The Sun. — London, England, 1819-03-04 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. TROM THE MORNING PAPERS_ OF THIS DAY.- [The 7'in:es.] WESTMINSTER ELECTION. OUTRAGES OF THE MOB. Yesterday, being the last day of the Westmin ster Election, was ushered in, not by the rir.ging of bells or the firing of cannon, but by the he a tin g • of drumS,the shrill tones of the fife, and the dis cordant music of the marrow-bone anti cleaver. From eight o'clock in the mornin g , all was hustle and homy and activity in Covent-gaiden nutrket ; and though many votes were not polled dnring the day, great numbers of idle itidivoinals flocked to the hustings to see the humours ‘vhich were ear tying on before them. 'J'iil eleven every thing proceeded very quietly ; hot about that time the mob hail increased so much, t h at they became conscious of their (two strength, anti, like all mnbs, anxious to abuse it, :fhey kept perpe tually tearing the air w it b v o cif t rar house for ever," and only altered their cry to express their detestation nt Mr. Lamb and the Whigs, Frons the viry tumultuous dispositioo which tiny evinced, 'au additional number of con iv able', were posted its the diffet ent avenues leading to the hostinc. , ,s, in order to atrold p oteetioo to those wi.o were going to vote, and to deter the tahble from the commission of any tiolence.— dul not observe any thing of pariteolar im portance to occur in the interval betweeo 12 and 2 o'clock, except it wet e"that the mob once or twice pursued certain friends of Mt. Lamb tvith hootings, and histings, tOol velliogs. tin Hod down the . warket, and' did not discontinue their vexatious importunities until the Gentle men in qoestion joined in their shouts of ,‘ Hob loise tot ever." This mask of their stye riot iiy seemed to console the friends of Mr. Rob house lor...the defeat which they•vs ere sustaining, end added fresh impetus to their flagging spirits ; at the same time it incited them to acts of greater violence, inasmuch as they •coitceiv , d that the impunity with which they committed these minor outrages would also attend them in the commis sion of greater atrocities. By two o'clock they Lad worked themselves up to an ungovernable state of phrenzy and passion, anti in every avenue to Cuvent-garden small hands of rioters might he seen skOmishing either with the constables or with our another. At the corner of Bedford-street and Maid , n-lane a short 'battle occw'red between these factions supporters of-the Rump, and a small posse of constable's; in which the latter suf fered a Oeteat, attended by the loss of their staffs. '.ll:ey were, however, sliqrtly reinforced by an other body, who succeeded' in rescuing their coni radeS irom the tory of the mob, antrin turning to Hight the clamorous members who composed it : at the same time a great number of the vulgar part of air. Lamb's 'friends paraded Henrietta stir. t , aiih ribhands of light blue and in tent in their hats ; thrOugh whom five butchers, 61 the opposite party, each armed with a pconirrotil Matiow-hone and cleaver, kept marching triumphantly, and clashing tiro ii arms together, as, it in decision of their Tess ianotinary antagouiSlS. By halt-past two o'i lot k, the crowd assembled its the market bail become excesO•e. Every window in every house was filled whit persons collected to . ,witness the result of the Election, Ali the booths wet e loaded it h Cusco inet s, from ,whom .the. bootii•keep:rs exacted no sinall price tor the wretched accouttooda , ,ion which they afforded, Even the tops of the different sheds in the market were occupied by individuals , of all ranks, de scriptions, and ages.. To a person looking from the fluvings at the immense number of heads as sembled before him, it appeared as if the whole sit the population of London had left their !lonics, in order to see into how,narrow a compass they could possibly contract themselves. Sttcb numbers these, especially when they consist for the most part of the lowest and most profligate indi viduals in London, seldom meet together with— out proceediug to some acts of riot .and vio lence. Tneir natural disposition to inischief.was yesterday, however, increased by the following circumstance, which was the next in order that attracted ottr attention :—lt 'having been deter mined that the chairing of Mr. Limb should take place immediately after the close of the poll, those of his friends who were inclined to accompany the processiou on horseback, were invited by a hand-bill to 'assemble at the south side ot ,Co vent-gardeninarket, at halt-past two o'clock. In orderto'do firintior to the Representative of their choice, Lord Nageot, Lord Molynenx, Lords W. and Sir R. Fergusson, Mr. Lantbton, broth , r - tte . the Member for Durham, Mr. Byng, , and several other Gentlemen, cattle to the field of action, graded by the Earl of Sefton. Uniateare.of ' the exteOt . of clinger to which they exposed them- 'selves, they provided themselves with colours and cockatles, and Made a - most gaudy display at their ' first srartiog . on their journey. - 'finis vexed' in no 'blight degree the friends of the defeated candidate, • who, in consequence, vowed revenge, and pre piretrto make the victorious party pay deal ly for their joy and extiltation. In consequence, as soon as the cavalcade appeared in Covent-garden, they commenced a 1 - iirious attack • on, it, and made a mostatrocions display of their rancour and ani mosity. They pulled down tine colours of their antagonists, and poured upon their( a continued shower of mud, stones, and filth of every descrip tion. The hats, cockades, and coats of the horse men were .soon, bespattered ; and the faces of souse of them, of . Lord Sefton and Lord W. Rus sell particularly, covered with dirt, as with large plasters. Lord John Russell and Mr. Lltubton, being enraged at this brutal treatment, drove their horses forward among the assailants, and with hearty good-will dealt out several heavy blows both to the right and left, among the rioters, with their whips. Their efforts , „ however, were inffectual, as their weapons of defence'and offence were almost as weak as their numbets, against the enormous crowd assembled to oppose them. Be sides, as the missiles came Irons the other side of the scaffolds, they could not reach their aggres sors. Alter being thus pelted and insulted, atter exposing their faces to,disfigurcuaeut, and their lives "to clanger—alter bearing in victory all the usual evils and marks of disgrace that attend de feat, they were- obliged to retreat, with the mob at their heels. Some of them were pursued, we are told, as far as the Haymarket, and even to Grosvenor r square: In - the Haymarket one of the Gentlemen was thrown from his horse, which ran off without him. Mr. Lamb, we are told too, though apprised of _the danger that might attend a chairing, 'was resolved at first personally to en counter it, and only agreed to relinquish his in tention, at the suggestion of his friends, after this dispetsion of the Gentlemen who were to make part of the procession. lie came upon the hust ings a little before three o'clock, and retired as 80611 as he found that he could only obtain a par tial hearing. Unwilling that the enthusiasm of his friends should lead to a breach of the public. pence, by encountering the brutal violence of the 'partizans of Mr. Hohhouse, he retired to Cormoittee-room, in Henrietta-street, as . quietly 'as pos,•ible, anti remained there till past five o'clock. At five o'clock lie drove from thence amid a s;milar shower of dit t and mud as had been pre,iously ilstowt4l nn leis friends. , • The following l'l4eards were exhibi:etl at dif ferent times to the crowd : " 1910CLANIATIoN. " FRANCIS, by the Grace of the Rump, of the Borough of Westminster,-Patron. Invader of the Rights, &c. To our worthy and obsequioul Vassals, Electors of our said Borough, greeting. Whereas, it having been represented to us at our holden at the Crown and Anchor, on the 17th day of November, in the 12th year of our Sovereignly, that the oaminotioN of a minion to serve us in our above named Borough bad reverted to us by the decease of Sir Samuel Romilly, whose defeat of our patronage is never to be forgiven : We were of our most gra,: will avid plea sure, and by and . with the advice of Our Priv Com . mittre of the Rump, moved tp n y point our •trnstv and well-beloved cousin, John Cain Hubliouse, as such minion proper to serve as aforesaid. And we did thereupiin Teyuire and comma-lid our said obsequious' Electors to give their support to him. And whereas, it bath since beer] re presented to us and onr said Privy Committee of the Rump, that oar said Electors have not unanimously supported out said cousin, but that divers contumacious, n:ielted and evil disposed persons have unlawfully, rebelliously, traitorously, and diaindically, and contrary to the tenour of our express command aforesaid, presumed to give their votes and support to one George Lamb, who bath been represented to us to be an adherent .to the principles of the said• Sir Samuel Romiily, and inimical to our said pa tronage. Now, We are hereby most graciously pleased •to order and direct, that all those, the Electors of our said Borough, who have not yet polled, and especially such whose/mar-rates we have discharged, do forthwith pr. teed to the hustings and vote for our said Cousin : And IVe do further command, that they, and those Gentlemen who were hired for that purpose do so keep possession of the said hustings, that no friends of the said George Lamb be allowed to approach the same.— And for greater encouragement hereto, and in order to pre vent the exposure,of our corrupt machinations, and to pre serve our patronage aforesaid, We do hereby offer the re ward of 2s. 6d. to any person or persons who shall gag or. otherwise effectuallg prevenfthe said George Lamb, and his friends from speaking mt the 'hustings aforesai.l. Given•un der our hand, at our Court in King-street, this 27th day of February, in the 12th year of our sovereignty aforesaid. (Signed) " FRANCIS, Patron." Sir Bea and JAreh Cam. " To gain a place by purcbas'dseat, " Wa Ben the patriot's case: " Jack chang'd the plan, and Jack is beat, He'll gain no seat by Place." Another exhibited by one of the friends of Mr. Hohhouse, who rode on the back of his compa nions, was, in the then temper of the crowd, of so iuflammatory a nature, that it appeared to us t h at the Constables wer l e, wanting in their duty in not seizing the offender. The placard was as fol lows Ek ctors , g i ve Lamb a public roasting, and send him to grass till Easter." I'Ve have ekewhere given the speeches (see our Last Page) which were addressed to the" enlight ened body" ho wet e a ssembled before the Ilustiogs; and therefore refer the c urious in those matters to that part of our Paper in which they are to be found. When these were at an end (and they ended earlier than usual, ow ing to the absence of Hunt, Jones, Wooler, & c .) the hustings, lost their attraction, and the crowd began to disperse fraien befGre them. But a new scene of action now presented itself ; a large end . dis Orderly group had followed 111 . . Lamb and some of his friends, as webefore stated, from the hust ings to the Committee-room in Henrietta street. These, hating stationed themselves opposite the door, vented their disappointment in various ways,: according to the taste of the different speakers. Some attacked Lord Castlereagh, as the cause of: their failure ; others . shared the blame of it be tween the whole of the Ministers ; hut all seemed agreed in reprobating the Whigs, whom they tle signated the " rvinaters of the country." The noise and' tumult occasioned by these caught the' attention of those who were leaving the hustings,' and in a short time Henrietta-street became so' thronged, as to be utterly impassable to foot passen gers. The shouts of " Hobhoose for ever," " Bur dett for ever," " No Lamb, he is nut our Re presentative," were now set up, and contk tined, mixed with various others which we, cannot recollect, until the lungs of the par ties became nearly' exhausted. They. then had recourse to another method of expressing their opinions—by a show of hands; but they were hands filled wilh mud and every other filthy"mis sile the neighbourhood afforded, which they cast' unsparingly either towards the door and 'windows of the Committee-room, or upon the Constables who were stationed there for its protection.: After ii was known that Mr. Lamb had departed in the manner before described,' the violence, of the crowd increased, and stones, where they could be procured, sapplied the place of mud against a he windows of the Committee-room, and the conse quence was, a great number of panes which a prior attack bad left untouched were now broken to pieces. The constables used their ut most exertions to repress the crowd, but for awhile their efforts were ineffectual. At length, alter re peated acts of aggression on the part of the mob, they(the constables) having collected in aconsider able number in the Committee-room, sallied forth, and after a short struggle succeeded in (hiving the crowd into Bedford-street ; not, however, before they had given striking proofs of their own exer tions, and . of their adversaries' resistance. Some persons were much hurt, and bled profusely, from blows on the head and face ; and others seemed to suffer still more severely :tom having fallen in their retreat, and being trampled on by those who pressed behind. The sight of their comrades,who where thus injured, stimulated the crowd to a re newal of .their attack ; and accordingly, the con stables and some private individuals who very laird ably assisted to keep the peace, were pelted front the end of the street, and partly oh iven back to the Com , Mittee-400111., Agein e how ever, they rushed tor ward, awl again the crowd retreated, anti in thi s manner they continued occasionally advancing and retreating, as the resistance to their became more or less active (the 'usual — ral)yiitg try being " Hobhouse for ever- I") until about six o'clock, when a party of the Horse Guards arrived. Their appearance, though. they marched at a 5.10,w pace, had an instantaneous effect, and the crowd, for the greater part, began to fly in every direction. There were, however, some who remained, and who contented themselves with hissing and crying " The Guardiwere drawn up in the centre of Henrietta-street, and a few were detached to parade at both ends of it. After. remaining there for about half au hour, order being restored, they were withdrawn. Iu the course of these proceed ings, and before the arrival of the military, the constables succeeded in taking a few of the prin • cipal rioters into custody. It is but justice to re niaA, that the whole of the persons engaged in these disgraceful scenes wet e persons of the very lowest description, and most of them lads cer tainly under the age of O. After the guards had departed, a few groups. of persons, the remniant of the former crowd, remain ed colt , c•ed in Henrietta-street ; but at half past 7 o'clock the whole had separated. We had abinst forgotten to state, that after the mob hart broken the windows of Lamb's Com mittee-toum, in Covent-garden, they proceeded to vent their rage against the windows of the honses in which the business of his Election had been managed so much to their disown- . attire: A .detachment from the great body rn Henrietta•street and CuVenr-garden, proceed ed, about a quarter-past five, along York-street, Catherine-street, the .Strand, and. up New-, castle -street, where they broke the windows of a eotiee-house in which one of Mr. L2mb'sCom tniveis had sat. We have not heard that they cumMitted any other devastations or ontrages - , except hustling and knocking down such passen gers as would not join their cry of " Hotritouse fur ever !" An elderly Gentleman, who persisted in wearing Lamb's 'colours, - was so beat and knocked about as to be obliged to be carried away. _ _ _ I ims terminated the whole of the public pro ceedings connected with this Election, in . the course of which the advocates , Annual Parlia ments (we speak chiefly of the crowd before the Hustings) have, by their turbulent conditcf,given the strongest proof of the Mischievous tendency of that absurd principle. . [Mornin g Chronicle.] The result of the eontest for a Member to serve in Parliament for the Ci•y - of Westininster ii at length ascertained, and. rational ,sentiment has prevailed. Universal Suffrage and its Champion were sorely disappointed ; but what feeling can justity the'violence that has been offered by them to the frierph Of Mr. Lamb, Lord Sefton, Mr. tonnblon, 'Mr. Whitbrdad, Gereral Fergnsson, and many other namesibat with any other party would have commanded rispeet, were assailed by ruffians in the Most brutal manner—instigated at least by the speeches of Padical Refrorneri All parties join to express one common sentiment of horror and disgust at their conduct. The peace of Westminster was disturbed last night-by.a band of rof6ans,.wlio, in testimony Of the fallen cause 'of Mr. floblionse, proceeded to break the windows of several' individuals who opposed him. They honoured tl4* with a visit in 3 similar style, and skewed their , opinion of the. success . of our efforts in behalf of rational Ireedom, and against the tyranny of a mob, by breaking seve ral panes of glass. They . then proceeded to the Newcastle Coffee-house, where'one of Mr. Lamb's Comthittees was held, and not only demolished the windows, but did considerable damage to the lower part of the houSe. We did not hear whe ther they coopnitted any subsequent outrages, but their conduct is a striking excmplificatioo of the good sense of•the Electors of Westminster in re turning a C,ndidate in opposition to the dictates of a rabble. We heard at a, late hour last night that several of the persons- concerned in• these outrages had been taken into custody and coin tnitted.—(ltid) (British Press.] Ahont nine o'clock the populace, in great force, consisting principally of boys, proceeded 'to St. : James's-square, where .they broke the tyindows; of Lord Castlereagh. They next visited the Bri-: tish Hotel in Cockspur-street, which tiro; saluted in like manner. • [New Times:] Upon the bustings• being cleared, Henrietta- street . was completely grammetl, and Mr. Lamb's Committee-room became the object of attack, and all the windows•of the first floor were demo , To add to the. Confusion one of the large booths gave way, and several persons were pre cipitited to the ground. •Boys seemed the prin cipal leaders on the occasion. Si? early as twelve, o'clock mischief appeared to be in view,. by ktrr, attack on the above Committee-room ; when the constables sallied out in a pat ty,rand numerous pef- - 1 sons were not only severely hurt,bnt seem ed. ,L'apt' Dundas was among the number of Gentlemen on' hor'seback whO Was so rudely assaulted by the mob in Covent-Garden, previous to the close of the poll. This 'Gentleman was knocked of a most spirited ebarger : , his face covered with rand, srparatcd from his Serytprt„and compelled to take refuge in a public-hOnse, at the corner of Hen rietta-street. [Morning Herald ] Mr. Lamb remained in his Committee-room until six in the evening, when he left it, arm-in arm, with one of his friends, accompanied by three or tour other Gentlemen. In order to pro tect him from the ferocity of the mob, he was attended by the High Bailiff and a few constables, and also by tour of the Royal Guards. As he passed through .Chandos-street, he was folloeved by a mob,.who shouted, " No Lamb, no ‘Vhig," ; 'but, in the presence of the Gu4rds, they dared to offer no further violence, and the , Hon. Member arrived safely at Lord Melbour_ne's, in Whitehall. Niajor Carttvright sar, that he can prove.cir euinktances which go equally to di squalify both the successful Candidate and his antagOnist. froth sitting for ‘Vestininstir. intends the House, anti it quite sure that lie will haVe 13° trouble i❑ ousting Mr. Lamb.—(/bitl) [Morning Post.] The crowd in Covent-garden was yesterdaY unusually great, and as the final hour approached,. the partizans of Mr. Lamb and Mr. Hobhouse •became more violent than they had been Oil unY previous occasion. Numerous pugilistic exbi bi ' lions presented themselves to observation in everl direction, and - Of broken heads and bloody noses there was a glut in the market. A gr" ll3 of the Honourable Mr. Irby, of Charles., street, Grosvenor-square (a son of Lord 130ston)• received such a violent blow from n thick heavy oaken stave upon the head, th at be fell front his horse in a state of insens ibility on the pavement. Not cont ent with th is sanguinary outrage, some of these ferocious wretches actually knocked the poor man's b e.Hcl ' several times against the pavement. Ile was tak en apparently lifeless into a public-house, where lie tv , is attended, and his wounds dressed by a surg e( ' The unhappy man %vas removed in a coach at ea II easy pace to his Master's, where he lies in very precarious and dangerous state The first ° the many Outrages committed in the neighbour' hood of the llnstiugs, was upon a poor Irishrus%\ who being seen by Me mob with a caul hat, on which was inscribed " LaMb for eve r ,' , was most inhemanly kicked, and hit about la; head ; he rats as fast as possible, but . the ° ie ,overtook him in Charles-street. where the chow violence was again repeated, rill) be poor senseless on the pavement. The mob a .another object of their fury, left him, and proce-(l,* ed, headed by a fellow with a blue cockade, la t 4 ' off the hat , : of those who wore the opposite C. "; hour, and kicked them about the stteets; now proceeded to Henrietta -street, which WAS scene of. action the whole of the day, and attokf`e a body of men who were stationed. to giv e fif e -access to Mr, Lamb's vote's, when the 'at tle4 quickly routed them ; • but the mob ga theri o i rn numbers, they prudently retired ; they n- Proceeded to Mr. Lamb's-Committee-room, Oc t seizing the placard boards which were at the (10'75, they thruP.! them through the par4mr evin d°gv i, \A consteble; and two or three men who interfere:id• : g ot (heedfully ill-treated; they took away t ig h officer's staff, and bore it triumphantly th r°l ' the crowd. FOR THE SUN. Mc. EorTort,---The togialature has at lei' taken H decisive step toward the ‘.revision Of tllc i Penal Code. On all hinds it has been tlg re° Cie that °or laws, inflicting capital punishment' too indiscriminate. I neither limit nor doubt the mercy 'of the fie.% GENT ; ICI no man suppose that I do ; but , at Ii I last Old Bailey Sessions, twenty-persons we" seri ; tenced IQ death, and now await the decisioo his Royal Highness on their lives. N ot (nie these was c o nv i cte d a t the °nig crime whic--h f parties agree should receive the Pt udsbment Death—Murder. Therefore, Sir, I earnestly and conscientio'lsl suggest, and I sure the• suggestion " acceptable to, our PRINCE.' the int:l-din! It P re.. , sentative of his merciful Father, that not these convicts should be executed; lest, rr haP h , " that very offence should be punished w ith De al " . which the House of Commons may think deser", ing only of Transportation. Mare!‘ 3, THEATRICAL Performed Last Night. THEATRE not DRURY-LAME. —An Oratorio. , an cr. • THEATRE ROYAL, CoVE . NT-GARDEN.—tio rerwr.• PRICE 0 STOCKS THIS DAY AT.T 8 per Cent. Red. 744 a 75 741 9 per Ct. Cons. 74ii 74 73i 74 Si per Cent .8344 4 per Ce nt5..... ..914 1 1 P 344 j 5 per Ct. Navy n I°4lll r.(? India 80nd;...... ?Os' I ' Exch. Bilk, Cons. for A1c0uni...74)3". b4' Attitivib- . -3 Waterford. Du c—l Dnblin, F r ance, 1 - I • HIGH ‘VA TER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.NIOI-0(." darning, 50 minutes after I Evening, 15 111.1.1!ItOS ,> 'l l l-1E SUN. •OLIM . QtU AIGI✓RE FAISON AtIDEAT 2 LONDON, , 77_.7URSIIAY, MARC!! 4, I fll7i- . f etc The Paris Papers of noodav last, whi ct " due this moroing, have not anived. th e We h,arrily need assure our Readers an t ' hi ; People in general, bow sincerely :we re joice t , tie Election riots are at length at an end in VVe5 ,O, minster, as well as on the final result of the l 6 We have before observed, that tve took up the CB if tli r : of Mr. [JA M a, though our - political opinions (11-e be from those of that Gentleman, because we .; that I hough adverse to Ministers, he 113 0 friendly to the Constitution, which the soPrrteart of the other Party seem disposed to tear tip roo, t branch, and to oirerwhelm this h.ppy ColintrY r sc ep i el all the hoirors of a Gallic Revolution. ---We the rumour that Mr. LAMB was a Court Caodi(-te, He was, in reality, supported by the Whig rests, those intcrusts, r e which, though a tta the Demo9 . atidal part of the Constituti"' ate y et hie" to the Monarchy, and, whi!e they glint. ch et , the 'tights of the "J.eople from any t acco,“lollei • -o q P authorir littiVeiii thQ against tensions that .. 1 to expe( If so , v Metropc Lis filial 11 " t be Le hiins mits of ti thuv (t li e 1)e b rikt4o eiticlll 4"h i'ClS liußtr.2.l Ivith a Ptipii ff kti t we °4. 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