The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-02-16 00:00:00

RIOTS AT NORWICH.

By accounts from Norwich, it appears that the agitation
that has so long prevailed among the manufacturing ids
bitants of that city is by no means suppressed. The
state of the place on Monday atd Tuesday seems to have
caused great alarm amongst the citizens, as the folloisa,
private letters iudicate:—
Non wren, PEa.l3.
This city has again been in a State of riot since eleven o'clGek
this morning, owing to one of the manufacturers being detected to
sending work out of the city to be executed in the colantry. Three
men are now cooped up at a public-house, called the Sun and
Anchor, in the parish of St. Clement, on whole persona several
canes of silk were found, and such is the state of popular fee},
around this spot, that any atempt to escape from the house would
be the signal for their destruction—the order of the day break
beads, not windows !" The Mayor, Ind Deputy Mayor, siin
several Magistrates, and the posse comitatus, went down to the
scene of riot, at twelve o'clock, and continued at their peat. Leery.
thing predicts a turbulent night, Nearly 12,000 persons are at this
time unemployed ; and every kind of buttress is at a wand.

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NORWICH, FEliirrm.
About the period at which the mail for London left us last night
the state of this city became truly alarming ; every effort was mule
by the magistracy to bring to reason the multitude which had rol.
lected, but wholly without success. Mr. Francis, the Dem,
Mayor, conceived that lie had taken upon himself too great a d,
gree of responsibility in the commotions of the let and 2d February,
and declined to act without the conjunction of the ChieflUagisimie
in consequence of which both these gentlemen, in a prompt and
firm manner, exhorted the people to disperse, otherwise the BM
Act should be again read (as it was a fortnight ago), and the mill.
tory called in to disperse them by force. Their advice was, how.
ever, not even for a moment listened to. One fellow called out to
the Mayor (Starling Day, Esq.).." Go home, Mr. Bankrupt
Banker, and pay your creditors twenty shillings in the pound !"
At six o'clock two troops of the Scotch Greys arrived on Tomb.
' land, from their barracks,* and were placed at the disposal of Mr.
Alderman John Patteson, jun., and Mr. Alderman Crisp Brown
an immense body of special constables were also sworn in, and hal
orders to take up all persons who stood about in groups. This
appears to have exasperated the people still more, as the zeal die.
played was of too violent a nature on the part of these gentry to
quell the tumult; hence great resistance was made to the ciaii
and military power, and after some severe wounds with staves had
been given and received, about twenty of the ringleaders were cap.
tured, and committed to the City Bridewell for examination this
morning, at eleven o'clock. The military and civil power pa.
troled die streeta during the night, and the shops were closed at so
early hour.

roux o'cLocx.
The examination of the prisoners is still going on. Several are
remanded for futher examination to-morrow. There is a deep acd
sullen gloom pervading the city, and to add to it all, b1131134s a
completely at a stand. The civil power is again ordered out fur
six o'clock this evening.
P.S. I will write again to-morrow, should anything occur of au.
port/ince.