The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-21 00:00:00

NEW MINISTRY.

The Attorney-General had a very lon.. interview this
morning with Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners
Sutton at the Home-office.
Feveral of the Cabinet Ministers visited Sir Robert
I this morning, at his residence in Whitehall-
rdens.

A Treasury messenger was sent off with dispatches
this Morning for her Majesty at Windsor Castle.—
Evraing Paper.

THE WEATHER.—NooN, SEPTEMBER 20.
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AGED HUSBANDMEN.—On Thursday week,
thrn men, whose united ages amounted to 241 years,
were reaping by 'themselves in a field of corn w:iich they
had engaged to cut for I,lr. Wrm. Brooks, of Fo.veote. near
Stourbride, and performed their work in a thost satisfac-
tory- manner. Their names are Richard Norris, aged
; Benjamin Round, 79 ; and George Jones, 79.
Worcest4r Herald,

ATTEMPT TO. ASSASSINATE
H LOIW ONVIcK.
- (FRom A CORRESPONDENT.)

Sunderland. Friday Eyening, Sept. 17.

I send you a copy of the Szinderldnd Herald,
containing the state of the poll, by which you
will see Lord Howick, in the Liberal cause, has
a majority. of 261.

Since I received the Herald.,l have just had
intelligence from a police-officer, who saw the
matter, that au attempt has been made to assas-
sinate Lord Howick, who was being chaired in
2,lonkweermouth, about two o'clock this after-
noon. A man (f.,. publican) fired a pistol froM a
window in his house, the'contents of which grazed
a carriage next to Lord Howick's ; the fellow af-
terwards attempted to fire a loaded gun, which
fortunately missed fire. Liddle, the assassin, has
been lodged in prison, and the mob took instant
vengeance upon the man's property—they hav-
ing destroyed all his stock of spirits, ale, and fur-
niture, together-withal the windows in his house.

The following account of this unfortunate dis-
turbance is taken from the Gateshead Observer

of Saturday

YESTERDAY'S RIOT.

Whilst we were congratulating ourselves that we had
at length completed our report of the late eventful pro-
ceedings in the borough of Sunderland, we were startled
by the intelligence that an attempt had been ,made to
assassinate Lord Howick ! A handbill was brought to
us., which had been printed in Sunderland, and stated
,ttiat, a-gun had been levelled at his Lordship during
the "chairing" in Alonkwearmouth, by Mr. Liddle,
from the window of. his house in l)undas-street, with
an apparent intent to shoot his Lordship,. but that it
missed tire ; after which, stones were thrown at the
Noble Lord's carriage. This led to the destruction of
LiildVs windows.,

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Since we received the following statement, we have
obtained intelligence which inelines us to believe, that
although a gross outrage was perpetrated upon Lord
4owick, and Lady Williamson, &e., no fatal result was
contemplated. The Herald states, in a second edition of
its yesterday's paper, that when the procession accom-
panying Lord Howick's chairing arrived in Whitburn-
street, Menkwearmouth, they found two blue and white
;lags (Mr. Attwood's colours) suspending from the
h.window of a private dwelling-house, and of a
public Amuse kept by a person named Edward
Liddle, (the sign of " The Reform 'Tavern.") In
' passing' these, , as is usual on such occasions, the
crowd hooted and-hissed. No sooner had they done
so, than a volley of stones was thrown from the upper
story of the house into the procession. The stones were
such as are used for paving, many of thein as large as
half-bricks ; and they of course scattered the procession,
and iferiottedy injured several individuals. One of these
hit Lord Howick over the right hand, and the other hit
Mrs. Bell; who was in another carriage, on the arm. A
third stope was thrown in the direction of Mr. William
Allison, solicitor, of Monkwearmouth, whom it missed,
and, instead, hit Mr. J. W.-Robinson; solicitor.
A portion of the crowd, exasperated by this proceed-
ing, in-tautly threw hack several of the stones. No
sooner did the course of retaliation begin, than the land-
lord of the house, Edward Liddle, presented a fowling-
piece from the window of the upper-room, (the lower
sash of which was completely up), and moving it in
various directions, without apparently taking aim at any
partielthir person, snapped the gun, but fortunately it
only flashed in the pan.
lastantly on this daring act being observed, several of
the; procession attacked the house; and-brickbats, thrown
frpm both sides, wounded different persons; two or three
''whom received several cutson their heads. The house
rushed utioir--the windows and a great part of the
furniture broken-ethe• small casks in the front room
(which was fitted .rfp as a bar) dashed on the ground and
the spirits wasted, and many of the smaller articles in or-
tiinary use either injured or destroyed.
After the g:ul had been presented, Sir Hedworth
Williamson, accompanied the ladies to Thomas- street,
and then returned to the-- spot, and obtained pos-
:ession of the gun. A person was sent to the station 7
heitise far_, puheeman4 but .one not being there, Sir
Hedworth himself took the man into custody. Im-
mediately afterwards an officer arrived, and Liddle was
conveyed to tb.e_ station-house. The fowling-piece was
then examined by the Hon. Baronet, Mr. Anthony John
Moore, and a poaceman. There was found in it a full
chargF.edf powder; and the wadding consisted of paper,
twice `or three times the quantity of that ordinarily used,
tightty.fresed down. It did 'not, however, contain any
shot.

On this serious disturbance taking place, Lord Howick
was driven to Whitburn, the seat of Sir Liedworth Wil-
liamson\ and.endeavours were made to prevent mischief,
but it was some time before hostilities ceased.

Immediately on hearing of the affair (says the Herald),
we proceeded to the spot. The house was then sur-
rounded by persons, and policemen were very properly
stationed inside to prevent any change from taking place
inside the house until the matter can be fully investi-
gated. Outside, all the windows were broken, and also
some of the 'tiles ; and inside, the front room of the
house was almOst entirely gutted, some of the walls were
broken, and not'less than twenty or thirty paving-stones
scattered on the floors of the different rooms. From the
statement of one of the parties, it appears there were
in the house. at the time the procession passed
nearly forty men. Twenty .of these were engaged in Mr.
Attwood's band (and they were at dinner in the back-
room). About ten of the remainder were " colourmen,"
as they are generally termed—men engaged to carry the
banners, also in the Tory candidate's party; and eight or
ten were persons 'who had accidentally come into the
'-house. We heard that some men, who apparently came
from Liddle's premises, annoyed and threw stones at the
processionasit passed the end of Dundas-street, but of
this fact, which will be important to the inquiry,we have not
obtained any decisive information. It was also stated to
us, that the disturbancei first originated by the circum-
stance of a man named Anthony- Brown (one of Mr.
Attwood's party), waving a blue and white flag as the
procession passed the door ; and that Liddle, the land-
lord of the house, begged Brown to come in, but with-
out avail, until those in ,Lord Ilowick's procession first
threw dirt and then stones at the windows. .But the
former statement we have given as to the origin of the
mischief, appears most probable, and torest upon stronger
testimony.
It is stated by the landlady of the house that she has
lost 20CL, and also two sovereigns, which must have been
stolen, from the premises during the uproar. The 2001.,
she says, was in a yellow bag, and hidden under a rum
cask. Ns money she had possessed for a considerable
time,„.put Until that morning she had kept it in the
drawers." Shortly before the disturbance, however, she
had placed it under the rum cask. It consisted of gold,
Bank of England notes, and country notes. The other
sum, two sovereigns and some odd silver, was placed on
the higheSt Shelf-of the bar, having been placed there
in like manner, for safety.
We otight to add, that Liddle keeps a kitchen garden,
and we are informed that he uses the gun principally for
shooting sparrows. -We should also mention that the
sign, " The Reform Tavern," was tern down by the crowd,
and broken to pieces, the " ratting" of the landlord evi-
dently increasing their violence.
From the number of large paving-stones thrown from
the windows of the house, it would seem they had been
carried on the premises, and prepared, either designedly
for a disturbance, or in the event of such a circumstance
arising. We merely mention the fact as fraught with
suspicion of a premeditated object, and refrain from en-
tering into comment, or from giving insertion to some
statemen-ts.anil. inueudoes which have reached us, as the
case will, no doubt, be the subject of magisterial inquiry.
'We cannot, however, conclude, without lamenting that
the contest for this borough, which we are sure it is the
with of the respectable of all parties, should have been
closed in peace and good-humour, has been characte-
rised by a riotous attack, which, however it may have
originated, and whatever may be the culpability of the
unfortunate man now in custody for the offence of pre-
senting fire-arms, must be characterized as disgraceful to
the parties implicated, and injurious to the character of
the town.

We concur with our Contemporary in believing that
" the respectable of .all parties" can have no desire for
destructive outrage on person and on property ; but is
not this lamentable riot the natural fruit -of that system
of bribery and drunkenness which the leaders of the
Tory party—men arrogating to themselves the epithet',
" respectablP—introduced into the contested election of
the last few days ? With whatever party the affair of
yesterday may have commenced, who can deny that the
responsibility of the outrage attaches to the "respect-
able" gentlemen who " opened" public-houses, and did
their worst to inflame and brutalize the people of Sun-
derland ?

PARTICULARS. OF THE' EXAMINATION.
The person accused of the outrage is Edward Liddle,
and he is, or rather was, the.proprietor of a public-house
called the Reform Tavern, in Whitburn-street, Monk-
wearinouth. He was a partisan of Mr. Wolverly Attwood,
the Tory candidate, during the election, and had acted
as leader of his band of music. The following details of
evidence were taken at the Mayor's Chambers on Saturday
morning :
The prisoner having been placed at the bar, Inspector
Bailes, of the Sunderland police, formally charged him
with the offence above referred to.
John Sedgwick, fruiterer, of the High-street, Bishop-
wearmouth, sworn, said—l went in the procession
before Lord llowick, till I came opposite Dundas-
street, near Liddle's house, at which blue and white
(Mr. Attwood's) colours were displayed. I was in
company with the clerk to the Northern Advertiser,
and when we came opposite Liddle's house, I said to
my friend; " What a disparity between the flag and
the sign I" the latter being " The Reform Tavern."
Liddle was then sitting in his shirt sleeves at his
window, smoking, and leaning on his elbow. In the
other window on the same floor of the house there
were a great many men smoking. When the carriages
came opposite Liddle's house, a man came out arid
waved a bunch of blue and white ribbons, and said,
" Now lads!" After that, Liddle laid down his pipe and
took up a gun, and exclaimed, "I'll shoot you, you
thief !" or "you rascal 1" and either pulled or pretended
to pull the trigger ; and I saw either a smoke or a
flash, I cannot say which, I was so much agitated at
seeing the gun. There was no one near Liddle, and the
smoke or flash was not from his pipe, which he had laid
down. Liddle then took in the gun, and did something to
the lock. The gun was again presented, when I
lwas oppo-
site the first horse of tlw carriage, on '.Which I cried
out repeatedly, " A gun ! a gun !" The horses then
went off at full speed. Liddle presented the gun at the
carriage, pulled the trigger again, and then took it in
again. When the gun was presented-the second time,

stones were volleyed from every.. window of the house.
From the door or front of the house a quantity of filth
was thrown upon the carriages. • I then made off, but
looking round, I saw something prpented from the win-
dow a third time, like a gun -barrel, or a walking-stick,
but I was too.far off to say which. ,f
By Mr. Backhouse—l heard no report of the gun, nor
saw any smoke from file muzzle.
Bernard Ogden, Esq., said—l was in a gig behind
Mr. Bell's carriage, which contained Mr. and Mrs. Bell
and Lady Howick. In going up the street I SD.W a stop-
page—a row of some sort or other. My servant said,
" There is a man holding, a gun out of a window !"
After the procession moved on, I saw flame and smoke
like the flash of a. gun, and, something project from the
north upper window like a gun. I heard no report. I
could not identify the man that held the instrument. I
saw none of the windows broken as I passed.

Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., sworn, said—When
the stoppage took place, I looked toward Liddle's house,
and saw some men starting back as if in, alarm Lady
Howick exclaimed, Oh, there is a man haS fired a gun,
and there are some, white things come out of it." A volley
of stones was discharged at the carriage from, close to
Liddle's louse, . one •of which struck a man clofe to the
carfiaie. - On this I pulled Lady Howick down into the
hottorit of the carriage to protect her, and fell over. her.
I went on in the procession to. the Wheatsheaf," but
returned to pacify the people, and found the house
pretty nearly gutted. The police had arrived,
and an' active search took place for the man, who
had been seen crossing a little back lane. He
was pursued into - a }Muse at the corner of the
street, which was beset front and rear. A door was
forced open and the house entered ; one of the rooms
on the ground floor was locked. I unbolted the back
door to admit the police. The police went up stairs,
and in half a minute came down with the prisoner, who
was without coat or waistcoat, and his hair bloody. I
accompanied prisoner- to the station-house,. and had some
difficulty in preserving bins from the fury of the mob.
He did not say a word. I went hack to the public-
house, and found ,the. crowd forcing their way into it.
The police cleared the way, and I ad-dressed the people,
telling them it was ,desirable to search for the gun.
Same of the police up stairs called out that the gun
was
.found, and I srov . it' in the hands of Serjeant
Pearson.: It had no ramrod in it, but the rod was found
broken in another part of the room. I called to Mr.
A. J. Moore, and, on patting the ramrod into the gun,
I found there was something soft in it. The ramrod
being too short to draw the charge, we sent for another
rod and drew the gun. First, came out this pellet.
[Here the witness produced a hard mass of chewed
paper, three times the size of an ordinary paper wad.]
This pellet was wet and greasy, as if it had been taken
out of a gun recently fired, and it made astain on my
hand. On turning down the muzzle of the gun, a good
deal of powder fell on the ground, but a good charge of
coarse powder was saved, which I produce.
The Magistrate here asked who conducted the case
against the prisoner ; on which, aftera brief consultation
between Inspector Belles and Mr. A. J. Moore, one of
Lord Howick's law agents, the latter gentleman took the
management of the prosecution. .

Thomas Milton, of Newcastle, sworn, said he was
struck by a stone from the public-house as he was pass-
ing, holding by the I:andle of Sir Bedworth's carriage-
door. Ile also saw the prisoner, whom he knew well,
present the gun, but he did not see it fired. lie heard
the clash of the windows broken before he saw the gun.
Walker Featherstonlmugh, Esq., sworn, said— I was
in the carriage with Lord Howick,with my baek to the
horses, when his Lordship exclaimed, "Good God, there
is a man with a gun:" On looking-, I saw a man at oar-
of the upper windows, in the act of cocking something
like a gun. From another upper window a volly of
stones was thrown, one of which struck Lord Howick
and another myself. No glass had then been broken,
and all had been quiet up to that time. The carriage
then drove off at a quick pace,, and I saw nothing more.
Bores Wallmr, sworn, said—l was standing
near Liddle's house when the procession came by, and
distinctly say that. no attack was made on the house
before Lord Ilowick's carriage came up.. Some one
cried out, " There's a gun !" and on looking up I saw
prisoner in the act of presenting a gun, and apparently
using threafuning language. I-saw nothing 'more, but
went away, thinking there would be mischief. As 1
passed-the back lane, I saw Liddle with two stone por-
ter-bottles in his hand, which he threw into the crowd.
I saw another man come out of the house with a heavy
piece of wood in his-hand-,-which he threw into the
crowd.

Cross-examined by Mr. Wright—Many of the mob
and Lord Howick's carriage had passed the house about
20 yards before I saw the gnn presented. It was not
presented at the carriage at first, but was afterwards.
Mr. H. Hindmarch, barrister-at-law, sworn, said—
I was sitting on the box of the third carriage in the
procession, when I heard a cry—" A man is going to
fire I" I looked forward, and saw a man in his shirt
sleeves with a gun at his shoulder, and apparently
aiming it at Lord Howick's carriage. Aa the carriage
was passing on the man moved his gun so as to take a
proper aim. I also saw a large quantity of stones come
from the window::: of the house. On looking
again at the house, I saw something proceeding from
the gun, which I believed to be smoke ; I have a doubt
on the point, but very little doubt. The man then ap-
parently pointed his gun at the second carriage, in the
same way as at the first ; but I saw no smoke then.
We drove on as quickly as we could, and as we passed
the house, a shower of stones was thrown at us from
the house. I saw two or three panes broken as we passed.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wright—l. cannot say from
what part of the gun the smoke proceeded, but I think
from the lock. •

Sir H. Williamson explained, that the broken ram-
rod, though too short to draw the pellet from the gun,
was of sufficient length to have drawn any charge that
might have been over it, supposing.Liddle to have at-
tempted to unload his gun during the interval between
the outrage and his capture.
Mr. Mdore here prayed the Court for an adjournment
of the case till Ttiesda, whcn he expects to bring proof
of a !arge quantity of stones having been collected in the
house, and also of Lkldle's having cleaned,his gun with
the intention of using it in the way described.
Mr. Wright requested' the Magistrates, if they re-
manded the prisoner, to allow him to go out on bail,. as
he should show that he had acted merely in self-defence.
This was objected to by Mr. Moore ; but after a private
consultation the Mayor announced that. bail should be
taken for the re-appearance of the prisoner, himself
being bound in 80L, and two sureties in 401. each.
Messrs. George .Hudson and William Story, two of
Mr. Attwood!s' Monkwearmouth friends, are Liddle's
bondsmen.

Liddle's house is a perfect wreck, every article of fur-
niture having , been smashed to atoms, and his stock of
provisions and liquor thrown into the street by the crowd
in revenge for his conduct. The prisoner's wife says
that the sum of 2001., which she had concealed in the
house, was carried off by the mob.
Immediately after the outrage, Lord and Lady Howick
drove off to Sir Hedworth Williamson's, at Whitburn,
but will return on Monday, the 20th inst., when a public
dinner is to be given to his Lordship in the Athemeum.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.
A few subscribers atterided yesterday, but the majo-
rity having remained in the north fur the Liverpool
Races, very little business was -done on forthcoming
events, and still less towards settling the Doncaster
balances. The following will be found a correct quota-
tion of the prices :
CESAREWITCII STAKES.
9 to 1 each agst Orelia and Welfare laid in one bet.
DERBY. '•
18 to 1 agst ColOnel Anson's Attila—taken, and
• afterwards offered
1000 to 45 agst Mr. Wreford'i Wiseacre—taken
1000 to 40 agst Lord Verulath's Robert de Gorham—t.
Attila was backed for upwards of 309./., at 18 and 19
to I. The last offers agst Robert de Gorhana.were only
22 to 1.
It was stated that Lord 'Westminster has removed his
race horses from Scott's, and placed them under the care
of Osborne, and that they will. be trained at Delamere
Forest.

SIR IHIZODORE MAYERNE.—Sir T. Mayerne,
who got an immense sum by his practice, was once con-
stilted by a friend, who laid two broad pieces of gold
(six and thirties) on the table, and Sir Theodore put
them in his pocket. The friend was hurt at his pocket
ing such a fee ; but Sir Theodore said to him, "I made
my will this morning, and if it should appear that I had
refused a fee I might be deemed non compos."
CHARACTER OP MAN.—As storm following
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