The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-28 00:00:00

ANOTNZR ACCOUNT!

The magistrates of the hundred of Wirral tel us.l
muting for yesterday at one o'clock, at Bitiontoivl
address the Queen, praying her " to take .uch ni3611111
in her wisdom she may think fit effectually to rent
encroachments of Rome." The notial column/teeing
leg was signed by the Ron. Sir E. Cubt and eight ether
the local magistracy. In the meantime catholic eyo.l
was organised, and it was intended to move as unsese
on every resolution which might be proposed. The um
speakers, it was understood, would be the Bev. Mr. Bloc:
resident priest; Mr. Aspinall, barrister ; and Mr.
solicitor, of Liverpool. About half Lpast 12 o'clock :PAN
trap sad leading promoters of the meeting aeurabloim
Town Hall (which is used ordinarily for the pupae:
polies-court), with • view of making the
rangements. That opposition wee intended had beer
known from the pulpit of the Birkenhead Natoli:CO
on Sunday evening, and soon after the, time stated im
debts crowd collected outside of the hall. A very lent
pion of these consisted of "navvies," of which COMII
800 or 900 are now employed in the constructisa
docks at Birlienhead. It is said that some of tbat•
armed with sticks, and that others hail their p..elend
with stones. What followed we have had to satittb
various parties, all more or lees excited, hot bamboos
bled to prepare in haste what we b. hove to be sem
synopsis of the facts. Disturbance had biro trend,
sdl
police of the township, assisted by a body of the tour
etabulary, were reserved in the buddies, and thus
strengthened by • detachment of about 30 eta fttel
Liverpool fora, under the command of Mr. Sopaistnj

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To limit the threatened opposition, the promotes's'
meeting had resolved that it should be strictly s:tti
terms calling it—a gathering of the " ratepayers" ot •',
head ; but a miscellaneous crowd, each eager to get
&stoma, already beeiegad the door The po:a
ordered to clear the gates, and for that PurPeo r
themseslveo forward from opposite directions tooO
Moose of entrance. This duty, of course, wee of
I without opposition, and to meet the resistance 0'
Mow& it necessary to apply their stases. Thu :VI
with sous vigour, and from the heads of to des"
agord blood copiously lowed. A shout wes HI I/
fastantly almost the police were moiled with s fr.
Mows: of stomas. After this ths police inside tte •
MI in, moms out, and charged upon the crud. Old i
Maly disposed, but irritated in the highest sego
I Ow minutes afterwards a logo body of navvies. od
ft is variously estimated, from 300 to 500, were sost
Math:ant the north end of the town, where N
chiefly reside. They were sonata with bl
gm& handles, pokers, and every available species M
mew& The windows of the Town-hell ate
=ll to sums, and the polies, not wishot fright
Wary, woo, after some fighting, co•pea_,..
treat slain due hall. Boas 20 of the boll bad hot ''''.
lon inland, chiefly about ths head kw ';,,.,.;
v•r7 woody, so, sad two of these, officers from le • .•
aimed Grimsby sad Bios, are t impacted to add
Rev. Mr. Brown was within the Town-hall at
this disturbanco. He was recognised through d"
shattered windows, and reel od a repot foto
Ou
to came outaids. " But how am I to get out:
I " asked, we believe. The difficulty was Wan ,41
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Gams-work was demolished instants?, and he sn'''' •
GO of the aperture. Ths rev. gentleman nomads
*No In front, and exhorted the mob in the ma,d_....o'
Nonage to keep the poem " Now," said he,
and lay down your weapons." He was impLcitlr,
and a bundle of anme 200 or 300 suck''
were quietly laid at his fest. The priest arre an ,
that these should be carried oa to the catholic et,rt
two or throe mica wars entreated with the bolo- "
meantime, however, the polio would appear 14 hi;
and made a second charge upon the crowd. Ms w
ono more seised, acid mother conflict ensued, b°_,,
holly quieted through the Rev. Mr. Bowleg 41.7.4
led the people off to his own house. lie was 10_,1170"
crowd. They wars in the most excited stets, 14°,,,
kohl a mooting of their own coatigasaa to I%
Some 'tasking had coma/awl, bat as the procsed''4
real' edit farther inflame ties feelings already to 70
kashmir men of the body put a step to the oriel' 0
navvies and others assembled were exhorted clud4
to their respective homes. Whoil
But to return to the scene of the disturbance. _
out, the almost consternation was ezhibited bLI7O
men assembled within the hall. The Ho. Itartsd
was, we believe, to hays prodded, roe and I° ow
adjourakag the meeting sine die, but assuring
tier
tiet AMMO: it might be called, he should be tw
ee Map Ms chair.
• V detachments of polioe wised subeeclo°ll;
bat there was no renewal of dots 7;
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tof military from either Chests! 0!.00m 0,,,t
has been sent for, is at the time we amt.., v! ..,s, 1
gord. Great furs, but we think flgod°44l:.o he..
Ma second outbreak when dark eell 1,1,.. 0cao•
Fiui mod of apprehension. It is right to state to,