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Show Illy W. L'. TeleirapU. A COllKKSPOSOKXT OX TIIK UIIIL1.V ItlOT. New Volk, UU. A lhiblin cones-, pondent to the London Time, on the; '.Uh, describing the Dublin riot, says: ! P.. I. Smyth, M. i, was proceeding with his speech wheu suddenly there, shot into view around tho corner' of the Wellington" monument a considerable body of police . truncheons trun-cheons in hand , who without 1 uttering a word of warning, notice or, expostulation, began to strike mer- eilessly on all shies. If nn impartial inquiry be instituted by the govern-! ment, I believe it will he found that throughout the period during which the dreadful wounds were given by the police, no resistance was offered, none could be ottered. No defence was attempted beyond the use of umbrellas iu a few cuscs to ward off the showering shower-ing blows of the loaded truncheons. Everyone within reach was assailed. Newspaper reporters, conservative and liberal, many ol' them with note book and pencil in hand, some personally known by the police for years past as members of the press, were as savagely attacked as anyone else. Flying victims vic-tims were tripped, in order that whilo on the ground they might bo truncheoned. trun-cheoned. A person was quietly walking walk-ing away alone, when some policemen rau at him, and one of them dealt him a fearful kick on the hip, which j staggered him; before he could utter a j cry"," another blow of a truncheon! felled him to the earth. i |