to take into consideration the present crisis . Mr . Clark was called to the chair , and opened the meeting by calling oa Mr > Sfia >> thto move the first resolution , as folows : — " That this meeting pledges itself , collectively and individuaJy , to keep the peace and preserve law and order . " Mr . Hodgson seconded the motion , which was unanimoHaly carried . Mr . Fietcher movedtheBecond resolution , and made an excellent Bpeech . He wished the people to be firm and peaceable . The resolution waa ao follows : — " That we do

    most emphatically declare that it is our solemn aud conscientious cooviction , that all the evils which afflict society , and whioh have prostrated the interests and energies of the great body of Reproducing classes , arise solely fr om class legislation j ; and that the only remedy for the present alarming distress and wide-spread destitution , is the immediate and uomutilated adoption , and carrying into law , the document known as the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Smyth seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Hodgaoa moved the third resolution , which was seconded by Mir . Arran , and car * tied ttoauimouBly . It was as follows : — " That this meeting recommead the people of all trades and callings forthwith to cease work , until tbe above document becomes the law of the land . " .

    ; MONDAV 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 fall mile in length . They left Bradford a little before nine o'clock . They molested nothing till they came to the mill of MesBrs . W . and J . Sutelififa , at the top of Hodsall Moor , Wibsey , where the steam was let off , and the plugs ef the boilers stmck ont Mr . S . Bateman , whose mill ia near the same place , as soon as tbe procession wav seen , ordered the engine to be stopped . A depntatlon was sent to him to request him immediately to draw the plugs of his boilers . He consented to draw one out ; but jost at this moment LamplnghHird , Esq ., rode

    into the mill yard at full gallop , and told them he was a magistrate , and . ordered them off tbe premises . He waa asked if he was the bq aster ? Mr . Bateman then objected to the plug of the boiler been drawn . From thenoe 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 beaded by four or : five magistrates who wished the people to return home agaain . The presence of both military and magistrates was not sufficient to influence them to return . They were told that the Riot Act had been read , and that for their own sakea 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 tbe New Bank , going into Halifax , the 17 th Lancers were drawn across the street , to obstruct their further progress ; The people , seeing this , asked one another what they were to do , and received for answer , " Get into Halifax the beBt way we can . " Forthwith a Very high wall . ' .. was scaled , and the main body thus got past the military . Several hundreds of Ythe people kept the magistrates in parley , while the people were thus getting into the town . As soon as the magistrates found this out , they turned the military about , and galloped up Haley Hill , towards Mr . Afaroydis new mill , called the Shades . This mill was well guarded

    by soldiers , and special constables . Mr . Aokroyd matle a very stout resistance for a long time . Eventually tbe military ; were withdrawn for a faw moments , and a number of men from Todmorden jaid Bradford rushed in . In defiance . ot Jonathan , specials , and all , and drew out the flte , and unplugged the boiler . -They afterwards went to ; the mill dam , and were about 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 aaldiere , when they were rescued by their brethren . Two soldiers fixed oa the people and slightly wounded one in the arm and the other Blightly on the belly , the . ball geing In at one side of the breeches flap and came , oat of the other . It was reported that a pool t ^ tl had been tram pled to death ; whether correct oar not I cannot tell

    The Bradford men got acattered In all directions by being obliged to go into the town in the manner they did j bat abont half-past' two o ' clock the word was : passed throaghontthe crowd for the Bi » dio « l party to aMemWe at the top cf the New Batik , when a goodly number moatend , and tbe prooeaalon was eonsideffe ^ as large aa when they first set ont They took tbilirrbmte down Oodley-lsAe , filing off up ShlbdenDide aad stopping three mill * on their way . The wi ^ jw le ^ O | itipj : th « dams of two of tbeih . - They then probeeded to Qoeen ' s Head , and stopped , or nther Mr . Foster stopped his

    mill as soon as he saw toe torn-outa approaching ^; He also gave them two sovereigns' .. aid . a laige quanti ^ f of ¦ good . tt ^ iY- ^ ' ^ Y ^^^ Vs ^ Y ^^^^ V-Y' ^^"' : ; *^ Great Horton was the next place visited , and there the following mills were stopped : —the Cliff Mill , occupied by " -B . Si Akxoyd , fisq . ; the inill of Mr . 9 . Draeup ; the mill of Mr . Cowling Aktoyd ; the mill of Mr . Wm . Couienf , and a still called Common milL Front thenoe toe tttrn « outs proceeded to Legram * slsne , and stopped tto mill of an amiable (?) master named Nathan Bentley . Here the natet was let ont o ( the dam . , y - ; vV Y- - ' yy- ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - y . :. : y ;; Y ; ,: :.

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    Field Head mill , owned and occupied by R . 8 . Akrbyd , was n xt Visited , and stopped . ; Y Also several others in . Thornton Road . : Thei mill of E . C LiateV E » w « red to be lighted up ; and thither the crowd went , otet Jtedge and ditofc Uke hantenu-.- / ThatlinUl wMitj ^ peii . Fwm b « w ji& ;< srpiKl ^ aw ^] 1 ^! & * &W , -9 M immedlaiel ^ dlspeinwd . ' ' ¦ - >' ¦'¦ : ¦ . ¦¦ : l Y Y - It was understood they were to assemuje In the morning again at saven o ' clock . Bradford Its ^ f nit been very peaceable during the day . ' : r y'' 1

    Y-Y . V ,- -. v ; : y . Y-v-...--BIpCB ^ ORT . - ;; - --- ' :- - ^ - - YvV : ; fFromaseeo ^ e ^ U ^^ ih ? St ^^ rijd ^ e } of : Y " -Yy Y r ;' - ' : - y . Yr . A » f *» xi ^ J - -yY- v ;"¦/ v ' yy- : Y- ' ' " ATTACK ^ Pp » -THE " . ST 0 CKi ^ K *! # Kir 6 . 8 ^ Wib « 4 | WO 8 Bi AND C 0 MM 1 XXAI , OF MBtPKISpNBBS , ^ It appeared that while an immense public meetipg of the turn-outs of all branches was holding to Waterlooroad , John Wright in the chair , another psrty . iprho ^ we understand , had been cloatag the mill * and 'Workshops in £ u « eley and Cale-green , went to tiie workhou&e , th « leadeis of whom demanded from Edward Hunt , the lcrfee-keeper , immediate admittance . ' He refused them , and asked them what' they' Wanted 7 They anaweied that they wanted- to come in . Hunt

    inquired whether they wanted the men who were work , ing there ? and they said they did . All the joiners , blacksmiths ; Ac , amoanting to about a ' dozen ; being all the workmen employed , independent of the paupers , were called out . and they having joined the erowcf the gates were locked . ¦ - ' . Some ot U » men ; however , aald , " Stop , we want something to eat , " at the same time demanding that the gates should be opened . ' The lodgekeeper declined to unlock -them ; bat offered to Mtch the governor ; ¦ itepadistlngYahy desire to see * the governor they : vehemtotfy , with » pHfted- ; stacks demanded admittance , or : they -would pall down the gates . Tbe lodge-keeper being Inexorable , two o ( the ringleaders dimbedteepallsadirig , and entering jthe lodge threatened toi ?• cnt him down" it he dW hot surrender the keys , that the mob-might « ome in . 7 He

    said he would sooner lose hi * life , than compiy . At this moment they uplifted tt ^ : | UBd | ieoiu ^ ~ fr . £ to-S > ttlF tude of levelling blows at him , when hi * wifl 9 ,. 5 » lth feelings of fear and affaction , threw the keys at them , aad they immediately unlocked the gate * , and tttetoob rnshed into the yard , numbering between 2 , 060 and 3 , 000 persons . Some of the more daring . ' went into the hoase , and , being the distribution and pay-day of the out-paapers , they succeeded in possessing themselves of upwards of 700 loaves , a numbei of small bags of meal , and other articles of provisions which were in the kitchen . The loaves having been thrown amongst the crowd , the same party demolishing the door of the pay room , succeeded in carrying away between £ 5 and £ 6 in copper . The mob oatside then commenced breaking the windows . -Y '"

    'i-. On th « first attack information was sent down to the Court-room , when the military , magistrates , and police , accompanied by the town-clerk and a formidable body ot 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 Wortbington ) and infantry , Mr . R . ^ Sykes acting as magistrate . Y On arriving at the workhouse they f « und the whole premises in possession of the Insurgents- The magistrates , specials , and police , guarded by the infantry , forced their way intothe workhouse , ^ whil st the yeo uianry maintained gdax 4 in front of the lodge . 'In the

    melee which ensued , one of the officers of the yeomanry was assaulted with a huge stick by a man named Spencer . He was secured on the spot In the meantime other parties had been detected in the workhouae ; and many of . them having been idenUfled as of Ythe number who broke into the pay-room , they were given In charge . The gross number apprehended was fif ft * one . the majority of whom resided-in this borough . A very Bmall quantity of bread and meal waa recovered . A magistrates' court was theri formed in ^^ : theI' ' m& > house , and ;^ the : prisoners ^^ were wamined on thfl spot wnera they had committed the ^ depredationW ' J -

    Whilst . the investigation was proceeding H iwa 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 . Siaier , thesipe * intendent of police , retired to receive them , and to require iron them their object After a consultation the mayor , magistrates , and tewn-derk , acsompanied by Major Hope , of the 7 « th ; ' and Captains Lloyd ; Tatton , and Townshend ; Lieatenants Nicholson , Wallace , Legh Richmond , and E . Marsland , and ether officers of the Cheshire Yeomanry , proceeded -into another room , fot tha purposaot being piesenVat the interview . The deputation on theontsefc required the uncondifcional release of the prisoners , on the groond that they bad beea taken into custody iffegaily . However , before the magistrate * entered upon that part of the quesUoBk the town-clerfcttqaired from them their names . They were Joibn Leach , tailor , Hyde ; Robert

    Xee , cotton-spinner , Ashton-under-Lyne ; John Jackson , shoemaker , i Newtonj ¦ and John Wright , labourer , Sfockport . Y . sla-iti : ^>' - - > ¦ :- ' - ¦> Ys-: i ^/ u ^ £ ivf : /} vSijt ^ . - -. ; The deputations gddieseed the taaglstrates eeriaiim , commencing with Leach . He said the meecing lie had left were much excited by the conviction that the prisoners had ; beeit taken into custody innocently . They were only in the aet of asking for a mouthful 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 tbe workhouse , and stealing 408 or 50 & loaves , meal , and the money which belonged to the paupers . Leach hinted that the building might be in danger if the men were detained . The Town Clerk said the building , provided and protected as the civil power was , both inside and outside , would defy the feree of all their number to effect its destruction . The depatatiofttepllad ,. but without effecting the object ortheirmiaaioB , and they retiied . ; ; ¦

    The examuiatioa of the different witnesses , together with an inquiry into the plausibility of the statements of the priaoners tbsm « elve » , waa then reaumed and occupied tb ^ Court * eoaeMen ^ le tlffl * The result was the discharge of thirty-eix , they hav ^^ nJy been found in possession of loaves , whilst of the remaining eighteen prisoners , sixteen wete-comiEUted _ to -CbeBter : awlsea for trial : tw ^ we ? e teiaan ^^ . and ^ e other , Speneet , was committed to Knutsford foe jone month's hard labour , for aasanltias the . Teomwryoflloer . , Y ¦

    Those who we » evnunitted for trial were Wentifled as being armed witk oSensive weapons , taking a violent part in theprofieadii ^ s of -tb ^ day , e « d beingmorepai ticulariy ' engaged i » - breaking into the wotkhouse . Thejfwero all eoavejedbetween seven and eight-o ' clock in the evening , leg-ironed , in coaches to Knutaford , en . route to Cheater ,.-, accompanied by two constabulary offlcwB onder a strong escort of cavalry as far as the Cheadle-heath . •' .. ~; :- -. Y YY . ¦; . ' . ' . - . , - ¦ Y-..- ¦¦;¦¦ > : * Y ' J < - An immense meeting ot the unemployed , armed with bludgeons , took place at Waterloo , at five o ' clock this morning ( Friday ) . John Wright was the pteetpal speaker . He exhorted them to keep the peace , and to retain possessioa of the advantage they then enjoyed towards obtaining the advance of their wages . They were left to coadnct the business hew ; and if any maa proved false to his principles by returning to hi work until their object Was achieved , it would be worse for him . 7 ,., - ¦ ¦ . ; . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ V " •' : ¦ - .. v V . y . ^ :: v / -i-i - , f ; . ¦ - . ¦ ••

    About half-pert six o'dock they » epar » ted , and the procession proceeded through the town to Levenshfllme , Heaton Mersey , and to StyaU . Oa their way through Cheadle , they completely eacked the proviaioO-shop o a person named Hont , and several kousei , and exposed the loaves npen the ends # f thek * ti ( As amidst tremeHdousshouting . : , . ¦¦ - : ' --r : : y ' ••! . - - " : . / ' > - , ' Y ' y . ^ . Another portion of the Stockppirt peopleproeeeded towards Hoslegrove , levyiDg oontribution » from alL U » respectable householdera on their way , Including the Coroner and Mr . Jonathan ThornhiU ; and falling in with , ^ e . ^ mpb ^ i ^ m ' , iHyde , ^ We ^ e 7 ;; :: ^ . / tli 0 Vj ( ABt ' bodies marched to Poynton , and stopped all the pits . They thenproceededto the hall and demanded proviaioa * They were supplied with both bread and money i and Mr . Christy having still farUier graOfled them by pvlng : them bread from the Crescent , they went forwards to Rait&g ^ Vjod ^ iUioejeBBeld ;; without comniittlttg any breaflh . ofthe .- : ; - ¦ ' 'y- - / : ;¦; Y : y V ^ -

    . peace . .:. v « yy Our market this day Is very languid , and badly at * tended , owing to the fear of the farmers to risk the safety of their produce . y , » it : A special session is now ( twelve o'clock ) iitting at the Court-room for the trial of the prisoner * lemandedftoia the workhouse ; or who have been apprahendea earJy this morning . . - ' ..:, ; . . ¦'¦ ¦ - ¦" .. - . - -. '" : ; - ¦ ¦"¦¦ : ^ - ~ ' ¦""' . - '¦'" ¦ - ¦¦¦ ¦ . ' .

    Y . : :. ; Y-, Y- Y NOTTINGHAM . v ' ' ., ; ¦ ;•;;;; " .. ¦ v ' - - . Y / Y TPE $ DATYHOENiN ( K The town id in a great state of excitement Hundreds are grouped about m vartona dN ^ ^* Y ^ jf * cuBaingtae ^ v » yn frono ; ' ^^ . ! d 1 s to *! ii « : / dlij ^ ts > - - ™ e magistrates axe much ala « n ^ , vand aw ^ l » S ^ meeting at the Exchange . A re ^ uisiUon to ttoMay <» to call a public meeting hasl ) t ^ 'i ^ pif ^^ 'Oj ^{; : --" Xbe people ¦ are i ^^ l ^^ i ^ ' ^ m ^ tfn ^ r ^ t&e Market-place , at seven this evening ,, Ai depotetioa from bat

    them was received very courteoualy by the Mayor ; the requisition was refusMoaaccount . et . the Queen ' s ProclamaUon . They have sent a deputotioa to Derby , by Uie three 6 ' clocfctrain , to learo b ^* bing » ¦ » gfllnf w-: ifi ^ v ^ :. ^ .. ) to ' 'i ^; -. iff ; -i !^^ WP * -r . < M knoini : what thef authorities wUl do if tte peeple meet . I have just returned from Ilkeston , The butties and coal-roasters are cempeUing the : poor men to work twenty-six or twenty ^ lgnt bpuw for ^ a day * wage s and the track ayatem i * In fall bperattoB , teuly these « w times t <>^ try men ' a soal *—and bodies too . I undetaiaad several of the niMufictmr ^ moment ln 9 ;« ople'Wiqpe « t ; them . ;'' Yl ;' Y ; Y ^ -v Y !;>•• - - h ¦ ¦''¦' - - ''

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    OOSBSTJWf ^ The Ctattiats : this thfe ** serablod in their room , East end of Railway Bridge , on Sunday , Mr . John Hebdan in the chair . J&t Isaac Bruce eent in biB reBignatioa aa sub-Treasurer on account of not being able to attend re / jularlv , and Mr . M . Jude , pitman , near Byker Bar , was elected in his fltcad . The delegate meeting in Neiwastle waa taken into consideration ^ when Mr . John Ha U waa moved by two ati three numbers at onee as delegate from this place ; boi owing to previous engagements he could , not go , and Mr . John Hebdea ana Peter Bamsden / were elected . At the conolarion of the boiiiuas three joined the sjMciatioa .

• 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-ncseproduct965/page/6/