The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-17 00:00:00

PROP:INC/2i, DISIV LB/INCE:S.

" SHErFIEL7)3- Mink. 14.-4 am sorry to inform
yOu,--that the spirit of riot and disorder has spread ,to
this populous, neighbotithood. Secret discontents
and complaints,, on
want
subject of the high price of
proviions and the i•femployment, have bent
I,,ng gathering, and the s•orm has at length bur,r„
This forenoon a numerous assemblage of the Popu-'
lace, (pea, women, and children; took. place in -the.
principal •streets- of the •town. The leaders Of rpttr
mob- held a few minutes consultation (tor the
seemed to az-;l on some previouslyconcerted -plan),
and- the whole body then pibiteded, with violent
exclamations., to the Town Magazine, Which they
iinmediately forced ,upon;• and 'carried off or de-
stroyed, in a few seconds, the whole-of the:aims
and ammunition, &c.. 011 which they could lay their
No attempt whitever was• made: by any of
the -mob to arm thems-Ivei,whico is a Circoomtancd
for which we have, much reason t;1,1-a3
thank fu I. •

" No time was lost, on the part of the Mat7is-
tracy, to quell the tumults. After eveqy possib:e
exertion' was made to s.;or he the populab,--by irenta
of expostulation and intremy, and the people seem-
irg delertnitted• not to &ii.erse, the military quarter-
ed in the town were caned out, and they now re-
und,:r arms, expecting every 1.1)44/lent to. b*.
'ordered to charge through the sire: ts. All is suck
bustle and contusion mound rnt ciat
know doing, but I shall keep my lettet
open to the last moment. I •,m not 4% ilhout appre-
hensions that the windows of theroorn where
sitting will be demolished or tired into. -

" SIiVEN" O'CLOCK --Dragoctila art- gollooiiig into
the totow>> iroto quartc-rs, and foratir,g la the
malket,pl3ce.

" HALF :PAST EIGH.T O'CLOCK.—The uproar
from the arrival of Suldieis, 11,1-se aird -:J.I
Cofitinn,:Fi. Cannon planttd, Laded, in front
wind:o.v. A
,dreasltul night expecied, bait a 70;-4.-.
cheanful—Saturcl,ay, that b,,ing wark,t-iiiiy.
house is so bThy that :1 cannot ge• pen or ink.; :tia- 43
written tberelore in pencil." •

ANOTHER LETTER FROM LEEDS, SAME DATE.

It being Market.4lay, she populace about noon
went into the market and seized the corn, and
began to strew it about the street ; and in conse-
quence of potatoes being advanced within the List
ten days from Gd. tot 4d. per peck, they seized about
.500.1oadi, and distributed them to the-populace.---
They.also attacked the fish stalls, and took-the fial
and gave them away; they went into the shJiii-
bles, and seized a quantity of, meat ; and in the butter
market they did not leave one whole box. Many'
of the country people sold it at Bd. a pound to get
away. The mob were now destroying and break.•
ing the windows at a dreadful rate. The Magistrates
and about furry Constables now came up, which
only seemed to infuriate them, for they direOlY
Well to the greatest flour-dealers„ and broke 2:1
their windows. Justice Parker then read tt:e Riot
A&, but they seemed to grow- worse, merely to
keep. the justices, Wot tley and Parker, where they
were; fur while ,they were endeavouring to quiet
them, a party went into the Wicker; and broke
pen the depot where the Lotal-Militia arms are
kept, and in about fifteen minutes they broke eight
hundred stand of arms to atoms, besides destroying
a great quantly ol cloai hi, di Inns, sWprds, -truonevi,
cat tonch boxes, &c.; and when the 'lVlagistralei
and Constables got amongst await the Constables,
together with the Magistrates, were knocked down,
'Fite hot se were now fetched from the:barracks, and
the yeomanry cavalry called in. Au exjaress
gone off to fetch the Doncaster and Rutherhiw
militia and cavalry.
" Now, eight o'clock, all in a dreadful state of
confusion r four of the ringleaders are apprehended,
and sent under a strong armed detachment to I'm-I.:,
in posy-chaises. They are now threateqing to putt.
down the TOWn.Hall. The soldiers have loaded the
cannon with grape-shot, and, if they attempt lc)
proceed with their depredations, they will certainlf
tire, as the Riot Alit has. b.ten lead three times.—'
The bapki and all the 'flops were shut tit
o'clock, and husinesi at a st-irrd'we: dread the ap-
proach of night. The damage already dune is cool-
puled at 30001.

MANCHESTER, AJ'P.IL 74.—i siu sorry to sal
the same dkposition -rrtsoife-,ted itaelt hest
last week, Amongst the working class of people,
broke out at MaCclesfie!d yeS'erday, and at Stock-
port to-day. Mr. Maisland (Magistrate) anWla-
tnily, have arriv ed at the Bridge;.vater Arms in two,
poAt-chaises. The windows of his hoose!, and tlio!•6
of Mr. Godien, have been_ bioken, and much da-
mage done; I The tnilitar,, have been called in, and
it i, hoped the business will end peaceably.
" P. S. Since writing the above, I an informed
that the cottage of Mr. Go;nen has been burn,
dint n."

'." STOcKPORT, APRIL 14,----We are extremely
concerned to state, - that the chc(mtents of tilts
'tveav'ers, in and about Stockport,. broke out in atti
of alarming violence on Tues.oay,lsast.. The.i4Avaledista
cause is said to be the demand nt an advance of wages
for A. lien a meeting of inanuftAwers
.was called fOc
this purpose, only three or four indkidoals attended,
and ;nese %t ere in positessibn of tat :lodes where the
weaving was pertortned
.ky trwebinery, or what is
there called " pouer looms," consequently in-
terest:',.(l in the rise of manual laboUr. Letters re-
ceived this morning state, that the dwelling-holm%
Uf Peter Marstedy Esq. has been attacked, and_lhe
whole of the furniture' destroyed. The house of
Mr. 'Goodair, and aho the faCtory, had been attack-
ed, the fornbuie burnt, and the power looms de.-
stroyed. The houses and factories of Messrs.
ley and' Bradshaw, Mr. W Ratcliff, Messrs. Bentley
and Co. had Suffered considerably, ataid •it is well
known that several private meetings of the weavtr4
had taken place, and that the request for the assist-
ance of the military from Manchester had been re--
fused, Colonel. Clay giving for answer—that he
could not, consistently with his,ciuty in proteding
Manchester, afford them any. ,The utmost con-
stetnation prevails throughout this populous district."

The folloWing is an extra6l of a Letter from a
lady at Stockport to her husband in town

-" BuckWy Arms, stackporr, April 14,1812.;
" We had been for some days under great appry.
herwon of the mob. This morning, abom 9 o'clock,
he people began to assemble in couslderabknumbers.
They halted at our Lase vv.'s, (at Ed&eky), and re-

' nirtioed there fir nearly ah blur) diDing to tii at !eh;
tervalsto often our windlass, and throwing stones in
order to compel us to comply with their wishes.
Finding neither of any avail, they proceeded towards
this town, their numbers increasing as they proeeredrid
along. Instead of entering by tbe usual road, they-
visited several houses and factories, where they
broke all before them. They theft returned to E Ige-
ICY, in number about 3,000. On perceiving them
l'om the cottage coining the down road, I assembled
tile children and nurse in the parleur; and fastkThed
e the windows and doors.; the gardener presently
'rushed into the room, and conjured us to fly that
moment, If we wished na save our lives. It.was
Ivith difficulty T could speak ; but each snatching Op
a child, we escaped at the great gate just in time to
avoid the rabble. We proceeded to Mrs. Sylieb*-4 ;
but before we reached our destination, we savvjmr
cottage enveloped to flames. Eery thing, I- have,
since learnt,, was consumed by the fire, and nothing
left but the shell. The rimb next proceeded to the
faelory, where •they broke the windows, destroyed
the looms, and c& all the,work which was in pro-
gress, and having finished this mischief, they repeated
the three cheers which•they gait on seeing the flames
first burst from our dwelling. Their cry was ‘, now
for Sykes but before they could accomplish their
'wicked purpose on our friend, some military arrived,
accompanied by Mr. Turner, whose exertions. hav'e
' been indefatigable. He had been much &stressed,
ru seeing our house fl ameie :;rte! .::! teen nobody.
to inform him of our escape. The females of Mr.
oYkes's family are gone to Manchester for security,
Whilst we have taken refuge here. The post-chaise
in which we came was escorted by tour of the. Scotch
Greys. The rioters were headed by t tE'o men, dres,ed
in women's clothes, who were called General Lucid' s
Iviyes. We are again lett without apparel but such
as the kindneis of our friends supplies. Mr. S) kes
ills been trying to get more soldiers at Etigeley, fur
the rioters appear worse than ever. Marslaud and
Other fsmilies have taken shelter at Manchester.
I‘ir• Gat side, who _endeavoured to proteEt oor pro-
Petty, and even ventured to reproach the mob ,fur
the;r conduct, has been severely beaten and bruisede,
" It is now nine o'clock at night, and I learn the
11'')'n are more outrageous than ever at Edgeley.—
I,,resit soldiers have been just sent there.. Another
troop of horse are ex peeled to-night."

—_--. i
A Gentleman who arrived by one of the Ameri
:, can vessels informs us, that such is the state of com-
mercial men in America, that it is almost impossible
u
to 1.
or.ow money on any terms. Four per. cent.
Per month is a common interest—some for pressiog
' occasions pay even much higher. Where is the
4-Inter-it:an 'Government to procure its lOan of eleven
Inillions of dollars, when the - money market ' is -in
BnFil a state ?
, A Gentleman of ,the name of Frogard, of Berke-
-Ig-street, undertook on Tuesday, for a wager of
40 gisineas, to go on tout 30 miles in four hours,
*hid) he cduipleated in seven minutes within the
pen time. Betting was two to one agains the per-
Orrnance. The pedestrian did 16 miles in two hours
grid five minutes. _
MATcH To CANTERBIJIM— Lieutenant Groats
' Ilodertook, on 'Wednesday morning, fOr a wager of
I°o guineas, to go on foot from Bpekfriats-road to
miles, in and from 'thence back: to Stroud, 72
, . es' i" 12 hours. fie had also an engagement to
ci"Th
014 miles within the first two ttour4. lie performed
14 wiles within the first two hours, and appeared
tolerably fresh but when he had done 60 miles, lic
lagged: but being within time, ,by the. aid of re-
ft,reshment and good rubbing, he did the wonderful
cletculean journey in six unnutes within the given
j'lle, by most extruidinary exertions, in a very
crippled state.
e A Noble Marquis has undertaken tolnial from
London to Holyhead with post-horses. He starred
from London on 'Wednesday, at six o'clock in the.
evening, and engaged to arrive there at six o'clock
Ott the morning following, for 1000 guineas. He
Performed his first stage, from Mr. Robert New-
nu'n's, .Swallow•street, to the Red Lion, Barnet,
which is 12 miles, in 50 minutes ; his second stage,
'tom Bryant's, the Red Lion lon, in Barnet, to St.
C Alban's which is 10 miles, in 31 minutes. Since
I
at, abet has been offered that the same four
-1.
"orses froth Barnet go 11 miles in 30 minutes with
4 post-chaise. - •
On 'Wednesday evening an extraordinary inves-
tigation took place at Row-street. Croker, the of-
te
er, NG passing the Hampstead-road ; lie observed
"! a distance before him two men on a wall, and
alredly after saw the tallest of them, a stout man
pout six feet high, hanging by his neck from a
n-IP,..pOsi, attached to the wall, being that instant
rtes up and turned off by the short man. This un-
"Petted And extraordinary sight, astonished the
Mieer ; he made up to the spot with all speed, and
, * Just after lie 'arrived there, the tall man, who had
Peen hanged,-fell to the ground, the handkerchief'
With which he h.ad been suspended having gi-C:en
14,,1'e' Croker produced. his staff, ssid he was an
7cer, and demanded .to know of the other man
'le cause of such conduct ; in the mean. time, the
!Ilan who had been hanged recovered, got up, and
19'1 Croker interfering, gave him a violent blow on
1s nose, which nearly knocked hi.n baCkwards.
Thei short man was endeavouring to make cuff;
'')Wever, the officer procured assistance, and`both
/4;ere brought to the office, when the account that'
lb"Y gave •was, 'they worked on canals. . They had
fee
together on Wednesday afternoon, tossed op
01. money, and after wards for their clothes; the tall
. , 1110 who was banged won the other's jacket, trove-.
ers, and shoes ; they then tossed up which should
tang the other, and the s%ort one won the toss.
k' 'l`'hey got upon the wall, the one to Submit, and teee
yther to hang him on the lamp-iron. Tie both
reed in this statement. The tall ohe, who had
'"eli en hanged, said, it he,bad won the toss, he-would
aVe hanged the other. He said, he then felt the.
ii
tireas on his neck at the time he was hanging,
f gind his "eyes were so much swelled that he saw'
:-' doable. The Magistrates expressed their hdrror.
.end
disgust; and ordered the man who had been
' lnged, to find bail for the violent and unjustiliable
t.' 738 auk upon the officer, and the short one for hang- ',
'4g the other. Not having bail, they were come
• flitted to Bridewell for trial.
in a,
kr. iaviNo, who fought and was wounded
hhue' on Bagsbut-Heath, a few days since, with a
Person unknown, died on Saturday last, a ball hay.-
'nft -been extracted from the lower part of the chest.
l .."-A jury sat on the body, and returned a verdiCt of
I`
murder, against a person or persons uukuown."..' 1

PrOttitik,

EPILOGUE,_
SPOKEN Bt NIELS. EWAN IN THE NEW PLAY.

VVRITtEN Ily THOMAS SHERIDAN ESQ.

I own I'm puziled at our Bard's intent,
In making war 'gainst modey sentiment!
Mercy where has she liy'd ! —for by the way' •
I trust you've heard a Lady wrote the Play.
Ah ! poor dear soul, it seems 'she fittle knows
The modem sentiments of.modern beaux—
Bold,
fierce, and noisy, when they dare intrude;
They think their manhood's shown by being rude:
To outrage decency their frequent boast,
And all their sentiment—a drunkard's toast.
Whisker'd from ear to nose, 'twould seem they choose
To form the link 'twixt Gentlemen and Jews!—
We thought, when one behind our scenes appear'd,
'Twas Master Slender:in old S 4 -lock's beard—
Or, as waste lands, most weeds and rubbish bear,
That unQlougli'd brains bring greatest crops of hair.
But could you view their mounting-genius soar, -
'1 he hero mark, in his barouche and four—
With gait and aaion ter the part prepat'il,
The drayman's swaggering roll, and bruiser's guard ;
See him ascend the box with surly grace.
And eye each strap,- wit!: thonght!'ul , -solemn, fase
His horses throrough bred, his carriage new,
Patents, and post. horns, Crowding on our view,.
Long reins, short tummies, and the Lord knows what
lie's offs and- now—the sei'gs begin to trot.
He'll do—he'll ! wonderful to say
What Greenwich stage-performs twelve times a day !
But sentiment, at least, you'll say, finds place
When beams; reigns ! —alas ! 'tis not the ease ;
Like gout, When chas'd by the medie'nale can,
Driv'n from the hod, it now has seiz'd the toe..
‘Vaxsends and bristles, hammer, lasts, and leather,
Have ruin'd -love and shoe-making, together,
No more Miss Glances now each breast controls,
I nsteatl of piercing hearts, .she's stitching soles,
No more. Miss Languish weeps her Cynthio false,
But pares the pumps in which Manta's to waltz ;
For prudent daughters now arc chapions all,
While whirling dowagers keep up the ball,
Oh, happy forecast in tins ticklish age,
When half our Noblemen can drive a stage,-
When highbred dames can make or inend their shoes,
Coachmen and coblers can't have much to lose.
What ? are our Beaux all mustered in this list,
Oh ! no; behold the young diplomatist
Cold, prim, and prudent, vers'd in pradis'd bows,
Witfignock solemnity, he gravely vows
Ask what you will—if but the time of day,
" He's—a--wholly ignorant, and--12cann2t say;" .
,Nay, sieves doubt the dull mysterious youth,
The suckling envoy strictly speaks the truth.; •
The path to elide well be knows to choose, ,
Shrinks from reports, and flies they/out-id of news, -
That great State maxim guarding still his way,
" Who nothing knows, no secrets can betray." •
[WI!b hu; leque solewni6,]?
I et's see what Belle shall next appear before you,
•Tfos .ittrisrtl'lsib-tittory f
tell what oxygen and hydrogen appears, •
And how ,psoportion'd, in her Lover's tears.
but vain ive'all his vows, soft sighs and flattery,
Cnpid's nomsatch for a carbonic battery ;
The Lae'sflies—the learned courtship ends,
And itf he takes a wife,. 'tis [IOW —a Friet)d's.

Where then does genuine sentiment aPpear,
When modest talent pleads for mercy ? here:
For mercy did I §.tie !--rno—for applaus6
What British hand is slack in Mman's cause ?
In Freedom's aid the patriot Shalt she drew.
What:if the bow be weak, her :,irn V; S tine!:
She sees Britanni&'s anchor is a• trip,
And pipes all hands to man the noble ship : _
To England-1 rcland ls their guide would- prove,
And seal their union with a Nother's love.,