The National Register.
London, England, 1822-05-20 00:00:00

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The Judges she. ordered bin to withdraw, mid if be had
nay ibiug to say, to do so by affidavit ; nod if the Corot
turd time they would 'nub at it is the course of the cloy.

RIOTS IN STAFFORDSHIRE.' •
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The south. western districts of Staffordshire still con.
times ire a very unsatisfactory state, the miners generally
refusing to work for the reduced. w.,ges; and the masters •
pe •g in their determination not to employ them at
the old ones. Indeed the few masters who have het berm-
continued to pay the old rate of wages have lately taken
the determination of reducing them, a very' erotic
meeting havinx been held at Walsal on Tuesday last,
when it was unanimously resolved not to give any other
waxes than those fur which the men refuse to work.
lit consequence of the disposition which had been
manife.ted to offer violence to perm., and property. it
was deemed adviseable to make more extensive artattge-
. mann for preserving the peace of the district. and lour
troops of the Yvtiosaitry Cavalry were ordered on duty in
the neighbourhood till thvir places could be supplied b3r
regulars. Mr. Littleton, their Lieutenant Colonel, lets-
town to take the command of thesis.
In the • course of the week, Earl Talbot, the Lord
Li menam, visited • the neighbourhood, where he con-
cer ed such measures with the magistrates, as it is hoped
may prevent any et it consequences to the public peace
from the continuance of the struggle between the ma
and the men.
The Yeomanry cavalry have been since relieved. after
having been thanked by the Lord Lieutenant for the
promp.itude with which- they turned out to support the
civil power. They, hare been replaced by a detachment
of the 73J regimetrt of infantry, another of• the 2J, and
another of the Scotch Greys.

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The following pathetic appeal from the starving
miners is generally circulating through the disturbed
districts:—
AN HUMBLE ADDRESS THOM THE COAL AND IRONSTONE,
' MINIMS OP BILSTON, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
" To the worthy and honourable Magistrates that attended' at a
' Meeting of the Coal and Iron Masten, at the King's Anna
Inn, Minna, April W. 1822.
" hapnears. eccording to the publications that are in circula-
tion, that soar meeting was respectably attended by apart of the
Contend Iron Makers, who blue declared that themen are re-
ceiving from Two Shillings and Sixpence to Three Shillings per
day, with the advantage of three pints of pit drink. But uistead
' or three pints, a many of us mane but one pint. and that worth
no more than One Halfpenny. And allowing we have Two
Shillings and Sixpence per day in the Ironstone Mines. as has •
been suggested. and that there shooed ,be Five Days per Week
done (but upon an average-there is lot above Four • Diets per
Week) which-will amount to Ten Shillings; and out of that.
suppose we deduct One Shilling to buy Coal.•and Three pence
which the Masters stop for Club. that will • bring it to •Sight
Shillings and Nitiopenee: then in most places we are obliged- to .
pay One Shilling for Ale when we receive-it. Then in the neat
place there is about Two Shillings and •Threopence• foe Rept. ,
which will bring it to Six Shillings; the nets money foe a [saly .
to subsist on. . . . . •
" Now, Sirs, we humbly wish that you. wonalinwagjagt
these things minutely ; considering the. many damps"
exposed to. the hardness of our labdur,..and the tenaEnuns Mae-
we rebeive for it, you must be led to think that •we milk br•
almost in a sum of starvation!! So we hope you will reßent Be •
a moment. and not draw too hasty conclusions by hearing an
reports of mains, who are almost' always acting too inutir for
self, and not listening to the cries of 'the poor And needy. • But
we believe jou have been infOrdied wrong by these Gentlemen. •
if we may soul! them; who would wail us(' the gray! without
'any feeling for our case. But considering that -we alioulti -
be in itliee'natiao, and not born to be 000; 'we take the liberty
of addressing you in this plain and simple manner. hoping you,
will interpose for us according to your wisdoin t and we pray
that God may direct yopste that three May be. R speedy
't:an.
ouillity between matters and servants; that makers might- nos
' make their servants like the 'Egyptians of 'old to serve with
rigour; and that servants might pay that reged-that is due to
Dusters, not as a slave. but as a strvant:--Sigue4 on behalf of
oeewlvs and brethren.'
" B. HARTSHORNE, S. LISTER,
W. HA RTSHORNE. W. JONES,
R. BROOKS."

By thy MarprO, arrived at tit from Dahill,
whence she sailed on the 2sa of February, we have
received intelligence of a confllct having taken phut*,
on the 19th, between the native Brazilians and dm
European troops stationed in that city. Their cow- -
mender, Ignacio Luiz Madera e Mello, had been, a
short time before, appointed Brigadier-Governor of
Bahia; and had superseded Brigadier Manuel Pedro
de Priem:. Guimaraez, whose dismissal had given
umbrage to the British Independents, which-was
the cause of the commotion. The European Por-
tuguese defeated the Brazilians, and at the time of
the Margaret's sailing, they were in possession of
the Fort of St. Pedro, and masters of the city.—
Commerce was, of courae, completely at a stand ;
but the writers of the letters received by the Mar.
caret seem not to contemplate the least danger to
foreign property. Belay in sales, and in the .coliec-
don of debts, was among-the more serious inconve-
niences experienced.
The Abbe Sicard was buried on Monday. His
remains were attended by a military escort, Mem..
hers of the Institute, and the deaf aced dumb pupils
of the deceased. Two days betbre his death, he
addressed these words to the Abbe Goudelin, the
director of the Deaf and Dumb School of Bourdeau
—" My deur brother—Ready to die, I bequeath tti
you my dear children ; I bequeath their soul, tie
your religion, their bodies to your care, their intel-
lectual ficulties to your enlightened capacity.,
Perform the noble task, and I die tranquil."
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The Right Hon. Major General Sir Benjamin
Bloomfield, G C B. and G.C.H. on Monday las-,
took his seat, in his Magisterial cqueity, on the
Bench, during the Special Sessions held at Nenogh.
In the course of last week Sir Benjamin tithed his
extensive prdperty in the vicinity ut Newport.

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