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quence was, that last night the 

 whole assemblage, consisting of 

 twenty-five men, wore taken, toge- 

 ther with all their correspondence. 

 A man has been apprehended at 

 Eccies, in attempting to seduce the 

 local militia, by offering five gui- 

 neas bounty, and 155. per week, to 

 all that would be twisted in (the 

 term for swearing in). Many of 

 the delegates are going round the 

 country on the same service." 



Accounts which left Manchester 

 after the post, state, that another 

 weaving manufactory had been 

 burnt down ; and that a woman 

 who had offered to give evidence 

 against some of the rioters, had 

 been killed while the military were 

 escorting her to a magistrate to 

 make her depositions. 



Mr. Horsefall, who was shot 

 from behind a wail by four ruffians, 

 in the vicinity of Huddersfield, 

 died on Thursday night of the 

 wounds he received. A deputa- 

 tion of the trade arrived in town 

 on Saturday, to wait on Mr. Ry- 

 der, and to consider of the means 

 for the better security of their per- 

 sons and propert)\ 



It is said to have been ascertain- 

 ed by the magistracy, that a regu- 

 lar organization lias commenced in 

 several places, and even oaths of 

 fidelity and secrecy have been ad- 

 ministered. 



During the last week, not fewer 

 than seven regiments proceeded to- 

 wards Cheshire and Lancashire. 



30. A meetingof magistrates and 

 neighbouring gentry was held last 

 week at Carlisle, which was nu- 

 merously attended by the towns- 

 people and workmen. Some of 

 the weavers stated, that in conse- 

 quence of the low price of labour, 

 they were compelled to perform 



twice the former quantity of work, 

 and thus nearly double the quan- 

 tity of goods was manufactured by 

 the same number of hands as other- 

 wise would have been ; that they 

 had previously presented a petition 

 to the magistrates for advance of 

 wages ; and that, though promises 

 of an advance had, on a recent oc- 

 currence, been held out, tliese pro- 

 mises were no longer regarded. 

 The meeting broke up without do- 

 ing any thing. A deputation of 

 weavers waited on Mr. Christian 

 with a petition, in which were ab- 

 stracts from two acts of parlia- 

 ment, asserting the power of the 

 magistrates to regulate the price of 

 manufacturers' labour. Mr. Chris- 

 tian promised them, that as soon as 

 possible, his father, Mr. Curwen, 

 would hold a meeting of the magis- 

 trates, when their petition should 

 be duly considered. 



30. The Luddites at Nottingham 

 appear to have relinquished their 

 system of frame breaking, only to 

 commit acts of much greater atro- 

 city. Letters from thence, received 

 yesterday, mention the following 



outrage : — 



On Monday night last, about 

 eleven o'clock, Mr. Trentham, of 

 the house of Trentham, Tierney, 

 and Morton, in the weaving trade, 

 was way-laid on his return home 

 by two ruffians. Just as he was 

 about to step up to his door, one 

 of them placed himself befure him, 

 and, presenting a pistol, shot him 

 through the left breast : the assas- 

 sins then made their escape. The 

 report of fire-arms having brought 

 the neighbours to the spot, surgi- 

 cal assistance was immediately pro- 

 cured, and the ball was extracted 

 from the back, a little below the 

 left shoulder. Mr. Trentham be- 

 ing 



