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      stances 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 Miltown ' 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 brought 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 . " besides

      Several of the other students , 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 p ; irt 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 la-w-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 has 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 . "

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      IRELAND . The Nkw 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 Earl said ho had always believed that the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy would bo a great and permanent injury , not only to that city , but to the country In general ; " and in that opinion , ho added , his colleagues agreed . The Ikish Court . —Lord Eglintoun held his first levee on Tuesday . It was very brilliantly attended . An address wns presonted from tho University , and , at the close of his reply , tho Lord Lieutenant , addressing tho young students , besought them not to let tho recent collision with tho police ( of which an nccount will be found above ) lead thorn into any excesses on going homo . " I know you oamo hero , " ho said , " to do me honour . You would do me great discredit if you allowed yourselves to got into any riot on your departure from my houBo . "^ . Tl » ia-wiia-, rocoivod _ witlii-loud-applauac _ by _ tha students . Thm Murdkr op Mr . Ellis . —William and Daniol Cormaok have been found Guilty of tho murder of Mr . Ellis , but recommended to morcy , though without any apparent reason . " A curious episode , " aaya tho Times , ? ' occurred at tho trial . It was proved that ono of tho assassins was on the jury at tho coroner ' s inquest . Tho samo 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 .

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      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 ; 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 will

      transport to Great Salt Lake . The War Department 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 nnob . " 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 any 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 is beginning to excite alarm , and is attributed to the weakness of tho local Government and its ill-defined dependence on Congress and the Executive of the Union . The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed a bill authorizing a company , already organized , to import 26 O 0 free blacks from the coast of Africa , to bo indentured for not less than fifteen years . The Kansas Investigation Committee of the Federal House of Representatives has reported in favour of admitting that territory into tho Union under tho Locompton slavery constitution . A statement ia made in some of the American papers of General YVulker having been arrested at Now Orleans , and of his giving bail to appear before a court of justice in thut city . The steamboat Eliza Battle has boon destroyed by fire at Kemp ' s Landing , near JDemopolis , Alabama . Thirtynine lives were lost , and 1200 bales of cotton were destroyed . Many of tho sufferers woro frozen in tho

      . A strange aeries of thofta has boon committed in an American brig . A man named Crowen shipped as steward on board tho Helen Juno , of Boston . On tho first day out , lie was missing , and it was supposed that ho had fallen overboard ; but , when tho vessel arrived at Truxillo , ho nmde his appearance in the forecastle , mid CQflfej > 8 pd , that ho had secreted himself in tho hold , undor the 'influence of deliriwn ~ lremen 8 , antir * for twonty-two days hud fenstod on champagne , raisins , ham , &c . Eight boskets of tho wine , and tsix . boxes of tho fruit , bcaidos other things , had thus disappeared , entailing a loss of about two hundred and fifty dollars . Ho will bo sont homo for trial . General Walker , tho Filibuster , ha ' s been addressing the citizens of Nashville , Tonneosoe , and has mot with much sympathy . Tho democrats of Now York huvo hold a large 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 , aud attempts at self T 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 army , 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 . The 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 .

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      EXECUTION OF ORSINI AND PIER III . 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 Jeuhes Detenus , which offered good opportunities for observing the execution , were guarded by sentries , who forbade any one 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 f evr 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 tho Times Paris correspondent , " Orsini and Piorri 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 the Conciergerio , were present . I do not profess to give particulars

      of what passed within tho wulls of tho coll ; but I may obsorvo that the wretched men appeared calm when the news , whioh could not have taken thorn by surprise , was announced to them . I am assured that they heard mass and receivod tho Communion , with respect , if not devotion . Soon after they were taken to tho room called de la toilette , for tho chungo of dress . When tho convicts entered , thoy were placed at different extremities of the room , with thoir backs turned to each other . There woro two assistant-executioners—ono from Rouen , the other from Caen—besides him of Paris . Theaojloat no time in preparing tho convicts for tho scafibld . During tho dreadful operation , Orsini remained calm ; and ,

      though ho was not so loud or contradictory as during hid trial , Piorri wna somewhat exoitecl . Tho atraitwaiatcoat intorforod with his gesticulations ; but ho hardly coaaed talking for a moment . When tho executioner was pinioning him , ho qukod that tho fastenings sh ^ iia ~ iic : t"i 3 B 'drftwn -tOo- 'tlghtras-he-had-no-intentiou- () f escaping . Tho cold touch of tho stool on Ma nook when tho aciuaoiH cut ofl' his hair , » o oa not to interfere with tho guillotine , for an instant ajppoared to thrill through him ; but ho recovered himself whon ho found that hid board was loft iiiitouchod . Ho thanked tho executioner for lotting him dio with his face aa became a man . Whom tho hood , to which tUo veil which covers tho features of tho parricide ia suspended , was put over his head , ho ia said to Imvo laughed , and at-

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      TSTo 417 , Majrch 20 , 1858 . 1 THE LEADER , 273 _

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 20, 1858, page 273, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2235/page/9/