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 u°l
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 numberi
however, rapidly increased, and by the time the pro'
ceedings were fairly in progress there would be as
many present as at the first nomination, about 50,°°(1
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 n3ani'
fested a degree of turbulence which ultimately provoked
the row which brought the proceedings to an abrupt ter
nation. The Mayor having asked if any elector had
a candidate to propose, Mr. S. Storey, who Os
greeted with cheers and hisses, proposed Mr. ThomPs°ll',
During his speech a miniature battle of the standar°
ensued, a fight taking place for one of the boards bean
a
the placard, " Hands up for Thompson." Ultimately it'sv:
got down and pieces of the board torn off. Another great
surge took place, and a board of each party came to grief'
and disappeared in small pieces. One of the bearers 0.,
thrown down and had a narrow escape from being traroPle`:
upon. Alderman Brown, who was received with gill'
cheering, then proposed Mr. Edward Miall. Mr. Thon3Psa../1
then came forward to address the assembly, and W'r
received with much uproar, the proceedings being sudden')„,
interrupted and brought to an unexpected conclusion'
The feelings of the mass up to this time had evidently
been growing more and more angry, and the variati:
attacks on the board-holders to which we have allude"'
and others which took place, had placed in the band
of many of the roughs weapons which could be 1
with not a little effect to suppress any manifestation °
feeling to which they might happen to be opposed. ./.1152
at the close of Alderman Law's speech in seconding 1:
Miall, a fresh attack on a board, one of Thornils°ll;°'
which was close to the centre of the hustings, was 1306
and assailants and defendants came to blows. Whilst
was going on similar proceedings had taken Place,
away at the back of the crowd, and in the middle of i 4
stones began to fly. So sudden and unexpected was
occurrence that it would be difficult to say from whiff;
side the first stone was thrown, and indeed it was no
until stones and pieces of wood began to fly about 141
thickly that the people around seemed to understs'ri
that anything of the kind was going on. Then tila
dense massing of the crowd prevented easy retreat'
though there was a speedy shrinking back from th„a
centre of the fight, and once the missiles began to tell,
people on Thompson's side of the hustings ran to the hae'l'
of the hustings, leaving the space they had occupied CO
paratively clear. It was only a momentary retreat, hilt
ever, for many, and having filled their pockets wt,
stones, they returned, firing the stones right into the thie:
of the crowd on the Miall side, and they in their turn 11,a:
to flee, only to return and dispute in a similar manner tmi
possession of the field. In this warfare both women and
men took an active part, and the force with whiat
stones were thrown shewed there was little regarcll6
consequences. The police made a charge to disperse wt,
rioters, but they were too few in number to deal with tlf
mass of people, and it was not possible to single !tin
the offenders. During this a consultation had take;
place on the hustings, and the mayor announced tb.,,,a
a poll was demanded, and adjourned the proceedi°l7,
The rioters paid no attention, to the intiinatilig
they were evidently quite exasperated by t.,8
time, and so strong was political passion that e 0
saw women most respectably dressed hurling Bt°ll4
and pieces of wood at the opposite party. After this aut-
had lasted for about five or ten minutes a general atta ig
0
was directed to the hustings, and the parties on both ,c
were glad to beat a retreat, the stones, clay, mud' fiba
sticks being freely thrown at any of the occupants
were visible. The reporters were not spared either
i
and they were glad to abandon their occupation aniii
seek shelter underneath the hustings. Several Platt,
were taken into custody, although strenuous en°_.d
for their rescue were made. Ultimately the riot ber-9
to subside for lack of men to keep it up, and thelinti
number of Mr. Miall's supporters gathered in fr°-pri
and, in answer to a call from the hustings, gave three elle ;
for,Miall. As the crowd dispersed and stone-000re
became moredangerous to the thrower from his being In%
easily seen, the row quieted down, and after a cheer
Thompson the proceedings in a manner came to 3 clog
As may be supposed, all this stone-throwing did
take place without some people being hurt, theneo
considering the ferocity of the attacks, fewer persensleere
been injured than might have been anticipated. -"of
were a dozen taken to Dr. Terry, Leeds-road. Al°a'o
them had head cuts, though some had severe injurieso-
the face. Three of the cases of injuries to the head ly
reported as being very bad. Two persons were so severeof
injured that they had to be taken to the InfirraarP ton'
these one, a man named Wilkinson Waddingt.
was struck on the right eye by a stone, which has fro
tered the ball completely, and destroyed for eveLipg
sight of that eye. The other, a lad named Kirpl, P€.oB
in Silsbridge-lane, had a severe cut on the left side c°he
head. The blow, from a half-brick, was so severe ths'totes
was completely stunned and fell to the ground. Se
that all lie recollects before falling is that a nunl°`

young women, seemingly mill hands, struck him.

THE POLLING. tbA
The polling took place yesterday, and resulted ill
triumphant return of Mr. Miall. The official declailt.o
,iijg,
of the poll was made at six o'clock last even
The mayor stated that the number 'ol° niloy
voted for Mr. Miall was 9,243, and for Mr. Tb°/:%1501;
7,086 He therefore declared Mr. Miall to have been -oci
elected. Mr. Miall took the lead in the morning'd
kept far ahead of Mr. Thompson during the enure
His majority was frequently 1,700, 1,500, and 1,4' °Allea
.
his opponent. The town was perfectly quiet all
there was an absence of much of the excitement
rent at the last election. The defeat of Mr. Tiou'ijc°oo.
ascribed to the desertion of a large number of the eije-bei%
who voted for Mr. Ripley, and who had Prollise-t
votes to Mr. Thompson.

REPORTERS FOR THE (ECUMENICAL Coulruitiel
A communication from Rome states that the alltlie°r th 9
are engaged in organising a service of reporters I°A,' bbe
proceedings in the cEcumenical Council. The ;all
Vigidius Marcheses, a Piedmontese, has been 1:u-rie•t
the Holy Father at the head of the shorthand WI bs°
This ecclesiastic, a subject of the Icing of It°;'' 614
only been in holy orders five years. Before Pon°,;:rg'
the vows, he was for a long time first reporter to

liament of Turin. fr)t)°
DESTRUCTION OF A NATURAL BILIDC4.
4011'
of the most interesting natural curiosities la Ceillitiaisj
" The Tolmen," or as it is sometimes called, "11°0011!
has just been destroyed. It was situate -
Rock,"
midway
between Penryn and I
lelston to the
the high road, and weighed about 800
dtOns.ovlltdr,h:l3loe*
long,l l4ft. high, and 19ft. in breadth, a
It was placed in a most extraordinary pwosaisotiboineictlipitt°l
this fact, as well as its immense
interest to tourists as well as to the gweoalsogaist, The 11,1:1:01
it
tested on the point of two detached rocks, and ande'"Toi'
was a free passage. Immediately beneath " veil
men" was a valuable granite quarry which 110 ere
worked
to the depth of 40 feet, close up to the oeY,ysoald
the Main Rock rock rested. This has been rented
had A
one, who, unknown to the proprietor, Mr lieshenTbior
hole bored underneath the rock and charged' enatitt'a
when fired, threw the Tolmen off its bed, and °llse
roll into the quarry, 40 feet below.
ode

FORBIDDING THE BANNS. —A summary peat. °:
of in
t 9 0
ostforbiddingJohn
ihew:Gtohaoer r
yf
assizes ahnaonmso hasfwe ear
re
rf formed
and
mott,
m indicted for breaking into the dwelling' of
farmer, living at Clontur ,
of
Leitrim, The • evidence went to shew that 0 13r1, tof
the gang, and, proceeding to the house en the nighpot
the 2 Gth of November, directed in the •
cak.mieodend.asobsa,:nbnrjioeen.cut
with a sledge. This
was
prompt anddotnheembyto breakAiT keroacoioviijr le
efficient manner. Meanwhile
two shots into the kitchen window. M`GarrY dee-ode
prudentade
b to retreat upstairs. The party, be'vi°,s„
breach, entered the house, and M`Derinott, Djoo
whiisth hand in practice, struck Mrs. 111`GarrY 3 Seliklere'altril:.
the sledge. O'Brien, having learnt that re dolv"t
had gone upstairs, directed M`Dermott to " ele,ung- ,Decal
the stairs and bring down the old scoundrel." I‘-`:-becl
set about obeying the order, and bad del:13°17:00f:
balusters and posts of the staircase when 1‘1`631:1 to 1)_:
down from his hiding-place. O'Brien held a Pielfj be
breast, and swore that he would shoot the
that
for concealing his brother. He was assured
snotty'
was not in the house. A search was made ill °lli tbe
room and in the barn, entrance being
aid of the sledge, and they were obliged t°
without finding the object of their seaob: fof
explanation of the scene was that young' (rl34.l,riee. pre°°;
whom they were looking, was about to marry "%a
tutor's daughter against the wish of his familY, "-ent tbe
merely wished to carry him away in order to Pre.v,,
alliance. Their visit, however, only accelerated fee' clor
riage, which was celebrated by the registrar in nee of tea
afterwards. A question was raised in the defence:cote°
prisoners as to whether they could legally be 13196illterIt'
under the \Vhiteboy Act, as there was no rnaic!otiti a oi
to. injure the dwelling-house. The jury c°llvAileell
prisoners on one count, and Chief Justice 'O,-00°
effected Dieo,
reserved the point for the dec ison of
Criminal Appeal.