NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE " smash " at Buenos Ayres, which has been expected for the last six weeks—cipher codes for announcing the assassination of the President to Stock Exchange specu- lators, have, it is said, been in readiness for some time past—actually took place last Saturday. A portion of the garrison, including the artillery, joined by large numbers of civilians and by the fleet, rose in insurrec- tion, and were withstood by the police—an armed force— and by those of the soldiers who remained faithful. The Times' correspondent, who has been sending the only inde- pendent telegrams, and who has done his work with great vigour and courage, describes the fighting as having been of a very severe character. The rebels organised under the -Union Civics stormed the barracks and the arsenal, and repeatedly encountered the Government forces in the streets, while during two days the squadron bombarded the city, causing serious damage. The record of the casualties reads like that of a great battle. One thousand are reported killed, and five thousand wounded. It is worth noting that while the native civilians very largely sympathised with the rising, and are described as having stood behind the closed shutters of the houses with their rifles in their hands, ready to shoot down the police and the Government troops wherever possible, the vast foreign population, which is almost a third of the city, held entirely aloof from the straggle, evidently regarding it as no business of theirs.
