The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-14 00:00:00

THE FOOD RIOTS AT LIMERICK.

The Limerick correspondent of the Freeman
says:-- •
" There was no repetition of street riots after I
forwarded my despatch yesterday evening. In
consequence of the apprehensions which pre-
vailed of a general outbreak, the military were
confined to barracks, and the police continued to
patrol the streets up to a late hour. This morning
additional parties of constabulary came in from out
stations, a renewal of disturbances being appre-
hended, but nothing occurred, as the police kept
vigilant watch after bread carts and provision shops.
At the police-court this morning there was much
excitement, a full bench of magistrates having as-
sembled to investigate the charges preferred against
seven persons, who were arrested yesterday as ring-
leaders. Sub-Inspector Macleod prosecuted, and
described the riot and tumult which prevailed,
representing that he had himself been struck OR
the head with a stone, and that one bread shop had
been plundered. The justices expressed a firm
resolve to preserve the peace and protect the peace-
able citizens from plunder or injury to their pro-
perty or persons. The principal ringleader, a
shoemaker named M'Carthy, was sentenced to two
months' imprisonment and hard labour, and the
others to 14 days' imprisonment each. The Mayor
left Limerick this afternoon for Dublin, for the
purpose of waiting upon his Excellency the Lord-
Lieutenant, with a view to provide employment
for the labouring classes in this city."
IMPORTANT CASE. MARRIAGE OF A WARD OF

COURT.
A proceeding calculated to cool the ardour of
young gentlemen who fall in love without leave
took place yesterday in the Court of Chancery.
Some short time ago, the public were entertained
by an account of a romantic marriage, celebrated
in Scotland, in which a young lady and a young
gentleman from Ireland, a minor, were repre-
sented to have fled from the fangs of a judicial
monster in this country, who had strictly forbid-
den the young Romeo from becoming united to his
Juliet. It was stated that they had availed them-
selves of the happy freedom of the Scotch law, and
after qualifying themselves by residence in that
highly favoured land for a certain number of days,
were publicly joined together in the bonds of wed-
lock. The report was accompanied with warm
congratulations of the young couple for their defi-
ance of the cruel Irish Chancellor, and with fine
moral reflections upon the superiority of the short
and easy Scotch method of getting married, in-
stead of being obliged to follow the clumsy and
dilatory forms which prevail in Ireland. It appears,
however, that the felicity of the newly-wedded pair
has been already sadly interrupted. An attach-
ment was issued from the Court of Chancery, in
obedience to which they were in attendance
thin
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court, accompanied by certain friends; and
judge, untouched by their recital of their tale of
love, actually committed two of the abettors to the
unromantic seclusion of the Four Courts Marshal-
sea, with—still more terrible penalty !—peremp-
tory injunctions that the young bridegroom, who
was consigned to the custody of a stern " guardian
of the person," should not be allowed to hold any
communication with his bride.