The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-14 00:00:00

THE 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

ALARMING RIOTS IN LIVERPOOL--MILITARY

CALLED OUT.

Thterday and Sunday this town was thrown into the utmost
consterwitien; in consequence of one of those disgracefuhout-
rages t hg place amongst the lower class of Irish, arising Out
, ,ukkheir religious disputes; which so frequently occur in Ireland,
and the populous towns of England, on the anniversary of the
battle of the Boyne, when (as in the present instance) several
lives are generally lost. It appears that Sunday, the 12th,
being the anniversary of this event, a report was industriously
circulated by the mischievous and ruffianly portion of the
lower class of Roman catholics, that the persons styling them-
selves orangemen, who belong to various lodges in the town,
intended to wallvin procession through the streets. although no
such a proceeding was resolved upon by the orangemen. In
consequence of this rumour, the Roman catholics determined
to coalesce, and raise a mob for the purpose of counteracting
the supposed views of the orangemen, and, on the evening of
Sunday, having previously armed themselves with bludgeons,
bpokers, daggers, pistols, and other articles of offence capable of
eing converted into a weapon, they dispersed to different parts
'ipf the town, and.congregated iu groups in the streets and near
to the public houses where the orangemen were likely to meet.
They then commenced an indiscriminate attack upon all per-
sons leaving suspected houses, or who were pointed out as
being obnoxious, and stones were flying in every direction,
both at the windows of houses and at the heads of unoffending
persons. The cowardly outrages began first in Ben Johson-
street, and from thence the word was passed by the ruffians to
Great Orosshall-street, Vauxhall-road, and Park-lane, until the
most populous parts of the borough were at one instant plunged
into a vortex olconfusion and riot, which almost defies description.
Women, to their shame be it spoken, although sisters of the
sod, were as actively engaged in the work of destruction as the
men, and were seen encouraging their husbands and children
to commit murder, by horribly exhorting them not to desist until.
they had " waded knee deep" in the oiangemen's blood. In
Ben Jonson-street a mob of about three hundred persons con •
gregated simultaneously to rescue a prisoner from the custody
of a watchman, and the latter was obliged to fly covered with
bruises, leaving his prisoner 'in their hands. The Crosshall-
street mob, having demolished the windows of Mr. Pennington,
a publican, who was said to harbour orangemen, and committed
other violence, joined that in Ben Jonson-street, and the whole
' posse of villains proceeded together along Vauxhall-road, chas-
ing the watchman who had just escaped, and uttering the most
s:.ocking imprecations against their iipponents; and shoaling
" Ten pounds for the head of an orangetnan A short time
before this some of the rioters had beeu lodged in the Vauxhall-.
Bridewell, and when the mob arrived there they knocked at the
door, and demanded the prisoners, threatening, in case of re-
fusel; to pull down the prison. The request was, of course, not ,
acceded to, and the mob immediately began to put their threat
into execution. A stone step was procured, and used by the
mob as a battering-rain against the yard-door, which - sh-ortly
gave way to the besiegers. Mr. Ramadge, the bridewell keeper,
having feared, from the riotous state of the street, and the shouts
he had heard, that an attack might be made on the prison, had
previously sent his -children to a neighbour's house to sleep, but
his wife had refused to leave him. At this juncture however, when
nothing was anticipated but danger, and probably' murder, Mrs.
It. contrived to slip out al the back door, hut just as she bad got
outside the mob stopped her and asked who she was. To this
interrogation she had sufficient presence of mind to reply that
she was a poor woman whom a watchman had put in Bridewell
for getting a drop of drink, which proved a sufficient passport,
and she passed through the crowd uninjured. Having succeed-
ed in forcing the yard door, the attention of the mob was next
directed to the inner one, and Rarnadge and his assistants were
obliged to secure themselves iu the cockluft, above 'which is si-
tuated the fire-hell; whilst in this perilous situation a thought
providentially struck him, that ringing the bell might be the
means of bringing the police force to his assistance, and with
some difficulty, being in the dark, he managed to find the bell-
rope. In the mean time the mob had effected an entrance into
the jail. They then released the prisoners and dragged all the
furniture they could lay hands ou into the street, and speedily
'destroyed it. A quantity of lamp-irons which were deposited in
the yard were Seized upon by the rioters and used by them as
weapons. Mr. Whitty, the superintendent of the tire police
and nightly watch, hearing the tire-bell, concluded that there
was a fire and lie lost no time in posting to the Bridewell in a
coach. He had no sooner, however, alighted, than he found
himse:f in the midst of the rioters, who immediately commenced
an attack upon him. He, however, retreated into the Bridewell
for safety, when a ruffian immediately and violently struck
him on the head with a lamp iron, and had it not been for
assistance that came up at the time, there is little doubt but he
would have lost his life. Fortunately he was not much injured.
Mr. Whitty's men having arrived shortly after himself, loa:
rallied them and charged the mob, when four watchmen' and
two of the captains of the watch were very severely injured.
One of the watchmen, named Bickerstalf, was stabbed in the
face with a dagger, which entered on the right side of the nose
by the eye, and came out at the left. His life is despaired of.
Captain Bradford and Captain Baylis were dreadfully beaten
about the head with bludgeons, as were Williams, Devereux,
and Kennedy, watchmen, who now lie at their own homes in
a dangerous state.
Mr. Parlour, the superintendent of the borough police, and
Mr. Dowling., of the dock otlice,_meedily arrived with their
respective forces to the aid of Mr. Whitty, and his worship the
Mayor and Sit Thomas Branckcr also promptly came up, when
the former read the riot act, and between 20 and 30 of the ring-
leaders were taken into custody, and the mob dispersed. The
maver perceiving an evident inclination on the part of the mob
to renew the rioting, ordered out the military, and two hundred
soldiers, under the command of Major Nunn, were on the spot
five minutes after the order was given, an instance of celerity
for which the soldiers anm.y their officers deserve much praise.
During the whole of-the subsequent pint of the night, and in
time early part of the morning, the streets remained in a state
of inquietude, and the windows of many houses that happened
to have a yellow blind were broken by detachments of the
rioters in different parts of the town, and omen who were going
to their,daily labour. at an early hour were attacked and beaten.
A poor fellow who happened to have his breakfast tied up in
a yellow handkerchief was knocked down and half killed by the
wiefilleg. In the forenoon of yesterday,- between eleven- und
twelve o'clock, the mob again -began tocongregate iu formnid-
,able uuuibers in Park-lane and Vauxhall-road on the search for
oringenien, and in both places commenced a renewal of the
excesses of the- previous night. The windows of Mr.-Living-
ston, a publican in Park-lane, who had a yellow' blind, were
entirely demolished, as were those of Mr. Willmtey, a draper, in
shop window, amongst other coloured articles, was exhi-
bited some wares of the obnoxious colour. Such was the agita-
tion and excitement caused, that the inhabitants of these popu-
lous districts were compelled to close their shops and ware-
houses, and during the whole day there was a complete cessation
of business. The military were re-called out, and the Mayor
was again obliged to repir to Park-lane, and read the riot act.
His worship conducted himself with the greatest intrepidity
in dispersing the mob, informing them that: he was deter-
mined no leniency should be shown to any one if they did
not deSist and disperse. This, for a time, had theidnegsi.roend
effect, but no sooner bad he and the military turned their backs
then the ruffians commenced breaking windows and stoning
every respectable.person that chanced to fall in their way. At
twelve o'clock, at the same time. that the rioting was go
in Park-lane, a mob of two hundred revisited the Vauxhall
Bridewell, which ivas then in the keeping of four police officers.
Here they demanded the release of the prisoners in custody,
one of whom had just before been taken with alecently sharp-
ened dagger in his possession. The officers on duty informed
them that they had no prisoners; but the !nob insisted that they
had, and again threatened to pull down the bridewell unles's
they were released. The officers, offered to let in any one of
them to inspect the prison, hut none had the temerity to 'accept
the invitation, judging very wisely that he who went iu would
not in all probability conic out. Whilst parleying with the'
officers, a police force headed by Alderman Case arrived, and
several of the ringleaders were taken into custody. The ma-
jority of the armed mob escaped; but a great number of per-.
sons, men, women, and children, still lingered in the streets.
Mr. Alderman Case asked them what they meant by loiterin,,
in the streets, when several voices cried out that they wanted
the release of the prisoners. The alderman then exhorted them
to return peaceably to their homes, and he would see that jus-
tice should be, -done to all parties; but he would not order the
release of the prisoners. He was then asked whether the mili-
tary were coming; and, on answering in the negative, the mob
gave three cheers, and escorted Mr. Case to the Exchange.
• Detachments of the police were then sent to those parts of
the town where the disturbances had taken place, with orders
to remain the whole of the day, and no further violence was
offered up to the time we write, although it is feared that under
cover of the night the ruffians may renew their work of devas-
tation.

- Atone o'clock the prisoners (all Irish) captured on the pre-
vious night were brought up at the police office, before the
mayor. Their names are John Henry, John Began, Patrick
Heeley, James Bowman, Michael Rooney, William Hunt,
William Jones, James Fitzpatrick, John Henney, J. M'Alis-
ter, William M'Loughlin, James Barnes, James Donelly,
William Hutchinson, Thomas Quirk, Timothy Bertram, Henry
Mercer, Patrick Clarke, Patrick Fitzpatrick, James Bourne,
J. M'lntyre, Patrick Heeney, Peter M'Shanc, Patrick Denny,
Henry Mercer, and Patrick M'Vey. The prisoners having
been ranged at the bar, the mayor informed Mr. Davenport,
the solicitor, who appeared for several of the prisoners, that az
the disturbances were then proceeding in the town, and as it
was probable there would be more prisoners, he should defer
hearing the whole charge until this day (Tuesday.)
Mr. William Parlour, the superintendent of police, was then
sworn, and stated the nature of the charge against the pri-
soners, which was for breaking into the Bridewell, demolishing
the furniture, throwing stones, and wounding the officers of
police. He also stated that Mr. Whittv. must have been killed,
had it not been for the timely arrival of the police force.
• Ramadge, the Bridewell keeper, gave siniilar testimony, and
said that two watchmen had taken refuge in Bridewell prior to
its being broken open. The prisoner 'M‘Loughlin, he said, on
beiug brought to Bridewell, was armed with the pistol pro-
duced, which, on examination, proved to be loaded with siege
and small nails. A paper of gunpowder was also found in his
pocket.
The prisoners were all identified as having taken a promi-
nent. part in the shameful outrages, and the mayor remanded
them until this day, when further evidence will be adduced
against them. •
The prisoners having been re-conducted to prison, the Mayor
said that, as he observed a crowded court, where there might be
persons present who were engaged in the rioting or disposed to do
so, he would therefore inform -them by way of caution that he
was armed with the law, and determined with the utmost rigour
to it utit in force in order to quell such disgraceful disturbances
as had occurred, whatever it might cost the county or the town.
(Here there was a simultaneous burst of applause throughout
the court.). As soon as the officers of the court had commanded
silence, his worship proceeded to say that he was happy to War
testimony to the excellent conduct of the military, the consta-
bles, and the townspeople on the occasion, and he thus publicly
begged leave to thank them for the assistance they had ren-
dered.

We are glad to hear that the herring fishing in Lochfine
proved highly lucrative to those engaged in it last week. Be-
sides the vast quantities that were brought into the market fresh,
the curers were extremely busy in preparing cargoes for the
purpose of supplying the principal markets in sc„tl„d.
England, and Ireland, where the Lochfiue salt herrings always
find- a ready sale, and at a good price. The Lochfine steamers
that daily arrive at the Brooinielaw furnish a cheap and expe.
ditious method of introducing the produce of the fisheries, whe-
ther fresh or in the cured state, into our market, and those of
the towns and villages in the immediate vicinity. On Monday
last one of the steamers brought a good lot of bagels of the firsl-
- quality of fish, which was a seasonable supply to our mar-
ket. As the appearances indicate a good fishing:, and as the
preparations of the fishermen this season were on au extensive
scale, the price of fresh or salt herrings will, it is anticipated,
soon fall, so as they will be within the reach of the poorest of the
community.--Scottish Guardian.

Lord and Lady King (late the Hon. Ada Byron) are passing
the honeymoon at Ockham Park, his lordship's seat, near
Ripley. -It is said the noble lord received with the hand of his
beautiful bride a fortune of £30,000. Lady King will also
eventually inherit the extensive Wentworth and Nuel estates,
in the counties of Leicester and Warwick, which are posspssed
by Lady Noel Byron, as the heiress of the late Sir Ralph Mil-
banke Noel, Bart:. (by the Hon. Judith Noel, eldest daughter
of Edward, first Viscount Wentworth.)

MECHANICS' INSTITUTES.

(Front Cubbeit's Register.)

I.Tosty REA DEIIS,—The whigs are .the people of Liverpool,
and-it the people of Liverpool are not stark mad, then I never
wrote a Register. Only think, readers, the LiVerpuddleruis
have actually invited Loid Tomkins and Jenkins, and Billy
Ewalt, the prisoners' counsel, to drink and guzzle with them
at the laying of a stone, the foundation stone, of a new build-
ing, fur a thing called a Mechanics' Institute. Why, if
know anything,—and those people who have read my Register,
and all the other books (and excellent books they are) that I
'have written, are the best judges, I say,—if 1 know anything,
these things, called Mechanics' Institutes; will be the total ruin
'of that class of the English people which the coarser food com-
missioners would call the lower class; for the tradesman's ap-
prentice, and the labouring man, are invited to attend these
places to hear lectures on architecture, aerostatics, and hydrau-
lics, and such like, and many other things which tradesmen's
apprentices and labouring men know nothing about, which
'they cannot understand, and which God never intended they
'should understand, or know anything about. Well, these whigs,
the people of Liverpool, at a time when Lord John is cutting
up their corporation stump and rump,—these. whigs, .I say, are
going to stuff and cram Lord Totokins and Jenkins as full of
the coarser food, as his .lordshjp's head is full of Penny Maga-
zines and Mechanics' Institutes. If the people of Liverpool
will take my advice, they Will let his lordship stay at Broughain
.Hal!, in the county of Westmoreland, and write his penny-a-
line rubbish in obscurity; but! suppose these people of Liver-
pool won't take my advice, they,would sooner take a dose of
Mercury from Bot Smith; now that's a name that he'll never
get rid of. But Smith says, that if I•throw dirt enough some
of it will stick; and the thing says hilly, for sonic of it has
stuck to him, and it will stick to him as lung as betives.
Weil, but. there is the laying of this foundation stone, and
the thing is to be done after this manner:—Lord Toinklens and
Jenkins is to be dressed in a suit of Scotch tartan, with naked
.knees; and fillibegs; and a Scotch cap and black feather, and..
a broOna in his hand; then, after his lordship and the prisoners'
countelman, and the people of Liverpool have been to 130t.'
Smith's chapel, where Doctor Shepherd is to read these same
people a. lecture on morality and Mechanics' Institutes, this
with .a trowel and mortar, is to lay this foundation stone,
and what -Oren? Why, I will tell you; the building of this
Me chanicsllnstitute will be erected on as rotten a foundation
as the whigl, reform act, and the coar,er food act, and all the
cthei acts the whigs have passed, and 1 prophesy it will stand
no longer than the church as by law established, and you all
know, (for you and all other thinking people have read my
Legacy to Parsons,) I say you all know that this church, as
by law established, is sure to be BY LAW pulled down. Now;.
I have shown you as clearly as the sun at noun day, that it is
impossible for this building to stand, any more than it is pos..
sible for anything to last that the whigs do; their works never
yet did live after them, and never will; therefore, if they only I
take my recommendation, they will give up the juh, and Lord
Tomkins and Jenkins will doff his trowel and apron, and ride
back on his broom to Brougham Hall, in the county of West-
moreland.

I have now done with the people of Liverpool fur the pre-
sent, for this is the month in which I sow my Indian corn, and
my readers know it won't do to neglect the sowing of this corn,
on account of the regard I have for the poor, because it will be
wanted for them; and the overseers of the pour in England
must now buy it to supply the poor, under the direction of the
whiecuarser food act, as by law established.-4 am, &r.
Farnham, July 1!, 1835. WM. COBBETT.

PUBLIC NEWSROOMS.

TO .11.7GU1, CORRESPONDENT OF THE LIVERPOOL

ST,IND4RD.

SIR,—In reference to the subject of the letter which you fur•
warded for publication in the STANDARD of last Tuesday. I beg
leave to offer a suggestion which, if adopted, will effectually
accomplish the end which you consider so important, I mean
the supply of conservative publications for the perusal of the
middle and lower classes.

I have a newsroom on the premises which I occupy, to which
• the public are admitted by paying an annual subsetiption of £l,
bs
or one penny each time. 1 have several sucrXers, (but all
radicals,) and many occasional readers. a conservative,
I have already a preponderance of papers he right sort. But
if I had a greater number of subscribers 'mild be able to af-
ford a larger supply. I wish, fur inst e, to have the Morning
The Standard, The Albion, Th • ecord, The Dublin Even-
ing Mail, &c. &T. All my paper ..:`e bought, at second-hand,
for 3d. each; and if I could affor,- , I could sell three or four
extra copies of the LIVERPOOL TA N DAiti), and other conser-
vative papers. Thus, not only in the newsroom, but through a
very extended circle would the principles of our party be pro-
minently introduced to the notice of the public.
If I meet with sufficient encouragement in the shape of sub-
scriptiona shall Open a similar rpout iu the centre of the town.
I know it would be. supported by the casual visitors at one penny
each; because all the existing cheap newsrooms, whether pub-
licrhouses_air otherwise, are kept .hy rank destructives„ The
conservatives are very lukewarm in ilia rustler, though all ad-
mit the utility of exhibiting correct principles in as public a
manner as possible: Perhaps the old adage may apply to this
case—" What is every man's business is nobody's business."
You may possibly have it in your power to further my views.
With rut such support I shall have to cast myself on the support
of the radical press—as the only alternative dictated by neces-
sity—which I very much deprecate, because repugnant to my
principles.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedint
servant, J. A. LLOYD.

Scotland-road, July 9, 1835.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4IVD4RD.

Stn.—Your correspondent Cymro-is informed that the secre-
tary of the Literary Institution in St. Anne-street is not a
human catholic," nor is that institution under the influence
of "a few Socinian demagogues."—Yours, &c.
H. T. ATKINSON.

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

Fit 1 DA Y.

ImpRoPER CONDUCT OF A CA cur-driver named
John Johnson, was brought before Alderman John Bourne, un-
der an assault warrant train a lady named Bartley and her
daughter. It seems that the complainants, with these other
persons,. had hired the defendant's car iu Great George's-street,
on Monday night last, and had requested him to convey them
.to Kee-street and from thence to the bottom of Maguire-street.
Instea.d of complying with these directions, he hod driven them
to Williamson-square, where he forced them by abusive lan-
guage to descend from the car and pay Is. 6d. as his foe.
When they remonstrated with him, he pushed Mrs. Bartley se-
veral times-with some violence. An attempt was made by Mr.
Marrow, who appeared fur the prisoner, to prove that the dri-
ver bad stopped at Williamson-square because of the too great
weight of his load. It came out in the evidence, however, that
there were two persons on the box, namely, William Morrow
(who passed as the driver) and the defendant. He was ordered
to find bail for the assault.
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—OR Friday last, Mr. Lucas, con-
nected with one of the must extensive breweries iu town, was
summoned before Alderman John Bourne to answer two in-
formations laid against him. by 41i. Ilesketh Statham. The
first information charged him with not having the name properly
placed on the dray. The defendant thought that the nacre of
the establishment was sufficient, the winds designating it being
distinct enough on the dray. Mr. Bourne was of another
opinion, and tined the defendant 20s. and costs. The second
information was, that the driver of the dray had left it standing
across the street, whereby the thoroughfare had been
.obstructed.
The defendant called witnesses to prove that the dray had only
so stood for ten minutes, while some porter was being delivered
from it. Mr. Statham charged the driver with having been
very abusive when he spoke to hint on the subject. The de-
fendant endeavoured to maintain his case, but the magistrate
lined hint ss. and costs.—Defendant: "If Mr. Bourne had him-
self seen the situation of the draY, he would not have insiigated
such a proceeding►; Mr. Statham is no gentleman."—Alderman
Bourne : "Take that man into custody fur contempt of court,"
(pointing to defendant.)—Defendant:." I beg pardon,
Alderman Bourne : "Take him into custody." I'he defendant
was here marched into the dock by an officer and " put down."
After a few cases had been disposed of, titi defendant Ivas
brought again into the dock, when Alderman Bourne told him
that he must.be aware that he could not sit on that bench and
allow any impoper expression to pass iu court unnoticed. The
gentleman bowed, and the magistrate ordered hint to be
liberated.

SATURDAY.

A FAMILY OF AlEsoic:;;;Ts.l.A decent-looking woman,
with an infant at her breast and two well-grown boys by her
side, was placed in the dock, having been taken by the puce-
officers exercising their vocation of begging. The two boys
were clad in a very singular sort of uniform, each of them
wearing a long black gown of glazed cotton, a large muslin
collar, very clean, and a Scotch cap. This, the officers said,
was the dress in which they were in the habit of soliciting alms,
principally in the neighbourhood of the Necropolis. The ma-
gistrate directed Mr. Forwood to see that theyshiluld be sent
to Scotland, which the woman said was her native country.
SNUGGLING Toaacco.—A wan, named Patrick Joyce, who
is said to.he one of a gang of fellows w o frequent the quays
and piers with razors, while they are ready for plunder or
any other unlawful act, was charged with having taken away
from on board the ship 'tally-ho, from Virginia, eleven pounds
of manufactured tobacco. When the dock policeman, John
Hackey, took the prisoner into custody, the latter offered five
shillings to set him at liberty. This case differs front that re-
ported in our paper of last week, inasmuch as the prisoner in
the present instance was conveying away the goods. The
penalty in this case is 1:100.. If the party-be unable to pay, the
magistrates must imprison him fur six months, to be kept to
hard labour, which judgment was passed on the prisoner in
question.

STEALING A CHILD'S NECKLACE.—A notorious character,
named Susan Williams, was placed at the bar, charged by a
lady, named Thornton, who resides in Brown-street, with hav-
ing on the previous day stolen a set of beads from the neck of
her child. Thornton said, that she had permitted the
child to play at the steps of her door, and scarcely two minutes
had elapsed when the was told of its heads having bean stolen.
A gentleman deposed, that he was passing along Brown-street
when he saw the prisoner at the bar addressing the child, and,
as he knew the latter, he was curious to know what such a cha7
racter had to say to her. He, therefore, stopped to observe
them. The next instant she, the prisoner, unclasped the beads
and darted off with them. lie immediately pursued her, took
her in(o custody, and made her deliver up the beads. The
prism* said that the beads had been given to her by another
fetnate Mr. Parlour stated, that the prisoner had Leen com-
mitted for felony at least a dozen timer. The case was re-
manded.
EXCISE INFoutviATioNs.—James Bedford was summoned be-
fore the magistrates, un two informations from the officers of