Our radicals : a tale of love and politics . eptartillery. As to cavalry, Lord Cromer hadsufficient—over 4,000 Yeomanry havingjoined his movement. This last piece ofinformation having reached Metrales ears,he was very much concerned, feeling, as hedid, very doubtful as to the conduct of theMetropolitan Volunteers, should an engage-ment take place. A Cabinet Council had been held, andit was resolved that Metrale should seizetheir arms, and kill the sentries, giving itout as his opinion that it had been the workof the Fenians. The Volunteers, however, would notbelieve the statement, especially a
Our radicals : a tale of love and politics . eptartillery. As to cavalry, Lord Cromer hadsufficient—over 4,000 Yeomanry havingjoined his movement. This last piece ofinformation having reached Metrales ears,he was very much concerned, feeling, as hedid, very doubtful as to the conduct of theMetropolitan Volunteers, should an engage-ment take place. A Cabinet Council had been held, andit was resolved that Metrale should seizetheir arms, and kill the sentries, giving itout as his opinion that it had been the workof the Fenians. The Volunteers, however, would notbelieve the statement, especially as theyfound one of Metrales policemen slain by 86 OUR RADICALS. the sentry. They endeavoured to rousethe public feeHng against Metrale for hiscowardly action. Metrale, to prevent this,ordered his men to arrest the rioting ensued, and shots werefreely fired on both sides. So serious were matters becoming, thatmany of the respectable inhabitants packed-jp their household goods with the inten-tion of leavinor
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