The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1842.

,kANV INTELLIG ENCE.
trisoLvENTcouRT—(THISDAY.)

IN RE THOMAS WARHAM.
The insolvent, who carried on business as a lace manu-
facturer, appeared on•his petition to be clisehaigect The
',Mount of debts in his schedule was considerable, and
his assets would afford a dividend of ss. in the pound.
Several creditors had entered opposition to his petition,
but none of them attended at the hearing, this day.
appeared by the. insolvent's examination. that he
'lad had extensive dealings with a large firm in Man-
Chester which stopped payment some time back, and by
Which he lost upWards of 85C/. He had els:, become
security for his brother, who was unfortunate in busi-
ness, and the debts for which he thus became liable
formed a portion of those upon which the opposition to
his discharge was grounded.
After some further evidence, which was of no im-
portance, the insolvent was ordered to be discharged.

• , _ EN RE THOMAS S. SMYTHE.
• This insolvent's case has been frequently before the
Court, arid has been already reported in The Sun.
At the last hearing it was ordered to stand over for
judgment to this day, and the insolvent, in the meantime,
having complied with the order of the Court, requiring
the production of the lease of three houses in Camber-
wen, and also of some duplicates of jewellery and house-
Auld furniture, was ordered to be discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL—(THIS DAY.)
A CHARTIST.—John Cartwright, a young man of
about twenty-three, dressed in the garb of a mechanic,
Was placed at the bar before Alderman Sir George Car-
roll, having been remanded yesterday, upon the following
charge :
It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Elizabeth San-
!,l°ll, one of those "divinities" whose avocation consists
lo selling applies and pears, at a "penny a lot," that the
Prioner was passing her locomotive warehouse, alias her
"standing," yesterday morning, and acting up,to the
Principles very generally adopted by a certain class in
the city, helped himself to a portion of her stock
Which was exposed for sale. Mrs. Sandon opposed the
'notion, and gave the prisoner into the custody of a
Policeman, and he was brought before the sitting Magis-
rateAt Guildhall.
The prosecutrix did not appear against the prisoner
this morning.
-Alderman Sir GEORGE CARROLL to the prisoner—
What are you ? Prisoner—l am a Chartist.
Sir GEORGE CARROLL—Do you know what is the
tot-ening of the Charter ? Prisoner—Yes, Sir ;. it means
that every man wot has'nt never committed no murder,
or otherwise disgraced his character—(Laughter)—
Should have a wote. Then we must have wote by ballot,
cos they says there was a . good deal o' rogueishness at
the last election—(Laughter)—as masters turned their
ken off a'thout they woted as they was told. Well, then,
,C,44re is anival Parliaments, the payment o' the Mem-
rii7—no property qualification. There's the fruits of
lire Charter.
Sir GEouGE CARROLL—And is the seventh point tak-
!t!g that which does not belong to you ? Prisoner—No,
an course, that is not the seventh point—cos there is no
seventh.--(Laughter.)
‘,.• Sir G. CARROLL—I think I ought to return you to
Ziewgate, you certainly have qualified yourself.
Over—l wont do so no more, Sir.
Sir G. CARROLL—What do you expect to get from the
Charter ? .Prisoner—Why, a better condition.
Sir G. CARROLL—You will be a Member of Parlia-
-lent then, I suppose. Prisoner—Oh, no, there's lots
oetter nor me.
Sir G. CARRoLL—WeII, as no one appears against you,
You are discharged this time.
The prisoner thanked his Worship, and left the Court.

130W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Xo case of interest came before the Court to-day.
PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—As might be ex-
Pected, this was an opportunity which the light-fingered
Zentry and swell-mobmen of the metropolis would not
allow to pass without one or two dishonest attempts on
the Pockets of others for their own aggrandisement. A
€,_°,,d many of the less dexterous of the fraternity were,
'T use their own phraseology, " nabbed," and no less than
sic of them made their appearance at Bow-street, va-
cl°llsly charged, with stealing pocket-handkerchiefs,
null-boxes, cutting pockets, &c. Three of the gentry
were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, two to
Weeks, and, the evidence being rather doubtful in the
Last ease, the prisoner was discharged.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Miss Anne Baker, a well-looking genteelly dressed
female, was charged as follows
From the evidence of the police-constable it appeared
that last night, between twelve and one o'clock, the pri-
rner was running . about the streets seemingly in
lc state of distraction. The constable questioned
and . she relied that Prince George of Cambridge
4aB the cause other woes ; that he had given her 101.
dew, eek for living with him, and had lately most cruelly
herted her. She referred the officer to Capt. Morris,
'lf the Life Guards, in corroboration of her statement.
le answer to the interrogations of the Magistrate she
Mated that four days ago she had escaped from a Con-
vent at Hammersmith, which was conducted by four
French ladies, and which had no Superior. She stated
that Prince George had treated- her most unkindly, and
that if the Magistrate discharged her upon her honour
Ishe would go off to her relations.
"Ur. ComnE perceiving that her intellects were dis-
?rdered directed her to remain in custody until Mr.
Wilkes, the parish overseer, should arrive, and have her
l'estured•to her friends.

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Cornelius Drake was charged with breaking into the
4-Ise of Mr. Fry; of Ilarrow-street, Southwark, and
stealing a quantity of plate and other property.
The prisoner was taken into custody soon afterwards,
and an article (a Mackintosh), amongst the stolen pro-
Perty, was found in his possession. In the kitchen also,
,‘"(is found an old pair of shoes changed for a new pair,
4Y one of the thieves ; and a shoemaker attended the
;Ultination, who proved that he had made the former
or the prisoner, who was committed.
Edward Thomas was charged with breaking into the
Premises of Messrs. Evans, coopers, of Great Guildford-
'street, and stealing 201. in copper money besides other
llroPQr ty.
The complainant's counting-house was broken into
u( plundered of the above property, besides a quantity
'Pf clothes and a pair of compasses. In the course of the
morning the prisoner was met by a policeman, who
,nowing him to be a bad character, and seeing him
`'ressed out in a new suit of clothes stopped him, and
'questioned him on the subject. The prisoner tried to
make his escape, but being secured it was subsequently
'discovered that the suit of clothes he had on formed
apart of the stolen property. He was committed.

~ONE ir and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The accounts from the country have completely
Veralysed the market, and counteracted the good
effect Which the intelligence of the settlement of the
Poundary Question might have had. Consols are 91i
4or
money and for the Account. Three per Cent.
41 educed, 92* 921 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents, 101
plk ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 100* No+ ;
littnk Stock, 1701 1711 ; India Bonds, 33; Exche-
‘ltter Bills, Old, 50 52 ; Sew, 49 51 prem.
Dutch Bonds—the TWo-and-a-Half per Cents. at
'l.l, and the Five per Cents. 102—are the only Fo-
-lelgn Securities in which there have been transac-
'„uons to-day.
Business in Shares have been confined to London
ilirtningham, Quarters, 47+ ; South Eastern, 214 ;
and Brighton, 334.
The Markets are all exceedingly heavy, and with-
out business. The value of money is from 1 to 2
Per cent.
The Roscius, which left New York on the 25th
Ilt, has brought but few commercial letters, and
these contain no important facts in regard to trade.
llonetary affairs do not appear to have improved,
neither 'had any greater disposition to arrange with
the foreign Dr home creditors been evinced. These
'e°llllled with the uncertainty in regard to the tariff,
t.
—axe caused nearly a total cessation of orders.
Some further information has been received both
ILlA:Mexico and ti pm Texas. Each nation appears
r.)*' determined to continue hostilities, and the
‘6ttei ' had received Ar?veral reinforcements of
Volunteers from the United States. But it
'w9nld seem that neither party, from the
.Nr4ot, of money, will be able to matte any decisive
loevement. Under the new and relaxed tariff, the
trade of Mexico is said to have improved considerably,
end it is much to be regretted that a suspension
of it should occur, considering the importance
of it to this country generally, and to a large
class of individuals in particular, whose
pincipal reliance for the payment of their
eqg outstanding claim, is upon the receipts of the
Custom-house. Since the engagement was entered
auto, by which a portion of these was set apart for the
`:ividends, it has been faithfully observe 4 and doubt-
less will be as long as no extreme pressure ior money
shall arrive; but on previous occasions Santa Anna
has not been very scrupulous in appropriating the
funds which had accumulated for the dividends to
the necessities of the State, and may perhaps do so
again.
'PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. rer Share.
tendon ant' Brighton ...... 150 33:4. to
•• ••
16Pal—
on and Birmingham

Ditto i Shares -
:Manchester and Leeds
Ditto i Shares
B"th Eastern and Dover
Ditto Scrip

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
".41Shi North American ... 40
Al
ANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 12.—We
"'we had an uncommonly dull market to-day. Our
transactions are—North Midland, 59 ; 13ank of
-manchester, Loan Notes, 325. 6d. per cent. dis.

13. Follett, Esq., a partner in the well-known
..tent firm of Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Fol-
,
''ftlett, has
been appointed by the Maskr of the Rolls one
4
• ,he Taxing Masters of the Court of Chancery, an ad-
_ '4°ll to the number of these officers having been made
necessary by the establishment of the new equity courts.
salary, wo understand, is 2,0001. 11 year, but Mr.
Follett relinquishes a private practice of considerably
larger value.— Western Luminary.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. .
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
The Roy-11 Yacht Squadron Regatta commences _on
Monday next, the 15th instant, when a Silver Cup, value
fifty.
.guineas, will be contended for by yachts not exceed-
ing-65.ienS each. The following have been entered
Medina and Nymph. By eleven to-morrow many more
will have entered, _

On Tuesday the Royal Yacht Squadron Ball takes place,
which is generally attended by all the fashionables in the
island, and numbers from the:opposite coast. •-•"•••
On Wednesday the Queen's Clip.. value 100' guineas;
will be sailed for by schooner' yachts. About six are
expected to enter ; they take the usual course, and after
they have started half an hour the boat -racing is to com-
mence, first with four•oared bats of 18 feet, which are
to be started from in front of the Royal Yacht Squadron
house, proceed round a boat, moored off Gothic Hall
(near Egypt), back round a boat off Shrape Point, then
up the harbour round a boat moored near the dock, and
return to the starting vessel. • Prizes :—First boat, 51. ;
second, 21. ; third, 1/7; losing boats, 10s. each. Three
boats to start or no race. Then 14, feet punts, with two
men ; 14 feet punts with one man ; duck hunts ; a sail-•
inc match with half-decked yawls, not exceeding 20 feet
in length. Jones's display of fire works to close this
day's amusements.
Thursday, Aug. 18—The Royal Yacht Squadron An-
nual Dinner, and 501. Handicap for schooners round
the island.
Friday, Aug. 19—A Silver Cup, value 501., given by.
the Royal Yacht Squadron, to be sailed fur by cutters of
the Squadron, above 65 tons. It is expected that six
vessels will enter. Minor sports close the day.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.

AIAARMING STATE OF
THE COUNTRY.

MANCHESTER.
CALLING OUT OF THE PENSIONERS.

Early on Thursday, the whole of the able-bodied out
pensioners ,were summoned to assist in preserving the
peace.• They assembled first in the. fire police-yard,
Claredec-street, and Underwent a preparatory drill ; they
then proceeded to the Tawn-hallond being placed under
the direction of the police authirities there, were.de-
spatched in bodies into different districts of the town.
The'swearing in of special constables went on all, day
at the Town-hall, and upwards of I,ooo,were enrolled.
They were sent out from time to time, in bodies more or
less numerous, according as the emergency of the case
required. In the course'of the day•a notice was issued
by the county Magistrates, in the following terms
• "Proclamation.—The county Magistrates acting for
this•division hereby call on all respectable and well-dis-
posed persons to come forward and offer their services as
special constables without delay, and also to resist, with
all their efforts, the lawless proceedings of the rabble
who are committing depredations, and preventing peace-
able persons from pursuing their lawful avocations.—
(Signed) T. Fred. Foster, J. Bentley, S. Phillips, Robt.
Gardner, John Bradshaw, P. M. James, George Clarke,
S. Fletcher, John 'Chadwick."
FURTHER OUTRAGES DURING THE DAY.

During the day we understand that the workmen in
the employ of the surveyors of highways were com-
pelled to. leave their work. Another party went to the
new church buildint, in the Stretford New Road, and
turned out the hands' about four o'clock in the evening.
The same party turned out. the hands at a rope-walk,
situate near Jackson's-lane, and the bricklayers employed
at the houses building in New Brighton. The latter
made a slight resistance, but were pelted with stones, and
they then laid aside, their-tools. Marauding parties were
about Greenheys during most of the afternoon as well as
morning, visiting the private houses as well as shops.
In many streets they proceeded by house-row, and ob-
tained a good deal of money and bread, some persons
giving as much as half-a-crown. One gentleman in
Cheetham, we have been told, gave a couple of sovereigns
to a party who called upon him. During the after-
noon the town became much more peaceable, especially
the Ancoats, Red Bank, and St. George's Field part of
the town. A couple of field-pieces were planted by the
artillery at New Cross in the morning, but the better
appearance of things led to the withdrawal of this force
in the evening.
PRISONERS IN CUSTODY AND PERSONS
W 0 UNDE D.

On inquiry this (Thursday) evening, we learn that the
number of persons -in custody and confined in the New
Bailey Prison for these disturbances is 122.
Two gentlemen, whilst passing along Oxford-road,
about seven o'clock, were attacked by a mob of persons,
and were severely wounded by stones thrown in their
faces. They ultimately took refuge in a house near
Little Ireland, where they remained till a body of the
police could be had from the Town-hall to release them
from their perilous situation.
On inquiry at the Infirmary, we received the following
list of persons who had been brought there during the
present and preceding day. We are indebted to the
politeness of Mr. Furnival, house-surgeon, for these par-
ticulars :—Joshua Potter was admitted on 'Wednesday,
having had his skull fractured by a policeman's trun-
cheon. Abraham Cooke was admitted the same day,
having his skull lacerated by a policeman's staff, in Gar-
rates-road. William Darby, a policeman, was admitted
on Wednesday, severely bruised about the chest and
legs, having been knocked down by the mob, and
jumped upon. Mr. Henry Cadogan Campbell, special
constable, called on Wednesday night to have his
head dressed, having had his scalp lacerated by a
stone. Samuel Bagnall, policeman, admitted to-
day, very severely injured about the head. Abraham
Dee, another policeman, was admitted at the same
time, with his head severely lacerated. Inspector
Charles Dale, admitted to-day, his scalp lacerated
and severe contusions on the arms and legs. Henry
Morgan, a pensioner and special constable, was brought
in also this day, having received a severe laceration of
the scalp. There was also another policeman in the
house, Owen Rafferty, who had received an injury by
one of his fingers being nearly cut. off, and a laceration
of the scalp. Of these patients Bagnall and Potter were
considered to be in a dangerous state. We have not
heard the names of all the rioters taken to the Infir-
mary, but we understand the number of patients alto-
gether brought there up to this evening, arising out-of
the riots, including the above, is 23.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES BY 'THE MA-

GISTRATES.
In addition to the other proceedings noticed above
as adopted by the Magistrates, several public notices
were issued, amongst which the folloWing is one of the
principal :
" Borough of Manchester.—Whereas various illegal
meetings have been held, and large assemblages of per-
sons continue to assemble together in the public streets,
in such manner as to excite breaches of the peace. and,
by their riotous conduct, -do create great alarm to the
public ; Now the Magistrates do hereby warn all per-
sons from taking part in, or being present at, any such
meetings or assemblages ; and do hereby make known
their determination to cause the laws to be put in full
force, to prevent, suppress, and disperse the same.
WILLIAM NEILD Mayor.

" Town-hall, King-street, Aug. 12, 1842."
THURSDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—Affairs Wear
now a more gloomy aspect. Some companies of the 72d
Highlanders, from Liverpool, arrived this evening by a
special train, and a strong detachment of cavalry is
hourly expected. Constable Leigh, who was severely
wounded yesterday afternoon, in an attack on Birley's
mill, died this afternoon at half-past four o'clock, at the
infirmary, and the Magistrates have taken the depositions
of the other wounded policeman, who is in a dying state.
He is in a most dreadfully mutilated state, having been
severely kicked and it.jured by tke wooden shoes of
many persons in the crowd; a hen down upon the ground.
Many of the rioters were captured, and sent, under a
strong military escort to the New Bailey prison at Sal-
ford, although it will probably be some days before the
examination can be entered into, as not a single police-
man can be spared from active duty.
Besides the proclamations issued by the Mayor, for the
prevention of illegal meetings, the following placard has
been extensively circulated throughout the town :

" PEACE, LAW, AND ORDER.
"TO THE TRADES AND MILL HANDS OF MANCHESTER

AND ITS VICINITY.
" At a preliminary meeting of members of various
trades and mill hands, held in the Fustian Cutters-
room 'rib-street.
" It was unanimously resolved—
" That this meeting recommend to the operatives of
Manchester, and its vicinity, the propriety of assembling
in their respective localities, at seven o'clock in the
morning, to consider the best means of advancing the in-
terests of the people at the present alarming crisis, and
that such various bodies elect delegates to repreSent
their views at a conference to be held at No. 70, Tib-
street, at ten o'clock in the morning.
" By order of the meeting,
" WILLIAM BOYD, Chairman,
" P.S. Let all meetings that elect delegates be public,
and within doors."
A meeting has been held at the Carpenters' hall, at
which language of the most violent and inflammatory
character was used. At nine o'clock three of the special
constables were brought into the Town•hall, very
severely wounded, and taken, by order of the Magis-
trates, to the infirmary, where already nearly thirty of
the victims of the riots are confined. The police were
allowed to go to their homes, having been on active rr-
vice for four days, with but a few- hours intermission,
They, however, as well as the military,.will all be under
arms and at their different stations at four o'clock. The
town is, however, at the mercy of the mob, as there are
no police on duty in any direction.
After dark, the town resumed its wonted quiet ; the •
crowds who had been standing during the day in diffe-
rent parts, silently dispersed ; and by ten o'clock, the
streets were even more quiet and orderly than is usual
at that hour. Indeed, it is a remarkable feature in this
riot that not the slightest tumult, as fur as we can learn,
has occurred ou any. of the three nights since its com-
mencement ; but this is probably accounted for by the
mob supposing that aftiT the usual hour for the suspension
of factory labour, their operations can be of no avail,
In closing our melancholy narrative of this day's out-
rages, we cannot refrain from a remark, which we have
heard hundreds of times during the day, as to the
utter incompetency of the force, civil or military, at
the disposal of the authorities, for the repression of
outbreaks which are raging . at a hundred points at
once. Doubtless, the serviees of a very numerous
body of gentlemen who have been this day sworn in as
special constables will tend materially to remove this
evil. But the want of a 41.40iPTIt protective force was,
this morning, most painfully felt in the ont-tpwnships,
especially in .Ardwick, Chorlton, and IT4ltne, which
were ecimpletely over-run, from eight ':lock in the
morning till four in the afternoon, by shoals of sturdy
and daring beggars, in bodies of from nye to fifty in
number. Thesis dastardly ruffians selected the smallest
and most unprotected houses for their prey, and
were most loud and threatening in their demands where
only females appeared at the doors. The utmost alarm
was occasioned by these precodings, gnd there heing no
ellarwe of osisOopp from thuPPiI.PP, 110 O M PaP Pc
was to bp seen in these townships (except pt the bottom
some reluctantlypissehat we have
acceded to
ii
heardthe
O x f
demandsoorfd, -
gr oa
of
f, de )t
h,
me
ot imob,teipnriand, in :
unfi
di preetly. Of
course, the flY3Pei 411 d provisions tjuis obtained were, in
nine cases out of ten, wasted, pr wantonly *destroyed. In
one street in Chorlton, a party of lads obtained a large
quantity of pieces of bread, with which they immediately
began to pelt one another 1. Many of the shopkeepers in
Brook-street, ik•fer47roFidi and Nedlock-street, were
great sufferers ; for where tp give was dis-
covered, tilt: doors were continually besieged by parties
in succession. In some of the smaller thoroughfares, the
greatest violence was perpetrated ; doors were' forced
oPePI anti Puntriblitions levied at the caprice of the snob.
In Medloelc-stceeil tbe Miff' 4FFPPIit WY a mob
. of fifty boys taking the shops in rotation, and &mending
contributions in the most clamorous manner. At one
place they fairly forced open the door. and knocked
down pn old woputnt who was apparently the only person
to oppose their progress.
~Another remarkable feature which has characterised
thee liftsfromthe beginning,. is the circumstance that
in all the attacks that
r-F-Y 0 peen Fade PP Wills, work-
shops, or public buildings, and indeed • in all the out-
rages that have been committed, a number of big boys,
armed with stones and bludgeons, are invariably put for-
ward as the ringleaders. lien, and women too, are to
be found in the mobs ; but hoyi; f iat r Oways tab:en the
lead ; boys commence the attack, and dO' all the mis•
chief, the adults in general contenting themselves with
cheering on the juvenile rioters. The object of this is

.perfectly clear :lite motive is one of the most diabolical
that, could Lai conceived: The 'older villainS, haVing
doubtless taken part in similar outrages aforetixne, are
seeking to screen themselves from the consequences, :and
to expose thoug.htless, daring, and head Strong lads to the
punishment which is justly due to themselves,
.and will
assuredly overtake them.
The proceedings of to-clay haVe been evidently marked
by greater boldness and precipitancy on the. part of the
mobs, and unless some very vigorous repressive mea-
sures are. itnmediatelyldopted, it imiiossible•k°
eleata 12P AY, ..4re.actr* the consequences..
t.,rrlei'e...4.x,ibia.iTiajialie.re....6l3y..be 'something' M.p:rophes
tie " truth in ',the feiftaili of Mi.-Henry notddSworth.a't
the meeting; thatcin the space of one hour the propemity
of Manchester.-May be reduced to one-half its value.'
After turning out:the hands 'at all the mills and larger'
works which had ventured to start in the Morning, the
villains turned their attention to smaller concerns, in
which from five to twenty hands might be employed, and
compelled a cessation of work amongstbricklayers, s: one
masons, painters, joiners,. rope-makers, and all whose
operations tieing carried on Out of dobrs rendered them
visible to the mob. The system is evidently extending,
and threatens, ere long, to bring all industrial Opera-
tions to a complete stand-still. At the time we commit
these lines to the press, we have no certainty of being
able to lay before the public these alarminz details, to:
our own works may be invaded, and our bawls compelled
to turn out.

STOCKPORT.
(FROM A PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT•)

STOCKPORT, THURSDAY, Auc. 11, 1842.
It has been rumoured for two or three days past,
that the people of Ashton,
Hyde, Stalybridge, and
the surrounding districts, were coming to Stockport,
to turn out the hands employed in the different cotton
mills ; the object of these people being to cease
working until the wages which they had in 1840 are
again obtained. This morning about eleven o'clock,
a body of men, women,
and children,
ing to no less than twenty thousand,amount-
entered
the town, the men and boys armed with sticks
and heavy bludgeons, and it is said many of
them had pistols and dirks in their possession.
They at once proceeded to the different mills, and
succeeded in turning out the hands ; some of them
proceeded to the engine houses,
and others to the
boilers, and raked out the fires.
No resistance was
offered, except in one case, that of Mr. Bradshaw,
who refused to stop his engines. His gates had been
barred, every door fastened, but these were made to
yield like matchwood. Mr. Bradshaw, it is said, was
severely beaten, and made to beg for forgive-
ness. His mill was immediately stopped, and the
hands turned out; the masters generally had
previously, given notice that when the mob came the
hands must instantly cease working, which arrange-
ment no doubt prevented much
mischief. About
half-past twelve o clock to-day the yeomanry cavalry
from the surrounding districts were assembled in the
market-place, together, with the regular troops which
were stationed in the town. From the moment the
immense concourse of people began to appear
every shop was closed, and the whole town
presented a holiday. appearance. About one
o'clock another body of people, equal to—indeed
greater than—the former, entered the market-place
close to the cavalry and soldiers, singing and flourish-
ing a forest of bludgeons. The troops were repeatedly
cheered as the people marched round the market.
About two o'clock some thousands of the people pro-
ceeded to the large new union workouse, erected a
little way outside the town, and after forcing an en-
trance, they took an immense quantity of food, and
turned out all the inmates—in fact, all the bread and
meat in the building was seized by the hungry peo-
ple ; a dinner, which was just laid ' for the guardians,
was immediately seized and consumed. During
these proceedings an immense public meeting was
held upon a piece of waste ground called
Waterloo. After the speakers had addressed
the crowd for a short time, the soldiers and
cavalry made their appearance among them, with an
intention, it is thought, of dispersing the crowd,
the people, however, formed in two bodies to allow
the cavalry to pass between them ; the latter drew
their swords, when they were-immediately challenged
by a flourish of thousands of sticks and bludgeons,
accompanied with ironical cheers from the people, in
the most fearful and menacing manner, not a man
offering to move. A general shrinking was evident
among the cavalry who passed through the crowd,
without any further proceedings. About three
o'clock the cavalry proceeded to the workhouse, and
some scores of persons were taken prisoners, in the
act of consuming the food which belonged to the in-
mates. The people immediately proceeded to the spot
and demanded the liberation of the prisoners; but
this was not complied with, and the workhouse has
been surroundetl by the cavalry and thousands of
people up to this hour (six o'clock) without anything
being done, the people and the soldiery simply watch-
ing and menacing each other. A dense body of
armed people, at least two hundred yards in length,
and twenty in width, has been surrounding the bastile
up to thishour (seven o'clock), the main body of turn-
outs have returned to their homes, with the understand-
ing that they will return again to -morrow. The cavalry
and soldiers are still surrounding the workhouse without
any idea of orders to move. The mills are all stopped,
and the work-people are walking the streets, and the
whole business of the town is at a stand-still. The
oldest inhabitant of Stockport does not remember a
period when the people seemed so united and deter-
mined to resist the reductions of wages which have
been offered as they did to-day. There seems to be a
regular organisation among the people,
every trade
having its Committee, and guards being left over
eirery mill to see whether the hands resume their
work. If they do, they have been threatened with
rougher treatment than they received to-day.

(ANOTHER ACCOUNT.)
STOCKPORT, THURSDAY EVENING, EIGHT o'uLocx„.....
This morning the turn-outs assembled at Hyde, when
they were joined by some of their companions of the
preceding day, and having laid down their plans, pro-
ceeded in a vast body, joined by colliers and other trades,
to Stockport, in which town they arrived about noon.
The various mills were soon stopped, and at some of
them the men were compelled to retire without being
allowed to put on their clothes. One manufacturer, Mr,
James Bradshaw, was very much beaten by a party of
the mob. It was with some difficulty that he escaped
with his life. All the mills having been stopped, they
proceeded to hold a meeting on Waterloo-road. Tho
speakers were chiefly Chartists. It was unanimously
resolved not to return to work till they obtained the
prices paid in January, 1840, During the meeting a
portion of the turn-outs had proceeded to the union:work-
house on Shaw-heath, whore they forced an entrance.
and took away 672 four and six-pound loaves, and
71. ir. copper. Information of this proceeding Leing con-
veyed to the police-otke, iTe a number of special
constables, yeomanry cavalry, and two companies of in-
fantry were in readineSs, the
greatest Portion were
despatched to the place, and succeeded in eapturitig
tween thirty and forty of the rioters, This circumstance
twine' made linewil at the Mectiag, a great number imme-
diately left to go and rescue the prisoners, but the place
was so well guarded that the attempt was not made,
During this several of the mob were seen logclin pi§telsl
and others were observed with formidpble daggers under
their coats, Q yortioP Pt the prisoners were released ;
anti uU Were all liberated, the mob
tt
appearedb t 3 ft ' er.°
somewhat
tt6s
and between five and six
strangersthe n • The Magistrates afterwards
examined the prisoners detained, andserenteen a them
evening, All the shops and public-houses have
been closed since noon. A meeting of the operatives of
this town is now being held,
but the town is t
4, present
a wereecommitted for trial, and Svnt Of to Knutsford the
s
peaceable ; it is hard, however, to say how it will be
morrow, when, it is said, the tOrti.ehts from Hyde, &c.,
will come again, _

sALFortD.
(From the Manchester Courier of this day.)
ENTRY OF A BODY OF COLLIERS INTO
SALFORD.

Y
ll SEVENbody
o '
of collier..,Ci.oc 300 o
CLOCK.--About seven
4ti
venooin number,elocltth
enteredl theYns
morningAallarge
town from the neighbourhood, of Ashton,
and proceeded direct lip to Pendleton, with a view of
stopping the collieries there ; but it Was found that they
had already struck work. ' We understand that they as-
sembled at nine o'clock in Tanner's Field, Pendleton,
with a view of holding a meeting. ,
MOB
THE ATTACK -ON 'A PRINT;WORKS-
- FIRED- ON, TWO MN ' AND THREE-BOYS
'
WOUNPIW,-- '
Messrs, Wilson and Brothers, of . the ,Adelphi print-
works, Salford, resumed Morning, all their
work this
hands being taken on. . this ii. .......s wis speedily made known
amongst the rioters t and so early as seven o'clock a
largo crowd presented themselves at the entrance- ,
gates, Adelphi-street, and demanded that the hands
should be turned out. We believe one of the Messrs.
Wilson expressed a determination that the Mill should
not he stopped, and stated that he had a body of police
in the ygra to protect it. The gates were then closed,
and the crowd , proceeded to throw stones over the
wall. A body of the police rushed out, and drove the
crowd haek ; most of OM then went round to the south
side of the Wilding, and hurled showers of stones at the
windows, evidently determined to destroy,as much „,,..
perty as they could. The police again 11144 sally, and
drove the crowd away ; but, befortl they had succeeded,
a private watchman, who WO stiltiOned himself at one of
the windows inside, discharged a blunderbuss, loaded
with No. 4 shot, at the legs of the 4asailaots ; and five
Of them, we regret to say, were "unded. They were
carried off to the • Salford Bo.) al Dispcnsary ;
and the
mob, being thus intimidated, no further violence was
attempted, and the works proceeded., withent. ;_.".rup
.
lion up to the hour at wkiio WO W4le,ww
On Inquiry at the bispensry,
.lAle learn the following
are the persons who had suffered from the firinc, of the
watchman's blunderbuss :—Edward Welch,
ar),,l
49
years of age, of Griffin-eottrt, Adeli-v,, ail
Was wOunded in
the right l7g, wideli 1i.44 been' perforated near the knee
by about thirty she s. This man was by far the most
seriously injured, but it was not apprehended that any
fatal result would follow.
`William Nitopl 4
widdie.
aged mail, PititiPiPa,l'lreet, W 2.8 'Slightly wounded in
one leg,* only a . few shots having entered it. John
Baker, 14, Blakeley-street, Manchester ; John Ark-
might, a middle-aged man, dIP b
A --e-ul ; and 'Thomas
Hayes a middle-aged man, Style-strut,wfoix:‘, were
each ;lightly wounded lti the legs With small shot.
Their wounds were promptly attended to by the medical
officers --of • that establishment, and they are_ all doing
well at the time we write,

(ANOTHER ACCOUNT, FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT::
MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING.—The accounts fron.
Manchester to-day are worse than yesterday. The mol
.had increased considerably ; meetings were held at sevei
and ten o'clock this morning, and the mob were haran-
gued as before by their Chartist leaders. This morning
a serious occurrence also took place at the print-works
Messrs. Gisborne and Wilson, 'Adeiphi, Salford. The
men at these works have never joined the turn-outs, and
the premises have, in consequence, been daily visited by
men who threatened them unless they did so
Otiy Ot*l-tfieskyisitS were made .147.alai•gestiob. Soon after
the seven o'clock meeting Was over
..this morning: they
• demandedeadmittance, and threatened the people unless
they stopped their work. We are told that many of
Messrs. Gisborne's workpeople are armed. The mob
`began to throw stones, and do other damage, when a shot
'was fired from the cellar premises and wounded four of
five persons, chiefly lads or S'oung men of 16 to 18,
most ofthem were shot in the legs, and one in the body
appeared to • be dying when curried away by his
comrades. The throwing of stones was stayed soon
after, and the police, headed _by three Magistrates,
coming up soon after, the mob moved away. The state
of things is tearful ; all the colliers ift.this neighbourhood
have turned out, the shops closed, and business quite at
a stand. Three men were apprehended in the act of
stealing bread from a provision shop in the neighbour-
hood of Needham-lane, and were put in an omnibus to
be carried to Bridewell ; but the mob having got intelli-
gence, the omnibus was attacked and byeken, and the
men set at liberty. •
The mob also succeeded this morning in causing the
men at the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Com-
pany's sheds to leave their work ; this was before at-
tempted on Tuesday and Wednesday without success.
To-day they also seized and damaged a loComotive engine
on the Leeds and Manchester line, taking out the fire
bars and leaving the engine useless. The engineer was
thrown down the bank and was a good deal bruised.

ATTACK ON A MACHINE-SHOP IN SALFORD.

The machine manufactory of Messrs. Higgins and
Sons, King-street, Salford, commenced, work at the usual
time this morning. Soon after, a large mob appeared in
front of the gates, and after demandin,g,the hands to be
turned out, some indisposition beirg-lnanifested to stop
the works, they commenced throwing stones at the
windows. The proprietors of the works not being pre-
pared to repel force by force, were compelled to submit
to the dictation of the mob, and the hands were accord-
ingly turned out.
PREPARATIONS BY THE AUTHORITIES OF

1. Amongst the prisoners brought in, who now amount
to 1502 was the man who can be identified as having in-
qicted the severe and probably fatal injury ,upon
policeman yesterday. Up to this hour the casualties of
the police were 13 seriously and 11 slightly wounded.
Large crowds are now parading Market-street, but the
great concentration is in the lower parts of the town near
Granby-row, near Carpenter's-hall, where the large
meeting of Delegates is to be held. Rumours are now
being circulated that the mob intend to attack the market
carts on their way into the town to-morrow morning-,
and as nearly one hundred thousand persons have been
out of employ since Monday, it is difficult to say to whflt
extent their necessity may drive them. The follow-
ing proclamation has just been issued:—
All thosegentlemen who are anxious, as good citizens,
to preserve the peace of the town, who are owners of
horses, Will greatly assist the authorities if they will as-
semble on horseback at the Town-hall, at seven o'clock
to-morrow morning. W. NEILD, Mayor."
FOUR o'CLocx.—A summons has just arrived at thp
Tow n-hall for a detachment of police to Messrs. Birley's
mill, on which another attack has been made. In con-
sequence of this a force, consisting of several mounted
police, forty police with drawn cutlasses, and 160 special
constables, each detachment of which is commanded by
one of ie recruiting sergeants of this district, has
marched down under the command of Sir Charles Shaw
and Colonel llogg. The Aldermen and Common Coun-
cil of Chorlton-on-Medloek have just called a meeting
at the Town-hall, to enrol the respectable inhabitants
as special constables en masse.

Whilst the meeting was proceeding at Carpenter's-hall,
an attempt was made to hold an open-air meeting at
Granby-row-fields. Mr. Maude, the Magistrate, went up
and gave them five minutes to disperse, which, not doing,
he ordered the military to charge, which they did, and
immediately cleared the fields. _ _

Strong piquets of cavalry and rifles are placed along
Oxford-road, and the places adjacent. LTp to five
o'clock 57 prisoners had been taken, which makes a total
number now in custody of nearly 200. An attack was
made a short time since on several of the provision shops
in Deansgate, when a detachment of police, under Super-
intendent Beswick, marched out and secured many of the
offender's. About 4,000 special constables have already
been sworn, and many more will be added to-morrow.
We are glad to announce that a little confidence has
been restored up to seven o'clock, the hour at which we
close this communication, but more vigilant means, it'
possible, will be adopted to-morrow. All the shops in
the principal lines of intercourse remain closed, and it is
feared that trade will be still further impeded to-morrow.
The result of the proceedings of the meeting of dif-
ferent trades at Carpenter's hall to-day has not yet
transpired. All the firemen, as well as about 1,000
special constables, are ordered on duty for the night, and
the military will continue under arms.