Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-14

The two Excheoueys Of Great Prita'n I
and Ireland are 10 be consolidated, and IN
consequence, the posts OF Chancellor o.
he Irish Exchcquer. five Lords and two |
Secretaries OF the irish Treasury are 10 be |
abolished. But it is proposed t" have
Vice Treasury for Ireland, who is 20 nave
a Deputy the salary 1T tie former IS To
he 3 5OO;. a year, and that OF the Deputy
1000l. The dut es of the tnracr VIII be
active during the recess, and during the
sitting of Parliament. h presence VIII be
necessary to communicate local informa-
ion with respect to the financial state CT
Ireland.
London Pahers.
We have received files Of the Morning
Chronicle to June IS. and some nos OF
Cobbstt's Reg ster,by the Minerva ,S;ctoh>
", from Liverpool. From the former, we
have given cop;ous extracts The " rlsiugs"
IN England" aud c,nigi-,tons from it, and
proposals in parliament relative to pau
perisni, ere the most important occrrren-
ces detailed i. these papers. The cause
of the commo.ion was the distress of The
lebourers, &c. sui, ring Tor bread. AZ
Suffolk, Brandon. and Norfolk. they had
committed great excuses. burning hay
ricks and destroying houses" they w,re
armed with long heavy sticks, the ends of
which, to the extent Of several iaches,were
studded with iron sfikes, sharp At tie 81 les
and points. Their fiag was inscribed Bread
. or Piood - am thev thrcst-ned 70 march
to Lo.don." Pmhic notice was gwen at
| Norw Oh By the m gistrtes, that in case of
another mnut, IN should ,eat the riot
act, when all persons ofItnding, would
hra l.', n 3 - .tcnth
! party ct the West Norfolk Militia and LIST
! Rcya! Dragoons were c,iled cut at y or
| wich to protect the mills, &c. A cargo of
| potatoes bsing about to be shipped at the
! quay IS biddeford excited mob to pre- =
vent the expectation. The police seized
| and imprisoned three OF the ring leaders
Immediately IN the event being known.
an immense nunber # shipwr;ghts and o.
| theirs beat OF the police, broke down the
! PRISON doors, and released the prisoners.
| the NORTH Devon yeorarry arrived a d
! suppressed the riot. After some time, q
detachment Of the Enn ,i,i'icn Dragoo G
leved the ycomanry. Many instances OF
the same Kind are given; q military force
being uniformly called on to quell the dis
turbances. At Ely, the insurgents fred
on the magistrates and troops, from bar
| ricaded houses near the river, when the lat
J tcT were OTNSiSN 90 III INTO Incm. ne
| conflict. though short, WAS Skarh." he
rioters were soon routed, two of them XII
le', Zone chi,s) and few wound . lOi
were taken prisoners, and more we he
hourly bringing in. General Byng arrived
soon after, and rcinflrcements # horse &
foot. With two pieces Of flying +rtillery,
were hourly expected by forced marches
| The arms the voters used at Ely were
"long swivel pieces. Wild fowl gwns,'' &c
which were taken by the military & plac-
ed on the walls Of the depot.
One cause Of the riot. according 20 Cob.
bett, is the giving employment TO the Scotch
poor, to preven: them from emisrs;ing &C
A'nerica. What an injustice is this & y,h'
to England
y committee Of parliament WAS dSlih-
Grating OF the means cf abolichine pau err
ism but member declared they con.
not even lessen it unless tn. dividends on
the funds. tn at is. the interest on the pub
liz debt. were reduced.
On the 18th of June at the Opera Rouse,
London. q dispute took place between tie
| Marquis of buckingham and Sir Thomas
Hardy, which ended in dusl. After the
cX hauge of shots, the seconds declared
that enough had been done 10 satisfy the
honor Of both parties, and the affair Con-
clu@ed.
Mr Canni2g tool, his seat in the II. @!
Commons on the 18th OF June.
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