be frobintes.
Attempts have be;e1i.made in Manchester to get up an outbreak of the workpeeple. The disturbance's commenced on Wednesday; and they were renewed in Many districts, and with varying violence, through the whole of the follo*ing day. The chief effort was to get the 'workers in the mills and factori6 to join the rioters. Attacks were made on large establish- Manta in Newton Street, Great Ancoats Street, and' in Chester Street, thorkon-upon-Medlock: At Meters. Kelly and Gilmour's the attempt to bring out the workers succeeded; every hand turned out and joined the mob. At Messrs. Clark and Son's mill there was a stubborn affray, in Which the Police defeated the crowd only after giving and receiving many hard blows. The attack on Messrs. Itennedy's mill was very determined, and seemed to have been preconcerted. The buildings, however, being defensible, the proprietors drew out a select body of their workmen, and gave_them staves and arms, which had been in store since 1842. A sortie, led by Mr. R. Kennedy, was made into the thick of the crowd; and a body Of Police arriving opportunely, the mob were, 'after much fighting, defeated and dispersed, losing many prisoners. The attack on Messrs. Marsland's mills bad been foreseen and an adequate force posted near. There was a fierce encounter nevertheless, in which, though the crowd
was at last dispersed, many of the defenders were seriously wounded. As the day passed, the Magistrates perfected their defensive schemes, and greatly restored order.
On the evening of Thursday, the lights in the Oldham Road district had been generally extinguished, and serious mischief seemed brewing.
At Lancaster, on Wednesday, there was a nomination of candidates for the borough seat, just vacated by Mr. Gregson, who has been convicted of bribery. Two candidates were started,--Mr. R. B. Armstrong, Recorder of Manchester, and Mr. Stanley, eldest son of Lord Stanley. Mr. Armstrong avowed himself a Churchman, but an advocate for religious liberty, a Re- former, an opponent of the Income-tax, a supporter of sanatory improve- ments, and of education of the 'people on the broadest basis. Mr. Stanley, replying to Placards, denied that he favoured the collection of any taxes not indispensably required by the State. He need not say who would be his leaders in Parliament; but he subscribed to Mr. Iluskisson's dictum, " f irst wipe away a debt of 800,000,9001, and then I will talk to you of free trade." He would maintain Church and State in all their integrity. The show of hands was in &four of Mr. Armstrong; and a poll was de- manded on behalf of Mr. Stanley.
At the close of the poll, on Thursday, the Mayor declared the numbers to stand thus—Armstrong, 636; Stanley, 620; Mr. Armstrong, therefore, being duly elected.
Mr. George Wilson, of Anti-Corn-law League note, has written to the Hull Advertiser a proposal for a new agitation on behalf of " Liberty, Peace,_ and Freedom of Trade." He suggests the formation of a" National League," whose committee shall be the Executive Council:of the late National Anti- Corn-law League, with these objects-
" L To aid in carrying out, to the fullest extent, the principles of free trade. 2. To relieve industry, by procuring the removal of all indirect taxes, and substi- tuting others more rational and just. 3. To procure the abolition of the laws of entail and primogeniture. 4. To procure a more fair and equitable representation of the people in the House of Commons, the great majority of whom are mere nominees of our landed aristocracy. 5. To obtain justice for the people of Ireland. 6..Ta improve the character of our Army and Navy, by securing to merit and long service &fair and legitimate reward or promotion. 7. To guard against our ever again being plunged into a bloody and expensive war, through the dangerous and unconstitutional tendency of our aristocrats to interfere in the affiiire of other nations. 8. To procure a fund for carrying out the above objects in a legitimate and constitutional manner."
At Swansea Assizes, last week, John Lloyd and Richard Mabony, the men who robbed Mr. Beivring of 1.0001, pleaded guilty, and were'dtnced to transporta- tion for life. Evan texas and Richard Thomas were tried for feloniously receiving a portion of the, money: they were found guilty, and sentenced, Evans to be un- reasoned for eighteen months, and Thomas for MX. Mr. Bowring has since spoken with the robbers in prison; and they told him where the silver—some 601—was concealed. He went to a wood, and there he found the money tied up in a handkerchief. • ,
At Lincoln Assizes, on Wednesday, Joseph Travis was tried for the murder o Charles Copeman, at•Blyborough, in December last. The particulars of the case were mentioned at the time. Copeman, a farmer, was found murdered in a lanes he had been robbed; a broken penknife was lying near him; and his dog, wounded, was beside the body. There were very suspicious circumstances against Travis: he had beferin deceased's company; the penknife had belonged to him; he was loshof money; there was blot:et-on.14s clothes. He endeavoured to account for these things.-. The inculpatory evidence did not convince the Jury; and they ac- quitted the prisoner.
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