The National Register. — London, England, 1820-04-16 00:00:00

COMMOTIONS IN YOBASIIIIIE. A very unusual seat:ohm WO obsei vi ii w mails ol the - villages in the neialinourlcouil of 11111111e 1 sin Id, 101 1 4 . 41ds the eve iiiii gof Friday, the 31st ult. The w •ii arse seen passing about to each uthet's 1 ses, many of li. All tears, a..d acv, sal nh the men appealed unset.ied, its it meditating sonic dating esittrptise. 'Fite magistrates 01 without kin:cc mg the precise time when, ui the place where, the blow was In Ile .111Iek, Were ening-lll ed of the-e indical lams by their agents, nice and ; and the military, thuniguuutdre whole ut the scianitior taring districts of yin kshire And Lined:4llre, %tele, WV believe that lei Auosit len O'ClUei. at night, the gelice hi master and the Initialed, in a great of the liupoluits visages, by which the town of illidd..istield 041111,101111 lied, baton to assemble, ninny of them armed Wilk pikes, smite 4)1 Medi sciih (he ath's, and Whets with scythes and Pilch-forks, puilauru from the neighliuni log larm yards and ant-timidings. lh sonic districts the 01140 e nits !ward to sound through the vilifies, as the signal for master, but ilie more general practice was ta en to the houses of those who weirs known, or supposed, to he favourable to the design, mid to press into the set. ice tile head of the family. In .0101. instance* force, mid in 111.111) ututrs lineal., Mete to swell Ilie tanks of the disaffected; and Ind a h• .r nit the persons raked upon scar d out of their windows, nit the rear Or their house-, and relieved throusetves 11 'lather importunity by butting enneedilllelli in the aids joining woods. The plaii of °iterations vas, it seem*, to uppr3ach time town to four dos isions. The South division, were to assem ble at Al ulasialtetry witiau a male of the centre ut tile town. The Vied d VISIOII were to nndezvoth us Kuklees arijoinisq; 11l the park of Sir lieorge Al 11111:agt, hart.; which 'dee': milts from liudderstiel.a. the aorta division, were to assemble 11i Flab) Park, nearly tau 1111 ks from that place; nod sale West diVnioll, %lien teal, rile 111051 were to assemble on Lindley-moor, almut rue sauie distance front Huaderstielsi, and ad ut Mein tiaving lit view tire Cost-* Hill, on which a beacon was lighted as the signal fur tee connneneentrut in the march upon the wan. Haviug thus slrrounded tow u, all the parties were to ustvaiire ut the same moment, and a lute one *Lynam captursd tile horse barracks, nod secured the cavalry, another was to take pus sewion of the barracks occupied by the Ml:miry, who were also In be secured ; the cilia :Anhui nays were at the same moment to be made prisoners, and the principal inhabitants of the town confined to their dwellings by the' new pruvisiouill governoteut. This desperate project, wicked and visionary as it nosy appear, rus uadoulatedly formed, and the capture of Huddersfield, with the stoppage . 1111 . the a IlisChei usually passing through that place, here to term the rip:ails for the general riving ! About ten o'clock at night all the divisions were in mo tion; the northern division, some of the set:lions of which had roused the peaceable inhabitants from their beds, and collected anus from them in their route, assembled in Fin-by-pack, to (lie number, probably, of 200 or Sod; the southern division had approached, but never, it appears. reached Alsoondhury-bank. The advanced guard of the western division had, before 12 o'clock, taken their sta tion at Oceeultead, on toe height which commands Hud dersfield, and I. within half a mile of the town; while the main body of that division was stationed on Lindley-moor, Jo tweaking of numbers it is extremely difficult to attain to atuy thing like precision, but it is confidently asserted that there could be no fewer than five or six hundred men its the whole of this division. To the east the numbers were bee formidable, and perhaps would not exceed from one to two hundred. When they had mustered at their ten deacons, near the Obelisk, on the Leeds and Huddersfield road, at the entrance to she Clifton road, by the way of iiirklees,they were passed toy five persons iu the neigh bow hood, who had been at filiddlestown Oil business, and were on their return home about half past eleven o'clock at sight. The attentiou of these gentlemen was at first excited by seeing several persons standing in the road, apparently in consnltation, but none of them with arm. iu their hands. In turning lip the lane towards Brighouse, two of the gentlemen, of the names of Smith and Brearloy, observed a number of men sitting ender the walls, amt at the liaise time saw, by the light of the moon, a glittering of spear*. no unusual a sight, at this late hour of the night, Induced them to stop, and Mr. Smith put out his baud towards one of the pikes, to ascertain what it was, on which he received a violent blow with the sharp end of the pike, whieli cut his hand desperately, and indnccd bite and his companion to harry off, crying out •• Help." This cry brought buck the three other gentlemen, who were proceeding forward towards Cooper-bridge; and on coming near to 'the Park-wall, one of them, Mr. Robert Tolson, a master manufacturer at Dalton, put his lout on a brindle of pikes, and inquired what was these. The reply was given by a violent stroke, several times repeat ed, with one of the pike handles, and at length a fellow, more desperate than the rest, made a thrust at bins with a pike, attach taking a slanting direction inflicted upon him a 'sound about the middle of the back, at the left side about two inches in length, and half an inch deep. On seeing his friend so ill treated, Mr. John Hislclllide stepped np to his assistance, but finding that they were likely to be overpowered, they made off, though not till a pistol had been fired at Mt. Hinehlitte, the ball rellin which lie heard distinctly whit past his ear. With Milne difficulty Mr. Tomsoa was got to Mr. Thomas Atkinson'_, the Captain Commandant of the Huddersfield troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, where Isis wound was dressed, and he was some time afterwards enabled to return home, having suffered much less thee might be expected. Before midnight all the magistrates were assembled at the George-Ma; the cavalry, which consists of one troop of the 4th Dragoon Guards, under Captain Sibthorpe, and the infantry, of three companies oh' the bath regiment of toot, ender Captain WeUing, were called out, while the Yeomanry Cavalry were summated from their houses at a shoat genes. Soon after two n'clock, the beecou on the Cast le-hill, which seems to have cousisted of at qua n tity' ut sh visigs smeared watts combustible matter, and 11U1Sled 011 a pole, wax tired. For some time ilia approach of ate insnrgents, to take possession of the toviii was , very mo ment expected; two ur three rockets had been unsaved to rise befure this hour, mail frequent repo is of lire-arais were heard along the banks clime river to a eausideraalv distance, but bum seine saute, which is not yet ascrr• Mined, the instil geets began to disperse in every three tine, and the meditated attack upon the town tea. aim:l - 'the abrupt teriinuation of an enterprise wlaich appeared so menacing has been accounted for in differ. sat treys: according to some, the preparations made by THE NATIONAL REGISTER. the magistrates and the miiilady had intiondaird the in siir4ents; 1.4411iel Stipp trottuas is. that the brightness of the ou.ou, which 1.111.11 r metre on that night. tirevente ii the signals Iron , 10111 g distinctly seen; and another, and pe. haps the must prothinle of all , i s, that the lea:leis of these infatuated men, either from cowar dice or ireach..r,, forsook thrill ns the moment of trial. A• the morning approached, sea vial parties of horse and loin...oldie's nese seal ant to rev iiiii mitre the country, dud to pick hp stragglers, but hula se,gle prisoner was made sliding the night ; and it is a Wile refiner kitile that, with the exception of the outrage io Kirklers-lane, mud the stealing of arms and other offensive weapons, pia excess or depredation whalevcr was cuoohillyd ni the va irk cir cuit over %idyl' this rising extended. The following per son, were tale. ii mot enstod), Sunday 11011 510111 lay . —J. ' Ranker. of t;..111 , with his wo stills,jusepu unit ifenjaniiii, *lin are ail dud ate chawil Isllll (lie fahnratiun 01 . pikes, and w ilti JOl4llll 111 She rising. —John Lindh.), of Midfield, teals-maker, on a tar charge. ' l ' bolll4s Ilia - 1,141111, IX Alit lei : N. 1111411 1, liftekley, of Ledger-bridge, ayotsr..einais emthier ;Joseph Jessup Nall Sil iiiii el J stop. 01 Hislinisitail, end Joslithe Iliad, of Doi:Ilion, all of is Isom ale charged with having been in aims usi life slight of the 31st nit. A great Ilially persons coil ell'llle d.stsirbeil v itageshavt we understand, absconded in cuusegiltsi e of the part they have taken in theae lawless in uveenings, and the extent of the uuschtel to thei distressed fatuities of these intainated mess is I..calrii.4 We. the prisons all eau.) . ap preliciitted will, we imileisiand, Yoga, castle; bill the magisleates watt a set,'. hunt (love - rumen( beloor lUey decade whether to tusk, culls the co, iiiiii ttais for high treason, or simply fur a misdemeanour. The aimssbuhsrilleaptuted try isle y amuuut outy we believe, to three pike-heads, a Ica side arms, aim se veral pike-liandles, will. two or liner sey the blades, ias (cued ihto shafts. The pikes ate abolle woe jessiles lung. teseeuhliug the. head of a 114111011, 414 U a screw at tile end, to fasten into all isou socket, AMISS IN I ivetted a , less. 1011 of the pike-handle, and the hand.eS are from six eight feet ell brown ; tome of them twitted of ash plist.is, and others of deal, rallierAirker than the Imitate ui folk. None or the Pities which have been 1011110 a.s turmep to cut is horse's w jelly ; but we have red Ull Io .41.• pose that there are tussle ant:1111141f iiiii euls, a. au Attempt, apparently by the way of e 34.10 1. 'al. ant 11161614' wills um of them to cat a gelid. lII4O'S ill idle, who was issisl slight riding between Thin filial gad Kil b.lseatu/s, Willell.llll , lllllg the rein, caught else gentleman's pantaloon and tore it from the knee to (lie *ode.. On Wednesday night last, at seven o'clock, the onager; Crates of Huddersfield, Joseph Haigh, Bel jarniu Haigh Allen, and John Hursfall, Logic. convened a iireetiag of the inhabitants at the George Inn, intimating that they had communication to make to them of cow-iderahle impurtaiwe. At this meeting, about 1(10 of t;ie principal inhabitants and trades people of the town attended, and dlr. Ilaigh having taken the chair, he proceeded to state—" That the magis trates had certain infurinutiiin that there were, on Friday night last from 1,600 to 20do persons in arms in tile Dei s ts, bourhood of Huddersfield, whose object it was, to thane by force the existing polecat' society, and to rob and plunder the respectable part of the community. A delegate, whom they well knew, and on whom they laid kept au eye, had come over from Nottingham to that place, un Thursday the 90th ult., and nad convened a meeting of deleAates, at which twenty a ere present. Oa the meeting being dissolved,tliese Caen were despatched into various parts of the country, and each of them had a ticket given to him, on which was written a significant word (which the chairman mentioned, but which it may perhaps not be adviteable to state io a public newspaper,) and these cards, w►eo'cot in two, were to form a sign and counter.sign by which the lenders were to be known. From causes which could not at present be ex plained, the wicked designs of the lass le-s had been hitherto frustrated, bat there was no reason to suppose that their in tentions bad beets altered: In this alarming state of things it became the duty of the inhabitants to unite for the preser vation of their lime, their persons and their properly. This was the subetanceof the communication, and it is scarcely necessary to add, that the meeting instantly gave their sane. tion to the application to the Lord Lieutenant. In the course of the communication the chairman very candidly admitted, that he did Dot believe that the filisforiners, ns body, had any thing to do with the conspiracy, which had Spread such very general and well-founded'alarm through the neighbourbaud—the conspirators were the mere dregs of society. I. ESCAPE OF CAPT. JOHN HENRY DAMS. It appears that Captain Davis had lost a large sum of money at play, and having been pressed for the payment of it, adopted this expedient. It was not his object to raise snore than a third of the amount of the bill, and his hiends state that it had been his determination to dispose of an alienable lucrative situation he held under Government, and for which he had given s,OOO guineas, to discharge all demands upon him. The bill in ques tion gat into bbd money market, and having been drawn at le months, some surprise was excited, and application WAS made at the house of Messrs. Drummond respecting the validity of it. A discovery of the forgery having taken place, Captain Davis was immediately apprehended 'gad conducted to the Mansion-house, where he underwent several private examinations. Saturday was the day appointed for his final examination; but e lade Mr. Teague, the Governor of the Comptes, was at tending at the Mansion-house, according to custom, information was brought to him that the Captain had escaped. The moment this communication was made, Mr. Teague issued a hand-bill offering 100 guineas reward fur his discovery.—A fleet horse, it is said, was waiting for him in Smithfield, on which he imme diately, rode off to Croydon ; there he enteted a chaise and four, which was also in readiness to receive him, and in which be pc seeded to Brighton, where he emberked on board a vessel there waiting to carry him to France. It is supposed that be was out of the kingdom in 5 hours after he left the prison. Mr. 'league, with all possible speed, sent to Lord Sidmouth. requesting his Lordship's assistance in this emergency. and assurances were sent from his Lordship to the Mansion-house. stating that the Alien Otlie-A at the Port Towns should have notice of the escape sa «ant as possible, and directions in what wanner to proceed for the ends of justice. In the place tit Captain Davis was found his servant, Samuel Gooding, considerably alder, taller, and thinner than his mat& lie a as in his master's livery. Messrs. Drusammul, and a Solicitor, upon their part. attended; and Mr. Bolland, who was to have conducted the defence of Captain Davis, was present during the examination of the servant. Gooding was brought Wore the Lod Mayor on bit turday at half past one o'clock. Tne prisoner, who had shed tears while waiting in the Mar. shale room several times, appeared to take a very serious view of his situation. At the desire of the Lord Mayor, who said there Was not the 'VW* itesoitilanea bet Ween him antlCapt. rta — ris, be put a black handkerchief round his face and his bat upon his bead. Disguised in that manner, he said, the Captain left the Pri&)th_ To the questions of the Lord Mayor, the prisoner replied in the fidlowing manner:— " As a man. I do not know where Captain Davis is gone.-- He asked me whether 1 would assist him in getting away, who. titer I would take his place. I thought I could not do too much for such a master, for he bad saved me from starvation. Fourteen years I have known him, and I could not think of terming him. I agreed from th e beginning of hi s confinement. I used to go into the prison to him twice a day. I heard his examination was to take place this day . As to where he is ge n e I cannot at all say. ter I know nothing more of him after he changed his dress. He went off in shoes. gaiters, and corduroy breeches, and he had a bag upon his shoulder, but I don't know what was in it. I used toga to him with a bag. Ile told me if lie got over this business, he should go to America. I did not engage a post-chaise, nor any other vehicle for him. The coat in which he escaped is exactly the same as this in every respect; he had a broad striped waistcoat on, and a plain hat with a cock ade in it. He put a black handkerchief round his face as I have now. I had dune so because 1 had bad teeth. He made no observations as to his being Amin than I am, not did he express any tear of being detected, for he was so well disguised. there could be no discovery. When lie put the bag on his shoulder be bumped down with his face inclined to the ground, and walked out in that posture." lthenessr Saninel Frost, the turnkey, was then called upon to give evittenee.—He let out the Captain. Tea tae. in answer to a question from the Lord Mayor, arid, teat Frost had neve, been found in a mistake before dunng ten }vises' service in the Compter, and that his integrity had never been questioned. Frost sand dun Mr. Wontner, the Marshal. had been at the prison at half past twelve, and conversed with the Captain, who was to have been examined the next day. Soon after the Mar said sa u m away the Captain's Wilier arrived, and another gstit;eisorn. latter warted some time, and then went off, and tire C..piain ismitallatety asked me whether we gentleman was gone. t .St..plArp, the wile ut one of the turnkeys, said yes; and 11/ blfit an hour alter the Captain was mused. The esoape was discovered upon time arrival of Mrs. Davis's sister, who cams about two o'clock, aid asked for the Captain. Mrs. Stephens went to see, and missed him. Witness then went to ascertain, and tound that the Captain was gone, and taut her servant was in his plate. Witness hurl let is, true servant some time benne. sad observed a black handkerchief on his lace. The Casuist's face was covered just in the rime manner; the nat was over his eyes. lie carried a bag, and stooped, and appsured in every respect like the servant who nad his thualkerehiel more over his dice than it was at present. Witness eyed hull from top to tor, and had not die slightest .211SiPIC.1111 Of 111D1. Tile Lod alarm' ..send, mere was a great difference between the penal. and faces ut tie two; and declared that tile oversight on the part of the tuilikey was ex trimly reprehensible. Frost. wino seemed much affected at his situation, said, he never had loot a prisoner betbre. Stephens. emitter turnkey, said, that he locked up Captain Davis every night, and slept in the room next to his, and that he frequently examined the room. Mr. Teague stated, that he had issued the most scrupulous orders about the tustoiliaf Captain Davis to all the men em ployed about the prison confidentially. Me had mentioned to them the case of Lardleue, and digerati particularly that they should take care to see Captain Davis before they allowed his friends to have the rum. lie had =teed Stephens to ' examine the Captsia's room closely duties his oontinemeqt, noder the *prehensile at In attempt tontrjr. On the Friday his smady 4101,14 to the Clilsis, as he (Mt: 11ftue) was leaving the prison to attend the Mame-Mums H. had been under considerable anxiety► and was glad that dm sky had approached Jet removing further impossibility from him, as he was appre hend"' et an attempts than bevies lon =de for the Captain emit powerful laterast. Ills orders wire daily issued. Frost itakletsli gear ota'great derelictions( dory; but he (Mr. I'.) by lie UMW wpm= his integity. Lard Mayon.:-.How could the thing have been dooe ? Mr. Teague.—Frort mum have been deceived by the similarity • the appearance, and betrayed a want of attention in not es . stakaise the face of the person going out. I entertain not the -IVl:saspicioa of theinan. i t i rsilbene win then remanded. Wednesday, Mr. 'Teague greper of the Gilispur-street Compter (outfit* which Ilse-Davis effected his escape), wafted ea the Silti n g Magisnate of Hatuni.sarden, regnerding a warrant and a couple of officers to search a house in Lamb's Condu it-et reet, w here, he had received reformat ion a trunk of Mr. Davis's had been cattier' previous to his leaving the pri son. His niolive for winching that house was, that it was probable Mr. Davis might be there. or have called there after his escape, by which means it might lead to his dis covery. The magistrate informed Mr. 'Teague he was not asthorised to gram a warrant to search the house, but on tuformation on oath that there was stolen property conceal lid therein, and Mr. Davis's trunks or clothes being brought there could not be deemed an otteuce of which be could take cognisance, thin property being his own. Mr. Teague acquiesced in the prupriety of the magistrate's objectifies he stated, he was informed Mr. Davis had not yet left the country; that Ins first resort was in Lamb's Conduit-street, awl it was very probable be might yet be there or in some ether part of the town, lie concluded by requesting the favour of a couple of the officers to accompany hint to Lamb's Conduit-street, w here they would go and ask per mission to search the house, and make such enquiry is might lead to his apprehension. To this request the magis trate assented, when Wainwright and Edwards accompa nied him to Lamb's Coaduit.street. where, we understand, they learned that the information respecting the trunk was correct; hut what information they received respecting the rout Mr. Davis had taken after his escape, is kept secret. FittE.—Thursday morning, about one o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in the house 'of Mrs. ISuckeridge, cheesemonger, 88, ItatcliW-highway. It first broke out in a room on the ground floor, and had gained considerable strength before it was dis covered, the family being all in bed. They were alarmed by the watchman, and luckily escaped with their lives, in a state of nudity, by getting down ladders, which were placed against the first flair windows. The house, together with the stock in trade, were, in a short time, entirely destroyed. Thu flames communicated to the adjoining house, occu pied by Mr. Coney, corset and stay manufacturer, which, being chiefly composed of wond, was cum pletcly gutted, and the. grouter port of the pmparty destroyed, before the arrival t'f the engines. The fire was at length subdued, and the adjoining houses saved from sharing a like tate, by a plentiful supply of Water, and the prompt exertions of tho &omen...