April. May. June. Morning Chronicle 180,000 210,000 140,000 Morning Post 85,000 90,000 80,000 Morning Herald 140,000 175,000 140,000 Times 330,000 330,000 430,000 Courier 29,000 33,000 27,000 Globe 72,000 90,000 72,000 Standard 83,000 80,000 101,000 Sun 111,000 105,000 105,000 Evening Chronicle 30,000 20,000 10,000 Evening Mail 25,000 50,000 35,000 St. James’s Chronicle 52,000 58,000 66,000 CHAPTER XI. The Chartists—Their going to church—Dissolution of the Convention—Approaching marriage of the Queen—The Queen and lunatics—Raid on a Gaming House—Act of Penance. This year Chartism was rampant and very militant. On 1 April there were riots at Devizes, on 3 May, seven men were arrested at Manchester for drilling, and, on the 25th of that month a great meeting was held on Kersall Moor, four miles from Manchester. On 4th July there were very serious riots at Birmingham, and again on the 15th. On the same date between 3,000 and 4,000 Chartists met on Clerkenwell Green to condemn the action of the authorities at Birmingham, and, towards the end of the month, numerous meetings were held in the North of England, and there were riots at Newcastle and Stockport. In August there was great unrest in the North, and some trials took place at Birmingham and Manchester for rioting and sedition.