Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-07


ground, dIsarmcd and murdered nineteen of them
including Captain Gibbons
regret to add that Capt. Gibbons son, u lad
ABOUT zen years old, who accompanied his father,
i,,"i"S OH pony, was inhumanly butchcrcd by
these monsters. Tho POM which tho child rode
s'aoDcd TO death! Five of the police, who showed
Some symptoms of life after being bnrbarousy beat
en- win biudgcous, had, as they lay inscmsibc on
INC ground, their brains knocked out bv peasants
"o' NOT more than IL III years old, who was
armed with scythc The country people after
"riutihg thcir vengeance the bleeding bodies
on the murdered police, bv kicking and stabbn y
.ncm' retired To their homes aud usual occupa-
'ions with as much indifference. have been told
as IT they had just performed some mcritorous
deed.
when the affecting account oftragc occurrence
rcacncd tins city last night Major Jones, Lieut..
Lewis and thirty men from the 77th depot, march
ed off for Ballyhac. Two troops of Dragons also
arrived there last night from Kilkenny.
he sensation excited among all classes by this
bloody tragedy is indescr liable. Fear and alarm
pervadc the mind ofevcry man i'll this part of
the country.
Another dreadful ARRAY occurred in Kilkenny,
oetweolLthc soldiers and peas0ntry, in which eight
OF the latter were killed, and many wounded.
No,hing new has occurred in tho foreign poti
cal relations OF France, and the proceedings of the
Chaiber werc of local, aud generally unintercst.
ing character. The bill for establishing the law of
Divorce as 1t existed prior to the year 1916, was
carried by majority of 1875 n 20.
VI.
n letter from Brussels of December the correct
ness of which is not questioned in London, an
nounccs the decided refusal of the King of IIol.
land to accept the treaty presented by tho Five
Powers 1t is said that King William relies vet
upon aid from Russia The grounds of his thus
proceeding in opposition 10 the wishes Of tho Con.
ference are three distinct points First, to the per-
mission gwen to Belgium traverse the nails Of
,ioiiahd-sccond, the division of the debt-and
lastly, the partition of Luxembourg. London
paper of the 2Oih, remarks upon this intelligence:
II ne k'ng of Holland seems determined 10 puI-
Zle all Europe, and he has taken an effectual way
oil DONG so by dcfying all Europe. lie has resol-
we'd, 1t would SEEM to resist the decision of the
great Powers to the last extremity. What he can
nope TO gain by such resistance is the puzzle which
every man tries his hand ut for little while, and
then gives up in despair"
The Courts of Prussia and Austria ratified the
treaty o! peace in 81 articles, tho 5th. The
ratification by Russia is expected this month The
hing of Belgium has communicated to the confer
ence definite answer, declaring that ho adhercs
to tho "a articles, except tho right Of navigation
granted to the Bclgians in the Dutch waters which
he refuses to recognize
The Belgian government has determined to con-
tract a loan of forty-eight millions of forms.
what with loans like this, and the heavy balance
assessed by Leopolds five masters he will have a
heavy load of debt of his earliest national
blessings.
The murderers Of tho Italian boy had confessed
their guilt, and had been executed.
LYoNs.-Thc Duke of Orlcans-the eldest son of
Louis Philippe-and Marshal Soult the Minister
of War, entered Lyons, Dec. Sd, amid the accla
nations of the populacc. The dsarming of the
workmcn wa effected with the greatest tr .nquil-
lily. On the evening before the entry, procla.
nation was posted up about the city signed by the
Marshal, and concluded follows: mo more an
archy! submission to tho laws obedience to the
government of the King! and his Royal Hghness,
the Duke of Orleans, will enter your walls"
An item of Paris news of tho 18th, speaks Of
m Mt off l,n sat H.,
hended on the 18th, and adds that all the letters
from Lyons express fears upon the subject; but
paper from the French capital of the 18th says
"Nething further appears TO have been done in tho
Lyons affair"
In France no less than 90 psIs sons conn ac'ed with
the public journals, have been condemned various
terms of imprisonment since the Revolution of July
amounting in the whole, to 9 years, months and
days
Disturbances are spokea of in various parts of
France. Tho papers have great many runners on
tins head. Among them is contemplated move
ment Of the Cariists.
THE CHOLERA MoRDus.-Deaths at Sunderland
Dec. l7lh, by cholera, 3; cases IL recovered
5; remaining %. Whole number of cases 495;
deaths 10.
AT Newcastle, of cholera; Dec. 18th, S; reco.
vcred I; new cases 90 remaining At. Total num-
Der of cases, 81; deaths 81.
At North Shields, cases had occurred; at
Houghton-le Spring 5, and deaths; at Scaham 3
cases, and | death.
Although the total of the cases 'rcmnining," at
Sunderland, on the 18th, four less than on the
llth, according to publications. of last evening,
yet there had been no check in the progress of the
dsease while at Newcastle its progress and fatal
ity had been rapid during the six days inervcning
between the llth Fhc, 18th. In Sunderland, the
| total number of cases had been swc!led from lt6
to 40. AT New Castle, the whole number of cases
up to the 18th inclusive Q, of whom 5 had
died. On the nth, there had been ninety. four Ca
SEES, and Mrty:four deaths. There tUenty
new cases on that day. The present, therefore, is
| the most alarming account we have had.