The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-22 00:00:00

RIOTS IN BELFAST.

The proceedings of last night (Friday), mays the
Northern Whig, are a striking commentary upon the red
or attested confidence in the ineffeusive chars:ter of en
orange, and the long.suffering meekness of a catholic, mob.
Divided into two mobs, the orasgenieu attacked the houses
of them against whom, on political or religious grounds,
their enmity had been kindled. One mob applied itself b
breaking the windows of Mr. Coyle's house iu the Demean-
med. Mr. Coyle is a Roman catholic—that is the head
sad front of his offending. Another mob, estimated at
shoat • thousand strong, attacked the Royal Hotel,
in Demegall-place. The cry was raised "To the
Whip office." and the rioters met out thither, through
Dimegall-place, attacking Mr. Hughes's bakery en route.
The police. meeting them here. prevented the destruction
of the huildings and machinery of this office. The mob,
dasappmeted, took its way round Doorgalbsquarce North
and West to the house of Mr. Finley, the proprietor of
the Whig, in Donegall.square South, on which they
opened • sytematie attack. The glen in front ei
the house within reach of their missiles was speedily
demolished. The hall, the parlour, the drawing-room,
and one of the bedrooms are now strewed with large
stones, which cannot have been picked up on the spot. They
must have been brought from a distance. Their
makes it probable that they were takes from PeterHrl "I*
from the limestone quarries on the Antrim road. Mr. Fin-
lay is absent on the Coetment ; and, at the time of the
attack, the only persons in the house were two female ear.
vent& Had this out been the case, loss of life, or serioue per
meal injury, must almost unavoidably have occurred. The
number of the stones thrown makes it next to certain that
ore or other of them would have struck any person io the
front of the house. Their size and weight ensure that •
blow from them would have indicted serious, it sot fatal,
injury. Tho amount of damage done to and iu Mr. Finley's
house cannot now be estimated. There has, it is clear,
been considerable destruction of property ; but everything
is as the rioters have left it. The stones lie where they
fell. AU will remain as it is until the magistrates shall
have bad the opportunity of examination.
We have spoken hitherto of the flute...gee of the orange
party. We regret to say that the cathol.cs, contrary to the
smells* and Christian counsels of the Right Rev. Dr.
Lorries. the coadjutor Bishop of Belfast, have suffered them-
selves; to be provoked into measures of retaliation of a
very undiscrimiaatiog character. Preicatent lueetiog-
homes have been attacked—among them that of the
Rev. John Scott Porter (unitarian), whose influence was
used (unsuccessfully, we regret to say) to induce the
committee of the Botanic Garden to rescind their gout of
the garden for the purposes of the demoustiatioo. Mr.
Porter must look hack with satisfaction on the part he has
taken iu this matter. If his advice had been acted epos
the peace of Belfast would lie still undisturbed.
In Ballymacarrett, • great number of houses occu-
pied by very respectable people were attacked belie-
eriminately. and whether the resides* were protestant
or Roman catholic made no difference to the mob. When
the mob came from we know not. but they totally demo-
lished the windows that came in their way. In other
quarters of Belfast similar disgraceful proceedings took
place. In Church-street and North-attest we are info nned
that upwards of twenty houses wore damaged by stoo-
-1 throwers, a mob of whom. we nuslorstind, was principally
composed of mere lads and girls. Not • single local con-
stable or policeman was near at the time to prevent them
destroying the houses of respectable and inoffeneive citizens,
as was dose by them.
The meeting -hones of the Rev. Hugh Hamm was at-
tacked by the ROMMI catholic mob, end a great deal of in-
jury done. In Millfield, Brown.street. Carrick-bill, and
other places in that neighbourhood, many dwelling-Louses
were completely gutted ; and on the previous, ereuing the
houses of Mr. Savage, in Boundary-street, awl Mr. tieusge.
in Townsend-street. were left, especially the former, with
scarcely • pane of glass in the windows.
During the evening the Riot Act was read several times
by Mr. Danville, Dr. Miles, Mr. Lynn, and others of the
unigistnicy ; but their den*, it wee evident, S.@ not to
resort to extreme measures. A great number of iojuries
were inflicted on constables mid civilians by the mobs of
rioters, but the wounds received were not of • dangerous
character.
The Dublin Evening Mail rays that, owing to a tele-
graphic message received by the authorities. two hundred
and two constables and sub-constables and four offices
of the constabulary left by • special train on Friday night
for Belfast.

RIOT IN GRAY'S-INN-LANK. —Ft vg CONSTA BLE4
111:33OUBLY I.IIJUILILD.—LaPt eight a desperate onslaught was
taadeapoo the police in Gray's-inn-lane, by which live con-
stables have been so seriously injured es to be iempaci-
toted from doing duty, It appears tlint for some time
there has been a growing animosity between the Kerry men
and those from Tipperary residing in that locality.
and last night the constable on duty, seeing that
It was the determination of the Kerry men to
tionineoce • faction fight, took one into custody, but oa
reaching Baldwin's-gardens • numerous body of Irishmen
sallied out to rescue the prisoner. At this time there were
but two policemen, and they were most barbarously
treated. The inhabitants, being greatly alarmed sod fearing
that murder might ensue, sent for reinforcements, and soon
a body of the G Division headed by Sergeant 5 G, a most
' motive and powerful officer, with a number of the City force.
arrived. The rioters had then greatly iucrrssed is sumbers.
and • most desperate on taught war made ou the officers
i with bludgeons of every ileaoriptia, and iu self-defence
the police were compelled to use their truncheons, idiot-
isg serious injuries on many of the rioter. The ;Aim
however, did not escape eascatbed ; arrant 5 0
' bad several of his teeth keocked out and was severely
brand about the head and body by being jumped upon.
New 167 and 193 0 division were also so anomaly
injured that they were taken to the bosoitul, sod two
.constables of the City police have been fi iglitfully knocked
about. After the affray had lasted neirly an hour, a
strolls body of police arrived from the Bagoigre-wells sta-
. lion, and the nistas, sided by • number of women who
; were indefatigable in applying weapuns, effected their
' escape; ea, however, was approliesided in Pheasant-zocrt.
Gray's-inn-lane, thin morning, and the ringleader* being
known to the polies eannot bog escape the punishment
they merit.