The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 19, 1842.

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arrivkd itt half-past five,A;uteanie in at twenty
past-seven, when all fearS were .removed, it having
been ascertained that-an- accident had happened to the
engine-boiler at the-former place, which rendered it
necessary to detach the_engine, and await the arrival
of another from Stockport.
A great excitement .here,.now prevails at the non-
arrival of thr.elonden journals at their usual hour of
half-past three, so great is the anxiety know in the
town on any matter connected with other parts of the
country in reference to tlie:present disturbances here.
-• A large mob this forenoon from Ashton made an
attempt to turn out the hands of the Bank-bridge
print-works, about three miles from Manchester. The
hands gallantly defended the premises, and a fearful
fight took place, in which
,the mob were defeated, in
consequence of the -additional aid of military, which
was speedily' dispatched from this town.
Dr. M'Douall ,has nO't yet been apprehended, and
twelve other warrants are out against the leading
Chartist and delegate agitators. A seizure was made
of. M‘Douall's papers at his lodgings in Bond-street,
some of which will tell strongly against him, as one
of the agitators •of these disturbances. Leach and
Turner remain in close custody in the cells at the
Town-hall. Six prisoners of the names of Cash, Read,
Davis, Bates, Platt, and M`Cormn, were examined to-
day at the ,New Bailey, on a charge of larceny, by
breaking into several- shopS in the neighbourhood of
Doansgate, and stealing a quantity of bread, and re-
manded till Saturday week for their final committal.
The object of this is to await the result of a commu-
nication with the Home Secretary, as to whether the
numerous prisoners now in custody will be tried at
the next Lancaster assizes, or by a special commission.
In our second-edition of yesterdaV we noticed the
seizure of the type, with which an inflammatory pla-
card had been printed-. The contents of the placard
are as follows : •
" The Executive Committee of the National Charter

Association to the People.
" Brother Chartists,-----The great political truths
which have been agitated during the last half century
have at length aroused the degraded and insulted
white slaves of England to a sense of their duty to
themselves, their children,_ and their country. Tens
of thousands have flung down their implements of
labour. Your taskmasters tremble at your energy,
and expecting masses eagerly watch. this, the great
crisis of our cause. Labour must no longer be the
common prey of masters and rulers. Intelligence
has beamed upon the mind of the. bondsman, and he
has been convinced that all wealth, comfort, and pro-
duce, everything valuable, useful, and elegant, have
sprung from the palm of his hand; he feels that his
cottage is empty, his" - back thinly clad, his . children
breadless, himself hopeless, his mind harassed, and his
body punished, that undue riches, gorgeous plenty,
and luxury, might he'heaped in the palaces of the
taskmasters, and. flooded into the granaries of the
Oppressor. Nature's God, and reason have con-
demned this inequality, and in the thunder of a peo-
ple's voice it must perish for ever. He knows that
labour, the real property of society, the sole origin
of accumulated property, the first cause of all
national wealth, and the only supporter, defender, and
contributor to the greatness of our country, is not
possessed of the same legal protection as is given to
those lifeless effects, the houses, ships, and machinery
which labour have alone created. He knows that if
labour has no protection wages cannot be upheld, nor
in the slightest degree regulated, until every workman
of twenty-one years of age, and of sane mind, is on the
same political level as the emPloyer. He knows that
the Charter would rernove,..by universal will in uni-
versal suffrage, the heavy load of taxes which now
crush the existence of the labourer and cripple the
efforts of commerce ; that it would give cheap govern-
ment
as well 'as cheap food,' high wages as well as low
taxes, bring happiness to the hearthstone, plenty to the
table, protection to the old! education to the young,
permanent prosperity to the country, long-continued
protective political power .to labour, and peace—
blessed peace—to exhausted 'humanity and approving
nations. Therefore it is that-we have solemnly sworn,
and one and all declared, that the golden opportunity
now within our grasp.sball..hot pass away fruitless;
that the chance of centuries, afforded to us by a wise
and all-seeing God, shill -not be lost, but that we do
now universally resolve 'never to resume labour until
labour's grievances are 'destroyed, and protection
secured for ourselves, our suffering wives, and helpless
children, by the enactment of the People's Charter.
"Englishmen'! The yood of your brothers reddens
the streets of Preston and Blackburn, and the mur-
derers thirst for more., Be firm, be courageous, be
men ! Peace, law, and order, have prevailed on our
side; let these be revered until your brethren in
Scotland, Wales, and Ireland are informed of your
resolution, and when a universal holiday prevails—
which will be the case in . eight days—then of what
use will bayonets be against public opinion. What
tyrant can then live above the terrible tide of thought
and energy which is now flowing fast under the
guidance of man's intellect, which is now destined
by a Creator to elevate his people above the reach of
want, the rancour of despotism, and the penalties of
bondage. The trades—a noble, patriotic band-j-have
taken the lead in declaring for the Charter, and draw-
ing their gold feom the keeping of tyrants. Follow
their example. Lend no whip to rulers wherewith
to scourge you.
" Intelligence has reached us of the wide spreading
of the strike, and now within fifty miles of Man-
chester every engine is at rest, and all is still, save
the miller's useful wheels and the friendly sickle in
the fields.

" Countrymen and Brothers ! Centuries may roll
on, as they have fleeted past, before such universal
action may again be displayed. We have made the
cast for liberty, and we must stand like men the
hazard of the die. Let none despond. Let all he
cool and watchful, and like the bridemaids in the
parable, keep your lanips burning, and let your con-
tinued resolution be like a beacon to guide those who
are now hastening, far and wide, to follow your
memorable example. - -
" Brethren, we rely upon your firmness : cowardice,
treachery, or womanly fear would cast our cause back
for half a century. Let no man, woman, or ehild
break down the solemn pledge ; and if they do, may
the curse 'of the poor and the starving pursue them—
they deserve slavery who would madly court it.
" Our machinery is all arranged, and your cause
will in three days be impelled onward by all the in-
tellect we can summon to kits aid ; therefore, whilst
you are peaceful, be firm, whilst you are orderly make
all be so likewise, and whilst you look to the law, re-
member that you had no voice in making it, and are
therefore the slaves to the will, the law, and the price
of_your masters.
"All officers of the Association are called upon to
aid and assist in the peaceful extension of the move-
ment, and to forward all moneys for the use of the
delegates, who may be 'expressed over the country.
Strengthen our hands at this moment, and support
our leaders. Rally round our sacred cause, and leave
the decision to the God of justice and of battle."
THE FIRST TURN-OUT AT MANCHESTER.
The following letter has been addressed to one of
the local papers by Messrs. Bayley, of Staleybridge,
whose hands, it will be
_recollected, first commenced
the present disturbanees :
" Sir,—As a very erroneous impression seems to
prevail in connexion with the present turn-put, that
we alone had proposed a reduction to our workpeople
below what was paid by other manufacturers, we beg
to state that it is utterly unfounded.
" The real facts are, that the reduction, about which
so much has been said, 'was confined solely to the
weavers in our employ ; and, in their case, finJing
that we were paying, and had been paying for some
time past, higher. prices than were paid by many ma-
nufacturers in the neighbourhood for similar descrip-
tioni of cloth, we gave notice, some weeks back, of an
alteration in our wages. At the expiration of that
notice, we proposed to our weavers a reduction of id.
per piece, which was only one-half the reduction which
had been made by others, and amounted to 6d. per
week upon their wages. This they refused, alleging
that, though they were aware that in many instances
we were paying more than our neighbours, still, as
the markets were improved, they would not allow it in
our case. This we thought unreasonable, and they
left our employment.
"We at the same time beg to contradict the many
idle tales and remarks which are stated to have been
made by.us to our workpeople, which we unders:tand
are in circulation ; and can only treat them as too
absurd for any particular notice.
" In connexion also with the above, we wish to
state, that for the last six months our weavers have
had full employment ; and, in order to show the real
condition of our workpeople, whom some of the
tnewspapersghtaovere subjoinp sae nted
statement to be reduced
theuc e d
wagesto s
par t a r lai
at our mills for a period of five weeks previous to the
turn-out :—To 914 men, women, and children in our
employment, five weeks' wages, from June 18th to
July 23d, 1842, 2,6201. or 1 Is. 51d. each per week.
To 426 weavers (principallSr girls), for the same five
weeks, 1,150/., or 10s. 91d. each per week.
Aug.
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AND
" Your insertion of these facts will much oblige,
Y,o
respectfully,
" B
BROTHERS.
" Stale y' e
BURY, Thursday Afternoon.
The whole of the mills and printworks arc at a
stand this day. large mob yesterday, from the
neighbourhood of Heywood, turned out all hands at
the various works, the Magistrates not having given
the protection they promised. It was stated by the
workmen that the period of resuming work would
therefore, under present circumstances, depend upon
the time work woaaslcliiteihspue mAmeLidl
rsi,nar.rrtehheuagarnsediinagyhthuAorfnuteredlriood.
noooutnily
This morning
a large mob ; in consequence the whole of the works
are at a stand. No outrage against property has,
however, been committed in the course of to-day.
We understand the turn-outs in Ashton, Staley-

bridge, Oldham, and Rochdale,' have come to the de-
termination that they will no longer go for the Charter.
WIGAN, Thursday Noon.
The town is at present peaceable, but the factories
are still at a stand. This morning delegates from the
workpeople had interviews with the masters, for the
purpose of attempting to accommodate matters, but
the demands of the turn-outs :were considered so
exorbitant, that the masters refused to accede to them,
and consequently work was not resumed. Large
mobs are parading the streets. but an active police
force, under the command of Mr. Thomas Latham,
are in readiness to prevent any outrage. In the fore-
noon a large meeting was held in Chapel-lane, which
caused some alarm. The fire-bell at the Town-hall
was rung, the military, police, and special constables
assembled, and proceeded to the spot, but finding the
mob had dispersed, they paraded the streets of the
town, receiving most hearty hooting from the Irish
weavers resident in the Scholes. At half-past three
o'clock all was quiet.

BOLTON, Thursday, Half-past Three, p.m.
All is peaceable in this town but with few excep-
tions, the factories and other 'large works are still
closed. A general holiday is kept. Large mobs are
parading the streets, but it is feared, when starvation
presents itself, outrage will' begin. At Hawley a ren-
counter took place between
.the mob and the hands em-
ployed in the print works there, but the.arrival of a
troop of soldiers put a stop to" the matter, A large
mob also asseMble.d at Ladyshaw collieries, and at-
tempted to turn out the hands, but Captain Fletcher
galloped up with a. troop of the
Queen's Own Lanca-
shire Yeomanry, put the mob to the rout, and cap-
tured no less than eighty prisoners, who have been
committed for trial at.the next Quarter Sessions.

. • lIINDLEY, Thursday.
The following particulars have just been furnished
me by a highly respectable Manufacturer. The rioters
first made their appearance on :Monday from Wigan,
in an irregular straggling
manner, consisting of about
200 or 300 of the lovrest class of people, •chiefly Irish,
and the greater part being haridloom weavers from
Scholes. On their way
they stopped
works; and also Mr. Gidlow's cotton-mill at Ince,-
whose manager they compelled -.several coal-
to go 'with them to'
Hindley. they first attacked the mill of John Bond,
Esq., who, in order .to prevent any damage, ordered
the engine to be :stopped; the • rioters nompelling the
majority of the hands to join them. - Here also they
took the manager with them, but he,. after walking a
short distance, contrived to--esceg. Before ten o'clock
the whole .of the mills and other works in the
village had ceased labour, the greater part of the
returned in company with others in the course of the
day. At ten o'clock another and a much larger party
rioters proceeding towards Leigh, whence they
came from Bolton, where they
emptied the boilers.
This was done by persons who well understood the
work, and who were evidently engineers. They next
proceeded to the shopkeepers, levying contributions
in the shape of loaves of bread, butter, milk; &c., and
went towards Wigan. A third party, from Leigh,
came in a few minutes afterwards, who, finding all
the work done, and threatening the masters who
re-
sumed work, went on their route to Wigan,
appa-
rently to rejoin the main body.. They were princi-
pally armed with hammers, bars of iron, and woodenclubs of immense size, and whenever they fourid, re-
sistance in the shape of locked gates or doors, speedily
removed the obstruction. During the whole of
the day tributary streams arrived from all the neigh-
bouring villages, who proceeded to join the main
body. In the afternoon a detachment of the 72d
Highlanders arrived from Wigan, and about a hun-
dred special constables were sworn in. 'Preparations
were made to commence work on the following day,
but the workpeople, from fear, or some other motive,
declined to work at present The town now remains
quiet. ,

CHORLEY, Thursday Afternoon.
The town is at present quiet, but large crowds are
parading about, having no work in consequence of the
factories and collieries being at a stand.

BLACKBURN,' Thursday Noon.
All the factories, print arid other works, are at a
stand, but no riot has taken place to-day up to this
hour.

or civil force. One - man has lost property' to the
amount of nearly 2,0001.
I • A letter .received from Stone, and dated last night,
states that apprehensions were entertained of an at-
tack on Trentham Park, the scat of the 'Duke of Su-
therland, mid that a party of military Ir,d been des
patched for its protection. A number of colliers, be-
longing to a mob from Cheadle, arrived in Stone yes-
terday afternoon, many of them in a state of intoxi-
.cation, having, it was reported, attacked' the Royal
Oak inn. The Magistrates were entirely engaged
during the day taking measures to preserve the pence,
but all business was suspended.
Everything which has transpired 'since last night
tends to confirm the opinion that the disturbances in
the Potteries might be considered at an end.
(FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.)
lIAN LET, THURSDAY, AUG. 18.—We are quiet to-
day ; there is scarce a collier to he seen in the town.
Some shops have opened for the first time this week.
The presence of the soldiers and special constables has
inspired many drooping minds with confidence. The
mob I spoke of yesterday was part
.of a very large
meeting, held 'between Alacclesfield and Congleton.
They have' not come here, and we know nothing of
their destination, but there are various reports. The
report of the destruction of Clough .Hall was incor-
rect. A female servant in the employ of Mr. Geo.
Booth, Well-street, Hanley, was caught in the act of
setting fire to her master's house. She 'was taken
into custody. The fire was extinguished, but ,-;ot
until it had done considerable mischief. The- 31th
Regiment are in the town. I stated it was the 33ii
it was a mistake. This most laMentable destruc-
tion of property by the present outbreak is merely an
effect; bad government is the cause. , Mipisters may
put down for a time the present seeds of revolution,
but if they do not legislate for the people, instead of
themselves, the seeds thus buried will rise and bring
forth an abundant harvest, at no very distant period,
and at a time when they least expect it. Oh, that
they would be wise, and consider the endl

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday, Twelve o'Clock r.si
All is perfectly quiet, though sonce"tr.xeitement na-
turally'prevails. among a race of very excitable people,
surrounded, as they are, by so much of a stirring na-
ture in the neighbourhood.
Thc engines have been called out to extinguish a
fire which was reportqd to have broken out at the
Ronian Catholic Cathedral, in Bath-Street. It is true
that a little smoke, or vapour, was-- observed to issue
fiom the wooden steeple, but there *as nothing to
occasion such a preposterous fuss as was made respect-
ing it. I have just returned from visiting the scene.
There were several thousands present, and many of
them were of the roughest character. If a fire could
be said to have existed it was entirely caused by the
action of the sun upon the wooden steeple.

The last news from the Potteries is highly satis-
factory.

Thursday Evening.

The turn-out continues in South Staffordshire, and
both men and masters appear determined not to give
way. A boat of coals was swamped in the neigh-
bourhood of Oldbury on Tuesday mght, and all pos-
sible means are adopted to prevent the proceeding o
the various manufactories of the neighbourhood.

To-day a meeting of the Chartist and turn-out
colliers was held at Great-bridge, about two miles
from Dudley. A Chartist from Wolverhampton,
named Linney, assured the colliers that, the prisoners
in the various gaols of the kingdom were much better
fed and treated than the working people. He dilated
at considerable length upon prison happiness, and ad-
vised the men rather to suffer imprisonment than to
return to their employ at the old prices. Linney was
succeeded by another Chartist, named Pearson, who
said if the men remained firm, they could, in six
months, from the want of coals, reduce Birmingham
and the neighbourhood to a state of insolvency. Only
let them continue firm in their resolution, and they
could and would force the whole of the kingdom to
their terms. He had received intelligence from Der-
byshire and Warwickshire, and in both those counties
the working population were prepared to rise to a
man. The meeting was a very dull and listless affair.
Several of the coal proprietors residing at Dudley
and West Bromwich, feel convinced that the
great majority of the colliers would return to work
at the reduced prices, were it not for fear of personal
violence from the discontented.

In Birmingham the Chartists hold a nightly meeting,
and at its close the parties assembled walk in proces-
sion through some of the principal thoroughfares of
the town. It is not probable, however, that there will
be any outbreak.

THREATENED ATTACK UPON THE MAN-
SION OF SIR ROBERT. PEEL AT DRAY-
TON MANOR. • •
BIRMINGHAM, Thursday, 12 P.M.
,
This evening the streets
.of Birmingham at a late
hour were in a state of considerable commotion in
consequence of about 100 of. the .police force being
seen proceeding in the direction of Daddeston-row
and the London, Derby, and Grand Junction Railway,
stations. They were headed by Mr. Superintendent
Atkins, on horseback. We made it our duty imme-
diately to follow, and on going down Coles-hill, we
ascertained that accounts. had arrived of a contem-
plated attack upon the residence of Sir Robert Peel,
near Tamworth.

On entering the barracks (around the gates of
which a considerable concourse of people were as-
sembled), it was stated that the colliers, in the course
of this morning, had visited Beaudesert, the seat of
the Marquis of Anglesea, and Ingestrie, the seat
of the Earl of Talbot, and, it was stated, :were pro-
ceeding from thence to Drayton Manor, the seat of
Sir Robert Peel. A troop or detachment of the 3d
Dragoon Guards were immediately ordered out, and
at the moment I am writing they have just left Bir-
mingham for Fazelev, the nearest town. to the resi
dence of the Right non. Baronet.
Sir Robert Peel was at. Drayton Manor in the early
part of the week, but we have not ascertained whether
or not he is there at present. We cannot believe there
will be any numerous assemblage of the rioters, but
it would appear, from the statements of persons who
left Tamworth this evening, that the authorities, in
apprehension of danger, had been engaged during the
;whole day in swearing in special constables.
The Tamworth troop of Yeomanry are now at
Lichfield and it is stated that a detachment of the
Birmingham police are going to Tamworth in various
descriptions of vehi cl es`to- nigh t.
A meeting of Chartists in Birmingham this even-
ing (to which the police were directing their special
attention), although numerously attended, passed off
quietly.