New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-05
RIOTS AT NOTTINGHAM.

wing 10 the vast number of wOrk.people Of both
sexes who have been put on half time, or Utterly
thrown OFT Of employment by the present depressed
condition of the lace and hosiery trades in Nottingham
it hes been feared for several days that some disturb
ances would arise. These apprehenslons have unhap-
PLY proved but too well founded. To add to the
present complication large body OF the brcklsyers
and mssoDs have struck work, in consequence Of the
masters attempting TO make reduction Of 3D. per day
in their wages and much lfeelilg has been thereby
occasoned.
During Monday morning the Lo1g-row aud other
paces Of resort were crowded with operatives out OF
work and in the afternoon large meeting was held IN
the Market place, and resolutions were carried, the
principal of which was that committee be appointed
10 wait upon the Mayor IL. Heymann, esq with
view to tie devsing of some measures for thsr relief
The dsy passed sway without disturbance AZ tue
weekly meeting of the Guardians on the following
Tuesdsy mon ing they were inundated with sppllca-
tons for outdoor relief and the Board resolved to s1s
De nd the standing oders TO outdoor relief, admins
tered come temporary assistance, and made arrange
ments to se, large number OF the unemployed arti-
sans TO work on the construction of new road across
the forest.
Another monster meeting, called BY plscsrd, wa
held in the Marketplsce at three O'Clock on Tuesday
afternoon, and it is computed fhat not fe~er tnan
ten thousand persons were present. considerable
aumber Of women mixed with the crowd, ana
seemed to take a warm interest in the proceedings.
Some one from the top OF Mr.. Abraham house 'clui
this very naturally reused their Ire. T1e eonsequence
was that ieveral s.ones were thrown at that and
the adjoining houses, and any psnes OF glass were
broken. The mob then pToce eded up the Market
perley, . silversmith and jeweier. Here very
cir gular incident occurred hne-looklng SOLDIER,
who was standing at the door, advised ar: Shep.
perey 20 close his shop expressing bis belief thai
Inc rabble intended to make 40 attack there. Mr..
Sbepperey, being alone. asked him il he would stand
and keep watch while he put up the shutters, winch ne
agreed to do. Only three shutters were put up now
ever when the crowd came up, and stone was n.
stsrtly dashed toward the window; bat il missed ITS
ain ard broke pane in the pext shop, winch was
occupied by Mr. SbeppeIley's brother druggist.
Some one then, seeing the tai sen OF Mars sen1ng
in the doorway shouted out The shops ful OF
soldiers" whereupon the valiant rioters took fright
al boiled off Recovering their alarm, they snsshed
in the windows Of Mr.. Travill, psTnoroher, which
wss about twenty yards higher up the Kong Row
ard plurdered it Of oliver watches, clotaing
and other contents This was about O'Clock, and
the trsdesman becoming alarmed muiedi stey closed
their shops for the rest of tue day The raoole
then divided into detached bodies, peIamouaoea tns
principal streets then attacked several and pro-
vision alers' shops in the lower part OF the tosn
and appropriated the contents among Themselves. The
police force did everything il their power to check the
them with brick end in his hand. During the even.
ing the enrolled pensioners were summoned, aad ar
rspgements were likewise made for calling out 800
| special constsbles. At Radford, manufacturing
hamlet a mile from Nottingham, the ssme fsrnent
prevailed and in instance The mob attacked csrt
loaded with bread erda general ecrsnole ensusd for
the loaves Toward nine O'Clock the town bscame
quiet and stemp. has since been made to re-
new the disturbance.
On Thussdsy morning Mr.. w. +. Wallet clown,
received 10 turn the occasion into advertisement
ard pubished an nent ths. at 10 o'clock he
woud give away 500 pounds Of bread TO poor women
from the doors Of the tbester. large crowd
bed and very excited. 1t feared another
outbreak would take place, and the shutters Of the
lace warehouses in the vicinity We're put up. The
police, however, marched to the spot, and with W.
Felkin esq., magistrate, az the head, cleared the
street At the Borough Police Court subsequently,
Mr.. allett We. strsted W. h by the magistrates
for mprudence IN collecting the people in numbers.
With this exception al hss remained quiet. The
| Board of Guardians granting outdoor relief.