14 JUNE 1884, Page 14

THE NEWRY RIOT.

fTo TER Emma OF TIER "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—Mr. Trevelyan's statement in the House about the riot in Newry is now before your eyes. The practical lesson that ought to be drawn from it is N.-ery simple. In those parts of Ireland, including the greater part of Ulster, where the people are of different religions, all open-air meetings are dangerous, and ought to be impartially prohibited. It is worse than foolish to be considerate of the right of public meeting in a country where the use of firearms in a mere street row is regarded almost as a matter of course, and excites no surprise._ —I am, Sir, &c.,