116 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



the Calton, one of our populous 

 suburbs, which has happily ter- 

 minated without any serious mis- 

 chief. In the city the greatest 

 good order prevailed, and not the 

 shadow of a disturbance. Two 

 troops of the (ith Dragoon Guarils 

 arrived in the town yesterday 

 about mid-day, in aid of the very 

 small military force stationed in 

 this garrison. The excellent arti- 

 cle in yesterday's Herald contains 

 a correct statement of all the lead- 

 ing facts connected with this un- 

 pleasant occurrence. The boy 

 who was carried to the Infirmary 

 on Thvu'sday, as noticed in The 

 Herald, was in life this morning. 

 — Glajigow Courier. 



On Thursday, about noon, 

 some disturbance commenced at 

 Calton, at the east end of M'Kech- 

 nie-street. The heritors and 

 gentlemen connected with Calton 

 and Bridgton had opened sub- 

 scriptions for relieving the dis- 

 tresses of the labourers out of 

 work, and had considered soup- 

 kitchens as the most effectual aid. 

 The unfitrtunate people them- 

 selves are, however, said to have 

 been of an opposite opinion ; and 

 a gibing expression used by some 

 person in the soup-kitchen is said 

 to have inflamed them to outrage. 

 A crowd very soon collected in 

 fi-ont of the building in which the 

 cooking apparatus was placed, 

 and shattered the windows and 

 cvdinary utensils, and did other 

 damage. The affray had con- 

 tinued from about noon until fsur 

 o'clock, when a i)arty of the 78th 

 Highlanders were taken from the 

 barracks to the spot, accompanied 

 by Patrick Playtair, Esq. and 

 Robert Struther, Esq. justices of 

 the peace, and Adjutant Deans of 



the recruiting service. The mili- 

 tary were armed, posted in front 

 of Toshach's house, and the usual 

 means were adopted to induce the 

 mob to disperse, the military 

 loading their muskets, &c. The 

 crowd was composed principally 

 of women and young men : and 

 at this time a stone or two were 

 thrown at the soldiers, but there 

 was no spirit of opposition gene- 

 rally shown. Before five o'clock 

 another detachment of the 78th 

 arrived, as did also about a dozen 

 privates, along with a sergeant of 

 the 6th Dragoon Guards. 



Several gentlemen joined the 

 justices, and aided them to dis- 

 perse the crowd. About 7 o'clock 

 some stones were thrown at the 

 soldiers. A young man was 

 seized, and under military escort 

 was sent to gaol. Another lad 

 who had interfered with the party 

 was also taken. A second party 

 was dispatched on the same service 

 with two lads. In their course 

 they were very much harassed by 

 some of the mob hooting and 

 throwing stones at them. Some 

 of them biought their pieces to 

 the charge ; and at the end of the 

 bridge over the Burn, at the 

 herd's house, affairs appeared to 

 assume an alarming aspect. Two 

 or three of the soldiers, for the 

 party consisted of only seven or 

 eight, endeavoured to stop the 

 further progress of the mob. 

 They levelled their nuiskets, and 

 when the word ' fire' was given 

 by some of the soldieis, the mob 

 precipitately retreated. They 

 reached the gaol with their pri- 

 soners, having on their way fired 

 a shot opposite to the Episcopal 

 Chapel. On their return they 

 were able to proceed a little more 



speedily 



