The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-30 00:00:00

THE RIOTS.

e7P.4ItIOGE, MAY 27,—0n WednesAay last a
Intisi desperate body of insurgent fen-men assestr-
d at Littleport in the Ide of Ely, where tiley
attacked on the same
.night the house of the Rey.
Mr. Vachel. A magistrate, who for sonic time
stood at his door armed with a p:stid, threatening
,to shoot any one who should attempt to enter,
when three men rushed upon and disarmed him.
1.16 immediately ran un,stairs to relieve his wife
and, two daughte!s, who, with very slight cover.
made their escape with, him, running nearly
all the way towards Ely, Wilt:re they arrived
safe after midnight. The .riOters then broke
tII the windows, and nearly demolished every
thing in the house, burning all Mr. Vachel's
papers and writings, and Stamping his plate under
their feet : after which they extorted considerable
• stims of money from the inhabitants, and broke
into two !7119p5, helping themselves, without ail
one daring to oppose them. The publicans' eel-.
lays were their next object, wllere, aftbox having
drink %%d at they liked, they got a waggon and
team of horses, and proceeded for Ely, taking
with them every gun and other deadly Weapon they
could find. On their arrival at that tiny they were
joined by Some. Of its refractory inhabitants before
eight o'clock on Thursday morning, when they
demanded cont lino ions from the houses and shops
of the brewers, bakers, butchers, grocers, and
ru hers, which were unavoidably assented to, and
kdreadf& scene of drunkenness and riotous con-
duct ensued., They then proceeded to the
'house of Mr. Riekwood, a miller, where they
&pin to break his windows, etc. ; but on
bis „wife consenting to go „with a party of
them to the. Bank, for the purpose of giving
them 501 , they, on obtainiog that sum, left his
house without committingany further depredstions;
hilt on their return broke the windows and doors
of the house of a person who sold flour,, together
svithgreat part of the furniture. The mischief
was chiefly eommitteti by the Littleport rioters,
who, atter separating themselves from those of
Ely, extorted Money from several persons of that
city, which they spent in drink, and departed
homeward, to complete their lawless depredations,'
first obtained the release of two of /their
confederates who had been imprisoned by the
Ely Magistrates. Happily there was no further
disturbance in that place. aft& the. depart tire of
the ,Littleport banditti, • , •
ese riots have at length terminated by the
exertions of the Magistrates, aided by a number
of the gentlemen and inhabitants of. Ely, and the,
Royston troop of volunteer cavalry, together,
-with a small detachment of the lst Royal Dra,,
goons-, consisting of IS, who had in the fits'. in.
titmice been sent for-from Bury. -These proceeded
in a body, on 14riday afternoon to Littleport,,
a very severe struggle,, ensued between them' and
the rioters ; Who hatfseereted, them Selves in, dif-
ferent' houses, and were armed with guns,'
''which they fired many shots • at the -military
and civil power, and severely, Wounded 'nue- of
the soldiers, 'hut not danfr,eronsly. The military

then received orders to fire,.and the Man who had
'wounded ,the soldier-was instantly shot dead, and
another fell, whfi, having lost the lower. pan of
bis Ind part 01 his tongue, is since dead.
Ny4co this took pLice the rioters .were completely
iliOoncerted, and, fel in 'every direction ; but by
• ili4erseverar,(4 ,net activity or rho military and
Cfvll power, no less than 73 of the rioter• were
taken prisoners; and are now lodged in Ely
Many' more were ate‘o taken, Who, appearing to
have been forced' to join tine mob, 'have been li-
. berate:d. '• Anio'lest those ta.ken,-end now under
cootiliement, ace several persons of some proper-.
ty,' 31td avvaterit repottability in' life ; and it is:
, very evideir. than tapine `(not want)' was the prin-
eipd iristi;.,:atioti or Uhi unpreledonted disturbance,
as. /14 parish nt Littleport, on Wednesday night,
awl again on Thursday night,-yesembled in every
-respect a town sacked by a besieging army, the'
principal inhabitants having - been compelled to
abAolon their homes for the protection of their
Jives, and leave their properties to the mercy-of
'chit daring banditti of robbers.
i. At' least 50 guns and 9or 10 'large foulling-
:pieces, such as-are used by gunners for the tie-
St ruction of wild fowl, each carrying at least 4 or 5
pipes Of powder and as many of shot, were taken
front the rioters ; and plate and other articles to
the valuer of 3 or 4001. have been recovered-.
A detachment of the 69th regiment arrive-ant Ely
on Sunday morning, where they willbe stationedfor
some time to come, although the inhabitants of
Ely and its environs are now easy, and have aban-
doned all alarm.

AVOTHEit LerTzu.—On Wednesday evening
last, about nine o'clock, a most alarming dis-
turbance broke out at LittlepOrt : a furious attack
,was made on the premises of the Rev. Mr. Va-
chel, a Magistrate for the Isle, which began by
breaking his windows ; the rioters soon entered
the premises, completely gutted the same, broke
every article of furniture (except one table) with
which they pelted the green-house* scarcely letiv-
Itui a whole square of glass, carried off all the fa-
Indy plate^and trinkets of Mrs. Vachel, ripped tip
the featherbeds, scatteretrthe feathers in Ate
street, anti, in short, on those premises their aim
was total destruction : the damage is estimated at
V-0001, Mrs. Waddelow, a general shopkeeper,
experienced treatment nearly similar, and also
lost a great part of her stock in trade. Prom the
rriptiiies of Mr. Stephen Wiles, shopkeeper,,afte'r
extorting frOm him 101. they took from him all
his gunpowder and shot, try the value of about
114. I totally destroyed his new shop-windows ;
'they also broke open the bureau of Mr. Dewie,
farmer, from whence they took 100 guineas,
*ELY, WED:Gtso.tv MORNlNG.—Several riotous
prkouers who had tied; have been brought in in
(I.Ourse of the last two days'; tbFee or four of
them are Delegites; who bad been active to raise
the ;;,:fferi,:nt parts of the island to join theLittleport
gorily . Lord Francis Osborne, who has acted as
Vire liienten-int for Cambrldgeshire, in the ab-
sence u,t ther; irt of fiat divicke, joined the Bench of
•
LlAgist,..,tes yesterday. The examinations are
'contioning, The following persons have been f4lly
foulmitred, aq numbers ot otters-trill be, to be tried
,bef,ire a Special Coinmission, expected soon to is-
'ine; Vioil4l-John- Dennis, :Thornas Smith, --..

Joseph, alias Littietasy, iessop, Clic-
rifle, Robert Crab, Jefferson, Roht. Salmon,
\V. Bennis, jun.,-,Janes Campbell, Richard Rut-
,,ter,- ikc.—,Seventy more 2rrFons remain in
enstody, charged with capital offences.; and about
twenty-four It hccii liberated on their recog-
nizance, Who appeared to hare been pressed into
this desperate service. The Magistrates, finding
th'at they conicl now dispense with Inriber military
assistance.-iiirected that Lite I.t Legiment of Dra-
goon Guards, mule: ColoineAckloui, should fall
back Csmbridge., and that the artillery should
proceed to Newmarket; 'lie long swivel pieces, wild
fowl o,ps, and other arms, about 60in number, are
Hoyt; pl,ti:iftg on the kyalls of the :NJ ilitary Demt, The
detaelinCenr of the Royal Di-agoons, and the Staff
party of the Militia.havejnst been drawn up, and
whipessell by ,:iialenry,ll3te Diulley,winvinforin-
ed thrnt that be, bad great satisfaction is , being
enabled to convey, to them theapprobation of the
Cononander-in•Cliief of the -temperate itml ex-
einnidry condlict which they manifested. at Little
port, on Friday last, in aid of the Civil Alain).
tides of Gie Coanty,,,for th.e proteetion of the
lives and properties of hi;; Majesty's subjects.—
By the vigorons and prude-ill steps thus ta‘eit by
the Magtsiraey,- the public 'mace is now happily
restored throughout the ;sit. .

MAY town is now tranquil,
Part of the 69th regiment marched in here from
Colchester on Saturday, and at t kree'nc x t morning
proeeedetl•on their route for Ely. A party of the-
st Royal Dragoons still remains here. The.iol-
- of this regiment who was swOunded in the
arm. at, •Littleport returned to this place tot Sa-
turday kst, and next morning proceeded for the
Hospital at Ipswich. He had been at the battle
of Waterloo, unit in many other generAl ehgage.»
meats, w,ithout receiving the'slightest.woond, and
lamented that he should ut last receive (we front'
his own countrymen.
SUFFOI.K.—At 'a meeting .of the Lord .Liente-
traint and ;Magistrates of the said County,. held' at
the Shire-hall in Bury Sr. Edin9tal's, on Monday,
the 27th day of May 1816, for the por/inse °Utak-
ing into consideration the late ontrages and dis-
turbances which have, taken place within this
County, the Doke of Grafton, Lord Livitenant,
in the Chair
" Resolved, That it is the opittion of the Meeting that the
most patient and careful attention slionld ,he given, with a
'view of traeink the causes of tbeie disorders, and of relief ing.
Rs fares tircamstances will permit, tbe4resent diviregivgof
the labouring pour; but that it is thw decided opinhai of this
meeting, that nt.: eencussionN ,hould be made, nor any agree-
ment entered into with btadi, . of people assembled riot-•
Os or threatening manner ; and that the utmost exertions
will be used to pot down all tuntiolt., arid to bring to punish,
went all persons who may he cancel-tied in such riotous pro-
ceedinoi." _
_ _

No-awiett,:MAv 29.—0 n Friday aftertmOn
the Upwell 'troop nt yeotitunry' were again'sent
' for, t 4. magistrates and inhabitants expecting an- ,
other vistit from the insurgents of SoutlrerV and its
neighbourhood, in consequence Of 'their demands
"not:being complied with ; they insisted orr-2s:
per day for their labour, and to be paidlor'MOn-
dry and Tuesday (the'llays they were rioting at
Downham); also fixing their'priee fOr bread, trour,
&c. When the troop arrived '(about seven inthe-
evening) the specs) constables rverc on the alert,
itud•severaf were ithmeniately taken into ensto4v.
On Saturday morning seven persons were fully
committed for trial,; 'and on Sunday Mtd Monday
.;
hot many more prisOners were -brought in; wito'
have not been exaniined.. The Upwell troop were
orgered to Wisbech on Saturday morning to meet
titer March and Whittlesey troops, the Magis-
trates and Inhabitants being fearful of outragei.;
hut' all is ,at present quiet there.
We are concerned to state, that serious distur-
trances., have broken out, amongst the pitmen :and,
other winkmen, connected with the collieriesupon:
b e Wear. "Several hundreds of them are out of.
work, Upon the ostensible ground of theirA3rekent!
wages being inadequate to their support; white'
the price of bread corn 'cumin itC4 so very • flinch
higher that. it has been. We can readily 'believe;
.that the distress amongstilrem is very gifeirt, but.
that distress appears to us 'to arise' more from .a
want or diminution of 'employment, than &obi
the present 'wages of labour as compared with
the advanced price of bread corn.—(Tilne
cury)

Extract of a letter frOmn Jersey, dated nay
Oa Wednesday last, the Bth Royal Veteran
Battalion embarked at the Pier at St. Aubins, on
hOard two tranTorrs, and this mornini, they
sailed with a fair wind for Portsmouth, to be dis-
banded there, it was intended at first that tt4ch
of Abe men as chose to be discharged- here anti at
Guernsey should 1)t: allowed to remain ; hut that
order was rescinded on Wednesday, and the whole
of the men were obliged to proceed. some of the
Officers have been permitted by the General to'
stay behind the battalion. Thtfse Officers intend
to go to Avranches, in France, the passage to the
other stile being no more than ss. and where living,
is cheaper than here, Yesterday a large supply
of butter, eggs, poultry, &e. arrived from France ;
the former sold for '7d. a pound; and eggs 3d.
per dozen. This has' lowered the prices here.--
The finest butter was sold at 10d. yesterday, and
fresh eggs Lid. per dozen ; fine veal- 6(1.‘ to 6,i. ;
mackarel .fid.. a couple: bread is still so high as
24d. and 4d. a pound ; it is dear also'in France,
and in sortie provinces scarcely to be had: There
are no troops now in Jersey but the 13th •Regi-
client, 100 men only are now employed Oil the
Works at Fort Regent."
WarletoitTit., MAY 21.----The dedication of time.
Masonic !101l of " All Soak" was yesterday so.;
lemnized with greatsplendonr. The priociptil of-
ficers, brethren rof the different Lodges in the.
County of Dorset, assembled toast muluormisf
early in the morning in.tbe former Lodge Room,
and at,twelve o'clock proceeded to Church in 'dote
procession, forming altogether a most interesting
appearance: The Esplanade - and Royal Terrace
Were crowded with spectators Of all denontina-,
tion; to witness this magnifiCent- suite, and the
church was crowded- to excess with the many who
hadassembled to join in tbe religious ceremony of
this important occasion:

On Thursday, a party of the gailantlY2d High-
land
,Iteginient, arrived at'Hull, in the lirisk trans-
port, froru Leith, adthtirvi to those, already
here ; and on the following day another divicion,
consisting, altogether, of -eight or Riiie officers
and Aboitt 200 inert.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT or 'ICING'S 14ENCH;•MAY 48.

BRYSON V. COLES.
This was an. action to recover several casks of
gnm Senegal, the property of the plaintiff, which
was alleged to have been improperly received by
the defendant. Tie cause lasted nearly all day;
but ,t he principal: question was,'whether Messrs.
Coles, the brokers, bad purchase,d the gnu! in
,question from the plaintiff, or whether they had
only acted as brokers, and assumed to bare sold it
to some other person, It:appeared that the plain-
tiff.had imported the gum in question by the ship
Echo, and it was warehoused iu time London
Docks. Several brokers applied about it, antl
amongst othetS Mr. Coles. He sold the gnm, 444;
gave time so!d'note as follows.:-.2SUld,'on 'ace/iota
of MessrsJiryson, 75 casks of gum Setmegiik ai
7Gs. cwt. without naming any principal to whran
he had sold. Tlie plaintiff made an order to the
Dock warehouse-keeper to transfer the &OS into
the name of time Coles's. When Called upon to
settle, they-gave bills. for the amount Of a house
whose acceptance they had boerdwed, and gnat..
ranteed the payment themselves. Afterwards the
house of Coles wanting money, they landed the
gums and other securities to time defendant 'l'.
Coles ; and shortly after, proving insolvent, they -
set np that they had bought these gums for them-
selves, and not for an ern-vamed principal. The
question was, WilCtilet• it was asale to them, so
that they might deal with the gums as their own,
or whether they imad dealt as mere brokers !—The
Jury found, that it was no sale to the'Cole's. and
returned a verdict for plaintiff, damages 2,780/.

ARcHES COURT, DOCTORS! COMMONS, MAr t2t.

ABBOTT V. MUT.

This was, a• suit preferred to'obtairta divorce,
on the ground of the wife being under age sit the
time she was married. It appeared that Martha
-Abbott, formerly Smith, was horn sometiute in
the year 1787, but at what time of the year n 9
proof appeared. •
The father and sister of "Mrs. Abbott deposed
to her being born sometime in the year.l7B7 and
it apocareil that she was baptised in August of
that year, and that time. father was very particular
in baying his,thildren.b.Wptised•.within a mouth of
their birth. • .

The marriage war solemnized in March, 1808,
an►i was duly prove( by the register in the chord'
book.

Sir WILLIAM SCOTT liras of opinion, that
sittll-
ctent'ptoofhad• not been liven of Martha Smith's
having attained the age of tWenty-one: years at
the time of the' marriage, and pronounced the
marriage null and void. •-• •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.