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April. The crews Of ten Of them were
saved-the others persisted.
THE CHARTISTS

April. The crews of ten Of them were
saved-thc others persisted.
THE CHARTISTS.
We regret to soy that the ministerial
chang es were followed in various parts Of
the kingdom by ,umuls and riots, in some
instances attended with blcodshed. In
Birmingham and Manchester things nssu
med very threatening appearance, and I,
was reported that serious riots had broken
ont there, rs well os in the S,af1odshre
potteres. These reports happily proved
incorrect as to the two great towns, but at
the poterles there were violent ccmmo,ions
lasting three or four days, and compelling
n resort 10 the most decided measures.
The cavalry and yeomanry were called out.
and finally succeeded in depressing the
rioters, but no, until they had been obliged
TO fire upon them several times, wounding
a number of persons.
Eighteen OF the rioters were taken and
conveyed TO place Of safety. One letter
says tina, the troops were firing, at inter.
vas, nearly the whole night.
Considerable numbers of the npitntors
had been arrested in London and other
Places mostly leaders. Among the ar.
rests we notice that of one Vincent, who
has laken very active part in fomen,ing
The disturbances al various places.
Ia London on the night OF the 10th thir.
teen Of The charlists were arrested. after
some resistance. They were in conclave
six OF them armed with formidable pixies.
Considerable quantities Of arms and am.
mun,ion had been sent off from the Tow
or, for the use Of the military in various
parts Of the kingdom where the churtists
had assembled in large numbers-especialy
in Somersetshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire,
Stnffordshire and Wales.
The London Courier states that in the
riot at Lane End the potterics) three Of
the rioters were killed, and forty wounded.
RIOT IN FRANCE.
The agitation consequent upon the pro.
tracted ministerial crisis finally ripened 10
serious riot on Sunday. the 10th of Nav,
of which Galignanl's Messenger gives the
following account.
Yesterday afternoon the central quarters
of Paris were thrown into alarm BY The
beating 10 arms Of the drums of the Ma.
tional Guards, and the rapid assembling of
that corps, as well ns the marching Of the
troops of the line toward the Rue. st.
Denis, 81. Martin, &c. and the Place de
Greve. IL soon became known that some
serious Disturbances had occurred in the
heart of the capital. which these prepare.
lions were intended to suppress.
We learned that about 3 o'clock, from
300 to 400 persons, principally dressed 10
blonses and caps, assembled in 'front.' of the
house Of Messrs. Lepage. the guumakers,
No. % Rue Bourg l'Abbe. opposite the
Passage Saucede. some Of them armed
with hatcbe's. broke through the door, and
gained possession Of about $50 guns, prin-
cipally fowliny pieces They then left the
house for the street, moving toward the
quays, on reaching which they divided into
several parties, and proceeded to make
attacks on the poets of The
National Guards at the Hotel de Vile. and
the posts OF troops Of he line at the Place
de Cha,elet and the Palais de Justice.
opposite the flower market. all of which,
having no warning or expectation Of any
popular commotion, were easily dsarmed.
The men who assaulted the two last, then
advanced 10 the Prefecture of Police, bu,
found the gates closed and strongly guarded
by the Municipal Guards, warning there of
their approach having been received
They then returned TO their confederates
on the Place de Greve, in front of the Hotel
DE Vile, who were cndeavoring to raise
barbados at the approaches, and partcu.
larry that from the Quai Peletier. by over
turning two omnlbuses and laying them
across the entrance. These proceedings
had taken up some time, and meanwhile it
had been found possible to issue orders
from the Prefecture of Police; several
attachments of horse and foot Municipal
Guards were called out, and by o'clock
advanced by different points to the Place
de Greve. AZ soon as their approach
became known to the insurgents, those
who were armed, went out TO meet them,
and defend the central point of the Hotel
do Vile.
A detachment Of the mounted Municipa
Guards was the first to sustain their fire.
as 1t debouched from tho Rue dos Arois.
The head OF this party had reached the top
OF The Rue de la Vannerie, q short distance
from he Quay, when a discharge of fire.
arms laid Two Of the leading men low.
AT this moment other de,schmenis of the
Municipal Guards made their appearance
OF different points, and some shots were
exchanged, but without any fatal conse.
qnences on either side. The rioter. grad.
ually abandoned the Quay and The Place
de Grove, and withdrew in the direction Of
the Rue ST. Avoye. The Municipal
Guards hen occupied the Place de Greve
and all The avenues TO The river between
tho Point al Change and Point au Bles.
Great agitation, VIZ learn, reigned at this
time IN the quarters ST. Martin, ST. Denis.
and Monmartre. where, however, NOTHING
bad occurred, except the plunderinp of
Messrs. Lepage's shop, and the agi,ators,
amounting to between 800 and 400. were
marching IN long Struggling file. without
ORDER toward the Boulevsrds, by the mar
, ROY, streets 10 the right Of the Rue ST.
Martin "