The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

WILLMONT, NEAR BALLINGARRY, COUNTY OF
TIPPERARY, SATURDAY NIGHT.
This morning, three o'clock, intelligence was
received at Kilkenny that O'Brien, Meagher, Do-
heny, O'Reilly, and Dillon, had been proclaimed
traitors ; that rewards had been offered of 5001. for
the apprehension of O'Brien, and of 3001. for that of
each of his four confederates. Notices to this effect
were posted up not only in Kilkenny, but all over
the country, policemen having been dispatched on
cars in every direction for that purpose. Scarcely
had the announcement been made at Kilkenny, when
Mr. Blake, the County Inspector of Constabulary, re-
solved to undertake the important duty which the
Lord-Lieutenant's proclamation pointed out. Having
matured his plans with the most praiseworthy dis-
patch, he started from Kilkenny shortly after day-
break, and reaching Harleypark, ascertained there
on undoubted authority that Smith O'Brien and the
other proclaimed traitors had passed the night among
the colliers (or " Black Boys") of Boulagh• common
within a mile of Ballingarry. This important point
having been settled, Mr. Blake sent a messenger to
Callan, where the constabulary of the surrounding
district had been concentrated some days previously.
These, to the number of 50 or 60 men, under the
command of chief-constable Trant, he directed to
march on the common of Boulagh, a distance of 10 ,

Irish miles. Mr. Blake also dispatched a messenger
to Mr. Greene, the resident magistrate of Kilkenny,
requesting him to get a strong military force moved
at once from the barracks there to the same point.
Proceeding to Bellyphilip, the residence of Mr. Going,
he there received further information as to the where-
abouts of Mr. O'Brien and his rebel crew. Acting
upon this, he proceeded at once to Thurles, and hav-
ing secured military reinforcements of the most com-
plete and overwhelming kind from that place, and, by
the aid of messengers, from Fetharcl, Clonniel, Tern-
plemore, and Cashel, he had these all concentrated on
the spot which had been pointed out to him as the
head-quarters of the rebel army. While all these prepa-
rations were in progress, the small but courageous band
of policemen from Callan had already penetrated to
the very centre of disaffection, and with a resolution
which, when all the circumstances are known, will
excite universal admiration, had in effect suppressed
the insurrection. A body of fifty armed men had
checked the rebellion which was to sweep before it
the armies of the Queen and to disunite the two
armies for ever ! As I have not yet been on the
field of battle, I am only able to give a general out-
line of what took place there. The police, marching
to the common of Boulagh, found Smith O'Brien and
his associates in treason stationed there with an over-
whelming force, ready to give them battle. The
hell of the nearest Roman Catholic chapel had been
rung as soon as they were seen approaching, and
crowds of persons were momentarily flocking to
the ranks of the insurgents. Finding himself in dan-
cer of being surrounded and cut off, chief-constable
Trent threw his men into a substantial slated
house which stands on an eminence close to the
common. llere they were speedily assailed by the
armed mob without and by their leaders. Mr. Smith
O'Brien went up to the window with a brace of
pistols in his hands, and called on them to surrender
their arms, promising them that if they complied
their persons would be safe. While he parleyed and
endeavoured to fraternize by shaking hands with the
men through the windows, his adherents were very
coolly piling straw and hay at the entrance of the
house, with the view of suffocating the poor fellows
within, or burning them alive. The time was now
come for action, but the police did not use their
muskets till several shots had been fired at them, and
stones thrown in on them through the window. One
i.ccount says they fired a volley, another that they
fired only three shots. Certain, however, it is that
two men one of them, I believe, named il'Bride,
were killed dead on the spot, and that a
third expired shortly after. It is also currently re-
ported that one of Smith O'Brien's friends (some
say Dillon) was wounded in the knee. The effect of
this determined conduct was that the crowd re-
treated, and although Smith O'Brien urged them
over and over again to go and pull down the house,
they would not attempt it. The Romaie Catholic
clergyman of the district, it is said, arrived at this
time on the scene of strife, and implored the people
to abstain from violence. Smith O'Brien and his
friends then appear to have got disgusted. Declar-
ing that as the people would not stand by him, he
would not stand by them, he fled across the country,
upon the chief-constable's horse, and, rumour says
in the direction of Urlingford. By this time
a reinforcement of constabulary hail arrived
from Cashel, and soon after strong bodies of
the regular troops, cavalry, artillery, and in-
fantry, came pouring in from every quarter. By the
time they had arrived the utmost tranquillity pre-
vailed—the rebellion had vanished, and was nowhere
to be found. The military will bivouac to-night on
the open field—no pleasant position, as it rains in tor-
rents. So much for the battle of Boulagh. common,
fought between 4,000 or 5,000 insurgents and 50 or
el 0 police.

fiALLINGARRY, SUNDAY, THREE P.M.—The scene
of rebellion swarms with troops from every quarter.
The disturbances are completely suppressed.
General M'llonald is here in command.
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Two of the insurgents are mortally wounded, and
are dying now, and there are a great many hurt.
There is no news here of Smith O'Brien and his
companions.

'Cis said they fled to Johnstown ; the cavalry and
police are in pursuit of them. Another report, in
which I place some reliance, states that O'Brien was
fired at yesterday within a distance of ten yards by
two policemen, and that he fell wounded ; if so, it is
likely he and the others are not far off.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT.
To-night's Dublin mail confirms the accounts of
a collision having taken place, which was telegraphed
this morning. It appears that ten of the rebels were
killed and forty wounded ; Dillon is thought to be
dangerously so. O'Brien is not yet taken, but the
rebellion is crushed.

EVILS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF SEA-SAND
OR SALT-WATER IN MORTAR.—OnIy get rid of the salt,
and sea-sand will make mortar fit for any purpose. The
difficulty is to do this thoroughly; and so long as there
remains any salt i❑ it, so long will there be a tendency to
dampness and moat serious inconvenience. We know a
house on the sea-coast where_a wall was built to separate
two rooms, from mortar made, as the architect after-
wards ascertained, from washed sea•saud, and the result
is that on the approach of wet weather, this wall, like the
old barometer, a piece of sea-weed, is always damp, and
throws out particles of salt. The injuries done to the
Duke of Wellington's books at Walmer Castle through
the use of sea-sand in the walls forming the library, has
been often mentioned. An architect much engaged on
the coast writes us as follows:—" There can be but one
opinion about the effect of salt-water-sand in mortar or
plastering. The atmosphere acts upon it, as far as I
know, for centuries, certainly to my own knowledge of
walls of fifty years' standing, no paint, colour, or paper
will stand without discolouration." One of the commis-
sioners appointed to select stone for the Houses of Par-
liament, replied to us thus when we asked his opinion:—
" I consider sea-sand for mortar would be objectionable
to a certain extent, under any circumstances, if dampness
is to be avoided. Supposing all other things to be equal,
an addition of salt, however small, will prevent the mor-
tar ever attaining the same degree of induration which it
would have done had no salt been introduced." The
corporation surveyor of one of our sea-coast towns re-
plied to our inquiry in these words:—" I am so convinced
of the injurious properties of sea-sand as to induce me
always to put a clause in my specifications precluding
its use, either washed or unwashed, under a heavy for-
fei ture."—Builder.

LOVERS FOUND DROWNED.—MYSTERIOUS CASE.—
On Monday morning the bodies of a young couple were
taken out of the canal belonging to the Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway and Canal Company at Whitacre
Bridge, about two miles north-east of Huddersfield.
Their names are, respectively, David Carter, aged
twenty-four, son of and employed by John Carter,
of Coke Bridge, who carries on a whitening mill,
near Whitacre Bridge ; and Elizabeth Sykes,
an orphan girl, who was employed as one of the
cotton-mills at Colne Bridge. An attachment bad ex-
isted between the two for some time previous, and it
had been arranged last Sunday that their marriage
should take place on Sunday five weeks hence.
They spent some time together in company at the
Peacock Inn, on the Leeds-road, about one-third
of the distance between the place where they were
found drowned and Huddersfield. Tho landlord'
states that, whilst there, they were in good spirits,'
and the young man in particular was in a joking
humour. They left there about a quarter to 11 o'clock,
and it appears that they had intended to take the road
home to Colne Bridge by the towing path of the canal,
that being the nearest way. The father of the young
man was surprised to find, on Monday morning, that his
son had been absent all night; and on inquiry he found also
that the young woman had been absent from her lodg-
ings, and it was supposed from this circumstance that
they had gone to be married. On Monday morning, a
hat and bonnet were found on the banks of the canal,
near to the place above stated ; and on drags being
procured, the body of the young woman was drawn
out of the water, and shortly afterwards also that of
the young mau, both from the same place. The
arms of both were in a position to indicate that, pre-
vious to the drags being used, they were clasped in
each others arms. The bodies were taken to the
White Horse Inn, a short distance from the place, when
hundreds of persons, especially females, visited the
house to view the bodies. At the time of our eorre•
spondent's writing nothing certain could be learned as
to whether the occurrences had been accidental, or a
case of determined self-destruction; and it is very pro
bable that even after the inquest, which was to be held at
half-past four yesterday (Tuesday), the whole affair
will remain involved in mystery.—ManchesterGuardian.
PULLING DOWN A HOUSE TO SETTLE DISPUTED
POSSESSION.—On Sunday afternoon the neighbourhood
of St. Clement's-churchyard, Strand, was thrown into
a state of tumult, by the conduct of an individual, who,d
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accompanied by a number of labourers, forcibly entered
upon the premises, 13, Milford-lane, and forthwith
commenced their demolition; their extraordinary
pro-
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THE EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER LINE.
—The Devizes Gazette, states, that immediately on
the decision of the Peers, in favour of this
line, the South-Western Company proceeded to make
the most vigorous preparations for pushing on the Sa-
lisbury line to Yeosil. Tho South-Western Company,
it will be recollected, have agreed to pay the Yeovil and
Exeter shareholders five per cent. certain on their shore,
so that as far as the holders .of shares are concerned the
work will be no speculation. This line, by restoring the
old trading connexions of the city, will boa great boo,
to Exeter.—Exeter Times.
A BLACK "BuLL."—At the free black settlement
in Africa, a police ordonnance was lately issued, by
which it is forbidden that " any person should
pub-
licly worship alligators, thunder, or other reptiles, or
they will be subject to a penalty not exceeding' ten
shillings."