The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-01 00:00:00

ATTACK, UPON MR. lIORSFALL'S MILL AT ADDINGIIAM.

Oa Wednesday, about five o'clock in the afternoon, a mob,
consiiting-of from four to five hundred people, entered the village,
of Addinghian, armed with pistols-, bludgeons, axes, and other
offensive weapons, and proceeded in regular order to the premises
of Mr. Jeremiah Horsfall, of the Low Mills, at that place. Seve-
ral of the rioters, who appeared to take a lead in the business, de-
manded admittance for the avowed purpose of destroying the
power-looms, accompanying this demand with an intimation that
if their request was complied with, no violence would be offered
to any of the persons in the mill, but that, in case any resistance
was offered, they would, on effecting an entrance, throw every
man out of the upper windows. • Mr. Lawson, the superintendent
of the milt stated, that he could not accede to this request, but
that he was willing to give them a sum of money for their relief,
adding, that the work-people were well armed, and *ere deter-
mined, to defend the mill. The assailants, upon receiving this
answer, immediately commenced their attack (a pistol havingbeen
fired as a signal) by discharging a volley of large stones through
the windows, which was returned by a discharge of the same mis-
siles froM within; but the besieged finding this mode of defence
inefficient, resorted to their fire-arms, firing, in the first instance,
purposely, over the heads of the assailants; but the attack being
persisted in, the next discharge was levelled at the rioters. The
firing from the mill, and the discharge of stones from the assail-
ants, continued for a considerable time.
The rioters, meeting with so formidable a resistance, soon re-
laxed in their attack; and when E. C. Lister, Esq. of Manning-
ham, who had been sent for, as the nearest Magistrate, arrived,
the most active of the rioters had dispersed. Mr. Lister, upon
his arrival at the scene of action, read the Mot Act, and the re-
mainder dispersed without offering any further violence. The
injury done to the machinery was not material, but about 600
squares of glass, in the windows of the mill, were broken.

During the firing, it is supposed that about 20 penioos were
wounded, 11 of them so severely as to need surgical attendance at
Addingham, but we understand that only one person is considered
to be in danger.

None of Air. Horsfall's people received any serious injury, ex
cept one man, whose hand was much shattered by the Writing. Of
his blunderbuss..

The conduct of Mr. Lawson, :Who had the entire direction of
the defensive operations, was Such as to de him the highest credit;
as he united to courage great coolness and humanity.
On Thursday morning, a troop of the lst Dragoon ficards,
from the Leeds Barracks, arrived at Addingham.
During the greatest. part of the day,-,the hills round Adding,'
ham were covered with people, to t hanumter of several lifousarls,
waiting for a favourable opportunityrfor ;reneivitig thei !AL hut
being apprised of the arrival of the military, they held a council
of war, and altar :soros consultation:. withdrew their forees;—
A detachment pr•omeded to Gargrave, for the purpose of destroy-
ing the power-looms in Mr. Mason's mill, and in their route
passed through ;;kipton, parading the streets in military
array ;. they, arrived at Oargravo,,about eight o'clock. Mr. Ma-
son, who had, been informed of theirtapproach, met them a short
distance from the town, and endeavoured to dissuade them from
their illegal enteprise, offering, them any relief -which their neces-
sities might rcquiru this offer was rejected, and they proceeded
to Gargrave; -wla.vei iti about 'a quarter of an hour, they com-
pletely:effected the destruction of the obnoxious looms.

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' Ye4rday four men, Charged with. Vbeing concerned in the at-
tack upon , Mr. Ilorsfall's mill on Wednesday,. were examined
beibre 4,;C. Lister, and William, Ithodeif Esqrs.; two of the
Magistrates of the West Riding, .at Addingluim. It appeared
frorpjlktutamination of several: tvitneases, that Edward Marsh
ailif Mitlamy Miller, . bothi.cotton«weavers, of Addingbam, were
presentiatlihksittacktpoit Mn Hors&ll's 'mill, and had taken an
active partpittital,l The evidenee against the other two .persons
was extratrieltalight.,! , After', an : investigation, which occupied
about flours, EdwerdMarsh itmlAntliony Miller were fully corn-
mitted q. Rork. castle, for trial at the nett Assizes, charged with
unlawf 11y.4 riotously, and: tumultuously assembling, and with
having t)egan forcibly!to demolish the mill of Mr. Horsfall.
The ether two prisoners were ordered to he discharged.
Thotie stilL remain; in custody'at- Addingham two tnen Who
were apprehended on Thursday evening, near that place, under
suspicious; .e With . antis. 'in their hands. Their
examination is deferred on account of the absence of a material

.wituess. . . s,
The :troop of the Ist Dragoon Guards, which proceeded to
Alancluistor yetterclay morning, have been replaced by a troop
of the oth Dragoons from York: there is also a troop of the
Yorkshire Hussars from Utley, which are likely to remain for
some ilays.••
Number of power-looms destroyed during the preeent week in
the factories of
Messrs. Sykes and 60' -
Mr. Wahnsiey, Itough hey - '2o'
Mr. Bury, White Ash - - BO
Messrs. W. and It. Turner, 11r:hustler(' - 100
Air. Whitehead, Rawtonstal. - - 100
Mr. Kaye, Langhole ‘OO
- - - - -
Boston and Sous, lidenfield - - 100
Banister, Eccles, and Co., Blackburn - 170
Messrs. Hamer end Son, Summerseat - 38
Mr. Whitehead, Woodhill - -
Messrs. Ashworth, Holt Mill - - 6
IVlessrs. lisrgreaves, Bacup - - 28
Alr. -Munn, Bacup - - , 51 .
Messrs. Mason, Gargretwo - - - 25
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Exclusive of those destroyed at the mills of Messrs. Ailciri
and Lord, Chadderton, and Mr. Naughton, GrimshaW-p irk,
the rum:Cher- of which is not stated. The toncl•number of jo6mm
destroyed may be estimated at 1,000/. and their value at 80,000/.

(.14ona the Manchester Gazette.)
SECOND EDITION.
'Gazette Office, 10 o'clock, Saturday Evening.

. .
In order to allay the apprehensions of persens at a distance, we
have been iiddhelti sit'this late hotir lOinake a second edition. All
was tranquit thntitie tlie.night. . About eleven o'clock this fore-
noon a number of persosis`h4ran tu asieioble in the neighbourhoo I
of the New Cross, and 'about noon the Cheshire Yeomanry wer.i
considerably' annoyed' by the stoous throwu by the individuals col-

lected. One of the Yeomanry received a rather serious injury
from a brick-bat, and others were slightly hurt.
About half-past twelve, the windows of the foundry of Messrs.
Peel, Williams, and Co. were broken, and at one o'clock it was
thought necessary to read the Riot Act.
Since that time the means taken to repress further violence
have proved, etfectual.
At this hour all is quiet,, and there is every likelihood that the
night will pass without disturbance. Detaehments of the mi-
litary still patrole the streets, and the civil power is on the alert.
The name of the yeoman' that was hurt is John Arrowsmith,
blacksmith, of Northwich. About three o'clock two troops of
the Cheshire Yeomanry were passing Ancoats-bridge, when they
were assailed by a shower of stones and brick-bats, one of which
bit him on the back. His bridle rein broke, and his horse fell
upon him. .lle was immediately ordered by his Captain to his
quarters, and is now doing Well:

Several detachments of troops, with several pieces of artillery,
passed through Islington on Saturday night and yesterday.moni-
lug on the way to the north.