The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-08 00:00:00

SURRKY TilliA7'RE.

A splendid and highly comic new Ifarlesininade
was last aught added to the very extensive, sods ce
may says expensive list of the present seatictsi's pro-
ductions. The Proprietor, setting every ;popular
subject that presents Motif, hot mane The Americo*
See Serpent is source of galore .enterta tttttt roti • midi
we hope, profit, than it is likely to proie ou itittio7
Oases side of the stater. It is also a vehicle for
some very fascinating local scenery from views
taken in the moot picturescpic parts of Aitteitcat;
nod, we beiievr; it is the first lime any theatre has
given us soy repri7. ototwoo. of ilhot country. The
accompanying inaciatiery. tricksy owl ikeiirlitions,
are in a isroportsuociie style of etc.-firms.; the fable
is simple, mid equally adapted to the gods as to the
hula ion; the music lively slid wall varied ; and the
incessant exertions of RIDGI*AII. KIKUY,
'tisetow, HOWELL, and Jotinson. in the propel.
pal characters, were crowned with applause. at
loud as it was ismitii Us, and which was °lnns 4.
pealed at lit fall of the curtain.
bed Ridifig hood followed, and with aliparentl#
increased attraction.

Mite htttt.t. we ore sorry to learn, hes beets
d with the scarlet Imre..

One ..f Lord Enlists° N T'S hones, while exercising.
last week. on Newmarket !teeth, fell, and threw/
the rider, who pitched on his heath and was so much
injurr d. that he died the following day.

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MANCHESTER COTTON SPINNER..

No circumstance or occurrence has yet operated
so as to dissolve the -.combination of this class of
workmen. On Saturday their Executive Commit-
tee was Burps iced by a visit from the Officers of
Justice, and live of them token into custody. on in.
formotimi4 with documents ofimoortsove. They
usuleriveist a long examination before the Magi..
trate*, and an eminent Cuuasrl, Air. Crops, attend.
ed on behalf of the Moster.Solosers; when the of-
fenders, for want of bail (200/. and two sureties of
100/. each, fot.rvery Prisons-I) were fully commit-
ted to take theirliial at the so at Sessions, for con.
*piracy.: Their names are—Joke Hollis, (*Siebert
Hutchinson, John fowkr, hawassi johninni and
John Hague. lterpeouble bail has since been of-
fered for llutchinsonomil accepted. •
Tuesday was reinorksible for amue-singular visita •
tions. One large ..boily of weavers advanced into
the town from the Middleton line of road ; a second
from the Oldham!' liar ; and • third from that .4
Ashton-snider-1A.5,1e. Each came in regulate' polite ry
order, rod the whole formed a mess. of some them-
sosills.. accompanied also by a considerable numb- r
of women. As it was the principal. mercantile
market-day, the influx of such numerous bodies in
addition to those brought by usual bovines., with
the curiosity not unmixed with alarm created in :he
resideot inhabitants, gave rise to a confused bustle
throughout the day. The different corps punishl
the principal streets of the town, making it a poi, t
to march. past the police ofhre and the Commercial.
buildings. Market-street was ithrouged to exec...
and immense isuinlk,rs followed in 'heir train dar-
ing their extraordinary career. . They departed
peaceably, mid were no more heard of.
On Wednesday punting another very large body
of the „sante drcraption, weavers, with many wo-
men. but with the imposing addition of being pre-
ceded by music and a pair of large colours, ad-
vanced into the town in military order.from Stock-
port arid that vicinity. They were headed bg si
man in a peculiar dress, bearing on his shoulder* o
reed and iseald put into 111011111111 g by the symbol
of a piece of crape attached to it. They marched
through those particular parts of the town which
their precursors had traversed on the preceding day,
and retired to St. George'r-fields, near Shodefult.
where a Humber of Resolutions were put to the
vote by their leader*, and
.passed by acclamation.
They then retired from the town., Their biomes.
were Mouthed, 1, .Secess ,Shdlings in she Pound
and so less." This 111 the advance of wages which
they have claimed frota the manufacturers, and for
which they are now turning out.
About noon in the above day (Wednesda)). Ilia
factory of Mr. Grey, in Pollard-street, near An--
coats-law, a gendemesi who has manifested great
spirit in retorting the encioechisients of the turned-
out spinners, and who had provided arms with the
building, rod stones on the top a in
to protect Isis
property; was attacked by a body of mess, %lin
marched up to it in regular, rank and hie order,
shouted, demanded that the Nobstielcs (per%osis at
work) should be torned.litit accosted the Foreman
of the mill ill terms of gross abuse, set their feet to
the gate to force it open, mod actually burst a past.
lid. through *lnch , slimes were throats. rho
mob at this time culiskted of several hundred
persoto, mitt Ouse within mind upon the mill
found it necessary to use dofesuive means for
their own preservation, 118 they feared for their
lives. Stones, prepared for a situation of •
ctssity. were first dropped f the building for
the • •midatiois of the, assailants. Tula not an-
swedog any loUri/OUP, 111111 *tunes being hurled as
high as, and over the roof by the turn-outs, an
active return of such missile* was made by Ms:
Grey's people, and fire-arms were also discharged
from within the mill, by which *evertl persona
were wounded. Six hove been taken to the lo-
drawl, from whom buck-shot were extracted by
the surgeons ; one of whom died on Thursday
ints g. „Great excitation arose front this serious
businesv, and tranquillity was scarcely restored to
the comae of the day, by the exertions of the Ma.
gistrates and the presence of the military.
Between ant and seven in the evening of the some
day, a large mob ugsiii asseoubled about Ms;
Grey's factory, and commenced hooting, shouting,
and ihreateiong the militai and .other persons in
the inside of the mill. A serjeohee guard from the
95th regiment had been placed by the Megistratei
in the fccfoiy for its defence. The soldiers were
drawn out of the mill, and placed in front, to deter
the mob from making any fuither attack. Imme-
diately on their Coming out the snob assailed thueni
with stones, and shouted more violently than before.
The mob was informed that trident they desisted front
their attacks they would be fired upon. 'this admo-
nition had 110 effect, and • shot was fired over their
heads, Instead of retreating, they threw quantities
of large stones at the military, by which one of the
soldiers received a violent blow out the aria which
disabled him, and he could net raise his musket.
A shot was then fired amongst the mob, sod a asst
wad wounded in the thigh. Several mbre shuts
were them fired over them, and they withdrew a
short diatribe,. They were ultimately disperred by
party of dragoons, which arrived there in the
enlarge of the evening, accompanied by the Magis-
trates. Shops were shut. busisieits suspended, rod
a general alarm created iu that district of the kiwis
and the moist streets leading to it.
On Thuradsy morning there was a large meeting
hf the Manchester weavers held in St. George's-
fields, attended by standards with inscriptions upon
thesis ; and they marelied in the same order illot the
Other bodies lisie obierved, to the town of Stock:-
port, whence they returned Ist the evening.
About twelie in the forenoon 4.f the same day ti
body of spinners acted upon 0 new principle. I ler.
tug horned stn rtrgular
ed three lactuues in osrducecressofioulnlihish Isben)ineusktuLtflkj
that they &yeti(' their intended
suischiet before the Magistrates could arrive 14 arrest
their progress ; but on their approach, ori a signal
given with a IN-culler kind of cry, or suppressed
shout, they Heti and were no more seetn They
broke warty windows with tremendous showers of
moors. and seriously injured a person who had the
spin!, tonsupperted, to wits (me of them. These
eireunisiessices Inought together a multitude of per-
sum, the foremost of whom was, as we usually ob..
serve with pate, a vast concourse of children. Pa.
rents, fruits common humaiiity, should keep them
within doors.

Yesterday in the forenoon a large body of weavers

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again averabled in St. Camp's-fields, for the
',vowed purpose of marching, in the .tyle already
isaptimeil, with Ornto rolls flags and music, to
Astitors-iiiider-Lyise, where a Gene.al Muting, of
various in.hes we. to ems re-gate. They set out and
gut 4. fir as Fairfield, but were there checked in
their progress by General Sir John hyog, the Ma-
gistratr a force of cavalry, and
isiany police sAyers. Mr. Wright. the Borough-
reeve, and Sir John, entered unto explanations with
them, and the weavers felt so emulous that
their irpnte of ',Foreshore was not justifiable. that
they simultaneously turned from their object, and.
being so introwd, lowered their colons and returned
home. That this iwacetilite disposition will gain
Owl, riot •iy blends, there 11'411 be no doubt.
The Magistrates, Boroughreeve, Constables, and
flblit,re, then priicreileil to the town of Ashton.
under-Lyne. and assembled in the Town Hnll lie.
ripstiiiits 1 those working classes who were hold.
int; the proposed Meeting. Acting upon that spirit
of 0000 deraison which bail already prover's° success.
WI. they again read the Public Notice, sccompo.
hied u.y suitalk observations; and we feel most
happy in statiug, that good sense prevailed so com-
pletely in this instance also, that the Meeting at
large. which wile exceedingly numerous, broke up,
and r'etired permeably to their respective districts.
Thos painfully situated are the inhabitants of
Manchester. Yet they owe much to the prudent
forbearance as well as active personal attention of
the \lmprison.. Matters err, however. at length
arrived at such a point, that decision becomes a
deity. The post week has been one of continued
alarm and confusion. Night and day the police
• meet. and mildewy have been its request, crowds
have tweir moving in various directious, and datums-
biz reparts have kept all housekeepers under alarm.
it a become quite necessary that energy with lawful
means should restore the public peace to something
like its wonted stability. It is sufficielst fur us, how.
ever, to give • narrative of facts ; the kingdom at
large will draw its own conclusions from them. We
are happy to add. that the town is strengthened by
the missal of more military, as well as by the pre-
settee of (choral Sir John Bytig, Commander of
the District.
John Milne, Esq. the Coroner, having summoned
a must respectable Jury, proceeded yesterday to in-
vestigate tie cause of the den& of Thomas Brooks,
the spinner, aged 22, who died iii the Infirmary on
Thiasday morning, in consequence of the wounds
be renounced in the attack made on Mr. Grey's fac-
tory about noon on the Wednesday. It appeared
is. the course of the evidence that be was a most
active assailant on that Declaim] ; and the Jury,
after a patient investigation of right hours,
during which many witnesses were examined who
were spectators of the whole transaction, returned a
verdict of—Jurtiflahle Homicide on the part of the
defenders of the Mil. Indeed, at is lividly neces-
sary to repeat au axiom which has been maintained
and enforced on often by our enlightened Judges,
that it Is lawful and right for men to ilefeml their
proprity. and if ovvelleti, to have recourse to
the most severe remedies for its preservation.—
Wheelers' Manchester Chronicle. September 5.)

IRELAND.

DUBLIN. SEPTEMBER 4.

On Wednesday last his Grace the Duke of
Leitister and hi. amiable Duchess, accompanied by
the Hun. Captain Stanhiqw, arrived Nom England
ut Carton. Although their arrival was as private as
possible the inhabitants of Maynooth and its neigh:
I hood weiesspeeinly apprised of it, and they ex-
pressed their joy- on the occasion in the strongest
terms. In the evening every house was brilliantly
illousinatetl—thr Roman Catholic College was par-
ticularly splentl:d. Tim inhabitants of this country,
generally, will, no doubt, participate in the feelings
of ti•iss, in the immediate neighbourhood of hie
reridenee. 011 his return to lei• ootire coun-
try as the presence of a Nobleman so elevated in
teak, and so distinguished by public awl private
virtues, must be productive of the best effect..
We could wish that so laudable an example as that
set by nit Grace, of residing in the country where
Iris property is, was inner gruerally followed by our
Irish Nobility.
Just as our paper was putting to Press ( Limerick
(:uzette of Tuesday) his Excellency the lota
Lieutenant, and his brother the Hop. John Talton,
his two sons and daughter, with Nlajor Itti,r,
ttiol suite, arrived at Senishinis's Hotel from Ittiserea,
on their way to Killarney.
The Km. C. Hely Hutchinson. M. p. ha' arriseil
at his Brother's house, Great George's.street,
Rut lisiol.sapiare.
MURDER.— A most melancholy ov..tirrence took
place its the tiroglilsourhood- of Bellaglay, in the
4' ty of Londonderts, on the evening of the -2.5111
Mt. It appears that Dr. A. Nl:olden. Bleary %O-
de'', of Cabnigh, awl L:surence M'Crenly, of Bel-
lagliy, hail been together at the fair of Maglirrafi It,
nod on retUnillig together iso the evetsisig, appa-
rently sot the greatest and nom, of the
wile seemingly infinite the Hector invited
'seedy to spend the evening and bike tea in his
Imolai-m-law's house, about half a mile fruits Bel-
lagln , wlwo it appears, Irmo some unaccomitehle
c.ite.e, the aforesaid Nl'Crratly was assaulted and
brawn to &alb on the way, about forty perches
sli.tant riots' tlw house to which he had been asked
to sou ial the evening in. All inquest was held. 401
the 1.011) of tier deceased. before Mr. Mire, Cfs.
toner, and a respectable Jary, when a verdict was
leiticiiesl of Wilfel Merder against Ifemy Mad-
-4lro. It 111110-arrut its tvoletiee, thus thr iin'e men
I-It Bell .gily together, between tight awl 111111 e
0.4•101'k, sod were teen in company is short distance
from the spot where thr cleeeiwril any
round. The
lon brothers lime arc led, and loser hitherto
d very 4:l•llerid search. The deresae.l wat a
g man of the .t benevolent sli.pmition, and
s. stinvertillf I.l.twitted by all his friends 31111,
susionitausers. Henry Nlailden is al 140 %tars of
eg.., loofa made, idiom live feet eight inches high,
tttslt r,.(1 whiskers; soli a very remlrkable thick
i•-Ter lip, or whit Is called a double
,st News Lefler.)

1.01.-rs from Oremlieu mmounce, halt the km-
prror NI Rti•Pf li.n eNUPed r silOistimes t in I
(;ris. Nioak.st, to be erreted.mmor /kr villogr 4,1*
Iteigurtz, tatmut a !rotor sod N iNat 60110
Dirmirn. mod 0.11 the got where that Genrr.el "NA
•&... Wily %%Mihail, on the 47th of A ugum, !PILL

POLICE.
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laviconALL.
FOI.GED NOTE.
Jells Mile:lard was charged with attempting to pass a
forged I/. Esseand mete.
\look 51 illt r, boot soil shemaker, Fetter-lane, stated.
that Oil 17, olay 'tight the Primmer came to his 'bop, and
Irkil VII a pair of shoes, which lie agreed it. purchase foe
7s. SA. tool cave hum • If note, N•i. 17,598, to lake the
alalUallt of the Mow II Hat of it. He suspected that it was a
forged note, and cave it to his isowin.law to look at, who
declare., that it use a forcer,. Ile thee aria fur Herbert.
thr officer. who took the Primuser into custivili,antl searclwil
him, and found two to-il Hank of ElaJlattli ttaltPllwaNlY
shillioscs to silver. :toil a ilia phrate of a silver watch on bins.
Thar Prison. r sand lie had cut itself. note from a Jew, la the
Monocles, in rh:tisce, i.e having purchased a foal from Mina,
anti that his anut hail wait lows • 51. note to purchase
cll.tbes• Ile brat amid he livid in Illackfriars-road, sod
afterward• in a *moll street near York street.
The mother of the Prisoner stated, that she was a laun-
dry**, coil lived in Enrliingh-etri et, York-strut. That the
Primmer resided - with her, and had out dune any work for
Iwo sears Nu account of inures, soil thst be was nearly the
whole of !kat lime to lb. hospital. The last place. he wink-
ed at aas in %Varlets-I: t, Holborn. She knew that his
aunt had •;:iveit him 5/ to purchase clothes.
The Siihritor for the Wink °Wrest-61, under their circrias-
*lino a he would uut press the prnsecutioat, and the Primmer
was discharged.

MIDDLES EX SESSIONS.

MONDAY.

The Middlesex Sessions commenced et Hicks'►
Hall, Clerke►►well, this day. J. Cosier, Esq.
officiated as Chairman.
After the Grand Jury were sworn, the Chairman
said, that the Ca'ruder, though formidable in
point of the number of eases it contained, was yet
so free from any out of the ordinary course of crime,
which Gentlemen of their experience were in the
habit of considering whilst act►ng as Grand Jurors,
that it would he u waste of their time were hr to
refer them to the stature of any particular Cares
which would fall tinder their inquiry. He was Cols
tiliCed they would do their ditty in examining the
cases that would fall under their observat►on, and
he had only to regret that the number which they
must ►►ecessarily CX4 lll►l ie would occupy a very large
portion of their tiw►e.
The Grand Jury then withdrew to consider their
bills. The business of the day was very unim-
porta►t—it entirely consisted of cases of common
assault, which were devoid of any general interest.
fYillinat Mitchell was indicted for assaulting
Wm. Clarke, while in the discharge of his duty, as
keeper of the bounds of Horusey Commou, under
the Holum of Loodon.
Mr. llotAssin stated, that the Defendant was
respectable farmer, residing in the vicinity of
Horusey, the common of which district had been
in great part enclosed by an Act of the Legislature,
passed in the year 1813. This Act had been in-
fringed by the Defendant, and the keeper assault-
ed in th►e discharge of his duty. It was for tl►e
Jury to say whether the Defendant was guilty of
that assault.

William Clarke said, he knew the Defendant,
who was is framer, residing near Hornsey. On the
15th of Mn'., witness saw some of Mr. Mitchell's
cattle on the common, at Horns/ ; they remained
there until the 21st, when witness went and drove
them to the pound ; while in the act of doing so,
the Defendant assaulted him.
Cross-examined—He drove the cattle to the
maims pound ; hr took out two warrants against
others., besides Mr. Mitchell. for infringement of
the common h da. He got a guinea from one
fur not. followil:g up the prosecution. He never re-
fused to swear that Mitchell struck him, until the
Magistrate said that nothing could be done to
maintain the warrant unless he did so. He did not
know who employed the attorney in this case.
Thomas Tat saw Ilse Defendant assaulting
Wm. Clue ke when he was removing the cattle to
the rround.
The son of Wm. Clarke also corroborated the
fact of the assault. _ _ _

Mr. ADoI.PHUs addressed the Jury for the De.
fendunt, and said, that it was esident, from the
mniaser in which the Prosecutor followed up some
cases, and commuted others for pecuniary cons..
&rations, that pial)lic justice was not his object.
Sentrnee—A line of 10/.

J. Upton wns convicted of an assault on the same
common-keeper, while daring of• some sheep be-
Itioging to 'sir. Athino.iiii„ the matter of the De-
fending, and teeth nerd to pay a fine of 40t.
Murillo Bloomfield was indicted for assaulting
John Clifton, a watchman, iu the discharge of his
duty.
The wa'chmnn stated, that he was called on the
night of the 22.1 of May by a Mr. Ruddy, who re..
rider in Emit Smithfield, to curry away the Pro.
soi,cr, who, with two other females, was creating_ a
disturbance in the passage of his !muse. He obeyed
Mt. Iturtil)'s orrltr, and whsle nt the act of winnow-
ing the I'6pol:et, the struck Wen two violent blows,
he thru I.llllird bee to the watch-touts.

The too remotes ware with the Prisoner di-
rectly timisoilicted troichuiesio iertiutooy, ■od
charged him with looting committed the rebook.
GRilly.

James l'hillipslid AIM Phillips were indicted
for errating a oink In tlk liout atilt house John
Bernard.

John Hemmed said hr was n ptum-bonnet-maker,
feuding at Nee. S 3, Situill-btsert, filasechenter-
, ptionre; he lived these pewees y, rue, seed the Defend-
' anis 'culled next dem, tend in the saner hide, for
ulw►ut five yen's. At twee o'clock, me the ,►Otte of
June, be new the (emelt Prineencr etineeleng at the
door of Ins eheel►, awl toning teaser& I the most
nbuvice language. He gensons:reettd wills her upon
her irrol"nl4loY, anti the ullerr Prinoner (her bus-
bawd) timer out and joined with her in masking et
tinier and collecting es crowd out►idr the door. lie
inunrdi.htrly wrist and indectiel them 'Pee twine
-made l►t• the Prisoners teed collected e greed crowd
ulenut lees door, to die enjoy) of Lis business.
In the frost .rxisatomaitoti of thin %tittles* it dill
ant appear that the clond moinide the door had
Liken toy peat ill tier iquebble betearest the neigh-
e tenure; nod tlpecufonte the enalictonlet fin ie riot wet,
untenable agoinet the Delekansalb, whir were
ccrilcugly acquitted.
Assn Giles was indicted fdr essaulteJ• Fhb.
Teltbeet.

Ti•e Licit of tisi% case, which the Ladies thought a

fit sulij,ct fur legal investigation, were simply as !
follr.w :
The Prosecutrix wits lionsekeeper to a l:eittle-
Men residing iu Stratford-place, and the refeii-
dant was his cook-maid. The Ladies, it ap-
peared, hid hot lived on the lwst terms, but die
different nature of their occupations, with the ad-
vantage of astir holding upartraeres distant from
each other, in a spacious 1111111$1911. enuldrd 111011
to live on cool terms snider the slime roof, without
exactly involviog the whole household in their
quarrel. It however unfortunately happened that
the \Lister of the house wrist out of town, and left
e favourite dog in charge of the housekeeper. with
particular directions ill wash it, at least tierce a
week, and thirst rub it Eby wills llaiiiirl before the
Err. The housekeeper painfully divulged the
secret to her master, of the coolness that subsisted
betweeri her uoi the Leidy in thy kitchen, and the
probability that 1100 f neodore's skirt would be
more frequently dried on the drawing-room *apel
by the heat of the MD, 1111111 before the cuuk.'s lire
in the kitchen.
The Master, with becoming poignancy, lamented
that this difference should subsist between such
important branches of his household, but persevered
in desiring that his dog should be duly bathed,
dried, and rubbed, and added, that if " his business"
could nut he transacted before the kitchen fire, the
housekeeper had his authority to extinguish the
cook's blaze Visite -eouhl not appease her hostility.
The first morning that poor Theodore enjoyed Isle
cold bath, and was brought down to the kitchen to
undergo the proem of dry rubbing, the cook
luridly protested ageitist this iiivasioti of her pre-
cincts—her protest was answered by the fliirging a
pales of water upon the fire—the housekeeper bring
determined to obey the strict letter of her Master's
orders, and extinguish the fire which the dug could
not enjoy. A parley of very short duration then
took place between the ladies—the appeal to arms
Was almost ,the instantaneous eoiwequence—and
when the footman and other eery:Lists up stairs caws
dawn, attracted by the noise, they beheld the two
ladies extended on the ground, engaged Ist tery
close courlnit, while poor Theodore stuud by, the
shivering umpire and unconscious cowrie of the

dreadful MIX:OMM
Cross indict►aents were then resorted to by the
parties, hut the {►regent Defendant, befori the
Magistrate at Marlborough-street, consented to re-
linquish her charge against the. Prusecutrix ; the
latter was not, however, so forgiving, and insisted
on taking the opinion of a Jury. She had now the
benefit of her choice, fur the Jury Acquitted the
Defendant. . _ .

1 he Court was occupied for the remainder of the
day in hearing Calltb of trivial assault.

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