RIOT IN DUBLIN DURING THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 866, 26 September 1871, Page 3

RIOT IN DUBLIN DURING THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Dublin, August 6. A great riot occurred at Dublin today. The Board of Works prohibited the proposed Fenian amnesty meeting, organised by Smythe, member for Westmeath, Sullivan, editor of the " Nation," and O'Byrne, editor of the "Irishman." . Notwithstanding, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon vast crowds of men, women, and children assembled around the' Wellington monument, Phoenix Park, within three hundred yards from the Vice Royal Lodge, where the Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur. Duke of Cambridge, Marquis of Lome, and his bride were staying. A large force of police was held in readiness. A procession was formed, Smythe, Sullivan, and Nolan, at the head of five hundred men, wearing the green, arrived, mounted the monument end opened the meeting. The Superintendent of Police advanced, and the people groaned and hissed. The Superintendent was knocked down. The police rushed up, and fighting ensued. The officers drew their staves, and felled the people by scores. The conflict became hotter, stones were thrown, sticks were plied hy the mob, and the women and children were trampled under foot. The riot lasted half an hour. The police were attacked repeatedly, but eventually order was restored. During the riot the military were prepared, but were not called out. Every window showing a flag in honour of loyalty was smashed. Smythe, Sullivan, and a man named Nolan were badly wounded. Over 100 injured have been taken to the hospital. The royal visitors left the city next day. Crowds lined the streets through which they passed, but not a cheer was raised; the people preserved a dead silence, broken only by a few hisses. The conduct of the Prince, at Phoauix Park yesterday, which was denounced as brutal, has embittered the population. The newspapers demand an investigation. The Amnesty Committee has issued an address; it declares that a meeting to make a holidav for royalty would have been allowed, but because the meeting had met to plead for the captives, they were stricken down and •the sword reddened with their blood.