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LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1843.

LATEST FROM IRELAND.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING.

The accounts received by the trains from Kilkenny.
Carlow, Cork, Cas'iel, Tipperary, Thurles, &c., this
afternoon, report m erything as perfectly quiet. About
ten o'clock on Saturday night the 83d Regiment left
Kilkenny for the relief of Lieutenant Trant and his
party, with abou t sixty constables, but returned this
morning, not having heard any tidings of them.
(From the Times.)

We have received by electric telegraph, fronaiver-
pool, accounts from our own correspondent in Dublin
who informs us that our reporter, writing from Will-
,
mount, Balliugby, on Saturday night, states that
rebellion, which actually commenced on that morn-
ing, had been decidedly checked by fifty or sixty
police.
On the common at Bonlagh, near 13allinghy, a
cillision took place. Three of the insurgents were
shot, and several wounded.
Smith O'Brien, who headed in person, had fled
completely deserted by the rebels towards Urling-
ford, and it was expected he would be made prisoner
before night. Doheny, Reilly, and Dillon were also
in the field ; the latter had been killed.
Oa the departure of our express from Dublin all
remained quiet in the city. No account of Smith
O'Brien's arrest had yet been received.

CLONAIEL, JULY 29.

Clonmel, the chief town of the county Tippe-
rary, is still quiet; no actual outbreak has yet oc-
curred here or in the neighbourhood, but excite-
ment and alarm continue almost unabated. The pro-
clamations from Dublin Castle, offering rewards
for the apprehension of Smith O'Brien, Doheny,
Bleagher, and J. B. Dillon, arrived this morning,
and were posted up in ell directions, without hind-
rance or disturbance. The general feeling is, that
the Government having taken such a decided stand, a
few days will reveal whether we are to have an insur-
rection or not. The leaders have cast themselves
upon Tipperary, where their only hope seems to lie;
Smith O'Brien within this week has appealed to the
clubs at Carrick-on-Suir, twelve miles hence, the
greatest stronghold of clubbism in Ireland; told
them if they would stand by him he would defy the
Government, and lead them himself; the majority
responded to the call, but the president wisely in-
formed him that Carrick should not he made the
battle-field of the revolution, and that he should put
himself upon the devotion of Dublin or Cork, which
were the proper quarters in which to begin
operations. Since then, he (Dillon) and Doheny
have been hovering round us, one day at Slie-
venamora another at Mullinahone, and so on. On
Tuesday last O'Brien and a body of men went to the
police barracks of the latter place, and demanded
admission, that they might gain possession of the
arms contained therein, which the
sergeant refused,
saying 1-4, would die first, and would defend it to the
last; no attack, however, was made,
the insurgents
not being desirous of a rencontre with such stern
stuff; the sergeant has since received two chev
and 9.0/., and has also been promoted to the rankr of
bar-
rack constable ; the otier men who were in the
at the same time have each been rewarded by
two die lONS and 5/.
Yesterday a troop of the Bth llussars were passing
through Killenau;e, a small town fifteen miles to
the N.W. 'of this ; on their approach a large
body of the rebels there, headed by O'Brien
and Dillon, turned out to meet them, un-
der the impression that they had warrants for
the arrest of their leaders ; a barricade was thrown up
at each end of the town ; O'Brien mounted the top of
one, armed with a pistol and a pike, and inquired the
object of the soldiers ; he was told they were merely
passing through ; he then asked the officer, on his

honour as a gentleman, was he come to take him; th
officer said no, he held no warrant for the apprehen-
sion of any man, and that if he did he would not be
afraid to do his duty, notwithstanding his opposition.
The barricades were then cleared away, and the
Hussars passed through, after which it is said that an
unsuccessful attack was made on the constabulary.
The rebel chiefs still remain about Killeuaule,
Fethard, and Ballingarry—perhaps the most lawless
district in Ireland. It is the current report that they
will not surrender without making all the resistance
in their power.

The preparations made by the authorities here are
extraordinary; the immense body of horse and foot
soldiers and constabulary are kept incessantly to their
duty ; not one man in every ten has got a night's rest
within the last week ; the pensioners are all under
arms and in barrack. Some hundreds of tents are
crowded into the barrack-square, to afford accom-
modation to them, and to the increased number of
regular troops, for which they would not otherwise
have room. Picquets of cavalry and infantry, with a
constable as guide, patrol the town and vicinity all
hours of the night : a large number of specials have
also been sworn in, and, it is said, will be equipped
with muskets and accoutrements, under the con-
troul and direction of Colonel Dundas. We fancy
the London specials would not much like their duty
on some nights (from eleven to two o'clock) they
were marching about almost uninterruptedly, and on
one occasion, on an alarm being given that the rebels
were coming, though unarmed, they rushed to meet
them.

A number of field pieces of artillery are expected
here this evening.
I shall take care to inform you instantly should
anything of importance occur_; meanwhile I have
dispatched a reporter to the scene of the expected
outbreak—the place where the leaders are at present
located, where the people are most likely to commit
acts of ♦iolence and bloodshed.

WATERFORD, JULY 29.

Waterford is at present tranquil. The Tweed,
the Frolic, the Stromboli, And the Rhadamanthus, lie
in the river. The 2d division of the 3d Buffs landed
yesterday and encamped at Milward's-fields,
but in the evening 200 men marched thence to
Pilltowu, and to-day the remaining portion
marched to the same destination. Five hundred
Marines, with some Marine Artillery, arrived
here in the Alban yesterday evening from
the fleet at Cove ; they encamped to-day
in the tents occupied by the Buffs, and were played
into their quarters by the depot band of the 7th Fusi-
leers ; they brought three field pieces, and to-morrow
300 men of the same corps are to arrive. The pro-
clamations offering rewards for the apprehension of
Doheny, Meagher, Dillon, and Smith O'Brien were
posted here to-day. Here the clubs number over
2,000 men : the Felon Club alone numbers 900 men.

Ten of the Buffs were put in prison yesterday for
shouting for repeal; so states our local journal to-
day, and I believe it to be true, having heard it yes-
terday from several persons.—Chronicle.

The Irish rebellion has been nipped in the bud.
The vigorous and decisive. measures adopted by the
Government have struck terror to the hearts of the
disaffected, and restored confidence to the loyal inha-
bitants of the country. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN has too
late discovered how little dependence can be placed
upon the cheers and plaudits of a mob, and how great
a difference there is between the " sayings " and
" doings" of the multitude. That unfortunate gen-
tleman now finds himself deserted by those whom he
vainly supposed to have been devoted to his cause and
prepared to sacrifice, even life itself, in resistance
to the authorities. A few men of desperate fortunes,
who have perilled their all upon "the hazard of
the die," have followed him in his wild cru-
sade, but the great body of • the people have listened
to the advice of their pastors, and -refused to bring
down certain ruin upon themselves and families, by
committing themselves to so hopeless an attempt as
that which he desired .to make. At this.•moment he
is skulking from place to place as•a fugitive, rather
than as the leader of an imposing and formidable
force. He cannot long evade the active pur-
suit that will doubtless be instituted to
obtain the reward of 5001. offered for his apprehen-
sion, and his capture will remove even the semblance
of resistance to the constituted authorities. We trust
that it may be effected without bloodshed—that his
offences may not be aggravated by the crime of mur-
der being added thereto. From the accounts that
have been received he appears to be reduced to a state
of almost mental imbecility, and to be so wholly pros-
trated by the downfal of all his cherished hopes and
expectations as to justify the Rev. Mr. COCKERAN—
whose exertions in the cause or order have been be-
yond all praise—in styling him " a madman ;" indeed,
ere this he may be better fitted for the restraints of a
lunatic asylum than for the hulks or gaols of the country.
His attempt on the police barracks at Mullinahone,
his summons to the scanty force by which it was
garrisoned, consisting of but seven constables, three
of whom were but just recovering from fever, and
his subsequent attempt to induce them to fraternize
with the people, and subsequently giving a night to
consider his proposition, would seem to warrant this
supposition. Whatever may be his condition, how-
ever, whether sane or insane, it is absolutely essential
that his career should be checked, that he should
be speedily brought within the power of the law, and
not be suffered to maintain even an appearance of de
fiance to the Government.

The other leaders for whose apprehension rewards
have been offered do not appear as yet to have com-
mitted themselves quite so deeply. They are stated
" to have been guilty of treasonable practices ;" but
it is not added, as in Mr. O'Bezess's case, that " they
have openly appeared in arms against her MA-
JESTY." In addition to Messrs. MEAGHER, DIL-
LON, and DOIIENY, for each of whom a re-
ward of 3001. has been offered, a notification
has appeared in the Hue and Cry, that eleven other
persons charged with being concerned in treasonable
practices, have absconded, and all persons are warned
against incurring the penalties prescribed by the Act
fur the better prevention of crime and outrage in
Ireland by harbouring or sheltering them, or any of
them. This list includes the names of Mr. FRANCIS
MORGAN (one of the solicitors to the corporation of
Dublin), and Messrs. DARCY MAGEE, JOSEPH BRE-
NAN, DEVIN REILLY, S. J. MEANY, HENRY
SHAW, and several others of less note.
Several captures have also been effected,
the most important of which is that of Mr. JAMES
LALOR, one of the chief contributors to the Irish
Felon, whoso instructions for a guerilla warfare, and
the most approved methods for the destruction of the
military, almost equalled those of Mr. MITCHEL him-
self in audacity and atrocity. Mr. LALOR was the
person who got up the celebrated Holy-cross meeting
last year. lie was arrested in the county of Tipperary
on Thursday last. It was said that Father KENYON,
whose truculent speeches and writings attained
him an unenviable notoriety some time since, having
the fear of the law before his eyes, refused to shelter
his quondam coadjutor. The weekly organs of trea-
son have also been suppressed with the strong arm.
The Nation and the Irish Felon have been seized,
the forms disarranged, the type, stamps, and other
materials taken possession of, and the men employed
upon the premises taken into custody. The further
dissemination of treasonable opinions and seditious
sentiments, which lashed the people into such pas-
sionate excitement, will thus be prevented.
In the meantime the Government have not re-
laxed in the energetic exertions with which the crisis
was encountered. A powerful military and naval
force have been collected together, the latter under
the command of " the Hero of Acre," Sir CHARLES
NAPIER, is stationed in Cork harbour, while cruisers
are sailing about the coast to bring the earliest intel-
ligence of any disturbance. The army will forthwith
be placed under the command of Lord HARDINGE,
who volunteered his services in the handsomest
manner, justly conceiving that a soldier should at all
times be ready to act in any capacity in which he
may be useful to his country. The vast experi-
ence and military !skill of the Noble Viscount
render him peculiarly qualified for the command
in the disturbed districts. It may appear that such
precautions and so great an amount of preparation
are more than can possibly be required, but the Go-
vernment have wisely resolved to leave no hope to the
i ing a force insurgents, and the display; of so efficient and over-
whelming will probably have the effect of
preventing partial outhieaks, which, although they