Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-05
RIOTS WLIjH HAyE 90 UpRED IN ENGLAND
WITHIN A CENTURY.

The co1scritt on rot N New York ss led some {
tho journals to rsussc gls history fer records of
great riots which have occurred in shat country. Tie
Washington Chronicle succeeds in bringing TO u the
following;
On the 9th hand the eQuency Of riots In Englap
Is very remarkable. Without going very far back, We
csn point out many very Sc Jus staI which sgi-
tat country at the IN and disgraced Ia .nnsl4.
In 1880 the noted PJ,utu riots occurred at Edn-
burg o. descrb with viz power in ecot's 'aBssrt
u Mid Lothi4n" A p lice "fhcer bad rendered himself
obn Jxigus TO the mob who bs ito the prison VII
h. Vas con6ned dr. gged hih out, tok him to he place
of execution and hanged him there Toe city was
In the hands of the rioters while this being done,
d the whole proosed ogs In direct violation Of
tue laws ot nlen AM L ID
In 1865, there wee riots in many part. o. England
on INT of Ire excessive price Of food and II greet
eI4c ion nf 0 - upon the turnpike roads, The very
safety Of thu GoVernm ut Threatened aud II was
ccpside ed AIRY to redic the cost Of bread and
lessen the .r OF toll bars.
In 1876 when III English Parliament rejected bill
which was Intended prohbitory the impor-
t.Io ror'en and nro ective OF the manufacture Of
Engsh sss the Spitsl6 l1- weavers proceeded OF
ing In Lo fo M the mii cry bad to be employed 10
di e them. 1t was or that occasion that b FIRST
Lord 10 Ian eSdly ID "What evil sn artfu man
nigh do with these moosl" The full details are to
be f,nrd Ill Cd &c Yalpoe's Memoirs"
IN ll6U OSCuTIeu tue NO IOp6I1 which Pe
hes, description is tn b. fnupd in Cck 8 Bsrnsby
Ru i~e." A young man, Lord George Gordon son Of q
Du ,e, himself member Of Parliament and unto tu
nae so feeble minded that his insanity never
u,ted constituted himself champion Of the cause of
III "a Professionalism in England hea led the Protestant
A alton, aud after having encouraged the msttudc
Of idle quarrel aud rascaly per of both sexes
was uptb control them when they broke into riot
London wesat their mercy, the civic magistrates not
daring enforse the law against u EN- The Govern
men s II was pirs, zed for some dsys, during which
rapine I'd even worse rampant 10 the car
tai of tae XII givm. Prisons burned he ground
and their inmates liberated; churches we're troyed ;
private dwelling gutrd, plutdered. and demolished
In fact for several day. the mob ruied aid eli
dacioas ad cruel such OF them were not inesp CT g.
ted By drink, applying Themselves to the business Of
pi'lage and Indrder.
H. 1871 th-r. we're the tuddite riots In Motifs and
D,Iby in 1915 he eel, bated Spa-kieds riots, when
don VS. agelo at tle mercy OF the mobi and IN
1880 he ag tural misunderstanding rio,' Ia BUR-
ut and Sss
/ 1884, vile the Reform Bill wss under discussion,
e mop used violent means TO tntimidete Q re
known, or siot,sd o be no tile 20 the tne'sur as
saulted the Duke OF Weiioe.,n in the strest' Lon
don grew tunuItu us In Derby, where they at sehsd
tle pri on AID LID ali the prisoners, burned tre
o., e Of NnttiI CHAM and pindered th' d"'iih
houses of boring peers ard country gen enen.--
the cit Bril- o the mob went Into even W0si eA-
@ - a burning cad p under'rg the resid"nces OF t
Mayor d .nop an other oonoxinu person, as well as
the pri.o,s Gust r,-bors, * Office, aud oth' pub
lie ,u, dpg- yh,.y destroying .-en are AMI, 10
AZ p.i,ete hou,e aud ouses causing the desuuc-
ton rr,p ~ u the vale OF 81 500 100 Next 20
the Gordon 10 If 1880. his the most dsi tr Us
gu Of. ak OF moo vo'cnce ever known IN England =
III. K beeca rio OF Is s which to'k place ~ vale
and were unsisy direcjei tn the demo Ion o. turn
d., s. roo uu Gus in he p"Or sgricul pr'! 20 nr5 o.
s u Wal ?, aud Which ics d ops lime def all 10
10 Is Of the G ,ysIcnent 20 suppe s them, ma ces
,bls cAslosu;.