The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-13
The Prince Albert otatue-Mob Ii
Ireland

The Prince AIbert ltatue-Mob Ii
| IrelAn4
| Al an immense meeting hsid at the rotunds
Dublla, on the evening Of tn Pa Of February, b,
The o Donoshue and Mr.. Ssnfvan, Of the Ns95oa
protest against the ssecttos sf statue TO Prince
Albert In College green, the Fesian Brotherhood
atQrmsd the platform, routs4 the chairman and
cdns3ssatee, and amer desyssnte Rtht Of fiftecn
minutes rem aimed masters cf fIte eronnd waving
nas and aourishtns naked s60rd. II ts eIlered
| that some of the coaabnaaRts wore the American
uniform The Manchsster Gsardisw publishes
the following account Of the affair:
1 The rotuuda at Dsbtim was crowded on Monday
night In resp0nas u an advertisement which ap-
peafgdf fn sone Of the local papers, calling upon
"irish patriots" to assemble and protest against
which E0llPge green has been assigned away 10
King William III and Prince Albert, and the stat
uc Of Henry Gratian exc uded fherefrnm forever"
The foif0w1ng report Of the proceedings fs taken
from the FSssman's Journal: !
Mr.. Peter Gill, having got on the table, cndeav-
orad address the meeting, and. in the midst Of
the greatest noise aud c0niastOn, he was under
stood 10 say: We are assembling here tonight IN
confusion, 1--we are assembling here to resent the
deadly Insult and to resent the outrage on the feel
ings Of the inhabitants Of beggafed naiion.--
NIs
Crotty do take the chair. (Chcers Mr.. James
,,roty then took the ch 4ir. The O'DOnoshue, M.
r., who received with loud cheers, having
mounted q the ct table. addressed iae meeting az fol
can very easily suppose that II did not take a
very deep interest In this movement would not
come from Kerry to be here this evening. lcheers-
have attended several meetings In this room, and
l venture 10 say that never saw one so glorious
and Ed magnificent as the present. Loud cheers.l
There is ene appeal which would make 10 this
meeting, and that Is to support the au hoty of the
chair.
Here the speaker was interrupted by loud cries
from the body OF the hall, from the gallery and
from the platform, of sWe wont have sullivan -
eve won't have Sullivan" "No more of Gou!a !"
There were ais" appeals made for "Order," and to
the "chlir," from some persons In the vicinity Of
MIR Sullivan, bnt the counter cries of "NO more of
Goula," etc, ovrrbore them, and in a few moments
ttc entire mass OF the meeting became very
much agitated, ana after the greatest uprcsr and
confusion had exhausted itself little, The O'D0n-
oghue said: "l refuse to believe that the cries
which nave just been made, represent the feeling
of this meeting" Here the speaker again in
terrupted by tremendous shouts of eyes, they do;'
Away with Suliivan''--o;her cries OF n similar
character, mingled with some counter cheers aud
Kissing. This scene Of disorder and tumuit con
tthued for suine time, during which no one indi-
vidual could be heard. slight iuii In the storm
having occurred, the Rev Mr. Clarke called for
three cheers for Mr Sullivan. This was responded
to with shtsil;s Of t,NO Goulas =, We Won;t have
Gouia,' hlnged with cheers, grOais and misses.
Tie CtDOnOghue again essaycd to address the
meeting, and, amid Interruptions, eontiRued-when
read tho account Of what passed In the corpora
tion Of the city Of Dublin (cheers and Kisses I'M
niediatcly wrete to my friend, Mr.. Sullivan. At
The mention Of the name the mass of the people in
the body OF The meeting and many on the platform
seer ed 10 become wild with excitement and again
were raised deafenng shouts Of "Gouid, Goula,"
"Suiiivan is taitOr, away with him. - with cOun-
ter cheers and cries of 'sorder,'' "cbair." The
excitement of the immense mass which thronged
hall
swayed to and fro, continuing their cries Of
s'G0ula." On the platform several persons re-
echoed The shouts of sGOuia,' - and "aWay with
Sullivan and all the efforts of the chairman were
unable to obtain hearing for The OsDOn0ghue,
who remained standing the table in the hope Of
yet obtaining u hearing DR.. Waters, Of the Mo.71.
ING Neaos, alsU mounted the table and stood along
side The O'DOnOghue and the two gentlemen waved
their hands repeatedly and In an inplor;ng man
ner, but the upr0ar and confusion never abated in
the least, and amidst all the turmoil were still heard
ringing cries Of "GOula.'
On the platform some person standing near Mr..
Sullivan struck man who had rendered himself
remarkable by shouting "Goua,' and the blow was
of course returned. In an Instant the platform was
perfectly stormeG by a number of sialwart men
who bad from the beginning OF the proceedings,
ranged themselves alO z lis e .ge, and a scene Of
dre adful confusion eilsued. The nan who jumped
on the platform made over TO the person who had
more loudly than others shouted sGou.n,'' and HI.
and others standing near to him were hurled from
the platform into the body vi the hall. The noise
and uprO2r this time positively fearful, and
the scene altogether battles description.
The ASSISTANTS of the platform were attacked in
return-slicks were raised and blows struck, and
during the melee the table at which the reporters
hal up to the last moment, with safety 10 their
lives, remained, was smashed to pieces, aad some
Of the reporters were swept down into the body of
tie room, where scene Of the most unparalleled
disorder also prevailed. The O'Donoshue hastily
left the platform, stating that he would no longer
remain at the meeting, and with some difficulty he
gained the ante room. MIR. A u. Sullivan, Morning
Nt,cs, Mr. 7. ID. Sullivan, Nation, and DIR. Waters,
Aora:ag Ntavs, also preciptately left the platform,
and, with several other persors took refuge In the
ante room, where they remained for some time be
fore they left the building
Meanwhile fierce contest ragged both OH the plat
form and In the body of the room, and the cries
aud shouts of ono more Of Gouia,' s'No more
raitors,', could he heard In the ante- -ro0m where
the parties who had convened the meeting were
Obliged To betake themselves for safety MIR. A.
Sullivan very soon afterward got away In company
with some ciereymen. The other gentlemen in :
cluding Mr. John Martin, Of Lnughon Mr. Gill, Mr.
CrOtty the chairman /; aldermen Tarp!ey and
Plunkett, Mr. Lombard, P, etc, did again vca-
ture on the platform, which soon became crammed
with persons who stormed IL after the promoters Of
the meeting had fed, and INDUCED In much disOr-
der and violence, extending even 10 the breaking
Of several OF the seats.
For considerable time the round room of the
rotunda was The scene of a carnival OF uproar aud
disorder, the ike of which, II is no cIaggeTation tO
say, was never witnessed within the walls Of that
or any other building 1t was not till ION O'cOe
the platform at eh o'clock and the masses who
filled the rotunda, were completely got out OF II,
even by the assistance of the police, whose aid had
to be evoked 10 wind up the proceedings OF the
meeting, and thus terminated the 'mOnster meet
ing in the rOtunda.'