The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-06
FlFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.


TAs usual. advices from Europe reached this
city on the Sabbath, day on which we cannot,
and will not labor.
4 The steam-packet Caledonia, Capt. LOTT arrived
at Boston on Friday morning, at haIfpast o'clock
She left Liverpool on the afternoon of August 18th,
and has accordingly made the passage in thirteen and
half days
There had been serious disturbances in the Eng
lish manufacturing districts, particularly those of the
principal cotton manufactures.
The Liverpool STANDARD of the 18th says:
$50 far as the manufacturing district of Lanca-
shire is concerned, the Instruction is at end
The sacred week has Terminated. The League has
held its seJlious ies,ivals-has filled jals with
duped victims has plunged hundreds of thousands
into wrefchedness and crime; and left at eis-
ure to sum up the record Of its guilt and ask for the
judgment upon it of an impartial people
As yet the evidence before us Of the connection 1T
this acous body with the outbreaks which have just
taken place is Incomplete As yet we cannot unrave
all the inlrcacies Of this wicked conspiracy We
cannot point to the hand which has supplied those
means wIkou. which no proceedings such those Of
the turnout operatives can be- carried Oh. We can
not trace to any pocket the gold which has kept
two hundred thousand people for the past ten days In
food and drink-whIch has enabled them To plaeard
our walls and incur expenses for above the means OF
parties engaged in such movements But that there
has been such pocket-that some influential party
has bed and bled freely to carry this war of agiia
ton and outrage, can scarcely now be disputed That
the money of the Anti orn-law League has fed
this insurreclion there few doubt and unless
we are much mised the mystery will in good season
be cleared up, TO the conviction of the leader.
OF one thing we certain-lhis outbreak might
have been put down in an hour "A greater force than
has been the pretended resisfa nee OF the working
classes to a resumption Of work never witnessed
and zoe toere rpon the spot"
= Winners American News Letter says:
"Durng the last ten days, the whole of the manu-
featuring districts have been in the greatest possible
commoiiOn, and the minds Of the peaceaby disposed
inhabitants filled with the utmost alarm. At the
time write, most of the manufacturing towns in
Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire Staffordshre, and
Warwickshre may be said to be IN state of nsur-
recon, and it is difficult, and, indeed, impossible to
say what will be the result Of the movement which is
now going forward, to say when where it will
inmate. The rioting first began to assume serious
aspect in Manchester, where the workmen turned out
from the mills with the ostensble petext for higher
wages. Subsequently, however, it became evident
that the turn out originated in motives of politics. and
the cry now every where is, "The Charter or no
work." The turn-outs at first amounted only to a
few hundred persons but these, having taken the
thorities by SURPRISE went about from mill to mill
nolested, demanding the hands employed in them to
turn out until their numbers amounted TO many thou
sands. Whenever their demands were not complied
with, force was used. At length the magistrates and
the peaceabe inhabitants became seriously alarmed
and the military were called out, when the work of
slaughter began. No sooner this intelligence
conveyed to Preston and the other manufacturing
towns than similar occurred. Expresses were
sent to London and Ireland for troops, which have
been drawn fom all quarters into the districts where
the riong exists and the respectable wealthy por
ton of the people have been in special con-
stables by hundreds.
"In Preston the rioting was only stayed by the
military firing on the mob the result of which was
that many Of the rioters were severely wounded,
some Of whom have since died. In Halifax, on the
9Th, the mob was dispersed at the point of the bayo
net yet the rotng at this place has been quelled
This morning the accounts from there are alarming
in the extreme business was at stand, and the
rioters have had several collisions with the military,
In which not only some of the rebels have been
wounded, but numbers of the military besides and
one or two Of each have been killed In the Potte-
res the same state of things still exists and the mob
have had recourse to the destruction of property by
fire. In Oldham, Middleton, Chorley, Blackburn,
Stockport, Burslem, Bolton Wigan, and, indeed in
every town where large numbers of workmen are
employed, the same scenes have occurred at Man
chester Not less than twenty persons have been |
killed, while the number wounded cannot with any
degree of certainty be judged. The Queen has is |
sued proclamation, setting forth that in divers |
parts OF the country serious riots have occurred and
denouncing such acts as unlawful offering reward
OF fifty pounds for the apprehension of every person
who on trial shall be convicted Of having taken part
IN the riots, with free pardon to any accompce
VINO VIII give evidence against his associates. Such
are the scenes that have occurred since the sailing
OF the last steamer. In Manchester and Preston the
rioters have become less violent and the majority
Oh mills are again In operation but it is difficult to
say when toe whole of the manufacturing towns will
follow their example. There have also been some
riots in the mining districts of Scotland but they
have not been attended with any serious conse-
quences."
Parliament was prorogued by the Queen in per-
son on the 18th, after the most important session
since the passing of the reform bill The contents
OF the royal speech are not particularly important.
The Duke of Wellington is appointed Command
er.in-Chief OF the Army, in place of Lord Hill, who
resigned on account of i'll health. This appointment
was announced in the Gazette Of the 18th
There have been several new elections to Paria-
ment For Nottingham, MIR. Walter, of the Lon
don Times, is elected IN opposition to MIR. Surge,
the abolitonist For Southampton, Messrs. Mild
may and Hope, Conservatives, in opposition to Lord
Nugent and Mr.. George Thompson. For Ipswich,
Messrs Gladstone and Fox, Conservatives, in oppo-
stion to Messrs. Thornbury, Radical, and Vincent,
Chartst.
The Queen was about to make visit to Scotland
1t was expected that she. would embark at Woowich
August 80 in the yacht Royal George to be attended
by the Pique frigae, and squadron of steam vessels
and yachts. She would be accompanied by Prince
Albert, and several of the Ministry, including Sir
Robert Peel
At a meeting of the Great Western Steam Nav-
cation Company, at Bristol, on the 10Th, it was re-
solved that the affairs of the Company should be
wound up. A committee of persons were au-
thorzed to dispose of the whole property of the Com
pany to the best advantage 1t is said to have proved
a ruinous speculation.
The weather was fine for harvesting, and the crops
were good The funds were higher and money
was abundant
FRANcE.-The new French Chamber of Deputies
had assembled NJ. Sauret was reelected President
on the I'd ballot. On the first ballot he received 30
votes; Odllon Barrot, l3l NJ. Dufaur 80 and
there were AZ scattering votes On the I'd ballot the
opposition united on NJ Dufaur, who had l64 votes,
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