Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-28


amount.
1t affords much satisfaction TO learn, that
the distressed state of The operative classes
rs occupying the serious attention OF the
Community. Already The Magistrates *
Clergy have been Convened TO consider the
best mode ot communicating relief, and. we
believe, i is intended! to ca, moie gene
raj ineetinga t an early period. la the
present universal stagnat,on OF trade, it
was not to be expected that this great COM
merciAl and manufacturing city could es-
cape the common calamity and while the
snderings OF the industrious artizars, de-
prved ot employment, and un able to sup
port their families, must be a soacce of Sc
ysre pain to all who are interested in the
general good, 1t must at the same time be
gratifying, that the public feeling is alive
70 the general misery. Should call on the
humane, the benevoisnt ard the opulent he
de,med ne essary,we ere sure that, at su h
time, and in sncn u place, it VIII not be
made in vain. We cannot conclude with
cut expressing our highest satisfaction 1T
the patriotic AMI becoming conduct of the
i@enring Glasses IN circumstances of such
o'fiicui,y aud distress. u Conduct highly
credtaOle TO thsnSe, YES, and honorable to
tnls part or the country--which presents
a most favorable contrast to the measures
that have dissraced other parts of the
kngd7m, and which is best calculated TO
increase the pubic sympathy, and ensure
the renccal all. CGMagosv Courier.
We are sorry ohave TO announce fresh
acts CT violence and disturbances in the
county. An account of those which have
taken place At Loughbor1ugh and Frome
are given in another psrt OF our paper
Mr.. Hea,hcnte is the gentleman who ms
ID en- the principal sufferer at I.ous thorough
HIS loss III lace machinery, and other pro-
perty destroyed, is estimated at Is. OO0i.-
A report that he intended 10 redace the
price of LABOR is supposed to have direct
ed the fury OF the rioters against him. We
lately mentioned, that in the neighb0rhood
OF Bilstoa- Moor, where there are many col
hers, an! number of iron-works, the
workmea, consisting OF some thousands,
nave been thrown out of employ. These
men have Solicited in vain for work in
Worcestershire, Staffortshire and neigh
b0rhood but, TO their credit, their 0isap-
pontment did not vent Itself as in other
places, in acts Of criminal riot and outrage,
chat must aggravate instead of appeasing
the evil. With a view, however, of draw
ing Particular attention to their case, they
nave rcSorted to the novel experiment OF
presenting petition to the Prince Regent
IN person, to be accompanied, as it is stat
ell, by pres m of three Wagon loads of
Goals. About fifty men are yoked to each
Wagon to drag them to town. One OF the
Wagons proceeds by the route of Wor.
c ster-anoth by Coventry and Birmine-
ham-the route OF the third we have not
heard. The men proceed at the rate of
about IL miles 4 day, and receive volun-
tary gifts OF money, &c. on the road as they
pass along. declining of themselves to ask
aims their notto, as piacarded on the
carts, being" Rather zD0ik than Beg. -
Two OF tn s. eXtraordin ry teams passed
through Buckingham on Thursday last,
and excited on their approach considerable
aiarT---but il proved without cause, as the
men dcmeancd themselves with the utmost
propr,ety, and were much commisserated.
rs they proceeded through birmingham,
they called at the public Office, where the
magistrates were sitting, and showed them
their petition, which was signed by a nla-
gstrate at Dddey-,hcy Continued their
route towards Oxford, eX lib ting nothing
IN their conduct to excite any apprehension
o. riot or tu@ult.
In consequence &c the number of hands
out of employ IN Wit shre and Somerset
siiire. segerI meetings have been he q Of
the principal peop,e IL, the cloth trade. to
consit.r what IS best TO bs done. NOT being
able, af e. mature deiiberation, to find a
remedy for the evil, they have deemed it
expedicnt to lay before Government the
situation OF al .rs.
July 4.
The report which we mentioned yes.er-
day. OF an intended restoration of the Mar
gus Wellesley to Office. and of the Journey
OF the Duke of Wellington having some
connection with this object is now COW ert-
el into q speculation that the Duke hiinr
self will accept station in Ministry, un-
der a Consent OF the Allies, that Lord Hill
shall command the Army of Occupation in
France, until they shall think the presence
OF the Duke necessary again. This ru-
NOR IS probably a speculation founded up
on the circumstances OF the Duke having
declined az Invitation to dine with the Prn-
cess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, and
bscoming a guest at a Cabinet dinner.
The Funds nave recovered lit since
Tuesday. A sum OF nearly 600 0O0l. QUO of
the unclaimed dividends being put at the
d sposal Of tie Commissioners who pur-
chase Sock on Government account, they
brought into the MARKET yesterday an in
s.almcnt at the rate which they mean to
pursue regularly, namely, about Sc. 000L for
every transfer day. This is assigned as the
cause OF the improvements in the Funds.
Having for the last days heard nothing
further OF the singular expedition Of the & l.
Iers from Bilston, drawing three Wagons
with Goals, we had hoped that they mad
been we'll advised enough to give up thsir
intentions. However, 1t is said thatOne of
them, which passed through Birmingham