The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-28 00:00:00

THE LATE RIOTS IN THE COTTON DISTRICTS.

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STALYBRIDGE, FRIDAY._

There has been no renewal of the late disturb-
ances, but out of the thirteen adult schools in the town,
only three have as yet accepted the proposal of the com-
mittee, that the relief should be given half in money and
half in kind, by tickets on shopkeeper'. The scholars of
the central school, many of whom are Irish, have to-day
declined the proposal. This afternoon they were invited,
and attended in considerable numbers, to meet Sir J. K.
Shuttleworth, at the Town-hall, to hear an address from
him on the subject. The mayor and Mr. Commissioner
Fareall were present. Sir J. K. Shuttlewceth, in she
course of his speech, reviewed the measure' adopted for
relief of the distress in Isuiceshire by conbibutiose from
all parts of the empire, and the great exertions that had
been made by all climes with that object, especially the
ladies. The 1,000,0001., or 1,200,0001., that had balm sub-
scribed would certainly not have been forthcoming, nor pro-
bably 100,0001., had it been supposed that the working-
classes of Lancashire were impatient under trials that
were the fault of no oleo in the country, or re* ly, as in
former times, to rise at the inetigatios of any ignorant,
selfish, or passionate agitator. The relief given, in the
neighbourhood of Ashton and Stalyteldge, had been in
excess of that In almost any other part of the country. It
bad become masonry to take measures for the impatient
apportionment of the relief funds. He believed the pro-
posed reduction of 4d. per head in tie payment of those
attending school was generally acquiesced in. With re-
gard to the opposition to distribution of relief by ticket, be
believed there was no such difficulty as had been alleged
in obtaining change from shopkeepers for the tickets, but,
whatever might,be the grievances, the complainants had not,
as it behoved them to do, made in the tint place •
temperate representation of them to the relief committee.
The authors of the late disturbance' bed done not only
themselves, but the whole of Lancashire, a deep and lasting
injury. They bad produced an impression which would
add force to the views of those who were anxious to
reduce the political power of the district, end represent
it rather as an element of direrder and danger,
than of strength and security. Those who entertained the
sanguine hopes that bad been expressed by the friends of
the working-men, that they had here, based upon increased
intelligence, increasing sense of public duty, and respect
for property, a stabler condition of society than existed in
any other pert of the empire, would receive from all aides
the rebuke of scorn and disbelief, in consequenee of these
riots in !Italy bridge. The manly patience and intelli-
gent conduct of the working-classes of Lancembire
formed one of the most powerful practical argu-
ments for the extension of the electoral franchise.
But now if any man desired to find an objection to that ar-
gument he would say :—'• That is a delusion ; these men
me for the time being quiet, but they cannot resist the
pressure of the evils consequent upon dependence ; let them
' be • few months dependent upon the bounty of the public,
let them for a few months have to suffer privation and to
live upon only one-third of their earnings ; let them for •
few months be dissociated from the discipline of the mill,
and the ordinary regulations under which their life has in
' times past been spent, and they are like children, they
quarrel with the first difficulty they encounter. Being
incapable of ramming, they act with immolate pas-
doe, disturb the peace, violate property, rob shops, disturb
' sod injure defenceless people ; they assault the house where
' a sick woman has sines died ; and, insensible of the degrade-
,
' ton of insulting a woman, they cause loos of life by their
' 1 violence sod their insensate animosity." Sir James ion-
' i eluded by advising the attendants at the school, on mike-
, i tion, to accept the compromise that had been offered them
' by the committee. He read than the substance of the fal-
' lowing address from the Central Executive Committee :
TO THZ OPERATIVEM Or NTALTBRIDOZ AND THEE( minx=

We have been entrusted with large funds for the relief
of digress, nod we are distributing theta with every
sympathy for your wants, and with every care for your
welfare ; those funds imolai be obtained by any particular
district, but are to be given where we think it best,
taking into consideration distress, pod behaviour, and
local circumstances generally. We deplore the disturbances
which have recently occurred. We hops they are not shared
in by a very Large number. If they are continued, we know
that there me many elsewhere who will gratefelly receive
all we can afford them ; sod the boards of gusrdians,
the ordinary channels of relief, are always open to others.
We, therefore, appeal to all among you who value our
relief, to aid us in our wish to continue it to you. We beg
you, ommeguontly, to avoid and diaccarage meetings which
may lead to disturbances, nod to moist, to the utmost of
your power, the load authorities mid other., whose duty
m the preservation of order for the pod of all. We deeply
sympathise in your distress ; LION) of no know how long it may
last. We must, therefore. be prodeot in distributing that
relief which the generosity of the public has give., but
which disturbance will cause to cease. Unison order is
duly preserved, matters mutt pass from our hands into those
of the imostituted authorities of the country.
.

Signed for the Committee,
JAMBS P. KAT-SHOTTLIWORTII, Vice-PTISkISDB.

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WiLtuat MAcLuag, &notary Soarstory.

The it... Mr. Hilton. Roman catholic. was addressing the
meeting when this report was despatched. It is understood
th►t a meeting of the school atteudeota will take place to-
morrow morning to reconsider the Question. The /dermal
in one of the °melodies passages of SirJ. K. libuttlimorth's
speech was to Mo. Batas, tiro mother of the secretary of
the local relief committee, whose house wee attacked by the
mob, where the lady was lying ill. Mrs. Bates died this
morning.

COX lAND or THE MAIRCMITS-.—The death of
Admiral the Earl of lAnderdide having led to the promo-
tion of Qaptala Seymour. of the royal yeah& Priem loinio-
gen, who is to succeed the latter, will probably come to
England with Prince Alfred. and Captein E. W. Tumour,
Uteri the Forte, will, it is understood, be appointed to the
Nagleisase.—United Service Gazette.