The National Register. — London, England, 1811-11-24 00:00:00

740 As soon as the Judges opinions were pronounced, the Attorney- General rose.—He said, as the demurrer has been allowed he legged the Court to appoint a day for the trial to go on. He understood it was the wish of the Traversers that no delay shou'd take place ; and he hoped they would not object to Wednesday next. The Traversers could not complain that the delay which had taken place arose from any one but themselves; the bills might have !leen found on the first day of Term, and the trial might have gone on ere this. Mr. Barriares, for the Traverser., expressed the wis% that this Term should not escape without the trialgoing on; but that he had witnesses to summon from distant parts of the country—and he hoped the Court would allow a longer peiiod than the (LI men tioned by the Attorney-General. I hat as to the delay, it could not be said to have arisen from any frivolous or unfounded cause, as must be acknowledged, when the solemn deliberation that was given to the case by their Lorships was considered, and the solemn manner in which they had delivered their opinion seria tim. It was not an urdhlary case, and he hoped a longer time would be granted ; he mentioned Monday se imight. A conversation here en;ued between the Court, the Attorney- General, ard the Counsel for the Traversers. which ended in Thursday next I:eing appointed tor the day of trial. The Attorney-Gowns! then begged of the Court to order the nigh Sheriff to return a numerous pummel on that day, that no delay might mine fur want of Jurors. MONDAY, NOV. 18. Mr. Serjeant Moore moved on behalf of Mr. Robert Lyons, for a conditienal older for an information against Mr. St. John, an attorney, of the county of Leitrim. This case the Learned Counsel said, was of deep interest to the peace of the county, and the good order of society. Mr. St. Join), to whom he al luded, had the command of a Yeomanry Corps-of the county of Leitrim ; and it appears that he influenced this baud of soldiers, who bad his Maj sty's arms for the defence of the country ard the preservation of the peace, to assist him in a sysn - matic plan of oppression and tyranny which he exercised against the poor peasantry in his neighbour:lucid. Mr. Lyons (who, as we un derstand, is another ;attorney). had occasion at one time to see some land which was not far distant front the residence of Mr. Sc. John ; and on this occasion he was assailed with the most pitiful complaints from the cottagers at the intolerable op pressions of this Mr. St. John, and yeomen banditti. With a spirit of philanthropy which does him infinite credit, Mr. Lyons listened to the re',:resei.tations of these poor creatures; and he took active steps to relieve them front at least part of the bur then of injustice under which they laboured. Conduct so hu mane could not escape the mahvolence of Mr. St. John, and his gang ; and as soon as Mr. Lyons bad turned his back, they pro ceeded to indulee their malice in a manner at once discreditable to t . !e civilization of the country, anddiseraceful to every idea we form of military discipline. An exhibition was contrived, represinting the person of Mr. Lyons; and this, his rffigy, was duotn4sn be publicly burned, tw shew the imied.or contempt for .his otkrti,ons in cyppositiim to petty tyranny. Ills Majesty's army were apt oinied to superiLte lid the execution of the awful sen tence pronounced upon thisefligy. It was prepared for them, they paraded with it through the village of (we think) Drurnsham low ; they brought it in triumph to Mr. St. John's house ; took from thence this insulting placard " Robber Lyons," with the enthAiasm .with which regular soldiers would possess them selves of the banner of glory; and having thus conspicuously placed forYhe gaze of the crowd, they repaired to the fair green with theiitmultuous disorder of an enfuriate rabble, which was n 4 a little increased by abundant supplies of liquor, with which 1 ley had been furnished by the all liberal Mr. St. John. The busin&ii of the day ended by a Jeu di joie here the Learned Counsel'expatiated at \ length on the dreadful consequences that must result fr out this description of disorder in a remote part of the , cceMtry, if it kid ty,t been ViAted with the most 'exemplary What mitt ages, he ZiSkud, would not a lawless 314 - 4 n, d banditti perpetrate under the leadership of an unbridled and unrestrained chiehain, such as Mr. St. John, if this man had been allowed with impunity to direct their blind zeal to the attainment of his unworrantab e end? • After many perti nent observations, the Learned Counsel sat down, and the con ditional order was granted. RIOTS AT NOTTINGHAM. Lrticulars of the rioti were received from y m nting Nottingham, Nov. 15. state that great discotntents• have again the operative manufacturers in Tsuious ind that a most alarming syctem of mis on during the preiient week ut Bulwell, The fullowing partic NtAtinchara on Monda Dift't .w- , _k • - 'lir ...cerned to ~,,,, , "... 4 - I ' 7 - .. : 4 Il lik tt's ongst t .. -, oo ri .= k o, V 0 • -..-, 4. • • • . , * v W . 1, Lid '2IE (MN $ . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Sutton in Ashfield, and the intermediate villages. The depre • dators have been almost exclusively confined to the destruction • of a certain description of stocking-frames, which, being of a new construction, are supposed by the workmen likely to prove greatly injurious to the body at large. The town and parish of Bulwell hat been a scene of the most violent outrages on Sun day night last, a number of men, armed with various offensive weapons, attacked the house of one H-ollingsworth, who bad' become obnoxious, on account of his having some frames at work on the new principle: The latter being apprized of their intention, procured the assistance of his brother-m-law, and three or four friends, who, with fire-arms, resolved to protect the property—a great many shots Were exchanged, pnd one of tke assailants, named John Westby, was mortally wounded. This unfottunate circumstance occasioned the mob to withdraw• for a short time with their woueded companion but being joined in a lane at sonic distance from the spot, by fresh num.. b. rc, and Westby having expired on the road, they became so exasperated as to return to the attack will redoubled fury. They soon forced an entrance into the house, when the party within found it necessary to make a precipitate retreat, which they accomplished by means of a window at the back part of the house, leaving their tire arms behind them. The rioters, on entering the house, immediately proceeded to demolish the fur niture, and in their fury brohe and destroyed every article in the house, together with the frames, the chief object of their vengeance. On the next day the mob again collected, and hay. i»g obtained information of some frames being on the road beg longing to two houses in the town, they interceeted them at Basford, and totally destroyed them, throwing part into the Leen In a similar manner they destroyed some other frames. On Wednesday, several hundreds collected near Arnold, from whence they proceeded to Sutton in Ashfield, where no less than 37 frames were completely demolished. Herr, however, a stop was put to their career by the arrival of a party of the mill-, tary, upon whose appearance the mob instantly dispersed in all die ections. Many persons concerned in these proceedings have been takes into custody, four of whom have been fully committed. The High Sheriff, with the advice of the County Magistrates, has called in the Holme nerrepoint, and Bunny troops of yeomanry cavalry, whese services, with a detachment of the 4th Dragoons from the barracks, have been of the greatest utility. As an additional security, the First Regiment of Local Militia are assembling, and ti e ewalk Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry are in readiness to act. The Magistrates are every where at their posts. Some hundreds of special constables have been sworn in. The following account of the attack on Hollingsworth's house has been furnished by the Coroner:— " Between the hours of one and two, on Monday morning last, about 3CO persons assembled before the house, for the purpose of brce king the frames in Hollingsworth's shop, who, being pre- pared to defend his property, several shots were fired upon the rioter!, and they being also armed with fire-arms, fired several shots in at Mr. H.'s windows, and forcing open the house-door, the people within retreats , : tip tairs, where they again defended themselves for some time; the people below firing several shots up the stairs, and finding them selves unable to get up stairs, they began to pull down the partition-wall, which supported the chamber-floor, and by that means let the floor down, threatening to murder every man in the chamber. 1 1 Ir. and his friends now seeing that they were no longer able to protect the property, • and finding that the rioters would get the floor down, made their escape through the chamber window into the back part of the house. The doors, windows, furniture, and frames were all destroyed. Soon after day-light, the body of John Westby, a frame-worker, was found dead on the highway, a short distance from the house. On the 13th, a Coroner's inquest was taken, when it was found that a ball had entered the left side, a little below the navel, passed through the body, and came out just mm der the short rit;. on the right side, near the spine. Verdict, — That he died of the wound us above justyiady given by the said Edward Hollingsworth, or others his ussista)ds, in dsjincc (j hfnt sel/; his jamily, house, and property,." EXTRACT OF ANOTHER ACCOUNT. 4 4 On Thursday, the body of John Yresthy, a native of Leices ter, the man who was shot on Sunday night, at 13ulwell, was re moved to Arnold, for interment, where he has resided about 1 4 2 years, and where he has left two orphans, one five and the other three years of age, to bewail his untimely end. In the itternoon the funeral took p lace, and the scene was truly awful. The High Sheriff, the Under Sheriff, and about half-a dozen Magistrates were on the spot, attended by a posse of constables, and about thirty mounted dragoons, who all proceeded with the funeral to the church-yard ; but before the body was removed, the Riot Act was read in several parts of the town. From 700 to 1000 persons attended on the occasion. The corpse was preceded by a number of the deceased's former club-mates, bearing black wands, decked with knots of crape.