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London, England, 1826-04-27 00:00:00

RIOTS AT BLACKBURN.

The following is a letter received yesterday, dated Black.
hunt, April Vt:—
I have just time, before the poet ream', ter inform yens our tow.,
was thrown into great confusion this afternenth by the arrival of
some thousand persons from the adjacaot Manaus whirs tball hod
been destroying all the power-looms. Several hundreds of tlse mob
were armed with pikes, a few with fire-arms, and nearly all the re t
with bludgeons. They Immediately proceeded to the weds of
Messrs. B. Eccles and Co., where they forced the doori, and Hs M"
the soldiers had arrived had broken all the power-looms an Iran as
the implements connected with them ; and although the sidsaliog
factory adjoins the prentisee, and some of the rooms occupied
apintnng machinet I, no attempt was made to destroys single
connected with that department. nor even the wiodmet of dee ha
ings. After this scene of mad devastation, the mob inersediatety
proceeded to the works of Mr. !foghorn, where they. essaylpedy
destroyed all the power-loon, machinery. The Riot Ali was Tied
three times, and the soldiers dispersed the mob, and remind. cola
leya of stones with great forbearance. One fella* snot at a soldier
but the ball missed him, and entered the back dt a man stalatkage
near. Several persons were wounded, but Ido not bear that soy
lives have been lost. A greet number of the pfltes, salaam' de-
structive weapons, were taken from the mob by Mr. Ray, dot am.
stable, and the soldier,. Sit of the most active leaden warseeleeo,
and taken before the Magistrates, and committed for farther 41411.
mination. Many additional special constable have Ism% area ion
and the streets are now, I am happy to My. VIP, but gbs
soldier, remain under arm', ready at a 't
The shops were instantly shut, but the rioter the shop.
keepers they need not be apprehensive, as they woe Mind
them. In addition to the two mill, mentioned, the mob destroyed
the power-looms, machinery, weft and twist, in use in Ile woke
of Messrs. Sykes, at Accrington; Messrs. Walmsley, at Rough
Hey ; Mr. Bury, at White Ash; acdother plates are mentioned
in the neighbourhood. I suppose the loss will airrnsat to many
thousand pounds, and I greatly fear it will not's* throw sham
out of employ conneved with the factories which baste besst des
stroyed, but that At will be the manila' ca•paut each a panG•
throughout the trade, as to prevent may tilos —asp% of gm band.
loom trauma from being ce-eggngcd. -
The shavers labour under a delusion, by supposing the °tight
of their distress to be the use of machinery, and the destructioa is
the present instance of so much machinery,. they.coneelve will peed
vent power-loons weaving, and thereby reined) the evil r bat they
are mistaken, for it is more than probable that de will tend to ion,
Feverish these districts, by driving the manu:kcturen to other
pals (as was the case some years ago with the spideten), *bars
they can carry on their trade unmolested.
I think that very few of the mob belong to Blaekbufn. They
came marching into the town, with their glittering pities !boatman
and the appearance generally was very alarming.
The mob was,* immercus, that it is impossible to f *coal
Tee' idea as to the number.
LIVERPOOL, All V' IL
letters from Blackburn, dated yesterday, tire o'clock 'the
ere.ing, we learn ti at a eery serious disturbance and riot teat
;dace that day. A great number of persor.s, armed with clubs and
pikes. assembled and proceeded to the factories, where there *erg
rower-looms for weaving, and destroyed the whole; and so rapid/
was that movements, that before a hlagistrete could be found, and
the military collected, the tide:thief was done. Menlo. Sykes',
factory and Messrs, Bannister Eccles, and Co.'ol. factory, have
suffered. Messrs. %William Fielden and Co.'s have been threatened,
anti are of nurse watched and protected. Another factory, where
there are power-looms, is now under guard by the military.
Further accounts by the coach this day state that later In the
evening, the Riot Act was read, and sonic lives were lost in an affray
will the military.
'..‘Zo doubt exists but there are persons aiding and abetting la
this business, alto ought to know better, and to know the danger of
putting in motion such a machine as a riotous mob. It Is much
more easy to raise the cry than to stop it.
It Ernears, by another account, that after the mob had demon
lishud what they thought fit, they proceeded to Clithem. All their
vengeance seems at present directed against the power-looms.

[From the Manchester Men' ury, Tuesday, April 25.1
We are extremely sorry to say that there are further disturbance'
in the neighbourhood of Blackburn yesterday, though we are not
exactly acquainted with the particulars. We bare heard a variety
of reports on the subject. of which the following is the substance :
It is stated to us that about noon yesterday a large assemblage of
persons attacked a power-loom factory at ‘l'llite Ash, near Awing.,
ton, and did considerable damage to the building and machinery.
In consequence of this attack an express was sent oft' to Blackburn
for the cod of the military force, and the troop of Dragoons stationed
there in,or.nrly set OF for IVliite Ash. ‘Vhat occurred there on
th;ir arrival we have as yet not been able to learn for certainty ;
hut it is stated to us. that shortly after their departure from Black.
horn, the tieftp!e there, who had assembled in the streets in con.
sidcrable nrnthers, made ao attack on the power-It:cm factory of
31r. Bannitter Eccles, In Darwemstreet, and nearly destroyed the
nctehiuery ; the Dragoons, or part of them, were consequently re.
called from 11 bite Ash, and were patrolling round the bt.ildl-g
hen oho coach left ll:ackburn, at :our o'clock yesterday evenin4.
We trvit thin there is a good deal of exaggeration isr these re a,
_bur that some 'additional outrages tinge been comMitted ha,
we /ow, little or no doubt. _

A gentleman., who came from the neighbourhood of Aecriggibts
yesterday, saw, a little before noon, at Enfield, a large assemblage
of persons, amounting, it is suppostti. to ,everal thousands, and it
an attack was made or. the factory at White Ash, as stated, it was,
in all prol;abillty, by them.

A letter, dated Paris, April 20, says:—
" The Soricty of Christian Morality, at its general meeting,
which took place. last week, heard reports which have produced an
impression Injurious to the Ministers. M. de Steel described the
scandalous manner in which French vessels carry on the slave-
trade. and the shameless publicity with which ships were tined out
at Nantes to carry on this infamous traffic. lie exposed to the
view of the public the chains with which the wretched slaves are
fettered. and showed that these Chains were manufactured openly in
the same city. The society set apart 1,500 francs for the best Me.
moil- on the Abolition of Slavery in the Colonies. Some years
since, a respectable old man established by his will a prise of 2,000
francs for t beet Essay on Freedom of Religious Worship, and
desired that the abjudication of this prise should be made by the
French Academy. M. de Corbiere, in his character of Minister
of the Interior. objected to the awarding of such a recompense to a
wrier who could best mi.:fish the advantages of one of the articles
of the charter. He therefore opposed any competition for the prize
through the medium of the French Academy. The Society of
Morale Chretienne has done what the Academician could not de.
Thirty memoirs Were addressed to it on this subject; and a Swiss
has carried oil the prize. This society has now offered for public
competition a subject which, I believe, has not yet been discussed
as it deserves, and which is, ntore.wer, of great importance. It is
to determine the Causes, Nature, and Effects of National Antipa-
thies. A prize of 1,500 francs is offered to the author of the best
dissertation. To the competition foreigners are admitted as well as
natives."

The following is an extract of a letter, dated Trieste,
April it r-- . . ..

•• By a late regulation, all sugars, of whatever denominatfon.
sent into the Austrian dominions for consumption, are to pay 1161,
per canter (previously raw sugars only paid 12f.) and refiners are to
pay two.thirds of said duty, on whites, and one-third on browns.
Now, as they never enter any sugars as whites (Lxcept occasion-
ally a trifle to save appearances), this law gives them still greater
advaranges than they already possessed, and will have the
effect of ruining our market for middling and low white' a.
vannah sugars, and the consumption of very fine white Mavannahs
will, hencetorward, be very limited. On tbenther hand, the con-
sumption of Brazil sugars will be considerably increased by it :
and u, in all probability, few ffavannah sugars will henceforward
he sent here, the demand for crushed will increase, became some of
the fine kinds, which it will not answer our refiners to make, will
be wanted for the interior, notwithstanding the high duties, and the
middling and lower qualities will be wanted to supply the contra-
band trade, which the high duties will give rise to; and also fur
the consumption of the place, and the Roman states, Puglia, Istria,
Dalmatia, &e. &c. Previous to the publication of this law, our
markets for sugars was evidently improving, but it has put a stop
toll operations tor the moment ; however, there can be little
doubt but the present prices of Brazil sugars will be fully nub..
tained, and unless our suppliesturn out to be greater than it Mat
present expected they will be, au advance may be looked for..—Ex-
change, lUf. 9e.

EXECI!TION.— Saturday morning last, the extreme
penalty of the law was enforced at York. against P. Little. for an
aggravated highway robbery, and J. Lee, for horse-stealing. At
a quarter before twelve the melancholy procession moved forward
to the drop. Lee was first introduced on to the platform, where the
devotional exercises appropriate to the awful occasion were
in with great earnestness, by the clerk of the chapel. IlatLtd..
tended to his last religions duties in an adjoining room, orcelp.
panied by Mr. Itoyment. These being concluded, the lot am
partitions were completed at a little after twelve, the drop tel
few convulsive struggles terminated the earthly existence of
two unfortunate men. After sentence of death bid beelt
they both anticipated an escape from its infliction, but' whew,
hopes were extinguished, they attended with decency to the till;
ginus advice offered them. Their appearance 03 the drop was hot
marked by any peculiar sense of apprehension for their Eau, and
this occasioned a general belief, in connexion with 110010 previous
reports of their indifference to their situation. But from statements
we have subsequently heard, we have reasu.n to believe the Inference
is unjust. Lee wax 22 years of age, and Little 2!.
Rishardson, G4odluck, and Co. respectfully remind their
friends and the public of the approaching end of Lotteries ; the
last drawing but one will be on the :Id of lilay. The scheme con.
tams six prizes of 21.000 L, with various other capitals. Tickets
and shares, in variety of numbers. are on sale by Richardson,
Gundluck, and Co. at their Office, 104, Bank-buildings, Corohlll.
Two instances of canine madness have manifested them-
selves in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, within the
last fortnight, and in one of them the dog bit a man
coining out of the Swan-yard, who had the part cut out. .
A Saw BAeTism.--Sunday week three boys, named
J. Train, H. Robinson, and J. Robinson, having got opt's
uric, the leads of Beverley 11Iinstee,. discharged a , thy of
water successively through a wail grunt the der-.
gyman's head during the time of divinemei* ellook
offence they were lodged in gaol for several d.,116444afti0e,
1 wards held to bail till the Quarter Sessions.

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