Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-19
LATER FROM ENGLAND.


Courier & Enquirer, the accounts they furnish.
Bristol, one Of the chief commercial towns OF
England, was it seems, the scene Of dreadful RI
OTIS OH Saturday night and Sunday, s9th and SOth
of October; in the course Of which the Mansion
House, Custom House, Excise Office, four Toll
houses, three Prisons, the Bishop Of Gloucester's
Palace, and AZ private dwellings, were sacked
and burnt. Tie mob had complete possession OF
the city. and the military, when they did appear
were in such small numbers, and acted so inetfi-
GENTLY. as rather to aggravate than alay the MIS-
chief; four or five lives were lost, and about nj
ty persons were wounded, independently OF those
of the incendaries who, from intoxication, were
unable to escape the flames they themselves had
kinded. At the last dates order was said to be
restored.
This spirit Of misrule does not seem to have
spread. the Kings proclamation only enumeratlns
Derby and Nottingham (the riots at which places
we heard of by the previous ARRIVAL and bris toll
As to Continental affairs, it is said by the Cou-
rier s. Enquirer, that SIN France the govern
meut have resolved to create sufficient number
of Peers to carry through the upper Chamber,
the Bill which has passed the Chamber of Depu-
ties. abolishng au hereditary peerase.
..One chamber of the Belgian Legislature has
accepted the terms laid down by the Conference
in London; there was doubt that the Senate would
accele to them The King of Holland having
hesitated on his part, British fleet had been or
dered TO the Dutch coast, but timely concessions
rendered hostile operations by them unnecessary"
The President Of Greece. Count Capo d IS
trias, was. assassiaated at the door of church
he was about to enter. by two brothers Warromi-
chafs. One of the assassins was Immediately
slain; the other, who took refuge in the French
Consul's house, would be surrendered for trial to
the magistrates.
The immediate occasion of the riots at Bris-
toll. seems to have been the unpopularity OF the
Recorder, Sir Charles--; and the oppor
tunl,y of manitesting the popular dislike was the
annual civic cortegc. The proceedings OF Satur-
,lay the goth, are thus related:
IL is usual for the mavor aud the sheriffs. and
the civic cortege, to meet the Recorder at Iotter-
town. about a mile from the city. There he leaves
his own carriage, aud enters the more gorgeous
one of the MAYOR Our present mayor Is re-
former and might have been very popular, but
since he entered on office, he has kept himself en-
ti,ey aloof lie wa, attended BY crowd OF lit
tie more than thousand persons. who. on the aP-
pruach Of the Recorder, set up most dlscordant
noise of yroans and Kisses. Sir Charles appear
ed very pale, and his hand was by no means firm
as he placed 1t on the pannel OF the coach to as
sist him in. Tie Immediately shrunk into cor
ner of the coach, and was very little seen by the
crowd.
On the road to the Guildhall the crowd con-
tinued to increase, but many turned oft to the
bridge. tn await his arrival at the Mansion
house in the Square. The most dreadful noise
continued the whole way, and occasionally,
regret to say, a stone was thrown, but no inJu'
~ was done. After the commission was opened,
land during the ceremony. public feeling could
not he restrained: and SIR Charles was imprudent
enough twice to threaten to commit any one VINO
should be brought before him.. the procession pro-
ceeded TO the Mansion house, but without the
usual cortege Of carriages. The two Sheritfs
were in the first; the Mayor. Recorder, &c IN
the second, and Sir Charles's followed empty.
down Corn.s,reet and Clare.street the crowd
and the noise continued to increase, and thous-
,nJs ;o;ned The Shcriffs were allowed to alight
and enter very peaceabiy- the constables then
formed dense line between the carriage and
the door of the house, aud the moment Sir Charles
aliehted, he covered down, and ran into the
house. At this moment cloud Of stones were
thrown at the carriage. which greatly damaged
il. The carriage then drove off, the people be-
came peaceabe, and if the constables had gone
into the Hall and shut the door. or had at once
retired the people would have very soon dispers-
ed to their homes.
As it was few minutes after the magistrates
had alighted. rush was made on the Popu'aee
Inv posse Of special cons,abes, for the purpose
Of securing the persons by whom the missiles had
lust been thrown, and an individual was taken
hold of and dragged inlo the Mansion House.
Again, another rush took place, aud another cap,
ture was made; and this was repeated several
times; the conviction being pretty general that
nersons were selected at random. The least
show Of opposition on the part of the Populaeee'
who during these proceedings were really guilt