The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-17 00:00:00

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OCILTORT, APRIt ISer-1,11 &II eAltibi
iiiiiiitied Is state, that tied/seinteiii ottlie dt
Or*. Id and about StOCkpdrti broke rilit ti, iiiis A.
' alarming ilblence on Tuesday list. The Inetfiedialth
t cause is said to be the extreme apathy a the Mmiterti
to the cry for an advanee Of, wapiti fat' Wig' A
meeting of manufadurers waicalled for this psiniete,
only three or four indirWaill attended, and these
; were in poSsesSion of factories Wheie the weaving
' was performed by machinery, or what is there•
called ' Power Looms,' consequently interested
in the rise of manual labova---Lattert teceived
' this morning, State, thit the dwelling-hi:44e of
Peter Marsted, Esq. has been attacked, arid the
whole of the 'furniture destroyed. The house of.
Mr. Goodair, and also the factory, had been enacted,
i the furniture burnt, and the power-loons destroyed.
The houses and factories Of hfessrs. Hindley and
Bradshawl Mr. W. Ratcliff, Messrs. Bendy and Co.
Ihad suffered considerably ; and as it is well known
that several private meetings of the wearers had
itaken place, and that the request for the assistance
of the military from Manchester hid been refused,
Colonel Clay giving for answer—thaChe could not,
I consistently with his duty in protecting. Maeasester,
afford them any—the utmost consternation pretaile
throughout this populous district."t . .
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hackie Arms. 101 7i, ill%
al 'We bad berm some day.* . greet apprelten:
, sion aft, mob. This morning, abbot tilbe-e'clock,
tfie people began to assemble in considerable Min:
ibees. They halted at our large gates (at lapity),
and remained there for nearly an hour, . ins td
us-at intervals to open our windows, and throwing
stone. in order to compel us to comply with their
1 wishes. Finding neither of any avail, they pro
corded towards this town, their numbed Increasing
as they prcceeded along. Instead of entering by
the ascii road, they visited several houserind.fisc-
tories, where they broke all before tbern. They
then returned to Edgeley, iu number aboat 3,000.
On perceiving them from our cottage coming doWn
the read, I assembled the. children and nurse in the
I parlour, and fasteuod the wiudows and doors ; the
gardener presently rushed into the room, and von:
Jared us to Ily desk tatenedli if we wished to save our
I lives. It was erftb diltictilty I could speak ; but
leach snatching up a. chijd, we emit.* at the great
igate jest in time t 6 avoid the rabble. We proceeded
to Mrs. Svates; but before we teached oar ilestii.
=titre we saw our cottage enveloped hi Ilainelk---
Every thing, I have since learnt, was colon:nod by
&Ore, and nothing left but the shell: The Mein nag
proceeded to the factory, where they broke the
windows, destroyed the looms, and cat all the wiirk,
which was in progress ; and having finglied this mis..
chief, they repeated the three cheers which they
gave on seeing the dames first burst from our dwell:
ing. The cry was, ' now for STILES;* but before
they could accomplish theit: wicked purpose on
sue friend, some military arrived, accompanied
by Mr. TUIMPItj whose Agertleas_bege_loom_ini.
lige*. Iti vaa been much distresspi a* seeing
our house Is lames, and had seen nobody to inform
him of our escape. The females of Sykes's family are
gone to Manchester for security, whilst we havetaken
refuge here. The post:chaise is which we-came was
escorted by four of the Scotch Greys. 'rho rioters -
were headed by two men, dressed in women's clothes,
who were called General Ludcfe wives. We aro
, again left without apparel hat such as the kindivessof
our friends supplies. Mr. Sykes has been trying to
get more soldiers at Edgeley, for the rioters appear
1 worse than ever. Maryland end other families have
takes, shelter at Manchester. Mt. Garside, who en-
deavoured to protect our property, and even yen.
tared to reproach the mob for their conduct, has been
severely beaten and bruised. It is now nine o'clock
! at night, and I learn the mob are more outrageous
' than ever at Edgeley. Fresh soldiers have beeu just
i sent there. Another troop of horse are expected to-
' night." .