Glasgow Courier. — 1864-08-18 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

RIOTING IN BELFAST.  Belfast, Friday.—The rioting which has been going on every night during the week culminated to an alarming pitch this morning, and several hand to hand fights occurred between two and four o'clock. Stones brickbats, bludgeons, and even guns were used; and before the police, who had gone home for the• night, came upon the] scene, a number of houses were wrecked. Several women going to their work were seriously injured, and one girl was knocked down, and several maimed by a blow from a policeman's gun, and a man was shot through the leg, and several wounded. At five o'clock this morning murder seemed to be the point aimed at by the ruffians. One man was barbarously set upon, and in a few minutes left for dead. Many of the people were more or less injured. The nunnery on the Crumlin Road has been wrecked. The Saint Patrick's Burial Society in Durham Street has had every window smashed in, and many other private houses have beenmore or less injured by the mob. The workers in the neighbouring factories are out on the streets, and cannot be persuaded to go to work. Belfast, Saturday Morning.—The streets were very riotous ,last night. The meeting-house of Dr Cooke has been wrecked, also the Wesleyan Chapel in Donegal Square, and the Rev. Mr Shaw's Church in Alfred Street. Eight or ten fellows were arrested, and the streets were very disorderly. Belfast, Monday.—Yesterday evening the arrangements. of the police were similar in every respect to the arrangements on Saturday evening. In St Malady's Chapel yesterday the Right Rev. Dr Dorrian, coadjutor bishop, addressed the congregation on the subject of the riots, advising the Roman Catholic party to abstain entirely from participating in the disturbance, and admonishing them not to allow any amount of provocation to induce them to retaliate. The mob smashed the National School and other houses in Brown Street. The whole town was almost in a state of siege during the Jay. The houses of business were closed. In many cases the workers did not go to their employment. Riots went on all day. The military were called out. About twenty people have received gun-shot wounds from the mobs, but as yet the military have not taken extreme measures. The whole riots of this day were caused by the marching of navvies through the streets at -early morning. About 12 o'clock the town was in a state of unexampled commotion. Belfast,Tuesday—The town continuesin a very excited state. One of the persons who received a gun-shotwound dining the riots yesterday died this morning in the General Hospital. The military, to the number of 3000 men, are at present in the streets, and about 1000 constabulary, both forces having been considerably reinforced from Dublin this evening. There are also a, great number of special constables on duty. There are nearly sixty persons wounded by gunshots; 33 persons are at present in the hospital The magistrates sent a detachment of soldiers and constables to all the gunpowder stores to take possession of all stock, so that it might not fall into the hands of the mob. Several encounters between the opposing mobs,took place during the evening, and the police had to separate them at the point of the bayonet. one, man was knocked down by the constabulary and received a bayonet wound. The same Man had previously received a gunshot wound in his leg. A rumour got afloat this evening that O'Connell's police, the Dublin coal porters, and a number of Tipperary men, were to come down by the train which left Dublin at 1 P.M., for the purpose of reinforcing the Catholic party. The train being due here at 6.30 P.M, a most formidable mob, consisting of ship carpenters, with hatchets, pitchforks, billhooks, &c., at that hour took possession of the -Ulster Railway terminus, compelling the company's servants to fly in all directions. The mob acted in a most brutal manner towards the passengers by the train. Even the first claas passengers were shamefully treated; and six of the passengers had to be removed to, the hospital. The coal porters did not arrive,which caused the ship carpenters some disappointment. as they intended to give them a most striking reception. The ship carpenters have traversed the town all day in search of the navvies of the Roman Catholic party, who are not to be found. anywhere.