The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

MOVEMENT OF TROOPS FOR LANCASHIRE.

During the whole of the afternoon of Saturday the greatest
excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of the terminus
of the London and Birmingham Railway, in consequence of
information having been sent to the railway authorities to
prepare two special trains for the conveyance of troops to
Manchester. It soon got rumoured in the neighbourhood
that above 1,000 soldiers were going to Manchester by the
six o'clock train, and a great crowd began to assemble. The
crowd continued to increase, and fears were entertained from
the menacing manner of the assembled idlers that a riot
would take place. About half-past eight the tramp of heavy
cavalry was heard approaching, and in a few minutes after a
troop of Royal Horse Artillery, heavily accoutred, having
with them four field-pieces, made their appearance in front
of the station, baring left Woolwich shortly after six o'clock.
About nine o'clock, and soon after the artillery had en-
tered the railway yard, the marching of Foot Guards and the
cheering and hooting of a large mob announced the approach
of more soldiers. Shortly after they came in front of the
station, and were received in a manner even worse than the
Artillery, several of the mob shouting out, " Don't go and
slaughter your starving fellow-countrymen," and groaning.
These troops consisted of the 3d battalion of the Ist Regi-
ment of Foot Guards from St. George's barracks, numbering
700 men, with three waggons laden with ammunition. The
mob at this time was very great, the soldiers having been
followed from their barracks by several hundred persons.
On Sunday, as early as nine o'clock, another troop of
Horse Artillery arrived from Woolwich at the Euston station
of the London and Birmingham Railway, with three field-
pieces and ammunition.
About four o'clock the Quartermaster of the 34th Foot,
from Portsmouth, attended by an orderly, arrived, and or-
dered refreshments to be procured from the various public-
houses for that regiment, which was en route by the South-
western Railway from Portsmouth. The greatest excitement
at this time prevailed, the poor quartermaster being obliged
to be escorted from the various public-houses by the police.
In an hour after two waggons, laden with ammunition and
guarded by several soldiers of the 34th, came up, and were
shortly after followed by the regiment, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Airey, consisting of 600 men.
On their arrival they were greeted with the most discordant
yelling by the mob. The officers appeared to be the particular
mark at which the spleen of the mob was directed ; and on
three or four of them riding up abreast, they were groaned
at in such a manner that an order was given to fix bayonets,
for the purpose of intimidating them. This caused the mob
to shout louder, and when the whole had got inside the gates,
a tremendous groan was set up.
The men having been refreshed with bread and meat and a
pint of beer each, were allowed to rest for half an hour, and
on the call of the trumpet, took their places in the several
carriages. The train was unusually lengthy, consisting of
nearly twenty carriages, and at a quarter to seven it started.
The crowd had not in the least diminished when it left. In
consequence of these special trains nearly 200 of the S
division of the metropolitan police have been doing duty
when they start, a considerable number of whom are sta-
tioned at Chalk Farm, it being feared that an attack might
be made on that part of the line.

DISCOVERY OF A MAN IN WINDSOR CASTLE.

The town of Windsor was thrown into a state of consider-
able excitement and alarm at a late hour on Monday night
by the report that a man (said to be connected with the
Chartists) had been discovered in the immediate vicinity of
the private apartments connected with the Royal nursery.
Other alarming rumours were rife, some of which went to
the extent that a man had been found secreted in her Ma-
jesty's dressing-room, and "armed to the teeth."
The real facts, however, as far as they have been ascer-
tained, appear to be as follows :
On Monday night, between nine and ten o'clock, shortly
after the breaking up of the Royal dinner party, a strange
man was discovered seated upon a bench or form in the foot-
men's waiting-hall, within a very few yards of the Queen's
entrance from the Quadrangle to the Castle, and only a
short distance from her Majesty's private staircase, leading
to the suite of private apartments and the Royal nursery.
The man to have reached this part of the Castle must have
gained admittance at the servants' entrance, and have tra-
versed the several passages of the Castle, to the extent of
between 200 and 300 yards. The footmen's waiting-hall,
which is about ]6 feet square, is approached by two or three
entrances, and crossed by numerousdomesticsat every period
of the day until the hour of retiring to rest. The man, who
is about 40 years of age, and whose appearance was that of a
journeyman mechanic, wore a velveteen jacket and trousers,
anda black glazed hat, and carried in his hand a!small bundle,
containing a shirt and a pair of shoes, and a thick walking
stick.
Upon his being discovered, and the natural inquiries be-
ing put to him as to his business there, and the mode of his
gaining admittance (especially at that hour of the night) to
the interior of the Castle, he stated that he followed a pot-
boy, who was carrying beer into the Castle, and that having
lost himself he sat down upon the bench to have a rest. He
further stated, in reply to questions put to him, that he had
been walking a long way in search of work.
After some further examination the man was taken away
at II o'clock in custody by Mr. Steed, the inspector of
police on duty at the Castle, to the station-house, and thence
to the Ship Tavern, where he remained until Tuesday morn-
ing, a policeman sitting up with him throughout the night.
The man was placed in the coffee-room, where he dosed oc-
casionally upon the chairs till about six o'clock.
The man next day complained of thirst, and asked for a
" drink of water." Some of that pure and wholesome be-
verage was immediately given him, of which he drank nearly
a quart. Upon being ordered to be taken away in custody,
he offered some little resistance, observing, " I've now got
into good quarters, and here I'll stay for the night." How-
ever, trifling force was obliged to be used to remove him, and
he was taken from the Castle in the custody of the inspector.
Upwards of an hour before he was discovered to be a per-
fect stranger at the Castle, he was observed by the orderly in
attendance sitting upon the bench in the hall, by whom he
was considered either to have been one of the workmen en-
gaged at the Castle, or a porter who was waiting on some
business for those employed.
The man was examined at the Home-office, before Mr.
Hall, on Tuesday, when it was found that his name is John
Quinlan, that he is a labouring man belonging to Maidstone,
Kent, and that he is 40 years of age. This is not the first
occasion on which he has visited the castle. He states, that
he believed, that if he saw the Queen, he would obtain a pen-
sion for life, and that this was his object in going into the
castle. Nothing of a dangerous character was discovered on
his person. He was remanded.