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1842.) 
THE GARDENERS” CHRONICLE. 
o the, lower part of) the mill, and effecting con- 
he 
ment of Rifles, 
dispersed;,..An attempt so m row. t 
express engine.off the.road. by several abate uctions being 
thrown inits,, snd Pao A clock, the Foe of all the 
down-trains from Leeds had) been r egal ough large 
owds. of. persons /were, reported passengers as having 
been: seen,.at .Hebden-bridge,. and several ‘other places, 
where. all. the, works had be n stopped. On Sunday the 
— ee with 
by three on Sunday 
the Colisteam Guards had 
qua he 
m sabes to set 
It is said to be sixteen.years since th were sent to 
hester on asimilar erran he course of theday, 
the magistrates, held a.meeting which lasted some hours, at 
which they agreed to. issueva ation, making know 
that all.assemblages of ble numbers 
having under present. circun tende 
ugha not at,the time 
te t..the,sa 
determination. to, suse call the, m, 
d, in 
imposing array, of militar 
Peter’s.Church,....It .c 
Paeceld Ie mane ed at four 
mopening, farce consisting, in addi- 
ce, and special con- 
byron 
zance of the 
of Byers the deepest anxiety prevailed 
The, ount ted patr trol, who ho had jus Just arrived, brought intel- 
were entering the..town in exery direction, particularly 
along the, Ashton- who were armed with bludgeons. 
They had, however, eonducted ene peumiaihes and 
nstables. had retained their posts. A large 
d ce at th 
was the e 
van 2 oe yo th chants. being at the 
veral. posts,.and the manufacturers being kept at home 
pie es Bias sagged snote | ead onsequences,. A 
been annou take place in oe patiale 
penne of. Mr., Scholéeld’s, chapel Fi celebrate. the .com- 
pletion of, Hunt’s, mo: en appearan aoa ie 
placard, the authorities gave coo shat if such, a sit | 
took, place,,it would. be. disp opr ins em 0 ome 
delegates, then, decided. that the: pr meeting 
should take place, ae that,a. oes ‘ns sa zeae 
(Passer 
hat, this, ere aaa eeclk to 
gs, and.further. that. they will 
Par pela gat hac Ri “og p ic th 
co with the present xate 
not gor work ‘aati the rueblaieda 
manufacturing distri 
mee 
ncient 
of eacit members ins 
a strong resistance ere 
rsed. In the afternoon a prin 
press and types from which a seditious placard had be 
inted ; the 
they stated that the proof 
Dr. M‘Doua oe and _ corr 
the other papers 
P 
which was seized on n Wedoesday has 
for the: same fabric of cloth throughout the vee of; the 
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ty description, should obtain the per- 
tantly t 
rd prin 
upon the people not on ons 
to * resolve never 2 sms 
ces are d abn 
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ies “wae until labour’s griev- 
urn-outs 
period, and stn with great violence of language on 
late events at Preston and Blackburn. 
ted a 
been ‘published. Ie salle 
yb 
On se ursday 
all, 
bridge print-works, abou 
he hands su 
severe fight, 
rioters were compelle 
Pre 
assumed s0 se 
tar 
days a vlnuaty the t 
some. apprehension was cause 
out. of work 
e and the. masters. 
it. ace precones ted. by 
though it was aapaet tant a some 
che oe had been 
outrages “has aided the 
t Friday, night in 
athe gee 
' panced. fo 
me. min | si oe samen congre 
‘ou 
¢ supposed author of this ‘placard, er a well known 
seller named Leech, calling him- 
cessfully defended the premises, and after 
hi 
ed to: retire. 
ston, vp . regret to — that the riots.in this to 
on Saturday, that-the mili. 
found. it necessty ee ae vane the people. 
din various parts of the town. 
a state ofcommotion by 
f the 
scinee. aginst the. Anti-Corn Law 
The 
agu 
unexpected by a rig sayin a “ati i 
e disaffe 
at work on the previous d 
bri nents aprons and bags full of ammunition. The 
quence that order was gi fire, when ten of “the 
rioters et wounded, some of them mortally. ive were 
ken to the Hospital, and in the the mornin 
ne of t ad his le , 
severely injure wo have si ctories, 
with the exception —? two, resumed work on Monday un- 
der the protection of the military and have conti- 
nued to work during the week, thorities having de- 
termined to repulse them with the soldiers if. they ag 
entered thetown, The7 i ders.and the, Wigan 
troop of Lancashire Yeom ayalry, commanded. by 
Lord Francis , and a co of) Rifles, still re- 
main in te town, The.Q ’s proclamation, offering 
50/. reward for the conviction of any of the authors of the 
authori ne in’ bringing the 
mailiteny:< came: up, the 
ovement was altogether 
wh whe! 
cted in reer towns, 
tes fr 
guilty 
een held. on the, bodies 
but their force — in 
being 
Sen arred.: During = —_ all -was seiot aie deat, 
noon on y there mr bay 8 no i tion 
o'clock, the 
000 ial sand with blud- 
town, flourish- 
consisting. of at least 
and bars of i iron, entered th 
ills. Several members 
shops, and asked for bread, which was given them; in 
some instances pai: demanded as from persons of re- 
eet. The mob presented a 
ip whom 
to murder parns. they left the town. 
ers und Cavalry were under arms and — on the 
police-office. The Riot Act had been the ma 
gistrates ad m ¢ arrangements for the i to oe lighted 
i e town the next morning for 
d ned in the ps they 
ere armed as before, and immediately proce proceeded to clear 
the streets of pane ursday a rene: 
from Bury, where they*had agin succeeded in 
all the ha nds, i in consequen 
ing ct 3 the eae — promised. 
ving at this town, the a —— ae 
Ha map they also attempted to turn ands at 
dyshaw collieries, but the arriva el of the Micniady put 
sheen to a and left 80 prisoners in the hands of the 
Wiga an. ~The mob which had left Bolton on a 
udgeon 
the Earl of 7 hekeanae, at ier in which: neighbourhood 
there are a great number of collieries. © Om their: passage 
thro} _—_ the tow ny they com mmitted no other violence to 
Proper 
which har atoncegiven to them, © One ” the curates 
of the town,'the Rev. Mr. Bessell, a term youring to res 
monstrate with ‘them; w -. eats ehead, art suffered 
no material injury: wh was aie ed company 
The 
of» the ae Highlanders. "The inhabitants ‘closed their 
shops, Ww 
Upon an ‘atters 4t several-of thé? ¢losed: shops, the 
. ies 0 resolutions ¢ intoat t Man- 
until:the J e People” s Charter ae 
wAfter turning’ out the workmen 
mear t the station of the North 
chéster, stati 
again te resume work 
the law.of the land. 
some 
ns, the passengers ‘in whieh were ularmed 2 at 
the threatening manner rite: which ‘they 
burn 
S = te in this Messrs. Live- 
odestila mail, a stout ont defence was made, and the 
Pesimre was beaten of two 
companies of the 72d . Hig binder. "Phe constabulary 
resent, aided by. the sity, arrest 
some of the leaders int A mt and a number of the 
prisoners were sent-off to ue a strong escort = 
soldiers. Some sro were thrown - the military, w 
the officer in command remo |, and cautioned on 
multitude to abstain from acts of violence or the 
pelled to retort violence in self-de- 
on the spot, and seve 4 were wow e peo 
e soldiers stniaedal i in ca 
an od © ve 
odaur s place was visited, on Friday by the: 
n-outs.. Th ri e morning from! 
Rochdale, Littleborough, and the abou ie: 
other from Facit, Whitworth, ore the. Foresta 
d at Gauxbolmes 
ton e wee 
en——Thi 
ues OF off the premises, with d stions not to com-— 
Simonse of the masters had agreed ta» 
