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BURWELL FEN RIOTS.
THE MILITARY CALLED OUT.
For upwards of twelve months the poor lands o Bur-
well have been the subject of considerable agitation and
dissension among the inhabitants of the town, in con-
sequence of the refusal of the poor to allow the authori-
ties to carry out an order made by the Court of Chan-
cery, for the better regulation and cultivation of the said
lands.

Mr. C. M. Bidwell, surveyor, of Ely, was appointed
by the court as manager to carry out its order. About
six months since, when he attempted to commence the
work, he was much maltreated, and thrown into a ditch,
the mob declaring they would serve anybody else the
same that came there to interfere with their land.
Things remained in this state until about six weeks
since, when twelve of the metropolitan police were sent
for, and application was made for the assistance of the
military, for the labourers determined to resist the civil
authority.
Towards eight o'clock on Thursday upwards of five
hundred had assembled, including a great many femsles,
and in the course of half an hour a company of
the 48,h Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel
Wetherell, defiled before the mob. These having been
followed by about forty of the 11th Hussars, with two
magistrates, the Rev. J. T. Bennett and A. Cotton,
Esq., formal possession was taken of the ground by
Mr. Bidwell and his men. Seventeen of the ring-
leaders were then apprehended, and conveyed to the
Fox public-house, when two of them were committed
for contempt of the Court of Chancery, and five of
them were remanded until Monday for an assault on
one of the magistrates (Mr. A. Cotton) on the
_pre-
vious Friday.. The rest were bailed out. Thus
finding they had been thwarted, s large, number of the
labourers made application to Mr.*Bidwell to put them
to work, and the probability is, that for some months to
come nearly 100 of these very labourers will be engaged
in the work of levelli ;g and claying these very lands,
preparatory to their being parcelled out to the really de-
serving poor of the parish at a nominal rent. The
Hussars returned back to their quarters at Newmarket.
It is supposed the military will remain at Burwell a
month.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 7.
WI I TELIALL, FE :e. 28.
The Lord Chancellor hits appointed Henry Ling, of
the city of Norwich, Gent., to be a Master Extraorni-
nary iu the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Thomas Picket Hennings, dealer iu wine, Wyndham-
road, Camberwell.
Joseph Harper, coal merchant, Ponsonby-place, Vaux-
hall-bridge-road.
Cli Tillow, innkeeper, Leeds.
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BANKRUPTS.
William Storror, upholsterer, Southampton, to sur-
render March 15, at two. and May 3. at one, at tre
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild-
hall-chambers, Basinghall- street; Martin and Co., Com-
mercial Salerooms, Mincing-lane.
William Couch, pianoforte maker, John-street,
Fitr-
roy-square, March 14 and April 25, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. Basing-
h all • street; Adams, George-street, Mansion-house.
Thomas Drell, eoalmaster, Broseley, Shropshire,
March 17 and April 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming-
ham; Mottram and Co., Birmingham.
Arnold Francis Wille and George Henry Wilson, mer-
chants, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 26 and April 16, at
half-past twelve, as the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull.
Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Sidebottom, Kingston-
upon-Hull.
W illiam Walker, sacking manufacturer, Howden,York-
shire, April 2 and 23, at halt-past twelve, at the Town-
hall, Kingston.upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee,
Hull; Porter, and Wells and Co., Hull.
John Horroeks, coal merchant, Liverpool, March 20
and April 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Yates, Liverpool.
Hugh Buchanan MacMillan and Robert Service '
Wilson, drapers, Preston and Accrington, Lancashire,
March 18 and April 16, at Pleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester;
CobbEt!, Manchester.