The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-05-10 00:00:00

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RIOTING AT THE LIMERICK CITY ELECTION— TITO ,
MEN I(II.I.ED.—On Weilneaday night the city of Lime. 1
rick was in ',fearful state of excitement, and large bodies
of troops were parading the streets. In liroad-street,
about 6 o'clock, it appears the police were assailed
with stones, and other tuiasiles were freely used. The
Riot Act was ressl, and orders were given to fire. Two
user were killed and five wounded. It was feared that,
despite the exertions of the clergy and the magistrates,
together with the police and military forces, come fur-
ther serious rioting would occur.
THE I'll,lOllX Iltufg Pitisofitus. Judgment was
given in Dublin, on Wednesday, in the Court of Queen's
Bench on the application to admit to bail the prisoners
in Trake gaol awaiting trial at the next assizes on a
charge of being members of the Plitenix Club. The
.1 wig,* disagreeing. their Lordships delivered Judgment
in the usual form. Mr..lostice Hayes and the Lord
chief Jwitice decided against the application, and Judges
(r Brien and Perrin were in favour of it. The Court
being equally divided, the application fell to the ground,
and the prisoners are to remain in gaol
Como' DEVENCEri.—Now that a great war is evi•
deisAy on the 'slim. of breaking out—if, indeed, the first
gun heralding the coining conflict has dot already been
tired—and it I. impossible to *ay how WWI England may
be actually involved in hostilities, mot exposed to in•
Yellin!, in the most vulnerable portions of her dominions.
the necessity of being pr,mared for such a contingency
Leonine., a matter of the gravest importsnce. With such
an extent of seaboard as the rioted Kingdons presents,
there are few, if any, maritime countries so deficient of
moot defences as is treat Brash,. As rego,r.ls Ireland.
there are scarcely half-a-dozen spots round its shores
which wonld not be absolutely at the mercy of an in.
vauling enemy of any considerable force, no far as argil.
Ivry and gunners to repel them are Belfast
barlvour may be 14a ill to be utterly defenceless. All it
can boast of in the way of fortiticatious is t'arrickfergus
Castle, the four guns of which are mounted for orna.
molt rather than for use, and would be laughed at by
the crews of a French flotilla of gunboats, which could
burn or out out the whole mercantile fleet in port
spite of them. (in our toy carromules on the Queen's
Island we need not waste so much as a squib. Even if
we had artillery to guard our port, we have no gunners
immediately available to work them at a moment's
notice. A regiment of artillery, to, doubt, forms part
of our garrison, but it is • young militia corps, and not
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finds • myth. The people are poor and contented:not yet Pr:handly trained to the use of wlinanee• The
much given to labour, but on the whole more indwe nearest point from which we could secu-e 'assistance is
trious than mixed races generally are, owing to the wire Charlemont Fort, and the force there, never very strong,
despotism with which they are ruled. The women go might be required in • dozen other places. The fortifi•
with bare feet, and are pretty, especially when gathered cation of Belfast harbour occupied the attention of our
together in the great market. President Um-quits then liarMmur Itollll3 time since, and a corres-
ndence with the Admiralty, we believe. took place oil
closes the successful negotiations 111 a letter of Oriental Po
warmth. the subject. This, of course, elicited a civil 111111Wer—a
Dates from.. the capital of Nicaragua are to the 2811 i of stereotyped reply, ohm ling in those fonns of cares-
March. Not only had the treaty with England been shoo which proverbially butter no permit*, and there
confirmed, but Sardinia had also made one..n al t the matter ended, and rests to this mt. Not an
similar terms, and General hamar at length had negoti- additional gun has been planted from the mouth of the
ated a treaty somewhat similar to the celebrated CIVIS-
Ford to Black Head.
Yriaarri document. One clause of the Owe:ley Treaty FRIG lITYI'L OUTRAGE lx WENTN I?..tTH. —About a
provided against the fitting out of Fillibuatering expedi- year and three months since a respectable fanner named
lions to Nicargua from Iler Brit Majesty's d Edward Kelly was murdered in the immediate neigh-
tt itt ns, Am. This clause Senor Zeledon, the Foreign MilIhl• bourhood of his own dwelling, near Kilbeggan. The
ter, wished to insert in the Aumeriean treaty also. General most active measures were iminesliately taken by the
Lamar, it was said, objected to this clause, as insulting authorities for the apprelienaion of the assassins. An
to the United States, and moreover as not being recipe.. extra force of police were quartered within • few 'squ-
eal, but Zeledon met him on the latter point by insert- deed yards of Hie maniere.' moan's house, and a stipen-
ing an additional article, by which Nicaragua binds diary magistrate was sent to reside in the town of
herself not to send Fillibustering expeditions to the I Kilbeggan, for the special purpose of protecting Kelly's
United States. A kind of compromise was made, and widow (whore life was threatened), and of watching the
the treaty wasratified by eongres without any opposition. progress of the investigation relative to the murder.
It had been taken on to Washington by the Secretary Having held for some months the fano on account of
of General Jere:. Nicaragua had also concluded • which her haidsmuid was doomed to death, Mrs. Kelly
postal-
treaty with Great Ilritain. Letters between beesme so seriously alarmed for her own safety that
iita hand Nicaraguan ports are to be charged she surrendered the land to the owner, Mr. St. George
61., and Nicaragua binds herself not to charge more Smyth, of ProglicAs. The farm was subsequently let
than two cents, inland postage on British letters. The to a Mr. demo'', of Tyrrellimpass, who, relying on the
treaty is to last for one year. It had also been con- protection of the police, removed to the house pie.
firmed by the Senate. The treaty with Sardinia had viously occupied by Edward Kelly. Here he hami since
been slightly modified. The clause against priveteering resided, never leaving home without being armed, and
had not been accepted, Nicaragua stating that she almost invariably escorted by • policeimui. On riatur-
would consent to give it up when the United States did day week Mr. Jessup attended time market of Kilbeggan,
so also. Walker bad turned Catholic. which told and unfortunately returned home without his usual
against him among those in Nicaragua supposed to be escort. Whim, lie had arrived near his own house, and
friendly to his cause. within a quarter of a mile of the temporary police bar-
On the T2nd of March, at half-past 8 o'clock in the rack, lie was fired at by a man stationed behind • wall
morning, a severe earthquake destroyed the city of by the road-side. The shot took effect in his abdomen;
Quito almost entirely. The churches. convents, and but he had time to observe the Man who wounded him
Governnient buildings were most of them thrown down, and to return his fire before lie fell insensible. lie was
besides many private residences. The houses not thrown conveyed to his home by some passers-by, and surgical
down were so injured as not to be habitable. The assistance was obtained. The ball has been extracted,
damage was estimated at 63,000,000. The deaths were but we learn that little hopes of recovery were enter-
reported at 5,000, but this was believed to be greatly Mined. This outrage occurred in the broad daylight, at
exaggerated. A number of small towns to the north of about four o'clock in the afternoon, on the public road,
the capital has also been destroyed, and in Guayaquil in a populous neighbourhood, and within sight of •
the shock was felt severely and did some damage. police barrack. This is the fourth Riband outrage