The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-17 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. 1
Amsterdam CF. 12 9 (Gibraltar...

Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 9i
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15
Alton&
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles
Ilourdeaux 25 95

Leghorn ...
Genoa
Milan 3l
Venice
Naples . . ....... ..... 40
Palermo, per as Iln -
Lisbon
Oporto 53i
Rio Janeiro 231
... . .

Frankfort on Maine... 161 k
Petcrsburgh, 3 Us ... 36h
Berlin

Bahia
Buenos Ayres 23}
New York, 21days sight .!bil

Vienna, eirac. fl. 3M. 9b9

46

Trieste, ditto ... 10
Madrid
Cadiz .. 364
Bilbao 36
Barcelona
Seville ... 36

I'ItICES OF BULLION, TEN OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Geld Com 3 17 b
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars... 0 4 let
Silver in Bars... 0 4 111

THE RIOTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURING DISTRICTS.

MANCHESTER, FRIDAY MORNING.—We regret to
have to record a renewal of the disturbances which
have lately produced such serious alarm throughout
the whole empire. Such, however, is our task, though
in consequence of the disposition of the police force
and special constables, no serious mischief can happen.
Had it not been for the prompt movements of the
civil force, we have no doubt yesterday would have
witnessed the destruction to a considerable extent of
property belonging to those masters who have suc-
ceeded in obtaining hands to work at their power-
looms. The disposition of the weavers in Manchester
and Salford seems to be to prevent, if possible, the
resumption of work, unless the masters accede to the
demands for an advance of wages. Many of the
masters are willing to do this, particularly in Salford,
but refuse to do so without their contemporaries
being placed on the same footing as themselves. An
attack was on Thursday made on Messrs. Garstang's
factory in Salford, which was at an early hour visited
by a large snob of men and women,—the hands all
turned out, and the windows broken. The mob
thence proceeded to the factory of Messrs. Morris, in
Oldfield. road, where a number of strangers are em-
ployed as weavers, instead of the turn-outs. At this
place, however, they were repulsed by the hands of
Messrs. Morris, who were armed for the purpose of
self-defence. The men also took three of the ring-
leaders into custody, and handed them over to the
police. After this the mob held a meeting in the
Chartist-room, George-street, where resolutions were
come to that they would not resume work until they
obtained the wages they had in 1839.
In the course of the afternoon reports were re-
ceived at the Town Hall, Manchester, that mobs
were collecting in various parts of the town, parti-
cularly in the neighbourhood of the large factories in
Oxford-road, belonging to the Oxford-road Twist
Company, to Messrs. Birley, and to Mr. Marsland.
A number of windows were broken, and the mob
threatened to turn out the hands, but they ap-
peared to act with great caution, for immediately
any violence is committed the mob take to their heels,
lest they should be pounced upon by the police.
About five o'clock in the afternoon the Chief
Superintendent of Police, Mr. R. Beswick, left the
Town Hall at the head of a body of police and special
constables to proceed to the places where the mobs
were collecting. On reaching the mill of Mr. Mars-
land, in Oxford-road, it was found that the mob,
tiller breaking the windows, had proceeded towards
Gaythorne. Mr. Beswick went in that direction
at a rapid pace, and found a mob of from 700
to 1,000 persons about leaving the mill of Messrs.
Fernley, having broken about 100 windows. On
Mr. Beswick making his appearance the mob turned
round, and were requested by a man who seemed to
be the leader, to face the police. They halted, and4n
seeing this Beswick hastened to fetch his force.
their appearance the mob fled in all directions, but the
leader was chased through various courts and narrow
streets ; and after a gallant run of twenty minutes, he
was taken into custody and lodged in the New Bailey.
In the evening Mr. Beswick succeeded in capturing
several other parties whom he knew to have taken an
active part in the riots. They will be examined to-
day before the Magistrates at the New Bailey.
The town continued in a state of great excitement
until a late hour last night. In the neighbourhood of
the factories and on the Ashton-road, large bodies,
principally of young females, marched in procession,
singing that they would not go to work until they
obtained they obtained the advance. In the course of
yesterday meetings of the turn-outs were held in va-
rious parts of the town, at which a man named Massy
said he had marked several families who had gone to
work in the Regent's-road mill. The meetings were.
however, dispersed by the police, and several, on the
remonstrance of Colonel Wemyss, separated. The
town this morning is quiet, but detachments of police
avid specials are marching about in all directions.
NEW. BAILEY—THURSDAY.

CIf.IIIGE OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE SECRETARY
OF THE DYERS' UNION.—This afternoon John Tear,
INIIO Avho has for some time past acted as secretary to
the Dyers' Union, was placed at the bar before Mr.
D. Maude, the stipendiary Magistrate, and Messrs.
Wankly and Elias Chadwick, on a charge of rioting,
and conspiring with others to turn out the hands at
several factories and other works, at the commence-
ment of the present outbrtak.

Mr. Cobbett, solicitor, defended the prisoner.
The first witness called was a boy, named Joshua
Greenough, who stated that he knew the prisoner,
having worked with him at Messrs. Dooley and
Price's, fustian-manufacturers, in Manchester. On
the 12th of August witness was in Salford acci-
dentally, and hearing that Messrs. Dewhirst's men
were about to be turned out, he went there. Witnesa
saw a mob of about one thousand persons go to the
mill. The prisoner was then standing at the gate.
The gate was opened, and witness heard the prisoner
tell the mob to go and turn out the hands. The
hands were turned out, and about thirty of them
joined the mob. There was then a call of "Fall in,"
which the mob did, and then marched off towards the
flax-mill. Tear was at the head of them as far as wit-
ness could see.
Moses Price, engineer at Messrs. Wilson and Co.'s
Adelphi print-works, in Salfbrd,gaVe similar evidence.
Thomas Elison, a person in the employ of Messrs.
Wilson, said the prisoner came • up to hint at his