Star.
London, England, 1825-07-19 00:00:00

WOUSHINSTREET.

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larss Suisoe—Ssitious RUM—Yesterday, the above office was
completely beset by several hundreds of persons of all denond-
nations, in consequence of the expectation of seeing some Irishmen,
who were to be brought to the office under the following circum-
stances. It appeared that the origin of the riot, or, as it is politely
termed shindy., commenced about four o'clock on Sunday morning,
in Parrack-court, Gulden-lane, between some Irishmen, who bad
been drinking the whole of Saturday night, and continued at in-
tervals during the whole of the day; but the molt serious part of
the disturbance did not begin till-six or seven o'clock in the even-
ing, when, from the mob's momentarily increasing, it was deemed
requisite, by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood to send for the
officers. This was the signal for the general shindy, and upon the
appearance of the constables the war cry was made and the forces
of the Emeralders called to their ranks, through a broken tin horn,
such as are used by the gosrds.of the stage-coaches.
In less than five minute; about four or five hundred were
colleted, armed with spades, staves of all sort:, composed of
broom-handles, shovel-handles, small scaffolding poles, choppers,
hatchets, hammers, brick pickers and chippers, nentar-scrapers,
and, in fact, every description of missile they could get, not
even forgetting an odd poker, fire shovel, or pair of tongs.--
Here the riot commenced in earnest, for the more the officers
exerted themselves to put a step to it, the more strenuous
were their opponents in their endeavours to increase it by
every means that lay in their power, either by force of arms
or tongue. Soon after this period, a slight murmur was heard
of " Down with the Protestants !" and such other party expres-
sions, which were immediately laid hold of by the insurgents,
as fresh causes for their conduct. Such was the dreadful pitch to
which it arrived, that we are told, from a large reinforcement
having come down from St. Ciltes, the constables were compelled
to call upon every individual in the vicinity of the riot, to render
their assistance hi taking some of the parties into custody ; and
at four o'clock yesterday morning there Wvir, as we understood,
about 140 taken and lodged in various watch-houses. In fact,
inch was the state of fermentation in which the whole neighbour-
hood was, that scarcely any one dared to go to bed during the night.
At half-past eleven the prisoners were brought before Mr. Os.;
went, when there appeared some 30 or 40 • persona who had as-
sisted to quell the affray, many with dreadful bruises on rarioue
parts of the body. One poor lad had his upper lip cut in two with
a chopper, and escaped very narrowly having his nose and chin
shorn off at the same instant; this was immediately followed by his
receiving a brickbat upon his shoulder. Another person was so
very seriously cut upon the bead as fur it to be deemed necessary,
when taken to the Hospital, to shave off nearly the whole of the
hair ; another person had his arm broken, and, indeed, so much
havoc we rever heard of as having been committed at one time in
an affray of this description.
TLc greater part of the prisoners were recognised by those who
I.sd been witnesses of the riot, and nearly the whole were ordered
to finti bail, some for assault 3, and others for rioting, and to give 24
hours' rotice of such bail, and in default to be imprisoned.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
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Cariegton landlord of a public•house in Upper Brook.
4M-et, was ordered to find bail on a charge of having set his dog at
a conbt Ible, who endeavoured to prevent his bathing in the Serpen-
tine Myer on Sunday afternoon, when a great number of Ladies
end Gentlemen were walking near the spot.

Mr. Vas Dodd, who lately preferred a charge of assault against
Mr. Lee, the High Constable, ryas ordered to pay the coach-hire
of a Gentleman refloat he took into a hackney-coach in a state of
inebriety, for the purpose of conveying him home ; but not being
able to And his residence, lodged him in the watch-hoase. The
Gentlemen complained of so extraordinary an interference with
his liberty; but ultimately paid the Coachman's claims, and John
Ihxid was discharged.
A well.dressed, fashionable-looking fellow, named Thomas Hent•
mond, was committed for trial, for picking the pocket of Sir George
Ileaumont, Sm. on Sunday, as he was coming out of St. George's
Church, alter service, of a gold snuff box.

BIRTH.
July 13, at Ghent. the Conatess of Waldegrave, of a daughter.

111ARRIED.
July a, Lieutenant-Odom! Thackwell, of the 15th, or King's
Hussars' to Maria Audriah, daughter of the late Francis Roche,
En. of Rochemount, in the county of Cork.
July 3, at Portobello, near Edinburgh, Colonel James Hamil-
ton, from Colombia, to Marion Elisabeth, youngest daughter of
the late John Anderson, of Winterfield, Esq.