The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-24 00:00:00

SHIELDS, Ocr. 15.

An alarming riot tank place here y stenlay evening, in
which a slidti unfortunately lust his life. Ike circuits-
st 'urea We these:--

l'he keenness upon the river still refusing to go to
work. an elfin was yesterday uncle by the Mayor of
Newcastle. assisted by the coil power, and four or five
hosts, manned with sailors and marines front a sloop of
war in the harbour. 141 luring down a few keels laden
wain vials front different staiths above, and cast them on
bowl such vessels as were waiting fur their cargoes.
siet Neel] five and six o'clock in the afternoon the keels
noised. accompanied by the Mayor of Newcastle and a
body of special constables in one of the steam boats, and
the sloop of war's heats shove mentioned. At this time
a 'mintier of persons, bat principally boys, were Salem-
bled on the N-w Quay. opposite the Northumberland
Arms, and they kept hissing. hooting, and gro. • g
while the coals were casting sato the ships Ring oppu-
stte the Oday. Nothing serious, however, ;rout such sit
assemblage asst : and accordingly, about
h+l'-past five te:locli, the Mayor, the I%Tater-W.14 &c.
landed from the steam-boat, and, crowing the Quay,
1111(1 the Nr.r:huaisherl Ind Arms, fur the porisoss:
~r g ttiliz some reireslownt. The Msyro, though
very popular magistrate. was, however, grossly tusulted
lin leasing the boat One man, in the act of ilasuo lug
stones, the Mayor seemed with his own hands, and had
min conveyed ti the N irtlininberland Antis, where he
se is detained. SI h after, the *se upon the Q.say
increased ; re stones were thrown inn the steastoodat,
which was moored close to the Quay ; and the special
emistahles and others, left on ward, being unable to
defend themsels es, they despatched a small boat to raspiest
the protection of the lit dines, who had then returned to
Ihe sloop. Ore boat. with au °nicer and a few marines
in it, ItrOCII/ly arrived, and pulled up close unaer the
the sent of the steatu•imat, the persons on Ward of
which had thus ii.n , ode and at 4 beets ihiren .0
seek slide r us the cabin!. Tlie boys mill kept piyiii..
their us:ssles boas 'lie Quay, hissing anal hasn't% at the
parties 1111 the or der. l'o tr:gliteis theist. as was sup-
posed, Iwo muskets were howeser, tired by the marines;
but the', were loaded only with blank cotridges. A
pathe in a few aaa itt utes ensiled, and then a tress, mower
of stones was pourtd lino tat steisiii-noai. One 01 winch
struck the OttiCcf. Now a toad ket %%as heed,
which killed a sailor *wilding oil the trunt of di. Q say,
and who was merely .1 specs.s.ur of the tray. No Riot
Act was read ; no magistrate, in fact, was near eXCei,
the Mayor of Newcastlz, who has use jdrisdietiots ..t
Shields, except upon the water, and tile pv,)pleasolubles.
ha.l teeter tire 'inlet of being fires. Uoltlll. Cries 01" out
der" followed.

%Volum and men indiscrintinitely joined in assaulting
the boats with stones and brick-bats, but the marines
immediately pulling off, the fury of the mob was very
soon directed to the Northumberland Arms, into which
house it was said, the officer who commanded the
marines had gone, and where were then present the
Nlator of Newcastle, with other gentlemen, tile Water
Bailiff. bre. Here the lt set no bounds to their rage.
" Manchester over again !"—" Blood for blood !" were
vociferated incessantly. The windows and window
frames of the two lower stories of the house were com-
pletely demotishet Some metal pipes, for gas, which
lay epti;iguoissly, were applied in breaking open tin-
;leret doer, Ili" High Constable of Shields arrived,
and declaring that at the risk of his life he would hre•
serve the peace of the town, he succeeded by Ilia spilt:co
conduct; its allaying the frantic feeling of the mob.—
Tney demanded the release of the person who had been
taken into collo ly by the Alreur, as tunas the surrender
orthe 041t41.: Oehuhrhlell. who, they couteuded, had taken

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refuge in the house. The man was very prudently set
at liberty ; bm the officer not being in the house, the[
were allowed to search for him, which they tli•I very
slightly, and then retiruil, and in a few minutes all WAS
petlecily tranquil.
Shortly after a small party of dragoons arrived, but
their services were then wholly unnecessary. At
ten o'clock scarcely a 111411 was to be seems in the streets.
The Mayor of Newcastle did every tbisig in his poser to
keep the peace ; hut waited by an infuriate mob, and
shot up as he was in the N..eiliumbellaial Arms, it
was impossible for him to make any effectual exertion
for the restoration of peace and order. This morning
alt contisrms quiet, but large bodies of sailors are prow_
ling, stout, and bitterly complai aa ia ig (Witte colulucL of
ihe magisirates in not grantinf warrants fur tile appre-
hension of the uterine, or officer of marines, who, as
they say, so prematurely and inhumanly fired upon the
people.
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A coroner's inquest was held upon the body to•dac,
hut after the ex: eeee iee anon of three witnesses, the pro-
ceedings have been adjourned till to-morrow. Enots3lt,
otnerver, already appears to exonerate the officer from
any charge of having hiusselt been the person who shot
the unfortunate 111411. Mitch anxiety is felt for the
result of the inquest. The Jury is very respectable.

Extract of a letter dated Knutsford, Oct. Is.--
The trial of Sir Charles Wolseley .s transferred to
the Conn of King's Bench, upon affidavits alleging the
political prejudices in the coinny aooin,t the worthy
Baronet. It will he recollected Sisal the Magistrates of
this county, upon the arrest of Sir Charles Wulseley,
refused to accept any persons as bail for him who w, re
not resident wiihin the comity, insisting upon bail to
the amou. t of 1,0001. The fink demand, which was no
doubt the result of a mere error of judgement, these Ma-
gistrates have been convinced was untenable, by the
decision of B iron Wood at Lancaster,—while, as to the
sec I, it appears extraordinary that Mr. Justice Bailey
only required two uncles, in 2d. each, for die forth-
coming of a gentleman of great landed properly, resident
in use huntediate vicinity of the M•igistrates of Cheshit v.
But Justice Bailey had, no doubt, sonic recollection of
that prescription of the Bill of Rights. which turbine
excessive bail, while such antique know ledge may have
been dislodged from the mind of Magistrttes distinguish-
ed for the Yaliety of their modern literature.
"About two o'clock Sir (;holes Wolseley, accom-
panied by his Solicitor, Mr. Charles Pearson, entered
the Court. It is intended, we learn, to Frier a Bill IA
Indictment fur a conspiracy against Sir Charles Wol.
*elev, on the part of some Officers of the Court.
"At four o clock the Grand Jury came into Court,
and returned bills of indictment for conspiracy, by
Joseph Swan, Burtenshaw, Richaids, and four other!,
to produce a change in the Constiintiois ity force an.l
violence. These persons were, we lerstood, to taw
verse, and therefore their trial will take place at the
county Sessions.
" Another bill was found against the Rev. Joshua
King, and Bryan King, his brother, for conspiracy.
" When this bill was announced, Mr. Williatns
ob-
served that as this bill was of no EN character,
Inc parties being charged with laying miota for men
and cattle, he felt it his duty to move for the issue of a
Bench warrant for the arrest of the parties; which ma.
von was it sssss ediately acceded to.

" I was peculiarly surprised at the spacious end even
grand editice which has been recently erected For the
ling of this Session. It is really larger than the
four Courts at IVestminster-IUL IVhat could be the
reason for t.tx;tig the county. to defray the expruce
of such a structure, which certainly is by no mean*
necessary, one fifth of the bitilditiK being scarcely full
at even this Sessions, at which au extraordinary WWII*
thy of very ititerestnig business was pretty generally
expected?

" Application will, it is said, be made within a kw
days by Mr. Pearson to tile Nlagisiraies at Warrington,
fur warrants against some in the Nicoincii of Manche*.
itt, for cutting and maitninit, nit tLe i(ith of August ;
and thew warrants will, I understand, be grantcd.."

SPIRITED ASSERTION OF NATIONAL HONOUR.

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Extract of a Letter trou► Hie de Jancrio, dated
2d July :

t• It Has been the custom here, whenever any of the Royal
Family are met, either in or out of the town. for every person
to bend the knee to them whilst passing : and should a gentle-
man be on horseback, he must get oft; or it a gig, &c., he 'tout
get out, and down on his knee. About a week sirce, as Com.
itiodore Bowles, of his Majesty's ship Creole, who certainly is to
tithing ehatacter. was coing to St. Christr•plie, a village whe' e
the Loyal Family have • palace, in coamany with either \lr.
Chamberlain's (the Consul General) run, or nephew, they mit
the Queen coining to town, and being rather in a hurry did n• t
alight, but passed on, anti immediately they were attack:4l by the
I/ragoon (imirds, pulled utl their horsse, and very ill treated.
(hie Cominodorr inn; willately returned, and made a formal cool.
munication, through the proper channel, to the 'loyal ear, to
this coin:—•• 'That unless an instant submission was made by
the two officers commanding the guard, and such punishment
inflicted on them as the British thug anti country required. he
should remain on board hi. ship with his officers; u. 4; be should
not ay any attention or respttct to the Postugtin•c flag; and that
he should Nal in a few days our the nver Kits, but wJaht levee
au officer wirlt his orders to the above effect ; and on hi. arrival
there, despatch the first ship ro England with the account of his
treatment." Tills had the desired all'eet; the two officers were
immediately taken into custody, and ...ern to gaol, where they
remained till yesterday, when, under a guard, they were taken
to the Creole's quarter deck, with u., English flag flying over
their heads, where the Commodore, Consul r reneral, and several
Englishmen, had omit on the occasion, and before all the utlicere
and crew (the officer* in full uniform) they begged pardon in the
most submissive manner for their conduct, and implored the
Cot onodore's intercession for their forgiveness. They were agent
taken to prison, hut I believe they are to be liberated this day, at
the request of the Comnrodorts. l'ott can have no idea of the
sentiments of the I.nglish ill this affair; all warndY Coif*
inudorc Bowles for hi...determined conduct."

OCT. 24.

Norfolk Agricultural Report—The interval between
the wrinination of harvest and the co 11111 l eticeitieut of
wheat sowing merlin/ but few objects worthy of notice
to tile B:4rietiluarist. lis late harvests, as in 1816 and
1817, this interval must mcesssrily be very short; but
in seasons so early as 1818 and i 19,a whole month has
elapsed, which has been principally occupied in carting
manure, clay, compost, &c. finishing the year's highway
duty, and a variety of jobs of the like nature, for which
the extreme dryness of the season has been highly fa-
vourable. The farm horsea have had comparatively easy
work, and a part at least have in most cases been spared
to recover their flesh at marsh mother pastures, previous
to the eiisisilig wheatsLl, the labour of which is WWII
more injurious to them than thu of the longest hat vest.
The crops of seed clover are generally gat up in very fair
order, but the quantity, it is thought, will he short.
There has been a gond deal of threshing during the
month, particularly of wheat. This crop casts but very
and the quality in but few instances equak
the average of hot year. '1 he hosts at the cud of Ala),
evidently had the effect we anticipated at the time, of
injuriug the quality, and of curtailing the number of
the grains Barley varies Still more in the sample
than Wheat. A few parcels are to he seen as plump
and good fur malting as those of any year, but fur om.
of this descripion, you see ten coarse, than, discoloured
samples, which neither maltater nor miller know what
to do with. Beans are generally good in quality, hut
lamentably deficient in husk and corn, Heligolands in
particular. The late rains have considerably: revived the
Furnips and Pastures; the former have been as much
injured by theagrubs as by the drought and mildew.
Those fanners who were fortunate enough to sow late,
are by far the best off; many of the firm sown will Fe
worth but little, especially the Swedes. Potatoes rim
very indifferently ; on account of the drought, they have
thrown out second shoots when the rain came, which
of course has itijorril the quality of the mot; they are
very small its general. Stock of most kinds has been
in great demand. As for Lambs, they never were known
to sell more freely, nor at higher prices than within she
last mouth. Fruus 25.. to 35a. and even in a few cases
of very large frames and well known blond, 40s. per head
have been obtained. In the mean time, the price of
Wool has by 150 means kept pace with these extravagant
rates. On the contrary, the buyers have very
slackened their demands, and present appearances art
far front wan- • !.3 the expectation of any material ad.
sauce in the Wool Trade. 13allucf::s come to hand in
good coudition, and may be bought at from Ss. to Oa. per
stone not of the droves. Hogs did poorly at shack,
owing to the dryness of the weather and con-
sequent hardness of the corn. They are lower than I
they were, though, from the want of stores for aeon)
shack, these latter are selling much higher to proportion
tll3llslioats.—Oct td.

the. 14 —.We have little to add to the above, except
that the dry weather has prevented many front begin-
ning Wheat sowing, and still more from going on with
what had been begun. Those indeed who drill their
Wheals, and who were fortunate enough to have a suf-
ficiency of land ploughed and rolled before hand, have
kept at work: but the prevailing mode being the dibble,
it has been found impossible such cases to go on,
owing to die land running, and the holes tilling before
the seed could be deposited. Crass is springity, ecru
fast, from the extraordinary heat of the weather at tills
late period oldie Autumn.
At S . Faith's Fair on Monday last, but little business
was done. The supply of Butter and Cheese was small,
and prices as follow :—Cheese 71. 1.0 71. 7s. per wry.
Butter 60s. to 6fis. per firkin ; the trade, however, nut
complying with these terms, but hide, if any, was sold.
The show of horses was large, but few good ones, which
met with a ready sale.
WITIIILL Fats.— This great mart for horses, hops, and
sheep, commenced on Saturday se' 111 l ight. Early in the
morning the Down exhibited a scene of the most lively in-
terest; 140,000 sheep arse to he seen at one view, concen-
trated 111 one spot. The fineness of the weather rendered
the sight more engaging, and contributed nut only to the
good appearance of the insects, but encouraged a brisk sale.
The pckemillgetteral snits be quilted as foltuw :—Est ea front
Ms. to Ws., lambs from '46. to Joe., wetheis 345. to 50a.—
Monte lots fetched higher prices ; in one ur two instances,
remarkably fine Limbs were mild as high as its, Early in
the alteration the hill was nearly cleated of sheep, and sp..ce
hut iodide rent huts remained un0.1.1 there sas lin stousnally
flue show of horses of all descripf ; hunters sod sings were
numerous and good, and fetched good prices. Many drifts
of yearling and tau-year old cart colts we.e exhibited ;
they bud a quick sate, with high prices, sod, as te.isal, were
taken up by the Lou.:on dealers. Bones Of a middling this.
sold yes) how.
The snle of hops did not commence till Tuesday morning.
Alany purchase's were then assembled, and a large choice
of h sp, was presented to view The rows sere filled,
besides winch many stacks were wider sitil-cloths ; but ou
this day little buoncsa sas effected. The ownher of pockets
In the country runs this year wins exceeding by SOO
(Nickels the poundage of 1.151 year. 'flit number of taro.
ham puck. btu tlw Farnham acre a as 3.000, exceeding last
)ear's grutuidage about 400 pockets. The weather heilag
hoe, and purchasers helm of opinion that the price. de-
mauded by the planters were (110 high, innuced the tinnier to
de. line buy itig until Wednesday when hops took a general
mast, and Mtn% large pm [hoses %ere thin made. 'the prices
sire various, /1CC11111111,4 to the crondit iiiii and quality ; they
may, however, be quoted in the country rows from 41 to
el. Its. ; hut w here lucre ass one sample sold ahoy. Its.
twenty may be sa.d to be sold under 51. Faeolsum hops
fctcheo stunt 41. 4.. to 61. Its.
Very littie seas al is year by Kent sample. as is
'molly the case, by hap mere:tact- from the Borough.—
(wet goer, 4sus-e v, Essex, and Kent, had not so many pock-
ets this year as heretofore.
The ciieese !air Nos large, and the sale rather du'l. Prices
may be milieu is. —ltest old S. set r 7ls to
". I 'retold. 546. to 665. t North W iltshile, 545. to 625.;
co% ald. 45- t 50. skis' MO, to 316.
he Ambassador from the Ne herlands returned
Win un Mondsty,-tVoto a visit to Lord and Lady
at their seat, Drupmure Lodge, Bucks.