The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1812.

CONDUCT OF THE TURN-OUTS.
(From the Manchester Times.)

- We have had another week's almost total cessation
of work and almost total cessation of business; but
while the insurrection, as it has been called, has been
rapidly extending, and in many instances had had the
melancholy accompaniments of the loss of life and the
destruction of property, here, and in the immediately-
surrounding large towns and populous intervening
villages, which unitedly contain a population of three-
quarters of a million, the extraordinary tranquillity
remarked upon in our last publication, still continues •
and while, at a distance, Manchester is thought to be
in a state of siege, the whole town may be traversed
without a single act of violence being witnessed, and
the most timid female may go out at all hours of
the day without the slightest chance of receiving an
insult. What an honour this to the long-suffering
working-men of Manchester! What a strange spec-
tacle this, when the fiat of the multitude settles
whether this man shall work or that man shall not,
and when a quarter of a million of persons, unem-
ployed, might spread havoc and confusion all around.
Here is the law in one instance set at complete de-
fiance, and a new law of the multitude in full force,
that none shall work without their consent ; and yet
with this evidence of supremacy there is the full and
tranquillizing conviction in the • minds of all other
classes, that their lives and property are perfectly
safe in the hands of a population which, except in
its wild sense of justice with regard to the means of
obtaining a better reward for labour. or a fuller re-
presentation in Parliament, pays. the most punctilious
regard to law and order. The conduct of the people
of Paris during the three days' struggle, lauded, and
deservedly lauded as it was, falls infinitely short in
forbearance and noble-mindedness to that of the
people of Manchester and its neighbourhood, in this
fortnight's formidable contest.
Has there been a single instance of the destruction
of machinery ? Bands of men have gone to a factory,
. and ordered the hands to be turned out, and on com-
pliance they have gone away without doing damage
to the amount of one farthing; and denial has occa-
sioned little more than the demolition of panes of glass.
In other instances a stop has been put to work in the
briefest and easiest way. There is a plug in every
boiler driven from within ; and so well known is the
position of every plug, that in one moment it is found,
and in another moment driven in, letting the water
out on the fire. The object has been not to destroy,
but simply to stop ; and the simplest and least de-
structive manner has been chosen.

And while we praise the working-classes of our
own immediate neighbourhood, let us also do justice
to the_ other classes of our community. Never on any
occasion have we observed more sympathy with the
distressed, greater allowanCe for their breach of the
law, or greater desire to see them restored to the
comfort to be derived from receiving the due reward
for their labour. We do not approve of all the acts
of the Magistracy. We think that they have put
forth declarations which can be justified only by the
hurry and excitement of the moment. But be it re-
membered that the sound of a soldier's musket has not
been heard within twenty miles of Manchester.
Great forbearance on the part of the working
classes having temporary power—great forbearance
on the part of those who have the law and the civil
and military forces on their side—mutual good-will
instead of mutual hate—a general disposition that
labour should have its full reward ; are there not here
the elements of cordial agreement ? And we here
express our full conviction that a friendly conference
between masters and men would at once put an end
to the dispute so far as wages are concerned. As for
the notion of standing out till the Charter be ob-
tained, is there one man in a hundred who believes it
to be possible ?

THE COTTON TRADE.
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
The moral certainty which now exists of securing
a good harvest, added to other causes set forth in our
former statements, viz., the crop of the United States
falling short of 1,700,000, and the decreased supply
from India, has caused a steady demand and conse-
quent advance in the price of the great staple of this
market. The advance in the lower qualities has been
considerable at p. per lb., but in the better no per-
ceptible change is visible. Still, we are at very mo-
derate prices, and when the mills are fully at work, it
is not unlikely a further improvement may take
place. Our stock of American to-day is 430,000
against 481,000 the previous year, showing a de-
crease of 51,000 bags. Taking Mobile cotton as a
standard, prices now rule from 40. to 6id. ; in
1841, 4id. to 7fd. • in 1840, sd. to 7d. ; so that in
low cottons we are id. per lb. lower than last year,
and d. less than in 1840. As to the growing crop
of the United States, it is premature to form any
opinion ; but it is quite evident we shall have a very
small stock at the close of the year, probably less than
our former figures-120,000 bales.
It will be seen, by reference to the brokers' circu-
lars, that of the sales of the week (26,160 bales) more
than one-half has been taken by speculators.* This
has been the case, though not to the same extent, tbr
several weeks, and, consequently, spinners cannot
hold a very large stock.
The suspension of business in Manchester and its
vicinity has demonstrated to a certainty what was
only conjecture before, that there are, comparatively
speaking, no stocks of goods or yarns in the country.
When matters looked most threatening in Manches-
ter, last week, such were the reduced stocks that
holders asked a considerable advance.
The accounts from most foreign markets continue
favourable. American flour, duty paid, is now selling
at 275. for 1961b5. : so that, after a settlement of these
unfortunate disputes about wages, we may confidently
look forward to an improved state of commercial
matters. J. H. S.

August 20, 1842.
* The sales to speculators are not deducted from the
stock.

Speculators have taken this week
Week ending 12th inst.

In two weeks

26,680

Exporters have taken
Against in 1841

Increase 24,000
A palpable proof this is the lowest European market.

LLOYDS' SHIPPING

LONDON, AUG. 22.—Wind, this day at noon, E.
DEAL, Aua. 20.—Wind S.W. fresh. 21, S.W. mode-
rate.—Arrived Victoria, Holland, South Seas ; Lerwick,
Ceylon ; Resolution, Quetec ; Thirteen, Mackie, Rio
for Hamburgh ; Little Catherine and Caution, Sierra
Leone ; John Muir, Church, Jamaica ; Latona, St, An-
drew's, N.B. Sid. Bay, Greene, St. Kitt's ; Gilmour
and Wolfscove, Quebec ; Philadelphia, New York ; Coun-
tess of Durham, South Australia; John Al itchell, Bombay;
Superior, Trinidad ; British Queen, St. John's, New
Brunswick, with the rest of the outward bound. The
True Briton and Vtrnon (with troops) for Madras, are
coming through the Gulls.

Pennow, AUG.' 19.—S1d. John and Mary, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, AuG. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Pioneer,
Graham, New Orleans ; Leila, M'llonneugh, St. John's.
New Brunswick ; Tamerlane, Quebec ; Cheshire, Hen-
rickson, Bombay and Mauritius ; May, Benson, Africa,
left Bonny June 13 ; Trial. Jeans, Honduras ; Mary
Caroline, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld.
Wm. Wright, and Wilton, Jamaica ; Sauter Johnny,
Montreal ; Java, Calcutta ; 'Champlain, Philadelphia ;
Oxford, New York ; Canada, Adelaide, and Euclid,
Quebec. The Euclid, sailed hence yesterday for Quebec,
put back this morning with damage, having been in con-
tact with the Crosby Light Ships, and sailed again this
afternoon. . _ _ . . _

STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 21.—Arrd.Feronia,Mogadore.
OFF DOVER, AUG. 20.—Wilhelmina, Newcastle, Rio.
OFF BEACHY HEAD, AUG. 16.—Beurs van Rotterdam,
Heeustra.
OFF MARGATE, AUG. 21.—Arrd. Lora Wenlock,
Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 20.—Wind W., 21. S.W.—Arrd.
Aurelian. Ski. Jane Francis, Hobart Town ; H.M.S.
Pique, Estward.
Ci,owEa, AUG. 21.—Arrd, New Holland, Ward. Batavia.

PLYMOUTH, Aua. 21.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Essex,
London for New Zealand ; H. M. S. Calcutta, Gibraltar.
Sld. Sir C. Napier, Hobart Town.
FALMOUTH, AuG.l9.—Wind S. to W.S.W. fresh-20.
S.W. to W.S.W. ditto.—Arrd. Oscar, Stockholm to
Batavia. _

CLYDE, AuG. 19.—Sid. Hallyards, Demerara ; Jane,
Brown, Montreal.
SHIELDS, AUG. 20.—S1d. Iris, Rio.
CORK, AuG. 18.—Arrd. Kate, Duffy, St. Andrea's ;
Xarifa. Tucker, Barbadoes.
OFF THE WIGHT. AUG. 21.—Lord Hungerford, Pigott,
Calcutta, left St. Helena June 30.
OFF CROOKRAVEN,AUG. 16.—Highland Mary, Quebec.
DUNDEE, AuG. 19.—S1d. Elizabeth, Buenos Ayres ;
Caroline, Quebec.
LEITH, AuG. 20.—S1d. May, Mauritius ; Regalia,
Dalhousie.

SHIELDS, A 13G. 19.—S1d. Protomelia, Cape.

The Lord Hungerford (East Indianian), W. Pigott,
H. C. S., has arrived off the Isle of Wight, from Cal-
cutta, having on board Lord Auckland, the late Gover-
nor. General of India, and family ; her dates of leaving
are from Calcutta, March 12 ; Algoa Bay, May 27 ; St.
Helena, June 27.

On Friday afternoon the British and North Ame-
rican Royal mail steamer Caledonia, Capt. Lott, sailed
for Halifax and Boston. She carried out between sixty
and seventy passengers. Mr. Charles M•lver, one of the
co-agents, has gone out in the Caledonia, on business
connected with the steamers composing the line.

POST..OFTICE MONEY ORDERS.—The number of
money orders issued and paid at the Liverpool Post-
office in one year, ended sth of July, 1842, is 126,309 ;
amount, 273,464/. 19s. 9d. ! In the year, ended sth of
October, 1838, the number issued and paid was 6,194 ;
amount, 9,411/. Os. Bd. • The increase in number is more
than twenty-fold, and in amount nearly thirty-fold.

A LIE. A great lie," says the poet Crabbe, "is
like a great fish on dry land ; it may fret and fling, and
make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You
have to keep still, and it will (lie of

BIJRSLEM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR -It is deeply to be regretted that persons un-
dertaking the responsibility of furnishing your Jour-
nal with intelligence from this district should not only
decline the trouble of ascertaining facts, but should
make representations which are wilful falsehoods..
The Sun of the • 18th instant contains statements
which the writer must have known- to. -be untrue, and
Which appear to have been penned with a view to
identify parties with the outrages here, who have the
esteem of all classes, and sections of political parties.
Heaven knows, we have enough of political animosi-
ties without the paltry spleen of- men like your cor-
respondent, and sufficient cause for alarm without his
otiensive exaggerations. Allow me to correct his mis-
statements in the order in which they occur.
The rioters from Leek, " confiding in their num-
bers, made a dead stand."

[They made • no such " stands" •but on seeing the
military, tried to avoid them by turning down the
area to their left. The best comment on what your
correspondent terms " their tour of violence,' is
found in their proceedings at Leek, where they con-
tented themselves with " turning out" the hands.]
" It is said these men were armed with pistols,
guns, and other deadly weapons."
[Not a gun was seen ! Not a pistol was found in
the possession of those taken. When men intend to
spice a statement with extravagant falsehood, they usu-
ally employ the words " it is said." • Pity that your
correspondent did not give you more of what has
been " said," and with much greater truth.]
Again. "The soldiers fired three•times at first over
the heads of the insurgents."

[Nothing of the kind. The Dragoons fired but
once, and that with deadly effect. This fact is given
in Captain POwis's evidence on the inquest—the Ma-
gistrate who issued the command to fire.]
" The rioters dgeamped"—" carrying with them a
great number of the dead and wounded.',
[A gross falsehood. The only Inqn killed is one
from Leek, who lay on the spot where his brains
were blown out. The affrighted mob were each too
anxious to get out of the way to employ themselves in
carrying the dead. A number of others received
severe shots and sword cuts.]
" Fifteen are supposed to be mortally wounded, and
at the present time either dead or dying."
[Where are these? Two or three were :removed
to the infirmary,. and the man most injured among
them is a respectable working man who was look-
ing on.] - , . • .
" Those wounded are without the means of surgical
aid, without fiod,.and without attendance."

[Those wounded had immediate surgical aid, and
Captain Powis himself requested the attendance of
several medical gentlemen. The ladies in the family
of one of these gentlemen were humanely employed
for an hour in bandaging the woundg of the injured.]
But hear your correspondent again. " Many of the
insurgents are members of religious societies, and
have been hitherto regarded with respect and confi-
dence by their employers. This observation is the
more applicable to the new connection of Methodists,
the Ranters, or Clewsites, and certain members of the
Baptist—(Hear him)—and Independent persuasions."
—( Hear him.)
[The whole of the ruffians who have hitherto been
identified have been either entirely unknown in the
district, or recognised as the very refuse of society.]
Methodists ! Baptists and Independents !—The mean-
spirited libeller !—When he next writes about " mis-
creants" let him recollect that there are other hinds
of miscreants besides those who incite mobs; mis-
creants affecting to uphold what they term " the
Church and the Throne," by an attempted assassina-
tion of character, and who harmlessly enough spit their
filthy venom on reputations which they cannot sully!
`I he Independents, Baptists, and New Methodists
are awful characters in this Borough ! for they re-
turned IticAuno at the last election!—And they will
return him again, with a colleague worthy of him.
I have taken leave to correct the above as much
with regard to the character of your paper, to which
I am. a daily subscriber, as to rebut the infamous
statements put forth Some gentlemen have actually
declined to read the intelligence in The Sun in rela-
tion to other districts, from a conviction that no such
statements were to be depended upon, after the bare-
faced falsehoods recorded of this district.

I have just received a copy of the North Stafford-
shire Mercury, whose report will confirm my tes-
timony. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant.
August 20, 1842. VEItITAS.

[We received the account from a Correspondent,
in whom we placed confidence. Our readers must
see that we cannot be answerable for communications
sent from so many districts, but it is our anxious wish
to communicate the earliest and most correct intelli-
gence • and, in case of any erroneous statement, we
will take the first opportunity of correcting it. A.
newspaper cannot have correspondents in every quar-
ter, and, consequently, intelligence from prejudiced
parties must occasionally appear.—En. Sun.]

REFUSAL OF THE MAYOR OF
SUNDERLAND, SIR HEDWORTH WILLIAM-
SON, TO PRESIDE AT THE PUBLIC DINNER
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF
CAMBRIDGE.

The following correspondence has taken place on
the above subject :

(No. 1.)

4 Sunderland, Aug. 3, 1842.
" Sir,—The inhabitants of Sunderland, at a meet-
' ing held on the 27th ultimo, having resolved to give a
public dinner to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, on his visit to this town, in compliance
with a resolution unanimously passed, we have to
solicit the honour of your presiding on this occasion.
" A large party of the nobility, who will accom-
pany his Royal Highness, will dine • and it is dis-
' tinctly understood that the most distant allusion to
any political subject will be excluded. The surplus
funds, both of the dinner and a ball to be given in the
evening, are to be appropriated in aid of the funds for
the unemployed poor.
" We will be obliged by the favour of your imme-
diate reply, informing us if you consent to accept the
office of President, and on your arrival here the toasts
will be submitted to your. approval.
" We have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your very obedient servants,
" RICHARD SCOTT,
"C. T. POTTS, I-Hon. Secretaries.
"To Sir Hedworth Williamson,
Beckett, Farringdon, Bucks."
(No. 2.)
" Beckett, Sunday, August 7, 1842.
" Gentlemen,—l lose no time in replying to your
letter of the 3d instant, which I received here yester-
day by the second delivery—too late to answer it by
that night's post. lam glad that the inhabitants of
Sunderland propose giving a public dinner in testi-
mony of respect to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, on his visit to their town ; and highly ap-
prove that at the dinner intended to be given all allu-
sion to political subjects will be avoided, as it will
promote the unanimity and good feeling so very de-
sirable on such an occasion.

Have the goodness to state to the Committee, to
whom, I suppose, you are the honorary secretaries,
that I feel very grateful to the inhabitants of Sun-
derland for having done me the honour to express a
Nvsh that I should preside ; but, for reasons unneces-
sary for me to trouble you with in this letter, with
very great respect I must respectfully declinedoing
so. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
" Your obedient servant,
" HEDWORTH IVILLIAMSO.N.
" To Richard Scott and C. T. Potts, Esqrs.,
Sunderland."
(No. 3.)
" Beckett, Sunday, August 7, 1842.
"Dear Sir,—While I hold the office of Mayor of
Sunderland, I am anxious that every transaction of a
public nature I may have with the inhabitants of that
town should be known and understood by the corpo-
ration, even should it not concern them exclusively
I send you the copy of a letter (No. 1) which I re-
ceived yesterday, and of my answer to it (No. 2)
written to-day.
" As you are the chief officer of the corporation, I
have no doubt that you will hear much that is said
respecting the proceedings of the Mayor. I, there-
fore, now tell you the reason why I think it right to
forego the honour of presiding at the public dinner,
intended to be given to his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, on his visit to the town, which you may
impart to any gentleman of the corporation or Ma-
gistrate, who may converse with you on the subject.
" I understand that his Royal Highness is to be the
guest of the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Lieute-
nant of our county, and in all probability, will accom-
pany him to the dinner.

"-I feel how very desirable it is that the most per-
fect cordiality and unanimity should prevail. You, as
well as the whole town of Sunderland, recollect the
charge made by our Lord Lieutenant in the House of
Lords early this session against a considerable number
of the Sunderland Magistrates, including myself,
which charge, though denied and explained by them,
his Lordship has neither retracted nor endeavoured to
prove, with a view to have them exposed and punished,
as they would well deserve, if guilty of such conduct
as he intimated.

" The health of our Lord Lieutenant of the county
will certainly be given, very probably accompanied
with expressions of respect and approbation,
in which, under present circumstances, I cannot, and
do not wish it to be supposed that I do participate ; I
therefoiv think that I had better decline presiding at
the dinner, which otherwise I should have been glad
to have done.—Yours, very faithfully,
" HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON.
To Thomas Brunton, Esq., Town Clerk,
Sunderland.'

INCOME TAX, AND PAYING
DUTIES OVER AGAIN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The inhabitants of this city are—inasad di-
lemma concerning the insolvency of any collector, and
insuch a case a re-assessment would have to be madeon
them. The Commissioners appointed for this borough
lately issued precepts to the different parish authori-
ties for them to send in names for assessors and col-
lectors.

In defiance of the different lists named by the
parishes, the Commissioners have elected their own
friends for those offices, and the collectors having been
spoken to on the subject of their giving security, they
all declare the parishioners have nothing to do with
them, and that they are not bound and will never give
security even if the Commissioners should think they
ought to do so.

this flagrant conduct has put the older inhabitants
in remembrance of the defalcation of 1,5001. of one
George Strawbridge Minifie, a collector of the Abbey
parish, about 25 years ago.
The facts are briefly these, Minifie was known by
the parishioners to be a man of doubtful responsibility,
and therefore they refused to name him as one of the
collectors; but, notwithstanding which the then Com-
missioners would have him appointed.
On the imprisonment of Minifie for fraud, a re-
assessment took place ; and bitter were the wailings
and lamentations of the injustice. -
The Commissioners were waited on, and told they
ought to pay the amount out of their purses, as Mi-
nifie was elected by them alone. To this the Com-
missioners replied, that the parishioners ought to have
known the law in such cases, and required that tbe
collector should find security, and not having done
so, the re-assessment must be enforced, or distress
warrants would issue in case of refusal.

Upon this defeat one of the parishioners then con-
tended that the parish had a complete answer to the
re-assessment, as all the receipts were made out in the
joint names of Taylor and Minifie. as co-collectors;
and until Taylor could be proved to be insolvent the
re-assessment was not valid. At this state of the
case the Commissioners were quite aghast, for Taylor
was a very wealthy man. They then pondered over
the matter for some little time, and some bound book
was referred to; but I confess I could not see the
least applicability to our case, though our wise-
acres, in order to get out of their difficulty, contended
it did, and that the receipts of one collector, though in
their joint names, did not bind the other, unless it
could be shown that the co-collector had participated
in the money.
The parishioners finding that all they could urge
would be of no avail, paid the money, fearing if any
further stir was made in the matter they would be
considered, and marked down as disaffected to the
Government; but this was in our most palmy days.
It appears that the only safe course to pursue, and
to prevent taxes being paid over again, will be for
the parties to make their returns to the Special Com-
missioners, and then they would have to pay the du-
ties to the Receiver-General when he comes round
on his audits. Perhaps some of your legal readers
can point out another course, if so, the people of this
city will be greatly obliged.
Your faithful servant. S. N. U.
Pulteney-street, Bath, Aug. 19, 1842.

uREAT CHARTIST MEETING ON
KENNINGTON COMMON.

MOVEMENT OF THE POLICE AND MILI-
TARY.—(THIS DAY.)
(From our Evening Edition of Yesterday.)
Great excitement prevailed this morning in the
neighbourhood of Kennington Common, by the ar-
rival of a large body of police as early as eight o'clock,
who were stationed in the different avenues leading
to the Common.

Their Orders being not to allow any obstruction to
the free passage of the different vehicles and foot pas-
sengers, and to prevent the assembling of idle and
evil disposed persons. • .
inspectors
The doing duty last night have also re-
ceived orders from the Cominissioners to send the
constables from the different Police Courti, as soon as
their charges May have. been disposed of. These
bodies will be joined at five o'clock (at which time
they have orders to clear the Common), by detach-
ments from all the other divisions, when they will
amount to nearly three thousand men. The Com-
missioners have issued strict orders that no unnecessary
violence shall be used by the constables.
A battery of the Royal Artillery is also stationed
on Clapham Common, to render assistance if required.
Strong detachments of the Foot . Guards and Life
Guards will be kept in readiness to assist the police in
their duty.
A large body of-the,L division have strict orders to
stop any multitude from passing over Vauxhall-
bridge, and to take into custody if possible the leaders
of the, mob..

Several delegates from the disturbed districts in
the north,.. Arrived yesterday by the Birmingham
Railway, for the purpose _of_ ittiending_tho great
meeting.

I,HE DISTURBANCES IN THE

MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.

MANCHESTER, Sunday Morning, Half-past 8.
The intelligence was yesterday conveyed through
the town that the combination against resuming em-
ployment had entirely broken up. The workmen of
many more of the mills and factories returned to their
employment yesterday, amongst whom were the mill-
wrights, mechanics, and engineers, a very numerous
and influential body of men, whose secession from the
confederacy has thrown great encouragement on the
rest. Amongst others of this .class the whole of the
hands in the employ of Messrs. Sharp and Roberts,
the extensive engineers, returned to employment at
their manufactories, in Falkner-street, and the Ox-
ford-road, glad, as the foreman of these extensive
establishments informed me, to return to their labour .1
and wages, with which they were never discontented
until the last week. Many of the workmen em-
ployed at the different cotton mills have also made
application to their masters to resume employment,
which has been agreed to, and we have very little
doubt that when this is in the hands of your readers,
the operatives of Manchester will generally
have returned to their industry and occupations.
The latter fact is of itself a death blow
to . the turn-out ; but it may also be stated
in support of this, that the assemblage of delegates,
which, commencing with 144, gradually dwindled to
12, has this day finally broken up. That body met
this morning, but having heard that their leader,
Hutchinson, the chairman, had been arrested, and
finding themselves deprived of leaders and persons of
any talent, they mutually agreed to separate, with an
intimation from one, who seemed to act as spokesman
of the party, that due notice should be given as to
• when and where they should re-assemble.
Between three and four o'clock yesterday morning
Mr. Beswick, accompanied by Inspector Lomas and
Sergeant Buckley, proceeded to a house at Hulme,
and captured, in bed, Alexander Hutchinson, the
chairman of the trades' delegates, for whose appre•
hension he had a warrant. In his house was found
a handsome rifle, two muskets, two large pistols, a
large quantity of gunpowder, three powder-flasks, a
tin case full of percussion-caps, &c. The police also
seized a large quantity of papers, the particulars of
.which I have not ascertained. The prisoner was a
smith, in the employment of Messrs. Sharp and Ro-
berts, and presided at the meeting of delegates on
Tuesday, which was dispersed by the police.
The operations of the military yesterday were
under the direction of Major-General Sir "William
Warre, the Commandant of the district, and Colonel
Wemyss.
A reward of 1001. has been offered for the discovery
and conviction of the person or persons who set fire
to the saw-mills of Messrs. Mouncey, at Salford, on
Thursday night last, as there is now no question but
that this was the work of an incendiary.
An' invention of Captain Sleigh, the intelligent
Assistant-Commissioner of Police, was brought into
operation yesterday. It is for the purpose of pro•
moting instantaneous telegraphic communication with
the different districts. It is very apparent that the
heads of the rioters have some similar means of com-
munication from one to the other, as many persons at
the tops of the hills in the various districts have been
observed, who were evidently placed there for that
object.

All the special constables are on duty for to-mor-
row morning, at a quarter to five o'clock. The ob-
ject of this order is to have a great concentration of
force to protect the different mills in various parts of
town, as it is expected that they will then generally
resume employment.
The following is the copy of a letter from the
Home Secretary to the Earl of Derby, Lord Lieu-
tenant of this county, who has promptly called. the
attention of the Magistrates generally to the wishes
of the Government with respect to the present state of
affairs:— " IVhitehall, Aug. 15, 1842.
"My Lord,—ln consequence of the acts of outrage
and violence which have suspended the employment
of labour in various parts of the country, I am com-
manded by her Majesty to impress on your Lordship
the necessity of taking effectual and immediate mea-
sures for the repression of tumult within your county,
and for the protection of the lives and properties of
her Majesty's subjects.
" For this purpose lam assured that your Lord-
ship will concert measures with the gentry and yeo-
manry of the county, whereby the civil force may be
so strengthened and arranged as to secure general
union and co-operation.
" In present circumstances it is necessary that all II
the Justices of the Peace, Mayors, and other Magis-
trates, within your county, should be reminded of the
duty imposed by law, which commands that all per-
sons shall be protected from violence and threats in
the pursuit of their lawful occupations • that no mine,
mill, or factory, shall be entered by force ; and that
the owner is entitled to the aid of the civil power in
the defence of his property, and in resistance to any
attempt to invade it.

" E. the civil power be unequal to overcome the vio-
lence used in the attack, military assistance may be
given ; for law and industry and right of property are
subverted if the peaceful subjects of her Majesty can-
not follow their lawful calling without exposure to
personal injury, and to outrage at the hands of a riot-
ous multitude.

The Magistrates should likewise be warned that
by law they are justified in preventing the entrance
of a riotous assembly into a town, when they are
credibly informed that the purpose of the assembly
is unlawful, and that the public peace may thereby
be endangered, or when from the demeanour or
threats of the multitude assembled terror is produced
and no reasonable doubt is entertained of their un-
lawful object.
" I repose the firmest reliance on your Lordship's
zeal and discretion, and it is, therefore, unnecessary
to recommend your prompt and special attention to
those parts of the county in which disorder and in-
subordination have unfortunately prevailed, but it is
my duty to represent that your personal influence
and exertions, as far as it may be possible to use them
on the present occasion, are requisite for the public
service, and will receive the approbation of her Ma-
jesty.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your
Lordship's obedient servant, " J. GRAHAM.
" The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, &c."
MANCHESTER, Sunday Evening,
Quarter past Seven.
The anxiety which prevails in London respecting
these disturbances chiefly leads us to record what has
transpired here respecting the suppression of the re-
maining rioters and their movements. _ _

The -following vla,card was largely distributed
about the streets this morning :
" THE CONCLUDING ADDRESS FROM THE TRADES DELE-

GATES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

" Fellow Citizens,—Having, despite of the diffi-
culties which surrounded us, terminated our sittings
and executed the objects of our mission, we deem it
our duty, previous to returning to our respective
homes, 'to' lay the results of our deliberations be-
fore you.
" We have carefully collected and calmly delibe-
rated on the evidence adduced by the assembled dele-
gates as to the state of public feeling evinced by their
respective constituencies, and we find that the la-
bourers and artisans having, for a series of years,
vainly endeavoured to maintain a standard of wages
which would enable them to obtain a supply of even
the commonest necessaries of life, are of opinion that
the repeated frustration of their efforts is solely to
be attributed to their political disfranchisement.
" Experience having plainly proved the correctness
of our opinion, we turned our attention to the best
modes of remedying the evil ; and having maturely
considered the subject in its various details, we came
to the conclusion that the only means by which the
labours of the producing classes of this country could
be protected and fairly remunerated, and themselves
eventually raised from the unparalleled depth of de-
gradation to which they are at present reduced—we
considered that these grievances would be removed by
the legislative enactment of the document known as
the People's Charter,' and we recommended a
NATIONAL CESSATION FROM LABOUR until the arrival
of this period.
" Owing to the occurrence of the late civil commo-
tion, of which we had not the slightest anticipation,
and which we exceedingly regret, we found that the
carrying out of this resolution would for the present
be impracticable ; but we dissolve with the firm de-
termination that, as soon as our organisation is suffi-
cient for, and our resources adequate to, the com-
mencement of a national cessation from labour until
the 'Charter becomes the law of the land, we shall do
so legally and constitually ; and we fear not but the
result will crown our cause with victory.
" Relying on your intelligence, courage, moral
power, and perseverance, we are, fellow-citizens, yours,
in the cause of truth and justice
" THE TRADES'' DELEGATES.
" Saturday, Aug. 20."
LANCASTER.

This town continues peaceable, although most of
the hands - who turned out a few days ago still refuse
to return to work. On Friday Mr. John Greg en-
deavoured to come to terms with his men, but in
vain, and consequently his hands are still out, as well
as those of Mr. Jackson, Mr. T. H. Higgins, and
those etnployed by the latter at the White Cross, in
the old Mill, as well as at that gentleman's works in
Moor-lane. The men in Messrs. Gregson and Mason's
cotton miirreCused to turn out, and told the mob who
attempted to-turn them out that they would resist by
force, and knew they were too strong for their as-
sailants. Those in the employ at Messrs. Satterthwaite
and Barrow's mill also continue at work.
The Ulverston Yeomanry assembled at half an
hour's notice to a man, and passed through Lancaster
on Thursday evening on their way to Wigan. They
were followed by a large concourse of persons, much
hooted, and some stones were thrown at them, but no
one was inured.j A company of the 60th Rifles
a-Trivo4 in the town on Fridaytkitnint by' tbeitiail
Ix* up their quarters in the castle.