The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-23 00:00:00

CATLIN'S LECTURES.

It will be perceived that Mr. Catlin extends his lectures
four nights more, at the Portico, and we recommend our
readers to avail themselves of the opportunity. They will be
greatly delighted at the tableaux. The only parallel to Mr.
Catlin we know, either in perseverance or enterprise, is
Belzoni ; in fact, he may be styled the Belzoni of the present
day. The following are the tableaux to be exhibited to
night :

DOMESTIC SCENES.
No. 1. GROUP WITH ACTION.—The Blackfoot Doctor or
Mystery-man, endeavouring to cure his dying patient by the
operation of his mysteries ; himself placed under the skin of
a yellow Bear (to which are appended a great variety of
mystery things,) violently dancing over and pawing about
the dying man, while he sings songs of incantation over
him.

No. 2. TABLEAU.—Mr. Catlin at his easel, in the Man-
dan Village, painting the portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa, a cele-
brated Mandan Chief. The costumes of the Chief and the
painter are the same that were worn on the occasion.

No. 3. GROUP WITH ACTION.—An Indian Wedding. The
Chief, who is Father of the Girl, is seen seated in the middle
of the group, receiving the presents, which are laid, at his
feet by the young man, who (when the presents accumulate
to what the father deems an equivalent) receives the consent
of the parent, and the hand of the girl, whom he leads off;
and as she is the daughter of a Chief, and admired by the
young men, they are bestowing on her many presents.
No. 4. GROUP WITH ACTION.—An Indian Song and
Carouse ; the party stimulated by smoking " k'nick-k'neck,"
and drinking whiskey.
No. 5 TABLEAU.—Pocahontas rescuing Capt. John Smith,
an English Officer, from his Execution, decreed by Pow-ha-
tan, the Indian Chief. It had been decreed in council, over
which Pow-ha-tan presided, that Captain John Smith should
be put to death, by having his head placed upon a large
stone, and his brains beaten out by two warriors armed with
huge painted clubs. His executioners were standing with
their clubs raised over him, and in the very instant for giving
the fatal blow, when Pocahontas, the Chief's favourite
daughter, then about 13 years old, threw herself with folded
arms around the head of the captain, who was instantly or-
dered by the Chief to be released.
No. 6. TABLEAU VIVANT.----Wrestling. A favourite
amusement amongst many of the tribes. For these scenes
several distinguished young men are selected on each side,
and the goods bet being placed in the hands of stakeholders,
the wrestling commences at the signal given, and the stakes
go to the party who count the greatest number of men re-
maining on their feet.
No. 7. TABLEAU VIVANT.—BaII Play.—The most beau-
tiful and exciting of all Indian games. This game is played
oftentimes by several hundred on a side, each one carrying
in his hand his ball-stick, with a little hoop and netting at
the end, in which the ball is to be caught and thrown, in-
stead of being struck ; the group represents the players
leaping into the air and struggling to catch the ball as it is
descending.
No. 8. TABLEAU VIVANT.—Game of Tchurg-kee, the
favourite play of the Mandans, and used by them as their
principal gambling game. The two :parties choose sides,
make their bets, and their two champions lead off, by run-
ning side by side Ei distance of three rods, one of them roll-
ing forward a ring of three or four inches in diameter, and
each one sliding after it on the ground, a shaft of seven or
eight feet in length, and counting game as the ring falls over
one, two, or three, of the triple projections on the shaft.
The ring is returned instantly, and followed again by two
others, and so on, and the game scored to the credit and
loss of the parties who are struggling for the stakes.
No. 9. TABLEAU VIVANT. —Administer Administer the " Black
Drink," a nauseating and very powerful emetic prepared by
themselves from several disgusting roots, of which they
drink great quantities in order to empty their stomachs, and
prepare them for the season of the Green Corn, (or Maize,)
on which they feast for a week or two, deeming it the greatest
of luxuries while it is in the milk, and tender.
No. 10. GROUP IN ACTION.—Green corn dance. A beau-
tiful and picturesque dance, given by the Warriors of the
tribe, each one holding in his left hand an ear of the green
corn, (maize,) and singing a song of thanksgiving to the
Great Spirit for his bountiful goodness. Before this dance
takes place, and before
any one in the tribe can eat a mouth-
ful of the green corn, the first kettleful is always boiled and
sacrificed to the Great Spirit, by burning it to cinders and
burying the ashes."

A SIGN OF THE TIMES !--BUSINESS IN BOLD-STREET.—
A correspondent informs us that he passed up 80ld-street, on
Saturday last, between two and three o'clock, and, as far as
he could ascertain or see, the whole of the shops on both
sides of the way were without a customer !
SAVAGE ASSAULT.—At the Police-court yesterday, a
rough looking man, named David M`Gowan, was charged
with violently striking a working man, on Saturday evening,
on the head with a spade, by which he was severely, and it
might have been mortally, wounded. The case was proved,
- and he was required to pay a fine ofts, or in default to be
imprisoned two months.

A deplorable accident occurred last week in Killaloe, during
the excavations in the river near the bridge, by the Shannon
Improvement Commissioners, when blasting the rocky strata
of the late eel weirs. An explosion took place, and a stone
block of near half a hundred weight was blown into the air,
which falling over a cabin, brought down the roof, and killed
a fine young woman named Margaret Ellis, then in bed, to
the utter astonishment and horror of the family.

THE DISTURBANCES IN THE MANU-
FACTURING DISTRICTS.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
As it was expected that yesterday the hands in the mana-
factwing and mining districts would resume their accustomed
avocations, we subjoin accounts from our reporters of what
took place in those quarters in the course of the day. It
will be seen that in most places as far as our information ex-
tends quietness has been restored, and in only one instance
has any outbreak been effected, and this is a burglary com-
mitted by a small party of the mob. Though similar scenes
may be enacted in different localities, every thing prognosti-
cates that violence to tie same extent as has been recently
practised will not be again attempted.
WIGAN.

DARING BURGLARY BY THE TURN-OUTS OF HINDLEY
AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.—A most daring burglary was
committed on the night of Friday last, the 19th instant, at
the residence of Mr. Isaac Ellison, of Aspull, near Hindley,
and only a few miles from Wigan. Mr. Ellison is steward
to Sir Robert Holt Leigh, and was selected by the villains as
being the most likely to have in his possession a sum of
money to pay the labourers of Sir Robert on the following
day. About 9 o'clock, Mr. Ellison, his wife, a servant, and
a young man named Henry Hilton, who lodged' with Mr.
Ellison, went to bed, all appearing perfectly safe and quiet.
About 12 o'clock Hilton was awoke by a noise, and on
looking out of the window, perceived a gang of men, about
14 in number, approaching the house. He went immediately
to Mr. Ellison's room to apprize him of the fact, and took a
gun which was loaded, to the window, where he called out to
the men that he would fire on them if they did not
leave the premises. One of the mob answered that
if he did, they would shoot him, and immediately
after, fired a pistol at Hilton. He then went round
The villains proceeded to burst open the house door with
crow-bars, but it being too strong for them to effect their
purpose, recourse was had to the kitchen window, by which
an entrance was effected, the bolt of the shutter having been
withdrawn. Some of them immediately went up stairs to
Mr. Ellison's bed-room, and a gun was presented at Mr.
Ellison, whilst another man held a pistol at the head of his
wife. A handkerchief was tied round their eyes, and both
were. fastened together. One of the leaders then demanded
£lOO from Mr. Ellison, and Mr. E. said he had not so much
money in the house. The question was then asked, " where
is all the money ?" Mrs. Ellison, in reply, informed them
it was at the Hall, (meaning at Sir Robert Holt Leigh's.)
One of them, on this observed, " Oh! we'll be there next
Wednesday night," in an under tone, to his companions in
villainy. They tben began to be rough, and cried out,
" The mob's out, and we're like to have some money and
meat, and we will have it." The drawers and boxes were
burst open in Mr. Ellison's rooms, and about five
shillings were taken out of a box. Mrs. Ellison's money
was then demanded, and about £3 10s. was taken out
of her pocket. When the mob demanded a larger
sum, and were informed it was not in the house, they
threatened to murder Mr. and Mrs. Ellison, and to set fire
to the house and haystack ; however, the additional crime
of arson was not committed. The young man who was
lodging with Mr. Ellison was thrown down on the bed, and
a man stationed over him with a pistol, which was presented
to Hilton's head. His money was demanded, and on his
observing that he had only about nine shillings in his pocket,
they insisted on having that, and took it. The servant girl
hid herself underneath the bed, and escaped the notice of
the mob; but her box was broken open and about .£1 4s.
was taken from it, and nearly all her clothing. After re-
maining in the house some time, the villains departed, but
before leaving the yard, beat the house-dog in a brutal
manner, so as to leave little hope of its recovery. On ex-
amining the house, it was found that few places had not been
searched and plundered by the villainous wretches who had
visited it. Nearly all the victuals had been taken, a gallon
of rum and a quantity of wine and brandy, a fowling-piece,
a pistol, a powder-flask and a shot-bag, twelve pairs of men's
stockings, and a large quantity of clothing of every descrip-
tion. A reward of £5O was offered, in a placard posted
round the town on Saturday, and nine persons were appre-
hended in the course of the day, under suspicious circum-
stances, by our police. They were brought before the
magistrates in the evening, and remanded for further exami-
nation on Tuesday (this day).
THE STATE OF WlGAN—MONDAY.—Notwithstanding a
great sensation was caused in Wigan on Friday and Saturday
last, in consequence of the rumour that Sir Robert Peel's
manor was burnt to the ground, all remained comparatively
quiet, and a meeting of the mill-owners was held on the
evening of Saturday, to decide upon the point whether the
mills were to start upon Monday morning or not. All the
mill-owners of Wigan, Ince, Hindley, and the neighbourhood
were present, and many coal-proprietors and agents were in
attendance, to conform to the decision of the cotton-spinners.
It was unanimously agreed upon to commence work, the
town presented such a satisfactory appearance of quietness.
Accordingly the gigantic chimnies which tower high above
our dwellings were seen to emit at an early hour the dense
columns of smoke which proclaim that all around them is in
active operation. 'Woods' factory is the only one still standing,
and it is alleged the sole cause is that the machines in the
carding-rooms are not ready ; but to-morrow (this day) the
hands at this mill also are to resume their occupations. It
is said in town that the mule-spinners of two of the mills
have still held out for an advance of wages. The result is
not- generally known. There are, however, a vast
number of men loitering about the streets of the town
and lanes of the neighbourhood, and great alarm is
caused at the daring robbery which is particularised above.
Another instance of the boldness of the fellows who are
prowling about Hindley and the neighbourhood, occurred
on Saturday last, when a man named Bibby, a bill-poster,
was stopped in a lane, and compelled by the mob to empty
his pockets, to satisfy the curiosity of his unceremonious de-
tainers. A few of the 72d departed from Wigan by the mail
train yesterday (Sunday) morning, to join the head-quarters
of the regiment at Blackburn ; and have been succeeded by
a reinforcement of the 60th Rifles. Our Yeomanry still
remain out of town : they are at present in Chorley. No
outbreak is at present apprehended ; and perhaps the deter-
mination of our authorities to adopt stringent measures has
become known amongst the mob, and produced a salutary
effect upon them. It is a fact that nearly 11,000 mill opera-
tives and colliers were out of employ in Wigan and the im-
mediate neighbourhood last week, and that there was con-
sequently upwards of £5,000 less in circulation,—causing
much depression amongst those shopkeepers who, in a great
measure, depend on the lower orders for support in trade.

MONDAY NIGHT.—NePRESTON
arly all the hands have turned in,
and the town begins to assume its accustomed appearance.
The men who have not yet resumed their work refrain from
doing so more from shame than a wish to prolong the recent
disturbances ; and we now feel satisfied that for some time
to come we shall have no more such riotous proceedings as
have lately disgraced our neighbourhood. Possibly some
such depredations may be committed in the adjacent dis-
tricts as unfortunately took place at Wigan, and of which
you will, no doubt, receive a report from your correspondent
there, but this will be all the remnant of the " insurrection."

A VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM AND THE POTTERIES.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
We left Liverpool by the mail train yesterday morning,
for the purpose of ascertaining from a personal visit the
actual state of things in Birmingham, and the populous dis-
trict comprising the Potteries. The previous accounts from
those places were calculated to excite painful apprehensions,
the misguided people, particularly the colliers, insisting in
the first place on an advance of wages, and in the next upon
the concession of the " National Charter." Their alterna-
tive was to refuse work until both of those demands had
been granted. This was a condition of affairs which could
scarcely be regarded without alarm, involving, as it did,
mostimportant present as well as future consequences.
On reaching Birmingham at eight o'clock, we found seve-
ral notices placarded intimating that the authorities bad rea-
son to apprehend some riotous proceedings in the course of
the present week. In the first place, the turn-out colliers
from Dudley and the vicinity had announced their intention
of visiting the town as yesterday (Monday) ; next, that an
union was to be made with the forces of the resident members
of " the complete suffrage " men, and they were to make a
combined demonstration, which, they alleged, should be at-
tended with a moral effect that none but the radicals of that
district can achieve.

In the mean time, the local chartists have held meetings
everynight for the past fortnight, on a piece of waste ground
adjoining the Grand Junction Railway-station ; and on each
occasion, says the correspondent of a morning paper, " lan-
guage of the most inflammatory and seditious character has
been used by the speakers. At one meeting one of the
speakers declared, that to them alone was to be attributed
the continued tranquillity of the town, and that they were
therefore entitled to £25,000, the sum paid after the last
riots for compensation for property destroyed during thpse
unfortunate disturbances."
The following placard, convening the meeting we have
alluded to, was issued on Saturday :
" Men of Birmingham !--The crisis is now arrived. Bri-
tain and Ireland are aroused. The nation's voice declares in
the loudest manner the noble struggle must now be made.
The days of tyranny are numbered. Shall Birmingham,
once the polar star of liberty, now slumber ? No. Awake !
arise ! Stand forward in the nation's moral battle, and de-
clare that our country shall now be free.
" A great meeting will be held on Monday next, the 22d
instant, at ten o'clock a.m., on a pieceof ground in Summer-
lane, near the Asylum, to memorialize the Queen, and to
take into consideration what Birmingham shall do at the
present awful state of the country.
" Influential men of all shades of democratic sentiment,
and from various parts of the land, will attend and give their
advice on this important subject.
" By order of a public meeting held in the Christian
Chartist Church, on Thursday, the 18th of August, 1842,
" ARTHUR O'NEIL, Secretary."
The publication of this inflammatory appeal led the magis-
trates to adopt immediate measures for the prevention of
tumult. They ordered the police to tear them off the walls,
and to apprehend the men who were engaged hawking them
about the streets. Several were taken into custody and ex-
amined before the chief commissioner of police. They were
attended by Mr. Joseph Sturge, and the aforesaid " Arthur
O'Neil, secretary" who calls himself the Pastor of the
Christian Chartist Church, (in Newhall-street); and ulti-
mately they were liberated on a solemn promise that they
would not again exhibit the offensive placard in the streets.
The magistrates then issued the following proclamation :
" CAUTION, Public-office, August 20.—Whereas, infor-
mation has been received that meetings have been held in
various parts of the kingdom of large bodies of men, who
have proceeded from place to place at unseasonable hours,
and that violent and seditious language has been addressed
to them, and it has been represented to us that such meet-
ings are intended to be held within this borough, notice is
hereby given, that no such meetings will be permitted to
assemble, and caution is at the same time given to well.
disposed persons not to attend or join such meetings. No-
tice is also given,t hat all necessary measures will be adopted
to prevent the assembling of any such meeting, so as effec-
tively to protect the public peace, and to prevent the dis-
turbance thereof.

" SAMUEL BEALE, Mayor."
In spite of this proclamation, and:in violation of the pledge
given to the authorities, O'Neil's placard was again hawked
about; and intelligence continuing to arrive that the town
would be invaded on Monday, the magistrates issued the fol-
lowing stringent and determined notice :

" CAUTION !
" We, the undersigned magistrates, acting for the borough
of Birmingham, having received information of meetings in
this neighbourhood, and having witnessed this day the at-
tempt made by certain individuals to call together and ad-
dress a body of persons within the said borough, under the
present state of disturbance unfortunately existing in other
parts of England, deem it to be our duty to make known to
the public in general, that after the publication of her Ma-
jesty's proclamation all assemblies of persons in considerable
numbers having a manifest tendency to endanger the public
peace, and to excite the fears of her Majesty's peaceable sub-
jects, are ILLEGAL, whatever may be their avowed object,
and wherever held, notwithstanding they may not at the
time be attended with acts of open violence ; and we declare
our firm intention to prevent the same, and to subject any
individual who may be found assisting at such assemblies to
the penalties of the law. And we further caution all well-
disposed persons from joining in, or being present at, any
such meetings, processions, &c., as they will thereby b .
themselves into peril, and incur the con ring
sequences of any
measures which may be adopted for the apprehension of th
ill-disposed, and the preservation of public peace. e
" SAMUEL BEALE, Mayor."

,

This notice was countersigned by thirteen of the borough
magistrates, who had been with the mayor making arrange-
ments for preserving the peace of the town and neighbour-
hood. A notice was also issued, calling upon the pensioners
to assemble at the barracks yesterday morning, at seven
o'clock, to be sworn in as special constables, on pain of for-
feiting their pensions. A large body of the respectable inha-
bitants were also sworn in, and in addition the military
was sent for in order to carry into effect the energetic mea-
sures which had been planned.
On Saturday night a large meeting of Chartists was held
in Summer-lane, near the Asylum, but it was dispersed by
the civil force without much trouble.

On Sunday four companies of the 34th Infantry, a com-
pany of Rifles, and two pieces of artillery arrived from
Weedon. The constabulary power was reviewed, and a judi-
cious distribution of the entire force arranged ; and every
thing possible by way of prevention having been done, the
authorities waited the arrival of the expected disturbers with
all the confidence inspired by preparation at all points.
Whether the turn-out colliers and miners had been in-
formed of the dangerous reception which awaited them, or
whether their intention of coming had been misrepresented,
we do not know ; but the fact is, they did not make their
appearance in Summer-lane. The Birmingham chartists,
however, though deprived of their auxiliaries, proceeded to
the spot, to the number of several thousands. They had
with them two carts, intended for platforms, and were led
up by the aforesaid Mr. O'Neil. The carts had been placed
in due position, when Mr. Joseph Sturge, the late can-
didate for the representation of Nottingham, with two
or three other " Complete Suffrage" people, suddenly
made their appearance. Mr. Sturge having ascended
one of the vehicles, called attention to the proclamation of
the magistrates ; and, whilst he avowed himself a Chartist,
he earnestly called upon the people to disperse as the best
mode of preserving peace. His advice was followed; and,
he himself left the place, followed by a considerable part of
the meeting. A greater number, however, remained with
O'Neil, and he, after a few moments consideration with one
or two delegates to the National Convention, abandoned the
field, remembering, in all probability, that discretion is the
better part of valour. He led the crowd to " the Christians'
Chartist Church," which is a mean old building over a shop,
with a public-house on each side ; and opening one of the win-
dows, he told them that the delegates who had arrived, would
hold a meeting immediately, to decide what should be done, as
there was no good in wasting their energies upon useless ex-
citement. Something must be done; and the delegates
would publish in the afternoon, or to-morrow (Tuesday),
what they would recommend to be done. Until the senti-
ments of the delegates should be published, he would recom-
mend the people to withdraw to their homes. This recom-
mendation was instantly adopted ; but when our despatch
left, the delegates had not published the result of their
deliberations.

Mr. Feargus O'Connor is said to be in Birmingham.

VIE COLLIERY DISTRICT.

We passed through a portion of the colliery district on
our way to the Potteries, and found that work at all the
pits had completely ceased. 'There were no symptoms
of disturbance. The colliers insist upon being paid 4s. a-
day for their labour; some of the masters are willing to pay
that remuneration, but the more opulent are determined to
resist the demand. In the mean time coals are rapidly ad-
vancing in price. In passing through the district the follow-
ing extract was handed to us of a speech delivered by Mr.
Finch, jun., of Liverpool, on the 29th of July, in the Anti-
Corn-Law Conference at London :

" The league and anti-monopoly associations, with the
assistance of the colliers (.9 have the power of compelling
the aristocracy, in less than one month, to abolish corn-laws
altogether, and to compel them also to grant the People's
Charter. Let the colliers in all parts of the kingdom cease
wor king for one month, and the thing is done ! ! They have
only to insist upon these measures before they go to work
again. This is the most simple and efficient measure that
could be adopted to get all we want without spilling a drop
of blood, or causing any commotion of any kind. The city
of London would be without fuel, and all other concerns
must come to a stand till it was settled."
The colliers, among whom this pernicious advice has been
circulated, certainly seem to us determined to act upon it.