The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-26 00:00:00

THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday Evening.
We are all tranquil here, but still under we know
not what sort of apprehensions. The meeting last
night of the Chartists was dispersed by the police, and
the parties travelled out of the town some two or
three miles, to a place called Yardley, where they held
a meeting, and resolved upon persevering for the at-
tainment of the Charter. There was a tolerably large
number of the body present, but they did not, in their
route to or from the meeting, commit any depreda-
tions. The police followed them, and on their arrival
the crowd gave way, and marched to Birmingham
after the police, hissing and hooting them.
The authorities were on the alert, and assisted by
Colonel Thorn, the commander of the district, had
made every necessary preparation for securing the
peace of the borough, should any attempt be made
to disturb it.. Two men were taken up for an
assault upon one of the policemen at Duddleston-
row, and this morning were fined at the Police-office
thirty shillings. each and costs, and for non-payment
were committed to gaol for one month. The pen-
sioners are on duty at the police-office, and no relaxa-
tion on the part of the Magistrates has taken place.
The surrounding district is tranquil, but the differ-
ences between Me masters and men remain unsettled.
This morning some men went down into the pits
at Oldbury, but they were assailed by a large body.
The cavalry drove them away, and the men continue
at work under their protection. The Chartists have
announced their intention to meet again to-night on
the ground from whence they were dispersed last
evening; but there is at present no appearance of a
muster taking place. Indeed, the affair may be said
to be over in Birmingham for the present ; and if the
colliers were once more safe down in their pits, there
would be no likelihood of further occasion for alarm,
at least at present. The yeomanry were in time to
prevent the turn-outs at Oldbury from driving away
the men who went down to work this morning, and
they are still in the pits. By an unaccountable
mistake in a quarter where we might have expected
accurate information, it was stated yesterday that
White was arrested. He is still at large.
STOCKPORT, Thursday Morning, .Nine o'clock.
All the cotton mills in this town are yet closed,
and, at present, there appears no prospect of the turn-
out being brought to a termination. The town re-
mains quite peaceable since the Magistrates' procla-
mation. A troop-of yeomanry cavalry and a company
of the 72d Fout,t eft this town yesterday, to protect
the cotton-mill of Mr. Cooper, of Bosden, which
again resumed work, after having been stopped, and
the hands forcibly driven out by, a party of turn-outs
from this town on Tuesday. Up to this time no
communication has taken place between the opera-
tives and their employers. Yesterday, upwards of
400 41b. loaves were distributed to the turn-outs,
provided from 101. worth of flour, given by a shop-
keeper named Hall, of Macclesfield, and from money
obtained by the turn-cuts by means of intimidation,
whilst stopping mills at Styal, Wilmslow, and else-
where.
WIGAN AND TIIE NETGIII3OITRHOOD.

WEDNESDAY EvENING.—AII is peaceable in this
town at present. The whole of the mills have re-
sumed work, but disturbance is apprehended more
from the hand-loom weavers (a numerous class in
this town) and the colliers, than from the factory
hands. The mills at Hindley and at Ince are still at
a stand. In Westhoughton, Leigh, and all the neigh-
bourhood, peace is restored.

PRESTON.

COMMITTAL OF THIRTEEN TURT-OUTS.

On Tuesday last a number of the hands employed
by Messrs. Ainsworth, as cotton-spinners, suddenly
left their work and demanded an advance of wages.
Thirteen of them were yesterday brought before the
Magistrates, at the Town-hall, they having been ap-
prehended on a charge of leaving their work without
giving the usual notice. They then sontenced each
to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correc-
tion. With this exception all is quiet, and work ge-
nerally resumed.