The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR IRELAND.

According to previona arrangements. the 39th Rein.
rn«nt, 729 strong, with 40 officers, 68 women, 150
children, and 6 homer, the whole under the command
of lieut.• Colonel Curry, arrived in Liverpool on Mn.
day morning from Manchester, en route for Ireland.
The resin...lit arrived at the Lime street station about
eleven o'clock, and marched direct down to the
Prince's landing stage. Here they were embarked on
board the Government transport screw steamer Tumor
which arrived at Liverpool on the previous day. The
embarkation was most efficiently conducted in the
sight of a large concourse of people.

Twelve of the Irish Americans who were arrested
on Saturday on board the Electra immediately after her
arrival at Belfast from Liverpool, were allowed to pro.
teed to their dentination in Donegal, nothing suspicions
having been discovered in their luggage. They had
340/. in their possession in gold and silver. They stated
that they were all miners, and had been employed for
several years together in the State of Pensyllvania.
Their reason for giving up their employment there
was because the rate Of wages bad been reduced. One
of them stated, in reply to the resident magistrate,
that he had been earning sixteen dollars a week. It is
believed that a good many suspected parties will be
arrested s.mn in Belfast. The detectives are engaged
in watching them.

A resnectably dreamed young man, Mr. Reilly, of
Lower 'Cells, county Meath, whose father in an exten-
sive landholder and grazier, was charged Wore the
magistratee in Drogheda, on Saturday evening, with
complicity in the Fenian conspiracy. Re was arrested
on the complaint of a Mr. Todd, who informed the
sub-inspector of constabulary that the prisoner, when
travelling in the same carriage with him on Friday
lest from Drogheda to Dunbar, became excited and
boisterous, sang Fenian songs, and declared himself a
Fenian. The prisoner assured the magistrate that he
was very sorry he had acted in such a foolish manner,
hut he warn quite unconscious of all that occurred, as
he was under the influence of drink. The case was
adjourned, and Mr. Reilly was admitted to bail, him.
self in 100/. and two sureties in 50/. each.

On Saturday morning the constabulary g Athlone
arrested two young men—Thomas Murphy, employed
as foreman tailor in a large drapery establishment,
and Charles Cronshan, son of a trader in High-street
—with a warrant from the Lord-Lieutenant, on the
eronnd of being implicated in the Fenian conspiracy.
The prisoners were at once transmitted to Roscommon
Gaol.

It is stated that the Irish authorities have ordered a
ripply of oil lamps for some of the priuonu. in uulue-
queue.. cf tbe romonred intention of the Fenians to
cut off the supply of gee.
A Dublin enrreupondent

Asenredly the loyal inhabitants of Ireland. and of
Dublin in particular, have no reason to complain of
want of vigilance in the part of the Government. Every
rmssible precaution has been taken. The police are
everywhere on the alert; and if the ...arch.., for
arm, have not been invariably mucceneful, I
incline to believe that the ranee is not any want
of care on the part of those who search, or
any extreme clevernese in concealment on the part of
those who are Pnimoned to be disaffected, but the
cliv ple fact that the quantity of arms really concealed
bears a very small proportion to the fear, and fanciem
of alarmist., if ever there nhonld be a rising I think
it will he proved that the Fenians constitute an incon-
aiderable minority of the population, and that Fe-
nianiarn in almoet entirely • plant of American growth.
It in tinotiestionably far better that the measnree taken
by the executive ehnuld have the effect of preventing
an outbreak than that an insurrection attended with
great loon of property, and possibly of life, ebould he
overcome by superior force. I cannot avoid the con-
clusion that people generally regard Fenianiern as
formidable becatime they asenme it to be each a very
pecret organisation. Now, all the facts with which we
are acquainted point the other way. That there in
much disaffection, and that there are many who would
espouse the Fide of the conepiracy if they believed in
its suttees., cannot be denied. But the Fenian. whose
ammaintsnce we have already made are a pack of
blatant Bich Yankeee, qnite se incapable of keeping
their secret as of carrying nut their deeign. Those
who predict a riming pimply ask on to believe that
behind these foolish and cowardly intruders who have
never yet boldly appealed to acme, and who are, for the
most part, ignorant and needy adventurer,, there is
cercealed a numerous force of men orgsnieed for war-
fare, and ready to enter upon the eerinue Imaineee of
war should Brephenn appear. At all events the
authorities are on the cafe side, and whatever be the
itsue, most reOdente of Dublin are confident that the
country will quickly be freed from the un.crnpulons
marauder, whom. operations up to the present have
been confined to idle boasting.