Star.
London, England, 1826-05-15 00:00:00

MANUFACTURING, DISTRICTS.

Tranquillity appears now to be restored in all the
places which were recently disturbed ; this has been
effected by the firmness of the Government and the
local authorities, and by the extensive public benevo-
lence 'which, while it gives a temporary relief to the
distressed, proves that there is no want of attention to
their suffering.. At Trowbridge, the tumult which
broke out was suppressed by the civil poser, and ten
or twelve of the most active of the mob have been
arrested and committed for trial. The wo►kmen at the
Iran founderies, near Merthyr Tydwel, who some time
since were disposed to r;ot, are now perfectly quiet
and Feaceable. In Lancashire, at one place, where a
mob had assembled to attack a factory, it was no sooner
announced to them that subscriptions had been made in
L )ndon fr.r their relief, than they gave three cheers, and
dispersed contentedly to their homes. Still it is not to
be denied,that the sufferings of the manufactur inglabour-
ers in many parrs of the country are intense, and demand
no common degree of patience to endure them witiOnut a
murmur. Where they are borne with resignation, they
form the strongest possible claim on the charitable as-
sistance, we do not say merely of the opulent, but of
all, in proportion to their means, who are raised iu any
degree above the immediate pressure of want.
FROM THE MANCHESTER COURIER.

I, is with heartfelt pleasure that we are enabled this
week to announce a total cessation from the outrages,
iato the commission of which many of the working
classes have been betrayed, by the desperation arising
from extreme distress. The effects of the munificent
suSccription now collecting in the Metropolis have al-
ready been felt most forcibly in the suffering districts.
Upwards of sixty thousand pounds have been subscribed,
a considerable proportion of which has been distributed
in the quarters where it was most wanted.
Tuesday's market, at Huddersfield, witnessed little
improvement except among woollen cords, of which
some largepurchases were made ; but, generally speak-
ing, there is little business, and less profit. 1‘• e retail
trade of that town has experienced a slight change for
the better—merely arising out of the change of the
season. We are happy to state that the whole neigh
bourhood continues in the most perfect state of tran-
quillity, although great distress prevails.
FROM THE LEEDS MERCURY.
Our accounts from all the manufacturing districts in
Lsncashire and Yorkshire communicate the gratifying
informatioe; that the distui bances wl:ich so recently
agitated the north of England, and spread an alarm all
. over the kingdom, are at an end. The distress by which
the e commotions were produced, is not, we fear, in any
• material degree diminished by the only effectual means
of relief, the improvement of trade ; but the sums of
money contributed by the benevolent To London and the
various parts of the country, and forwarded to the dis-
tressed districts, will alleviate the wants of the sufferers,
and somewhat enlarge the circulation, iri those places.
Tire most perfect tranquillity has prevailed in Leeds,
and all the principal manufacturing towns of Yorkshire
during the whole of the present week ; and in one branch.
of business, the worsted stuff line, the master manufac-
turers here are increasing the number of their worknien:
In other branches of the manufacture we hear of no
improvement. •
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
MANCULSTak SATIIIUDAT ETZNIXLI, MAT 13.
Yesterday Captain Mortimer arrived here, as the
.agent from the London Subscription Committee, for
'the purpose of communicating to the provincial com-
mittees the views of those in the Metropolis who are
co-operating for the common purpose of relieving the
distressed, and alto for making the essential arrange:
talents to govern their future proceedings. The London
committee, in the first place, recommend the formation.
of local committees, as the best channel of correspon-
dence for the distribution and application of relief,
although they do not exclude the set vices of individuals
where distress exists out of the reach of any com-
mittee. They also strongly and fitly urge the keeping
such an account, in particular, of the application of
the Metropolitan relief, as can be accurately intelligible
to the subscribers, and explanatory of the manner
in which their bounty has been bestowed. Captian
:Mortimer has also brought down a series of eleven
queries, to which answers are requested in turn.
Some of these are applicable to present circumstances;
'others are of a more general and comprehensive charac-
ter, and it must be the work of time to have them acii-
curately satisfied. They are in substance to ascertain
the relative amount of population and distress, the
Mani er in which the distressed have been previously
employed, and their present qualities and proportion of
labour—whether any, and what measures have been
devised to provide labour for those who were, or are
totally thrown out of their wonted regular employment;
the amount and comparative accumulation, as well as
application, of the poors rate; the Mil ket price of the
necessaries of life, and the general resources furnished
by charity exclusive of the poor4ates.
It is gratifying to know that there is an evident im Accounts from Lisbon, of the 29th ult. state that a
' pruvement in trade here, and goods are rather increasing Portuguese line-of-battle ship sailed on that they for the
in- price; they were, however, very low, and many sa- Brazils, having on. board a deputation of Noblemen,
orifices were made by sales under the cost price of who are gone thither to endeavour to preiail on Doe
manufacture, to meet the exig.ncies of trading engage- Pao (the EMPEROR of Brazil) to return to hip Ems
menu. Persons so situated have now sold the most of peat dominions.
MICMAIL NOLAN, Esq. has offered himself as a can-
stock, and those whose means enabled them to
hold off, are now likely to obtain a better price.— didate to represent Bridgewater, at. the approaching general elec-
tion. There will be a smart opposition—every exertion it making.
Notwithstanding this tendency towards a more active to draw they/lectors over to the Learned Gentleman's adtagonist.
market, the stagnation is still very general, and the The voter winkiess to door party is forced; be joins Noi.as'ansfsma
Capital employed at present any thing but productive. • Yesterday, the Rev. Mr. Cotton, the Ordinary of
It is the opinion of the best informed in the neiglib:sur- Newgate, preached an appropriate discourseist.the cha-
hood,tha, ihe atmplete organization *lnch has been now ,el of the prison in c 'mequence of the approaching
empleted for ascertaining theeztent of the unemployed execution of 'the lax upon the three -unhappy youths
poor, to,;ether with the universally aetioe.steps which are wh.t are prch red to suffer death to-morrow moruing, viz.
taken for their relief, cannot fail, in a very short time, am. Lau*, Pet 47 ANeedeei andWrrr Alt"'
to manilest an improved appearance in the condition Mier cold and unpleasant Sprittg, the weather had
the Ilumb!et iditto-.:-Numbers are4mployed in suddenly changed at Sc. Petersburg'', atisitheAseat bad'
Cleansing the streets, and every' means alibi the teach attained 18 ditgraka. RiA 'II; s liven:on:utter. ,

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I have this day visited the mill of Mrs.rs. Cleggvrt
High Crompton. The destruction of their machinery
is irreparable, and presents an awfulspectadeof 64span
passion and violence. The frames, beams, lithi", and
shuttles, are broken. The yarn is cut and the thith torn
in a way that sbews the unsparing fury of the: rioters.
The destruction here is more complete, so far as it goes,
than that at Mr. Hutchinson's mill. at Bury.. The Aver
looker informs me that the persons who entered the
mill were chiefly strong and powerful fellows, who
struck with all..their. might, and tore up and destrired-
ermything. they put their hands upon. He seems to
doubt whether they were wearers, but says they were
,all strangers to this part of the country. .