The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-24 00:00:00

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ICIANUFACTVRIN G •MSTR.!
MAN CHES .T.ER., Monday Eveninia Ha
,Affairs in this town _ hate been very.
during the day, although the returnto labour kW
been near so general as was anticipated. Tranquillity,
and the exertions of the civil power to suppress all
disturbance, still continue.
~At twe o'clock informa-
tion was received at the Town-hall, that a very large
1 assemblage was taking place in the ground, near the
A Tucker's Gardens, St. George's-road, who had
marched there in procession from different parts of
the town. It was ascertained that the object of the
;meeting was to make an.attempt to turn out the few
I hands who had returned into employMent this morn-
ing. It was considered by the authorities prudent ti
disperse the meeting; and 150 of the police force, and
250 -sPecial constables, with an• adequate military
force,--Marched to the spot. This large detachment
, was accompanied by the Mayor and two of the
'Borough Magistrates, who gave orders to Capt. Sle7gh
1 to- disperse the meeting, which he did but with ad.
!slight resistance.
'From reports heard this afternoon, affairs in the out
districts of Lancashire remain in a tranquil state.
MONDAY :MORNING, ELF:I'2N O'CLOCIL—The dis-
turbed districts are nearly in the same state as this
town. Although the workmen of Ashton-under-
Lyne were the first cause of all these disturbances, tio
actual rioting took place until Friday haat, on which
occasion only was the Riot Act read during the late
turbulent Week. On that occasion a large mob made
an attack on the bricklayers engaged in the erection
of some new premises in the Market- square, in order
to compel them to discontinue, work. The Riot Act
was-then read, and•thfapolice succeeded in capturing
two .of the leading rioters. Three others were cap-
tured during the night by the police, one of whom
Was armed with a pike, and the other with two leaden
weights in the form-pf a sling. The former whose
name is Foden, is a well known Chartist speaker, who
_has at Mottram and other places frequently: advocated
physical force; and another is also a speaker at these
meetings of the name of Hindley, who is blind in both
eyes. Another, party, Dukeathe chairman of several
of the meetings, has been also arrested on a charge of
sedition. The military force consists of about 100 of
1 the Stith Regiment, who are quartered in the Town-
hall, of two -.pieces of artillery which arrived on
Wednesday from Manchester, and of a troop of Dra-
gOons, and the civil force has been augmented by 340
special constables. The print works at Shepley were
at work, and it was announced that the extensive silk
mills of Messrs. Wariklins would re-commence to-day.
There appeared to be a general disposition on the part
of the operatives to return to their employ, hut some
fresh placards were issued round the streets recom-
mentittrtlrefti :fit te- de sokuntil Wednesday. -*;
At Staleybridge call remained quiet. A detach-
Ment ofDragoons arrived from Manchester on Friday
evening, When upwards of 400 special constables were
sworn in, prior to which the inhabitants were in con-
siderable alarm._ It is here expected that the opera-
tives will recommence work on Wednesday. On
Friday night a detachment of Dragoons was 'sent
Over from, this place to Dukinfield to preserve the
peace, and they did not return to quarters until near
midnight. At this place and at Denton on Saturday
the Magistrates' were busily engaged swearing in
special constables,' for' the first time since the out-
break. At Hyde there wah a slight distprbance on
..,
Saturday on account of the attempted apprehension
of aChartist leader of the name of Leach, who was
rescued by a mob,and several of the police and special
constables were severely beaten. - The address of Sir
James Graham to the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire
'has been printed and extensively circulated through
the streets.

An alarm being given at Ashton that upwards of a
thousand colliers Were marching towards Clayttn
and. Medlock Vale, a detachment of the 58th Regi-
ment was sent from Ashton to intercept ,them, but
the alarm turned out to be groundless. In this dis-
trict :it was resolved to open all the mills thin
morning., so that all who wEre inclined might return
to employment. Two of the mills have been at work
since Thursday, one of which is protected by seventy
of the hands, who have been sworn in as special con-
stables. They have not yet had any obstruction in
returning to work, and noinjury his been done to
property.
We regret to state that the return to work ,thi*
morning has been very partial, and not near so gene-
ral as was expected. The fine spinners have prin-
cipally returned, but they were paid higher wages
than the. other classes of hands.. At Messrs. Birley's
mills, and the Oxford-road Twist Company's mills, in
Oxford-road, the parties who went back were refused
employment. All the .police and special constables
were on duty at five o'clock this morning, in order to
protect the persons who returned to work, and will
continue to patrol the streets throughout the day.
A meeting was expected to take place this morning
at five o'clock, on Kersall Moor, but no congregation
of persons had been seen on that spot up to.this hour.
QUARTER.PAST ELEVEN O'CIA)CK.—The oxlcial
reports at the Town-hall show that only nine mills
were at work. The hands were protected in goirig
work with the imposing force of 1,500 police anl
special constables under the command of Captain
Sleigh,- the able and efficient assistant-commissioner
of police. We regret to say from his information
that large mobs are collecting in the different parts,
who express their resolution to turn the hands omit
again. The. streets in le- peiglibourhood of tire
1'iSCII:111T are ciWded persons ready for active
and immediate service. At Salford all is quiet.
BLACKBURN, Sunday Night, Twelve o'Cloek.
• Although it was generally believed in Burnley ot4
Friday that a numerous mob Of turn-out rioters from
Rochdale and Bacup was to invade that town during.
thatcday, and thence male' a descent with increased
Mrinbers on Blackburn, nothing of the kinalia.'s oc-
curred.. Near Accrington, however, on Friday, the
rioters attacked the works of Messrs. Hoyle, in the
vicinity; arid were repulsed by the inmates.
Intelligence has been received here. to7day Of the
arrest of the Chairman of the Trades 'Delegates at
Manchester. • The moment this intelligence arrived,
Mr. Neville, with that promptitude which has so dis-
tinguished him during the riots, at once ordered :some
hundred bills to be printed, posted up in the publics
places, and distributed among the people, announci.4g
the arrest. ;

We are sorry that it is not. in our power to say
that there are any indications of a return to lab'jur on
on the part of the many thousands of operatives in
this crowded workshop of the cotton manufacture.
The general belief to-day is, that there _will not be a.
single cotton-mill chimney smoking in Blackburn.
The large mills of Messrs. Wn. H. llornby:and Co,
employing no fewer than 1,500 hands, were the only
mills at full work on Saturday. It is also morq than
probable that Mr. Hornby's hands, along with the few
still remaining .in the mills of Messrs.' Townley, and
in that of Mr. Forrest, will join 'the general "strike"
to• morrow morning. How long this strike will con-
tinue is of course a matter
,of uncertainty. One thir,g,
:14944iVi.x 44-40111omelea*Iterat are, 4zo a
man, resolved not to sucthfrob to the demand which
has been made with such a spirit of intimitintiorA.
The impudent placard issued from the Tradcg corn-•
mittee7room on kriday last, callingupon
'classes to express, their opinion on, the pre .14. t move-
ment, hai been replied to by an address to, the magis-
trates, agreed to at a meeting of the r Aspectable in-
habitants yesterday. This address ;.s in course of
signature, and will, I have no dou'ot, be signed by
every manufitcturer, mill-owner, awl shopkeeper in
Blackburn.

" Blackburn, August 20, 1842.
" TO.TRII MAGISTRATES AETING WITHIN TM LOWER.

DIVISION OF THE HUNDEED or •BLAcxnußri:
" We, the undersigned householders, iiid other in-
habitants of Blackburn and,the neighbourhood, feet
-ourselves- called upon, at the .present CriSis..,. to expren
our opinion on those *Ming caumptions which we
toieserit 'agitating this town, with-many other puts
of the kingdom.
" Being mostly connected with trade ourrelves, we
have all deeply felt . the depression of t1....1a5t year,
While We have had at the same time the pain to wit-
ness the distressing condition Of the labouring classes,
' whose uniform 'patience, under their privation. has
-entitled 4h ni ro A' Sympathy and. respect of all or.
ders of the community.

.;
" Atthe very moment, then, when trade was re-
viving, when every-thing seemed . to prornise full em-
ploy—an auiple harvest and cheap food—we have
seen, with equal disappointment and.indignation, the
sudden and simultaneous rise of a system of lawless
violence and brutal intimidation, which has at anent
stopped our manufactories, forcibly robbed the indu.sr•
trious'of that employ for whiCh they have long hee.ft
pining, snatched the bread out a, their hands ; and
again ,them,
reduced th with their helpless fam'Air.s tc,
• .
compulsory idleness, misery, and "starvation.
,' Feeling, therefore, the utmost abhori.e.:lee and
detestation of those base and unprincipled.
who evidently wish to • subject the wlr 1 agitators
, a•e population
to the reign of terror, anarchy,
beg leave to tender our services to tb-
ana^ 'TV' ;olution, we
`Magistracy,
With a fixed' determination to e-.41(1e
andinfliience in the mainte:dnee 1;f all our-power
lo‘ alts to our
Sovereign, obedience to the, aw,
r akd full protection of
the rights and liberties of the peace,
Ale and industrious."

NOTTINGHAM, Monday Four o'Clock, r.sx.
During the forenoon of this 4Say, an assemblage of
several hundreds of operative
\do have not resumed
work took place, on Burton- .leys and the fields ad-
joining, north of the tow, 4 A
and towards 12 o'clock
proceeded on the -Arnoldivad, to meet a large force
coming in that directiidn ;'at ..Slerwood,, three miles
from the town, 2,00(1 'Men frorn Arnold were met and
joined by the Notinghana Ma: At this instant they
were surprised hy the appearar ice of the Magistrates,
Mr. W. Tayleromd other's, 'v nth a strong military
force ftotn the barracks ; a p eneral flight over hedge
and ditch immediately occur /ed; but two of the ring-
lenders (Lilly, and. a little fellow a tailor by trade),
wetivaptired. -At the be mom of Gallops ill, or ite