The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-13 00:00:00

18-11-

THE COTTON DISTRICTS.

At two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the men em-
ployed on the farm belonging to the Manchester guardians,
at Cramer* formal in procession, and marched from
the labour yard, four abreast, down Cheetham•hill.
read. At the workhouse they were joined by a
number of the oakum pickers in the receipt of
relief from the guardians. The procession, which,
with the reinforcement, was said to number 800
or 900 persons, took the usual route into Market-street,
and round the Infirmary. In Fairfield-street, half the number
dispersed, and the remainder passed leisurely through Old-
ham-street sod Great Ancoats-street into Stevensoo•guare,
where they broke up into small parties for discussion. The
men conducted themselves peaceably, and no disturbance
oxurred. Shortly after six o'clock a meeting was held in
Stevensonsquare, which numbered about a thousand men
before the close of the proceedings.
The following resolution wee adopted :—" That in the
opinion of this meeting the time has now arrived when the
guardians of this city should abolish the labour test during
the present cotton famine, believing that to continue it
would tend to injure the poor operatives' health, and weaken
their noble independence ; and that it is further the opinion
that a deputation should be appointed to wait upon the
board of guardians for the purpose of ascertaining their
feelings upon the alcove subject."
The number of artisans in Manchester working fall time
yesterd►J was 21,928, an increase of :km upon the number
last week; number working short time, 14,454, a decrease
of 1,166 ; number wholly out of employment, 11,593, an in-
crease of 642.

THE AMERICAN COTTON CROP.—The govern-
ment of the Confederate States, says the ifartrhater
Guardian, is propasiog to sell to British capitalists, for de-
livery oo the cesesutiou of the blockade, the stock of cotton
which it now holds,

•
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT SHEF-
FIELD ET A COMEDIAN.—At the Sheffield Town-hall, yester-
day, Harvey Teudale well known throughout Lancashireand
Yorkshire an a light comedian and acrobat, was charged with
an attempt to murder his wife, and to commit suicide. The
facts of the case are as follow : —The prisoner and his wife
have been travelling together for some time in various
towns in Lancashire and Yorkshire, but about three weeks
ago they separated at St. Helens, and Mrs. Teesdale came
to Sheffield, and took up her abode with some frieixls in
' Holly-street. On Saturday week he tried to induce her
to return and live with him, but she refused ; and on Mon•
day he called at the shop and shot her with a pistol, after
which he cut his own throat
The prisoner, is answer to
the charge, said, " I felt I could not live without her, and
I determined to go and present the pistol at my head, to
see if that would move her, sod if it didn't, to fire the
pistol and cut my throat in the smoke!" A conception
truly theatrical. but which was not carried out is he had
planned. He accounted for the wounds on his wife's throat
by suing they must have been done in the wale. He
was sent to the anises for the attempt to murder and
commit suicide. _ _

THE CONDEMNED MURDEREHt AT LEWES. —The
Secretary of State for the Home Department, haying bad
under his consideration the whole of the circumstances of
the case of Elizabeth Jane Hunnisett, who was tried, con.
rioted, and sentenced to death at Lewes arises, for the
wilful murder of her infant child on the sth of April last,
has recommended that the mercy of the crown should be
extended ; and the capital sentence will not theref we be
carried into effect. The ultimate punishment of the
wretched woman has not yet been decided on. In the case
of Flood, the matters still under the consideration of Sir
George Grey.