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No. 417, March 20, 1858. J THE LEADER, 2...
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IRELAND. The New Viceroy.—The address fr...
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AMERICA. Affairs in Utah do not progress...
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EXECUTION OF ORSINI AND PIERiU. Two of t...
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Affray With The Dublin Police. The State...
3 tances followed up by the only less cruel baton in the hands of the other branch of the force . Not merely was the sharp edge ' applied with sweeping force in too many instances , but persons who were endeavouring to escape by withdrawing into crevices , and some even who were lying already injured upon the ground , were made the victims of a relentless fury . Several of the students were carried in in a state of unconsciousness , bleeding from the ears and nose from the effects of blows upon the head , and three or four of them were dangerously , if not mortally wounded . The mounted police rode up and down the area , driving the unarmed students before them , and laying about them with their swords . One student , named Leeson ( a nephew , it is said , of ^ Lord BOltown ' s ) , who was standing quietly on the outside of the railing , received a furious stroke of a baton on the side of the head , which at once broug ht him , stunned , to the ground ; he became quite livid , and frothed from
the mouth , and while in this state was lifted up by some of his fellow students for the purpose of being conveyed within the college . Incredible as it may appear , even this did not satisfy the vindictive ferocity of the conservators of ' law and order ; ' for a member of the force rushed forward , and dealt Mr . Leeson several tremendous blows with a baton round the head . For the credit of the force , it is right to state that this act was condemned by at least one policeman , who cried , ' Shame ! shame !' and dragged away his colleague . The Junior Dean made every exertion , even at this critical moment , to restore order . He went outside , and , addressing Colonel Browne , said that he would engage to withdraw the students if the Colonel would agree to call off the police , a number of whom , both horse and foot , had entered within the railing during the melee . Colonel Browne assented to this proposal , and the horse police withdrew ; but the foot , in violation of the agreement , maintained their position for a long time after . "
Several of the other students , besides Mr . Leeson , were seriously hurt , and some gentlemen among the crowd outside were brutally attacked without any provocation . Some of the worst of the policemen have been identified by the students , and several of the latter have been pointed out by the constables as being ringleaders of the riot . A large body of students paraded the streets last Saturday evening , with an evident desire to revenge themselves on the police ; but the constables were ordered to keep within their barracks . A body of students , at one time , however , met with a body of police , and challenged them to fight ; but no collision ensued . Captain Richard W . Bernard , King ' s County Militia , was charged on Monday at the Capel-street police office with making use of irritating language against the police on the previous Saturday . He was severely reprimanded by the magistrate , and dismissed . Other persons , who had formed part of a riotous crowd , were sent for trial .
The wounded are progressing favourably . The Lord Lieutenant has resolved on instituting an inquiry into the facts of the case , and the law-officers of the Crown are charged with the duty of conducting it in the most efficient and impartial manner . Colonel Griffith , of the Scots Greys , denies that Colonel Browne asked him to charge the young men . He did , however , request the Greys to assist the civil power . The Junior Dean of the College lias addressed a letter to one of the Dublin journals , in which he states : — " I think you will find that very few of the rioters were College-men . They were generally young men of the Same age and class living in Dublin , but who are in no way connected with the University . Of the three gentlemen mentioned in your paper as being identified by the police on Saturday , two are not students of Trinity College . "
No. 417, March 20, 1858. J The Leader, 2...
No . 417 , March 20 , 1858 . J THE LEADER , 273
Ireland. The New Viceroy.—The Address Fr...
IRELAND . The New Viceroy . —The address from the Corporation of Dublin to the Earl of Eglintoun was presented at the Castle on Monday . It dwelt more especially on his Lordship ' s efforts to sustain the Viceroyalty . In the course of his reply , the Eurl said ho had always believod that the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy " would be a great and permanent injury , not only to that city , but to the country in general ; " and in that opinion , he Added , his colleagues agreed . Tim Irish Court . —Lord Eglintoun held his first
loveo on Tuesday . It was very brilliantly attended . An flddrosa was presented from the University , and , at the close of his reply , the Lord Lieutenant , addressing the young students , boaought them not to lot the recent collision with the police ( of which an account will be found above ) load tliom into any excesses on going homo . 41 I know you omwo here , " ho said , " to do mo honour . You would do mo groat discredit if you allowed yourselves to got into any riot on your departure from my bowaei" ^—This-was-recoived-with-loud-applauso-by ^ tho Student h .
Thus Mukdbr of Mr . Em-is . — William and Daniel Cormaok have boon found Guilty of tho murder of Mr . Ellis , but recommondod to mercy , though without any apparent reason , " A , curious oplsodo , " aaya tho Timea , " occurred at tho trial . It was proved that one of tho assassins was on tho jury at tho coroner ' s inquest . Tho same coroner was in tho court during tho trial on Monday , sitting behind tho attorney for tho prisoners , and prompting him . Tho judge had noticed his conduct ,
which he denounced in the most indignant terms , declaring that he should be removed from his office instantly , and peremptorily ordering him out of court if he did not wish to be put in the dock . " The Attorney-General said an affidavit was being prepared with reference to this person , and that , as soon as it was ready , he would act on it . St . Patrick ' s Day . —There was a little riot , as usual , at Dublin , on St . Patrick ' s Day , the College being again the scene of the disturbance . Some low fellows endeavoured to enter the gates ; they were pushed back , a fight followed , the police were called in , and stones flew about copiously . The crowd was dispersed in about half an hour .
America. Affairs In Utah Do Not Progress...
AMERICA . Affairs in Utah do not progress very satisfactorily . Winter has proved a severe foe to the invading army . The cold has been intense ; the snow in the passes at the rear has rendered travelling difficult ; and the men suffered great hardships while living in tents and waggons previous to getting up the huts . There was a scarcity of food ,. moreover , at the last advices j all the game had disappeared , the rations had been cut down one half , and the meat was tough and unpalatable . Captain Marcy , however , has succeeded in reaching Santa Fe , although with a loss of a large number of mules , and at the expense of much suffering ; has made purchases of mules and horses ; and hopes early in the spring to put Colonel Johnston in possession of the means of transport to Great Salt Lake . The War Department will also send supplies of clothing , & c . The Mormons , nevertheless , show no sign of yielding . Their Legislature has been convened , and was addressed by Brigham Young on the 15 th of December . In this speech , the head of the Saints accuses the Federal Government of tyranny , and of desiring to place Utah on the level of a British colonial possession . The approaching army , therefore , is to be treated as invaders . Young , in fact , designates it as " an undisguised mob ; " He invokes the Assembly to " protect , preserve , and perpetuate inviolate those inalienable constitutional rights which have descended to us as a rich legacy from our forefathers . " The Assembly responded to this by passing resolutions declaring—" That , while we deprecate the bitter hostility manifested towards a most loyal and innocent people by the present Administration of the General Government , we will continue to resist acy attempt on the part of the
Administration to bring us into a state of vassalage by appointing , contrary to the constitution , officers whom the people have neither vote nor voice in electing ; nor shall any persons appointed to office for Utah by the present Administration either qualify for or assume and discharge , within the limits of this territory , the functions of the offices to which they have been appointed so long as our territory is menaced by an invading army ( for such an army cannot have been sent to protect either the citizens or the passing emigration , but is manifestly sent to aid in trampling upon American liberty ) , nor so long as such appointees are so pusillanimous as to require a numerous armed force to attend their back to enable them to carry out their traitorous designs , concocted for the sake of depriving American citizens of their indefeasible and vested rights . " Much distress exists at Salt Lake city , owing to the scarcity
of provisions and clothing . Several Spaniards have been arrested at New York on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade . The frequency of crimes of violence at Washington i 3 beginning to excite alarm , and is attributed to tho weakness of the local Government and its ill-defined dependence on Congress and the Executive of the Union . The Louisiana House of Representatives lias passed a bill authorizing a company , already organized , to import 2500 free blacks from the coast of Africa , to be indentured for not less than fifteen years . Tho Kansas Investigation Committee of tho Federal House of Representatives has reported in favour of admitting that territory into the Union under the Lecompton slavery constitution . A statement ia made in some of the American papers of General Walker having boon arrested at New Orleans , and of his giving bail to appear before u court of justice in that city .
Tho steamboat Eliza Battle has been destroyed by fire nt Kemp ' s Landing , near Demopolis , Alabama . Thirtynine lives were lost , and 1200 bales of cotton wore destroyed . Many of tho suflforors were frozen in tho
. A strange aeries of thefts has been committed in an American brig . A man named Crowon shipped as steward on board tho Helen June , of Boston . On tho first day out , ho was missing , and it was supposed that ho had fallen overboard ; but , when tho vessel arrived at Truxillo , ho made hia appearance in tho forecaatlo , and confoaacd , llintjio had aoorotffd himself in the hold , under tho influence of deiirluiii tremena , amlTcr fwonfy-Tiwo daya had feasted on champagne , raisins , ham , & c . Eight baskets of tlio wine , and nix boxes of tho fruit , besides other things , had thus disappeared , entailing a loss of about two hundred und fllty dollars . Ho will bo sont homo for trinl .
Gonoral Wnlkor , tlio Filibuster , has boon addressing tho citizens of Narthvillo , Tennessee , and lui ? mot with much sympathy . Tho domocrata of Now York have held a largo mooting , and adopted resolutions sustaining
the President in his Kansas policy . Lord Napier is said to have addressed a letter to General Cass in relation to the rapid increase of the African slave trade , and suggesting the propriety of adopting more decisive measures for its suppression . A suicide mania has prevailed at San Francisco . No less than thirteen suicides and attempts at self-destruction were perpetrated during the fortnight previous to the sailing of the steamer . A duel has taken place between two French editors ; they fought with smallswords , and both were wounded . The news from Central America is of little interest . Colonel Alvarado , of the Costa Rica array , has been degraded from his rank , and sentenced to four years' imprisonment , for surrendering to Colonel Frank Anderson , the Filibuster , without a battle .
The revolt against the Montevidean Government has been put down , and Generals Don Cezar Dias and Don Manoel Freire , seventy officers , and three hundred and fifteen soldiers , have been taken prisoners . Tbe two generals , together with nearly thirty officers , were afterwards condemned to death . This sentence was revoked ; but , as it would require some hours to get the news to the place of execution , it was scarcely probable to reach there in time to prevent the sentence being carried into effect .
Execution Of Orsini And Pieriu. Two Of T...
EXECUTION OF ORSINI AND PIERiU . Two of the Paris conspirators were executed last Saturday morning at seven o ' clock , on the Place de la Roquette . At half-past five o ' clock , Orsini and Pierri were informed that their appeal to the Court of Cassation had been rejected , and they were then assisted in their last devotions by the Almoners Hugon and Nottelet . Vast numbers of persons collected at the place of execution during the night , and remained there patiently for hours , though , as will be seen , to very little purpose . The Government entertained great fears of an emeute , and large bodies of police , sergens-de-ville , gendarmerie , and military , occupied the ground . Almost every available spot was thus shut out from the populace , and the * scaffold was completely isolated . So serious was the
apprehension of some disturbance breaking out , that the police ejected the persons who had hired seats at the windows of the surrounding houses , and occupied the positions themselves . . It is said that there was some anticipation of the windows being made use of to fling hand-grenades from , among the soldiers . Some enclosed gardens near the prison of the Jeunes Detenus , which offered good opportunities for observing the execution , were guarded by sentries ,, who forbade anyone to enter . The caution thus observed was not without reason . The insurrectionary assemblage in Paris on the night of the 5 th instant is rumoured to have been with a view to organize an attempt to break open the prison in which Orsini and his colleagues were confined , and rescue them . This may possibly be incorrect ; but there is no doubt that the state of public feeling was very gloomy and menacing .
Between one and two hundred thousand persons are calculated to have taken up a position on the ground during the night ; but from this they were driven into the side streets , with a few favoured exceptions , when the military arrived at about five o ' clock . The troops , which consisted of cavalry and infantry , numbered more than five thousand men , and were under the immediate command of a General of Brigade . " Precisely at six o ' clock , " says the Tunes Paris correspondent , " Orsini and Pierri -were awakened from their sleep by the governor of the prison , who announced that their last hour was come . The Abbe" Hugon , chaplain of tho Roquette , and tho chaplain of tho Conciergerie , were present . I do not profess to give particulars
of what passed within the walls of the cell ; but I may observe that tho wretched men appeared calm when the news , which could not have taken them by surprise , was announced to them . I am assured ( hat they hoard mass and received the Communion , with respect , if not devotion . Soon after they were taken to the room called de In toilette , for tho change of dross . When tho convicts entered , they wore placed at different extremities of tho room , with their backs turned to each other . Thero wero two assistant-executioners—one from Koucn , tbo other from Caen—besides him of Paris . Thoaojlost no time in preparing tlio convicts for tho scaffold . During tho dreadful operation , Orsini remained calm ; and , though ho wns not so loud or contradictory as during excitedTho strait
his trial , Piorrl wild somewhat . - wnlatooat interfered with his gesticulations ; but he hardly ceased talking for a nioimmt , When tho executioner wna pinioning him , ho asked tliat the fastenings Slr 61 ilcl " n * otrbo'drnwirtoo-tig ht ,---a 8-ho-Jiad-no- > ntoutlgn . ofr ™_» . oaoaping . Tho cokl touch of the stool on liia nock whoa the scissors cut otY his huir , so an not to interfere with , tho guillotine , for an instant appeared to thrill through , him ; but ho recovered himself when ho found that his board was left untouched . Ho thanked tho executioner for lotting lit in tlio with Ills fmoo us became a man . When thu hood , to which the veil which covers tho fonturca of tho parricide Is suspended , waa put over hia head , ho ia said to have laughed , and at-
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Leader (1850-1860), March 20, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20031858/page/9/
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