The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

AIRMAN tb OUg

uties, he being then on the cc

to return soon.
The Rev. Wm. Pollock, of S

nominator obser

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went and dis

highest respect,

Tho nomination was not second(
The Rev. C. H. BURTON, i
verpool, proposed the Rev. Rector Campbell
The Rev. J. H. JONES, of St
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arribent of St. Philip

A.ugusfine's, Everton

the nomination.
d Rev. HORACE POWYS, after

The Hon

he objected to mere honorary distinctions, and on that
ground he declined to become a canon of Chester, he
added that. seeing the move now made throughout the

•eference to theo-

ss to come fo
s chose to pla

ings. All the prisoners present, except _,e,
a part of this number. He (Superintendent Mt
ate:- rehended most of them afterwards ups"
Daniel Smith, Edward Tucker, William \ eils, e..._
Hampton, Joseph Tweed, Henry Herd, Edward Usher, not wish to connect himself with any s
Charles Usher. The other five were afterwards appre- questions, and he thought the Church r
hended. There were several with naked swords in the her position as one body. He had allowed his name to
procession in Fox-street, and all had:scarfs, and bibles, be brought forward, but he now found himself in this
and crowns. They were also headed by a cart bearing a position,—one proctor was to be elected, presuming the
banner with an orange herder. There was an inscription on decision of the archdeaconry to be a legal decision ; and
that banner, and it bore a representation of Kin gWilliarn till the protest which had been brought forward had had
By Mr. SNOWBALL.—The placard alluded to a visit to its effect, he must act on the presumption that the arch-
Houghton Tower. lam not aware except by what ap- deacon was acting under the commission issued to him ;
peered on another placard that there was a difference of and yet, as only one could be elected, three candidates
opinion upon that point. None of the Orangemen were were nominated. Under those circumstances, he must
guilty of any violence upon this occasion, as far as I saw, withdraw his name, as he could not suffer himself for
and they, allowed us to take them into custody without another moment to stand in such a position as he did,
any violence. It is usual to carry swords in the procession with three candidates before the meeting.
as regalia. The sticks I mentioned were slender wands. In reply to a question, the CHAIRMAN said he supposed
Price Smith, inspector of police, corroborated the evi- the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Powys was at liberty to withdraw
Bence of the previous witness. He further said he anpre- his name.
hended the prisoner, Edward Usher, who was one of the The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL said he did not come there
procession, with a naked sword in his hand. He wore an with any idea that he should he named as a candidate ;he
orange scarf. Took him to bridewell, where he was had no wish to be elected.
searched by the bridewell-keeper. A small paper, con- The Rev. Mr. BRYANS wished to withdraw as the
taining a small quantity of gunpowder, was found in his seconder of the Rev. F. Barker.
waistcoat-pocket, besides about six or eight percussion The CHAIRMAN replied that be could not do that; he
caps. might vote as he liked. There was no town in England
Several other officers were called, who deposed to find- where the clergy agreed so well as they did in Liverpool,
ing loaded pistols, with balls, powder, tk.c., upon the and he should be most happy, in holding his first court,
persons of Edward Tucker, Herd, Wm. Wells, Robert to have a unanimous election. In reply to a question,
Fellows, Thomas Wells, John Tweed, and Daniel Smith, the chairman said that, on further consideration, he be-
and other dangerous weapons upon the person of John lieved that the Hon. and Rev. H. Powys had no power to
Jones, Charles Usher, and James Rowson. withdraw his name.
The Chief Superintendent described the arrangements The Rev. Mr. POWYS :If it remains, I hope every
made by Captain Greig and himself for the dispersion of clergyman will vote against me.
the procession from the neighbourhood of the Monument The CHAIRMAN having asked if there were any other
in London-road ,where the lodges had fixed upon to meet, candidates to propose, and receiving a renly in the noes-
and the arrest of a prisoner (Neville) who was walk- tive, then proceeded to take the votes. The result of the
ing at the head of his lodge, wearing Orange insignia and division was as follows :—Rev. Rector Campbell, 27;
carrying a drawn sword. The police succeeded without Rev. F. Barker, 17 ; Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, 3.
much difficulty in dispersing the whole. The proceedings The chairman announced that the Rev. Rector Campbell
of the early part of the week were described by Mr. Ryde: was duly elected.
On Tuesday, in consequence of instructions witness re-
After some business of a mere routine character had
ceived, he and Superintendent Quick waited upon James been transacted, the meeting broke up.
Rae and David Egan, whose names appeared on the pla-
card stating that the procession would take place. They
found Rae in his lodge-room, " Royal Oak," Park-road,
and told him that he, as a district officea, would be held
.... ).1" ,nrtilinc, should not neelE. Ile said he
was sorry, and that he shout not e with em. As tar as
witness knew, he was not with the procession. Same even-
ingisaw Egan, at his lodge, Prince Edward-street, and in-
formed him of the resolution which the magistrates had ar-
rived at, and requested him to use his influence to prevent
the processiontaking place. Hecomplained of the shortness
of the notice, and said that the lodge had ghne to great
expense in providing flags and other regalia, and asked if
the magistrates had the power to stop it. They told him
they had, and that it would be stopped. He left them
and returned soon afterwards, and said the procession com-
mittee was then sitting at the " Wheat Sheaf," Scotland-
road. They accompanied him there, and one of the com-
mittee told him they were determined to walk. Witness
and Superintendent Quick went to several of the places
where Orange lodges were held, and they were told by a
number of the officers of the lodges that they were averse
to the procession, and were anxious to have it stopped,
but that the resolutions had been passed in the district
lodges, and they could not overrule them.
By Mr. SNOWBALL.—SeveraI of the Orangemen said
their impression was that the magistrates had no power to
stop the procession. One of them said " they were being
treated like a parcel of rebels." Remembered Captain
Greig telling them that he had read their regulations,
and that a fundamental rule of their order was that they
would render assistance and obedience to the civil powers.
He believed that Neville said something to the effect that
" Captain Greig had left one word out, if the magistrates
were acting orderly." He believed this was the first pro-
cession which the magistrates had endeavoured to sup-
press by issuing a proclamation.
Mr. Superintendent Quick deposed to dispersing a
body of Orangemen in Toxteth-park and Ranelagh-street,
as they were proceeding in the direction of London-road.
By Mr. SNOWBALL.—I have known Orangemen to be
attacked with stones and missiles.
By Mr. MANSFIELD.—But never with fire-arms.
By Mr. SNOV BALL.—A person going through Scot-
land-road or Marybone with an orange scarf on would
probably be attacked.
Edward Ball, in the employ of Mr. Davis, draper,
London-road, deposed that the shopkeepers had been
obliged to close their shops, because they were appre-
hensive of a disturbance.
By Mr. SNOWBALL.---I was not afraid of the Orange-
men.
Henry Birch, serjeant of police, deposed to apprehend-
ing James Hampton, and to finding in his possession a
pistol loaded with two b ullets, and having a percussion
cap on the nipple. He also had a life-preserver.
This concluded the case for the prosecution, and
Mr. SNOWBALL proceeded to address the bench in be-
half of the prisoners. After having eulogised the magis-
trates and police for the measures they had adopted in
suppressing a procession, which, he admitted, might have
ended in a case of more serious consequences I o some of
the prisoners, he urged that in this instance the peace had
not been broken, the men having quietly dispersed when
requested by the police, and expressed an opinion that
the law would be sufficiently vindicated if they were dis-
charged on entering into their recognizances to keep the
peace in future.
Mr. MANSFIELD was sorry that he could not adopt the
course which Mr. Snowball had suggested, although in-
dividually he had no greater wish than to do so. It was
a matter of sincere pain and regret to the magistrates that
so large a number of respectable persons should put them-
selves within the reach of the law by their determination
to have these processions, which were certainly very apt
to produce dangerous results ; and, if they were per-
mitted, they would still 'continue to do so. Year after
year they had been held, causing loss of life, limb, and
property, and now they must be put down. No doubt
the counsel who would be employed to defend the pri-
soners at the trial would state what Mr. Snowball had
' advanced in their favour, and that it would have weight
with the Lord Chief Justice. For himself, he thought
matters had arrived at such a pass that it was necessary
the people of Liverpool should learn from the highest
legal authority the extreme impropriety of these proces-
sions. The prisoners must, therefore, be committed for
' trial at the present assizes.
' Mr. SNOWBALL hoped the court would make exceptions
in the cases of those men who had RO aims in their pos-
session when apprehended.
Mr. MANSFIELD declined to make any exception what-
ever. He observed, however, that all the prisoners would
be admitted to bail on entering into their own recogni-
zances of 40s. each, and finding two sureties of 20s.
each ; and suggested the importance of their bail being
procured as soon as possible, to prevent the necessity of
their being sent among prisoners by whom they probably
might be contaminated.

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