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The Great Religious Riot in England.

the House adjourn.
The Great Religious Riot in England.
From the European Times, of July 3, we
take the following detailed account of the
lamentable and fatal riot at Stockport, England
on the 18th ult, between Catholics and Profess
| tants, growing out, it would seem, of the nom
extension of true and equal religious liberty to
all its subjects by the British Government in
connection with its bloated Church and State"
policy
DREApFtl. Rlor At STOCkPoRT-i Chanel
Snched-Ercaing Scenes On Tuesday night
dreadful riot occurred in Stockport, between
the lower class Of Irish Catholics and English
Protestants, embittered by party spirit and
| quarrels; rising out Of constant discussions as
to the right of the former to continue their pro-
| cessons. The third edition of the Manchester
| Guardian, Of Wednesday, gives a semi official
account of It's origin, from which we extract the
| following particulars:
| sunday was the anniversary of the usual
| procession of all the Roman Catholic scholars
| connected with the three chapels in Stockport
| The recent royal proclamation against Roman
| Catholic professions had been much discussed,
and the Irish Orangemen and other Protestants,
| English and Irish, contended that the process
SibH ought Hot 10 be allowed.
| g Various respectable residents of Stockport,
| apprehensive that if the procession took place,
it would lead to some serious breach of the
| peace, applied to Mr. Sader, chief constable,
| to know whether the authorities meant to pro-
| hl5I'lt, under the powers Of the proclamation.
| The inject, we believe, was also brought under
the notice of the Mayor and the borough magis-
! trateS but, from whatever cause, no orders
were given to forbid the procession, and it took
| Irfo D,,1,- -ir,,ri ii II
Firth, OF the Catholic Chapel, Edgeley, senior
priest in Stockport, waited on Mr. Sadler, and
gave the most solemn assurances that no SYM
| bois or garb should appear in the procession,
| beyond what had been usual on former anniyer-
saries5 or anything that could be deemed a
defiance of the proclamation
| When it became known that the procession
| would not be prevented, party feeling among the
lower classes ran high; the Catholics boasting
they would not be stopped and the Protestants
| declaring that their procession ought to be put
down, The procession, however, did take place
on Sunday afternoon, and, on the whole, passed
| off quietly. 1t started about , o clock from the
Catholic Chapel at Edgeley, suburb of the
town, near the railway station, and proceeded
| down Edward street, across the Waterloo road
down Churchgate and Park street up Heaton
lane, up the Wellington road, south, and so re-
| turning again to the Roman Catholic Chapel
| iAS'i'p' - "si9 W tiLS tIieStS- anu IL
| number Of irish laborers, walking six abreast.
There We're no banners.
The priests did not wear the canoncal vest
nents, but appeared in ordinary attire Even
| the girls handkerchiefs or wells, which they
| usually wore on these occasions, were set aside,
and they only wore white frocks and little cross
es suspended round the neck by ribbons The
only badges or symbols that might be supposed
to contravene the proclamation, were ball and
| nd rilt 1n,ra NJ, ~
occurred, and even Sunday evening, which is Of
ten disturbed in Stockport by noisy brawls
among the Irish population. (who are said to
| exceed ll,UOo in the borough,) passed over with
more than usual tranquility.
= Ga Monday afternoon, information reached
the police office that an Englishman and Irish
man, both Of them in liquor, had been fighting
in the liquor vaults Of the Bishop Blaize public
house, and that expressions had been used hav-
ing relation to the procession Of the previous
day, and to Popery and Professionalism There
were reports also OF other disturbances, particu-
| larly IN the flillgate sent in to the police au-
| thorltAeS though, on their arrival at the spots
indicated, the mob had separated
| 8 During the whole of Tuesday everything
| remained tranquil but the Rev. Mr.. Forster,
priest Of St Michaels Roman Catholic Chapel
IN the Park, called on Mr.. Sadler, intimated
| that there considerable angry feeling on
apprehensive of their assembling in the evening
| in Bombers-hrow Tor Garnett street) As Mr.
Sa3!er was popular among them, Mr. Forster
proposed TO meet him at o'clock, and that they
should 90 together to the spot in order to pre-
vent any disturbance MIR. Forster, however
being unable to keep the appointment, Mr.. Sad
Ter proceeded to take such precautions as he
thought advisable He sent three or four o
his officers into the Hillgate and matters beinf
quiet he eontented himself with sending fey
more officers there. Shortly afterwards he re
celged message that very suddenly, consider
able numbers Of English and Irish had stimuli
taneously made their appearance in Hillgate
and had commenced fighting with sticks an
other weapons.
Which party commenced this fray Mr., Sad
ler was unable, either then or subsequently,, t
ascertain. lie immediately got together som
assistant oonstables, and was proceeding wit
them to the spot, when information reached hir
that the rioters had been driven back by tn
/ police and others from Hillgate, and that a con
| siderable number of Irish had gone in the di
rection Of High street, which leads to neigh
D borhood principally inhabited by them, anC
known a. Rock-row, Petty-carr, Carr-gre
etc. Making for Rock-row, he saw numbe,
4 of people collected at the upper end of the rov
n (Which with only one or two exceptions, is in
q habited wholly by Irish), and extending into {
field adjoining St Peters Church They ap
O peared TO be in conflict, and, as he was proceed
v ing towards them with his men, they were me
:. by a considerable body of the Irish, who as
Il sailed the police with stones, brickhats ans
other missiles while various sorts oil projectile
" were cast from the houses, and even wome1
,f were seen on the roofs of the cottages, hurlin
states, bricks, etc, on the police.
v However, the small force under MIR. Sad
# ler's command succeeded in driving back an
g dispensing their assailants, some Of whom wer
e captured and conveyed to the police office; an
Y ultima tely, comparative quiet being restored
il Mr.. Sadler left number of men on the ground
e and dispatched a messenger for the Mayor, an
Il Mr.. Boothroyd, Attorney, who resides about
E | mile from the court house The Mayor, witt
several magistrates, shortly arrived. and de