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

THE POTTERIES.

STORE, THURSDAY.—We are glad to be able to state, that
all continues quiet in this part of the country, We under-
stand that the magistrates, military, yeomanry, and special
constables, were employed during the whole of Thursday, in
taking measures to prevent a recurrence of the riotous and
destructive scenes of Monday and Tuesday last, and in
making search for and apprehending parties known to have
been concerned in the riots. During the day, about twenty
more prisoners were sent from Hanley, Burslem, and the
neighbourhood, to Newcastle.under-Lyne. Mr. Isaac Cot-
terill, the active chief constable of Newcastle, gave his aid
in these measures. Much of the property stolen from the
pawnbrokers' shops, and from other places, has been reco-
vered; and it is said that the constables, on entering one
house, caught a man in the act of burning an old family
bible, belonging to the Rev. Mr. 4.itkin, which the plunderer
thought it desirable to destroy. None of the potters had
resumed work in the neighbourhood of Hanley. The Ut-
toxeter troop of yeomanry cavalry were stationed there.
During Wednesday the workmen of Mr. Kinnersley, of
Clough Hall, left the works at Kitsgrove, in order to protect
and defend the residence of their employer; but all remain-
ing quiet in that quarter,—which is on the northern border
of the county, near the Red Bull (which is in Cheshire),—
the men resumed work on Thursday morning, both at the
coal-pits and the iron-stone mine. Up to Thursday evening
all remained quiet at Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Burslem,
Tunstall, and their neighbourhoods.
_ _

BURSLEM, THURSDAY MORNING.—An inquest was held
yesterday on the body of one of the rioters who was shot on
Tuesday morning in the affray with the military. The in-
quiry excited a great deal of interest, and the whole of the
circumstances connected with the hostile appearance and
violent proceedings of the mob were fully inquired into ;
and the result clearly established the necessity of the course
which was adopted, however much the melancholy conse-
quences of the affair are to be regretted. After a patient in-
vestigation of nearly seven hours, the jury returned a verdict
of " justifiable homicide." The deceased was one of the
principal leaders of the rioters, and belonged to Leek.
The whole of the towns throughout the Potteries are now
completely garrisoned, although all business is suspended,
and the mob have broken into small parties, and betaken
themselves to the surrounding villages, where they have in
some few instances committed acts of violence, and plundered
the inhabitants. At Hanford an attempt was made to set
fire to the cottage of W. Harding, Esq., the coroner; but no
serious injury was done to his premises. These cases of
outrage occurred yesterday before the troops arrived ; but
the magistrates have adopted effectual remedies for putting
an end to any further violence of this description.
A meeting of the inhabitants was held yesterday at Crown
Bank, Hanley, for the purpose of adopting measures for pre-
serving the peace of the diatrict, at which the chief bailiff
presided. At Shelton a detachment of military has arrived,
and a large body of special constables has been sworn in.
Throughout bhe towns visited by the mob in their tour of
violence and plunder, an active search has been made for the
parties concerned in the destruction of property. Several
women base, amongst others, been taken into custody for
assisting in the work of demolition, and for stripping the
shops of the pawnbrokers. Some of these tradesmen have,
I regret to say, been great sufferers, owing to the entire ab-
sence of protection from the military or civil force. One
man has lost property to the amount of nearly £2,000.
Chartism is indeed at a discount amongst the middle classes
in the Potteries, and it will be long before this species of
liberalism finds favour in their eyes. Cooper, the Chartist
lecturer, from Leicester, made his escape from the neigh-
bourhood, on learning that there were warrants issued by the
magistrates for his apprehension. It is said that he has
gone to Manchester, where constables have been despatched
after him. The incendiary appears to have been one of the
prAtialenme oiriers of the deplorable events which have occurred
e district, the system of outrage being commenced im-
mediately aftermthoendcaloysemoofrnthineg. meetings which he harangued
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Office to the Lords Lieutenant of counties :
Whie
,r My Lord, In consequence of acts of outrage and vio-
lence, which have suspended the employment of labour in I
various parts of the country, am commanded by her Ma-
jesty to impress on your lordship the necessity of taking
effectual and immediate _measures for the repression of
tumult within your county, and for the protection of the
lives and properties of her Majesty s subjects "
For this purpose I am assured, that your lordship will
concert measures with the gentry and
'
yeomanry of the
county, whereby the civil force may be so strengthened and
arranged as to secure general union and co-operation.
" In present circumstances it is necessarythat all the
justices of the peace, mayors, and other magistrates within
your county, should be reminded of the duty imposed by
law, _ which commands that all persons shall he protected
from violence and threats in the pursuit of their lawful occu-

pations ; that no mine, mill, or factory, shall be entered by
force; and that the owner is entitled to the aid of the civil
power in the defence of his property, and in resistance to
any attempt to invade it.
" If the civil power be unequal to overcome the violence
used in the attack, military assistance may he given ; for law
and industry, and the rights of property are subverted, if the
peaceful subjects of her Majesty cannot follow their lawful
callings without exposure to personal injury, and to outrage
at the hands'of the riotous multitude.

" The magistrates should also be warned, that by law they
are justified in preventing the entrance of a riotous assembly
into a town, when they are credibly informed that the pur-
pose of the assembly is unlawful, and that the public peace
may thereby be endangered ; or when, from the demeanour
and threats of the multitude assembled, terror is produced,
and no reasonable doubt is entertained of their unlawful
object.
" I repose the firmest reliance on your lordship's zeal and
discretion ; and it is therefore unnecessary to recommend
your prompt and special attention to those parts of the county
in which disorder and insubordination have unfortunately
prevailed ; but it is my duty to represent that your personal
influence and exertons, as far as it may be possible to use
them on the present occasion, are requisite for the public
service, and will receive the approbation of her Majesty.--,
I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's obedient
servant, J. GRAHAM.

BURSLEM, SATURDAY EVENING.--There is nothing to
report from this district beyond the continued arrest of the
parties engaged in the late violent prooceedings in the neigh-
bourhood. Between 70 and 80 have been sent off to Stafford
gaol during the last few days. The magistrates have received
information of private meetings of chartists being held, at
which fresh plans of mischief are being concocted ; but the
circumstance of the authorities being cognisant of these pro-
ceedings is a sufficient security for the preservation of the
peace. All the markets in the towns throughout the district
were ordered to be closed at eight o'clock this evening.
Business is being gradually resumed, although it will be some
time before confidence is perfectly restored. The magistrates
seem indeed perfectly alive to the necessity of watchfulness
and continued vigilance, in consequence of which the
measures taken to restore and preserve order at the beginning
of the week are strictly acted upon.
On Wednesday an inquest was held on one of the Lane
End rioters, when it appearing that the death of the deceased
had been caused by drinking ardent spirits to excess, a verdict
to that effect was returned.