The Sun. — London, England, 1819-09-18 00:00:00

RIOTOUS PROCV,EDINGS OF THE liE FOBi AT PAISLEY. THE MILITARY COMPELLED TO CHARGE. [FURTHER PARTICULARS.] Paisley, Sept. 13, Half-past Twelve, Night. As was anticipated from the outrages of yester day, nod the temper of the mob who hat'l been loud in their threats of violence, there has been this day a renewal of riots. The mob began to assemble early in the morning ; and until their numbers increased, nothing more offensive than hissing at respectable persons was offered. About eleven o'clock, forenoon, the mob commenced by 14 most unprovoked and cowardly attack upon private Gentleman, who had, on the previous nights, acted as a Special Constable. He had accompanied a Lady through the crowd, and, after seeing her home, he was on his return assail ed by a shower of stones, many of which struck him. He was robbed of his hat, and with great difficulty reached the Tontine lon, where he took refuge. Soon after the Radicals proceeded to demolish windows, and when great numbers had assembled at the Market-place, thirty or forty boys came towards the Council Chamber, carry ing large stakes pulled from fences, and which, no doubt, were intended for the use of Hotels more advanced in years. The Magistrecy and Con stables succeeded, however, in preventing the transfer of these weapons to the• hands which were destined to wield - them, by a sudden though hazardous approach) towards the !loth, and the greatest number of 'the stakes were throw() down, and taken possession of by the . Pohee Officers. This, diseppeintment rendered it neetessai y for the mob to have recourse to their old weapons, stones and brick-bats, and these were soon poured in great profusion at the Magistracy, and Peace Officers. The Riot Act was read, and the cavalry were paraded at the Cross. Printed placards were then carrircl in front of the mob, intimating that the Riot Act had been read, and a man, who was carrying one of these humaee notifications, was knocked down,. and - the paper torn front the board. During an interval of more titan three hours, every effort was made to prevail on the crowd to di,perse but t hey remained ob vitiate. At length it became absolutely neces sary to call the military hoc) action, but this was done with the utmost mildness, and if these scenes are again repeated, no such forbearance will be instifi ihle. A party of the cavalry, supported by a detachment of rite SOth Regiment, and preceded by a strong body of Teciel constables, headed by the Magistracy, advanced towards the mob in Moss-street. Solemn warning was given "them to disperse, and the answer was a shower of i4ones from the mob. The cavalry were then advanced. and ordered to charge, and tliecomtables and in fantry followed. After this, the cavalry scoured the streets, and patroles of military and spe cial constables have been visiting all quarters of the town up to this hour. Traoquillity appears once more to be restored. In the course of the evening-, a number of the rioters have been taken up, ,ome of them charged with the capital crime of reouiimilig titi:1•41;u011Sly assfembied and assault ing the Civil authorities after the eatp;ey of the period limited by tire Kiot A,:t. The prison is so el omit: fl it: cen, , tqaenee of the commitments, !bat i t tea , . found fleet:B3aq to send off five of the pH soneis to tireettoek. We beliete it is determined to bring the whole of the lioturs who have been seized to trial, and it will be indispensably ne cessary that an awful example be made of those guilty, The opeui defiance of the law, and the dreadful state of alarm into which a populous town is thrown by such a mob, requires exem plary retribution. The patroles were often assailed with stones from closes, and in two instances were fired upon by some of the mob, who' were armed with pistols, awl 'bath secreted themselves in the dark. The cavalry • and constables, in one of their rounds, found large pieces of wood placed across the street for - the purpose, . no doubt, of bringing down the horses. A considerable number of the Lieutenancy of the County have been in attendance all day. " Paisley, Sept. 14. " I reached Paisley yesterday, at or bear twelve noon ; on toy getting to the .Hi,-,b-street, I ob served some people gathering together, consist ing of about 30 or 40, and before twenty minutes past two r M. it was supposed there were not less. that 20,000 marching through the streets. The windows of twelve diff,rent houses, were en tirely broke out ; not a pane of glass could I see in either of them. 'the houses beloegiug to the two Clergymen, the Rev. Messrs. Finlay and Burns, were iu the same state. A Gentleman who lett Paisley on Tuesday moroiog at half past nine o'clock, states, that " Paisley was then tranquil, but large parties w ere assembler) at the corner of the Streets, and no appearance of going to work." •• A public meeting of the Radical Reformers was bat at Meikleti l .;gs Muir, about two miles front Paisley, on Saturday last, and we are sos ry to oh. serve that ail the Constlltued Authorities—the Sheriffs, the Magistrates, and the Special Con stahles—were grossly insulted, assailed with stones, brick-bats, &e. and several of them se verely hurt.' .windows of the Council Cham ber, Court-house, Police-office, &c. were broken with stores. Abont ten o'clock at night the Riot Act was read, and ,to express sent tp Glasgow for a detachment of Hussars. When the Ilitssars were parading in 'fumigate here, in order to go to Parsley, a villain threw a stone, which severely hurt one of the men. Before the arrival of the Ifiissars at Pakley, the mob had nearly dis persed, and by three o'clock on Sunday morning the streets Lvere cleared by the Special Consta bles ; the' Hussars then returned to town. A gen tleman, a Mr. Burns, was knocked down, and robbed of a gold watch. On Sunday, the scene rat -rico and disturbance was tenewed. The Ma gtf-sr.:; ,11(1 every respectable person were hizised at rtci insulted when going to church. Towards eeener;g, _the Sheriff- Clerk IY:pute was. knocked down, kic;:ed, and left insensible ; many respect ab,e intividuals were maltreated and wounded; the witiAows of the Magistracy, Special Consta bles, au(' Clergy, broken; the windows of the.i Coffcp-room and l'*dice office, and almost all the street lamps, demiished. The Riot Act was again read, and the military called out. The `town was t;nce more restored to quietness about two o'clock in the morning. Vests's-thy. so early as eleven o'clock, the mob com:acnced tbrir outrages, by attacking a Gen tleman who had ac_t,d as a special " constable the previous nights; alter heiug assanl:e tt jib stones, lie escaped with difficul , y to the Tontine Inn. Soo n after, the Ita , ficals proceeded to denfolish tt indows.; about 30 or 40 boys brought latge stakes, nulled fioni fences, towards the Council Chamber j the 11,11gisiraces and Special Constables approached the mob, and the stakes were soon in possessi,n ot tie police officers ; the mob had then recourse to stones Red brick-bats ; the Riot Act was read, and the cavaliv, aided by a detachment of the-80th Itefziment, preceded by the Magistrates and a sttong body of 'zioeeial Constables, advanced towards them ; warning was given to disperse, which was answered by a shower of stones ; the cavalry char:zed, followed by the infantry and constables. The mob Ma 3 then dispersed ;,the pa troles who went through the different streets dur ing the night, were often assailed tvitli stones from closes, and in two instances were fired upon with pistols. All was apparently quiet before mid night. Last night a considerable number of villains who had collected in the Green, with -a view of joining the rioters at Paisley, returned to this city about seven o'clock, abet having been three miles out Of to►ta, and were joined at the New Bridge by a crowd of °theta, perhaps in all about 3000, who paraded the streets, for some time, to the great annoyance of the peaceable inhabitants. h being represented to the Lord Provost and Magistrates, that a riot would take place in consequence of the cavalry being sent to Paisley, two troops were brought front Hamilton, and the Magistrates were •on the alert to preserve the public peace. At halt-past seven o'clock, information was re ceived. that great crowds were assembling at the Old and New Bridges, and that lamps, win dows, &c. were broken on the opposi!e side of the Clyde. Parties of the Magistrates went out to see the state of things, and on their return it was judged proper to go to the Black Bull inn, in order to observe more distinctly what was going on. Two troops of the 7th Hussars, the Solli Regiment, and the Horse Artillery, were ordertu! out. About nine o'clock, by order of the 1...,:;rd Provost, the Riot Act was read by Baillie Alston. In a short time the cavalry assemhkd at the Black Bull Lin, waiting for orders. During that period, showers of stones were thrown at the Magistrates, ivhich obliged them to take.t.helter in the lobby of the Inn. Every thing was done to persuade the mob to 'disperse, but to little eff et, When nothing else could be done, the ca valry were ordered to clear the'streets, which they did with the greatest promptitude, and very few instances occurred a here any hurt was sustained, and these were front obstinacy or accidents front the darkness orcasioued by the lamps being bro ken. Almost all the lamps in the Gallowgate, Salt market, Kent and Great Hamilton Streets, on the Bridges, anti in front of the houses on' both sides of the Clyde, were broken ; and considerable in -jury was done to several shops in town, Calton, as Greeohead, and l'radestown. About 100 per sons were apprehended and sent to the Police Office, sixty 14 whom were afterwards discharged; and this morning the Magistrates -and official per sons are engaged in further investigation. We have just no..v learned tl►at 220 public lamps were lust night ►lestroye►l by the rioters, besides a number of private lamps. (MORE PARTJCULARS•) s Mr. Taylor was chosen Preses, and began the business of the meeting, by enjoining attention and good order. He then stated that the Re fOrmers had no wish for disturbance and revolu tion, as . was falsely asserted by their enemies ; they merely wished a►► end put to all unnecessary places, pensions, and sinecures, and a proper share in the legislature of their country. A number of Resolutions, deprecating the con duct of the Manchester Magistrates, were signed ; votes of thanks %versa given to the most illustrious Radicals. J. Peacock, Esq. was thanked with great applause, for allowing the Meeting to be held on the Muir, and his portrait is to be painted by the band of a celebrated Radical Reformer, and presented to him. One resolution merits particular notice—" That, as the contest between the Boroughmongers and the People is of vital importance, hence it becomes indispensably necessary that the people use every method in their power to cut off the resources of those relentless tyrants, whereby they snay be ex pelled from their usurped authority, and the people regain their legitimate rights. That, as glancing at the vast revenue which the Borougbinongers derive from tea, tobacco, pnd spirituous liquors, uonceive it s.. be yart .Jury d 43 ii*Otn use of those articles ourselves, until a Radical Reform in the Common's House of Parliament be obtained. And we hereby strongly recommend to all Reformers to adopt, as-tar as possible, the same measures. That Major Cartwright, Mr. Hunt, Sir Francis Burden, Sir Charles .\Volselev, ' Mr. Wooler, arid other friends of Reform in London, be respectfully invited to name a day for a General Meeting of Reformers through out the whole Kingdom, in order that the above Resolution be adopted and carried into effect, whereby it will become a truly national measure." An Address to Mr. Hunt was produced and read. Hunt was panegyrized at great length, and the Address was carried with a fervent shout of ap plause. After a speaker from the east side of Glasgow bad spent souse tune in making severe strictures upon the duplicity and unfeeling; con duct of the Clergy, the business of the Meeting ended with the Preses requiring the people to depatt with regularity - and good order, and go peaceably home. About the middle of the pro-; ceedings, a cry of " Hussars" rose, and the peo ple fled on all sides, and it. was with some diffi culty the Committee could get them rallied, and order restored. A collection was made, when the people were reining, for the relief of the Manchester sufferers. Some light-fingered gen try honoured. the meeting with their presence..l It is supposed there were from.l4 to 18,000 peo— pleyvesent. The riot became serious at seven o'clock. The Riot Act was read three times before nine. The wiodows of the Tontine, Baillie .Bowie, Mr. Burns's old and new houses, Dr. Findlay, Birk myres warehouse. Baillie Leisbman and Son, Bu chanan (of North Bar), Mr. Sharp (Captain of the 13aolimen), Mr. Lymburn and Mr. Hollock's windoas, with the lapels of Causeyside, High street, Stnry.strecr, and New -street, arc all de stroyed. The iron railing of the Methodist Chapel seas torn to pieces, and used as weapons against the cavalry and batonnien, and the mob charged them clearly up Story-street. All was quiet at one in the morning. The mob began to assemble about three o'clock on Monday morning, and con (jotted to increase till one, when the Riot Act was read, and the cavalry and special constables began to clear the streets. TWo completes the 80th regiment arrived at three o'clock, piled their arms, and remained in readiness at the Cross. In - the mean time, the Reform Committee were met with the Provost, and a Meeting of the people was held at the toot of St. James's street. About six or eight thousand men assembled in an instant to hear the Report. The orators spoke RS follows :—" Gentlemen, we have had a long . conference with the Provost, and he has pledged his honour that every person who has sustained any damage in the late outrages shall have ample justice done him; and shoold any person accuse any batonman af wanton cruelty in the discharge of his duty, the affair shall have a ecitipleie and candid investigation, and if the te.tioimare he found guilty. be brought to - condign punishment, though he were his own fattier.— Now, Gentlemen, you must disperse immediate ly, as the Provost is determined to use every effort to keen the peace."—Mere the mobshooted, " Who hrnlie the peace ? Restore the prisoners, restore the proaniers without thehail, give up the flags," Our message is delivered ;' one quarter of an hour is allowed you to disperse; every man's tate is in his own hand." The great body of the people still continuing in the streets, the military were forced to interfere. The cavalry and batonmen immediately scoured the streets, and dispersed the mob in all directions. At night every close and-lane were searched with torches, and quietness was completely restored at twelve o'clock. All the lamps in George's -street, Canal street, and Broornland-street, were broken at nine o'clock. Several people are severely hurt with the batons of ttie• constables, but we have not heard of any one being dangerously wounded. All was quiet at six o'clock. There is to be another grand Meeting at Kil marnock on Saturday. When the order arrived in Glasgow from Pais ley for the cavalry, the sounding of the bugle brought a great maltitude into the streets to learn the news; and we are sorry to say that a num ber of the poor soldiers were hit with fragments of brick, and otherwise hurt. They arrieed at the Black Bull Inn at different tithes; and several of those who were late, having to inquire the road, were, by.evil-disposed persons,. misdirected. It would seem that a less alarming way might be devised to assemble the troops at night, than the sounding of a bugle. Glasgow, Sept. 2 4. Last night our streets exhibited one scene of confusion, alarm, and mischief. A; body of men and boys, to the amount of nearly 300 U, assem bled at the east end of the town, at darkening, from Bridgetown, Calton, &c. Paisley, it was understood, was their place of destination. On their way through. Gallowgate-street, they left only six whole lamps, and at eight o'clock that part of the town was its total darkness. Breaking lamps in Trongate, Candleriggs, Argyle-street, Stockwell, and Glassford-street, they proceed ed to the west end of Tradestown, leaving not one on the bridges. On arriving at Bridge street they assailed the Methodist Meeting-house there, while the people were at worship, and broke almost every nindow. The windows in Clyde-st reel ,West-street, Dale-street, and King's street, were more or less broken, and the shops of Jameson and Dunn, -bakers, were broken into, and bread and other articles carried away. John Cochrane, spirit-dealer, had his house completely emptied of rum, whiskey, porter, &e., and the jars broken to pieces. In Calton several shops were ransacked, and the windows of many respectable inhabitants broken. At the Black Bull the Riot Act was read by the Sheriffs at nine o'clock, and the streets, which were in the utmost confusion, with depredators, and women, and men, who had collected from mischief and curiosity, were cleared in a very short time. Two pieces of ordnance, accompanied with a body of infantry and a troop of Hussars, were speedily brought out. We have heard of no particular accident, fist Hier, than at a fire which happened in a small wright's shop in Stockwell, which was soon extinguished ; several of the military, by the throwing of stones from a new building there, were much annoyed and LJsrt Several of the inhabitants received slight sabre wounds ; but owing to the gOod conduct of the Hussars, which deserves the highest praise, no thing of a serious kind happened. ,At 2 o'clock this morning the military retired, leaving a small picquet behind ; and till this moment all remains quiet. The house of the Rev. Dr. McLean, (orbals, was also assailed, and the windows on the second fiat broken. Two hundred and twenty city lamps have been demolished.— During the night upwards of 200 men anti boys were made .prisoners. They have not yet been all exainined ; but of these more than 30 have been sent to jail to undergo a strict precognition. Those found in the new house, corner of Stock well, have been wholly sent to prison. Arthis place the rioters threw a fence, made with tresses and mason planks, at the lime the fire was burn ing, across the street, to - prevent the cavalry and firemen from advancing. Besides the military, many of the firemen have got themselves much braised, as those of the mob, who had climbed up into the interior of the 'new building, threw stones indiscriminately on those in the streets. In the Calton and Bridgetown, the disturbance began about twilight. Bands of young men be gan to parade at seven o'clock. - At - past eight, the paling at the head of Kent-street was destroy ed, an d all the _lamp3 in Great Hamilton street _Broken. The mob next broke Mr. Cassel's win' tiows', forced off the windoW shutters of George • Kirkpatrick, broke Mr. Bartholomew's windows , and.indeed the windows generally along the line;. attacked the shop of Henry Reid, near Barrow. ford-bridge, demolished part 'of the door, entered by the window, carried off a quantity of cheese and some casks of spirits. They took possession• of two guns which were in the shop, and kept them while they remained, but did not take them away. SiX of Mr. Reid's neighbours that inter fered in his behalf were driven off. About half& past nine a, Magistrate proceeded to the spot, with some cavalry and infantry, but the mob had by this time dispersed. No person was burr. A person who witnessed the breaking of the lamps at the head of Salt-market -street, as 'O ll as the breaking of the windows and lamps e t . Kirg-street, Tradestown, states, that there were not more than 40 or 50 assailants of the lowest class, from 12 to 19 years of age, and that I G or. 18 stout men, acting in conceit, would have car twed the whole; darkness seemed to be their first object ; the night was exceedingly dark, and they rendered it still more itksome by attacking every window on their route, even at the height of three stories, in which the light was not putt out on their approach ; this, with the horriayello they uttered, swelled their numbers almost to in. niity in the minds of the terrified inhabitants.-- When the fire-drum beat, it was conceived that the Revolutionists had sct fire to :he town, and Oa! all vas over. The real d'epredators had re.. tired previously to the reading of the Riot. Act ; 'and the majority of the prisoners vre!e mere spec.. Wors, apprentices, many of whom tfere • dnivill from their homes by the reports of fire. About sixty of them were discharged this morning at one o'clock, EXETER, SEPT. 15. The Lord Bishop of this Diocese has instituted the Rev. John Templer, M.M. to the Vicarage of Collumpton, in Devon, on the presentation of theit Rev. Walker Gray ; the Rev. Thomas Tanner, al°. younger, Master of Arts, to the Vicarage of Bur... lescombe, in Devon, on the presentation of Thos.. Brown, of Canonsleigh, in Devon, Esq. void by the death of the Rev, ran. Terry .1 •ckson; and the Rev. Lawrence Heard Luxton, M.A. Prebendal of Holcombe, founded in the Cathedral Church of Wells, the Vicarage of Holcombe Burnell, ill. Devon, on the presentation of himself, as true Ps tron, void by the death of the Rev. Henry Brit:dbl. On Sunday last, his Lordship held a Public Ordi nation in the Cathedral Church of Exeter, whets George Brian, A. 13. of Exeter College, Oxford; Thomas Cleave, A.B. of Oriel College, Oxfords and Francis Jenkins„ 9,8. of Exeter College, o*." ford, were admitted into the holy order of DO" cons ;—and the Rev. John Charles Clapp, A•l 5 . of St. John's College, Cambridge ; the Rev* Thomas Abraham Melhuish, S.C.L. of Magdalene Han, Oxford ; the Rev. George Anthony Moore* A.B. of Wattbam College, Oxford;. the Rev Henry Thorp, A.B. of Christ College, Cambridge; the Rev. George Townsend Smith, A.B. of Ballo , College, Oxford ; and the Rev. Charles BarnpfylOg Daniell, A B. of King's College, Cambridge' were admitted to the holy order of Priests.—Yo' terday his Lordship,. attended by - his Chancellaii Chaplain, and Secretary, in a most solemn a nd impressive manner, consecrated the Chapel, late' ly erected at Torpoint, in the Parish of AntorlP Cornwall. Thermometer. I I Weather. 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