The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-16

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|svas S2srIoGE riak ~ Sse1 ths police Of Live,
pool and to soIdior1 Of the 0ist regimsnt
About nine clock mt night number OF men
belonging n the Ctr regiment had assembled
ct M. Heague's publichouse, in DAle-stzeet, ore
of the principal thoroughfares Of Liverpool, Ia
order, as some Of them were heard to express
themselves, to wipe off the disgrace to the regi-
ment which had been inflicted on Saturday and
Sunday night by the police. The apprehension
Of some Of their comrades for an affray in which
a policeman aud respectable civilian, Mr.. w
Yates, warehouseman, were both seriously in
jure1, seems to have given deep offence to the
soldiers, and many II them were heard to say
that last night would not pass over without the
blood Of some Of the police being split. Is
suing from the public house above named into
the streets where were q considerable number
Of other soldiers belonging to the same regi-
ment, some Of them made up towards Duggan,
4l9, who was at the time on duty in Dale-street,
and unfastening their cross. belts, they made q
desperate attack with them upon the poor fellow,
who, it is stated by the police, was wholly
unconscious Of the feeling Of luminosity existing
against the force smongst the soldiers, and who
wac wounded so severely about the head and
body that he was considered in very great dan
ger when our reporter left.-On the other hand
it is alleged that the soldiers were frat provoked
by policeman asking . How that chap OF theirs
was that was in the hospital" abiding to one
who was suffering from acme injuries received
in a previous conflict with the police. Be this
a. it may, after severely and dangerously beating
DuQgan, they proceeded in body up Dale
street. and Shaw's Grow, attacking every po-
licenan with whom they came in contsct But
word was passed to the Rosehil PoIice-station,
where q number Of officers were in waiting,
and these being joined by others dispatched
from the central station, commanded by Mr..
Inspector Towerson, speedily came to the spot,
and scene ensued which wholly battles descrip-
ton.
The soldiers had by this time spread them
selves in. skirmishing parties of tens, probably
not expecting the concentrated movement OF
the police. Attacking the military, however,
thus in detail, the civil authorities effectually
cut off a junction Of the struggling parties, and
although the conflict was kept up with despe-
rate resistance, as each fresh baud was attacked,
and the whole neighborhood was for nearly two
hours kept in a state of great apprehension,
captures to more then thirty of the soldiers
were effected, by the aid of all the reinforce
ment Of police, which, under the personal drec-
ton of Mr.. Commissioner Bowling were even
tually brought TO the scene of The riot. At
length demand was made at Everton- barracks.
for assistance from the officers of the regiment,
who promptly despatched several picquets of
thirty men to aid in queling the disturbance.
Notwithstanding this, however, many Of the
soldiers within the barracks, hearing what had
occurred, scaled the wall and proceeded to the
rescue of their comrades; abo"t Is of whom had
by this time been lodged in Rose-hl Bridewell,
previous to their being conveyed to the more
secure prison of the borough. Watching, how
ever, the absence of the picquers, who had been
engaged in clearing the streets, the scattered
soldiers again assembled at Rose-hil just as
the van in which their comrades were placed
was being driven off, and renewed conflict
ensued, in which the police would beyond
doubt have suffered the loss of many of their
number, as the soldiers were using their side
arms with horrible imprecations, just as those
Of the three pcquets were recalled md ended the
ARRAY The van was then driven off with great
speed, accompanied by large body Of police
at double quick time, and the prisoners were
ultimately lodged in the main goal of the town.
P. s. The town has remained perfectly tran
quill since last night all the men of the regiment
being confined 10 the barracks, and strict mea-
sures being taken to prevent any further rioting.
A number of the soldiers, who were witnesses
in the case, entered the session house shortly
after IL o'clock. The men were in full Dress
and, when they came out into court were re-
quested by Mr. Wyberg to take off their hats
This request was unattended TO, and an order
from the bench, to the same effect, was treated
in similar way. The men, however, after be-
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their own accord, although they had refused to
do SO at the request of the bench. In addition
to the military taken into custody last night four
civilians were apprehended, charged with aiding
and abetting the soldiers in the assaults on the
police. In all, there are % prisoners in custody
The returns of visitors to the building yester-
day, Ist July) again show decrease, the num-
bers being 5l069, and the amount taken at the
doors E2,429 los. The interior was exceed
ingly cool and agreeable during the day, and there
would no doubt have been larger attendance
but for the showers that fell during the morning
and the afternoon.
IRELAND.
The Tmes correspondent says That the
Irish journals, of all political shades, are up in
sioners, and the blow it has given to the hopes
of an Irish port being selected as the point of
departure for the American mails-Ths cou-
pied with the failure, through whatever agency
of the experimental trip of the United States
steamer from New York to Galway, has given
tone Of acerbity to the Dublin papers the more
remarkable from the rare unision of sentiment
which upon the present occasion anmates the
organs of the two great parties on this side of
the Channel.
All faith, however in the prospect Of Ameri-
can assistance towards testing the capabilities of
the port Of Galway is not yet forsworn, and il is
still hoped that whatever individual enterprise
failed to perform, may at no very distant time be
accomplished by the will of the United States
government on the one hand, and on the other
by the exertions of the people of Dublin, Gal
way, Belfast, and even Cork and Limerick. Al
ready it has been suggested that funds should
be speedily collected here to purchase a first
class steam vessel, and that requisition should
be presented to the lord mayor to convene a
public meeting of the citizens with view of
showing, if only for once, that lrishmen were