The National Register. — 1812-09-20 (London, England)

SEPT. 12 • Mr-woollen MADLItaC Cildersom:, in i:J• viinnber of tine  , about one o'clock, the kill Li►:dsey and Sons, of e, was attacked by a e doors, destroyed 17  'o.  pair of shears of the best kind, and greatly injured the iradiintry used in raising and dressing the cloth. This depredation w.is coin. pleted without lights, and the time occupied in its perpetration did . not exceed twelve nunu.es. A correspondent at. Huddersfield, under date of the lOth instant, says :—Several persona have been apprehended on the various charges of Luddism, and arc now in custody here. A nuniher of others have this week abjured their illegal oath, and taken the oath of allegiance ; they see the calamities they have brought upon them. selves and neighbours by the atrocious depredations they have coo.mitted, and the delusions they have laboured under ; and it is to be hoped they will all follow the laudable example of these their asi;ociates in discharging themselves from that unlawful and ruinous systreat in which they have unfortunately been engaged, and return to their duty and al'egiance before it is too late." BosTON, September 14 .—A bout four in the afternoon of Thursday last, as George Daybell, farmer, in Swineshead, and Charles Roberts, a labourer, were reaping wheat, four Irishmen came up to them and asked for work as reapers. The road was close to the field where Dayhell ar.d Roberts were reaping, and one of the Irishmen, who was in liquor, got over the ditch, and was inclined to he very quarrel owe. Being told by Daybcll that he had no work for him, he begin to cut off the ears of the wheat with his sickle, and throw them about the field. Daybell requested him to desist, and seek fur work elsewhere, which at length he consented to do, and with his companions went away. In passing Roberts's house, however, which is hard b'., the Irishman wantonly plunged his sickle into a pig which belonged to Roberts. The children of Roberts, on seeing this, called out for assistance, when their father and Daybell, who had been witnesses of this outrage, ran towards the spot, having first called to their aid John Carnal, a farmer, who took his gun, which was loaded to shoot the birds among his corn. They pursued the Irishmen, who were making off ; and coming up with two of them, one of whom wes the fellow who stuck the pig, Roberts demanded satisfaction for the injury, which after some altercation was agreed to be given, and a piece of dirty paper was tendered as a guinea note ; but it appearing t.) be only a part of an old newspaper, Roberts refused to accept it. In the mean time the two Irishmen who had gone away, returned with five or six more of their companions, armed with sticks, sickles, Sec. Alarmed at their appearance. Roberts requested Carnal to let hint have his gun, which was complied with. Roberts, however, did not think proper at that time to use it, and he, with Daybell and Carnal retreated, and were in their turn closely pursued by the Irishmen, brandishing their sticks and sickles, and exclaiming we'll give you SATISFACTION for the pig !" Roberts, who was the hindmost, finding himself almost exhausted, and perceiving that his pur. suers were nearly up with him, turned suddenly round, and charged the gun at the man nearest him, who was only a few yards distant. The contents of the piece entered the stomach of the unfortunate person, and he expired on the spot. This put an end to the pursuit, and no farther bloodshed ensued. Roberts, who was great. ly affected at this dreadful catastrophe, made no attempt to elude justice, but readily yielded himself up to the constable sent to appre. head him, anxiously awaiting the verdict ot the Coroner's Jury On opening the body of the deceased, whose name was Terence Fagan, aged ti.o years, it was found that seven shot-drops hail passed ',rough his heart. The Jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of " Justifiable Homicide ;" the witnesses Daybell and Carnal having sworn, that they considered their owtt lives and that of Roberts to ba in danger.