The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

PENDLETON.

Between nine and ten o'clock this (Wednesday)
morning, a mob of between 300 and 400 persons,
boys, men, and women, having a flag with them, and
some of them provided with sticks, went to the Vic-
toria Mills, Eccles-road, which were working, and
demanded that the hands shoUld be turned out and
cease working. The hands did come out ; but imme-
diately made a rush at the . mob, and beat most of
them off the ground, The mob then went across the
fields towards the print works .of. 'Messrs. Coates
and M'Naghten at Seedley ; and Mr. John Coates,
seeing them coming, immediately directed that the
works should be stopped, and that the hands should
muster to beat off the rioters. Accordingly, about 150
hands, armed with bludgeons, speedily assembled, and
were led by Mr. John Coates against the rioters, who
were immediately routed, and fled in all directions.
Up to this time Messrs. Coates and M'Naghten's men
had only one special constable with them ; but,
shortly afterwards, a body of abOut forty of.the police
arrived, and they succeeded in taking seven or eight
prisoners ; several of them were severely hurt about
the arms by the truncheons or bludgeons. Both the
Victoria mills and the Seedley• dye-works resumed
working immediately afterwards, and have continued
up to the present time. _ _

LIVERPOOL, Thursday, August 18.
ANOTHER CHARTIST MEETING.
Some apprehensions were created yesterday in con-
sequence of numbers of strangers having come into
town from the manufacturing districts. They walked,
in straggling groups of between twenty and thirty
strong, down London-road, for the purpose, as is
supposed, of stirringup the disaffected in this borough,
and thus extending the scene of those riotous pro-
ceedings which have prevailed in the neighbouring
districts. Others asserted that they were flying from
the manufacturing districts, where danger existed, and
betaking themselves for refuge to this peaceable
locality. The soldiers in barracks were placed under
arms, and at the different police stations the men, to
the number of several hundreds, ;were fully equippo
for duty.
Shortly after seven o'clock the lower end of White-
chapel became densely thronged with the lower
classes. The meeting was held' in the Nelson As-
sembly-rooms, heretofore known as the Hall of Science,
or Socialist-hall, Lord Nelson-strect. The place
was crowded in all parts, almost to suffocation,
when the Chairman, a Mr. APKnight, commenced
Mr. proceedings. The speakers consisted of a
Robinson, a Mr. Lloyd, a Mr. M‘Nulty,
the p
and some others; and the principal topics consisted
of an exposition of Chartist principles ; a denial
that the Chartists had originated the present move-
ment in the manufacturing districts; abuse of the
Anti-Corn-law League, the Whigs, the Tories, and
the Established Church ; and an• expression of sym-
-pathy with the malcontents in the manufacturing
districts. The principal, portion of the speakers, par-
ticularly Robinson, conjured the Chartists to act a
quiet and orderly part, and not, for the purpose of
working out the objects of the League; to brave the
muskets of an armed soldiery.
During the greater part of the time the meeting
was being held, Mr. Whitty, accompanied by some of
the ',superintendents of police,' was in the room. for
the purpose of watching the proceedings, and, if
necessary, suppressing the slightest- appearance of
tumult. In Lord Nelson-street and the streets in
the immediate vicinity, about 300 of the constabulary
were drawn up and under arms ; but we are happy
to say that everything passed off quietly, and that the
services of the force were not called into requisition.
Groups of the working classes were, however, col-
lected in various parts of the neighbourhood, by whom
the present disturbances were warmly discussed. The
Chartist meeting separated at a quarter to 11 o'clock.

THE MINING DISTRICTS IN THE MID-
LAND COUNTIES.

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• BURSLEM, Thursday Morning.
An inquest was held yesterday on the body of one
of the rioters who was shot oil •Tuesday morning in
the affray with the military. The inquiry excited a
great deal of interest, and the the whole of the circum-
stances connected with the hostile appearance and
violent proceedings of the • mob were fully inquired
into, and the result clearly .established the • necessity
of the course which was adopted, . however much the
melancholy consequences of the affair are to be re-
gretted.trienetdin:eNs,etrigldletit ofall
of nearly seven
h(iurs,t h
elAJfiti After a patient
r et
" Justifiable
hoMicide." The deceased was one of the principal
leaders of the rioters, and belonged to Leek.
The whole of the towns throughout the Potteries
are now compl,:tely garrisoned,
although all business
is suspended, and the mob have broken into small
partie3 and betaken themselves' to the surrounding
villages, where they have
in •some instances com-
mitted acts of violence and plundered the inhabitants.
At Hanford an attempt Was made to set fire to the
cottage of W. Harding, E sq., the Coroner, but no
serious injury was done to his premises. These cases
of outrage occurred yesterday before the. troops ar-
rived, but the Magistrates have:
ac.l
opted effectual re-
medies for putting a end to any, further violence of
this description.
A meeting of the inhabitants was held yesterday
at Crown Bank, Manley, for the Purpose et adopting .
measures for preserving the peace of the district, at .
which the chief bailiff presided..
At Shelton a detach-
ment of military. has arrived, and ,a large body of spe-
cial constables has been sworn in. Throughout Vie
towns visited by the mob in their.toUr of violence and
plunder, an active search has been made for the
parties concerned in the destruction of property. Se-
veral women have, amongst others, been taken into
custody,. for assisting in the work of demolition, and
for stripping the shops of the pawnbrokers. Some
of these tradesmen have • been great sufferers, owing
to the entire absence of protection - from- the military