The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-03 00:00:00

IRELAND.

An outline of part of the following appeared in last
evening's Express.
DUBLIN, Avo. 1.
The following caution has been issued to-day by
command of the F.arlof Clarendon :
Catrow.—Wheresa William Smith O'Brien, Thomas Francis
Meagher, John B. Dillon, Michael Doheny, and divers other persons,
stand charged as being guilty of the crime of high treason, and being
engaged in rebellion against her Majesty : now, this ie to gine notice
to and warn all pencils that all those who shall protect against their
pursuer+ any of the at care-named persons, or others whom they shall
know to be engaged in similar treasonable practkes, or who shall
afford them the means to escape, or who shall aid in their disguise, or
who shall mislead those who are in search of than, or who shall har-
bour or shelter them by receiving them into their dwellings, or other.
wise, are themeglre.l guilty of the crime of high treason. and will be
dealt with accordingly.—Dublin Castle, Aug. 1, 1818.—By Ms Excel-
lency'soommand, T. N. item NOT ON.

Lord Hardinge arrived this afternoon, per the
Banshee esamer, at Kingstown, and immediately
proceeded by train to Dublin. The noble lord, accom-
panied by hp+ aides-de-camp, the Hon. Capt Hardinge
and Lord Foley, drove direct to the Coale from the
Westland-row station, where he had an interview
with his Excellency. It is understood that he pro-
ceeds to the south by special train to-night.
The Cork Examiner mentions that a letter had ar-
rived there from Killarney, written by a respectable
merchant of Cork, and containing intelligence of the
death of Mr. Richard O'Gorman, jun. The extract in
which this is mentiowd states that two gentlemen
had seen his body at the police station. Another
rumour, more likely to be true, states that the police
were in pursuit of him since he had reached Cahir-
moyle, Mr. O'Brien's seat in the county Limerick.
His route, however, if he proceeded southward, would
be through Killarney.
Four hundred marines arrived to-day at Kingstown
per the Birkenhead steamer. They will join the fleet
wider Sir Charles Napier.
The indictments and evidence against the Newgate
prisoners have been printed, and will be issued to-
day by the crown solicitor. The trials, as you are
aware, commence on Wednesday. Some will be for
high treason, the first in Ireland since 1803.
Accounts from the south state that the catholic
clergy of North Tipperary were successful on Sunday
last in preventing their flocks from joining the insur-
gents at Slievenamon. Tnough hundreds of them went
armed to prayers, with intent to leave for the camp,
they left for home.
The Cashel trains at half-past ten and three o'clock
brought no intelligence from the theatre of disturb-
ance. All is reported perfectly tranquil. This is
confirmed by a private letter I received to-day from
Thurles, in which the writer says thet the excitable
district, of which Thurles is the centre, is exceed-
, ingly tranquil.
Rumours of an opposite tendency, however, pre-
Tail The public delight themselves and are de-

ligl.ted with variations of all aorta. One gentleman
with a very serious face informed me to-day that he
was told on the " best authority" that Smith
O'Brien is at the head of 10,000 men ; that the
" army " made a raid on Sunday night on the de-
mesne of Lord Hawarden, and carried off a supply of
fat beef, like King Ed Nyfed, of Cymric memory, and
subsequently, that the host encamped on the western
ridge of Slievenamon, where they were Been at 4
o'clock on yesterday morning. In addition to this
novelty, all the stories about the escape of Meagher,
Dillon. Dabeny, and Co. are e•tated t 3 be a ruse—that
these chiefs are scattered in various directions, c
lecting forces, and ready to fall upon the troops when
they come to close quarters with the host under S.
O'Brien.

Another rumour places O'Brien in the mountains
of Galway, on his way to the wet-tern isles, having
escaped through Woodford over the Shannon. A
higher and more trustworthy authority than either of
the above "reporters" infutmed me to-day that
O'Brien did contemplate the passage of the Shannon,
but was intercepted by a strong party of police, and
forced back on his former ground. His arrival by the
Cashel train this evening was expected.
When the heads of the insurrectionary party were
scattered in the metropolis, and placed at once under
ban of law and society, Mr. I)evin Redly wended his
way to the north of Ireland, visiting first Dundalk
and then Newry. His " last appearance in public "
was at Warrenpuint, seven miles from the latter
town. This is the locality which has produced Mr.
Martin, of the Felon, and here Mr. I)evin Reilly met
with some sympathisers, whom he enrolled in clubs.
Hence the proclamation of the " Barony of Newry,
in the county of Down." The local authorities seem
to have been roused effectually by this step, and yes-
terday, having received the proclamation by special
train, a meeting of magistrates was held to swear in
special constables. The following resolution was
adopted as the test of fitness :
That every man before taking :he necessary oath would be required
to make a dacha-Athol that he had not been a repealer for the two
last years, nor was he now, or ever had been connected with any club,
body, or society which bad for its object the repeal of the union.
Mr. D. C. Brady, who formerly represented the
borough as a repealer, declared against this step.
The excluded speak of appealing to the executive.
Yesterday the pensioners attached to the local corps
were called out for permanent duty in Athlone, and
loca•ed in the barracks, the troops of the line having
been removed to the different guard-houses and bat-
teries on the ramparts, which are now powerfully
manned. The artillery and engineers fme been
engaged during the past week in working the guns,
in order to have them well prepared. Tents and
canvas equipage are strewed about in every direction,
and everything bears the aspect of war in that strong
fortress. Athlone, as you are aware, is one of the
most important military positions in Inland—com-
mands the Shannon and isolates Connaught from the
rest of the islan&

Sir Michael Creagh reached Csstlebar on Friday,
and assumed the command of the district in connexion
with the Farl of Mean and the other authorities of
Mayo. Sir Michael inspected the powder magazines.
barracks, military stores, &c. A call is to be made
on the loyal of the county to come in and be sworn
as spee'al constables. The troops of the line and
police are kept constantly under arms.
For the wounded policeman a subscription has been
commenced under high auspices. This determination
is no less just than politic.
The arrest of Dr. Cane, of Kilkenny, is mentioned.
The following appears in the Do/din Erening Post
to-night :—" The army concentrated around the dis-
trict where the rebels are located were to have moved
this morning, under the command of Generals Napier
and Macdonald, to scour the country, and effectirlly
crush the insurgent movement"

CORK, JULY 30.

The rebellion in this quarter has entirely blown off,
and there is not the slightest chance of any insurrec-
tionary movement is this city (-r county. The dis-
affected party was confounded at the celerity with
which parliament suspended the habeas corpus, and
many supposed leaders of the rebels are the sincerest
rejoicers at their escape from a perilous responsibility.
The unsounded depth of the movement made it alone
very serious ; possibility was confounded with proba-
bility ; and it was argued, because our modern incen-
diaries could write like Wolfe Tone and Arthur
O'Connor, they could also act like them. But the
event prows that their rhetoric was stronger than
their resolution ; the rebels have only been guilty of
a siseculative rebellion and sentimental treason.

there will doubtless be much ridicule of the rebel

renegadoes in your English journals. And, after the
language used, and preparations made, no one can be
surprised at these would-be;Wolfe Tones being treated
with derision. But, though rebellion is out of the
question, there is a vast deal of disaffection through
the country ; and in very powerful classes of the com-
munity, I am sorry to say that there is great alien-
ation from English rule. The evil consequences of
the French revolution have done more to scare the
middle class here from violent courses than a sense
of loyalty or any sympathy with the government. If
the change from monarchy to a republic in France
had been effected without the grave consequences
which ensued, you may be certain that the revolu-
tionary party in this country would have been very
strong.
You have passed heavy censure upon the mode in
which government have conducted the Irish parlia-
mentary business. In doing so you have only antici-
pated the feelings that prevail here, almost univer-
sally. lam sorry to be obliged to add, that even the
catholics of the upper ranks have been much irritated
at some parts of the Irish administration. They say
that Lord Clarendon has leaned too much upon the
protestant ascendancy, and that his government has
followed the old plan of ruling by division. I will
not examine the justice of this censure, bat it is
certain that the complaint is made in quar-
ters well worthy attention, and something
must be done to soothe the feeling of the catholics
upon this point The ascendancy party are lavish in
their praise of the viceroy. Their cant phrase is,
"lie is the best Lord Lieutenant since Camden"—a
compliment to Lord Clarendon, ominous and signi-
ficant.

The exclusion of catholics from Mitchel's jury has
helped to increase this feeling of discontent ; and the
trial of Mr. Duffy is looked to now with intense inte-
rest. All parties here are most anxious to know what
government will do about jury-packing ; whether
they will continue or abandon the system. At the
time of Mitchel's trial you blamed the course of the
Attorney-General. In doing so you stood alone in
the English press, and the result has shown that you
were right. The feeling of soreness issuing from the
Catholics stand aside ! " grievance, is unmistakeable,
and ought not to be unnecessarily provoked.
There is a good deal of sympathy felt in some
quarters for Mr. Duffy. Apart from the principles
he inculcated, his conduct as a journalist was in many
respects praiseworthy. The ferocious personalities of
the Dublin newspapers he never imitated ; be avoided
spa all attacks upon individuals. It is remembered also
that he laboured hard to obtain more toleration for
p .litical antagonists than has been customary in Ire-
land. In his own party he was by many degrees the
ablest writer.

One result is anticipated from recent events. It is
supposed that a rebel press will never again be tole-
rated by government. The mischiefs resulting from
it have now been made palpable. It is now felt that
to circulate such journals is to create a rebellion.
How to prevent them without trenching on the liberty
of the press will be a very difficult question for the
ruling powers. No part of Lord Stanley's conduct,
when chief secretary, made him more unpopular than
his vigorous prosecution of incendiary journalists.
But in such a state of things as is witnessed here, can
any government permit the missionaries of anarchy
and treason to labour unmolested by legal authority ?
To give the press unrestrained liberty here is to give
up government.
Your contemporaries will doubtless congratulate
their readers on the subjugation of the Irish rebel
party. But without any pressing danger here, the
state of things is very serious, and even disheartening.
It is a bad thing that a vast portion of the growing
generation of Irishmen should be debauched from
their political allegiance ; that such numbers of the
intelligent youth should be infected with the spirit of
spurious nationality, created by the writings and
speeches of Young Irelandisn. It is a bad thing
that the popular mind should be so estranged from
moderate and rational courses ; and, though all im-
mediate alarm has subsided, in a moral point of view
the Irish question ueems as difficult as ever. The
worst way of all to treat it is with levity. It will be,
I am afraid, a lclng time before we can look for a
wholesome %tate of public opinion in this country.
Judging by whit we see before nu, one would be

apt to say that, as public opinion becomes more
" racy of the soil" in Ireland, so it is more revolu-
tionary and retrograde.

SCOTLAND.

ACIMIT 1.
Chartism is proving itself a nuisance here. IM
followers are so very few, that it is quite discreditable
for the town to be so frequently thrown into excite-
ment by their 'movements. The leach re are now
almost rill in jail, and there should therefore be an
end cf meetings. Special constables are getting
thoroughly tired of endless callings out, immurings
in churches without result. They are eager for action
end woe to the mob on whom they first fall. Lasi
night the streets were filled for several hours with
stragglers going and returning from an assemblage on
the Calton-hill,and as usual, alter tedious marchings up
and down, there was a quiet and gradual dispersion. The
imprisoned leaders comprise the principal contributors
to the Niirth British ExpresA, which is henceforth
likely to have but a ricketty existence. The " Victim
Fund" for the families of the captives is mounting so
slowly, that little can be left for publishing expenses.
Our church war still cmtinues. Bailie Stott and
another citizen have beenApprehi nded and lodged in
gaol for nonpayment of the annuity tax. To-night a
meeting is to be held of the Anti-Annuity-tax League,
in order, if possible, to devise measures for the aboli-
tion of the tax. During the week various proposals
have been made, but none appear to be very feasible.
Some statistics brought forward by Bailie Stott are
startiing, and demonstrate that some change is neces-
sary. In the case of three churches (says this move-
ment magistrate), the incomes are 671., 181., and 71.,
the losses to the city being 1,5821.,1,6011., and 1,092/.—
giving • total loss on ecclesiastical property of
16,162/. While in the country districts the
church is supported by teinds, it is not
fair that in F.dinburgh it should be sup-
ported by a grieding tenant tax. The nnex-
handed teinds in Scotland are valuable, and might
easily be converted into a fund for the payment of
the Edinburgh and Montrose clergy. By last report
the teinds belonging to the church in the nand& of the
crown, amounted to 15,711/. 12s. 3d., but, as in all
similar cases, the sum actually tangible becomes won-
derfully small on investigation. First, there is a de-
duction of 5,559/. 7s. 9d., and then it is added that
from the system of management "very much less"
than the balance of 10,1821. ss. Bd. reaches the trea-
sury. But in the hands of others than the crown,
there are of one kind of unexhansted teinds
138,1861. 17s. 6d., and of another 153,2981. 9s. 11d.,
and on these an onslaught could surely be made. At
present it is illegal to apply unexhausted teinds to
extra-parochial purposes, but a slight legislative effort
could obviate this. As the sum necessary for the pur-
pose in view would not be large, a liberal commuta-
tion could safely be made with the impropriators.
Among all classes of dissenters movements have com-
menced for the more liberal payment of their clergy,
and therefore the present is not an inappropriate time
for adjusting the incomes of the established teachers.
The parochial schoolmasters are towage determined
war against the Marriage and Registration Bills in
the House of Commons. In the House of Lords they
have been very successful in getting the measures
moulded to suit their purposes. The teachers are to
be the registrars in every parish, subject to the con-
currence of the registrar general.
The parochial rate in Glasgow is to be raised from
2; to 4 per cent, means and substance being the rule
of charge. It is calculated that the resulting assess-
ment will amount to 70,0001. Two years ago the
amount was 25,000/

A new feud lies broken out between the univerFity
and town council of Edinburgh. The aenatus ho.ds
that it is the function of the council to present to va-
cant chairs in its patronage, and that of the senates
to admit or induct. The council holds that presenta-
tion involves induction, and that both pertain to them.