THE BELFAST RIOTS

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 186, 27 September 1872, Page 3

THE BELFAST RIOTS

The following telegrams are the only accounts as yet to hand of these riots :

London, August 15. —Additional troops have been ordered to Belfast and several other towns in the north of Ireland, as.a,disturbance is feared to-day in consequence of a celebration of the Catholics over the passage of the Eepeal. Act.—August 16 : The passage of the Eepeal Party Processions Act was generally celebrated throughout Ireland yesterday by the Catholics. In some places there was disorder. At Belfast, while the procession was passing through the street, it was stoned by a large crowd. The processionists returned the attack, when terrible excitement ensued. The rioters were . finally stamped by the police; not however until one man was shot. A slight disturbance occurred in Dublin, where several persons were wounded. There was no disturbance in Londonderry. Despatches from Belfast at noon state that the disturbances there continued through Saturday night into Sunday, and are not yet ended. The populace is divided into hostile Catholic and

TV.-y-p?'- *ut m'*X md they e >ine iiibo co:.oact there i< a fight. The police aiv. using every effort to stop the rioting,-and have been obliged to fire on the rioters of both sides, 'many of the latter having been wounded. Troops with fixed bayonets are now occupying the principal streets, and keeping the mobs apart. Dragoons of the 4th Regiment have arrived .it "Belfast from "Dublin, find the Constabulary are pouring into the city from all quarters. No persons.are reported killed, but the excitement is so great that it is impossible to get definite particulars. 2 p.m.—Despatches -just receded from Belfast sta'te that'the riots have broken out afresh, and severe fighting is now going on. The police, barracks, and several housej have been wrecked by the mob. August 19.—-Trie riots iu Belfast are not yet thoroughly suppressed. The Mayor and Magistrates have issued proclamations warning the rioters to disperse, under the severest penalties. The arrests thus far, in proportion to the number engaged and the casualties, are remarkably few. In the hospitals are mnny victims of the riots. Quite a large number bear sword-cuts and bullet-wouuds. A correspondent telegraphs from Belfast this corning that the fighting continued last night, and that stones fell in the streets like hail. Despatches just received from Dublin convey later news from Belfast. Rioting still ■ goes . on. Four persons ■•were killed in the streets this morning. The peaceably disposed citizens of Belfast are greatly dissatisfied at the want of vigour evinced by the authorities in suppressing the riots. Ruffians with pistols in their hands walk through the citv, and whole sections are given. up to the rioters. 4 p.m.—Advices from Belfast state that shots continue to be exchanged in the streets, though it is known that the rioters have not concentrated in large numbers at any points. A telegram from Lurgan, on the line of" the_ Belfast and Ulster Railway, say serious disturbance have occurred there, and the authorities have called the military to the aid. 5 p.m.—A later telegram from ■ Belfast says a report is current there that the city is about to be placed undermartial law. The same telegram states that the military are charging the rioters in the centre of the town.