Star.
London, England, 1826-04-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ptvisorry APRIL 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Brailsford,
Moon. from Cork fur St. John's (N. 8.) with about MO emigrants
on board, out six days, very leaky, making five feet water pertour.
Porrsnouvu, Aran. 26.--Wiod N.W.—Passed b, the Cesar,
pany's ship Hythe, from China--sailed the 6th of January; and
from St. Helena the 11th of March. On the 17th of January, in
the Straits of Sunda, spoke the IPbeasant, PARLKII, for Sineapore.
The Itoyal George, RtYIIOLDS, from Bengal, was standing into St.
Ilekna en the departure of the Hythe. The Vansittart had not
arrived. .

DEAL Aran 26.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Powrt.,
and leaa, JOHNSON, fridn Jamaica ; Ann, Noma, from Leghorn;
John. Goss, from I larnburgb ; and Success, --, from the
westward. Passel from the.ltlver, the Demerara, V &&&&& as, for
Demerara ; Ellen, Coo&, for Trieste; and the Britannia, Cot.t.ins,
fur Ireland.

CUSTOM-HOUSR, Aram 26.

Sows Rs [swamis—The Gertrude, from Amsterdam ;
Azores Packet, front St. &Wheel's • Waterloo, front Lisbon;
James, from Standgate Creek t Inclination, from Bremen ; Janet,
from Auz Cayes ; Port of Spain, from Jamaica; Courier. frosts
Teneriffe • John Newport, from Waterford; Excellent, from
Cork; and Marry. front Hull.

EIVISRED Oovwaane—The London and Sir Edwar4 %tikes, for
liambugh Vegeaacit, for Bremen; New Manly, for Maha;
Levant, for Jamaica; Mary, fur Teneriffe; and the Jongv Joanna,
for lioucn.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCII, Ann. !6.

Saturday, Mr. CARTilit who is the Recorder of
Portsmouth, moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus to be
directed to the Governor of the ga•l of Portsmouth,
commanding him to bring up to this Court the body
of Captain Fseemantle, 'of the Royal Navy, who was
recently committed to his custody, on a charge of
violation, in order that he might be bailed. The I.ea►ned
Counsel founded his application upon affidavits %Yds
threw a doubt about the probability of the off nee
charged, and alleged that it was sworn to have been
committed in a room in which there were a woman and
two children at the time.

The Court en that occasion granted the role instanter.
'Phis mornin.: Captain Freemantle was brought up,
when the writ of Habeas Corpus, and the re• urn thereto.
containing the evidence and warrant on ss hick. he had
been cemmitte.!, were read. The depositions consisted
of the evidence given by the prosecutrix, het fellow
servant, her master and her mistress, before the magis-
trates. We pu.p sely abstain from publishing theirs
at present ; but it will be sufficient to say that, after
hearing them, the Court thought it right to bad the
Accused in his own recognizance of 4,000/. and tour
sureties of 1,0001. each.
The Marquis ofChandos, Lord Nugent,Sir Thomas Freemantle,
and the Right Hon. William Freemantle. then entered into the re-
quired recognizance,. and Captain Fremantle was liberated.

SECONDARIES' OFFICE
POURNE V. SWEET. _

A jury was summoned before the Secondary yester-
day, to assess damages.to the plaintiff los false impri-
sonment, and an assauk committed upon him by the
defendant. The plaintiff, Mr. Bourne, was a respectable
clothier, who possessed two establishments, the one in
Coleman-street, the other at No. 4s. Regent-street. 03
the night of the 221 of November, 1825, he was siting
in his drawing room with some friends; it wac an-
nounced to him that a Mr. Swept wanted to speak to
him. 'Supposing that it was an old friend, he went.
down to receive him: Mr. Bourne c rme back into the
room, where his friends were sitting, esti:rinsing.
" What is the meaning of all this ? here is a person
%Orr wi'l not be permuted that my name is re,t Bunn,
and that I am not the manager of a theatre. My name
is Bourne." They all assured the officer that he was
wrong, but he did int Attend to them, and behaved
with great violence. The case was fully sustained by
evidence. Verdict, 781.

Sunday se'Unight, three mischievous to, Ts, named
J. Train, H. Robinson, and J. Robinson, having g,,t
upon the leads of Beverley Minster, ditch arg d a qu..n-
tity of water successively through a small aperture up'
the clergyman's head during the time of divine ►er
vice, for which offence they *ere lodged in gaol for to.
ma! days, and after* Aids held to bail.

RIOTS IN BLACKBURN AND ITS
NEI G ieIIAZJRHOOD.

We yesterday stated that several outrages had taken
place at Blackburn and its neighbourhood, by the
weavers, and ve regret to find they are confirmed to
the fullest event. The following accounts, from Pro-
vincial Journals and private letters, contain the latest
intelligence of these melancholy events:
IRON A SECOND EDITION OF THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL.
Manchester, Tuesday, April 25.
Yesterday morn;ng, several thousaod persons having
collected at fienfirld, they proceeded in a body to

Messrs. Sykes' factory, at Accrington, where they de-
molished all the steam-looms and damaged the engines;
' and meeting with no opposition. they also carried the
wen k of destruction into the factories of Mr. Walinesley,
'and Bury and C.. Their proceedings struck terror every
where,as many of them were provided with fire-arms and
pikes. Ongoing into a factory, they first fired a pistol,and
then gave three cheers, after which the demolition coin-
menced, during which an armed guard marched nand
the place to prevent interruption. When they It Id
finished the destruction of Morns at Accrington, they
proceeded towards Blacktntra,- and in passing over
Stand-hill Moor, they marched in regular military
order. In passing Foxhill Bank, a number of them
stopped, and exacted bread and cheese fr6m Mr. Simp-
son's family.
The mob arrived at Blackburn about six in 0 e even-
ing, and proceeded immediately to the factory of Messrs.
Bannister, Eccles and C.). where they demolished the
looms in t I e most deliberate and systematic ma,lier. A
trsnp of 30 s rldiers was called o•rt, but there being no
Magistrate pre-ent till the destruction of the machinery
was nearly completed, they wer e at a loss how to act.—
Indeed the force of the mob was so overpowering, and
they :hewed so much regular discipline, that any at-
tempt at force would only have exposed the soldiers to
certain destruction. The Officer on duty, wbo had
often witnested the disorderly tumult of an frith mob,
is said' to have been much struck with the cool deliberate
manner in which the filters went about theit unlawful
purpose. Having, in about forty minutes, completely
demolished the machinery, they proceeded towards
Grimshaw Park, levying contributions on the provision
shops as they peseta). Six men, who lingered behind in
the factory, were taken into custody.
Before they came to Grimshaw-Park the small troop
of military had arrived, but here, as at Blackburn,
opposition to a force of perhaps ten thousand men,
many hundreds of whom were well armed, was hope-
less. Mr. Oughton's looms were instantly destroyed,
and the rioters returned to Blackburn with the inten-
tion, it was supposed, of immediately marching to
Low Moor. But it being by this time dusk, the rioters
were f bvicmsly very much fatigued with • their de-
structive labour, and it was supposed that they se-
parated with the intention of suspending further ex-
cesses 011 this morning. • .
Amongst the facr"riei which 'were expected to be
attacked, is that of Messrs. Garnett and Horsefa 1, at
Clitheroe. These Gentlemen have been for sonic time
accumulating fire-arins, in order ro be prepared for
any attack ; and we understand, that at a very early
hour thin morning, a troop of horse marched from
the barracks here to assist in protecting the factories
at Clitheroe, so that There it may be presumed the rioters
will meet wi•li a check to their ill-directed violence.
The amount of damage done, we have heard stated,
by a Gentleman who is qualified to judge, at not less
than ten thousand pounds. •
Since writing the above we have learned, that when
the soldiers-arrived at Messrs. Eccles and Co.'s factory,
they were attacked by the mob, who showered stones
upon tlienr over a wall, and they in return fired about
twenty shots, by which several were wounded, three of
them it is said dangerously. It was immediately after
this that the six men were taken prisoners. At Grim-.
thaw Poll k, we have been informed that something like
a regular charge was made by the military, and that
shots were exchanged, by which several on each side
were wounded ; but as ss e have to.t bend this from an
eye-witness, we cannot vouch for its accuracy.
The following is from a Second Edition of the Man-
niester Mercury:
MEMORY Orris, TURSDAT MORNING.
We feel regret in submitting to our readers the fol•
lowing detail, which we have collected from various
sources, with as much regard to accuracy as circum-
stances have rendered possible:
Yesterday forenoon, a vet y large assembly of weavers
took place on a bill at llenfield, a place where the four
roads leading to Blackburn, Burnley, Whalley, and
llaslingden, meet, and where there was also a similar
assemblage last week. What took place here can only
be judged of by the eeent. After remaining some time
it discussion, they left the ground, and a very large body
proceeded to Accrington, the place where some indica-
tions oft iot occurred this day week, and where consider-
able alarm had been excited about half past nine in the
morning, by about 100 armed ruen passing through the
village on their way -to lienheld. Amongst the mob
assembled, there was a large body, not less, it is asserted,
than 500, who were armed with pikes, or, to speak
more correctly, knives and pieces of iron ground sharp,
and fastened at the end of sticks ; some carried scythes,
others bad large sledge hammers, and a few had pistols
and guns. The messenger who had been dispatched to
Blackburn for military aid had not teturned, when,
about 12 o'clock, the mob proceeded in a rapid but
deliberate manner to Messrs. Sykes' new mill, whiah'l
they imnrediately broke open, and in the course of 151
or 20 minutes completely demolished the poster-lrnms,
sixty in number, with the dres-ing machines and other
apparatus, and the warps and cloth in the horns; they
likewise greatly injured the throstles and the veal])
engine. The shops of the provi•i ,n dealers were almost
cleared of their contents. From this place .they pro-
ceeded to a place called Wood Nook, where there wise,
about 20 looms, these likewise they destroyed. They
Coen went to Mr. Benjamin Walanley's, at Rough
ley, where also they broke 20 looms, and did con-
x:S( cable other damage; they did net, however, do any
ui tul injury to the spinning part of the machinery.
—Form Rough Hey they proceeded to Mr. J. Bury's,
at White Ash, where they destroyed 60 or 80 looms
Such was the rapidity of their operations, that it was
inOt until they had gone to this place. that the first i
account of the rioters having actually proceeded to
violence reached Blackburn. A party of the Queen's
Bays immediately set out tot White Ash, but the work
of destruction had been completed br fore their arrival.
A second demand for military aid had been sent fron
Accrington; the first, sent when no rioting bad actually
taken place, not b
:vying he-en attended to. • At length
eighteen of the Dragoons were dispatched, and on thei)
Way to Accrington they met and passed through a large

body, the most moderate estimate we have heard says
five or six thousand of the rioters, who were then pro-
ceeding to Blackburn, having broken all the looms at
White Ash. They did not, it is stated, appear to be at
all intimidated by meeting the military, but carried
their pikes, &c. openly, and in a very menacing manner.
On entering Blackburn, a large number, from a body
of 4 or 500, entered the Bay Horse Inn, a market
linuse, demanding bread and beer. The landlady, with
some difficulty, got her doors closed, and having dis-
tributed a considerable quan•ity of liquor, and all the
bread she hid in the house, amongst those who !rad
come in, they rejoined their companions in the street,
and proceeded on without doing any further injury.
The next place which the mob visited was the ex-
tensive power-loom factory of Messrs. Bannister, Eccles,
and Co. irrDarwen.street, Blackburn, where they ar-
rived shortly after three o'clock. A party of Dragoons
was here as soon as themselves; but such a species of
force could be of little or no avail in checking their
proceedings. They could not prevent them from en-
teriog the factory ; and therefore still less could they
prevent tse destruction of the obnoxious machinery it
contained. Mr. Eccles,•we understand, met them at the
door of his mill, and endeavoured to prevent them from
entering it, but a pike was immediately put to his
breast. He WAS told that they did not wish to do hint
any harm, but.the destruction of his looms they were
determined en. It was at this place that the soldiers
and the mob first came into collision. The former were
most violently stoned by the latter, who were them.'
selves sc'eened from atta. k, and one soldier was consi.
derably hurt. Some fire-arms also were discharged by
the mob. I t consequence, the Riot Act was read about
half-past three o'clock; one or two soldiers, we believe,
fired their pistols, and one of the rioters received a ball,
and was tightly wounded in the back The whole of
Mr. Eccles's power-looms and dressing-machines *ere
reduced to a complete wreck ; the warps and cloth on
the beams were also destroyed, but no injory was done
to the spinning-machinery. Whilst the mob were at this
place, our informant saw a poor fellow lie down before
the feet of the soldiers' horses; he said they might tram.
ple on him if they liked, he was starving to death, but
he would persist in breaking the power. looms. -During
the time the sinters were in Mr. Eccles's mill, thesmili-
tary had so arranged themielves about the entrance,
and on three sides of t: se building, that the escape of the
former was rendered a matter of difficulty. Fielding
they could not make their way eff by the door, many
of them actually jumped out of a window two stories
high, and e-caped by crossing a stream on a side where
there were no soldiers posted. From Messrs. Eccles
and Co.'s the rioters prcoeeded to the mill belonging to
Messrs. Fielden, Tbrop, and Townley, in King-street,
which was intended to have conta ned pima looms, but
none having yet been set up, they departed without
committing any violence. A party, however, proceeded
to Mr. Houghton's, at Grimshaw Park (whither also
some of the Dragoons were detached), where there are
about 25 looms. Notwithstanding the presence of :he
soldiers, they effected an entrance into the building,
entirely destroyed the looms, and threw the twist, the
warps, and the beams on which they were wound, into
the canal. At this place also the soldiers were severely
pelted a kit stories, and in some instances fired on. A
portion ut them consequently discharged their fire-arms,
and one rioter in the building is stated to have been shot
dead. Another man was 5!...0t through the ear, the ball
coming out of his mouth ; and another was to des, e-
' Irately shot in the back, that there is said to he no chance
of his recovery. Altogether, it is supposed that two or
three lives were lost, and four or five poor creatures
very seriously or dangerously wounded.
The devastation at Mr. Houghton's terminated the
lawless proceedings of the rioters yesterday—termi
noted them, however, when not a single power loom
was left standing in Blackburn, or within six miles of
it. A very large number of people, it is said riot less
than 10,000, kept parading the streets of Blackburn in
the evening, and displayed so much-excitation that it
was deemed necessary to read the Riot Act twice.—
About eight o'clock the Dragoons were ordered to clear
the streets, which they did by striking with the flat
edges of their swords, btu in no instance, we believe,
inflicting personal injury. Indeed, our information
leads us to believe, that the coolness, temper, and
humanity displayed by the military throughout the
trying circumstances in whit.") they were pla:ed, were
most exemplary.
There have, we understood, been rumours in Black-
burn and the neighbourhood, of an intention to make
the attacks which. we have above recorded, ever siace
the preinature, and, we believe it may be called casual,'
attack on Messrs. Sykes mill, which took place this
day week. The circumstance which appears to have
driven the poor weavers at length to desperation. is the
extinction of all hope of an alteration in the Corn Laws.'
We have beets informed by several manufacturers, that
they have heard a number of their weavers say they
'have been waiting to see what would be done as regards
the Corn Laws ; and finding all their hopes of a :educ-
tion in the price of provisions completely at an end, by
the decision of the Howe of Commons on this question
on Tuesday last, they have wreaked their vegeance on
those machines, which they have been taugh-, by some
persons who ought to have known better, to regard as a
leading cause of their present heartrending sufferings.
It is stated, that some of the men who appea ed to act
as leaders of the mob were disguised, and others were
quite unknown at the places *here their outrages were
perpetrated.
An extreme apprehension has been felt, lest the rioters
should, in the course of to-day, attack the very extensive
power-weaving concern of Messrs. Garnett and Horsfall,
at Low Moor, near Clithern, and an express arrive i in
this town about two o'clock this morning to solicit
military aid. In consequence, a party of 25 of tl e
Queen's Bays was immediately sent off; and -as' they
reached Blackburn, which is within ten or twelve miles
of Low Moor, at ire o'clock this tnorning, we trust
they would arrive in time to prevent any attack from
taking place. We believe, however, that Messrs. G....r•
nett and Horsfall have been for some days engaged in
putting their works into as good a state of defence as
possible.—The effect of the lawless violence we have
above detailed will, as regards the poor themselves,
be to augment greatly the miseries of their situa-
tion. Property must be-protec ed: and those who are
guilty of attacking it must be punished. This, the gene-
ral interest of all, poor as well as rich, alike requires.
Masters will feel no confidence in giving out wcrk
ohilst an excited spirit continues to prevail; and the
number el* persons out of employ, and consequently thi
amount of distress, will be greatly augmented by the
lamentable proceedings of yesterday.. '1 te intim
sufF. ring—the starvation; we may tiny—of thousands u,
our fellow creatures cannot but beregardesi ai h feel
trigs of anguish; but efforts combined; and extensive

eff•rts, which alone can be available to relieve it, will
he effectually deadened by the commi%sion of tumul-
tuous outrages. The m iney, which yesterday mi4ht
have been devoted to the relief of the poor wea,ers,
will now have -to be applied in the shape of county
razes, to make good the damage they have caused.
We are far from • invoking vengeance even upon the
most guilty But punishment mustlollow crime; and
though we hope, and indeed have not the smallest
doubt, that justice will be adm.nistered in mercy, the
law must n-1 sleep. Impunity to the criminals would
encourage the repeti ion of 'heir t ffences.
We ought to mention befn•e concluding, that about
$6 pikes were taken by the soldiers at Messrs. E:cles
and Co.'s and Mt. Houghton's. Six of the rioters were
also taken into custody, and committed to Preston
House of Correction for trial. Our informant, who was
present at their ezaminstion before the Magistrates,
states, that thete was nothing of audacity or bravado
in their manner ; they were persons of the most wretched
looking appearance, extremely dej cted, and seemed to
be actually starving.
wiunslcrstand the military and the 11ev. Mr. Noble, incumbent
of Whallky, a Magistrate, were up the whole of the night ; hut up
to the time at which our informant left Blackburn this morning
every thing wag quiet.
We be-lit-ye that as full a representation of what has taken place
as the time allowed to be drawn up, was tranunitted by thil morn-
ing's mail, to the Secretary of State fur the Home Department.
_PRIVATE LETTERS.
llt.Acicavem, APRIL 24.
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•
" I am 'extremely sorry to inform you that *e have had a riot
here, and in the neighbourhood, to•day. • The rioters commenced
by breaking all T. and It. Sykes' power-looms at Accrington, then
IL and It. Walimier's, at Itough-key ; and afterwards James
Bury's, of White Asis. About three clock we were all greatly
alarmed by the sudden appearance of the same mob here. All the
shops, warehouses, and the bank, were immediately closed, and all
were in the greatest possible.alarm. They came in good order and
quietly into the tqwn ; abort 500 were armed with pikes, several
with fire-emit (and these were called Captains); some with large
hammers, and th- remainder with various weapons. You may
conceive what an appearance they would have.
" They immediately proceeded to It. Eccles and Co.'s factory,
and demolished most completely all the power looms, from 230 to
240. They afterwards went to another small concern in Grimshaw
Park, and did the same, though the soldiers were collected thrre to
prevent them ; they' stoned them most completely away ; they had
not the least chance. They had it all their own way. There are
several most severely wounded, and one man killed; indeed, you
would have thought there was a regular battle, from the number of
pistols, Etc. that were fired. I never saw such work in my life.
Stones were thrown at the soldiers, by one of which I was struck
from inadvertently coming too near. It is quite impossible for me
to describe how most completely they have broken the looms, bet
they bare injured nothing else, and the buildings remain entire. It
is said they are gone to Garnett's. The damage altogether cannot
be estinsated at less than 10,0001. I did not believe there were so
many pikes and weapons of various kinds in the county. The rioters
are really most desperate, and they are ready for any act of violence.
AU is qu!et here at the time (ten o'clock) of closing my letter."

" BLACKBURN, APRIL 24._

" Silt—You have read, I doubt not, in the Bfackborn Nail, the
riotous proceeedings which took place in this town and neighbour.
hood, on the evening of Tuesday last. Since that time, rumour, with
her thousand tongues, has kept the town in a ferment ; but amongst
the many, one kept gaining ground, and that was, that preparations
were to be made for a general attack on this day (Monday). Ac-
cordingly the leaders of this affair have been extremely busy for
the last three or four days, and they entered the town to the number
of from 12 to 15,000, armed with guns, pistols, pikes, hammers,
pick axes, and other weapons equally destructive. 1 should have
informed you sooner, in this letter of the cause which has produced
the fatal contequences which I am narrating.
" Fur some months back the weavers, particularly, have suffered
the greatest privation, hum the combined causes of reduction of
wages and want of work. Their situation has been ameliorated a
little by the sub.cription raised by individuals, and other casual
gifts, but, altogether, scarcely sufficient to keep body and soul
together. However, not finding any relief at hand or in prospect,
their patience has become exhausted ; hence the effects of this day.
" For some time the power looms have been considered as the
cause of both low wages and want of work. But to the point
of this day's affair —As 1 have hinted above, for some days past there
has been an understanding, principally amongst the villagers, for a
circuit of ten or eighteen miles round this town, that this day a
meeting would take place. They made good their words, for they
began to assemble as early as five o'clock this morning, and conti-
nued to increase in number until about eleven o'clock, when they
broke ground and marched. The place of meeting chosen was
an eminence about five miles from this town, called Enfield,
said from thence they marched to Accrington, where they broke
seventy-five pair of looms, belonging to the Messrs. Sykes :
thence they went to Woodnook, to Mr. Marques's, and destroyed
all ; from thence to Mr. James Bury'a, where they destroyed one
hundred pair; and at Mr. Warmly's they demolished the whole..—
An express arrived is town at one o'clock, stating what was going
on. A detachment of the First Dragoon Guards hastened to the
spot in consequence ; but before they could get there, all the mis-
chief was Joue, for the soldiers met the rioters on their way hither.
The mob marched its procession into the town, with arms shoulder
high. The arms consisted of guns, pistols, pikes (shafted), ham-
mers, pick-axes, and other weapons of destruction, and proceeded
immediately to the .Messrs. Eccles' factory, where they com-
menced the work of destroying four hundered pair of power-looms,
which took the hungered beings one hour to complete. At this
place the work was done without molestation, and suck a scene I
never witnessed, notwithstanding the soldiers were upon the spot.
Hitherto no particular opposition was offered to the rioters, but
they had not yet completed the work of devastation, for there
were still about thirty pair of looms untouched, belonging to Mr.
Houghton, of Park-place, about half a mile from the market-place.
There a contest took place between the people and the soldiers ; the
soldiers took possession of the Factory before the rioters could get to
it, conseqiently they posted themselues in as advantageous a position
as they could. The rioters in a short time invested -the premises,
and with loud buzz*, made their attack. After some skirmishing,
the rioters succeeded in entering the Factory, when they demo-
lished the whole looms, and broke the windows. While the people
were in the mill, the soldiers fired through the windows, and the
consequence has been the wounding of six or seven, known ; how
many unknown, I cannot form any judgment of. Mr. Houghton
has got wounded in the breast with a stone. Pieces and warps
were thrown into the canal, and I don't hear that any of the ma-
terials were stolen. I have thought proper to send you this account,
and Toe may depend upon its accuracy. " F. P."

P.S. 9 ectecc, r.w.—The Riot Act has been read, and the
military are at this moment clearing the streets. What the end
will be no one can tell, but should auythi* happen by to•nterrow's
post I will let you knew. Perhaps yen have net ►eard of the
King's gift of 1,0001• towards the relief of the distressed in this
town. Bella rang the whole of Saturday lase'

" 13Lanans, Anu. 24.

" have just time before the Post leaves to inform yeu oar
tewo was thrown int* great confusion this afternoon by the arrival
of some thousands of persons from the adjacent districts, where they
had been destroying all the power looms. Several hundreds of the
mob were armed with pikes, a few with bre arms, and nearly all the
rest with bludgeons. They immediately proceeded to the works of
Messrs. B. Eccles and Co. where they forced the doors. and before
the soldiers had arrived had broken all the power Isom., as well as
the implements connected with them; and although the apiuniog
factory adjoins the premises, and some of the rooms occupied with
spinning machinery, no attempt was made to desgroy a single article
connected with that department, not even the windows of the
buildings. After this scene of mad devastation, the mob immediately
proceeded to the works of Mr. Naughton, where they completely
destroyed all the power loom machinery. The Mot Act was read
three times, and the soldiers dispersed the mob, and received vollies
of stones. which were thrown at them, with greet forbearance.—
One fellow shot at a soldier, but the ball missed him, and en-
tered the lack of a man standing near. Several persons were
wounded, btu I do not hear that any lives have been lest. • A
great number of the pike% and other destructive weapons, were
taken from the mob by Mr. Use, the constable, and the soldiers.
Skeet tire-milt active leaders were seized, and taken before the
Magistrates, and committed for further examination. Many addi.
dottrel Special Ceerstattles have been sworn in, and the streets are
new, I am happy to say. perfectly quiet, bet the soldiers remain
under arm% a ealrat a moment's nonce.
it The shops were instantly shut, but the rioters informed the
.hopkeeprrs they need hot be apprehensive, as they would not
harm them.
" I think that very few of the mob belong to Blackburn. They

elm* marching hato the town with their glittering plies shouldered,
sod the appearance generally was very alarming.
•• The mob was so numerous, that it is impossible to form a
correct idea as to the number. •• 0: S."
EXTRACT rams ANOTHER LTITTIL.

" BLACKBURN, A PIM 24.
" About three o'clock yesterday the party of soldiers, who had
been dispatched to Accrinaten, returned and proceeded up to Grim-
shaw Park, near this town, where there is another power-loom
estahlishment. A crowd gradually collected around the place,
which- ix situate close to the canal banks, and about five o'clock the
men who had escaped from Messrs. Eccles and Co.'s factory,
joined them, and began to pelt the soldiers with stones, and then
made a regular attack upon them, armed with pikes. The ground
sus which the soldiers was, is very much exposed, and so limited
that they could scarcely act, and after several attempts to de.
fend the place, they were at last overpuo tied. and a portion
of the mob emoted the factory. and demolished the lolms.
Shots were exchanged between the soldiers and the mob,
The latter, however, succeeded in taking stone of the ringleaders
prisoners, and this evening they were, together with the three taken
„before, conveyed to the House of Correction at Preston, escorted
by a party of soldiers, the mob having held cut an intimation that
they would rescue them. men who were conductors of the
1 attack on the factories were all from the neighbouring villages, and
a considerable part have returned home.
" No damage has been dune to the winning part of any of the fac-
tories, nor even to the windows, the sole object of attack bring the
power looms. No disposition to commit any outrage upon any
other property has been manifested.
`• lialf-past 9.—The streets are clearing fast.
" I'. S. 10 o'CLoce-1 have opened the letter to say, I have just
received information that two persons were shot at Grimsbaw Park,
one of whom a just dead—the other is considered iu great danger."