The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-15 00:00:00

ALARMING RIOTS AT LIVERPOOL.

Liverpool, Mouday.
To-day and yesterday, this town was thrown into the utmost
consternation, in consequence of one of those disgraceful out-
rages taking place amongst the lower class of Irish, arising
out of their religious disputes which so frequently occur in
Ireland, on the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, when
(as in the present instance) several lives are generally lost.
It appears that Sunday, the 12th, being the anniversary of this
event, a report was industriously circulated by the lower class
of Roman Catholics, that the Orangemen intended to walk in
procession through the streets, although no such a proceeding
was resolved upon by the Orangemen. In consequence of this
rumour, the Roman Catholics determined to raise a mob for
the purposo of counteracting the supposed views of the
Orangemen ; and, on the Sunday evening, having previously
armed themselves with bludgeons, pokers, daggers, pistols,
and other articles of offence capable of being converted into a
weapon, they commenced an indiscriminate attack upon all
persons leaving suspected houses, or who were pointed out as
being obnoxious, and stones were flying in every direction
—both at the windows of houses, and at the heads of un-
offending persons. Women—to their shame be it spoken—
were as actively engaged in the work of destruction as the
men ; and were seen encouraging their husbands and chil.
•
dren to commit murder, by horribly exhorting them not
to desist, until they had " waded knee deep" in ,
the Orangemen's blood I In Ben Johnson-street a mob
of about three hundred persons congregated simultaneously
to rescue a prisoner from the custody of a watchman, and the
latter was obliged to fly covered with bruises, leaving his pri-
soner in their hands. The Crnsshall-street mob, having de- •
molished the windows of Mr. Pennington, a publican, who was
said to harbour Orangemen, and committed other violence,
joined that in Ben Johnson-street, and the whole posse of
villains proceeded together along Vauxhall-road, chasing the
o atchman who had just escaped, and uttering the most
shocking anethemas against their opponents, and shouting
Ten pounds for the head of an Orangeman."
Mr. Parlour, the Superintendent of the Borough police,
and Mr. Dowling, of the Dock-office, speedily arrived with
their respective forces, and his Worship, the Mayor, and Sir
Thomas Brancker also promptly came up, when the former
read the Riot Act, and between twenty and thirty of the ring-
leaders were taken into custody, and the mob dispersed. The
Mayor perceiving an evident inclination on the part of the mob
to renew the rioting, ordered out the military, and two
hundred soldiers under the command of Major Nunn, were •
on the spot five minutes after the order was given, an in-
stance of celerity for which the soldiers and their officers de-
serye vwe'r
In the .arercoa of yesterday, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the
mob ^rain bevan to-congregate in formidable numbers in Park.
lane and Vauxhall-read, on the search for Orangemen, and in
both places csaanniaaeed a renewal of the excesses of the pre-.
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vious night. The.s:titary we're re-ealksi out, and the Mayor
was scram oblime‘r• •o Paria-lerikiluid read the Riot s* • sesso-
- Whilst parleying with the officers; a police force, hearts-d aait-
by Alderman Case, arrived, and several of the ringleaders
were taken into custody.
At one o'clock the prisoners (all Irish) captured on the pre-
vious night were brought to the police-office before the Mayor,
and all identified as having taken a prominent part in the
shameful outrages, and the Mayor remanded them until this
day, when further evidence will be adduced against them.

FROM LAST RIGHT'S GAZETTE.

At the Court at S,. James's, the 24th day of Jnne, 1839,
PRYSENT

The King's Most Excellent 'Majesty in Council.
This day the Right Hon. Sir Harford Jones Brydges, Bart., was,
by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honour-
aide Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly.

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PLYMOUTH.

3 L.I

(VROM OUR OWN CORREIPONDENT.)
Saturday night, July 11.
THE LATE MURDER.

The particulars of the murder committed on Sunday last at
this place by Henry John Honey on the body of his wife, Jane
Honey, and of the Coroner's inquest, have already appeared in
The Sun. The result of the inquest, which terminated on
Tuesday evening last in a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against
the husband, was not communicated to him until the following
morning,( Wednesday). On its being then made known to
him, he became frantic to a degree indescribable. For the
first two, days he refused all food merely taking a little tea,
but on Tuesday evening he was induced to eat, and since
then took his meals regularly. The excitement consequent
on the committal of the horrid deed continued from day to
day, and persons were day and night on the look out,
anxious to see the prisoner at the time he should be sent
to Exeter. Yesterday (Friday) about six o'clock he was
taken from the prison in a chaise, and conveyed to the
county gaol at Exeter to await his trial at the en-
suing Devon assises. Although the hour at which
he was to be conveyed from the prison here was
kept a secret, hundreds of persons were assembled at the
outside the prison to witness his removal ' • not the least
ebullition of feeling was, however, manifested. Before leav-
ing, the unhappy man enquired how long he should be on
the road, and on being told he would reach Exeter about five
o'clock he said, " I wish I was there." On Thursday, the
father of the prisoner (who bad been absent from Plymouth
at the time the fatal occurrence took place, and who arrived
by the Brunswick steamer from Portsmouth on Wednesday
evening) visited him. Their meeting, as might have been
expected, was of a most heart-rending kind. The misery
and affliction of the prisoner's parents and family surpass de-
scription.
THE FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED WIFE.
Yesterday and this morning, hundreds of persons were on
the look out, anticipating that the deceased would be in-
terred at an early hour, the period fixed on for the purpose
not being made known. It took place this morning. About
six o'clock the mournful scene commenced. The corpse
was borne from the residence of the deceased's own mo-
ther to its final resting place, by young married men.
Upwards of two thousand persons asssembled to wit-
ness the mournful spectacle, though it was not
known the previous evening when the funeral would
take place. The two sisters and two brothers of the
deceased and other relatives attended, as well as Mr. and
Mrs. Honey, the father and mother of the foul murderer. Se-
veral of the Jury also attended. The deceased was interred
in the burial ground attached to the Ebenezer Wesleyan Cha-
pel in this town (Plymouth). On arriving at the chapel, the
.09.. was taken inside, where the usual burial service was
performed (as in the Establishment) by the Rev. Mr. Martin,
the resident minister. It was several minutes before the
Rev. Gentleman could commence the reading of the service,
so overcome were his feelings on the truly melancholy occa-
sion. Ho at length however performed it in the most so-
lemn and impressive manner we ever witnessed. The feeling
of the whole assembly was intense, and we could not discern
a dry eye. The ceremony occupied about one hour and a
quarter • As soon as the service had been read, Pope's
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grand Ode of the Dying Christian to his Soul, " Vital Spark,"
was sung by the Choir in the most beautiful manner.
On their arriving at the part, " Sister, spirit, come away,"
Mr. Honey (the murderer's father) was so much affected
that lie fell down senseless, and for some minutes
did not recover. At the close of the singing the procession
proceeded to the grave allotted for the deceased in the yard.
klere rest the mortal remains of her grandfather, father, and
other near relatives, unconscious of per's halo- alto there—
much less of the melancholy catastrophe which caused her so
early in life there to be placed. On the coffin being lowered
into its final resting-place, one of the deceased's sisters, and
Mr. and Mrs. Honey fainted away, and were %s ith difficulty
removed thence to an adjoining house. The processi,-m returned
front whence it had started in as solemn a manner as it had
advanced in the first instance.

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We will conclude this account with a quotation from the
Plymouth Herald of this day (the Editor or which has had
pectiliar opportunities of obtaining correct information on the
subject), in which, in allusion to this melancholy occurrence.
it is observed, " The. fatal effects of habitual intoxication
were never more strongly exemplified or more forcibly pointed
out than by this unfortunate young mrch On Sunday evening
after the Rev. Mr. Odgers had left him, he asked the officer
who was watching in his cell to get him some milk and
water. It was soon procured for him ; he drank freely of it,
and then, fetching a -deep sigh, said, in a most piteous and
feeling manner, Oh,--that I had drank nothing stronger
than this to-day.' On Wednesday evening a gentleman,
who had from the best of motives visited him several times in
the prison, alluded to this expression of his, when the pri-
soner roused himself, and with an unusual energy, as if he had
again felt the full force of his former observations, said, Oh
that that may spread far and wide for the benefit of my fellow-
.creatures.' A warning which we hope will never be loft
sight of."