The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-20 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 2O, 1848.

with the words mort aria veleurs ; in another again
is a wounded man; a subscription-box for the
wounded, and a number of the brave enfants de
Paris. Altogether the picture is the greatest effort
of Philippoteaux—it is a noble historical painting—a
painting which impresses the mind with a sense of
the dignity of the Revolution of February, and of the
glory of ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE. France has
shown herself unworthy of that glory—may she not
experience by calamities the danger of her indiscre-
tion and her ingratitude !

IRELAND.

DUBLY.N, JULY 18.
IMPORTANT PROCLAMATIONS.

FOUR O'CLOCK. - The Privy Council has just
risen. Dublin city and county—the town of Drog-
heda portions of the counties of Waterford and
Cork—have be( n proclaimed under the late Act for
the better security of life in Ireland. The possession
of unregistered fire-arms, or other deadly weapons,
in these districts will subject the holders to the severe
punishment provided by the Act.
The following are the districts proclaimed at the
Privy Council this day :
County of Dublin.
City of Dublin.
City of Waterford.
County of Waterford—Barony of Gaultiere, barony
of Middlethird, barony of Kiliculliheen.

City of Cork.
County of Cork—Barony of Cork, barony of Fer-
moy, barony of Condone and Clongibbons.
County of the town of Drogheda.
The following is the proclamation respecting the
county of the city of Waterford :

`' DT THE LORD-LIEUTENANT AND COUNCIL OF IRELAND.

" A PROCLAMATION.

CLABENDON.
" Whereas, by an Act passed in the prevent session of
Parliament, in the llth year of her Majesty's reign, in-
tituled An Act for the better Prevention of Crime and
Outrage in certain parts of Ireland, until the Ist day of
December, 1349, and to the end of the then next session
of Parliament,' it is, amongst other things, enacted,
' That whenever, in the judgment of the Lord Lieute-
nant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland,
by and with the advice of the Privy Council of Ireland,
it shall be necessary for the prevention of crime and
outrage that the said Act should apply to any county,
county of a city, or county of a town, or any barony or
baronies, half barony or half baronies, in any county at
large, or any district of less extent than any barony or
half barony in Ireland, it shall be lawful to and for the
Lord-Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of
Ireland, by and with the advice of the Privy Council of
Ireland, to declare by proclamation, to be published in
the Dublin Gazette, that from and after a day, to be
named in such proclamation, the said Act shall apply to
any county, county of a city, or county of a town, or
any barony or baronies, half barony or half baronies, in
any county at large, or any district of less extent than
any barony or half barony in Ireland:'
" Now we, the Lord-Lieutenant, do, by this our pro-
clamation, in pursuance and execution of the said Act,
and by and with the advice of her Majesty's Privy Coun-
cil in Ireland, declare, that from and after Saturday, the
22d day of this present month of July, 1848, the said
Act shall apply to and be in force in and for the county
and city of Waterford.
44 And of this our proclamation all justices of the peace
of the said county of the city of Waterford, constables,
peace-officers, and all others whom it may concern, are
to take notice.
" Given at the Council Chamber, in Dublin, this 13th
day of July, 1843.
" Maziere Brady, C. ; E. Blakeney, Fred. Shaw,
Richard W. Greene, James Henry Monahan.
" God save the Queen."
Similar proclamations have been issued for—
The county of the city of Dublin; to take effect from
Thursday, the 20th inst.
The county of Dublin, from the same date.
The baronies of Kileulliheen, Middlethird, and Gaul-
tiere, in the county of Waterford, from the 22d inst.
The county of the city of Cork, from the 22d.
The baronies of Cork, Fermoy, and Condone and Clon-
gibbons, in the county of Cork, from the 22d.
And the county of the town of Drogheda, from the 221
The following is an extract of a letter from Water-
ford, dated July 17:—
" The state of this city is seriously alarming—more
so than the public are at all aware of. The affair of
Meagher's arrest has given an impetus to disaffection.
Meagher entt red the town between two and three
o'clock this morning, at the head of at least 2,000 men,
who accon3p_mied him from the meeting at Slievenamon.
The enrolment in the clubs and sale of arms has in-
creased since Meagher's arrest. It is said he stated last
night that on the next occasion he would not surrender
without a struggle, and asked if they would be ready to
assist him, The powers that be' here are most in-
efficient. The influence of the clergy is every day dimi-
nishing. We shall soon le at the mercy of a reckless
mob of desperadoes, not inferior to those of Paris, unless
decided measures should be at once adopted against the

CHANGE IN THE ENGLISH MAILS.
An erroneous announcement relating to the approach-
ing change in the English mails is going the round of
the papers. The exact arrangement is this—
On the 31st of July instant the night mail will leave
London at eight o'clock as usual, and come by Holyhead
to Dublin, when it will be due at twelve o'clock the fol-
lowing day. After some time it is expected this mail
will reach Dublin much earlier.

On the morning of the sumo day the London mail,
which is at present dispatched from the Dublin Post-
office at twenty minutes after six o'clock, and forwarded
via Liverpool, will be dutnitied till twenty minutes
after nine o'clock, and then sent off via Holyhead,
where it will be conAdered due at two o'clock on the
same day, and in London at five o'clock the following
morning.
So far there is a decided advantage afforded to the
London evening journals and the Loudon correspondence
with Dublin.
The veiling mail from Dublin to Liverpool remains as
at present.
MR. SMITH O'BRIEN IN DROGHEDA.
The I%i-wain's Jou, nal contains a glowing account of
a meeting hell in D,oglieda ) esterday in honour of the
visit of Mr. W.:. O'Brien. One Mr. Fitzpatrick pre-
sided. A resolution, approving of the Irish League,
and an address to the descendant of the Boroo were
adopted—whereupon this antique Young Irelander rose
and delivered a speech of which the following is an
abridgement:—
Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P.—Mr. Chairman and gen-

tlemcn, I did not come here to-day for the purpose of
making a speech. It is not very safe to make speeches
iu Ireland just now.—(Laughter.) I make that obser-
vation without any disparagement to the Hon. Gentle-
man who is here taking notes for the Government, Mr.
llodgeF, who executes his duties as a gentleman. What-
ever may be the demerits of the Government that resorts
to such agencies for the purpose of crushing the free
e xpressio❑ of public opinion, at least he does not share
those demerits, and therefore I have to request that
you will pay him every courtesy. But, gentlemen, these
are net times for speech muking—l came here because I
have been frequently told that the inhabitants of Drog-
heda score anxious that I should come amongst
them fur the purpose of promoting that great obj--ct
which has been set forth in our address as the paramount
policy of this country--the union of Irishmen.—(Cheers.)
And I came here with the more pleasure, because this
town has already distinguished itself by being amongst
the foremost in the kingdom to set the example of that
blessed union. I have seen enough of the proceedings of
the town of Drogheda to make me believe that you are
disposed to cast into perpetual oblivion all those futile
distinctions between Old and Young Ireland which have
for two years broken up the national party of this coun-
try, and greatly damaged the interests of Ireland. I
have also had even still more satisfaction in finding that
in this town there has commenced that happy concord
between men possessing different creeds—wetehipping at
different altars; and you have set, as I am informed, a
noble example to the north of Ireland, which adjoins
you, of uniting the Protestants with the Catholics in the
great struggle,—(Loud cheering.) I aua told that
many of our must respected Protestant citizens have
become members of the Protestant Repeal Association
for the purp ,ac of working out through that agency, in
companionship with their fellow-Protestants, and iu
parallel co-operation with you, the great object of Ire-
land's legislative independence.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen,
I confess, too, I was anxious to ascertain by what spirit
you are animated under the existing circumstances of
the times ; for no man who contemplates the present
position of Ireland can tell for a single day what may
be the requirements demanded for every one amongst
us. You will understand that I do not intend to place
myself within the operation of that law which would

subject me to transportation to Bermuda. I am told
that it is the desire of my fellow•country'men that I
should avoid committing myself in any way which
would place me without the sphere of being able to be
useful to them in Ireland.—(Cheers.) And, therefore,
I shall not on the present occasion say anything ft-lo-
nious.—(Laughter.) I shall not gratify Lord Clarendon
by enabling him to put me into the gaol of Newgate or
Drogheda.—(A Voice —" A cheer for Mitchel."
But I have no objection that the Government should know

that, ever since I have come to this town, I have hoard
some very fighting cheers—l have heard sundry ex-
pressions, which intimated to me that the vast con-
course which I now behold with so much pleasure have
fully determined on obtaining their nationality. But
undoubtedly there is much to tempt you to consider how
soon it may be necessary for us all to have recourse to
the last means of justifying a great nation.—(Loud
cheers.) For what do I find at the present moment?
Within the last four•and- twenty hours I have visited, in
prison, four of the most respected end virtuous men in
this country. —(A ♦oice—" Three cheers for thum."
Another voice—" A groan for Clarendon.") Don't mind
groaning anybody—that is a very poor way of showing
your feelings. If the Government were desirous to pick
out of the whole population of Ireland four men whose
private and public character was such as to claim tor
them the sympathy of the whole nation, they could not
have found four men more distinguished for every; pa-
triotic virtue than the four men now lying in gaol in
Dublin. I need not speak to you of your neighbour—
for such I may call him—Mr. John Martin. lam
told he is a Presbyterian Protestant of Ulster.—(A
voice—" A cheer for him.") Mr. John Martin, I would
take upon myself to say, from all I have heard respecting
him, that there is not in Ulster a man more deserveir3
respected, and that man is about to be sent to a
settlement. For what ? For loving this countmy.P:s(l,llfe,
is not an agitator by position or disposition. Like
e, sat)tsfied
he would most willingly have remained at
with his position—satisfied with the enjoyment duty
could c,,mmand, if he did not feel it a paramountrest national
to his country to throw himself into the great a
system of
movement for the purpose of eueuring s
as
on
%%hid' he
government and legislation as shall secure—insomuch
And legislation—
they can be attained by government
given community.
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respects concur. lie is entitled to his opinions, as well
as you are to yours, or lam to mine ; but this I know,
that he is the victim of Engl;sh power—that he is about
to suffer the extreme penalties of the law fur loving Ire
land. I am glad to ,ee a policeman in the crowd
taking a note of what I say.—(Groans.) Upon all
these occasions I hope you will encourage the attendance
of the police, and take care that they hear good doctrines.
I do not consider policemen as spies, when they
appear upon there occasions. They may take down those
words and communicate them to Lord Clarendon. And
now, gentlemen, let me invite your attention to the cha-
racter of another of those men who are now lying in a
dungeon for your sake. I now speak of Mr. Williams.
I know not whether any of yon have read the beautiful
poetry of which he is the author. I know not whether
you have not had the opportunity of admiring his com-
mand of language in prose; but this I can tell you, and
I believe I shall be confirmed in what I say by every 1
Catholic clergyman in Dublin, that a more devoted and
pious Roma❑ Catholic does not exist in this country. I
am told that he has for a lung time eminently distin-
guished himself, not only by every work of charity, but
by the bedsides of the sick and the dying, there Mr.
Wilhatus has been found, and 'hi: is the man who is to
be a victim to English power, and who is to be
transported from his native land—(A voice, " Never,
never")—for loving his country, and endeavouring
to raise it. Gentlemen, another of the four is a
young man of the name of O'Doherty. I appre-
hend there are none among you will think the worse of
him because ho is one of the old Duhertys, of Innis-
howen—a finer young fellow I never saw in my lite,
possessing every quality which could distinguish a man
—personal appearance, au extraordinary power of in-
tellect. And this is another of the victims of English
power, that is about to be transported to a penal settle-
ment for loving you and loving his country. I have
reserved until the last; the mention of my friend Mr.
Charles Gavan Duffy—(Loud cheers)—and I asill take
on myself to say that there is no public man to whom
the Irish nation owes more than to Charles Gavan Duffy.
He has been the proprietor of a journal which, during
the last five years, has advocated the cause of Ireland with
a fidelity almost unmatched, and during the whole course
of that time I challenge the enemies of cur cause to point
to one tingle paragraph that has a tendency to bring into
disrepute the principles which he advocated. I challenge
them to show one single paragraph that indicates a desire
to make the conduct of a popular journal subsidiary to
any private purpose whatsover, or any mercenary con-
sideration, or to the gratification of any paltry or ma-
lignant passion.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, these are men—
this is the man—a man of whom, if this country were
free, we should have reason to boast, aud whom we
should crown with our highest honours—these are the
men, there is the man, selected by the British Govern-
ment for persecution, because he loves you. But let me
tell you that there is no mode more efficacious than that
you should do all in your power to concentrate in
powerful and energeti• action the will of the whole of the
people of this country. And how is that to be done?
By continuing the great organization which has been
formed by the voice, almost unanimous, of the whole
population of Ireland.—(f-Tear.) I hope to have the
pleasure to-morrow of ♦isiting the old town of Trim. I
shall probably sleep there to-morrow evening; and
I intend, if there be any gentlemen here from
Navan, I shall probably arrive at Navan to-
morrow about mid-day; so that, if any of
them should be desirous to consult me upon any sub-
ject that is interesting to them, I shall be very happy to
meet them upon that occasion. I know not whether you
will fortify me upon leaving this meeting by an assu-
rance which I shall be proud to convey, or to have it in
my power of carrying to the people of Dublin, the
people of Cork, the people of Limerick, the people of
Waterford—(Load cheers)—that the men of Drogheda
are resolved to stand by their fellow countrymen in any
effort which may be made to achieve the liberties of Ire-
land.—(Loud and prolonged cheering.)
At this stage of the proceedings the Mayor, Michael
Rogers, Esq., the mayor elect, Alderman Simcocks, and
a large number of the town council, were enabled to get
on the platform, having been previously obliged, from
the dense pressure of the crowd, to stand in the body of
the meeting.

Mr. Smrrn O'BRIEN said he would take that oppor-
tunity of stating that he intended to be present at a
meeting of the Irish League in Dublin, on Wednesday
next; and he was invited by the committee to express
their desire,d,hat as many of the townspeople of Drogheda
as could could conveniently to do so, would attend on
that occasion .—(Cheers )
Mr. P. SMITH moved the next resolution, which was
adopted :—" Resolved—That we t arnestly recommend
our fellow-townsmen to forward the organization of the
people by promptly forming additional clubs in the town
and neighbourhood."
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN again came forward, and ob-
serving the pressure of the crowd, and the great incon-
venience which many iu the meeting were suffering
thereby, said—l am anxious, from what I see here, to
persuade you that it is of the utmost importance that
' you should observe the most perfect order at all your
public meetings. I met in Cork the other day above
10,000 people, of whom 2,000 belonged to the clubs. The
8,000 were pressing on each other, while the 2,000 took
up their places in regular order, and really looked more
numerous and imposing than the mass who were
so irregular, and they walked—for we must not say
" marched" in these times—(Laughter)—in a manner
th.it commanded the highest admiration. Let me tell
you what occurred to me in the county of Cork last week.
A member of a club in' Bantry rode forty links in one
night, for the purpose of conveying a letter to me. It
would appear to me that the time is coining, or has
perhaps arrived, when communication by post may be-
come unsafe. I am not sure that my own letters are not
(Tyne]. I believe the letters of others are. Therefore,
if I wanted to send a letter from Dublin to Donegal. I
should wish to see such an establishment of clubs
through the country that it could be passed from hand
to hand, without giving any man the trouble of going
ten miles with it, or causing him any inconvenience or
expense.--(hear, and cheers.)
The Mayor was then called to the chair, and the
thanks of the meeting having ben voted to the previous
chairman, the immense multitude dispersed in the most
orderly manner, cheering loudly for Smith O'Brien and
repeal.
. MR. JOHN O'CONNELL IN COVE.

Mr. John O'Connell, accompanied by his brother
Maurice, arrived in Cove, on Saturday, from London.
will remain till Wednesday. A deputation from a
portion of the people of Cove waited on him yesteiday,
on board his brother's yacht, and presented him with nu
address expressive of confidence in his policy. We un-
derstand he was invited to a public dinner.
THE CONFEDERATES AT BLARNEY.
. . _

Sunday last the membersof the "John Mitchel Club,"
about thirty persons, most snip-carp enters, visited the
Groves of Blarney, their object being to sow sedition ;
but the priest of the parish, the Rev. Mat. Horgan, of
round-tower notoriety, having previously exhorted his
parishioners against such bad company, the mission of
these fomenters of discord proved abortive. Two sol-
diers were present whom the police paid some attention
to, they having repeatedly shouted for repeal, and an-
nounced that similar opituons were held by the majority
of the army. Before and after the meeting immense
quantities of porter were drank and given away by the
confederates, and in some cases the "shebeen" houses
were emptied of their contents. It was rumoured that
a "detective " was present in the chapel yard, and this
would appear to have had considerable restraint on the
orators, who went into a peaceable district to foment re-
bellion amongst the peasantry.
Cloghroe, also, was not without a visit from these
worthies. In this case the object was to frighten the
parish priest (Mr. Cahill), who had addressed his con-
gregation from the altar on the previous Sabbath,
strongly condemning the pernicious doctrines of the
Young Ireland party, and advising his parishioners, as
they valued peace and their own security, to give no
countenance to such persons.
CONFEDERATES IN CARRIGALINE;

On Sunday after last mass a meeting was held in the
chapel yard of Carrigaline, for the purpose of establish.
ing a Confederate club. Vie meeting was attended by
a deputation of four from ffie city, the prominent parties
being Mr. Varian, the brush maker, and Mr. Hayes,
the coffin maker. When the meeting was about being
held, the deputation and a crowd followed Father Ryan,
the parish priest, as he was leaving the chapel, and re-
quested him to take the chair, but he peremptorily re-
fused, stating that he was not a fighting man, and that
he was much grieved to find his hitherto peaceable parish
invaded by parties whose anxiety was to drive the couu
try to outrage.

QUARTER TO SIX O'CLOCK.

The Government have chartered a steamer from the
the City of Dublin Company, to convey troops from
Belfast to Cork, where the aspect of affairs is alarming.
The Lord-Lieutenant, we understand, has no intention
at present of visiting England.
The city is quite tranquil

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Dublin Evening Mail of yesterday (Wednes-
day) contains the following extract from the Cork
Constitution of the 18th :
" ARRESTS OF MESSRS. ISAAC S. VARIAN,
J. W. BOURKE, AND JOHN O'BRIEN.
" We have only Lesttim o announce that the above
gentlemen have been ard this day at half•past
two o'clock, upon a charge of sedition, uttered at
Cross Barry on the 2d of July. They have been
admitted to bail. The greatest excitement prevails.

- -------=------ , -,
THE IRISH MO) EMI:NT IN .
AMERICA.
PHILADELPHIA, JULY s.—Another Irish sympathy
voecting was held a few evenings since in this city. it
was called to order by Robert Tyler—Francis
'fiernan'
chairman; W. H. Dunn and J. B. Colahan, secretaries.
But few speeches were insde, as the object of the gatht r-
ing was simply to receive contributions.
On Monday there was a second meeting on. Berg
Hill, South Brook!) ri, the " Irish Brigade" rate l-e:
Mr. Develin. of Montreal, Canada, presided. 11nc.11.-.
" in Canada, our (Irish) argument henceforth ni€l'isluibiC
, and
the cannon, the musket, and the pike."—((;beersAlrm
cries of " The pike," " The pike.")
Mr. O'Connor spoke. A number onfi:dchildoroenneywaerlr'tl.
brought forward, who contributed,
l'
wont in procession to the Astor Htouesem, el'Ntie%:,
brother h ero f
York, where, it was understood,
the
to
Mitchel, who had been o
transportedr)
Ber-
mudas, had arrived, inthe
Britannia. On the same evening a meeting.allmail steamer,
of the Brook-
lyn Republican Society of the Frienr., of Ireland met at
e. An address and
Freeman's Hall; but it was no;la
resolutions of condolence were votedrg to Mrs. Mitchel,
and a resolution tendering support and protection to
`fire, Mitchel, " in the event of any emergency (Irian

that should induce her to quit her native land." On
the following night another meeting of the same body
took place at Brooklyn. Mr. Develin, of Montreal, said that
the Irish in Canada were determined to throw off British
tyranny as well as to succour Ireland. Mr. O'Conti;Pr
said that some of the Irish Brigade had gone to Ire_
land already, and that more ivonld follow. " Thee
were ready to go and fight the battles of Ireland.'
He was himself about to start through the Union
and also to Canada, to see what could . be done
for Ireland. It was stated at this rneetink that Mr.
Mitchel's brother (now at the Astor-house, New York)
would not make his appearance in public fr seine dap.
There was also a meeting at the same time, in tie upper
part of the:city of New York. We observe that at a recent
Irish meeting in New Orleans, 540 dollars were collected.
With regard to the Irish brigade, we presume that the
following brief paragraph from the Any York San of
Wednesday last, alludes to the leaving of some of t'4o
" New York Irish Brigade" for Ireland, as mentionrd
in the speech of Mr. O'Connor. But really, the
extreme smallness of the number appears rather
farcical :

THE IRISH BRIGADE. - A delegation of fifteen
members of the Irish Brigade sailed a few days since for
Irehtml, and will be followed on Friday next by titt,ett
others, who are to leave in the ship John R. Skiddv.'
We clip the following extract from the New York cor-
respondence of the Philadelphia Public Ledgcr, of Thurs-
day, the 29th ult.:—

"An Irish sympathy meeting was held at the Shaks-
pere Hotel last evening, and more money collected.
By the way, it is as great a mystery what becomes of
this money, as it is what becomes of the flies. For what
.hject is it collected ? Is it to rescue Mr. Mitchel from
the Gibraltar of the western hemisphere—Bermuda ? I
much fear there is roguery as well as sympathy in these
meetings, and that our honest, warm-heartaci. Irish popu-
lution are the dupes of demagogues and swindlers—lrish
and American.

"Mr. William Mitchel, brother of the exiled patriot, is
at the Astor House, and, if I am not mistaken, hears a
great many tine promises, which will never be realized,
from gentlemen, who every time they go to the bar to
liquor take Bermuda—in a horn."
A meeting of the Now York Irish Republicans assem-
bled at the Shakspere, on Wednesday evening last► but
the Sun says, that as the weather was unfavourable, the
attendance was small. The Irish Brigade visited the
meeting, and were loudly cheered. We have thus briefly
condensed all the leading meetings and incidents
that have transpired in relation to Ireland, since
thy. last steamer sailed, and would remark that, "as the
" Irish brigade " is now represented ns leaving for Ire•
land in small parties, it may be fairly inferred that there
is no longer any intention of getting up an expedition
against the Bermudas. Tho New Yorkers describe Mr.
Mitchel's brother as an amiable young man, and some of
the papers say that he visits this country on important
business connected with Ireland, the promulgation of
which is not at present advisable." But others say, and
declare that they say so on good authority, that he means
to buy a farm for his brother John Mitchel, whom (they
add) the British Government will release from Bermuda.
on condition that he will remain permanently in the
United States, and agree not to return to Irelaad.
Loch are the on rids of the day. We merely give them u
uch, and no more.

" A Society of the Friends of Ireland" was formed at
Reading, Pennsylvania, a few evenings since. Most of
the speakers ut the meeting, convened for the purpose,
were from Philadelphia. The New York Express. of
Thursday, copies the paragraph from the New York Sae,
in relation to the sailing of a portion of the Irish Brigade
for Ireland, and appends the following :
" The delegation first mentioned did not sail as above
statt d, in consequence of certain pecuniary difficulties
relation to a draft for 200/. which they had received; but
will soon go. It may be possible that each fifteen cull-
priat s an officer, two non-commissioned officers, and
twelve privates, to which twelve undrilled Irishmen being
added, as chance may dictate, in Ireland, the number is
then raised to twenty-seven, just a good-sized platoon,
three of which will make a company of eighty-one men.
Thus, thirty of these platoons of fifteen, making a ske-
leton regiment of 450 men, sent all in small detachments
to Ireland, can be increased there to 810 men. At all
(vents, whether they go thither as a military body or
not, they run the risk of arrest by the British Govern-
ment the instant of their arrival there. The British
Consul, beyond all doubt, has his eye upon these move-
ments. and keeps his Government well informed. What
fools:"

One of the New York papers " states that a deputation
from the Irish Republican Union of New York sailed
from Boston for Ireland in the steam ship," on Wed-
nesday last. Doubtful! A portrait of John Mitchel
is about to be published under the supervision of a com-
mittee.

On Friday last the New York Express published an
editorial article, nearly a column in length, on the sub-
ject of the " Irish Brigade," in which it is stated that
portions of the Irish Brigade are going forward, and the
interposition of the United States Government is called
for, as being actually necessary under the circumstances-
This article has excited much attention, especially as it
points to the danger and humiliation of becoming in-
volved in difficulty and war with England, on a question
not American; and not by Americans, but by foreigners.
The writer strongly denounces the making of mischief
between ourselves and a nation with whom we are now
on the closest terms of friendship;" end adverts also to
the national honour in observing treaties. The Ezpren,
k eta p,,lkically and commercially, is a journal of the
nigne3t. respectability, vial doubtless foresees the peril of
these otovementr to peace and commercial cortidence.
stit,. e cannot help thinking that trio entire matter
(nit. tings and brigade included) had been magnified into
till 11111iLlt. truportanc..

A meeting of quite a different character was held in
this city on Saturasy eVLIIIDL*, at the Chinese Museum;
hcing convened (or the- purpose of encouraging the
Cline Lists of Great Britain to achieve the liberties of the
Britii.h pt opl.. Robert Tyler iVas called to the chair.
"i he tvtendance was t ut very large, and the speakers
and ffirr ers were mostly Americans. Various resolu.
auto; were agreed to in conformity with the object of the
meeting. It was then resolved to publish the proceed-
ings, and forward them to the Chartist Executive Cow-
tnutec" in England.
POSTCRIPT.

Anothe .. Irish meeting was held at the large apace
near Broadway, New York, which was formerly Niblo'•
garden.

PHILADELPHIA, JCILT 5.
The meeting was very numerously attended—all
rishmen, or nearly bo. Robert Emmett was chairman,
and the speakers were Liaiself, Mr. Mitchel (brother of
John Mitchel, now at Bermuda), Mr. Robinson, Mr.
Mooney, and others. The only points of novelty were
in the speech of Mr. Mitchel. Ile said, " the freedom of
Ireland is as inevitable as the next equinox." Also,
"the freedom of Ireland will be obtained soon after the
next harvrst !" .And he added, that although parties in
Ireland were divided between moral and physical force
men, yet that both were agreed and unanimous in their
intentions to strike a blow for Ireland.

The object stated in the " "for the meeting was
to collect a fund for 1111. Mitchel, but the staging and
platform for the speakers gave way twice, which, having
created some contusion. the contributions were postponed
to a suture occasion. Happily, no one was hurt by tho
crash, or rather crashes of the staging. The attendance
of A,nericans was but small, the astemblago being
chiefly natives of Ireland.—Chronicle.

HANOVER-SQURE ROOMS. •
We understand that the INlntinie Musicale, which
takes place to-morrow at the above-named Rooms,
and at which the elite of the musical talent at present in
London (including Mesdames Dorus Gras and Anna
and Signori Gardoni, Belletti, Colletti, and
Sims Reeves); will have the honour of appearing, is
under the direction of a distinguished amateur well
known in musical circles, whose knowledge and love of
art are only equalled by his kindness to artistes. In,the
course of the morning two new ballads, from the elegant
pen of Mrs. IL J. St. Leger, are to be sung for the first
time, one by Madame Anna Thillon, the other by Mr.
Sims Reaves.

n"---"---AFIrMR.—A very
JULY
PERTH,
15.—FAT ALg or murder, toot
seri,us case, either or In'ilsi au
.li• hter h
-street here ; but
place on Wednesdly last, in the 'g
as the matter is stilt under investigationto
say much regarding the
premature The circum-
it would be party inculpated.
probable result to ' by the authori-
ties,th,e A woman of the name of
,tanees are strictly these
w:
as a short time ago confined
Simpson, whose husband
his imprisonment with
n during
upon a charge of having
hrsheio had been residing till the
i.nubtbh(igheenre,raltoopkrisuohnr.
another man,
bo_syraywhich she had been deprived of
night the man and she quer-
WedneeOurse of the quarrel she received
oheterulrirfee.nceotnoi7kiptillacwo:d
which rendered it necessary that
she died the
she should bot 8
;fnesto the infirmary, where
rseolmleed
s;
earinodusil
The many
was immediately taken into custody,
next a n •
and the bdv f the woman was yesterday submitted to
a post mo ir'it',:examination, in order to ascertain the
nature and extent of the injuries she had received. ge
may
naturally be supposed, under all the circumstances,
an bore was not of the *lost irre-
proachable character' description.
the
ATTEMPTED MURDER AT ROTHERILITHB.--• On
Tuesday evening a young man, named James Scott,
aged nineteen years, went into the Red Lion for the pur-
pose of taking some refreshment, and whilst sitting in
the tap-room he got into conversation with a labouring
man named Greenhill. Shortly afterwards high words
ensued, and subsequently a desperate fight was the re-
sult. A few rounds only took place, when the landlord
interfered, and they were separated. However, a few
minutes had scarcely elapsed, when Scott had occasion to
leave the room, and while he was standing outside the
house the fellow Greenhill made a rush at him with a
large clasp knife, inflicting a most serious wound in the
abdomen. A stream of blood immediately followed the
injury, and the poor man fell to the ground apparently
litelesF. In the meantime, Greenhill had effected his
escape, but an alarm being made the police were soon on
the spot, and in a short space of time succeeded in arrest-
ing him. The injured man was at once carried to the
nearest surgeon's, where the wound was dressed, and he
p irtially recovered his senses ; but the medical gentle-
twin, on examination, finding that the injury was great,
a cab was procured, and he was carried to accidenttlo
te
ward of Guy's Hospital, where he was placed i
under h
eat e of Mr. Hodgson, the assistant-surgeon, who yester-
day gave but very faint hopes of his recovery.
DUTCH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. The Dutch
steam-ship Batavier, from Rotterdam, hasless than 49 hampers of peaches, and
51
1 hampers of
brought no
cucumbers, being the largest quantities afttliohaveaen
on anythose destetkip-
tions of fruit and vegetables we remembera
place occasion from abroad. The vessel has like-
wise brought the large quantity of 50 baskets of apricots,
ii 4 and also lsaskets of currents, 10 baskets of melons,
and 60 baskets of other descriptions of fruit, the produce
of Holland.