The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-15 00:00:00

PROCABDINGS IN SCOTLAND.

" POET-GLASGOW, APltt. 10.
" In consequence of the daring and rebellious
movements of the Radicals at Glasgow, Paisley,
and adjoining districts, on Saturday week, au ex.
press arrived here on Sunday, ordering the voluu.
teen on duty, when, to their great praise, they
turned out with the utmost alacrity, and *rut to
Paisley ou Monday, where their presence was of
the most essential rervice. Circumstances, how-
ever, having rendered their stay there any longer
unnecessary, they received orders to march borne
on Saturday morning, and to escort live prisoner.,
apprehended for seditious practicer, to Greenock
gaol. They arrived here about half.past four
o'clock, and their loyal townsmen, proud. of the
services they had rendered, received them with Oc-
clarnatiosie.

" As they had received strict orders to take.par-
ticular care of their prisoners, in order to prevent
any attempt at escape, and it had been observed
here. during the whole of the week, that a coma-
derable number of idle people from the disturbed
districts IWe poising through this toms, towards
Greenock. it wail deemed prudent to send the whole
corps on with the prisoners in place of a detach-
ment ; and the imminent danger in winch they were
afterwards involved, which produced the lamenta-
ble catastrophe that followed, spewed the propriety
of this nieJline. On the march to Greenock, they
received intimation to be on their guard against
surprise, as there were evident indications of in-
tended insult, if not injury to the corps. Tins in.
telligence placed the officer. in no very pleasant
situation.

" Crowds of idle men and boys met them before
they had gone a mile from this, said incrrweil con-
siderably on their route. On ennuis% Cart dyke
they were libtoirislied to observe all the shops shut ;
sod here voices begin to bawl from the crowd to
the prisoners, " Cheer up, you will soon be re-
lieved from your situution ;" and, after imbuing the
first bridge, • large stone struck one of the senti-
nels in the cart with them. From this time the
crowd increased rapidly till they reached the gaol ;
when one company went inside the geol-yard with
the prisoners, and the other remained outside list
gate.

" At this time a number of men on a pile of
deals in a joiner's yard to the westward of the gaol,
and a crowd on the height of the reservoir to the
east, began to assail the company stationed inside
the gate with volleys of stones, when several of the
corps were severely injured, pod, as ate lives of all
were in danger, two or three shots were fired over
the heads of the party to the west, who made off.
The prisoners being now lodged in gaol, the corps,
according to the orders of their .coninsunding officer,
Captain Dunlop, began to retire, in order to return
home, and were accompanied to the equine adjoin.
lug by Mr. Dennision, the Chief Magistrate. The
crowd by this time bad become so excessive that the
volunteers had not room to form us they wished, but
immedtately began than march out of town in close
order; and here a scene of tumult couimenced which
most unfortunately terminated tu the 'UPS of many
liver. The mob i►►stantly began to shower volrtes
of large wolves on the volunteers ; many of whom
were severely wounded, notwithstanding the Mae
gictrate, and several gentlemen ou the spot, it
the moment were using every effort to protect
them. The corps seeing their lives placed in
such danger, now began to fire occasional shots
in the air, ii► order, if possible, to intimidate
the assailant., till they touched the Rue-end,
the rust outlet of the town; but cc the ferocity
of the mob seemed to Merrier, and they even
attempted to wren some of the arms from them,
some shots were levelled low, and here one or IWO,
li
preople (tit. Notwithstanding this awful circuits-
titmice the mob continued to hang on the Souks _J
mid rear of the corps with the utmost fury, till they
'ruched the open main rued at the tte..t end of•
Cartadyke (a mile from the square), thereby add-
log a tion.her more to the meluicholy of killed
and wounded, when they found it prudent to
:desist, mumble tint' mimic but the guilty would
expose thessiaelvei to (Linger on the open high-
way.• I lament most sincerely to ray, that ac-
WNW* yeuerday from the medical attendants
gide die awful result to be—nine dead sod

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