The National Register.
London, England, 1821-09-02 00:00:00

LAMENTABLE AGRICULTURAL CONFLAGRA-

VON&

Tuesday last a large rick of new hay on the farm of
the Earl of Bridgewater, at Nettleden, near Ashr;dge„.
liens, having become over heated, took fire, and bunt—
ing with great fierceness, soon communicated to an old
rick of hay adjoining, and both were consumed.
Wednesday, about eleven oclock, a fire bloke out at
Wainer's Farm, Great Waltham, Essex, occupied by
Mr. Thos. Hodges, occasioned by the over-heating of a
stack of hay, containing nearly fifty loads, and which
stood a short distance from a barn, in which it commu-
nicated and did considerable damage. The engines ar-
rived in time to arrest the progress of the devouring ele-
ment, otherwise much more valuable property would.
have fallen a sacrifice.
On Tuesday morning last a large stack of hay in this
farm yard of Mr. J. Brown, of Pudding Norton Hall,
near Fakenham, was discovered to• be on lire, and hay
to the amount of 2001. was destroyed.
On Tuesday afiernoon a very alarming fire broke out
upon the premises of Mr. Richard Brettingham, Esq. of
Mendham, Suffolk, near ilarleston, occasioned by hay
being stacked in too green a state. About sixty tons of-
hay, with stables and sheds, fell 3.prey to the devouring
element. The barn which had caught fire, was pre-
served by the timely aid of the engines.
On Thursday se'ttni,ht, at eleven o'clock at night, in
consequence of heating too violently, a destructive fire
broke out in a large and valuable hay-stack on the pre--
mist's of W. Mason, Esq. of Nemo. Norfolk. Pre-
cautions had been taken to cut and faggot the same, but
from the quantity of narrow leafed plantain the hay con-
tained, the evil, it is thought, continued to augment,
and finally threatened the destruction of 4401. worth of
fine new and old hard land hay.
A fire of a very singular but alarming description was
occasioned at Canedow it, Essex, on Monday last, front
toe following circumstance :—A person s‘ ho held in
his hand a burning glass, directed a child to put a piece
of paper against a barn, upon which he brought the suit's
rays to bear in a manner which set the paper on fire,
when that part of the barn being much covered with
moss, the blare was communicated to the thatch ; and
and the barn with a suable adjoining were digs totally
consumed. The Rumford engine arrived on the spot
shortly alter, tut ()wit% to some defect it was rend ::ed
useless.

About midnight on Saturday last, some ahariduned
person set fire to a large new heasi-hot el, which was
covered with a tit:Ps:mil lageots and sorra' loads of
straw, in the farm-yard of Mr. W to. Gilhort, of Threck-
ingnam, Lucolushire ; providentially the fire being dis-
crivered early, was prevented spreading to the other pre-
tnises. 'l'nere is reason to suppose the fire was the dia.-
holical act of an incendiary, io consequence of a dispute
which had arisen the day !Jenne respecting the employ-
ment of Irish labourers.

An instance of the predilection of rats for strong ale
occurred to an innkeeper of Stirling. He had, about
six weeks ago, placed on the flour of an old malt kiln
a 30 pint cask of ale, to bring it in a fit state for
bottling. To his astonishment, on going to the
cask on Wednesday last, he found it nearly empty,
fir the cork was nibbled away to a small shell, which
only remained in the cask. The innkeeper had
frequently seen the rats in merry groups, frisking
and gambolling about an adjoining grannary,
but never dreamt that they bad made themselves
groggy with his happy ale, They had the sagacity
to make a small hole at first, and to enlarge it as
required, for it did not appear as if any of the ale
had dropped on the door.

FUNERALS OF HONEY AND FRANCIS.

On Smithy the funerals of these unfortunate men took
plate with great tleemicy and decorum. Their remains were
a:•ntceyed to linnimersailth, while they were inlet.' ed. The
It, iety of Proviikiit !bothers, and othrry, :mended in the
procession, with momenta; banner* and it hand of music oc-
casion:ill) playing •• The Dead march in Saul.•' The hearses
were pe:red,ll by three hoer olio, and at each side a ere
the UNURI at tendani•, besides those bearing plumes of black
fetchers. Neat tollow•ed four mourning roaches, &e. with
the fi weds mod relutivis of the deceased. who went
in procession si alke.l four abreast, 11114 i had a very ordelly
pe.ranrc, and th:• multitude that assembled through curt-
estty liise immense.

pince,•uns passed flow Smithfield throuth Holborn,
Oxford .41 vet, and dottnsouth A mile) -street , nhereit pas-
ted the Ince OUCCIS',IIOII,V. and then pursued its course In
anionersmillt. Preciously to its reaching the bar rack• lit
litklabbridte, which ltrre stet, Shef ‘V;111111111111, MAW
• hotseb irk, accompanied by the Deputy Sheriff rind
tit( I li4h Constable of the Dir ision, assisted by too or three
hundred constables in Ilse heighbotalmod, rode ; 000000 lig the
rn•nd and rcLotiamended In them to observe silence and tact
14 •ICI punnet nod necciNtry (114'01111H. As the funeral passed
the b: rs(kl, too or three 'Soldiers app. urce at the ss itidnos,
turd some partiul disapprobation was heard amongst the
ttooti. The funeral then passed ion to Hammersmith, tiller..
it o joined by troada, nod the deceased writ interred
/midst the tears of the mull it tide.

The moceastun ret tamed, but the erntsd skewed symptoms
a tint/ohm, as they pnesed through Knightsbridge when re-
entity, limey. A brick-oat was throne limn the batracks
impulse the crowd, a Inch severely wounded a child. Alder-
titan 11;stilonatt wag paoilig, we nadercand, lit the time,
and has the missile in his powessioii. Atrangemerits were
made by the lime Wit:ailment to p recent the funerals from
prising throttah 11,1,-pas k, hut no such attempt was
a...de nor crow 'Named. After the piocessian had lim-
bed the rude toe arils Kensington, but sin his
T. tura found the eases of the harm( ks throw ti open, and n
numerous group of soldiers planted themselves in a must
conspicuous position before the ft,tot gates of their bar-
rack, mid appeared by their behaviour to be challenging
the al tem ion of the passengers to for it bold nod undaunted
dem. armor. Mr. Slietilf %I aithmau, obset ring the manner
itt which they had as ranged themselves on the footpath
alovg which a great part of the crowd were certain Ito
walk in their return Iron, Hammersmith, rode up to them
*nod requested them to withdraw from the conspicuous
p..•ition iu which they had placed themselves. 'thin col
diets replied that this y had a right to eland in the
which they then occupied, and declared their resolution
of rot moving fi om it. Mr. Sheriff Waithman then said
to them, that he did not mean to insist, as he was justified
in iluilig, upon their complying with hie desire to remove
limn the footpath; that hits s. le anxiety was to preserve
the public peace ; and to effect that object he would sick
it of them as a favour to retire to their touters. He fur-
ther added, that if they would oblige hint upon that point,
Le would order his officers So arrest the first nun who
(feted them an insult. Notts itleamilii.g this conviliatui y
address, %Melt, lied it been complied with in the hist in-
stance, would have indisputably prevented all the coinsure-
lion ethic!, afteranrels ensued, the soldiers persisted in
Retainieg their station. The worthy Slittitf then asked
them to give him the unite of their commanding officer,
that he might communicate with him upon the subject.
To that proposition the soldiers, at whose head was either
a corporal ea- a set jeant, gave a most miqualined refusal.
Air. WMIIIIOIIII made, however, another attempt to slice'
his object. He mitt two or three of his officers into the
barracks to find out t!*e gentleman in command of the re-
giment, and ordered them to deliver his respectful cool.
pinnents to him, and to state how expedientAt would be
o withdraw the military from the view of the populace
It the's*, purl of the officers is to be believed, the answer
which they got ft om the ntlicer to whom they delivered
the Slieliff's message ass, r. Tell Mr. ‘Vailitinaii, your
ahead, he may go and Ise —d; u.y men shall slay where
they are ; I will not consent to have them made prisoners
vl." be import of this answer got spread among the
people, and did not tend to a spirited conciliation better's-et
'hear and the militit rs. lliffetent groups kept arriving
front Hammersmith a ills feelings strongly excite d by the
inalauchuly tate of Francis and Honey. Tbe (teas oh this
answer was not calculuted to repress that natural ii .14-
t ion under which they laboured. The worthy Sheriff saw
this; and in eetlfiegliellee went up to the gate of the bar-
racks, and said to the men," As your commanding ufficer
will not give you the orders which appear to Use to be
Reece/silty to preserve the public peace, I, as Ithaca of
the county, to vellum the King's peace in that comity is
Intrusted, sake upon myself to act as your couunandlog
deicer, and order you to retire this moment within the
has racks. If not, I shell look upon you as responsible fur
ill the fatal cousequences whirl' way ensue from your
castin.sry mud perverseness. Thia was said In the re-
liance nfleveral individuals. both civil and military,ho
eGhl:ers tourniuted. but at List reinciamly, and after eon-
statrable delay, withdrew within the gates, The people
Immediately gave Alderman Waittisban three chaos.—
• tly after Ibis polio lead been carried, the IllOttioilig
040144 arrived from Hammersmith, followed by a courts
&Table ounibur of people. The soldiers, who had col-
lesmd themselves in the windows of their re.peolive
apartments, laughed at them, in wary cases must loudly,
add Ns several, elausok their bets at the parties surrounding
them. The populace' isioried the insult by calling them
" Piccadilly butchers cue ardly cut.throuts," &Di and no
loo; rr confined theilll2lres to hissing and hooting. Mr.
Sii Wisitliman, a iiitedigs same was transacting, was
up reel (Mali with his under sheriff, endisavom nog
to snottily* the anger of the People. fly tuteisiening the
more violent spirits Olathe would order his outsets to
seise them in case lie sawthettrinsett the soldiery. and by
• milder trims:ems ho thetwore peaceably mel:ued, he'
ti.reeeded to a cm min arm en in acceinpfishieg Insubject,
The heeds of distes hamm had, hue ever, been sown among
the pee,ple,and though his premium: prevented Ilium from
striking deep root, they sprung up with greater vigour ac
soon as he retired. .Woos aver thrown by both parties,
mid so simultaneously thukit wood lilt ditbcult to decide
wlttelf were the aggressor-, In less; ihao two or this cc mi-
nutes atter the enuineemeinent of this distant was fate.
arial ass soldiers climber Over the wall into ilia sated!,
and made an attack on the people, as we wet° ioforused
Ly a iespectahle witness, theligh we certainly did
rist see flue fact ouirelecy wile maltreating a druiikee Life
Cii.arceinau, also was siti,,gering thrtiliftt the street to hir
tosurtere. A general torauemem eustr•rt between this Owes
comrades (some of whom were Ls .17t64 with bledgeoui, but

none at this time had swords) and the multitude. The we.
cess was various t but during the time that it was carried on,
reputed sullies of •tones were hurled from the upper is indows
of lice barracks. At last the people succeeded in driving hack
the soldiers a ho made the Their comrades in the bar.
rat ks perceived that their friends wile defeated, and imme-
diately issued fr the barracks, some with swords, and
others with carbines, to assist them, It was at that exact
moment that we ourselves beeame eye-n ithesses of the scene,
and we conceived, nod are still inethied to conceive, that it
was at this miliaria that the affray really commenced. It
was a fri4htlui spectacle. Soldiers, some dressed, some in
their undress, were seen bursting out of the gates of their
bars/irk', clumberiast over its wall., and rushing, with drawn
In orals and inforisted looks, into the midst of the unarmed
multitude. Others were throwing status and brick-bats into
lime streets f their p ivate rooms in much gthater quanti-
ties than acre thrown from 'L.! streets.

We saw several people around is struck by them. some of
the people now began to fly front the unequal contest which they
wcrc waxing, but others stood up to the Guards, in spite of their
superiority of offensive weapons, with the most undaunted for-
tittle t. Blood was flowing on both sides pretty freely, when Mr.
Sheriff IVaitlinian, in whose absence this tumult had occurred,
rode tip to the scene of action, and in the very throng of the
contention. lie endeavoured to part the combatants, which were
then fighting at that end of the barracks which is nearest to Hyde
Park. Not succeeding immediately in his efforts. he turned
back hitt horse, and was riding on the foot path towards the front
gate of the barracks, out of which the men armed and unarmed
kept continually issuing. As he was going along. be found
.mother p arty scuffling with the military. tic immediately order-
ed them to desist, and contrived to separate the corporal or see-
jeants with whom he had been before conversing at Megan), and
who, from the conversation which he had held with him, must
have known him as the Sheriff--a point that it is material to
keep in mind—from the conflict in which he was engaging. The
worthy sheriff immediately desired him to return to his quarters
and to induce his companions to return • the answer which the
man made hint was to slip itside and knobs down an individual
who was standing near lam. Still the slit:rifle:tempted to pet
suatle him to retire, and whilst he was doing so, a young officer,
iii plaits clothes, mooe up, oral if we saw rightly, attempted to
shoulder the Sheriff off the footpath. The corporal, to whom we
have alluded, took courage upon seeing this outrage, and imme •
diately seized the Sheriff's horse by the bridle, saying to him,
" Damn you, I'll soon show you the way oft' the footpath." NIL
Waithinan, around whom there were not more than five or six
of his officers, all of whom were struck and wounded by the mi.
litaty, seeing himself, thus assaulted, hit the individual thus
wilfully iiiipedingltim in the discharge of his ministeria duties.
a heavy blow on the top ui the cap with a riding stick which he
had in his hand. The blow stunned the man, but others of his
comrades bteced the Sheriffand his horse into the middle of the
street. Inunediately afterwards every person who witnessed the
ti.uss.wtion, either from the streets or the neighbouring houses,
must have expected to have seen Mr. Waithnian murdered. Two
or three ruffians—fur they deserve not the name of soldiers—ran
at him with their pointed swords; his officers turned them aside
—another was seen at the sante moment, after having. first dell •
berately taken is cartridge out of his pouch, and printed and
loaded his cut bine, to place it against his shoulder anti to take
deliberate aim at the worthy Alderman. Witiht the carbine was
in that situation a sheriffs officer of the mune of Levi, ran up
and knocked the ruffian down. The struggle continued a few ml-
'lutes afterwards, and then suddenly closes!, the men retiring, as
we understood, by the commend at their officers to the barracks.
The Iberia* was then fully occupied in calming the spirits of
the enraged multitude, many of whom, coot whilst the struggle
was at the hottest, applied to hint to know whether they had a
right to repel the brutal force which was brought against them,
adding, that, if they had, and he would lead them on.
they were readylto die by his side. Of coarse, the Sheriff's
answer to these applications was an injunction to those who made
them to keep themselves quiet and diipeno, 'That, however,
was advice not ulways very palatable; for rho irritation which
these events had exuded in the minds of rho people was not likely
to cease Immediately. This circumstanee rendered it necessary
for the Sheriff to remain riding up anti down till nearly eight
o'clock, to prevent the settumulatton of crowds before the bar.
lacks. This he was at last enabled to amomplish, partly by
throats and partly by the influence which hie oomluct in the
affray with the I.ite Guards had given him with the multitude
kV eight o'clock the streets about Knightsbridge were oust rag
tively.elearcd, and we have not heard of any.mtorruption a the
public treoquillity occurring during the evening, Aye that which
we have •, t recorded.
We die wit hear that any person had been mortally wounded
In the array ; several of the people : I received heavy contusions,
and come sweet cuts. Several of the Guards were bleeding cot-
piously from the note and mouth when they were oallvti into their
quarter%

DR V. AVE II I. 1.11.:11.—Mr. Nathaniel Wild, (late of the
house of Messrs. Cohen, of tkaat 64 liekn'a), who resided in
the Crescent, Union Street, IVhiteehapol, returning home on
loriday evening. loth about half ;vast tight o'clo,:ki woe
kninkcd down with inc., surd violence bye vilaain, who made
his escape instantly. inutticrer appeared to be in company
with two cabers. who made a :ender of their It•SiittillCO.
ducvasd, being but a few yards from heave, and, shortly after,
expired, having hell ton of his ribs bselten on One side, and two
on the other.—The humane and inaisvolont are meat eartics.tly
requested to sup forward in aid of 4 I,464riptitill, for the purpose
of placing his disconsolate widow end has thrum poor children,
(the youngest only nevi Months W.I. In some way of obtaining
livelihood, they having been lift without any oupport. barely
there is not a he4lt but 1104$1, glow with sympathising humanity,
nor an eye in which the tea of pity will not start, on contern.
;mating the unhappy situation of tho sultitring wife end destitute
thus suddenly hurled by a misfortune, ss unexpected
pr,,o) a glue of comparative happiness into an abyss of
-ate and misery. that threatens to overwhelm their eillieted
hearts. If the solicited help (swim dry the 'ldling tear, eracrothe
the grieving heart, at the present moment of trial and despair. it
will at lust went to allaiaro the distress under which they
labours it is therefore to belayed. that thiapppeal to the friends
of humanity will not be mane in vela.—The smallen donation
time a 4yuapsibising public will he gratefully acknowledged, old
kindly received by Mews. HAXXCUPLEY end Co. Bankers, 76,
Nall Mall l Mews. iltaxs and CO. linakess, 113:r. Fleet Street
and MOW:. VATS 444icu.rm,x, Bankers, St. Mildly:VlC:mit,
Pc.altry.

Estraordinary Pear Tree.—There is now at Mr.
Wise'si the White Swan, in Hyde-street, in the
suburbs of Winchester, a pear-tree known by tho
name of Drown Berry, which has grown most luxu-
riantly, its top branches being nearly twenty feet
high. It blossomed in its usual way in May last,
and the fruit of that blossom is nearly in perfection;
in June it blossomed again, and this fruit kerned,
and is now on the tr,,;e nearly the site of a pullett's
egg; in July it bloomed again, and this fruit is now
about the size of a walnut; and now, in August,
the bloom is in clusters of five and six, which are
laming about the size of peas, a circurustanes
scantly era known before.

COAL MARKET, Atm. I.
Alps at Market. Ship avid. Price.
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