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

ASIITON.

In the course of Thursday, the Magistrates of
Ashton resolved upon swearing in a number of special
constables. A rumour of this determination having
got afloat, a deputation from the Shopkeepers' Com-
mittee waited upon them, and endeavoured to dissuade
them from their determination' or at least to allow,
the Shopkeepers' Committee to he excused from serv-
ino• • but this effort was unsuccessful. In the even-
ing three hundred summonses were issued. The Com-
mittee issued the following placard
•

" UNION IS SIitENGTIII-1-The tradesmen and mid-
dle classes of Ashtbn-under-Lyne and its vicinity,
viewing with alarm the distress and agitation now ex-
isting around them, offer their services as mediators
to settle the differences unhappily subsisting between
the employers and the employed. To accomplish this
object, they have appointed a deputation from their
number to wait-on the manufacturers. The object of
this deputation will be to induce the employers to take
into their serious consideration the wishes of the ope-
ratives, and, as far as possible, to accede to them.
The following gentlemen composed the deputation :
Mr. Thomas Kershaw Mr. William Sunderland
„ Thomas Travis „ Abel Swann
„ .John Spencer „ James Knott, jun.
„ Robert Ripley „ John Johnson
„ Josepbyletcher „ John Smith.

, John. Metcalfe.
" Should the peace of the town be broken, it may
defeat the object proposed : the Committee, therefore,
b,g of the operatives rigorously to preserve the
peace !
" Ashton-under-Lyne, August 11, 1842."
They also attempted to procure an interview with the
mill-owners ; but, not being very suc-
cessful, they forwarded a copy of the following cir-
cular to the mill-owners of Ashton, Stalybridge, and
D ukinfield :

" Cotnmittee-room, Pitt and Nelson.

Sir,—We beg to request your attendance at_ a
meeting of the spinners and manufacturers of this
neighbourhood, to assemble at the Commercial Hotel,
on Friday the 12th inst., at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
precisely.
" A Delegation of Gentlemen from the Com-
mittee of the,. Tradesmen and -Middle Classes of
Althton-under-Lyne and the neighbourhood will then
attend, if possible to mediate upon the disputed
points between the employers and the employed.
We hive adopted this course with a view to
preserve the peace of the district, and to induce good
feeling amongst' all, classes of the community; and,
as a friend to these objects, we earnestly solicit your
Tttendance.

"The following gentlemen will compose the depu-
•
Cation :
Mr. Thomas Kershaw,
„ Thomas Travis,
„ John Spencer,
„ Robert Ripley,
Joseph Fletcher,
„ John Metcalfe.

Mr. William Sunderland,
„ Abel Swann,
„ James Knott, jun.
„ John Johnson,
„ John Smith.

" Yours respeeffilly,
"JAS R. HORNER, lion. See.

"Ashton-under-Lyne, Aug. 11th, 1842."
A meeting of the operatives unconnected with the
cotton trade was convened for yesterday morning, in
the Charlestown Meeting-room, Ashton; hut for
what purpose we did not ascertain.
MEETING—CONFERENCE OF MASTERS
AND THE DEPUTATION.

In pursuance of the invitation contained in the cir-
cular just quoted, about thirty of the principal em-
ployers of this neighbourhood assembled in the large
room at the Commercial Hotel. Amongst them were
observed Messrs. John Whittaker, Oldham Whittaker,
John Hyde, Samuel Robinson, John Mellor, George
Mellor, Edward Redfern, Samuel Earnshaw, Peter
Leigh, Evan Leigh, Thos. Mason, G. Southam, James
Ogden, ,T. Dean, Joshua Binns, Samuel Heginbot-
tom, W. Heginbottom George lleginbottom, &c.,
&c. We believe nearly all the members of the
deputation were present, headed by Mr. Travis. Mr-