The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-17 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY RIOT.

Yesterday, at the Manchester City Police Court,
John Mluo,y, and fifteen other men, were charged with a
, riotous attack and essaidts at the house of Mr. llohoyd, a
pawnbroker, in Llnyd-street. Oldham-road. It was stated
that Massey, who tnarried Hnlroyd's wife's eider, but at
dith.rent time advanced same amounting to about 1.0001.,
with which llolniyil eneinteneed busier. in April, 186 J. Oa
Wednesday Lrenoon Massey went to llolroyd a home, with
a solieitor and another man, and demamkd that Helmet'
should give up to him the buqiners and the premises; this
being refund, Massey called in seen other men, who bad
beau waiting near the boiler, and during the disturbance
which ensued Ilelroyd's son, • young man, was beaten and
hurried out of the house. Ile shortly afterwards returned
with seven stout albeit, who drove out the invaders. About
6 o'clock in the evening the premises were violently attacked
from •lieck yard, which is common to the row of house. in
which llolroyd lives. Massey had collected about fifteen
torn in • neighbouring public-hour, where he Lel
supplied them with drink, and this impsing force hav-
ing mashed 19 ponce of glare, and broken in two doers,
entered the house, and drove out llolroyd and his wife and
son. Mrs. liolroyd stated that she wen several times knocked
down, with • child in her arms. When Iloboyd came out
by the front due he weer met by four men, from whom he re-
re ived • blow over the eye., and Massey entered the house
with his body of assailants. A detective officer, D. 1114
Duckworth, being in the neighbourhood, was attracted by
the note., and entering the house, found the prisoners worm-
bled iu the kitchen, and peeing that tiny were a party of
rough, vagabond-looking fellows, nearly all intoxicated, he
quietly locked them all in, but presently returned to them
with a lolly of peke* and took them all into custody. The
only defence was an nusureterful attempt to show that Ilol-
royd was merely the servant of Mersey, and ought, therefore,
to have given up poreerdon when ordered to do an. Seven
of the men went discharged, owing to the failure of evidence
against them, but Maxey and eight others were remanded.

ORANGE RIOT AT BELFAST.

—.—
The Degas! Newt Lefler giver+ the following
account of a diegrareful affair • —The 12th of July in this
town has not permed off quietly. Last night (Tuesday) I.OIIIC
dieturbenere took plate in the noted leeelitiea of Durham-
street sad the Pound, which aseumed a threatening expect, and
three constables have been aeriouly °inherited At about 9
o'clock two opposing parliee met in Gmevanor-street, and
began to throw stow% and mndeotherhootiledemonFtnitionm.
The puttee promptly marched to the rune, where they were
welcomed with a shower of stoma.. The police then got orders
to fix buy onots and charge the toob, whwh they did with the
desired moult; for both parties, forgetting their previous
hostility, instantly fled in the dinietion of &Indy-
row, which has itself, "in days gone by," been the
rime of many • party etruggle. They made a drer-
mined halt near the railway crowing, and the polkte were
again attacked by • perfect shower of Urines. "Charge" wu
given once more, and eve prisoners were captured—two by
the bind police and three by the constabulary. The mob,
which had now become so cotelomerated that no party could
be dietinguithed, made an attempt at move, which was re-
velled by the police, sad the captives taken to the police
berrack, where they were kept handcuffed all night. This
emwd then dimpersed, but it re•arsenabled in Cullintree-road,
where they began to attack some houses with large stones. or
"pavers.' The local police force, under Chief-constables
Lindsay and Green, interfered, end the rioters directed their
attack on the conatabke. Constables John Bingham,
Thomae Gormley, and Thomas Cairns were SO eeriounly
cut and braked by the heavy stones thrown at them
that they had to be earned to the General Heapital ;
and had not the constabulary timely relieved the local Paves
from their position as the object, of attack the consequences
would have been even more ecrious. The mayor (S. G.
Getty, Esq.), Wm. S. Tracy, Req., R.M., and Dr. NPGee,
J.P., were on the spot ; • troop of Hussars and two compa-
niee of the Ude Regiment were sent for to the military bar •
reels and won despatched. Meantime the mob dispersed on
the Riot Act being read, but re as embled in the fields ad-
joining, proceeded to the neat and recently-built presbyterisn
church in Albert-street, and there commenced the demoli-
tion of thelarge windows. The exertions of the police again
mend them to separate. The Riot Act woes read several
times during the night, but nothing took place after the ar-
rival of the military, who were drawn up in front of the
police barrack,, the Hussars at intervals scouring round the
district. All afterwards resmaincd quiet.