The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-27
The No.Popsry Riot at BIrmInEnnm,
EnEIand...HoM It Came .About.
Ieor0e ID, Prentice, Es0


birmingham has been agitated for
several months past by an anti. Catho-
lie lecturer of the name of Murphy,
who has created riots In WolVerhamp.
ton, Bilston, Wednesbury.oa and many
of the towns around Birmingham; in
consequences of which, when this Muir
thy and his friends made application
10 the Mayor of birmingham for the use
of the TowniHpll todeliyer his lectures
in, he was perelnptorily refused on the
Fprbund Of said lectures incftiug to riot,
and In fact this man Murphy has not
been able to hire any place in the town
ut all, on the same grounds. ~ - 80 -
Now, sectarian feeling running very
high, some of ythe Protestant HSsOcia-
tions determined he should lecture in
Birming ham In spite OF the authorities,
and hence the fact Of their building a
place for the purpose IN Carr's lane. the
whole affair resulting in u serious riot,
having nothing whatever to do with
any political feeling. Birmingham has
Roman Catholic. Iutr sl.s y
Mr.. MURPHY Ar WEDNESDAY,.
FLoH. Lhe Birmingham Saturday EUenfHO Post
effqaz1 CVEnsl H. (f}b
on Tuesday evening, In Mannder's
Concert Hall, Market Place, Wednes-
bury, Mr.a w. Murphy delivered the
first OF a series of four lectures, IN aid
OF the surviving sufferers of the late ac-
cident in Rydding Lane Chapel bout
The Rev. w H SBecken, Methodist
Free Church, -WalsaIl,) occupied the
chair, and after the singing of a
HYMN by the audience, and the Of
| ferinR of prayer by the Rev. J.
Turner, CBaptist;l heS introduced the
lecturer, who was received with loud
cheers. Mr.. Murphy commenced his
/ remarks by stating that there was one
thing for their sirencouragement, and that
was at WolveThampton on the preced-
ing tiay the Recorder, with eminent
counsel against him, THE speaker, , and
| Mr.. Scott, had TO acknowledge before
the Court5thatu the Itranslations of the
IraConfessional Unmaskedn were faith.
full and honest translations toheers.l
Ard that day the Recorder gave his
judRment, and said there was no law
IN England Ito condemn the book
] Loud cheers. Henceforth he 1.-THE
speaker,l was going to sell it to man
woman and chic, iahd even to cats and
dogs, IL they could buy it. lLaughteI
and ,applause.l BE, was still alive
They had condemned Popery, and he
would go on exposing 1t; and instead
| ofselling the Con nfeSsionalU Unmasked'
l only to young memof tWenty-oue years
OF age, he would sell II 70 young lads ol
one. AZ they. could buy it. Laughter
land applause.l AMI he hoped the
watch 6oirmittee of Wolvarhamptor
would take a note of 1t, with Bob Sid
lney at their head II they liked. Laugh
Iter.l-He was a queer chap to deal with
l lTContinued laughter.l They knew moi
| whom they had 70 deal With, BE was
fundaunted Bill, Let what would come
he Would still war 10 the knife.-
4 TCheers.J And the delicate Watch
l'I,ommittee, with poor Bob Sidney, and
Ian the Sidneys together, could NOT stop
Il him. tCheers.l He hoped some q
these dave to see some OF them In EBir.
lminghan, where his bdiIding was go
hing onafapidIy. EOheers.1 Bis moftc
on the top, side by side with the Union