The Express. — London, England, 1848-08-08 00:00:00

sition to allow the rest to pass. This timid policy has been in part successful; but the dirt-proiectionists, even where they have given way, have dont so with much growling and snarling. The pretext under which Sir WILLIAM CLAY, Captain PECiiELL, Mr. Heener, and others have fought the battle of filth, miasma, and contagima, is a most shameless fallacy: they are fighting, forsooth, spinet centralisation. We are as much opposed to undue centralisation as any one—that is, to the cen tralisation which withdraws from local communities the powers which they can beet exercise to overload the central government with duties which others can more efficiently discharge, thus leaving it less leisure and strength for the dis charge of those duties which are of right incumbent upon it. Bat there are functions which a central government is better qualified to exercise than local authorities, and against the delegation of these to the less competent bodies we strenuously protest. The Public Health Bill as originally framed allotted to the central board and to the local communities those tasks which each respectively is beat fitted to per- ' form, and the cry of undue centralisation got up ' against it is on the part of some an insidious fallacy, of others a mere unmeaning parrot-like iteration. It does not admit of denial that hitherto all mea sures for ensuring the health of towns have been shamefully neglected. These communities, or their local governments, have always bee it in their power to originate measures for the promotion of public health, and they have not done so : the state of Leeds, the state of Liverpool, the state of the metropolis itself, proves this beyond dispute ; and hence the necessity of some central authority to originate such measures, and enforce their realisation. This is the power which the bill, as originally framed, contemplated devolving on the central board. It was . to have the power of prescribing to the local authori ties what they were to do, and the general mullet in which they were to set about it. The local working of the details—the imposing and apportionment of rates—the superintendence of works—the receiving of estimates--and the entering into contracts—WAS left to local boards elected by the ratepayers. But as this was entrusting the working of the measure to those who had shown themselves by no means anxiously desirous of the good it was calculated to effect, there was, of necessity, reserved to the central board powers to watch over their proceedings and compel them to do their duty. Thus then stood the question between the local and the central authorities under the original , measure :—lts principle having been affirmed by the united representatives of England, the charge of see ing that it was carried into effect was devolved upon the central authority; the execution was left to the communities immediately interested, through the agency of the boards elected by themselves. This is necessary and legitimate centralisation, no undue extension of it. The very defects in the original bill rendered this central eupervision and control the more necessary. The election of local boards was vested in the class which suffers least from the neglect of sanitary pre cautions in towns; in the class which will have most to pay, and which feels lees urgently the necessity of sanitary measures. This class would have been enabled to neutralise the measure by the mere limitation of the franchise, but the evil was in creased by giving . the more wealthy a plurality of votes. The bill is emphatically a poor man's bill, end the manner in which the local boards are elected enables the rich to defeat its objects, unless some superintending power be placed over them to keep them to their duty. The object of the opposition to the bi:l in the House Of Commons has from the beginning been to relieve the rich from all superintendence and control—to leave it in their power to deprive the poor of the benefits the bill meant to confer upon them. The amendments of the Lords go only in part to defeat their too successful machinations. And even these amendments have only been in part submitted to by the recusants in the House of Commons. Still it is satisfactory to think that the most important of the Lords'amendments has been carried, and carried as further amended by Lord MoRrETIL Wherever deaths from typhus, scarlatina, and other epidemics of that class, shall exceed the general average of 20 per cent. on the general average, or the average of other towns, the general hoard may direct a superintendent inspector to visit and report on tho condition of such town without a formal peti tion hem it. Without this amendment the bill would have been a dead letter. Emasculated though the bill has been, by the in fluence of sinister interests in the House of Commons, we are still disposed to regard its passing as a vic tory, and to congratulate those who have so long la boured in the cause on the event. It is true that the faulty . and inadequate composition of the central board is retained—that its sphere of action is unduly limited, and many obstacles left in its way—that London, the head-quarters of dirt and disease, is exempted from its operation but the principle of the measure has been sanctioned by the legis lature. A first step has been taken towards the sanitary improvement and comfort of the people, without which no truly progressive steps could be taken in future. A foundation has been laid for sanitary improvement—the structure must be erected hereafter. under the kinds of the three members of the late executive commission which represented the moderate opinion, MM. Marie, Arago, and Gamier Pages. The two former voted for the arrest of Caussidiere and Louis Blanc after the 15th May, but were defeated by the timidity of Gamier Pages, who on that occa sion joined MM. Lamartine and Ledru Rollin. In short there is every mason to apprehend that the production of the documents and evidence will bring about a collision of parties in the Assembly, which will lead to a crisis. The prceeat intention of the mode rate party is to move that the report and evidence he placed in the hands of the law officers of the Republic to take such measure's in regard to them asjustice may de mand. I e is supposed that the ultra-democrats will elides your to pass by the question by the order of the day, and an article which wipears in the National of this morning indicates an intention on the part of those whose opinions that journal expresses to support such a proceeding, and if possible to suppress the evidence A Bonnie of serious embarrassment will, however, Buil remain. The evidence already known to such a multi tude of persons cannot be efiectually suppressed, and it, together with the report, establishes incontestibly the fact that Caussidiere and Louis Blanc, and probably Ledru ltoliin are in the same category of culpability with Barbee, Albert, Sobrier, Healed!, and the other prisoners of Vincennes. A decree appears in the Monitear of this morning removing the suspension decreed against La Presse and ten other journals, on the 2;th of June. La Presse, L'Assentbii , e Nationale, and several of the other journals accordingly re-appeared this morning. The Sardinian ambassador, the Marquis de Brig nonce Sale, and the Marquis Albert Ricci on a special mission from the court of Turin, had a conference yesterday with M. Bastide, the subject of which was of course understood to be the question of intervention in Lombardy. Reports were circulated during the day that Lombardy had been evacuated; and others that the I'iedmontese army were under the walls of Milan, prepared to give battle to the Austrians. What, however, is moat generally credited here, is that which I have already intimated—namely, a joint diplomatic mediation by France and England, to be made simultaneously at Turin and Vienna, having for its object the recognition of the independence of Lombardy, and the pacific submission of the Venetian provinces to Austria. The Drapeau National states that M. Semard is about to resign his poet as Minister of the Interior, and to be replaced by M. Lan irin. According to this journal, M. Simard is to be appointed First l'resident in the Court of Appeal, in the room of M. Seguier, deceased. The Madrid mails of the 2nd have arrived.. _._.....__.- The government has definitively rescinded its con tract with the Bank. MALL.III, A.. 2. throe per Cents., 191 paper ; after Doha, 191 cash. elte per Cents., tin cash; after Bola:, IUI ca3h. 1 paper; after Doha, 31 (-wk. Bank of 't. tenon:lld, SO paper; dutcount of uutcs, s 81 per cent. E.:ohmage on Laudon, LIO u.t)s, 4.5 Oath. ITALY.—The Piedmontese army are probably by this time either under the walls of Milan or on the frontiers of Piedmont. At the last accounts the Aua- Wane were advancing with a force, in the face of which it is scarcely possible to imagine that Charles Albert could make a stand. The last reinforcements which arrived horn the Tyrol by the valley of the Trent, swelled the amount of efficient force at the disposal of ltadetzky to 90,000 fighting men. This force was advancing in three columns, one along the road from Breads, another along the valley of the Adds, and the third along the right bank of the Po, which they had crowd at Borgo Forte. The object of the two former columns was obviously the capital of Lombardy, and the last was directed upon the duchies, of which Modena was already occupied. Parma and Piacenza being almost undefended, would follow of course. The Piedemontese army had fallen back at the date of the last accounts to the right bank of the Adda, which they appear to have crossed at Pizzeghettonne, and the head-quarten were fixed at Casel I'uster lengo, a place at the junction of three roads leading—the one to Lodi and Milan, the second to Pavia, and the third to Piacenza. It was, therefore, doubtful whether the purpose of Charles Albert was to fall back upon Milan by Lodi, or on the fron tiers of Piedmont, by Pavia, or finally on the Duchies, but the first was thought most probable ; indeed a report was prevalent in Paris that intelli gence had been received by the telegraph of his arrival at Milan. The Austrians, who, as has been seen, entered Cremona soon after the Piedmontese left, on the 31st ultimo, imposed a contribution of two millions, and made many prisoners among the citizens. The King had proitosed during the struggle an armistice of ten days; Radetzky consented on the following con ditions :-1. The Piedmontese army shall retire to the Adds, and separate its cause from the Venetians. 2. Venice, Reggio, Modena, Parma, and Piacenza shall be immediately given up. Upon which, the King an swered, Let Radetzky know that the Piedmontese army can only answer such conditions by cannon." At Florence, on the 30th, upon the news of the battle on the Mincio being known, a demonstration took place, which had much the appearance of an in surrection. The next day the following hills were to be presented to the chamber :—l. Immediate mobiliza tion of 16,000 men of civic gu ad. 2. Requisition of horses. 3. A forced loan. 4. Immediate departure of civic guard and the line to the frontier. The same took place at Leghorn on the same day. The gover nor announced the next d y that the ministry had resigned, and that the chambers were voting measures of war. The Piedmantese Gazette of the 3rd, received since the above was written, says, " if we are correctly in formed, the head-ouartersof Charles Albert areat Lodi. General Zucchi had set out from Milan at the head of 24,000 men, and the Piedmontese reserve of 2ft 000 men had arrived at the camp." This journal adds that the army had lost none of its mat,riel, and that the soldiers were regaining vigour, and preparing to attack the enemy. All the ministers had given in their resignations to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and serious disorders had taken place at Florence a provisional government had been pro claimed, but the national guard had arrested the leaders of the disturbance, and the grand duke ad dressed a proclamation to the people. The chamber had voted 10.000 men for the army. ROM E.—The Cittadino Italian° of Leghorn states,' from Home, 20th ult., Mamiana had hopes to make the Pope admit of a declaration of war. The return of the legion that capitulatt d atVicenza, seems to have had some weight with the Pope; for that body having, as stated in our correspondent's letter, on its arivvel, immediately occupied the Jesuits' cullege, gave him clearly to understand that they would not tolerate the indecision of his holiness in the war of independence. Accounts to the 29th, in the Piedmontese Ga:ette, state that Mamiani still remained Minister of the In terior, and Foreign Affairs ad interim. Count Cam pelli was Minister of War, and M. Rosa of Justice. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, 11 A.M. The partisans of Ledru-Rollin, Caussidiere, and Louie Blanc, impotent against the vist military force which now occupies Paris, may, it is appre hended, in the bitterness of their rage resort to other expedients than insurrection. Menaces of assassination and vengeance are already directed against the assembly, The reporter of the committee on the insurrection, M. Bouchard, received on Saturday evening a letter to the following effect, s:.orving, it is said, by the hand-writing and ortho graphy, that the writer was a person of education : lon rapport n'est qu'un tissu &infamies. La wale chow qui m'en console c'est qu'il seta, j'espere, too arre: de . . . 1794 ... a bientot."—Win. LECUINTItE. Within the last few days the police discovered a plot to assassinate M. Thiere, and communicated to him the result of their discoveries, advising him to be upon his guard, and in particular suggesting t hat he he should cease to wear a white beaver hat, which he is accustomed to use during the summer. On the night between Wednesday and Thursday a number of bullets, of which five at least have been detected, were discharged without report, and appa rently from some unfinished houses near that of M. Thiers and aimed at his bed-room window. Some of them struck the Persiennes, one of then penetrating a pane of glass, entered the window and made a rent in the curtain. Similar menaces to those received by M. Bouchard have been addressed to other members of the assembly. The violent scene which took place in the assembly on Saturday has decided the committee on the insur rection to adopt extraordinary means for exped itin g GERMAN V. the printing of the documents acid evidence. They assembled on Saturday evening, and continued their PRUSSIA.—We have dates from Berlin of Aug. b. labour till do yesterday morning, classifying and It is asserted that the Vicar of the Empire has noti arranging documents for the printer. Thirty clerks tied to the Prussian cabinet, through Herr Von Below were employed yesterday in transcribing the deco- (who hes lately returned from his extraordinary mio meats for the press. sion to Frankfort), that he will lay before his ministers Much dissatisfaction has been expressed by the the proposition to confer full powers on Prussia, for committee on the insurrection, and by the moderate coming to arrangements respecting a truce between party generally, at the attitude assumed by Gen. that kingdom and Denmark. It is scarcely expected, Cavaignac and the Government since Tuesday. M. however, that such powers will be given with the emi t). Barra, as chairman of the committee, consulted sent of the national constituent assembly. On the Gen. Cavaignac before presenting the report to the other hand a refusal would, in all probability, compel Assembly, and informed him generally of its substance, Prussia, which, for a variety of reasons, national as observing that if anything contained in it was likely well as international, is desirous of settling th than e e Danish to embarrass • the government, or to nece ssitate the q uestion, to take steps jeopardising moreever adoption of measures which might at the present the unity of Germany. Prussia is tired of the war, moment be deemed inexpedient, the committee would and wishes to get out of it hononrably if it can. most willingly p os tpone the presentation of the re- Meantime, according to all accounts, the l)anea are as port to a more convenient moment. General eager as ever for the fray. "vaignac replied at once with entire frankness, that The excitement which has prevailed of late in this the government only desired that the committee city, on account of the demonstrations of the retro should honestly and firmly fulfil the task which had grade party, the attempts of the " constables " to put been confided to it by the assembly. a stop to the Linden meetings, and to the sale in the After this, however, when the report was read the streets of political pamphlets, has been greatly in committee found that Gen. Cavaignac, and the mem- creased by a second attack on a body of etuaents by a bets of his government, did not give it that support number of soldiers stationed in Charlottenburg. and countenance which it had a right to expect. It is Several of the former were severely and one or two understood that Gen. Cavaignac, in the first instance. dangerously wounded. On the night of the 2nd inst. on being informed of the substance of the report, and an immense number of individuals assembled, con the nature of the evidence, decided on placing the trary to the police regulations, and in defiance of the matter in the hands of the Procureur.General, giving constables, in the celebrated Linden-street, and him liberty if he should see fit to apply to the &seem- appointed a deputation to wait on the Minister bly for permission to arrest MM. Caner and of War, in order to demand satisfaction for Louis Blanc, but later this determination seas changed. the outrage committed or. the students. In vain the I learn that the documents are of the most damning deputation knocked, rang, and cried out, the inmates kind. Many of the most important of them being were, apparent y, GS deaf as the poste before the door. TILE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8,1618. Whilst the deputation were deliberating on their next step up came the civic guard, and succeeded in diapers in? the crowd. Yesterday the birthday of the late King of Prussia was celebrated with more than tuned solemnities, the conservative party taking advantage of the day to make a demonstration. All passed off quietly, but the students of the university did not tail to inform " the people," by a public announce ment in (reinter that building, that the black and wf its flag (the old Prussian one, now looked upon as the standard of the Conservatives, in opposition, to a cer tain extent, to the black, red, and yellow one) had been pieced on the edifice by orders from a high quarter. Herr Ilansemann'e financial projects, so far as they relate to the cew land tax, and the increase of the duty on brandy by 50 per cent., are exciting great discontent amongst the landowners in several provinces of the kingdom, who vehemently op pose those measure., and are forinieg clubs in some five or six provineta for the purpise of defeating them. The v , luntary loan is making very slow progress, only three and a ha f out of fifteen millions being as yet subscribed. In a few days, as proposed by the minister, the forced loan will be demanded. It is probable, however, that the time for making voluntary payments will be prolonged. We have accounts hero from Posen up to the 2nd inst. The decision of the Frankfort constituent as sembly respecting the incorporation of a portion of that duchy into the Uermanic Confederation had created no surprise amongst the Polish inhabitants. The city is tranquil, but the Poles are quietly carry ing out a plan of their own which, it is hoped, will do much for their cause. They have resolved to deal enly amongst themselves, and have forsaken the Ger man and particularly the Jewish shorn The latter are doing nothing. The Spenerache Zeitung states that another insurrection is preparing in Posen. The commandant of Schweidnitz (where six of the civic guard were lately killed by the soldiers, and fourteen wouaded) has been suspended. ACSTRIA.—The news from Vienna is to August the 2nd. The Minister of War, in consequence of an autograph letter, dated Innepruck, July 28, has issued the following army order to the imperial royal troo AlL p M s Y Otffina.—His Majesty the Emperor, immediately after the receipt of the intellig. nce of the splendid military achievements at Somma-Campagna and Customs, in Italy, was pleased to forward to Field-Marshal Radetaki the fol lowing letters, in his own handwriting : My dear Count Radetaki,—The splendid victories of S imma-C impagc a and Cudozza have filled me with astonishment and pleasure. I conceive that I can not give the gallant army in Italy a greater proof of my consideration than to cool r on you, their distinguished commander, the grand muss of my military order of Maria Theresa, the insignia of which I now forward to you by my lieut..colonel, Count Cretine vale. May tide highest insignia of honour which a war rior can wear, long adorn your valiant breast, and may your deeds of valour lie an example to the Austrian army. Ftuutfiaoy, M.P.—lnnepruck, July 28,1848. I: affords me the hignest gratification publicly to make known to you this supreme mark of distinction conferred upon our valiant brethren in arms, as well as their veteran leader, Count Latour, blaster of the Ordnance. ROME, JULY 27. A feeling of horror spread through the city this morning, on the diffusion of news of last night, to the effect that Don Francis Ximeues, a highly intel ligent and respected clergyman, had fallen beneath the blade of an asi4e:sin, in the open square of the Jesuits' chief establishment, at the foot of the capitol. That spacious edifice had just been occupied as bar racks by the Roman legionaries, who, after the sur render of Vicenza, were put on parole not to fight Austria for three months ; and the Rev. F. Ximenes had just come out from paying a visit to his two bro thers, volunteers in the corps quartered therein. 'l•he murdered priest was, from the first day a free press was given to Rome, a leading writer and editor of our newspapers in the reform interest, and must have, of course, given offence to various parties interested in bygone practices. Political vindictiveness is univer sally held responsible for this dark deed, as private foes be had none. The whole brotherhood of jour nalists (comprising a good numbsr of his own order), are determined to mark their sense of this foul act by a solemn dirge and public obsequies. That the splendid range of buildings forming the head•quarters of this much-talked-of society should end in figuring as barrack and canteen for the soldiers of popular opinion is one of the strange vicissitudes in the revolutions of architecture. Al ways on a grand stale, Jesuit constructions in other great towns are ail, extant, at Munich, Ingoldstadt, Lyons, B:c., ice., in the more congenial occupancy of public libraries, hospitals, or archives ; for Loyola loved to possess large establishments in populous cities, leaving to Bernard the valley, to Benedict the hill-top, to Francis the village. - - Bernardus vanes*, collep+ Benedictus amabat, Oppidu Franciscust, mAgnas Ignatius tubes ! The R,mao Gazette (organ of the court party, not of the Mamiani ministry) puts forth a laudatory article on the troops who occupy this locale, winding up with an intimation of the propriety of their immediate disbanding. Never was there such a mis taken and unheeded suggestion. Their arrival has given strength to Mamiani against the retrograde cardinals, and these troops form part of that civic prtetoriau cohort who will henceforth regulate the temporal business of Rome. if the spiritual functions are to remain uninterfered with, it can only be at the complete relinquishment of worldly meddling on the part of the ecclesiastical body ; for the words of the poet Alfieri are now muttered audibly: Pace al ireti atanau quittL VW court. A cabinet council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office The ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Coancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Campbell. Sir John Hobhouse, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Viscount Morpeth. The council eat two hours. Lord John Russell arrived in town at three o clock yesterday afternoon, from her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial office, from the Governor of Canada, and also from the governors of the other North American provinces. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-cffice, for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong- Kong. Lord 1)e Manley, the Hon. Mr. Bowles, &c., left town on Sunday last by the Antwerp Company's stearn.ship Antwerpen. Lady Chetwynd and suite, the Countess of Freno and family, and the Countess Kaenincke arrived in London, this afternoon, by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Triton, from Ostend. FIELD-LANE RAGGED SCHOOLS. A public meeting was held last night in the New School-room, erected by the institution, to celebrate its open ing. There was a very numerous attendance. The SECIIETAILY t. ea read several letters from gentlemen who were unable to attend. The Duke of Argyll, who we' ' among the numb, r, sent a subscription of 201. The secretary then read the report of the committee, which detailed the origin of tne chool, which was first called the " Field Lane School," from the fact of its being opened in Caroline court near Field-lane. On the day of its opening, 45 children assembl rd, of whom 41 were Roman catholic.; 1 a Jewess, and the remainder nominal protestants. The school was atterwmds removed to White's-yard, Saffron-hill, " where," says the report, "the teachers were exposed to every possible innovatee both from without and within. From the streets, stone!, dirt, and every description of filth were burled, so that the floor might oftentimea be seen covered with the articles thrown, and almost every window was broken. Nor was this annoyance all, for most of those who came to school came Intentionally for fun; and it was with the greatest difficulty that order could be preserved. On one oc casion a lad got a knife which happened to be near the school-room, and attempted to stab the super intendent, but was fortunately frustrated in his design." The committee then proceeded to detail the manner in which the school became gradually known to the public, whose support enabled them to remove to West-street, and subse4uently to the new premises at the corner of Vic toria street, where the room is capable of accommodating 300 children. " Phis stroke," says the report, " was a bold one, for it almost doubles our rent; but the Ragged School Union have kindly promised to Ulan us with a grant of 15t annually towards it. In addition to this they have kindly sent us 201. towards fitting up this room. This is very gene rous of them, and the committee tender them their public acknowledgment. But you may suppeo 201. will but pay a small portion of the heavy expenses incurred." With regard to future proceedings the committee say: " It is now intended that the school should he open every Sunday morning, from a quarter-past nine till twelve, and afternoon from a quarter past two to half-past tour, for reli gious instruction ; every day from nine till twelve, and from two till half-past four. Aloe on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes day, and Thursday evenings, from halt.past seven till half past nine, for secular instruction, based upon religions prin ciples ; and on Friday evening the school wi.l be opened for religious instruction as on the Sunday. In the last annual report your committee expressed the great desire they enter tained that an industrial class should be established for a certain number of boys, as a reward for good conduct. This they hope to carry out shortly. It is intended to tench them to peaks and mend their own clotnen and boots and shots, under the direction of competent masters. That such a step would be beneficial we think there can be little doubt of, and we do believe it would by much sought alter by the children. The Sunday school, and that on Friday evening will be con ducted entirely by gratuitous teachers. The free day school will be conducted by a paid mistress; and a paid master has been engaged for the secular instruction ou the first four nights in the week ; and the committee are rejoiced to be able to state that some unknown friend has, in the most kind and liberal way, offered to pay the whole expenses of this p-id evening master, namely, 2.1/. per 'annum. Your com a ittee, therefore, are much cheered, end they come before you with joyful and thankful hearts, that God has been so precious unto them. At the same time we must not lose sight et the fact that there is much work yet to be done in the shape of raising funds. Though it has been stated the Ragged School Union liberally are to give un 151. per year. and though the benevolety. individual before referred to is to pay our evening master, still there is a large turn every year to be raised to pay the balance of our rent, our day mistress, gas, books, and a variety of expenses, not less than 801. an nually, and our present annual subscriptions are not more than about 151. Here then is a clear deficiency of 551, a year; and the sum expended on fitting up this room will leave nil in the treasurer's hands." The committee con cluded by requesting the aid of the public in supplying funds and teachers. . . The Rev. — Mr. BirexET then moved the first resolution • I That there are in thin locality vast numbers of children who, from their dirty and rugged condition are unable to obtain admission into any otaer than a ragged school; and MIK . ° the object of this lOnti7u ilaa is to receive such poor outcasts, and to use every means, under iM biresing of God, to cultivate their minds and do good to their souls, it is a muse which deserves and demands the hearty support of every friend of education, and of all who desire the extension of the Redeemer'. kingdom and glory. He urged with considerable earnestness the importance of carrying out the system ,f ragged schools, as forming a part of the principle of Christianity. Mr. Unde . r-Sheriff Wilts seconded the resolution, and took a differer t view of the subject. He pointed out the ex. pedienoy of supporting ragged schools, as a means of effecting a great saving in the present expense of prisons, police, and all establishments for the preventiin of crime. Mr. R. UICKS seconded the resolution, which was carried w animously, as were others by which the meeting promi-ed their eupport to the schools by mean. of subscriptions; ap. proved of the intention of the committee to form iniuetroal echoole; and voted thanks to Lord Ashley for his assistance towards their objects. ELECTION COMMITTEE, YESTERDAY.—DUBLIN.— Legal arguments respecting the pipe water rate continued. ELECTION Or SHERlFF'S.—Yeeterd4, at 4 o'clock, the poil.books were closed, mid the numbers declared! for Ald. Finnic, 384; J. E. Goodhart, 366; Bewley, 29; J. Goodhart, 10; Dicey, 3; Lawrence, 2. The town-crier then made proclamation that the poll was finally closed, and that the formal declaration would be made this day at 12 o'clock. 'DIE STRIKE OF ENGINE-DRIVER-.—Yesterday the following notice was posted on the premises of the MADRID, AVOCBT 1. North-Western Railway Company:—" Euston Station, Mon has accepted the embassy to Vienna. It is Aug. 7, 1848.—A statement having appeared in the Observer even asserted that ne will go—a rare step fur a Spanish am- newspaper of Sunday ' and been copied into the Times of bassador. Nevertheless , I cannot persuade myself that he this day , to the effect that at a meeting on Friday of many of will venture so far from the hive, at a crisis like the present, the engine-driven and firemen employed on the London and although he leaves his other selePidal, to keep a good look-out. North-Western Railway, it had been alleged that it was the Mon has refused to enter the cabinet at this moment, first, intention of the directors to use the classification as the because he has a great objection to play second-fid,le to any means of ultimately reducing the wages of the men, I 1112 one ; neat, because he cannot null well with Nereus ; instructed to declare that so far front this b-ina the case it thirdly, b. cause hie antipathy is still stronger to Sartorius ; is their intention, in er, rts instance, strictly to carry out the fourthly, because be looks upon any ministry constructed at regulation by which en ire-drivers and firemen are to be the preseat moment as transitory, whereas his aim is to successively advanced as vacancies may occur in the closes figure as president of the council in a strong and permanent above them, and that it is not, and never his beer, the in government. tention of the directors to reduce the number of the men Upon the 29th there was great agitation in the council of employed in these classes, or their rate of wages.—R. CREED, ministers. 'lwo questions were debated with much h. at— Secretary." the English question, and the question of the Bank. Fidel, ANOTHER SCHEME OF THE NATIONAL LABOUR who has front the bliinning regarded the expulsion of Sir BANL.—The last new *Clime proposed by Mr. F. O'Connor H. Bulwer as a a coarse blunder, expressed himself, as I i • grand sweep of 10,000 members, at 11 each, for four hear, very strongly uFe.the necessity of setting to work s freehold h ous es , with votes. The prospectue . announce s that earnestly to procure an honourable end to the unsatisfactory democratical associations are formed in districts to issue and dangerous schism dividing the two countries. Nervaez shares, all moneys received to be paid into the National declared that be desirvet nothing better than peace and friendship with England, and that it he thoug ht himself an Labour Bank. —John Bull. obstacle to no Important a need of his cou ntr y , he would re- COLLISION AT SEA BETWEEN TWO STEAM-8 1 1 1 PS.— sign immediately. Ile has frequently held this language of Early on Thursday morning a collision took place between late. Things may he considered therefore as in fair train the Londonderry steam-ship, on her voyage from Liverpool for mediation. to Sligo, and the Connaught Ranger screw-steamer, on her I reported to you that Miratfores and Belmar were to be vogue from Sligo to London, in the Sound of Instrehul, en disgraced. This is now certain. Both the marquises hove the Irish coast. It anpeara that the Connaught Ranger hid leg La Oranje and come to Madrid. The correspondent of only one light at the meat-head, which was entirely hid to the the Esparta says that Bedmar is to set out immediately for Londonderry by her topsail. It was raining at the thus Constantinople, and thence to St. Petersburg. The pretext and very dark, but not stormy, and the moment tbe Loss assigned for the voyage is that his wife possesses considerable donderry descried a sail a-head they stopped engines. and property in Moldavia, which is exposed to risk from the tried to steer clear of het ; but too late to pros cut a collides, political events in that quarter of the world. I can give the Connaught Ranger striking the Londonderry en her you, from a trustworthy authority, the true reason of Bed- starboard bow. The damage to the latter was merely the mar's exile. You know already the nature of that young surriag in of her bulwarks and the carrying away of some ..f nobleman's position at the court ; and that it was such as to her planking, and .he could have proceeded on her voyage ; render him the fittest instrument that could be found but as the Connaught Ranger appeared to be more disabled, for carrying the plot of Gonzales Bravo into effect. It and we believe was making water, the Londonderry accom is not true, as has been rep orted b y some, that the Queen panied her into Londonderry.—thaegove Citizen. betrayed the intriguers. Belmar presented to her the THE SARAH SANDS, 11mm-steamer, sailed fronn memorial of Gonzales Bravo, which alleged his reasons for Liverpool yesterday for New York. ministerial change and set forth the system of government, AN INFURIATED Ox. —Yesterday, about three whatever that was, which he proposed to adopt. In the o'clock fromin t h e aft._ ernoo . n an over-driven , and excited broke its drove in morning the Queen sent for Nunez. She told him that' the ne i ghbourhood of N °x market, and running thro acrerest Queen- Lo and G ewport. she had made up her mind to grant a complete amnesty for loud its into Lincoln'aMn-uare where it political offences, immediately. Narvacz said that in that case he should feel himself under the necessity of resigning, steer , way theattacked the porter of Lincoln ' s -ion Hall, but be having had presence of mind to close the iron gates by which the as he could not be at this moment petty to , a measure fraug ht, dtothe as he conceived, with peril to her klajest7 a crown, an building is entered, escaped injury. A gentleman named nation. The Queen said, " Very well, ' meaning that she had no objection to accept his resignation ; and Nereus Marrett, who was entering the square from Stone-buildings, was not so fortunate. The animal, defeated in its attack on left the royal presence in a state of extreme agitation. the porter, rushed upon this gentleman, who appeared pars. On his way out, in the corridor, he met Bedrear, lsed b its approach, and stood with his back against the who, after reoeiviag the comfortable assurance that Narvaez railings. The ox butted him violently, one of the barns held his noble blood sia cheap as that of • mutinous sergeant, iron entering . the left tempi) of the unfortunate gentleman who immediately fell senseless . and would make no more account of ordering four balls to beMr. Merrett was immediately sent through his head than of spilling a glass of water, made again ems ing passed through Chaneery.lane and ran confession of as 1310011 00 he knew, which was all. After Picked p and conveyed to Kin . g's College , Hospital. The which peifidious weakness, there was no dimcslty in neon. down oa citing the Queen to his dismissal from court. Holborn in the direction of Smithfield, seriously Ins ~ I Mould have mentioned that in the council of the 29th luring several persons and causing the greatest alarm. At Cerrajeria wanted to reduce the amount of the monthly lengra , after Petting txhroliftltneeovertideaoes of cattle it for-1 unately h entered lo an d Knot ya ty abounding payments of the bank to the government, • considerable ? falling-off having , appeared in the recent collections of re in ale ,a 8 . . : itself . over ter-houses near Southfield; and leap ing sn venue. The minieters would not hear of this, and talked of court leadinout of iron oar imprisoneo in • narrow that thoroughfare, where by means of topesletdown from ro what they bad done for the back. They came at last to a mezzo -terming with the director. the roofs of the houses it was eventually secured and 1 Fidel was sworn in on the afternoon of the 29M. slaughtered. i O'Donnel will in all probability be Minister of War. He GAS EXPLOSION.—LOSS OF LlFE.—Last evening, is immensely rien, and his antecedents are less unfavourable about ten o'clock, an explosion of gas blew the whole of the I to his elevaticeo to office than those of most leading nr. n front and back of the house No. 60, Albany-street, Regent's- here. park, completely out, the former into Great the latter into The mart were going to the Escurial on the 10th, the day Little Albany-street, likewise destroying the windows of of bi. :Army. several houses on the opposite sides of the way in either • C:eirveuz. + Monte Prim I Amisium.. street, and extinguishing the contigu us street lamps. By means of numerous engines the fire was confined to the shop wherein the explosion took place, belonging to a fringe maker, gamed Loughton It is feared that more than one life is lost. The body of a girl about 15, supposed to have been passing by at the moment of accident, was picked up on the opposite side of the street, and mast have been blowu across the road. The whole of the right side and back part of the skull were shattered. The dress of the deceased was a light blue cotton frock, and her condition apparently that of a servant. Up to half-past 11, when the reporter left, the engines were kept in full play upon the burning premises by many of the Royal Horse Guards B!ue, brought from the neighbouring barracks by the violence of the report. INQUESTS, YESTEILDAT.—SCICIDE IN A HOSPITAL. —At the London Hospital, be.ore Mr. Baker, on the body of tVilliain Ruck, aged 45, a hawker. The deceased was a man of very intemperate habits. Snme time since he was attackedHospuil o i withr. . a fit, cw i admitted into the London on the lid inst.; his elbow was found to be contused. Erysipelas ensued, and, on the afternoon of Friday last, he was first observ ed to be delirious. About five o'clock the following morning he suddenly jumped out of bed, opened the window, and, before he could be prevented, threw him self headforemost into the garden. He expired shortly ' That • afterwards. The 11117 returned a verdict, ' . the de ceased destroyed himself while in a state of unsound mind," and strongly recommended that a small fastening shou:d be placed upon the window to prevent patients committing acts.---ALLEOED POISONING 01 , AN INFANT At the Greyhound, Clapham-road, be:ors Mr. W. Carter, concerning the death of a female infant.—Anna Peach, the wife of T. Peach, a warehouseman, stated that the name of the deceased was Fanny England ; it was illegitimate and eleven weeks old. Witness had charge of it since it was three weeks old, and it died on the 31st ult. The isifint was doing very well up to that day (yesterday) fortnight, when she took it to see its mother, who had obtained a wet nurse's situation in a clergyman's family, who were going into Oxfordshire on the following Wednes day. During her stay there the mistress told the child's mother to give witness some baked &ale, as. she shou'Al not want it again. It was a hard substance, and resembled a lump of chalk, and she had to serape it with a knife. She gave the deceased some mixed with milk several times whilst at the house, and she became very much relaxed. On her return home, after she had again fed the child, it became sick. Witness afterwards applied to Mr. Sipper, a surgeon, and he gave her some medi:ine. Witness got a woman by direction of the doctor to give the child the breast occa sionally, and gave it at other times prepared oatmeal. It was gaining strength up to Sunday evening week, when wit. ness having no oatmeal used the baked flour again. The deceased vomited as before, and wen very sleepy. On the following day the deceased became much worse. Me Slipper was sent for, and saw it at half past two o'clock, and promised to send some medicine, but none having come at five o'clock she sent fir Mr. Jonas, who ordered a warm bath ; and whilst this was being pre pared the child was sited with a fit and expired. Had given it that warning a tea spoonful of syrup of rhubarb, which she obtained at Mr. Jone..a. Lice children, four in number, had eaten some of the baked flour; it did not do them any harm She bad 7e. per week with the child. The mother 1341 leen three weeks at her house, and she appeared very fond of net child.—Mr. T. Slipper, surgeon, stated that on that day week he saw the deceased child. It was then in a comital state, and he said something had been riven to produce that state. The last witness said "not anything." At four o'clock the same afternoon he heard the child was dead. Oa Thursday, Mr. Peach called on him for a certificate. H 3 arid he was not satisfied of the :a tm(' of thy child's death, and could not giant a certificate without first making • poet marten examination. He opened the bddy, and found the coats of the stomach wet, very soft and blanched, and the intestines were in a similar state; there was no morbid disease. He tested the contents of the stomach, and being led to suppose that a nar cotic kad been given, he went to Mrs. Peach for the syrup of rhubarb. She at that time gave him a lump of baked fl .ur. The syrup was devoid of laudanum, or any other narcotic, but upon tenting the Hour he found it to contain a consider able quantity of morphia. He found morphia in the con tents of the stomach. He shoal 1, however, require the ser vices of an eminent analytical chemist, and at present he had been unable to obtain them. The examination; so far as be had gone on with it, was so suspicious, and the analysis re quited to be made was of so delicate a character, that he must ask for a few days to daps* before the investigation was rc sumid.—The i was then adjourned fur a week. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Auo. 6. All Dublin was startled this morning by the intelli gence that Mr. Smith O'Brien was arrested. No one was prepared for it. Many heard it with discredit. He had so long avoided the vigilance of the authori ties, and baffled the inquisition of the police, that it was not expected he would be immediately cap tured. The train which brought the now celebrated pri soner arrived at Kingebridge at 2 o'clock a.m., and this being considerably earlier than the mail was due there were no persons at the terminus save a very few of the railway servants upon night duty. Mr. O'Brien was instantly marched away to a little lodge near Kilmainham hospital, which was occupied by a guard of the enrolled pensioners, and here he sat down by the fire. Intelligence was immediately sent to Town-Major White, who soon after arrived, and walked with Mr. O'Brien without any parade to Kil main:.am gaol, only a few hundred yards distant, where the prisoner arrived before the mail train had reached Dublin. Mr. O'Brien was within the walls of that prison before one individual in Dublin knew anything of his arrest. When it became known, how ever, the almost universal feeling was one of satisfac tion. The great body of the people of this metropolis are gratified at the prospects of the re-establishment of order and the rerivalof trade, now completely para lysed. The gentr, see a prospect of returning to their houses and not finding them in rains, and the millions rejoice that the harvest shall not be swept away by contending hosts, but shall remain without the control of the "national commissariat" for the good of all the people. Many persons would have been not ill pleased that the unhappy man, now % pri soner in Kilmainham, had escaped from Ireland, but being here, the universal feeling is, that for the Bak.. of every interest dear to man, the Providence which has plaCed him within the reach of the law is most felicitous for Ireland. _ _ . This afternoon two professional gentlemen, solici tors, applied to Mr. Redington, Under Secretary for Ireland, at his office in the Castle, for an order to obtain an interview with Mr. Smith O'Brien, they having been refused access to him at Kilmamham. Mr. Redington informed them that he could not give them the required order, but added that it was totally unnecessary he should do so, as Mr. O'Brien would have abundant time to prepare for hi s defence, i nasmuch as it was not intended to place him on his trial at the approaching commission. Mr. Redington intimated that the only political prisoners intended to be arraigned next week were those connected with the suppressed newspapers. An American officer, one of the sympathisers, was arrested last night, in Thurlee, by the police. Dr. M'Carron, brother-in-law to Mr. Duffy, recently from America, was also in custody in Newgate. Accounts have just reached town that the mails to and from Dublin to Kerry, on the Limerick route, have been robbed. Yesterday, near Abbeyfeale, a , mountainous district on the border of Kerry and Limerick, the coaches both ways were Ma and guts rounded by several hundred men, armed with guns and other weapons, and the guards were called upon to surrender the bags or they would be instantly shct. Terrified and hopeless they yielded, and the coaches proceeded both ways —the guards proceeding in each ease to Limerick to swear informations in the case. the names of these guards are Galvin and Purcell. L MONTAY MORNING, AtiCl. 7. From the accounts of the arrest of Mr. S. O'Brien, published this morning, it would appear that the prisoner was not at any time in Prince George's pre sence, and the circumstances leave little doubt also that it was his intention at least to place himself in the way of arrest. The arrest of the party from America at Thurles is confirmed ; as also that of a second person, also from America. Their names are Fitzpatrick and Nolan— both Irish, it is said, by birth. Messrs. Lawless and Hanley, both connected with the Dublin clubs, have been arrested. Mr. O'Brien's arrest has created a profound sensa tion among the peasantry, and will, it is hoped, act strongly as a sedative to the irritation which the disappointed leaders have so sedulously excited. Mr. Doheny is in Tipperary, and all the accounts concur with some force. The plan, as is now manifest from the affair at Abbeyfeale and Mr. Doheny's presence in the Keeper range, was to distract and harass the troops in a mimic guerilla warfare. Against such an intention of•the insurgents no event could serve more than the principal person in the movement being placed hors-de-combat. According to accounts by the train which arrived at the Kingebridge station at three o'clock this morning all was tranquil along the line. The arrest of Mr. O'Brien had produced no excitement in Thurles. The Clonmel Chronicle, a new journal devoted to the cause of order, intimates that his former unpopu larity has returned on Doheny, and that he is in the mountain of Slievenamon, utterly without a follower. After all there may be some truth in this. The Freeman expresses the feelings of the re peelers on the arrest of Mr. O'Brien, in an article from which I take the following passages : v Never, perhaps, within the memory of the present genera -1 tion war the public mind of Dublin more deeply swayed by anxiety than on Sunday, the 6th day of August—a day of remarkable import to Ireland—the day that gave birth to Daniel O'Connell, and a prison to Smith O'Brien. No sooner had the depressing intelligence that Smith O'Brien had been apprehended and committed for "high treason' f been diffused, than anal tus inquirers flocked from every quarter of the city to learn the particulars of an event fraught with so many painful feelings and recollections. During a whole fortnight Smith O'Brien escaped the hot and vigilant pursuit of power, and its ten thousand armed men. He found safety and refuge in the cottage of the peasant. But when he discovered that to " harbour," " shelter," or " aid," William Smith O'Brien, would involve tie party extending such "aid, shelter, or harbour," in the tremendous penalties of high.treasorr, he at once reealved to absolve his poorer countrymen from the performance of that inetinctiver duty it.f the Irish race—hospitality, which the cautionary proclamation had converted into a legal crime ; be vowed that no man should euffer for having ex tended to him the shelter of his humble roof tree. To this maenanimous resolve is due the arrest at Thurlea. Wearied and worn, from long and painful watching, and fearing that ,to accept the protection of the peasant's fire side might direct the vengeance of the law on the innocent, he determined never again to lay his head beneath roof other than his own, and in pursuance of that stern and heroic rtsolution he turned his wandering footsteps once more toward, home— careless of personal consequences, provided only the injury end the ruin tell upon himself alone. We can vouch for this fact. Subjoined is a copy of Lord Clarendon's reply to an address from the grand jury of the county of Donegal : Gentlemen of the grand jury of the county of Donegal,— I am directed by the lord lieutenant to acknowledge the re ceipt of your address, and to convey to yeuthe cordial thanks of his excellency for the approbation you express of the principles by which he has been guided in administering the strain of this country. S long as there was room for doubting the dangerous tendency of the doctriues inculcated by evii-minded men, it was not unreasonsb:e to hope that evidence of the feat ful results of such principles might induce them to abandon a course fraught with the mast alarming perils to the pro perties, the families, and the lives of their well.affeeted and pereeful fellow.countrymen ; tut this reasonable expectation has been disappointed; the atrocities perpetrated, end the still greater outrages meditated, by the insurgents in Paris, so far from mitigating, appear only to have increased the violence of those who seek to involve Ireland in the horrors of anarchy and civil war. Their treasonable designs can no longer be doubted ; and it is manifest that they are incon sistent, not merely with the security, but with the very existence of civilized society. Her majesty's government is prepared %o grapple with the danger; it relies on the. support of the loyal and well affected of every creed, class, and party in the country, con vinced that all will unite to avert from Ireland the accumu lated misfortunes which have overtaken a neighbouring country. His excellency desires me to assure you that, in exer cising the new powers with which he ha. been entrusted, it will be his constant anxiety to repress seditian, and to de feat the designs of traitors, but, at the same time, to avoid interler,tice with the pursuits of the loyal, the honest, and the industrious eections of the community ; tor whose pro tection and support these powers have been sought by the government, and have been conceded by the legislature.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, CORILY CONNELLAN. The latest arkounts from the provinces, as given in Saunders' News Letter of this morning, will be found subjoined. NENAOII, Aro. B. The news of the arrest of Smith O'Brien was brought to this town at five o'clock in the morning by a sergeant of po lice, and excited much interest. The country people could not at first believe that the fact was true, but the statement was confirmed during the day. The mode of his arrest is no doubt better known from your correspondent in Thurles. From persons well acquainted with the views of the in surgents, I understand that the rising would nit have taken place so soon but for the advice of Doheny. He it was who become so elated by the meeting of the peasantry at Slit ve namon, that he declared the whole of the south and west would vita if O'Brien gave the word; and acing upon this the latter, alter leaving Carrick.on-Suir and arriving at Cashel, adopted the advice of Dohs ny. It is my opinion that Doheny cannot avoid the pursuit after him for many days His person is well known, and toe want of funds will also operate against his movements. On the other hand, how ever, it is to be considered that be is intimately requainted with the mountain ternaries, and the withdraw.' of the small stations of police is also a circumstance in his favour. That he was at a place called Holly lord, in the direction of Cappagnwhite, on Thursday, is certain, far a tailor was em ployed by him to make frieze coats for him and some of the other leaders, and the police and military that started from this for the Keeper mountain were close on his tr. ck. A threatening letter of a most atrocious nature was re ceived by the Roman catholic clergyman of Roecrea, on Friday, threatening him with death it he did not join the people in their struggle. A curious circumstance took place tore yesterday. A respectable gentleman was asked to con vey a letter to one of the state prisoners in the gaol who is charged with treason. He was given to understand that it only contained money for his use, but on its being opened by the authorities, besides the money there was a matemesst by the writer that had the arrest of the prisoner taken place hall an hour later, a powerful body of pikemen would tare been collected in time to effect a rescue. The best spirit animates the soldiery and police, and the closest inquiry leaves no doubt of the utter falsehood of the statements so indu,tri ously circulated in certain quarters that many of them could be not depended on. Mr. Lalor's brother was yesterday discharged from Nenagh gaol. CLONMEL, ADO. 6. The excitement caused yesterday evening by the &treat of Doctor Ryer), of Carric-on.Suir, and Mr. O'Ryan, has al ready subsided—the immense body at military sad police, numbering at least 500, together with the forlorn and de plorable appearance of the unfortunate prisoners, struck terror into the hearts of the clubbists and their sympa thisers, and doubtless made them feel very email. Two companies of the 3d Buffs, two companies of the 83rd regimeut and two troops 4th Light Dragoons, being the Carrick portico of the escort, left this morning to return to tneir camp quarters. They had dizection< to divide them selves and proceed round Slievenamon mountain, where it is said the insurgents are posted in almost inaccessible posi tions, having barricaded the passes leading thereto, and that there they remain awn Ling and defying speck. Mr. O'Ryan above-mentioned, was arrested in that neighbourhood and br ,ught into Carrick gaol, whence he was removed to ChM. mel, owing to an attempted rescue • the chapel bells rang , for hours, and collected together a vest men her of people, who were with difficulty kept under by the troops. The authorities ordered the bells to be taken down. end they were removed this morning into their keeping. Doheny is reported to have had a narrow escape in this neighourbsed last night, having time only to tumble out of is back window as a body of police were aproaehing the door of the house in which he was located. The military and constabulary are undergoing excessive fatigue ; of ti.e latter force, not one in ten i ae got a regular night's rest since the excitement commenced. On heavy guard duty by day, and patrolling in all directions, under all weathers, by night, they are going through great hard ship. Their admirable discipline and steady conelact is worthy of all praise. A flambee of persons lure were lately "noticed" that their services as special constables would be required by the local authorities—several i epic wed or de clined to COWS forward, and are summoned to appear before the magistrates on next Wednesday, to account for them selves. They can be fined in the sum of de:. each. A con stable told me to-day that a vast quantity of pikes have been found within the peat week in Carrick-on Suir. Yesterday a number were taken by the police and de stroyed in the open street. Altogether not less than ten donee loads have been captured. A pike was found in the house of Mr. James O'Donnell, of Ballyhoo, of whose arrest I informed yin before. A gentleman just returned from Templemore, rid Thurles and Cashel, who has been travelling for the last three days in his own eke, deseribes the country through which he permed as perfectly peaceable. There are 1,700 men in the wisp at Turtulla, the demurer of Nicholas V. Maher, Esg.; the victu diem of Thurles have refused to supply them with meat; it had, therefore, to be procured from the commioariat stores at Limerick. Large quantities of biscuit have been got from Dublin, at Mr. Lester, who was supplying the troop. with bread from Thurles, suffered greatly from the violence of a mob, who wore enraged at his doing so; his house was broken into, and his turniture destroyed. A body of military were lookaig on but unable to act in the absence of a magistrate, and there were only a sufficient number of police in the town to protect their own barrack, so that he and his property were for soils time at the mercy of a violent rabble. The house of a Mr. Thomas Hennesy was also attacked ,• he, though a leading O'Coa nellite repealer, was disliked by them as he had been on a jury who found a fellow guilty of pike-making, and is op posed to physical force. On the first onset of the mob he presented a gun at them, which he fired over their heads to terrify them ; he was successful in his abject, but was very near being the innocent cause of an innocent's death ; Rile Quinlan, daughter of Surgeon Quinlan. was in her father's drawing-rem (just opposite to Mr. Hannesy's)l when the shot was fired ; the bullet passed through part of her dress, but fortunately did not touch her person. Aro. 6.—About noon to-day it woe reported that Smith O'Brien was arrested in Thurles last night, and there was great anxiety on all sides to ascertain whether such was the fact er not. The whele matter was involved in uncertainty until the arrival of the Thurles post, which placed it beyond question. The following is an extract of a letter received by a gentleman here from a relative resident in Thurles: " The braggarts and window-breakers of Thurles allowed poor Smitli O'Brien to be taken at the railway station last evening at half-past eight o'clock. He intended to take the train to Limerick, but his destination being changed he is now on his way to Dublin." Now that the truth ie known here, there seems to be no disposition on the part of the people to take any steps in the insurrectionary direction. The town and neighbourhood are perfectly quiet. WATENFOOD, Arc. 6. At about two o'clock t• day, hearing the bell of one of the catholic chapels tolling violently, I ran into the street to in quire the cause, and found the police force in motion, and the townspeople flockiug together. On inquiry, I learned that T. F. Strange, Esq. solicitor, and president of the Felon Club, was 'arrested, and lodged in the King-street police station. Proceeding farther on, .I found the police k searchingp asks, Jirisoners ; they ilgtialill took into custody Mr. Supple, vtse r MU* •e, clothier ; Mr. Fogarty, aid. titseggessfeenv, v- .d T. W. Condon, a whitesmith, 'ti 4 IPIT:e tub. 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