The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-19 00:00:00

PORTLAiI i) BREAK WATER.

'.-We are favOured with the following extract of a
fetter, dated. Hardwick FIAL4e, Chepstow, 14th Aug.,
1850,' from the_.-bighly,estemed: Captain George
SteVethon, 'addreiised-tOone of 'his-correspondents ar
Weymouth. We need, not enlarge on the propriety
and"earlY-aceorrfacee with his gentlerrnlnlY and kind
setitirrif,tita to Mr. Harvey :
"I hope you have had a prosperous summer, and
still continue full. / hve' been expPcting to hear
*hen 'the tradesmen of WeYmouth (on this point.
party rpiric must give way, for the breakwater is
supposed to do good to rich' and piior) pro-
pOse to give their"dirmerr hope it will be a true
EnOli,hrnari's dinner, roast bet and plum pudding--
to Mr. Hirvey,--whose. constant exertions and endea-
*ours to bring the breakwater. to what it now is, in a'
stseat ineasuri contributed to its 'final success ; conse-
ciaently he'Merita- (as -1 01---erved before) a reward
ftbm all rtthkt. ShOul+ the dinner not have taken
Place, I beg-Nth.cointnttte td allow me to put down_
21., with six bottles of wine, three red' and three
*bite, with three cheers for'a merry meeting.
(Signed) GEORG& STEVENSON:'

T:le following interesting information respecting
the above national undertaking may perhaps prove
interesting to our readers:—
" The Government works (1850) exhibit as in-
teresting ~.cene of activity and attract numbers of
visitors daily ; some of
.the breakwater in an un-
finished state is now seen prOjecting from the shore,
and th deposition of stone from tLe quarries is re-
gularly and rapidly carried forward by railway. A
number of additinnal tram waggons have lat,ly been
received at the works, with a view to the employment
of a still larger number of convicts, on the arrival of
whom this grit notional enterprise will he carried on
with i::crea,ed rapidity. Amongst the reniarkab:e ma-
chinery to he ch.,,rrved on tce.;e worklm,iy he mentioned
a gigantic crane (la moveableplatiorin, intended for the
raising of stones from the recesses of the (parries, and
which.is capable or sustaining with ease the immense
weight of sixty tons. An engine his also been re-
cently erected for the cherrical impregnation of the
driving piles for their preservation, by a new and in-
genious process, by width they are rendered imper-
vious to the action of water. The interest which at-
taches itself to Portland from its rare and abundant
fissile, its striking geological stratification,' and anti-
quarian remains, is sufficiently notorious. These
attractions are now varied and enhanced by the grand.
exhibition of the fertile resources, the ail-conquering
ingenuity, and profound achievements of the skilful
engineer bending to his uses the most stub4orn ob-
4taetes, and circumscribing the power and sway of
the mighty Ocean."
r. Sa'(eral- of the inhabitants of Weymouth, Portland,
„ . • •
ant their" •
vicinities, have set on foot a subscription for
atesti:non-Tart° Mr. John" Harvey, the Postmaster of
Weymouth, to whose exertions in continuation of
those: of his father, the erection of the Portland
Breakwater is owing.

TERRIBLE RIOT IN THE SIX-
TEE WARD—TWO MEN KILLED.
About two o'eloek yeaterday afternoan news came
to the Sixteenth Ward station-house, in Twentieth-
street, near Eighth-avenue, that a large prty of
tailors, or other 0er,,,..4, had gathered in Thirty-
eight;,-:street, near Ninth-avenue, and were breaking
windows a:.d ralsto.; a great disturbance. Captain
Freeman immediately summoned a nossee of
men, and went up to the place. He found
a,anne two hundred men, apparently all Ger
mans, who had driven a tailor out of his house,
Limn Vs -ihirt off his back, and were then haranguing
over their act, making a great disturbance in every
way. Captain F. made a sally and arrested the man
who was speaking, when the Germans fell upon the
policemen with clubs and stones, and a general fight
commenced, during which, we are told, one or more
pistol shots were tired. After a short struggle the
disturbance was quelled, and the pa ice returned with
fiv.- German prisoners, who were lucked up at the sta-
tion-house of the sixteenth ward.
About two hours afterward a large party, some
tOO Ger Mans, were discovered in the upper part of
groadway, making a hasty march for the scene of
the previou4 disturbance. When they arrived they
attacked a house in Thirty-eighth-street, near Ninth-
avenue, ransacked it, destroyed a quantity of goods
(unmade garments; as we were told), broke up
tilt furniture, and got up a great row. The
Sixteenth Ward police were quickly on the
spot and Justice Mountfort and a body of
16 of the Eighteenth Ward Police about the same time
appeared, having anticipated trouble and followed the
party from Broadway. l'oey made an onslaught,
and and then a dangerous fight began. Justice Moon
received a very severe blow on the breast, just as he
had collared one of the ringleaders. Just then a Gfr-
man raised a huge club, and. was about to settle Jus-
tice Monutfort, when a
police-man gave the man a
blow that knocked him senseless. The fight raged
for, several minutes with dangerous fury ; a on. s and
clubs rattled, and knives gleamed, and frl m the
latter three policemen were badly injured. A.siatant
Captain May was wounded on the head with a club.
Finally, the police got the unpier hand, and marched
hOutie with a great number of prisoners. We regret
to learn that a number of Germans were very tally
hurt, and that two have since di.-41. Several of 'he
wounded were taken A' by their friends. Ata.ut 40
Germans are under arrest. The police say bit'. a
number of them bad atones itt iiheir pockets *hell
taken.

At six &dock Z was`qui .t, and 1 ",o further die',
turoance was a prehended.
This is the sunstunce !if the • ffdr, !is Nw. gohered
from the Officers of the Sx'eentit Ward police, and
from 'Jtistuie Mountfirt
We will now give the ver ion iif ihe story ag given
,to our `• labour i,pi.rter" iasr Ligit! n:, illileonr-o“i's.
and at the Six'eenrh Ward Hotel, wurr, h- tailors
have their hes 1-quarters.
Our reporter learned last evening th.t a c-,ntoJittfe
of. G.-Prman toilers wen-. on a visit to Bboatingdale
yesterday afternoon, to g-t suet, tailors as ii,d not
Ir,-----,]:-/::..inined the German Society to do so, as it wa,
,::-,--"---
' filuauredtwo "sub-2o,.tractor," ,in "Southern" work
were dealiOg- out cov., :..,. le-s .h ,n the rat,,s.
br, -: ' ''.':.. ' 'Thiecommittee was met by it stnng detachment
-,- 9t pnitce and other persons, who _attacked the
r,.., -7:- liilortr, killing Iwo of them, dangerously wounding
other twenty-five arrests were trim& ; some,of the
~--/-.,...,.. Avouided men were taken to the station-house and
rot ''/7.›, - ' aniOritilira Hotel, where the society usually meet.ce,,,
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