Widnes Examiner. — 1886-06-19 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE IRISH RIOTS.- RIOTERS SIOT  IN SLIGO. The funerals of those shot during the riots at 131fa5te took place on Saturday. An overwhelming force of arl33_, men at all threatened parts effectually prevented the break of any disturbances. Order was maintained while ,e processionists were passing through the streets. Lar4, crowds assembled round the open graves. The scenes W7.e. very affecting, women wailing and men sobbing. The 'l, turn to town was conducted in an unostentatious macle; the mourners travelling in smell knots, and avoiding as possible hostile districts. The whole of the cost of t.l funerals is being defrayed by public subscriptions, Yrbi'ee are pouring in most liberally; and not only are grave purchased for each family, but it is intended to distribtle: money among the friends of the deceased, who are all ill OP abject state of poverty. Tho Serious rioting occurred in Sligo on Saturday night. eze disturbance originated in the circumstance that in t'it morning it was discovered that a portion of the coping 3 the entrance to the residence of the Roman Catholic Bishad had been removed during the night. The coping-stone ha„, been removed from one of the piers, and an attempt ha', been made to pull down the piers. The coping-stone a` the gate of Alderman Tighe, a Roman Catholic, had ale been torn down. In the evening crowds assembled, and 1,1! a short time the streets were filled with an excited mcc; They first attacked the County Clubhouse, the windows 0' which they smashed. The -Sligo Clubhouse was next at" tacked, and the windows were broken. The mob, meeting with no opposition, proceeded to the residences of the Pre,s: byterian and Methodist ministers. Having smashed tu: windows of these houses, they b.took themselves to he Presbyterian and Methodist churches, and in a feel minutes they demolished all the windows in these edifice; No attempt was made to injure the Protestant EpiscoPa; churches. The crowd then resumed the wrecking (Li' houses in the town, and broke the windows of all the bees!' in which it was known protestants resided. Most of the larlsr ness houses in the town were closed soon after the rioting bet: gan, bat the extensive warehouse of Mr. M‘Donagb, whi,e" was still open, was attacked, and was completely wreckel Mr. Davys, Sessional Crown solicitor' who had been abse at Ballymote Sessions, returned to find a mob breaking fcte his house. He discharged his revolver, and the mob re' treated. They then went to the house of a Mr. M‘Loughreir and broke his windows and did their best to smash in the door. Mr. M'Loughrey fired into the crowd and wounded e boy named Burns in the head. The lad, who is in a dalr gerous condition, was removed to the Infirmary. Alfleoug.o' rey was arrested, but was afterwards d scharged on bail. About ten o clock on Sunday morning a crowd gather in Knox-street, and the Mayor and o her Roman Cathollc magistrates appealed to them strongly to meintain the, peace, and not to commit acts of savagery which woula bring the town into disgrace. The people appeared not to heed the advice, and the magistrates called in a large force of seldiers who were under canvas at Ross's Point, four or five miles distant. These came into the town. The Riot Act was read, the soldiers fixed bavone's, and were proceed' ing to charge the people, but this was unnecessary', the crowd, seeing fer the determined attitude of the authoritier dispersed. Sixteen arrests were made. The Roman Catholic clergy exerted themselves in inducing the crowde to disperse. Mr. Morley was engaged from an early hour on Saturdai morning with the principal officials at the Castle, Dublin, on the subject of the Belfast riots. Frequent telegrams Passed daring the course of the day between the Castle acu tlse resident magistrates and other responsible officials in the disturbed districts. Although the 'disturbances seern t°, have abated, to guard against their renewal geVer4' regiments left Amiens-street early in the morning for the north.  At the coroner's inquest at Belfast, on Wednesday, °ll the body of Hugh Henderson, who was shot last Weds day, a verdict of wiful murder was returned against one two Belfast police, who has numbers on their collars, and could not, therefore, have belonged to the count/ force.