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speedily, as they had no prisoners 

 to embarrass them. At Craig- 

 nestock they faced about, and se- 

 veral shots were fired. One man 

 who lives in Gorbals was wound- 

 ed with a ball in the leg, a little 

 above the knee, and a lad resid- 

 ing in Calton in the arm : the 

 former was taken into the Museum 

 tavern, Mr. Gibson's, Great Ha- 

 milton-street, where a surgeon 

 was called, and he was removed 

 in a cart to his own home about 

 an hour afterwards. 



Another young man in the 

 course of tlie evening was 

 also slightly injiu^ed by some 

 bayonet wounds. Two more 

 prisoners were escorted to gaol 

 by a party of horse and foot, 

 who went by GaJlowgate and 

 Salt-market, and returned by the 

 Green-dyke. A shot was fired by 

 one of them from a pistol when 

 in the Salt-market, Two pri- 

 soners were also lodged in the 

 garrison. The military left Cal- 

 ton between 10 and 11 o'clock. 

 Of the 78th a man or two )'e- 

 ceived, during the affray, some 

 contusions from stones, as did 

 two of the Dragoons. The win- 

 dows Tjf the workshop of a Mr. 

 John Oswald were also broken. 

 The number of military amounted 

 to little more than 100. 



There is the case of a boy, 

 about eleven years of age, who 

 had been among the mob when it 

 raged in front of Toshach's house, 

 and mo6t unfortunately received 

 such a blow as fractured his 

 scull. He was carried to a sur- 

 geon's shop in Main-street, Cal- 

 ton, and afterwards to the Royal 

 Infirmary, where the operation 

 of treparming was performed on 



him. He was still alive this 

 morning. 



Yesterday a continuation of the 

 disturbance was apprehended, 

 and a small detachment of the 

 soldiers was marched to Toshach's 

 house. Robert Hamilton, Esq. 

 Sheriff- Depute, leaving that place 

 in a chaise, was pursued through 

 Calton by a large body of young- 

 men, who threw many stones 

 at the carriage. He reached the 

 barracks, and procured about a 

 company of the 78th, with whom 

 he returned to M'Kechnie-street. 

 About one o'clock a portion of 

 the rioters collected in Tureen- 

 street, and proceeded to break 

 the windows of a steam-loom 

 manufactory ; but the military 

 repairing to the spot, they imme- 

 diately dispersed. 



In the afternoon, as an escort 

 were taking some prisoners to 

 the barracks, stones were thrown 

 at them, when they were ordered 

 to fire. Several muskets w«re 

 discharged, but no person was 

 hurt. In the evening a reinforce- 

 ment of cavalry arri\'ed from 

 Hamilton, and the special con- 

 stables were also ordered on duty. 

 They appeared to be a more 

 effectual means of suppressing 

 the riot than the soldiers ; for 

 not being distinguished by their 

 dress, imagination naturally aug- 

 mented their nuiuber, and the 

 circumstance of their knowing 

 many of the crowd personally 

 must have had much influence in 

 keeping order. Between seven 

 and eight o'clock some of the ca- 

 valry rode down the Gallowgate 

 a considerable distance ; but, at 

 the suggestion of some of the 

 constables, they stopped and re- 

 turned 



