The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

March 7, 1818.

SECOND EDlllaluisN.

Standard Office, Ten o'clock,

LAY OF THE MAIL TRAIN

bConsiderable anxiety prevailed in Liverpool this morn-
, in consequence of
the non-arrival, until about four
u's after the usual time, of the early mail-train from
London.
,‘,fe are happy to announce that there has been no loss
l'' re. The delay was occasioned by the upsetting of a
ci'agerZge, train from the. south, containing heavy iron gir-
about nine miles on the other side of Crewe,
and both lines of rail became so blocked up in conse-
!aitquence that the mail train could not pass, and had to
the arrival of 630 up-train from Liverpool, when
'lle
one train mail,
to pa
the otssengers,her and luggage were transferred from
.

'CARLISLE ELECTION.
Iresterd
aY the committee declared the election of Mr.
_ government
for Carlisle, to be void, on the ground that he was
that hi contractor at the time it took place ; and
or• Hodgson's election for the same place was void,
account of bribery by his agents.

lot and Desperate Col-
lision with the Police,
111 London.

"nz a Fourth Edition of last night's Sun.)
Wh
The s °lll' rePortcr returned from Trafalgar-square to
Pose 0rf,..°16c.e, shortly before three o'clock. for the pur-
which ''''ung the report of the Income Tax meetinge, that thaePPeared in our last edition, he was led to behev
rosily letruisPle would quietly disperse : indeed, a great
sas
tile autebt" Place. but it seems that as manyep,
Persons _
0,..r 12,000 e: Mentioned in our last edition—namely 10, )00
No "P -seßhi,,ai„.tied, apparently with no settled purpose.
• tscaPedretbeler-01,.5, far as
.we were able to ascertain.
it►M_eeting,
mightfre”Triuna.iteill•emaemedafter the termination of
jud,,e of the settled
04P1se,which th will
; -€7 Had in view. He helot) one man cry
RepT;Uirgen,c'''' Death to Guizot," " Long live le
Observe a out he seemed afraid that any one should
At t --a,t he as the utterer of such sent. vents.
Police 70 ? clock, or a little after, a great number of the
trnhclllae:e
the
.°°,,K up their position in different parts of the
erow ' and
Proceeded simultaneously to clear awayinwhich
cl,i Who resisted the rather summaryway
,Y,Uegan
better the
number of them
to put their orders into fortce ln fact the
;;;PeLe--and it is right to state thatl ;,iovuarsing
class--did not
tell j°ung men and boys of thelwho in order the
interference. of the police, .
vi.s, to accomplish their object, smote with too much
They were assailed with the most
eence right and left.
ti'serdant yells, and we saw several stones thrown at
rleul. Some were severely punished, and
.the truncheon
t"' Pte was wreste from him and thrown ipto the basin
,TNat cheers. Alt ltle boy was struck so violently across
e head by one of A division, of whose violence at great
F5nY complained to us, that he fell, and the blood
hithcito beneath his cap. A young man was knocked dowffn
f'''' a bullock by one of the same division, and carried o
.01. dew.
~. It is right to mention that the tempers of the police
wi"etve
to
tried. When we saw them strike, they did so
their
tem , nnecessary force, and seemed altogether to have loste
eUtpred ipers. Many respectable persons with whom w
theento conversation, agreed in opinion that if the
had not interfered, no acts of violence would have
s
haevue le)oeemorriit!ed. Between thirty and forty mente
paonidiche y
in
the exe t taken into custody for assaulting hw_ cu lon of their duty. Some of them are severely
Cuided about the head. A great many were taken to
1 Charing-cross Hospitals to have their wounds dressed. vithusaPector Baker, 19 A, had his eye-lid severely cut
of w !tone; he received also a severe wound at the back
7Aboiniteatidir'eeatiod'
-,(rgeon of the forwas
obliged immediately to go to the
number of
crock that portion of the palings of the
down,
acnodl u aminn.
Nelson monument nearest the National Gallery were torn
ad notes cape without le and boys got on the plinth
Two or lithrnee persons who stood on the
,t!rgin of the basins were pushed in out of sheer fun, and
„It; A. had his eyeslethlinred.the police are more or
a severe ducking. Police constable
severely cut, and
4lal.past five o'clock,
t_,l„he greater portion of the police were withdrawn
was
Aurwgreat measure restored.
the peollicaeve seld°lll
and as soon as they went order
st
hers sem . seen a mob more inveterate aglauinm.
Had they not mustered in such large i
cries of e,?"st have been killed, for there were bitter
Were exaq Throw them into the basin." The people
The fie' 'perated at being
,„,_ e
_l:ce rushie
le
struck with their timi.cheons.
1, gto and fro of large knots ot peop
t4ongjesrtc..e.,ly, and 24" d by toe police,, now closing
upon them, then.strug-
their milit, with the
shouting with all .
°f a f 9.41.4 away in all directions, had the appearance
Of St' riot, looking down upon it from the steps
ev:t Martin's Church. The club windows, and in fact
eotilY4 bueva_ilabte spot from which a view of the conflict
Th., obtained, were crowded.
The People are dispersing.
hit h
,hgt/L —-....___-
rAit RIOTS AT GLASGOW.
THE MILITARY CALLED OUT.

It b
the e seen from a paragraph in our third page that
ether an operatives in Glasgow were last week in
10 an excited state, and that they assembled in very
le gdi riuntbers on Friday, to be addressed by one of the
ag chartists They however, separated peaceably ;
but will be seen by the subjoined copy of a letter which
ttnootinbue,esiennn received by the master of the Exchange NewNse-
tohfisiotnogwneo,ntthinauat theirnee. peaceable intentions have
Extract f
erring•y act rota a private letter dated Glasgow, Monday
....-
pal
stoe City is in
*/10 ar: great confusion and excitement. Sere-
snitnrrok.en into and gutted, by the unemployed,_l
B9shop in hing about with guns, guns tl
_n
Buchana nge-square and theigoldsmith.'s shop i
contents,nstreet,, are for Ced in ; the former is cleared of
s, an', the windows smashed. All shops are
fir •ft _llcl the streets crowded. Several shots were
teLl Buchanan-street a few minutes ago."
ehe:.....following despatches contain the latest intelli-

A 1. GLASGOW, MONDAY, 4 P.M.
eity. e..artist riot is at this moment taking place in this
The The mob are breaking open the gunsmith4' shops. is, iTe next our office is now being pillaged. The cry
1000 °wn with the Queen !' The mob is composed of
Persons. Two policemen shot."

" HALF-PAST Six, P.M.
Rol fie city is now quiet, but from the number of guns.
the eril?. it is feared that there will be fresh outbreaks during
lap lilt* The military are posted in various parts,. and
9e4en b.?dy in the Royal Exchange. The shops of Jew-
bu-stinuesgsuinsssmui9tphesnhdze been more or less pillaged.

fore, rsdrie railway.
""150 a "EDINBURGH, 11 O'CLOCK, P.M.
re "Tgoons have just left for Glasgow. The mob
left
Th(y are pulling up the rails on the Pais-
eft
600 of the ilst foot have just
g°w."

AN EAsy
the TRANSITION.—Mr. Emerson, speaking. of
knf with which the New Englanders pass from wit, e-ttet:vl°_,.ll at.other, said that a man might one day
trao:',P"Keeper and the next a judge ! " A very natu-
kgeneh ,;;"01:4" whispered a wag—" from the Bar to the
CAus,„
kontlnmkth.. op THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.--T
he
of Louis Philip and of Guizot perished at Tahiti
to arid. The men who wielded the power of France
t erhe„,Ush a missionary station at the bidding of Rome, and
to —en who bartered character, and truth, and honour,
1)41.°/ide a 'Bourbon dynasty in Spain, had put aside the
pl., Panoply of human power. The King loust..neeruvseatirlied, ttlirce of mind when these were most indispensable,
tot, defences became unavailing. Th T and
tht,Lalais Royal were stormed and. sacked, and Instead of
bicolouredda cockade, with which on one of the last
ti of July, 1830, Louis Philip rode into the court of
4 4,24 tel de Ville, he was \doomed to see the red flag of
droblic floating from the towers of Notre Dame, as he
1;?!eff, once more a private citizen, to seek a temporary
St Neuilly, on his journey to the coast.
tatig"l' Is A BARRICADE ?—Before all traces of the
vert4leatles, those popular checks on miscalculating go-_
one h eats disappear, I will endeavour to give an idea of Itt Lot!, an illustration that will be fully comprehended by
410,4 all,'"°,.tter• Suppose the commissioners of avements,
ra°' their perpetual diggings up, piled the stones of
iIP -.street across the way instead of along it, inserting a
or two on the top with a few lengths of iron
v'il4,4lifbaellatlalf a dozen trees from
.Temple.gardenNat
'tile kris ,u,artleade like scores which have been raised
d "ioe last movement. They are rude enough to
4t.telitti) at most formidable in their effect. Troops can
er4,4agalast them ; cavalry are quite useless, as they
de
eav ttttpll the intersections of the qreet? whicchu-_
Aqtallon turned, it would find. itself in a
more •nt I hatbhey are formed with a rapidity truly ma
481? 1-,;erestibe examined a hundred of them with much
Cuall'etEl of I should feel in the Pyramids.—Cor-
tible !tiost:
Y remark-
of thOVERCOMING FEAR.—One. very
1r001,,,,a11ee that I have noticed, is the fearlessness
1114 and crowd into the thick of the
.tumpultn,
sh„_ers of t°ssiag their arms, and often remain h
move with 1;e0 men have given ground. The Boulevardsw
I/1. 41414_1n rettes, elegantly dressed, who watch. the
10„4ad repeat' he troops, and mix in the groups, inquir:
it7rest. P4eating the news with the utmost curiosity
,and, he ho?). gentletnan to whom I remarked this,
bean a f..,eeey struck with the same fact. He said that
Aoin t4he Iturie Were watching the conflict at ab
dent:twenty Martin, and they were surroundeda by
flew' iso, Work girls, probably sernpstresses. Sud-
IlePhistliu..arge of muskets took place, and the a. b Ils
lag Past, and rattled against the wall over their
satitteh,;"eY all fled, and took refuge under a neighbour-
at aY ; but the firing having ceased, the girls peeped
hi`srislv, and went forth one by one till at last he
ketttne.nd were left alone. "We thought" he added,
ur-egif_' that as all the women had gone, we might.
rceponucilenta again, and accordingly we did."—Paru