Star.
London, England, 1802-08-16 00:00:00

WILTSHIRE

AT a MEETIIsidOIifriGISTR ATE g for
the County of Will's:. had this 6th
1302, at 'TROWBRIDGE, in the ...aid County. tr. it:nu:else
of a Refotution entered ir.ta 1w the GRANO JUX Y of th:.: hit
Ariz.'s, held at Sarum, th..: 3t:: of July tali :—Pitt !in r
The I:Tarquin of BATH, ji X AWDA f,
Mr W. P. A'Covar. BaR. TRONA:, Bt; It, Efq.
EDW. H. Mos ri bt lt, Ertl. THOMAS lI.H.
RICHARD I.ONo, Efq. Aattan.t4 ;
• 101414..40NE5, jun. Efq. THOH A BRIJ 4.1:3, rfq.
The agiftrates, having espreffed their great abhwr.nee at
the outrageous and difgraceful proceedings that have lately t.:ken
place in various parts of this county, by tumultuous alfruildies
of perfons, tome of whom have appeared in difsuife, and the
burning and &drawing of d;lferent ManufaCtorirs, and other
property, and threatening the lives of individuals, came tv 'Le
following Refolution

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Tnat they are determined to take the mnft rircatill and vi-
goreus nicafurss for bri.zing the offenders to ipeettr iultlee;
and for that purpof.: they will hold .icily met tinv, at eleven
o'clock, at thefo:lowing places, viz. •
fhurl a/ and Saturday, 'Fr. o war in ;
Tuefday, - WA*.IIINSTI' It;
Friday, - • -111 i t.x.,nast ;
Monday and 14'..driefdav, lk.t o ;
To receive any information brou;:ht before them,
and to watch over the prefers:aim, of the PuOre peace.--. And
they her -by call upon all Conitables of Hundreds, Petry Con,
(tables, and other PC4CC Officers, to be watchful and act i in
the tine of their rcfpeetive duties, and to attend at the ..h,va
time; and places, to tanker the ends of and to
take up all perfors appearing in difguile.and all ot 4er ferpiciens
perfous who may be found wandering about, and atfacl2ting at
utif.afonable hours, without being able to Five a Inisladory ac-
count of themfelves; and all pe.m.xabte and well.siifp..f..d Mita.
bitants are herd; exhorted to exert therofelves, to the uttuaft
of their pt.wer,•in defence and.fupport of good order, aid to
Rand forward in aid of the Civil Power; and may be al-
lured of the molt Cptely and effe4ualfupport from the Military
Force fprend over the country, Ilk email be found nraau y to
call them in aid. By order of the Meeting,
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THOS. T 1 044 BR r.ll, Clerk.

EATH, AUG. a, thoa.
AT a Meeting (if the Woollen Manniaaurera
A. of the Welt of England, holden this day at the White.
Hart Inn, it was unanimoufly refolved,
That in confequence of the recent threats rainft the lives,
and attacks upon the properties, of many Ainufaettirers by in.
cendiaries and rnifguided bodies of armed men, it is highly et.
pcdient to enter into a fuhfeription for the purpofr of offering
rewards for the difcovery of and bringing to convial-n. the .f-
-fenders who may have been, or Grail ken-after be, concerned
in committing fuck outrages.
In purfuance of the above rcfolution, a Subfeription-Book was
immediately opened, and a coi,Gderable fum fulifcribed.
Signed on behalf of the Meeting,
JOHN JONES, jun. Ctiairman.

wtirrEHALL, Auguit io, aca.
WHEREAS it has been humbly reprecented to
the King, that many daring and alarming Out rat.% have
been lately committed by pct-ions unlawfully afferubling, armed
and difguifed; and that on or about the following time.• viz.
April 2241.111,a large bay rick, and a few days afterwards, a
dog-kennel and oat-rick, belonging to Mr. Warren, of Waru,•u.
iter, Wilts, were wilfully and malicioufly fet on fire.
May 20, the cart of Mr. Bayley, of Caftan Mills. near De.
?lees, returning from Warminfter, was flopped no the Covina
by five Men, (four of whom had their tikes and
filth man holding their coats at a difianee) and the drfeer emu-
peat d to leave the cart, whllit the men cut otherwife. In-
jured the cloths therein.
June 23, a gun was fired in the night into the window of a
houfe occupied by a wJrman of Melfrs. Bielt and Strode, :.t
Warminfter. About the L•nte time a rick of hay btlangt:g to
Mr.Dunn,ofTrowbridge,waawilfullyandmalicinuDyfetnr era.
June 26, a large rick of hay belonging to Mears. T. and \•f.
Tugwell, of Bradford, was alfo sviltully and ntalieinufly Teton
fire ; and a threatening latter was about the fame time put tin-
der the door of the worklbops of, and addicted to, the laid
Meftra and M. Tugwell.
June 29, in the night, a gun was fired into the chamber of
the dwelling Inure of Mr. Henry WaiXey, of Warminfter, in
the county of Wilts. •
July 6, in the night, a gun was fired into the bode of Tohn
Jones; and another immediately afterwards into the h,ure of
Baker, both workmen to Mr. Henry Wanfey ; and the
fame night a gun was fired into the honk of Mr. Stancomb,
manufadtun r, at Trowbridge.
July 13, in the night, a ;tarn, ttable, Sze. the pmperty of Mr.
G. Warren, Manufacturer, at Warminfter, was 101%4 and
malicioufly fet fire to, and wholly canflintcd; and an anony-
mous letter was fent to another Nlanuftettarei', at Warminfters
about this time, threatening, by ALASIGUTY Gun, to have his
life within a month.

July 14, in the night, the Factory of Meeks. Jones, Hart,
Jones, and Co. at Staverton, near Bradford, was att•cked by
an armed body of men who fired many rounds of bullers,flugh
Ste. which demoliflied the windows, and ad other dmvage.
July 16, this night Clifford-Mill and Premifes, near B:ck-
ington„ &merest, the property of Mr. Newton, were w bully
and malicioufly fet on fire, and wholly deitroyed.
July 22, the Mills at Littleton, in the p.rilh of Steeple-Alb-
ton, Wilts, belonging to Mr. Nailh, at Trowbridge, were at.
tacked by an armed body of men, (many of whom bid their
faces blackened) and who wilfully and malicioufiy fee fire to,
and wholly ileftroyed the fame, with the machinery and itock
in trade therein to a very confiderabic amount ; alter whi,b
they went away, threatening defteudion to other inil:s.
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July 24, this night, two ricks of hay, the property of Mr.
Newman, manufaCturer, of Melktham, were wilfully and ma-
lleioufly fet on fire.
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July'2B, the Fadory at Stavcrton, belonging to Meffrs. Jones
and Co. was again attacked by an armed body of men, wi,o
fired from three different parts at the centinel on duty.
July 29, in the night, a dwelling-houfe, fnuate at Ikariitid,
near Bradford, the property of John Jones, Lig. was wandly
and malicioully fet an fire, and deltroyed.
His Majesty, for the better apprehending and bringing to
jultice the perfons concerned in the felonies above-mentiotted„
is hereby pleafed to promife his molt gracious pardon to any ui
them (except the perfon or perfons who actually fet any of the
feveral premifes and matters aforefaid on fire, or who adualiy
wrote the laid letters) who dull difcover his or their accom-
plice or accomplices in any or either o, the above felonies, fo
that he, the, or they may be apprehended sad convicted thereof
PELHAM.
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And, as a further encouragement, a REWARD of'''''
HUNDRED POUNDS (where no former Reward has bezu
offered for any of the above offences, and in cads where former
Rewards have been offered, a Reward to make up furl former
Rewards Five Hundred Pounds) Is offered to an; p;:-
fon or perfons making fuck difeovery as atorthid, (caccpt as is
before excepted) to be paid on convia inn of any one or mare
the offenders, by R. BO WSH F.R, Solicitor. B.ith.