Star.
London, England, 1829-05-28 00:00:00

SERIOUS MIRA Y.

Yesterday, shortly after the bit.iness of the Wor.hip•
street Office closed, about five or six thousand weavers
came rushing towards the office in a body, with an irn•
mess- force of Bow•strert patrol. several of them with
their heads very much cut. and bleeding pinf..bely.—
Mr. BaNETT happened to artist at the /Act* at to r mo
mint, and 690 persons. named Benison' Ferreted. James
lila, William Paul. Rarelend Basing. and Edward Al-
derman, were placed r.t the bar.
It appears that 'metal propos he the employment of hlossrs.
Nonce, and Company, went to the house of a journeyman
weaver in their eMploy. residing In Twig Roily, for the purpose of
taking away a looms' work, to prevent its being destroyed. In a
few minutes upwards of 1,000 weavers attacked them; however.
a body of pV.ft were soon on the spot, and apprehended ids of the
party while In the act of throwing bricks and stones at Messrs.
Moore and Wllsoses clerks. Thera:ere proceeded down Bethnal.
areen.road with the prisoners, and were so thrown at with stones
sad beat, that they found it necessary to Are, but none of the weavers
were Injured. A great number of the shop windows in Bethnal-
green•road were broken, and other property belonging to the shop-
keepers much damaged by the mob.
Several of the Bow street patrol more positively to seeing the
prisoners threw steam at them.
Mr Usners addrembing the prisoners said, if any of the
Olken were to die frown the wounds they have received, every
one of those who are sworn to as throwing stories, or any thing
else at them, would be guilty of murder. To destroy your
master's property. and exercise a dominion ovrr it. you have no
right to do. and I am afraid some of you will in the end be exe-
cuted. I shall remand the whole of you until to Downier, to see
whether the injuries the officers have received prove fatal
Prisoners—Can't we be admitted to bail?
Mr. Basam—Cenainly not—you will remain In custody.

DESTRUCTION or OXFORD STREET BAZAAR

A little befire four o'clock in the afietnnon of yes.
terday. an alarm of fire was given from the Diorama
pietism gallery, which is only divided from the stan.is
by a thin partition, and immediately afterwards the
whole of the company rushed out. The scene of coil.
(intim and tenor that subsequently took ill icv it is im-
possible to describe. The company which were pro
menading the walks having only th-mselves to attend
to, soon gained egress into ti.e street ; n.it so the pro-
prietors of the different stands. who strove to save their
property. In this, however, they could not succe.d,
owing to the rapidity of the flames. which soon gained
such an ascendancy. that all idea of preserving vie
building became hopeless. On the first alarm, the pa
rich engine was sent for, which unveil sery slimily,
accompanied by a number of constables. A detach-

ment of the Coldstream Guards was sent from Postman.
street Barracks. for the purpose of assisting the con
stables in preserving order, the thooughlate being
so great. and such vast multitudes having avembled,
that the fitemen found great difficulty in playing
their engines. A party of the patrol also attended
from Bow-street Office. Abolit twenty minutes after
the fire broke out, the building was one mass of fi 4me,
which is not surprising, coosidering the inflammable
materials composing it. Fortunately. a pleirtiful
supply of water being obtained, the engines, amount.
Mg to ten or twelve, were enabled t • play upon the
destructive element with such effect, as to prevent it
communicating to the adjoining boos, s. Before five
o'clock the Bazaar was reduced t. 4 4 heap of tains. not
20f. worth of property being preserved. The fife arts
ginated, it is supposed. from some spirits of turpentine
communicating to a beautiful transparency in the Dio
rams, representing “ The destruction 4.f took Minster
by Fire." The Ilaniar was the property of Mr. Ham
let, the jeweller, who let it out to the promietors of
the stands 'at so much a foot. Ti,e procerty destroyed
consisted of the paintings is the Diorama. of stitch
there was a choice collection belon,:ing to different
individuals, who placed them in the gallery of the
Bazaar for exhibition; fancy nericliandise oi every de-
sciiption composed the rest. The building ss a, insured
in the Sim fife idfice, hut no past of the goods • !rich

. s.
it contained was instated. The h.', sin 'Le close vici-
nity of the bu I.litut are &triaged mute or less. VAst
numbers of pickpockets wete At the scene of devA intim.
And notwithst.ndiug the vogia.ace ill the officers, sevr•
ral petty robberies took place.