The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-31 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION.

CLARRNDON.—Whereas we have received information
that William Smith O'Brien has been guilty of treasonable
practices, and has openly appeared in arms against her Ma-
jesty: Now we, the Lord Lieutenate' being determined to
bring the said William Smith O'Brien to justice, do hereby
offer a reward of five hundred pounds to any person or
persons who shall secure and deliver up to sale custody the
person of the said William Smith O'Brien And we do
hereby strictly charge and command al: justices of the peace,
mayors, sheriffs, bailiffs, constables, and all other her Ma-
jesty's I.iyal subjects, to use their utmost diligence in appre-
hending the said William Smith O'Brien.
A similar proclamation has been issued offering a
I reward for the apprehension of Thomas F. Meagher,
John 11. Dillon, and Michael Dohcny. The reward
in their case is 300/.
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The most startling part of the above document is
that which accuses O'Brien of having openly appeared
in arms against her Majesty. This is perhaps ex-
plained by the following narrative, which I derive
from a party who assured me be saw the police report
conveying it. On Tuesday Mr. O'Brien presented
himself at the station at Mullinahone, county Tip-
perary, a small village in the mining districts of that
county. Ile appeared in a very excited state, and
wore over his dress a tricolor bash of green, white,
and orange; round his body a belt was passed in
which hung a case of pistols, and in his right hand
he bore a large pike mounted on a long staff. lie
was accompanied by a young man, said to be a civil
engineer. Mr. O'Brien desired to see t` e commander of
the police station—a head constable, with only a party
of four or five under him. He was called, and Mr.
O'Brien addressed him with great pompousness,
calling on him to surrender his post to him in the
name of " the people," telling him with considerable
blandness that if he would, with his party, join the
aforesaid people, he (Mr. O'Brien) would ensure him
better pay and speedier promotion than he could ever
get from the crown of England. The constable de-
murred, but in quiet terms, that he could not
betray his trust, upon which Mr. O'Brien
gave him an hour to c.insider, informing
him he would return in that time, with 1,000 men at
his back, to enforce his summons of surrender.
'Although the constable was impressed with the un-
steadiness of manner of Mr. O'Brien, yet he did not
relish hie second coming, and withdrew towards
Johnstown station. On his way thither he was met
by the parish priest of Mullinahone, who begged him
to continue at the station, and promised that if Mr.
O'Brien returned he would dissuade those who
accompanied him from annoying the police. Ile
represented that their very presence was of use in
calming the people ; and their withdrawal would
excite the rash and alarm the timid. The constable,
however, with his party, did not deem this any suf-
ficient guarantee for their safety, and retired to
Johnstown. The Dublin Eren'»y Post states that
the Lord Lieutenant granted a reward of 201. to
Constable Williams, of Mullinahone, and ,5/. to each
of his men, for their determined conduct in the
affair.

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A correspondent of the Dtehlin Evening Post at
Nlullinahone, after corroborating what was communi-
cated to me as aboi e, remarks :
Nothing could possibly have better effect on the people
than the absurd idea of Mr. O'Brien's h-tving called on the
police for a surrender of their arms. Such notions, coupled
with the occasional visible symptoms of lc.-ity manifested in
the exp:mions and appearance of Mr. Smith O'Brien went
really to show that tt.e unfortunate but unhappy gentleman
was not really himself, but quite the contrary. At this time
the crowds were fast hurrying into the town—a circumstance
which rendered it imperative on t',c reverend clergymen,
accompanied by the Messrs. Kickhare, Cleary, Norton, and
other influential persons of the town, to at once wait on Mr.
Smith O'Brien, and call for his immediate removal from the
town, to which injunction the unhappy gentleman very
calmly consented, and aceordingly proceeded to Ballingarry,
five miles distant from this.

The same correspondent add!, under date Marshy,
4 o'clock—

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To the great surprise of the inhabitants, who were now
doubly excited and terrified, Mr. S. O'Brien and Co., accom-
panied by some hundreds of armed rem from Ballingarry and
the colliery, arrived here (at 31ulliaahone). Active pr. p..ra-
tiona were at once set on foot by the people of this locality to
join the main body, on their way to Slievenamon mountain.
The Rev. Mr. Corcoran and the Rev. Mr. Cat.ill were at once
on the spot, and fortunately, aster much lab3ar, succeeded
in causing the Ballingszry men to return 0 their homra—a
proceeaing that left Mr. Smita O'Briet. and comrades almost
I alone. He remained is the immediate vicinity of the town
until eleven o'clock, when he pursued his course towards the
direction of Thurles. I could hear that the poor deluded
gentleman betrayed much uneasiness of mind at his leaving.
Such, sir are the real facts connected with the bait of Mr.
Smith O'Brien and Co. to this locality.
Immediately after O'Brien's departure with the con-
federate chiefs from Mullinahone on Wednesday Mr.
Despard, the resident magistrate, convened a meeting
of the district magistrates and inhabitants to swear in
special constables "to protect lirc and property."
Mr. Despard highly complimented the people on
their quiet and orderly demeanour on the preceding
day, when such numbers aysetnbled, and under such
exciting circumstances. The meeting, however, sepa-
rated without the caroltcent of a iin4le "special," my
informant adds," because both magistrates and people:
had confidence in each other."
A later Re:want states that O'Brien was hiding in
the re.ines of Sleiveardagh. I have, however, reason

to doubt this, from a conversation I had with a gen-
tleman connected with the company who have mines
in that neighbourhood. Several hundred of the men
who attended Mr. O'Brien's meeting at Mullinahone
determined "todo as the boys did." They returned,
determined to do their work, and with a thorough
I conviction that Mr. O'Brien was an " unsafe" leader.
The gravities of apprehended rebellion have
been relieved to-day by the gaiety produced
by the hoax, of which the English public were
the victims, per electric telegraph. The first
announcement of it reached us in a third
edition of the Lirerpool Times, giving a full
and true account of a series of insurgent successes.
Whilst people were enjoying themselves over this
piece of intelligence, in came a London evening paper
with a blazing programme—" liighly Imporiant from
Ireland," and devoting a pregnant Imo to every rebel
victory. We, of course, heard nothing about this
great joy in the insurgent camp, and wondered at the
wickedness which could invent and propagate such a
tissue of improbabilities. The parties who have
plotted this scandalous fabrication are suspected.
The police are searching this city by entire streets.
The houses of all persons either connected with the
confederation or the clube, or bearing kindred in any
way with the members, are being searched from
cellar to garret. Arms have been discovered in places
most ingeniously contrived for concealment, but in no
very great quantities. The police have received
information that arms have been concealed in the
villages surrounding the city. The search will com-
mence on Monday. It appeals that the number of
gun-stocks found on Patrick O'lliggins was under-
stated yesterday. It ought to have been 1,3G0.
Mr. Eugene O'Reilly, a prominent confederate, and
a solicitor, surrendered to-day, and is now in Kil-
[ mainham prison.

SEIZURE OF THE IRISH LEAGUE PAPERS.
-ARREST OF THE SECRETARY. - HUE
AND CRY. . __

J,-Lv 29.

Government proceeds with determined vigour. To-
day at 2 o'clock a party of police entered the rooms of
the Irish League, 2, Dame-street, and seized all the
pipers, letters, &c., including 500 copies of a report
of Mitchel's trial. The secretary, Mr. Halpin, who
was also secretary of the Confederation, was carried
off to the Castle-yard, and thence transmitted to Kil-
mainham. Mr. Rea, of Belfast, a very active con-
federate, was apprehended in the Castle-yard whilst
seeking an interview with his friend.
A Hue and Cry appears in an extra Gazelle of this
day, calling on all magistrates, constables, etc , to de-
tain 13 persons, who have absconded. Their names
are Michael Cnan, Thomas Mathew Halpin, Francis
Morgan, Patrick James Smith, John H. Drumme,
Japes Cantwell, Thomas LeArcy M'Ohee, Joseph
Brennan, Thomas Levin Reilly, John Cantwell, Ste-
phen J. Meaty, Henry Shaw, all of Dublin, and
James F. Lalor, late of Tinnakill, Abbeyleix. Of
these there are a'ready in Kilmainharn Mr. T. M.
Halpin, late Secretary to the Irish Confederation,
and Mr. James F. Lalor, who has been arrested
in the house of a friend in Tipperary. It is said this
gentleman, who was a principal writer in the Felon,
was endeavouring to raise the people in Borrisoleigh
and its neighbourhood on Tuesday last, but he failed
utterly. He was taken away without the slightest
excitement following his arrest. The following is
the account of that event in a local paper :
The above gentleman, who lately bee tme attached to the
Felon newspaper, was &Tressed by a body of about thirty of
the constabulary, under Sub-inspector Malone of the Bor.
risoleigh station, at Ballyhane, the residence of Mr. Ken-
nedy, witkin six or seven miles of Nenagb, on Thursday
night, and conveyed into Borrisoleish, whence, it is cordeo-
tared, be will he brnught into Neuagh county prison.
Mr. Lalor is, we believe, the sec .nd son of Pa.
trick Lslor, Esq., of Tinnakill, bruserly M.P. for
the Queen's County. He is about thirty-eight veers of age.
About thirteen months ago Mr. Lalor visited this county
on the Fixity of Tenure question, and was principally insten-
mental in getting up the flolyeroas Tenant Itight meeting.
lie remained in the county some time alter that meeting, but
he made no way with any part of the population. Ha has
been the writer of some of the moat powerful as well as
of the most extreme articles in the Fibs newspaper ; and
is an avowed republican as we:l as a divider of pro-
perty, &c. There was no excitement, we have heard. in
the country when he was taken, as it was at night the arrest
was mode. .

Mr. Crean, whose name appears in the list, is
a working shoemaker, and was organiser of
the trades for the league. Mr. Morgan, who
was a joint solicitor to the corporation, is the
gentleman who drew up the famous military pro-
gramme for the supposed Ciontarf meeting in 1643.
It is said he had in his private study a military plan
of Dublin, with the stations of himself and others, as
leaders, marked thereon. Mr. D'Arcy M'Ghee was
second editor of the Nation since the secession of Mr.
Mitchel. Any parties harbouring the anetised who
have absconded, are warned that they will be pro-
secuted under the Crime and Outrage Act—penalty,
transportation.
The compottitors of the Nation and Felon were ex-
amined this evening by the magistrate', and those of
them filling no [responsible situation in connexion
a ith those publications were unconditiorualy dis-
charged. This has given great satisfaction M a most
important and influential body—the comp:Atom of
Dublin.

There was great arxiety this morning to hear the
news from the south, and particularly the movements
of Smith O'Brien. Our informant stated that he waa
at the head of an armed force at the village of Kil-
lenaule, in the mining districts of Tipperary, andhad
challenged an officer of dragoons, who passed through
the town on Thursday evening, to take him. The
officer stated he had no orders to that effect, and Mr.
O'Brien retired. '1 he accounts by the Great Southern
Railway (three o'clock this evening) bring reports of
a violent schism between him and Mr. Meagher. The
latter chnrges Mr. O'Brien with undue precipitation—
thinks that he had gone too far, and meditates a with-
drawal from the confederation.

The clubs are everywhere in disorder, and flying.
Sauce qui peat is the order of the day. East, west,
north, and south, the organisation is cracking and dis-
solving. The O'Connell Club at Trim which supplied
the "fighting els, era," the Faugh-a-Ballagh, the Modes.
hill, and several others, have all dispersed by resolu-
tions. The Cork clubs alone hold a sort of high
head. A meeting of the " southern council" was
held on Friday, to adopt some course in consequence
of the proclamation. The "council" submitted a
document, which advised the members not to dissolve
their organisation, and to be prepared to assemble at
their rooms when called on, but advised the adjourn-
ment of all meetings until further notice. This
stern resolution is likely to melt before the sterner
demand of the proclamation and tie recent act.
True bills have been found against Mr. Varian and
the other officers of the Cork clubs, charged with sedi-
tion. They will be tried early in the ensuing week.
Mr. Hyland, whose name has been sa :Iten heard
within the last few months in connexion with the
pike manufacture, has been arrested, and is now in
gaol in Wexford. Immediately on the proclamation
of Dublin, under the Crime and Outrage Act, Mr.
Ilyland took his departure for Carlow, and here he
found ea•y mans of transmitting his weapons into
the counties of Kilkenny, Waterford, and limnrary,
where they are contraband. Thither also &el souse
traders in guns, Sc., not likely to obtain zou:.terance
or leave to lire in Dublin. Carlow, however, is pcace-
fal, and determined to continue so. The bishop, Dr.
Holy, the successor and friend of the distinguished
Dr. Doyle, assailed those merchants of mischief with
all the power his position gives him. Re called on
the people as they valued their own security and
peace to discountenance them. The grand jury
being assembled at the assizes, addressed the
Lard Lieutenant to drive them from Carlow. The
local press assailed them, and thus exposed to the
raking fire of all parties, they fled from Carlow, fear-
ing the " suspicion" of the law. From Carlow they
proceeded to IVextord—Wexford, which has raised so
many sympathies in the bosom of dilettante pikemen.
Bat NVexford has learned wisdom. Wexford landlords
are considerate and encouraging. Wexford tenants are
contented. They have peace, and will keep it. At
Tallow, therefore, where Hyland and Co first halted,
they were about to fling the merchants and their '
wares into the river Blaney. Thence they went to
Newtownbarry, at which neighbourhood their fur-
ther progress was arrested.

THE WOLNDED PoLicEnsa.—Byrne, the Dublin police-
man, is out of daeg••r. An application to bail the prisoner
who stabbed Lim, and his two companions, was made to-day,
and referred to the crown solic.tor, to be dispxed of on
Wednesday.

CORK, ICLT 28.

I am-happy to inform you that all is quiet here.
The shops are all open, and the people parading the
streets and conducting the ordinary affairs of life
with so much regularity, that a mum 1 observer
would not suppose that anything unusual had oc-
curred or had been expected. A hundrtd marines

were List night sent off to Waterford, in consequence
of an application from the mayor of that city ; but
this i, the only movement that has taken place.
You ha-. e already been informed of the military
movements on Wednesday night which created so
much excitement, when the 26th and 70th Regiments
and the Lancers were drawn up on the Grand Parade
in field order. The Cork Southern Reporter of
last
night, in speaking of this, save "It is quite impos-
sible to conjecture the cause of these extensive demon-
theyi e are, therefore, unable to say whether
were necessary for the peace of the city or not ;
but, if any f-rniidable movement were contemonlplatedy in-
on the part of any portion of the people the,
dication of it was the unusual tranquillity which pre-
vailed in every quarter."
The city of Cork grand jury have found true billsr
against three confederates, ou ani indictment
al has fled or
drilling and training. The princp
England.

STATE OF 111 E PROVINCES.
COUNT, TIPPERARY.—Iimmoun of a startling and ap
*Hag nature having been extensively circulate.' on Tues-
day, we (says the Tipperary {indicator) despatched one of
our reporters to visit the severa spread, in the county con-
cerning which the reports were and the following is
the account with which he furnishes us:
Tut:atm.—One hundred and seventy men and four ofii-
OM of the 43rd Foot, commanded by Captain Primrose,
arrived here by a special train from Templets:tore at 12
o'clock on Wednesday. They marched to Cashel, where
they were billeted on Wednesday night, and on Thurs-
day they proceeded to Clonm.l. The object of thin
journey it to procure three field pieces far conveyance to
Tornplemore, the dieurbed state, they say, of that neigh-
bourhood, reudering such a step nccesiary on the part of the
military.
CASUEL.—In this, the grand theatre of the alleged move-
ment, the excitement was excel dingly less than unc might
conjecture. It appears that on Tuesday evening a person
iterated the garrison with thetonuding intelligence that
tea thousand pikemen and three thou.aud mukcteers were
encampiat id a abort distance and under cover of the night
would attar. k the town and. garrizon. The commander of
the 7..1th tnok precautions to meet the threaten( d cata-
strophe. The soldiers in the garrison were kept under arms
all night, and videttes wen posted to watch the advent of
the insuraeats. The police, large parties of whom low
the country stations blocked up the streets during ing theclock day,
were kept on patrol. In the morning, alyait o',
two men—one a smith, named Denis Ryan, the other a
slater, of the name of Martin Ryan, English—were detected
in a field sharpening a pike with a file. They were imme-
diately arrested, and brought before Mr. French, R.M., who
sent dam under a strong escort to Clemmel, to be tied
before E iron Richards at the present a,szer. Pike-making
has t c on in Cuhtd on a most extensive scale, but
all scb
are': for arms has been completely uselt as on the part
of the police.
CLONIiBL.—AII the strong points in this town have been
occupied. On Tuesday flying bodies of police from the
several Bit icts entered the town. The police barrack in
Irishtmen has been vacated. Many of the gentry are
flying from their residences in the country to take refuge
in the town, others are transporting themselves and
latter
i-
lies out of the country altogether. Among the
is Lady Osborne, who has, it is said, conveyed all her plate
and valuable effects to the military barracks, previous to
her departure for England. The garrison officers have
offered arartaren'a in the barracks to ary.of the gentry who
wish to avail themselves of their pretection, but I have not
heard th‘t the offar has been accepted in any instance. one
constables have been sworn in, and patrols of 20 parade
the 'treats every night at 12 and two o'clock. The powder
Bores olledr. -David Thornton and Mr. Armstrona were
visited, Oa el the powder bought up, lest it might find
purchasers among the peasantry. The firearms in these two
eteabi.hruents wee also taken and conved to tbe barracks.
It is l
conjectured r
that the main guar ye
ard will be occupied by
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troops.
Bills were, on Wednesday, found against Mr. Doheny for
his speech delivered at the monster met ling at Slievenamon
on the 9th. The five young men from Carrick-on-Suir—
three of whose arrests on the 10th instant created such a
terrible excitement in that town—who are accused of using
military phrases at • procession of the clubs, intend tot a-
verse in pr.oz. Under the recent statute this course is not
allowable m cases of this nature, but as the alleged offence is
stated to have teen committed before the act passed the legis,
lature, and as it cannot have a retrospective effect, the
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a:eVe-e'd can traverse.
NENAGEL—Un Friday, th 2Sth instant, the tents for the
formation of a camp were escorted into Nenagh from Bird-
hill by t party of the 31th. On Saturday, the 29th, 300 men
of the .39th Re6iment, from Templemnre, under command
of Lieut. Colonel Trevor, will march in here. Soon after
arriving in town they will pitch their tents in the field taken
for the purpose, and in less than an lime fro
30 m comm en
operations the novel and imposing sight of 0 trps be-
neath a military encampment will he witnessed for the first
time, we believe, ever in Knoell. On Sunday, the 30th, a
trcup of the with Royal Irish Hunan will march into this
town from Fethad, and on Mondny a troop of the let
Dragoon Guards will arrive from Cabir and occupy quartets
here for some time.
Cower WATERFORD.BETEIIa are leaving the country
owing to the panic. It is no more than a panic, for matters
must fettle down in a few days. The rumours of an insur-
rection, and all that sort of thing, which have been flying
about here are all imaginary, but they may do great harm. •
I was in Carrick on litindsy evening, when Mr. S. O'Brien
and Istr. T. I'. I3letigher alined there about six o'clock.
From whatever cause it proceeds I canr.ot tell, but it is a
curious fact that the hitherto tranquil and crderly neigh-
bourhood of Carrick has been selected as the scene
of the greatest operations, and that more excitement
prevails throe than in any ether part of the
country. How to explain this anomaly I really
am at a loss to conjecture ; but such is the tact.
Ile Smith O'Brien when he entered Carrick on Monday
evening, stood upon a c n and said, " I am sure you don't
know who 'we are—you'd be glad to see us. lam Smith
O'Brien, ai:d this is Mr. Meagher." They said tat " they
were in the power of the law—that they threw themselves
upon the people." I believe that the heads of the clubs,
who arc among the worthiest men in C -nick and its neigh-
bourhood, but who, I am certain, never dreamt that matt n
would come to this pass, were not well }leased. I hear they
told Mews. O'Brien and Meagher that they would not ask
the people to get themselves murdered, and that they had
not three days' food. A. 'good many of the poor people are
now able to see that the heads of the movement are not
i un-
anxious for their own safety. All the guns and arms n a
gunsmith'. shop on the quay. here, were taken by the police
to-day. The man's name is Condon. They lett him the
powder-hour, the shot.pouches, eFec.
The Waterford Mail points out osition of the armed
the p
ships and troops in and around 'hat coy, and shows to all
who know the locality that the points have been ch,,een
which are moot effective for single or combined attack. The
city of Watitford liss along the right batk of the Suir
large portion of the town, including many of the stoics and
beat shops, face the river ; and several streets lead at right
angles from the quay towards the tub orb called Ballybricken,
on the crown of the bank of the river. Opposite to cub of
those iterseing sreets is moored a vessel of war
Tweedn c and Frolic,t of 18 and 16 guns each, and the
Stromeoli and Ithadaminthus steam-ships. Bally-
brick-en is flanked and comman6tel by an encamp-
ment at Sua.mer Hill, the western and hiehcst part
of the ridge. This encampment is occupied by
the 3rd
Buffs. At the Kilkenny or whichan of the Suir the
piece of high ground, between and the.river runs
road through Kilkenny, Caslow, , Dublin, and this
read leads alco towards Clonmel on one side and Wexford
on the other. This hi..h ground, which perfectly commands
tt c approach to Waterford, is new occupied by artill-ry and
othper troops, whose fire
if be directed either
taifaintst a partiy
wefttr e
7tiej oniserrvcoPsos
mne
artoearfohilgiselliidthese tthe But,
tre ,ps of the 4th Light Dragoons, the local corps of pen-
=core, constebulary, tee. The Amphion steam-frigate is
expected at Waterford. Furthermore, in order to strengthen
this position, the 7tb, except one compe left this day, at 2,
a.m., for the south; several companies of the 60th Rifles have
also proceeded to Waterford. Major-General Macilonnell
left town this morning, to Resume the command of the
w era ly constituted district of Waterford. He is a most brave
and energetic officer. It is confidently stated that he pledged
himself be would place Mr. O'Brien in the hands of the
authorities if in his district within a fortnight. The Mar-
quis of Waterford having heard of the agitated condition of
his neigurliood immediately returned to Curragh-
more, Waterford, to raise his tenantry and neigh-
ing rhood against the disturbers. On Thursday even-
in !melee arrived but that morning about 100
of his tenantry, stout young fellows, assembled at
the Curraghmor, school-house, end, suerler the pielidency of
the marquis, agreed to form the Pertiew Defensive Associa-
tion. Tne Res. Mr. Medlyecitt, tho rector, was prevent,
and counselled them to adopt no measures but those purely
detensire. The marquis stated that since his arrival he had
put his own house in order. He had fortifiedrovisioned i? garrisonedt in
it with • chosen body of his tenantry-, and p
shch a way that he defied ten thousand pikemen. His lord-
ship promised also that so far as it would afford accommoda-
tim it would be at all timesopen as a place
ofo refuge. The
arrangements concluded by an enrolment over 100 men,
and applications for licenses for arms for 60 persons. The
This is
marquis pledged himself for most of his tenantry.
en example which will doubtless to imitated.
Caithics-no-St in.—l have seen two letters (says our
Dublin correspondent), written at Carrick,—one by a lady,
the other by . catholic clergyman. The lady writes in a
tone of confidence, feels no present apprehension, en
nfi-
d
dreads no future outrage. The clergyman says that co
dence is being rapidly restored, and that the well-disposed
are fast gaining strength and confidence. The turbulent had
(he says) some few days back, completely cowed the timid
and involved the wavertng. the latter have had
breathing-time, and power of consultation with their neigh-
bours, they are (says the writer) surprised at their own
power and numbers, and in proportion to present confi-
dence is their indignation at the terror imposed on them by
the factions. The c,ergyman adds that they are now assured
that no breach of the peace will occur there.
TUE FLERT ARID MILITARY AT CORK.—The shim
now at C.,ve are the St. Vincent (flag), Prince
Re gent, Beller mhon, Blenheim, Pilot, and Helena. The
Supt/ens I:eporter el yesterday contains the follow-
kg details:—On last night the troops in this gar;
risme took possession of the city. From some in-
formation obtained by the =neonates it was COll-
- sectuary to kee,, them under arms and in readiness
for an immediate turn out. Shortly atter nine o'clock a
rteket was sent up irom• the Tuckney.street.guard-house,
and moon afterwards such of the people as were in the streets

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were astonished to behold a large military force marching
up Pairick-street to the Grand Parade. where they took up
a field position. Immediately the Lancers arrived from
Ballincollig, where they had been waitina for the signal.
The troops, which consisted of the LIIIICeiII, the 26th and 70th
Regiments, and a large police force, numbering, as far as
could be estimated, between 500 and 600 men, remained for
tome time on the grand parade, while the general, field.
officers, maeistrates, le-dice-officers, &c., were in consuta-
tion, we believe, at the guard-room. The subject of the con-
sultation of course was kept a profound secret, ut on its
termination, a movement, or rather a series ofb concerted
movements, took place. A troop of dragoons • d five or six
companies of one of the infantry regiments, with a detach-
ment of police, marched down to the south mall, where they
to ik ups position in the neighbourhood of the banks. A
g-no street,ther
troop of lancers, with a police party, occupied Kin
while 3 third,a a we have been i nformed ,wi di the artil lery,occu -
pie d a position on the Wel; ington. raw', whie, covered the city.
Another detachment possession of Great George's-
street. Several detachtur n's of dragoons and infantry pa-
trolled in various districts—one up the western road to the
bridle .nil round Sunda) 'swell—a second up Mallnw-lane,
Dublin.hill, returning by Blackpool—a third by Blarney-
lane—a fourth by the B illybooly-road, and a fifth by dif-
ferent to Blackrocic and Douglas. At the wee tires
patrols of police were kept continually marching about
the principal streets, taking short circuits from the Grand Pa'
rade, where it appeared the head-quarters had been estab-
lished. Shortl after the fir
marrival of the tree'', on the Pa-
rade, a number of people assbled from motives of cariosity
and
some time wonder at this inexplicable movement, an rain for
watching the proceedings ;hut asd theem houred be-
came later they gradually dispersed, and after seven o'clock
very few were to be seen in any part of the city, which
remained is the possession of the military. Things con-
tinued in this state until midnight, when the order being
given to re-form, the troop immediately departed, in nearly
the same order as they had previously used in entering the
cit, the greeter po.tioe of tee lancers to Ballincul, and
the remainder, with the 26ili and 70th Regiments,lig to the
barracks. Large bodies 01 police, however, numbering from
70 to UV men, continued to patrol the city till a late hour of
the morning.
NaWILY —On last Wednesday CA ening a few of the consta-
bulary stationed in this town, under the command of M.
Sir eleton, Esq., R.M., and Shuldham Crawford, Esq., the
local sub-insPector, proceeded to the house of a person who
calls himsell " George Guy, jun.," on Merchant's-quay, and
there found a pike head, of which they took pure.
They They next entered the house of an individual named Byrne,
a butter buyer, we understand, in which they found two
pikes fitted with shafts 9 feet long. Byrne was not to he
seen; his friends alleged that he had
.gone to Dublin. In
Byrne's drawers were discovered certain documents, of the
tenor of which we are fully aware hut it is not prudent
us at present to enter into any explanation of the matter. for

SCOTLAND.
'DETERMINED ENCOUNTER WITH A ROBBER.—The
butler of the lion. C. Hope, late Lord President f tke
Court of Session, was, on Ti.ursday, previous to going to
bed, alarmed by the rustling noise of some footsteps in the
gurden, at the rest of his marter's residence, in Moray-place,
Edinburgh. Arming himself with a sword-stitk, he instantly
:allied forth to challenge the intruder, but had not proceeded
far before he was attache by a man who ho.d secreted him.
sill at the back of tl.e house. A violent ,t,uggle ensued
between them, in the course of which the butler stabbed the
robber on the knee with the sword-stick. The robber, in
his turn, took a pistol out of his pocket and fired it at the
butler; but luckily the bullet only grazed his coat. The
encounter was renewed with arest fierceness, and the
butler made another dash at his opponent with the sword-
stick, but the weapon was untruly aimed, and struck the
wall with such force as to shiver it in two. The robber now
closed upon the butler, sill it is probable would speedily
have overcome him, bad he not token a clasp kcrte from his
pocket, and inflicted a deep wound on one of the rubber's
arms. At this juncture a companion of the robber came up
to his assistance from the rear of the garden, and having re-
h said him from the grasp of tho butler, and deult the latter
a severe blow, which felled him to the ground, both of the
men made their escape over the garden wall. As soon as the
butler recovered he gave the alarm to the police, who were
speedily on tke spot, but no trace of the robbers could be dis-
covered. Blood could he traced to the back well, over which
the rob'sers escapt d. The wounds inflicted by the butler
would appear, therefore, to have been of a serious descrip-
tion • and it is probable that this circumstance may lead to
the detection of the &Unguents.

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASIIIV.
THE SEIZURE CP PlREsh—The prisoners Caddy
and O'Brien, in custody at Liverpool, charged with h ivina
been in powession of pikes and other weapons seized by the
authorities, were tir,ught hzfore Mr. Rushton again on Sa-
turday, and sent to gaol under a remand commitment. Bail
was refused.
NORTIMMBERLANH.
DESTRUCTION OP A RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THE
TYNR.-011 Thursday afternoon the mail train from New-
castle to Carlisle was detained upwards of four hours, in con-
sequence of the total destruction by fire of t bridge (the
Warden Bride, we believe) across the Tyne, on the New.,
cestie about three miles from Het ms
The ca ise of
the fire has not yet been ascertained, but some portion of
the woodwork is supposed to hare been ignited by a cinder 1
from the fire of an engine parsing over the bridge. It was
most providential that it happened in the day tnne, °the.-
wise the train would inevitably have run into the river, pas-
!engem and alt. As soon as the fire was discovered engines
were sent from Ilexham, but all attempts to extinguish the I
flames, in consequence of the high wind that prevaLial at the
time, were fruitless.
wAIeWICKeHIRE.
IRISH SYMPATIIISERS.—The clubs, which have been
organised in Birmingham for the purpose of ab. tting the I
Irish insurrectionists, assembled again on Saturday evening,
when speeches of a most violent and inflammatory character
were delivered.
LINCOLNSHIRE.
ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTIITTE.—On Friday evening
the members returned from their excursion into Notting-
hamshire, and at 9 o'clock attended the soiree given by the
mayor and corporation at the County Aesembly.rooms.
The festival was attended by nearly 500 ladies and gentle.
men. On Saturday morning a party of the members started
by rail for Kirkst, ail and Tett. Isbell. The Greet Northern
Iteilway will not be open for public traffic until the 2nd of
October ; but Mr. Hudson had lent some carriages from the
Midland "Lenses!, and at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning
the quick train on foe Great Northern line left Lincoln. Os
arrival at Bardneybeek (a distance of 10 miler) the progress
of the train was impeded by the bridge over the river
Witham not being completed, so
the ratty embarked in a
steamer which was in waiting, and proceeded 9 miles down
the Witham to Kirkstead, where they landed to view
built the
ruins of Kirkatead Abbey. This edifice was
in 1139, and inhabited by friars from Fountains Abbey,
in Yorkshtre. Only one corner of the building now remains.
After inspecting the abbey church (a fine specimen of early
English architecture, is good preservation) and a subterra-
nean passage near it the party re embarked, end proceeded
three miles further down the Witham, to Tattershall Navi-
gation, where the y again landed, and proceeded to view the
ruins of f attenhall Castle, which was built in 1230, by Hugh
Fitz Endo, and was for nearly three centuries held by the
Cromwell family. The tower now standing was merely the
state apartment of the castle. Alter viewing the church
the party proceeded to the railway (in course of formation),
where a train of ballast waggons had been fitted up with
seats by the contractors, and it very swiftly conveyed the
members of the institute to 13 Aton. The church was the
only object visited. The train (which was the first pas-
t into or out of Boston) left t hat town at dye
o'clock and proceeded to Chapel-hill, were the steamer was
in waiting, and the party bade adieu to the ballast-waggons,
in which they had eejnyed a most delightful trip. At
Bardney they left the steamer and re-entered Mr. Hudson's
railway carriages for Lincoln, reaching the old city at nine
o'clock. In the es ening, the sectional committee of anti.
IFquities met in the County Assembly-rooms, when the
Rey.
. Maseingberd, M.A., read a par the Grecian
Stairs, the Stone Bow, and other antiquities of Lincoln
and Mr. Britton teed a paper on Lincoln Cathedral. The
members of the Mechanics Institute had free admission to
the museum on Saturday evening. The meetings of the
institute terminate this day (Monday).
HUNTINGDONSHIRE.
BURTON, THE MURDERER.---The warrant for the
execution of Charles Burten, who was last week found guilty
of the murder of his wife and child at Stilton, has already
been placed in the hands of the governor of the county
prison ; and Saturday next, the oth proximo, is the
the l periawod
into
at
present fixed upon for carrying the sentence of
effect. An attempt is being made in the locality to obtain a
reprieve, the argument for remission of the extreme sent
iling
ence
of the law being founded principally men the preva
opinion that the man wan not of sound mind at the time he
committed the rash act. It is now confidently asserted that
insanity has prevailed in his family for two generations, and
that two or more have fallen victim' by their own hands;
whilst the prisoner himself has long been considered not
only charmless andisoffensiveman,but decidedly of weak in-
tellect. A memorial to Sir O. Grey, representing these circum-
stances, has been numerously signed in the town and neigh-
bourhood, praying that at least a temporary respite may be
granted, until the truth of these allegations can be sub-
stantiated. Since his condemnation the deportment of the
prisoner has much changed, and from the state of appa-
rent apathy in which be was before trial, be now seems
to have become sensible of his situation, and weeps when
the death of his wile and child is alluded undisturbedless he sleeps well, and apparently with an

science.

HER MAJE,TY'i THEATRE.— On Saturday Jenny
Lind appeared in the character of Elvira, in the "Puritani."
We cannot but think that, in enlarging her round of parts,
she might have made a happier choice than this. The opera
is perhaps the most hackneyed piece of the day ; and though
its popularity must certainly be ascribed to merit of some
kind, yet its merits are not sufficient to make up for the total
want of fresbnesr. Its long possession of the stage has been
owing to the domestic interest of the subject, the simplicity
of its construction, fewness of its characters, and plainness of
its incidents, which may be made intelligible almost without
the use of words. it has no dialogue that desbetter
erves
the name; the language is often little
than smooth nonsense ; and the music never rises
aborts feeble prettiness, destitute of dramatic force
or character. The vocal melodies are trite and fami-
liar; and the instrumentation, always inertificial, is often
ofintolerbly coarse and boisterous. Lind has the
credit posses-ing the attainments and spirit of • classical
musician, sad we consequently espected, as one of the bene-

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