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

them. Ail the speakers, without excep7,
•ed them not td -commit-a—breach of-the
• all means to tespeettit4 rights of pro-
theui to baware, as- they had
sm. A blue bottle, he said, dressed
with the party on Wednesday, to
Roy too, and Birnage; and, having assisted
than in all their nroceedings, came ani gave in-fin--
illation to a Rochdale- Al.t.gistrate at. night. The
I-c2t-tin-4 broke up et half-past eight o'clock.—On
rri(Lir mornint, thei-owas another gathering at the
live o'clock. The meeting was corn-
singing , a hymn, when a female ad-
c.Le in a very animated -manner, the assem-
bly.l multitude. She
.was a teetotaller, and ad-
to shun the ale-house, and look to their
and families.. She compared the poor
of the land to Christ, who was deserted in the
• or tribulation by
.the rich and wealthy of the
who the poor fisherman of Galilee
his doctrines,. and to send glad tidings into
eart.; of thousonds. The state shepherds, dressed
Hen, whose object was to fleece theM, never
Aid be considered as the representatiVes of the poor
,hermen of old. ,She went on in this strain for
"me time. By six O'clock the crowd had increased
3,000 or 4,000, when they broke up, and set off to
liar n. It is supposed that, after having pulled out
he niugs there, they return through Todmorden,
accompl;sh the business in that place. At eight
,a Friday morning a party of 500 or 600
marched into Rochdale from Heywood; but, finding
themselves too late to join the Bacup party, they
advanced to Black Pits (three miles from Rochdale),
a mill belonging to Mr. Turner, of Haslingden, with
the intention of turning out the hands. During
Thursday night everything went off very peaceably.
ROCIIDALE,-BACUP, AND TODMORDEN.
At six o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning, a very
large meeting was held 'on Cronkeyshaw Moor. De-
legates were sent thence to various parts in York-
shire, also to Colne, Padiham, &c. A procession of
,OUO individuals went to Bacup, where the hands in
the cotton and woollen mills, and various workshops,
were compelled to give up work. After holding
another meeting, the procession marched to Todmor-
den, where the hands in most of the mills had ceased
working, and the others were then stopped. At three
o'clock yesterday (Friday) all was quiet in Rochdale;
persons were gonigto various shops begging for bread,
and gorne'dematided money. There is a general re-
i;oti,-t'fi-rat all the places of worship are to be stopped on
at all the meetings Chartism is introduced,
Lifid!-Mo§t thend declare they will have .the Charter.
- .

won 1, :1

to p

illy

t 1

o'ciock

HEY WOOD.
o'e'lOek on Friday morning,
,a large number
of fa.eib'ry operatives from Bury entered Heywood : a
pp,b4
,meeting,. consisting of upwards of 3,000 per-
sA*,',wits, held near St. James's Church. The
speakers advised the meeting to be peaceable, and
united in obtaining, the wages of 1840, and to work
only ten hours per day. The procession was formed
about seven o'clock, and the party proceeded to
Rochdale, forcing all persons to go with them whom
they met on the road. At three o'clock in the after-
noon of yesterday, all was quiet. The whole of the
operatives in the mills, and machine and other work-
shops, were at a complete stand. A few special con-
stables were sworn in.on Thursday evening.