, 1885-04-16
AN IRISH BOUQUET.
The Prince of Wales Greeted
With Onions.
The Corkonians Wild and Mobs
Rule the City.
Desperate Battles Between the
Rioters and Police.
Nationnlists vs. Lonalists.

Cork, April l5.-The prince and prin
cess of Wales did not repeat their Dublir
triumph in Cork. Everything within tn,
power Of the l~oyalists to do was done I,
make the reception a success and tho
managers of the demonstration remained
up most of the past night TO make sure Of
their arrangement. When the prince
and princess emerged from the railway
station after their arrival in the city, they
were greeted with cheer after cheer,
During their progress in the parade,
workingmen and boys ran alongside q
their carriage and kept up cheering to
drown the Kisses of the nationalists who
lined the entire route and made a con-
tinued demonstration. The conduct of
the leaguers aroused the l~oyalists to a
high pitch Of enthusiasm and they made
the streets roar with shouts of welcome.
The wonder is that there was no violent
breach Of the peace during the royal
progress, for it proceeded amid a con
tlnual warfare of words and taunts be-
tween the ~loyalists and nationalists whose
numbers are about equally divided. 1t Is
thought that the presence of the princess
and her ladylike g%raciousness to the
people along the streets, was the element
that conquered Irish gallantry. John
O'Connell, a nationalist member OF par
lament for Tipperary, marched at the
head Of the procession of l%eaeuers who
closely followed the royal procession and
sang God Save Ireland" every time the
l~oyalists on their bands started up God
Save the Queen.
LONDON, April Up to this evening
there was a feeling of relief in govern
ment circles over the news from Cork,
which all tended to show that the visit of
the prince of Wales to that city had passed
off quietly, and had evoked an unexpected
amount OF enthusiasm. Early in the
evening the government officials declared
that the attempts Of the nationalists to
organize an opposition demonstration had
resulted in failure, and the extent of the
loyalist demonstration was surprising.
These declarations were hardly uttered be-
fore the telegraph brought reports of riot
ing in various parts of the city, and the
reports are becoming more alarming every
hour. As the open carriage containing
the prince was crossing Parnell bridge,
some one in the crowd threw an onion at
his royal highness. The missile missed
the prince, but hit one of the footmen be-
hind the carriage, and the crowd cheered.
During the afternoon a detective arrested
a man who was throwing stones at the
loyalist procession. a mob speed
Ito rormed and attempted to rescue
the prisoner. The detective fired his re-
volver, but without hitting any one and
succeeded in taking his prisoner to the
police court, where he was promptly re-
leased on bail furnished by the mayor of
Cork. Early in the evening the national
lists held a mass meeting, where infam-
matorY speeches were made and the
latest London newspapers containing ac-
counts Of the royal progress were burned
in a bonfire. After the mass meeting the
nationalist scattered through the city in
parties numbering from fifty to 500 men.
Doors and windows were smashed, flags
and decorations were torn down and
heaped upon the blazing bonfres and
many gun stores we're broken into
for the purpose of arming the
mob. Policemen when encountered
singly or in small squads were
attacked and beaten numerically with
their own t%runcheons. In many cases the
police rallied and charged desperately
upon the mob, but they were invariably
surrounded and repulsed. The police
then resorted to the free use of their re
volvers and bayonets. 1t was hand-to-
hand fighting Of the most desperate sort,
the police standing back and receiving
and inficting terrible injuries. AT mid
night the streets were practically in pos
session of the mob. The policemen who
remained uninjured could not attempt to
do more Thar maintain their posi-
tons and fight on the defensive. In adj
dition to the attacks from the crowds in
the streets, the police were exposed to
murderous volleys of stones from windows,
housetops and other points Of vantage.
The belief at midnight was that the
streets could not be cleared without the
use of artillery.
LONDON, April l6, A. a. m.--whe riot
ing at Cork has been suppressed. Many
arrests were made, and the hospitals are
full of wounded policemen and rioters.