The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-17 00:00:00

INSURRECTIONARY MO VEMENT

IN LIMERICK.

On Friday last a large number of people assembled on the
lands of Sir Capel Molynenx, Knocksentry, near Castle-
connell, to prevent the service of ejectments. Many of them
were armed with pitchforks and scythes, and they had a
large number of fire-arms which they had piled on an old
fort, a la militaire. They were regularly encamped; had
their watch-fires, and bivouacked all night in the fields.
They fired several shots for the purpose of intimidation and
defiance. The police were brought out, but wt re afraid to
encounter them on account of their superior numbers. Mr.
Tracy, stipendiary magistrate, went to them on Saturday,
when they asked him if he had come to enforce the service
of ejectment? He said he did not. They then asked what
brought him there? He replied, "To send them home."
They then gave three cheers for Mr. Tracy. They did not,
however, take Mr. Tracey's advice, and ultimately the mili-
tary had to be sent for, and about two o'clock on Saturday
two hundred men of the 24th and 83d Regiments, with a
troop of the 13th Light Dragoons, left this garrison for
Knocksentry, under the command of Colonel Manse]. Upon
the approach of the military the greater number of the in-
surgents dispersed, while the remainder still kept their
ground, notwithstanding that the Riot Act was read two or
three ,times. Among the more violent and contumacious
were John Burke, Patrick Ryan, and John O'Brien, who
were ari sated by the police and lodged in the City gaol.
This proceeding on the part of the peasantry has struck
consternation into the peaceable and orderly portion of the
community ; and every good man, every man who loves
his country, and wishes to see her great and prosperous,
ought to unite to put down such an atrocious system of vio •
lence and anarchy.—Limerick Reporter.

THE LATE LADY HESTER STANHOPE. —ID no-
ticing the Memoirs, lately published, of this remarkable
individual, the Chronicle observes:—" She was a person
of great shrewdness and ability, who, in early life, en-
joyed every advantage, rank, wealth, and a brilliant po-
sition at the British Court could supply, and who, in later
life exercised a species of sovereignty in Mount Leba-
non. In both positions she was a conspicuous person-
age—admired by many, feared by more, and wielding a
degree of power over her fellow-mortals which has rarely
fallen to the lot of any woman not born in the purple,'
an :l succeeding dominion, or not raised to it substan-
tially as a Royal favourite. She was the daughter of
that eccentric philosopher and republican theorist, Earl
Stanhope, by a daughter of the great Lord Chatham.
She was the favourite niece of William Pitt ; when
grow❑ up she passed from her father's house to his,
which she managed for him, presiding at his table, and
assisting him in state affairs. He had confidence in her
discretion, and she would appear to have been trusted by
him with many secrets affecting his routine business as
a Minister—secrets for example, relating to the manage-
ment of individuals, male and female, by the disposal of
patronage and presents—to the communication with
spies, by which their reports were received, and further
instructions given to them—to the contents of letters
and dispatches which she wrote to his dictation, and, she
says, was wont to sign for him. Certainly he had a
strong affection for her, and entertained a high opinion
of her talents and abilities."

HISTORY OF THE CAPTIIITY OF NAPOLEON AT
ST. HELENA. BY GENERAL COUNT MONTHOLON, THE
EMPEROR'S COMPANION IN EXILE, AND TESTAMENTARY
EXECUTOR. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, WITH THE
SANCTION OF THE AUTHOR, FROM THE ORIGINAL UN
PUBLISHED MSS.—This important and interesting work
is to be published immediately by Mr. Colburn. In
relation to it La Presse observes :—" Among our con-
temporaries there is one who is the repository of the
most important secrets, of the most confidential commu-
nications of the Emperor—that person is General
Montholon. If the Count Las Cases, who had the
opportunity of recording during only thirteen months,
the conversations, &e., of Napoleon has nevertheless
furnished us with the most curious revelations, what
intense in erest may not be expected to pervade "The
History of the Captivity of St. Helena'—the work of
one who shared, during Six YEARS, the agony of this
new Prometheus ; who passed each hour of the day in
talking with Whim on the events of his reign, or in
writing at his dictation, who for forty-two nights kept
watch over his death-bed ; who closed his eyes, and re-
ceived his last sigh ; and who has thus retained a record
of each moment of that existence—of that period of ab-
sorbing, and yet serene remembrance. Unexpected
light will be diffused by the recital of General Montho-
lon. Numbers of facts are now first made public in this
work—numbers of false statements completely refuted."
INCREASE OF MEMBERS IN THE MANCHESTER
ATHENZUM.—This time last year this excellent institution
numbered 1,682 members; its present number is 2,003; show-
ing an increase at the same period of the year of 323 mem-
bers. We believe that, in every respect, and in almost every
department, the institution is in a satisfactory, and, indeed,
flourishing state.—Manchester Guardian.
COLLISION ON THE MIDLANDS RAILWAY.---A
very serious collision took place at the Chesterfield station
on Tuesday morning. As the down train from Derby to
Leeds, which is due at the Chesterfield station at seven
o'clock, A.M., arrived at'the station at Chesterfield, it was
coming with terrific speed, and was unable to stop. At this
moment a mineral train, which was crossing, in order to get
from the down line to the up one, was run into with fearful
violence by the passenger train from Derby, by which means
the engine of the latter was thrown off the line, and it was
almost a miracle that none of the passengers were either
killed or wounded. The whole of them, however, escaped
uninjured, and the only inconvenience they suffered was a
delay of two or three hours until the line could be again
cleared. By the collision the leading wheels of the passenger
engine were completely knocked from under her, one of the
tubes burst, the carriage steps were broken, and indeed the
engine was completely smashed, and lay embedded on the
down line a perfect wreck. The engine of the mineral train
was also damaged. A large number of labourers were im-
mediately set to work to clear the line of all impediments.
It is said that the reason the engine driver could not stop the
engine at the Chesterfield station was owing to the slippery
state of the rails.

RECIPE FOR TAKING PAINT OFF OAK PANEL-
LING.—Make a strong solution of American potash
(which can be bought at any colour shop, and resembles
burnt brick in appearance) ; mix this with sawdust, and
make a sort of paste, and spread it all over the paint,
which will become softened after a few hours, and is
esily removed by washing with cold water. If, after the
panelling, &c.. is dry, it becomes cracked, apply a solu-
tion o►f not size vr'" brush, which will bind it well
together, and make it better for varnishing, as well as
destroy the beetle which is often met with in old oak,
and is erroneously called the worm.—The Builder.