Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-08-23

u,L oo,ld on l,.e general question Of ahaoa
o d;,;dng the House. there no Tor The oiii anu
! 10 against IT, rI ,be House Of Lords re-
solved itself into 4 committee on '"e ", - si, ,hs
no The n,incipal speakers on each s'ue anu nha'y ~
ny w p, ere odop,ed and the report ordered 10 oe
SEVERN G,urs dny On The third clause the votes
ms,a 5G in The affirmative to do nays.
On the 2Ist of July the foslage oih Passeu "oos"
committee with amendments
Of the graln tiarSet: r ~ ,L :; bo
IIyrRruoi Aug 1.-THE state OF iie weather Is pe
;n,, IN ,c,,e The spprs tensions OF every rejecting
sn Mr. Rice eour Chancellor of the Exchequer, tod
pon,ent that the quantity If foreign corn imported
since last harvest amounted in value 10 II ooooou ~
confirmation of this and in prnl mat tp imported corn
was paId for in solid metal the BANK OF Ehgiano, wc"
had inward. Of G,A Geo coo OF gold in lis corrs only
short lime ago. has at the pieseh' ''''"s"', "o' '
more than 81 0n0.0G0
e,,eTs from Sleuin to the l4,h inst, stnte that the
benl excessive but that severe storm had been ex
oerienced during the preceding week Inc traoe III
Grain was moi active, but several safes {" Whfat Tor Eng
land had been made and this grain h tor export man
tanned ills price Oats rather on ihe decline u
wos boprd that notwithstanding The continued runs
there would tie fair crop. 49,,
msrcial affairs there were animated, and the safes o
wheat amounted 10 45 600 hecioliirfs' ne arrivals ."
oats had been moderate The exports during the mon,h
or lime had been IA $50 hectoltres Of wheat and 024
LoypoY July 90 u S Bank shares 23 5s Is I'd;
Penn SIS lsGa, 81 Louisiana SIS, % casa
LospoN, july 3U,-From the Paris papers and letters
il would appear only that The accounts were SUI
s,pn,ialy true OF an attempted Arrangement between
the Bank Of England and the Bank oil france, but tha'
the additional modification is imposed OF oa'Iures ~
the applications mnde-one 10 The Bank OF France anu
the other 10 the capitalists ot fars-a aserace Which
certainly beie the great banking E"s''sh eo'po.
ration. - a. ~
Rsne,ced and Dreadful Rotsat Birmingham I'm ,ns
18th uIl an immense collection oil Chnttis's sane'eu u
tie Bull ring and the police were ordered 10 u'sPe:S'
them. The attempt was mel WIN tsSs'nn'e' a"' w.
Icnce ensued nv hich several men were innreu-sos
severely The police recalled ~ "fder 70 aro'u
nil cause for irritation and collected in the police once
ward out Of the gaze Of the mob
But far from producing The desired ehec', 'e guy
effect of the disappearance OF the police was Inc WIN,
drawnl of all restraint upon Tie rabbc, who commenced
series Of violence before squalsd Inc @ihuo"
of the public office we're demolished WIN srnnes, anu
the police inside the walls, were peseo. Inc amps
md windows in High and SPECIAL stses, were hei a.
tackled by The mob AT length The ln'uf'a'ed taooe
turned their attention to the houses themselves ho Sc
veru of which they repeatedly made attempts 10 io,ce
nm entrance Finding that The weapons CLUBS ano scks)
with which they were PROVIDED were ttaa ,o'
their purpose they rushed al The IRON paisaoes sur
rounding the Nelson Monuments portion OF when thry
wrenchpd from The masonry, and then returned 10 he
wori of destruction No time elapsed before lhey ofcea
Msssrs Bournes the tea Dealers whose premises e&'
/
street The shutters aud doors having yielded 10 heir
continuous attacks they Immediately tore them down
They then commenced pnging the warehouse throw
inn their contents into the street
The premises Of Mr.. Leggeit, UPHOLSTERY were next
attacked and demolished and immense rolls OF bed TICK
ing were rolled out and burned. Next the lamps were
ali pu, ont and many of Them demolished The houses
of Mr.. Arthur Dakin, tea dealer, Mr. Horton, silver
smith, and Mr.. Paks, obacconst, were next denolisi.
ed The windows Of The latter were battered 10 pieces
with silver candlescks taken from Mr. Horton es-
Enlistment Another party was busy engaged ID nat.
,erng in the houses Of MIR. Allen, biscuit maker MI
Perkins head borough Of Birmingham, brushmaker;
Mr. Arnold, porkshop; Mr. Poueney, grocer; MI =.
Heath cbeesemonger Mr.. Walton, butcher; Mr. Finch.
er lea cr seller Mr. Bliss Spread Eagle an individual
who had never rendered himself obnuxlous.-h his ana
Nh Wallon's house were but slightly injured. ihey
were about attacking Mr. Wainwright LIQUOR merchant,
corner of Market Hail. when cries OF NO, no, inter
ruped them but not before they demolished magn'h.
cent lamp recently put up; Mrs Martyrs, cutler, and
Mr. Banks, druggists had The whole oil iher iions oe
stroyed their property paged and otherwise Damaged
The immense frontage of Mr. Goodens Nelson tio'eI,
was next assailed, the windows and doors being forced
in. - .
The establishments of Mr.. Bourne and Mr.. Leggett
we're then Sc, fire and totally consumed AMIDST
/ the hesh wells nf the rabble. he MOP hno al 'hi'
time had The streets to themselves about three hours
and their further progress was interrupted by Inc ARRIVAL
OF GO Of the metropolitan police, who rushed npnn me
mob sword in hand and disposed OF one body oil then''
Two Suadruns al Dragons also maGe tHelI appalhIe'
and soon succeeded in clearing the streets The dam
aye done is computed at about f4O COO The spectacle
presented The next day wns truly appalling. All bnsi
ness suspended. aud strong disposition was man.
Tested by the mob 20 renew Their violence but the mill
tary and police succeeded in preventing any iutlber
outrages large member OF arrests were made, hnt
only against few the evidence sufIclent 10 autho'
rise their detention
The following proceedings in the House of Lords upon
the Riots al Birmingham were brought before the House
by The Lord Lieutenant of the county OF Warwick. =
The Duke Of Wellington and Lord Melbourne had some
sharp shooting. Lord NJ. greatly excited. The
Duke, in his remarks, said:
CATER dsgracelui riot had existed for more Than
wcek-he believed for more Than ten duys-his large
town. Of The greatest manufacturing towns IN ihe
kingdom holding property to an Immense amount, ana
containing population OF the most respectable nneni'-
ants had been treated town taken By storm. Taken
| by Storm had he said He had, while with the armies
OF his country many towns taken by Storm but he
had never seen-he had heard oi-snch oulrases
as had been committed last night under The eyes oil the
maglsracy
Vlscount Melbourne Instantly rose with every sign Of
| great excitement, and SAUL
Why does the noble Duke say that cloud cries Of
/ hear hear from the ministerial benchcs) when DID
these things happen The night before last CLEAR
hear How is il possible that the government could
have hitherto done any thing in the matter: Why does
the noble Duke say that nothing has been done why
should he suppose that nothing will be done by the 60
vernments (Hear. hearl DuIng The time these rio
have occurred in Birmingham every step possible ha
been taken by the 10 prevent such outrage
| What is the reason that the noble Duke mugnes The
government will neglect their duty My lords, say
that the government have never neee their duty
daughter from the opposon)-wlh regard 10 the pre-
seryation OF the peace (hear, henr)-and The noble
;, Duke has right 10 that we shall neglect GU
duty in 10 future. CLEAR, hear)
The Duke of Wellinglon-l say, my lords tina! those
lots have prevailed for the last ten days. and no steps
hive been taken 10 put them down tfeclua!y-to pun
ish the magistrates who have neglected their duty, o.
those who have taken part in the o's several Of whom
are now in Warwick Jail. (1ear, hear)
The Chartisis do confnc their operations TO Biz
mingham They very active in all the manuaclu
ring towns On the Gath Jolly al New Castle ,hey came
out in large iorce but driven back by the militia
~ At YARN they held meeting on the night OF th
Goth and did much mischief 10 individuals and shops
BY throwing mud a nd other missiles about. etle
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