The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-08-15 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

THE MANCHESTER EXAMINER, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1848.  passed through the window below that •94 which he stood. It appears, from the position of the windoNO, that the party who fired the shot must have'got on the wall.  About twelve o'clock this morning, a number of pikes which had been found in a field, near Dukin.field, were brought to the Ashton Town Hall by the police. The handles of some of them were quite new, and of others the heads appeared recently to have been broken off.  *As the rioters were on their way to Hyde, about two o'clock this morning, they stopped at the residence of Mr. Hindley, Dukinfield Lodge, in front of which are placed some small pieces of cannon. One of these they removed; but no doubt finding it somewhat burdensome on their march, they carried it only a short distance.  Another man, whose name was stated to be Bradshaw, was wounded in the thigh by a pike. He was attacked in a square near the new church, and a pike was driven almost through his leg. He is now attended by Mr. Lees, but the injury he has sustained is considered to be of a dangerous character.  With respect to Shawcross, who was a waiter at Mr. Grundy's, the Spread Eagle, it appears that he was wounded at the same time, if not by the same shot, as Bright. The people in the neighbourhood of Bentinck-street heard only one shot at that time, and Shawcross was wounded near the spot where Bright fell. Twenty-two persons, who were apprehended at an early hour this morning by the military and the police, are now in custody. Some of them are armed; but the majority appeared to be walking about the streets without any object. It is intended to examine them before the magistrates at four o'clock this afternoon. The magistrates assembled at their room in the Town Hall this morning to determine upon the course to be pursued by the authorities. A man in a light dress, with a blunderbuss, was observed passing the corner of Bentinck-street and Stamford-street, in company with a number of pikemen. Soon afterwards a shot was heard fired, and in a few minutes Mr. Gray, the landlord of a public-house in Bentinck-street, saw something lying in the streets, which he supposed to be a "black lad," or stuffed figure, put there for the purpose of frightening the people. An examination, however, showed that it was the lifeless corpse of poor Bright. The man with the gun was never seen afterwards.  The statement of the occurrences which has reached Manchester by another source is as follows :—Late last night, a gathering of the chartists of Ashtonunder Lyne took place at their meeting room, and, in order that no one might see into the interior of the room, the windows were boarded up. Two constables were dispatched for the purpose of keeping an eye upon the place, and of watching the chartists as they left the room. After having been out some time, there were indications that the secret assemblage was about to disperse; and hereupon one of the police officers left to go to the Town Hall, and the other remained upon duty near the meeting-house. When the crowd came out of the room, it was seen  that many of them were armed. One of the chartists went up to the officer, and, without saying a word, deliberately shot him through the heart. The man fell, and was immediately pierced by the pikes of several of the armed mob. This infamous and cowardly deed is supposed to have been committed in revenge for the apprehension of Dr.l\l`Doual, and some parties fancy that the murdered policeman was mistaken for the officer who actually apprehended the chartist leader, who was very popular amongst the body at Ashton. After this murder, the crowd, having no other " enemy" near, fired their pistols in the air. A reverend gentleman who was met coming towards the town was stopped, and asked whether he was a policeman. When his true character was ascertained, they turned him back, but offered no violence to him. One person named Bradshaw was wounded in the leg by a pike-thrust from one of the armed mob, and two or three gentlemen who were going to the barracks for the military were shot at When the soldiers turned out, the so-called "national guard" had disappeared. A rising also took place at Hyde, and sixteen or twenty plugs were drawn out of the boilers at different mills.  (By Electric Telegraph.)