The Sun. — 1842-08-12 (London, England)

PROCLAMATION.  " The sheriff, having learned with regret that, notwith, standing the professions of moderation, and a wish to abstain from violence, made by the different deputations ef colliers and ironstone miners, with whom he has had eunferences during .the last week, depredations to an alarming scale on the part of the combined colliers still euntinue ; and in particular, that large bands of men, in very direction, throughout the mining districts, enter fields of potatoes during the night, and often threaten and inalreat the persons stationed to defend their property, to the great terror and injury of the peaceable inUstbitants of the country, hereby intimates that such deinedati,,ns amount to ,stouthrief, and. like murder and obberv, are punishable by death, or transportation. end in order to put a stop to such disgraceful proeeeaings in future, notice is hereby given, that steps are in preparation for calling out the Yeomanry, and stationing them in the disturbed districts, in order to establith nightly patrols in every direction for the protection of the •life and property of the agricultural population ; and with a view to co-operate in the proposed rat-ti.hures, the Sheriff hereby calls upon the posse comi,'atz..s of the couvto come forward to the support-of public l'eaee,-4ttd.recottniends all wea-dispoted per. la the lower atld, roiddle wards of I=4:kkhire, azd, 11117 in t4l:f4s94li4tficts. inhabited by Coal and iron:;tone iTtifler§, to tho nearest Jus4o9 of the Peace, to-lio prom is >lriat coait4lo6 114. -44 voids  . ~>. ~ ~  themselves with batons, elect officers, and establish points of rendezvous, in order that they may be in a condition to co-operate with the military and yeomanry forces,. in perambulating the country and securing and bringing the offenders to justice. "Persons threatened with pillage, who do not feel themselves in • sufficient strength to resist, are recome mended to watch where the depredators go, and in what rows or squares 'they dwell, and to send information to the Sheriff, in Airdrie,•in order that they may be immediawly apprehended. "A. ALISON, Sheriff: • " Xirdne, Aug. 8, 1842." It is brit fair to the men to state, nevertheless, that at every meeting they have held it has been strictly enjelned on the multitude ta abstain from all acts of vio-lena,,, and to conduct themselves orderly.and peaceably. A gee.nriiiinv of the colliers have left the towns for the stn: vetit, and a numbei more "to visit their friends ; but the -numbers in the towns are still sufficiently imposing. The following circular was eXteusively circulated by the miners in Airdrie yesterday!-"Sir.—As a general request, could yoU find it con va ife;:it. to attend a meeting of the respectable grocers and treder;, in and around Airdrie, at two o'clock, in the afterioon, at the Mason's Lodge, when you will find on the table a petitien from the Coal and Iron-stone Miners, 6taling to you our circumstances, and the present necessity of ourdemands; this meet your approbation, we Will expect to hear favourably from von. "By order of the .Committee. 4. Meadow Head, 9th August, 1842." In answer to this request, a meeting of shopkeepers w:ls:held in the Masons' Hall, where a meniorhd containing a detail of the principal grievances of the colliers. lay on the table for examination, At the meeting several sums of motley were subscribed, and a friendly feeling towards -the colliers generally exhibited.