The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-05 00:00:00

Wolverhampton 2 C. P. Villiers
T. Thornely
Worcestershire, W. 2 General Lygon
F. W. Knight

Woreestersh., East 2
Yorkshire, N. Rid. 2
Yorkshire, E. Rid. 2

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Capt. 0. Ruebout
I. H. Foley
0. Duneombe
• E. 8. Cayley
Lord Hotham

Hn. A. Duneombe
Yorkeh., W. Ridg. 2 R. Cobden E. B. Denison

THE OUTRAGES AT STOCKPORT.
. EXAMINATION OF TILE RIOTERS.

In the Express of Saturday wo gave the exa-
mination of the prisoners for the serious riots and disturb-
ances of the previous Tuesday up to about three o'clock on
Friday. The following is the continuation of the examine.
tion during the remainder of that day and on Saturday :
W. Hough sworn—l live at the Bishop Blaine, Hillgate,
and am an innkeeper. About seven o'clock on Monday a
man named W. Walker, shoemaker, and another earned
John Charlesworth came into my house. An Englishman
was sitting in the tap-room' and Charleswortb knocked his
hat off upon the table, and Walker knocked it off the table
upon the floor. I saw it from the vault window. I went
and told them I would not have such conduct as that in my
house, and ordered them to leave the house. They did so.
The man was a stranger. In about ten or fifteen minutes
some six Irishmen and as many women (their wives
and daughters) cams In. They had a quantity
of ale in the tap-room, and danced during the
evening. I heard a shriek about eight o'clock,
and on going into the tap-room the Irish people
were thrashing Walker, who bad returned; and I
called the waiter to take him out, saying he was in the
wrong shop this time. Walker got out into another room,
and soon afterwards we got him out of the house. He was
tipsy. In about an hour Walker came down with a mob of
people—some with sticks and some without. Walker went
into the tap-room, and the rest I kept from coming into the
house. There was no one in the tap-room then but a blind
fiddler, who had fiddled for the Irish people. The Irish
people had gone out. I ordered Walker away, and turned
him out of the house. The crowd at the door and Walker
went away together. I saw nothing more, but the street
was in a disturbed state. I heard it was so
for some time, but near my house all sou quiet in a few
minutes. 1 did not hear anything said by Walker at this
time which was the cause of provocation.
By Mr. Gileaon—l do not know whether Walker is an
Irishman or Englishman, but think he is an Englishman.
He was born in Stockport. Both he and the man whose
hat was knocked off was an Englishman, and the man who
assaulted him. The Irish people were dancingi when Walker
came in the second time, and would have continued so, I
believe, had he not come in. I do not see any of those Irish
people among the prisoners. Walker is not a Catholic, I
believe.
John Bowers, ehopman, swore—l live at a shop at the
owner of Edward-street, Middle 'litigate. I first saw
Wm. Walker on Monday night, standing opposite the sod
of Barlow-row, about half put 8 o'clock. I saw two Irish-
men go up the Hillgste and saw Walker follow them, and
strike one of them on the side of his head, opposite the
Land o' Cakes public-house. Walker, after that, kicked at
one of the Irishmen, but missed him. The Irishmen ran
and took up a stone to throw at Welker. He offered to
throw, but did not do se. He appeared to stand with it on
the defensive. The two Irishmen turned after that and
went back, down the Hillgate. Walker followed them
20 or 30 yards, but I could not bear if he said anything.
Walker stopped at the bottom of Edward-street, with
about 30 and there were a number of
Irish at e end of John-street, 300 yards distant.
Walker was in hie shirt sleeves, without coat.
Two young men (I believe Irishmen) were coming down
Edward-street, soon afterwards, and one of the men with
Walker struck one of these men. A fight resulted after-
wards, and about four Englishmen appeared to be thrash-
ing the two Irishmen. The fight aught have lasted for a
minute and a half, and then the two Irishmen went down
Cheapside and I saw no more of them. I do not know
where Walker and the ethers went. About 15 or 20
minutes alter this I saw a number of people rushing down
Hillgate from Edward-eine; Ridgeway-lane, and Cheap-
side, and went in the direction of the Bishop Blaixe. I
could ice them as fir as the Hen and Chickens. There
were several luesdrede of them. I 'sold not see whether they
had la their beads any These people were
chiefly Z About -past eight o'clock that
SUMO y) night, I saw as effigy carried by a
number dboys. It was a fore like • man with •
mask sad ear as. It was abed I fist d lease high. They
west ap aiwastletroet and was down Ilamhed-street into
Middle =gabs. sad the fignee Se pima. This was
balm Om liar Zagdl sad two hibasawate lighting
tardier.. I saw methlag men that sight. About four Of
fit. o'elosk se %tidy I saw • crowd of Andrea armed
with shako is the =gate. There might be BO or 40 and
they wet" up and down the !tweets. Towards six
they had hteeesmi la number, and there were many factory
lads, 14 to 10 vests of age, with sticks. An Irishman was
wing oar shop and had bean attacked by the lads, and
ma Ws the shop for shelter. The sticks in the hands of
the lads ware brash hernia, chair spindles and all kinds of
sticks. Ow ed dm lode slaw* the Irishmani in the shop
with a Welt; We Whale pt the Irishman out, but
be said they would take !dos life' and would not go.
A policeman afterwards pima, and the Irishman called to
him. The Irishman went away with the policemen for
. I did not ask the boys the reason for attacking
but the boys dispersed when the Irishman went away.
There were 500 to 500 boys, and it was between 6 and 7
when they dispersed.
By Mr. Edward Reddish (through the court)—Walker
struck one of the two Irishmen in Mitigate before I saw the
effigy. It was ten minutes before the two Irishman were
attacked by the font Englishmen that I saw the efilgi.
By Mr. Gibsca—The Makatea first attacked by Walker
were conducting theekseless peaceably. The other Irish-
men were attacked by Walker's party, and were peaceable
till then. _ _

zd Bedford, groat, Middle Hillgate, sworn—My
shop is a little lower than the entrance to Edward-street.
It is about 60 or 60 yards from the shop of Mr. Bowers. Oa'
Monday I was returning home about a quarter past 9 in
the *vesting, down John-street, and mw a great quantity of
people in groups of perhaps 20 each. When opposite to the
shop of Mi. Brooks, at the corner of Chrtipside, I saw the
street was in a disturbed state. I did not notice that the
people had sticks. The crowd was English. About 4
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon I saw a quantity of children,
about 60 or 60, running up and down the streets with sticks,
and saw them attack one or two Irish children, and drive
them up the street. Soon after 8 o'clock numbers
of young men from the mills began to assemble in Hillgate.
They were English, and increased to more than a diou.l
sand. I saw them make several rashes, as if attacking
some one. I saw them crowd round Mr. Bowers' door, and'
a policeman coming up an Irishman came out of Mr.
Bowen' shop and went with him. The crowd were kept
back by the police. The crowd were many of them armed
with sticks, which they seemed to hide under their coats.
They were some of them hedge stakes, and rather for-
midable weapons. About eight o'clock there was a rush
mode up John-street, bat I did not see what took plan. I
sad others thee began to clan our shops, thinking it un-
safe to keep the windows open. At 15 or 20 minutes alter 8
o'clock I heard a rush down the Hillgate to John-street, and
saw a crowd p • an Irishman. Just as an English-
man was ping to strike him with a stick about as thick as
my thumb, a young woman interfered, and the Irishman
made his escape down the Hillgate. I went up John-
street, and to the Stockport Sunday School. I stood in the
yard of the school, from whence I could see into Peter's-
square. I saw people there throwing stones, and beard the
crash of glass, but could not well distinguish the
I returned home about half-past 8 o'clock. On 4ut
Wednes-
day s.
day night, numbers of individuals began to congregate
again at the end of Edward-street and Waterloo-road and
from 1 to a quarter put 7 o'clock, two men came down
litigate past the end of Edward-street. They had

sock an szo over their shoulders. They went up
Ridgeway. lane. I went and saw one of them strike
with an axe either some railings or the door.
I hoard a crash, but did not go near enough to see what
they did. I saw the men going further towards the raarkel-
plies. and heard another crash, but did not learn the re-
sult. They appeared to be Englishmen.
By Mr. Oibeon—Watson. square and the streets around
have many houses occupied by Irish people. The Irishman
'moulted opposite Cheapside was sober. I was under no
alarm fur my personal safety that night, being an English-
man, as I saw no Englishmen attacked ; my slum was
for my shop wind
The proceedingillflie at this period of the evening (seven
o'clock) adjourned to Saturday morning.

SATURDAY.
The investigation before the magistrates at the Court
Maas was renewed on Saturday, at 10 o'clock. The fol-
low* additional prisoners had been apprehended during
Os sight :—George Pell, Samuel Hoyle, and Henry Rhodes,
the two first for wilfully and maliciously destroying pro-
perly at St. Michael's Roman catholic cnapel, and the last
ammaat for riotously assembling before St. Michael's, on
Tuesday night:—Peter Rowlsotham, William Buttery,
Amen Beard, William Newton, George Perry, John Wat-
son., mart Oleave, Samuel Preston, William Wood, James
Woodhouse, James Shepley, and Henry Oilier, for wilfully
and maliciously destroying property at the catholic chapel
Edgcley. George Perry was also charged with breaking
dwelling houses open. In addition to the other magistrates
the rector of Stockport was present as a magistrate today,
and four or five other clergymen were also there.
Thomas Eskrigge, Esq., magistrate of Stockport, sworn—
About a quarter or twenty minutes before 8 o'clock 6n
Tuesday evening, I left my mills (the Mersey cotton fac-
tories) for the purpose of going to St. Peterra-aquare. I
went to Wellington-bridge and down St. Peter's-gate to
the Postoffice. I heard a large number of persons running
fast towards St. Peters square, they were shouting. I ob-
served that the crowd consisted principally of Irish boys
and children, pursued by a large crowd of about tho same
number of English boys. The English boys we re throwing
at the Irish. Part of the Irish boys retreated up }itchell'a-
street, and into some houses there. The English boys fol-
lowed and broke the windows with stones. I mean that
portion of litchell's-street leading from St. Peter's-street to
St. Peter's-square. They afterwards retired towards St.
Peter's square, and part of the English treys and some men
again followed, but there were not many—perhaps 40 or 110
English. I then saw the Irish break some of the windows
of the house lately occupied by Mr. Woolley. I went to
Chestergate, hearing the police had gone there, and I saw a
great crowd of people there, in the streets, but they did not
bear the character of a riotous assemblage. When I got to
Adlington-square I saw Whceldon, with a drawn sword,
running from one house to another occupied by Irish
people. Whenever he raw a door open, he rushed at it
with his sword. I requested him to desist. lie told me be
did it for the purpose of intimidating the people and kt ep-
Mg them in the houses. The people appeared to be quiet,
but many people were looking from the upper windows
of the Irish houses. About a quarter before ten the military
arrived, and the mayor, magistrates, police constables,
and specials, and military, proceeded from the court-
house towards Chester-gate, down the Under-bank.
There were the mayor, Mr. Peter Marsland, and my-
self, of the magistracy, and we went through Ches-
ter-gate to Rock-row. There was a crowd here in a very
riotous state, and the Mayor read the Riot Act. I heard
no expressions from the mob but against the "b-
Irish.' Information was here brought by Mr.
Birkett that a mob was destroying property in
Edgeley ea bad as in any other part of the town. This in-
humation 1 gave to the mayor, and requested that 1 might
base part of the military to go and quell the disturbance.
We bad only 40 or SO infantry, and it was considered Inez-
t by the officer in command, I believe, to divide his
I don't know that it is the instruction of command-
ing officers that such forces shall not be divided in such
MIL There was no destruction of property in Rock-row
whilst we were there. We went from thence through St.
Peter's-square, }litigate, Edward-street, Greek-street, and
through some open ground to Edgelev. All was quiet
there, but when we reached the opening between Mr. Peter
Marsland's house and the Baptist Chapel we saw
a fire in Edgeley. We crossed the open grown 1 towards
the Catholic Chapel and priest's house. There were
a good many people about, and we crossed
towards the fire. That was about eleven o'clock,
but though the moon was approaching the full, it
was cloudy at times. 1 only noticed one person throw any-
thing on the fire, but there were many persona round it.
The Riot Act was read, and the military cleared the
street. We found that the fire was formed in front of the
priest's house, and the fuel was a quantity of furniture, on
which were heaped chapel fittings, and books and papers.
The fire was about five yards in diameter. The•palisading
before the priest's house was all torn down, and articles of
furniture and bedding were lying scattered abuit the gar-
den. I went into the house and found the stair-railing
torn down, and almost everything broken to pieces. I could
not learn where the priest was, and I went towards the chapel
and schools, the windows of which were destroyed and MI
the doors smashed to pieces. I did not go in, but returned
to the priest's house, and then found Mr. Frith, the priest,
in a very excited and alarmed state. When we arrived
at St. Michael's Chapel we found the interior de-
stroyed. 'the destruction appeared complete. - We dia.
persed the crowd, and then retired to the Cooed Rouse. I
retired home about half-past twelve, believing ei was
quiet.
Mr. Gibson—Have you seen a placard similar to this about
the borough ?
Witness—l have.
Mr. Gibson—Have you read it ? •
Witness—l have read part of it.
Mr. Girton inquired what Mr. Eskrigge thought of it ?
Witness—l thought it one of the most exciting and irri-
tating placards I bad ever seen.
The following is a copy of the placard :
" To the Electors of Stockport.—Electors, Britons, Bible
Christians, Churchman, Dissenter, Free Trailer, Prosec-
tionitt,—Elect a popish parliament: give Britain to the
Pope, he will settle your differences, and smooth public
opinion as in Austria, France, Italy. Will yeti Now is
the time to resolve. You have one God, one Bible, one
faith ; one hope ; you agree in all that is great among men,
in all that is worthy of immortals. You differ about things
of time, matters of expediency, subjects of legitimate dis-
pute. Will you throw away all you agree in,
and give Anti-Christ power to settle your differ-
ences. Anti• Christ, drunk with the blood of your
fathers! No, no. Their very dust is dear to yod; 'their
mossy headstones and their honoured graves in your moun-
tains, glens, and old churchyards shall be defended from
popish desecration. Your differences will vanish while you
defend the green turf that covers those fearless valiaats who
resisted unto death for God, their country, and for you.
There is no danger say scoffers, popish hirelings, and place
bunters. No danger! when the Pope has a powerful
brigade of his own in the House of Commons ? De states-
men now read pen g events, or history, or Scriptare ? Our
mu and statesmen are all dead and gone. No
danger! when the mists of popery are settling
down on our high places,—when, with thick darkness,
they are fast creeping upon the deeper vain of society—
when the broad, fair, middle regions, the place of British
electors, is breezy sunshine and shadow—whoa Jesuit de-
mons of the storm, superhuman mirage-like beings, flit
about everywhere—when popery is murmuring in 'the
forests, and moaning in the churches of Britain! No
danger I when the threatening hurricane has desolated
neigbouring countries—France, Italy, Hungary—Alas!
alas! Britons, you wit the negro free. British women
are enslaved and driven by Ronsish priests, the factors of
the groat slave-holder, the Pope ! Oh, pity helpless
female, cajoled and frightened into nun prisons. Pity all
their deluded followers. Give them Bibles, and send them
missionaries ; make aggression upon Rome; retaliate thus.
No persecution. No encouragement or teaching at your
expense of their delusions. Britons, open the prison-doors;
let the oppressed go free. Sleet a popish parliament, you
confirm those delusions, yon rivet the chains of the slave of
the Pope—the tide of popery will overflow us. The King
of Rome will become the sovereign of Britain, es-Vietede,
at Pio None's pleasure. An Elector of Edinburgh. Printed
for the Stockport Protestant Association, by T. cloye, Little
Underbaak,"

Charles Hudson, coroner for the Stockport division, gave
similar evidence to that of Mr. Eskrigge, the magistrate.
Terence M'Donough, 4, Etchells-street, Peterseite, shoe-
' maker—l vu in my house on Tuesday evening last. My
workshop is in the room first entered from the street. One
of m children works at the factory, and she came ham,
shortly after six that evening. Shortly before eight o'clock
I hired some shouting at the end of the street, and on
looking oat saw a mulutude of boys coming up. I shut the
door as they approached, and I heard some of them my,
"These are Irish houses; break them in." They Mang
several stones at the doors and windows, and . broke nine
squares of the glans, and put of the wood frame. Ono of
the stones struck me over the eye. John Stanton, my wife,
and daughter, were the only persons in the howls with me.
I had heard no disturbance nearer St. Peter's Chute% be-
fore my house was attacked. The boys rimainod in the
streets about ten minutes. They broke some windows next
door. They went towards St. Peter's Church. I saw no
more of them.

Crar.enmined bT Mr. Reddish—l had not been out of
sty house that evening.
Cross-examined by Mr. Gibson—l am a Roman catholic.
They were English boys who attacked my house. I fklt
some alarm.

George Atkinson, sworn—l am an agent, and live at 14,
St. Petersgate, Stockport. That is nearer to litgh-street than
Etchelleetreet, and further from St. Peter's-square.
Shortly before S o'clock on Tuesday night, there was a
crowd of from 900 to 400 boys, with not a grown-up man
amongst them, armed with knob sticks and pieces of wood.
I took them for Irish. They shouted (end made • great
noise. I saw them rush Into Mitchell's yard, near our
house. I thought they were Irish until they attacked
the Irish houses in Mitchell's-yard. That mu' before they
paned our house.
Cron-examined by Mr. Gibson.—l feel positive they
were Boglish. They "hurried," and were very disorderly.
I heath them um no language about the Irish.

Edward Dooley.—l live in St. Peter's-square. I had to
rims St. Peter's-square several times between seven and
eight o'clock. It was then quiet. The first time 1 saw it
dieturbed was at eight o'clock, when my sou, who Wlla
standing at the door, told me, " They were coming." I
saw many hundred people coming up St. Peteragate from
the direction of the Hillgate, and had got es far ea De.
Townsend's. They were flourishing sticks and went towards
Rock-row. Two or Wu hundred had ;new of mop'e-taile,
hedge-sticks, pieces of railing. sad sticks of other
descriptions. They had not all sticks. The first fight.
M. I mw was at the top of Roelt-row. The first
thing I sew was six or seven boys boating a man with stiwkli
against a dead wall opposite my hues. I thought it wea a
man who laboured for Thomas Mellor. lie looked like an
Irishman. I am not sure of either of them foots. The

Irish were then Mustered, and drove the English out of the
square. They then sent down to Rock-row, followed by
the English. Before anything fresh to ,k place, the square
was takes sad retaken ten or • dosen times. About the
third nue the lush, retreated, one of the boys, who had a •
moue, threw it in Mr. White's wini:ow. As they parsed
Mi. Graham's house, the Irish broke several of the win-
dow.. Mr. Graham's man got severely beaten.
The Irish bad been drives bock four or five times ,
when the police came up. Not less than two thousand
people were in the square. I thought the stones were
thrown at the hems by way of bravado, as they passed.
They did not stop. Both aides bad foraging parties to pick
up stones to throw at the other. Near the close of the
fighting, I believe, I saw Sergeant Longson with his cutlass
bring • very active man to custody. The English broae
open St. Peter's gates. Several hundreds raa term the
churchyard towards the back of Rock-row. It rises to the
height of the third oe fourth stole, of the houses its Rock-
row. They are Mr. Walker's houses. They returned in
about ten minutes and with a quantity of bedding, which
they tore up and threw about the square. They brought a
kw other articles of furniture.
Crom-examined by Mr. Gibson— I don't think Mr.
Graham's man, who was beaten by the Irish, was beaten
worse than the man near the dead wall was by the Eng-
lish. We had had some conversation in the house during
the day about what had taken place on the Monday, and
when he said at the door, on Tuesday night, "they are
coming." I did not kaow whether he meant leash or Eng-
lish. I did not see anything which led me to believe there
was any deliberate attack upon Mr. Graham's house.
The court now (10 minutes to 6) adjourned till Monday
morning, at 10 o'clock.
[lt may be proper here to remark, that of the eleven
policemen stated yesterday to form the whole force of the
borough, one was ill, and aim were absent (including Mr.
Sadler, the head constable), at Knutsfried sessions, on Mon-
day, till six ur eight is the evening, and four on Tuesday
(the day of the not); Latvia, the force in the borough four
and six on the two days respectively, with only three assist-
ants each day.]
On Satarday until midnight all was quiet, but great
numbers of strangers were in the town. Every prepara-
tion hail been made to preserve the peace; the military
were a readiness, and two large bodies of police and spe-
cials went round the borough at eleven o'clock, and closed
the market and all the pablic houses. The catholic chapels
would not be allowed to be open yesterday (Sunday), and
barricaoes were placed round them by the police. The
catholic service, were to br bee in number, and held at St.
Joseph's schoolroom, to which no chapel is attached, at 7,
8,9, 10, and II o'clock in the morning. There would be
none in the evening. It is expected some respectable MM•
hers oh • •• Stockport Protestant Association" will yet be
cuinproinnied by the inquiry.
All was quiet in Manchester. The fears excited on •
previous evening (W. doesday) already mentioned were
canted by some catholic Irish girls breaking • protestant
school windows. When interrupted by the police they
said some men set them an because their places of worship
had been destroyed at Stockport. A sew convent of French
nuns at Ardwick, Manchester, had been annoyed by boys,
and the police had orders to watch the place, but no fun
were entertained of a tame serious astute.

REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET.
INTERVIEW WITH TILE HOME SECRETARY.
Oa Saturday morning a deputation waited upon
the Secretary or State for the Home Department, at the
Howe-olSce, for the purpose of ►aying before the right hon.
fir2l_etnati their views with regard to the selection of Copes-
Fields sa a tattle market, to be substituted for Smith-
It consisted of the Marquis Camden, Lord Dud-
ky Stout, Sir li. Hall, Mr. W. H. Wills, the new. Mr.
Thomas, incumbent of the new church in Camden square,
Mr. Richardson, Mr. Streeten, and other gentlemen, owners
or occupiers of houses on the Camden estate, in the imme-
diate vicinity of the projected market.
Mr. STR h:ETEN presented the memorial and supported
its prayer, comp:aining that, although the Smithfield Market
Removal Act gave the corporation of the City of London
the power of selecting a site for the new market, subject to
the approval of the Secretary of State, it could have
bees intended that a site should have been fixed upon with-
out intimation having been given to the Inhabitants of the
district. They eossidered that the intention of the legisla-
ture was, that the Sects ary of State ►hould not give a
mere formal meat, but (Willis right of approval war a ju-
dicial rather than a minieterial act. Their principal object
is waiting upon the right honourable gentleman wee to get
him to withhold his assent until the inhabitants had had
an opportunity of laying their objections before the lime-
ades.

Mr. WALPOLE feared he had already given his consent,
having written a letter to the corporation, which, although
it 1124111 cot legally bind him, he considered morally com-
pelled him to give his wont when tallest upon to do so.
The Maslow CAMDEN and one or two of the deputation
espressed their regret that the decision, which materially
affected their property, had been come to without their
having b id an opportunity of esteeming an opinion.
la reply to Pie' WALPOLE, Bow-common, we sug-
gested as a mots eligible site.
Mr. WALPOLE mid that the deputation from the corpo-
ration of the city hail laid before him • number of plans
and it certainly seemed to him, in accordance with tie ge-
neral opinion of the deputation, that the site in Copealsageo-
fields was the Rost eliaible in consequence of its contiguity
to the London and North-Western and Great Northern
Railways, and the facilities presented by their connection
with others in bringing cattle (roman perm of the Undoes.
Re feared he could sot moist the mentorialista in their par
mot position, but if they could prevail spot. the oorporation
of the City further to consider the subject, he was willing
also to consider the propriety of his approval.
Mr. STREETEN directed the right honourable gentle-
man'. attention to the 6th clause of the Act for the Re-
moval of Smithfield Market, which made the by-laws
BoNeet to the approval of the Secretary of State.
Mr. WALPOLE smarted them he would not swat to
any by-laws without first sending a copy to the Marquis
Camden. . .