The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-13 00:00:00

THE NOMINATION.

As we have already mentioned, the nomination of the
candidates for Bradford took place on Thursday, amid a
most disgraceful riot. The proceedings were appointed
to ',take place in the open air. The crowd did not
gather long before the hour of commencing, for shortly
before eleven o'clock there were not more than a few
hundreds gathered in front of the hustings. The number,
however, rapidly increased, and by the time the Pro'
ceedings were fairly in progress there would be us
many present as at the first nomination, about 50,00
being present, the whole side of the hill being black with
people, and both sides were equally hearty in the vocifers•
tions with which they interrupted the speakers. Through'
out the whole of the proceedings, indeed, the people maul'
fested a degree of turbulence which ultimately prosoh°3
the row which brought the proceedings toan abrupt tenni.
nation. The Mayor having asked if any elector had
a candidate to propose, Mr. S. Storey, who was
greeted with cheers and hisses, proposed Mr. Thompson.
During his speech a miniature battle of the standard
ensued, a fight taking place for cne of the boards bearins
the placard, " Hands up for Thompson." Ultimately it wag
got down and pieces of the board torn off. Another great
surge took place, and a board of each party came to griefs
and disappeared in small pieces. One of the bearers wag
thrown down and had a narrow escape from being trampled
upon. Alderman Brown, who was received with great
cheering, then proposed Mr. Edward Miall. Mr. Thompson
then came forward to address the assembly, and was
received with much uproar, the proceedings being suddenly
interrupted and brought to an unexpected conclusion*
The feelings of the mass up to this time bad evidently
been growing more and more angry, and the various
attacks on the board-holders to which we have alluded,
and others which took place, had placed in the hand°
of many of the roughs weapons which could be used
with not a little effect to suppress any manifestation of
feeling to which they might happen to be opposed. 3-115
at the close of Alderman Law's speech in seconding gn
Miall, a fresh attack on a board, one of Thompson's,
which was close to the centre of the hustings, was made'
and assailants and defendants came to blows. While this
was going on similar proceedings had taken place
away at the back of the crowd, and in the middle of I°
stones began to fly. So sudden and unexpected was tbie
occurrence that it would be difficult to say from wind!,
side the first stone was thrown, and indeed it was n°3
until stones and pieces of wood began to fly about rather
thickly that the people around seemed to understand
that anything of the kind was going on. Then the
dense massing of the crowd prevented easy retreat,
though there was a speedy shrinking back from the
centre of the fight, and once the missiles began to tell, the
people on Thompson's side of the hustings ran to the back
of the hustings, leaving the space they had occupied con'
paratively clear. It was only a momentary retreat, hol.
ever, for many, and having filled their pockets with
stones, they returned, firing the stones right into the thies
of the crowd on the Miall side, and they in their turn had
to flee, only to return and dispute in a similar manner the
possession of the field. In this warfare both women and
men 'took an active part, and the force with which the
stones were thrown shewed there was little regard f°2
consequences. The police made a charge_to disperse the
rioters, but they were too few in number to deal with ti °
mass of people, and it was not possible to single otn
the offenders. During this a consultation had taken
place on the hustings, and the mayor announced that
a poll was demanded, and adjourned the proceeding°.
The rioters paid no attention to the l
intimatioa.',
they were evidently quite exasperated by tbe
time, and so strong was political passion that sv
saw women most respectably dressed hurling et°llee
and pieces of wood at the opposite party. After this affrg
had lasted for about five or ten minutes a general attach
was directed to the hustings, and the parties on both sial
were glad to beat a retreat, the stones, clay, mud, aubc
sticks being freely thrown at any of the occupants W
were visible. The reporters were not spared eitheri
and they were glad to abandon their occupation ono
seek shelter underneath the hustings. Several Pers°
were taken into custody, although strenuous efforts
for their rescue were made. Ultimately the riot began_
to subside for lack of men to keep it up, and then;
number of Mr. Miall's supporters gathered in fr°ll.!
and, in answer to a call from the hustings, gave three che.eL
for:Miall. As the crowd dispersed and stone-throvis
became more dangerous to the thrower from his being 133°re
s,
s :
easily seen, the row quieted down, and after a cheer I :
Thompson the proceedings in a manner came to s of
As may be supposed, all this stone-throwing did ngs
take place without some people being hurt, thotiv:
considering the ferocity of the attacks, fewer person There
been injured than might have been anticipated. ~of
were a dozen taken to Dr. Terry, Leeds-road. gl9°`'
them had head cuts, though some had severe injuries °re
the face. Three of the cases of injuries to the head Al,
reported as being very bad. Two persons were so severe J.
injured that they had to be taken to the Infirmary'
these one, a man named Wilkinson Wadding!°t:
was struck on the right eye by a stone, which has sntlio
tered the ball completely, and destroyed for ev
sight of that eye. The other, a lad named KirPY, 11 00
in Silsbridge-lane, had a severe cut on the left side 0:
a, b,
head. The blow, from a half-brick, was so severe t states
was completely stunned and fell to the ground- to
~er of
that all he recollects before falling is that a nuln"
young women, seemingly mill hands, struck him.

THE POLLING.
The polling took place yesterday, and resulted ill
triumphant return of Mr. Miall. The official declaro,tie'
of the poll was made at six o'clock last evhfi
The mayor stated that the number Wll°
voted for Mr. Miall was 9,243, and for Mr. ThornrL;
7,086 He therefore declared Mr. Miall to have been "-nj
elected. Mr. Miall took the lead in the roorning%
kept far ahead of Mr. Thompson during the entire
Hise
majority was frequently 1,700, 1,500, and I,° °toed
his
opponent. The town was perfectly quiet all cia'
there was an absence of much of the excitements ° '1,11,c; 1.1
rent at the last election. The defeat of Mr. ThonWs—
late
ascribed to the desertion of a large number of the e—tbeit
who voted for Mr. Ripley, and who had Promise
votes to Mr. Thompson.

REPORTERS FOIL THE (ECUMENICAL COl -•'
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are engaged in organising a service of rep rters f°l' titlib:
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DESTRUCTION OF A NATURAL BRIDOP' Al
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of the most interesting natural curiosities in C°rinvl7:l
°bre been itdestroyed. som e
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midwayhas"The between Penryn and elstonw,ato tb..!_saseuft.
the high road, and weighed about 800 tons• -"",v. suave'
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long, 14ft. high, and 19ft in breadth, and Was ova
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interest to tourists as well as to the geologist. TheT° th
rested on the point of two detached rocks, and undern~°l,
men" was
a free passage. Immediately beneath " .-""e been
was a valuable granite quarry, which basAiere
worked to the depth of 40 feet, close up' to the bed '' 40
the Main Rock rock rested. This has been rented 11 s-a •
one, who, unknown to the proprietor, Mr• Ilosken,"o
hole bored underneath the rock ad charged, 1'136,1, t;iitoll
wheno fired, threw the Tolmen off its bed, and ause' "-
r ll into the quarry, 40 feet below. of
FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—A summary in°cl°64lo.
iforbidding the banns has formed a subject of itiveni
ts;oxn at the assizes of Carrick-on•Shannon• A- Pasr--m en, two of whom were named O'Brien' ancl I‘-'-toe
ofJ. mott, were indicted for breaking into the dwelling-b° i
Leitohn M‘Ga"Yi
the 26th of a farmer, living
site Clonturk, c°llntlisc'cl
013riefht of
the rim'
INleoveemvibdeern,cdeirwecetnetdto w that
gang, and, proceeding to the hous on the De. i or
break ;/2 the °°
them to - • *
with a sledge. This was done by wnerniott 14,4
prompt and efficient manner. Meanwhile O'nriell via it
two shots into the kitchen window. M`GarrY deeramesde
Parudent to retreat upstairs. The party, "laving -we?
his hand
entered the house, and Br Derraott, t°
p WOW
s seVer:".
`Gard
hand in practice, struck Mrs. M`Garry
with the sledge. O'Brien, having learnt that A-I Giocts
had gone upstairs, directed M`Derrnott to sledge 'too
the stairs and bring down the old scoundrel." Meci tbs
set about obeying the order, and bad demolishe
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balusters and posts of the staircase when AVGarrirt 10
down from his hiding-place. O'Brien held theien t°
an
breast, and swore that he woild shoot °lel ~ he
for concealing his brother. Ile was assured ths:tber
was not in the house. A search was made in e° the
room and in the barn, entrance being leAs''
aid of the sledge, and they were oblii,ved t° The
without finding the object of their search• for
explanation of the scene was that young °93,rifibrose.
whom they were looking, was about to mart,' tultheY
cutor's daughter against the wish of his faruil, °Tint the
merely wished to carry him away in order to Preve-oW
alliance. Their visit, however, only accelerated the dog
riage, which was celebrated by the registrar in 5 fesvf the
afterwards. A question was raised in the defence ° uteri
ptooroidsioennrjeutrhrsee
convct°
use. The jury 013:1.
prisoners on one count, and Chief Justice, ~
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reserved the point
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