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

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LONDOIN-
TUESI) kY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1842.

Every word which inculcates and , encou-
rages mutual good feeling, and especially which
scrvrs to inspire respect for the suffering work-
men of the manufacturing districts, now deserve:;
to be recorded in every journal of the empire.
We quote with pleasure, therefore, in another
place, the testimony of the Manc/teaer Times to
the general good conduct of the Tore-outs. To
some delight fill words from Lord FRANCIS EGER-
TOX We must give a more prominent place, as we
cannot allow them wholly to pass by witliout a
cournent. What we quote will speak fbr itself,
but v-e omit the latter part of the Noble Lord's
letter, .which speaks rather the language 'of
wounded mill angry vanity than of the good and
calm feelings of a reflecting and wise man:—

TO TIP EDITOR OF Tun; MANCHESTER CCURIER.
AVorsley. Aug. 18, 1842.
:.4ir,—Your readers and 3-ourself will, I hope, acquit
me of unnecessary ostentation if, at this junc:ture, I re-
%nest your insertion of the copy of an address which I
have just received from a large body of colliers in my em-
ploy, with some Otplanation of the circums.ances which
have produced it:—
(Copy.) "Auglist 17, 1842.
" To our-great and worthy master, the Right lion. Lord
I.'rneis Egerton, his virtuous and most gracious Lady,
Mr. Fereday Smith, and all in legal authority over us.

" From a consciousness of the good feeling Which pre-
vailed amongst us when your Lordship addressed us in
such an affectionate and kindly manner, we feel, as your
Lordship stated, that we arc utterly incapable of ex-
pressing our gratitude and love tovkards you ; therefore,
as with the voice of one ma:,, we declare our design that
we arc willing, as far as life and safety seems probable
to enable us, to defend your honour and all in connection.
Your loyal and obedient Colliers."
I shall be utterly misunderstood if I am supposed to
desire the publication of this document with the:ohject
of bringing under public notice any deserts of mine. The
prat iewrgood which, with the best intentions, can be
effected by one connected with a large mining popula-
tion, must be small. Any moral influence he can exert
must he gradual, and any physical amelioration of their
conditiim which the most felicitous combination of wis-
dom and liberality in his dealings can produce, must be
both gradual and partial. I claim nothing for myself. I
do claim, however, for the colliers of the Worsley dis-
triq!, that their conduct should be known and their feel-
's npyreciated. It cannot be ,too` widely known how
liberally the working chsses ef this country are disposed to
reward, with their good will and affection, those to whom,
right or wrong, they attribute stifilar feelings towards
thew st lees.

This is excellent testimony to the character of
the working classes; and will Lord F. EGERTON,
therefore, condescend to instruct all the mem-
bers of kis own class, how it is, when the
" working classes are liberally disposed to
reward with their good will and affection
those to whom, right or wrong, they attri-
bute similar feelings towards themselves," that
thcty are not universally respected and ho-
noured by the working classes ? Lord F.
EGERTON, amiable as he is himself, must not
shelter his glass under such accusations of
others as cowardly instigators, "combined in-
cendiaries," fi)r the great mob is composed of
working elass,es, whose hearts are filled with
anv sentiments hut those of love and respect for
the classes to which Lord F. EGERTON belongs.
What do all the Chartists want? To deprive the
aristocracy of their exclusive political' power.
Would they seek that, if they loved, respected,
and honoured the aristocracy ? Certainly not.
The Turn-ouig„ therefore, whom Lord F. EGER-
TON nevertheless abuses, while he bears so flat-
tering a testimony to the virtues of the working
classes in general, are a decisive proof that
Lord F. EGERTON'S class have not so behaved as
to merit the good will and affection of the work-
ing classes.
If the working classes deserve, as we believe
they do, all that Lord F. EGERTON says of them,
why does not he and the rest of his class show
them sympathy, and place confidence in them?
'Why will he not admit them to a full share of
political power? If our memory is not trea-
cherous, Lord F. EGERTON took a prominent part
in the session,,,Which has just expired, in opposing
the wishes of the working classes, whom he now
discovers are liberally ready to reward those who
trust them. As an individual, Lord F. EGERTON
trusts them, and they love him; as a le giAlator,
he mistrusts them, and converts them into de-
magogues, incendiaries, rioters, and Chartists.
A great master of political wisdom, whose les-
sons are thrown away on this generation, and
whose doctrines,_ under the name of Political
Eco,nomy, which the .author of the Wealth of
Nations despised and overthrew, are continually
sneered at by ignorant witlings, taught the appa-
rently humble but important truth, ,".that what is
wisdom in private life cannot be folly in States."
Will Lord FRA NCIS EGERTON reflect on that, and
instruct his compeers to reflect on it, while he
tells theM that if they trust and respect the
working classes, the wocking classes will trust
and respect them ? At the same tune, we are
not of opinion that the working classes are
treated with respect when Lord F. EGERTON, or'
his atents, watches over their breeding as he
watches over his cattle, and considers them only
as forming part of the wealth of his estate.
BA while, accorcjityg to Lord F. EGERTON,
the working classes are so worthy of respect, in
what manner are they treated by the military?
We say nothing of working girls and working
men shot by mistake, as if the hand of. the sol-
dier were not remarkably steady, and if he
could not see, from some blinding cause, the
rinpleaders of a mob—but we copy from a Tory
Journal the following account of a chase, as if
the working classes were to be hunted dwn for
the :AM usement of newly-appointed Generals and
tl.eir Staffs. The Manchester Correspondent of
ife Standard writes eta fhllows, and the article
wt s sent by express
NIANCHESTER—SATunDAY.
To- da v the soldiers have had a !Tule exercise and ex-
cursion, Int of the most harmless descriptiun ; and on
the ‘vlu wethink they would scarcely have had better
31,0 rt if they Inui been invited to a fox-nunt.
Vtir srveral days a large tract o land, about three
milPs'from Manchester, between The Bolton and Bury
ror:ds, ealledKersall-moor, has been the general rendez-
. v. us of tlAi disittl;t.ettil. •
About ten e'clodt" this morning the colliers mustered
at the Li 61111.1 place, and 7,one delegates from the distant
worl;s ltarangurd them on the subject tsf the great dis-

tress that existed among their body, but adv7sed them to
persist in their refusal to work. In the meantime, a mes-
senger had been despatched to Manchester to apprise the
authorities of their proceedings and intentions.
Determined to act with spirit and effect, the two Ge-
nerals, Sir Thomas Arbuthnot and Sir William Warre,
and Staffs, Colonel Wemyss, and Messrs. Wankley and
Wood, County Magistrates, with Captain Burke and
two companies of the Ist Dragoons, two field-pieces of
the Royal Horse Artillery, and two companies of the
Grenadier Guards, accompanied by fifty of the police
force and two omnibuses, left Manchester at noon for
the locality of the rioters. They proceeded out of the
Regent's-road, in the direction of Pendleton, and were
guided in the track of the rioters, and came in. sight of
theta in a field close to the Bury high-road, when the
Generals and Staff, with ten dragoons, imniediately
started off in advance. One look at the red-coats was
suite sufficient ; no fox ever showed a creator desire
for the security of his person than did these gentry•on
breaking cover ; nor did ever a guerilla band take so
many roads to safety. At the words " gallop—charge,"
the colliers gave leg-bail, setting off in all directions
scampering over hedges, climbing gates, runnieg
through hushes, leaping ditches, swimming the
canal, and wading the river. But the dragoons were
on them, and there was no chance. of escape, slid
less disposition to resist. The Generals and Staff pur-
sued a party to the Bury and Bcton Cenci, it-cross
which a barge Was !aid, with a plank to communicate
with the oppoeite bank ; but in the scrambling to get
over the plank gave way, and about a dozen were im-
mersed in the eater. The dragoons made for a bridge
et e little distance, end were in time to cut off their
t- cope, end to eateuee nine, two of whom were eo ex-
hausted by the Sl/using they had in the canal, that they
ci add not walk. They were handed over to the police,
who handcuffed then, and conducted them to an omni-
bus. The Staff then forded the river Irwel:, and pro-
ceeded to Henley, thence to Whitfield Church, got out
on the Bury new road, and rode ep to a tract of moss
or bog. Bore they found four men, who, on • being
questioned, said they were pieeon-fiying to Oldham ;
but the General, guspicious of their veracity, ordered
them into custody.
During this time the remainder of the detechmcnts
had not been idle. Dividing. themselves, they made a
wire circuit, ;weeping round in line style, and driving
as it were the mob into dozene, making them prisoners,
and hendieg them to the police.
The detachment returned to Manchester about four
o'clock, having fifty-seven prisoners, whom they teddy
lodged in the New Bailey.
One or two such examples as this, and intimidation
• will soon be at an end. There was no one the least hurt
in the capture.
Two Generals and their Staffs found employ-
ment and •atuuSement in galloping down a
poor colliers who, though they met at Kersall
Moor, and talked of persisting. in their refusal to
work, are not accused ofrioting or doing mischief
to any body. Let them speak and spout, and
their hearts will be relieved without burning
down houses, or embruing their hands in
blood. Stop them from speaking, and you make
them assassins. It is so gallant, too, in artivA
Generals, attended by an armed Staff, and
fol-
lowed by armed dragoons, mounted on heavy
horses, with two pieces of artillery, to,ride down
English colliers, that it is worthy of 'an ex-
press to London to tell of it I We regret to see
the—we dare not call it what it deserves to be
called—but it certainly is not courageous con-
duct of the Generals and their Staffs, and of the
police, now th at the danger is for the presentblown
over—now that the people are returning to their
work of their own accord—and now that the
combination is, by the fine weather and the abun-
dant harvest, effectually broken up. We
regret such conduct more than we can tell, be-
cause if anything can stir the bile and the blood
of the people, snake them spiteful and re-
vengeful, it is this sort of hunting them by
Generals and their Staffs for amusement. If the
Turn-out become a great and organised political
insurrection by Christmas, we shall be indebted
fOr it to such bright achevements as that re-
corded by the Correspondent of the Standard.

It will be seen from our report that a nun bor
of persons gathered on and about Kenniugtou
Common yesterday, notwithstanding a warning
to the contrary, stuck about the neighbourhood
by the police. We inquire not into the legality
bf the warning, or into its propriety, and we
presume not to defend the conduct of those who
went thither. At the same time their offence
might have been visited by a more appropriate
and orderly punishment than was inflicted by
the police.
Instead of guarding all the avenues to the
Common, and preventing persons occupying it—
instead of occupying the Common as they might,
it seems that the police allowed the crowd to
collect, a table to be placed on the Common, a
Chairman to be appointed, and speeches to be.
commenced, which were stopped short by a fu-
rious assault of the police when they began tc
refer to that body. A party of mounted po-
lice, it seems, armed with heavy cutlasses, and
a party of police on foot, armed with their blud-
geons, galloped and rushed in on the crowd,
knocking down all who stood in their way, and
inflicting on several persons severe injuries and
wounds. One of the Inspectors is described as
taunting the people to a combat by using such
language as this, " Come on you devils, we are
ready fbr you." Similar words we are positively
assured were several times repeated, as if there
were a kind of drunken desire to provoke a
quarrel in which the armed host was sure to
be victorious. The .whole conduct of the police,
with the language of the Inspectors, seems to us
far better calculated to ensure a breach of the
peace than to prevent it.
We forbear at present from making any
further comments on this proceeding, but if it
be desired to fill the land with bloody outrages,
if some men, now that tliey cannot carry on war
abroad are desirous to engage hi that royal past-
time at home, they cannot fall on any method
to attain their desire superior to that we have
described in the present and in another article.
For our parts, we think peace and harmony ex-
tremely desirable for a commercial community,
arid we will do our best equally to hold up to
public reprobation any stupid violence of the
Turn-outs, and any wanton violence of the
soldiery and the police.

THE ANGLO-INDIAN ARMY IN AFFGHANISTAN..--•
Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross, has just published
another valuable map connected with Affghanistan,
by means of which the movements of the Anglo-
Indian troops in that country are traceable with the
greatest precision. The military positions of these
routes, the heights of the various passes and moun-
tains of the country, together with the distances
accurately calculated along the line of march, speci-
fically present to the inquirer a variety of important
information. The map is further enhanced by an in-
sertion of the names of many ancient localities as they
correspond to the modern topography.