The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-07 00:00:00

SERIOUS RIOT AT BURY.

(From the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday.)
At n. very late JlD:iTlasrnight, a fneaiefiger frAra—Bury
arrived in this town, with a requisition from the magis-
trates of that town for a military force; the trumpet at the
Cavalry Barracks sounded to horse about two o'clock. in
the morning ; and a troo p of the 6th Dragoons ( Carabi..,-
ncers) proceeded to Bury about three. Our Reporter
states :

" Last evening a riot of a disgraceful description oc-
curred in Bury. The circumstances under which it origi-
nated are, so far as we have been able to ascertain, as fol-
low :—ln consequence of the disturbed state of the district,
ten of the A division of the metropolitan police, under the
superintendence of Mr. Woodhouse, a sergeant of the
M division, were sent down to Bury, to assist in pre-
serving the peace, at which place they arrived on Friday
evening last. Their arrival soon became generally know"
On Monday evening a great nnmber of persons congre,
gated round their quarters, a house adjoining the Red
Lion Inn, in the Wynd, near the Old Church ; but no
disturbance then occurred. Last evening a similar crowd
collected, and a little before eight o'clock three of the
policemen, who had been taking a walk round the town,
were attacked as they passed through the crowd on their
return by the mob, some of whons pushed from behind and
the others in front kicked them. The policemen endea-
voured to persuade them to be quiet, when one of that
kicked policeman Jonathan Ravenscroft, and the snob
surrounded them all. The three policemen then took
out their staves and endeavoured to snake their vol
through, and took one man prisoner; but he was imree-
diately rescued. In the meantime the other policemen,
who were in the house, seeing the disturbance, ran out
to rescue their companions. They succeeded in reach-
ing Ravenscroft and Charles Wilson, but the other, J-
Carnen, was obliged to take shelter in the shop of
Sutcliffe, chemist and druggist, whence he made his
escape two hours afterwards, during all which tisne
companions were apprehensive that he was killed. The
mob collected and closed round them ; and the police, with
their staves, drove them off three or four times, and took
two prisoners, who were conveyed into the house in which
the police were themselves eventually obliged to take
shelter. The mob used stones, which were thrown about
very thickly, and several of the policemen were severely,
but we are happy to say not dangerously, hurt. When the
police got into the house, they fastened the door; but a
number of men tried to push it open, and finding they
could not succeed in that attempt, they threw stones et
it, some of them of great size and weight, and nearly
gained admittance. Four of the policemen stationed
themselves at the door, and each fired a pistol over
the heads of the people, which appeared to produce 110
effect whatever in checking the rioters. They then went
up stairs, being apprehensive that the door would be forced
in. Six of them fired again over the heads of the people,
but still no effect was produced, and the stones came, if
possible, faster than ever. The police then bred wrongst
the people, and a cry was raised that a young man wed
shot ; upon which the assembly began to disperse, ent.
shortly afterwards nearly all had left the grouau
The young man who is wounded, Adam Wrials!_ian
mechanic in the employ of Messrs. R. Walker (H• P')
and Brother, iron founders, engineers, &c., Rochdale'
road, Bury. He is about twenty years of age. The
ball passed clear through the calf of his leg, entering
to
at one side and coming out at the other. He walkedtod
Mr. Banks's, the surgeon, who lives near the place'a„who dressed the wound. His own account of biteee, r is'
that he was not present at the beginning of the affray' andkiog
had been there only about five minutes, and was
on when he was shot. The top windows of the
house in
which the policemen live are nearly all shattered to pieces,
and there are heaps of stones about it.
" The Magistrates, though all seemed peaceable a few
hours afterwards, having been informed that there was some
intention on the part of the people to assemble at an early
hour this (Wednesday) morning, despatched a messenger
to Manchester for the military, as already stated.
" During this morning up to ten o'clock, when our re-
porter a left,Burkittall remainedan dThomas
y, mechanics, and
ferow.workmen, who had been apprehended by the London
police,l3arniderlethe examination of
was about to commence before the Magistrates."

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