The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-07-25 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.

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SUNDAY EVENING. Juct
It may dUll lmme to send forth dark and direful accounts
regarding Manchester and the neighbouring towns, but
without obtruding an opinion as to causes, I must say, that
since Friday we have been more composed and peaceable
here than we have been for the last fortnight.
Saturday
night, a night when " no small stir" is generally anticipated,
went over our heads with comparative calmness ; and
although here and there a ragged group might still he
been, there is so much character of bustle and " marketry"
in a Manchester Saturday night, that a stranger could
scarcely have supposed that the hundreds who presented
themselves had been in the same state of heartless indo-
lence many a preceding Saturday.
As I mentioned to you on Thursday, a great number of
the unemployed, chiefly Irish silk-weavers, from the New
Town, and labourers, their countrymen, left Manchester,
on Saturday morning, for Birmingham, to see their bro-
ther, Magee,off" with urn. This circumstance
alone will accounht for the apparent order and quietness I
have mentioned.
An ides, and I trust it is well founded, is gaining ground
amongst the unemployed, that negotiations in their behalf
are going on between Sir John Byng and Mr. Peel ; a
feeling that their privations and sufferings are not unheard,
or unthought of, by his Majesty, and those immediately
composing his Household and Council, seems to cheer
these poor people ; and I am sure, were it not for the secret
workings and incitements of the designing, and the perhaps
wll-mean but ill-timed zeal of others. with all their sor-
roe tws and sufferings, neither riot nor tumult would be
manifested.
Since my last account, I have heard of no new failure
worth noticing. Mr. ilohlsworth, a large manufacturer,
has stopped working, and this is a circumstance triply se-
vere, as he employed a considerable number of the smaller
manufacturers, who again &teed out, as it were, at second
hand, their work for a certain and limited number of hours
per day ; these have consequently been obliged, more or
lets, to give over working. The principal cause of Mr.
Holdsworill's stopping, I am assured, is absolutely a want
of space to lay up Isis manufactured goods. Two or three
meetings have been attempted, but the persons attending
theni were so few, that they can be acorndistiuished by no
other character than the meetings at the er of every

street.
I my conclude by stating, that neither riot nor disorder
is at present anticipated, and that the hopes of the suffering
tary
multof State, to itude arc place
which I d upohaven thealrea negotiationsdy alluded. with the Secre-

IRELAND.

ORANGE PROCESSIONS.
From intimation being officially communicated to the
resident Magistrates at Garrison, by a circular, expressing
the necessity of guarding against any evil which might
arise from the display usually taking place by Orange pro-
cessions, on the 12th of July, the first body consisting of
two Lodges, those of Auchinoldoney and Glen, headed by
a Mr. John Patterson, on passing through the village on
that day, were warned in the most temperate manner by
him of the desire therein expressed, but to no effect, his
caution being treated with defiance and contempt ; and with
party tones, and usual parade, this body returned ; when
being augmented by three more Lodges, two from Riolt,
and one from Kilcoe, unnecessarily -(it being out of their
way), the whole of those assembled came hack, with a
show of hostility, having arms with them, particu-
larly one man (who is known), with a drawn sword, and
another with a pistol, to the very entrance of the Ma-
gistrates' avenue, where he was, with every apparent indi-
cation to irritate, and there, under his immediate view,
countermarched.
Phis requires little comment, save that in this proces-
sion were noticed several members of the Yeomanry Cdrps,
in direct opposition to the orders they had received. For-
innately, through extreme coolness and temper through-
out, this intruded insult to constituted authority (thus
called on to act) did not produce that result probably
sought for in the delusion of party spirit, which cannot be
sanctioned by the highly respectable and honourable per-'
cons at the head of an institution founded on the basis of
preserving to Ub unsullied the blessings of our constitution
in law, church, and state.—Enneskillen Chronicle.
TWELFTH OF Jo I.Y.—OVTRAGE.—On Wednesday, the
Path inst. we are pained to say, a most unpleasant, and in-
deed a truly unfortunate circumstance, occurred in the
vicinity of Ballinamore, county of Leitrim. From the in-
quiries which we were ahle to make, it appears some of
the members of the two Orange Lodges of the above place
determined upon walking in procession towards Fenagli, and
on their return were met by a multitude, not less than 1,000
persons, who insisted that their banners should be instantly
taken down ; this mandate was disregarded, but they stated
that, as their intention was merely to walk into town,
if bufraed to do so quietly, they would engage to break up
peaceably. A friendly understanding had therefore been
created, and, as it is stated to us, the leaders shook hands,
and were about to depart, when a man named Loughlin
ran out from amongst his friends, and struck one of the
Orange party. Here the bloody scene made its appear-
ance : immediately a general engagement commenced,
with sticks, stones, &c., and after some time the Orange-
men gave way, and retreated towards Ballinamore, where,
having procured some fire-arms, they determined to defend
themselves. Several shots were now discharged, arid in
consquence, it is said, two persons have been seriously
wounded.
We wish to have it understood that we do not give the
above report as correct in every particular—it is as much
so as we could possibly make it, from the many versions
winch the story has undergone ; wetberefore hope some
person will favour us with a more circumstantial detail,
and if we have fallen into error we will feel happy to cor-
rect it.—Boylc