The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-16 00:00:00

LEEDS.

MONDAY NOON, AUG. 15.—Intimation having
reached this place on Saturday afternoon that a body
of the turn-outs from Ashton-ur.der-Line, Oldham,
Saddleworth, &c., had made a descent upon Hudders-
field, and had turned the hands out of all the mills,
&c., whilst another section had advanced upon Sow-
erby-bridge and Halifax with the like intent, and
these parties were likely to advance upon Dewsbury
and Bradford, and join at Leeds, the authorities, civil
and military, have been active in making arrange-
ments for the protection of the peace of the borough.
Early on Sunday morning a detachment of the 11th,
or Prince Albert's Own Hussars, arrived from York
Barracks, another detachment .having gone forward
to Huddersfield ; and the _Leeds' troop of the York-
shire Hussar Yeomanry were mustered by Captain
Upton, and sent off in the evening, to relieve the 11th
Hussars at York.

Mr. Beckett, M.P., the Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Yorkshire Hussars, arrived at Leeds by the evening
railway train from London, and immediately gave
orders for the Aberford troop of the same regiment.
Last night the Magistrates held a conference with
his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge
(who is now commanding his regiment, the 17th
Hussars, at Leeds), with Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett,
and the other military ; and at the termination of the
interview an express was despatched to the Comman-
dant of the garrison at Hull for additional troops to be
sent into the West Riding, and one troop of the 17th
Lancers was ordered to be marched in the night from
Leeds to Bradford, to be ready in case of any out-
break in that town. .

The Magistrates also resolved to warn the-muni-
cipal special constables to hold themselves in readiness
for active service, to call out the pensioners to act as
additional constables, and to convene the principal
manufacturers for next day at noon, to advise upon
the steps to be taken.
The following notice has also been extensively is-
sued this morning :

" NOTICE AND CAUTION.
" The Magistrates of Leeds learn with regret that
there are grounds for believing that a large number
of lawless persons are expected to visit Leeds in the
course of a very short time, with the object of creating
terror, and disturbing the public peace.
" The Magistrates rely with the utmost confidence
on the peaceable and orderly disposition of the inha-
bitants of the borough of Leeds which has uniformly
characterised their conduct.
" It is the Magistrates' determination, with a firm
and vigorous hand, to protect the persons and pro-
perty of her Majesty s subjects from injury and
danger, and, for that purpose
they will put in force
every means in their power authorised by law to ap-
prehend and punish all evil-deers ; and the Magis-
trates feel assured that they
will have the cordial and
energetic support of all classes of the inhabitants.
"The Magistrates, therefore, invite all respectable
and well-disposed persons to appear at the Court-
house this morning, Monday, the 15th of August, at
nine o'clock, to be sworn in special constables. The
pensioners resident in the borough of Leeds (being
under the age of sa, and exempt from bodily infir-
mity) are required to present themselves at the Court-
house this day, Monday, at 12 o'clock, to be sworn
special constables.
" WILLIAM PAWSON, Mayor.
WV. WILLIAMS BROWN,
"R. MARKLAND,
"JOHN CLApTham,
"RICHARD BRAMLEY,
" WILLIAM CADMAN,
" HAMER STANSFELD,
" GEORGE GOODMAN,
" DARNTON LurToN, Magistrates.
"Court-house, Leeds, Monday morning, Aug. 1.5."
At present all is quiet; but active preparations are
in progress, in the spirit of the placard. The Magis-
trates have been engaged all the morning in swearing
in special constables, all the men in some of the prin-
cipal manufactories having been sworn. Colonel his
Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge and
Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett are at the Court-house,
reedy to act according to any emergency that may
arise.

LEEDS, MONDAY EVENING, 7 O'CLOCK.—The Earl
of Harewood, who is the Major of the Yorkshire
Regiment' of Hussars, has arrived this afternoonait
the head of the Harewood and Aberford troops of
that corps, which have been quartered in the town,
and are ready to act as circumstances may require.
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The following address has just been
the Member for Carlisle of that name. Mr. James
the gentleman whose signature it bers, the publishedbrothe
brother
by
Marshall is a magistrate of the West Riding,. and a
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" TO TILE IVORKING MEN OF LEEDS.
the course of a
upon a question
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is extremely im-
portant that you should decide and act rightly.
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may h
assist you inducedli
a few words,
which
clearly and distinctly
which is the right course for you to take.
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in seeing to offeri you
" You may be shortly called upon to join the Lan-
cashire operatives in the extreme an— a
dangerous mea-
sure which they have adopted, of compelling every-
where a total suspension of labour. Their objects are
to obtain a higher rate of wages, paid a few years ago,
and the carrying of the People's Charter.
~ Can you, the working men of Leeds, really pro-
mote either object by joining in these measures?
" That question you ought to Consider with perfect
coolness and freedom from excited feelings.
"What have the operatives of Leeds to gain by a
general strike ? Is there any call for such a mea-
sure ? Has anything of the sort been thought of ?
Is there any prospect thai higher Wages can be ob-
tained in this way ? I believe no one can say that
there is any such cause, 'or any prospect of advantage
from such a measure.
" Then, why increase the already intense suffering
by throwing yourselves and families out of work i
Are these the best means of carrying the People's
Charter ? I entreat you to consider well this question.
"Is it not a fact, proved in a thousand instances,
that a great and righteous cause, which you believe
yours to be, is in extreme danger of being ruined the
moment that its advocates are tempted to support it
by illegal, or even by violent and compulsory mea-
sures ? Is not that the very-43 Our
.your worst ene-
mies would wish you to take?
" Has not the great object you have so much at
heart—political freedom—been largely advanced of