The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-25 00:00:00

NORTH SHIELDS, OCT. 15.

An 'alarming riot took place here sterday evening, in
winch a 1111111 ulifintuitatvly log his life. lite cocutn-
stances Ore I

Tile keelniett upon the river still refusing to go to
work, am earn was yesterday mule by the .layor of
Newcastle, assisted by the civil plower, and four or five
boats, manned with sailors and marines front a sloop of
war in the harbour. to bring down a few keels laden
wills coals front diffeicin stattlisabove, and cast them on
board such vessels as were waiting for their cargoes.
Bel WCell five atid six o'clock in the afternoon the keels
snit ed. accompained by the Mayor of Newcastle and a
laxly ui special constables ill one of the steam boats, and
tire sloop 01 war's boats above mentioned. At this nine
a number of persutss, but principally boys, were assem-
bled on tl.c Nt.tv Qtly, opposite the Nottimitibtrland
A rins, and tn.:). Lin isissiti, hooting, and goststitig
While the coals were casting 11110 the snipa lying, Oppo-
site Ilk Quay. Nothing serious, however, Imo' such an
aseulb,a.,c was accurditigly, about
h d.-past me o'clock, the Mayor. the IVater-batted, &e.
lauded from the stesm-boat, and, cro..sing the Otia:,
went into thy Nnr.inntiocrland Anus fur the ;tattoos...
of g...itina stone re.resninesit. The It layor, though a
very popular 1114aWlrJI.', was, however, grossly iust.otti
on leas big the boat One Mall, in the act of throe. iuu
the Mayor secured win' his owl, Molds, aisil hat,
111111 conveyed to the N betlam. Arms, where he
was detained. Snort iv after, the noise upon the
Il icreased ; re seolit... writ 11110 the attilill-noon,
which was illoolcd Cillse to the Via) ; and the special
constables and others, left out ouard, being unable tit
defend theinitelv es, they despatched a small boat to request
the protection of toe charities, who hats abet, fc.Ullicd 10
the sloop. Ole boat, Wiltt ate utficer and a new marines
in it, presesitly artived, and polled up close her the
the stem of hie steam-boat, tile pyrsou• tot board ut
which had by this 11.11., tote and all, beets dueven to
%eek ',hello. in toe cabin. The boys still kept ply itis
their nsissly s front die Quay, kissing and hooting at lite
parties on the water. frighten them, as was sup-
posed, iWo Illuskrls were however, Seed by the marines;
but they were loaded only with blank cat tridues. A
Pause ul a few minutes ensued, anti theft a (resit shower
of stones was poured into tie steam-boat, one of winch
struck the officer. Now a toad iniss.kvi Was tired,
which killed a sailor sottiditig on the 110.11 of die
anti who was merely a spectator of the fray. No Riot
Act was read ; ho inaitistiate, in tact, was near except
the Nlayor of Newcastle, who has no jarintiction at
Shields, except upon the water, and the people assembled
hail 'lever doe now of being tired upon. Cries of " unit
der" 1011unictl.

1111 l en and men imliscriminitely joined in assaulting
the boats with siollei maid beck-11.,t6, but the marines
ediately pulling off, the fury of the mob was very
soon directed to the Northumberland Arms, into which
house it was said, the tinker um) CLlllllaid titled the
marines had grille, and where were theta locum tire
Mayor of Newcastle, with other gentlemen. the Water
So% !Jere the mob set nu hounds to their rage.
‘• Nlanctiester over again !.—" Blood fur blood 1" were
v.•etterated incessantly. windows and window
frames of the two 11)%%er stories of the house were com-
pletely Jeuto.isbed. S mie metal pipes, for gas, wham
lay contiviodsly, were .ripped in breaking 1110:11 1111
street door, the !Ugh Cot,stable of Shields arrived,
and declaring that at the risk of his life he would pre-
sr7ve tie ace of the town, lie succeeded by his
111 allaying the frantic feeling of the mob.—
rule) demanded tae release of the person who had been
taken into custody by die Mayor, as well as the surrender
of the Oilkta sal 111Atilleii, who, they contended, had taken

our. 2i

in the house. The man was very priidtmly set
.it liberty ; bin the officer nut being in the house, the'
were allowed to search for Mut, which they did very
'tightly, and then retired, and in a few minutes all teas
pet fectiv tranquil.
Shortly after a small party of dragoons arrived, hitt
their services were then wholly unnecessary. At
ten o'clock scarcely a man was to be seru in the streets.
Alaym of Newcastle (lid every thing in his pxtts er to
keep the peace ;•Idut assailed by an infuriate mob, and
shut up as he was in the North flatland Arms, it
was impossible for him in make any edectual exertion
tor the restoration of peace and order. This month%
all contiuoyr quiet, but large boilitis of imams arc prow.
ling about, mid Innerly co:it'd:lining of the conduct of
the magistrates in not griming warrants fur the appre.
itension of the marine, Or officer 4)1 marines, who, as
they say, so prematurely and iithuutailly fired upon the
people.

A coroner's inquest a•as held upon the hotly to-day,
but after the examination of three witnesses, the pr..
ceeilings ItJee been adjourned till to-morrow. Enough,
how, ter, already appears to exonerate the officer front
any change of haring hituseh been the person who shot
the unfortunate wan. Aloe') anxiety is felt for the
Jesuit attic inquest. The Jury IS sery respectable.

A CAUTION.—A person assuming the character of -a
shoemaker has lately been in the halm of gout? to many
houses in the tieighbourhood of Cavendish-square, under
the pretext of having brought home a pair of new shoes
for one of the family, for which lie demands payment.
lie delivers the shoes to the servant that opens the door,
and • ediately his back is hinted takes the opporiu-
oily of entering the parlours and stealing plate, or any
other articles ot value which may happen in fall in: his
way. The person above alluded to is rather a short roan,
of a dark complexion, and usually wears an old black
c tat and black linen apron„
SHOCKING OHTRAGIS.—On Wednesday, the 29th
ult., as illackinore, who had on the preceding day
given information against some person for selling cider
without license, was proceeding fr Chard to Bridge.
water, in S rsetshire, at to o'clock at night, when
within half a toile of the former place, he seas attacker;
by some lier•on, who caws behind and struck him vio-
lently with a thick stick upon, and broke, his Iva leg;
the IN or man instantly fell down, is liela the wretch so-
lvated his blows many times, leaving Win Sell•WitSS.
iII about two hours alive wards the wretch returned, and
the Immo HIM, alive, lie repeated his Moos, said
on his desisting to call out he left him for dead. He
lay in this state, exposed to the weather, fur it rained
and the wind was high, until 4 u'elcick the next morn-
ing, when he was found it. the road by a chi iiiiiiiii
sweeper, who procured assistance' and he was comeyeil
to a neighbouring public-house. It appeared that his
left arm was broken, and his baud !notch cut iu endea-
vouring to protect his head ; his ribs were broken, and
his leg dreadfully shattered, which has sluice ben t
amputated. It is expected be will recover, thou:4h Ire
is not pronounced nit of danger. It is a wit ,e!e lie es.
ewe,' with life. We understate' that Mr. (;litie, the
Comfier, has been to Chard, to investigate and discover
the perpetrators of this horrid deed ; attd a person of the
Ildlime 01 Richard lick b us been apprehended and !Idly
committed to ileb:ster-gaol, to take his :6.11 for the
Evere attention that could suagt-st iist•lf has
been given to alei 1.11 e the sufferings of this poor man,
who has a %rite and ten children, one of is 111/111 is a
cripvle. aid the )utiti,gest only four years md, holly
utipitoided for.

On Tuesday, a genteelly dressed female, nhout 50
years of age, fen down in a fit in Ostiwd•strect. A
gentleman of the name of lilair, of Park.strect, very
humanely had her conveyed in a coach to St.
George's Hospital, where she lay a few hours and
expired. Friday an inquest was held on the body
hetOre T. Gell, Esq. when it appeared that the de.
ceased had no papers in her pockets whatever tolead
to a discovery of who she was. She had nothing
but 12 shillings in silver and a large hunch of keys.
The.deceased wus a fine stout woman, and is sup.
posed to have come from the country. The Jury
gave a verdict of—Died in a fit of Apoplexy. The
Coroner strongly recommended the body to be kept
as lung um possible, and exertions to be made in order
to see it' the deceased was owned.

‘Veilnesday night, about half past ten o'clock, as
a young gentlenum was passing through Pitficld-
street, Old-street-road, he was hustled by u gang of
ten or twelve fellows, seemingly drunk, one of
whom thrust his hand into his waistcoat pocket, and
took from thence three half crowns.

Friday afternoon, a young woman, very gen.
teeny dressed, about 23 years of age. %Iris seen by
some watermen, near the Red ! louse, ll:ittersJa, to
throw herself all' u boat, which was moored off same
others, into the !shames. The men immediately
ran to extricate her, which they succeeded in doing,
but not without great difficulty, it being high watcl
She was conveyed to a neighbouring house, and re-
covered. It turned out that she was the on:y
daughter of a gentleman of .great property and re:-
pectability in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall, whi.
ther the unfirrtunate female was carefully conveyed
back. It appears that the young lady had once be-
time attempted to put •a period to her existence, in
consequence of a disappointment in a love affair.
r the Norwu•h Sessions on Tuesday, the Mayor
emertaiiied the lire order, and a number ut the Magis-
tr Ile,. at his house, Willow Lire as did Mr. Sheriff
Hawke% the Grand Jury and his friends, at his reai-
Jeucc
Bethel Street.

OCT. U.

Norfolk Agricultural Itepert.—The intern' between
the 'simulation of harvest and the commencement of
wheat sown': presents Lut few objects worthy of notice
to the agriculturist. litc harvests, as in 1816 and
lel7, this interval must necessarily be very short; but
its sLasiiiis sir curly a, ltlltf and 1,419,a witole mouth has
el ipsed, which has been i.roteipally oleispierl in carting
tihniure, clay, compost, &c. liutshiit t she year's highway
shiny, and a tinkly sit ja cal tie like nature, lot which
the extreme dryness of the s .ason has been itighly fa-
rmer tide The farm horses have had comparatively easy
woik, and a pait at least hate its most cas‘a been spared
to iceas et their fl. sh at Ina Nit or other pastures, previous
to the cusidoir n 'waist], the labour of which is often
Li) thelli 111.111 that Of the luoigebt harvest.
The crops in wed clover are generally gut up in very fair
order, hit the rpitiltiiy, it is thonalii, will lie short.
Tneie has liee,, a good deal of threshing 51 g the
▪ raticulaily of %, heat. This crop calls but very
hidden:tidy, awl the in hut fete instances carats
the is re.te of last year. 1 tie hosts at the end of May
had the effect we anticipated at the • ,of
site tlll'Alyr and of curtailing the insinher
the :Jams Bake varies still snore in she sample
titan Wheat. A few patcels are to seen as plump
and good for Willing as those of any year, but fur one
of 'ins description, you see ten coarse, thin, discoloured
samples, which nettlhr maltater our stinker know what
to du with. Beasts are generally good in ribishiy, but
lainvioal.ly deficient in nulls and corn, Ileligolands ni
particular. :sle late rains have considerably revived the
articular.
and Pastures ; the former have beets as
injured I.y the:grubs as by the drought and mildew.
Those farmers who were fortunate enough to sow late,
are by far die best off; many of the first sown will I e
worth but little, especially the Saadrs. Potatoes rise
very itidiff ; on ace of the drought, they have
thrown out seems, shoots when tile rails came, which
of cusirse has injored the quality of th? rout; they arc
very small iii general. Stuck of most kinds Isis been
its great dents-at As fur Lambs, they never were known
to sell more freely, nor at higher prices than widths the
list month. Fr 254. to 354. and even in a few cases
oh
very larae frames and well known blood,4ua. per head
Is ive been obtained. In the meals time, the price of
Wool his by, no means kept pace with these extrsval,aut
rates. Oa tisk conursry, the buyers have very inueo
sLekeised their and•presetu • appeirence• are
far from w imputing the expectation-of any material ad-
% :ince in the IVwol Trade. Bullocks come to hand in
good condition, and may be bought at front ss. to tm. per
SILIlle out cal the droves. 1100 dish poorly at shack,
owing to the dryness of - the weather and con-
sequent hardness of the corn. They are lower thou
they were, thim3h, f the want of stores far acorn
shack, these latter are selling much higher its pmportioil
than shoats.—(hl

Ott. 14 —We hue little to add to the above, except
that me dry weather has prevented from .begni-
Mug Wheat sowing, and still more f going on with
wiut had been begot'. Those indeed who chill their
NVheats, and who were fortunate enough to have a suf.
firieocy of land ploughed and rolled before hand, have
kept at work : btu the prevailiag mode being the dibble,
it has been found impossible in such case: to go on,
owing t.. the land running, and the holes tilling before
the seed could be deposited. Grass is spriiiehig very
fa.t, trout the extraordinary heat of the weather at this
late period of the Autumn.

Ai :4•. Faith's Fair on Monday laschnt little business
was done. The supply of Butter and Cheese was aniall,
and priers as fidlow :—Cneese 71. to 71. 7s. per wry.
Bo ter tiOs. to Ws. per firkin ; the trade, however, 11111
with these terms, but 1.1.1 e, if any, was sold.
Ease Mow of horses was large, hut few good ones, t%hich
met with a ready sale.
Wets' it aM. Fs I. - This :treat mart for horses. hops, and
sheep, commenced nil Saturday se'smight. I.nsly in ibe
looming the [town exhibited a scene of the most lively in-
trust ; 140,000 sheep acre to he sera at one view, conceit-
voted it. one soot. The fineness of the weather rendered
the sirdit inure asiJ contributed lust only to the
good appearance urine barer, hut eiscourdxed a brisk sale.
'Far prices ill generol may hr mimed sc. follow :—Ea es from
'Ass lib 321 C. I.lllllkli fr ti;ss. to dns , artisess a Is. to
Nome hit, ictched It SAM ' ;wires ; its one or !no iesraiices,
reinarl.ablr tine latishs were sold ie. high as 4is, Luny in
the afternoon the hill was nary clearest of sheep, and max
hat nt lots remained unsold !lime ussustially
film show of horscs of all dew rim s; Winless soil n were
nionecos:s nut good, trod fetched good priers. Uany drifts
of .esacimug and tan-year old can colts ne e i—
nto had a quick sale, with ;wires, and, as mital, u. re
taken up b) the London dealers. horses of • moddisis; tubs
sold VVE% low'.

rite sale of loop.; 40 not commence till Tuei-disy onsorsoin:.
51.iny putchasrss new then and it larLte rhoire
of h.eps stet. presei.ted In View. The ri,la %ere tilled,
besides winch winn unite ki %err under 9:ti1•C1,.11 4 1111
014 1411411 t 44 1.a4 dr.( toll. The int giber of p .i-kei,
in he cou:.trs cone year Has 7,35 Y, 300
poe ri. Cie A...n0d:44e of last Thi- tiunvoii of I.:.
ham la cke is in tile acre is a, 30.5'.
4e al t 4,0 pocket,. L. ores+are is..
floe, pushl a-rio br,tl of opinion th .1 CO. 4.5 tco de.
tn.ut,{rd by the planless stele 1•..1 ithiuct the 64111. rto
de lnn bus in_ until , %%lien I. took a I.,,titeroll
11..1, ict I.orge purr nett pricey
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The An;b4lssatlor titat the Ne.lierlands returned
to town on Monday, from a visit to Lord and Lady
ut their seat, Dropmt,re Lodge, Bucks.