The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-26 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
Several Small Debts Bills were brought from the Com-
mons, and the Duke of WELLINGTON gave notice that on
Tuesday he should submit a motion on them.
The Duke of WELLINGTON asked whether Lord Melbourne
had any knowledge of a letter written by Mr. Hibbert to the
under secretary of state when that noble lord answered on
the subject of the Birmingham riots on Thursday last ?
Lord MELBOURNE said that he was not aware of it at the
time.

The Duke of WELLINGTON then adverted to what he had
observed on a former evening regarding the burning and
sacking of Birmingham, which description had been charged
to be exaggeration. He repeated that he judged from the
statements in the newspapers, and that according to them
the transactions had exceeded what he had known to occur
in towns taken by storm. He also dwelt on the results of
a nine years' liberal government, as then exhibited.
Lord MELBOURNE entered into some further explanations
and observations, and said that the inquiry would be accord-
ing to the precedent of Bristol, where much great damage
had been inflicted.
The proceedings of the Church Discipline Bill and the
Custody of Infants Bill were deferred till Thursday.
The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill was then taken
into consideration ; and the discussions on it occupied the
remainder of their lordships' sitting. It was read the second
time, and ordered to be committed on Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY.

Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he should move that it
be an instruction to the committee on the Poor Law Com-
mission Continuance Bill to introduce a clause to abolish
" plurality" of voting.
Mr. HUME said that he should move, regarding such bill,
that the meetings of the poor law guardians be public when
they desired it.

Lord. J. RUSSELL gave notice that in the committee on
such bill he should propose a clause different from that
sanctioned by the house on Saturday, but enabling guardians
to afford relief to the families of able-bodied paupers married
before the passing of the Poor Law Act, &c., so as, however,
not to affect the principle of that bill.
His LORDSHIP next gave intimation that in consequence
of the state of the country he should bring forward a propo-
sition for the increase of the ilvrantry regiments, so as to
give an increase to the Army of 5,000 men, the cost of which
however, to April next, he calculated would not exceed
£75,000.
His LORDSHIP next stated that he had received a commu-
nication from Birmingham, expressing the opinion that
nothing but a permanent police force could enable the ma-
gistracy to enforce the law and preserve it ; and that it was
therefore the intention of government to advance for such
purpose £lO,OOO, to be repaid by a rate levied in Birmingham;
and on Wednesday he proposed to bring in a bill to enable
magistrates to establish a COUNTY police force.
Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to Mr. Langdale, said that
Sir G. Arthur had adopted steps to prevent orange proces-
sions in Canada.

Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to earnest inquiries of
Captain Boldero, said that though many of the claims of the
Spanish legion had been admitted, and duly certified, such
was the penury of the government that payment could not be
obtained ; but every possible effort to secure payment should
be made. As to a commercial treaty with Spain, his lordship
said he feared that there was no chance of obtaining anything
of the kind just yet.
The house then proceeded to the orders of the day. The
report respecting the constabulary of Ireland, to secure a
" reserve" force, experienced opposition from Mr. O'Brien,
Mr. Goulburn, &c. They said they should object to the pro-
position when brought forward in committee.
Mr. C. BULLER withdrew the Registration Courts of Ap-
peal Bill till next session.
The " Postage Reduction" Bill was read the second time,
but not till after strong protests from Mr. GOULBURN and
Sir R. PEEL against the adoption of such a measure with a
declining revenue, and when, if the plan failed, it would be
so impossible to impose any new tax to make good further
deficiency, and to support public credit.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should move
that the bill be considered in committee on Wednesday.
Colonel SIBTHORP, on the question that the house resolve
into committee of supply, brought forward his motion as to
the expediency of reducing the duty on insurances against
fire.

That having been negatived,
Mr. GtLLox moved that the house resolve into committee,
for the purpose of revising certain taxes, the post-horse and
mileage duties, &c.
There was a lengthened discussion on it ; after which the
motion was negatived by 109 to 48 ; majority against it, 61.
The house then resolved into the committee of supply, and
disposed of several miscellaneous estimates.

HOUSE OF LORDS,—TUESDAY.
The supreme courts (Scotland) bill was read the third time
and passed.
The Marquis of NORMANDY, in answer to Lord Ellenbo-
rough's inquiry, said that the hill coolies shipped for Demerara
had arrived, and that he apprehended their condition would
require some attention.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, agreeably to notice he
had given, put some interesting questions in reference to the
correspondence recently laid on the table, on the subject of
the war in Spain—whether existing treaties prevented the in-
terference of the allied powers as pacificators ?—whether the
Eliot treaty was to be extended so as to protect the maraud-
ers ?—and whether there was any prospect of the adjustment
of the claims of the British legion ?
The Earl of CLARENDON, in his answer, entered on certain
details illustrative of the condition of Spain. According to
his lordship, the prospect of a satisfactory settlement is
clearer than ever—the affairs of Don Carlos being, in his
opinion, hopeless. Lord Clarendon, moreover, declared
that, in his judgment, England and France are bound to co-
operate in promoting an adjustment of the affairs of Spain.
The Duke of RICIIMOND having presented a petition in
favour of the penny-postage plan, expressed his approbation
of it, at the same time submitting that the government ought
duly to consider and represent the probable deficiency of
revenue.

The Lower Canada government bill was read a second time,
on the understanding that the discussion should take place
on the question of going into committee on Friday.
The election petitions trials bill was deferred.
The report of the prisons bill was agreed to.
The remaining orders being disposed of, their lordships
adjourned.

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(From the Manchester Guardian.)

CHARTIST DISTURBANCES AT NEWCASTLE.

We have received, from a correspondent at Newcastle,
the following account of some rather alarming disturbances
which took place in that town on Saturday night, but which,
it will be seen, were promptly and effectually suppressed by
the borough police force.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunday, July 21.
The peace of this borough has at length been broken, and
the property of several of its inhabitants destroyed.
About a fortnight
3 ago, a series of evening meetings, in
imitation of the Bull-ring assemblies in Birmingham, were
commenced at the Forth (a piece of vacant ground at the
western outskirts of the town.) Night after night these
meetings were continued, and much violent language was
uttered ; but otherwise the people were orderly, and dispersed
in peace. There was a strong desire, on the part of se-
veral of the inhabitants, that the meetings should be put
down. The magistrates, however, very properly declined to
interfere, while the people remained peaceable ; but they
took every proper precaution to meet any emergency that
might arise. On Wednesday morning last, the chartists
themselves, after the arrival of the Birmingham news of
Monday, issued a handbill, announcing that the public meet-
ings would be discontinued from that evening, but that pri-
vate meetings would be held on subsequent evenings in the
different districts.

The public heard with pleasure that the meetings at the
Forth were to be discontinued ; their resemblance to those
of Birmingham—the suggestions to plunder held out to the
chartists—and the displays of such devices as a dagger struck
through a heart, having excited apprehensions of danger ;
though the representations of the London and other news-
papers, as to the state of the district, were certainly most
grossly exaggerated.
From Wednesday to the close of the past week there was
an absence of all outward political excitement ; but the pre-
sent week has opened with acts of outrage, which fix a deep
stain on the character of the town.

This morning, about half-past twelve o'clock—that is, half
an hour after midnight—there was a drunken brawl in Castle-
street, Castle Garth, a part of the town immediately sur-
roundinF the ancient castle, and which is of the most wretched
description. The entrances to it are by long flights of stairs
on one side, and on the other by narrow alleys.
A fight had been got up, in which several Irishmen and
others were engaged, and the police interfered to suppress
the disturbance. The mob dealt roughly with the police ;
and, accompanied by a deaf and dumb man, who had gallantly
assisted them in their efforts, they withdrew to procure a re-
inforcement. Meanwhile the row extended itself beyond the
quarter of the town in which it had originated, and assumed
a political complexion. The mob—which, when at its largest,
amounted to about 400 persons—proceeded to the destruction
of private property. Providing themselves with bricks and
stones, they broke the windows of Messrs. Chapman and
Co.'s bank, which fronts into St. Nicholas's-square and
Mosley-street. In Mosley-street they broke several squares
of glass on either side, and also in Dean-street. In these
streets the ground-floors are almost wholly occupied as shops.
It was the upper rooms, therefore, into which the mob
hurled their missiles ; and the inmates, thus savagely aroused
from their slumbers, were, of course, exposed to great dan-
ger, and filled- with alarm. The number of panes broken in
each house were few, except in the case of the building in
Dean-street, in which the Tyne Mercury is printed. This
paper is of liberal politics, and is conducted in general with
great moderation ; but it has firmly combated the views of
the chartists, and especially condemned the reckless sugges-
tions to plunder and incendiarism in which some members of
the party have indulged. The entrance to the office is from
St. Nicholas's-square, 'but the windows on one side front
into Dean-street; and 36 of the squares were broken, and
part also of the framework of one of the windows. The ex-
tensive destruction of the windows of this establishment,
contrasted with the slight damage done to the neighbouring
property, is generally regarded as a decisive and significant
indication of the animus of the mob. It should, however,
be stated, that, at the Northern Liberator office, in the Side,
(near the foot of Dean-street,) two squares of glass were
broken in the printing-rooms, and the fan-light over the door
of the publishing-shop was smashed in. Some, therefore,
of the mob, it would appear, were actuated by a mere love
of mischief, and dealt out their missiles with an indiscrimi-
nating and impartial hand.

The lamps of Collingwood-street, Mosley-street, Dean-
street, and the Side, were broken and the lights extinguished
by the destructive rioters.
The outrage occupied a brief space of time : the work of
destruction being confined within small limits, and quickly
accomplished. How much further it might have proceeded,
had it not been checked, it is impossible to guess.
The brawl which originated the disturbance, it has already
been stated, was interfered with by the police, at half-past
twelve o'clock. The peace officers, unable to quell the row,
retired at about a quarter to one, and gave information at the
chief station-house in the Manors ; where it was also in a
short time made known, that the disturbers of the peace had
advanced into the heart of the town. Mr. Stephens, the
superintendent of the police, despatched messengers to John
Fife, Esq. the mayor, and Dr. Headlam, a borough magis-
trate ; and he himself, at the head of 30 policemen, marched
to the scene of the riot. He was there joined by Mr. Fife
and Dr. Headlam. It was now about a quarter past one
o'clock. The mob retreated as the police advanced, and
took refuge in the narrow alleys leading into the Castle
Garth, cheering derisively as they took to their heels. The
police separating into detachments, scoured the alleys. One
man, named Peter Divine, a founder, was seized by a police-
man as he was on the point of hurling a stone at the mayor.
" I will kill the mayor !" he exclaimed ; but the peace offi-
cers grasped his uplifted arm, and he was conveyed to the
station-house.

The alleys having been cleared, the magistrates and the
police proceeded down the steep declivity called the Side, up
Dean-street and along Mosley-street, into Nicholas-square.
All was quiet and free from the mob till they reached the
square. In this place (several houses having been pulled
down to make way for a new Corn Exchange) there is a large
pile of old bricks ; and, around these missiles, several per-
sons were apparently occupied in preparing for a renewal of
the work of destruction. On the appearance of the police
they retreated. One of them, Thomas Owen, a pitman, was
seized, and lodged in the station-house. On his person was
found a formidable iron dagger, nearly two feet long.
The mayor (who was supported by several persons, in ad-
dition to the police, in his efforts to restore order) addressed
the excited crowd, and exhorted them, if they were good
citizens, to depart to their respective homes. One of them,
in reply, asked him if he did not consider that the people
were justifiable in striving to obtain their rights. Others,
again, earnestly assured him that the riot had no connection
with chartism—that the chartists were not responsible for the
outbreak. From this time till about three o'clock, the ma-
gistrates and police were occupied in restoring order; and,
at the time, the streets were perfectly clear of the rioters.
During the progress of the disturbance, much ill-feeling
was manifested towards the police and the magistrates ; and,
once or twice, cries were raised suggesting incendiarism.
Ten persons in all were taken into custody, viz.—John
Sotheran, Archibald White,. John Wilson, Peter Divine,
Peter Brown, Peter and Blarney Flanagan, Thomas Owen,
William Campbell, and William Carrick. These men were
apprehended in the course of the disturbances. Later on,
John Thomson, a convicted felon, was taken by the police,
having been identified as one of the most active of the lamp-
breakers. The prisoners were all lodged in the borough
gaol for security, and on Monday morning they will be
brought before the magistrates for examination.
The mob was composed of Irish and other labourers, pit-
men, foundrymen, glassmen, masons, tailors, shoemakers,
&c. &c.

The writer of the foregoing statement has derived his in-
formation from an authentic source, and believes it to be in
the main correct. It was his study to give a fair, impartial
detail of facts. Having noticed many outrageous statements
in relation to this district, in newspapers published at a dis-
tance, and fearing that the recent outrage would be in like
manner exaggerated (as it has already been on the very spot
where it occurred), he has been compelledto give an accurate
report, as far As possible, of any statements of a contrary
nature which may be circulated by the press.
During the whole of this day (Sunday), Dean-street has
been thronged with the inhabitants, and countenances of
gloom were presented on every hand. The outrage, although
in itself attended with no very great destruction of property,
excites fearful apprehensions for the future. Whether it was
preconcerted, or was superinduced without premeditation in
an ordinary Saturday night's disturbance, it is difficult to
determine ; but the latter is the generally received opinion.
MONDAY MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK.
The past night has been unattended with any renewal of
the disturbances. At this moment, the glaziers are com-
placently profiting by the destruction of property.
Newcastle, Monday Evening.
The prisoners apprehended on the night of the riot were
this day brought before John Fife, Esq. mayor, and A.
Nichol, W. Lorame, and R. Phumner, Esqrs. borough
magistrates.
John Sotheran was charged with being one of the com-
batants in the outset of the disturbances ; but the facts, when
inquired into, did not implicate him in much culpability. It
appeared that he had been drinking rather too freely, and on
his return home, with a few friends, passed a group of men,
one of whom said to him, " Are you a man ?" ' As good
a man as you, perhaps," he replied, and was immediately
knocked down. He rose in anger, and a fight ensued. The
police interfered, and were grossly maltreated, but not by
Sotheran. He offered them no resistance.--The magistrates
discharged him with an admonition.
Peter Brown, charged with obstructing and assaulting the
police, to promote the rescue of a prisoner, was fined 10s.
and costs : in default, to be imprisoned fourteen days in the
house of correction.

John Langan, John Thomson William Campbell, Archibald
White, Peter Divine, Thomas Owen, Peter Flanigan, and
Thomas Flanigan, were remanded for further examination.
The evidence tended to show, that the riot was without
premeditation, and had very little connection with the move-
ments of any political party. That the disturbance had,
brought out some of that exasperated feeling which has been
produced by recent appeals to the passions of the people,
there can be no doubt ; and several of the rioters evidently
acted under the influence of their political bitterness of spirit.
But if the prisoners were a fair sample, the mob was com-
posed of the most miserable class of the community, and
found in the love of mischief and disorder a sufficient motive
for outrage. In the spirit-cask and the beer-barrel the riot
had its immediate origin.
Some of the policemen engaged in suppressing the dis-
turbances were so much injure that they could not attend
the examination.

A rude dagger was produced, which had been fashioned
out of an old file. Some one, in the midst of the riot, had
thrown it at the police, but without effecting any injury.
There was also produced the more formidable weapon found
upon Owen. It was carefully manufactured, and seemed
intended to serve as the head of a spear. When taken into
custody, Owen said that he wore it tbr his defence ; and it
was with some difficulty that it was obtained from his pos-
session.

A policeman exhibited his hat, at which a stone had been
thrown with so much violence, that it made its way through
the side, and lodged upon his head.
The town continues perfectly quiet.

The Boldon Branch of the Brandling Junction Railway,
communicating with the Stanhope and Tyne and Durham
Junction Railways, is expected to be opened on the 12th of
August next, the contractor being bound to complete the
works by that time.

EXCLUSIVE DEALING.-During the week small com-
mittees of Chartists have been going through the town, visit-
ing the shops of all descriptions, for the purpose of ascer-
taining the opinions of shopkeepers on the subject of Char-
tism. Among the questions put, are, whether the shop-
keeper is a member of the Political Union, or willing to
become such, and whether, in the event of a dissolution,
they will support a chartist member ; subscriptions are at the
same time asked to support the cause of chartism. In
some cases, shopkeepers gave a little, in order to get quit of
the applicants, but, as far as we have learned, money was
almost in all cases refused, and generally the persons called
intimated that they would have nothing to do with chart-
ism. The shopkeepers are a good deal incensed by such
visits, and declare it positive tyranny for self-appointed com-
mittees to go through in this way demanding a confession of
political creeds, with a view to introduce exclusive dealing.
In one case, where a grocer refused to join the political
union, or give anything to the support of Dr. Taylor, his
house was about nine o'clock on Thursday night mobbed,
and he himself burned in effigy before his own door. A
number of stones were thrown, one of which struck the
sergeant of the police on the head, and another went through
the window of the shop, and broke a bottle of spirits within.
It was about half-past ten before the crowd dispersed. Ex-
clusive dealing, as recommended by the convention, has been
partially introduced.—Paisley Advertiser.