and cheered him loudly.  The vast assemblage dispersed in the most orderly and peaceful manner, and returned to their homes.  They had suffered much from the severity of the day, but they exhibited to the end the most creditable endurance and patience.  In the course of an hour the roads were cleared and the city soon resumed its wonted quiet aspect.[Footnote:  In consequence of some vile misstatements in the government press, which represented the crowd to have not only behaved recklessly, but to have done considerable damaged to the graves, tombs, shrubs, and fences in the cemetery, Mr. Coyle, secretary to the Cemetery Board, published in the Freeman an official contradiction, stating that not one sixpence worth of damage had been done.  It is furthermore worthy of note, that at the city police offices next morning not one case arising out of the procession was before the magistrates, and the charges for drunkenness were one-fourth below the average on Mondays!]

Of the numbers in the procession “An Eye-witness,” writing in the Freeman, says:—­

The procession took one hour and forty minutes to pass the Four Courts.  Let us assume that as the average time in which it would pass any given point, and deduct ten minutes for delays during that time.  If, then, it moved at the rate of two and a-half miles per hour, we find that its length, with those suppositions, would be three and three-quarters miles.  From this deduct a quarter of a mile for breaks or discrepancies, for we find the length of the column, if it moved in a continuous line, to be three and a-half miles.  We may now suppose the ranks to be three feet apart, and consisting of ten in each, at an average.  The total number is therefore easily obtained by dividing the product of 3-1/2 and 5,280 by 3, and multiplying the quotient by 10.  This will give as a result 61,600 which, I think, is a fair approximation to the number of people in the procession alone.

Even in the columns of the Irish Times a letter appeared giving an honest estimate of the numbers in the procession.  It was signed “T.M.G.,” and said:—­

I believe there was not fewer than 60,000 persons taking part in the procession on Sunday.  My point of observation was one of the best in the city, seeing, as I could, from the entrance to the Lower Castle Yard to the College Gates.  I was as careful in my calculation as an almost quick march would allow.  There were also a few horsemen, three hearses, and sixty-one hired carriages, cabs, and cars.  A correspondent in your columns this morning speaks of rows of from four to nine deep; I saw very many of from ten to sixteen deep, especially among the boys.  The procession, took exactly eighty minutes to pass this.  There were several thousand onlookers within my view.

Of the ladies in the procession the Freeman’s Journal bore the following testimony, not more generous than truthful:—­