566 “THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Aucvst' 99, 
1840" labout in the mills..] woman were taken into custody. Among the prisoners | to fire in aol dalenpt. About 50 ey SrA suppgants, 
fr wages emery ae g that = bread- | taken were the ringleaders. The town was in the greatest | have been wounded, many pele ag pei sng 
was emptied of its stock and contents by | commot ion the whole of the day. The whole of the shops ried. off the bo aiee the exact.nu anne wt Not. known, = 
re ere — ‘the proprietor not avid closed | were shut up, and no business done. Oa streets were | Wednesday and ae ursday ps whole district became nd 
the hungry + nora Mi sihépneity cleared about seven in the evening; but it was | tranquil, and though the men continue out, no. f, hepa 
previously to their that an attempt would be made dune the night to | turbance has occurred. 
fear 
wep A ete the bd gene ati hae sy rescue the prisoners. The o setiehh of the mills stopped Coventry.—On aie ae the i api vibe. Spread 
3 e, 4 5 
4 were most of them willing to leave their work, and seemed | into W rarwickshirp the firs utbre ak o rh 
hil ite ad pian: : Ur opuritices: weuck ave confide i ‘Nropps of the leaders, and wor e miles 7 pike. “Pha PY? wre 
jie a 4 the tain OF the eople as they passed - anticipate good from the issue of events. The colliers | arrived from Lancashire and Staffordshire, and immedi. 
fer ae ral of the Bi iP above han n the whole of the West riding, or nearly so, have struck | ately proceeded to the coal-pits near and’ around Bed. 
Toaves of bread to ego i the streets, which they | ¥°r ury, Cooper’s-bridge, Brighouse, Elland, | worth to the Charity-Wyken, Victoria, and Wheildon 
sawaild ‘ ddecuré Other shopkeepers SoNieated money y-bridge, Hebden. brid é, Todmorden, and Hoch- pits, visiting all the pits in this district, and making al] 
oat to the ringleaders, who immediately went and | dale, the thickly-populated manufacturing districts along | the men turn out, Th 9 exhibitions of violence 
ee bread, which they Sees ee their fol- | ¢ of yf to ester, the | except the cutting of the ropes that conduct th ish 
0 stances loa e taken with- | Mills oe all a, a pt we Rrra Gia her and x ati Fie an eh ieee Pagich 18 Hay 
roups along the road-sides and in the streets. rades | declaratio : ntil they had’ at 
‘elérated whe tHe Bae 1. 3 er but this cae gaye) 9 om itieke e cig the general turn-out, and in some places vee object; but the declaration also bound thin ate 
money liberally ins n all cases, was spent in bread for | ©Y&" the schools are deserted. On Tuesday, the mob re- unlawful means. On Saturday, Mr. O’ Neill; the 
, Jak tae, " eeting | nee 1 oti EL en in Aesth age tee Charts sp bet ibe er aaaRie? ae tare v latge 
Hirai oO 0 eds ey attacke 2€ manufactories of | meeting € coliiers welling on e rights’ 
was ethers to to ati apres Moot also to Colne, Messrs. Ellis, at Bountcliffethorn, and of Messrs, Hagues nee and the necessity of the men ‘of Watyidee 
am, &¢. A procession of 6,000 in natvidddle ¥ent t ’ | and Cook, at Dewsbury, and turned out their hands. They rire co-operating — with ‘those of Staffordshire 4 for 
fan Where the Kande th the cotton and woollen mills also attacked a detachment of t nce ear t conditi He ‘ advis 
‘and ¥arious workshops were compelled to give up work. railway station at Elland. ates troops had just conveyed | them to obe the law, and not to force theit fellow. 
‘hey Reta another meeting the procession marched to | from Halifax to Elland a ber of prisoners, who had labourer quit k, but t reason’ théni® ihto! ¢om. 
“Todthord ign Kahie in most of the mills had been nes to Wakeficla House of Correction. Two pliance, as the struggle then going ‘on was to’ be'condueted 
Brice ‘and the others were ; ene stopped. ts he Lancers were severely beaten, one of them having | by moral means alone. Some of the deputation ali 
8) s eye completely eae, out, ye the se of poles are | addressed the men, and explained the nature of the 
Stockport. prey comanaunace of the apprehensions enter- mines edof. The te of the commanding officer strike ; after which the meeting» was’ adjourned \to ten 
tained last week respecting the rumoured visit of the Saeien. in such a manner as to "eek enti _ neds: The o'clock, when they again met, and the turn-out was forth. 
eoma © | town became quiet badberda night, but serious apprelren- |.with declared. ‘The result was communicatéd’to the cdl 
is town, under the command of Colonel | giong were entertained for the Sin tinuiaieas of tranquillity. | liery bailiffs, and in a short. time six ‘boats which had 
Egerton, At.an early hour in the ay the turn-outs as- | Prince George of Cambridge continues in hourly commu- | come from Oldbury, in Staffordshire, a 
sembled at Hyde, and proceeded in a body of nearly thirty | nication with the magistrates, and is to be seen very fre- | adjoining canal, were start ae bet tortheird owners empty, 
thousand persons to this place, where they arrived about quently riding between the barracks and the Court-house, | amidst the cheers of — - _ A number of armed 
noon, and stopped the various mills, compelling the men, | and at the railway station. On Wednesday the mob as- | policemen from Cov the spot; iat all things 
in some instances, to retire without stopping to put on} sembled at Stanningley and Holbeck Moor; they at- | having been co cae. ‘peaceably, they - not interfere, 
‘their clothes. The mills Dwi stopped, they next held a tempted to stop the mills at hig beck, and had ‘iuothetted The ground of complaint among the m dworth 
Meeting on Waterloo-road, an i resolved not to return to | jn four or five, when — © disperse ~ ms the troops. nae age the num rons : rate tied are required to 
york till. eas ° tained the prices paid in January 1840. | phe et then proceeded t Bt if 
ey, y-road, and | work, t their wages. » They have at present 39. a-day 
“While this _w, as going (on,,.a portion of the turn-outs | Pyly k, and went on towanis Bradford, stopping all Se or geting —_ coal, but red cate eh hours’ wre ‘It 
attacked the Union Workhouse on Shaw Heath, and took mills fi in the way. ay t wh wa e from | is said that the strike’there cannot:last long, wnléss pro- 
away 672 loaves, and seven pounds j in copper. Informa-, crowds, and ex last diviens 4 state sds re slated att eae some other object: than that contained in the 
tion ,of this proceeding having ed to the quil yester resolutions, The quantity’ of water inthe mines 
police-office, -a number of \yeomanry cavalry and infantry Stafford, ~The red in teas yt rau are in the ut- | great, that six hours’ /cessation is sufficient to drown them, 
mee. eet d to the pce ape owe Lpags 5 in Cap- | most state of excitement. As as the troops stationed | and the masters, to. prevent.immense. loss, must.submit, 
saa algy sel ral gg ieee great num- | jy Burslem had marched out of the town for a ae Indeed, so conyineed.are the men of the,ruin they would 
alarge body of colliers frog, Longton entered the place, | entail, by a final ,stoppage,.that;they,hayve. consented. to 
rg op g pla J 
ey broke opén the jail, rors several prisoners fro tna rocure sufficient slack to. enable the, masters ‘to, work the 
ms ener te y then tacked several respectable _pri- | pump-engine- On Thursday; a; great meeting of colliers 
vate houses, and’ descihed th pier 3 after which | was held, at which resolutions ;were entered.into for-rais- 
oa - proceeded’ to” ashed all the | ing subscriptions;,but, the Pir rata cet ne 
Tose of the verge the ‘sock, Te They attacked the | the town is now perfectly..quiets 
Shite ca WG i police riddied his premises, |... pir ham.—On Thursda spo at a tat te* hour, 
: wmnumerdus meeting of the | Hot leaving a slass, minghar-+ y ns; ; 
turn-outs was held in Waterlog-road..» The speakers were |. ‘did not a daira th oF gl oitvek ale shnter The soldiers | the streets of this ‘town were ina s of considerable 
chiefly Chartists, with whose proceedings of the |. cus ibid a ‘Sane tll the rioters h BY prtticlticl from New- tion, in consequence of aces ‘ating artived 
2 a a to be ac a ayo any mix up the | not yet bee nie eee rn tie a roi 2 = yg se he ane reb. ene snccli: Ste ‘ 
0 ‘the Charter. resolution ‘to eel, at: Drayton Manor,:ne ‘am 6 ’ 
e effect. shatrt at br ssc apne out tilkthey obtain a enya re sae mea a, hf Sir a authorities in thé course of the morning, had visited’ Beaudesert, the 
‘the wages) paid, in January 1840, the Charter, was ribgledder ers; but a Bee Fork Hei rs b Ny ee of the | seat of the mane of ee and Ingestrie, the seatof 
posed ;.t ich an amendm ce 8 oe brought forward, ‘iets offerin 1002 for the “trys ati rihyatey ne Rarl Talbot, and): it: was stated, nan Neer from 
in. the words of the resolution-so»faras the wages were : 8 ny person who shall | thence to Drayt en MaboedTA _, Dragoon 
B dare t 
cone ; 0 inform of es who broke the clock, or acieweh édiatel d’ detach- 
concerned, os declining to cenenteen Charter at or Town-hall ; do i Monday morning a large mob, tebe rt quis *iGedsspat eked | at Peele, and ring -af 
: .peage of be borough. The amendment was carried, much tae tn 6 raat dieaectida dana at ae 9 night... These prompt measures; ‘however, prevente day 
ey out on Thursday af: the: Chartists. The: men conti- Léicester Chartist, commenced the work of devastation by ¥ his 
ig ned no. breach: of the peace h . : Nottingham.—Ow Monday the working pedple of t 
n the town and’ neighbourhood es n the open space fronting 
eta take, “ie pr mya |e oe Rs ee meee it | ED ae dL 
| Leeds-—On Saturday the Lancashire turnconts started | ated at o extremity of the district, con mtaiattig upwards of the height of political excitement, and fin paticy a - 
‘from Manchester, Oldham, &c., and entered Yorkshire. | 12,000 inhabitants. On their way thither they attacked | Sttike. The people are suffering the greatest ok "3 
1 "ie sat : ry ; : n 
undered anc an ying a ab ogeuxied darth the weak cheatt Fone CUE 
vast amount of property. At Longton, after breaking into Nothing has oceurred during the week excep! BOTS Roe 
and gutting the Police-office, the furniture of which they ist areg and ie Mig is perfectly qt sya 1} bggpiiad 
totally consumed by fire, they smashed the windows of the | _ Derby.—On Monday the Pa ggiinand received two,0r 
Town-hall, and did other damage to the property. They | three expresses, FAL A 2 a larg 
set fire to the Police-office, bat fortunately the flames | outs a had reached Leek, with te ala a irinee avin 
were P< ape before they had destroyed much of the | proceeding to this city, and. the manufacturing towns 
fabric. The thea went to the rectory, the house of | the Midland Circuit. They entered Leek | aprris 
the Paseo. "Drs ale, which to ransacked, | and proceeded thence to Ashbourne, only. 2. 
and afterwards faa the building, which ended in the | tant. The Uttoxeter troop. of Yeomanry was, despate! 
euiel and property being — destroyed. They | to meet them. The magistrates pt Derby, had taken, every 
then proceeded t¢ - se hee Pore of violence. precaution. The local troops of Yeomanry, had.rec¢ 
the uesda ined that they aH de- | orders to be in readiness; and measures were taker 
; ant a the eps :. > atktaa 8 vse and nt vee wn. | Swear in the inhabitants, and the pensioners, 45 SP t 
, The h of Mr. Perkins, magistrate, was Seca constables. No outbreak however has taken place,s.0 
own a saabe ground. Mr. Forrester’ 8 house, of Cebbrige the glove oe s and men of the haiesy manufac iil 
a to —_ eats was gutted. The high-road was | have refused to werk. 
ae wae i ae colliers .at the. Whitw 
situated about 14 or 15, miles from.this ro kee 
in 5.0 y, but, had not) up to Sun- 
day, proceeded to, any acts of. violence. The 
due information was consequently forwarded to:the 
Ehiek, constable. of he county, , who, immediately: ped 
a 
cd. 
duce # political amare * 
udderstield ev abled in tha a ghbourh : »brooP 
ie of Keon Bel the sine ‘t of Earl, Jonnie 
Riot aise was read three'ti the di Sead Bilston aha Weis nitte fi 1 the neighbourhood | 
fused to leave the taal a charge was them bi A waliine, coca ty eeaays @ mob of 000 to the thee th pulled of the.x: / 
actroop of the 17th nai | ee Borelem th atones. und Bludgeons, | Ueto reid ata ted sal re yd 
i = Several of t tinded: collisic ; eae the , tye hath pie ae Leiceste™ 
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some reason to apprehend ar such would be their con- | 
and 
