The National Register.
London, England, 1811-11-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Sutton in Ashfield, and the intermediate villages. The depre •
dators have been almost exclusively confined to the destruction •
of a certain description of stocking-frames, which, being of a-
new construction, are supposed by the workmen likely to prove
greatly injurious to the body at large. The town and parish of
Bulwell hat been a scene of the most violent outrages on Sun-
day night last, a number of men, armed with various offensive
weapons, attacked the house of one H-ollingsworth, who bad'
become obnoxious, on account of his having some frames at
work on the new principle: The latter being apprized of their
intention, procured the assistance of his brother-m-law, and
three or four friends, who, with fire-arms, resolved to protect
the property—a great many shots Were exchanged, pnd one of
tke assailants, named John Westby, was mortally wounded.
This unfottunate circumstance occasioned the mob to withdraw•
for a short time with their woueded companion but being
joined in a lane at sonic distance from the spot, by fresh num..
b. rc, and Westby having expired on the road, they became so
exasperated as to return to the attack will redoubled fury.
They soon forced an entrance into the house, when the party
within found it necessary to make a precipitate retreat, which
they accomplished by means of a window at the back part of
the house, leaving their tire arms behind them. The rioters, on
entering the house, immediately proceeded to demolish the fur-
niture, and in their fury brohe and destroyed every article in
the house, together with the frames, the chief object of their
vengeance. On the next day the mob again collected, and hay.
i»g obtained information of some frames being on the road beg
longing to two houses in the town, they interceeted them at
Basford, and totally destroyed them, throwing part into the
Leen In a similar manner they destroyed some other frames.
On Wednesday, several hundreds collected near Arnold, from
whence they proceeded to Sutton in Ashfield, where no less
than 37 frames were completely demolished. Herr, however, a
stop was put to their career by the arrival of a party of the mill-,
tary, upon whose appearance the mob instantly dispersed in all
die ections.
Many persons concerned in these proceedings have been takes
into custody, four of whom have been fully committed.
The High Sheriff, with the advice of the County Magistrates,
has called in the Holme nerrepoint, and Bunny troops of
yeomanry cavalry, whese services, with a detachment of the
4th Dragoons from the barracks, have been of the greatest
utility. As an additional security, the First Regiment of Local
Militia are assembling, and ti e ewalk Troop of Yeomanry
Cavalry are in readiness to act. The Magistrates are every
where at their posts. Some hundreds of special constables have
been sworn in.
The following account of the attack on Hollingsworth's house
has been furnished by the Coroner:—
" Between the hours of one and two, on Monday morning last,
about 3CO persons assembled before the house, for the purpose of
brce king the frames in Hollingsworth's shop, who, being pre-
pared to defend his property, several shots were fired upon the
rioter!, and they being also armed with fire-arms, fired several
shots in at Mr. H.'s windows, and forcing open the house-door,
the people within retreats,: tip tairs, where they again defended
themselves for some time; the people below firing several shots
up the stairs, and finding them selves unable to get up stairs, they
began to pull down the partition-wall, which supported the
chamber-floor, and by that means let the floor down, threatening
to murder every man in the chamber. 11Ir. and his friends
now seeing that they were no longer able to protect the property,
• and finding that the rioters would get the floor down, made their
escape through the chamber window into the back part of the
house. The doors, windows, furniture, and frames were all
destroyed. Soon after day-light, the body of John Westby, a
frame-worker, was found dead on the highway, a short distance
from the house. On the 13th, a Coroner's inquest was taken,
when it was found that a ball had entered the left side, a little
below the navel, passed through the body, and came out just mm-
der the short rit;. on the right side, near the spine. Verdict,—
That he died of the wound us above justyiady given by the said
Edward Hollingsworth, or others his ussista)ds, in dsjincc (j
hfnt-
sel/; his jamily, house, and property,."
EXTRACT OF ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

44 On Thursday, the body of John Yresthy, a native of Leices-
ter, the man who was shot on Sunday night, at 13ulwell, was re-
moved to Arnold, for interment, where he has resided about 142
years, and where he has left two orphans, one five and the other
three years of age, to bewail his untimely end. In the itternoon
the funeral took place, and the scene was truly awful. The High
Sheriff, the Under Sheriff, and about half-a dozen Magistrates
were on the spot, attended by a posse of constables, and about
thirty mounted dragoons, who all proceeded with the funeral to
the church-yard ; but before the body was removed, the Riot
Act was read in several parts of the town. From 700 to 1000
persons attended on the occasion. The corpse was preceded by
a number of the deceased's former club-mates, bearing black
wands, decked with knots of crape.