The Sun. — London, England, 1820-04-18 00:00:00

DIS'iIiICTS. IVAMHI , I6II3, FRIDAY, ArRIL I 4.—We have ibeen hilts - tned that Government have for some - clays been its possession of information that a . great acid sim u l taneous movement was to take :place on Wednesday last, through all the com mercial districts ot the north. In consequence ot this, and of the particular information which lie haul pet sottally received, Gruel al Sir John Byng determined to strike a decisive blow, and by sur rounuieg a great body who were expected to as semble oil GI -altar-moor, situated nearly midway het wren Wakefield and Huddersfield, to get as many as possible ot them into his possession. With this view he niade hi, arrangements to draw several corps around this place in diffeient direc tions; and, to be near the scene of action, came hiniaell to %Vaketield on Tuesday evening. But this plan was trustrated by a premature movement (it the troops stationeil in Huddersfield. The printipil inhabitants of Barnsley having also le ceived information of the intended tisiug, as srmbled on Tuesday evening at the King's ;lead Inn, in that town; from which house, throne!) the whole night, patties continnally went out to Nolo! tie town end ita immediate oeighlworh o od. A lit tle before teidoight they I - ceche-rut information that number of per were assetchled at Bank-top. a great part of them aimed whit pikes, and some with guns, and having with them `..! drums. Allow I o'clock these men began to move in different parties, taking varions routes, but all avoiding the town, with the except ion of six, who passed through together, each armed svhh a pike, awl re-assembled on the road leading front Barnsley to Huddersfield, to the mimber of about 400 ME;). -They then commenced their march in :military order to , aards the appointed place Of rendezvous. At a :41»111 distance trom the town they stepped at the house of a Mr. Pickard, and demanded his arms ; on his re- fusing to surrender his fowling :jeer, they attacked his door with great violence; but fineliog it stronger than they expected, and hearing irom within Mr. P's determined threat to shoot the,list man that entered, they desisted, anti after breaking his windows continued their march. At the house of Mr. G. Hurst, it) Bank-lane, they obtained a gun. At Darton they stopped at the house of Mr. J. Richardson, th e Ro se an d C rown Inn, and demanded his arms. These beiag re fused, they assailed the door with great violence, and broke a panel. Intimidated by this, Mr. Richardson gave them three guns, through the broken panel, when they immediately proceeded forward, leaving a pike and an axe behind diem. They attired at Flockton, about a mile from Grange-moor, soon after break of day, at which village a parry of them attacked a public•houae, . demanding the landlord's artist ; but these being refused, they marched ca. 'From this village they were watched by a Gentleman and his servants, till they arrived at the destined rendez vous, where they formed under the wood belutig ing to Whitley-hall. After some time, the cavalry from Huddersfield appearing, they dispersed in different directions, separating into small groups, and maklug their way back towards their homes by ditierent routes. Of those who returned by way of Flockton, three were taken and sent to Iluduletstield ; two of them youths, and one an elderly man. NVe understand that these mem have stated, that their party expected, on their arrival at the Moor, to have met with fifty or sixty thousand companions in arms, and, seeing lthbody, they were completely disheartened, and exclaimed, they were betrayed, and threw away their plies, malty having - first broken them - across their knees. Much praise is due to the spit ited conduct of Mr. Beckett, who strongly urged the Yeomanry Cavalry to pur sue the men, who, they understood, had taken the route towards Grange ; but the com manding officer was not willing to move without the sanction of a Magistrate. There being no Magi strate near, this sanction could not be immediately obtained. Mr. Beckett offered to take all respon &Wilt( y upon himself, but could not still prevail. He thee, and two of the Yeomanry corps, mount- Ed their horses, and followed the Radical group to the end of their march, nor quitted sight of them till tie saw them finally disperse.--In consequence . of these various alarms, the tow!' of Wakefield, on Wednesday morning, exhibited some appear ance of a ahlOary garrison. Three troops of the 4th regimeot of Dragoon Guards, under the cott n:apt! of Go!. Sherlock, came in early from York. Soon afterwards the Horse Artillery trom Pante tract, and the Wakefield troop of Yeomanry, also assembled, in readiness for service. During bustle a patrol of Cavalry arrived with informa tion to Sir J. Byng of the dispersion of the Wadi cd3, and brought in one of the pikes unbroken, which appears to be a formidable, though rude, weapon. It is about seven feet long, with a blade of twelve inches in length and two in breadth, sharp at the point, and with two edges. The Lord Lieutenant arrived at Pontefract the same morning, with important communications front the Secretary of State, to lay before the ,Magistrates. He afterwards came to Wakefield to communicate with General Sir J. Byng, with whom he stayed about two boors, and then pro carded to Leeds. We are happy to conclude by staring; theotgreeuble tact, that the town of Wake field and its immediate neighbourhood have pre served, during this bustle, the no,st complete ttatopillity. General Sir John Byng left Wake field at thtee o'clock yesterday afternoon, for his own house at Catnpsall, and two of the three .troops of Dragoon Guards which came hither froot York retort] to-day to their old quarters. The Wakefield troop of Yeomanry are discharged front active duty.—(Wakefield and Halifax Jour- Pails Toll, APRIL 15.—W e are informed, by a ,Cotrecpondent on whom we can place great re lianee, that a nocturnal mveting or muster of the Radical& living in the townships of Weelton, and Houghton, about seven or eight miles front this town, took place in the night be t'sr,co Wednesday last, but nothing ciu he learnt of the nature or ohil,ct of the assetn -4ia.V.---.l,t,was to har e been h oin d t h at the frustra -tirpipt designs,of the persons who assembled io.t he couptry round ...Huddersfield, would have lcd them tutahy to aOninion their tivild and wicked projects; but we learn with regret, that a vast , body of Giese inlatnated men is'e'ro . s . u - rptisea ir, the same neighbourhood, this vstoek, by a military force, in the act of exercising with pikes, and that 150 of these deadly instruments have, been seized. MANCHESTER, APRIL 15.—Manchester and Salford have hitherto enjoyed the most profound tranquillity, as tvell as the neighbourhood at large. We have, however, information which may be relied upon, that for several nights past meetings have been held on the [noises from 3 to 6 miles distant, for the purpose ~ t waiting for informatirth of the proceedings and re.hlts of those stiacks which have been meditated upon Hud dersfield, and upon other towns ‘rhose peace has not yet been disturbed ; awl that in case their Anxious wishes tor a successful t - ising had been the midnight congregators were to be the ins'runients of spreading insurrectionary movements amongst the inbahitants of our own populous towns. Conisnued and tinceasiog rigi lance htte is therefore all incumbent doty.— (Maw/tester Chronicle.) LEUDS, Ar:tlt. 15.—Several hundreds of unem- I doved workmen assembled D'art.-rot m -ro, in front , of the Court-house in this town, on Thursday morning, about ten o'clock, and after they had been together some. time, Christopher Beckett, Esq. the Mayor of this Borough, went in amongst them, and inquired what was their object in as ?embling ? To this inquiry he men replied, that they had been long OW of work, some of them four, five, Or six mouths, and others still longer that themselves and their families r s ete starving ; and that they had assembled, parity hreauSe they had nothing else to do, awl partly to sliew the numbers of the distres7,ed, but without any inten tion to comtnit any riot or excess. The cause of their distress !tome imputed to the excessive int oduetiou of manttl.tetnt lug machiuerv, and others to the em barrassments of trade iron) the Cot II Bill and the Wool Bill, and others to excessive taxat ,, n. The Mayor, with great mildness, apprised them of the danger of assembling together in large bodies, and hoped they would not again repeat these meetings, particularly in the present agitated sta , e of the country. As to machinery, he said, with all the advantages it gave us, we still could not go into foreign markets en an equal footing with other countries, and that our manufactures were much higher than those of neighbouring countries which were our rivals in trade, lie was nor with out expectat i ons that trade might revive, and till that time he hoped they would conduct t h e m se l ves peaceahly, and as became good subjects. These representations were heard with becoming atten tion and respect, and the Mayor having withdtaWn to join his brother Magistrates in tine Court House, the assembly soon after dispersed, and re tired peaceably to their homes. LANCASTER, Ari,L 15. 7 —An e:ort...ss reached Pontefract ou Wedneiday mottling, froto directing the immediate return of the Police Officers of the latter towu (who were attending' the West Riding Sessions), as a Seri is riot had broken out there, At the smite time an express arrived at Pontefract, ordt•ring the detachment of Artillery lying theme to in ueeed innueattely to Huddersfield. D^strnns, Arno, It —At the recent I;inding9 of the pitR3Cll in this neighbourhood, some of them have been wise .-.nough to deliver-4p arms which they had provided under the delusion of Radicalism. Its consequence of information thus obtained, on Tuesday se'smight, Timms F orr ester, a blacksmith, of tivigate, Nexcastle, and his wife, were taken into custody wirittr n warrant from the Chief iVial:istrate, the linsband.charged with fabricating. pike heads, and the wife with hawking them about the collieries for s a l e . Th e y remain in confinement for further exarnination.— Liere is a proof that arms have been is possession of the Radicals in this part of the cuuntry; and the illegal manufacture and sale of pike heads will probably be brought how, t tile parties in custody. CABLISLR, APRIL 15.—0 n Saturday night, or Sunday morning, a ntor.l:er of inflarnmatory pla cards, invitihg the people to imittoe the conduct _of .the ttisatrected at C4Ltig.aw Btc. .were p oste d Up, and scattered aboot, the streets of l ids ell and its vicinity: It purported to be " rusted at the Con , oi6ttionsl Press, Glasgow ;" Rnd as it is re porteti that several dele.gate3 have passed through front the North, into Yorkshire and Lli) - ,cashire, it is highly probable that these agents of discontent had taken that method to disseminate their doctrines.-'_!t would seem that the practice of secret drilling is not abolished in this neighbour hood. We are credibly informed, that on Sunday evening last bodies of men were observed training in the plantations at Coal-fell-bill, near Newiown. The lute agitations among the Radicals of Scot land were not looked upon with indifference by the fraternity in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. In the course of Saturday night (the Bth inst.) a considerable number of seditious placards Was stuck upon the walls of this city. GLASGOW, APRIL 4.--Arrests of the disaffect- . ed are daily taking place in this city and neigh bourhood; and a number of persons, we - are in formed, have disappeared, %rho were not pre- • viously suspected of having been, in any measure, involved in revolutionary attempts.—Ttre Lord Advocate brought several Gentlemen of the Law with hhn from Edinburgh, who are now engaged in examinations of the prisoners lately apprehend ed.—Last night, a troop of Hussars, Lord Elcho's Edinburgh troop, and twenty of the Gllsgow troop, with thirty Rifletneu in spring aggons, and a piece of flying artillery, set off ar eleven o'clock, and took the Kilmarnock road. We have not heard of any disturbances in the West Conn- try, and should therefore suppose, that a search for prisoners and arms in some of the disaffected manufacturing villages in Ayrshire is the object of this strong party. EDINBURGH, APRIL 14.—We understand among the persons apprehended for treasonable practicea iu Glin,goev and the neighbourhood are several persons abuse the common ranks of lire ; and sonic w: , o, how their employments, might have been expected to have acted differently ; a Cletk in a Public Office, and a Serjeant in a re_ respectable Corps, ate said to be of the number, and souse who, by industry, have them- EdVei to a respectable situation in life.--(Gclin• 'burgh Paper.) (From the Edinburgh Courant of .Ipril 15.) On Monday morning seven radicals were seized at Balfron by a party of the Stirlingshire Yeo manry, and lodged in the Castle.—Early on Wednesday morning, a party of the Yeomanry Cavalry surrounded the town of Mauchline, when a strict search was made for arms and papers. About thirty Radicals were taken and are now under examination. She riff 'Bell and a party of the Veteran Battalion left Ayr next morning for that place. Soule pikes were found on Thursday morning concealed in a Field near Ayr.---Slime day, eight of the 7th and right of the 10th hussars set oil to Holytown, whet e they seized 3 leading Radicals, and brought them iolo Glasgow jail. On Wednesday last Mr. llurdocii, with a party of eight men, left Airdrie to escit a quantity of ammunition for the Airdrie Volunteers. On their return they were attacked anti abused by a crowd assembled at the gate, who followed them along the road, hissing, hooting, crying '' seize the powder," and assailing thew with a shower of stones.— Two wen were placed in front as a gnarl, and the rest closed behind. There might then • be about 700 or 800 men, and their insolence increasing, they were chwrged by the party. — They were instanly rejoined by the crowd, who continued to pelt them with stones. When th e y came to Westmuir and Shettlestou, the mob .becarne quite iatiiriat,d, crying " Kill Murdoeii.- lit this manner they were h:Andied till pat ILtillie ston toll, when the iippearanee of a party of Vo- Inoiteets sent to meet the escort completely turned the putsuit. The patty Were all•ininrtd by .tones, and sonic of the horses cut. 07iiy one shot was flied, and that over the head of the mob ; but some of them will doubtkss fed bruises given them with the broad side of the iword.--I.Ve hear that C , :,f Kin L'Amy's Rifle company, 120 strong, maile a tender last weep to march to Glasgow to assist in potting dow n the insurrection theft", or to any other part of the kingdom where their ser vices might be reipired. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. NEW SPECIES OF FRAUD. MANsTON-HOUSE.—An elderly WWI, of respect able appearance, and of very voluble a:ldress, named Lawrence Deuerelt, was charged with hav ing entered the house of Mr. Deakin, No 13, Cornhill, with the intention of making a booty of any thing he should find convenient. Mr. Deakin stated, that the houses which were let out in suites of , :ifices and apartments in the neighnourhood of Cornbill had recently been plundered very extensively by men of decent up peerance, who gaitikil access to them tim!er the wetence of making inquiries, and, on findiug any of the rooms or chambers unattended, making off with whatever was portable. A watch wat kept up in consequence of the losses in this way which had been suffered in the neighbourhood, and on F iday the prisoner W9i detected on the third pair of stairs in Mr. Peakin's house by a lodger, try ing the several doors with great caution. Ott be)ng surprised, he said he cause to see a Mr. Anderron, who hail directed him to call there.— H e was unable to give any, account of who thiS Mr. Antferton was ; and his person answering the description of a man who bad been seen lurking about the same chambers in the neighbourhoOd previous to their having been stripped, he wai taken into custody, when he was recognized by the officers as a man who had appeared in pithlie under awkward circumstances: be sy;,3, in spite of his protestations of his respectability and iris resectable connexion?, convicted as a reputed thief,and ordered to be taken to 13iidecyell to bard labour. On searching the person of the prisoner, Dare, the officer, found two papers, printed in an official character, and filled up, of one of ‘vhichthe ft;i• lowing is d copy " Eank of EitgLind, the Itith Anril, Isire Froro the above date the bear e r h ereo f i s - en ti t l e d I • i7f f ie SLIM of 5)1. sterling, payable with legal interest - at lvienty- QSle days ! " SUI. Consolidated 3 per cents. (Signed) • " GEO. ItiCHARDSON."- , c TheCnshier of the Bank of England." It is almost lionecessaly to state, that the above and another, which was found in his possession i were friondulent fabrications - prisoner him self confessed no such documents being ever given at the Bank. He had confessed to the officer the mode of fraud, 's filch. was, to pass himself off to some unwary persons as a man having property in the funds, and to obtain a loan of money, per haps one-ball of their amount, upon them. Ilad he succeeded, he would then shift himself to mm e secure scene of operatiou. The Lend Mayor said, that this was a novel description of fraud, which was extensively practised, and against which the public ought to be warned. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. GUlLDUALL.—Yesterday a man named Lawrence Hill, was charged with having occasioned the death of W. Kilby. It appeared from the evi dence adduced, that the prisoner, the decessed, and several other men, belonging to some barge! of Mrs. Keats, of Pi . I . ook's lithaif, which wtoe moored oil aieenbit lie, had been on shore during the morning of Sunday last fora frolic, or as they term it, skylarking. On'their return to tht•ir se veral barges, Kilby, r sh'e deceased, got into his own, which was it oored alongside that to which the prisoner belonged, and he soon after caMe on board the pri3oner's and asked him for The latter s,id he had none, and bade him in a jocular manner to begone to his own barge, and threatening to force him if he did not go off quiet The deceased defied him to do so, say ing, it was (Slit of his power, on which th e pri soner advanced to pot his threat in execution, an 4 its the silly struggle for mastery, both fell overboard her wren the two barges and stink. The prisoner, Hill, rose again, and was saved. Kilby never old, and h e w as d rowne d. Every exeition was made, by dragging, &c. to find the body, but withoet effect. No malicions inteotions were im puted to the prisoner, who expressed his sorrow for the accident and was remended to prison milli the body should he found, to await the decision ot a Coroner's Jury. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Bow-STlotET.—liesterday a genteel looking young man, about 17 years of age, was brought. before n. E 1.,. the Sitting charged with stealing 661. in Bank Notes s"' other property, under circumstances of Li conimon aggravation. It appeared in evidenc e that the priso ner i s a profess i onal singer, soit being on his travels in the country he arrived to Gloucester about three weeks ago in a state of Ol e greJtest pecuniary distr(ss, and stopped flier: I / the hope of finding 'a Mr. Martin, u respectabl e traveller for a mercantile house, who had formorif been very kind to him. It happened that Mr. 1\ 1 ; was absent, and Mr. George Doff, a tradestnar much respectability in the city ot Gioucester,hesr: ing of the forlorn situation o f t h e prisoner, tia' being a native of the same country (Scotland) ic ? which he belonged, sent for hints, and gave hirtil dinner. He also gave him a sum of money, s'l (/ by representin g his case ro several fiends, pri'; cured sofEcient to support him until the arrival 0` NI;. Martin, which was daily expected. In . efl, a ' dition to this, Mr. Duff took the prisontr home to bis own home, - accommodated liir . with lodging and great part ot his board' Mr. Martin not arriving so soon as was gined, the prisoner contin , ted with Mr, until Friday mo:ning, when he st , ddenfy camped very early, after having broken open desk in the counting-horse, and riandcred it of pocket-book containing 661: in ha!tk-nute9, so 01; jewell er y, nod other v a l ua bl e p r o a pc - ty. Mr. fri pursued him to London, where he was apprelittli . ed. The prisooer made no answer to the charge' a n d Weis fully committed. ALARNitNo ACCIDPNY.—SoncIay morning i aber o five o'clock, the tieighbourhood or the L nt# 4o ij os H re d, Whit,chaprl, %vcre dreadfully terrifiel) their houses shdok to the outt(Lttion, this g ii i n th e ir wini!oe:s vcas broken, their furniture. IVs" 'ed about, and themselvelt thrown nut of their beds, and this accompanied by a tremendous el' plosion. All was co , 'sternation, proceeded from the shock of an earthqqake ; the inbabirants ran oearly naked into the streets, ott' mindful of their property, and only Atixions to their lives. Their fears, however, abated, on learn' ing that it was caused by something of a con3o s ' tilde nature hsving exploded in the od and coiloo c shop of Mr. Holli well, opposite the London Hos' vital, in which, fortunately, no person resideCt.' The house was completely blown f ;Font the ((Alt , ' dation ; part of the timber of the roof, flooring' bricks and tiles, were carried as tar as the Lon,l ol/ nospital, on the opposite side of the s,rreet. adjoining house, occupied by Mr. LiPey, a pall" butcher, was so much it:jilted that it was necessv'i to prop it lip; a great poi r of the nutty-wall f4 ll in on the foot of a bed in which there were thre e or four children, but who luckily escaped withaac any injury. The shock was so great that Mr' ant!. Airs. Lilley were thrown out of bed, and ti furniture was statost ail shattered by bring tosiO about the house. ‘Ve are happy, howevgr, !" find that no lives were lost. Mr. Holliveell ed rap his shop about elercn o'clock on Saturd# night, and went to his house in Red Lion-streetfo Whitechapel, where be resi.!e3. It is, impossible to ascertain from what cause the e,:cident eceded. Air. I3nllitveil, sayS there were only fire poondS of gunpowder on the rremises, and thi 4 was secured from fire. After the exiosion rat engines arrived, but" no fire w a s , a be seen- , Several panes of glass, and articles of glass an earthen ware in the oeighbout - ios houses, wei.Y bvok en by the shock. EIRE AND ACClDENT.—Yecterdly mornlngi about one o'clock, an e! arm of fire was raisert consequence of rkc !limes issuing .rorn the secofc' door of tte.'llonse of Mr. Johnson, No. 5, Ugly ; court, Firzroy-square; shortly atterwsrds 4evel 6l engines arri v es on the spot, and tin oti;;lii the' activity of the firemen the flames were soon ex' tinguished, but hot before the upper p-,;t 0f,1114 house, tvether with the furni , nre, were cotta pletely destroyed. Doting the interval of fire, a leporl was in ciretilation that tot eldetV woman, named Matthews, had perished in aro thirties, ap(l, oil !elrchiog, she v.i•as, found in OF second floo r apartment nearly hnrui" to a cinder various part's of the body'; but synaptpsrls of still remaining, she was conveyed to Middlt,lo‘ hospit a l, where she died soon .after. The abe, unforinn.,ite wom an Ivas addicteo to &joking, on Smithy evening returned home . in a state i r ) t inchrhitiou,' and her clothes caught while sutler at the fire, which ocnsione.i the boring of W° house. The body lies for a Coroner'll . ll,onet,, An alarming fire broke out at Mansj . -hotitek near liagship, the residence of Captain yesterday. At two o'clock the mansion, whicit ij tan ancieut wooden stille'ure, was in a blaze, the buildings, which stand on two acres of ground , were not expected to be saved when our infortre lion let t .—(illornig Paper.) DAR!NG R 011111 i RY .-Sunday evening, about to o'clock, as Mi. Joseph Tempertbn, of Illackwallt shipwright, was going along the Conitnerl' road, on his way home, when near Limellonst Church, he was attacked by four fellows armei with large blud'geons, who, ef. er knocking }'lire [ down acid beating him in a most cruel manners robbed him or his watch and some silver, effected their escape. On Sunday last, Mrs. J. W. Lines, of Burton-crescint ß `?' a son. Salac day, Lady Jane Pee% cf a son. T :11 Alt RI ED . On Saturday last, at l'anistAct:, Gloucestershire, Thou' 2l. Jeffery Ilumpsted, Esq. 11. A. of Queen's - Gni ie..2zr, Oxford, FanNy, second daughter of the hitt: Roger Swith, 1 . 1;4(1-, ° 1111-olor Llouse, Whlworth. WED. Ye , terdav morning, at Ffainpstrad : uged pearly two Ye 3 T the youngest 'daughter of Tlicidias Fuwel 13uNt ° "' Esq. On the loth inst. at his house in . Upper Charlotta-strgt Fitzroy-square, Mr. Abrah am D r y, in the C•itli year of age. On Sunday last, at her house in South wiley-strectr M . Sosmin:a I,wig, in the iO3cl year of her aife. On the 10th October, in Calcutta, Vo'..orge - r 4 , 1; Chief Officer of the Honourable the East India Comin!'''Y ship, Grenville. hott On Sunday morning, at half- f act 10 o'clock, at -2- i° , in Conduit-street, Hanov e r-s qu ar e , late Captain in the ISuri. Asti India Cunipaiiy's sery - - " LONDON: Printedby.l. cAnsTAMS, of No. CP ;.t Ormond-street, Cluccn-square;_ ar:A puhlishkd b SCRIITS, of Ng. 7, South 90i:1ton-street, at Tun A Ottice, No. 112, :•trand ; where Aflyettisemertes; 01 ' 4 L-Ityrc, &c. (peat-paid) must he al,trused, / . / 7 / , e i .-__, rq7 ~i l'i•top I , r GLA a4'd . t4O f. QS 1,1 is Cr the .4.: a:. le i. cz!a2 •Wr..,., r........... i y T.! ar..l {:,,;n t e • k l, ii , . li cw-~ 'Nett pa (In?, Ss. g lu ri Vrtl 4Prii , 47 4-14 'CI R"ac LI , tg . .. 11 •6 1 n,„ it r °wilt • I+T Y,. XtJ 1)„, j. 1 11 (1: It v tr:t al Lt4.! .. t ' s dli