The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1848-06-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SAMUEL FENTON.  MORE CHARTIST DISTURBANCES.-011 Sunday last, great excitement prevailed in Bethnal-green, Hackney, &c., through large assemblages in the streets of Chartists and Repeaters. On hearing a cry of " police," they at first appeared inclined to run off, but some desperate fellows incited the crowd, and a number of them commenced throwing stones at the officers, which was continued for some time. A brick was thrown at Inspector Tarleton, who was knocked down. Serjeant Moore was served in a similar manner. The police then went to work with their truncheons, and many of the mob were severely injured. In Turtle-street, and Castle-street, in Bethnalgreen, the inhabitants (who are the lowest characters) threw brickbats, and ginger-beer bottle.s at the police. One of the constables was severely cut in the mouth by a brickbat, and was obliged to be taken away to the stationhouse. Though the mob received a very rough handling, crowds continued to assemble in Virginia-row, and other places, when a party of mounted constables came up with swords drawn, and by using the flats of their weapons succeeded in getting the streets tolerably clear. They had barely done so and gone off; to another part of the neighbourhood, when being informed another attack was made on the officers, they set to work again, and many heads were broken before the mob would disperse. In Victoria Park a most determined attempt was made at an early part of the afternoon, by, a desperate gang, to murder two constables in Virginia-gardens. They had forced them on the ground and were pressing their throats,, no doubt intending to murder them, when a section of the K division, by using their truncheons, succeeded in beating off the mob, and taking two or three of the ringleaders. The officers, on passing by one of the houses in Virginia-row, had a pike pointed at them by a man, who said, " A little of this will do you good." They were watching for this man to come out when they were so brutally attacked.—At a meeting in Bishop Bonner's Fields a Mr. Jones said,—" On Whit-Monday, we shall have another display another Kennington-common meeting., but not at• Kennington. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Will London do its duty ? (Cries of " yes, yes.") Mr. Jones concluded by advising them to organize, and in a few days the green flag would float over Downingstreet. Mitchel and John Frost would be on their way to England, and Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey on their way to Baffin's Bay." (Loud cheers.) Mr. Jones and the other leaders then left the ground. The sight of a policeman crossing the fields towards the church arrested the attention of the mob, who made off towards him in a body, evidently resolved to avenge the attacks which had been made upon them in the morning. I From a newly macadamized road in front of the church the mob procured a large supply of stones with which they attacked the constable, who managed, however, to make his escape after receiving many severe injuries. Their attention was then directed to the church, the windows of which were speedily broken, the mob having become impressed with the idea that the sacred edifice was filled with soldiers and policemen. The police were now called into action, and having emerged from their various places of concealment they marched off in sections into the midst of the people. Many scampered off in various directions, but several hundreds refused to go, They were loud in their complaints. The men having been commanded to clear the ground, a severe conflict took place. The truncheons were used with full force, and in the space of a very few minutes several dozen men and boys were knocked flat upon the ground and were trodden on by others in their anxiety to escape, whilst many had their heads broken, arms fractured, and were otherwise seriously injured. Notwithstanding the violence the police were obliged to use, many refused to leave the ground, and showed the officers the arms they had about their persons. Determined not to be put down by the exhibition of weapons, the police set to work with renewed vigour, but although very hard blows were dealt, no fatal case occurred. An officer of the K division seeing a fellow in the crowd about to stab him in the abdomen, put down his hand to ward off the blow, when the instrument penetrated completely through the fleshy part of the hand. The constable was immediately removed to the London Hospital, Several persons were taken into custody,