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being aided by the spirits, raged 

 with such fury as to resist eveiy 

 effort to get it under, until the 

 whole premises were consumed. 



No7-wich. — On Friday afternoon 

 last the Upwell troop of yeomanry 

 were again sent for, the magis- 

 trates and inhabitants expecting 

 another visit from the insurgents 

 of Souther y and its neighbour- 

 hood, in consequence of their de- 

 mands not being complied with ; 

 they insisted on 28. per day for 

 tlieir labour, and to be paid for 

 Monday and Tuesday (the days 

 they were rioting at Downham) ; 

 also fixing their price for bread, 

 flour, &c. W^hen the troojj ar- 

 rived (about seven in the evening) 

 the special constables were on the 

 alert, and several were immedi- 

 ately taken into custody. 



On Saturday morning seven 

 persons were fully committed for 

 trial ; and on Sunday and Mon- 

 day last many more piisoners 

 were brought in, who have not 

 been examined. 



The Upwell troop were ordered 

 to Wisbech on Saturday morning 

 to meet the March and Whittle- 

 sey troops, the magistrates and 

 inhabitants being fearful of out- 

 rages ; but all is at present quiet 

 there. 



30. The inh.aoitants of York 

 were gratified Avith the celebra- 

 tion of liigh mass at the Catholic 

 cliapel in Blake-street — a specta- 

 cle which has ncjt been exhibited 

 in York with so great a degree of 

 splendour duiing the last .'500 

 years . — YorJc Cuurant. 



31. A tumultuous and riotous 

 mob of nearly 200 persons, armed 

 Avitli axes, saws, spades, &c. en- 

 tered the village of Great Bard- 

 field, in thecounty of Essex, with 



the avowed intention to destroy 

 thrashing machines, mole ploughs, 

 &c. They made their attack on 

 the premises of Mr. Philip Spicer, 

 wiio, fortunately for the place 

 where he lived, as also for the 

 villages and towns on that side of 

 the country, had spirit and reso- 

 lution to defend his property, and 

 Ijeing a-sisted by about twenty of 

 his neighbours, who were entirely 

 unarmed, they determined to re- 

 sist the attack of the rioters, and 

 got between the mob and the 

 barn wiiere the machine was de- 

 posited, and dared them to ad- 

 vance ; when perceiving the de- 

 termined manner of their oppo- 

 nents, they wisely resolved to 

 make a precipitate retreat. 



JUNE. 



1. A Dutch paper states, that 

 the late Easter fair at Leipsic was 

 by no means a successful one, the 

 buyers not bearing any due pro- 

 portion to the sellers. The Eng- 

 lish cotton-manufacturers attend- 

 ed the fair in great numbers, and 

 sold their goods so low as to defy 

 all profitable competition. The 

 consequence would be a necessity 

 on the part of the German manu- 

 factureis to dismiss their work- 

 men. There was little demand 

 for fine cloths, but the commoner 

 sorts sold well. Leather was in 

 great request. The booksellers 

 attending the fair could not boast 

 of nmch success. It was observ- 

 able that, besides the standard 

 writings of Goethe and Schiller, 

 the principal books in demand 

 were those on statistics, politics, 

 and recent historical events. The 

 falling off in the Leipsic fairs of 



late 



