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

GISTRATES.

in addition to the other proceedings noticed above
19 adopted by the Magistrates, several public notices
were issued, amongst which the following is one of the
principal
” Borough of Manchester.—Whereas various 'illegal
neetings have been held, and large assemblages' of per-
ions 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-
ions 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."
Thu RSDA I NIGHT, TWELVE o'cLocK.—Affairs wear
now a more gloomy aspect. Some companies of the 72d
aighlanders, irom Liverpool, arrived this evening by a
,pecial train, and a strong detachment of cavalry is
sourly expected. Constable Leigh, who was severely
wounded yesterday afternoon, in an attack on Birley's
•nill, died this afternoon at half-past four o'clock, at the
infirmary, and the Magistrates have taken the depositions
,f the other wounded policeman, who is in a dying state.
tie is in a most dreadfully mutilated state, having been
severely kicked and injured by the wooden shoes of
many persons in the crowd, when down upon the ground.
Many of the rioters were captured, and sent, under a
strong military escort to the New Bailey prison at Sal-
ord, although it will probably be some days before the
axatnination 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, Tib-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-
►erests 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 ser-
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'clo3k, 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 far as we .can learn,
has occurred on any of the three nights since its com-
mencement ; but this is probably accounted for by the
mob supposing that after 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 services of a very numt.Totts
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 sufficient protective force was,
this morning, most painfully felt in the out-townships.
especially in Ardwiek, Chorlton, and Hulme, which
were completely over-run, from eight o'clock in the
morning till four in the afternoon, by shoals of sturdy
and daring beggars, in bodies of from five to fifty in
number. These 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 proceedings, and there being no
chance of assistance from the police, not one of whom
was to be seen in these townships (except at the bottom
of Oxford-road), the inhabitants reluctantly acceded to
thedemands of the mob, and, in some cases that we have
heard of, gave most profusely awl indiscreetly. Of
course, the money and provisions thus obtained were, in
nine cases out of ten, wasted, or 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 ! Many of the shopkeepers in
Brook-street, Oxford-road, and Medlock-street, were
great sufferers ; for where a willingness to give was dis.