The National Register.
London, England, 1822-03-11 00:00:00

4GRICULTURAL DISTURBANCES.

(From the Nostwicit Couatta.)
We regret to state, that several places in this
county continue in a very disturbed state. On Mon-
day morning about 300 persons,principally labourers,
assembled, and commenced breaking threshing ma-
chines in the parishes of Wicklewood, Morley, &c.
and about two o'clock in the afternoon they arrived
ut Attleboro', where, as in other places, they coin.
riled many to join their company ; they then pro-
ceeded in search of machines, but found only one in
that place, which was instantly destroyed By this
time their numbers were greatly increased. From
.Attleboro' they marched to Shropham and Snetter-
ton, where they broke four or five machines, and, in
consequence of the opposition they experienced at
the former place, a drill also. On their return, in-
formation was given that a threshing machine was
secreted on the premises of Mr. W. Parson, of At-
tleboro', they therefore proceeded thither, and found
the object of their search under a straw stack, which
they took, dragged to the market-place, and imme-
diately demolished. The magistrates, wishing to
adopt some efficient measures to put a stop to such
proceedings, requested many inhabitants of the
neighbouring parishes to meet at 'lading on 'rues-
dsy morning, where they were joined by the Eye
troop of horse, and after having passed through
Buckenham, Burnham, &c. halted at Attlebaro ;
after being there about an hour, information arrived
that the machine breakers were assembled at New
rduckenham—the troop, with a vast number of
horsemen, proceeded thither, and succeeded in tak-
ing twenty, seven of whom were committed to Wy-
rsndlunn Bridewell the same evening.—lt seems
there are several parties of these misguided men
attout, and their whole object appears to be the en-
tire destruction of threshing machines.
The following is the copy of a Proclamation issued
by the county magistrates assembled at Norwich :
'6 The Magistrates assembled at the adjourned sessions on
Wednesday, Match 6, 1522, have, with considerable pain, re •
wived evidence of a riotous disposition exhibited in some in-
stances by actual outrage in various parts of the county. Tire
circumstances. made known to many of diem previous to this
day, have induced measures of precaution, which will assuredly
be found effectual fur the suppression of tumult. But, anxious
a. the magistrates feel in the discharge of their duty to avoid the
necessity of resorting to the force with which they are armed for
the preservation of the peace against a misguided populace, they
desire to offer, in the form of timely remonstrance, a few re-
marks deserving of attention :
'• if grievances exist; do the persons concerned- in the riotous
proceedings before alluded to suppose that they can be remedied
by violence? To what possible beneficial result can their pro.
slings tend ? To what have they tended in other parts of the
country, but to the loss of many valuable lives, and a curtail-
ment of British liberty ?
.• Let the people beware of bad advisers—those who may •
pretend to sympathise in their alletlged grievances, for the pur-
pose of exciting them to acts of mischief, in the punishment for
which the instigators generally take care to have no participation.
Let them be assured that it is equally wicked and unwise to re •
silt the law wicked in principle, and unwise in practice, be-
muse ineffectual to any good purpose. By order of the Court,
COMMA N, Cle• k of the Peace.
The spirit of insubordination still shows itself in
the neighbourhood of Diss, by assemblies to the
number of some hundreds of labourers, or we should
rather say, we fear, of such as arc in want of labour,
for the purpose of stopping the use of machines.
The deluded persons who set fire to the hay stacks
in Diss a few nights since, which caused so much
alarm, have surrendered themselves, and are now in
Norwich Castle; and on Monday last three men
were committed to the same prison, on suspicion of
assisting to destroy two or three threshing machines,
in the parish of Wymondham, on Saturday night.

A gasometer is now preparing at the general post-
office, to furnish gas fin. the use of that establish-
ment. It is said that the charge for oil annually,
for the office, is between 2 and3,oool. of which sum
Government expects to save nearly 2,0001. by the
substitution of gas. The estimate for the whole
apparatus was stated originally at about 15001. but
t is supposed that it will amsunt to nearly 30001.
A gentleman has recently found, and proved by
s series of successful experiments, that the dark peat
satoss of Scotland produces gas not inferior in quan-
tity and quality to that extracted from coal, possess-
ing the additional and valuable advantage of being
in n great measure free from that noxious effluvium
emitted by gas produced from the latter material.
The tar obtained by the process may be applied to
several useful purposes, while the coke is adapted to
the furnaces of brewers, distillers, and smelters of

ores, &e. The same gentleman, by a cheap and
simple preparation of the moss, gives it a consistency
and durability not inferior to that of coal, and by
this means renders it not only valuable as a fuel, but
improves its aptitude and capability of producing
gas.
A beautiful statue of his late Majesty, George
the Third, is now under the chisel of Mr. Chuntry,
who, we believe, sculptured the admirable statue in
the Council-room, Guildhall. This celebrated artist
has received instructions from the highest authority
to spare no expence in the execution of this work,
which is expected. to be a worthy tribute to the
memory of our late Sovereign, and the best modern
skeenneu of lkitish taste.