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

TUMULT AT CARLISLE.

CARLISLE, AUGUST 22, 1842.—F0r some days past
the Chartist part of the working population of.
city have been in a state of considerable agitation,
and most anxious to take part in the movement going.
on "in Lancashire and Yorkshire. . They have hail
nightly meetings in Calden-gate—a suburb in which,
the. greater portion of them reside—since Monday
last, at which extracts from The Sun and other papers
have been read, descriptive or the -agitation in the dis-
turbed districts. The queStion of a strike was mooted
On Saturday night and last night;` but those unac-
quainted with the movements behind the curtain.
imagined that all idea of joining in the, turn-out had
been abandoned especially from the speeches of last
night. This, however, was not the intention
of the leaders; and this morning, three out
of four • of the •cotton mills turned out.
partly by coercion, and partly voluntarily.
the principal movers being the hand-loom neavers
In the course of the morning a large body of the turn.
outs went to Dalston, a village about five miles dis.
tant, where there are two cotton and one flax mill
and compelled the hands to turn out.
At an early hour this morning the Magistrates me•
in the Town-hail, and issued a caution similar t(
those which have been published by other Ma,gistratQs.
They then despatched- a messenger to Lieutenant.
Colonel -Ibsen, Dalemain, requesting him to forwart-
the troops of • Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, undo;
-his command, and they. are expected to be here withii
An hOur. Special constables were sworn in, and ever
precaution taken to meet any tumult that might occur
At this time (five o'cloCk, P.si.) all is quiet.

-WOINLAN IN a TRANCE.—On Monday mornlyr
-01'6 18th ult.; an igeed widow, named Betty Butterworth
of Wolstenhotrue Fold, Spotland, near Rochdale, after
eating a hearty•hreakfast, lay down•and fell fast-asleep,
and continued m that state until the Friday. following,
tii attempts to awake her in the mean time haring
proved unavailing. Whcn she awoke, she asked h-,r
sense - porridge, which being furnished. she ate with ar-
pLrent greediness. It is stated that about six months
:igu she slept upwards- of a week in a similar manner.
'_she i in 4i; good state ofsheaith.

.I.[ADA.ME Ir4ELAt'S J)I.ARY Or THE COURT OF
(QUEEN CiiAto.orrE.—'rite publietaipn of'tlie fourth vo7
'nano i,t* this work his greatly increased:the pu'olit: ii
:-.,wards it. tk Contetapoiiiisr sit?,§2:--t4 -11'e ("toinot

take Lave of it without pronouncing that it is an ad- •
•rio ruble r,:vord of the proceedings of the Royal Family of
Great Britain in one of the most interesting eras of our:
public history—viz.,,the insanity of George the Third.
doe estie diary, rendered striking. to all from the
*singular aiid weighty events of that period. and the great
persons in every departthent uf.lrublic life with whom it
aiakes us familiar ; and independently of its faithful
ilualities;as a personal narrative, it is worthy of high
commendation, from the spirit, the. grace. the feeliq!?,
-and. the • kindly affections, which the writer exhibit
throughout. We really possess nothing like it in any
other hiseary whatever—so far as the +itruiPar
course, the temper, end the domestic proceedings of
!:inks, and qUeens, and princesses, are marked and de-
lineated in their privacy; and all this description ac-
.tomplisherwith the, most perfect taste, integrity, and
delicacy: It throws all others of the like kind at un ha-
measurable distance. is perfectly unique, and well
entitled to be -considered as the most engaging and
cistruiekeinn,g6,ort h.
ethaetrilcitaelrary novelties of the season of 1842."
QUEEN'S • THEATIWAL FUND.—The season at the
Queen's Theatre closed oat Monday with a benefit for the
.which was announced to take
place tinder the patronage of T. S. Duncombe,
:vf.P. In addition to the usual strength of the company,
NI". IL P. Grattan. Mr. L. Goldsmid, and Mr.
Collins gave their valuable ,assistance gratui-
tously. The performances consisted of " Mischief
_;lattink," " The Frown Refugee," " The Nervous Man,"
and "
piece, l'rederiek the Great." At the conclusion of the
third
Mr. Royer, who had been deputed by Mr.
Parry—that gentleman being. unwell—read an address,
expressive of grateful thanks to the public for the pa-
tronage which they had vouchsafed to this theatre (latring
the past season,, and announcing the re-opening with
freSh talent and renewed vigour at the usual period.
BORouGn.—Southwark is in a state of con-
siderable excitement owing to the affair of Monday night
on Kennington-common-The leading thoroughfares
are filled with small groups of men, all discussing the
merit of the tranactions. There is at general feelhe. of
disapprobation against the police, tar the manner in whida
they acted on the occasion, and many threats," net. I‘,:id,
bsiecterdaelepri,:ee'
taitriegsuattreere4poofn
trctd.tatloiabtototillelytditisl,:,geret:izinig;.e,.
INCOXE-TAX.---We have heard upon pretty good
authority. viz., that of one of the parties immediately
interested, that it is th:iti: t(t,hnetioGn,,o) fve:::::::,ht;
( largest
b,ounillnigedesbtayheli:mhturtacentts in London, and who are largely
01.3 Wages of the men two shillings. per ‘‘,-,•
'l': e
alleged c,use of this step is that it all the. tip•
to meet the burden of the Income-ax. ;wice
r:duction was given to the men, aheut five hundred :a .!
umber, yer4erday..

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THIS EVENING. AUGUST 24.
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