Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-17

overthrow in LILY, but "Naooa! Sovereignty |
which established. this is tue .lcscrin, ION of
the 'na'trT a thro.fc was over, nrnr.!, and is
place not government cstabl shed but AL ANARCHY
luIuguraci.
Howcvcr the rest of Europe may be involv"d-
however far the fire MY sprend and the conrag on
of passion cxtcnI-wc sincerely hope tina, EnpianJ
will not be cmhroii"d in any continental Institutes
ILLUMINATION IN SCOTLAND.
Grcenock papers to the LIST of April were rccc;v. d
at Quebec the 30th Ill They furnish = ,ow ing
accounts of splendid luminatorrs and rc,o cinrs
throughout scctl,md by the friends Of Parliamentary
Reform and Liberal Principles, no., however, VIC
are sorry 10 learn, without seine serions out race,
having been committed. The Glasgow Courier |
illumina ion has happily passed Quietly |!
over-not SO, however, in Edinburgh, in Dundee |
and Ayr The disturbances in the first named town |
are narrated elsewhere. Serious as these were still
more outrageous the conduct of th. t.isrsnchi-
ssd citizens OF "Bonny Dundee" They burned the |
Police Office to the ground. be- hun,nrd the Police
men set fire To an old v"s>cl IN the hur5or, and col
united other rios, the particulars of which have
not reached us, but which have AZ we un,e RS: and,
been most altrmnG Letters from AYR announce
similar omragcs. The Proves, in eni,,avu,i,g 10
qnell the moo 1t is said, got himself knocked down.
some of his ribs broken, and his hat tossed into
oonhr The mob then proceeded To tn" quay
capture at for the bonfire In this attempt they
we r's!.ted by some cUDstablrs, bit the rlob tri-
unph'd, aid inver!irg the boat upon the bodies nf
the consablPs, whom they had knocked down dan
cd upon It's keel to drown the cries Of the sufferers
beneath. They then marched off with the boat,
nnd thr"w It into the blaz 'ng pile. Scch few
If tho pleasing incidents with which Examinations in
the cause t reform have been celebrated in Scot
| land"
illumination IN Giasgo.c.-As agreed upon by the
Lord Provost, on the rcqusi ion Of of the most
intiuci-:;dl gentlemen Connected with he different
Exchanges general illumination was intrmatrd on
Saturday by proclamation. In case nf any posi-
bility Of disorder, gentlemen is .ued Oh Mon
day morning placarl, adv" g the public TO re-
iraln om every appearances Of hos,i;y TO those
who could not rejoice with lhcm the occasions;
! tins and the usual recommendation CT the MaGis
traes had The effect of secuiil g the perfect
Order; and we have great pleasure IN being able tn
! congratulate the CltiZNns the pIrfact contrast
which tier -'n!uct cxhiHi's to that Of the people
Of l. nburgb and Dundee, o. winch notices are IT.
serted elsewhere, we have crowd of
persons great that OF Monday evening. who
conducted themselves with more propriciy. Good
hunpr smiled Oh every face and tn, har lened op-
poaeHt' OF the measure treated very properly
wnh federation The hour OF lighting up was eight
o'clock, and at that hour The city bells set
ringing; and in few minutes the illumination
general
f'Ac borough OF Balton and Itllc-cnd, comprising
upwards Of 2D,no0 inhabitants, Gas SUlendidiy illu
IN mated. The Police had never less , d.
On Monday, through the exerions of Mr. David
Bell and Mr. james Lumsdcn, dinner was, on
very short no ice, got up in the Royal Excl,Gnge
Tavern, TO celebrate the triumph of liberal p,inci-
plies over corruption sand borough nongeing despC-
t;sm.
illumination in Edin6u1g.-Ttie CITY was iliumiaa-
ted on Mo nday night, in common Jration Of the tri-
umph OF the rcf,rm hill. The magisrAcy, anxious
TO act consistently, we presum hrsiisted at first
give any encouragement to the proposition, but IN
the AFT crnonn they issued handb,ll stating that.
, great number Of the inhabitants had determined
to ilumlnate.i: world be advisable that the ium:-
nation should he general. This bill, however from
being issued at tn eleventh hour, was of less use
than 1t might have bucn bad it appea red somewhat
car'eH-aud partly from that reason, and partly be
cause many of the tier orders either thought >le u
bec prcnature or alto stner unc- He'd for nv hon
ees IN the Weather pat OF the New Town were
Enlightened. st the display Of lights was general
but we must say, rs fur our observation went
that, with few exceptions, ii seemed any thing but
spontaneous. In the Old Fuwn where the DoDula-
ton is humber and dense almost CIV ~ WIN
dow had its due number of Candles and from fev,ra
POINTS The view was highly curcsqne and effective.
Early IN the evening mob of black guard ads, many
of them carrying tCrchos, collected IN rrotIus and
commenced regular circuit Of the New Town
huZzhIng and hooing with oil their might, and
smashing all the dark windows in their course az
they rushed unwurl p .inccG' street, Quccn's |
street, Harriet Row. the fine streets adjoining Sln
ray Place, Melville street. Athol Cras.ea,. Shaod- !
WIKI Place, and Cho-Ioe Sqrarr, al sufferer, from
this wantOn and destructive Visitation. In Melville |
street and hthol Crcec"nt wbese the paues are OK
FCn ly large and expensive, whole saeIrrs were
dashed out with single v0lcy. The nccs>ant /
chittcrfng q tb" stones there bore ci,er resem-
biance 10 regular 'raad"; and the dam 90 mus
nave Dccn lnncnrr. as The public puts" will event
uaiy experience. SS hcedl SO were the rlutcrs !
tha' many windows smashed IN wn,ch light |
were burning The active part IF me crowd as f.
as We could ob:erve, was composed almost entirely
of young rnilan5 Chiefly bakers giazicrs, "aiLtcrs,
tInSml rs. eId such like 9cD,ry-but we regret TO !
say that III one or two Instances, we heard young
mcu, vino from their appearance, ought 10 have
been ANXIOUS ra her 10 rnaitaiB good order han 10
SET II Of Defiance ehojIl tic rescue, wilrn Inc 70
lice clntchcd ho i Of any of thu bns rnscas. We |
are, ct course, unable to particua lza hat Of
the damage that has been done-out the circuit IF
the mob will be easily traced III the G1orninR-Bx-
cep III one or tW" nst inc"s. nUt!,ing IKE political
iecng app AIRED 10 aDnti the wtDdp bTcakers--
indeed they were generally speaking, % a ass who
rarely caro- straw about poiecs. thick fog ca me
on abou' tn O'Clock, and by twclv" all the light
wer- eXluguished and tho town rrS!V rcd o peace.
In lciu there was worry brilliant and general illu-
ininatiou.
illumination in DuHdce.-Thc illumination at Dun
dec was general, though the authorities were dis
pleased that it ordered by the author of anony
nous bill without any previous communication with [
lnon' I'm the course Of the evening number Of eff
gcs were paridcd and burncd among Others those of
tho Duke Of Wellington Sir Robert Pool, the late
Lord Advocate, and Mr.. Pcrccval. Boats, tar bar