The National Register.
London, England, 1816-10-21 00:00:00

MEETING AT NORWICH.

A requisition having been presented to the Mayor, re-
questing him " to call a Common Hall in order to bike into
consideration the propvicty of petitioning the Legislature
for the greatest possible retrenchment of the public expcn-
diturr, and for a 124:form in the Commons House of Portia-
ment.”—'flie May-or, W. Hankes, rsq. appointed a meetinz
to he held on Monday last, at St. Andrew when it ac-
cordingly tuok lance, and was numerously attended.

Mr. Sheriff Ifolintrhroke IV3S called to the Chair; and the
business was opened by John Pete:Word, Esq.. who inflicted
to the conduct of Mr. Pitt and his amoriakin, the manifold
evils which had resulted frc,m that Minister's measures. The
only effectual remedy, he said, wasn radical Reform in the
!louse of Commons. Mr. Pitchford concluded by moving
several Reisolntinfis to ibis effect, which were eceonded by
fi. Gurney,

Wm. Fritli, Esq. said, that though lie concurred in some
parts ut tht Resolutions, vet there were several poiuts iu
ehich lie.tlifrered from them. tic thought the present not
the proper time for Parliamentary Reform, and that Ratan'
ought to begin with the people.

The Resolutions were put aad carried, without a disseotient
voice.

William. Smith, Esq. after the Petition was smanimously
adopted, in a very able and luminous speech declaring his
cordial approbation of the object of the meeting, and his
hearty concurrence in the request of his constituents.

Thanks were voted to Mr. Smith, for his support of the
great cause of Parliamentary Reform for more that 30 years.
Thanks were also voted to the Mayor for having convened the
Meeting, and to the Chairman, for his conduct in the chair.
The Meeting was attended by more than 3000 persons.
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We have-11ot seen come letters and other communication*
front the North of England, containing an abstract of the
proceedings of meetings at different towns, particularly
Itueleport, Ashton-under• Line, and other places in the vi-
cinity of Alanchester. A Msnelarster Paper has three Ad-
vertisements of Resolutions on the subject of reforming Par-
liament, the language of which exceeds ally thing ever tole-
hoed in this country before. At Stockport the crowds
--entitled offered themselves as ready victims, ut any mit-
to effect a radical change in the Government of the
y ! The •entinients, as handed to its, are without au
petalicl iu their bulduess,—LitagirldiVereur,y.,

ailment _ Durham to dry corn in the
sliest, by means of a 'stove in tlw centre of a large room ,
which hart been placed there fur mantificturing purposi s.
The wheat, which at eight o'clock in the morning was in a
very wet state, was at seven in the evening fit for the miller.
We beg to suggest the propriety of constructing Mick flues
round the interior of barns where, by spinal( the sheaves
upright, the farmer might dry a considerable quantity of
enru in twt lve hours, and thus rescue his crops from destruc-
tion.

In Norfolk the harvest work has been delayed by the
Leavy fall of rain ; sti it has beau iu parts of Yorkshire and
Northumberland.

At Leicester Fair, Thnrsday se'nnight, there was a large
quantily of sheep and neat cattle, many of which were driven,
without having hail even an inquiry after price. A general
depression pervaded every thing except in prime Oxen, a
great her of which were sold on the day preceding the
fair, at rather high prices.

On Thursday se'nnight Weyhill Down exhibited one of
the largest sheep fairs in the recollection of the oldest man
living. It is calculated that there were upwards of 200,000
penned ; and the weather proving very fine, the sight of so
many sheep was highly gratifying. In the morning sheep
went off rather briskly, but towards the middle of the day
the sales were dull, and ultimately a great many were driven
off' unsold. The prices of sheep in the moraing varied very
little from those at the late Wilton lair; though, upon an
average throughout the day, they fetched from 2s. eid. to 3s.
lower. There was a very line show of horses, although their
number fell rather short of last year ; fine cart colts as usual
maintained a good prk e, and were purchased by dealers ter
the London market.--Nag horses were plentiful. but their
sale was dull.—ln the Hop Fair, on the following day, about
600 pockets of Farnhams were grounded on the hill, one very
prime lot of a hick fetched 25 guineas per cwt. ; the price of
Farithams, however, varied materially in conseptence of their
great difference in quality. There were 700 pockets ofeoun-
try hops ; trot it is calculated that there were full 2300 pockets
abort of last year's show. A very tine sample of Altouu hops
sold as high as 251. per cwt.; the general price of the best
hops was, however, from IM to 20 guineas. There is every
reason to expect that, ns usual, hops will, at the conclusion
of the fair, experience a redaction in price, as there awe more
old hops on hand than has been generally expected.—There
was a great quantity of cheese at this fair, of various quality,
and from various counties: fine old cheese fetched fronl 70s.
to 755. ; coward from 545. to 5Ms. ; and half coward from 425.
to 4Ms. .

PlEtCHlNG.—Richard Barnett was on Tuesday convicted
before I'. Clutterbuck, Esq. of keeping and usiug engines e r
wires for the destruction of game in the parish of Dunker-
ton, and fined SI. He was taken into custody by C. Coates,
keeper to Sir C. Baintylde, Bart. who found upon him I 7 wite
snares. The new Act that has just passed against these ille-
gal practices seems only to have irritated the offenders; and
made them more daring and desperate. The following is a
copy of an anonymous circular letter, which has been re-
ceived by several Magistrates, and other eminent characters
in this neighbourhood :
" TAKE Neil-tem.—We have lately heard and seen that there is
an Act passed, that whatever Poacher is caught destroyiwg the Game
is to be transported for seven years—This is English Likely !
Now, we do swear to each other that the first of our company
that this law is inflicted on, that there shall not one gentleman's scat
in our country escape the rage of tire; we are nine in number, and
we will burn every gentleman's house of note. The fist that im-
peaches shall be shot. We have sworn not to impeach; you may
think it a threat, but they will find it reeky. The Game Laws were
too severe before; the Lord of all men sent these animals for the
peasants as well as for the prince. God will not let his nes)* be of
pressed ; he will assist us in our undertaking. and we Will execute it
with caution ; let every ouc of to that breathe praise the Lord !"--
Papr.
THE GANG 01 Roanelic to k114E1.-011.1TMULly the 30th
of September,Mr. J. Deimis,of Tye-green, Elsenham, Essex,
was alarmed by sonic tttttt sual noises, which proceeded from
the yard of his house. He thought he heard some persons
hu caking open the parlour-window below. He aceordingly
hurried on a few garments, and proceeded with a man-ser-
vant down-stairs; when they discovered that a cuing of rob-
bers had broken into the parlour through the window. Mr.
H. and his servant were preparing to defend themselves,
wilen one of the desperadoes fired a gun, loaded with small
Raid, part of which perforated Mr. H.'s face, but the wounds
hate not endangered his life; Mr. D. was, however, unable
t • persist in any mode of defence, and be was compelled to
AVe his trusty man to do the best he could. The servant
b; his boldness induced the robbers to quit the house with-
o it obtaining any booty, although It was pretty well known
t tat Mr. Dennis leaa round smut of money in ins. house. A
uward of 40 guineas was the next day tittered by the " El-
s mham Association," and on an application being made to
Bow-street Office, Bishop was sent to use his exertions In
the discovery of the offenders ; and on the 4th of the present
month he sucteeded in apprehending Polak, and Pe m. and
lien. Clark (brothers).—He had not long had them in ens-
tody before Monett squeaked, as it is technically termed, (be-
came an evidence against the rest) and disclosed snob a scene
of iniquity as has not been excelled. In comer-pence of the
information he acquired from Monek, and the assistance of
many of the first Gentlemen in that neighbourhood, the whole
gang were soon discovered; viz. Jos. Clark, the father of
the two persons before mentioned ; J. Clark, his son, and
another brother ; .1. Giffin, M. Miller, and IS m. Hayilon, all
of whom he apprehended at Stortford, FAsingliam, and Brix-
ton ; and on the Saturday brought them before Mr. Woelf,
Mr. Collins, and Mr. Birch, the Magistrates. at Saffron.W;ii-
den, who examined them at great length.—The charges in-
troduced against them were numerous. Mr. Stock, dflien-
sham, in Essex, stated, that about six weeks since a party of
villains tired three times at his windows; they finally broke
i ito the houses but were strongly threatened and repulsed,
notwithstanding which they stole some articles of wearing
oval eh, among vvhieb were a pair of shoes, which woe foetid
upon the feet of the elder Omsk when he was apprehended ;
mid Mr. Stock identified them. Lu the informatioa of al tuck
it turned oat, that Elizabeth Clark, the wife of the elder f-
saner, and the mother of the younger prisoners (Clark`, was
the person who generally acted as ariet, when nu, rubberiel
were committed ; that she painted all their likenesses in block,
to disguise their coindetiances, and gave them a tolerable
portion of gin preparatory to their midnight adventures. The
prisoners have long been the terror of the neighborhood as
poachers, shet p-stealers. due. Mr. Barnard and Mr. Mum-
ford have lost a great many sheep. They were heavily iron-
ed and convoyed to Newport gaol, in Essex.--Mr. Sham r, a
ientlernan in the neighbourhood, had nine gallons of wine
stolen from him a few nights previous to the last tueulioned
rubbery.

'ENITENTIAIt

GENERAL OUTLI r.

At present there are only female convicts confined i n the
Penitentiary, but the part intended tor the reception of
males is nearly completed, cud will be ready to receive them
in the cou►se of a few weeks. 'f he chapel, which is a most
spacious building, and well constructed for the accommoda-
tion of the committee officers, and prisoners, is also nearly
finished, will be consecrated by the llislwp of London early
in November next. At present a large room is made use of
us a temporary chapel, and it is very interesting to witness
the decent deportment of the convicts during divine sery ice.
The prisoners are divided into two classes, and arc distin-
guished by a particular dress. There are schools for their
religious and moral instruction, under the immediate super-
intendence of the Chaplain, who distribntcd amongst them,
according to his discretion, religious books at the ex-
pease of the establishment. He keeps a journal of observa-
tion, and daily sees and converses with the prisoners us to
the slate of their minds, and gives spiritual advice to the
sick, and to all who require it. A reasonable time is allowed
to the prisoners every day for walling and exercise. At the
approach of dusk a bell is rung when they must leave olf
work, and repair to their separate night cells. The cleanli-
ness and good order of the prison, which meet the eye of a
visitor in every direction, Is truly gratifying; and the con.
victs, while they seem to fear the different officers, at the
same time appear to respect them.
The Governor and Motron also keep a journal of observa-
tion, and their laudable attention, as well as that of the other
officers, are such, it is to be hoped, as to insure not only the
good conduct of the prisoners during their confinement, but
ultimately their complete reformation.
Although the prisoners are treated with the greatest kind-
ness, yet the management of the prison is so conducted, that
they must feel in a proper degree the punishment of being
confined.

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