The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-24 00:00:00

LANCASTER.

TUESDAY.—Here all is very quiet; but all the
mills, except Gregson and Mason's, and Satterthwaite
and Burrows, are still at a stand. Yesterday morn-
ing a meeting was held of some hundreds on the
Green Area, at which the speakers declared that their
only wish was for peace and fair wages. About 400
then proceeded on the Bulk-road, and took up_ their
quarters opposite the factory belonging to Messrs.
Gregson and Mason. The hands in this factory had
been desired not to resist any coercive measures, and
nothing of the kind was attempted. All now remains
quiet.
BLACKBURN, PRESTON, BOLTON,
WIGAN, &c.

Our accounts this morning from these places, and
various other small manufacturing towns, all concur
in stating that the public peace is not likely at present
to be broken again, but the resumption of work is by
no means general, in many cases the men still de-
manding the wages they 'had two years ago, and
from which they state reductions have been made to
the extent of at least fifteen per cent. Preston is,
however, an exception, so far as regards the resump-
tion of work, and there it is thought business will
peaceably pursue the even tenor of its way.
THE POTTERIES. _ _ _

BURSLEM, Tuesday Morning.
A large number of the colliers and potters re-
turned to work yesterday morning. The Chartist
demagogues who incited the men to the disgraceful
scenes of violence and plur.der in this district have
nearly all decamped. Many have, however, been ar-
rested, and will in all probability be deprived of an-
other opportunity of trying their hands at mob legis-
lation. Scarcely a day passes by without some ar-
rests taking place, and prisoners are constantly being
brought into Burslem on their way to Newcastle and
the Whitmore station, whence they are conveyed by
railway to Stafford Gaol.
The Hanley police have just suceeded in appre-
hending a man named Richards, a Chartist leader,
formerly a shoemaker in that place, and late delegate
from the Potteries to the National Convention. On
arriving at the Police-office, Newcastle, the prisoner,
on leaving the car in which he was conveyed, gave
three cheers for the Charter, but he must have felt no
small mortification when they found no response
from the persons who had assembled to witness
his arrival.

A report reached us yesterday that a large mob of
persons had entered Congleton on their way to the
Potteries, and there appears to have been some truth
in the rumour, as a company of infantry left New-
castle in the course of the afternoon in that direction.
MORE CHARTIST MEETINGS IN BIR-
MIN GRAM.

BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday Eveninik
The town has remained perfectly tranquil since
yesterday, and would continue so were it not for the
mischievous attempts of the Chartists to get up an-
other " demonstration" here this evening.
The " demonstration" was appointed to take place
at five this evening, on a piece of waste ground in
Duddeston-row, between the Liverpool and Derby
railway stations, and about an hour before the time
appointed, a large body of police:" headed by the
Mayor, Captain Moorsom, and other Magistrates,
marched to the spot and took possession of the ground,
keeping off the people as they arrived, and who, in fact,
appeared to be drawn together solely from curiosity.
lhay were provided with no sticks or any kind of