The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-28 00:00:00

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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JULY 26.—The Banshee arrived in
Kingstown harbour this morning with dispatches for
the Lord-Lieutenant. Immediately after the arrival
of the messenger at the Castle his Excellency put
himself in communication with the Under• Secre-
tary, by whom orders were issued to the police
authorities, in the lower Castle• yard. It is said that
the clerks in the First Clerks' Office have been oc-
cupied all day filling up warrants of arrest, and that
upwards of 400 individuals—among whom are se•
veral who have talien no part in the public displays
of the clubs—will be committed on suspicion, under
the new Act.

At this hour (half-past four o'clock) the Attorney-
General and the Solicitor-General are at the Castle,
and it has been arranged that the warrants are to
be issued this afternoon. Mr. Smith O'Brien and
several other leaders, now organizing the clubs
throughout the country, are to be taken into custody
to-night; and, if the attempt to arrest them should
not lead to an outbreak, they will be brought up to
Dublin to-morrow.
The accounts from the south this morning are
really most alarming. The Confederate leaders ap-
pear to be so insane as to contemplate an insurrection ;
jnd, indeed, already they have gone little short of an
actual outbreak. The deepest anxiety and apprehen-
hension prevails amongst the gentry and the well-
disposed of all classes. From various counties gen-
tlemen have come up to make representations to the
Government on the state of their districts, and re-
quiring arms for their tenantry to defend their
families and property against any insurgent move-
ments. Lord Farnham from Cavan, and magistrates
from Wicklow, Meath, and other counties, have
,been
in attendance at the Castle to-day.
The danger is imminent, but the Lord-Lieutenant
is well prepared, and determined promptly to crush,
if he cannot prevent, any insurrection forced on by
the wicked 41en who are now endeavouring to pro-
duce a convulsion,
Troops are constantly arriving from England and
departing for the south, where the danger is most
pressing. At one o'clock to-day a regiment of cavalry
received a sudden order for Kilkenny.
A troop of the Bth Hussars, en route from Cork to
Newbridge, has been ordered to halt at Kilkenny,
where it is to be stationed for the present.
Four companies of the 89th, which landed this
morning from England, marched direct for Kilkenny.
The remainder of the regiment on its arrival here
will proceed to the same destination.
At an early hour this morning two troops of the
17th Lancers, with two pieces of ordnance, left town
for Dunshaughlin, county of Meath, where disturb-
ances are apprehended.
Government, we hear, has received positive infor-
mation of an immediate outbreak, as well as the time
and place when and where the " insurgent flag" will
be raised. They are also informed of the forces
which will be brought together, the districts of
country from which the insurgent battalions will be
drafted, and all the means now at work to continue
the struggle should the first blow prove unsuccessful.
Troops are quietly gathering from all sides on the
suspected point.
At twelve o'clock on Monday an express arrived
from Cashel at Clonmel, with accounts of an out-
break. The police immediately took possession of
the west gate, and the military occupied the main
guard. One of the insurgent leaders was said to
have spent Sunday night on the ridges of Sliev-
namon, and to have marshalled the Carrick corps for
an assault on Monday.
The police in the out-stations in the disturbed
counties, who would be comparatively defenceless in
case of outbreak, have been ordered to concentrate at
the chief stations. A. letter from Enfield, county
Meath, dated yesterday, says—
one
says-
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stationed in the several districts subject to head-
quarterslsi
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half-
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arms
toosTtarbimle,
the whole force being concentrated at head-quarters, and
I understand this order has been made general through-
out the entire county."

The Government Securitie3 declined fully one and
a half per cent. at our Stock-Exchange to-day.
Consols fell from 85 to 83g. _

Her Excellency the Countess of Clarendon, with
some of the children of the Lord-Lieutenant, left
iiingstown this morning for England. The ar-
rangements for her Excellency's departure, on a
short visit to her relatives, have been made for some
weeks.

Letters from Galway, Roscommon, and even from
Tipperary, state the conviction of the writers that
there will be no outbreak. _ _

iiriiiiiin-AgASSINATION OF A PO-
LICEMAN BY THREE CLUBBISTS.

A diabolical attempt to assassinate a policeman was
made at two o'clock this morning by three clubbists,
and there is too much reason for apprhending that
their victim will not survive many hours. The case
was investigated to-day at the head office of police.
It appeared in evidence that as constable John Byrne
was on duty in South Great Georges-street, about
two o'clock, he met three young men, one of whom
had a pistol in his hand, which he waved across the
face of the constable in such a way as he should
know what it was. He asked him to give up the
weapon or show kim his license for carrying it. He
refused, and applied an offensive epithet to the con-
stable, who attempted to take it. A scuffte en-
sued, in which he succeeded in wresting the
weapon from the young man, who suddenly
turned round and plunged a dagger into his groin.
The constable at once knocked the fellow down.

His two companions endeavoured to disable the con-
stable, who cocked the pistol, and declared he would
shoot the first who approached. He then called for
assistance, and other policemen came to his aid. The
wounded man then fainted from loss of blood. He
was conveyed to Mercer's Hospital, where his wound
was dressed. It is supposed to be mortal. The poor
fellow is supposed to be dying at this hour (four
o'clock). The other two assassins were taken after-
wards. The fellow who actually inflicted the wound
is Michael Moran, aged about 23 years. The se-
cond is his brother, John Joseph Moran, aged about
22, and the third an engraver, named John M'Cor-
mick. It appears that a deadly struggle took place
between the three villains and the poor policeman.
On the ground were found two other pistols loaded
with powder and ball, and another dagger. These
latter are most formidable instruments. The police
searched the lodgings of the Morans at 143, Upper
Dorset-street, where they found a pike handle and an
iron helmet, covered with green velvet, which fits the
prisoner, Michael Moran. It looks, when on the
head, like a light travelling cap, but it has been pro-
nounced capable of resisting a sword cut. There was
found also a bundle of books and papers, which
showed the Morans have been contributors to the
poetical columns of the lfatien. In one of the books
there is a list of forty-eight names, towards the top
of which those of the prisoners appear. The list is
headed thus :—" Members of the Irish Society for
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge."
A paper,
among
of
the ot.
The u prisonerspP osed
to
admit bePass
they
werewords,
memberswas
a confederate club, and Michael Moran says he had
the velvet-covered cap for his protection.
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The further investigation of the case was adjourned
to Saturday next.
The following, from the Nenagh Guardian, taken
in connexion with this dastardly act, is significant :
"CONTEMPLATED MASSACRE OF THE PoLicE.—The
several out-stations surrounding the town of Borrisoleigh
have been ordered to be broken up, and the entire force
in that district are to concentrate in the town of Borriso-
leigh. This step has been taken in consequence of in-
formation received of a general slaughter of the consta-
bulary in that district."
All communication with Messrs. Duffy, Martin,
and the other state prisoners confined in Newgate, is
prohibited, in consequence of their treasonous writ-
ings directed from that gaol. It is said that they will
be immediately removed to England or Scotland.
The Kilkenny Moderator supplies a graphic ac-
count of the sudden and unexpected appearance of the
Pretender to the throne of Munster in the city of the
Confederates of old on Sunday night last. His Se-
rene Highness intimated pretty plainly his determi-
nation to fight it out with the officers of justice,
whom he knew to be in search of him. He left Kil-
kenny on Monday without announcing whither he
was bound.

Twelve anvils, says the Limerick Reporter, are for
ever ringing in Carrick-on Suir, each turning out
daily and nightly scores of "queenly" weapons, and
universal
in
vheer verysa l
fe faceeli
ng ofi
sthat
t the military
exaggeration. A private letter a
informs
fo r police.ms
me that
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tofalarm and terror. Num-
berso of the
s betterare pouringclas s h aivne
like fl
the
town,th e
and
ninh
d troopsabit inhabitants t
osf all l
l arms
a flood. The Catholic clergy
are labou
d
zealously to allay the movement.
In the south Mr. O'Gorman in s
ad-
dressed the Sarsfield, Brian BorlinhpeecAelitchel, and
Hugh O'Neil clubs, on Saturday evening.
ex-
horted all " to enrol and organize intose Hetions and
prepare in every way that became tnen."—(Tr4nen-
dous shouts of ."
Yes, yes.") On Sunday he visited
Killaloe ; then Newport, where he detailed the mi-
nutes of a conversation he had with the Rev. Dr.
Vaughan, P.P., of a most discouraging nature. At
Newport a club was " formed on the spot." am,"
said Mr. O'Gorman, " in presence of the ancient
Palace of Kincora, the residence of the Irish Kings;
let the club then be called the Kincora." And so it
was; but the enrolment was scanty ; fifty members
out of some thousands. On Sunday evening Mr.
, O'Gorman revisited Limerick, and proceeded to the