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that they would make not less money, and that trade would become brisker.

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The men, however, were exasperated at Rowley Regis, on Monday, the 25th instant, they attacked the manufactory of Mr. Samuel Lewis, dragged him from his house, and carried him, with Mr. Jones and Mr. Cox, whom they also forced from their houses, to Dudley, for the purpose of procuring a compulsory attendance of masters at a meeting with a deputation of working-men. A party of gentlemen rescued the masters; and then began a general riot.

The magistrates assembled at the hotel; and one of them, Mr. Charles Molyneux, proceeded to reason with the rioters; but he was driven back by the violence of the mob. Two ringleaders were seised; the Riot Act was read; the crowd made a rush at the hotel; and the police were giving way, when a detachment of Enniskillen Dragoons, who had been sent for from Birmingham, appeared on the scene. From that time, which was about four o'clock in the afternoon, the town was kept in a state of comparative order; but it was now known that a large body of rioters had assembled at Rowley Regis from Westbromwich, Cradley, Lie Waste, and Halesowen, with weapons in their hands; while their ranks were hourly augmented by fresh companies of one or two hundred each. A reinforcement of troops was sent for from Birming. ham.

On Wednesday, a detachment of the Worcestershire yeomanry entered the town, with a piece of artillery, and the town remained under military guard on Thurs

day. On that day, some hope of an accommodation of the dispute was held out; the masters having offered to accept the workmen's scale of wages, subject to a reduction of 10 per cent.; and pledging themselves to use every effort to put down the truck system, which was another source of irritation.

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2. CHARTIST "DEMONSTRATION." The Chartists had a grand demonstration" to-day, in carrying up their petition to the House of Commons. Parties assembled in the Waterloo-road, at Bermondsey, Deptford, Croydon, Bethnalgreen, Shoreditch, Finsbury, Som. er's-town, St. Pancras, Marylebone, and several other places, between seven and eleven o'clock. At twelve they came to the rendezvous in Lincoln's Inn-fields. At one arrived the members of the National Convention, preceded by the monster petition, borne on the shoulders of sixteen able-bodied men, selected from the different trades in the Metropolis. It was carried on a kind of portable stage or platform which had been constructed for the purpose; and was covered with ribands, and otherwise decorated. On the front was placed a placard, displaying the number of signatures which it contained, and from that it appeared that the number was 3,315,752.

The procession was formed soon after one o'clock, the petition being placed in front; and it was followed immediately by a black banner inscribed "Murder demands Justice 19th August, 1819." Then came some staves, surmounted each by a cap of liberty; and

then some flags, in all numbering seventy. These were some of the mottoes: "O'Connor, the tried Champion of the People," " The Sovereignty of the People," "The Charter," "Universal Charter," "No Surrender, "Liberty,' "Free Press," and "More Pigs and less Parsons," with "Universal Suffrage," on the same flag. The procession went down Little Queen-street, Holborn, Tottenham Court-road, the New Road, Langham-place, Regent-street, and through Westminster to the House of Commons. Here the open places were thickly crowded with spectators. At the windows of the Committee-rooms were Members of the House: in one, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, who was to take charge of the petition, was recognised, and loudly cheered. The petition was taken to the Members' en trance, but it was found too vast for admittance: it was then carried to the front-door, but neither was that large enough; so it was broken up, and carried into the house piecemeal, by a long line of men. That done, the procession filed off, and departed across Westminster Bridge.

TAKING THE VEIL.-This morning a spectacle of very unfre. quent occurrence in this country took place at the convent of "The Sisters of Mercy," situate near Hickman's Folly, Bermondsey. The ceremony was for the initiation of two young ladies, one of whom had to receive the white veil, and the other the religious (or black) habit of the community.

Before eleven o'clock, the hour appointed for the ceremony, the chapel attached to the convent was filled by a numerous congregation, the major portion of which consisted of ladies. As soon as the clock struck eleven the convent

bell began to toll, which was the announcement of the entry of the procession into the chapel. The Very Rev. Dr. Griffiths, the titular bishop, who officiated, advanced to the altar, splendidly dressed in his sacerdotal robes; in his train were a number of the Roman Catholic clergy, the choristers, bearers of incense, and others forming the procession. At a given signal the choir struck up the hymn to the Virgin, "O Gloriosa." The sisters of the convent then entered in procession in the usual costume of nuns, each holding a lighted taper in her hand. The two novices, Miss Baxter and Miss Kellett, who are both young ladies of considerable fortunes, followed in order, led by the superioress, assisted by two of the sisters (one of whom was Miss Agnew niece of Sir A. Agnew, Bart.; and the other Lady Barbara Eyre, daughter of the Earl of Newburgh. The religious names the latter ladies bear are Sisters Mary and Clara.) The novices, Miss Baxter and Miss Kellett, were both elegantly dressed in white embroidered muslin, wearing chaplets of white roses as head-dress, and each held a lighted wax taper in her right hand.

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After they approached the altar, an exhortation was delivered by the bishop, from St. Matthew, c. xix. v. 29:-" And every one that hath forsaken houses, brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life."

After the exhortation, the bishop severally questioned them as to their own free will in taking the holy habit of religion, to which having assented, the novices retired to put off their secular dress, and

shortly returned in the habits of the nuns.

During the delivery of a very affecting discourse by the titular bishop on their retirement from the world, the novices showed no signs of agitation, nor did their countenances betray any symptom of reluctance, but, on the contrary, appeared to be lightened up with an expression of enthusiastic feeling.

EXTRAORDINARY BURGLARY. -At an early hour this morning, considerable surprise was created in the vicinity of Cheapside amongst the numerous owners of warehouses situate in that locality, by the discovery of one of the most daring burglaries that have taken place in the city for several years, on the warehouses belonging to Messrs. T. and W. Hutchinson aud Spillers, No. 5, Bread-street; and also those in the occupation of Messrs. Gent, Millar, and others, silk-mercers, in the same street.

The discovery was made at about eight o'clock, by a porter in the service of the latter gentlemen, who, on entering the warehouse, found that it had been broken into, and that the place was in the utmost state of confusion.

The robbery appears to have have been perpetrated in the course of Saturday night, the 30th ult., or yesterday, and it has been clearly proved that the burglars' operations occupied upwards of twenty-four hours. The warehouse of Messrs. Millar and Co. seems to have first been attempted, but this externally was found impracticable, on account of the warehouse doors be ing strongly secured by patent locks. The burglars then proceeded to those of Messrs. Hutchinson, which they speedily entered, the only fastening being a common padlock. They were then, it seems, locked

in by one outside, for three are supposed to have been concerned in the affair. This no doubt took place between the hours of ten and twelve on Saturday night. The goods in the warehouse being en. tirely carpet, and too bulky for their purpose, they remained untouched.

Their next operation was to effect an entrance into Messrs. Millar's warehouse, which was accomplished by making an aperture through the party wall on the ground floor with an housebreaking implement called a "jemmy," which was found by the police on the premises, and is now in their possession, with a bunch of skeleton keys, and other housebreaking articles, which were likewise found. The hole, which was just large enough for a man to squeeze himself through, must have occupied them many hours in boring, owing to the great thickness of the wall, and there being pieces of hard timber and other obstacles.

At the termination of their la bours they repaired to Messrs. Millar and Co.'s counting-house, where they regaled themselves with ham and biscuits that were in a closet, and with sundry bottles of Dublin stout, and two of sherry, the bottles of which were left on the desks. From thence they returned through the hole into Messrs. Hutchinson's warehouse, and on leaving it, replaced the padlock on the outer door, and locked it, unobserved by any of the inhabitants or police on duty in the immediate neighbourhood.

4. EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION.

An investigation was gone into this evening, before Mr. Higgs, at the Falcon, Lisle-street, Leicestersquare, concerning the death of a foreigner, named Lindau, who

committed suicide yesterday by
cutting his throat in a dreadful
manner, at his lodgings, No. 35,
Lisle-street. It was stated in evi-
dence that the deceased had been
a courier, and had lately returned
from Rome, whither he had been
in the service of Lady Grant, who
discharged him shortly after their
arrival on account of his having
been seized with a virulent fe-
ver. He then made his way to
this country, passing through
France with a fictitious passport.
He had occupied the lodgings
where he committed the rash act
only since the 30th ult. In the
apartments he previously occupied,
where a children's school is kept
by the daughter of the occupier,
he evinced many symptoms of de-
rangement, and on one occasion
while scholars were repeating the
Commandments, which he could
hear in the next room, on their
coming to that part "Thou shalt
commit no murder," he rushed into
the school-room in a frantic man-
ner, exclaiming, "I am a mur-
derer, I am Daniel Good."
was frequently heard to pray in
the most fervent manner, and al-
ways paid the strictest attention to
religious duties. His conduct hav-
ing assumed an alarming character,
he was desired to leave, which he
did on the 30th ult., and went to
No. 35, Lisle-street. Here also
he evinced many symptoms of
derangement. Yesterday evening
he retired to bed about half-past
nine o'clock, and nothing more
was seen or heard of him till
this morning, when some blood
was seen flowing under the door
of his bedroom. A neighbour was
called in, who, on entering the
room, discovered the unfortunate
man lying with his head over the
side of the bed with his throat

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A razor was lying on the

A surgeon was sent for, but life was quite extinct. The coroner remarked upon the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity."

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5. HORRIBLE DEATH BY MACHINERY.-This afternoon, about five o'clock, a most dreadful accident occurred at the extensive woollen wadding manufactory of Messrs. Richards and Taylor, situate in James-street, Kennington, to a young man named Timothy Connell, twenty years of age, who came by his death under the following dreadful circumstances :It appears that Connell, whose business it was to attend to the drum of the engine, and adjust the straps and other tackling connected therewith, was in the act of putting on the main strap, and whilst so employed he inadvertently allowed his attention to be turned to another part of the building, and in the mean time the strap got between his legs, and in a moment he was drawn up by it and carried He round the drum several times with fearful velocity. A sudden shriek alarmed a lad, named Neale, who was at work in an adjoining room; he instantly ran to the engineer, who immediately stopped the engine. When the unfortunate man was extricated his body presented a most shocking spectacle, his left eye had been knocked from its socket, and his body so mutilated that it appeared as if every bone had been crushed by having been so repeatedly dashed against the wall and ceiling. Messrs. Richards and Taylor, the proprietors, immediately sent for Mr. Barker, a neighbouring surgeon, but he could render no assistance, life having been extinct before the unfortunate young man was extricated.

LOSS OF THE SHIP GENERAL EVANS.-Accounts have been received by the Sea Witch, Captain Baker, of the fate of this ship. The statement by the master, Joseph Dare, is as follows:- "This melancholy occurrence took place on the night of the 22d of December, on a reef within two days' sail of Sierra Leone, of which there was no account in my charts, or in any others that were on board of the vessel. Within a very few minutes after she struck her hold was full of water, and she soon afterwards fell over on her beam ends. We had then to take to our small boat, in all twelve of us, including a gentleman, his wife, and two children. So suddenly had she filled that we were utterly unable to save anything whatever; our fresh water was all below the cabin deck, and no bread could be got at. The passengers were in their night-clothes, and I was only half dressed. Our endeavours to get the vessel off had prevented our taking notice of the rapid increase of the water. In the boat, overloaded as she was, we remained three days and nights, pulling to the eastward in the hopes of finding land. On Christmas-day we fortunately discovered an island, and landed on it in the evening; it was uninhabited, but we caught some goats, which we ate raw, having no fire, and drank the water found in the hollows of trees. After remaining here three days we crossed to another island which was in sight, and here we fell in with some negroes, who took us prisoners, and carried us to the island of Kenebeck, where they resided some few miles up the country. We remained here a considerable time, and ultimately were released through the assistVOL, LXXXIV.

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ance of a Portuguese merchant. In the interval, however, the whole of us, children and all, were attacked with fever, which carried off five seamen, but happily the rest recovered, and are now on their way to England.” The loss of the vessel is estimated at 6,000l.

6. Dreadful EXPLOSION AT A DISTILLERY. This morning a most alarming explosion took place in the extensive distillery belonging to Mr. Benjamin Hodges, situated in Church-street, Lambeth, within a short distance of the Archbishop of Canterbury's palace. The first alarm was raised by one of the workmen shortly after seven o'clock, who was dreadfully alarmed, by observing the bottom of one of the immense spirit stills, termed the "Manhole," situated in the still-house, suddenly explode, with a noise resembling a discharge of artillery, which was quickly succeeded by a body of fire blazing forth from every aperture in that part of the establishment, which was very large, and contained several thousand gallons of spirits. No time was lost ; and the engines belonging to the distillery were shortly brought to bear upon the fire, which checked it to a considerable extent. Meanwhile messengers were despatched to the different engine stations in town. A plentiful supply of water was obtained, and the fire was extinguished by nine o'clock. It was mainly owing to the indefatigable exertions of the firemen that the entire neighbourhood was saved from falling a sacrifice to the devouring element. One very fortunate circumstance is, that no lives were lost, nor any one hurt.

CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS.-The Act of Parliament (3 and 4 Vic. c. 85) which passed on the 7th of G

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