The Stalybridge Riots, from our Special Correspondent, March 24, 1863

Articles on the progress of the Cotton Famine and its effects on various towns including Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Bury, Blackburn, Burnley, Ashton, Glossop, Salford ...

Also covers the bread riots in the cotton districts, Hyde, Tuesday March 24th 1863:

"Hyde, Tuesday, 2 p.m. Up to this hour all is quiet here to-day, but a report has just been received ... that a riotous body from Stalybridge has entered the adjoining township of Dukinfield, is the same way as they did yesterday, so that it is feared they may pay a visit to this place."

Also reporting on the state of the peace in Stockport, Oldham, Ashton, and later reports on Stalybridge and Dukinfield. "We have had a quieter town than yesterday, though there is a good deal of excitement. A deputation of the discontented sought an interview with the magistrates this morning, but they were told it could not be granted..."