Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-07
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The consCrpEon riots in Naw York have led
some Of the journals To Tansack English history
for records of great riots which have occurred in
that country. The Washington Chronicle sue
cee3s 10 bring TO iigbi the following
o. the other hand the frequency Of riots p
Erglsnd is very remarkable. without going
very FAR back, we can point cut many very
serious instances which agitatsd the eogntry- Al
the time, and disRraesi iis annals
In 1870, the noted Porte0uq riots occurred ~
L linburg, a. described with vivid power n
Scotts 50 Hesrt of Md Lothsn" A police OIL
Ger bsi rendered himself obnoxious TO the mob,
who broka into the prison where he was con
fined dragged him ont, took him o. ihs place Of
exseutisn and hanged him there. Ths city wss
in the hands Of The rioters while this was heing
dove, and th3 whoie proceedings were in direct
violation Of the laws Of man and God
In 1883 thers were riots IN sla1ly parts Of
Eaziand, on account Of the excessive price Of
food and the gr5at eXac.isn Of tells upon the
turnpike roads Ths very existence of The Gov
ernrasnt was threatened, and &c vac considered
necessary 10 reduce the cost Of bread and lessen
the number Of tol baro
In II55 when the English Parliament re-
isetsd a bjl which was intended 70 set as pro-
hibiioTy on The importation OF foreign aud pro
tscfve Of the manufacture Of English silks the
SBitsfslds weavers proceeded TO riotiug Ia Lon
dsn, and the military had to be employed to
3ispsrse than lt YES On that occasion that
the first Lord Holland shrswdlV said, "Wiat
evil su arjfel man might DO with these mobs o.
The full details are 20 be found in Horace
WalPols's Memoirs
In 1850 occurred the No P5psry riot, Of
which the bes, description Is 10 be found in
Dickens " Barnsby Ruige" young msq,
Lord George Gordon, son Of q Dgke, himself q
member of Parliament sad uufortunstsiY so
fesble minded that his insanity was never ques-
toned, constituted himself champion Of the
cause Of ultra Professionalism in EsRland, beaded
the Protestant Association, and after having en-
ecuTsged -the muitiiu3a Of idle, guarrolsome
and rascally persons OF both seEeg, wassun
sbls 70 eouHol them when they broke into
riot London was Of theiT mercy, the ciYic
magistrates not daring 10 enforce the law sgainst
them. The Government itself was paralyzsd
for some days, doriGg which rapine and even
worse crimes were ramDsHt 10 the capital Of
the kingdom. Prisons were burned TO the
ground and their inmates liberated churches
were desuoyedi private dwellings, Euited,
pluudered and demolished. In fact, for several
days the mob ruled aud rsvele1 sudacious and
cruel; such Of them as we're not incapaeitstsd
by drink, applying themselves % the business
Of pillsgs and mnJdsr.
10 1871 there were the Lu1dits riOis ia Notts
and Derby; in 1916 the celebrated Spa Fields
riots, when London was sEsin 1t the mercy Of
the mob and, in 1880, the Agricultural ma
chine destroying riOts in Sarrey, Kent snd Sus-
sex.
In 1891, while the Tsiorm bill was under dis
cUssioh, the mob used violent means 20 intimi-
dale the peers known or supposed 10 Be hos
tile 70 ths nlsssgns, assaulted the Dake Of Wei
lington in the streets Of L0ndon grew tu-
ulultuous in Derby, wheTa they attscked the
prison and liberated 81 the prisoners, burned
the castle Of nottingham, and plundersd
The dwelliHg-hoHsss Of ths nsighboring peers
aud country gentlemen. IN the city Of Bristol
the mob went ist0 even worse sTesssas, burning
and piRBdsriug ths residence Of the mayor,
bishop and other obnoxious persons, a. well a.
the prisons, custom oouse, excise office, HE3
other public buiidings who, by destroying
Queen square, and, IN f5r;y-tRo privsts houses
aad warehouses, causing the destruction Of
properly to the yalue of s., 500 600 Next 10
the Gordon riots of l7l0-tlis aas the most dis
astr0us 0utbIesk Of mob violence ever known /
ia England. The Rebecea riots Of lS43, which /
took place in WAKES, aud were mainly directed 1
70 the demolition Of turnpizes, too numerous ia /
the pO0r agricultural country Of South Falss /
and which, for long time, deiied 81 the Asrts /
Of the Government 70 suppress them, may close
this catalogue.