The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-10 00:00:00

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. Three quarters of

a mile.
Mr. Wreford's Margrave
Mr. Sadler's b. f. by Middleton 2
Mr. Shard's Revealer 3
Mr. Maberly's ch. f. by Partisan 4
Two others started but were not placed.

THURSDAY, JUNE 9.—Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with
25 'Joys. added, for all ages. One mile and a half.
Mr. Bigg's Little Red Rover
Gen. Grosvenor's Sarpedon 0
Mr. Stanley's Whig 3
Hunter's Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft. One mile and a

half.

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Mr. Hick's Jocko 1
Mr. Lovell's Brilliant 0
A Plate of 501. given by Earl Grosvenor, for maiden
horses of all ages. Heats, Two miles.
Lord Grosvenor's Metheglin 1 1
Mr. Dundas's Scrub 0 t 2
Mr. Pry's gr. f.: dist.
Handicap Stakes of 20 cove. each, 5 ft. Half a mile.
Lord Chesterfield's Splendour 1
Mr. Bigg'S Wassailer 2
Lord Wilton's Rough Robin

rift RIOTS AT MERTHYR Trn%-LL.

(FROM OUR CORRESEONDENT, RECEIVED THIS MuRNINL;
TREDEGAR IRON-WORKS, all; ,; 9

I have to inform you that the tints at Merthyr originated
rn Mr. Crawshay's attempting to lower the men's wage,,
he having given notice to that effect. It would be quite
inpossible for me to give ycu a description of the scene of
terror, tumult, and bloodshed of Thursday and Friday
ist. The majority of the respectable inhabitants of
alerther expected nothing else but murder and plunder te,
take place throughout the whole town, and it was not
intil the arrival of the military that one could be found bold
;tanndd beingirigc mitner;tlilge,cittel
sough to look At the &linger. I shall now proceed to give
tYrni gue the
Piitn giureals
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by several in .n of had character (some of whom have had
their goods seized for debts contracted, awl for which they
:eacatrn' umThbeer rns
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n ‘ribh°l2r wsdearey, s and
were sued by the Cnuvt of Requests), they proceeded in
'arge bodies to the house of Mr. Coffin, who is an officer
of that Court. and demanded the hooka belonging to it,
which being refused, they became very riotous and tumula
talons, threatening to murder Mr. Coffin and others. It
a-as at this period that the Magistrates got upon eotra
"lairs, but were very cruelly insulted by the mob, ants
kvere obliged to desist. They then broke into Coffin'e
Souse, smashed all his windows, and gutted the place of
very article of furniture, which they burnt in a heap in
he middle of the street. This took place about nine
i'cleck in the evening,. The Magistrates then thought it
necessary to send for the aid of the mllitary stationed at
Brecon, which I believe are the 921 Highlanders. Tney
arrived at Merthyr, which is a distance of eighteen miles,
on Friday, about twelve o'clock, and marched, ht number
about seventy, through the principal street to the Castle
Inn, which is situate in the centre of the town, and w!iesa
the Magistrates were assembled. A party of the High-
landers were ordered inside the house, and the remainder
;iept guard outside, and were supplied with ref:sell:nen:a.
It was at this time that the mob began to show some &-
will towards the soldiery, and they threatened the Magi-
stracy, that unless they were allowed something to eat as
well as the military, that in one hour they would destroy
every individual in the inn, and the ringleader, " Le tie,
the huntsman," actually took out his watch to mark the
time. When the time had elapsed within ten minute,,
Lewis again threatened that if within the time his denim&
were not complied with, they were ready and determined
to destroy both the tn:litary and the Magistrate's. The
mob then began to press upon the soldiers on every side,
and had actually at last poised them against the wail, and
jammed them so closely that their arms were useless, and
the men were unable to defend themselves. The mob
then began to deprive the soldiers of their pieces and side-
arms, and during the severe struggle which ensued many
were wounded. At this moment the soldiers stationed in
' the Castle were ordered to fire, when the mob speedily
took to flight, but not until thee had taken about thirty
stand of arms from the Highlanders. I have not
heard that any of the soldiers were killed ; but of the rrrob
it is said that least twenty-three were either killed on the
spot, or have since died. The number of the wounded is
uneertrin, hut several linve suffered amputation. There
have been no inquests held upon the bodies, therefore I am
unable to inform you the names of the slain. They were
buried on Wednesday last. On Saturday the mob had
dispersed, and sent messages to the surrounding works to
meet on Monday at Merthyr, but by this time the mili-
tary had been reinforc,d by a detachment of dragoons
and yeomanry, and marched out to meet them. The
Riot Act was read by a Magistrate who accompanied the
soldiers, and they were ordered to present their pieces, at
the sight of which every man took to his heels and re -
turned home. From this time we have been quiet.
Mr. Crawshay has complied with the demands of his
men, and every thing begins to go on as usual in these
parts; but I am sorry to inform you that rumours have
reached us this evening from Aber,ychan and Pontipool,
that the Vartey workmen are standing out for an increase
of wages. The colliers emplcyed on the litre of road be-
tween this place and Newport were also in a very rustles:.
state; but, thanks to our worthy Magistrate, Samuel
Homfray, Esq., the inhabitants of this place rest in great
security, such is their confidence in his wi•dom and dis-
cretion. I have now told you all tire particulars which I
can collect, but shall write again should any further dis-
turbance occur.