The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-15 00:00:00

FATAL ORANGE RIOT.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, JULY 14, THREE P m.—The
various Orange Clubs in this town.and its vicinity having
resolved upon a procession to-day, to celebrate the battle
of the Boyne, assembled at their respective lodges at nn
early hour, and proceeded to the place of rendezvous, the
statue of King George 111 , in the London-road. There
is a large space of ground at this spot, similar in some
respects to the square at Charing-cross, London, before
the fountains were erected. The aggregate number
could not be less than 2.000, and were probably nearer
3,000. The banners were fixed in " lorries," a species
of long low cart, that, being readily turned, can be
formed into an impassable barricade, at a cross street,
without a moment's delay. The officers of each lodge
had an orange and blue scarf, and each member was de-
corated with the same colours in festoons and rosettes.
Etght bands of music were engaged. But it was de-
termined on the part of the Irish inhabitants of that
part of LiverpoA that this procession should not be
allowed to pass off quietly; accordingly many hundreds
of them assembled in the neighbourhood, armed with
pockettuls of stones and other missiles. The
" tylers," however, of the various lodges had each a
drawn sword, and as these altogether amounted to up-
wards of a hundred, and very many of the Orangemen
had also halberds, and others truncheon,,, while some
carried loaded pistols in their pockets, a desperate con-
flict speedily took place, which we regret to say, termi-
i,ated in the- loss of human life, the exact extent of
which we cannot as yet determin-; but one policeman,
one of the procession, and an Irishman are killed, several
dangerously wounded, and many have received injuries
more or less severe.

As soon as the procession had got a little beyond Sey-
mour-street, the Irishmen saluted the Oring-men with
a volley ot bricknats acid stones; the Orangein. n ad-
vanced, those who had pistols drea them and fired upon
the crowd, while the swordsmen and halnerdiets rushed
on to their assailants, wounding many and putting
them to flight. The scene at this moment it would be
impossible to describe; several were on the ground wel-
tering in their blood, others were hastily borne off by
their companions, and the Orangemen, being left mas-
ters of the field, c ,oily re-foraied, and proceeded through
the stre.ts, the bands plAying l'he Boyne Water."
They proceed. d towards Toxteth-park, through Duke-
street, Great George-street, Hsu, ligh-street, Bold •street,
Church-stre-t, Lord street, Castle-street—in short, all
the principal thoroughfares of the town. The line ex,
tended is mile in length, with the swordsmen at intervals
throughout the line on either side, about 200 policemen,
with Mr. Commissioner Dowling at their head, formed
into a compact body, bringing up the rear.
Our reporter, afver the fatal occurrence at the monu-
ment, inquired ot an inspector if it was intended to stop
the proce stun, but was informed, that unless they were
molested, it was intended to let them proceed quietly.
However, at Park-lane some fresh rioting occurred,
without any very serious consequences. It was a re-
markable circumstance that two soldiers of the 28th
regiment were in the procession.
In Dale-street, a poor fellow, not taking any part in
the procession, but who happened to have orange colours
rather profusely displayed, and who, it was stated, had
just arrived by the train, was attacked by the anti
Orange party, and a respectable householder who came
out to his assistance had a dead cat thrown at lute,
which struck his spectacles, knocking pieces of the glass
into his eyes, and he was carried off to the infirmary,
where the surgeon gave it as his opinion that the Bight
is wholly destroyed.
In Gloucester-street, Shaw's-brow, &c., there were
numbers of spectators who took no part in the affray,
but who received revere injuries from the indiscriminate
stock of the armed procession. One man had a danger-
ous bullet wound in the fleshy part of the arm, another
had his thumb nearly severed from his hand, and scores
might be seen, bruised and bleeding, retreating from the
terrible conflict.

sear the Custom-house a man was left in the gutter
for dead, with a wound on his head between two and
three inches in length; still, for hours afterwards, the
wapproporerktoeasaansefithtos:nrineirahuibulated the town, going over the same
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walked up until nearly close, wh,,
made a rush .^.i
one of the Irishmen, who was dresseda dock por.
ter, sod struck him on tae back with his like
truncheon. In
a moment he was surrounded and knocked
and stick flew high into the air, awl so sevdeorewln, his
liar
beaten tba,, he lit,• d but about 1-iree hours afterwards. '}' was ht.
The shops in the principal Streets are ciodi o•
of Irisbm, n, with slips of grat,s in their bands, ahrhelher'
sieili in various parts of the tow,i, evider.tly ht,,,,,munit:
Ling a rend, zeous in tt c course or the evenii,g. We 1,;;;;
mane inquiries at the last wotnent befurr closing our did
patch, but ere unable to ocertain whtther any more