The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-26 00:00:00

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PROTESTANT REPEALERS.

A provincial correspondent informs us that on the
night of Saturday, the town of Cavan was placarded with
a notice of which the following is a copy:—
"DUBLIN PROTESTANT REPEAL ASSOCIATION._A
meeting of Protestants favourable to a consideration of
the question of repeal, in the present alarming and
threatening state of this country, will be held in Cavan,
early cn the evening of the 25th instant, when a deputa-
tion from the above association will attend.

" July 21, 1848."
Owing to the rumours and to the open threats of in-
surrection in various quarters, very considerable alarm
prevails in the metropolis, and very timid people are
panic-stricken. On Saturday and this day large quanti-
ties of plate have been deposited, for safe keeping, in the
Bank of Ireland, and many country gentlemen have
deemed it prudent to send up their plate chests and
other valuables.

There has been, during this day, an unusual demand
for gold at the Bank of Ireland, chiefly by farmers and
other persons from the country, who, yielding to the
panic, are converting their money into sovereigns. The
great power with which the Government are now armed,
enabling them to arrest the leaders of the treasonable
confederacy, has forced matters to a crisis; but if those
arrests should be effected without a struggle, which we
earnestly hope will be the case, there would be little
danger of any attempt at insurrection in any part of the
country. The great probability is that, in any event,
nothing in the shape of organized insurrection can
ocour—nothing, certainly, that the Government will
not be able to suppress with promptitude. There may
bo isolated attempts at outbreak, but only partial, and
such as the Executive could easily crush, although,
perhaps, with calamitous consequences in the loss of
human life.
On Thursday last a large parcel was delivered at a
mercantile establishment in this city, directed to a clerk
in the house, who is connected with the clubs. It was
marked " with care" on the outside. On account of
suspicious appearances the proprietor opened the parcel,
and found that it contained several pounds of gunpowder,
which he at once delivered to the authorities.

This day, at the head police-office, two persons were
summarily convicted of aggravated and unprovoked as-
saults on two soldiers, one a sergeant of the Enniskillen
Dragoons, the other a private in the 55th Regiment.
One of the prisoners was fined 61. and the other 31., or
two months' imprisonment. The fines were paid. Thoeb
cases exhibit the growing feeling of hostility against
tke soldiers amongst those classes infected by the revo-
lutionary mania. •
There are rumours that the trials under the Treason
Felony Act will be postponed, owing to the suspension
of the Habeas Corpus, but there appears to be no ground
whatever for such reports.
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his signature.
DUBLIN,
the Felon and Nation
newspapers, 05.—Two or three persons, who were
charged by the police for soiling
newspapers, were held to bail at College-street Police-
to stand their trial at the next Commis-
sion.—Thecourt yesterday,
nity
remains tranquil.
THE HA/MST.— POTATO CROP.—There are still con-
flicting accounts of the potato; but generally the reports
are favourable.
WATERFORD, JULY 23.—A bloody, determined hand-
to-hand fight will inevitably be fought before one month
passes should coercion Bills be the remedy for Irish
grievances. One hardware shop here sold seventeen
guns on the day before the new proclamation took effect.
All the arms here—say s,ooo—will be interred this
week, unless the arrest of the leaders, under the suspett
sion of the Habeas Corpus Act, be acted upon. •".I‘:Tht,';'
gun or a pike will be given up in this district:'
son in Carrick has given a supply of iron to the people,
and a gentleman is reported to have allowed his timber
to be cut down for pike•baudles—we supposo, to couci-