The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-22 00:00:00

'THE- DISTURBANCES TN THE
MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.
MANCHESTER, Sunday Morning, Half-past 8.
The intelligence was yesterday conveyed through
the town that the combination against resuming em-
ployment had entirely broken up. The workmen of
many more of the mills and factories returned to their
employment yesterday, amongst whom were the mill-
wrights, mechanics, and- engineers, a very numerous
and influential body of men, whose secession from the
confederacy has thrown great encouragement on the
rest. Amongst others of this class the whole of the
hands in the employ of Messrs. Sharp and Roberts,
the extensive engineers, returned to employment at
their manufactories, in Falkner-street, and the Ox-
ford-road, glad, as the foreman of these extensive
establishments informed me, to return to their labour
and wages, with which they were never discontented
until the last week. Many of the workmen em-
ployed at the different cotton mills have also made
application to their masters to resume employment,
which has been agreed to, and we have very little
doubt that when this is in the hands of your readers,
the operatives of Manchester will generally
have returned to their industry and occupations.
The latter fact is of itself a death blow
to the turn-out ; but it may also be stated
in support of this, that the assemblage of delegates,
which, commencing with 144, gradually dwindled to
12, has this day finally broken up. That body met
this morning, but having heard that their leader,
Hutchinson, the chairman, had been arrested, and
finding themselves deprived of leaders and persons of
any talent, they mutually agreed to separate, with an
intimation from one, who seemed to act as spokesman
of the party, that due notice should be given as to
when and where they should re-assemble.
Between three and four o'clock yesterday morning
Mr. Beswick, accompanied by Inspector Lomas and
Sergeant Buckley, proceeded to a house at Hulme,
and captured, in bed, Alexander Hutchinson, the
chairman of the trades' delegates, for whose appre•
hension he had a warrant. In his house was found
a handsome rifle, two muskets, two large pistols, a
large quantity of gunpowder, three powder-flasks, a
tin case full of percussion-caps, &c. The police also
seized a large quantity of papers the particulari of
which I have not ascertained. The prisoner was a
smith, in the employment of Messrs. Sharp and Ro-
berts, and presided at the meeting of delegates on
Tuesday, which was dispersed by the police.
The operations of the military yesterday were
under the direction of Major-General Sir William
Warre, the Commandant of the district, and Colonel
Wemyss.
A reward of 1001. has been offered for the discovery
and conviction of the person or persons who set fire
to the saw-mills of Messrs. Mouncey, at Salford, on
Thursday night last, as there is now no question but
that this was the work of an incendiary.
An invention of Captain Sleigh, the intelligent
Assistant-Commissioner of Police, was brought into
operation yesterday. It is for the purpose of pro-
moting instantaneous telegraphic communication with
the different districts. It is very apparent that the
heads of the rioters have some similar means of com-
munication from one to the other, as many persons at
the tops of the hills in the various districts have been
observed, who were evidently placed there for that
object.

'All the special constables are on duty for to-mor-
row morning, at a quarter to five o'clock. The ob-
ject of this order is to have a great concentration of
force to protect the different mills in various parts of
town, as it is expected that they will then generally
resume employment.
The following is the copy of a letter from the
Home Secretary to the Earl of Derby, Lord Lieu-
tenant of this county, who has promptly called the
attention of the Magistrates generally to the wishes
of the Government with respect to the present state of
affairs:— " Whitehall, Aug. 15, 1842.
"My Lord,—ln consequence of the acts of outrage
and violence which have suspended the employment
of labour in various parts of the country, I am com-
manded by her Majesty to impress on your Lordship
the necessity of taking effectual and immediate mea-
sures for the repression of tumult within your county,
and for the protection of the lives and properties of
her Majesty's subjects.
" For this purpose I am assured that your Lord-
ship will concert measures with the gentry and yeo-
manry of the county, whereby the civil force may be
so strengthened and arranged as to secure general
union and co-operation.
" In present circumstances it is necessary that all
the Justices of the Peace, Mayors, and other Magis-
trates, within your county, should be reminded of the
duty imposed by law, which commands that all per-
sons shall be protected from violence and threats in
the pursuit of their lawful occupations - that no mine,
mill, or factory, shall be entered by force ; and that
theowner is entitled to the aid of the civil power in
the defence of his property, and in resistance to any
attempt to invade it.
" If the civil power be unequal to overcome the vio-
lence used in the attack, military assistance may be
given ; for law and industry and right of property are
subverted if the peaceful subjects of her Majesty can-
not follow their lawful calling without exposure to
personal injury, and to outrage at the hands of a riot-
ous multitude.
" The Magistrates should likewise be warned that
by law they are justified in preventing the entrance
of a riotous assembly into a town, when they are
credibly informed that the purpose of the assembly
is unlawful, and that the public peace may thereby
be endangered, or when from the demeanour or
threats of the multitude assembled terror is produced
and no reasonable doubt is entertained of their un-
lawful object.
" I repose the firmest reliance on your Lordship's
zeal and discretion, and it is, therefore, unnecessary
to recommend your prompt and special attention to
those parts of the county in which disorder and in-
subordination have unfortunately prevailed, but it is
my duty to represent that your personal influence
and exertions, as far as it may be possible to use them
on the present occasion, are requisite for the public
service, and will receive the approbation or her Ma-
jesty.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your
Lordship's obedient servant, " J. GRAHAM.
" The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, &c."
MANCHESTER, Sunday Evening,
Quarter past Seven.
The anxiety which prevails in London respecting
these disturbances chiefly leads us to record what has
transpired here respecting the suppression of the re-
maining rioters and their movements.
The following placard was largely distributed
about the streets this morning
44 THE CONCLUDING ADDRESS FROM THE TRADES DELE-

GATES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
" Fellow Citizens,--Having, despite of the diffi
culties which surrounded us, terminated our sittings
and executed the objects of our mission, we deem it
our duty, previous to returning to our respective
homes, toj lay the results of our deliberations be-
fore you.
" We have carefully collected and calmly delibe-
rated on the evidence adduced by the assembled dele-
gates as to the state of public feeling evinced by their
respective constituencies, and we find 'that the la-
bourers and artisans having, for a series of years,
vainly endeavoured to maintain a standard of wages
which would enable them to obtain a supply of even
the commonest necessaries of life, are of opinion that
the repeated frustration of their efforts is solely to
be attributed to their political disfranchisement.
" Experience having plainly proved the correctness
of our opinion, we turned our attention to the best
modes of remedying the evil ; and having maturely
considered the subject in its various details, we came
to the conclusion that the only means by which the
labours of the producing classes of this country could
be protected and fairly remunerated, and themselves
eventually raised from the unparalleled depth of de-
gradation to which they are at present reduced—we
considered that these grievances would be removed by
the legislative enactment of the document known as
the People's Charter,' and we recommended a
NATIONAL CESSATION FROM LABOUR until the arrival
of this period.
" Owing to the occurrence of the late civil commo-
tion, of which we had not the slightest anticipation,
and which we exceedingly regret, we found that the
carrying out of this resolution would for the present
be impracticable ; but we dissolve with the firm de-
termination that, as soon as our organisation is suffi-
cient for, and our resources adequate to, the com-
mencement of a national cessation from labour until
the Charter becomes the law of the land, we shall do
so legally and constitually ; and we fear not but the
result will crown our cause with victory.
" Relying on your intelligence, courage, moral
power, and perseverance, we are, fellow-citizens, yours,
in the cause of truth and justice,
"THE TRADES' DELEGATES.
" Saturday, Aug. 20."
LANCASTER.
This town continues peaceable, although most of
the hands who turned out a few days ago still refuse
to return to work. On Friday Mr. John Greg en-
deavoured to come to terms with his men, but in
vain, and consequently his hands are still out, as well
as those of Mr. Jackson, Mr. T. H. Higgins, and
those employed by the latter at the White Cross, in
the old mill, as well as at that gentleman's works in
Moor-lane. The men in Me-ssrs. Gregson and Mason's
cotton mill reused to turn out, and told the mob who
attempted to turn them out that they would resist by
force, and knew they were too strong for their as-
sailants. Those in the employ at Messrs. Satterthwaite
and Barrow's mill also continue at work.
The Ulverston Yeoinanry assembled at half an
hour's notice to a man, and passed through Lancaster
on Thursday evening on their way to Wigan. They
were followed by a large concourse of persons much
hooted, and some stones were thrown at them:but no
one was injured. A company of the 60th Rifles
arrived in the town on Friday morning by the mail
train an taco yr their quarters in the castle. In