The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-27 00:00:00

THE CONFEDERATE MEETINGS.

" Meetings of the rebels," says the Cork Constitutiox,
" were culled by placards to be held iu Core-passage West, on Sunday, to receive deputations from the Sou-
thern Council. Mr. Francis Maguire, Vice-President
of the Mitchel Club, attended; but after waiting an hour
and a half, no deputation attended, and, some excuses
haying been made fur their non-attendance by the Vice'
President, the gathering dispersed. The meetings were
attended by Sub-Inspector Morgan and a number of the
police in each locality ; and their object is stated to be
not so much to enlist members for the clubs as to raise
a spirit of disaffection in the minds of the poople, so se
to induce them to aid the clubs when the day arrives."
ARMS LICENSES.
Mr. Knaresborough, R.M., and Mr. Fox, county in'
Spector, resumed the hearing of applications for license
to have and carry arms on Saturday.
Mr. Knaresborough announced that persons selling
arms and ammunition
had no necessity at present to
come before him, as the proclamation now issued did
not affect them, but in a very short time they would b 0
dealt with, and put under restrictions by another procla-
mation.

Licenses were then refused to several persons who O.
tended confederate meetings, and it was stated that 13°
publican would be allowed a license for arms.
The commission for the county of Cork was opened 0,0
Monday before the Hon. Mr. Justice Ball, who in 10
charge to the grand jury said the calendar contained the
names of eighty-seven prisoners, but of whom over sixtl
were persons committed for common larcenies, leaving
only twenty-five which wore properly assize offence!'
He regretted to find that "out of the total of 1,142 Prrt•
soners in the gaol, an establishment not built for half iDe
number, there were no less than 10, persons under sery
tenco of transportation, and who should have been re•
moved long since. His Lordship then called attentici"
to the state of the jury lists made out for the county
Last spring assizes he had occasion to see some of th,e;
jury lists returned by the barony collector here, " an"
the palpable and wholesale omissions of the persons best
qualified were so striking, that I considered it my dot;
to refer to the matter with a view to its correction, all
so far as I can understand from the state of the lists, '
think those collectors are greatly in fault, and that it I.
to them the present state of the county panel is to be et.
tributed." His Lordship concluded his charge by 02;
luding to these matters principally and the duties of tb
magistrates, but without any direct allusion to the di°
turbed state of the country.
When the Rose left Waterford at three o'clock let)
terday, all was then quiet; but intelligence had reach:
0
the town of the passing of the Suspension of the nabehe
Corpus Bill in the House of Commons in one night. ~,
Confederates were greatly exasperated at it; but the
loyal portion of the community were gratified by t"o
vigorous measures of the Government. There lois ,
meeting of the clubs at Carrick-on-Suir, on Monday
night, at which it was understood that both Mr. Soiltci
O'Brien and Mr. Meagher were present. Meagher hild
issued an address calling upon the clubs of Waterford
to meet at five o'clock on Tuesday night, when he se;
Mr. Smith O'Brien would be present. It was stated that
warrants had arrived from Dublin for the arrest of
these personages, and the prevailing impression was 01,
an attempt to capture Mr. Meagher would lead to $ c°,
lision. The authorities were in the meantime using ePeer,
getic measures to resist any outbreak which might 81150
The Artillery, Dragoons, Fusiliers, and Buffs, were ,
readiness for immediate action. The Rhadaman"t. :10
frigate was lying at Wateford Quay, and another sie;th
frigate was coming up the river, supposed to be And
troops on board. The armed police were mounted,
were stationed at points on the public roads, so s' of
convey to the authorities the earliest intelligent
the approach of large bodies of persons. the
had been no precise proclamation forbidding tie
club meeting last night, but it was thought ihal,rhe
magistrates would not permit their assemblage: ene
entire town was, however, in a state of great excitew

MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY EYENTO.
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There has been no meeting of Irish sympatbisehie
to-day. The clubs here boast that they can asse°lo
7,000 men in an hour, without the issue of a Si"
placard, or without the authorities being able to dig
cover the time or place of meeting. Such measureisci
have, however, been adopted that they would fi, it,
this utterly impossible. Every possible precauthl°:
has been taken by the magistracy and police sated,t ti
rities, one of whose first measures will, it i 3 jce
he the temporary addition of 150 men to the F01.,'
force. The Pensioners here are all under arms, t
so long as any danger exists the troops will be lu/P
in constant readiness.

CHESTER.—It is reported that the Irish
M AIS • in this
city, assisted by the Chartists, intend to get up oi
able demonstration on Friday' next, in favour
Irish movement. The third and fourth companies 9. °
89th Infantry, about 200 in number, passed throng
Manchester yesterday
on their way to Dublin to joo
their regiment.

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