The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-16 00:00:00

DISTURBANCES IN THE ISI,E OF HAN

From the Manz Rising Sun of &sterBity-1
On Friday last a proctor or sub proctor, with servants,
horses, and carts, of the Duke of Admit, and of the Lord
Bishop, went into the parish of Kirk Christ Rashest to col-
lect the tithe of. potatots ; they had succeeded in takin7,
away during the day, and without ohstruction, a quantity
of potatoes. Near the close of the slay a number of torn
of the labouring classes assembled, and having overturned
the carts, committed acts of personal vistltAce on
.the per.
suns engaged in collecting the said tithes, and also broke
the windows of a house to which the proctors, &e. had for
safety retired. They also violently assaulted two indivi.
duals who had attempted to interpose, and threatened the
persons and properties of others. Previous to the over-
turning of the carts, &c. it has here asserted that irritating
words uttered by the collectors hastened, if not occasioned,
the violence that ensued.

On Saturday morning the High Bailiff of Csatletowe, by
directions, as is understood, of his Honour the Lieutenant.
Governor, repaired to the parish, and having taken exarni.
nations on oath, issued warrants, and took into custody,
with the assistance of the civil conkers, two of the persons
concerned in the violence done to the persons and properties
of individuals, and committed- them to gaol in Castle
Rusben. On Monday conifables were sent to execute ad.
rants against die other .offenders, but the constable was
driven out of the parish.
The Lieutenant-Governor having, -as is understood, as.,
pressed his determination to carry into tact the warrals
issued by tfie High Bailiff, E. Gawne, 149. captain of chs
parish, supposed that his actiliOrity and influence in !pa
parish, aided by the High Bailiff; would eatable .the.c4 tp
secure the offenders. The exertiogo,
.bosreverp.of Us*
'gentlemen proved noenceessful. They wprellended
men, one of whom was only comMittell its,Rsol, the Otis.
being rescued. I)..tring this period no act eif Siolence was
offered to the Captain of the parish nor to. the High
Bailiff; neer° the persons or properties of any other isdi.
victuals, saving some not very gentle squeezes by s few of
the fair sex on Monday to some of the constables, and alp
excepting some acts of violence which occurred on the
Wednesday, under the following circumstances
M'Crone despatched some horses, carts, &e., uncle
the command of a person of the name of Cobb, to persist
in collecting the potatoes, and requesting the High Miliff
to order constables to accompany the party on this mi-
-1 bossy, who, good. nataredly, perhaps incautiously, was pr,.
' railed on Mallow some of the constableirto go. The pee.
pie, in great boclies, assembled to guard the potatoes, saying,
if they *ere to-die, they might as welt he kilted outright
as to be starved death for want of their food, the means
by 'which they lived—the potatoes. An altercation took
place. between the parties, and this Cobb produced a phtol,
and pointing it to some of the party, snapped it, on which
the pistol was wrested from his band, and the poor roan
was cohbed in stood earnest.

Thi High Bailiff haring reported to his Honour the
Lieutenant-Governor the difficulty of executing the war-
rants without military aid, his Honour pmreptiv ordered
the troops under the command of Captain Biesett, 4
Douglas, to repair to Castletown, and join the detachmet
under the command of Lieut. Burns in that quarter, who,
at an ;early hour on Thursday mornina, accompanied by
the High Bailiff and several eonatabks, proceeded to the
parish of Roishen, to execute the warrants so issued hy the
High Bailiff, and to apprehend the offinders mid lodge
them in gaol. After a diligent search, and without ob-
struction offered by the pariebioners, the party were not
successful in finding the offenders, and they returned
quietly, without any serious disturbance baring taken
place, the parishioners remaining still in cows/derail:o
pea assembled.

On this day it happened that the Council was assembled
for the purpose of grantinK banking *flues sad it having
been understood that the Lord Bishop, who was of course
in attendance as a Member of the Council, would not be
adverse to give due consideration to such representaticu as
the parishioners might be inclined to make, the parishioness
dill make a communication in writing to his Lordship, but
he had left Castletown before the paper reached, and It was
forwarded to him in Douglas. The substance of it warn
entreaty to forbear the exaction of the potatoe tithe, and
offering to repair the injuries sustained by individual, is.
conseqnence of the unjustifiable conduct of some of the et-
raged parishioners.

'f he people, anxious to ascertain the result of their coi
munication, not having received any answer on Thursday,
as they expected, still remaining assembled in large bodies,
on Friday came to Castletown, about eleven o'clock, to
meet his Lordship, and occupied a considerable part of the
Parade.

From the numbers so assembled, his Honour the Lieu-
tenant-Governor gave such directions and commands to the
peace officers and military as !night hest gi.ard against any
annoyance to the peaceable inhabitants, and to disperse the
assembled crowd, if necessary. In this position of affairs.
his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor approached the
people, and after a strong remonstrance and caution, de-
manded to know the cause of their assembling. The
reply was, they wanted an answer from the Bishop. The re-
sult was, a deputation from the people of six individuals
from among them, which was received by the Lord Bishop
in the Chancery Court Room in Castle Rustic!), when his
Lordship delivered a paper expressive of his sentiments to
the deputation, which was afterwards r. ad by the captain
of the parish on the Parade; the substance of which was
(as could be collected from a haaty hearing of it read, and
not baring seen the document), that his Lordship, consi-
dering the representations by them made, would not Isr
the present insist on the payment of their potatoe tithes.
The people then gave three hearty cheers for his Mi.
jest y, the Lieutenant-Governor, and the Lord Bishop;
and on his Lordship taking a chaise to leave the town, :!,e
people expressed their thanks, end saluted him with three
cheers.

Sux OFrICE, FOUR O'CLOCK.). it

The Military have just received orders to march to
Bishop's Gaul, and a deputation of farmers is reported to
have waited on Mr. M•trone concerning the state of the
public mind. We have not time to say more; but we sin•
cerely hope that peace will he permanently restored.
We have this moment, on going to press, received
Patricius's“ letter, announcing that last night the Pro•
for of Kirk Patrick's haggard, and a house, containing
tithe potatoes, have been burned, as also a Wiling of tie
Rev. Mr. Cottier's, containing the same. The shameful
example of violence and insubordination we trust will net
be followed by other parishes. The pet rtrators are the great-
est e nemlerlo their ow?' cause, anti afford the orepta oftlte
party a plausible pretext for defaming them. They let.
na doubt, identify these violent proceedings with the porn
plt's causes of complaint in the mode adopted in collectiet
the own crors, for the purpose of exci;ing the odium of
disair..etion in ail those who legally resist the arhitory
mandates of the Proctors. We, however, rciy wit!: r.
canfidemce on the Lientemant-f.Mvernor, who ,!'•
doubt, ruttish the ott;tinh•rs, and restore peace an.l
order. Th., best remedy to prevent similar exr•eier,.: •
violence. would be a law to render every parish t • •
expenses so incurred. This would render it tio• ;• •
every iiomllitaut to rut down all sets of
re hope, that it will Inca the attention of the Pour,
Keys.

DISSIOI CTION or Now ComPANItS.-011 3ier.6!
Messrs. Everett anti Co. paid hack the deposits tiro, o,
shares in the following Companies :—The Antwerp Ftesta
Navigation Company, the Dieppe Steam Nasiggicti
Ciosiipany, and the Havre de Grace Stettin Nas:4a::,l
Company. All of these Companies have been ilisselc!..l•
in consequence, it is supposed, of the impediments
presented themselves.
There is snitch interest excited respecting a n.fn-1
brought by a Captain of a Dutch ship. that an Eau
man has been lost at the Cape of Good Hope. The lint's
by the Dutch mail were looked for with nitwit anNi.o.
but they arc entirely silent on the ,:ehject, and it is tio,
confidently believed that the rumour is untrue.
It is reported that the King of the Netherlands his sah-
mitted to a Committee, composed of physicians ar,l
chemists of various - pacts of the kingdom, the quest'oi
whether the practice of bitryin,g the dead in churches
is not injurious to the public health ; and that the epino"
of this Cquimittee is, this: the custom of burying eiuchi4
_should cease, as being in the lung run injurious tot,'
living. • .