Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-08-20
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The conscrption riot 10 New YoiI, has led some of
the Journals to ransack English history for records of
great riots which have occurred in that country. The
Wash gt0n Chronicle succe d. in hrngi ing to light the
following
On the other hand the frequency Of riots in England
is very remarkable Without gooy very far back we
point out many very serious instances which agta
ted that country al the time aud dIegracCd its annals
In 1880 the noted Porteous riots occurred at Edn-
burg, describe! with vivid power ia SCOTS "IIe1rt
OF Mid Lothian." 4 police efcer bad rendered him
self obnoxious to the mob who broke into the prison
where he confined dragged him out, took him to
the place Of execution ard hanged him there Ee city
in the hands of the rioters while this being
DONE and the whole proceedings in direct viola
ton of the laws Of man AID God.
In 1913, there riots in many parts OF Eagiand
oo accCn0 o tbs excessive price OF food ard the great
exec ions of tolls upcn the turnpike G0ads he very
eafety OF the Government thgCatened, ana it
considered necessary reduc: the cost Of bread and
lessen the number OF toll bars
In 1865 when The English Parliament fe ected
bill which was ;euded to act as proEibiorp on the
importation of foreign and protective OF the manGfac-
of Eoelieh silks the Splta6eds Weavers proceeded
to riotlng in London, and the military had to be en-
ployed to disperse them Il that occasion that
The first Lord Holland said What evil al artful
man might d. with these m0bs - lbe Iu!i details
to be found in "Horace Walp0its Memo;rs"
In 1880 occurred tie NO PoIery" riot, cf which
the btst description is 10 be found IN DiCkaus "Barna
by Rudge" 4 young man. Lord George Gordon, son
OF Dake, himself member OF Pariiam n and unfor-
tunateiy SO feeble mind I'd mat his insanity was never
doubted, constituted himself champion Of the cause Of
ultra Professionalism IN England aie1 the Protestant
Association and after having encouraged fhe multitude
cf idle and rascay persons Of both Sexes
unable to control theIn when they broke n;0 riot.
London ct their rcy, the civic magistrates not
daring to enforce The law against them The Govern
ment Itself pare yzed for some days. during which
rapine and worse crimes rampant ia The cap
ital Cf the kingdom, 2. IsOns burEed to the
ground aud their Inmates liberated; c,;Drches were de
sroytd private dwellings gutted, piudrred and de
moll shed. Ia iac1, for several days. The mob ued and
reveed audacous and cruel, such 0t ti3t not
incapacitaed by drink applying themselves 10 the bu
slness of pi!!age AID murder.
In 1911, there Tie i.uIdlje riots in Motifs and
q rbg in 1916 the c~labrltcd $pa-Firius rDts when
London again at the nelcy oi the NIB acd in
1880. the agricultural machine destroying III Sur
ry, Kent aud SUsseX.
La 1881, while tie Reform Bill under discussion,
the mob used violent t. utnidlte the peers
known, or supposed to be- hostile to the measure as
sauIted the Duke aelngtoo III the sheets OF Lon.
don, grew tumuItl0us i'll Darby, where they attacked
the prison and liberated all the prisoners, burned the
Castle OF Nottingham and puuCerei the dwelling
houses OF neighborlng peers AID country gcntemen-
In the city Bristol the mob went iuto even worse
excesses, burning and pluodeDg The Iesdtnc OF the
Mayvr Bishop and otter obnoxious persons well as
the prisons, custom houses excise CGce ad other pub
he buildings, wholly destroying Quten square, and in
10 AZ private houses Causing obstruction II proper
ty to the value of s. 100000. Next to the Gordon
riot of 1880 this the most disastrous ou break of
mob violence ever known in England Tne Rebecca
riots of 1873 which took place in Wales and were
mainly direced the demolition Of turnpkes TOO
merous in the poor agricultural country OF South
Wales, and which tor long time dehed all the efforts
of the Government to suppress them, may close this
catalogue.