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

BOLTON.

An attempt has been made, which, however, has
signallv.failed, to create a disturbance in Bolton ; but
the inhabitants, particularly the operatives, received a
lessith in August, three years ago, that they have not
veti fo:•gotton, and are fully aware of the folly and
--ttendant on a breach of the peace. Several
21.,;•i',-ators from neighbouring towns attended on Wed-
nesday evening, - and, despite • the rain,
.convened
-meeting in the New Market. place, for the purpose of
inducing the Operatives to make a general turn-out.
Ote speaker, a man froth Ashton, was very violent, in
Lis 'language, frequently making use of oaths, and
e'Ven went the length of saying, that if the per)* of
Bolton al not assist in the turn-out, he would bring
tke.men from Ashton, and give them «a good
. The meeting adjourned to the following
morning (Thursday), when a large crowd of persons
p•incipally boys and girls, again assembled, and
few words front several sirakers proceeded to
N'Tir:ol3.; wins, at several of which they caused the
hands to I:•irn out ; but at the principal mills, Messrs.
Ornired's ai,u les6rs. Bolling s, no notice was taken
of them ; and a, rearly all the others the hands re-
ttn•ned to their a.vorl' as soon as the crowdliad,gone
fe.v windows wore broken at -.Messrs. Ortn-
iO.-1:;; neW and a portion of the gate staved,
but no other damage was done.

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A'esterday morning (Friday) they again assem-
A& at.Tfive o'clock, and were addressed by Gillespie,
onv -X the Chartists, who react a resolution from a
.;A4.4l4,:l?assed .it a meeting in litanehester, and then
1,11-,;4'lVeni act upon and yersevere in securing a
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A`voung infln named f hoinasThompson,frem
~.iyhicklifitsl,-, advised them to proceed to the mills
lieittp. out th:. hanis, and was followed in the same
.stop-father, John Ilolden, also from
,Vt this p....,r16:1 the Mayor,. Thomas Cul-
jeo,
.sup-trintnident of police, and
igeveral otheL7s, hie up; and having heard the senti;
/omits of the tv,3-..htst speakers, took them into cus-
tody, and pl..ced tlil O itt the lOck-nps, the assembled
iciaking tae Oiglitest resistance.
/21ti:; Algconorted their projects , hut,
ahoitt 100 lads' nn.,l girls proceeded
Telnple I\llll, and caused it- to be stopped.
Thee t;ca went to Mr, Ruthwell's mill, in Black
Tlorst,-:Areet, and similar results iiillowed. . The
cr.,wd then went in the direction of Flash Mill; and
1,„"t r. Boyd, having received information of their pro-
cat.lins,r, sallied out with a body of 25 officers, to
breai- up the procession, and for some time went in
pl:rsuit of them ; at length they were met with at
Taylor field, and any outbreak was prevented. One
man, 11.,.!o has since stated his name to be William
Cliarlibck, a collier out of employment, from Chorley,
threw .t larg:: stone at the police,.but wns observed by
C. J. Darbish, re, Esq., we of the. Magistrates, who
Look him into c,istody. The two men taken up in
the morning we.•k. arraigned in the course of the fore-
noon ; and it appexed, from . their statements, that
they are out of emp.o.yrnent, and destitute of means of
support. They were i2i)rimanded by the Magistrates,
wiio sub.scrited ss. to enable them to leave the town,
and procure some ibod. About eleven o'clock, the
police and the Mob met at' Ai.4.1.r. Taylor's 43111, Spaw
_Field, when the police became quite the masters, ii.nd
A:ol,7t.',Them oft, taking three of cbe ringleaders into
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