The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-01 00:00:00

DISTURBANCFS IN THE COUNTRY.

The R Ith and ChJtetthens G=ette of Wednesday contains the
following paragraph; - •
"Cnwtatrrrn 1u FISTIMIIT,,N ifenry %lade, of
Trowbridge, shearinan, ebargrd with having committed riot
and breach of the pears., iu company with other persons, on
the 20th instant, at the house at' George Elliott, a shearman at
Trowbridge."
We react to find, from the same paper, that there has hem
also a d:sturbanre at Chippet.ham, but of a different charac
ter from that at Trowbsidge. The following is the account
give n of it in that Paper:—
" AIMS V AT CHCPPFNII.OI:—On the evening of Prinday
se'imight an affray ,-f 4 serious nature ocenrred at Chippenham.
occasioned a dew] mt of a. Inch Clvalry regiment quar-
tered in that town, who having bean roughly bandied by the
inhabitants on a limner similar occasion, were desirous of
being revenged. Accordingly, ha. ing provided themselves
with 'sprigs shillehab' (:n some of which le;id and nails had
hero inserted), th y attael.e d eVcry one who happened to he
in the streets. To oppose these formitlabie assailants. mall;
of the inhabitants collects d in a body ; and, afer a hard sting
ale, the I tihernia.o weir driven to their vat ter.. One t 1 the
townsmen, we under.tunel, was so s.^verely wntai.dt•sl as to be
consides eat for sunup days in imminent danger of his lite. he
windows of the Angel Inn. mud of sere iii respectable dwelling-
houses battled materially in the affray."

Irecta tit estirs..—Sunday aftt totem,, ;he village of Ilere, in
Dcrsetshire, and the urighbonitng eouutra, were thrown into a
great state ulalat la, by set ei al fires breaking out in the .illsgc
of litre at the same time, said nu tleubt was cnterta: tied bat
they eeae intentionally 'toile by some incendiary. A large
wheat, •tack, ama;t4loW•l', Iwo barns, and three houses, wei e all
in Armes ; and the suspicion was, that it was intended to bnrii
doe, u the whole village. The Gentlemen of the Collniy took
the alarm, and were On the alert nut unlv to esti»guish the fires,
Inn to discover the euceudiary ; and Bishop, the Bow-street
ufficer (he ing at Wait Lain, which is seven miles from Beret, to
endeavour to ihscuver the rubber or robbers who lately broke
open the house of Mr. Thomas theme, cud stole a considerable
sum aid sent for to Bere.—The Officer came with »II possible
speed, and strived at Brie during the time the tla.i.es wire
raking ; lie set about endeavouring to extingui,h the tires, in
which he was materially assist. d by a alma of the name if
Porches ; who, irons his 11111gUillre and COIIII4IO, iii,!ll.p.NBl.-
pected was mum roed in the diaholical crime, and that he
1, Jew those vtiho wile; and the Drlicer4 suspicious touted cor-
reci ; as upon au ineestigatiun.aa to the commencement alt tier
tires, Peaches was taken into custody; and being examined
before a Magistrate, the evideiece was sufficient to emulate bun
to Dorchester Prison on a charge of wilfully s:iting lice in the
wheat•stack. A iimn of the UMW' of liewimi was admitted sit
eVillf-nel. against Pm clies.--The principal purt of the pa over ty
set Orr to, belented to a tiviitle luau of the name of Beages.
Some ilishui Minces broke out a few days airier at Trust
bridge, %Setts ; the object of toe rioters was, to show their
hostility against the employ tarot of sonic newly established
machinery for di essing i.en.eymeres. Some winilows were
broken. and ii(inry doll.' to the doors and furniture of two t•;
tlei et houses net/mails; to inanufactiners. Fortunately the
!Magistrates succeeded in restoring tranquillity, said have
committee' vale of tier riutaa Iso 114 YAW (mi. 641.