The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-23 00:00:00

tecfore thele reached' Btteekpoie, but seVerel furttid
iheitentty as fat' as Aslibourte.
The Act for enabling his .11filestl; to iletalti
sweiected'persetis :bad no(y passed ; mo,t of these
elvloi had reodered themeefies most etinspieUrilts ice
exci(ing diseffection in pa'rt of the onion's%
had eithetr been epPrehentied, ore had. secreted
Oe !Melees asu ell '11604 Were, prechnleil of Mt!
bnmediate result from the, aseenislage which ha
been solfttig conceited; yet it appears to Your
• chsnintit lee, • from a 'variety of cooeurrentr
Mony, on whleh they rely, that the-previoua °roe'
aiiation had beet: atentled so widely, and the exa
eteet ion of uhimate success had been so eonfie7
death~ entertained, that these cirenniskinces pros
diteed net other effect on ihe greet body of the
contented, than to delay the explosion ,which had •
solong' been theditatede. to oceaiion ttfe discone
tinttenee Of, the more openaneetines of the asto-
ele time; 'suit to call forth the hoes! of nets
leaders, who were. deterreined lift their temo
phrese) to "'re.orgeilize tine ktiy." 'MeCtings
were accordindy held in 'several of the towii.;
ships in the neighbourhood etf Manchester, oe.
tweet] the 10.11 and 25tti of Marche with
inure pi ieacy, bite tinder the established systent
delegatidn, et which only, the Deputies front
the disaffected places were present ; and at which
tt was resolved to promote a genera rising at Man:.
chest er, on Sunday the 30th okMareht or the fol-
lowing day. A meeting was appointed foe the
leaders at Ardwick Bridge) close to Manchester;
on the Friday before that day ; %Ogee they expect»
ed to receive information front Sher-
field, and other places, with which they were in
communication ; having previously learnt trod
an emissary, who bad visited Huddersfield atilt
Leeds, that the disaffected in that Brett of the
country were all ready to begin at .any, thoe, and
were preparing arms fur the purpoSee—The ees.ge. I i
was to assemble as many its could be collected, ill
the night, at Manchester; to-rotaelsthe boo aelos,
the police other, the prison, the houses of Mag:a.,
trees and constables, end the batiks, in tiepareto
parties, and to set fire to the factories in the towtt:
It was even declared by one of the eonAeirat4a,
that thit last atrocity nois intended for the purpose
of increasing the precedent dititresi, in the hope of
thereby adding to the totnibers of the discontented,
by throwing the workmen out of emplitymente it
was calculeted that ono Or three thoeseturmen
would been:nigh td commence these operiiii.oll4,
tiq
they reckoned upon being joined by 50.),000 at the
dawn of day, A PEOCIIIOI 11 ittu %VIA Si id to be prey
pared, in order to be produced on OM occasion,
inisti.e.ing the revolt, amd absolving the insurgents
from thvir allrKiancr. Expectetions were held
out, that a gOnelai ineurrection would take place,
at the 0100 e tittle, its ii &rent perta tint colonies
aft Lattritster, York, Warwick) LeiCeiter,
ham, Chester and Stafford e and though some of
'hese, particularly the tWO latter coenties, hely
have been included without any :efficient grimed,
your Contritittee see just reason to apprehend, that
a Successful insurrection at ganchester woula
have been followed by partial risings, to an Ma rio.
ing amount, in emelt of the other counties. Some.
preparations ‘tere made for providing touratutit ion ,
with a view to the arms which it was intended
to seize. The execution of, this plan wee defeated
by the vigilance of the Magistrates, who being
apprised, of what was in agitation; Made tx ,
commenication
,to the Secretary of State, by w
whoth warrants were immediately issued, and the
ringleaders, aseembled at Ardwiek Bridge, were '
consequently seized on the 28th. The Magistrates
of Manchester thereupon published an address to
the inhahliantS, announcing flit dUnger, and call-
ing upon the householders ti)-be sworn as speciel
coestables, and, to .assistin preserving the peace
of the town. , This plan ht the diseffeeted being
thus discovered and deranged, they became inure
wiry and, secret in their proceedings; ttut in the
moment. Of disappointment; decleratiotts were
made, that it would htilmpossilfle to pfeveot th'o
rising for a mouth'longer. The assaisimition of
persona most .ohniiiimis to their resentment was
suggested by 'some of the Most desperate orthis
,coespiratora ; attack was MA upon the haute
of one of tine Magistrates ; the life of another was
threetetted ; and a pistol wee fired into the hints*
of a gentleman' who 'was, acting its a spetird suite
stable. Shorty nicer this period ft appears to
have, been didetissedovinether it would not ,bv..tunret
prittlent.to diseontinue the appointment of delea
wove,: 0..5;0 46,1 in c,ii iN
ho insight can the disaffected together a
short tirtte before the intended insurrection, attd
SOU 00 JIM'!" preptrtitOry to the attnrit 'tits
Minehester, Mt. notivithStaitiling this propeeie
!ion; the sane System of connected:OpetatiOn by
matins of Oelegutes was indkfatibably perseveitti

in,
DeleAutes from Atincliester, 131riningliam, Not.
thighs:ft, 11:thy, Leeds, Shetfitid, Waltetieldi
tatid otiter places in the iti:torbett
pert of the eolintry; either
_eouitatitly or necti*
stun tilly attended these meetings. The tin titherti
assetlibied Were not' large, bit the activity 'tetiA
noceasing ernissoies Neese coridnoally past,init
Ito:tt one of those places to another, to compaie
their account: the woe or the mind ;to
I4)tuent'the irritntintt tiMorig the disaffected I not
to einnbine sortie gentral plan of shnottitneont, or
cantle:oyd instirt ect ion 1 the obje,ct. Of which was;
after cotisol,d,ttiiig, a stifricient forte„ to mareWttpon
Loudon; and thile to Overturn the etistinlS Go.
vetntnei,,t, 39,1 to est ablit.h 0 Republic. Jilt
stAlitid ni esig tvere continued di attatjting the bar.
racks, anq itcpOts, ditrervot parts 'of the coots.
try ; (one of which tV partiet(hirly reconnoitre(
wilt( taut ‘icw), of plundering Ott, 1101,11410 t Nov
blemett etrttiOc-olletneo, where nting tette stip,
•posed to be lodged 3 ot jrixinK the Plingistrate,
and keeping them as hostages, and as anthoritie
leyingeOitttii,tilionS an 00 country ; of dill