The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-10 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON. TUESuAIi EvENING, DECEMBER 10,

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Dec. 9.

The metropolis was yesterday the scene of some
of the most cxtraordinary political demonstrations
which have ever been witnessed in this country,
familiar as it unfortunately is with every form of
popular agitation. It is a suggestive commentary
upon the charges of tyranny in which the domestic
enemies of the British Government indulge that
such a disloyal demonstration could be deliberately
undertaken and carried out while the embers of
rebellion still smoulder and extraordinary powers
have been intrusted to the Executive for the
protection of the public peace. Surely a more
striking example could not be presented of the
forbearance with which England, conscious of
her power, treats those who ostentatiously avow
that they regard her with malignant hatred, and
long for an opportunity to effect her overthrow.
No more conclusive answer perhaps could be offered
to' the misrepresentations of persons who seek to
malign her to foreign States, and presume to con-
trast, to the prejudice of her character, her conduct
to refractory and implacable subjects with the
rigors of continental despotism. But a serious ques-
tion arises, whether this policy of forbearance does
not involve too great a risk and some injustice to
the classes which are loyal to her, and may not be
pushed too far. The demonstration yesterday was
one of no ordinary cnaracter, such as under a free
constitution might be expected. No one who
viewed it in the light of past experience could fail
to see that it contained some elements calculated to
inspire alarm. It was so regarded by people who
are far from desiring to curtail the reasonable
liberty, while they dread the unrestricted license, of
a disaffected populace, whose minds are influenced
by incendiary appeals, and to some extent imbued
with socialistic principles. Fenianisw, baffled and
defeated in its attempt to wage war with English
power, has fallen back upon the lines of what may
be thought a moral force egitation, . and a political
reaction, it may be feared, will set in, which will be
far more dangerous thau.any'lve.have yet seen. If
the effect of the demonstration,were merely local or
temporary, the Government would have perhapS
little reason to regret that they allowed it ; but well
disposed and loyal people naturally fear that it will
give a new impulse to disaffection, and be followed
by serious consequences in other parts of the coun-
try. They are concerned to see treason stalking in
the midst of the populace and obtaining sympathy
and shelter. They apprehend mischievous results
from such a fusion of Fenianism with the political
discontent of the multitude that it will be difficult
to separate the baser from the better metal. A
stranger visiting this city yesterday might have sup-
posed, if he judged from the emblems which were
displayed, that it was in the hands of the Fenians.
It might be difficult to persuade him that all who
wore it did not adopt it as the symbol of rebellion,
but only as the national colour which they had
worn on other occasions of constitutional displays.
The fact that it was prescribed and worn by Feniaus
gave it another significance. it would be hard to
make him understand that thousands who would
be ready to join in any manifestation of dissa-
tisfaction with the British Government would
recoil from the idea of taking part in it if they as-
sumed the form of armed rebellion, although they
did not hesitate to march along with others who
are prepared to take the field if they saw any chance
of success. In a display such as that of yesterday
the unthinking and the wavering are brought into
dangerous association with more reckless spirits.
The movements of bodies of men together also afford
a means of military training which secret conspiracy
cannot of itself enjoy. Had the Government
thought it right to suppress the demonstration it
would have had, no doubt, to encounter some
obloquy, but there is reason to believe it would
have been sustained by the concurrence of the loyal
classes of all shades of politics, who look with ap-
prehension to the possible effects of such proc.!ed-
ings. Had any citizen conic forward to swear that
he apprehended an actual breach of the peace, the
authorities were quite prepared to prohibit the pro-
cession, but that is an invidious task which no one
felt disposed voluntarily to undertake, and so the
procession took place. As a political demonstration
it was imposing only in regard to numbers, and
even in that respect not to such an extent as was
expected in.a metropolis containing nearly 260,000
people, and recruited as it was from the sur-
rounding districts. No citizen of any social posi-
tion or influence, except one or two interested
parties, were engaged in it. There was not a
private equipage to be seen, not even a town
councillor's carriage to lend the semblance of civic
dignity to the display. No Roman Catholic
clergymen took part in it. The procession was com-
posed chiefly of well-dressed young men, women,
and children. The men belonged to the classes of
drapers' and grocers' assistants, clerks, mechanics of
various kinds, labourers, sailors, and coalporters.
Their comfortable appearance showed that they re-
ceived good wages, and were able in their class of
life to prosper under British misrule, as well as
thousands at the other side of the Irish Channel,
who are contented with their lot or anxious to im-
prove it by practical means, but who do not pursue
visionary objects and do not waste their time in
lamenting their country's grievances. They as-
suredly did not look like persons who had personal
reason to complain
of the wrongs of Ireland. Of
the young women who graced the aray by their
prescr.ce the same observation might be made.
They were most of them girls who worked in fac-
tories, or workshops, or warehouses, who were able
to dress respectably for their rank in life, and who
seemed in excellent spirits even under such afflict-
ing circumstances.
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Do. 1878, do
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Jan. and July
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Do. 1815, Feb. & Aug
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11ENT SECUKITIE,S.

103 105,
102 IC4,
101 1031
50 92
89 91
101 104
1(6 108
104 106
107 109

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190
100
100
100
100
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105 107
106 108
105 107
107 10',i
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97 08

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The hour appointed for the procession to start
was 12 o'clock, and the rendezvous Beresford-plaoe.

Those who are acquainted with Dublin need not be
told that here there is a large open space at the
north and west side of the Custom-house, which
stands parallel with the Liffey at the south-east end,
with two fronts, one looking towards the river and
the other towards Gardiner-street. The line of
houses forms the arc of a circle from a point on the
quay to the Custom-house Docks, which lie to the
east of the building. At a right angle with Gar-
diner-street, and parallel with the quays, Abbey-
street extends in a westerly direction, intersected
chiefly by Sackville-street, one of the main arteries
of the city, connected with the south side of the
river by Carlisle-bridge, and by Capel-street,
another artery, connected with Parliament-street
by Essex-bridge. It is crossed by several minor
streets, which it is not necessary to name. As the
hour for setting out approached, crowds of people
flocked from every point towards Beresford-place.
At 12 o'clock the footways on Carlisle-bridge were
almost impassable from the throng. The interven-
ing sections of the quay and Abbey-street were also
filled with a dense concourse, all moving, or trying
to move, in the direction of the Custom-house. In
the roadway cabs and other vehicles passed to and
fro at a slow pace with comparatively little diffi-
culty. Had the weather been in league with the
British Government it could hardly have been more
unfavourable. The observation is perhaps unjust to
the Government, which was only indifferent or neu-
tral, while the weather was decidedly hostile to the
demonstration. Up to Saturday night a fine clear
frost had prevailed and the streets were in excellent
condition. Their aspect, however, was sadly changed
yesterday. A drizzling rain began to fall at an
early hour, and as the day advanced it came down
in heavy showers. It certainly rendered wholly un-
necessary any dramatic affectation of melancholy on
the part of the processiouists, for before they started
many of them were in a pitiable plight, and when
they had completed their funeral march they ap-
peared sincerely miserable. Before 12 o'clock the
place of muster was filled with the materials of the
procession collected in chaotic confusion. They ex-
tended for some distance up Gardiner-street and
down Abbey-street. There were temperance bands
in showy military garb, with gold lace and green
facings; men bearing white wands, some with white
plumes at the end, others tipped with yellow, and
having streamers of green riband. Crape and
green ribands were on the hat or arm of every man,
and hundreds of the fair sex displayed the " na-
tional" hue on their bonnets at least ; many of
them were profusely decked in green. iluulbera

111ARKETS—(2 his Day.)

HAY.

COLONIAL.

COAL MARKET.
Price per Ton at the Clo
d
Hollywell 19 6
Tunstall l9 0
Hetton Lyons
South }Totten
Tees 2l 9
Caradoc 2O 9
Eat Ilartlopwl„...„, 21 3

wore green sashes, many of them embroidered with
shamrocks and other national devices, and some
with the Irish harp—of course without the crown—
swung at the ends. From the faded appearance
of the latter, it was evident that they had been long
in the service, and paraded on other occasions.
Green was everywhere the order of the day. News-
vendors and others were converted for the occasion
into haberdashers, and plied a prosperous trade in
ribands. The vast majority out of doors appeared
" with verdure clad." It was so general in the
streets that it ceased to be a mark of distinction ;
those only were remarkable who did not flaunt it.
How the assembly was marshalled in lines it would
be impossible to say. A few mounted men with
wands extended rode here and there!, while others on
foot went about picking up the threads of the
tangled mass. At 12 o'clock a movement of the
crowd indicated that the head of the procession had
been pulled through into Abbey-street, and the rest
gradually unravelled and fell into its place. The
programme was substantially followed. In front
was a body of " picked men," eight abreast, in-
tended to give steadiness and solidity to the array.
After these came hundreds of the "youth of Dublin,'
boys from six to 16 years old, ten deep. These were
succeeded by a regiment of women, respectably at-
tire I, who represented the "ladies" of the city. They
displayed the green profusely in their dresses. Three
hearses, followed by mourning coaches, hackney
carriages, and cabs, with masses of men, women,
and children between, were prominent features in
the procession. Behind the first Mr. John Martin
walked with Mr. A. M. Sullivan as chief mourner
for part of the-route, but before it was finished his
age and feeble health obliged him to enter one of
the carriages. The first hearse had the name "W.
P. Allen" printed in sepulchral characters on a
cloth suspended at each side. On the top were
perched, amid the plumes, two wretched-looking
men, apparently helpers in the undertakers' stables,
whose appearance had rather a ludicrous effect.
Allen's sister, who, if report be correct, has been
engaged at all these funeral pageantsewas stated to
be among those who had places in the mourning
coaches; The other hearses bore the natr es. of-
O'Brien and Larkin. As the line of procession
coiled through the streets, the end received acces-
sions from fresh bodies of men who fell into the
ranks. No fewer than 11 bands marched with it
at long intervals between. They played in truly
agonising style the " Dead March," " Adeste
Fideles," " The Sicilian Mariners' Hymn," " Sa-
vourneen Dheelisb," and other pathetic airs.. Men
were stationed at various points to see that the in-
structions for the orders of the array were strictly
observed, and the procession moved with wonder-
ful regularity and steadiness. Had the day been
fine, it would probably have had an imposing ap-
pearance, but in some places, especially where the
lady contingents marched, it looked in the distance
like a moving forest of umbrellas. The streets
were covered some inches deep with mud, through
which the dresses of the women, who had evidently
put on their most attractive finery to enjoy a holy-
day, trailed and flapped in unsightly fashion, while
the files of men had their best suits covered
but not adorned with drab embroidery. After
meeting some obstructions in the beginning of its
course—for all mourning was not political yester-
day, and there were some real funerals which crossed
the path of the mock one—the processionists passed
through the route prescribed in the programme.
When it reached St. Catherine's Church, in Thomas-
street, opposite the spot where Emmet was exe-
cuted,, one of the officers who acted as guides re-
minded them of the fact and called upon them to
show that they revered his memory by taking off
their hats. This he did to each section as it
passed and the appeal was obeyed with reverential
formality. In some instances responsive ejacula-
tions were uttered by those who marched by, and
loud cheers were given. The " ladies" were not
the least demonstrative. N umbers of them cheered
with a stentorian power which was quite startling,
and iu the spirit of fun, which survived the depress-
ing influence of the day, took off their own and
their neighbours' hats as a humorous tribute to the
memory of the martyr. When the procession
reached College-green, after winding through
Winetavern-street, a portion of the South quays,
Parliament-street, and Dame-street, it stood in front
of the Bank of Ireland, send paid a stnilar mark of,
respect to the scene of the old Irish Parliament and
the volunteers of 1782. The men marched in
tolerably good order, and some of them with mili-
tary precision, halting at the word of command
and beating time. It is, of course, extremely diffi-
cult to form anything like a correct estimate of the
numbers, but counting the waves of the human
tide as it flowed past at one spot, where it was fully
developed, multiplying by the files, and computing
the whole time occupied in passing—an hour and
20 minutes—it may with tolerable confidence be
stated that the number actually in the procession
was under 16,000, of whom between 3,000 and
4,000 were women and children. In passing
up Sackville-street it was reinforced by some
collateral processions, which marched on the
footpaths, and thousands of others similarly at-
tired were in the streets as spectators. Along the
route they were saluted by waving of hand-
kerchiefs and green scarves from the windows.
Ten soldiers of the 86th, in their great coats,
partly open, walked in the procession.
Ot the various trades there were computed to be
300 plasterers, 350 painters, 1,000 boot and shoe
makers, 500 bricklayers, 300 carpenters, 350 slaters,
300 sawyers; there were 500 quay porters.
The O'Donoglme wrote to the committee sympa-
thising with the demonstration, and also the Boys.
P. Lavelle and L. J. O'Shea.

The strictest sobriety and order were observed
during the day.

Processions also took place yesterday at Limerick,
Midleton, Skibbereen, and Mitchelstown.
At Limerick 4,000 walked. At all the Roman Ca-
tholic churches prayers were offered for the souls of
the executed men. At St. Michael's the Rev. James
Browne expressed his approval of the procession.
He said it had been stated by the Premier that it
was not illegal, and therefore there was no crime in
paying tribute to the memory of patriots.
At New Cemetery the Rev. P. Guaide addressed
the processionists, advising sobriety and discretion.
All knelt and offered prayers for the souls of the
deceased.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 55s Od to 80s ; clover, 608 to
100 s ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. Trado firm.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 55s Od to 84s ; eloVer, GOs
to `1.005; and straw, 30s to 3Gs per load. .Supply limited.

WLLITECALPEL.—Meadow hay, 358 to 84s Od ; clover, 60s
to 105 x; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. Trade steady,

TEL—Oaly a limited amount of business has been
transacted without any change in prices. A small quan-
tity of Indian produce is announced for public competition
to-day. .

SUGAlL—Business remains exceedingly quiet, and prices
are unaltered. In the refined market there is no material
alteration to report, quotations being steady.
COFFEE.—The market is without animation, and the few
small sales effected have been about previous rates. The
stocks on hand, comp trod with those of the corresponding
period of last year, show a supply of only 1,200 tons.
RICE.—A very limited business has been entered into,
chiefly in soft grai❑ descriptions for exportation, and quo-
toti,,ns show less firmness.

TALLow.—There has been some improvement in the
tallow market, and prizes have advanced in all positions,
attributable to more inquiry for ready tallow, which, in
the absence of the settlements for the month, has been
rather scarce. At St. Petersburg the quotations for next
autumn is 46 silver roubles, sellers, with hand-money. A
very limited business had been done, the exchange being
32 13-16 11-16. Here the market is firm to-day; 435. is
the price for Y.C. on the spot and for Docember ; 435. 3d.
for January and March ; 445. March only ; Australian
beef, 435. ; South American, 455. ; town tallow, 41s. 9d.
nett cash.

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