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to seek nor to avoid mixing with the people; who, on
their part did not step out of their ordinary walk and
course either to avoid or to meet them. Tho gentleman
would have been considered by a passenger one of the
finest-looking men in Scotland. The lady would have
been regarded as remarkably pleasing—cr kind-►iearted
—but, at the same time having a large share of intellect
and decision in her appearance. As the people before
and behind exhibited ❑o unusual feeling regarding them,
and only a two-horse carriage was in waiting on the
south side of the bridge, a stranger in these parts might
have supposed that he had met a landlord, his lady, and
their tenantry on the way from church. Europe, or the
world, had no finer spectacle, notwithstanding its appa-
rent simplicity. The lady was the Queen of the widest
and the greatest empire of the world ; the gentleman was
her consort, and, from his position, the first in the land;
their guards were the devotion and affection of their
people, rising not merely from cold foundation of duty,
but from respect and love to the character of the purest
and the best Sovereign of a long line of Kings. And
yet the preacher had spoken of troublous times in the
Church they had left—troublous times that might have
even shaken the strong structure of the Bi itish constitu-
tion except for the character of the lady who held the
sceptre of the state.
" At the south side of the bridge a small number of
the people whose road lay down the river waited until
the Queen's carriage came up, took off their hats or bon-
nets, and bowed.
" There was, we think, no occurrence that could give
umbrage to the Queen, who is known to be opposed
to any great manifestation, even cf respect, in such
circumstances."

IRELAND.

THE INSURRECTION.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.--fi: accounts re-
ceived this morning from the south are gratifying to
the extent of proving that the previous accounts were
grossly exaggerated, and that the gatherings cf the
peasantry were more of a local and agrarian than a
political nature. The truth is, the general policy of
the landlords has almost driven the people to despera-
tion, and we believe there is no longer any doubt of
the recent meetings at Slievenatnon having been caused
by the seizures and evictions by which Tipperary,
Waterford, Limerick, and Clare have recently been
distinguished. It appears now that the previous state-
ments, as to the insurrection, were not only grossly
exaggerated, but that they contained very little of
any truth. The bridge at Grenagh was not blown up
by the rebels, nor was there any reason to believe
that several of the peasantry had been shot.
By the train which arrived at Kingshride.e this
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morning, we learn that everything was tranquil, and
that little fear was entertained of even an attempt at
an outbreak. The following appears in the Freeman's
Journal of this morning : •
" Kilkenny, Thursday Evening, Sept. 14.
" The districts of this- and the adjoining county of
Tipperary, which were disturbed during the beginning
of the week, now wear an aspect of the utmost calm, and
the people seem to be engaged in the fields at their usual
avocations, as if nothing uncommon had recently occur-
red in the neighbourhood. Rumour is, of course, still
busy, and we have flying reports of beacon-fires on the
hills around Dungarvan, In the county of Waterford, last
night, and of a meeting, this morning, of a large con-
course of peasantry, at a place called Bawndonnell, a
portion of the Slievenamon range, but situate imme-
diately on the opposite side of the mountain frem Aheny.
To these reports, however, I give but little credence,
and I have no revolutionary' intelligence to impart to
you which could be considered based upon any authority.
" Major-General M'Donald is in this city, with his
Aid-de-Camp, Lieutenant M'Donald, and his military
secretary, Lieutenant-Colonel Wood. Captain Roberts,
Assistant Inspector-General of Constabulary, has
also arrived here to take command of the
police force of the district. The battalion of the 60th
Rifles, which arrived from Dublin by the late
train of yesterday evening, are still encamped in the
barrack square here. The head-quarters of the 83d re-
giment proceeded from Callan this morning to Fethard,
en route for Fermoy. Two companies of the 75th, which
have been for some time encamped at Callan, also left
that town this morning, and had marched within two
miles of Kilkenny, intending to join head-quarters, when
they received a dispatch from General M'Donald, order-
ing them to remain in their Ifbrmer position. They
accordingly returned to Callan, and again pitched their
tents there. Orders were received by the commanding-
officer of the S3d, to leave 200 of his men in Fethard for
the present.
"It is asserted here that a farmer, residing in the
neighbourhood of Bawnconnell, and obnoxious to the
peasantry, was this morning shot by some of the people.
This is stated on authority to which, under ordinary cir-
cumstances, credence would he fully due. But at pre-
sent I would be reluctant to vouch for the accuracy of
any report not officially authenticated.
" The driver of the Clonmel car, who arrived here at
eight o'clock this evening, states that the most perfect
tranquillity prevailed along the entire of his route through
Tipperary. '
The Southern Reporter, referring to the distur-
bances at Granagh Bridge, assures us that they were
snot,political, but social
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They arise, thata nd l
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journalad
says, ~ from the relations
tenant. We have been assured that scarcely a load
of agricultural produce is sent to market without a
person empowered by the landlord, his agent, the
bailiff, or his agent, accompanying it to market, and
receiving from the buyer the price of the commodity,
giving to the grower anything, or nothing—just as
he pleased. This has maddened the people, and it is
over,
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the
sot will causeutheflrel a general
and.lt rising
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seizure of crops was the immediate cause of the out-
break."

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severity than "
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had the resident
The family
of the deceased,
.h r now in
his 34th year, succeeds, is said to be worth 8,000/.
per annum. We have been given to understand that
if the son be like his father in his capacity of land-
lord his tenantry will be content.
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