Star.
London, England, 1812-08-25 00:00:00

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There has been a great deal of agitation' araonr,st
itheirolinlace, durinrlbir prisent.week, in this DOWQ
.and the neighbouring accomatlef the
high price of corn. On Tuesday, the corrivf a far.
mer, wh6 had rendered himself obnoxious bys asking
a' higher price thanlothers, was seized by the mod,'' In
the market place, and about two sacks Of wheat
thrown about the streets ; in the afternoon; a nember
of women and boys, headed by a femaleowho was
/4,0,i/with the title of Lady Ludd, paraded the
streets, heating .np fer a mob. At night, the pre.
mists of Mr. Shackleton, a miller at Holbeck, were
beset, and damage to the amount of OA or £4O done,
by breaking the windows, &c. Similar outrages were
alto committed at Hunslet. The following evening,
assemblages of people collectedina turbulent way at
the King's Mills, in this townoind at several of the
meal-shops both in this place and in the neighbour-
ing villages, but no material Violence occurred ; and
although the military have beep up every evening
since Monday, they have cooducted themselves to.
•wards the populatewith so much moderation 2044
forbearance, that no serious accident has happened..
Wing to occurrences of Tuesday, the Magill•.
ates have directed a notice to be published, assureg
'the farmers and corn-dealers of protection. We know
that the distresies of the poor are extreme, and feel
flisost anxious for their alleviation or removal ;—but
is not to be effected 'by riot and violence, for it
mn be obvious to all; kat corn will not• be made
cheap by destroying. it, nor the markets better sup-
plied by intimidating the farmers and preventing
them from bringing the corn to market.--Leedr-
iyercery.

--'EDINtUAGN, AUGUST 20.
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), Owiqg *la empardivary rise in the price of oat-
tst eal: a- crowd of people assembled in the Cowgate
and Grassmarket,,on Tuesday morning, for the put--
pdse of intercepting the supplies on their road to the
market. Several carts were accordingly seized, and
their contents distributed among thepopulace ; after
which the mob proceeded to the Dalkeith road, where'
they seized several more carts, and retailed the meal
lat two :slitltings per k, which
r.they gave to the
thivers. the diopt also of the etual-dealers and
bakers in Nicholson-meet and places adjoisiog were
thregened by tbeverilacer and were in consequence
rudently shut wp..., In the ereninglhe houses of
several Meal-seligriaifferent parts of town were
'attacked and Ifie `windows broken i'skid la Leith
re were also considerable tumults. '.''he-Magis-
trates, with a partyof constables, repaired on fhe first
arnii to the,ppot, and, made every exertion to.quell
the tumult: As a necessary precaution, a party of
soldiers were ordered-from the Castle; and in the
forenoon a judicious proclamation was issued.
7 :Yesterday every thing was. quiet, and we hope that
means already adopted may so far palliate the
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ts.stiv evil as to prevent any recurrence, of tulwAt
or disorder, which,. must be obvious to every person
ofreifeetion, can have no other effect than to drive
away the supplies, and thus aggravate the elisting
mischief ; for we may rest assured that no one wbo
has meal to sell will send it to be plundered. •
Monday forenoon two men, labourers, working. at
a house in Nelson-street, fell, owing to, a stone giving
way ; one orthens fell six storeys to the bottom, and
died almost immediately. He was a very industrious
man; and has left a wife and three children. The
other was dreadfully bruised, and carried to the:
Royal InfirMary.—Saturday, at Messrs. M'Farlane
and Co.'s distillery, Port Dundas, one of the work-
men
fell into a boiler, and was so dreadfully scalded
that his life is despaired of.—Mr. Walter Hannah,
butcher, who wa4 *0 daandfully burnt at the late fire
in Virginia-greft, ,Glasgow,, died on Sunday night.
Saturday, at Mr.Dielpoikl-timrks, in the neighbour-
hood of Glasgow, a mai; while attempting to Mile.
a coal bucket ti the iiesiustii of the pit, fell in and was.
killed on the spot. .7:: .. , .. . , , .
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`creasing success. Oa We .t -- At g 0.... -
boats. were employed
about 100,000 very
carriers from 2s. Bd.
curers purchased r
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