The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-02 00:00:00

(FROM THE LEEDS MERCURY, AUGUST 29.)

It must be most satisfactory to every Well-
wisher to quiet and gpod order, to know, from the
most unquestionable authority, that not less than
a thousand men, to whom illegal oaths had been ad,
ministered, have within these last fouror five days
flocked into the Magistracy at and near StockpOrt,
to abjure those oaths, and to take the oath of al-
legiance to his Majesty. This spirit is hourly.ex-
tending itself, and it is sincerely to be hoped all-
persons, who have been unfOrtunatly led to take
any such oath will benefit by this example, before
the Magistrates can be called upon to make use
of the extensive information given by thOse who
have already come, in, and who have uniformly
testified their joy at being relieved from the des-
perate situation in which they antecedently stood.
Last Tuesday there were only four sacks of
grain exposed for sale in the Market at this place.
This fact will skew the folly of those who, by their
violent proceedings
,on the preceding Market-day,
intimidated the farmers and dealer s, and induced
them Os withhold the accustomed supply. Of the
consequence of such conduct, the populace now
seem sensible, and we have
.the pleasure to add,
that not the least disposition to riot or confusion;
has manifested itself either in this town or. the
neighbouring villages'during the present week.—
To say that no lasting good can result from inti-
midating the growers of 'corn and the Venders of
that article, is indeed to say what is true, but not
the whole truth; for such conduct doeS; in fact,
produce very great mischief, and greatly aggyae
vates the_ evil
.4it is intended to redress, by pre-
venting the free circulation, of ,provisionse.,aeld in-
ducing those who deal in them rather to suspend
their business than subject themselves to insult and
outrage ; and the
,consequence of this is very ob-
vious Markets are scantily supplicu, and
the price is enhanced, or kept high when a.
reduction would otherwise take place. A very
little time will, we trust, alleviate the sufferings
of the labouring classes ;. every day,. almost, will
now add to the stores of grain ; and when the '
vest is got in, a very considerable depression in
the price may be confidently anticipated. In the
mean time, let those who have abundance, distri-
bute to their necessitous neighbours, and in sup-
plying the scanty board of their less tortnnate
fellow-ereatures, theyew!ll an additional -zest to
their,own enjoyments.
Our llnddersfield Correspondent, under the date
of the. 27th instant, says :—" Last Friday'night
about 50 men, all armed With guns, went to the
house of Me. Edward Henworth, a 'farmer, at
Sheepridge; about two miles from Huddersfield,
and after breaking open his door With an iron mall,
they demanded a gtin ; but on being told he had
no fire arms, they insisted-that he should reduce
the price of his corn and, milk ; and then proceed:
ing to destroy his furniture, they broke to pieces
his clock, tables,• and every thing of value in his
house. After this wanton outrage, they proceed-
ed to several other houses in that neighbourhood,
where they committed similar depredations; and
then dispersed. We have now upwards of .100
soldiers in this town—the publicans are very
much distressed to accommodate them. . There
are only about .X 3 publie-houses in the town; so
that each house has, on an average., Upwards of
30 soldiers. Hov long 'this is tci continue We
cannot tell.''

Last night, a little before twelve o'clock, a fire
broke out in ahouse in Union-street, Marylebonne,
which entirely consumed it ; but' by the timely ar-
rival of the engines, and the activity of the lire-
men, was.prevented from spreading further. We
are happy to say no lives were lost.

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