Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-05-05

more psaceabie Tor Two OF three days aiter
this affair
Advices from Ediuburg state, that ali |
IL not Iqnlet IA Scotland. The Hiehandeis |
were IN tuii possess on near Colrain,t m Ros- !
shire land the Lord Advoraie had received !
letter from the Sheriff Deputy OF the Conn
~ stating that force OF not less than five |
hundred men, aud three field pieces would he |
necessary to qneli the riot. The CoHrier re.
~ ks. thai" the next arrivals from the neigh |
borhoou OF the commotion will be impot taut."
Glasgow paper gives AN account OF a nius
attoctous attack made 10y hired hand of
armed rufiiahs 1pOn the workers belonging
u Messrs. Todd aud Stevenso,i's cotton mill,
Coal Quay, IN the uechborhood of Trades
town, Glasgow. These villains bad previous
~ assembled at az public house, and trom
thence proceeded along The Paiic, road, as the
workers were leaving the mill When with
ina tew yards VI Mr.. TOdd's gate, they began
their horrid work by knocking down aud heat
ing The to en,ostoi the oikers The police he.
ing at hand, scuts,e ensued. aud four men
we're taken three ut whom appear TO b.lOn.
TO tue gang. One OF the workers in running
along the road received four or five small shot
III his head, but dong well the four taken
we're on Thursday night lodged in the Gor.
uais Police ONCE. These are supposed TO he
Tue same villains who attacked MeSsrs. Dus-
Top aud Sons wsrk people, and vino also at
tempted TO burn theii miii
A letter from one OF the Yeonanry Cavalry
at Hamilton, March 8, saNs-"We are unde r
marching orders TO day, but nothing is known
OF our destination. hope ii will be hu,ne, as
IN the hurried manner in Which we were call.
ed out, without having time 10 make arrange
ments, our absepce will he irit. Our ho,ses
being IN the barracks. we have been mixing
With The Hussars, vino have beha, ed with the
utmost civility tous. We have improved IN
all soldier Ike qualifications by the collision"
On the 9TH OF March, Vim smith Robert
Snlith, anu john Primrose, wtavets in Cation,
! were unprecedented on warrant from the Ma
sisirates. ON charge of having pixies aud
| piht-ieads in their pussess l., the siop of
Robert Smith, gun, aud pike handle eight
feet losS, were found. The. were committed
10 .gaol.
| subsequent accoun, states. that these dis
turbarces have been greatly exaggerated in
inc Scots parers-that they arose from cansrs
| Ia ho degree of political charactcr-but
| from HE dissatisfaction Of the tenants OF "A
seh'Iehia" OF large property, who as they
| teNeu, without shflci~nt grounds, had rider ed
| Them, onshort notice 10 QUIT their farms We
! nope this may he irue, aud that nothing seri-
4 Ous VIII result.
! On opening paper two days later we find
| that HE wish last expressed has not hren re-
| ailsrd. Though the disturbances inay not have
! originated on political grounds, vet they are
| extremely serious III thGir character. a mel
| ancholy scene took place at ColIain on Ike
~. The Sheriff went To warn the people from,
| their farHS and as they had before resisted
lie took considerable force. About 81 special
coh'anles were sworn III, aud party of ahOni
| twenty i've miliiia men accompanied them,
| ihis force proved very Inadequate aud "A
| scene took place trniy horrible, IN which IS
| OF Tie sheriff $ party we're wounded and of
| these one had his sCuil fractured Nv a SHINE
| "hicl MT him IN Tue forehead. The Sheriff
| was IN imhincut danger he was hit by three
| STONES, one OF which cut his hat. He went
| amongst Tue people. thinking 10 soften Them
| by reasoning, bat il was ali i'm vain Jbpy
caiier out Ia HIM that they used 10 he OIL The
s'de 81 mercy; that they thought he would
| protect them but, that he now came 10 on.
piess them like the rest. Tile mob appeared
as raving mad and those who first attacked
| ha
| men were drawn up on hsIeht aud had taken
Iui.e d miii'arS position behind wall, with
| ,heir IRE arms Ia readiness There were IA.
| Don't 2OD armed men. The force with the She
/ rin cOnld not attempt much but the militia.
NEIL were ordered (in iIopes Of frightening
| theH) u charge with bay ouets, when the we
nieh, instead OF running away, as expected.
! htein iiy rushed among the bayon.tS, CRYING
| OUT, VIC must 'iieauy way better 10 die here
Than III aAierica, or AT the Cape of Good
| Hope We don't care Tor onr lives We fear
81 VIII he impossible To Iemu,e those people
without bIooushcd"
Aside from the details of the foregoing
! transactions. the london papers are chiefly
| hlitd with the proceedings at the elections
dhd the speeches tom the candidates at The
| Westminster btistings, Sir. T.. Burdett and
| John L. Hobhonse are returned from Vest
| mihSief- mere are EaBt more contested
| elections iLdm usual i; aud they nre all con-
| d"ri"d with great spirit MIR. Wilson, Sir. w
| curtis. alderman Wood and lhe Lord MAYOR
| az. returned TOR London.
n hndl disposal has been made Of tile men il,
| custody OH charges OF being part OF the Cato
| 81. gang OF coDSpiraiorS. The examination
| TOOK place on Saturday the lith of March
! before the members oil the PIiVy Council
kobert George aud John SImmonds were fully
| convicted on the charge of hich-tTeaso,t
! ih"inas Preston, the cabier and Hazard the
| school master, were committed onsuspicIom
/ OF treason. The same day. a man named Abel
| nd''w aPpreienGed at Preston, by two po-
| ice Olhcers from London.
4 10,
| ihis commitments founded OH the recent act,
| ~ amendment OF the statute Oi King Edward
| III. by WINCH Il conspiracy 10 levy war rs de-
| clartu hgb treason, without an overt act. A
\ try them.
| IL appears that the con'pirators in their
meetings, thoheht 10 necessary, ia order to
| guard against the possibility OF strangers
necolIhng acquainted with The subject Of their
| deliberations, to adopt fictitious names for the
| d'hrrent articles TO which. in their arrange
| mthts tor future operations, they had tn re-
thus. cnnpowder they called" rapeseed;"
| SpeGhs ana pixies" ihrnsts" The intended
| victims OF their hellish purpose we're termed
" candidates for tie borough of rcform"
| he health of his majesty George w. is
daiiv unpToVing. His majesty is able to walk
! oni' and MS appearance is stated 10 be " most
| plraSingly cheerful"
IL hpp"ars from The German papers, that
| Sandt IS sill in prison.
| CUbbett writes from Coventry. that Lis Vo.
| 'e'S ave lnlImldaied from going TO the poll by
| The 'hiHdgeon men" aud that several of his
| friends have had their homes broken.
| NO adVices from France or Spain by this
arrival, so late nS have been before received
| At Philadeiphia In the Freuch Chamber OF
| Deputies. the debate continued on the prqjet
| ot lhe law relative to individual Iiberty. -.
| during one Of The debates tie Miaisier OF the
Interior made an eloquent aud forcibIe APP
| peal IN defence of the proposed measures. -
| Chn the individual liberty of any persons
| whatever" observed his ENceIIcUcy, " be pre-
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