The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-31 00:00:00

MOCK FUNERALS.—At an early hour on Tuesday
morning last a hearse was seen driving rapidly through
Clonmel, surrounded by about fourteen horsemen. The
cortege was stopped outside the town by the police, and
tile hearse searched, when it was ascertained that, in-
stead of a dead body, the hearse contained a large quan-
tity of arms, which were being conveyed to the rural
districts.
FLIGHT OF THE PIKE RETAILERS FROM CARLOW.—
In our last publication we felt it to be our imperative
duty, in the maintenance of public order, to call atten-
tion to the arrival of three adventurers from the metro-
polis, who, hunted out of Dublin by the " proclamation,"
fixed their head-quarters in Carlow, with the view of
effecting the sale of an extensive stock of firearms and
pikehoads, ready for active service. From the moment
the depot opened, the constabulary kept up without in-
termission a strict surveillance over the premises, care-
fully recording the names of the purchasers. On the
following day (Sunday) the venerable prelate, Dr. Maly,
ascended the pulpit and denounced, not only the pike
mart, but cautioned the people, as they valued the
peace of the country and their own security, to dis-
countenance, in every possible manner, the adventu-
rers who dared to fist themselves iu Carlow for the
sale of firearms. On Monday the grand jury assem-
bled, and after the disposal of the fiscal business,
they drew up an address to his Excellency, calling
on him to adopt immediate measures for the suppression
of this nuisance in Carlow, as well as all revolutionary
and political clubs. The cross fire from the venerable
Bishop, the local authorities, and the press, was felt to
he too hot for the pike commissaries, they took to
their heels on Tuesday evening en route to Enniseorthy -
apprehensive of being arrested, and gratified, we learn,'
from their excited and terrified appearance, that they were
not snore roughly handled in Carlow. As the police are
en their track, we have no doubt the pike retailers will
be compelled to quit the country. Since the foregoing
was written, we learn that the adventurers were desirous
of making a stand in Tullow. Here, to the credit of the•
inhabitants, they manifested a determination to break
the van, and throw the arms it contained into the river
Slauey. The opposition was so vigorous, they fled from
`-fullow to Newtonharry, and on Wednesday evening
they were compelled to decamp to some other town, or,
what is more likely, they croz,s,'d the Channel to Bris-
tol. Thus terminated the crusade of the rebel commis-
saries.

LORD HARDIN GE'S APPOINT-

MENT TO IRELAND.

Lieutenant-General Viscount Harding() arrived at his
residence in Great Stanhope-street yesterday afternoon,
from Ponhurst, Kent, where in the forenoon he took
farewell of the Viscountess and family. This day the
Noble and Gallant General leaves for Liverpool en
route to Dublin, to take a command in the disposition
of the troops. All the Gallant General's military bag-
gage arrived in Stanhope-street last evening. It is un-
derstood that Lord llardinge does not proceed to Ire-
land to supersede either Lord Clarendon or the veteran
Commander of the Forces, Sir Edward Blakoney, who
has held such appointment since 1838, but to act as
commander of any force that may be likely to come into
engagement with the headquarters of the insurgent
army. Previous to his departure this day, the Noble
and Gallant Officer will have a consultation with the
Premier and the Commander-in-Chief.

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLAND
.TuNcTioN RAILWAY.--On Saturday afternoon an extra-1
ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of this rail-
way was held at the Derby station of the Midland Rail-
way, to give their approval or otherwise to a Bill now
before the House of Lords, for making certain deviations
in their line of railway. As the line has been so mate-
rially altered from what it was when the capital was
subscribed for it in 1845, and as many of the share-
holders were anxious to get the scheme abandoned alto-
gether, there was a numerous meeting of the proprie-
tors. G. H. Cavendish, Esq., M.P., chairman of the
company, in the chair. The chairman read the margi-
nal headings of the Bill, and moved that the Bill be ap•
proved of. Mr. Tootal seconded the motion. Mr. Taylor
moved, as an amendment, " that the deviation . Bill
should not be adopted." Mr. Holland, a director of
the
the
Sheffield and Manchester Company, seconded
amendment, which, upon a division, was lost, and the
original motion carried by a uisjority of 42 to 5.
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and t
vote of thanks was then given to the chairman,
meeting separated.
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On Saturday night an inquest was held at the
Britannia, Southwat k-liridge-road, on the body of Wil-
liam James Yarnell, a se4•,,eant in the police force, of
the M. division. Some time since the deceased was
struck on the head with a quadrant, which a fellow had
in his hand at the time, inflicting a serious blow, which
laid him up. Since then his mind had been affected, and
yesterday morning he was discovered hanging in a shed
at the rear of his house, 19, Princes-street, London-
road. Verdict, "Temporary insanity."