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by tlie miners in several of the 

 neiglibourint? collieries, wlio, be- 

 ing ass cni Weil in considerable num- 

 bers, wt-re collectively and most 

 impressively addressed by that ac- 

 tive magistrate, Sir J. Cox Hip- 

 pisley, Bart, but they did not seem 

 disposed to separate until the riot 

 act had been read ; in consequence 

 of which they dispersed, and order 

 jeems completely restored. A re- 

 ward of 20 guineas is offered for 

 the discovery of the principal 

 mover of this most ill-advised 

 procedure. — Bath Chronicle. 



Paulton, Tuesday night, March 4. 

 — It is witli great pleasure we 

 ^tate, that all the colliers in this 

 and the neighbouring mines are 

 pursuing their usual employment 

 with great satisfaction and con- 

 tent ; and it is hoped and believed 

 that their late misconduct is now 

 become matter of most serious 

 regret. A number of most in- 

 flammatory publications had been 

 sold by a higgler at Paulton 

 (where the mischief originated.) 

 The leaders were arrested ; but 

 the poor wretches who followed 

 them, we believe, were perfectly 

 innocent of any bad design. We 

 would, however, caution them to 

 avoid those blasphemous -and se- 

 ditious |»ublications which have 

 caused their riotous conduct ; and 

 recommend them to look to their 

 masters as their best friends. We 

 are assured that there is not a 

 collier-master in Somerset who 

 ut present puts a penny a year in 

 his pocket ; they must lose at the 

 reduced prices, but they look for- 

 ward to better times." — Ditto. 



G. A melancholy accident hap- 

 pened in the lead mines belonging 

 to Messrs. Horner, Hurst, and Co. 

 Le^dhills, in the forenoon of the 



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1st instant, occasioned by the air 

 being rendered impure from the 

 smoke of a fire-engine, placed a- 

 bout 100 feet under-ground. As 

 soon as the danger was ascertain- 

 ed, two miners and the company's 

 blacksmith descended to the relief 

 of their neighbours below, when 

 unfortunately the two miners pe- 

 rished in the humane attempt. 

 Many of the niiners who were at 

 work at the time were violently 

 afl'ected, .ilmost to suffocation, but 

 are now out of danger. We have 

 since learned, that in all seven 

 lives liave been lost by this me- 

 lancholy accident. — Edin. Paper. 



Fatal Duel. — Of the duel be- 

 tween Lieut. Hindes and Lieut. 

 Gilbert Conroy, of the 90th regi- 

 ment, in garrison at Plymouth, 

 the Plymouth paper contains tlie 

 following further particulars : — 

 "It took place near Plympton- 

 Mary Bridge, the Sth inst. about 

 seven o'clock in the morning, and 

 the former officer received a wound 

 that terminated hia existence in 

 the early part of the following 

 day, at the London Inn, in Plymp- 

 ton Eade, whither he was con- 

 veyed after the duel. It appeared 

 on the investigation before the 

 mayor of that borough, who sat 

 as coroner virtute officii, and a 

 very respectable jury, that the af- 

 fair had been a long time in agi- 

 tation ; but the cause of the «lis- 

 pute did not transpire. This in- 

 vestigation occupied two • days, 

 when the jury biought in a ver- 

 dict of wilful murder against Mr. 

 G. Conroy and Mr. Alexander 

 Stewart, who attended the decets- 

 ed to the field. There was nothmoj 

 to implicate Mr. Conroy's second, 

 whose name the jurv could not 

 di:^cover. 'J'he duel was ft^ught at 



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