The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-10
THE REFORM RIOT.
Scenes ut Hyde Park and Trafalgar
Square.

mentary Reform has not terminated 30 peaceably
as it's promoters anticipated When it became
know" that the police had received Instructions
to prevent tho meeting being held in Hydo Park
q written notice was forwarded by tho "Demon-
stration Committee" to the various sub-commit-
toes, to tho effect that tho members were to
march in procession to tho Park, and If prevent
cd from entering it were then to form fonr deep
and proceed by way OF Gro,renor place, Victoria
falgar Square. The notice also alluded to tho cir
oumstauce OF the police acting under the orders
o..;Iy OF q Tory Go aovernmssnt and concluded by
to sho% by their peaceable and orderly CON
duct that thoy were determined to have
manhood suffrage and the ballot In accord
sions wero formed shortly after O'Clock yester-
day afternoon in the different metropolitan dis
triots included within the operations of the Reform
ALeagne. The preliminary proceedings at Clerkeu-.
we'll Green were almost an exact counterpart of
what took place at the other starting places. At
q ooiOek about h,ey persons we're collected round
crowd gradually increased, until, at 81, some two
or three hundred people wore collected round the
1Magons " WIEN ,ha was taken possession Of by the
BILE by 'heir wearing red sashes and other badges
of office, A MIR. .Cofey commenced tho pro-
ts 81 in which he de-
ing orders to close Hyde Park against the advo-
Gates OF reform, and declared that the Reform
League were fully determined to havo the ques..
tion tried whether the parks were the property Of
the Grown, or or the people who paid for them.
He trusted however, that tho people wouId
gu amfe'gy ~ ana use no violence yhsteyer No
made the meeting 80 generally known ss the
notice which had been issued by Sir Richard
tocracy in general and the Earl of shaftesbury in
particular, Dir. Coffey concluded, amid general
cheering, by declaring his belief that if the people
did did not no get the right Of votingitho sooner they
other speeches were delivered, and then the
audience formed in procession, and, proceeded by
drum and afe band, marched through Hatton
street to the Marble Aroh During it's progress
through the city the procession met with inter-
r1ption, owing to the conduct Of the city police.
who caused vehicles to stop until it had passed
by. The Roformers complained, however, that,
as soon as they had got beyond Holborn bars,
very little attention was paid to their comfort and
convenience By. tho metropolitan police, who
sought rather to prevent any undue obstruction
Of the ordinary traffic.
Mesnwhile, vast crowds had collected in the
mounted police, numbering 1900 or 1900, VAS hoI
assembled under the direction of Sir Richard
Mayne and Captain Harris, and at five o'clock the
gates were closed. Before that hour q considera-
Die number Of people had collected inside, in order
to witness what was about to take place. and these
were permitted to remain there. Outside, the
throng was, as might be supposed, much greAter.
Masses Of people had assembled ct all the ap-
proaches The Marble Arch WAS the oentro Of at
PrdP6sa aea s hsHf 81 tos Ion
| the traffic was seriously impeded. The windows
crowded with spectators. Shortly after 7o'oook
Mr. Edmond Beales, Lieut.. Col Dickson, and other
leading memoers fthe Reform League, In aline OF
cabs which headed the Clerkenwell, Islington and
other professions, advanced tn the Arch, and, the
subcommittee having succeeded in making
clear passage, MIR. Beales and his friends went up
| in hand, some OF them being mounted. The
crowd Immediately closed in, and endeavored by
| an "ugly rush" to effect admission, The police
and, it is stated, that both Mr. Beaies and Colonel
| Dickson we're struck in the scuffle. At any rate,
| after being refused admission, and having thus
went back to their vehicles, and with some Diff
| Guilty managed to make their way through the
crowd in order to proceed to Trafalgar square,
to he Fla to
| Printed bills were distributed among the vari-
GUS detachments as they came'up from Clerken-
we'll Southwark, Finsbury. &C.. directing Them
not to attempt to force an entrance into the park,
but to proceed to Trafalgar Square. It is much
easier, however, to collect thronga of people
than to keep them in leading strngs when collect
implicitly the instructions OF their leaders. The
gates, 1t is true, were strongly fortified, but to
throw down the ratings seemed a feasible under
taking, and this was promptly attempted. The
police indeed, hastened to every point that waa
attacked, and for o short time kept tho multitude
at bay; but their numbers utterly insufficient
to guard 80 long line of frontier, and breach after
| breach was made. The stonework, together with
the ratings, yielded easily to the pressure Of the
| crowd. Tue frs opening was made in tho Bays.
water road, whore the police, rushing to the spot
prevent cd for time any considerable influx OF poo
pie; but they could not be ubiquitous, and along
Park lane especially great extent OF railing
was speedily overturned, till in the emil the
crowd entered ad tibhuna. good deal Of scuffline
attended these incursions. Tho police brought
their trunoheons into active use, and a number oil
the "roughs" were somewhat severely handled
| One man, who was stated to be mechanic named
Fold, received serious injury On tn, head, an6
was carried off insensihle to st. Georges Hospital
It is SAID that he had just thrown a brickbat at
policeman. a man named TyleT, living ut New
road, Cholsea, also received blows on the head
| and was taken to the hospital, as were likewise
| others whose injuries were Of less serious char
aoter. The police on the other hand, did not come
| of HnBcathed. One Of them, named Penny, re-
| ceived thrust In the sido from an iron bar; ano
ther knocked off his horse by sticks and stones
and several others aimed slight injuries Stones
his men, was much hooted. Between 40 and so per
sons we're taken into custody in the vicinity Of The
Marble Arch, and about rs many more at the Other
approaches. Many of the leaders Of the crowd OK
erted themselves to prevent breach OF the peace
and Nr. Bradlaugh got considerably hustled for &c
doing, falling under the suspicion Of being Gov
ernmont spy. About O'Clock a company Of tn,
arenadier Guards and q troop Of the Life Guards
entered the park, but it was then too late to pre-
Won't the influx Of people, for, though the gatei
were still jealousiy guarded, breaones had beer
effected in every direction In the ptiiugs, and th'
military, who were loudly cheered by the crowd
: Of which was to obige tho mob occasionally t
wore by this time very large, and although, o
fhar6 n COlBl0Brabl8 number