Star.
London, England, 1826-05-06 00:00:00

ttrongitt blare the itagiatratel, the tee. L.
C. Lister, Esq. and J. P. Tempest, Esq. 'the former was charged
with being concerned in an attempt to destroy the nigh and
aaacki-
nee/s anti for encouraging the people to the attack ; ind tae ether,
Joins Holdsvrorth, charged with being concerned in the attack.
These prisoners were sent of to York Castle late last night, model
an armed escort. Other two persons were also apprehended, but
afterwards dismissed, the evidence against them being defective.
Nigh o'Ci.licx—A party of Infantry—Detachments from differ-
ent liniments, commanded by an Officer, bait just entered the town.
Tee tiCtoce—We have just learnt that John o.4irstosw, who is
'opposed to be mortally wounded, has declared that he received his
wound in the act of entering the MIL The special constables are
at present patrolling the struts—the Hussars are in readiness—and
the town is at present quite tranquil.
lief.e.e.trr Tatt o'Ctecit--John Bairstow has just expired.

Tutees...l Montano, Oxe o'CLocx—The special constables, on
patre.e, have just returned to make their report to the Magistrates.
At Messrs. Iforsefall's Mill all is quiet, and the town is tranquil.—
To this account we think it right to add that we can state, front
our own personal observation, that the attack began on the part of
the populace. and in this assertion wo are borne out by the dying
declarrion of Bairstow, to which there are several witnesses.—
On Tuesday evening, a mob proceeded in a tumultuous manner
to attempt forcing an entrance into Messrs. Statureld, Briggs, dad
Stansfebt's mill, at Masts% They demanded that the gates should
Le opened, whic4 was immediately complied with; but upon the
crowd entering the court yard, and finding it thronged with an
armed force, they immediately retreated, without effecting any
thing. A book is at present open, lying in the travellers' rooms of
the Sun and Talbot Inns, in which the Mercantile Gentlemen who
visit this town have an opportunity of contributing any trifling sum
for the relief of the poor ; and we arc happy to say, that various
sums appear on their pages.
Matienssrea, THVASDAY ESKIMO. Mar 4.
The intelligence which has last arrived from the Metropolis re-
specting the munificent amount of the Subscription, has had an ex-
cellent effect upon the temper of the poorer classes generally, and
the intended modification of the Corn Laws hap also been pro-
ductive of salutary consequences. I have endeavoured, without
success, to obtain an accurate estimate of the unemployed artisans,
but numbers in gross are very freely given : for instance, nearly
100,000 are stated to be out of work in Manchester and the ism.-
d ate neighbourhood ; but when you pursue the inquiry from mill
to mill, you cannot obtain data for any thing like such a result.
With respect to the state of distress in this town, I find that,
through the humanity of the inhabitants, means are found on the
spot to give soup and other subsistence to about 13,000 weekly. I
do not hear of any cases of starvation, nor do I believe that any of
such a nature are occurring here. The most pinching distress, I
rather think, will be found at Burnley,.at Blackburn, and at Mac-
clesfield and the neighbourhood, and it is due. to the unhappy suf-
ferers to state, that the accounts of commotion, among them have
been very much exaggerated.
About one o'clock this day, a number of fellows, amounting to
near 900, paraded the town, In files of two each.
Will it be believed, that the bulk of these fellows have " turned
out" from some of the manufactories in this town, where the pro.
prietors have been trying to keep their men together by subdividing
the working days equitably among them, and that of the number
were several who no later than yesterday were put upon six days'
(that is, full) work, instead of four days as before? They are
principally weavers, and the remainder spinners, who have taken
advantage of some sudden orders for cotton twist, which they
ridiculously think cannot be executed without their being consulted
as to the terms. Of this precious group ninety-one are front the
manufactory of Messrs. Clogg, Norris, and Co. in Winter-street'
all weavers, and many of them old and excellent hands. This firm
employs above 900 men, and keeps 700 looms mostly at work, and
the portion of weavers already mentioned suddenly struck work
last night, and the remainder at different intervals this morning.
Some of these men can earn 15s. or 16s. a week at the reduced
prices, and others, of inferior skill, can only earn 7s. or gs. the
average (sandings of the whole would be about 12s. 6d. a week each.
The men is this manufactory, as well as in one or two others, ap-
pear to have quitted work by intimidation, and active pains are
now taking in the hope of apprehending and prosecuting the delta-
quessts. The Pollee, I understand, are In pursuit of the principal
offenders, and the evidence in support of this alleged intimidation
will then be forthcoming. The separation of the really suffering
poor, from the wantonly vicious and refractory, is essential in MlA-
&ring the application of the public relief.
bl• NC If larelt, THURSDAY AFTIRSIOON, Two O'CLOCK.

The intelligence brought by the London Papers respecting the
proceedings in Parliament, and at the City Meeting. has had
the 'effect of raising the spirits of the people here. The charitable
and Ituniane runduct of his Majesty.meets with the warmest
admi-
ration, and there is no class of people more loud in hip praise than
the Radicals.—The only things which have occurred to cast any
gloom upon the manufacturers and tradespeople here are the riots
at Bradford, and the tirrn.uut in the power loom factories of Clogg
and Norris, and the Oaf nil Road Twiit Company. In both of
the above factories the win k•peopl.. have every night been engaged
in guarding the property, and were consequently armed fur that
purpose. The pretence of turning out is an advance of wages.—
In the mean time the police are upon the alert, and soldiers are
just pouring into the town.
Sot o'Crarca.—l have just beard that Clogs and Notris have
taken out summonses against the persons suspected of having
intimidated their workmen to turn out. The firm has two factories.
but In one of them a single individual only has left his employment.

Last night, the House of Commons went into a Com-
mittee to consider on the proposed_ measure of enabling his Mo-
rmon, by Order in Council, to permit the importation of foreign
grain under certain limitations. The postponement of the
discussion on this subject has been of manifest advantage
lo mitigating et dispelling the opposition which the measure
provoked on a former evening. The Landholders, who, as
Lord Brion would say, are the most timorous of Otto'e
creatures, no sooner hear the words—" Corn Laws," " Dear
Bread," " Foreign Grain," &c. mentioned, than they take
tht alarm, and contending that there is no connexion between the
high price of bread and public distress, protest against the slightest
alteration in the existing laws. Last night, however, the acute and
forcible reasoning of Mr. Secretary Caton a, and the clear and ex-
plicit arguments of Mr. Secretary Put., acted like a talisman on
the House, and the proposed measure was permitted to go throtigh
one Mate without a division.
The Bill brought forward by Mr. Secretary Cameo is one of
the most moderate propositions ever made by Ministers. It merely
enables his MaaerrY, by Order-in Council, between the close of the
present and the commencement of the next Session of Parliament,
to permit the entry for home consumption of any quantity of ware-
housed foreign Wheat, not exceeding 500,000 quarters; but such
Order in Council is to be good for two months only.
It has bets contended by some of the Members, that instead of
Ministers arming themselves with a power thus limited, and for the
doe retention of which they are responsible, that they should have
waited till circumstances rendered it necessary to import foreign
grain, and trust to an Act of Indemnity for their contravening' an
calming law in permitting it ; this argument was ably refuted by
51r. Comma, who quoted history as a proof, how unwilling the
House was to protect a popular administration on a similar occa-
sion, and be appealed to the House, if, after the spirit it had mani-
fested on the discussion of this measure, Ministers could rely on its
indulgence.

While we thus notice the sturdiness with which the. landed in-
terest clings to the existing Corn Laws, it gives us pleasitre to state
that the proposed relaxation is already producing the happiest
effects in the country. This will be seen both by the able and
eloquent speech of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and by the let-
ten from Manchester, which will be found in another column.

if posterity be not unjust, it will be said of his present
Masestr that there was no English Km to whose disposition it
was more alien to be severe, and to whom acts' of lenity and hu-
manity were more congenial!
Yesterday his Al AJUTT received visits from the Dukes
of Yost andCs.aaauca, and the Princess Soma.

The Dukes of Watt.tacrroN and DEVONSHIRE had
audiences of
.his MAJMITT. The Duke of Dzvonsurax took leave of
the Kama previous to his departure on his embassy to Sc. Petersburgb.
EAST INDIA Housz.—A Meeting of Proprietors was
yesterday held. The Chairman (Sir G. 'tourism) stated, that they
were assembled, according to a bye-law, for the purpOse of submit-
ting to the Proprietors the draft of a Bill, now pending in Parliament,'
to defray the expenses of an increased Naval Force In the East'
Indies.—The draft of the Bill was read, and agreed to by the Meet-
ing, which then, broke up.
Yesterday morning the plate and other luggage
belonging to the Duke of Datonantax were pat on board a steam
boat, at the Tower Stairs, to convey it to his MAJESTeI 74 gun
ship the Gummiest*, at Chatham . .
Tile LORD MAYOR has appointed a Court of Common
Council for Monday 'text, at two o'clock, to consider of a sub.
acription in aid of the diatressad manufacturers of the cuunuy.