The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-16 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO STOP PRINT-WORKS IN STRANGEWAYS.

Early this morning a large body of men, about one
hundred in number, were seen approaching the print-works
of Messrs. Heald, Wilson, and Co., in Nightingale-street,
but the police and constables being on the alert they deemed
it prudent to retire by the way they had come. They were
heard by several persons to avow their intention of attacking
the works.

There were large bodies of men assembled this morning
in different parts of the town and suburbs, principally in
Granby-row fields, St. George's fields, and near the Hall of
Science, but they do not appear to have any definite object
in view at present.
The shops in the middle of the town are open, but most of
those in the suburbs are closed.
It is rumoured that Lord Stanley and Sir Robert Peel, as
well as Lord Francis Egerton, have visited the town during
the last few days, and that Sir James Graham was also 9-
pected to wait upon the authorities shortly. Their object is
no doubt to consult as to the best means which can be adopted
with a view to aiding the authorities in securing the peace
more effectually. We have heard of several other leading
political characters having been seen on 'Change, and amongst
them Mr. Hume is mentioned.

Twelve o'clock.
A. delegate meeting was held during the day, but nothing
particular transpired.
The following proclamation has been issued by the Magis-
trates this morning :—" Whereas the present disturbed state
of this town and district calls for the adoption of the strongest
measures for the restoration of peace and order. We, the
undersigned, respectively Magistrates of the County Palatine
of Lancaster and the Borough of Manchester deem it our
duty publicly to make known that all assemblages of persons
in considerable numbers having, under present circumstances,
a manifest tendency to endanger the public peace, and to ex-
cite the fears of her Majesty's peaceable subjects, are illegal,
whatever may be their avowed object and wherever held, and
notwithstanding they may not at the time be attended with
acts of open violence.
" And we hereby declare our full determination to use all
the means in our power to prevent and repress, and if neces-
sary, forcibly to put down the same. And we further caution
all well-disposed persons against joining in, or being present
at, any meetings or processions of this character, as they will
thereby bring themselves into peril, and incur the consequen-
ces of the measures which may be adopted for the preserva-
tion of the public peace.
(Signed by thirty-three magistrates.)

THE ROYAL PROCLAMATION.

The following is a copy of the Royal Proclamation issued
on Saturday :

The following Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday
last, offering a reward of Fifty Pounds for the authors,
abettors, or perpetrators of the outrages in the manu-
facturing districts was published ou Saturday night :
"BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.

" VICTORIA R.—Whereas in divers parts of Great Britain
great multitudes of lawless and disorderly persons have
lately assembled themselves together in a riotous and tumul-
tuous manner, and have, with force and violence, entered
into certain mines, mills, and manufactories, and other
places, and have, by threats and intimidation, prevented our
good subjects therein employed from following their usual
occupations and earning their livelihood :
" We, therefore, being duly sensible of the mischievous
consequences which must inevitably ensue, as well to the
peace of the kingdom as to the lives and properties of our
subjects, from such wicked and illegal practices, if they go
unpunished ; and being firmly resolved to cause the laws to
be put in execution for the punishment of such offenders,
have thought fit, by the advice of our Privy Council, to issue
this proclamation, hereby strictly commanding all justices of
the peace, sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and all other civil officers
whatsoever, within the said United Kingdom, that they do
use their utmost endeavour to discover, apprehend, and
bring to justice, the persons concerned in the riotous pro-
ceedings above-mentioned.

"And as a further inducement to discover the said offen-
ders, we do hereby promise and declare, that any person or
persons who shall discover and apprehend, or cause to be
discovered and apprehended, the athors, abettors, or perpe-
trators of any of the outrages above-mentioned, so that they,
or any of them, may be duly convicted thereof, shall be
entitled to the sum of fifty pounds for each and every person
who shall be so' convicted, and shall also receive our most
gracious pardon for the said offence, in case the person
making such discovery as aforesaid shall be liable to be pro-
secuted for the same.

" Given at our court at Windsor, the 13th day of August,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-two, and in the sixth year of our reign.
" GOD SAVE THE QUEEN."