The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-15 00:00:00

STOCKPORT.

STOCKPORT, TIRTRiDAY EVENING, EIGHT O'CLOCK.—
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 %vere soon stopped, and at some of
them the men were compelled to retire without being
allowed to put on their clothes. One manufacturer, Mr.
Jones Bradshaw, was very much heated by a party of
the mob. It was with some difficulty that he escaped
with his life. All the mils having been stopped, they
proceeded to hold a meeting. on Waterloo-road. The
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, where they forced an entrance.
and took away 672 four and six-pound loaves, and
71. in copper. Infla.mation of this proceeding being con-
veyed to the police-office, where a number of special
constaldes, yeomanry cavalry, and two companies of in-
fantry were in readiness, the greatest portion were
despatched to the place, and succeeded in capturing be-
tween thirty and forty of the rioters. This circumstance
hiring made known at the meeting, 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 loading pistols,
and others were observed with formidable daggers under
their coats. A portion of the prisoners Were released ;
and it bring understood they were all liberated, the mob
appeared somewhat satisfied, and between five and six
the strangers left the town. The Magistrates afterwards
examined the prisoners detained, and seventeen of them
were committed for trial, and sent off to Knutsford the
same 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 at present
peaceable ; it is hard, however, to say how it will be t)-
morrow, when, it is said, the turn-outs from Hyde, &c.,
will come again.

SALFORD.
(From the Manchester Couricr of Saturday.)
ENTRY OF A BODY OF COLLIERS INTO
SALFORD.
FRIDAY, SEVEN O'CLOCK.—About seven ol'elock this
morning a large body of colliers, 300 or 400 in number,
entered the town from the neighbourhood of Ashton,
and proceeded direct up 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.
ATTACK ON A PRINT-WORKS— THE MOB
FIRED ON. TWO MEN AND THREE BOYS
WOUNDED.

Messrs. Wilson and Brothers, of. the Adelphi print.-
works, Salford, resumed Work this morning, all their
hands being taken on. This was speedily made known
amongst the rioters ; and so early as seven o'clock a
large 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 be stopped, and stated that he had a body of police
in the yard 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 back ; most of them then went round to the south
side of the building, and hurled showers of stones at the
windows, evidently determined to destroy as much pro-
perty as they could. The police again made a sally, and
drove the crowd away •, but,. before they had succeeded,
a pTivate watchman, who had stationed himself at one of
the windows inside, discharged a blunderbuss, loaded
with No. 4 shot, at the legs of the assailants and fire
of them, we regret to say, were wounded. They were
carried off to the Salford Royal Dispensary ; and the
mob, being thus intimidated, no further violence was
attempted, and the works proceeded without interrup-
tion up to the hour at which we write.
On inquiry at the Dispensary, we learn the following
are the persons who had suffered from the firing of the
watchman's blunderbuss :—Edward Welch, about 20
pars of age, of Griffin-court, Adelphi, was wounded in
the right leg, which had been perforated near the knee
by about thirty shots. This man was by far the most
seriously injured, but it was not apprehended that any
fatal result would follow. William Kitchen, a middle-
aged man, Dickinson-street, was slightly wounded in
one leg, only a few shots having entered it. John
Baker, 14, Blakeley-street, Manchester ; John Ark-
wright, a middle-aged man, Adelphi ; and Thomas
Hayes, a middle-aged man. Style-street, Salford. were
each slightly wounded in 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, FR/DAY EVENING.—The accounts from
Blanchester to-day are worse than yesterday. The mob
had increased considerably ; meetings were held at seven
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 of
Messrs. Gisborne and Wilson, :Adelphi, Salford. The
men at these works have never joined the turn-outs, and
the premises have, in consequence, been daily visited by
parties of men who threatened them unless they did so
One of these visits were made by a large mob. Soon after
the seven o'clock meeting was over this morning they
demanded admittance, 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 or
five persons, Chiefly laws or young men of 16 to 18,
most of them were shot in the legs, and one in the body
appeared to be dying when carried away by his
comrades. The throwing of stones was stayed soon
after, and the police, headed by three Magistrates,
coming tip soon after, the mob moved away. The state
of thinggs is fearful ; all the colliers in 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 broken, 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 auised.
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 demanding the hands to be
turned out, some indisposition being manifested to stop
the works, they commenced throwing stonei 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.
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PREPARATIONS BY VIE AUTHORITIES 01"

SALFORD.

The force at the command c i the authorities at Sal-
ford, this morning, had been augmented to 28 police and
watchmen, under the direction of Mr. niggles, the
deputy constable, and 50 of the county constabulary,
from the adjoining districts, under the command