The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-15 00:00:00

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS (IRELAND) RILL.

Mr. V. DAWSON gave notice that on the second reading
of this bill he should move that it be read a second time
that day six months.

THE STATE OF IRELAND.

Mr. MACRE, who had on the paper notice of a question
with respect to inspection of weights and measures, post-
ponml it, in consequence of the absence of the Chief
Secretary, but wished to put a question of the deepest
importance to any member of the government who
could give the house information as to the very tenons
occurrences which hail taken place in Ireland within the
List few hours. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. WALPOLE—I think that upon all these occasions
when a question is put in parliament with reference to
occurrences like these, about which there have been so
many rumours, as I understand, throughout the metro-
polis, it is the duty of the government to communicate
such information to the house as they can properly do
under the circumstances. (Hear, hear.) I will, there-
fore, briefly state what, as far the government know,
has happened in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Early
in the afternoon of yesterday we received in-
telligence that the wires hail been cut between
Killarney, Mallow, and Valentia. Later in the afternoon
we received undoubted intelligence that the wires which
had been cut had been repaired, and that some servants
of the company were watching and guarding them. No
further intelligence reached us till 11 o'clock yesterday
evening. About that hour we received intelligence that
an attack had been made upon a police or °oast-guard
station at Cahirciveen, or rather about eight miles from
that place, and that an orderly had been shot at. Upon
that intelligence being received it was determined on the
part of the government that my noble friend the Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland should go down the lint thing this morning
to Dublin, which he has done, and that will account for
his absence from the house to-night with reference to
the bill of whick he had given notice, and which will
have to be postponed till Monday. This morning further
intelligence was communicated from Dublin to the effect
that the orderly who had been shot at hail not been
killed, but that his horse and arms had been taken. The
report went on to state that armed parties were marching
upon Killarney, and that one of the supposed Fenian
chiefs calling himself Captain Moriarty had been arrested
on his car on his way to Cahirciveen. He had upon him,
as I understand, letters whichtend to implicate and crimi-
nate him in these transactions. The intelligence further
want on to say that troops hail been sent for from Tralee,
from the Curragh, and I think one company from
Cork, and that some of them would have been at Kil-
larney early this morning, all of them certainly
by the afternoon. The same telegram that brought these
accounts brought also the information that there were no li
Mof any movement in any other part of Ireland.
et) And therefore there was every reason to believe
that with the precautions which had been taken by the
government there, whatever the movement may have been,
it probably has been brought to an end by the time I am
speaking. (Cheers.)
Captain ARCHDALL—I wish to ask whether the go-
vernment are prepared, after what has occurred within