13 AUGUST 1842, Page 13

Serious riots at Dunfermline, on Monday and Tuesday, are announced.

Looms in the factories were set on ire; a prisoner seized by the Police was rescued, and several of the Police were wounded; and on Tuesday, Sheriff Monteith obtained half a troop of Enniskillen Dra- goons; who, at the last accounts, were drawn up to protect the Gaol from a contemplated attack.