The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-28 00:00:00

remain passive I under such unheard-of indignity and
abuse as this, from a disloyal rabble? The natural and
fatal results are now to be recorded. Exasperated by
such vile usage, and their lives in imminent danger, the
soldiers in the advance section, fired upon their assail-
ants, when sad to relate, six men were shot dead, and as
many more badly wounded. Terror and dismay now
seized the rioters, and all who witnessed the spectacle, as
the lifeless corpses fell here and there, the moans of the j
wounded, and shrieks of relatives and friends resounding
from the town, and responded to from the fields. Mr.
David J. Wilson, justice of the peace, was so overcome
by his feelings on hearing the shots and beholding the
catastrophe, that he rushed from the Court-house to-1
wards the military, and ripping open the front of his
dress exclaimed to them, with extended hands, to shoot
him if they wanted more victims. Would to God that
Mr. Wilson, a most humane gentleman, and the police
had earlier shown themselves at the scene of danger be-
fore the military were struck down.
" Names of killed—James Casey. Thomas Ryan,
Michael Coleman, Michael Connellan, Jeremiah Fraw-
ley, and James Flaherty. Of those wounded, Michael
Glinn, of Rosarnaher, was brought into Barrington's
Hospital the same evening, with a gunshot wound, the
ball having entered under the thighbone, and passed out
at the other side; John Hefferman was received in yes-
terday, with a wound in the hip, where the ball is
lodged; John Reily
was sent to Ennis Hospital, with
broken arm from a gunshot wound. The Mayor, who
left Limerick to vote, immediately upon the disastrous
occurrence being known, rendered surgical aid to the
wounded. It is said that a ball entered through the
crown of the hat of the Rev. Mr. Chien, P.P., fortunately
without injuring the rev. gentleman, though it scratched
his ear.
" The party of the 31st engaged with the rioters re-
turned to garrison the same evening. Two fieldpieces
of artillery were suddenly ordered to Sixmile-bridge
when the intelligence of the conflict arrived. Lieute-
nant-Colonel Douglas, District Adjutant-General,
took charge, and accompanied them, with Lieutenant-
Colonel Staunton and 100 men of the 31st ; b
ete they
all returned to this garrison at eight in the ning,
having left all quiet. Corporal Marshall, 31st, one
of the escort, was brought into barracks dangerously
wounded, and is now in garrison hospital, suffering
from the injuries inflicted on his person by the rioters.
Mr. Canny, the coroner, impannelled a jury on the spot,
but it was deemed prudent to adjourn over the polling
days, without hearing evidence until this day. The
bodies of the deceased were removed into the chapel by
their friends. The name of Mr. J. C. Delmege was
spoken of by return cars to Limerick in connexion with
having given the order to fire, but such is not the case;
be nether fired himself, as alleged, nor authorized the
wilitary to do so—they merely acted, as before stated,
from absolute necessity in self-defence

" Chronicle-office, one o'clock.

" Ottr reporter has just returned from Sixmile-bridge,
with intelligence that the coroner's inquest has been
further adjourned to Tuesday week, when the examina-
tion of witnesses will commence. This very proper
postponement was sdopted to allow angry feeling to sub-
side, and that tbe military now in hospital may be avail-
able as witnesses.