The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-11 00:00:00

Tllb LATE RIOTS.

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Yesterday the Lotto Islavoa received a letter
from a -toWn'about 140 miles frOhi'Liindop, in-,
,
forming him that on Friday last a young sk
tim , in
r-,
all respects answering the descriptiOn- of young
Watson, and having the appearance of a person
%vim had travelled a considerable distance on foot,
railed into a public-house there, and obtained re-
freshment. He expressed a great anxiety to see
the latest London papers, and when he had pe-
rused them, be expressed. nitwit dissatisfaction -at
the result of the riots. litalept.at‘another house
in the same town, where:.-he appeared equally
' anxious about an account of the riots, and asked
the servant whether there were two ways out -of
the house I
In consequence of this information, Mr. Wont-
ter, the City Marshal, quitted London by Ole
mail last night, for the place stheitee the infor!
Illation came. . • i:aari at!, ~..4
At n late hour last night no'tidittifis-hatifreaxiheff
us of the apprehension of this offender.
Some progress hag' been made in tracing the
history of the proceeding ,s 'otthe father and son
during' the last twelvemonth. Before .they.left
their residence in Catherine-street, in the Strand,
about a year ago, the father was so embarrassed
in his circumstances that. he was obliged to press
all his patients very closely for the payMenwif
their bills, Having succeeded
,in procuring his
money, .he removed to TOttinham-court-rood,
situ thence to the neighbourhood,uf Ciaretuteit-.
square, Somers-Town. He slid not, however,.
inform his patients of the place of his residence ;
:nor has the motives of his concealment been made
kilown, There can be little doubt, however, that
iv-arose from distress and paverty. Indeed, the
Doctor and hii son decamped frost:llok. residence
at Clarendon-square, a sew days previous to the
meeting in Spa-fields, without paying the rent
that was due from them. What 13ecame.of them
.in the interval has not transpired. '.lo4rais-ton-..
jectured that young Watson hail been up all night
previous to the meeting, in company with P,..res•
ton, as both of them appeared intoxieated.on
!that !
day.. Old IVatson is said to have nine-Children,
who, according to his account,; are distributed in
different parts of the country. among frirnds and
rplaiiona, but he refuses to tell white.-, tie pr..
lessee not to have seen his wife eineiMay I.sr :
she. also, as we itated yesterdaY;'il to the coun-
try,. and living with a relation.'
The lad who was brought frotitl'ObetStone some
days ago with a pistol in his possesSiOn'underwent
another examination yesterday at Bow-street
but no fresh evidence as yet appearing-. agailau.
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him, he was remanded. .
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Various accounts hate been stated -dr t I,q4oes
of the different gun-makers in the-iitittitt 'Woad
indeed they appear tbte };rester ditit iitaseltrit.
..).
believed • for although a great nutt; ese
01. lit..#*
secovere:l, yet they are so'damegeeti lO'be I
. , . ,a ..
imole without value. some of the loWling;;Olteas,
which were worth 40 or 60 guinea*, bitty .be-,
come unsaleable. 'Thu stocks of guns, &t. here
leen rendered useless from the injury:m.l44lW)),
their being used to break :glass, &c. - i•'
Mr. Platt's slate of healtliConiiimsi as it Ssis.
it is not alarmingly .111, :bat'. the . hall
‘is Mat ..y,,,e,t.
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(Corv.) Moltaksnfirroute, Doc, 40 61‘.
lift Lonn,—Allow me to cypress soy grateful acknowletle•
. otants for the able and very pro at4l4rinee• afforded by
your Lordship in aid of the Civil Power withi the City,
which so happily conduced to the euppreselon of a most der.
ing outrage, which, if not thee opportunely eheckod, might
havi led to conseretent,ses still mote alaratiit4. •
I have, M. MAnkiEW`VOOD,
'The night Hon. Lord Sidnsoldb, Se•
eve taryf of Stotts, &a. Bsc. "en'
(Corr.)
Whitehall, nee. 41,111 e.
xit Lnun,-1 hose to acknowledge, with many thanks, the
Tre.,;pt of your I.ordship's letter of Monday lastein which
your Lordship is pleased to express your thanks for this as-
sistance afforded on that day to the Civil Itwer in the Lit) of
my directions.
Your Lordship way be assisted that I had the preatest sa-
tisfaction in givute every aid, in my itotrar Magistrates'
of the Clty of Lomitoi,and particolatly thikuraplary ens-
tiuns of your Pirttsiiip putlitsa( u p,p; tit", fbo,tunttiltuatti
anti flapcitientx rroceecitugst which citigrateci lift Metropolis on.
'that lay, and its .restoring order and tranutillit '.
hare the honour to be, &c. SIDMOUTIL •
Right lion. On Lord Mayor.

DISTURBANcES AT DUND&E.

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iQf the 6th.) .1 :num' 9.1;1
( • About eight o'clock in the evening 01.14 MW
' ' • try a raw idlelll44 wills several 4.omlts.,ltod
,
cnildrea begatt tobuitt4beeilfgies of one Thomson.'
.
a InelkiSeiklr in Nawkliill, who, It 'vsai alleged,
bad raisatttbe priest stif oatintisillet,2od. ' while Isis
't.'.'.•,- . itaighbaurasahi it at 1,811. 'loo,llltainc in numbers,
i ''' • ' abet FrtOceoled to attack the houstee Orli tiler *0..;
''' - . !eller,- et -Sanistringhttrn•.'• At title, time the- this*:
, , might baste been dispersed by half a efoleit tritti f
, and one of the leaders was actually knooked.down,
': end taken prisoner by a nseal.sellet, though atter-
'-: -,s, . -,
_lfierths,tetcssed. . From Sco.tsringhurn they proceeded
'..-; , . 1110.0 g Ole ()Fergus!, breaking tire- windows of 1141
4t. -
me 3 alorellers as (herpes:rd. Thence they pi neve-tied
to the Murraygate, and broke the windowsot Those
Misdig, ,Up to this- stage of their progress, .we
'believe,. no robberyto any estent was committed,
".tbe assemblage seemed to, be composed eltkily 01
women and boys, and to heiriglitened altudistAsy-
their own hiser.sts. ' Proceeding up the filliOtlittr
, . became a stronger phalanx', .anti assuroestAlttliti4
daring and destructive . spirit. They pltioVier4OF
, . - the shops of William Scott, in the Hill, atitt,....v.11
c• ll'igliton, in King-street.. Returning to the Mur-
! . fayglite, they !anise into the slinpofWm. Muttloch,
carricit off a aunt of money, all his books, four chests
' or tee, and a considerable quantity of grocery
,I• •.. , goods. They next went to the house of Mr. James i
•,-.' Duncan, in St. Antlrew,s.street, and -broke all
the windossi; but were intimidatedfrom entering
i'• ' ; II"' bonne by the Virile(' resistance of Alexander,
.: . I tir. Duricairs son, They bent their Coarse tti Ca-
.. rotista fort, the house of Mr. Lindsay. Mr..Lim-1-
"Y *as at Lundie-lsouse i Mrs. Lindsay was also
Emus .home • and the young ladies, in the utmost
P
!errOr,'Clienpeil 'by the hack windows, and clam-
l`°'`in g over tmks and walls, found safety, itt Abut
c
i . 1 "brie's, at M-tytield. The mob completely dis..
mantled tint! pillaged the house, broke thefurni-

op.!, tore Coe eurtaids front the beds and witrdorwss
stole the clothes, a went, que,ntity of plate,:a
number of barns, and other articles, whose amount
bus not been ascertained.
Between twelve and one o'clock, Captain Blair
being joined by Mr. Rohert.s, these t wogen,
juin. as the misguided people were advancing to
the perpetration of new crimes, succeeded in per-
suading them to go home, upon a promise that
the respectable inhabitants would endeavour to
concert a plan for insuring a supply of meal; and
fur affording some relict to the sufferings 'Of the
most neceizsitons.
Snell are, the lead:ng circumstances which we
.Rare been.able ,to collect, in the hurry of
Cation, Hod in the bustle of t he arrangements NI/hid)
our fellow townsmen are in iking to precut the re-
correuce of similar disgracefill scenes.
Though the. houses of the grain-dealers only.
were attacked, there is 'TWO to believe,' that
.the
'flot.'of Wednosday night was oecahitioil less by
want, than the love of mischief and plunder. And
,this is proved by the faetithat little or no meal
was taken and more especi.lly ,by the, destruc-
tion of Mr. Lindsay's property..
The Magistrates called a Meeting of the inha-
bitants at eleven o'clock yesterday.forenooo,which
was numerously .and respectably atten4ett. The
object of the meeting was, of course, -to provide
.against the recurrence of such disgraceful scenes
in Wort.. The town was divided into eleven dis-
tricts, and a great number of individuals were
appointed to protect the, peaceable inhabitants ; .
so.that tiler* is
_now, .while this sysreni is tiered'
upon, no danger of any disturbaoce. The meal.
market .was re-opened, and quantities of meal
WercAnrriedtherc. 'lnd sold. We are informed
that the Makistrates have agreed to recommend.
to the Council to, petition against the continuance
of distillation from grain while the present juices
continue, and to use every effort in their power
to encourage the dealers to bring a regular supply
of meal to the market.