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

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Treaty Stone, where he reviewed the Treaty Club.
On Monday he proceeded to the county of Clare to
harangue and organize. The police followed his
movements and took ample notes.
The Kilkenny Journal contains an account of Mr.
Smith O'Brien's visit to this city. A subsequent
account states that he had left, on his return to Wex-
ford :

"KILKENNY, JULY 24.--VISIT' OF MESSRS. OBRIEN,
MEAGHER, AND DILLON.--OR Sunday evening those
gentlemen arrived, rather unexpectedly, in Kilkenny ;
but, upon the news of their visit spreading, dense crowds
immediately blocked up the entire of William-street.
Mr. O'Brien, on presenting himself on the balcony of the
Club, was received with the utmost enthusiasm,
and addressed the multitude at considerable length, stat-
ing his readiness to make every sacrifice for Ireland,
1 provided that the people would come forward in large
masses to assist their friends in carrying out their views.
He stated ti.at he was not then prepared to explain to
them what those views exactly were; but they should
shortly be put before them by persons in every way com-
petent to advise them. Dr. Cane then apologised for
the nonappearance of Mr. Meagher, whom he said he
was sure they would excuse, when he told them that he
was completely prostrate from fatigue. He had been up
for several days and nights, working for Ireland. No-
thing could equal the enthusiasm of the reception that
those announcements were received with. The vast yet
peaceable multitude returned with order and quiet to
their several habitations. At ten o'clock the city pre
sented an appearance of quiet very unlike that of a town
under the proclamation of a Coercion Act. The follow-
ing morning (Monday) Mr. Smith O'Brien visited the
several clubs, and expressed much satisfaction at their
progress towards organization and efficiency. He left
town accompanied by his friends, at about 12 o'clock."
MORE EXTERMINATION S.
On last Monday twenty families were dispossessed,
on the lands of Cloncoul, near Ennistymon. The
sheriff was at his post, and the usual staff of sappers
and bailiffs, who proceeded quickly to do their work,
when eighteen of the houses were levelled to the
ground; that being the only occasional public work
heard of in this locality. Some of the wretched
victims are sleeping out since—the ditch-side their
pillow, and the heaven their canopy, there being no
room for them in the workhouse. Some there are
ready to run distracted at the rates, while they thus
add to their amount without scruple. Have not
those poor outcasts reason to bless English law, and
will they not welcome a revolution in whatever
shape it may come ? Nearly all the children on the
same plough-land, from 20 to 30, died since the
famine.—Limerick Reporter.PROCLAMATION FOR THE SUPPRESSION
OF CLUBS.
DUBLIN, JULY 26.—An extraordinary Gazette was
published this afternoon, containing the following
proclamation from the Lord-Lieutenant and General
Governor of Ireland :

"A PROCLAMATION !-CLARENDON.
"Whereas a treasonable conspiracy exists within this
part of the United Kingdom, for the overthrow of her
Majesty's power and authority, and to this end, in order
to strengthen and extend the said conspiracy, various
confederacies have been originated throughout the
country, under the name of clubs, by means whereof the
people are encouraged and incited to assemble and com-
bine together in armed bodies, for the purpose of acting
in military array against her Majesty's forces, and
the designs of the traitorous conspirators engaged
in these wicked proceedings are openly aided
and abetted by the printers and publishers of
seditious and treasonable newspapers, and other
publications ; and whereas, an Act has been passed on
the 2sth day of this present month, empowering us to
apprehend and detain such persons as we may suspect
of treason and treasonable practices. Now we hereby
declare that we shall forthwith enforce the provisions of
the said Act, and being resolved by every means in our
power to protect and defend her Majesty's Crown and
Government against the said conspiracy, and to suppress,
as far as in us lies, all such treasonable combinations,
and being desirous at the same time to guard the well.
disposed and peaceful subjects of her M
Majesty from in-
curring the dangers to which their joining in any such
confederacy will expose them ; we do hereby earnestly
warn all her Majesty's subjects to abstain from taking
part in such associations, and strictly command all those
who have already joined therein forthwith to withdraw
from and abandon the same.

" And we do hereby further charge and command
all sheriffs, magistrates, constables, and others of her
Majesty's loyal subjects acting in their aid, to use
their best endeavours to prevent, and when that can-
not bo done, to discover and bring to justice those
concerned in the aforesaid practice, and to prevent
and disperse all treasonable and unlawful assem-
blies, the necessary orders having already been
issued to the several officers of her Majesty's forces in
Ireland as well, to be promptly aiding and assisting the
civil authorities in the execution of their duties for these
purposes, as of their own authority, repel and repress by
torce, if necessary, all attacks on the places and pro-
perty of any of her Majesty's subjects, and all assem-
blings of armed bodies who may venture to appear
arrayed in open rebellion against her Majesty's Crown
and Government.

"Dated at Dublin Castle this 26th of July, 1848.
" By his Excellency's command,
(Signed) " T. N. REDINGTON, Secretary."
CL ON MEL, JULY 25.
(From the Freeman's Journal.)
Messrs. Smith O'Brien, T. F. Meagher, and J. A.
Dillon, were last evening in Carrick-on-Suir, and ad-
dressed the people.
It is said this town is to be visited by them this
evening, though another rumour says that a warrant
is out for Mr. O'Brien's arrest.

The excitement in this quarter, especially Carrick-
on-Suir, is of a most alarming character.
(From the Clonmel Chronicle of Tuesday.)
Within the last two days Clonmel has been filled
with the most alarming rumours. Yesterday it was
reporsed that the clubs were to assemble at the Mile
Tree, near the town, and to make a sudden
irruption into it when darkness favoured them; at
noon to-day an express constable arrived from
Cashel, it was said, with information of an out-
break there ; we doubt, however, its correctness.
The most painful anxiety is awakened for to-night,
as the general feeling is, that an insurrection, with all
its horrors, is at hand, and may commence before we
see the light of another day. The police have re-
moved from the barracks in the Irishtown, and taken
possession of the West Gate. Military are to oc-
cupy the main guard ; and, no doubt, every neces-
sary preparation will be made for the protection of
the town, and the security of its peaceable inhabi-
tants.

It is further said, that one of the leaders spent last
night at Thorney Bridge, in the neighbourhood of
Slievnarnon, and that the Carrick-on-Suir corps are
in readiness to join in the onsla*ght.
We are informed that the Riding School of the
Cavalry Barracks is open for the reception of families,
or any one who may require protection, and probably
will be so used should alarm and apprehension con-
tinue to prevail as they have since Sunday.
All the police on duty at the Court-house were fur-
nished with their muskets and accoutrements about
one o'clock to-day, even the men placed stationary at
the inner doors.

A number of the inhabitants were served with no-
tices to-day to attend before the magistrates, in order
that they might be sworn in as special constables.
The Mayor and other justices of the peace are now
sitting for the purpose, and a good many are already
enrolled, who will be but too happy to devote all their
energies to the protection of their friends and relatives
residing in Clonmel.
THE ALARMING NEWS PROM IRELAND.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, FIVE P.M.—The very
alarming accounts which arrived this morning in an
almost inexplicable way from Dublin are not yet
either confirmed or refuted.

The dispatch is said to have come from the office of
the Dsti/in Evening. Post, and to have been brought
over either in the mail boat or the cargo steamer Ros-
common, by a Queen's messenger. Certain it is, the
intelligence was not known in Dublin when the train
conveying the mail left for Kingstown, and as the per-
son who conveyed the dispatch proceeded by railway
all further clue was lost. Meanwhile all is anxiety
and uncertainty as to the result. The mail steamer
.
due at seven o'clock this evening looked for with
the most intense interest, though it is probable a tele-
graphic communication from Holyhead, which was to
be sent off immediately on this mornin•
g's nail arriv-
ing there from Kingstown, may satisfy the public
suspense earlier. An investigation has taken place
before the magistrates with a view to ascertain the
authenticity of the documents which have arrived,
but without leading to any decisive opinion.
As fears have been entertained that f 1 riot might be
attempted in this town should a ri▪
sing in Ireland
occur, every precaution is being taken to at once sup-
press it should such unfortunately take place. A. large
quantity of arms have arrived from Chester Castle for
the purpose of arming the special constables lately
sworn in.
(From the Times.)
The intelligence came to us yesterday morning on
the authority of the Electric Telegraph Company, and
not of our Liverpool correspondent. It appears, how-
ever, by a letter we received last night, that it was
brought by our correspondent to the company's office
at Liverpool. His intention was to transmit it in his
own name, in which case we should have had some i
opportunity of inquiring further nto the origin of the
report. But the company would only transmit the
news on its own account, and we were therefore left
to publish it as we received it. The following is our
correspondent's account of the affair .
Liverpool, July 27.
" On the receipt of the enclosed letters this morning I
went to the Telegraph-office for the purpose of forward-
ing the intelligence they contained.
"On handing in my communication I was informed
that it would not be forwarded for an hour and a half,
on the plea that they were using the wires for their
own purposes. They had not received intelligence of
the rebellion.
" The same answer was given to ?ill.. Itpss, of Willmer
and Smith's. After a conversation with that gentle-
man, we offered, on condition that the
.message should
be immediately forwarded to the Tunes, Post, and
Chronicle, that they might send a copy ou their own ac-
count to Government. This was refused, and the only