The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-03 00:00:00

ELECTIONEERING AFFRAYS.

CHARGES OF NEGLECT AGAINST THE CHIEF
CONSTABLE AND THE POLICE, AND RIOT

AT WIGAN.

On Saturday morning last, some of the electioneer-
ing parties came in contact with each other, near
to the Commercial Inn, when some blows were ex-
changed, and a man, of the name of Winstanley,
received a blow on the head from some weapon, which
felled him to the ground. He was immediately taken
home, and lingered until Sunday afternoon, when he died.
A Coroner's inquest will be held on the body on Tues-
day. The Borough Court was unusually crowded on
Monday, in consequence of several outrages having been
committed during the past week, and which came on for
hearing that day. There was a very full attendant of Ma-
gistrates, amongst whom were observed—the Mayor, J.
Aspinall, R. Greenough, R. Bevin, T. Cook, D. M'Ncile,
T. Taylor, and R. Fegan, Esqrs. After some minor
cases of assault had been disposed of, and the case of
Unsworth and others being called on, Mr. Cook
wished to ask Radcliffe, the policeman, why his orders
had been disobeyed ? Parties had applied to him to sign
warrants on Saturday morning, and he had given
directions to the policeman that if the offending
parties could be apprehended in sufficient time, to
acquaint the Mayor immediately, so that a special ses-
sion might be held, and the case be heard instanter.
Some of the parties, he understood, had been appre-
hended early on Saturday, and held to bail ; and his
first impression was that there had been some want of
courtesy on the part of the Mayor, but he now found
that it was owing to the neglect of the chief constable and
the policeman. Radcliffe said that he had communi-
cated Mr. Cook's orders to the chief constable, but not to
the Mayor. Mr. Aspinall thought that the police could
scarcely be expected to mind their duty, when the police-
office was hung round with electioneering papers. The
chief constable said he had ordered them to be pulled
down as soon as he found them there. The Mayor re-
marked that there had been some difficulty in obtaining the
warrant in sufficient time. This Mr. Part denied, and
said that when the warrant was ready, the chief con-
stable refused to take it with him. Mr. Fegan said, that
as the Mayor was about to leave the Court, he wished to
state that the neighbourhood of Hardy Butts, and Scholes,
in which he resided, was in -a very disorderly state on
the Sabbath day, and he appealed to the Mayor as to
the truth of this assertion. There were two or three battles
on Monday forenoon, and when he sent for the police they
were not to be found. This had been the case for the
last two months ; he had frequently complained to the
chief constable, but he seemed to take little notice of it.
If the police thought that they had nothing to do but
attend upon Mr. Lord, he should let them know different;
and if the other Magistrates were afraid to do their
duty, he should take care to do his.—The chief constable
retaliated upon Mr. Fegan, but was ordered to sit down,and
use more courteous language to a Magistrate in future.
The Mayor quite agreed with Mr. Fegan that the Scholes
was a very disorderly neighbourhood, and that some
better means ought to be adopted for the protection of the
inhabitants. After some further squabbling, the matter
dropped. At a subsequent stage of the proceedings of the
Court the Coroner had applied to the Bench to have
James Boyle (then in custody on a charge of assault) re-
manded until Tuesday, to await the Coroner's Inquest,
as there were suspicions that he was aiding and assisting
at the time the injuries were inflicted upon Winstanley,
but as the Coroner had no depositions to produce, the
Bench decided to go into the case of assault. Mr. C.
Hilton, solicitor, appeared for Boyle, and Mr. Ackerley,
solicitor, on the part of the Coroner, to watch the
proceedings. There seemed to be some demur
about the warrant, as it appears to have been
filled up by two parties. The witnesses for the
prosecution were examined at great length, but they
appeared to give evidence with such reluctance and
prevarication, that the Magistrates decided to adjourn
the case until five o'clock on Wednesday, to give
time for the coroner's jury to examine into the case of
Boyle. In the course of the afternoon, Mr. Ackerley ap-
peared in Court, and applied to the Bench to take some steps
to keep the peace, for a placard had appeared upon the
walls, stating that a demonstration and public proces-
sion of the working classes were to take place on Wed-
nesday afternoon, and he felt assured, if such demon-
stration did take place, the peace of the town could
not be preserved. Mr. Part inquired if Mr. Ackerley
had seen the placard, headed " Murdering Whigs," or if
he knew that the Wigan cavalry had been systematically
trailed to play their parts at elections ? Mr. Ackerley
could not speak to this, and immediately left the Court
in high dudgeon, the Magistrates assuring him that they
would take care to preserve the peace of the borough.—
Liverpool Mercury.

DOVER, JULY I.—(From a Correspondent.)—
The nomination took place to-day, ➢lr. Rice, Sir J. Reid,
Sergeant Holcomb, and Mr. Galloway, are the Candidates,
and severally addressed the freemen and electors. The show
of hands declared in favour or Mr. Rice and Sir J. Reid, and
there is no doubt they will be re-elected to-morrow by great
majorities.
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