The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-19 00:00:00

RIOT -A'!' NEWCAYI LE.

The te(ilmen upon thisliver have not yet re-
turned to their. work, and three is a; present little
.prospect of their doing so. We regret to state,
that they. have this week threatened to pull down
some of the sal Its., a-nd shown a rlispoSniOn to
-carry their-,threats into execution. In conse-
litence ot, their irroceedings, file dragoons have
been cal,led out, amyl the neighbouring Mvgistrate.
'have proqeded down each sick cif s+l.r river, and
Sworn in seif,eral sirerial constables for the pro
4ection ot,the staitlrs ; 'parties • of . military ahto
lave,,bertt stAtiianed at, different places on the
river. Several of the inhabitants of this 'town
'sere also si.s4o!rnits wrsrecial cons,:ables on Thurs.-
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regiret to state, 'that a Stßiiotis disturhowe
took :place nit ThursclaV afternoon, at North
•Shitidtt,a • l'iche 11,1a,90n of shift toil() haul proceeded
downy 'het Pifer, with the Civil Power, aided by
,the liNats4of. his Majesty's with a view of
-openidg;7t be ,novigation of the t )vet" (which had

been interrupted for the l t r fortnight by the
=riotous procredinvs of kot lmen', rod had gone
shore at. North Shields,,where he was surround.
c.tt by a larke and tumultuous mob, and separated
ttorn :he tOts.
The ruokl4en rommeneed an ,attack with pay-
ing s: ones and other missiles ou the boats, by
which (miry of,.the peace-officers and the boats'
.crews were severely wounded,. This attack was
continued nuremittingly, with threats on the pot
of the, mob t.o .sink the boats. The crews were
obliged at!leng,th, in defence of their lives, to file
some shots‘;-and it is rumoured that one has been
attended with 4atal effects. The mob afterwards
turned their rut y upon the Northumberland Arms
In.n, in which the Mayor was, and demolished all
the windows and doors. In this state of affairs
a detachment of 6 is Dragoons ardved, and
tranquillity was restored.
It is, ,we since learn, too true, that one person
was shot Lite. was a poor seullerman. All was
quiet on Friday. morning. . .
. In consequence of a request from the Mayor of
this town, a party of 2.30 of the 40th Regitnent
arrived here during Thursday night,
The sailors on the Wear have this week re-
fused to proceed to sea without an advance of
wages : they ate desirous, we understand, of
raring their wages Irt,m 21. 10s. to 31. 10s. per
voyage. The ship-owners have not come to a de-
cision, as the depressed state of the trade will
scarcely admit of any amelioration.—(Newcastle
Chtonicte.)

• - [ANOTHEE ACCOUNT.]
NORTH SHIELDS, ()CT. 15.—An alarming riot
took place here yesterday 'evening, in which a
man unfortunately lost his lite. The circom-
stances are these :—Tae •keeluteu upon the river
still'refusing to go to work, an effort was yester-
day made by the Mayor of Newcastle, assisted by
the Civil Power,' and four or five boats,- maimed
with sailors and mat ines from a sloop of war in
the harbour, to bring clown a few keels laden
with coals from different staiths above, and cast
them on board such • vessels as were waiting for
their cargoes. Between 5 and 6 o'clock in the af-
ternoon the keels arrived, accompanied by the
I%layor of Newcastle and a body-of special consta.
Ides to one of the steam-boats, and the sloop of
war's boats above-mentioned. At this time a num.
her of persons, but principally boys, were assem-
bled on the-New Quay, opposite the Nut thumber-
land Arms, and they tent hissing,- hootiog,-and
groaning, while the coals.were casting into the
ships lying opposite the Quay. Nothing serious,
however, from such an assemblage was apprehend-
;: and accordingly, about half-past five the
Mayor, the Water-Bailiff, &c., landed from the
steam-boat, and crossing the Quay, went into the
Northumberland Arms, for the purpose of getting
some refreshment. The Mayor, though a very
popular' magistrate, was, however, grossly insult-
ed on leaving the boat. On:: man, in the. act of
thrust ing stones, the Mayor seemed with his own
hands, and had him conveyed into the Northum-
berland Arms, where-be was detained. Shortly
after, the noise upon the Quay increased; more
stones were thrown into the steam-boat, which
was moored elose to the Quay ; and the special
constables and others, left on board, being
unable to defend -themselves, they dispatched a
small boat to request the protection of the ma-
tines, who had then returned to the sloop. One
boat, with an officer and a few marines in it, •
presently arrived, and pulled up close under the
stern of the steam-boat, the persons on board
of which had by this time, one and all, beets
driven to seek shelter in the cabin. The boys
still kept plying their missiles from the Quay,
hissing and hooting at the parties on the water.
To frighten them, as was supposed, two muskets
were now fired- by the marines ; but they were
loaded only with blank cartridges. A pause of a few
minutes ensued, and then a fresh shower of stones
was poured into the steamboat, one of which
struck the ollicer. Now a. third musket was fired,
which killed a sailor standing on the front of the
Quay, and who was merely a spectator of the
tray. No Riot Act was read ; no Macistrate, in
Liu, was
_near, except the Mayor of Newcastle,
who has no jurisdiction at Shields, except upon
the water, and the people assembled. had never
dreaded being fired upon. Cries of " Murder"
followed.
Women and men indisiqimitiately joined in as•
*salting the boats wit h
.stones. anti brick-bats, but
the tnarines immediately -pulling • off, the furyof
the inoba4'att,'''ary soon directed to the North-
umberland Arms, in.() which house, it was said,
the gflicer. typo commanded the marines bad gone,
and,whete were then present the Mayor of New-
castic„ with other Gentlemen, the Water Bailiff,.
&c.,, lien/ ,be. mob set no bounds to their xage-
- • f.‘,Mancitester over again !"—" Blood for blood!",
iwere vociferated incessantly. The windows and

:L7tvindow-luarnes of the two lower stories of the,
‘vere completely demolished. Some metal.
-Lilies for gas, which lay contiguously, _were up-
plied io breaking open the doms. At this critical
juncture, when the rioters bud actually broken
.I,co siie street door, the High Constable of
Shields arrived, and declaring that at the risk of
I k lite be would preserve the peace of the town,:
he succeeded, by Lis spirited conduct, in allaying,