The Sun. — 1865-08-25 (London, England)

JQL' J3IIIWIT..  LATEST INTELLIG-EME.  (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)  ITALY. FLORENCE, AUG. 25. The Minister of the Interior, in order to preveu the renewal of disturbances, has ordered that reli•  gious processions shall not in future take place in the public streets without the previous authorisation of the political authorities, the latter being empowered to prevent them if necessary.  Terrible Scene at San Francisco.  A terrible scene was N77i;"...'leseed at San Francisco on the 7th of July. A desperado, named Mulligan, had been drinking hard, and the result apparently was an attack of delirium tremens. He was staying at the St. Francis Hotel, and on the morning of the 7th he fired from his room into a house opposite, but without injuring any one The police attempted to enter his room, but it was locked and barricaded, and the madman warned them not to force their way in, threatening to shoot the first man who should enter. A good deal of time was spent in parleying with him, and at length upon an officer attempting to get in from a balcony through the window, he was fired upon and forced to beat a retreat. Mulligan now came upon the balcony, and no one for a time would venture near him. At length one M'lN.abb, who recently committed a murder, but was pardoned, ascended the stairs. He was fired at by Mulligan and killed. The remainder of the story is thus told by a local paper :—" James Keating went upon the roof with a well-known Catholic clergyman, and attempted to descend through the skylight, but Mulligan ran into the third storey and fired at Keating, barely missing him, and they were compelled to retreat also. Special Officer Dennison at this time got to the head of the stairs with a glass of brandy, which he asked Mulligan to drink, but the latter covered him with his pistol, and shouting, "Go down, there ! go down, quick ! for God's sake, go quick !" &c., compelled him to retreat, leaving the glass standing on the floor at the head of the stairs. Officers Ellis and M'Millan also attempted to ascend the stairs soon after, but were driven back in the same manner, and soon after they started diagonally across the street toward the north-east corner of Dupont and Clay, when Mulligan, running to a front window, opened it and fired, as is supposed, at them. The ball took effect in the bosom of John Hart, who stood in the crowd, killing him on the spot. Meantime, Capt. Lees had been consulting with District Attorney Porter as to Mulligan, representing him truly as a wild beast, whose every minute's existence endangered the lives of peaceful men. Mr. Porter advised the use of every effort to capture him alive, and a delay in resorting to extreme measures was made accordingly. This delay cost Hart his life. Mulligan had now drank off the contents of a tumbler of brandy which had been left on the stairs by Dennison, and Capt. Lees resorted to the measure of mixing a cocktail with a liquor which would have overpowered and stupefied the drinker in a few minutes, and got to the door at the foot of the stairs with it,urging Mulligan to let him come up. Mulligan, howeverr was more furious than ever, and a long parly ensued, Mulligan holding the pistol pointed down the stairway, and calling out repeatedly, "Go !go quick ! leave there !" &c., assuring Lees that ho did not wish to kill him, but would do so if he did not get away. Other officers made attempts to get into the building to capture him, but all failed, as Mulligan was thoroughly on his guard, and would not be caught unawares. At length while Lees and others were parleying with him from the bottom of the stairs, Mulligan stepped quickly to the Clay-street front, through a narrow passage way leading between two rooms, to the balcony, and, opening the window, was stepping out with his pistol raised, with the evident intention of firing into the crowd again, when officer Hopkins, who stood in the window of the building opposite, seeing that no time was to ,be lost, raised his musket and fired. The bullet struck Mulligan in the left temple, and he was dead in an instant. The coroner's jury re turned a verdict of justifiable homicide.