The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-07 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS

The Shrewsbury Chronicle of Fiiday, after noticing the
arrival of the London and local police officers at Llanidloes,
thus continues :—Between eight and nine o'clock they appre-
hended two of the parties against whom warrants were out,
and who demanded the cause of their arrest. They were
conveyed to the Trewythen Arms Inn ; but no sooner had
they been secured in the house than the tocsin of general
alarm was given, and the hotel was in a few moments sur-
rounded by hundreds, uttering the most awful threats. The
release of the men was imperatively demanded, the doors
broken, and a general volley of stones and other missiles
hurled at the windows. The mob, finding themselves mas-
ters of the house, proceeded to hunt out the policemen;
Blinkhorn was found, dragged from under a bed, his pistols
and staff wrested from him, and presented at his head. His
life was spared ; but he was savagely abused,fand threatened
with ultimate destruction unless he left the country. They
then proceeded to the cellars, carried the wines into the
streets, and stove in the ends of the ale barrels. The destruc-
tion of property at the Trewythen Arms is great; and the
infuriated populace, not satisfied with obtaining their men,
tore the bed-hangings and window curtains into shreds, cut
the bedsteads, and injured the staircase with their pikes.
This hotel was formerly the residence of John Hunter, Esq.,
and the finishing of the house is superior to that of any
hotel in this country. The family of Mrs. Evans, the land-
lady, escaped without personal injury, although most rudely
treated by some of these ruffians. The Welshpool police-
man was badly hurt, and reached Newtown about two o'clock,
with one of the London police, who was also injured ; and
they proceeded to Welshpool in the evening. Two of the
London police and an assistant from Newtown were secreted,
and escaped without material injury. The men from Lon-
don, employed on this occasion, are those who secured the
Todmorden rioters and the Rev. Mr. Stephens; but they
declare that the ferocity of these ill-advised men at Llanidloes
exceeded anything they ever saw.

THURSDAY MORNING.—LATEST ACCOUNT FROM LLAN-
lDLOES.—lrnmediately on the commencement of the out-
break, the chartists despatched a messenger to the miners in
the district, who, on Wednesday, entered Llanidloes, and
paraded the town. Most persons complain of the dilatory
proceedings in allowing the town to remain so long at the
mercy of the mob. All business is suspended, and the
greatest gloom prevails. On Wednesday the chartist carried
one of their own party, who had violated their regulations,
on a ladder, and threw him over the bridge into the river.
We are sorry to say the most inveterate bad feeling prevails
in Llmidloes, and we fear these disturbances will not ter-
minate without bloodshed. •
NEWTOWN.—LATEST AccouNT.—When the mail left
Newton, every thing was perfectly quiet ; the chartists had
Filet the evening before, but dispersed peaceably. Trade is
ea ceedingly bad, and much affected by the disturbances up
the country. Blinkhorn, Breeze, and Lewis, the police-
officers although badly hurt, are recovering.

The Right lion. C. W. Wynn had an interview with Lord
John Russell on Wednesday morning, immediately after
which he departed for Montgomeryshire, where he arrived
on Thursday morning. Lord Clive, the lord lieutenant,
departed from Shrewsbury very hastily the same day, to take
measures on the spot for insuring the peace of the county ;
and his regiment of yeomanry have volunteered their services,
to proceed to the disaffected district; but we believe there
will not be much necessity for their services, a sufficient
force of regular troops being in readiness to march into
Wales at a few hours' notice.

(From the Times of Yesterday.)
" CHARTISTS AT NEWTOWN.—The advice of Hethering-
ton, Powell, and Jones, has been so far acted upon by their
most silly but zealous supporters, as to assemble each evening
after working hours for the purpose of discipline to arms.'
A fellow named Ingram is the commander-in-chief, a lazy
and discharged old soldier. Powell told the meeting some
time ago that he owed Newton nothing but his birth,' which,
we are informed, was more owing to the shrewdness of the
Newtown people than. to Powell's dread of going into debt.
He asked with great emphasis, Are you prepared to lay bare
your right arm to strike the blow ? Do not promise to-night
and forget in the morning, but stand firm.' It will be seen
by our melancholy account from Llanidloes that the advice
of these w.ort'iless itinerants' has been but too fatally fol-
lowed, and when we penned the article last week we did not
expect that our anticipations would so soon have been verified.
Most of the inhabitants of Newtown were aware, by the
arrival of three policemen from London by the Wonder, who
were accompanied by the sheriff's office, a constable, and
Blinkhorn, that it was contemplated to arrest parties impli-
cated in the late demand for.arms, and other illegal acts at
Llanidloes. On the arrival of Mr. Marsh in Newtown on
Tuesday, who communicated intelligence of the dangerous
wounding of the policemen, and the destruction of property,
a considerable sensation prevailed. A few groups of work-
ing people were about the streets, and in the evening a party,
principally composed of boys, met ; but the most decent and
reflective of the workmen abandoned these proceedings, and
the most influential manufacturers pointed out the error
and mischief of such conduct. This was attended with be-
neficial effects, and the whole of Wednesday was as quiet as
any day that ever passed. The conduct of all parties in
Newtown was highly commendable ; but it is considered to
have been impolitic to send so small a force into a town
where the chartists were known to be so strong and so
desperate."

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Leeds Intelligencerd

LEEDS.—The demand for balk goods in the Cloth Halls
exhibits no material improvement, and the, manufacturers
complain that the prices offered by the merchants are not
sufficiently remunerative. On Tuesday there were rather
more lookers 'on, but the sales can scarcely be said to have
been correspondingly large. Generally speaking the manu-
factories are fully employed, and wool is firm in price.
BRADFORD MARKET.—We had a fair attendance of buyers
in the market here on Thursday, and an average amount of
business was transacted in manufactured goods, but the
buyers appeared determined to buy low, and in many cases
declined to offer a remunerating price, which had the effect
of limiting the sales. The yarn market was rather dull, and
in some cases a trifling reduction of price was submitted to ;
yet the wool market was firm, and there was a good demand
for their finer qualities.
OLDHAM.—The cotton trade of Oldham is in a depressed
state. The machinery of twenty-eight factories is running
only some three, four, and five days per week. The bands
in only nine mills are employed full time, and the owners of
them expect to commence short time next week. The cause
of the present languid state of trade is chiefly attributed to
the markets being overstocked, especially with fustians and
yarns for exportation. The batting trade, especially for ex-
portation, continues unusually brisk, and the wages of the
operatives are much better ;than they were twelve months
since.

LEICESTER.—The demand still continues dull for regular
wrought hose, especially of the better qualities. The glove
trade is brisk. The wool trade continues firm.

SILK TRADE.—The silk trade, of every description of
work, was scarcely ever known to be so brisk. On Saturday
last, there were many buyers in the market at Manchester,
and they completely cleared many of the warehouses of goods,
many of which are for exportation. There are many light-
coloured checks woven; the goods manufactured, particularly
the fine satins, are very rich looking articles.—Silk dyers
and weavers are as busy as they can be, and wages are a trifle
better than they were two months since, yet they are very
low.