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stor y. The Prineesn Nlairmahal is made, on this occasion, the sister of . the Sehalt, instead of his daughter, as in the original, but for what purpose this alteration is made does net a ppear. In the first act there is something like an but the second and third are wholly attempt at dialogue, be l ow mediocrity, particu . larly that which is allotted to the o b e r, the Copper:math, and . the Jew, and would not have b e en endured on any minor stage in London. Mr. um is re ported to be the author, but we cannot believe i t; it is next to i mpossible that a gentleman whose attain ments bear so high a character, can have composed such a t i,-sue of nonsense and absurdity as display themselves on this occ asion. It Iva be en the lot of fairy talcs generally to suffer in the hands o f modern adapters, but the manner i n which Mr. Plancht: lately executed his task led us to h o pe that the ground of complaint on this head was likely wbe redeemed. The present production, however, plunges e s again in absolute absurdity. Having expressed our wh.,, thus freely on the dialogue of the piece, we shall, in the room of our observations on the music, give a specimen o r two of the poetry, on which the public will have an o pportunity of forming their own judgment. ire now come to the far more pleasing duty of congra tulating the public on the very clevet manner in which Mr. Bishop has accomplished his task. The overture commences with an adagio, after Haydn, of some dura tion, the air of which is quite in the relizinse style, and very beautifully wrought ; it is followed by a presto move ment of considerable merit, in which the effect of the wind instruments are most happily blended; the tremando and crescendo are very ably brought out, and the climax ad nimbly arrived at, but we venture to premise, on the whole somewhat too much spun out. The first chorus is very pleasing, and is conducted in that playful style which so well adapts itself to Aladdin and his companions. The first air of Mourad, the Enchanter, to the following words, is very fine, and though the accompaniment by the wind instruments is of a peculiar character, is very pleasing:— I greet thee, land, u lovers greet, Who after years of absence meet ; I hail thee, land, as pilgrims hail The Prophet's tomb, and Mecca's vale. We must, however, observe that the symphony would bear curtailment. The next air, by Aladdin, though somewhat too near that of a popular air of the present day, is pleasing, and was most rapturously encored. The quar tette by Ila.vg,ri, Zeenab, Ilal.can, and Ahnah, is not remark aide for any particular merit. The air of Undo, "The ring, the ring ." is in very good taste. The invocation iZene to the Genius of Flame is finely conceived; the reply of the invisible spirits, repeating on the same rote, very unearthly, and the accompaniment is in th e highest scale of merit. The recitative of Mumma, when Aladdin enters the mine— Aye. go into the tomb, Sealed Is thy doom ; Ocean may give up the dead From its soft bed, The firm earth never : What once it holds it holds for ever. and the air that follows it are very clever, but there is some what too much trumpet. The finale to the first act is good ; hut " Hail, gentle master," partakes rather too much of a subject by Handel. The next song of Nourmahal, though rather approaching an air in Friesrhutz, is delightfully ar rang(d ; we cannot, however, say so much for the song of the .5.11,th, " Sister, I have loved thee well :" it is deficient in melody and originality. The trio, "At thy spell, muter, we appear," is very pod, and the symphony is moat admi rably adapted; and the recitative and air that follows, by Mound," Tremble, ye Genii, in your caves," displays the master's powerful hand. The duet between Aladdin and Novrmahal, " Ere the stars of night arise," is of a very pleasing character, and the horn accompaniment most ably adapted. The chorus of huntsmen we think is the least effective we have ever heard from Mr. Bishop's pen. Alad ji4's song, which succeeds it, to the following words, .is, however, of a very different character : The days of the valley are o'er. When roses were twined round my door; I dwell in a palace instead, And a diadem circles my head : Now a diadem circles the head, Whose locks, unshaded. Play'd round it, not:raided ; But the days of the valley are fled. The days of the valley had hours Of pleasure and hope in its bowers; But life now flows on in delight, Like a summer, all joyous and bright ; Now a diadem circles the head, Whose locks, unshaded, Play'd round it, upbraided ; Hut the days of the valley are fled. The song of the Schah, " Thou art gone," has no par ti,ular merit. The chef d'a•uvre of the Opera is the tinale to the second act, to the following words : CHORUS. Hark ! from the minaret on high : The Muezzin is calling to evening prayer. Muezzin.—To prayer. Aladdin... 4 shall not die. That voice calling mm to prayer, Forbids me to despair. Murzsbc—To prayer. .-Itaddin.—O, it comes o'er me, giving life, Like the firtt breath of spring, reviving The wretch with stern death striving In mortal 'trite. cuoays. Thou halt given us day—and it is fair Thou but given us night to pillow care. Rut night or day, Tn thes we pray, Allah ! II Allah ! The extraordinary effect of the Sfuessin's voice in the words, " to prayer," must be heard to be conceived ; and the beautiful soothing of hope and comfort in Aladdin's " I shall not die," is equal to any effort we ever heard.— The song by Aladdin, at the commencement of the, third -. to the following words, was perfection : In my bower a lady weeps, in my cot an infant sleeps: 'Tis there ! 0, there ! I would be there! Or let me die in my despair ! On the hills where I should be, Brothers, sisters, call fur me 'Tis there ! 0, there l I would be there ! Or let me die in my despair ! By the stream I loved so well Pines for me the young gazelle: 'Tis there! 0, there ! I would be there ! Or let me die in my despair! The violin obligate accompaniment is one of the most pleasing efforts of taste within our recollection. Of the remainder of the composition we cannot give any opinion : a song by the Midi, a finale atsd chorus, not having been l ung — why, we shall presently take the liberty of enquir ing.Bishop has in this instance most ably sustained his character, and we venture to predict that, although there may not he any air which may become so generally admired as " Sweet Home," or a duet equal to either of the " Pages," still there is so much sound judgment and ability displayed in this opera as to entitle it to great con sideration. We now some to the question why Mr. Sinclair did not appear 'luring the latter part of the last act. We presume he was not suddenly taken ill ; because, if such had been the c ase , i t would have been announced .' But that, on the first representation of an opera, the principal male singer .hould absent himself without finishing his part, appears most extraordinary; and we are much surprised the house did not call for an explanation —at least that part of it who saw the dilemma in which the piece was thrown by his absence. We ask if such a circumstance, if wilful, does not betray a most unwarrantable disregard of common de cency to the public, and an act of outrageous injustice to the composer? We hope a satisfactory explanation of this circumstance will be given, which is certainly due both to the audience then present as well as to Mr. Bishop. Miss Stephens, in Aladdin, was every thing that could be (le anest ; and with the occasional lapsus of a curtsey instead of a bow, which caused a little pleasantry, was per fection. The debutante, Miss Johnson, a niece of Miss Steph t ns, was most successful. In person sbe is taller than her aunt, but her voice is certainly " one of the family," and indeed so much resembles the ori ginal, ithat at a distance it was difficult to detect the one from the other. It is, however, upon the whole, neither so mellow nor so clear as Miss Stephens 's ; but there is a Power about it, which indicates that, when time and prac tice shall have reduced it more to the control of the pos actKor, it will be little inferior to that upon the model of %Inch it is formed. In her principal song she was =mad; and, upon the whole, her debut was eminently successful. We think Mrs. Davison would have been far more suc cessful if she had played the Mother after nature, and not after Mrs. Davenport. We have the highest respect for both ladies, but we must condemn the adoption of the manner of the latter on this occasion. The effect of the scenes between Aladdin and his mother were wholly de stroyed in consequence. Mr. Horne played and sang the Enchanter with much effect, though his poisoning and death excited some risibility. Harley bustled as usual, but it was about nothing; and the other characters, if not worth mentioning, must lay the blame to the author. Ihe scener y was beautiful in the extreme. That of the Gardens of the Genii of the Lamp had the peculiarity of an angular staircase reaching to the top of the stage, up and down which the procession passed, on its way to the palace of the Schah; also the Imperial Gardens, Aladdin's Magic Palace. and the Gardens and City of Ispahan, by Stanfield, particularly the last, are highly deserving of observation. The dresses of the principal characters arc good, but not so the others; they are not in keeping. There is always a fatality attending the machinery at this house, and whether it is a palace to be moved, or a mist to be drawn away, some difficulty arises; and this was the case in both in stances on Saturday night. The general getting up of the piece, however, reflects high credit on the management ; and we have only to regret that so much expense should have been lavished, both as regards scenic decoration as well as music, upon so unworthy a subject as this tale has become in the hands of its present adapter. Mr. Bishop presided at the piano -forte, and was most enthusiastically greeted on his entrance. M. Von Weber was in a private box, and most heartily joined in the ap plause, as also on the conclusion of the overture, which was encored. During the second act some unwelcome feelings expressed themselves, which increased during the third. However, at the close the applause was pretty general, Old Mr. Wallack• announced the Opera for representation this evening to certainly the most indulgent audience that ever graced a theatre. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. On Saturday the monthly Concert of this Establishment was given at their Concert Room. The synopsis of the pieces performed was as follows: _ Part I. Symphony in C . . . Haydn fluetto (No non credo), Miss Harroway and Cimaroaa A. Sapio Solo Horn, W. Al. Daniels, and Pianoforte Accompani. - men:, J. Holmes . - Puzzi Concerto Violin, T. Mawkes . Rode Air and Chorus, Vi grazie si rende,.E. D. Spagnoletti Mozart Part 11. .. . . . --. Overture in I) - . . Romberg Aria, Di piacer mi hairs it cor, Mini Maranon' - Rossini Trio—Pianoforte Miss Dorrell, Violin IL G. I)!grave, Violoncello C. Lucas . . Mayseder Mein. All'idea di quel metallo, J. B. Taylor and A. Sapio . . - Rossini Overture (La elemenza di Tito) - . 3losart . .. —. Leader, 11. G. Itharm. Haydn's symphony in C was very ably done, and the duet, No non credo, " by Miss Harroway and A. S a pi o , very pleasingly executed. The horn solo, by Daniels, was clever, but we are not enabled to say much for the piano forte accompaniment by Holmes • it was wanting in effect. Mawkes's concerto was exceedingly well done, and we can not bnt observe that this hoy's improvement does his mas ter, Mr. Spagnoletti, the greatest credit; and Mozart's air , and chorus, " Vi grazie si rende," was very well executed,. particularly the solo part by Mr. E. 1). Spagnoletti. The ; overture in D, by Romberg, was rather wanting in effect. The air, " Di piacer mi balza it cor," by Miss Maranoni, excited much applause. The trio for the piano -forte, vio lin, and violoncello, by Miss Dorrell, Blagravc, and Charlet Lucas, was much admired, particularly the ,ioloncello part. The performances concluded with the overture to " La Clemenza di Tito," which had the advantage of being. better done than that concluding the first part. GERM.4.Ir PAPERS. TRIESTE, APRIL 15. Letters from Corfu, of the 29th slarch and of the let of April, say that Ibrahim Pacha, in the last attack nn 31iesolonghi, at the head of his Arabs, who were discouraged by so many fruitless at tacks, had received a wound which was thought at Corfu to be dan gerous. because several Tartars had been sent to Prevails to fetch physicians. According to the same letters, the Greek fleet had again arrived before slissolonghi ; and it was therefore believed that the danger of that place was in some degree diminished. At Zante it was re ported (probably without foundation) that Lord Cochrane had ar rived at Napoli di Romania. ODESSA, Aran. 8. According to a report, our Emperor, in his declaration to the Porte, has given to the Divan a term of five weeks, during which time the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia must be eva cuated, and the privileges secured to them by treaties must be re stored. It is added, that In case this should be refused, 31. Von Alitotiacky has orders to leave Constantinople. With respect to the affairs of Greece, which are quite distinct from the differences between Russia and the Porte. it is stated (which we will, however, by no means guarantee 3 that they re main separate from the affair' of Russia, and will he treated as a question in which Europe in general is concerned. By this means the Russian negotiations would be replaced cri the same footing as at the time of the departure of Baron Strogonoff: It is to be ex pected that the Porte will yield to the united exertions of England and Austria, and accede to the just demands of Russia. The ge neral opinion at Constantinople seems to Incline to this result. TRIESTE. APRIL 14. According to letters from Corfu, of March 28, Ibrahim Pacha bad again smutted Missolonglii on all aides on the 23d, 21th, and 25th of March. These attacks, however, are stated to have been repulsed priih great loss, and Ibrahim Paella himself is said to have been mortally wounded on the last just as he was going to mount a breach that was already practicable. The enthusiasm in favour of the defenders of 3lfisolonghi has reachedahe highest pitch in the lonian islands. FRANIFORT, APRIL 22. Marshal 3larmont, Duke of Ragusa, arrived here yesterday evening, on his way to St. Petersburgh, as Ambassador Extraor dinary from France to the Court of Russia. EXTRACT Or A LETTER FROM SMYRNA, DATED MARCH 17. ,• For these ten weeks a violent north wind has prevailed, which prevents all arrivals from the Archipelago, and accordingly we have no news from the Mores. This wind has brought on an epidemic distemper, which carries off those that it attacks in two days. Yesterday the wind veered to the south, and ten ships have already entered our port, but there arc nearly 200 behind. This change of the wind will also put an end to the disorder. M. C. Trecordita, the Editor of the Oriental Spectator, has died rather suddenly. It is probable that the paper will be continued. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, APRIL 29. Our British Plantation Sugar Market continues dull, and the demand very limited, which is confined to grocers' descriptions: about 500 hhds. have been sold ; ordinary qualities rather lower, but good and fine have supp or t e d l as t week's prices. Also about 200 bags of white Bengal Sugar have been sold, at 725. Gd. per cwt. In Mo!asset', 100 puncheons have been sold at 245. 6d. for Deme rant, and 265. for St. Vincent. About 70 tierces of Coffee (Is. males) hive been sold at 50q. a GO.. for good ordinary ; 665. a 68s. for good and fine ordinary ; and 114 a. a 811 s. for good to tine mid dling. In Cocoa or Ginger nothing done. In Pimento 70 bag. have been sold at 81d. a 9d.; and 209 bags Black Pepper, slightly damaged, at 3d. a :f d. pev.lb. In Rum nothing done, and prices are nearly nominal. A cargo of 170 tons Campeachy Logwood was offered by auction, of which the greatest part was sold alongside at 6/.los. per ton. In other Dvewoods nothing done. In Ashes the sales are about 400 brit., Old Montreal pot at 22a. 3d. a Ms.; New 235. a 255.; ()Id Pearl at 245. ; New at 255. a 268.; and New York Pot at 98s. On Monday 400 casks Carolina Rice were offered by auction, but no buyers appearing the whole was withdrawn. 60 casks have been since sold at Ills. Gd. a lit.. per cwt. ; and 160 bags East India Rice at 225. duty paid. In Flax-seed GO casks New York sold at 503. per hhd. ; and 400 qrs. Egyptian at 325. per quarter. In Turpentine nothing done. In Tar 1,000 brls. American sold at 10s. 9d. per Mi. In Hides 200 Buenos Ayres Ox and Cow sold at 1046. ; 1,200 Monte Video at 8 d., with 200 inferior at 64d. ; 200 West India salted at 456.; 1,500 East India at Gd. (selected); ind 1,000 Horse Hides ai 55. each. In Quer chron Bark a few hhds. have been Kohl at Bs. a Ga. 9d. for I inferior. No inquiry for Indigo. Cochineal very dull : a fair lot of fair Silver sold at 15s. per lb. duty paid. In Shumac 200 bags Verona sold at 6%. 66. In Saltpetre, 100 bags seta' at 255. 6d. a 264. In Olive Oil the sales were about 20 tuns Trieste, at 341. a 3,51. ; 2 tuns Sicily, at 327. 10s. a 33/. two tuns Gallipoli, at 38/. 1 a 401.; and 1 tun Genoa, at 36/. The demand for Cotton this week has been very dull generally ; Uplands have had the moat call, and which have maintained their prices; New Orleans. Lilo_ bile, and Brazils, are lower id. 1,500 Sex hales of Sea Islands and Demerara were put up by auction yesterday, of which only about 440 sold at a decline of lAA. a 2d. per lb. on Sea Islands, on Stained Sea Islands, and Ad, on Demerara. The sales of the week, including those by auction, consist of 940 bags Sea Island Georg/k, at I Id. a I6d. ; 190 Stained, at scl. a 911 d. ; 3430 Uplands, at fi4d. a 7d. ; 340 Alabama and Mobile, at s)d. a jd.; 460 New Orleans, at isid. a 8 , 2 d. • 310 Bahia. at 84d. a 94d. ; 370 Pernam buco and Ceara, at 9441 . . a 1046.; 670,3lisranham, at Did. a 91d.; 70 Para, at 74d ; 120 Egyptian, at 64d. a 9d. ; 570 Cartlutgena, at 50.; 70 Bengal, at frd. a 54d; 80 Stu*, 41d. a :rid. ; Id Peruvian , at Bd.; making a total of about 7,080 bags. There are 300 bags Bahia Cotton declared for public sale on Friday pat,Y also packages of 01111C4a and East Italia Whoa THE BRITISH PRESS ' ALARMING INTELLIGENCE FROM THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. It is with regret we are compelled to pursue our narrative of the lawless proceedings of the unemployed, and,we are shocked to add, nearly starving operatives, in sonic of the Northern Manufacturing Districts ; and it is our painful duty to communicate that these riots, so far from having subsided when our last accounts arrived, were more widely spreading, attended by the most reckless devas. tation of power-looms at the manufactorits, and the usual eon. cornitant of such scenes, the ruin and bloodshed of the rioters, the wanton destruction of the property of others, and the terrible ag gravation of the previously existing misery. Our latest accounts tram Blackburn are up to the 27th instant, and from them we learn, that on the previous day the power.looma in the extens i ve manufactory of Mr. Turner, at Helm:shore, were destroyed ; that 171) loom' were also demolished at Rawtenstall, and some more at Oddleatone, and at Mr. Hacking's, Edenfield, where we are in formed some military resistance was ineffectually offered, and seven or eight persons killed; amongst the number, one woman and a soldier. During these outrages some prisoners were taken, but many of them were afterwards rescued. One of our private letters from Blackburn states the following intelligence : " Further accounts have arrived, of • melancholy nature. The populace are up in Bury, and • sanguinary affray has taken place between the military them, the result of which has been the loss of the lives of eight persons, including two soldiers. However, as usual, victory crowned their exertions. I don't speak of the last affitir as true, but every moment tends to confirm the report.— Wherever the people present themselves btfore the soldiers, they cry with one voice, ' we are not come to fight you, but to be friends; we are hungered to death almost, and we would rather die than live in the manner we have done for the last few months.' Such, Sir, arc their feelings, and who can soothe their minds?— The following Proclamation has just been put into my hands, and which will speak more than I can Whereas information has been received that great multitudes of persons have beef) unlawfully assembled, for the purpose of at tacking factories and destroying machinery therein : Notice is hereby given, that a military force is now collecting in the neigh. bourhood of Preston, and will be prepared to act without delay, in defence of the persons and property of hit Majesty's subjects.— By order of the Magistrates, April 25, 1826.—Preston.' " Business is all at a stand; two of the largest factories in this town have been shut up this week. What the consequences will be, time only can tell.' Thirteen prisoners were apprehended at Mr. Turner's ; they were taken to Mr, Neil's, the New Inn, at Haslingden, when they un derwent an examination before a Magistrate. Whilst, however, the examination was proceeding, the mob assembled in front of the house, and sent a volley of stones, by which all the windows were broken, and the frames forced out ; the prisoners then jumped out of the windows, and were taken away in triumph by the mob. Our private letters front Colne state, that on Tuesday and Wed nesday small and inadequate divisions of the military were in con stant contact with large bodies of the rioters near the manufactories within the circuit of five miles round Blackburn. The following are extracts . " Manchester, Wednesday. " This town has been in a state of considerable alarm for the whole of to-day, in consequence of the riotous proceedings in other manufacturing parts of the county, and reports that the insurgents intended to continue their destructive career to Manchester, by way of Stayley-bridge. The apprehen sions excited by such rumours we►e not a little heightened by the departure this afternoon of between three and four hundred troops for Blackburn, in order to assist in stopping the plunitcr and soar. lice of property perpetrating in that and other towns. It is said that all the power.looms in Blackburn and Darwen have been already demolished, and that all the provision shops and warehouses have been broken open, and robbed of the eatables they contained. Three of the multitude have been shot and several wounded by the military, in their endea►ours to save the pmpeny of the manu facturers from being entirely laid waste. 'lhe mob are reported to amount to twenty thousand men, armed with pikes and fire. arms, and vowing the destruction of all the power.looms Lancashire. " Manchester (same date). " There is dreadful work at Blackburn, Clithero. Hanlingden, &c. Report says, at least 20,000 or 30.000. in different detach. menu, are going about, and that their object is to destroy all powers looms. They have destroyed a power loom at Rottendale, and are proceeding towards Rochdale. The military have nearly all left. Manchester for different places. Unless we get a large force imme diately, I fear the result will be dreadful. The hiob are armed with pikes, axes, and hammers. I understand an application has jhst been made from Preston for troops. The sth (the Princess Charlotte of Wales') regiment of Dragoon Guards has been or. dered to march from York for Leeds. Three troops of the 10th (the Prince of Wales' Own) Royal regiment (Hussars) have been ordered to march from Nottingham for Manchester. Two troops of the Ist (the King's) regiment of Dragoon Guards have been ordered from Leeds to Blackburn. On Tuesday morning a troop of the King', Dragoon Guards, stationed In our barracks, left Leeds for the neighbourhood of Blackburn, to assist In sup pressing the riots there; ■nd at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day another troop of the same regiment proceeded to the disturbed parts of Lancashire, for the like purpose. About seven o'clock yesterday evening a third troop left our barracks, and took the shortest route to Addinghsm, in consequence, we under. stand, of an express received from Otley. It is said, on good authority, that the rioters in Lancashire have bound themselves by a dreadful oath to eradicate power.loonis in the whole of that county. Two pieces of cannon were sent from Manchester to Bury on Thursday last." " Colne, April 26. "On Monday morning about 40.000 or MEM poor weavers as setribled at Ilenlield Moor, and from thence proceeded to Ac crington, and destroyed a considerable number of powev.looms there, and in different villages around, u well as at Blackburn and its neighbourhood ; and from thence to Clithero, where they are in contact with the military p ower . I su pp ose t h e number of de stroyed looms must be from 400 to 600 pairs. Yesterday a waggon proceeding through this place, lailan with power looms, for Messrs. Gamete and Horsfall, of Addingham, was stopped by the mob, who broke the whole of them to pieces. Fro' this you may form some idea pf our situation : nothing can be anticipated but bloodshed. The poor here are actually starving." " Blackburn, April 26. " The mob entered the town on Monday afternoon, with their pikes, pistols, guns, and large sticks. exposed. We felt rather alarmed. They proceeded through the streets to B. Eccles' factory, and demolished all the power-looms. They are now at Clithero, and all our soldiers are called there." The tbllowing is a short summary of the news received in London up to a late hour on Saturday evening Fact st Bis RT.—The accounts are up to eight o'clock on Thurs day evening; ail the power-looms in the neighbourhood wore de stroyed. . _ CIIORLE Y.--11elton's factory entirely destroyed. ST OC LPOlLT.—Howard's factory partially dest•oyed. Among the variety of intelligence vent us from Manchester, dated late on Thursday evening, we select the following letters:— " Manchester, April 27. " A very large assemblage of people took place at St. George's Fields to-day, and they formed a proceuion,with loaves of bread in a coffin, carried on men's shoulders. Thus far they have been orderly here but, from the conduct of mobs in the neighbourhood of Bury, Clithero, and Blackburn, against power-loom factories, all having similar establishments in other plac..s feel themselves exposed to outrage, and fear it. About 10,000 congregated this forenoon, and it is probable we may not get over the night without disturbances here." Another letter, same date:—" As I am closing my letter, I see what I have no doubt are two factories blazing. The accounts from the districts from Rochdale to Hyde, con taining the most dense population and the most extensive facto ries. are looked for with the deepest interest: if the rioters proceed in that direction, the greatness of the English manufactories may be destroyed in a few hours. [From the third edition of the Blackburn Mail Office, Thursday Afternoon. Finding that a misapprehension has arisen from our account of the proceedings at Orimahaw Park, on Monday afternoon, in con sequence of our having used somewhat too strong an expression, viz. that the soldiers were overpowered by the mob, which is rot correct in 'the full sense of that word, we are anxious to set the public right upon the subject. Our meaning was, not that the soldiers were beat off, but (as the fact really was) that the mob, being so numerous, effected an entrance into the factory at three or four places at once, which it was utterly impossible, from the na ture of the ground, for the soldiers to prevent. We have received accounts of the proceedings of the mob, or rather various parties of the mob, at other places, viz. Long Holme, near Rawtenstall, Erlentield, Chadderton. and I3acup, at each of which the power-looms in the factories there were destroyed. At Bacup, we understand, there were four factories which shared this fate ; and it thus appears that in the course of yesterday no less than eight factories were entered by the mob, and the power-looms in them completely destroyed. We are sorry to add, that at the attack on the Chadderton factory,eleven of the mob (ten men and a woman) were shot dead, and that one of the dragoon.; stationed there, together with his horse, and also one of a party of riflemen, were likewise killed. A gentleman who came by the mail from Manchester last night, also informed us that the lanes between here anti Bolton were lite rally tilled with people, who were apparently coming across the country from the neighbourhood where the above riots were cam ndtted. and that the yeomanry cavalry were mustered. We have just received information that similar proceedings to the above hove been begun at Ashton-under-Line and ()Idham. At the former piece we learn that an attack hat been made on one of the factories there, and that in the attempt 3 lives were lust. ar.F.Payr Tit a Eg, P.M.—An express has just arrived from Chorley, with the intelligence that a considerable party were ap proaching the town. The troop of Dragoons who came from Leeds were immediately unisteeed, and have just usual, sword in hand, at full speed, for Chorley. HALF•PAST Slx,..? . .x.—We stop the press to announce that the soldiers are just returned, the mob havir.g, previous to their arrival in Chewier, destroyed all the looms, amounting to about lA. The three men, who were said in our second edition to be then under examination at the Sessions Room, were fully c immitted to Lancaster Castle. and conveyed there last night. T h e six men who were first apprehended were brought froea Preston this morning, and again examined at the Sessions Room, when two of them were fully committed to Lancaster Cutle. The others were remanded. This morning another man was apprehended, at Darwen, and brought here soon afterwards, who, it appears, was one of the party that entered the factory at Cbadderton. He has not yet been examined. At a public meeting at the Sessions Room, this morning, on the subject of enlarging the workhouse (of which we shall give a full report next week), the Rev. Vicar, who was in the Chair. stated, that he had this morning received another donation of 50/. fmm 151. B. Lister, Esq. of Lowth, in Lincolnshire, for the relief of the paw. Upon this the thanks of the meeting were voted to that gen tleman, and similar votes were severally passed to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Chester, Sirs. Fisher, end Jonathan Peel, Esq. of Accrington, the last of whom lies pre sented the very handnottie donation of 1011/. for the same charitable object. EXTRACT or A LETTER raost MANCHESTER, DATED THURSDAY. " The greatest alarm pervades this town .: a number of workmen assembled this morning in St. Georges-road—it has been stated to the nunibrr of 5,000. but the number I think is uncertain. They quietly separated about twelve o'clock, but it is feared with the intention of meeting again in the evening. In larger numbers. A person has just assured me that he saw at least LOW at Simile. hill. Should any disturbance take place, the worst is feared. Moat of the military are gone from hence to the parts where the greatest mtschie has been done. Various reports arc afloat as to the line of conduct intended to be adopted by the Ma. gistrates; but I am not able to give you any decisive information on this head. The following are the factories at which the whole of the power-looms have been destroyed :_Homes and Co., Bury ; Hutchinson and Co., ditto; Turner, Haalingden ; Akins. Chad. demon ; Whitehead, Raddleadale ; Kay, ditto ; It'almtley, Church ; Burys, White Ash ; Eccles, Darvien ; Eccles, Blark burn, Sykes, ditto; Houghton, ditt o; Rauston, Ettettlield. The number of looms destroyed is, i n th e whole, at least 3.000. Sonic workmen, who have been employed half time, have been prevented from working by others who have turned out." In one of the letters we have seen from Blackburn, it is stated, that such was the alarm among the proprietors of the factories, that they would not write, in case their letters should get into the possession of the mob, and that they should be marked : that is, we suppose, marked out for destruction by the rioters. We trust, however, thie feeling is not general. Tice mill of Mr. Hugh Beaver wu attacked, and all the looms in it destroyed. The mob attempted to set fire to the building, but it was fire-proof, and only the books in the counting-home, and some matters of less moment, were destroyed. It was anticipated in Manchester and Its neighbourhood, on Thursday, from the assemblage that took place of the workmen in the morning, that there would be a further anti larger meeting in the evening--so it turned out. About five o'clock vast numbers began to assemble at New Cross, Shude-hill, and, as may he easily imagined, created the greatest alarm, the numbers increasing to an alarming extent ; and, as far as an opinion can be hastily formed, before eight o'clock there could not be less than 10,0(10 assembled. About the latter hour they proceeded to the factory of Mr. Arkwright, in NI iller's-lane, and there destroyed the whole of the looms in the old factory—these were not power.looms ; but an attempt was made to destroy the power-looms in an adjoining building, which did not succeed ; this was attributed to have been prevented by the nature of the enclosure, there being high gates and other guards that protected the premises, and which were diffi cult of assault. In the town there was comparatively hut a few military, and those consisted chiefly of the Cheshire Voluntur Cavalry ; many even of time had been matched off to distant places. What were there were called out, and when nor informant left the spot, only one death had been heard of, and this was said to have o ccasioned by a shot fired front a carbine nr rifle !through an re at the f a ctory, the h a ll o f which pasted through the neck of individual, who instantly fell. There were - rumours m that some of vs had Mien, but the fact was not accurnely wee. tained. At a tate hour on Thursday, soldiers wereseen coming in from the surrounding neighbourhood ; a great number of special constables w sworn in, but notwithstanding thi s , on F r id ay, numerous part - w ere to be seen parading the streets, particularly on the Hud ak d road, and visitin g the var i ous s h o p s ; t h ose e who would not give to the demandantt, without ceremony, were deprived of their saleable+. particularly provisions. In that quarter of the town, on Eriday afternoon, all the shops were shut up, and op te a late hour the inhabitants were in a state of the greatest anxiety and alarm. About six o'clock on Friday, a party of Ar. tillery, with two field.piecett, were seen near the Midway House, on the Stockport road, making their way to Manchester; each piece was drawn by four horses, and their pace of travelling could only be called a forced march. From the mischief already done at the manufactory named, it is thought that not less than tire hundred hands would be thrown out of employment. Such are the accounts we have received, and, from the general complexion, from the ob. servations of an individual on the spot, we regret to say that we have our fears that the worst is not yet come ; such excesses are, however, the height of folly—very madness. The following is a letter dated Blackburn, April 27, 1112 fl : " tif ll—Veeterelag,l brought up the news to ten o'clock, but was so eager to give infommtion to the latest possible moment of post time, that though I was only a few minutes after the closing of the letter-box, I was compelled to pay lid. that it might go by the mail, which, by the by, only leaves town at five o'clock the next morn log. The town has been perfectly peaceable the whole day, and nothing but the sound of the trumpet creates any alarm ; indeed, we are in momentary expectation of the soldiers marching either to one place or another. . "'About three o'clock this afternoon an express arrived here, that the loom-breakers had assembled in great numbers in Chorl e y, a nd were preparing to attack the power-looms in that place, and, of course, no 'soldiers being there, about 70 of the First Dragoon Guards went off at full gallop, sword-in-hand, to the assistance of the power.loom masters there. However, before the soldiers reached their destination, ninety pair were demolished, and all the loom-breakers had dispersed. 6 ` The soldiers returned here again about 7 p.m., and bring ac counts that the work of destruction h a d been completed before their arrival in Chorley. This town Is in a most frightful state; ail bu. siness nearly at a stand. Five poor wretches are committed to our county gall, charged with modal offences; others are being ar rested ; and thus nothing but * • • • starvation is the order of the day. A system of espionage is in active operation here." tour correspondent proceeds to repeat reports which had just attached Blackburn, of disturbances, attended with the most li ntmntable consequences, having taken place at Ashton.under-Dine, Oldham• enadderton, and Manchester, which we sincerely hope will not be confirmed. He concludes by saying— On Monday, in our town, five couple presented themselves at the alter to get the hymeneal knot tied, but such was the alarm that no priest could be found' to tie the knot. " Your's, respectfully, " Half-past 9 o'clock, P.m." DREADFUL RIOTS.—DESTRUCTION OF POWER. 1.001118. [From the . Manchater Guardioh.) We moat deeply lament that we have this week to record a series of outrages, more alarming In their nature, and more ruinous in their consequences, than any which have occurred In this country for a great number of years. But, before we proceed to describe these frightful occurrences, it may not be amiss to revert to some preceding transactions, which may probably assist us in tracing the disturbances to the source. Of the commercial embarrassments under which the country DOW labours, or the frightful distress which those embarrassments have inflicted on the labouring population of the country, it is not now necessary to say a single word ; and it is perfectly well known to ali our readers, that, of all the distressed workmen, none have la boured under privations more severe and insupportable than the cotton-weavers of this county, and especially those residing at Blackburn, Burnley, Caine, Padiham, and other places in the hun dred of Blackburn, where they form by much the greater part of the population. In that neighbourhood they are chiefly employed in the manufacture of printing calicoes; and it happens, that that species of manufacture is the one for which power-looms have been found to be best adapted, and in which they have consequently been most extensively employed. The produce of the labour of the hand-weavers hies therefore had to come to the market in com petition with the fabrics produced by the power-looms. When the commerce of the country was in a flourishing state this competition was not very sensibly felt, as there was a demand fur all the goods which could be produced, either by the hand-weaver or the power-loom. But when the demand for goods was reduced to one-half of its former amount, a preference was naturally given by buyers to the power-loom cloths, which are generally much su perior to those manufactured by hand ; and moat of the power-loom manufacturers, being persons of considerable capital, were enabled to hold their goods when the markets were in a depressed state, and consequently to keep their work-people in full work at good wages, when the employment of the hand-weavers was greatly curtailed, and their wages considerably reduced. Coder these circumstances a strong feeling of hostility towards power-looms began to arise in the minds of the weavers, who, even in good times, had regarded them with jealousy and apprehension. This feeling, we fear, has been considerably encouraged by some of their employers, who have parried every complaint of reduction of wages and diminution of employment, by a declaration that it was to be ascribed entirely to the power-looms, and some of them (we are informed) have gone KO fares to tell their weavers that, un less the powerelooms were put down, they should be under the ne cessity of abandoning the trade, and their workmen would than be left entirely without employmert. We do not mean to assert that the persons who used such language to starving weavers intended that it should excite them to such acts of outrage as have recently occurred ; but it must be admitted that it was very likely to pro duce them ; and it has, we have no doubt, had a considerable share in bringing them about. For six weeks or two months past, emissaries, chiefly, we be. lieve, from a village in the neighbourhood of Blackburn, have b-en travelling about the country, representing to the weavers that ' all their distresses were owing to the power looms, and urging them to rise and destroy those machines; stta . ng at the sante time that the (government, the magistrates, and alt persons, except the proprietors of the looms, would he exceedingly glad to see them destroyed ; and that the military would offer no resistance, pro vided the people confined their operations to the destruction of power-looms. Under these circumstances, it wan not surprising that men, re duced to the last stage of poverty and destitution, were wrought upon to commit outrages such as we shall now proceed to de scribe. . _ _ The slight attack upon the premise* of Messrs. Sykes, of Ac crington, on ‘Vednesday week, which we briefly mentioned in r last, appears to have been a premature and casual explosion of the popular feeling. The persons engaged in it were chief,. women and boys, and they did little or no mischief beyond break ing the windows. On Monday last, however, proceedings of afar different character commenced, and in the forenoon of rind day a very large assemblage of persons took place on a hill at ten(te)d, a place where the four roads leading to Blackburn, Burnley, Whalley, abd Haslingden Meet, and where there wu a l so a similar assemblage lut week. What took piece Wee etol . ly be judged of by the eying. After remaining some Wee ~~ &ion, the people left the ground, and a large betty peeeeetted to Ac crington, the piece where some indications of riot 'exerted on the Pith inst. and where eon Wderable Ararat had been excited !Aleut hilf past nine in the morning. by show 140 armed 'nee peesiiije through the village on their we_y to Henfield. AmoVet the hilt. there assembled there were a faege body, not less, it is asserted than five hundred. who were armed With pikes, or to speak more correctly, knives and pieces of iron ground sharp, and &locoed at the end of sticks ; some carried acythee, others had large hedge hammers, and a few had pistols arid guns. The messenger who had been despatched to Blnekburn for military aid, had not re turned, when, about twelve o'clock. the mob proceeded in a rapid but deliberate manner to Messrs. Sykes's new mill, which they im mediately broke open, and in the course of fifteen or twenty minutes completely demolished the power-looms, sixty in number, with the dressing machines and other appar a t us , and the warps and cloth in the looms; they likewise greatly injured the theritlee and the steam engine. The shops of' the provision dealers were almost cleared of their content*. From thin place they ' , mere led to a place called Wood Nook, where there were about twenty loceus these likewise they destroyed. They then went to 31r. liefijamin Walmsley'n, at Rough Hey. where also they broke twenty looms, and did considerable other damage; they did not, howevitr, do any wilful injury I n t h e spinning pen of the machinery. From Bough Hey they proceeded to ilr. J. Bury'. at White Ash. where they dewtroyed eighty or ninety looms. hitch was the rapidity of their operations, that it was not until they had gone to thin place that the account ne the rioters having eetually proceeded to violence r e ach e d Blackburn. A p ar ty o f t h e Quee4 PI Bays infmtelively set out for White Ash 'oi but the work of d estruct i on h a d been ceeleted before their arrival. A second demand for military aid hid been sect from Acciington ; the first, sent when no rioting had actually taken place, not hemp been attended t.'. At length eighteen of the dragoon% were despatched, and en their way et Aceringtou they met and passed through a large body, the most moderate estimate we have heard say five or six thousand, of th e riot er ., wh o were then proceeding to Blackburn, having broken all the looms at White Ash. They did not, it is stated, appear to be at all intiml dated by meeting the military, but carried their pikei. dec openly, and in a very menacing manner. 0.) entering Weekbile., a large number, from a body or 4or Mel, entered the Bay Horse Inn, a market house, demanding bread and beer. The landlady, with some difficulty, got her doors closed. and having distrif,ined a con siderable quantity of liquor, and all the breath she had in the house, amongst those who had come in, they rejeined their comps. ninny in the urea, and proceeded on withot doing u. 7 tur•bee injury, • The next place which the mob visited was the extensive power. loom factory of Mem& Bam ister, Eccles, sod Co. in Darwin. street, Blackburn. where they arrived shortly rafter three o'clock. A party of dragoons was here as soon as themselves ; but such species of force could be of little or no avail in checking their pro. reeding& Ti er to rid n t prevent them front entering the factory, and therefore still leas weld they prevent the destruction of the obnoxious maclonery it contain?, . Mr. Eccles, we understand, met them at the door of his mill. en I endeavoured to prevent divot from entenng it. but a pike was lama lately put to his breast. Ile was told that they did not wish to do him any harm, but the de. ' , ruction of his looms they were de ermined 01. l was at this place that the eMdiers and the mob first more into collision. Tit, former were mist violently stoned by she latter. who were them selves screened from attack, and ore ant ter wag considerably hurt. Same ore-anus also were chscharged by tl e m rb. fn consequence, the Riot Act was read shout half-pan three o'clock ; one or two soldiere, we believe. tired their pieces, and one of the rioters received • ball, and was slightly wounded in the back. The whole of Mr. Eccks's power-looms and devising rentehtnea were reduced to a complete wreck ; the worm' and do h on the beams were also destroyed, tut no injury was done to the spinning ma chinery. Whilst Ste mob *ere at this plate our informant saw s poor fellow lie down before the feet of the soldiers' hones ; he said they mieht trample on ban if they liked, he was starv'ng to death, but he would p rein in breakii g th- power.tooma. Dar ing the time the rioters were in Mr. Eccies's mill, the military had so ranged themselvia about the entrance, and on three side* of the building, that the escape of the former wan rendered a matter of difficulty. Finding they could not make their way ()Thy the d tar, many of them actually jumped out of a window two ironies high, and escaped by muting a stream, on a side where there were no soldiers posted. From Messrs. Eccles and CoN the rioters pro. ceeded to the mill belonging to Messrs Fielden, Thrnp, rot Townley, in King -street, which was intended to have contained power-looms, but none having yet been set up, they departed with. out committing any violence. A party, however, proceeded to Mr. Ilmtglitan's, at tirimshaw Park (whither, also, sonic of the dra. Notwithstanding were detach e d ) , where there were about twenty - live looms. Notwithstanding the presence of the soldiers, they effected an en. trance into the building, entirely destroyed the harms, and threw the twist, the warps, and the beams on whieh they were wow d, into the canal. At this place, also, the soldiers were severely pet.. ed with stones, and in some instance* tied on. A portion of them, consequently, discharged their fire-arms, and one rioter in the building is stated to have been shot. Another man was shut through the ear, the ball coming out of his mount; and knottier was so desperately shot in the back, that there le said to be no chance of his recovery. All these persons are atlfl living; two, however, with little or no hone of tecorory. Four or five othets, we believe, are severely, hut leas dangerously wounded. We have been informed by a military ofhter who was present on this occasion, that the audacity and desperation of the rioters ex. ceeded any thing that he could possibly have expected from a mots. At Mr. Iloughtoa's factory, where the ground was tather. unfarour. able for cavalry, they made a r egu l ar c h arge, with levelled pikes, on a party of six or eight of the lit Dragoon finned& forted then back from the spot where they had posted themselves, and drove one mast and horse into the renal. The devastation at Mr. Hinigarton's terminated the lawless pro ceed;nga of the rioters yesterday„ A very large number of people, it is said not less than BLOM kept parading the sneers of Ithick. burn in the evening, anti displayed so much excitation, that it was deemed necessary to reed the Riot Act tyke. About eight o'clock the Dragoons were otderetf to clear the %meta, which they did by striking with the flat edges of their sword., but i t no instattee, we believe, Inflicting personal injury. Indeed our information kids us to believe, that the coolness, temper, arid humanity dfilplayed by the military, throughout the trying circumstances in which they were placed, were most exemplary. ATTEMPT ON LOW MOOR, NEAR CLITHERO. From the commencement of these lawless proceedings, appro.. hensions have been entertained of au attack Upon the extensive spinning and power-loom establialtmern of Molina Garnett, and Floridan& at Low Moor, ne ar Clithero, anti the proprietors of that establishment had spotted no pains in preparing to repel it, by anti. ing their own workmen, and sending for military aid. 'On satue. day evening last they procured the assistance of 30 ofthe Craven le. gion of yeomanry ; and oh Monday an officer and fifteen men of the Ito dragoon guards from Burnley. Finding, however, that a most tiihnidable attack on their premises was meditated an the followiha day, they despatch e d messengers to Manchester, Blackburn, and other places, to obtain reinforcements; and on the following morns ing, about eight o'clock, two troops of the Ist dragoon guards, tin. der the command df Captain ()pick, and ohe troop of the 11 des. goon guards, commanded by Captain Smithy, as well as a strong party of the Craven legion, with two guns, arrived on the spot. and placed the property out of the reach eftlanger. Early in the torenoon, however, vast numbers of people. in par:. ties of from ten to one hundred each, began to approach Cliihero from all parts of the Meialibourhood, butt chiefly from Coroe, thou. ley, Padiham, and their vicinities. The majority of them were armed with large sticks, but at Whalley, and other places at a few miles distance, they were observed to have amongst them pikes, fire-arms, hammers, axes, and other weapons, all of which were carefully concealed when they approached Clithero, but their Sticks were displayed without the slightest reserve. As they drew near the town it became apparent, from the indecision and Oncertainty of their movements, that they had heard of the large military forte which had arrived for the protection of the property which they came to destroy. They avoided collecting together in one burly , and some of the parries, after approaching near to the promise& turned back, and remained at a distance from them. Selo* hun dreds, however, occupied tho road between the town anti the works, some of them advancing a. near the latter as the Witter). would pertnit them to conic. Several gentlemen during tbit Awe noon rode amongst them, and demanded to know what wits their object in corning there; to which they replied, without hemfation, that their intention was to destroy the powealoorns, and they tit. dared that they would not go away until that intention was exc. cured ; but they offered no violence or insult to thbae who ques tioned them. During all this time the number of the people wee continually augmenting, until there were at least COM periwig ftt the immediate vicinity of the town, and not less than BIM* within half an hour's Salk of it, but still they evinced no ineilhatiou attack the premises. At lens;fh, about two o'clock in the aftemnon, the 31agistiates determined to drive the away teem the vicinity of the'vrorke. portion of the military consequently advanced towards theot. and the Raot Act having been read by the Rev. Mr. Abbott, thellra goourbegan to deer the roads, driving the people along, and tak. inetheir sticks from them At one point die Met) appeared to stake a stand; but the production of a few carbine., made ?will lgive way, and they dispersed about the town and into air fields, where the yeomanry could not follow them. The military Ilea returned to she works, and all remainea perfectly tranquil, with the exception of the throwing of a few stories at a party of sprout constables, by which, however, no mischief wilt done. Altont fitio o'clock a shower of rain began to fall, Web rimanued without id. termision during the evening. The public-110'foot having Wirt dosed by the orders of the Magistrates, the mobs, were compelled to return to tiveir homes, and by about nice o'clock the town was completely cleared of them. HASLINGDEN. Some r being apprehended in Some outrages being apprehended in the neighbourhood of flu. lingdens• troop of the second dragoon guardi, under the coondatd. of Captain Kearney, set out for that place at an early bout on Tiles. clay morning, and • arrived soon after eight o'clock. There Was at that time a considerable itinneot in the place ; but, at there were no indications of immediate riots, tl.e troops were ordered info tent, and remained there until about two o'clock, when infermati was breogsd to the cototuanding officer, that a mob had suddenly attacked the a f s igti l y of Hews. Turner, at 'Hein. Wore. a hoir bah' a mile rum II en. The troop wetelndmettiately ord;red °tit but when they h assendsted, Captain Kearney refu.ed EU, p t. to the spot without arnvistrate ; and the Ifererena they, the only magistrate resitting in the town, muttt not be aietwiih, ha having pmelouffily made the best of hit iuty to the atede of disturb. once, whiOlt was not !mown to his tingly: The anhiary, tioweter, at length proceeded . %o the spot, whets they awed ton limy to prevent the entire destruction of the golivel;latims, bet in Urns tornske prisoner' of about twenty perfti, whb hid been optt. cellist! in breaking third. The s e t rebl e etriwiett to the Mt, Inn' Rom whitli plioto' they yore :r a ed to claret* is a tte& i Z 'te certainly: feiserkt - eset, a ba .lush