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lewd exploited In two different ways. One account ta, that when
Ik. priories were brought to the inn, Capt. Kearney stated to Mr.
tiny, shut it became his duty to deliver then: up to the civil power,
MI be had oo right to dogs them in custody ; on which Sir. Gray
steoland that be meld ..thing with them. and refused to receive
them, when SOW of the mob overhearing the dispu,e, immediately
masked the hew, broke the windows, and rescued the prisoners
Ikon the roldles on guard, who were without instructions. and un-
decided how to act. The other account we have heard is, that
whoa the attack was made upon the inn, Capt. Kearney demanded
ro know from Mr. Gray, whether he should repel it by firing on
tile people; when Mr. Gray replied that he must not, on any w-
ee:sot, permit his men to fire; that he, Mr. Gray, would prefer to
see the prisoners discharged ; and they were consequently allowed
:u escape. Which of these two accounts is correct, we cannot take
upon ourselves to say ; but certain it is, that the escape of the poi.
sutlers under such circumstances, after having been taken In the
see of destroying the looms, was a most unfortunate occurrence;
.e sanded to confirm the impressions previously instilled into the
people, that the magistrates and the military regarded their pm.
settlings with a favourable eye, and was calculated to encourage
went to the commission of further costo2ages.

DARIVEN;
On the SAM lay on which the attempt was made at Clitherd,
sod )lessre. Turner's looms were destroyed at flaslingtlen, a
strong detachment of rioters from the neighbourhood of Blackburn
proceeded to Over.Darwen, where, without any opposition, they
destroyed 18 looms in the factory of Mr. Carr. and lei in the
factory of Mr. James Grime: being, we believe, the whole of the
power.lomns in that neighbourhood.
RAWTENSTALL CIIADDERTON, BURY, Exc.
On Wednesday morning a very large number of persons, chiefly
f•nm the neighbourhoods of Ilaslingden and N.wehureh, attacked
the factory of Mews. Thomas Whitehead and Brothers, at Raw.
+Postal!. near Edentield, where they destroyed all the powet-lomns,
190 in number. They then proceeded to Long ifolme, where they
destroyed 40 In the factory of Mr. Kay. and 1 in that of M►.
Bowie. They afterwards went to the factory of Messrs L. and
J. Boonton, of Dearden-clough, where they broke 58 looms.
So far the rioters had proceeded in their !owlets career, without
opposition or interruption. but in their next enterpriee • different
tote awaited them. Intelligence of the commencement of their pro.
eredings Lying been conveyed to the military who were guarding
the extensive establishment of Messrs. Ashton, of Ramohottom. a
pert, of about 14 riflemen. and shim the IMMO number of dregoons„
under the command of Colonel Kearney and Meier Eekersle►, set
out in search of them. accompanied by William Grant, Esq. They
rroteeded to the factory of Mr. A ik in. of (;hadderton. which was un-
derstood to be an object of attack ; but, not finding the rioters there.
set out in the direction in which they were understood to be„and met
them about ■ quarter of a mile from Mr. Aikin's femme. The
troops then formed across -he road, and stopped the further pro.
vets of the rioters. Mr. Grant then read the Riot Act, and en.
treated the misguided men to return home ; but they told him,
w:thout hesitation, that they would not; return until they had de.
crowed all the looms. As their ,►ogress along the road was stopped
1.1, the military, they got over the fences, and proceeded ZOOM the
fields to Mr. Aikin's premises ; whither, of course, the military
and the Magistrates returned, and arrived there about the are
time as the mob. The military formed upon the road close to the
factory, round which the people assembled in very great numbers,
ard, in a few minutes, began to pelt the soldiers with stones.
which were showered upon them from all sides without intermission.
At the came time a number of the mob broke the windows at the
back of the factory, got into it, and began to destroy the power.
looms. Col. Kearney, finding the lives of his men endangered, and
being himself struck with a large stone, at length ordered the
troops to fire, which they did,—at first over till heads of the peo-
ple, but as that had no effect but to encourage them. the riflemen
helm to take deadly aim, and several persona fell, some mortally
wounded. The mob then gave way, and part of them were pur.
sued by the military, whose attention was thus drawn off from the
;eremites; and no sooner were their backs turned than the work of
dartruction recommenced, and the whole of the looms. forty-six in
r.uniber, were completely broken. The military then returned
from the pursuit, and went back to the factory, where they made a
number of prisoners, driving the mob entirely away from the pre.
'nisei to the neighbouring hills. The military then returned to
Rsmshottom, with their prisoners; and before they haul reached
that place the rioters cone back to Mr. premises. where
they destroyed two dressing machines which had previously escaped
t 10'f ?Wife.

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The desperation and audacity of the rioters was quite as eon. I
'Mencius on this (tension as at Blackburn. At the very time when
the troops were firing incessantly noon them, many of them feat.
feisty entered the mill by the windows, to destroy the looms;
whilst others defied the soldiers by all sorts of provoking expressions
and gestures ; some holding up handkerchiefs, and asking the rifle.
vett to shoot at then). and many of them continued to throw
stones without intermission. Of their, a number were picked out,
and shot by the riflemen ; amongst others, we believe, the man who
hit Col. Kearney with a=tone, was shot at the sante instant by two
halls, one of which passed through his bode, and the other entered
t':e back of his head. In the whole, considerably above 100 shots
were fired ; 'tut by far the greater part of them over the heads of the
Isettlde ; for if the riflemen had taken deliberate aim at every shot.
the shughter would have been dreadful. As it was, the loss of hi:
i. sufficiently melancholy. The number who were killed on the
.1113 t, or died of their wounds within a few hours, is six, one of
whom, we are sorry to say, is a woman. Their names are—
Richard Lund. by trade a blacksmith, hut who kept a small
al:op at Ilaslingden; shot through the belly.
James Bothwell, a weaver at Ilaslingden ; through the breast.
John Aehworth, a weaver at Ilaslingden ; through the body.
James Lord, a fulling-miller at Newchurch ; though the body
and head.
James Whitacre, dresser for Messrs. Rostron's power-looms.
through the body.
Mary Simpson. wife of Simpson, a weaver st Haslingden ;
through the left thigh.
Of these unfortunate men, Lund, Lord, and Whatacre, had
wives and families; the other two, we believe, were unmarried.
Lund. Ashworth. Itothaell, and I.nrd, are stated to have been
extremely active in the riot; but Whatacre, we believe, had no
participation in it whatever. Ile had been employed during the
morning in taking the beams out of the looms of his employ-rs,
be:hre they were broken by the mob; and, after their destruction.
inconsiderately went down to witness the transactions at Chadder-
ton, where he mixed with the ooh, and was must unforntnately
shot by one of the riflemen. NVith regard to the woman who is
killed, we have heard very different accounts, one representing her
to have been extremely violent and abusive to the military ; and the
ether stating that she had route to Edenfield with the view of going
to Manchester by the ct;.tch • and being too late for it, was stand.
jog on • bill at a short distance from the factory, when she
tee•dred a shot which divided the femoral artery, and she bled to
Caw h.
Of the number wounded on this occasion it is impossible to
speak with any degree of certainty. as some of them Came from
d:atant places, and were carried away by their friends. The num.
ht.t is mated to be veer considerable, but we have only beard the
r „fres of six. four of whom are dangerously wounded.
it monist the prisoners taken on the occasion was the constable
of Cdenfield. who, being alarmed for his saftty, ion into s pig.
tete, whither lie was followed by the military, and apprehended.
Notwithstanding the loss of lives and the wound* inflicted on thin
ore-sit:in, the rimers were in nowise intimidated. or deterred from
their purpose. After they had completed the destruction of Mr.
A:kin s looms. &c., they proceeded to the factory of 31evars. Ho-
mer and Fon, at Summensent, on the road to Bury, where they
broke all the looms, 36 in number. Th•y then went on to the
factory of Mr. James Hutchinson, at %Vow! hill, quite dose to
the town of Bury. where they broke about .-40 looms out of 200
which the factory contained. Information of their proceedings
biting been promptly conveyed to Bury. a party of riflemen int_
n ediately turned out. and Captain Ooldfrap, at Nye head of 20
men. ran at full speed to the factory, where they arrived in time to
cave the bulk of the looms, and to take 14 prisoners. several of
whom were apprehended in the factory. They were all (as well at
those taken at Chaddcrton) lodged in the prison at Bury. They
were yesterday brought up for examination, when three of those
taken at Mr. Hutchineon's factory were committed On a charge of
high treason ; a charge, by the by. which, as applied to this case,
we do not exactly comprehend. %Ve believe they all come from
I ts-wen. but we have rot heard their ratites. Of the remainder.
23 have been held to bail on a charge of riot, and two arc remanded
f•r further examination.
A coroner's inquest was held yesterday, at Edenfield, before Mr.
Ferranti, on the bodies of five of the persons killed at Chadderton
on Weinestlsy. Only two witneasys were examined. and the in.
quest was then adjourned to this day. A separate inquest is to be
held on the body of James Whitacre. it being supposed that the
circumstances of his death arc dissimilar to those of the Other
persons.