Star.
London, England, 1825-11-12 00:00:00

RIO I'S IN THE ISLE OF MAN.

For some tire pan of the agriculturalpopubtiion in
different parts of the Isle of Man have manifested a
decided hostility to comply with sill legal customs
which in kr.y degree affected their own interest. Some
I individuals who resisted the potatoe tithe-gatherers of
the Bishop of th ►t diocese, have been committed to
Castle Itushen. On Wednesday se'nnighr, nearly the
whole population if t! parishes of Kit kchrist Rushen,
Ki: karbury, and Kiikpatrick,amounting to nearly one
thousand men, having armed them.elves with scithes
and other dangerous instruments, proceeded in a body
to Castle Rushen, where their refractisPy companions
were confined, whom they immediatvly liberated, the
garrison not dating to interfere, in consequence of their
gteat.disparity in point of numerical strength, and the
dangerous and folmidable manner in which their op-
ponents were aimed. After this point had been gained
without resistance, they set fire to several corn-stacks
belonging to the Bishop, which contained the whole of
the tithe-grain collected in the above parishes.
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.The nr:it scene of destrucCon was at Kit karilew,
where the residenca of Mr. John Collister, the late Co-
roner (an office' somewhat similar to that of our con-
stable) was entirely demolished. Finally, they pro
ce.es!ed to the brewery of Mr. Edward Gawne, at Port
'Sr. Mary, where the owner, for the preservation of his
pr"perty, *as oblzed to comply with their demand,
and Supply the whole rabble with ale so long as they
'thought fit to*drink. Property to a great extent has
been entirely destroyed, and several p:•rions have been
seriously injured. A man named Lartuny, Ark to Mr.
M'Crone, the Bishop's Proctor, had ore of his ears cut
off with a scithe.: His Lordship (the 13,shop). deeming it
I:iitident, for hii own safety, has left his Palace in Kirk
michAel, and is at present in Douglas. The disturbance,
it"sreins, was chiefly confines to the parishes we
lrtive mentioned.

`t•' VIVM Till MANKS ADVERTISER, NOV. 3.
+• The following I-Proclamation has been issued :—" Whereas, a
, number of persons did, un the evening of Friday, the 28th October
last, assemble themselves in a riotous manner in the pariah of
Kirkchrist Rushed, and did then and there commit various out-
rages against the public pace, and cause various injuries to be done
to his Majesty's liggeAki!sjetsts ; and whereas, several of the persoas
supposed to be engaged in the said riot are now imprisoned in
Castle Riishen; to abide a trial for such offences ; the Lieutenant
Governor, therefore, deeply impressed with a sense of the disgrace
and calamity which a repetition of such daring and lawless conduct
may bring on the island, hereby orders the Captains of Parishes,
nigh Sailiffsieoroners, Constables, and other officers, to use their
utmost endeatours to preserve the peace ; and he strictly enjoins the
inhabitants to demean themselves as becomes peaceable subjects,
,Sind, by rendering due obedience to the laws, chew themselves
alsOving of that favinir and protection which his Majesty's Govern-
ment ii ever ready to meld to a loyal people.
" Given at Castle Itushen, Oct 31st, 1825. '
"C. 811ELT, Lieutenant Colonel."

The Foreign Exchange; have declined gradually
since the commencement of last m-,nth. The rare on
Paris, at three months, which was then 25. 50 to 52k,
'was yesterday 25. 37i to 4O
Owing to the late heavy rains in many parts *of the
road between Warnford and Alconbury-hill, the water
is tip to the fetlock joints of the' horses. The rivers
Avon and Trent are swelled nearly a foot and a half.
The fens between Spihby and Peterborough are covered
with water, so are those in part of the Isle of Ely. The
+ale of Aylesbury is also in a similar state.
ALARMING FIRE AT BIGGLESWADE. —... Wednesday
night, about ten o'clock, the town of llggleswade was
thrown into the greatest confusion by a fire which took
place on the premises of Mr. Mitchell, the Sun Inn, at
that place. The fire was first discovered in the barn,
'which very quickly, from its being thatched. formed
a *Morrie of flame, and the devriuring element was '
soon communicated to the whole range of stabling.
most of which was also thatched, and 'the other sheds
in the yard. The wind blew from the north-east, and
all hope of saving the house appeared to be impossible,
as well as the adjoining inn, the Royal' Oak, occupied
by Mr. Bates. The first care was to save the property
in these if 'prissible, and both houses were literally
'stripped: the furniture was torn from the bedsteads,
and every moveable that could be get at taken out, and
conveyed to distant part of the town. At the Sun
there was a great number of horses, and such was the
rapidity of the all-detouring element, that eight of
them were literally burnt to a cinder. Mr. Bates was
more fartunate, although his stabling was filled with
horses, belonging to the York Highflyer, and a number
of dealers who frillient the fairs; and put up there.—
Or the litter, many of the animals were valuable. All
of them were by exertion, got out, and turned upon the
cognition near the town, Every -moveable en the-sidl
aajoifatng.the Siin Inn, vats also conveyed Ittim' that
part of the premises. Mr. Mit-Chelf -has, been for a
considerable time confined to his-room-with a fever; he.
wis-carried to the house cda medical-gentlemen in the
toWn. Same fears are entertained for his recovery.
, • :A destructive fire broke out during the night...of
Thursday, at Edgecemb Farm, near Maidenhead, occu-
pied by Mr. MassiNG.Ea, in a large barn stored with
wheat. The whole of the buildings io the farm-yard,
and part of the da•vling-house, were burns, but the
rods were b4V1:4,1.
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