The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-30 00:00:00

THE ANTI-CORN:LAW LEAGUE RIOTS.

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MANCHESTER—MONJAY---All is perfectly tranquil,
though a great numberofhands still remain out. The inter-
mediate sessions for the Salford Hundred were opened this
morning before T. F. Foster, Esq., the chairman, and a full
bench of magistrates. The calendar contains the names of
142 prisoners, charged wl,ll rioting, in addition to 17 charged
with other misdemeanours, and 199 with felony. Of the
rioters, 86 are from Little Lever, near Bolton, 32 from Clif-
ton, 14 from Bolton, 2from Rochdale, 2 from Tottington
Lower, 2 horn Oldham, 1 from Manchester, 1 from Shar-
pies, 1 from Bury, and 1 from Droylsden. Nearly all the
Manchester prisoners have been committed to the assizes,
which accounts for the small number for trial at the sessions
from Manchester. It will be the middle of next week before
any of the rioters are tries.

O'Neil, the Chartist preacher, was arrested at Dudley, on
Friday, and was examined on the following day, and was re-
manded. Several other rioters on the latter day were com-
mitted.

On Friday, Charles Turner and James Leach were brought
up At the New Bailey, Manchester, before D. Maude, on a
charge of conspiracy and publishing a placard tending to
ioex-
cite a breach of the peace. They, were ordered to find sure-
ties f £2OO each, and t),enter into their own recognizances
of 400, to answer the charge at the next assizes. Alex-
and r Hutchinson and other prisoners were examined and
remanded. Two courts sat for the purpose of getting through
the business, the gaol being so crowded that the health of
some of the prisoners to. a slight extent is suffering. Many
of them have for some time been obliged to sleep on the
forins for want of accommodation. Mr. Gregory, who has
been sent down by the government for the purpose of in-
quiring into the various cases connected with the disturb-
ances, said, in those cases which were bailable he should
press for its being fixed at a sufficient amount to insure at-
tendance to take their trials. The bail was fixed by the
bench in some cases at £25, in others at £3O, and as high as
£5O. No less than 35 prisoners were 'committed for trial on
the various charges of riot, assaulting the police, destroying
property, or obtaining food and other articles' by means of
threats; but about half the number were told bail would be
taken for their appearance. ,

CCLLIERS' STRIKE IN MID-LOTHIAN.

(From Saturday's Edinburgh paper)
We understand.that the colliers belonging to Sheriff-hall,
Whitehill, and Newbattle, have again struck work, and it is,
rumoured that throughout the whole country there is not
collier employed. This has arisen, we believe, from the
masters refusing to give the advance of wages asked for, and
partly through intimidation. It is well known that the col-
liers are much divided in opinion, some being inclined to
work for their present wakes, while the more numerous por-
tion are determined to seek for an advance. The latter .having
succeeded in intimidating the former, thus every coal mine
around Edinburgh is at a stand still.
On Wednesday night, as district constable Simpson was
proceeding near the farm of Monckton, he•saw three men
standing whom he knew to be colliers, On arriving, at the
spot where they stood, he saw in an opposite field, a heap of
potatoes apparently newly lifted, and which the colliers evi-
dently intended to carry off. On Thursday night, constables
M`Pherson and Simpson saw between 20 and 30 colliers near
the same place, who whistled as if to give 'warning when they
approached. The constables are of opinion that it was in-
tended to plunder the same field, which no doubt would have
been the case but for their timely approach.
We understand the collier, Wbiggins, who took an active
part in inducing the men to return to their employment has
been obliged to go to the west country in consequence of in-
timidation. Some unknown persons came to his house at
midnight and threatened him through the window; and he
has also received threatening anonymous letters. There has
been no meeting of the colliers for some days past, as far as
we know.

AYRSHIRE.—We regret to state that manifestations of that
spirit of disaffection which has terminated in direct and open
violation of the law in various places throughout the country,
have begun to develope themselves among the colliers of
Ayrshire; and from what we have learned, there is good
reason to believe that some secret agency has been at work.
On Monday last a meeting was held near Kilwinning. It
appeared that over-weight was the principal hardship com-
plained of. It was consequently resolved, that, in order
effectually to check the continuance of such conduct, a
meeting of the coal masters and proprietors throughout the
county should be convened in Irvine, on the following
Wednesday. Only some half-dozen of the masters having
obeyed the summons on Wednesday, nothing satisfactory
was concluded. We believe the colliers were allowed to
state their grievances ; and a promise was obtained that if
the other masters and proprietors were willing to acquiesce,
they would not stand in the way of a satisfactory adjustment.
Next day a great meeting was held in Shewalton Moor,
about a mile and a half from Irvine. The colliers in our
vicinity turned out to a man ; and before going to their
rendezvous they assembled in a common near Prestwick,
where, it is said, they were addressed, amongst others, by a
party from Airdrie. The conclusion they came to is not
known. The gathering at Sbewalton Moor was very nu-
merous. We should think there would not be fewer than
two thousand individuals present—of these six hundred, at
least, were from Ayr. The proceedings were conducted in a
very orderly and becoming manner. The speeches, in the
main, recommended pacific measures; but at the same time,
expressed a determination not to relinquish what they bad
commenced, until they were successful in securing a redress
of all the grievances under which t►iey at present laboured.
It was agreed that another circular should be drawn up and
transmitted to all the coalmasters in the county, warning
them to attend in Irvine on Wednesday next; and that a
delegate should be sent from each pit as a deputation to state
their condition, and seek relief. It was also resolved that
nothing definite should be resorted to until after that meeting.
In our own locality the result has been anticipated—the men
struck work on Saturday. They have since issued a placard
explanatory of the causes that induced them to adopt this
alternative. They profess a repugnance to extreme and
violent measures ; and as yet have conducted themselves in
a peaceable manner. We understand Sheriff Bell has adopted
every precaution which prudence can suggest, to guard against
the consequences of an outbreak occurring.—Ayr Observer.