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was not possible to turn the gas key, nor :,o easrlitaaip-`;eelt,keeee'se! tore me. Having rid myself of my first assailahteby .3 '4
throwing him over the pulpit, I took off my cloak, etuotergcl"
brandishing the chair which had served me as an orator,
I defended my post as a true Italian crusader. I think
that many of this gang will remember for sonic time
this passage of the Italian missionary's lecture. Hav-
ing a pulpit about twelve feet wide. with the
stens exposed facing the church, and compelled to
defend it against more than sixty savages—was
rather adi licult task. An artillery sergeant—who
now enjoys the sympathy of all parties--to the
great shame of the policemen (who were standing by
spectators), leaped from these stairs, andsuc-
csedt ain defending with me my citadel. After the first
attack, Pesti, who was at the church door, was enabled
to reach the stairs ; and, having snatched a stick from
one of the assailants hands, used it in every direction,
and we were enabled to retain the liberty of our platform
for more than twenty-five minutes.
" But again a gang of the outward assailantn to the
number of more than seven hundred, rushed int the
churel . This is owing to another unpardonable in s ske
of the police ; the stairs and parapet were assaulted with
renewed violence. The artillery sergeant, feeling his
equilibrium fail, clung to Paoli, who, amid the great
throng of assailants, could no longer manoeuvre his stick,
meanwhile, two of the savages had seized Paoli to over-
throw bins from the stairs ;he cried out to me, Gavazzi,
help me.' I abandoned the front of the pulpit, and a
desperate blow of the bench which I held in my hands,
fell upon the head of one of the two assassins, which
caused him to bound from the stairs. I was returning
to the front, while some other assassins having gained
the ground I had abandoned to save my friend, lifted
me from my feet and precipitated me headlong out of
the pulpit, from a height of more than fifteen feet.
" This was to have been the hour of my death, and
could have been. The falling with such violence
might have sufficed to crush my skull ; but God was
there to protect his poor, but confident servant.
1 fell on a floor of enemies' heads and shoulders,
and it was afterwards said that as I was of
iron disposition, I weighed also as iron itself ;
but I sustained no wound from my fall. The crowd
then dispersing, I found myself stretched cit on the
ground, with :legion of savages over me, overjoyed at
being able to slay me. I then received a kick on my
chin, which has produced a slight wound, and a con-
tusion on the jaw ; as the great crowd prevented the
use of sticks; they endeavoured to supply it with their
feet. I perceived that nothing but a gigantic effort
could save me, and I employed it accordingly. I rose
in spite of them, and by blows opened a passage to the
staircase which leads to the subterraneous place where
the Sunday schools are, and, having met assassins on
the stairs, I overcame them. The last, who from his
size impedel my passage as it were a barricade, and
threatened me with his large stick, calling me by the
vilest names, I very coolly rolled down the stairs, and
jumping over him reached the entry of the Sunday
school.
" Fortunately the school was dark ; having examined
it in the morning I became acquainted with its struc-
ture. I took the left path, among an innumerable
quantity of bench, while the savages, who were still
pursuing me, were obliged to delay before they could
reach the door. It was then I heard the cry of Paoli,
God help me,' which led me to believe that lie was
assaulted and beaten again by the assassins. Being left .
half dead, lie would have been killed by the people had •
not an unforeseen hand conveyed him to the subter-
raneons- school, where he found himself, as it were,
miraculously saved from a certain death. After five or
six minutes of fatal suspense, sense one of the police came.
The lights were again lit, but this did not prevent the
assailants from breaking all the windows of the school, •
by throwing large stones, one of which hit Paoli on
the breast while Dr. Douglas was examining his wounds,
But fortunately the military arrived and the assassins
were dispersed Paoli, Was the first to be led home. I
followed him in a coach, with the mayor of the city, and .
all the street was protected by strong patrols. On ex-
amining our bodies it was discovered that poor Paoli
had received eight wounds from sticks, one of which is . •
six inches long. I was found to have a wound on my •
head from a stone, and another on the occiput from the
blow of a club. They, however, gave me no pain, as I
contrived to let them bleed as much as possible. How-
ever, I have suffered nothing, and am as well now as on
my setting out from New York.
But the sensation experienced from this brutal as-
sault results contrary to what the assailants had expected.
There is no Catholic Canadian who -does not disapprove
of this outrage. It is to be observed that the assault -
had been organised, consequently a premeditated mur-
der. The most aggravating circumstances are of having •
attacked a church in which women and children were
assembled, and to which the men had hastened unarmed.
But who, then, could have conceived, organised, and led
so infamous a scheme ? .

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"Sunday, please God, we will gather together at our.
Italian service in New York, and I shall feel overjoyed
in seeing anew my brethren, after having escaped the
death of my assassins.
" Meanwhile remember me to them all, and believe
me to be your very affectionate friend,
" ALESSANDRO GAVAZZI."
At Montreal the disorders assumed the shape of
a riot, and we regret to say that various lives were
lost. After what had, occurred at Quebec, Gavazzi
cannot be too severely censured for attempting to
lecture at Montreal. The Montreal Herald, of
June 10, contains the following particulars of. the
riot and melancholy loss of life at Father Glavazzi's
anti-Catholic lecture, at Zion Church, on the pro.;
ceding evening :
"As advertised, Signor Gavazzi met a numerous au-----
dience in Zion Church, at half-past six o'clock p.m, yes-
terday. Many of our most respectable citizens with
their families were present. About half-past seven
o'clock we went to the door of the church, where we
found Captain Ermatinger with a strong posse of police,
some twenty or thirty men. At this time, and for
about half an hour after, groups of wild, ragged-looking
men were assembled around the door of the church and
at different points between the church and M`Gill-street.
We mixed freely among these people, and conversed with
more than one of those who were considered the leaders
of the Irish Catholic party. We were assured by them
that they had only come to the ground to use their.in-
fiuence to prevent a disturbance, and that we might
rest satisfied the lecture would pass off quietly. We
were not, however, satisfied with the aspect o f
affairs, and remained on the ground. At about a
quarter to eight o'clock, a band of ruffians, we learn—
for, although in sight, we were at too great a distance to
see more than a general melee had taken place—attacked
and overpowered the police (Captain Ermatincrer receiv-
ing a severe wound on the head), and proceeded to force
their way into the church, from which a body of 15 or
20 repulsed them, several shots from guns and pistols •
being fired from both sides. The assaulting party were
effectually routed • two or three of their number were
left dead or severely wounded on the ground, but were
shortly afterwards removed in cars by their friends.
Soon after this occurrence, a company of the 26th Came-
ronians marched from Craig-street, and were drawn up
between the engine-house and that street. All seemed
perfectly quiet, and remained so until about a quarter
past eight o'clock, at about which time the lecture was
concluded, and the audience inside the church had be-
gun to leave for home. At this time the troops were
marched across Craig-street, and took their position in
two lines, across Radayonde-street—one line nearly op-
posite Zion Church, and the other some hundred paces
nearer Craig-street. A good deal of hooting and noise
[, prevailed at, this time, and on the M‘Gill-street side of
Craig-street„ some disturbance with the lowest line of
troops occurred, and two or three shots were fired;
in other respects, all seemed peaceable.
"We were, at this time, at the corner of St. James-
street and .M.‘Gill-street, and had a clear and distinct
view of the troops, and of the people in their immediate
vicinity. There we saw no violence on the part of the
mob—nothing, indeed, but the people hurrying from the
church—when, to our utter astonishment, we heard and
saw the troops fire two distinct running volleys among
the apparently, to us, peaceable citizens. Thinking it
high tune to attend to our own safety, we beat a rapid
retreat from this apparent scene of wanton and uncalled
for slaughter. We were too far off to speak personally
of the conduct of the mayor and officers, by whose or-
ders they were directed to fire, but if we are correctly
informed by those who were on the spot, there was no-
thing whatever to justify so rash and cowardly a pro-
ceeding. We must not, however, prejudge their con-
duct en the occasion, but the blood of those who fell
calls loudly for a prompt investigation into every circum-
stance connected with the melancholy affair, and, ap-
parently at least, wanton massacre.
" The l'ollowing, so far as we have been able to ascertain,
is a complete list of the killed and wounded :—Peter
Gillespie, clerk in Mr. Johnson's store, shot through the
head with a musketball, and mortally wounded, although
alive when we left (since reported dead) ; E. Crosby, "
clerk, a relative of Mr. Tyre, of Tyre, Calquehon, and
Co., shot through the heart, and died instantly ; James
Hutchinson, cousin of Mr. Hutchinson, builder, killed ;
Mr. Adams, son of the city Councillor, shot through the
lungs, and mortally wounded ; Mr. J. O'Neil, shot through
the body, and expected to recover ; Master Wallace, a
lad of 14 years of age, severely wounded; Mr. Clark,
bookkeeper at W. Lyman and Co.'s, shot through the
foot with a musket ball ; Mr. Hibburt, of Long Point,
also shot through the foot with a musket ball ; a lad,
the nephew Mr. Joseph McKay, of St. Paul-street,
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M`Grath, son of Mr. Thomas M`Grath, shot.
through the body, and killed ; a Mr. Hudson, stone
cutter, was killed ; a beautiful little boy, five year
old, was shot through the leg, and broke the bone ; Mr.
Stephenson, formerly of the Post Office, was severely
wounded in the shoulder ; an unknown man was killed
—died in the house of Dr. McDonnell ; Mr. Sydney
Jones was slightly wounded by a musket ball in the
hand ; a lad whose name we could not learn, was so
wounded as to necessitate the amputation of one
of his legs, in the Montreal General Hospital, and
is not expected to recover. Many others, whose
names we could not learn, were more or less
is-
jurod. At the time we write all is quiet in the city,
There is a strong guard of the 26th Regiment at 5t...,
Lawrence Hall and at the mayor's residence, and tbs.:
streets are patrolled by mounted artillerymen."-
MONTREAL, June 10, Noon.
All is now quiet, but another disturbance is expected
to-night. Seven persons were killed last evening, and
six mortally wounded ; two were otherwise injured.
There is much excitement here. The mayor is waver-.
sally condemned for ordering the troops to fire without
to
1 sufficient cause.—Correspondent of Morithas Chronicle..

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