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

THE PROVINCES.

Such of the southern provincial journals as arrived
by this morning's mail contain little or no intelligence
respecting the movements of the insurrectionary leaders.
In Nenagh ample military preparations are being made
to prevent any outbreak. The Guardian says:—
" It is with feelings of pleasure we announce, that
Government contemplate immediately erecting a large
and commodious barrack in the town of Nenagh, the site
for which has been purchased from Mr. T. T. Abbott, of
Nenagh. It will be capable of accommodating 1,000
men, and there will be a wing attached for the recep-
tion of at least a squadron of cavalry. On Friday, the
28th instant, the tents for the formation of a camp
were escorted into Nenagh from Bird-hill by a
party of the 34th. On Saturday, the 29th, 300 men
of the 59th Regiment, from Templemore, under com-
mand of Lieutenant-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
hour from commencing operations the novel and impos-
ing sight of 300 troops beneath a military encampment
will be witnessed for the first time, we believe, even in
Nenagh. Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor will command the
Nenagh garrison. On Sunday, the 30th, s troop of the
Bth Royal Irish Hussars will march into this town from
Fethard, and on Monday a troop of the Ist Dragoon
Guards will arrive from Cahir, and occupy quarters here
for some time." _ _

In Kilkenny the precautions are of a similar na.

turel---
" On Thursday evening a company of the 89th Regi-
ment arrived in Kilkenny, as a reinforcement to this
garrison, and a company of the 83d came in yesterday
morning. 500 soldiers are quartered in camps erected
along the great square of the infantry barracks. A
troop of Light Dragoons en route from Newbridge to
Carlow halted here for a couple of days, but marched
forward on Thursday. The police-force has also been
augmented, and a large number of the constabulary are
located in a spacious house taken for their accommoda-
tion in Patrick-street."
By the following accounts from the Carlow Sentinel,
it will be seen that matters are proceeding satisfactorily
in that district:---

MILITARY PREPARATIONS.—Four hundred rank and
file of the 3d Buffs arrived by the mail train in Carlow
at eleven o'clock on Thursday night, accompanied by
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march during the night to join the other battalions of
the same regiment, encamped near Carrick-on-Suir.
The military were in fine spirits, and confidently, if not
eagerly, anticipated a conflict. The Government are
acting with spirit and promptitude. The "King of
Munster" is so completely hemmed in he cannot escape,
and he will soon be drawn from his hiding-place, if not
shot at the head of his deluded followers.
MOCK FIINERALS.—At an early hour on Tuesday
morning last a hearse was seen driving rapidly through
Clonmel, surrounded by about fourteen horsemen. The
cortege was stopped outside the town by the police, and
the hearse searched, when it was ascertained that, in-
stead of a dead body, the hearse contained a large quan-
tity of arms, which were being conveyed to the rural
districts.
FLPOYIT OF THE PIKE RETAILERS FROM CARLOW.—
la our last publication we felt it to be our imperative
duty, in the maintenance of public order, to call atten-
tion to the arrival of three adventurers from the metro-
polis, who, hunted out of Dublin by the " proclamation,"
fixed their head-quarters in Carlow, with the view of
effecting the sale of an extensive stock of firearms and
pikeheads, ready for active service. From the moment
the depot opened, the constabulary kept up without in-
termission a strict surveillance over the premises, care-
fully recording the names of the purchasers. On the
following day (Sunday) the venerable prelate, Dr. Haly,
ascended the pulpit and denounced, not only the pike
mart, but cautioned the people, as they valued the
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sale of firearms. On Monday the grand jury assem-
bled, and after the disposal of the fiscal business,
they drew up an address to his • Excellency, calling
on him to adopt immediate measures for the suppression
of this nuisance in Carlow, as well as all revolutionary
and political clubs. The cross fire from the venerable
Bishop, the local authorities, and the press, was felt to
be too hot for the pike commissaries, and they took to
their heels on Tuesday evening en route to Enniscorthy-
apprehensive of being arrested, and gratified, we learn,'
from their excited and terrified appearance, that they were
not more roughly handled in Carlow. As the police are
on their track, we have no doubt the pike retailers will
be compelled to quit the country. Since the foregoing
was written, we learn that the adventurers were desirona
of making a stand in Tullow. Here, to the credit of the
inhabitants, they manifested a determination to break
the van, and throw the arms it contained into the river
Slaney. The opposition was so vigorous, they fled from
Tullow to Newtonbarry, and on Wednesday evening
they were compelled to decamp to some other town, or,
what is more likely, they crossed the Channel to Bris-
tol. Thus terminated the crusade of the rebel commis-
saries.

LORD HARDINGE'S APPOINT-

MENT TO IRELAND.
Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge arrived at his
residence in Great Stanhope-street yesterday afternoon,
from Penhurst, Kent, where in the forenoon he took
farewell of the Viscountess and family. This day the
Noble and Gallant General leaves for Liverpool en
route to Dublin, to take a command in the disposition
of the troops. All the Gallant General's military bag-
gage arrived in Stanhope-street last evening. It is un-
derstood that Lord Hardinge does not proceed to Ire-
land to supersede either Lord Clarendon or the veteran
Commander of the Forces, Sir Edward Blakeney, who
has held such appointment since 183$, but to act as
commander of any force that may be likely to come into
engagement with the head-quarters of the insurgent
army. Previous to his departure this day, the Noble
and Gallant Officer will have a consultation with the
Premier and the Commander-in-Chief.

MANCHESTER., BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.—On Saturday afternoon an extra-
ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of this rail-
way was held at the Derby station of the Midland Rail-
way, to give their approval or otherwise to a Bill now
before the House of Lords, for making certain deviations
in their line of railway. As the line has been so mate-
rially altered from what it was when the capital was
subscribed for it in 1845, and as many of the share-
holders were anxious to get the scheme abandoned alto-
gether, there was a numerous meeting of the proprie-
tors. G. H. Cavendish, Esq., M.P., chairman of the
company, in the chair. The chairman read the margi-
nal headings of the Bill, and moved that the Bill be ap-
proved of. Mr. Tootal seconded the motion. Mr. Taylor
moved, as an amendment, " that the deviation Bill
should not be adopted." Mr. Holland, a director of the
Sheffield and Manchester Company, seconded the
amendment, which, upon a division, was lost, and the
original motion carried by a majority of 42 to 5. A
vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.
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On Saturday night an inquest was held at the
Britannia, Southwark-bridge-road, on the body of Wil-
liam James Parnell, a sergeant in the police force, of
the M. division. Some time since the. deceased was
struck on the head, with a quadrant, which a fellow had
in his hand at the time, inflicting a serious blow, which
laid him up. Since then his mind had been affected, and
yesterday morning ho was discovered hanging in a shed
at the rear of his house, 19, Princes-street, London-
road. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."

OFFICIAL RETURN OF THE
TROOPS IN IRELAND.
Ist Dragoon Guards ... Cahir
6th Dragoon Guards ... Dundalk
2d Dragoons ••• ... Athlone
4:h Light Dragoons Newbridge
6th Light Dragoons ... Dublin
7th Hussars Dublin, and outposts in
Tipperary
, Bth Royal Irish ... Newbridge
I 12th Lancers ... ... Cork
13th Light Dragoons ... Longford
17th Lancers ... Dublin
Making in all, a force of ten cavalry regiments.
Ist Foot, 2d battalion ... Parsontown
2d Foot Dublin
3d Foot (encamped at) Pill town, County Waterford
6th Foot, 2d battalion ... Youghal
9th Foot ... ... Dublin
13:h Foot Belfast
26th Foot ... ... Cork
31st Foot ... ... Athlone
35th Foot ... ... Dublin
40th Foot ... . . ... Galway
41st Foot ... Buttevant
43d Foot ... Tenaplemore
47th Foot ... Clonmel
48th Foot ... . . Dublin
49th Foot ... ... Dublin
55th Foot ... ... Dublin
57th Foot ... ... Enniskillen
59th Foot ... Tem plemore
60th Rifles, 2d battalion ... Dublin
64 h Foot ... Limerick
68th Foot ... Mullingar
70th Foot ... Cork
71st Foot, Ist battalion ... Naas
74th Foot ... ... Dublin
th Foot ... (encamped)Phoenix Park
83d Foot ... ... Kilkenny
85th Foot ... ... Dublin
89th Foot ... ...Kilkenny and Parsonstown
92d Foot ... ... Limerick
Depot Companies of 7th Foot Waterford
19th Foot Castlebar
34th Foot ... Nenagh
38th Foot ... Boyle
66th Foot ... ...Kinsale
73d Foot ... ...Fermoy
79th Foot ... Mullingar
88th Foot ... Tralee
95th Foot ... ... Londonderry
In addition, there are detachments of the Royal
lery stationed at Dublin and in out districts; Royal
Marines, Out-Pensioners, Royal Engineers, and armed
police; making, in all, a force of about 49,000 men.