The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-16 00:00:00

DISTURBANCES Al CHESTERFIELD.

On Saturday seven men were brought up before
the county magistracy, charged with riot and inti-
midation, at Sheepbridge, near Chesterfield, on
Tuesday last. All the prisoners denied the charge,
and were defended by Mr. Cutts, solicitor. The
evidence of several Irishmen was taken, and ac-
cording to their statement it appeared that the pri-
soners ordered all the Irish out of the works. They
refused to go, but were forcibly driven away, and
pursued for upwards of a mile. Several of them
were rather severely beaten, and none have since
returned to work. The timekeeper gave evidence
which exculpated two of the men, and they were
consequently discharged. The evidence was
very contradictory, and the magistrates decided to
send the remaining five prisoners for trial at the
ensuing quarter sessions, on the charge of riot. Bail
was accepted. The Town Council of Chesterfield
have decided to swear in a large number of special
constables to preserve order.
The disturbances already reported were followed
by others on Saturday night. About half-past
I.t o'clock a large crowd collected in the market
place, principally composed of English colliers.
The first manifestations of feeling were loud yells
and cries for the Irish to come out of their houses.
The latter very wisely kept in, otherwise a most
serious disturbance must have taken place, the mob
being well armed with bludgeons, life preservers,
and other weapons. The members of the Rifle
Corps to the number of 100 were ordered to remain
on duty, and to be in readiness to be sworn in as
special constables. Finding that the Irish would
not come out, the mob proceeded to the house of
the man Flannery, who was last week set at liberty
on the charge of murdering Cooper. The police,
being aware of the object of the crowd, instantly
made to the house, and successfully barricaded the
passage so that none could get near the dwelling.
Finding they were frustrated the mob proceeded
to other Irish dwellings, and smashed the windows,
breaking in the framework in some instances. The
town was kept in a state of great disorder, nume-
rous assaults being committed, until about two
o'clock on Sunday morning, when the mayor (who
in company with several magistrates and members
of the town council had remained in the streets
during the greater portion of the night) addressed
the mob, and ordered them to disperse. Three voci-
ferous cheers were then given for the mayor, after
which the crowd began to diminish; but it was
nearly four o'clock before quiet was entirely-restored.
On Sunday morning Mr. Shipton, a member of the
town council, went to Derby and obtained the as-
sistance of a detachment of 35 policemen, under
Chief Constable Fox, who arrived in Chesterfield on
Sunday evening. About 11 o'clock a disturbance,
similar to that of Saturday night, took place, but
order was soon restored. About half-past 11, as an
unoffending Englishman was walking quietly along
the High-street, two Irishmen pounced upon him
out of an entry and levelled him to the ground with
a weapon of some description. A large crowd and a
body of police were on the spot directly ; but the
man, whose head bled freely, scarcely saw his as-
; &Aleuts, and in consequence the mob was unable to
L find them. Whilst searching for them an Irishman
) ran out of a house, and was instantly pursued by the
. whole body of people, who soon caught him, and
- administered a sound castigation on the spot.

707 AL LOSS OF A TRURO SCHOONER

WITH ALL HANDS.

Intelligence was received at Helston on Saturday
morning that a vessel had been wrecked during the
previous night at Gunwalloe, and that the crew were
all drowned. About 8 o'clock on Friday night the
wind suddenly rose, and two hours later a perfect
gale was blowing from the south. Several vessels
had been seen at sundown in the offing of the bay,
all standing well out, and no lights were observed
during the night by the coastguard on the cliffs.
At 5 o'clock in the morning a small hatchway was
found on the sand, at Gunwalloe Church Cove,
and at 7 o'clock a young man, resident at the
farmhouse near the church, saw a large piece of
wreck in a small indent of the cliff, and at about 10
o'clock, when the tide had ebbed, it w, s found to be
about 20 feet of the middle of a schooner, with no
timbers of bow or stern attached ; soon after this
upwards of 50 persons were engaged breaking up
the wreck, and from between the ribs taking out
copper ore, the cargo of the unfottunate vessel. The
spot where this busy work was going on is a gorge,
with overhanging rocks of 80 feet high on one side,
and a sloping bank on the other cf equal height.
The wreck was jammed lengthwise between the
sides, and left high and dry. A little further to
the eastward is another indent, called Pike's Cove,
having also very precipitous approaches, and here
lay the after part of the vessel, together with heaps
of fragments of timber. The stern lay nearly flat
on the sand, but the word Arwenack was quite
legible in white letters on a black ground. Two
miles further still to the eastward, at Mullion Cove,
a boat was seen by one of the coastguard, outside
the breakers, about 8 o'clock, and shortly after he
saw it capsize, and it was thrown on shore; with it
were found four oars, and a southwester hat, but
nothing was seen of the sailors. Of course nothing
was known positively at Gunwalloe on Saturday as
to the destination of the Arwenack. It was conjec-
tured she had left Falmouth harbour on Friday,
and in the gale had lost her masts when abreast of
the Lizard, for none of the sails but a jib attached
to the jibboom have been found. Had she not been
disabled thus, she might have made Penzance with-
out any otbut any difficulty. Her madder was attached to
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