The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-09 00:00:00

THAMES.-(THIS DAY.)

THE RIOTS IN THE METROPULIS.—Edward Smith,
a respectable looking youth, was charged before Mr.
Ballantine with breaking the windows of Mr. Martin, a
tobacconist, in Whitechapel-road.
W. Glover, police-constable, stated that about seven
o'clock last night about 600 persons passed through
Whitechapel High- street, breaking the windows as they
passed. When they reached Whitechapel Church the
prisoner ran into the road and picked up some stones and
threw them towards the shop windows. Witness ran
after him and took him into custody, A cry was raised,
" Pelt the police," and a number of stones were thrown
at them. The prisoner cried out " Pelt them," and en-
deavoured to pick up some stones again. Witness suc-
ceeded with great difficulty iu removing him to the
station-house.

The prisoner, in defence, said he never threw the
stones and did not belong to the mob.
Mr. BILLANTINE—The police only did their duty in
protecting the tradesmen's property, and ho should fine
the prisoner 40z., or in default be committed to gaol for
one month.

William Rencile, a boy about 16 years, was charged
with assaulting Police-constable Dean, while in the exe-
cution of his duty.
Dean stated that while the mob were crying out
" Pelt the police" ho was suddenly knocked down by
several persons, and while he was down the prisoner
struck him. He called for assistance and succeeded in
securing him.
The prisoner denied striking the police, and said he
was a stranger in London.
Mr. BALLANTINE said a more disgraceful, reprehen-
sible, and mischevious offence had never come under his
notice as a magistrate. He committed the prisoner to
the House of Correction for one month.
Two others were bound over to keep the peace.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(TIIIS DAY.)
BE WDLEY.
The Bewdley Election Committee re-assembled at the
usual- hour in the• morning; Mr. Wrightson i❑ the chair.
Further evidence of treating was gone into.

LINCOLN.
The City of Lincoln Election Committee re-assembled
this morning; Mr. M. J. O'Connell in the chair.
Thomas Ccxon, a publican at Lincoln, proved that at
the last election he got orders to supply the blues
(Seley's colours) with drink, for which his bill amounted
to 141. 4s. The ordeD was given by Mr. Woodhead, a
miller of Lincoln, who wanted witness to vote for Seeley,
but he voted for Sibthorp and Collins. The drink was
supplied principally to voters and their friends, and after
the election he called upon Mr. Keeley, at Mr. Seeley'q
mill in Lincoln, for the payment of the bill; but he was
told as he had not voted for Seeley, he might get the
money from those who ordered the drink. Ile then
applied to Woodhead for the amount, but he refused to
pay. The County Court, however, compelled him to
pay the money.

COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.
(THIS DAY.)
The Metropolitan Savitnry Commissioners held a
Court of Sewers this morning, in one of the Committee-
rooms of the House of Commons; Lord Morpeth in tho
chair.

The cash statement having been read, and varicus
orders respecting the sewage of different districts having
been made,

The SECRETARY read the followinc, resolutions of the
General Purposes Committee, as to thhe disposal of refuse
tied control over sewers:—

" Resolved, nem. eon., That the public refuse of cities
is the property of the public.
"That the refuse matters contained in the sewers of
the metropolis should remain under the coutrul of the
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers.
" That any profit obtainable from such refuse matte!'
should bo applied, under the sanction of the Cousmir•
sioners of Sewers, to the diminution of the rates.

"That the Bill of the Great London Drainage Com-
pany, now before the House, would entirely appropriate
to this private company, without any compensation, the
whole produce of the metropolitan sewers.
"That this Bill would have the effect of entirely
superseding the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.
"That in the opinio❑ of this Commission no plan of
appropriating the contents of the metropolitan sewers
ought to be entertained until the general survey and
levels have been completed."
On the motion of Mr. CHADWICK, the resolution was
adopted, and power, which the committee prayed for,
granted. _ _ _

A petition was read from Mr. Stalwood, a rate-payer,
of the Holborn and Finsbury- division, complaining of
the excessive expense which attended the collection or
the rates of the division, and praying that the local
commissioners might be forced to render an explicit
account of the moneys they had received and expended.
The petitioner stated that a silver breakfast service bed
been purchased out of the rates for the benefit of the
local commissioners; and he prayed that this service
might be sold, and the proceeds applied to the use of
the rate-payers.
_ _ _

The Petftion was referred to the general purposes
committee.

Some other routine business was then disposed of,
and the Court adjourned till Thursday, the 23d inst.

THE DISTURBANCES IN LONDON.
In our Third Edition, last night, we stated that the
mob, after infesting the neighbourhood of the Strand,
Fleet-street, Chancery lane, Fetter-lane, Holborn hill,
and Cheapside, and frightening the well•thinking part
of the neighbourhood, had returned to its lair, and that
all was quiet up to the hour of our Third Edition going
to press. Such was then the fact, and the inhabitants
of these:localitiea who closed their shops re-opened them,
and all seemed going on quietly, when suddenly the more
mischievous of the mob determined to march off to
Stepney-green, a meeting having been advertised
to take place there, under pretence of denouncing
the income-tax. There they found a couple' of
vans, with a few persons in them, said to be
orators. One of them, the Mr. Reynolds who figured
in Trafalgar-square on Monday, in default of Mr. Coch-
rane, made a rambling disjointed harangue, not about
the professed object of the meeting, but respecting
republics, chartism, universal suffrage, liberty, equality,
&c. This, however, was soon found to be tiresome, and
the audience, about nine o'clock, and to the number of
two or three hundred, announced their determination of
proceeding en masse through Whitechapel, Aldgate, and
the principal streets of the City, to destroy windows, and
supplied themselves with stones for the purpose. This
mob was shortly joined by a large concourse of idlers
and others from motives of curiosity only, to the extent,
as they progressed as far as Whitechapel, of several
thousand persons. As they passed through Whitechapel
the work of destruction commenced. Stones were seal
flying in all directions, but in so systematic a manner,
that no individual hand could be recognised from whom
the stone was thrown.

The windows of the chemists and druggists, bakers,
and all those who bad not, on the advance of the rioters,
taken the precaution to close their shops, were speedily
destroyed. The police on duty and many gentlemen and
well-disposed persons preceded the rabble, and by their
timely information of their destructive conduct enabled
the shopkeepers to close their shops, and thereby saved
a large amount of property. The disappointment of the
mob was evident from the savage yell they uttered when
they approached and found no opportunity of carrying
on their work of destruction. The windows of the upper
floors of houses were destroyed, as also the lamps, but on
their arrival at Moses and son's their joy was evinced ;
the large squares of glass in the upper part of this
building were destroyed, the lower part being closed.
On they went through Leadenhall-street, Bishopsgate-
street,: and Threadneedle-street, to the Bank, cow'
mitting similar destruction. On their arrival at the
Bank an attempt at a demonstration was made, the
crowd collecting in front of the Royal Exchange, shout*
ing and yelling; but here it was evident that their leaders
understood their position, and the precautions that had
been taken by the City authorities, to double at every
point the police force, as also that the military guard et
the Bank had been doubled. Cries in a low voice were
heard, " No, boys, no, not here; do not stop. On! our
and away they went, without breaking a, single lamp in
front of the Bank; the windows of the Royal
Exchange suffered but little. At the Mansion•
house the rabble stopped, and repeated their
yelling shout, and stones were thrown. The
police here captured several without much opposi•
tion ; and at Bow Church, police-constable Burgess, 2$
of the detective force, captured two of the ringleaders,
who were iecitieg the mob, and succeeded in conveying
them to the Bow-lane station. By this time various
sections of the mob had dispersed themselves and pursued
their course to the West• end by different routes, as is
evident, from the windows on both sides of St. Paul's ;
the large show windows of Messrs. Allan and Co., having
been destroyed, as also those of many persons in New-
gate-street, Ludgate•street, Ludgate-hill, Holborn, the
Strand, and other places. In the latter places the work
of destruction was carried on by small isolated bands of
young ruffians ; but fortunately, from the active pre-
cautions that were taken by doubly strengthening the
police force, a great number of the most active wen
secured and conveyed to the several station•
houses, with scarcely in any instance any determined
opposition. The most effectual stop to the career of the
mob took place near the Old Bailey, when a large body
of the City Police attacked them with so much deterau•
nation that they fled in all directions. The most active
determination exists to put a stop to the lawless proceed•
ings that are now being carried on, the whole of the
police force having been kept throughout in constant
readiness to act. The mob generally ware composed
of the veriest scum of pickpockets, thieves, and coster•
mengei s.

All appears quiet to-day, thanks to the effective mea-
sures so promptly taken by the City authorities and th•
City Pollee; and the foolish and stupid demonstration
brought on by stupid and vain popularity-seeking
parties, who ran away from the Frankenstein their own
hands had reared, may now, we hope, be considered as
consigned to the tomb to which alone it belongs, namely,
that of public disgust for itself and its authors, and ac-
companied by the desecration of every well-thinking
subject of the Queen in the metropolis.