, musket was fired, nor a sabre drawn.

country people, armed with bludgeons.

ind‘ imperatively called on the

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[Captain Gibbons,

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AMERICAN RAIL-ROAD JOURNAL.

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Lyons, Dec. 9, 9 o’clock p. m.—-The Duke of Or-
leans made his entrance into Lyons at 2 o’clock this
day. His approach had been announced in a pro.
clamation by the Mayor. Since the. list all thosu.
berbs and the neighboring country had been occu.
pied by the troops of the line. ‘ No resistance what-’
ever was thought. of in any quarter, not even among
the workmen of the Croix.Rousse; all went back
to‘ their habitations, and the transition of power
from the insurgent masses into the hands of its law-
ful depositaries was executed with the most perfect
order, and without the slightest convulsion. Not it
Several ofthc
National Guards, who had been forced to give way
to the insurgents, yesterday appeared again in their
uniforms. Tbs Princeentered Lyons by the Fau-
bcurg dc Vaise.He was proceeded by the 9th and 24th
regiment: ofthc line, and the 3d regiment of Chas.
aeurs (eavalry.) He was dressed in the uniform ofhis
regiment of Hussnrs, and was attended by the Min-
istcr of VVar, and a very numerous statl"; among
whom were it great number ofgeiieriils and the Per.
feet oftlie Rhine The 5th regiment of Chasseurs,
n large body of National Guards from the neighbor.
in; departments, the 13th, 40th, 66th ‘and 94th regi-
merits oftlia line, with artillery, followed. The lat-
ter soon after took; possession of their quarters in
the barracks. Other troops are in possession of the
Inburbs, so that Lyons is new guarded by a consid-
erable army. All the streets through which the
Prince's corllsge was to pass were crowded since the
morning by numbers, who received him every

showed some symptoms of life alter being barbar-
ouslybeaten with bludgecns, had, as they lay in-
sensible on the ground, their brains knocked out by
a peasanlfs son not more than '12 or 14 years old,
who was ‘armed with at scythe L. The country poo
ple,.aftcr satiating their vengeance on the bleeding
bodies of the murdered police, by kicking and stab.
bing them, retired to their homes and usual occupa.
tions with as much indifference, I have been told, as
if they had just performed some ineritorious deed.

When this afllictiiig account of this tragic occur-
rence reached this city last night, Major Jones, Lieu-
tenant Lewis, and thirty men of the 77th depot,’
marched off for Ballyhale Two troops of dragoons
also arrived there last night from Kilkenny.

‘ country.

' p  * ;‘z' \
iscussion in the Hoiise
ed by time. Why]; thu

The ulterioreifects of the d
of Delegates, will be develop
misapprehension: of doctrines advanced in debate
have been corrected by a temperate oxnniinntion 0;‘
“I001: 049 lh0 5T8-Side. when the alarms for the tenure
Of P1'0Pt—'1‘l-5]: felt or feigned, have vanished before the
perusal of the speeches which occasioned them ;
when the agitated state of public feelings subsides to
a healthy excitement ; we are persuaded that the
portentous truths which have been uttered, fortified
by thecxperieace of other, countries, and demon.
stratcd by a. comparison-.with other States.around‘us'.
Will Sink deep into. the Public mind, and in timg
bring forth results most propitiousto our aommmi.

The sensation excited among all classes by this
bloody tragedy is indescribable. Fear and alarm
pervade the mind of every man in this part of the
country.

A paragraph in the London Times of the 31st.
states that of the 36 new Peers, only 32 voted;
the others being absent, or not having taken their
seats. Ofthe whole number ofpeors, 40 were absent.

It is asserted in the London Morning Herald,
that the Cats in the "Island are sufibring from the
Cholera‘ Morbus. These animals" in many instances,
have been seized withsudden convulsions ; in such,
cases they continue mowing piteously till their final
struggle, which generally ensues, within 18 hours
after the commencement of the attack. About »2(1.of
the feline race have already perishedin this extraor.
dinary’ manner. I

..._,___..

wlterc with loud and loyal acclamations, and seemed
to look upon his arrival as the return of order-.

IRELAND.

,Serious riots had occurred at Waterford, on ac.
count of the Tythcs.' A collection of 6000 or 7000
persons having been fired on by the police, attacked
the latter in their turn, with pitch-fei‘ks and other
weapons, and killed 19 of their number, including ii
Capt. Gibbons. , The following are the particulars:

VVA'rsiuroiu),_ Dec. 15.——'I‘lie Rev. Mr. l-Ianiilton,
a clergyman of high Tory principles, intimated,
some short time since, to the farmers of his parish,
that he_would, in consequence of their neglect in
paying up the tithes, issue summonses against them,
and enforce the immediate payment of his dues in a
Court of Law. The farmers, dcterininedto resist.
caused a notice of Mr. Hamilton's intentions to be

, communicated through the several adjoining parish-

cc, and requested that the people of those places
would assist the Ballyhalcnnen in p_rcvonting._Mr.
Hamilton tl7r.om carrying his threats into exctcutioii.
Accordin y 9a. 
dable bod? ol‘ the peasantry (between 60 and 7000)
repaired to the appointedpliice. On Tuesday night
and Wednesday morning the bells of the dilferent
chapels in that district were rune‘. fol‘ Wllfit PlU'P°**°
it is unnecessary to mention. 1 _ _

" 'Ab'out‘1l o'clock on Wednesday morning, chief
constables Gibbons and Brown, with 33 ofthe police
and accompaiiiied by that obnoxious character to_tlie

saaantry of Ireland, a process server, marched mm
Diillyhalc. Tho ditches along the road 1ln(.l‘l.ll8 ad-
jacent fields, were completely covered with the

scythes,‘
‘pitclifdrks, arid other deadly instruments. Noneroi
the pcoplculiowever, had fire.arnis. ..All was quiet
tiIl"the police were‘ passing through a lane or ave.
nue to the residence ofa tytlic defaulter, when seve-
nl hundred country people jumped from the ditches
police to deliver up
to thém the person of the process server. This was
of course refused by Captain Gibbons. WlI0 1'°Q0°=‘_l-
‘ed the people to be quiet, and not put themselves in
‘danger ofpunishment.,_by_vmlating the laws of the
country: They then insisted on getting the pr_o-
cesses, which was also refused. bevernl -W0Nld 1"
Irish were then ‘passed from -one'_to another through
the great body‘ 01 the people. when an ll'l0l"0&50d
le caineiin front of the
' - - " C ' ' dwcre
police completely bloAclt_ed__I}_y §l1'fgP§§3‘*,l]{9.».f1_P « _
‘closing on the police. Vjrllefl‘ 1113‘?-"(5‘*%-"";l°°ll‘l:¥il5;“’,‘3.*"

terixiination and ferocious threats 0 l»_ F3 P9°P_d"*_ 9"
dared them to fire. which-they iinmetlI3l°lY- ‘ll “‘ 5
volley and killed two and wounded three of-tliern.

Q . .

' ltaneous rush was then made by the peasan-
try 'be':fore the police had time to reload; and in End
god ausooing their conipiinions shot, fhply atlpgpmizl
tliem with prtchforksi 590--_8lN°l‘lll°m 0 981 d_ -
disarinod and murdered nineteen of them, inc ii, iiig
' I regret to add that Captain Gibb<)_n‘.*;?Sl5’£>‘!1i_":hlé1Ifl
aboufeten-iyeurs old. W110 .fl§*90lllP."i‘)‘rl9buu:l‘1*'m;(;‘d -b);
ridin on a, pony. WM 1“ .1“l“_‘¥" . ~

5. . vphecpany which the child rode

The correspondent ofthc London Morning Chro.

aisle 0. P. Q_,.-i'iiu. letter dated Paris Nov. 22d,
as s : , '
3:‘ I told the Bourbon: they must fall, and then they
fell. I told the Revolution it must march, or the
nation would be dissatisfied. The Revolution has
not marched, and the people are to a man disconten-
ted. I told the British public that M. Casimir Per-
rier intended to follow a. system of force approach-
lug very nearly to that of the Restoration, and this
is the system he has followed. I told you that Po-
land was to be abandoned by England and France
at a moment when no one would believe my state.
merit, and France has consented to the dlsmember.
merit andconquest ofthat country. I told you that
if the system ef‘M. Perrier should be followed up,lie
would’ have all the country against hirn—-and that he
must restore to coups (Petal to support that system
-—-—nnd now what has occurred ? . Why, the coups
d'etat have been struck, and France is indignant and
preparing! ‘
is not terminated, that the Throne is in dzinger——
that .M. Casimir Perrier will benrwept away with
his system in the rising terror of popular and uni.
versal indignation—-that he cannot maintain his
gzrouridi--tliiit he must be defeated ; and that the re-
sult will be that the French nation will establish
another orderoftliings, and. another Government
far more popular, and to Europe far more terrible! I
mean terrible to Kings-—-‘-terrible to tyraniiy-——terrible
to the Inquisiiioii———terrible to the arbitrary power,
and terrible to old Europe, enslaved as she was, and
is by some half dozen tyrants."

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I1_OME AFFAIRS.

[From the Richmond lVhi'g, Jan. 26.]
DEBA'PE on Anoi.i'i';oi\'.-—-It’will be seen by the pro-
ceedings of the House of Delegates on VVcdnesday,
that the Debate on Abolition has closed, having oc.
cupicd exactly one fortiaiglit. During this time it
has interested and absorbed the attention of'this
community beyond all precedent; and has been con-
ducted with an ability; zeal, and eloquence, beyond
‘any thing the Capitol ofvirginia has’ witnessed since
its foundation. -Freedom of discussion has been
pushed to great length; but not to‘ a length as we
believe, endangering the tranquility of the country ;
for we__liold it to.Vbe sslfievldent, that when the
p"ublio"v'i"gilance' is on: the alert, danger"fi"om 1/rat.
source, is, of all iriiprobable things, the most im.
probable. Nor areiwe of the number who ini.
agine that ‘ this discussion. or one conducted in
l.‘l10'Plll)ll0'Pl”lnl.S, will impart to the slaves any
ideas not now entertained, or any aspirutioiis
not new indulged. The truth is, that the intelli-
gence of the slaves has long ago reached the point
to whichptlic fears of some imagined this discussion
wou1d"conduct' it. They have not now to" learn
these iibstraict theories which teach the universal
equality oi‘ inan and his rights : but the same extent
ofiiiitclligenco infbrm‘:-. them of the impossible, the
.w0rae..ll1fl“ l‘°Pfi.10%i.llXDfict&llgm.i IIf..eiig;:igliig in at
.s»imalafn,l,itmr1.¢ ,«l'9I..lll:9.ll,' Jllilifllfilltllefiaé,  

eleclliilf ~.Five._ of its l*9ll¢¢i..Wl’°-

5.

A few wordras to th
votes yesterday. , . , 
I_‘hc report of the Select Committee, adverse to
legislation on the sub_1cct-of Abolition, Wus in these
words : _“ 1_2csolved_, as the opinion cftliis Colnlnltten.
that it is inexpcdicnt for the presciit, to make any
legislative enactments for the abolition of Slavery.”
This Report Mr..Preston moved ,to reverse ’
to declare that it was expedient now to make Legis.
lative enacl.__:nonts fortlic abolition ot'sla.verv... This"
was -meeting the question in its strongest form. It
demanded action, and immediate action.’ On this
proposition the vote was 58 to 73. Many of the
most decided friends of- abolition.i/oted againstithe
.amt1iggnii§-;g_tgg§y because the‘ thoiiglit piiblic?opin.io}.
pot eutBciently*i>'re*i7a‘ua—zrr5i~ir;”ana that it ..‘.rg'm pie.
1udicc the cause to move too, rapidly. The vote on
Mt WltCher’s motion to postpone the whole subject.
indefinictoly, indicates the true state of opihion iii
tip I'lo_use. That was the test question, and was so
1!}l0fld6.€l and proclaimed by its mover. 'Thiit ino.
«tiuu was nrgutived, 71 to 60; sliowiiig‘ainajority of
11 who. by thntvote. declared their ’1io1i'-it that at
the propertiiiie and in the proper mode‘, Virginia
ought to commence asystein of gradual‘ iibolition'.‘—‘—
This is more specifically declared in Mr". Brycehipre-
Nnblfl in llm lhllowlng words, which was adbptecl by
avoteof'G7to 60. ‘ '«' ‘-’
“ Prol’oundly_ sensible of the greatlevils arising
fromthe condition ofthe colored’ liooulatiliii df this
Commonwealth : induced by‘ liuriianity as well as 'po.
licy, to an immediate effort for"tlic'remova.l in the
first place, as well of those who are now free‘; as of
such as may hereafter become free: believing tlint
this cflbrt, while it is injust accordance’. with tllo'son..
timents ofthe community on the subject, will absorb
all our present means; and that afurther action for
the removal of the slaves should await a more deli.
uiteclevlo ' " ," _
. iis pream e being first a opte , t in-ego anon
of the Select Committee, was also adopted ‘as a co-
rollary thereto, and the two as c.whole,.adopLad by 5
vjoteof 64 to 59.. r , " . .j_
The inquiry'and discussion then. have terminated
in the following specific and l1Ilpll8d~(l8Cl8.l'flCl0flllofl
the part of the House of Delegates: - I, That it ‘is J
not expedient at this session, to, legislate on“ aboli.»
tion. 2, That the colored populationof Virginia,
ispa great“evil. 3, That humanity and policyin the
Jtrsi place, demand the removal of the free and thoie
who will become free, (looking to an.cxtonsivc»vol.
untary nianumission.) 4. That this will» absorb our
presciitnieans. 5, (Undeniable implication.) That
when public opinion is more developed; -when the
people have spoken more explicitly, and the means ,
are‘bctter devised, that it is expedient ‘to commence
a system of abolition. .  -

The H0089 0f,Delegates have gone tliosfar, and
in our opinion, it had no rifiit to go fhrtlier at't'li‘is
time. These are astonishing and uriirriating results.
They who will look back to the state of opinion live
rlnonthinngo, may well consider them almostiiitiracu.

ous. ' 4- .r‘ -

W'e do iiotyimimins that ‘the discussions lll,lV§:liy
any means terminated. — Mr.'Moc‘rn, s.,t'euF ri,yas,g"o,
rciid it resolution which he had prepared, and deter-
mined to offer‘, ca_lli'rig_upon :tli,a.,,I<7;;41gi:ji],,(;,g_,u¢;.,i.,
ment for aid in abolishing slavery and deportiiig the
slaves. Mr. Brodnax, yesterday, ridiculing in just
terms the idea that it was unconstitutional in Con.
gs-ess__thus to appropriiitc the proceedslof the Public
bands, (the National Debt paid,) or‘ that itwas 
lioiioriible in Virginia to ask of thii,_Qene'ral. ' 0,
verriincnt w_hiit was her right, mrule knowii his iii‘.
tcntion efintroducing a‘ proposition applying initial;
Government for a just sliare of the proceedisd ‘t ‘e
Public Lands, to aid i_n the deportation of the friie
iiegroes. We hear, also, of‘ other reholutioiisciin.
nected with the whole subj’ect'of 1llO~CQl°l'l3d flp0' u.
latlon‘,.whleb_‘will‘ probably be iatiodhcod-l We li "a.
wise hear _tli.e,ri_ui_ior_of', ii is eedy attempt to tllivilde
thsfisiate. 09ll1lllE'-fR0m~ll|0‘ grail? of: Virgt-aim “

a meaning of theisovorial

 
  

     

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,andth,'us. it