In the English city of Birmingham, Catholic rioters protest an anti-Catholic meeting

In the industrial city of Birmingham in central England, a series of lectures denouncing Roman Catholicism from the well-known anti-Catholic lecturer William Murphy was disrupted when Catholics gathered and rioted in the surrounding streets.  The disturbances continued into the evening when a large force of police, armed with cutlasses, dispersed the mob.  There were injuries on both sides and twenty-six people were arrested.  Fears that a counter riot would attack Catholic buildings in the city were not realized, though the city passed several more tension-filled days.  (By John Osborne)