The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-07 00:00:00

SLIGO BOROUGH.

DUBLIN, MONDAY.
The Sligo Independent says :—" As to the declaring
of Mr. Somers as member by a majority of six votes, it
is the crowning of the entire farce," and gives the fol•
lowing as the correct number for each candidate :
Mr. Wynne ...
.•. .•• 157
Mr. Somers ...
... 147

Majority for Wynne

10

LANARKSHIRE.
Mr. Cochrane is returned, but the number polled in
not yet ascertained.

NO MINATION S. —YESTERDAY.
GALWAY COUNTY.—Burke, Bellew, and Gregory:
Poll demanded.

KILKENNY COUNTY.—EIIis, Shee, Greene, and
Mostyn Poll demanded.

SLiGO COUNTY.—Booth, Swift, Cooper, and Ball.
Poll demanded.
WEXFORD COUNTY.—Hataell, M'Mahon, and George.
Poll demanded.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ELECTION.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT OF TRINITY COL.
LEGE STUDENTS.
On Saturday afternoon a large body of the students of
Trinity College issued in procession from the college
gates, intending to march in triumph round the statue
of King William the Third, in College-green, immedi.
ately after the declaration of the election of Messrs.
Napier end Hamilton. A crowd of working people,
including the quay porters, had assembled to oppose
such procession, which was known to have been att•
range& beforehand. The police authorities, under Col.
Browne's direction, had put up placards, forbidding
persons to collect in the streets in that neighbourhood,
and a force of about two hundred constables was judi-
ciously posted in detachments in various places about
College-green, whilst the city troop of horse patrol rode up
and down to keep the streets clear. At four o'clock
(says the Freeman's Journal) the side of College-green ex-
tending from Westmorland-street to Grafton-street pre-
sented a scene of great excitement. The college student.,
numbering some five or six hundred, were assembled
within the barrier of the college railings, wearing their
caps and gowns. Their demeanour and conduct were
noisy and riotous, and characterised by the usual war
cries of the Orange No Popery class, There were ribald
taunts, followed by shouting and rounds of Kentish fire.
At this time the crowd outside the rails began to increase
momentarily, and as the numbers became larger the tem-
per of the people seemed to assume a more excited cha-
racter. It soon required the most strenuous exertions of
the police, combined with the coolest firmness, to prevent
the access of the people to the railings and the partial
collision of hostile parties. At this period a sudden sortie
was made by a body of the students, who surrounded a
man carrying one of the police placards, which placard
they succeeded in capturing, and retreated with it amidst
deafening yells, and exposed it above the railings. The
belligerents within the barrier also managed to snatch cff
the hats of two of the constables who were occupied near
the rails in keeping off the dense crowd. The students
broke those hats in pieces and exhibited them upon the
tops of the railings. Four other constables' hats were
snatched off in a similar way, but were preserved and re-
turned to the constables by the college porters, who acted
throughout the affair in the most praiseworthy manner.
At about half-past 4 o'clock a dense body of the students,
about 300 in number, marched forth from within the
college railings, and proceeded about twenty yarda in
the direction of the statue, being more or less protected
by the presence of the police. They were met by
Chief Superintendent Monahan, who addressed them,
and entreated them, for their own safety's sake,
and for the sa,,.e of the peace of the city, not to persist
in their purpose, but to return quiely to the college.
Mr. Monahan added that there were 500 police present,
whose order::: were to uphold the peace of the city, and
this they were determined to do at any risk. At this
period the excitement of the enormous crowd collected
around the vicinity became more and more formidable
in its aspect, and had it not been for the presence and
well ordered exertions of the police, the consequence to
the students would in all probability have been most
disastrous. They, however, still persisted in the inten-
tion of marching in procession, when the police forming
in ranks insinuated themselves amongst the students,
and effectually broke up the order of the procession. In
the rear of the procession some of the students got into
collision with a few police constables, who were protect-
ing the placard bearers, and a scuffle ensued. Eight
constables who had been posted at the corner of the
Bank of Ireland and six others rushed to the assistance
of their comrades, and these fourteen men, with very
slight exertion, succeeded in driving the rioters back to
their defences within the college railings. In fact, the
deinoustration comprised a deal of noisy and nothing
more. This was instanced by the fact of Inspeet?r Dj.
novan having marked out one exceedingly riotous mem-
ber of the student holy, and having single-banded ar-
rested him from the midst of his companions, and sent
him off to the station-hou .e in custmly. In retaliation
for this capture the students ulcer:Mel in pelting one of
the constables (Dlurplin 54 B) withiu the railing and
shutting the gate on him. They knocked off his hat,
which they smashed, and drew his baton from his
pocket before setting him free. Inspectors Lowry,
Donovan, Fitzpatrick, and Keegan had their hats
broken in pieces. Inspector Keegan received an injury
in the eye from an orange thrown at him, Oranges,
rotten eggs, and even stones were showered from within
the railings at the people and police. The shutters of
the shops in Grafton street which were up were plas-
tered with these missiles. A carving knife was thrown
at a policeman in one instance. The students did not
att,qopt to come outside the railings, but continued
hooting and hallooing until they tired of the exercise.
Tau fir,al!y retired within the college precincts, and
the neighbourhood became quiet before six o'clock. The
police remained on duty to a late hour in the night.