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

HULL.

AUG. 16, 1812.—A second detachrdent of in-.
fantry left this town soon after I had posted my
letter yesterday, and a third application, more
urgent than the two former, arrived by a sub-
sequent train. The Mayor of Leeds stated, as an
additional reason why Colonel Simpson, the
Commandant here, should send a reinforcement,
that he had made many applications to other
depots, but the general answer was, -that not a
man could be spared. The Magistrates met
yesterday, ,and again this morning.. I believe
the third despatch of troops was agreed upon,
the military force at the garrison being consider-
able, and there being a large number of effective
pensioners in this place, besides a strong
police force. A Chartist meeting wati held last
night, which the authorities kept their eye upon,
This-evening the notorious Acland was to
harangue the people in the Market-place; but
the meeting has been countermanded, and will
not therefore take place. The Mayor is acting
with becoming spirit, and is supported by his
brother- Magistrates with Much unanimity and
zeal. I have no fear of this town being disgraced
by exhibitions of a character like those made in
most of the towns in Lancashire and the surround-
ing districts. The Queen's Proclamation is posted
through the borough, and the Magistrates have
been engaged in making every needful prepara-
tion in the event of an attempt being made to in-
flame the populace. There is a large cotton and
flax spinning establishment here, chiefly worked
by hands scraped out of Staleybridge, Stockport,
&c., a considerable number of them Irish. There
is consequently no want of combustible material
for revolutionary agitators to work upon. There
is a report abroad that next Thursday is the day
fixed upon for a turn out of the Irish hands here,
accompanied with a threat to burn down the fac-
tories if any hands are found at work. Several
strangers have been seen in town to-day, known
to come from the Ashton district; whether they
are here as emissaries or not, I cannot say.
I send you a copy of a letter, written "by
ordtr," &c., from the turn-outs at Ashton to a
party in this town. The Mayor is in possession
of the original, of which the following is a faith-
ful transcript. it is important, inasmuch is it
shows the rapidity with which the Committees of
the confederated workmen receive and circulate
intelligence connected with the incipient insur-
rection, and discloses the fact of their being in
close alliance with other parties, who_were
rally supplying them with means to carry-on the-
war, and demonstrates, beyond all "denbt theivat
ob4et of this universal rise, mid 'the steps taken
to make it simultaneous. You will see that se
early as Thursday last it was agreed that there
should lie a general muster in the, churches, of
which I believe the authorities of. Manchester
were not aware till some time after. The enthu-
siasm displayed in this dispatch, written to this
town "by order," when speaking of
.bloodshed,
liberty, and revolution, ought not to be lost upon
you, as illustrative of the spirit in which im-
mense numbers of the labouring classes would
enter upon the fearful work of civil anarchy.
Here is the despatch referred to
" Ashton, AUgust, 1842.
" On Wednesday night I came .to Staley-
bridge. I saw Thomas Tonge ; lie has got no
work yet ;, he is going on tramp again, I believe.
1 saw him at a public meeting on the Hague. On
Friday Bailey's hands turned out. On Monday
morning all mills in Staleybridge turned out. I
was working at Mason's at this time. I got work
the same morning. The mills' all being stop-
ped at Staleybridge„ they. ail came in a body to
Ashton; stopped every mill there;. called e.
Pleetiug between Asht4* sad fitaleyttadge.

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