Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1871-09-23 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MURDEROUS. AFFRAY BETWEEN ORANGEMEN AND CATHOLICS.  The extreme leniency with which the men who established a reign of terror in Maryport, Cumberland, in July last, were dealt with by the local ma:: istrafes, has had precisely the effect which mahy feared. Ever since a very bitter feeling has existed between the Catholics and orangemen in the town, and fights and disturbances haVe been of frequent occurrence. A labourer employed at the Maryport Hematite ironworks, named Allen Molitier, who was a sort of leader amongst the Orangemen, wasdrrought before the magistrttes at Maryport' on Friday last, and was convicted of brutal and unprovoked assaults upon two men named Hamilton Haney and John Malian. Mon. tier was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard, labour in the county gaol. A labourer at the ironworks, named Robert Tremble, was in court during the proceedings, and left about two o'clock Tor home. Tremble is an Orangeman. Just after passing the bridge across the upper part of the harbour, he was met by three Catholics, named John Gartland, Patrick Call, and Peter Callaghan. Gartland was armed with an iron bar which had a large nut of the same material screwed upon the end of it, and with this formidable weapon he, without any provocation, knocked Tremble down. Whilst Tremble was on the ground, the three men attacked him. He was struck at with the iron bar, kicked about the body, and fearfully ill-treated. A man named Hugh Paton went to his assistance, and the ruffians turned upon Paton, whom they knocked down and kicked in the Most brutal manner. , Another man, named David Young, was in his own house close at hand, when Trembleand Paton were attacked, and, hearing a number of women screaming "Murder," went out and saw Gartland striking at Tremble over the head with the bar of iron when he was lying on the ground. Young cried out, "Oh dear, oh dear! Don't do that !" The words had scarcely passed his lips when one of the men struck him over the head with the bar with terrific force, inflicting a wound from which the blood gushed in a stream. Young was also knocked down, and his assailants proceeded to kick him with their heavy boots. Eventually, a number of other persons came up and interfered, and Tremble, Paton, and Yotnig were rescued from the brutality of the ruffians who had assaulted them. The same afternoon a Catholic was assaulted in the street by several Orangemen, and had to run for his life. He took refuge in the shop of Mr Mitchell, a draper, at the corner of High-street, but was drugged out of the place by his pursuers, and kicked and slanief ally abused. At last lie was got into the shop again, and placed in a cellar attached to it until the rabble had disperced. In the evening warrants were applied for against two of the men who assaulted Tremble, Paton, and Young, and they were taken into custody by the police. They would have been brought before the magistrates on Saturday if there had been any magistrates to bring them before, but on that day there was not a single justice of the peace to be found in or near Maryport.