The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-03 00:00:00

IRELAND.

day of Aril, 1643.—1 ii, his Exoelltatefe oosamind, We. M. Boom-
The city of Limerick has also been proclaimed. It
!onus under the Crime and Outrage Suppression Act
and after Friday next. The county has been
under proclamation.
addition to these signs of vitality on the part of
Izecutive, the provincial papers contain evidenes
they are on the alert in other quarters. Ls
Thal a prosecution has been instituted against
persons (among them a Mr. Hodnett, • solid-
tor) for "practising the use of arms;' and the parties
are bound over to take their trial at the ensuing
sessions.

The authorities have also very properly ordered an
investigation into a charge of disaffection, brought
by Mr. Henry Skeane, relieving-officer of Banagher,
against two sub-constables of police, named Johnson
and Kilmartin, upon which the if Star makes
the following bservations :
As the finding of the court cannot be known until the
minutes of the proceedings have been submitted te, and
sanctioned by, the Inspector-General, we are not in a pent-
tion to state the result ; but we can say for ourselves, that
we never saw charges more satisfactorily disproved than in
the present ca e. Every one of the witnesses is a man of
the meet excellent character, and they gave their evidence
in the clearest possible manner.
It is highly probable that the great majority of
similar allegations made respecting the police and
soldiery would, if inquired Into, end in a similar ex-
posure of their groundlessness.
On yesterday (Sunday), a large party of Young
Irelanders proceeded from the city to the wild grounds
at the foot of the Three Hock Mountain, within five
miles of Dublin, to practise rifle-shooting. They were
not., however, permitted to enjoy themselves with im-
punity. A small party of the constabulary inter-
posed, and arrested a few of the principals, one of
whom is Andrew English, who ie at present out on
bail, along with several others, to answer a charge of
violating the act of Parliament which forbids drilling
and practising military evolutions.
The Limerick riot is the topic of universal con-
versation, and is likely to lead to the total break up
of the Young Ireland party, and to the consequent
re-establishment of order and tranquillity. Mr. Mit-
chell's appearance in Limerick was the signal for an
outburst of Old Ireland animosity. But the outcry
against the defamer of O'Connell did not reach its
height until late last evening. The Garry Owen
boys improvised a canvas effigy of Mitchell stuffed
with straw, and having trailed the obnoxious image
through the streets, arrived before the house where
Messrs. O'Brien, Mitchell, and Meagher were being
entertained. They, with tremendous yells, next pro-
ceded to fire the effigy of Mitchell, and having
done so attempted to force the blazing effigy
into the room where the party were assembled.
S. O'Brien, relying on hie popularity, went forth
to allay the tumult, when he was fiercely assailed
and severely injured—some of his ribs, I understand,
having been broken, besides the other injuries he sus-
tained. He was carried (ruin the scene by four men
to the house of his father-in-law. Notice of the

assault on their leader having been given to the
confederates, they immediately proceeded to arm.
Tables, chairs, benches, everything that could fill the
red hand orrevenge wee put in requisition, and they
sallied forth against the invaders. The battle raged
furiously on both sides for at least twenty minutes,
and it was not until the military and police interfered,
that the combatants were separated. lam informed
that nothing could surpass the hate and ferocity of
the combatants. I subjoin a more detailed account
from the Pilot of this evening. Mr. Smith O'Brien,
in consequence, retires for ever from public life; and
so does Mr. Meagher. The former, in his parting
address to his constituents, says :
tlav:ng ceased to entertain • remnant of hope that, under present
circumstances, I can render sty service to this °cunt), by continuing
to take a part in public sitars, I tog to announce to you that it is my
intention to resign my seat at the earliest moment that is consistent
with your convenience. I cannot take leave of you, after a political
connexion of thirte.n years, without expressing toy unfeigned thank.
for the many proofs 1 have received of your public spirit and pet-foils'
attachment. _ . _ . .

DITBLIM, MA• I.
RIOT IN LIMERICK. - MR. MITCHELL
BURNED IN EFFIGY.-SMITH O'BRIEN'S

It was rumoured late in the day that Mr. O'llriev,
having been persuaded by his friends, had withdrawn
his resignation ; but, on inquiry, I could discover no
confirmation of the intelligence. His successor has
already been named. A Limerick correspondent of
the Mail asserts that Mr. Dickson, a resident gentle-
possesaing large estates in both county and city I
of Limerick, is universally looked upon as a person
most eligible and likely to fill the present vacancy
caused in the representation of this county. lie has
already had several applications and offers of support
from numerous influential quarters.
In the Queen's Bench to-day, on the sitting of the
court, Mr. Mitchell appeared at the side bar, and
shortly after Mr. Smith O'Brien entered, basking very
ill. Ile had a black-eye, and his lips were swollen
from some severe contusion. The bar was astonished
at the disfigured appearance of the ex-member for
Limerick, and it was not until .the ea officio discussion
had terminated, that the Limerick catastrophe be-
came known, and the causes of the ill-usage which
Mr. O'Brien had received. Subjoined is a summary
of the proceedings :
Sir Colman O'Logblen renewed his application for the
appearance of Mr. Mitchell hF attorney, and dwelt at some'
length on a case in 10 East, in support of his appli-
cation. lie alluded to an affidavit Wed by the
crown, which stated that Mr. Mitchell after the '
finding of the original bills, bad attended a meet-
ing in Abbey-street, at which chartist delegates were
present, and where Mr. Mitchell was reported to have
spoken language as eeditions as that upon which the infor-
mations were found. Sir Colman argued that Mr. Mitchell
might be prosecuted for that speech, bat it was no reason to
deprive him of the accustomed privilege of appearing by
attorney in cases of misdemeanor. The Attorney-General
strongly resisted the application, and justified the affidavit
as supplying powerful reasons why the favour of the court
should not he extended to Mr. Mitchell, for the application
was not one of strict right. 'I he court, after a brief con-
sultation, decided that Mr. Mitchell must appear in person.
The four-day rule having expired riwlay, Mr. Mitchell,
as I informed you on Saturday, has pleaded a se-
cond time in abatement, and the plea wait exactly in
substance as I stated—namely, the pendency of proceedings
under the original informations, which must be regularly
quashed before ho could go to trial on the ex officio. There
I can be no doubt that the entry of the node proseva quashed
the informations; but then the second plea being upon the
racord, just as the first, errors can be assigned, and the con-
viction will have to undergo an argument before the twelve
judges—perhaps before the House of I:irds. This will carry
Mr. Mitchell over the long v ication, even though he should
be found guilty in the after sittings; and thus he obtains a
far longer day than the AttornerGeneral would be disposed
to afford him. Will Mr. Monahan file another es officio? Mr.
Mitchell's motion being settled, the AttorneyOensral ordered
Mr. S. O'Brien to be called. He immediately stood up
and stated to the court his willingness to go to trial without,
delay. Conscious of no offence, he had no fears for the re-
sult, and would not interpose any dilatory pleadings: He
asked the Attorney-General to fix the day, and serve imme-
diate notice of trial. The Attorney:General, however, would
take time to consider. It is not improbable that, in conse-
quence of the strange turn political events have taken—the
resignation of his seat in parliament by Mr. O'Brien, and
his withdrawal, together with that of Mr. Meagher, from
public life, that the proceedings maybe abandoned against
both. Mr. Mitchell, having expreesed his resolution to per-
severe in the old course, and stand up through all risks for
insurrection, can expect no such favour front the crown.

RESIGNATION.

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I informed you on Saturday that the draft of the
proclamation to proclaim this city, was in the hands of
the government printers. The city is not proclaimed,
but the various forms under which the repeal party
meditated a severance of the union arc brought under
the proclaiming ban. The Lord Lieutenant, in a
proclamation which is at this moment being eagerly
read by thousands in every quarter of the city,
cautions the citizens against a " National convention
or council, or a council of three hundred, or national
guard." The following is the important document :
Ely rile Loan Lrefrriesor or IRVlAND.—Clarendon,—Whams
divers id-disposed persona have, in various pubhcatione, In news-
papers, and otherwbie, and by addresses and speeches at public meet-
ings, advised the election of a representative body in this part of her
Niajeety's dominions, to be called a National Convention or Council,
' or the Council of Three Hundred, and have invited and exhorted her
Majesty's subjecto to proceed to the election of delegates or members
to represent them, or certain districts or divisions of the country, in
such an amembly ; and the same or other ill-disposed persons have,
in the like manner, and under lilac and pretended allegations,
without any colour of lawful authority, invited and exhorted
her Majesty's subjects in Ireland to constitute themselves
into an armed association, to be called • National Guard, or to
enrol or register their names as willing to be members of and embo-
died in such an association: and it Is represented and manifestly
appears to as that such proceedinp are devised soil intended for the
purpose of thereby, and by forte and intimidation, effecting changes
in the law and constitution of this realm; and whereas it appears to
its that all such devices and intentions of such ill-dispoood permits are
not only unconstitutional and unlawful, and tend to the disturbance
of the public peace, but that they cannot be carried into effect by the
election of melt a convention, or the formation of such an armed
association, without violating the express prohibitions of cer-
tain acts of parliament —that is to say, an act parsed in the
parliament of Ireland, In the thirty-third year of the reign of hie
late Majesty King Gouge the entitled "An oat to pre-
vent the election or appointment of unlawful assemblies, under pre-
tence of preparing or presenting public petitions, or other addressee,
to his Majesty or the parliament ;" end an act puma in the parlia-
ment of the United Kingdom, in the sixtieth year. of the reign of his
lad. Majesty, entitled " An act to prevent the traning of perform to
the use of arms, and to the praCCIOS 0f military evolutions
and exerciser.' Now, therefore, we, George William Frederick, Earl
of Clarendon, her Malady's Lord Lieutenant General and General
Governor of Ireland, do hereby declare every such national conven-
tion or council m aforesaid, and every other the like convention
or council, by whatever name it may be called, and all elections of
members and delegates thereto, and every such armed association,
by the name of a national guard, or by whatever other name it
may be called, to be unlawful; and we hereby absolutely pro-
hibit the election, constitution, or formation of any such conven-
tion, council, or national guard, or other like emaciation, sad all
drilling, use of arms or practice of military evolutions or omelets,
in connexion therewith or otherwise, contrary to the of the
said wet of the sixtieth year of the reign of his late ty ; and we
do carnestlycaution and worn all her Sidesty's welt-dtaoosedsubjects
against the same, and against takiag p .1 i in any etch eon or re-
presented" or in the formation of any snit rreimal guard, or like
armed meociation, or engaging or prornislr ^ • to, le, nn vny pretence
whatsoever. And we call upon and recni, all MN it-, i., .„;iif Wes,
constables% and other her Majesty's objects acting ia their aid, to be
vigilant in the prevention and repremion of ell soh conventlons,
elections, .isociations, and Illegal practices, so far as by law they are
authorised mod empowered to tio.—Doeed oi Dahlia Cot* Ws 29th

REPEAL ASSOCIATION. —At the meeting to-day Mr. I
Joseph 11. Duunc presiding, the numbers who attended
were large, and the usual characteristics were apparent.
After the preliminary business of the meeting had been gone
through Mr. John O'Connell adverted to the late collision
between the Old Irelanders and confederates in Limerick—
The accounts, as yet received, were too vague to warrant the
committee in taking a step in the matter which they in-
tended—namely, to address Smith O'Brien. To address
him, deprecating, in strong acd indignant terms, the gross
attack made on him, and in condemnation of the parties
who made it (cheers) —to call on the people not
to permit similar occurrences to take place again.
(Hear.) The committee of the association felt strongly on
the subject; and the committee would therefore meet on
Wednesday to investigate the circumstances under which it
had occurred.—A Voice: No repeaters did it:—Mr. O'Con-
nell was sure of that. Mr. O'Connell then moved the in-
sertion on the minutes of the letters of the Right Rev. Drs.
Cantwell and Form. Ile had also to move the insertion on
their minutes of the patriotic and cheering address of the
Protestant Association. It was the protestant& of 'B2 that
won their national independence ; still the catholic, could
have lent them a powerful helping hand, and placed the
constitution of Ireland on a basis that all the powers of Eng-
land could not have shaken. The gentlemen who formed
this Protestant Association stood by their country in the late
trials of famine and disease ; they were worthy sons of
f tbe
fathers of 'B2, and may heaven bless them for coming or-
ward to work out their country's liberation. The motion war
carried unanimously.—Mr.Cialwey alluded to the conduct of
the Whig government in introducing the gagging bill, and re-
ferred to the support given to it by Mt. Chisholm Anstey,
member for Youghal. (Groans.) In the course of the
learned gentleman's observations, he said he hoped that no
constituency would elect a man "rolled up in a five pound
note" again without investigating his conduct. He was in-
formed that he should not have mentioned the five pound
note. (Hear.)—Mr. O'Connell said the reason he did not
wish Mr. Oalwey to mention " the five pound note," was
that a party in the country sneered at the Association be-
cause several gentlemen who subscribed live pounds did not
up to their word. (Hear, hear.) He di I not wish to let
it sae imagined that Mr. Anatey had anything to do with the
Association. Mr. O'Connell afterwards spoke at great length
upon the proclamation, showing the foolishness of issuing it
before the bodies were in existence.—The rent is expected to
amount to 401.

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, .MAY 3, 1848.

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mentality of a native parliament; end they of
your honourable house to relieve Resit el tir=rimilerrinh
legislation, which petitioners ere ouriviniced is sot atteeded with
satnlaction, even to your honourable house. nor at ray WWI( benefit
to thin country, but the contrary.—And petitioners, se in duty bound,
will ever pray.

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we bead the lad /Motets mamba We entail guestka to
lrle egraheed anbram. We had se dwelt of a bog innegh
reir bed we any misgivings OM it would be asses.
meg% to lint briefs to the " greftwimel enimploped " in the
hem kr years to ems ; we deelied whether any
Militintleralig weld tat/odes weal set le in
Wm maw, by
=to. WSW end psmustMg the leapremmint being au-
Wier end leas trommiled emote. We regret Is gm,
We MI whew >< emend resided ear vane here; it is M.
WM* a amangly, fell of the elemeale at blare Mfg&
WM. and en timid and stinted in he made at dealing wit-
the preemie law se to make the La= AdvesdOs loarlds when
anaminting it in the house simply reglanime. 0 a cosstry =Wag
without =entail law he can fares se emeeptine. It waist bens
petwited, =ler under a combined= el elesemslenme maim
to occur. Then, entails are meneallent,, that (while Swain' a
for their modification)) ha grovidea kg their tothasited indund And
lastly, be cannot thi= or wiesedeLthe engmeiges stmtletent that
en tail property should he Mk for debts of be eeteeethis owner.
No, no. That would be a meth& dere; maple meld understand
it; and thereforelt =Paid neverflo. we angled be lad that Misogamists*
wehave long advocated in regard to this most id Mims and anima kw
are deeply rooted in many quarters, and ere now
irtaining pea&
The Lord- Advocate', tampering is transp eose% to be seen at a
glance, and Independent =kite bodies (not of their own
shadows) are taking independent ground In =pond= to It. On
Tuesday night a public melting of the inhabitants of Glasgow, at-
tended by magistrates and oourteillors, was held in the City-hall,
when several excellent resolutiona were named unanimously.
We recommend all public bodies and communities in this quarter,
concurring in the sentiments expresied in the resolutions, to adopt
similarly energetic 111011Altrell for obtaining the improvement of a taw,
cruel to families and Individuals connected with entails—injurious to
agriculture—and iniquitous towards the public.

FIRTH IN EDINBURGH AND SUFFOCATION OP FITZ
PICRBONB. A fire took place on Sunday morning at the
Sciennes (in the 'southern environs of Edinburgh', which
has occasion 'd the Imo( five lives. The tenement in which
the occurrence took place is occupied by families of the
humblest rank. The apartment which was the immediate
scene of the event, is situated on the ground floor, and was
occupied by an old woman named Ann Taber, 72 years of
age, with whom a grandchild, Ann Liddle, five years old,
resided. This poor woman, in order to eke out a subsistence,
also boarded three boys from the West Church Parochial
Board, of the names of James Boffry, aged seven, Joseph
Adams, six, and Robert Melville, eight years. The whole
of the inmates slept in two beds, in a close and con-
fined room, and they had retired to rest with their ciotomary
regularity on Saturday evening. About half-past 9 o'clock
on Sunday morning thick smoke was observed to fill the
apartment, which was entered, when the bodies of Mrs.
I Taber and her grandchild, Ann Liddle, were found lying on
the floor, and the boys on the bed, all quite dead. The
origin of the fire has not been ascertaine-1, and the damage
consists in the destruction of the two beds, several chairs,
and a quantity of clothing, while a portion of a partition was
also burned down. The fire bad ouviously been burning for
some hours, though, from the want of air, and the closeness
of the apartment, its rapid progress had been prevented.
Parts of some of the bodies were scorched by the flames,
and the remains of a feather bed base been found, the
odour from which must have been overpowering, and
contributed greatly to produce this lamentable occurrence.
The second fire, which took place about one o'clock on Sa-
turday morning, was in the roof of a thrashing-mill attached
to the farm of ltodenlaw, about six miles westward of Edits.
burgh, occupied by Mr. Brown, farmer. It is supposed to
have been caused by a spark from a locomotive engine on
the Elinburgh and Glasgow railway, from which the farm-
ateading is distant about 100 yards, and its existence was
discovered by an Irishman who had been sleeping in one of
the outhouses.

PROVINCIAL.
_YORKSHIRE.

NEW SYSTEM OF PiiT7tTO7GitowiNci.—Mt. MenMa,
formerly curator at the Leeds Botanical Gardens, and long
and favourably known in the horticultural world, has re•
cently published a communication on the importance of de•
caching all the superfluous shoots from the potato sets. "By
doing so," he says, " I have found a very considerable in-
crease in the weight and size of a potato crop in comparison
with those growing near. of the same kind, on a similar
soil, where the tope bad all been left on u they sprang up,
and, as they frequently do, with six, eight, or ten stems.
The detached shoots, if taken off with care, will be found
perfectly well rooted, and to need no further support from
the parent tuber; and, therefore, it each be separately
planted wth care in a coiled position, leaving just the top
above the surface, about six inches apart in the row, and
about from two to three feet between, according to the kind
and soil, and watered afterwards to settle the soil about
them, and then treated as the others, excellent crops will be
produced, little inferior to that from the original set, had the
whole of its shoots been left on it, and the crop will prove
finer." He adds: " Where manure of a rank nature is
applied to the sets it ouzht judiciously to be laid over, and
not under the sets. I have seen the evil effects of t'ais prac-
tice too often.'

STAFFORDSHIRE.

COMMISSIONS BY TUE LORD LIEUTENANT.—Cornet
T. P. Ileyoood, to be lieut. ; Cornet F. Peel, to be lieut. ;
M. E. Buller, Gent., to be cornet ; and F. A. Peel, Gent ,
to be cornet in the Queen's Own Royal Regt. of Staffordshire
Yeomanry Cavalry.
DEVONSHIRE.

COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—Sir
W. P. Carew, Bart., and Sir J. T. B. Duckworth, Bart., to be
deputy lieutenants. T. Kirkwood, Esq., to be cant.; G.
Braginton, Esq., to be capt. ; J. N. Macartney, Gent., to
be edit. ; Ley, Gent., to he lieut.; A. Wren, Gent., to
he bent. ; W. A. Deane, Gent. to be lieut. ; C. B. Palmer,
Gent., to be bent. ; H. St. J. Priaulx, Gent., to be cornet ;
T. Brydges, Gent., to be cornet ; J. C. M. Stevens, Gent.,
to be cornet ; D. Maycock, Gent., to be cornet ; and H. T.
Cusack,, Gent., to be cornet in the North Devon Rent. of
Yeomanry Cavalry. T. Daniel, Gent., to be Beat. ; W. M.
Snow, Gent., to be cornet ; M. Bere, Gent., to be cornet ;
and 8. H. Northeote, Gent., to be cornet in the let D. von
Regt. of Yeomanry Cavtri.

DARING BURGLARY.—On Friday morning four
thieves entered the residence of Mrs.Linnington, 2, Brougham.
street. Southsea, and after ransacking the whole of the lower
part of the premises, went up stain, and in the servant's
room disguised themselves by affixing strips of calico round
their heads; they then entered the sleeping apartment of
Mrs. Linningtan, who is very aged and in a weak state of
health, and after striking her with such violence as she lay
in her bed as to produce a serious wound in the forehead,
ransacked the drawers, taking away two 51. Bank of Eng.
land notes and some silver, six silver tea-spoons, a gold
watch, and various other silver and plated articles, and a
shawl. The robbers effected entrance into the house by
getting over the garden wall, and then through the back
parlour window; neither the shutters of which nor window
had been fastened ; and they escaped in the same way. Two
men, George Winsor and William Hinton, are in custody,
on suspicion. They were brought before the magistrates on
Saturday morning for examination, and remanded.