RIOTS IN ENGLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 230, 12 August 1848, Page 3

RIOTS IN ENGLAND.

The Daily Ncwi of tin- iiili March givci the following account of the riot in TrHialjjar-sqnarr, Lorulon :— At an caily hour yesterday morning a number of young men and boys assembled in Trafulgur-s«iuure, apparently bent upon a renewal of Hie disturbances of the previous day. For a long time, howcvci, they confined themselves to walking uhoul and Bhouting, "lie of the moW carrying a '.tick with a black il.ig. A.s the. morning advanced, finding that no interference on the part of tlic police took place, the mob which hud iim creased to four or live hundred persons, became more outiagconß, and the whole of the shopti at Charingcross and CocKspur-sticet were speedily closed. At eleven o'clock a ciy was raised jo tear down the boaiding in front of Nelson's Monument. The work of destruction commenced, and in a bhort time the whole was razed to the ground, the workshop destroyed, the harriers and timbers 10111 up and thrown into the load : the lamps were d stroyed, the gas turned on and lighted : stones and piei es of wood were hurled in every direction. Information was despatched to Scot-land-yard of the pro£>re*s of the rioters, when two lnri»e bodies of police, ot ihe A division, were musteied and marched 10 the spot, under the direction of Capt. Hay, inspecting superintendent, Superintendent May, and Inspector Russell. On the approach of the police the mob fled in all directions, hotly pursued by th© police, who succeeded in capturing the most active ringleadars, nnu conveying them to the station-house. The police charged and cleared the square of the mob ; th«y did so using their tmncheons. Many persons were knocked down, and upwards of a dozen were conveyed to Charing-erosß hospital. The shouts and cries against the police were renewed, ond the conflicts continued from point to point, the police clearing the mob from St. Martin's Church, the National Gallery, and ths whole of the square, hut as fast as they were driven from one point they assembled at another, and all that the police could elFect nnd maintain, was a clearance of the centre part of the squares. Several parties were arreited. An emeute had also broken out at Manchester on the 7th March, which would ieem to have some connection with the revival of the Anti-Poor-Law Agita* tion, On the first day a crowd of people assembled in Tib street, opposite premises used by the Boaid of Guardians, for the employment, as a test of dispoiitioa to work, of ablebodied paupers. There were only a few hundieds of men, women, and lads present, nnd their object appears to have been merely to vent tlie r indignation against the Boaid of Guardians for giving employment to different branches of trade, for less wages than those usually paid. On the following day a most serious and better organized attuck on the mills began, luving for its object to turn out Ihe bauds yet employed, and create disturbances, aB in 1812. About ten o'clock, near upon 500 peisons, chiefly youths, fiom 14 to 18 years, assembled at New Cross, from time immemorial almost the centie or nucleus for mob gatherings, where an Irishman hainnpucd them fiom the upper steps of the Cross, and after alluding to the n flairs of the }iieviou«i evening in Tib-street, advised that they should adjourn their meeting to the outskiits of the town, where their tyrant nw-tcrb could not interfere with them. The mob then proceeded in a partially organized manner through the town, and detei mined upon deploying the mills, unless "all hands" turned out of employment. The first establishment they vioitcd was that of Messrs. Gilmore and Kelly, when the " hands" joined them, after which they visited Anroits, calling at several cotton factories, stopping at the door of Messrs. Clark and Sons, l J erey- street, they called upon the workmen to turn out, attempting at the same time to foice the front doors. Before they could effect | their object, however, they were encountered by a force of about 20 of the C division of po'ice, under Superintendent Seymour, who endeavoured at first to disperse them quietly. The police, however, were assailed with stones, bru kbnts, and staves in grc.it numbo.s, and had to delend themselves. For about twenty minutes a severe struggle ensued, and it was doubtless whether the police would not be compelled to retire. A ieiiifor'cement opportunely coming up at the end of that time, the mob were dispersed— or ra'her were com* pelled to retire, for they appeared to follow out some ulterior scheme previously agreed upon, and proceeded towards Messrs. Kennedy's null, in Great Ancoatsstreet. Several of the police weic severely injured in the skirmish, and many of the mob are biipposed to have been dangerously, though none fatally wounded. Several other establishments were attacked, but nothing of a tatal character occurred.

RENEWAL OF DISTURIJANCKS. The following aie the latest accounts :— Since the above whs in pi hit we have received the following from the eleCtiic telegraph company:— " Manchester, March 9, nine p.m. — The uoteis have this evening attacked the police-station in the Olilham Road, and arc now occupied in putting out the lamp? in that densely populated dihlnct. Having broken up the stalls in Smith noarkot, they have a.mcd themselves with the fragments, and are tlneatening fuither misj chief. Many collisions have taken place during the afternoon between the police and the people. The military are under arms, and the Mayor and Magnates are sitting in the Town Hall.