Star. — 1826-12-26 (London, England)

FURTHER OUTRAGES AT OLDHAM.  We regret to state that another most audacious and violent outrage has been committed by the turn-out spinners in the neighbourhood of Oldham, under circumstances more extraordinary even than those of the acts of violence we have already enumerated. About a fortnight ago, the spinners of Mr; Daniel Nield, of Shaw Edge, about two miles from Oldham, demanded an advance of wages, which Mr. Nield refused to give, alleging that he gave as much as the other masters in the neighbourhood, and could not afford to give more. The men, not satisfied with these reasons, left him in a body ; and Mr. Nield, not being able, from the system of intimidation resorted to by the turn-out spinners to procure other spinners, set several of his own children to work upon part of the mules, and was thus enabled to keep those machines, and part of his other machinery, in employment. The turn-outs, however, the very men who, a year or two ago, were complaining that they were precluded by the Combination Laws from having a fair market for their labour, did not, it seems, choose to arow a man to employ his own sons and daughters as he pleased; for on Tuesday evening last several hundreds of them assembled at a public house at Greenacres Moor, and of these, sixty or seventy proceeded to Mr. Nield's factory, into which a number of them forced their way ; some of whom secured the door of the card-room, which is on the ground floor, whilst others went up the staircase into the spinning rooms, and there abused every person they found, and drove them all from their wark. They more particularly ill-used the piecers, in order, we suppose, to deter them from -coming again to their work ; threatening, if they did so, that they (the turn-outs) would return, and treat them so that they could not work. The greater part of the men who went into the mill were armed with bludgeons; and all the workpeople who did not make their escape another way, were obliged to go down the staircase, and face the crowd of turn-outs at the door, where they had to run the gauntlet, and were very severely beaten. Besides ill-treating the hands, the turn-outs did some damage to the machinery, and several lighted candles were thrown under the mules, and left blazing on the floor. In their retreat from the mill, they took great precautions to prevent any one from recognizing them. Se. veral persons who were in the road with lights, were ordered to extinguish them ; and one person, who did not readily obey the mandate, was pelted with stones, but fortunately did not sustain any injury. We are sorry to add, that these precautions were but too successful ; none of the rioters having been identified, either by Mr. Nield's workpeople, or by the people of the neighbourhood. On the following night, another outrage was committed by some of this party, on the person of a man employed by Messrs. Collinge and Lancashire. lie was sitting in his house, after the mill had stopped, when seven men, armed with bludgeons, suddenly entered, one of whom immediately commenced striking him about the head. upon which the man seized the fire poker, and by its assistance, together with loud cries of murder, he succeeded in getting quit of the men, but not until he had received some severe blows.—Manchester Guardsan.  At a General Ordination of the Lord Bishop of CutCHESTER, held in the Cathedral Church of Chichester, on the 21st inst. the following were ordained :