The Sun. — 1835-07-15 (London, England)

ALARMING RIOTS AT LIVERPOOL.  Liverpool, Mouday. To-day and yesterday, this town was thrown into the utmost consternation, in consequence of one of those disgraceful outrages taking place amongst the lower class of Irish, arising out of their religious disputes which so frequently occur in Ireland, on the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, when (as in the present instance) several lives are generally lost. It appears that Sunday, the 12th, being the anniversary of this event, a report was industriously circulated by the lower class of Roman Catholics, that the Orangemen intended to walk in procession through the streets, although no such a proceeding was resolved upon by the Orangemen. In consequence of this rumour, the Roman Catholics determined to raise a mob for the purposo of counteracting the supposed views of the Orangemen ; and, on the Sunday evening, having previously armed themselves with bludgeons, pokers, daggers, pistols, and other articles of offence capable of being converted into a weapon, they commenced an indiscriminate attack upon all persons leaving suspected houses, or who were pointed out as being obnoxious, and stones were flying in every direction —both at the windows of houses, and at the heads of unoffending persons. Women—to their shame be it spoken— were as actively engaged in the work of destruction as the men ; and were seen encouraging their husbands and chil. • dren to commit murder, by horribly exhorting them not to desist, until they had " waded knee deep" in , the Orangemen's blood I In Ben Johnson-street a mob of about three hundred persons congregated simultaneously to rescue a prisoner from the custody of a watchman, and the latter was obliged to fly covered with bruises, leaving his prisoner in their hands. The Crnsshall-street mob, having de- • molished the windows of Mr. Pennington, a publican, who was said to harbour Orangemen, and committed other violence, joined that in Ben Johnson-street, and the whole posse of villains proceeded together along Vauxhall-road, chasing the o atchman who had just escaped, and uttering the most shocking anethemas against their opponents, and shouting Ten pounds for the head of an Orangeman." Mr. Parlour, the Superintendent of the Borough police, and Mr. Dowling, of the Dock-office, speedily arrived with their respective forces, and his Worship, the Mayor, and Sir Thomas Brancker also promptly came up, when the former read the Riot Act, and between twenty and thirty of the ringleaders were taken into custody, and the mob dispersed. The Mayor perceiving an evident inclination on the part of the mob to renew the rioting, ordered out the military, and two hundred soldiers under the command of Major Nunn, were • on the spot five minutes after the order was given, an instance of celerity for which the soldiers and their officers deserye vwe'r In the .arercoa of yesterday, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the mob ^rain bevan to-congregate in formidable numbers in Park. lane and Vauxhall-read, on the search for Orangemen, and in both places csaanniaaeed a renewal of the excesses of the pre-. .• vious night. The.s:titary we're re-ealksi out, and the Mayor was scram oblime‘r• •o Paria-lerikiluid read the Riot s* • sesso- Whilst parleying with the officers; a police force, hearts-d aaitby Alderman Case, arrived, and several of the ringleaders were taken into custody. At one o'clock the prisoners (all Irish) captured on the previous night were brought to the police-office before the Mayor, and all identified as having taken a prominent part in the shameful outrages, and the Mayor remanded them until this day, when further evidence will be adduced against them.