the other side of the mill. Several persons were now engaged in carrying the wounded to the dispensary which was not far from the spot. One of the guards in the mill then appeared at the opening of a window in the upper story, on the south side, when there was a tremendous rush along the opening from the mill to the street, in which several females and others were thrown down, but without any serious accident.

The civil power being now found insufficient to restore order, two troops of the Yorkshire Hussars were immediately ordered out, and proceeded, with lord Grantham and colonel Yorke at their head, to the scene of action, when part of the mob dispersed. Others remained on a piece of ground eastward of the mill, about a yard higher than that which the yeomanry occupied. Taking advantage of their situation, they threw some stones at the officers, when a few of the Hussars leaped the walls, and drove them off in all directions. The neighbourhood of the mill now became clear, but the streets adjoining continued to be crowded; the mob offered no violence, but often manifested symptoms of disapprobation by hissing and shouting.

4. CORONER'S INQUEST.-An Inquest was held on Jonas Barstow, who died the preceding night, in consequence of the wounds he had received.

Mr. John Walker."I am the apothecary of the dispensary at Bradford. On Wednesday afternoon, about twenty minutes past four o'clock, Jonas Barstow was brought, in a wounded state, to the dispensary; on examining him, I found a contused wound on the back, and another wound cor

responding to it under the right breast. He died about twenty minutes before ten o'clock of hemorrhage (bleeding) occasioned by the wound. He continued sensible until he died: a short time before his death, he stated, that he came with the mob from Fairweathergreen, and assisted in the attack upon Messrs. Horsfall's mill, and that, as he was breaking the windows with a pole, he saw a person fire at him he tried to escape, and received a wound in the back. I have no doubt that the death of the deceased was occasioned by the wound he had received.

Mr. Thomas Horsfall, the manager of the mill, stated, that it belonged to Messrs. John Garnett Horsfall and Co.; and that he had been upon the alert for several days past in consequence of information he had received that there was an intention to attack the mill.

Witness applied to the magistrates to know if they could give him effectual assistance, which they promised to do; and he himself procured what arms he could. The result of their joint exertions was a force of about forty persons, about thirty of whom were military, and were provided with firearms; his own people, amounting to about ten, were chiefly armed with pikes; ten of the military were dragoons, and the rest consisted of a detachment from the recruiting staff at Leeds. About four o'clock the preceding afternoon they saw a considerable body of people coming furiously towards the mill, and the witness immediately ordered every man to the station which had been previously assigned to him. The mob advanced in a menacing manner, but he did not see arms or sticks. They immediately commenced an

assault upon the mill by vollies of stones, and broke almost all the windows: some few of the men were hit by the stones, but were not hurt. Witness was occupied in going from one station to another. The mob continued about the premises for about three quarters of an hour. Witness being asked if he was not afraid of his life, said he was not, but it was because he thought they would be able to repel the attack. If the mob had succeeded in obtaining admittance, it was his opinion that they would have been all destroyed. The mob made no demand for admittance, and nothing was said to them by the persons within; the assault was too furious to admit of any parley, and witness could not have spoke to them without endangering his life.

The orders that he gave to his people and the military were, that no man should fire, whatever windows might be broken, or provocation received, until there was an actual attempt made to enter the mill, and till then there was not a shot fired. Witness heard a cry that they were breaking in. There might be about thirty shots fired. The guns were loaded with ball; witness does not know whether any canister shot was used; there was some in the mill. The stones were thrown with such violence, that some of them passed through the opposite window. The Riotact had not been read when the firing commenced, and there was no magistrate present. It was a power-loom mill.

Mr. John Ingham is a special constable; was in the mill during the attack upon it, and assisted in the defence. He was in the yard when he first saw the mob coming, and they advanced so rapidly, that

he had scarcely time to get the outer gates closed before they arrived; and before he could get to the lower gate, they had begun to throw stones. Witness ran into the mill to see that all the men were at their proper stations; he then remained in the lower room, which was the place of the greatest danger.

The attack first commenced on the east side, but very soon the windows on the north side, were driven in by large stones. He observed two men particularly active and violent; one of whom wrenched an iron stancheon of one of the lower windows from its fastening, the removal of which would have rendered admittance into the mill very easy. Witness said the deceased was one of these men. Witness considered both the property of the mill, and their lives, to be in the greatest danger, and the soldiers said they would not stand still to be murdered. Witness was asked the name of the person who fired, but he Isaid he would rather not mention it, and the question was not persisted in. Mr. Horsfall gave them strict orders that not a stone should be thrown, nor a shot fired, unless the assailants attempted to make an actual entry into the mill, whatever windows might be broken.

Several other witnesses were examined, and the evidence being gone through, the Coroner said there were two questions for the consideration of the Jury; first, was the death of the deceased occasioned by the firing from the mill? and, secondly, was it under such circumstances as justified it. Six of the jury said they were entirely satisfied that the firing from the mill had not commenced until it was necessary for the safety of the property of the mill, and the lives of

those that defended it; others of the jurors thought that the firing had been too indiscriminate, and too long continued, but they ultimately agreed in the following verdict:"That the deceased had been shot by some persons to the jurors unknown, in the mill of Messrs. John Garnett Horsfall and Co. in the preservation of the lives of the persons and property therein."

A similar verdict, on similar evidence, was returned in the case of Edward Fearnley, who was shot

upon the same occasion. DISTRESS IN DUBLIN. The magistrates of Arran-Quay Policeoffice having received information at an early hour yesterday, that a number of the inhabitants of that wretched quarter had assembled for the purpose of going in procession through the city, with their wives and families, to exhibit to their fellow-citizens the misery of their deplorable situation, Mr. Herbert and Mr. Studdert, accompanied by a party of the Police, repaired to the liberty, where they found a vast concourse of persons about to proceed towards the interior of the city. These unhappy beings did not manifest the slightest desire to disturb the public peace, and, on the remonstrances of the magistrates, they consented to abandon their original intention. They, however, stated, through the medium of some of their body, that they feared the subscription, which had been generously set on foot for their relief, could not have the effect of permanently removing the distress under which they were suffering that although they might be relieved from their present starvation for a moment, the distress would again return; and that they merely wished to get

employment, by which they might maintain their starving families. They suggested, themselves, that the sum collected might be best supplied in purchasing the stock of goods at present on hand, which would enable the manufacturers to give employment to multitudes of workmen, who are now totally without the means of procuring a morsel of bread.

A

SINGULAR IMPORTATION. package of a singular description was imported at the Custom-house, Dublin, from Leghorn, and consigned to the rev. T. Murphy, of Kilkenny. The declared value by the owner is 1s. which subjects it only to a duty of two-pence, and the package is entered on the books, "One box of bones of Martyrs."

6. STATE-PAPER OFFICE.By the industry and research of Mr. Lemon, some interesting discoveries have recently been made in this office. Amongst other valuable papers is an entire translation of Boethius, by Queen Elizabeth ; the prose in the hand-writing of her majesty's secretary; and the whole of the poetry in the Queen's own autograph. Parts of a poetical translation of Horace, written by the Queen, have likewise been found. What is far more important, as it relates to the history of that period, nearly all the documents connected with the events that occurred during the reign of Henry VIII, especially the king's various divorces, have likewise been brought to light; particularly the whole case of Catherine Howard. It is intended to submit these literary and historical relics to his majesty.

8. LIABILITY OF CARRIERS.Marsh v. Horne.-The Chief justice delivered the judgment of the court in this case, which came

before the court originally on a special verdict. It was an action against the proprietor of a stage coach, for the loss of two boxes sent by his coach to Bath. The declaration was in the usual form of assumpsit. The special verdict found, that the defendant, being the proprietor of a Bath coach, published an advertisement, giving notice to the public, that he would not hold himself liable for the loss of any parcel or package of more than 51. value, unless the same was entered and paid for as such. Plaintiff knew of such advertisement when he delivered these two boxes to go to Bath, and defendant was aware they were worth more than 57.; and yet no insurance was tendered by the one party, or required by the other. The Court was of opinion that that fact was not sufficient to take the defendant out of the range of the protection which the notice he had given threw round him: and, therefore, that judgment must be entered for the defendant.

On

RIOT AT TROWBRIDGE. Saturday last, the town of Trowbridge was the scene of much confusion and outrage. Some hucksters had been suspected of either forestalling or monopolizing potatoes, the price of which commodity advanced considerably in the market on that day beyond that of the previous week, and these circumstances were considered by the mob as ample reason for making an attack upon the gardeners indiscriminately. This they accordingly did; and the work of plunder and destruction was SO effectively performed, that by 11 o'clock not a vegetable of any description was to be seen in the market; and at that hour every shop was closed. The country but

chers, fearing a similar attack, removed their meat, and, by twelve, only the town-butchers' standings were left. At that time the market-place was filled with a rabble of the lowest description. The magistrates (who are for the most part manufacturers) assembled at the Woolpacks Inn at three o'clock, and drew up an address to their misguided work-people, pointing out the folly of their conduct in thus driving away those persons who were in the habit of attending the market with provisionsexhorting them to patience and good conduct and threatening to discharge from their employ all who should be found joining in such riotous proceedings. This address was widely distributed (in a printed form), and a number of special constables were sworn in.

About nine o'clock, however, a violent outrage commenced; the mob attempting to break into the shop of Thomas Marsh, baker, in the market-place. Foiled in this attempt, they then drew off to the courts in a large body, and began to pelt the constables, who rushed upon one or two individuals that had rendered themselves conspicuous. One of them they succeeded in apprehending, and committed him to the guard-house; although in going thither, they were nearly overpowered by the mob, many of whom had large sticks and stones. This outrage was succeeded by frequent skirmishes with the mob, who were evidently bent on every species of mischief; and one of their first attempts was, to liberate the prisoner. Mr. Waldron, the magistrate, assisted by some of the most respectable inhabitants, stationed himself at the door of the prison, and told the crowd that he was determined to remain at his

post: but an increase of force from the besiegers rendered a retreat necessary, in which several of the constables received broken heads and severe contusions. The rabble then proceeded to unroof the prison, and to liberate the prisoner; and in this they fully succeeded.

Further attempts to restore tranquillity appearing to be vain, the greater part of the constables thought it proper to endeavour to protect their own personal property; a measure which was highly necessary; for about half-past twelve the mob began parading the High-street, breaking the windows of the inhabitants, although very many of them could not be considered as having rendered themselves obnoxious. In some instances the windows were demolished in toto; and the street lamps were also destroyed. These violent proceedings continued till about two o'clock.

An express had been sent to Devizes for the yeomanry cavalry, who arrived about one o'clock on Sunday; and between five and six o'clock the constables, guarded by the military, proceeded to apprehend some individuals who had been marked out as particularly active in the riot on the previous evening; two of whom were immediately sent off in a chaise to Salisbury for trial at the ensuing

assizes.

By the judicious management of the magistrates, quietness was restored by ten o'clock at night; when not an individual was to be seen in the streets.

17. ACCIDENT.-A melancholy occurrence took place on Saturday, at a house near Ebenezer Colliery, in the parish of Westbromwich, by which four persons perished. At a house where it has been

usual to keep gunpowder for the purposes of the colliery, a quantity of about half a hundred weight was deposited in a barrel. At nine o'clock in the morning, some persons at work at the colliery were alarmed by hearing a rumbling noise proceed from the house, and instantly afterwards an explosion took place, by which the roof and two sides of the dwelling were blown down. Several of the workmen immediately hastened to the spot, where they discovered Mary Belcher, the wife of the occupier of the House, lying under the rafters, which had fallen upon her, with her clothes on fire. She had her infant, about two months old, in her arms; her son, William, about three years old, was also lying under the rafters, by her side, both the children's clothes being on fire; and at a little distance, a girl of the name of Maria Jackson, about nine years of age, who assisted Mrs. Belcher in nursing, was seen running from the house with her clothes nearly burnt from her body. So dreadful was the injury which these unfortunate creatures had sustained, that they all died in a few hours.

20. LIBEL.-Fisher v. Stockdale.This was an action to recover compensation in damages, for the injury received by the plaintiff, in consequence of a libel, which had appeared in the 9th number of a work entitled "The

Memoirs of Harriette Wilson."

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan addressed the jury for the plaintiff. Mr. Fisher was a very respectable attorney, residing at Lyme-Regis, had been married for the last thirty years, and had now a large family. The number of the "Memoirs of Harriette" to which he alluded, and which formed the