The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-03 00:00:00

RIOT AT BRIGHTON RACES:

A serious disturbance took place on the race=
dOwn on Monday evening, 29th ult. The drinking booths had
been crowded after the close of the sports, and so they con.
tinned at the approach of night. Liquor, at times, will have a
potent effect on those who deeply partake of it : so it turned out
in the instance alluded to, and several fights took place. The
headboroughs had left the ground, but the beadles remained
there. The latter interposed their authority to subdue the grow:.
ing disposition to warfare, but it was ineffectual. The beadles
were unmercifully beaten, and limbs and lives appeared in (lan.:
ger. While the battle raged as described, a messenger from the
Scene of action reached the- residence of our active Magistrate
Sir Davin SCOTT.; and who strongly petitioned that the military
might be called out; as nothing short of such an intervention, he
said, could premise to restore tranquillity: The Baronet, de-
termined to be convinced that there was an actual necessity for
the measure advised before he sanctioned it, ordered his horse,
and, accompanied by one headborough (Hartwell), on Lorse-
'hack likewise, galloped off for the riotous quarter. He
found the disturbance more general than he had anticipat-
ed; and, spirited and dangerous as was the attempt, in an
instant he was in the midst of it, in the hope, by a timely
remonstrance, of restoring peace. But he was deceived
the warriors, in their rage, seemed bent on mischief, and heavy
stones were thrown in all directionl. Sir-David now kept his
ground at the imminent risk of his life; one fellow,' seizing the
bridle, made an effort to dismount him, but a-determined blow
from the staffed' the beadle (Mills) broke the assailant's arm, and
frustrated his purpose. Sir David was wounded in many parts
of the bony, and one of the missiles lacerated his face. Several
of the beadles at this time, stunned by the blows inflicted, were
prostrate • And no one obeyed the call of authority to aid and as-
sist in quelling the riot. A few persons, at last, became more
discreet, and two of the offenders, named llibbins anti Martin,
the former a blacksmith, and the other a labourer, in the end
were secured, and sent off to the gaol at Lewes. From the
downs, the fire of discord reached the level; where, fur some
time, it was not to be extinguished ; but Sir David, with the
headborough named, who had kept close by him and suffered
similarly, regained his residence; and‘thotigh much bruised atnci
bleeding, without being dangerously hurt. Warrants were then
issued against such of the mob as were known, and five or Six
in the early part of the following day were in custody. At the
Town-hall, on Tuesday evening, Sir David attended the examin-
ations, and William Ockenden, G. Tester, and others, were
compelled to find bail for their appearance at the Assizes.=
Ilibbins and Martin were brought back frofn the gaol at Lewes
.-the former found bail, but the latter- was detained in default.
A warrant was directed against Air.,Peters, information hav-
ing been lodged against him, stating him to have taken a lead.:
ing part in what-had occurred. Peters and some others are to be
brought before the Bench this day. We hear that several are
in custody. At the Town-hall, on Tuesday, Sir David exhi-
bited a scar in the face, arid his left arm, he said; was painful,,
and nearly useless. Swollen cheeks, black, blue, and yellow
marks, and eyes nearly closed, bad been pretty equally dealt out
among the beadles. Providentially no life 'was lost.• The
person whose arm was fractured as yet remains concealed.—
(Brighton Gazette.) • \

ALL IN ONE DAY !!!—Tuesday, the 13th of
This Month, the Lottery finishes.—The Wheel
still contains-Two Grand Prizes -of e 30,000
Consols, and various other Prizes,' all,of which
must be Drawn that Day.—A' few warranted
undrawn Tickets and Shares are yet on Sale
at 13isn's Offices) 4, Cornhill; and .9, Charing-
Cross.

FOR THE SUN.

Ma. EDITOR-Haying read in your Paper -of
last night, under the_ head of Police Report, a
statement commenting " Affecting Story" of an
elderly man and his wife, of decent appearance,
having applied to the Magistrates of Bow-street
to assist them in recovering their lost daughter,
who had been seduced by a Mr. J- - a

gentleman of colour, who had large possessions
in the West Indies, I am induced to address you
upon the subject, not so much to expose the
atrocity of the transaction as to enable tile un-.
fortunate parents to, recover their much injured
daughter. It perhaps may be in your recollec-
tion that in October, last year, several of the
newspapers., in their Marylebone Police Report,
stated that the, daughter of a Noble Earrhad
been seduced and ran away with from her father,
and was apprehended with her paramour for
robbing her lodgings, and committed to Newiate:
This story excited my consideration, and I took

an opportunity to visit her in prison, to ascertain
whether it were true. The young woman, a
genteel and handsome girl about 16 years of age,
burst into tears, and, in 'an artless and modest
manner, told tyre the follov'ing story.:—She was of
humble parents and had been engaged in a family,
the name of which she concealed, but which
stippose was that of the man of colour who se=
duced her, and she betame pregnant. To avoid.
exposure, -he took prLvate lodgings for her at
Midwife's somewhere- about. .Norton-street,..from
whence, after being delivered, she' was removed
to a' Mrs: STEVENS'S', in Great Quebec-street;
where her seducer occasionally visited her, as a
relation. %lie pad for her accommodation for
some time, but at length deserted her, when a
young man named visited and paid his
addresses to her, the Lady of the house supposed
for honourable purposes. She went away with him
for the purpose, as she stated, of being married,
and to live in one of the cottages in the Regent's
Park.' Some time after, one of Mrs. S's. lodgers,
a Mrs. THonNE, returned to town., and-found
that her .box had been plundered of sundry.
Valuable, articles, which were traced to where
117-=-:-- and ANN DAVIS were living together.
The poor girl, from tenderness to the fellow,
took all tle blame on herself, and he was
so brutally callous as not only to allow the
charge to remain on the pcior girl, but even
to visit her in Newgate,- and, get from her
a valuable shawl, which he said he wanted toi
pain to pay for his' lodgings. I relieved the
poor girl, and .wrote to a relation, of W—, a
Mr. LEviNE, 33, York-street, Portman-square,
where his mother lived, who called on me ; as
also did Mrs. THORNE, the reludant prosecutrix,
Et.A MrS.,STEMENS, to avoid forfeiting their re-
cognizances, as they did not wish to appear
against the unfortunate girl, whom they
srected and loved, and_ conceived to be the
dupe of she was, in the first instance, of
Such was the feeling excited in \her be-
half, that two charitable ladies, on her being dis-;
charged from Newgate, took tier away "in their
carriage. Should this meet the eye of her dis-
tressed parents,' and they call upon me, I will
send a person with them to a place where they
may probably hear some satisfactory tidings of
her:—Relying on your feelings of humanity to in-
sert this communication,
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
10, Btidge.atreet, Aug. 2. J. W. PARKINS.

MARRIAGE LlCENSES.—Surrogates and others:
to whom applications may be made for-the grant
of Licenses of Marriages are requested to .oh-
serve that, by the new Marriage Act, which re-,
Ceived the Royal Assent on the'22ll July last, it
is enacted, ce That no person shall, from and after
the passing of this act, he deemed authorized
by law to grant any license for the solemniza-
tion of any-marriage except the Archbishops of
Canterbury and York, according to the rights ;tow
Nested in thetn respectively,and except the several
other Bishops within their respective dioceses, for
the marriage of persons, one of whom shall: be
resident at the time within the. diocese of
.the
Bishop in whose name such license shall be
granted." This caution is deemed the more neces-
sary, as a wrong notion prevails,
,that norte of
the provisions of the new Marriage Act take
:effect till after the Ist day of September next,
whereas -the above important restriction took
effect.from and after the nd day.of July last.

Iron Railway between, Liverpool and Man-
chester.—For several years past an undertaking
of this sort has, at different times,"been the sub-
ject of consideration ; but there has not hitherto
been a sufficient combination of interest or property
engaged in favoJr of the plan to admit .of. its
being commenced. We understand, however,
that the, attention of a' great number of• the
trading merchants, both in Liverpool and . Man-
chester, has recently been tultnd to the subject,
and that a variety of calculations have been 'trade
to show-the great public advantage which may be
expected, to accrue from the undertaking lieinz
carried into effect. The result, it is probable, will
be, that public meetings of-the inhabitants of this
town and Manchester will speedily be called to
consider of the scheme, and that early applica-
tion will he made to Parliament, for the powers
requisite to carry it into effect. It is, perhaps,
scarcely-necessary to add, that the use of steam-
carriages is contemplated.—(Liverpool Go4rier)