The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-12 00:00:00

11073 IN XILICSNNI.

The Kilkenny papers give full accounts of a
series of rather alarming riots which broke out there on
Sunday last, and continued throughout the following day,
when it was found necessary to forward a requisition to the
military authorities at the Curragh for the assistance of
troops to suppress the disturbances. The steeds is described
by a local paper se a "rebellion of the reapers," composed
of agrioultural labourers of the district, aided by a contingent
of Connaughtnieu and large bodies of peasantry from Tip-
perary and the King's and Queen's Counties, who, it ap-
pears, bad entered into an organised combination for the
destruction of reaping machines and the prevention of the
practice of mowing corn with the scythe. The Silken."
Journal contains the subjoined report of the proceedings:
" We regret to announce that the peace of the eity ben
not only been seriously endangered for some days past, bit
that acts of violence have been perpetrated in several pieta ,
of the county, by a large body of labourers from thin
and the surrounding counties, who have been thrown out
of employment by the introduetion of machinery for agri-
cultural purooses. On last Sunday upwards of i,OOO per-
sons amienibled in our streets, most of them tanned with
respiog-hooks, yelling in • most frightful manner to the
great dismay of the citizens, who were hourly expecting no-
thing less than the sack of the city. Fortunately, the
rioters were 'glowed to have their own way es long as there
was no overt sot of violence in the streets, and we think the
mayor and the authorities sited with great prudence on the
occasion, as a single arrest might have led to most lamentable
conesquences. The mob, we hve, consisted principally of
disbanded militiamen, from T►p say , Qaesa's County, and
King's County, with an aanuary *wee from this neighbour-
hood, and it would seem as if there wee a arida amount of
and organiemite is the movement. On Sunday
city may be said to have been absolutely in their pos.
neseks, hit no violence took place beyond the sheathe and
yelkhg we have already mendomd. Oa Monday morning,
et daybreak, the streets mound* the rioters, who held a
sort al optima of war. in which it •as decided that all the
whimsy la the musty should be fotthwith &strophe,:
the oily came of employee's! for the labourer.
the streets tor some this, they proceeded at
rds= to Olthowa, about two suites from this eity,
to the solidest* of a luster meted Wash, and
etimmasosil breaking his reaping arschles, slash
timan smashed into fragments. Walsh tasted
res he coneldered it useless, but looked oa
gais_, mob prossedsel on their work of destruction
stated ellalmg him any personal violence. At 9 o'clock
they teethed Pram Park (leer Deamfort) the residence of
Mr. Howson, a Seotehteas, and roe to slack his
mighise else. Mr. Howson sad y, en the other
is &Mei ft; bet at the very outset his gun
des liniw[ ant at his bend by • Wow a a large stone,
nide ski& be was sleuth en the arm. Or of Ms sans
mild the gam and raa at with it, but wide la the act of
Ms he wee closely Dusts whoa he tamed rotted ad
paresers. He was Instantly
Week larritre"gmiell=sTsea him sad broken ; but be mi-
tered no preatml violates at the heads of the rioters.
We regret to my that Ma dither was sot so fortunate, for
while eftivieg to the taschlas, be was /mocked does,
and received aroma mews Wades in the herd Dad Jew
bat though severely bort, we are happy to say his life is net
in dears. While /Kr. Home sari lying en the ground,
his daughter, with the errarsp of a Wachs, soloed a pitch-
fork and held It above him, threateedag hstaat firth to
whomsoever should touch • heir of his bad 130 abs also,
after some vela eselstance, was *peal* Memitoed, and a.'
caved sous slight injuries In the straggle. The maths
was than broken to pima", sad, more &graceful still,
lir. Howson's gold Vela was anted off _ the
rioters. 'rho work of destruction was 'n4 preesedsd with
father es SA day ; and though several rumours wore Whet
fa the city pets day as to otiose Intended attacks en me-
°Musty, nothing bee occurred to justify those rumours.
Yesterday morning the eroltdo again assembled inthe angle,
and paraded up and down la thousands, as en the plerhas
day cheering, sad shouting, and yelling, till ,boat if chic*.
when the city assumed its usual orderly apparanot. it
tithe rioters have been appeeheaded, or even identiSetli; sal
the only reps that have boss takes to prevent the rear-
mem of these Wild= prop/aims la an order from the as-
Widths for two troops of bypass, which were telegraphed
gm to the Consgh Camp yeitordity, and which wen ex-
pels& to strive la town lest night. 'A mesting of
deg was held at Steneyford yesterday, la the tisiglem=
of these outrages, to Gonads, sad &miss the best sap to
be adopter for the potation of life sod property in tie

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gentileetsiie"igithet ""Mas bar hear lata, okeut eleven
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dam/ tag latge la up mail this (raesday) morn-
fad I....mitt big god wastod de dam. It "mem ta
to eho at oho mild to set kin %dear tho
Coiaarthe laws% sad whoa the latter lout of this they
left air beam ead gliEs t diming, last Mr. Borns
herd h &SU hewead be . Astir,. were Warted the
tisane horpthey MAIM Martha eateday up the row la
his shirt dome. The tat mat that he last with wag Jams
Kelly, mad Ilterds, with aa oath, said that he would pat aa
sad to the danctog. Kelly mud Mirth that struck at sera
other, and the y mow Merthr • ease up, is at Kelly, and
ettuk hint. Kelly shouted out that he wee awl, and lay