The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-18 00:00:00

It is supposed there were from.l4 to 18,000 peo—
pleyvesent.

The riot became serious at seven o'clock. The
Riot Act was read three times before nine. The
wiodows of the Tontine, Baillie .Bowie, Mr.
Burns's old and new houses, Dr. Findlay, Birk-
myres warehouse. Baillie Leisbman and Son, Bu-
chanan (of North Bar), Mr. Sharp (Captain of
the 13aolimen), Mr. Lymburn and Mr. Hollock's
windoas, with the lapels of Causeyside, High-
street, Stnry.strecr, and New-street, arc all de-
stroyed. The iron railing of the Methodist Chapel
seas torn to pieces, and used as weapons against
the cavalry and batonnien, and the mob charged
them clearly up Story-street. All was quiet at
one in the morning. The mob began to assemble
about three o'clock on Monday morning, and con-
(jotted to increase till one, when the Riot Act
was read, and the cavalry and special constables
began to clear the streets. TWo completes
the 80th regiment arrived at three o'clock, piled
their arms, and remained in readiness at the
Cross. In-the mean time, the Reform Committee
were met with the Provost, and a Meeting of the
people was held at the toot of St. James's street.
About six or eight thousand men assembled in an
instant to hear the Report. The orators spoke
RS follows :—" Gentlemen, we have had a long.
conference with the Provost, and he has pledged
his honour that every person who has sustained
any damage in the late outrages shall have ample
justice done him; and shoold any person accuse
any batonman af wanton cruelty in the discharge
of his duty, the affair shall have a ecitipleie and
candid investigation, and if the te.tioimare he
found guilty. be brought to -condign
punishment, though he were his own fattier.—
Now, Gentlemen, you must disperse immediate-
ly, as the Provost is determined to use every
effort to keen the peace."—Mere the mobshooted,
" Who hrnlie the peace ? Restore the prisoners,
restore the proaniers without thehail, give up the
flags," Our message is delivered ;' one
quarter of an hour is allowed you to disperse;
every man's tate is in his own hand." The great
body of the people still continuing in the streets,
the military were forced to interfere. The cavalry
and batonmen immediately scoured the streets,
and dispersed the mob in all directions. At night
every close and-lane were searched with torches,
and quietness was completely restored at twelve
o'clock. All the lamps in George's-street, Canal-
street, and Broornland-street, were broken at
nine o'clock. Several people are severely hurt
with the batons of ttie• constables, but we have
not heard of any one being dangerously wounded.
All was quiet at six o'clock.
There is to be another grand Meeting at Kil-
marnock on Saturday.
When the order arrived in Glasgow from Pais-
ley for the cavalry, the sounding of the bugle
brought a great maltitude into the streets to learn
the news; and we are sorry to say that a num-
ber of the poor soldiers were hit with fragments
of brick, and otherwise hurt. They arrieed at
the Black Bull Inn at different tithes; and several
of those who were late, having to inquire the
road, were, by.evil-disposed persons,. misdirected.
It would seem that a less alarming way might be
devised to assemble the troops at night, than the
sounding of a bugle.

Glasgow, Sept. 2 4.
Last night our streets exhibited one scene of
confusion, alarm, and mischief. A; body of men
and boys, to the amount of nearly 300 U, assem-
bled at the east end of the town, at darkening,
from Bridgetown, Calton, &c. Paisley, it was
understood, was their place of destination. On
their way through. Gallowgate-street, they left
only six whole lamps, and at eight o'clock that
part of the town was its total darkness. Breaking
lamps in Trongate, Candleriggs, Argyle-street,
Stockwell, and Glassford-street, they proceed-
ed to the west end of Tradestown, leaving not
one on the bridges. On arriving at Bridge-
street they assailed the Methodist Meeting-house
there, while the people were at worship, and
broke almost every nindow. The windows in
Clyde-st reel ,West-street, Dale-street, and King's-
street, were more or less broken, and the shops
of Jameson and Dunn, -bakers, were broken into,
and bread and other articles carried away. John
Cochrane, spirit-dealer, had his house completely
emptied of rum, whiskey, porter, &e., and the jars
broken to pieces. In Calton several shops were
ransacked, and the windows of many respectable
inhabitants broken. At the Black Bull the Riot
Act was read by the Sheriffs at nine o'clock, and
the streets, which were in the utmost confusion,
with depredators, and women, and men, who had
collected from mischief and curiosity, were cleared
in a very short time. Two pieces of ordnance,
accompanied with a body of infantry and a troop
of Hussars, were speedily brought out. We have
heard of no particular accident, fist Hier, than at a
fire which happened in a small wright's shop in
Stockwell, which was soon extinguished ; several
of the military, by the throwing of stones from
a new building there, were much annoyed and
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Several of the inhabitants received slight sabre
wounds ; but owing to the gOod conduct of the
Hussars, which deserves the highest praise, no-
thing of a serious kind happened.
,At 2 o'clock
this morning the military retired, leaving a small
picquet behind ; and till this moment all remains
quiet. The house of the Rev. Dr. McLean,
(orbals, was also assailed, and the windows
on the second fiat broken. Two hundred and
twenty city lamps have been demolished.—
During the night upwards of 200 men anti boys
were made .prisoners. They have not yet been
all exainined ; but of these more than 30 have
been sent to jail to undergo a strict precognition.
Those found in the new house, corner of Stock-
well, have been wholly sent to prison. Arthis
place the rioters threw a fence, made with tresses
and mason planks, at the lime the fire was burn-
ing, across the street, to -prevent the cavalry and
firemen from advancing. Besides the military,
many of the firemen have got themselves much
braised, as those of the mob, who had climbed
up into the interior of the 'new building, threw
stones indiscriminately on those in the streets.
In the Calton and Bridgetown, the disturbance
began about twilight. Bands of young men be-
gan to parade at seven o'clock.- At -past eight,
the paling at the head of Kent-street was destroy-
ed, and all the
_lamp3 in Great Hamilton street

_Broken. The mob next broke Mr. Cassel's win'
tiows', forced off the windoW shutters of George
• Kirkpatrick, broke Mr. Bartholomew's windows,
and.indeed the windows generally along the line;.
attacked the shop of Henry Reid, near Barrow.
ford-bridge, demolished part 'of the door, entered
by the window, carried off a quantity of cheese
and some casks of spirits. They took possession•
of two guns which were in the shop, and kept
them while they remained, but did not take them
away. SiX of Mr. Reid's neighbours that inter-
fered in his behalf were driven off. About half&
past nine a, Magistrate proceeded to the spot,
with some cavalry and infantry, but the mob had
by this time dispersed. No person was burr.
A person who witnessed the breaking of the
lamps at the head of Salt-market-street, as 'Oll
as the breaking of the windows and lamps et.
Kirg-street, Tradestown, states, that there were
not more than 40 or 50 assailants of the lowest
class, from 12 to 19 years of age, and that I G or.
18 stout men, acting in conceit, would have car
twed the whole; darkness seemed to be their
first object ; the night was exceedingly dark, and
they rendered it still more itksome by attacking
every window on their route, even at the height
of three stories, in which the light was not putt
out on their approach ; this, with the horriayello
they uttered, swelled their numbers almost to in.
niity in the minds of the terrified inhabitants.--
When the fire-drum beat, it was conceived that
the Revolutionists had sct fire to :he town, and
Oa! all vas over. The real d'epredators had re..
tired previously to the reading of the Riot. Act;
'and the majority of the prisoners vre!e mere spec..
Wors, apprentices, many of whom tfere•dnivill
from their homes by the reports of fire. About
sixty of them were discharged this morning at one
o'clock,