52 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



swer the. charge of riot at the 

 sessions. 



On Tuesday aftefnoon, the mob 

 of journeymen tanners again as- 

 sembled in the same manner, and 

 in still greater numbers than on 

 Monday, and proceeded, with 

 drums and fifes playing, and flags 

 flying, to Messrs. Timlnell's yard, 

 where they uttered violent threats 

 aerainst Mr.Tiuibrcll and his son, 

 saying they would iiave their lives, 

 and swearing in the most despe- 

 rate terms that the men wdio were 

 at work should come out. Se- 

 veral of Mr. Timbrell's men re- 

 quested permission to go out to 

 them, as ])erhaps their persuasions 

 might induce them to disperse 

 quietly : accordingly several went 

 into the street ; but they had no 

 sooner ([uittcd the premises than 

 they were seized by the niolj, and 

 used in the roughest manner ; 

 one of them, named James May, 

 was dragged to a pump in the 

 neighlDOurhood to b<' piunpcd 

 upon, and otlierwise so ill-treated, 

 that he was nearly killed before 

 his companions could rescue him. 

 The rioters also caught hold of a 

 poor woman who was passing at 

 the time, whom they mistook for 

 the wife of one of Mr. Timbrell's 

 men, and treated the poor crea- 

 ture, who was far advanced in a 

 state of pregnancy, in a most in- 

 human manner. Information of 

 these proceedings was given at 

 Union-hall, and several of the 

 men being identified, namely 

 James Banks, and three others, 

 they Avere apprehended by C'ol- 

 lingbourn and Clark, and ordered 

 to find bail, themselves in 5001. 

 and two sureties in 501. each, and 

 to stand committed till such bail 

 should be entered into. 



18. Toulouse. — This city has 

 just suffered a frightful calamity. 

 Tuesday, the 1 6th of April, the 

 powder-mills and magazines situ- 

 ated in the Isle d'Angoideme ex- 

 ploded, at fi\e minutes ])ast four, 

 with u dreadful noise. Three ex- 

 plosions succeeded with th.e rapi- 

 dity of lightning, and threw tlie 

 city into alainu and confusion. 

 Frightened by the \iolence of the 

 explosion, the shaking of the 

 buildings, the falling of the in- 

 ternal partitions, the fall of stones 

 and pantiles, and the breaking of 

 glass which fell in the streets, 

 the inhabitants at first thought 

 that this disaster was produced 

 by an eartliquake or a meteor. It 

 was soon know n that the powder- 

 mills had exploded ; and that the 

 first explosion was that of the 

 graining-housc ; tiie second of 

 the grand magazine ; and the 

 third of tlic little magazine. Soon 

 afterwards, an immense number 

 of fragments of clothing and of 

 Inmian bodies were found scat- 

 tered in various parts of the town. 

 The body of a lady, and that of 

 the son of the director of the 

 establishment, were found. Tiiis 

 lady's case was very unfortunate : 

 she had long wished to gratify 

 her curiosity with a sight of tiie 

 Isle d'.Angouleme, and was ac- 

 companied by a beautiful girl, 

 her daugiiter, and a young man 

 who was betrothed to her : all 

 these perished ! Several mutilated 

 bodies have been found so far off 

 as the opposite bank of the Ga- 

 ronne. All yesterday workmen 

 were employed in digging, but 

 very few whole bodies were dis- 

 covered : some were found, how- 

 ever, which had neither mark of 

 wound nor contusion. Of fourteen 



workmen 



