The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-29 00:00:00

DREADFUL RIOT IN SOUTHWARK.

On Friday night, between • ten and: eleven
o'clock,,.a scene of riot and outrage no- often
exceeded took place in the Borough of Southavar,k ;
more than a thousand-persons were coltettethupon.
the occasion. A public-house, theßlaca' Lion,
Blackman-street, was nearly deniliShed by-au
assemblage ,of the loNer class of Irish, and twos
women were shot, and were carried, 4:extreme
danger, to Guy's Hospital. One of the. women
had sixteen shots in her head, and the other was
in a situation nut less critical. This orcli-
nary disturbance took place, front the best infor-
mation that could be gained, in- the following
manner :—The.Black Lim, in Blackman-street,
was frequented (particularly the. -tap,rootn) by
work ins; Irish, and the pirlour by persons of re-
spectability in the neighbour'mod. The conduct
of•the Irish has lately beets so very outrageous,
that the windows have been broke by them.
These outrages occasioned a_number'of people to
collect together in the street, when not lstre-
qaently a general fight has followed, which has
not terminated Without .the interference' of the
Police. About a fortnight ago, Mrs. Lasleyobe
landlady of the public-house, charged a men,
'named Martin, at Union- hall, with ,acting in the
most outrageous Manner he possibly conld, by de-
molishing the windows of her house, and with
assaulting her. Martin was at the head of the
gang of Irish labourers, fish women, &c. and being
a Most notorious character, Mrs. Lesley was
afraid to proceed. against him', because his com-
panions had threatened to be revenged it she
punished Martin. Martin agreed to make Mrs.
Lasky a compensation tor the injury lie had done
her, and, having withdrawn her complaint against
hint, be was discharged.. The tnoment he was
set at liberty,. he threatened to be revenged upon
Mrs.,Lusley for causing him to he confined, and
swore-that he would pull her house about her
ears. Since that period he hail sought; every 0p.7
portunity .to effect his revengeful purpose by
bringing numerous persons to the' house and
creating a riot.
.On Ftiday night, about
.elevess,
several • respectable tratresmen in the neighbour-
hood were in the parlour of the Black Lion,
where nothing but hilarity and good humour pre-
vailed, One ()Elbe party was singing h song, when
they were disturbed by two very meanly dressed'
fellows entering the parlour. Their gestures gave
indication to:the company that their intentions
were of a nature not to be misunderstood : their
threatening attitude caused every one to stand
tipun the defensive. One of the fellows seized
the poker from the fire-place ; the other• stood
with '
the door in his hand, and taking a whistle
out of ,his pocket, blew it loud' enough to be
heard in the street. Mrs. Lasiey heard the sound
it` the bar, and suspecting that some of the Irish
were going to pay her a visit, she flew to the
door, and called open) Mr. Abbot, a respectable
tradesman in the neighbourhood,. who Was in 'the
parlour, to
.come to her assistance, and protect
her from the mob, which by that time bad reached
the,oulside,of the door, and deMaladed admittance
lath the tiouSe. 'The g'sag consisted of. about 70.
person's: they shouted and yelled in a most terri-
fic manlier, and were so very desperate, that the
worst was to be apprehended,. Af tlt'y obtained
entrance. 'Amok the gang were a great muuber
of draoken Women, chiefly of .bad character, 'and
.the men were mostly thieves. They were furious
from the liquor they bad drank, and having Mar-
tin-at their head,' and being pushed op-.by
their conduct w,,s extremely outrageous.. They
attacked the house with mud, , and such missiles
as they could collect together heyeven• pulled
up• the pavement and broke in the window shut-
ters, windows, and doors',. and entered sir differ-
ent bodies at.the doors, windows,asul cellar. The
ravage in the house then Commenced : the turoi-
ture was broken, the pots were thrown about and
trod under foot, and nought but destruction was
to be seen on every 'Side ; every one who made
the least opposition to their desperate and desu-

lating ravages, was beat in a brut'al and inhuman-
manner. After they had destroyed every article
of furniture on the premises, they proceeded to
pull down the wainscot partition that divides one
apartment from another, and'finally they demo,_
liShed the window frames, and threw the pieces
into the street. The landlady of . tie house ran
up stairs the moment the mob had gained en—
trance into the house,'to save her life, and to de-
fend her property (a considerable sum ofiloney),
Which :was deposited in a chest of dr'avVers in her
chamber. Mr. Abbot; a m'an of great spirit, fol-
lowed Mrs. Lasky up stairs, and asked her if
,she
had not some fire-arms in the house. She had 'a
gun ready loaded with small 'shot. Mr. Abbot
immediately let it off amongst the crowd through.
the aperture, where a few minutes before a win-
dow stood. The contents of the gull lodged in
the head of a, young. woman named •Elizabeth
Johnson.. A dozen shots entered her forehead.
The mob (which by this time had increased tose-
veral hundreds) were not at all intimidated by the
effect of the firing of the gun, and continued to
break, pull down, and destroy'every thing within
their reach. • Several watchmeo attempted to
quell the riot, but their feeble force was not able
to oppOse such a multitude. Fortunately one of the
watChineu gave information to thecOnstable of St.
Coorge's, Southwarky who ithmediately:colleeted,
all /he force he could, ano iirocveded to 314 e. Black
Lion public-house. Prior• to his arnv the -nick
made a combined artack to'seize Mrs. Laiky,
who tortuoately. escaped. ,clo%vn. Ebel:lack, stiots
into the yard, and sent- a .youth who was.in
yard • for the assistance of the police-offieers..ot
U.-ion Hall and the parisli constables. • She was:
obliged to assist the .yonth o%•er a hi;kwall, every
avenue in from being completely llocked up by
the rioters. The youth met with the parish con-
stables,' and several police officers, who concen-
trated their force, awl made towards the scene of
outrage iii a body. • Previous to their, arrival, Mr.
Abbot had reloaded the gun, ap) was, frOin neces-
sity to save •his own and the life of Mis. Las-
)ey, obliged to'fire it off again among the mob, or
they themselves would have - fallen into their
hands... 'Tbccontents of• the gun
.wounded two
persons, nmati'slightly, and a woman, named Ann
Smithfield, in a Very dangerous manner. The
wounded man was taken home by his friends ;• he
had nothing to do.with the attack on the house:
he was casually passing, and was taken. away be-
fore the arrival of the con,iobles.

The ‘vonntled females were caLrie4' on .shutters
to Guy's Pospital.%,;Great.numbcrs accompanied
them dowo, the High-,s:reet',: -Borough,- and as
they moved along they inereased in number, •and
when the.women-were lodged in the hospital they
returned to Blackman-street, where not less than
2000 personse.ere collected together.' The exte-
rior Of the.public-house bore marks of the.devas-
tation 'ravages of the law lass mob, and,.the
interior was...rendered, as melarkeholy a spectacle
as the Pxtehor,,t9r.potliing Whole on the premises
could be found. Upon' the arrival of the police
the snob began. to disperse very rapidly ; 'the eing-
leader escaped, and many of the most daring of
the gang. Three fellow,- who-were active iu the
attack upon the premises,' were secured and taken
to 411 C. Wit.Cll-110UM 'Man y• of the gang, who• Are
not yet in rostody, are well-known depredators
upon the., public, and have heen nonvieted 4iit re-
puted thieves. There is no doubt but most of
them will be apprehended iti a very short. tirme;.,as
they are well-kliolvn,by,the Police Officers. War-
rants have been issued for their apprenenSion,.and
one more of them was thken 'on Saturday night'.
Saturday afternoon, .Mrs. Lasley,.and it r., Abbott
attended before Mr., Serjeant SEet,oN, and pro-
duced the, wor.whiCh vas fired upon (lie mob.
Mr. AbbOtt said,' that their lives was preserved
by'his firing ; he should not have fired.triore timn
once, it it had not beertabsolntelynecessary:for their
preservation. When they had fired :noce, they
conceived, he sup Posed, thai 11. M
loaded, and not seeing' .that :the .7ylviing ,W.ornan
was wonndedi they continued their,attack„. When
lie fired the second time the per Son who teas
wounded fell, the mob
_heard lief-screlimSrlinditn-
mediatelyletreated,. findi.ng, that, he was deter-
Mined to defend himself; and from. a report that
the constables were coming, they whb had been
most active deca:opeti. j - •
Mrs. Lasley- corroborated the statement of Mr.
Abbott, who said, that her life had been saved by
his undaunted spirit.
The Magistrate Seijeant, SELLO9) • could
not help lamenting that a' ()image should
have been committed ;: he direeyed the officers to
be vigilant in apprehending
,all those who,were
concerned in such an atrocious transaction, Wand
ordered the persons who are in. custody to• be
brought op for examination. on a future' day.—
The :wounded females arF,still ali'Ve and may (in
the opinion of the Surgeons of Guy's Hospital)
recover. They are, howeirer,ln a very dangerous
situation.

The storm which raged- in the night between
the 7tli and Bth of December, destroyed in the
Chamiel,twenty-vessels'from the coast of Brest to
St. Makes. One was.seen to founder before the
Isle des Rats.

HORRID MURDW79II the night of..T.hursday
se'nnight, D7rs. Greatorex, 63 years of age, the
wife of John Great orext a. small farmer. of Alvas:
tr.m,..near. Derby,, was barbarously murdered in a
cow-house., where she went fore the purpose of
milking. She was discovered about seven o'clock
with her head shockingly bruised and cut in many
places, apparently with an instrument 4 though
not quite dead, she was speechless and insensible,
and died in a few hours afterwards. SuspiciOn
has fallen upon a persOn named Jackson, of the
saute village, who is in custody.. -
An inquest was held at the Castle, of Lincoln,
on Tuesday last, by Mr. BUNYAN, the Coroner,
on the body of John Raithby, the Theddlethorpe
murderer. This unhappy mortal fell a prey to the
remorse.he lelt for the bloody.deeds he committed.
at TheddlethOrpe, on the 7th October last, viz.,
the murders of Thomas Hall and Mary Grant,
which he conlesSed most unreservedly, and with
every mark of sincere repentance. It was stated,.
that ever, since his committal, he had been unceas-
ingly in prayer ; and his agony of mind, accom-
panied with visions of horror, continued day nd
night till nature sunk under the conflict. T.he
verdict was—Died from excessive grief

From the LONDON GAZETTE, DEC. 27,

War-Office, Dee. 26, 1 8 17.

- -
lath Regiment of Light Dragobns7-Joseph King Steno
Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice James; promoted.
141h.Ditto—William Thomas Carruthers, Geat. to be Cornet,
-by purchase, vice Hammond, who retires.
lath Ditto—Lieutenant Rohert Stewart. Ititddack., from tat
pay of 2Qtli Light Dragoons, to be Lientenant,-rice.Jan°
B.athhone, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
23d Ditto—Charles Phillips, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase:
lice Bacon, pt °motet!.
6th Regiment of , Foot—Lieutenant Thomas George Carnkee
frcna the half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieuteiiant, sid
• Sewell Ormsby, who exchanges, receiving the. difference.
7th Ditto—Captain George
.Berkeley, from half-pay of tiO,
43d Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas Arenburgh
who exchanges, reeeivinc, the difference:
40th Ditto—Captain Richard Gethin, from half-pay of thealii
Foot, to be Captain; vice William Russell, who exchange,
receiving the difference.
28th 13,itto—Ensign Walter William Homan, from half-pal
of the 34th Foot, to be Ensign,. vice Janies Simkins, wild
exchanges.
43d Ditto—Captain William Freer, from half-pay of the Be
ginient,to be Capt,lin, vice William Morrison, who
changes, receiving the difference. . '
.58th liitto---Lient.enant David Morrison to be Adjutant, vice
• Tipsou, who resigns the Adjutantcy only.
60th Ditto-7.Lientenant William Steele, from half-pay of toe.'
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Cornelius B. Ale ,ck, whit.
exchanges; William Jone's Percival, Gent. to be Ensign, bi'
purchase, Vice Somerset, promOted.
69th Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel 'John Ashley Sturt, from the
80th Toot,-"to be Lieuteliant-Coionel, vice Symes' who
• -
exchanges.

73d'Ditt. —Captain rlathorty Coane, to be Major, by purchase.
rice Gordon, who retires.
ri
78th Ditto,—:Lienteimtit John ChiShohn, on the half-pay ot
• the Regiment, to he Paymaster, vice 'Ferguson, deceased.
80th -Ditto—Li,cutenant-Col. Walter Syrues, from tbe• 439111.
.Foot, to he Liattenanf-Colonel, rice Strut, who ,schattges:'
Lieoteitapt <fairies Inhsou, from i,ali pay of the Regimen-4,
tti be Lieutoiatt, riCe 'leant., who vXchlolgerN
receiving the difference.
81st Ditto—Lietit. Davij Dnral, from 'half-pay of the i gig'
Went, to be Lieutenant, vice Holmes Bir gap. who ex.',
chanwes, receiving the different:

13341 Diii4—Paymasier. James Uai ison, from halt pa, of thall
' late tith,Battalionof the Line of the King's Gernian i.egiont,
to be 'Paymaster, vice Boulton, appointed to the Otii
goon Guards.

85th Ditto—Lieut. Henry Dixon, from half-pay of the.Zttlid
`Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Murray Macleod, ►vb
exchanges.

86th Ditto—Capt.Hain. Gamma, from half-pay of the:
104th Foot, to be Captain, vice James
,Lunn, who ex-•
• changes, receiving the difference.

•
87th Ditto—Paymaster John Sherlock, from half-pay of tlic
Regiment, to be -Paymaster, vice Wetherall; who zetires'
upon half-pay.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant William Ellins, from half-pay of
the 801 h Foot, to be Ist Lieutenant, vice Francis Dixon,
who exchanges, receiving the diffOrence..

52(1 %Vest India-Regitildrit—Lieutimatit.'fliomas Dely, from the.
Ist West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, xice Noswortliy,
who retires. •

iibsTITAI, STATE—Staff Surgeon Thomas O'Nfaley., from half-,
pay, to be Surgeon to the 1' urces, vice Safe, deceased. •