The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-09 00:00:00

T. fits SWIM or rsz ST4TESM4I.

Sta,—lt appears to me to be the duty of every in.
dividual in the State, to contribute what he can is
giving the public Ivreal statement of the sufferings of
the labouring class of the community, especially at
this trying and eventful period.
I am, Sir, employdd in one of the most extensive
manufactories in this large and once flourishing
town, and have, therefore, a tolerable opportunity of
being acquainted with the distress of my fellow.
workmen; sad, perhaps, I cannot draw a better

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picture of it than to state, tat oat of
Ultll/110E1ISTItLD, Drc. 3.—Oar Correspondent,loo hands
under the above date, says, that the spirit of Lud. , employed in this concern, at e time the Orders ita
dism which his last letter, like the Prince Regent's i Council were revoked, whiek Orders have been the
Speech, rePreseuted to be extinct, has again ap. muse of shutting the American market, upon which
peered and raged with more than usual violence.,
Our trade depended, one-fourth of that number hare
Last Sunday night, about a quarter past nine o'clock, ,
a number of men armed with pistols or short guns, jest been discharged ; and the remainder suffered to
one of them with the lower part of his face covered work only three days a week, and that princi.
with a black handkerchief, entered the house of ' Pally. for stock, which hai already accumulated to
Mr. William Walker; of New-hall, Fartown, .an stnexanyiled degree, and must (I tremble at the
near Huddersfield; cloth-manufacturer, and after idea) soots come to an end. What is to become of
taking from him a gun, a pistol, and a powder-hOrn,
. as when the capital of generous and feging Rtes.
demanded his money, and obtained from him
about fifteen pounds in notes, the whole of which tees is exhausted, we are utterly at a loss to con.
they offered to return him except one, if he would ceive, as many of my shopmates, who have the mis.
give them a guinea in gold; not being aware of fortune to hale large families, have been &hen
this decoy, he took out a small pine, containing five by dire necissitstto apply to the parish 'for assist.
guineas, which they immediately seized, and took ance, which enablesthem barely to exist,
10the gold, without retnrrtiag the notes, the chief . a..,
then proceeded to ranee* his papers, while others ' Oh ! Sir, were the au hors and supporters of tile
of the party presented their pieces at Mr. Walker, ruinous ear we are engaged fit, to condescend to visit,
and after cautioning the family, on pain of death, the abodes of many of our artisans, where their .yes
not to quit the house for two hours after they de- would behold families once comfortaOle and homy, re.
1-parted. ' (limed to want and wretchedness in all its hideous 'W.
The same gang then proceeded to the house of
lodes.
Mr. George Scln a shopkeeper, at Fartown,
We have not the most distant hope of nor condl-
from whom they took a gull, between 30 and 403. :
In silver, one fire pound note, and nine or ten pro- tion being made belicr, but by a return of peace,
vincial one pound,notes, together with a pair of which eloubtles.s would prove a specific to all our
silver tea tongs, and two silver tett‘spoons;
not privations and miseries.
content with this booty, they went into the eel. ,
As you have, Sir, upon all occasions evinced vont-
lar, and seized and carried away a bottle of rum, '
self the friend of the oppressed in your imlependent
and some provisions. On taking their leave, they
told the family, that they should leave a guard about Journal, I trust you will not object giving this a
the house to prevent any one quitting it for two Mice hi it, though it be a very imperfect sketch of
hoer,. After their departure,it was found that they the present situation of the Birmingham mechanics.
bad left behind them a sort of blunderbuss; and a , I am, Sir, with esteem,
hatchet. i
I Your mast obedient servant,
' From thence they proceeded to the 110044 of Mr. Blrmitighata, Dec. 2, UN. J, F.
i Josias Thornton, of Gilley Royd, near Fixity,
farmer, where they arrived about half-past ten 1 .
o'clock ; here•four men entered the hotter two of
them armed with blunderbusses, a third with a
i gin, and the other with a pistol ; their first de-
; maud was for arms, but on being told that the fa.
i mily had neither strati nor money, they ordered,
44 F,neels, Captain, Spleen!, and lintchet.men to
enter," and two others entered the house, hot on
Mrs. Thornton prnmising to endeavour to find them
some money, they returned at the word of command ;
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she then took a pocket.hook, containing five one
pound notes from a drawer, which one of them
snatched from her, while others were employed as
I guards over Mr. Thornton : all this party wns dis-
guised, said one of these wretches struck Mrs Thorn-
: toe a violent blow over the head, and another 'of
Ithem snapped a pistol, which did not explode, at her
-husband.
They next proceeded to the house of Mr. James
Brook, of Bracken-half, in Fartown, where, after
conducting themselves in the same outrageous man-
lier, they carried away his sneer watch, a one-pound
note, ancl.4l:in silver. ‘ From thence they proceed.
eel to John Woods, where, after breaking the
de or and`witivioilis'and runs:King the house without
Wiwi 'an)' thing That answered their purpose,
they railed over the numbers from one to nine
a-el went away. From Johis NVuoil's they went to
. the horse of Me. William Radcliffe, at Woodside,
where they obtained IU. 10s. (id. itt notes, six gui-
neas iu gold, and between two and three pounds
in silver and copper, besides a quantity of tea,
some loaf sugar and liquors, and several articles
of plate. Their last visit was to Moses Ball Gilly,
' Royd, which they pion:loved of about two pounds
worth of silver ehauge. 'clic number of this desperate
; banditti is not precisely keown, but is supposed to be
about nine or ten. Several persons have been ap-
' prehended on Sti4p:CiOn of Navin, been concerned its
! the above robberies, but the result we have not heard.
° —( Leeds Mere:I:I:II)
A new claimant to the D.icat title and estate of
' Roxburgh is in Mr. brat ms, an HA Gentleman,
whose views are said to have the sanction of the pre-
sent Duke.
01.11 BAT LRY.—Tuesday Thomas Simmons was ca.
pitally convicted for assaulting Wm. de Lobertauche,
on the King's highway, putting him in fear, and taking
! from his person, against his wilt,.six 11. Bank-notes,
:his property ; as also
t: John Rowe, for feloniously killing a certain sheep,
the property of Chetwood Jones, with intent to steal
i the carcase of the same ; Arid
George Ellis, Edrrard Lloyd, and Elizabeth liar-
:pee, for assaulting Henry Fitchherg, in a certain
dwelling-hou:o, and taking from his person, against
: his will, n silver watch, &e. hie property.
1 Rime day Seotenc of Death was passed on Martha Metes,
for stealing privatels Ice asitop ; Ann Lock and Smaanah For-
. slur, for a like offence; John Lemere for torrcry; Thomas
Simmons, for highway roliherl ; rosurge' Ellis, Elizabeth Ito&
' say, and Edward Lloyd, fur a robbery in a dwelling-boy*:
John Rowe, for ,leafing a sheep; Henry Isamu. Sarah Butler,
and Sarah Armstrong. for coining; James Kelly, fisr uttering
counterfeit maucv t Andrew Tiffin for returning from trans-
pews)it'; William 11, /tone aura Job., Doegerty. 14 a highway '
rohhery; John Maatiwell, for stealing in a dwelling-hoose ;
William Taylor, coavicted at the last Session of stealing goods
loa the River Thames.
CORM rit CHANGE, DEC. V.—The trade of Wheat
i was rather brisk this morning, and fine samples sold
' 4s. per quarter higher than on Monday ; but there
was no increase in the price of ordinary qualities.—
Oats and Barley are Is. per quarter dearer.—Beini
sold freely at .Nlsitidarti prices. In other articled
there was no alteration.
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YAnuovrts, Dv.c. S.—Arrived the schooner Ay-
live, of London, IVinlay, Master, from Teneritfe,
with wines, last from Leith. The Active, of Hull,
Lattimore, Master, froinWisbeck, bound to bondots
wth potatoes, is on shore about two miles to thw
northward of this place, and will he entirely lost.

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HAnmtcn, Dec. B.—Arrived the Active cutter,
Gregson, from Gottenburgh, and has brought his
Excellency Pihsre Kosleaky, Envoy Extraordinary
from the Emperor Alexander to the Court of Sar-
dinia. His Excellency confirms the acccounts al-
ready received, and states his Grin belief that not a
Frenchman %ill get out of Russia. Fifteen Officers
of the Italian Guards had offered their mortices to
the Russians.
' Sailed the Auckland and Lady Frances packets,
1 . with Mails for Gottenburgh ; and the Lord Nelson
..packet, % ith a Mail for Heligoland.
Dem., Dec. A.—Sailed his Majesty's ships R Tag
Oak, 774cseus, lkllonn. and Valiani, for Ports-
. mouth, to refit; Sates:, Treya, and six trans-
ports, with French prisoners for Ipith.
Pun mown, Dec. R.—Arrived the &Ilona, 74;
kwal Oak, 74; reliant, 71; Theseus, 74 ; Belk-
rophos, 74, from the fleet which blockades the
i Texel and Scheldt.
Admiral Ferrier has shifted his flag to the Mon.
i'cister.
V - Lord Amelius Besoclerc has struck his dig, dur-
lag the re-equipment of the Royal Oak.
r Arrived the Rumilies, 74, Sir Thames Hardy,
; Hart. from anthem, to proceed to the North Ante-
d rican station ; the Venus frigate, Captain Mackenzie,
• from kith ; and the Pyramus, from off Cherisurgh.
Pc Yrsooyu,Dec. 7.—Arrived the Superb man-of-
war from Portsmouth; and the sharps/4.ohr gun.
i brig from * cruise.
I Came in the Prussian ship Pettus, from DelTrt,
bound to lloortleaux, detained by Ms Majesty's ship
Borer.
FAt.storen, Drc. 6.:--Arrived the Lady Pelham
packet, with a Mail from Malta, last from Gibraltar,
l ip six days ; a man of tsar brig, and made signal of
I convoy for Portugal aid the Mediterranean ; a ship
'; sloop of war, supposed from a rolign statlun ; and
la brig from Musics, for leindora, and is put nudes.
! quarantine.
' The Marlborough packet, for Lisboa, has gone •
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linto the Ronda, and, with the Lady Eas6§s for ..
Meta, and the Sandrsick, for Cadiz, still maims.
Surtaxes', Dtc. B.—Selled his Majesty's ships
Rdbfilies and Venue.
Thd Olympia cutter haS the Baltic convoy ding
flying.
The wind being (air, thi Russ** fleet Is expected
here leery hour. .
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On Monday a *fart-Martial 'wits held on board
the Ralsonabk, In Sheerness har'isour, Capt. E. 5.
CLAY, President; Mr. Potosi, Ginner of his Ma-
jesty's 'ship Pembroke, was tried cram a eir -0, of
,' drunkennoss, preformed by Capt. ftgispjoir, of the
itaisl ship; the *barge' was falls- probed, hut owing to
his farmer gontiossilducr, and Ids having been nitveerly
tst4Weifibl in iheenTaliewhe was only be:Winced !Abe ..
dionsissed,u, iiiipi ...;:i , •
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