The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-20 00:00:00

RIOTOUS 111 OVEM ENTS AT lIILSTON.

Upwards of 5000 men being ont of ethpioy, st
disturbed and riotous populace has become insttb.,
ordinate in consequence. The Staffordshire Yeo-
mani7 have been caked up, and have remained oa
duty during the week. It is howevilr an awkwaid
situation for them to act upon, as the retreating
parties retire among the pits and other danget•ons.
points of ground. No serious affray has yet taken
place, thought a horse or ttvo has been hurt, and
sonic ugly showers of brick-hats ['Avg occasionally
assailed small detachments of the forte. , We
have received some.accounts eran different cor-
respondents,. the Sub&tance of which We- shall
extract.

A detachment of the Staffordshire Regiment of
Yeomanry were ortltred on duty to %Volverharnp-
ton on Satorday.last, disturbances being appre-
hendedin consequence of the.lowering of wages,
and the discharge Of a vast number of . hands front
the colleries and iron works, , About 3 .o'clock oil
that day, they were. ordered to assemble, and were'
marcfirol to the neig,hbourhood of Bilston and
its yieinity, a great number of Inca- were col:.
leetcd..The cavalry mide,se'ver.l Movements and.
charges to dis'perse tlitn. They took up several"
of the.ringliders who were. the roost forward in
enconraging the mob to pelt and insult the Yet)»
man ry,
.all of whom ereyalterwards set, at liberty,
except two of the worst, Wll9 were comMitted to
Stafford gaol. Peace etas restored in the evening,.
and every thing has since remained qtnet.
We have the satisfaction to find that trangail'lity
is perfectly restored, and that the Yeomanry were
yesterday diseaarged front duty.
Since writing the above,' we find that such of
the troops of -the'Staffordshire Yeomanry as were
not on duty at Wolverhampton have been ordered
to assemble, and reinain either there or in the
neighbourhood; and that a detaehment of the 9th
Light Dragoons, and a, considerable number of in-
fantry have also marched into Wolverhampton.
The Leek troop of Yeomanry, Cavalry marched
into Stafford on Wednesday, Mid yesterday pro-
ceeded' front hence to Walsall.

Yesterday morning, the Expedition Liverpool
coach was thrown over on entering the town of
Newcastle, by Glie`cc,ach►nan taking too sh►►rp
a turn round the corner of the streets
.being
down hill, the coach was dragged about thirty
yards, and though there Were many passengers,
we are happy to learn no li►•es were lost.—+'
'Three received serious. bruises, and were obliged
to be left behind. A young child -miraculo►►sly
escaped front being slieltem ed by the intggage,,
among which it was found nearly unburt.—(Staf-
fordshire Advertiser, Noe. I s.) .

PaiLonY.—Saturday Birch and Wainwright, the
two persons lately couritted of a col•lspiracy to
bring forward take claims of debts under a coin,
mission of bankruyey, stood ;1 secondtirne, for
one hour, opposite in the pilloty.—
They.were not annoyed by the spectators, further
than by shouting when then wee taken down.
FoowAns.-011 Monday night last, aboot'eight
o'clock, as Mr.GRIETIisi, of Fryfidd, near Bartord,
in Oxfordstfre, was returning 'wine, near %Val,
:lingford, he was stopped by three footpack, grill-
ed with' pistols and .blndgeit's, ' who robbed him
of his watch, several Bank of, England and coun-
try Bink notes to a considerable amount, and left
hid stripped 'of all till clothes, except his hiecehet
and boots. '

LATE FIRE IN TIIEMINORIES.—In our account
on Saturday, of the fire which had taken Once at
the house of Mr. Clements, iti the Minories, we
stated, that a young (..ientieman residing there had
jumped from: a two pair of stairs window in
affright, The Gentleman, it appears), in. his fall,
struck' against the sign of, an..adjoining house,
which not only. bruised hint most dangerously, but
gave his. bead am inmediake turn downwards, and
by which_ he received a fracture in',the back part,
of the skull.. .He expired in.great pain on Satur:-
day morning.
Saturday,- an inquest was held at, the sign or
the George, St, John-street, Clcrkenwell, on the
body of Mathew Winter Molder, a watchmaker,
25 years 4,;,age. John (testerinan being sworn,
said, he is superiutendant. of, the watch) that
about -once' I)'clock an Thursday nforning. he saw
the deceased Jying "at, the dour off 61, Compton-
street, CJerkenWell ; he appeared toibe much in.
toxicated with liquor ; ‘vitness with some assist-
ance, took the deceased to the watch-house, whete
he appeared in a dying state. Mr. BARTLETi,
st4rgeon., was huntefiliatcly sent for, who tried
e%•ery means tow.irds his recovery, but he expired.
The: Jury returned a •strtiiet:-Died by the risita.
tionc.f cud.

14.

L.IW INTgLLIG `i!:NC E.

£OO T OF CIANCEILY, Nov. 18.

STRIKING A DOCKZT.

It having been ordered to -be ,observed as .a ge-
-174.1-AI rule, that in no case 'a docket should be
*truck out •of office hours, that is-to say, hut be-
't,ween the honr-s..pf ten and three, and six .and
eight in the evening, and that an entry of every
-application for a docket should he made i 6 a hook
kept for the purpose, and that,no docket should
be good or effectual unless those requisites \vete
'complied with.
, Ir. BaLt. on Saturday stated, that that morn-
ing. Mr. Montagu's client hadTbieen at the:Bankr-
-1:uot Office, and giving orders lot a commission
-I,eing issued agai7-..st a bankrupt, had left tke pa-
pers and the necessary fees. About f% hour after-
,:rardi, Mr. Bell's client beim: al:6,feady to-strike
H. docket against the .same individual, likewise re.--
paired to the Bankrupt Office, and after searching
tae docket-hook,.and.finflingno entry of a:docket
IJ-ielu,s; been, bespoke against the bankrupt, ten-
a•-red his papers 'for having the . necessa.ry.,enizy
made:, -Ivhcn he was iitfornie,4l of the fact:he
nom stated relative to Mr. Montagnes.client. He
s4ihmitted, however, that -Mr. Montague's client
h-ad not done all _that- was: incumbent on hint: Be'
rsi~ti~~ let have .seen.the,order complied
by the entry being ma4e:in.the.dOcket-book:
Pis client had offered, in these circumstances; to.
do all .that .was incumbent on.him lie.fiad offer-
ed to .cast,lots with. Mr—Montagae's client which
Atf-Alle two commissions should have the prece-
dence.

MoNTAouv.,,on the other hand, contended
that -his client h,td done-every thing that was in-
'coaihent ou hitn? having-kit the
..papers .and the
rnmicy at. the office.. 'lnc I.mok. was not, in the.
Rower of his client, but of the Officer of the
I:46urt, whose,dut it was to make the entry.
LORPCHANcLiciit thought there would
be upon Mr. Montague's client if his
cOnnuision did, not stand. Let the Clqik at the
().Al:ce,in.iutivic,wake Oar a minute ,at the
tlLe ()ateind honr.ofsuch appliCatiOn, to be signed
, pa'rty and by the Clerk,' •.As, to Jirt'y.of
an excuse for the. TIC..
.hii.Lririlsbjp desired that itoh,ttrry
.1.491)41 icatikallegedre ballegedas_ pr vcciise for the
omission of this duty.