A Coroner's Jury assembled at Wakefield on Tuesday, to inquire
into the cause of the death of Mr. William Carter' who died of the wounds he received in the riot at the nomination of the West Riding candidates. The evidence, as far as it was proceeded with on Tues- day, went to prove that the Yellows or Liberal mob were the ag- gressors; and one person, Mr. George Craven, was especially impli- cated. The leading circumstances were much the stone as those given in our account of the riot last week. The following evidence of Mr. James Stuart Wortley, brother of the candidate, bore bard upon Mr. Craven- " I was at the Strafford Arms on the morning of the nomination, waiting the arrival of Mr. Wortley; and about half-past ten o'clock, I was out in the street, when I saw a baud of men coming round the corner, apparently from the Church, passing on the opposite side the Cross towards the matket-place and Wood Street. They appeared to be all labouring men, with the exception of about three, who were walking-arm-in-arm. One of those three I took particular notice of, and I think I should know him again. They bad either two or three banners with them • one I observed was green, and the other white. On one was Cannon is die argument of despots;' and on the other, Let truth and justice prevail.' Perhaps the party was formed of from fifty to sixty men following the banners, each with some card or badge of Yellow. They had each of them also in their hands a heavy stick, some of which ap- peared as if they were ash sticks peeled. I observed to some one near me,
• Look at those fellows, they are armed.' Afterwards I went with some of the Blue party to the hustings ; and when we arrived there, the ground nithin the palisades was occupied in the proportion of four to one by the Yellows, the Blues being the nearest to the portico. The main body of the Blue party were with their backs against the wall of the left side of the hustings. The lower space on the hustings was occupied by the Yellow party, but not entirely covered. There was continual waving motion between the two parties. When the motion was observed, it had the effect of pushing the Blues further up the street ; one of these motions of the crowd caused the railings to give way, and
that portion of the crowd within the railings fell with it. A short time afterwards, I observed a Yellow band come from behind the Music Saloon. I observed Mr. Craven give a signal to the crowd, and they were cheered as they approached. After marching into the middle of the crowd, I lost sight of them. A short time after this, I again heard music, and saw what appeared to me to be the same banners I saw in the morning coming up Wood Street : they
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were then accompanied (which they were not n the morning) by a band of music, dressed in Orange scarfs. Men were following, holding sticks above their heads. As they came up, I again saw Mr. Craven take his hat off; which act was responded to by loud dicers, Lord Morpeth having in the mean time stopped speaking. Observing this, I called out, in a loud voice, Shame! shame!' and I was joined in that cry by other persons. There were also cries of No bludgeon work."
The inquest was adjourned.
The Jury met again on Wednesday. The chief evidence was that of a surgeon who examined the body of the deceased. He was of opinion that the blows were inflicted by a bludgeon. Mr. Craven wished to defend himself from the animadversions of Mr. Wortley and other witnesses ; but the Coroner would not allow him to speak. The Jury found a verdict of " Manslaughter against some person or persons unknown."
1' Mr. Maude, a gentleman of fortune and a magistrate, died the day after the Wakefield riot, of wounds he had received.
—ro—the-r-io small astonishment of many of the respectable residents of that part of Manchester, a blue and white flag (the colours of Led Francis Egerton and Mr. Wilbraham) was seen on Sunday morning waving from the tower of St. John's Church, in this 'town. It re- mained there for some time ; but was at length removed, on the strong remonstrance of a member of the congregation, who, knowing that even the beer-shops and pot-houses did not hang out party-flags on the Sun. day, applied to the Churchwardens on the subject. We know not by whom this act of indecency was committed; but we have every reason to believe that it was entirely without the sanction or knowledge of the Reverend W. Huntington, the Rector, who, we understand, was absent from town. We have said that the flag was removed ; but we should add, that this was only for the remainder of the day : it was rehoisted on Monday morning, and remained there during the whole of Monday and yesterday ; and for aught we know to the contrary, it is there still. Surely this is a matter of which the Bishop of Chester or his Chan. cellor is bound to take cognizance.—Manchester Guardian,
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