Star.
London, England, 1826-05-09 00:00:00

MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.

mairenesTea, SUNDAE Evtllll6o, MAT 7.
This town and the vicinity continue quiet, and the
military have had since their ar:ival nothing but the
mere duties of parade to perforp. A very gratifying
procession took place this morning, composed of the
male and female children who recline clothing and
instruction gratuitously from the bounty of the inhabit.
ants. This teing a day on which the brilk of the
people generally throng the public streets, a good op.
portunity was afforded of observing thsktdernernour,
which was that of decent and submissisT
although their haggard air and wretchedly clad ap-
pearance den.ted the poverty which too generally
weighs upo.r them. The greatest bustle now prevailing
is in the efforts of the principal inhabitants to organ ze
by local associations adequate means for the relief of
the suffering chimes, and with the means hourly
expected from London, strong hopes are entertained
that all excitement from present distress will cease.—
Attempts are made to give a political character to some
of the combinations of the unemployed poor in this
district, and to mingle the question of Parliamentary
Reform with their catalogue of direct grievances, but
they are utterly groundless, for nothing political has
entered into the unquiet spirit which is afloat, and there
is therefore the speedier chance of returning peace,
when the hunger of the pour shall be appeased. The
accounts from the neighbourhood are also better, not-
withstanding the irritation against the use of power-
looms—and respecting these, it is right to observe, that
several of the more intelligent wot kmen have published
addresses, dissuading their fellow operatives from in-
dulging their blind impulse against machinery, and
pointing out the utter impossibility and hopelessness of
impeding the improvements which ingenuity is con-
stantly making in their construction.—The spirit at
Br adford is very bad. Something bordering upon similar
irritation is apparent at Bury. There has been, however,
as far as I can learn, no violation of the public peace; nor
is it at all probable that popular tumult will soon•be
rekindled there, in the presence of such a military array.
It is due to the military, and also the aimed yeomanry,
to say, that they have, during the present disturbances,
conducted themselves with the greatest forbearance;
and even when, on a late cccasion, Lord Grantham's
corps (the York Hussars), were severely pelted with
stones, the soldiers, in dispersing the mob, only used the
sides of their swords, and no wounds were inflicted. I
can speak poetively to the prevalence of a caimer spirit
among the poor classes in this town; and as there is
undoubtedly a stir in the cotton tra !e within the last
week, and a probability that an expected rise ss iil take
place in other articles, owing to the late destruction of
machinery, which expectation is already felt in increased
orders for goods at their present low price, the chances
of renewed employment are brought much nearer than
they were a fortnight ago.

BLACKBURN, MAY 6.
The intelligence every mail brings of the exertions in the metro-
polis for the relief of their distresses, and of the perseverance of
Government in their proposed measures, diffuses increased satisfac-
tion amongst our weavers.
Twenty-two prisoners have this day been examined at our Ses-
sions' Room, on a charge of being concerned in the late riots hero
and at Haslingden. Of these, six (four men and two women) wtte
committed for trial, five were remanded for further examination,
and the remainder were discharged.
The town happily continues quiet„ as well as the surrounding
neighbourhood. From Preston and Bolton I also learn that no riots
have taken plate, or are now apprehended at either of those towns.