The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-01 00:00:00

ATTACK ON A MILL NEAR BRADFORD.

A serious riot, accompanied by wilful destruction of
property, occurred on Wednesday erect g, at Shipley, a
fete miles from Bradford. There are menet lugs mills at
Shipley, bet hitherto ell of them, tempt that at &lairs
(which it in the township), have been working on the old
siogls•loom plan. Mr. Frederick Tsyler, worsted spinner
sad menufacterer, of Bbipley, hes just completed some
mew mills, in Haddon, a few It moduli ludo &tisane, where
be Is oboist to remove his business, and he deemed it a 00M.
veiniest time for following the example of most of his neigh-
bours I. the district of introducing the more ecomonieti

"t7t.;;;;clUry;tiens ." The assoneerement, howevtr, ass
received with great dimatisfacitioo by many of his own work-
people, sad especially by those is the neighbouring milli.
Mr. Taylor's new mills are not yet completed, bat a small
quantity of machinery his been erected, and on Wednesday
a few of Ms workpeople were employed on the two-I om
cutup. Many of hie heads" at Shipley struck work os
Wednesday morning, and there was considerable commit
Son la Shipley end Bandon during the whole day. In the
evening, a mob of about 2,000 persons (ied on, it is said,
by somata Mr. Tsyler's woeltpeople ; altsosgh, if this be
tree, it is somewhat strange that most of the t. taro-outs"
returned to work yeeterday) surrounded the new mill, and
showed, by their violeot language and demeanour, that they
intended not only personal violence toe ands those at work
in ir, but also destruction of property; end they soon gave
evidesce of their duties. hr a abort time a violent attack
was made eon the mill, as well as upon 'all persona who
came est of It. Stoats sad brickbats were throws against
the windows, which, together with tie frasses,were mashed
to piece*. The night was dark, a dense fog covering the
valley, bat men and boy., with lighted torches, con-
ducted their lawless compastens from window to window
until every pane we. broken. It is estimated that the
damage sawed to the building cannot be les, tbao from 1601.
to 2001. All this occurred in little more than ball an hour,
a few artastables who 111110 music being powerless againiit
sash a numerous body of rioters, some of whom, not content'
with V• destruction of property, made a murderous attack
upset Mr. Frederick Taylor. '1 hat gentleman left the mills
with the determination to protect this.' of his walpeople
who were leaving from personal violence, and he natrowly
escaped with his life. He was violently thrown upon the
ground, and a atone hurled by one of the rioters struck h.to,
producing a severe 'iteration on the frost of the skull, and
he is now walked to his home. One of Mr. Taylor's men,
a designer, in his alarm, forced doge a portion of a wall and
leaped into the river, to escape the fury of the mob. The
mill ra Thursday prevented tte appearance of a ruin.
• Some of the riegleaders are known, and will be apprehended
as soon &tithe local constables can obtain sufficient assatacce.
It was apprehended that smother attack would be made oa
' Thursday night upon the premises, as well as upon the
seigbbouring mill at Saltatee ; bat doe preparatiors tad
Men made by assembling a sufficient force at each place.—
' Much/Wes Guardia*.

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