The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-05 00:00:00

UCCURId6dIcEB AT 11VDDEHSPIELB.

Urnovaselsus,Aontt.ll.-I`or several days, the peace.
: tie inhabitants of this town hare been kept in a state of
ii era agitar and terror. from the alarming indications
Ts the neighbourhood. Wo present the following state-,
talents to our readers exactly as they have been given
en os, only prensising, that we rollected them on the spot.'
'tans the indivhlnals to, whom they refer : and that de.
tr 'Wong to the some etect have. we believe, beer made
beture the 31agistrates.
The rival authorities have suspected for prim time
Oho arms were clarilestinely introduced into the neigh-
1...1!r1500d ; but, notwithstanding their vigilance, they
were unable to ascertain the fart in a satisfartory mass.
her. Oa Thurmlay last, a parcel from Binninafliam ar.
rivtd by Ow Ilerulatov, addressed to " John Payne.
'astlegve, I loth errs:le:lV hich excited the sna/4mm
of .11r. W1141411%0, deputy constable, who tl Ott it
proper :o wait the arrival 'orate person who should call
fur it. Towards evening. a notorious radical, named
oil', inquired for the package. It hitehead, who was
in attendance, canoe forward. anal drsircj to know its
sohtruts. The answers oftiill were very eva.i % and un-
•atistartory. It was opened in his presenee, ;sod found
to contain a 141nr111, two brier Or pi%rolis, three Ithysitir:‘,
`firer bullet !modals, and 'taco gun-harks. An invoice
was inclosed, front which it appeared, the charge for the
*word was five shillings; for the pistols per brace, six-
teen ahhllings ; the isavottet anal gun-locks, foitorteen
I.6etoce rash; and the intfiet.nsoulds, fourpence. .1 letter
was also found, soliciting fartherrominanos ; anal
that the burrs. with which the articles were requirell.
prevented them from being exactly aceorning to order;
that those 14.111 nrre of a superior quality; hot, in the
present instance, it ere invoiced at a rethocrol price. tilll
was immediately appri lactoolell and the follow Ong day
he was examined before the Magistrates. 'filar account
he gave of the parcel was, that paver. who is a Wiggler,
and at present (Mtn 110111 r, retillr.4l.ll hill, to take ch.orge
014 till his return. Ile was held to hail, to answer
any charge which may he brought ;ogainst Ilion, at the
melt .Issizes.

"This occurrence caturallv eveited the :yr T. L. :.ions
of the Magistrates; and early uu I rid :v, thiv receis ell
information, that great numbers of the I. er -I JSI, in the
nelrlihnitrhood, were 14 rimed with pikes ;1,14 p; 0111 S, and
that in the course f that night, an attack ads I:milita-
ted upon the town, on a signal given by numerous pike-
men, in bodies of two hundred each. With the promp-
titude and alacrity which they have manifested on many
former occasions, every arrangement was made fir the
s,eurity of the town. .1 detachment of the !s:itli foot,
is...ler (*attain %Veiling, and the 4th dragoons, under
aptain Sibthorpe, were held in readiness to art at a
ihoment's notice ; and late in the evening, the yeoman-
ry were called out, and other precjoationary measures
aaopted. The signel, a sort of fire-balloon, was ob-
served about two o'clock on Safitrilay morning; in the
direction of Castle 11111, neat Almondbary and several
parties of men, in regnlar order, were seen in different
oirections approathing the town. t hie division rawest,
near as the Marsh turnpike, a short distance from the New
Church. None of them, however, entered the town,
having, it is supposed, received intelligence of the pre-
parations made by the Magistrates. 'lwo large bodies
assembled on liarkialand Common, and proceeded on
their way, as far as Idodley Moor ; but nut being joined,
as they expected, hr some other parties, they returned
home, and dispersed quietly except firing guns and
tots on their route.

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" A circumstance occurred the same evening, which
rouvinced the Magistrates that their apprehensions were
not groundless. About eleven o'clock, a gentleman
who lives near Cooper Bridge, was returning to that
place from Middleton, accompanied by a gatne-kreper.
and three other persons whom they had accidentally
overtaken. Oa arriving at the Obelisk (or Mash
kteeple as it is usually called), near Kirklees, }thick,
our readers will recollect, is the piece where the Lud-
dites rendezvoused, previous) to their attacking Mr.
l'airewelikt's mill, they sheet fifteen men. in •
passed
minenmee circle, apparent yin close consultation. Two
of the party, named Bromley Idol hinith, turned off
in4o the New Road, and the rrst proceeded towards
Cowes's Bridge. They had not, however, gone a hundred
surds, before they beard their late companions calling
*far help.
" On returning back, and entering the road, they
were surprised to see a number of men, sat under a hedge
or wall, each armed with a pike or spear, and near them
ass a quantity of the same weapons, about AM, heaped
ors the ground. The gentleman, who wis separated
t om his companions, took up one of the pikes, and was
proceeding to examine it, when one of the men struck
him, and he was attacked by several others. At the
sun/ moment, a number of perilous, at least sixty, cause'
ever an adjoining wall, armed in the same manner. l'he
gestlettian felt alarmed at his dangerous sitnation, aml
attempted to make off; while doing so, a pistol or mus-
ket was discharged after him, the hall of which whizzed
close past his head. In the mean time, the rest of the
party were attacked and beaten, Hue of them, named 1
Tolson, received several pike wounds, particularly one I
en the left side, and is now under the care of a surgeon. 1
rattly the next morning, information was given to the 1
Magistrates, and one of Ike men whom they were able
to identify, a blacksmith, was apprehended, and is now
in custody.
*. Daring the whole of Saturday (the tat instant), the
'military and civil power were on the alert. A nottaber I
of idditional special constables were sworn in ; and se- I
veral seizures of pikes and other arms were made in the
.ejghbouring villages, particularly at Ahnondbury. In 1
a house at the latter place, a quantity of pike-staves, ,
g rest tubers of which have been cut from the neigh.
batwing plantations, were found coueealed. Some of
the piluiror rather spears, we have seen. They are of
very coaese workmanship, the blade about nine inches
long, sharp pointed, and having at the broad end a
strew, with which they ire fastened into a pole, about I
seven fart long. .
" Pieties or horse and foot patrolled the town and i
weighlteurheod during•the whole of Saturday night,
and tire men were apprehended at an early hour on
Sunday morning, the Id instant. A large party was
seen assembled ostisturday night, about fair miles from '
Huddersfield, in the seighlmerbood of Hartshend, but
they had dispersed before the military were apprised of
their meeting.
4. The town and neighbourhood were tranquil during
the whole of yesterday (Sunday, the 2d inst.), het several
apprehensions were expected to take place in the course
of last night.
" The following persons are in custody. on charges
isonnected with these proceedings:—Joesph aisl Bra
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14/144 Barker, of Mirfield John beadle", of llirfield ;
'Bootie Barker, of Comae Bridge; and Joshua Hirst, of
Deightos."—(Leeds latelligeneer.)

LANCASHIRE AIMEE.% Apar,. 1.
suasutt MISTING.
Tait stirs r. imam, ahliaussu. en• mu rums.
The Court mitt Ale splpaiog at aloe eialeek boom
after which Joh. lan .*, George Durham., Nathan
ltromtharet. John Adams. Wm. Pletcher, John Buy.
John Astin, sad Ames Wavle. were put to the bar, sad
the indirtment being read to them, they severally pleaded
let (Witty..
r. LITTIMI,III stated the. MINN of the indletswat
to the Jug, which captained twenty-one mutat*, the