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

THE ORIGINATORS OF THE RIOTS.

The following letter appears in the Times of yesterday
have this morning received a letter from a very
respectable tradesman in the city, in which he says,—
" London, Friday evening.
" On the authority of a friend just arrived from Man-
chester, I beg to inform you that the turn-outs are strongly
supported by some large influential manufacturers, who seem
to have taken an interest in influencing, if not originating,
the movement, by furnishing money, &c., to support the
turn-outs, with the evident intention of producing an effect
upon the market of goods, partly for clearing their large
accumulated stocks during the suspension of working, partly
for raising at the same time the prices of goods, through the
instrumentality of the orders now accumulating.
" The poor, helpless workmen are evidently the puppets
in this game, drawn by the wires of the rich and powerful
manufacturers, to serve the purposes of the latter, to make
more money.

" As soon as the object of these manufacturers is obtained,
they will withhold the sinews of war, and then their poor
victims will have to return to ill-paid toil. I should rejoice,
for the sake of the country, if the workmen were to obtain
better wages for less employment.
" It is also explained to me, that these large manufacturers
are likely to reap a double advantage by ruining, by means of
the suspension of labour, a good many of the smaller manu-
facturers, thus ridding themselves of much competition."
Add to the above, the facts which are notorious—the ex-
citing speeches in Parliament and out of Parliament—
speeches by M.P.s, paid lecturers, divines, and manufac-
turers, directly calculated, if they are not intended, to excite
their famished victims of revolt.
Add all these facts together, and doubt any longer, if you
can, that the Anti-Corn-Law-Leaguers are the contrivers
and supporters of the present turn-out amongst the manu-
facturing operatives.
The following extract from the last Sunday Times (one of
the organs of the Anti-Corn-Law-League) is a very import-
ant link in the chain of evidence on this interesting ques
tion :
" Our readers are probably aware that the project of shut-
ting up all the mills in one day originated with this journal,
and that we have all along persisted in considering it as the
only means by which the repeal of the Corn-Laws was likely
to be obtained.
" The Anti-Corn-Law-League considered the proposition
again and again."
So says their organ the Sunday Times.
Some persons will scarcely be persuaded that men Who
have acquired immense wealth by the labour of the factory
people—who have obtained, by means of that wealth, seats
in Parliament, or on the magisterial bench, or who have
ma
de matrimonial
themonialplanalliancesto
ruinwith
su
nobles—thatmanythnususue
thousands men can
ds of coollyper-
contrive
sons in the hope of gaining a profit upon twist
Sir, a thorough-bred Leaguer would
id. per pound advance on yarn ! sell his mother for
I remain Sir, y obedient
our most
Fleet Prison, Aug. 20. servant,
RICH
P.S. Surely the Government w.llfail,
OASTLER.
I not
is over, to trace all these matters to their origin. R. 0.