The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-08-12 00:00:00

THE RIOTS IN DUBLIN.

The most serious riots which have occurred in Dublin
for many years took place on Sunday afternoon. The
disturbance arose out 14 an attempt to lmld a Fenian
aninesty,tneeting in Pin cnix Park, which wasprohi-
bited by the police. Accounts vary mu h as to the
numbers injured in the fight which followed, but there
Reeille little doubt that a great many persons have been
badly hurt. The Dublin Correspondent if The Times
thus describes the scene: .

About half-past four Mr. Patrick .1. Smyth, M.P., Mr.
Alexander M. Sullivan, of the NOIOII. and several other pro-
minent meminers of the Amnesty Association, drove up to the
railings which surround the Nionument. The carriage was
stopped by an inspector of police eel a conversation fol-
lowed. in which, it is believed, the inspector ur,:ol them
to refrain trim going on with the meeting. This advice did
ot appear to Inc accepted, for the carriage drove inside the
railings and inn towards tine Monument, amid the lond
cheers of the crowd, numbering at the time about 5,000
or 0,000 people, anal who were gathered 011 and around
the steps of the Monument. Mr. Smyth and those with
him, having alighted, proceeded to the able of the
molt facing the Viceregal Lodge, and ascended the steps,
closely followed by an inspector and a single policeman.
The latter were hissed very loudly, and cries were raised of
'• hit them down." They had come up almost close to Mr.
Smyth when a min was made for the extreme upper steps,
and the police were hurled to the bottom. Their hats Were
knocked off, and they themselves were roughly beaten.
They retired, and proceed.% round to the other side of the
monument, where they saw a lame force of the Metropolitan
police coming up. These tine crowd received with bond
groans and 11188011. On coming up they honed in a com-
pact body, and proceeded to the base of the Monuniont.
The order was given to clear the ground. The Pollee
rushed round to the side if the Monnment where the
chairman and others were assembled, the latter having by •
this tune descended from the steps and taken up their
positions on the top of the moat at their base. Tine
police rushed on, freely using their batons. They caught hold
of Mr. Smyth and others of his party in a very violent manner
: Mr. Sullivan's hat was knocked elf. HMI it is said his head ,
, was cut. Mr. Smyth protested, but without avail, again, '
the treatment by the police. who used their batons, and
• kicked right and left Many of the crowd resisted. and as- I
serted their right to hold the meeting, but remonstrance was I
unheeded. All who resisted were unmercifully struck,
and many were knocked down with their heads broken. •
The police charged all round the steps of the Mount-
mesh, and went on tine steps and cleared tine place.
Soon, also, the moat around was cleared, and the polkas
were left in possession of the whole place. But meanwhile.
I on the opposite side of the Monument the people had
assembled In great force, and had gathered stones with
width they pelted the police as the latter were endeavour-
I ing to disperse them. A cheer was raised, which was found
to announce the approach of s baud playing national airs.
The police allowed tine bandsmen to count: close to the tt 01111-
ment, and then an order was given ti charge. A terrific rush
I was made down the slope, stones being thrown by the mob.
! Amid strong hissing and cheering, the crowd gave
I way to the police. Tine latter got hold of the bands-
men and belaboured them with their batons
and seized their instruments, which were seen flying inn all
dimetions. Reinforcements of police were constantly being
brought up, and were pelted with stones. They formed into
• lame separate bodies, end charged at intervals inn various
! directions (Toads, arever, were re-fonned almost 110 Mum
as they were dispersed. It is said that one policeman lies
dying in hospital flmn a cut of a stone, and many other per.
are seriously injured. NUMerOUS arrests were made.
A portion of the 70t11 Regiment and sth Fusiliers were in
1 readiness, but their services were not bought into nanui-
! sition.

THE MORAL OF THE PARIS
CATASTROPHE.
In 111. country in the world has the sir ictrine If
egag/ity struck such deep rod, obtained such wide and
and enthusiastic adoption, or borne such extensive con-
sequences, OA ill France. It has become embodied in
their laws, as well as engrained into their views,
characters, and habits. This is not to be wondered at ;
fin- nowhere else had the people suffered so deplorably
under that inequality of conditions which was the es-
sential feature of he a tirien regime. The existing
theoretical and (as far as it is contrivable) actually
practical equality is the one residual and abiding con-
quest of the neVollltloll, if 17St1, the one to which
Frenchmen cling with the most ardent tenacity, the
pine which no succeeding dynasty or form of I lovern-
ment has ventured to assail, or lieen able seriously to
impair or 'undermine. Neither the Ilestaration, northe
first or second Empire, dared really to meddle with
its basis, in spite of some marked rctleit,'s in that
direction.
Ti, fine, this notion or principle of " equality," onee
a theory and an aspiration, has grown first into a
national passion, then into an absolute colic a wor-
ship, and a worship, as ti, -I as ,1,411111 of false gods ever
' rim-it ins', productive of m ide-spread demoralisat)on. The Special Correspondent of the Milo Nr)rx,
Possibly it may have its latent fragment of truth and writing from Dublin on Monday, gives the following
its measure of wholesonie influences ; but its operation further particulars :
for evil has, on the whole, been indisputably predomi- I have been visiting the wounded since 6 a.m., and have
mint in France. It has been among the inset power- filar made a careful inspection of the Owns:Odin'ea in
ful of those disintegrating agencies which we noticed Vila the rioting took place yesterday. I am in a posi-
two months ago. In the army it has been fat It that hi"nni,t.,r rg,"rioy'gh'elT, lin f
a COUit dea
d l Of IlliNalpple-
subordination, prompt obertence, unquestioning re- no isor of doubt hut' theaLitelheYh'ltl')'e''regfettle'.ireroi:
spect, which is the essence of discipline and the con- of yesterday was magnified exceedingly. and that it
ditiou of success. No characteristic of the French neither assumed the proportions, nor led to the ilisastem,
troops has struck English and German observers so much which many excellent people believed last night. Let
as tins. In civil life it is hostile to all deference, to all is go first to capel street, where we are assured "tire
frank arul cordial remsontithin td superiority tif whatever n.i,r,nitied.n.lat.strrvocrsetiiment of 3fessrs. Igerr (the Beleek
sort, to that readiness to bow down before whatever is h r,j7,),,..,„ ,i4td41,7tit,,,h1,;.1,„1,..'.;t11:rr,,r;„a,.1,11‘,5,;,1,1,,„'t
bettor and nobler than oneself which is the very salt of x ith the reins of Paris after the coinn ttttt ein my mind, aliil
Ow soul. lii all natures not cleansed and raiseri by preparing fir a terrible shriek halmt that one first gior win
, high intellectual :tml moral culture it is nearly sure to
,di....,i,bi,;l.)a,,,clri.,l,l:iiirtr,3bal.iii-,:resiii,d.,iii,eotito-i!1,):„ !!!,...,,tiiii.,,i,,t‘i,s,-,
degenei.ate iitto en v 5:, the nitstn est m , ost digrading,
most venomus o t,f social passions. In politics it dwarfs dot:: of two' lar'ie"Vant.l. 41,.,.11-url..:1011: ilvrt
-
and vitiates every movement of reform ; considers of the doorway, had heen hit by a stone, and triis
"progress "to consist in preventing, any imm getting was all 1 enuld see of the wreck of the mot, The
...ihh.e arsamii; mild principle. ;) . 'Oh, let
lg
i before you , looks upon "gain ' a: a transferring, not wrecking of other houses in the city had es idently
~,hl:ineidlisamluouett, .. ~tni.) t
I a productive, operation ; xonverta every revolution, tb
ora;
~..upposeirlmea rt.: a.bischriotiveshouleturn out to be
! howev
and destructive struggland
er promising at the outset, sooner or later into a I
(windou a' broken than there is to-day aft:: twrilTrty.liitilLs
levelling e, dtti:tnisxl,:i
1;
poisons every mpiring and ameliorating scheme r
effort by the miserable spirit of animosity and plunder. boys bad quarrelled over their marbles." I drew mi the car
Lasitly, we must not forget that special feature of Mthweeth Po'frtii,far ~sey:;ll7,llr,;(....evb`e:ii,n,:i:ad,.;,ea.vi,,leroef
the French nand which stool snit so prominently during
the whole. of the war, and which was not then observed " the rioting"
and where the houses had suffered most se'verely''rsti
for the first time, though never previously had it DA- esinitt see two panes of broken glass, toot no 'sign
slimed such extravagant dimensions the curious ins-
4:el.l.a:tie3a.fc:ed,r of
.:,..p.,d anythingtowards
s:tsht:npe,!es:,. :
:sb:Proceedingeto:: pi t
aai;,
e, :
0. suni:ss:iti
tyi,:ea,u.tpe
i7t,:li,fuye
, windows had been broken, and that in one or two cases
bility to face unplea.sant facts, and the marvellous
capacity of inventing and accepting gratifying ones.
This was partly, mainly perhaps, attributable to it was instructive to note that whereas the houses whienrifl
! vanity, no doubt ; but by no means entirely so. I been decorated in honour of the Royal visit were said to have
Much of the tendency might be traced to a habit of I been selected for stone-throwing, the establishment which

Another corremondent my,,,
The mounted police arrived about an !lour after the riot
had commenced. Their appearance was the signal for a
perfect storm of stone throwing. Several of the police were
struck, and two of them are hurt severely. They charged
frequently, completely routing the rioters, but not until
much blood had been spilt. lhe rioters proceeded front the
park down the quays, nnd, RA they went, they hissed the
name of the Queen, and smashed the windows of every house
which had been decorated is honour of the Royal visitors.
The mounted police came up with the rioters at Essex
Bridge, which is almut a mile from the park gate, and suc-
ceeded in completely dispersing them. The riot trot, ml more
than two hours. Forty-live of the rioters were admitted
hits one hospital alone, all more or less seriously wounded.

was the must injured of all had no flaas or other ornament.
This was a house and shop bearing the nanr " Patter and
Spur,- and its windows nc:, aParly all broken, simply be-
e Ise it is a corner house, prop, Jr,p conveniently into the
street, ,;trd sore to be hit in case of Mlawklaneotts atone-
throning. Theo nothing worse than this. 053 SO `'tli
wrecking of housea in. the .4.4 resolves itself inb; 4 few
"."!--Isen windows, the consennenecf tvl rather a severe row
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At Fit. nteinwa Hospital I found too pstkqits who had !
been brought in injart'.4. This hospital is a late an, close
to.ithutsbridge. a few yards :Two the Quayside, and a fuss'
walk from the Pit nix-pi. The fighting twok
place in its in:itediete,siçiallty ami it was harp by far the
greatest number of vu.',:::we were reported to he kilo*. There
Is no room for doulit that man; :waula were severely tillst. 1 I
was that at one time yesten.4 ,vening the recem
tion ward was :fswelle crowded for hours w l'.fh men, and,
what s saddest of all, 0:1* vrwmen and ohildren, a were
anifering from contusions and w, :wsts T,Cel‘eti in the AOrt.
it NI been stated, and my inquiries g:°, mg no reason to
uom..es Sha,t, buy-four people were trea,l hi the first
hour after iii: lEttt they had all been able to. ,swkurn
to their homes exeep ia I,rr„ %mkt,. his two brothe:,,
Mr. Wrightson, a resident fit.p +.'resleri their wounds, and
!branch :some of the people win, wen, blur tnotably a man
cal Li.ll slsnhad fought in the Amerie.'ilq War, mol who
wan tinily host, :,,wiee4A3d, had nasty knocks and *wands,
they were all well mama., wrefer to go to their own beds
to remaining all night in the ho4riltat I went through the
Wards, and saw the wounded men lying !here. John Kelly,
hdlitt rdnd-tmpared looking young fellow, hat to,o wounds
on tin: Le,T. Cli tindeubtedly from a poheeman's ;,:rten
the other, he &IP.' E•lqafteded from a sabre cut. He com-
plained ot a good deal potty .bnf„ had alept a little Miring the
and was anxious tom, Thit, patient was in lied.
Jowl+ Oark,the next num I saw, wag weAdressed. Ile had
receive° ,Wwere realp wound from a polpc*Wris staff, and
had been brour,.,!. hisensilde and bh,,,lmg pryfa,rely.
Niekee was another man 2.fseelng from a baton wound oro the
head, and Pollard, who was ty.n. the same ward, had a
eevere incised a ound in the knee joint, vil'lNirweined to have
bet, cwt. ...night, and the severity of which OH probably
necessitate a., tl,wstion of static kind. This was the asost
severe case of the Ion;. lr,ti the side .ml the hospital quad-
rangle, in another ward, tat Whittaker, the policeman,
' making a total of five patients. I his iron and Pollard were
the eNrest mimes. He had been stoned and ki•te4 and beaten,
and had rids' on the head and about his eyes I fle ski,- and
mouth, Pm, weir: lereeedi swollen. From here I drove to, the
, Richmond Hospital, f te?rpital in Jervis-street, and the
Mercers' hospital. The taw lest had no patients in their
wards. The first had one policeman *Rlb :rn injured leg. . .

Th6.projeetNi 4ofoon9tration was mi;ltt known by
filo foßoiiing advorttwmt
l'ott.offi lOrilonors. mots.ter mooting to advocata
the release of the high waithoi pme ttt confined to
English dungeons, will no held in the Plvenk-park on to-
ulow (Sunday), August the edh. The chair he taken
at for o'clock p.m.. by P. J. :41it010, tov, M.P. Irishmen !
assemble in your thousamb, and show that it.tr are not un-
mindbil of) mr i,rtheruu who are undergoing the horrors of
foiod ~ettitude in England for their lore of Ireland.

The legal advisers of the Government having been
communicated with, the following notice was soon
afterwards issued : -
•- • -

Notice. Iliients•parh.—Whereag certain saitertisernents
have alipeihied hi the newspapers and otherwise, alnimmeing
that a mond, hu.eting to effect the release of certain pri-
PPllers, niH N. held in the Ylesmix-park to-morrow (Smola)).
the oth inst.. thisii to giVe notice that such meeting will not
be permitted in the vatic, nisi that directions have been
lasted to the police to prevent the game.- —By order of the
Comutissietters of Puhlic Works, Edward Hornell', Secretary.
_smite of the lotus Works, Custom House, Dublin, August

On Monday, ria mm, Who Inni formed part of the
bawl which was playing party Voles timing the pre-
vious day's disturbances, n cro brrrn,ght up at one
of the police courts in Dublin, awl fiord twenty
shillings CA. An application f.r an increase
of the penalties, IN mcl!er that an appeal might be
lodged against the &ash" •WWI refused.
A proclamation, signed by Mr. I'. .1. gwyth,
has latll issued, in which the prohibition of is'soolay's
gathering in Pficrnis Park, Dublin, is contrasted with
the demonstrations which have been permitted in
Hyde-park, London, on any Mmxlay darneg the past
five years. The interference of the police is described
as " a savage and high-handed proceeding,' awl it is
added that the necessary steps will be taken to trot its
legality.

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.
The height id politeness is pas,.ing round tns in the
opposite side of a holy, when walking cliii hcr, hi,onict not
to step upon het shadow.
A man in rohnnlani wari lately i+erentuled, and when
caned noon for a speech respaoled as hdlows :—•• I don't
want any ,expletive) band tooting runnd me. Get out 7
Travel !"
• - •

Conaideraide excitement bee been neraebme4 in
Louisville by a mysterious burglar, who enters fem.'s, cuts
nit the hair of sleeping Mies, throws the contents of Insreau
drawers about the mine, end then departs without carrying
off anything.
• • • •
•

An American paler states that A noodinnical genius
of Fairhaven lies recently completed a mitd:itsto steam-
engine, perfect in every detail of about one Denise rrssrer.
The ladler is three inches long, and the machine contalna
over 800 pieces, roma of which are gold.
The papers in rhicage ile net like to abruptly tell
their readers that mortality is •11 the increase in that city,
and out they get round it by casually retnntkiog that the nu-
dertalo•rs found sale for thirty-three niece coffins letting
June than during May,
• - • •

•
A young Pennsylvanian whq made arrangenlents to
inamy against the is icites ot some of Ids relatives, was ft:-
v.oy taken from lila host at dead of night hy masked men,
carried to the WOO4lB, IVA I,ing tied t • a tree, naked, was
beaten with heavy whips until nearly dead.
An oil bachelor editor, thus, in his spite, CMI/114(11tfi
on a recent moonlight night :—" we left our sanctum at mid-
night last night, and on our way home we saw a young lady
81111 gentleman holding a gate on its hinges. They were
evidently indignant at being kept out so Into, as we saw them
bite each other several times."
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The Titusville Herta/ relates that " two well-dressed
and tine lo.daim ladies instantly dislocated their necks while
passing each other in trying to discover what each had on.
It was cloudy; the speed at which they were moving, and
the delicate shade of the dry goods worn by each, operated
agaimt then. and a sudden tack with all sail set against •
still breeze fetching them up too short, and they perished."

• - -
All obliging gentleman, who thinks such pemonal
favours to not vest notch, while they make friends, was ap-
plied to by a coloured roan fur aeiltttteuite of eharaeter, by
widen he might get a situation. The testimonial proved to
be more complimentary than Scipio himself haul expected ;
and that worthy, on reativeringhis astonishment, excise suet.
• Say, sir, went you gill me something to do yourself on that
recommendation r"

•
A lich but ignorant lady, who wa4 amidtiona that
her conversation should he up to the transcendental style, in
speaking of a friend, said recently, " Ile is a preargraut of
politeness " Excuse flue,' said a gentleman sitting next to
her, " hut do you Ind mean a pat allelograrn 5" "Of course I
mean a parallelogram," replied the lady ; " how could I have
made such a mistake,' .

--
SLUMMY INQIIRITIVF. -"Look here, squire, where
was yeou horn?" said a persistent Yankee to a five
acquaintance. ''l was lore," said the victual, "is
Tremont-street, No. 44, left-head side, on the lot day of
August, 1810, at live o'clock in the afternoon; physician, Dr.
Warren ; nurse, Sally Benjamin." Yankee was answered
completely. For a moment he was stucg. Sam, however,
his face brightened, and he quickly said, " Yeas, wa'al: I
calculate poi don't recollect whether it was a frame or brick
house, dew ye?