RIOTOUS MEETING IN DUBLIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 147, 3 May 1864, Page 4

RIOTOUS MEETING IN DUBLIN.

Tin: follow inr is from the Timed correspondent's letter, dated 2ord February :— It is not easy, even for those who are lien- on the spot to understand tin- cause of the tremendous row which dis-raccd tins city last night. An ».:-rccaie mceliiu' was r-i nvemd bv Mr. A. M. Sullivan and tlie leaders of the so-called National parly, to lesiily their - imlicmifon ami shame" til I lie proposal to p'ai-e a statue of the late l'l-iiice Con sort in College Hi-een. The liiccflig was to lie held in the Koiimi room of the Thilurihi. the lan-r-t place in Dublin. Long before the fine, the (.-reui-d n< ar the building was "crowded with imm» m. n who appi aivil to be mecha-des. whoirenorailv amllse themsch is ,11 MollI ,!.-,v. The door was not open till eight o'cioclc. the hour appointed for ceinini in-inir 'he It i wasciitieil that the p'aeo would not bold half Ihe 1 multitude waiting for iidiiftliuice. It »a» danger--1 ens to venture into the crowd 1 lint pre.-cd violchll.. | throut-h the r-m-lc door, and rushed into tile build- ', iiiL'. Hut it was the en';\ chaia-e of la ing able lo ! witness the prnrri'fn::,, 'so 1 committed m.'.-elft,. ■. the current, aed after tremendous es.rtems e,.l side j „pon (he platform. l-v.i-v spot of the vast >!«■'''' i was (i uieklv Idled, and the doselv-pacl-cd faces col.ld ! be seen -waxm-.- two and fro like a field of uhitt nm-ii-a ill lite wind, llefon- the pmc-crni:-com-menced all attempt was miide to -rale the platform bv pel-sons ill the half. Tlfs v.»s resisted by --!r.-i,» n't- I, armed with slicks, wlf.h ll"v {'out isced ". aiinv lui.-l: the forms were knocked down, and all wlis confu-ion. in the inid-t of vhkii the ae-ri -- Oil continued til! Hie pint form was crowded by n-nnh. ! licrcc-lookine men, who scemcii bent on miscbiel. i \Vhen the O'DoiiouhucMr. Sullivan, and the oilier | leaders entered Ihcre were cheers and eroans ami an j increase of the no-so, which never ceased, but wa, 1 maintained in a volume, like the rearms of waves. ; It was evident that the iiieetiiur consisted of Iwo ■ factions, uho-c m.-inbers wen- mixed touclher evirv- ; wh, ,-c throue.li the hall. i-M-ciil the l: alh-rics. tie- ! occupants of which paid for llu-ir places and were ! oiret. The first to sp, ak was Mr. If.lt. who said | thev were asMMlibled to repudiate the insult ol'.ered I i.v 'the Corporal ion in pi-eleri-inu the Prince Cornier! I to Ileiu-v Ui-atiaii. ]!('■ enllcil upon them to expn ss ! their fe'.line, like men. ami to be like nrotliers i handed nr fidhcrliliid tlial, r lln ir eifted leader the | ')•]),,,,0 ;: 1..!ie. lie 1.,--;;.-.! llicm to mnuitaii' a i aim i and di-..;:iiicil denieaia.ur. worthy of a pe-.pio win, j tliat a Mr. Ct-otly should lake the chair. The j O'livi.o-hue ei.iin- forward to move tile tir.-t rcsolui tiou. lie cvii- -aw .«uch a jdorious. miiendieei.t | m.eiimr m lhat room. '1 he taonanl lie read the proI ei-edin-s in the Cit\-hall afoul the statu,-, he wrote i to his i-toiiu d IV'end Mr. Sullivan that lie w,.C,i j attend this niielimj. Hue the -peak, r uas i.-ul | short bv a burst of ,1„ cr- for Sulliwm with a i eoiuiler-to!i-,-i,i of uroans. A person on the phlti foi-m.ti!!ud-iiii loan informer named Sidliian (joida. i and to ~,iii,. former lonlrovcrsv between Mr. A. M. I Sullivan ami the r'oiiiun men, cried out " Coulah :'' I This was eiideiillv a precoiicerleil siu'iuil. He Mas I one of lie- 1\ nil,,, 1 ;,-oihe,-].,., ,1. Th.-re was an I attempt lo put biin down : be resisted, and a r, uuh'r i liehi , ommeiieed on tin- plali'oim, and siuiuliaueou-!i | ,-n -, 11 nil parts of the louse the laltle rat. ed. Willi the exception of a I, w of us. who siood on a foim at the wail, loolim; on. the whole mas, on Ihe platform were e.IL-aeed ill il teml-e .-t ni»ele. llollri.-h inshilleiah-. hoxine. thro'line. tiinlbbne oier tin- chairs and fern!-, spiawliicj on the hoards, kiekiun. \eliin.". | Ihe feman men h, im; well drilied and command.-,!, | pivsscd on in such i.icrwhchninj; for, e that they larrieil the platform in about ten minute,. The ll'ilolaHdiiie. -Mr. Miliiiam and some priest, lied: the elnii.s ami tables were broken up and converted into w,apon,: the reporters u,re knocked about I and quickly lost in tin- imitated mass. The \ielur\ was v.on. 'and the SnlJivjii.iti-s were uinrlv vanquished. The victors sci/..-il a piece of jo-ecu , loth that covered the table and waved it a, a Hanoi triumph This put an end lo the liuhtim: Ihnm-.li- , m the room. 'Ihe l-'euians ke|it waiini; llu-ir flair, amid all soi-ts of noi,e and uproar, lot- afoul an hour. A priest atlciiipt.il in \ a.n lo ",-1 a'hearine All Ill's time the place was like a vj,st 1 urkish l-a.h. ! the la a: was „, oppressive, ami the people «<■!-,- s„ 1 pressed together I .-at i-rcssuas ahnosl impossible. I I manaL'cd to e,.| out withoul uuieli injurv, and I ; hian! that later urn- of the leaders a,idrc'-sc.i the ■ meeiim: Hour shin:: a naked sivor.l. hut f,„-lh.- I ,-ul h of this I ,a:inot. loucii. 'I he speaker h. r did . no; oe.upi more Citu f It-cu minute,. I ul it was two hours'hefere the iii'ih ii ude v..iv£„! lo disperse. Il is understood that mai-v of 11-.e-c !i»htin-i men I have been soldiers in the' I'liited Slate,, and thai ! th.-v are busv dii Pin-: lluir brethren at home. I ' | learn that a number of the most inleiii-ent an,! r, ,- | pectable iitumi; the nn-i-iianics in this ,-ily are I eiu-ollcil in the Hrolhevh- od of St. I'atrick, and they I are avowcd!v Iniiliim; an army to eo-o]ierate with the | Americans when tbcviome to invade this couutrv. | I could vnthcr tr. in "the conversation ~l' Ihe people ! tlial thev wen- ullcrlv astounded at this iincNpeetcd | ot.tlinak. and no doubt the public mind will l„- | slruek with the danger to the public p,acc from the I seditious appeal, to the pas-ions of Ihe populace in I the '•-Naf.omil" journals.