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shove the house, and the remainder Of the
regiment was desired TO remain before the
house, where the people were collected
Captain Hoarc in vain demonstrated with the
I people, anc entreated them 20 dispcrse-the
riot act was twice read, after which the sol
diers and police fhed, when one of the men
on the hill, belonging to the 29th regiment,
I fell.
! II is not asccrtained whether or not an or
der was given by the magistrates, TO fro, but
il Is believed, from the frmness and clcmen-
cy which the soldiers observed towards the
people during the day, that they discharged
their guns over their heads, for tho purpose
Of. IL possible, intimidating them, and lnduc-
! ing them 10 retire TO their houses. The fact,
however, Is as I have ststed-namely, that
the soldier fell accidentally, by the shot Ell
thor Of the police or his companions but il
IS not asserted by any Pcrson-indced there
IS not even . particle Of doub. upon the point
that he received his death by the hands of
the country people, who were quite unarmed.
Mr.. Marshall Cumnins, the magistrate, hav-
ing Como for n cart to convey the body Of the
deceased man 10 Middleton, was, I under
stand, severely beaten by the women whom
ne met, and would, but for the protection af-
forded nj the house Of the gentleman, 10
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ously injured.
This day, the greatest excitemen nj prevailed
amongst the people, four Of whom were Ia
ken prisoners, for not having dispersed after
the reading Of the rio. act yesterday-but
many of them did not appear in the part Of
the country where the subpenas were served.
Some gentlemen, particularly MIR. Garrett
Barry, appeared early in the day with the
military, and at their intcrccssion the people
were, understand, prevailed upon TO retire,
and allow the process Of law TO be carried in
to effect. ! can give no fuller accounts at
present, being pressed for time, but you NAV
rest assured that the circumstances which
have stated, are the most accurate that can
now be collected and gathered from the most
| impartial and unbiased indiyi who were
| present at the transac ton.
.7rrea Of .Mr. Stssie.-On Thursday, the IA
nous Thomas Steele was arrested in the city
/ OF Limerick, by Mr.. yokes, n police mags-
trate, on information charging him with hay-
ing uttered q false and malicious libel against
the Government, few days since, wi hist off,
ciating a. Chairman at a dinner given to ce-
lebrate the recent decision Of the Limerick
election committee in favor Of the sitting
members. Tie was held TO bail himself IN
2OOi. and two sureties in 1901. zach.
| ENGLAND.
| The abolition Of colonial slavery was still
under discussion. Ministers have determined
to change their plan, by adopting the one
which was brought forward by Mr.. Stanley,
and received here by the last aTriv ais, name
ly, to give the $4,000, 600 TO the planters, in
stead Of making il loan; the interest OF the
i5,oOO, 600 TO be paid BY an additional tax Of
three shillings per hundred on sugar
Sir Stratford Canning arrived on The Sd al
Paris, from Madrid, on his way 10 London,
having left every thing quiet on his quitting
the Spanish capital The Duke Of Royigo
lsavaryl died on the Sd, at Paris, Of n cancer
IN the tongue. The Scheldt was thrown open
on the LIST Of June.
At Constantinople all was quiet. Ibrahim
had received orders from his father TO COM
mence his retreat and repass the Taurus, and
the Porte had issued what they call memo
randums, endeavoring TO satisfy the French
rand Russians, though they appeared TO be fe ar
fui OF offending their protector, the Russian
Emperor. A letter TO the editor Of the Lon
don Courier, Of the 9Th, represents them [the
Rnssiansl as walking upon eggs.
| II appears to be the opinion, that the Dutch
King, William, has much the best Of the bar
gain in the settlement of the Belgc question.
and great curiosity is expressed 10 know
what Leopold will say on the opening Of the
Sessions OF the Belgic Chamber, which was
to take place very soon.
The most important topics in the British
Parliament werc those of Portugal and the
West Indies; the London papers are full Of de-
bates on these subjects, which together with the
Bank question, will be found interesting, par
ticularly as they have an important bearing
| upon the commercial interests Of the United
/ States.
| The probability Of the Bank Of England
being rc-chartered, II was supposed, caused
the activity in the Cotton Market, which had
risen in price and, during the week ending
on the 9Th uh. IS, 500 bags, including IL 900
Americans, bad been taken on speculation.
We learn from the London Atlas, that an
ingenious piece Of mechanism has lately
been invented by young Louis Napoleon
BuonaParte, for tho firing Of artillery. II
affords the important advantage Of firing the
guns IN the wettest weather, without printing
them, with much greater expedition than