Star.
London, England, 1802-08-24 00:00:00

RIOTS.

COMBINATION OF SHIPWRIGHTS AND CAULKS'S.
We infert the following, in addition to that we
gave yeilerday refpeßing the combination of ihip-
wrights and riot On Saturday morning a riot
took place at Meirrs. RANDALL and Balmy's (hip-
yard. Some hundreds of the thipwrights, in de-
fpite of the remonftrances of the proprietors, and
refinance of tome peace officers, drove away the
ihipwrights fent from the King's yards. Mr. HAIL.
aim.,
a Magiftrate from the Thames Police Office,
went immediately down, and read the Riot Aft.
He repeatedly cantioned them to depart during
the facceeding hour, at the end of which, on his
afuring them he mull order Tome of them into
eullody, they told the Magillrate he had not force
enough. Upon this Mr.llataiorr, taking only
fintr conftables with him, went among the remain.
ing rioters, and took two of the moil refolute into
cuilody. Great numbers of the rioters followed,
calling out, and threatening a rercue ; but by the
&ninth of the Magiftrate who attended the Peace
Officers in concluding the prifoners, they were
taken to the Thames Police Office, where, after a
long examination before the faid Magiiirate and
Mr. BRAGGE, they were committed to Sorry gaol
to take their trial for this ferious offence. A party
of foldiers were afterwards fent down to aid the
Peace Officers, if yieceirary; and Mr. GRAHAM,
from Bow-Rreet, attended with them."
On Sunday the party of Guards and Light
Dragoons, as well as the Police officers, remained
at the houfe of Mr. Brent, and the neighbotrhood
of Greenland Dock, but every thing remained per-
(tidy quiet, and no inclination appeared on the
part of the men to airemble or to behave in a riot-
ous manner. Mr. GILANAPI, the Magiiirate from
Bow-ftreet, forefeeing it to be very unlikely to
fettle the bufinefs wholly by coercion, and wifhing
to make hinifelf perfeetly mailer of the queflion
at iffue between the mailers and the men, called
a meeting of the mailers on Sunday evening at
Mr. Wells' houfe, and about (even of them met
him, and after hearing their cafe and their ideas
as to bringing the bulinefs to an amicable fettle-1
meat, he found they had no idea of bringing the
men back to their duty but wholly by coercion,
which he condemned in the ftrongeft terms, and
recommended a friendly meeting to take place be-
tween them and the men, and moil judicioufly of-
fered to be the arbitrator, which was very proper-
ly accepted by the mailers.
A deputation was appointed, and a joint meet-
ing held yefterday morning, at the Acorn public-
bode, between (even and eight o'clock, at which
Mr. GRAHAM, agreeable to promife, prefided. It
was with the greateft difficulty he could keep or-
der, as both fides were very violent in their charges
again( each other ; but at length after a good
deal of trouble, he got to underhand the cafe more
than each party bad done.
The cafe appeared to be, that during the war
there was fo much work for Chip builders, that
there was no regular rule by which they worked,
but the matters waited to have as much work done
as they could pollibly get executed, and encourag-
ed their men to work by the piece, fo that frequent-
ly they earned (even or eight (billings a day. On
the return of peace, the I:onlines began to (lacken,
the matters propofcd to the men to return to the
plan of paying by the day, as before the war, at
the rate of 3c. Gd. a day, which t; e men agreed to,
provided they were permitted to work extra hours,
In as to make their pay Amount to ss. a day,
which was rehired by the mailers, they not seasic-
k% any extra work performed. The men then
ropofed to have ss. a day, and work during the
light winter and rummer ; but the mailers refuted
to confent to this, furpeeting if they admitted the
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principle of ss. a day, that the men in the (
mer, after working twelve hours, would demand
the extra hours; but had never explained their
apprehenfious to the men. And here biased the
qualon which has been the caufe of every thing
unpleafant that has taken place, for on Mr,
GIAHAM putting the queftion to the matters as to
the ss. a day, he found they had no °Nation to
accede to the propofition, except in as far as ex
Ira charges might have followed upon it from rh
men. The deputation from the men eared the
Magiftrate and their mailers that none of the men
had ever entertained any fuch idea. The worthy
Magikate Imin (waded in bringing the par.

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ties to an underftanding, inavutted the deputation
to obtain in the courfe of the day the fentiments
of the general body. It was between eight and
nine o'clock laR night before they returned with
the anfwer, when they waited upon Mr. GRAHAM
at Mr. Wells's lum'e, who was attended by Meirrs.
Wells, Brent, Deadman, Barnard, and the other
principal builders. The deputation reported that
they had confulted the general body, who direaed
them to agree to the terms propofed of ss. a day.
The Magistrate informed them on behalf of the
mailers, that in agreeing to this, it mull be per.
leafy underßond, that the men mull return to
their duty ; and as a pledge of this difpofition, the
iix men compofing the deputation thould return to
their work this morning ; which they, without the
leap het-nation, Attired the Magistrate they would;
at the fame time, they wifhed to make a condition,
that they thould not work with the men from the
King's yards ; and that the men who had been ap-
prehended timid_ not be profecuted. Mr. GRAHAM
.informed them it was impollible for the quef-
tion, whether the men who came from the King's
Yards (horrid be then difmifred, to be then coati.
dered ; and as to the queltion rcfpaling the men
not being profecuted, they committed a moll hei-
nous crime, by continuing atrembled in a riotous
and tumultuous manner after the Riot A.f had
been read ; they were in the hands of the law, and
they mull take the due courfe. This appeared to
fatisfy them, and they retired promifing to return
to their work. The favourable turn to this un-
pleafant bufinefs was fent off erprefs by Mr.
GR ANA ti, by one of the Light Honk, to the Lords
of the Adm;ralty.
The difpute with the Caulkers Rill remains with-
out being in the leaf} train of fettlement.
Yellerclay a warrant was itrued upon informa-
tions againft a number of them as ringleaders in
the riot of Saturday morning ; but they all creep-
ed the vigilance of the officers, except one of the
name of Carpenter, who offered bail, but on his
fureties appearing before the Magiftrate, the re-
cognizances required, being himfelf in tool. and
two fureties in col. each, the fureties declined be-
ing bound in fuch large turns ; he was committed
to Dartford gaol.
Yefterday morning, between fifty and tiny men
from the King's Dock Yards of Chatham and
Sheernefs, went to work in the yards of Meas.
Brent, Wells, and Deadman, and laft night be-
tween thirty and forty more arrived. •
We have to lament that this very unpleafant
bufinefs has deprived the world of a very worthy
member of fociety, in the fudden death of Mr.
Randall, the proprietor of the yard where the riot
was, who was in perfeEt health on Saturday. He
addreffed the men and pointed out to them the
impropriety of their condua, but they paid little
attention to his remonarances. Mr. R. was a vtty
nervous man, and the riot and violent proceedings
of the day agitated him very much ; he went
home to his houfe in Great Cutnberland•flreet,
Oxford-fireet—medical alEllance was fent for,
and he was found to be in an alarming fever. His
malady continued till about nine o'clock yeflerday
morning, when he died. On the melancholy news
arriving at Greenland Dock (fp univerfally be-
lond was he) alma every body was in tears
Mr. Brent, his partner, ordered his houfe to be
(but up, and all was difmay. The men who were
the moll forward in abufing him on Saturday,
were affeaed with the tirongett grief and remark.

The powder•mills near Cork blew up on Thurf-
day fe'nnight with a molt tremendous explofion, by
which unfortunate accident 7 men loft their lives.

Friday fennight, about one o'clock in the morn•
ing, the powder•mills at Haviefton, ten miles
fouth of EJinburgb, were difcovered to be on fire,
and are totally confumed. Two heavy loaded
ca&s of gus-powder had been fortunately removed
the day before. We hear of no lives being loft.

A millwright, at Doncaller, was tome days
fince entangled in the works of a flour-mill, in
that town ; and although his right foot was tewn
off, one of his arms broken, and otherwife crat-
ed in a horrid manner, he is likely to live.

Lail Friday the Coroner's Inqueft fat on the
body of Henry Wilfon, who fell from the rigging
of a Ihip off Pelican-(lairs, Wapping, when he
was immediately killed. Verdict, " Accidental
death."

Saturday the body of a lad floated on Shore at
Bell Wharf, Shadwell, and was taken to the Bone-
houfe to be owned; from its putrid flaw, it ap-
peared to have been in the water a confiderable
length of time.

On Monday fe'nnight Mr. Thomas Norris, of
Tauntnn, printer and bookfeller, went to the river
to bathe, when it is fuppofed he was feized with
the cramp, as he could fwim, and was drowned :
his little boy, who was with him, and faw him go
down, immediately ran to the town for affillance,
but it was too late.

Oa Fri'lay taft Samuel Dyke, one of the work.
men at the Linen Fatiory belonging to Meflis.
Benyons, Martha% and Bage, while bathing in the
river Severn, near Routhilt Walls, was drowned.

LaR week• as the Melt fon of the Rev. Mr. Gill,
of Scraptoft, Nottingliamfbire, aged 19, was bath-
ing with fome of his companions in the Trent,
which he had croffed, on his return his Rrength
failed him, and he was drowned.

Mr. Rudd, late of Old-fireet, died at Dudding-
ton, near Stamford, on Tuefday ; a Coronet's
nquell was infiirnzed, and on a view of the body,
returned a verdid, g, accidentally killed by a
piftol shot."
A few days ago Edward Clarvis, Pun Clerk
of Wintringham, in Lincolnfhire, attending the
fulemnization of a marriage in that church, drop-
Fed down while pronouncing the word Amen,
near the clofe of the ceremony, and inftantly ex.
pired.

On the 6th init. Andrew Bryane, of Lympfione,
labouring under a mental derangement, went off
from that village unnoticed ; every pollible en-
quiry was made after him in vain, until he was
found dead by the feu fide, near Otterton, (up-
poted to have been starved.