Star.
London, England, 1812-03-28 00:00:00

?kW, oP Tilt mlrtmrclum RIOTERS.

NOTTINGHAM, MARCH is.
Trillion Banter. one of the most respectable men
in Basford, was arraigned on suspicion of conniving
at the breaking of three frames in his workshop, on
the 26th of January, IRI2, belonging to Messrs.
Haddens, hositrs, in this town.
Mr. Bodill, constable, stated, that he took an order
from Mr. Hadden to the prisoner, on the day named
in the indictment, directing him to deliver up to such
Constable the three frames belonging to Messrs.
Haddens the next day; but it was thought necessary
to plant two of the Berkshire Militia in the house, to
protect them during the night from the violence of
the Luddites. Accordingly, the witness took two
soldiers with him to the house, and when he gave the
prisoner the order, he said, " GOD ALMIGHTY d—n
the Hosiers, they are a pack of damned scoundrels
altogether ;" wished the soldiers to be taken away,
and would not suffer any of his family to fetch them
any refreshment.
Henry Huggins, a soldier, deposed that he was
placed in the prisoner's house, for the purpose above
specified ; that the prisoner went out in fifteen minutes,
after the admittance of himself and comrade, to fetch
his daughter, for fear she should be frightened when
the came at the sight of soldiers in the house. on whose
account he seemed very uneasy. He described the
prisoner as going out and in several times; and at
length he entered in silence with eighteen or twenty
persons at his back, in disguise, who immediately se-
cured the soldiers and their arms—threatened them
with irstant death if they made any resistance, and
sent the prisoner up stairs while they demolished the
frames belonging to Messrs. Haddens. The soldier
described onp person as a gentleman, who seemed to
have the command of the rest, and who said to the
men," Ned, do your duty, or you shall not be paid."
Witness further stated, that the frame-breakers re-
mained in the house eighteen or twenty minutes ;
and that when they went away, the prisoner came
down stairs, and exclaimed, " Oh, dear me ! this will
be laid upon me ! these frames would not have been
broken, if the Constable had not come here." Witness
went on to state, that the prisoner stated himself, dur-
ing their conversaticai, to have been forced into his
own house by two men, each with a pistol at his
head, threatening, in a low tone of voice, instant death
if he created the least alarm ; that a table was brokea
in the house, and three frames in the shop, while three
remained unbroken ; and asserted most distinctly,
that he did not fall asleep before the frame-breakers
entered the house.

Thomas Osbcrne, the other soldier, who had been
present during the last witness's examination, con-
firmed, in a hesitating manner, what his cetnrade
had stated ; admitted how much he was. alarmed
while the frame-breakers held their pistnls to his
breast; that he had not slept before they enterectthe
house ; and that they gave him and his comrade their
arms back when they had completed their ws.rk
' spoilation.
After Mr. Alexander Hadden had proved the de.
' molished frames to belt ng to the firm of Alexandtr,
John, and George Hadden, and that he had sent an
order to the prisoner to deliver up the said frames, as
stated by the witness Bodill, Barnes was called upon
for his defence, when he declared his-innocence in the
most solemn manner ; that, so far from his having
acted in the outrageous manner as stated by the wit-
ness Bodill, that he had not sworn an oath during
the last seven years; that he thought it hard work'
for Mr. Hadden to send for his frames at so short
a notice, as it was not only contrary to established'
custom, but that he had worked for him ten years,
without ever an angry word having passed between
them. He further stated, that if the soldiers had not
slept before the entrance of the frame•breakers, that
they had done something very much like it, for that
he saw them hanging down their heads, and heard
them snore; and that when he awoke them, they ex-'
claimed bitterly against the Hosiers, for being the
cause of having such hard duty imposed upon them,
and that it would be better to use violence to their
persons than their frames.-
Mr. Hadden voluntarily rose up and confirmed the'
testimony of Barnes respecting the length of time he
had worked for him, and the purity of his character;
after which,

Robert Elliott, a neighbour of the prisoner's, de-
posed, that he was in conversation with him at half-
past six in the evening, the frames were broken, and
that he had not parted with him athis (the prisoner's)
own door many minutes before he saw the frame-
breakers enter his house, and heard the hammers go
in the shop. • Several highly respectable persons were
ready to speak to the character of the prisoner, but
the Judge thought their testimonies unnecessary ;
and after an impartial address to the Jury, they re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Thursday morning, notwithstanding the Court was
opened a 6 o'clock, yet it was crowded to excess, by
persons of every rank in the town, desirous of hearing
the trial of John Ingham, who, at the suit of the
Crown, had been removed from the town gaol by a
writ of Habeas Corpus. Mr. Selby bring sworn, he
stated himself to hc foreman t 4 the house of William
Nunn and Co. in Nottingham, who he said were
proprietors of a silk lace manufacture, and a cotton
lace manufacture ; that the prisoner had served under
him in the capacity of a general warehouseman ;
that he had frequently seen him write invoices, or-
ders, and general bodk accounts ; but did not remem.
ber to have seen him write more than one Iftter, and
that was fifteen or sixteen months ago. On being
shewn two letters, subscribed Ned Ludd and Co."
from New Radford, and directed to Wm. Nunn and
Co. Park-street, Nottingham, the one being dated
the 20th and the other the 801 of November, 1811,
and brought from Nottingham post-office, by Oilling,
the general servant of the house ; he stated it as his
belief, that they were written by the prisoner at the
bar, to whom he gave an excellent character but
would not take upon himself to wear positively that
they were his hand-writing, because they appeared
to be written in a disguised band. On being asked
why he believed ;hem to be written by the prisootr,
he answered, from the general conformation of the
characters% and from the general expression of the
letter. He stated that he was about three months in
the same warehouse with Ingham.
The letters were then read by the Clerk of the
Court, but ftom his extreme bad expression, it wail
4impossible to collect any thingfronrhim, except their
senuna imposts which was, that Mr. Nom bad long

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beta in the habit of 'imposing upon his workmen, Itr
eh m '*r ding Ms lace pieces to be made longer than the
rest of the lace manufacturers ; that though he had

been put to the rack, which regulated the length of the
pieces, yet that was was nor a sufficient atonement for
past offences. Nor would Ned Ludi and Co. be con-
Aented, except he published a clear statement of his
intentions to the world; that without this was done,
fifty c.fhis frames should be destroyed, his premises
'should be burnt, himself, and Clark, (his talrei-in)
who was accused of being the principal instigator and.
instrument of his oppressions, should be made persenal
examples of. One of these letters further declared,
0s that atonement shall be had, atonement which will
lenake hrunan nature shudder!" The Juntrethen asked
do you think thete is any doubt of any other person
having wrote them ? To which he answered, " I will
not swear they are Ingham's hand-writing." Mr.
Selby was then asked, if the length of Mr. Nunn's
pieces had been generally complained of, to which he
replied, they had and that he himself had, through
his recommendation, caused the rack to be applied,
Ito prevent such complaints in future.
Rupert Renshaw, another warehouseman of Mr.
Nunn's, was then shewn the letters; and he stated
upon oath, that they were in the prisoner's hand-
writing ; that his knowledge of such hand-writing
arose from having seen the prisoner write invoices,
orders, and general book accounts.
Q. Have you not a person in your %rehouse of the naive of
Flannagan ?—A. Y. s.
Where is he ?—From home,Sir ; he is gone to see his friends.
Was he not served with a suhpatia l—Nut that I know of.
Was he not served with a form of one ?—Yes; bin it was Set
properly 61kd up.
Do you know who sent him that subiana, the prosecutor Se
the prisoner?-1 do nut.
Were not applications frequently made to see him ?—Yes..
Who answered the person who applied?-1 cIIJ. sorueumell.
Did you know the person ?—No.
When did Flannagan leave town !—Yerterday morning.
How old is this Flannagan?—He is upwards of twenty.
He is under your orden4 I suppose I—Yes.
'fell me, who sent him out of the way ?—=l cl;th
AVhat did you send him out of the way tor, Sir?—On business
which 1 could not transact rural •
Here the Judge shook his head, and, emphitically,
said, 0 I do no, like it."
Mr. CLARKE then disclaimed any knowledge on the
part of the Crown of this unfair proceeding ; and, at
the suggestion of the Judge, offered so put off the trial
till the next Assizes, and hberate the prisoner on bail.
The prisoner, however, refused the proffered favour,
andthe trial went on, when he was acquitted. .

DIARY, MARCH la.
At this place, as well as at Nottingham, the Assizes
were never attended by greater crowds of persons of
every rank, nor were ever listened to with greater in-
wrest. And we here congratulate the county of
Derby on the breatiog up of one of the most fornii-
dable and dangerous gangs ti nightly depredators
that has infected England for many years ; a gang
farmed and directed in their operations by a charac-
ter worthy to be rar,Led with Jonathan V. of the
name of is hn EngLini, who resided at a Buie stone-
house, the first on the right hand on entrance into
Derby from the Nottingham road. It is *otthy of
remark, that this gang was wholly mule up of de-
serters, with the exception at England, who, as tl
brewer, labourer, and petty buksum. used every pos•
sible art to keep up the shadow ut reputation, for the
purpose of finding a cover for the rest. He never
went out himself with his comrades to plunder, bat
always pointed out the object for theit depredations;
and his concubine (the wife of a person of the name
of Matthew Bush, of Wessington, in Derbyshire; whd •
was principal witness against one of the depredators
in these important trials, and who was attempted td
be seized as a deserter as he entered the hall,) prove•
ded them with caps, masks, and otter things neces-
sary to form a proper disguise. For these aids he
used to have a share of the plunder I bat at length he
outwitted himself.

Friday morning three of these depredators Jaw
Tomlinson, Aram! Cook, and Jobs Eyland were put
to the bar, charged with entering a dwelling-house,
at midnight, on the 23d of December, and robbing
Mr. Samuel Hunt, at Ocbrock Mill, in she county of
Derby, of thirty-five one pound notes,,and *Arend
other articles.

The evidence being dear against therh, the prim.
ners were found Guilty. Cook and Tomlinson were
then convicted on another indictment, of the robbery
`of the house of Mr. Brenoseal, at Lock-grange.
Samuel Sdlert and William :Ehart, charged with
frame-breaking, within the precincts of Swanwick, is
Derbyshire, were brought to the bar ; and Samuel
Hill, fiame-work knitter, who resides at Swanwick
Delve, deposed, that he knew the prisoners ;--and
that an the 9th of December, some persons posed by
ibis house, when one of them said to him—a We shall
come again soon ;" that he met a man disguised
soon after ; that he sat up till half past two to the
morning, when he went to bed, thinking all was safe
for that night ; that his wife-said, (he being hard. of
hearing) they ate breaking two fraMes ; got up and
opened the door half-char, to peep ; went out and
saw two men with guns in their hands ; said, " you
are all neighbours, and break the frames and be
d—d !" He then stated that he found three frames
upon the common. On his cross-examinadoo, he
said that be could not tell how the men were dressed
nor did he know whether their faces were black.
Ann Jackson, sister to the witness, deposed, that
she resides in a small house adjoining to her brother's
work-shop, the window in the sleeping room of which
is nailed up with barrel lags, through one of which is
a bung-hole, which, to keep out the cold, is stuffed up
with rags. She was alarmed about three in the mor-
ning alluded to, and said to the man who lodged
with her, a are they breaking cinders in the road- to
soon ? She then pulled the rags out of the bung-
hole, and peept, when she exclaimed, « Oh Lord I I
wish I had not looked I" to which tier lodger re•
plied, a ptithee what's the matter ?" why, I know
them all !" held thy tongue, (replied the lodger)
or we shall all-be hanged She then went co to
state, she saw three men, two of whom, with black
faces, were breaking it frame with hammers is the
roid, and one standing on the causeway with
candle and 'authors to light them. Knew that the
prisoner Elliott and George Bacon were them men
who broke the frame, and that Sellers, the Other pti-
soner, was the man who held the ligierrwag quite
sure It were the • .
Several Witittnel deposed, thar Awn .ssckson was
be believed upon her oath and both the pri.
bad nod* escellent • eharastets given.tbanu—•
Zits lu4 foisaid itai u—Nat

' LIVERPOOL.

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INFORMATION OBTAINED PROM THE LIVERPOOL COMMIT.
TEE FOR arrraelno THE CONDITION 01/ THE POOR.
The late felief extended to the poor is part of a
isystem established 3 years ago, for affording perma-
nent relief during the winter months.
Frotn the extensive public works going on in this
town upon the Docks, &c. a general invitation is
held out to the labouring part of the community in
Ireland and Wales to come here for employment.—
The numbers•who flock in are very great, and in
winter many of them are out of work, frequently
from causes not in any way connected with foreign
trade—such as those who are at summer work in
brick-fields, &e. &c. and this winter many who were
at work on the Docks were struck off, from mo-
ney not having been raised in prOper time to go on
ith the new Docks, agreeable to the late Act of
railiament.
It hat long been a custom in Liverpool, when any
scarcity or distress-was apprehended, for a subscrip-
tion to be set on toot at the beginning of winter, to re-
lieve those who might be in want, and particularly
as many of the labouring poor are 'not entitled to
parish relief, being settled for. a short time only—
others being aged or infirm, cannot earn a livelihood,
let the state of trade be what it will.
This winter distress was apprehended, from the
unprecedented high price of potatoes, a suspension of
some of the Dock works as before stated, and the de-
crease of trade with America.
A subscription was set on foot, and the latter end
of December the Committee began to distribute.--
A depot was formed of coals and articles of food,
and tickets given at the rate of Is. to 3s. per week to
each family, according to their wants and degree of
distress.
When this distribution became generally known
among. the lower classes, the applications to the
Committee were so numerous, that it was impos-
sible to attend to all, and those who were refused
becoming irritated, exposed the situation of many
.who obtained relief, as being in no way entitled to
it—people who had never knows distress, and would
never have asked relief, had they not seen tickets pro-
cured by those who were not in want. Theabuses were
great; some pawned their tickets to procure admis-
stoninto the Circus Theatre; others offered several of
them in exchange for a little coffee.
At the end of February, the distribution ceased ;
the last weekly return was 14531 persons, but the
following week there was not any renewed applica-
tion frtm any part of that great numbei of people.
met Committee did not think there were above 3 or
4.000 persons really entitled to relief, and that much
of the sum distributed acted as a premium given to
idleness. During the two months of this distribu-
tion, the &iiperintendant of the pocks could not pro-
cure any labourer to work under the. full price of
wages given in summer, 3s. per day ; and Gentle-
men in the country offering to employ men at re-
duced wages, from motives of charity, could not get
them.

The sum of money subscribed was 5e,2.500, and
about 02,270 of it was expended. From the great
proportion of those relieved, being at the rate of Is.
per week to a family, it will be easily imagined the
distress could not be very great.
The expenditure of the Parish Workhouse here is
about seBooo per month, the year round.
In the winter of 1809, (a year of great commercial
prosperity), the number relieved by the Charitable
Institution (the Soup Distribution) was 23,09 k, ex-
ceeding the present winter above 7000.
The following is taken from the returns of the
present winter's dsstribution :
Week Families' Persons. Amount given, per week.
ending about
Jan. 4, 2253 8288 £lB6 2 Sd.
11, 3156 11265 252 8 0
IS, 9824 13856. OW 9 6
95, 4243 15350 33.5 It
70. 1, 44:4 15930 345 15 6
8, 4370 15937 953 12 2 4d.
15, 4413 25985 253 11 8
22, 4347 15744 143 12 0 2id.
29, 4042 14531 158 9 3
The statement made by Mr. Creevey in Ole House
of-Commons, and•repeated by Mr. Brougham, has
caused the foregoing minutes to be committed to
paper.
A return .was made to the Mayor of the shipping
in port by the respective Lock-masters, on the 10th
of February, (three days after Mr. Creevey's speech'
in the House) by which it appears there were fewer
British vessels, tit for use, unemployed; than Ostal ;
and that the journeymen shipwrights have been us
fully employed insthe Course of the present winter,
as they are in general at that season ; nor is there a
carpenter's yard in the town, where there are not
si4pg building. •
LINN rpool, 18th Nkrch, 1812.

HArrox-GARDEN.—Thursday afternoon, several
shopkeepers were convicted, at the instance of the
society for the Suppression of Vice, of following
their trades on the Sabbath-day, and were fined ac-
cordingly.—A man was convicted in the penalty of
£lO, fur selling articles of mercery at different shops,
not having a hawker's licence.
Thursday evening, as a Mr. Fry, t ecently from the
North of England, was passing along Norton-falgate,
he had his pocket picked of a leathern put se, con-
taining country notes to the amount of £lOO.
A Messenger arrived last night at Newgate from
the Secretary at State's Office, with an order to re.
spite the execution of Wm. Jemmott for one week.
On Friday se'nnight, was executed at Worcester,
agreeabll to his sentence, William Seale, for commit-
ting a rape. Interest had been exerted to obtain a
, pardon, and the hour was procrastinated, in the faint
expectation of success, but the delay proved to ke
hopeless.
Last week, at Hull, Sarah Snow Was convicted be-
fore J. BROWN, Esq. of having purchased regimental
shoes from different privates of the 19th foot, and
was ordered to be confined three months in the East
Riding House of Correction, at Beverley.
Bathpool corn-milk, near Taunton, were destroyed
by .fire on the night of Thursday se'nnight. The stock
of wheat, flour, &c. belonging to Mr. Hitchcock,
svorth nearly 42000, was either lost or destroyed.—
The damage to the building awl machinery is esti.
/mated ar. £lOOO.

- MARKET'S,

SMITHFIELD—MareIt 27.

Beet Ss Ss to 6s 24 Veal Ts Od to 83 Od
Mutton 5s 4d to 6s 4d Pork 6s Od to 73 2d
Lamb 71. Od. to 81. 6d.
UCAO Of CAT Lt TUIS DA•.
Beasts, about 926—Sheep and Lambs, 3550.
C.llves, 100--Pie, 250.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW IN SMITHFIELD. .
Hay 41 10, to 51 lOs New Clover -51 5s to 61 101
New Nay 01 Os to 01 Os Straw ul les to 31 Os
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKET.
Beef 4s Od to 5$ '4tl Veal 53 Od to 6s ad
Mutton 4s 4d to 5s 4d Pork 5s Od to A 4d
Lamb -7s. Od. to OS. Oil.
PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET.
Bags. Pockets.
41 Os to 61 Os Kent 41 of to 71 Os
31 Os to 51 Or Sussex 41 Or to 61 Os
PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW.
ST. lAMCS.S. WIIIII[CIIAPII.
Hay 41. AS. to 61. Os. Hay 41. 4s. to 61.6 s
Straw 21. 11s. to 31. 3s. Clover 61. Ins. to I. to,
Straw 21. 16s. to 81. 6s
RAW HIDES.
Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary es. Od. to 2s. 2d.
stone) :Is. 41 to 3a. 6d. Market Calf 17s. od. each.
Middlings ils 84.1. to 3s. 0.1. English Horse 13i. to 15.. 04.
• Sheep Skins 3s. 9d. to 53. 6d.,
PRICE OF TALLOW.
St. James's Market 53 Id Town Tallow 87s Od
Clare Market 5s 21 Yellow Russia 1100 oil
Whitechapel Market 4s 11d White ditto 78s Od
per stone of Sib. ---- Soap ditto 761 Od
15a 20 Melting Stuff 64s 04
5s Oici Ditto rough 404 Od to 434
Graves ecs 01. Good Dregs 9s 04
Yellow Soap 921-Mottled, tms-Curd, 106s-Palm CCs.
Frice of Candles per dozen, I 3s. od-Moulds, 14s Od.
PRICE OF LEATHER IN LEADENHALL MARKET.
Butts 23iti 24d Calf Skins 30d SO
Ditto 25d 26d Ditto - sod 434
Merchants' Backs 22d 230 Ditto 311 d 424
Dressing Hides 19d 20d Small Seals 2s ad to 2s 10d
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Fine Coach Hides 20d 2I ;d Largo ditto 1501 180 s
Crop Hides for cutt. 165 d 19d Tanned Horse Hides 181 2/ id
Ditto I9d 2154 Goat Skins 344 62$
At Norwich Corn Market, Wheat sold from 575. to Sas.-
Barley 26*. (a few samples 275.) Beans 265. Grey Peas 28s. seed
ditto 30s. Oats 20s. and seed ditto (very prime) 21s. per coomb.
-At the Cattle Market there was a better supply of fat beef,
which, of the hest quality, sold at 10s. MI per stone.-Fat Mut-
ton fetched 75d. per lb.-There was a much larger show of
Scotch and other lean cattle, with very little variation in price.-
Fat pork sold from Is. to 6s. 6d. per stone.

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