The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-02 00:00:00

btirgAt;ES,

. PRAME-BtBAKING. •
tEISTER,, Yt./!It 2J,—At, twelve o'cloclt !aft'
• •
night, upwards of IGO arrfiedinen, with their lii,cet
blacked,' and otheilviSediskored, entered the-lace
manufactory of Mr, fiejii• ticoA a, in Lougitbo -
rough, and ttiiisted that the then t betWeini 40 and
•i
DO) who were _at, work, shoald immediately lay
themselves oil the floor with•Oieir tacos
wards, or that they wiild. pay dearly for rile ir; re_
pistil. 13014; thtni taken, by surl,rihe, atul
(kited at the threats of their assalan!sii he weir -
i~en cbmplied with their 'fishes; Whl) the excep-
xion, of one man, who, making some re.ista,,e,:,
recelived the contents of a gun io his peek, but it
s :pposed the wounti will not prove:fatal to lino.
Ti,.! bandittl then commeee(l their wink of tie-
trwlition, and livlote4ll.l minutes had expire.; aO
patent t wist lace fkinnes, worth 1001. at least each,
were Inite.destroyed, Notwithstaniiittg t;le
search, which Was set on foot directly after this
disgraceful affair;
.no du'e could be discovered to
lead to the detection of tile aleinlers for as soon
as they had effected their object they called over
the number of each Man, and retired of der.
. The cause assigned for this daring outrage is,
of course, not known lint It is reported, that Mr.
it lately reduced his woikMen's wages, hurl it is
hence Aopposed that he has inciirred the :11::,plta-
sOre of 'some of the lawless banditti'.

11.10'is
Sunday; bet Ween seven and eisjit en
express to rived at Bath, front Frame,
nupleasant intelligence of a !lot hum taken
place in that testes), on S.ltorday eveni.,g. A
ounitier or persons early in the al.ernOtiii sile,ved
symptoms of discontent at Wale add h tonal
advance hi the price of potatots. Thcir nom_
her,il;creased to between:two and three thousand
by seven o'elOck, and kliey then proceeded to
acts of violelice. The Magistrates, with the
mint proalptitude, read the Utica -Act, and the
I"ronie Cavalry having assendAed to ot cisme
peace, was immediately assailed with volnes of
Jitoaes, brick-bies, &c. ;
.we lament to say, io thus
conflict' Col. Wtexham received a sev'ere t%ound
in his head, which caused hidi to be led limo the
scene of action ; scvell or eight of the cavalry
have been wounded or bruised, and as many
horses, one having hia eye knotked out. At four
o'clock on Sunday morning., a detachment of the
Irsoiskillen dragoons arrived ft om Bruton, aad
shortly after some degree of order was restorel
—The Bath cavalry have received orders to twirl
themselves ih readiness, and +lre now assembled
opposite the The rioters first procittl..
ell to 'rescue three men that were taken into cus-
tody early in the day, hut were defeated in their
purpoia. They next proceeded to the factory of
Messrs. SHaVraep, with intent to destroy the
Same, but through the prompt 'exertion* of the
Magistrates and cavalry- all, was saved. , Great
praise is due to the meritorious eaertions of the
Frunie cavalry on this occasion; and we aunts-
starer the whole of the North Somerset Yeomanry
arc loader arms to aid the civil power, ai these
deluded men have threatened to repeat, their, de ,1
predation: on Wedrirsday next.--7(4oth Paper.)