The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-10 00:00:00

RIOT ,V.E.7111. TIT E L-0 DOCKS.

ON
_Sunday afternoon a desperate affray toe)t-pllqey
between a"u umber. of Irish labourers and some Atrie-
tican seamen (belonging to Ships in the London j
Docks). in the,,Broadway adjoining the Deek§t.
The quarrel brig-Mated between an A tuericap .and
an Irishman, respelling a woman of -the to"v.n. A
battle ensued, andthe Irishman having gofthe worst
of it, went away, and returned, in the course of an
hour (about five o'clock) With' a strong reinforce-
ment of, hiscoUntrymen, armed with bro,w7i-sticks,
bludgeons, pokers, and various other sorts of weapons, •,
which .they brandished in - the air, with vis dent
imprecations, daring the ICinkees, as they termed
them,. to the fight. The. Americans, who were.
numerous, assembled in a body
_for their ywn'iifo
' "teeTiOn, but did not attempt to commit or "provoke
any breach. of the peace: Their forbearance, how_
ever; only tended to render the Irishmen , more
furioni, and' they showed eVery disposition,to cdrn-
r-..ience. an immediate attack. Some of, the Ame-
ricans, induced by the threatening aspe& of af-
fairs, procured 'from, on board". a• few ivetipons„ but
not sufficient to arm the whole. This was taken by
the sons of St. Patrick for a challenge to a trial of
skill. with' the shiliela, and,,they" instantly made a
fergciotis
.attaek on the Americans, who defended.
-themSelVes stoutly, but were defeated in 'the 'end,:
with 'broken heads, legs, &c. after a most "severe
and bloOdy contest. Upwards of .twenty Americans
• were wounded More or lesS'; six'of them so danger-.
, oust y, that they were obliged, to be carried
_off_ the
around. A yourio- man had his skull fractured, and
Iles without, hopes of recovery at the White Hart,
-Neptune-street : one had both hiS legs broken, and
was taken in a hopeless state. to the London
_Hospi-
tal : another unfortunate awn had 'one leg roken,.
and is by no means free from danger. An-American ;
• Captain is, we understand, =among those most hurt
:in the. affray. The success of the Irish Made them.
. quite outrageous ; after the 'result of the hintle was
knoWn, •reinfarcernents were constantly arriviiv.:,
who enlisted under the banners of lifurtochsullivun ,
the_ reputed. leader. They hoisted their hats on. their
weapons, and vociferated loudly, " Liberty'and Vi-
,negar.Hi•for ever"!`'
This serious comMOtion excited a general alarm in 7
the'neighbourhOod, and notice of the proceedings,:
were transmitted, to the Police Offices in that- Dist"
-triel, when Sir.D.Writ.m.xms, Mr. DAvrFA, of Latn-
.bert7strect Oqice,, and otpci Magistrates, assembled,:,
together with a ;arge
„posse..el ;constables, h*-
.:borbughs;and police Officers, andrePalred to the spot,
where the rioters were, still parading in great num
bers. About 'forty of the most aCtive Were appre-
hended, and lodged in the several `Watch-houses in
the Vicinity of ToWet-Lhill..,Guards-fra.m. the
,VOltin-
tier Corps in' the District were'placedever them all
. -night.
1.-Sterday •morning the rioters were escorted to
-Lambert-street Office, Goodman's-fields, where they
underwent an examination. About 15 'of the wound 7
;ed Americans- (all who were able) attended to o-ive
evidence against the Irishmen. They exhibited, a
deplorable sight. On inestigation,,it appeared that
. the. Irishmen
,were the aggressors : 23 out of the 40
brought up for examination were clearly identified
to have taken an , aCtiVe ' part in the "aaay ; of
thesewere fully committed for triA, and eight, who"
-had 'been less violent than the rest, were sent on
board the tender. A woman who was identified
among the crowd on the outside of the Office, as
the.person who gave to an Irishman, at the .time of
the conflict, - a clasp-Inife for a weapon, was taken
into custody, examined, and fully conitnitted
Before the AMerican Seamen Were suffered to.
.depart"the Court, one of, the Magistrates called their
attention to a fewil.Yords he had to,say. ;He remind-
e'l them of a riot which took place some time ago in
the neighbourhood of Wapping, in WhiCh some Am-
erican se-amen were the principal aelors: On that oc-
casion the Americans were foundeulpable and, pd
nished: He-did net, say any of those present Were
concerned, but be wished to impress upon their •
mindS, that the laws of this country were equally ad-
ministered to all. They were the injured party-, and
justice should be done them. Fyom, all that appeared
the Americans had
.conducted themselves with, pru-•
dence and discretion ; and,any violence that had been
manifested by them was -only in their own defence.
He concluded by exhorting them on all occasions to
a& with prudence and forbearance, and they would
be sure to meet ,with the *sa-me profeaion frbm the
laws as British Subjects.