The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

INCREASE OF TILE MILITARY FORCE.

A large body of troops is concentrating at Athlone,
which, from its Cr ntral position, is well adapted for a
depot horn which draughts can be drawn in case of dis-
turbances on the border tour ties. Part of the Scot's
Grays and Queen's Bays have already marched thither
from this garrison, and, as will be seen by the following
extract from a local paper, further reinforcements arc
daily expected:—
"Information has reached us of' an order issued,
directing accommodation to be immediately provided
for a large increase of troops, the Government having
decided on establishing a depot in this garrison fur
troops, from which, in case of emergency, they can be
dispatched. Four troops of the 7th Ilussars, with the
head•quarters, will arrive on the 15th, which, together
with au infantry regiment in addition to the 75th, will
be stationed here. The 6th Inniskillen Dragoons at
present stationed here, are confined to barracks: and
ord
ered to be ready to ' mount' in a moment's notice, in
consequence of information received of en intended
rioting of the peasantry in some of the adjoining coun-
ties."

STATE OF TIPPERARY.
The subjoined letter, from a correspondent of the
Evening Mad, contains some instructive information re-
specting the pleasures of landlordism in Tipperary :
" BORMSOKANE, OCT. 3.—Without note or comment,
I send you particulars of two demonstrations (whether
physical or moral I must leave to the judgment of your
readers), which came off in this neighbourhood 3 ester-
day. A Mr. Lloyd, having made a distress for rent,
had the cattle removed to the ground in the village of
Lurrah ; the cattle were bailed and returned to the
poundkeeper yesterday, being the auction-day, for the
landlord to sell (the tenant having refused to sign an
adjournment of sale, or make any terms with Mr.
Lloyd). Long before the hour of one o'clock in the
afternoon, being the time appointed for the sale, large
bodies of men, armed with sticks and spade-handles—
several with pistols, from different districts, the greater
number being strangers, residing more than ten miles
from the scene of action—were in motion towards the
village of Lurrah, and, according as they moved along,
they swelled their ranks by pressing into their service
labourers and workmen of every description ; and in
many places on their route they made several respectable
farmers and gentlemen's servants leave their work, and
join in their procession, and among others, a very quiet
and inoffensive Dissenting minister, who was in the act
of cleaning some wheat for market, and resolutely re-
fused to quit his business, when they immediately con-
vinced him of the prudence of joining their ranks
by a rigid application of an oak stick to his loins,
from the effects of which he could with diffi •
culty keep marching step with his company. Mr. Lloyd
made no appearance at the hour appointed, and the
pound-keeper gave up the cattle to the owner, amidst the
most enthusiastic cheering of the demonstrators. The
assemblage, consisting of upwards of 1,000 men, filed
off in companies, each district having a fifer playing
some loyal air at the head of the party. The other de
monstration occurred at Milford, the residence of Mr.
Ralph S. Smith, and arose out of the following trans-
action :—Mr. Smith's grandfather made a lease of nine
acres of land, part of his estate, adjoining the house of
Milford, for three lives, at a nominal rent of a few shil-
lings, to a retainer of his family. This farm passed into
the possession of a man of the name of Ga3nor, who
sublet seven acres to a person of the name of Meara, at
a rack-rent of 14/. a year. Meara becoming ernbarassed
in his circumstances, and unable to pay the rent, pro-
posed to Mr. Smith, within the last month, to sell him
his interest in these worn-out seven acres, to enable him
to emigrate with his family to America ; and although
the ground was so reduced by Meara as not to be worth
one half the 141. a year (reserved to Gaynor, during the
term of his lease, now being for the life of one old woman,
aged 72),.Mr. Smith gave Meara 451. for his interest and
good-will, and undertook the payment of the rent due to
Gaynor. No sooner was the money paid than Mr. Smith
received a Rockite notice, threatening his life, should
he interfere with the land, and requiring him to give
up the same to Gaynor. Next followed an at-
tempt, on last Sunday evening, to shoot his steward ;
and Mr. Smith being determined to support his rights,
was preparing to plough the land yesterday, and when
about to do so was informed, that over 300 men were
on the land and its vicinity, the greater number of them
armed, ready to oppose him to the death. Mr. Smith
was then obliged to barricade his house and out-offices,
and keep his workmen with their ploughs and horses
within doors, and immediately sent an express to Col.
Dwyer, who was the next magistrate to him, and an-
other to Mr. Magrath, the officer in command of the po-
lice in Borrisoltane, informing them of the peril he was
in, the multitude being within view of his windows,
when he received a reply from the former that he had
forwarded his communication to the police authorities
in Borrisokane. Immediately after an answer arrived
from Mr. Magrath, that he could not repair to the place
of siege without a magistrate accompanying him. Mr.
Smith was therefore obliged to keep his house barri-
caded during the day, having been several times invited
out by the assailing party, to make the light shine
through him. In the evening this party of demonstra-
tors retired to their respective districts, snaking no con-
cealment of their being fully armed and prepared to
meet any opposition, Mr Smith is to make application
this day to the authorities for a sufficient force of mili-
tary and police, to protect him for one day while plough
ing the land. You will say, a very
happy prospect for
gentlemen who reside upon their estates, and a great
inducement for non• residents to come back among us,
to perform the duties and receive the rights belonging
to Tipperary property!"
THE OATH OF SUPREMACY.
Sir Valentine Blake, one of the latest recipients of
Chancellor Brady's letter of grace, has, in the follow-
ing reply, succeeded in starting a fresh Irish " diffi-
culty :
" Paris, place de la Madeline, Sept. 24, 1846.
"My Lord,—l had the honour to receive a letter
by your Lordship's direction yesterday, wherein it is in-
timated to me that my name is reinstated in its proper
place in the commission of the peace for the county of
Galway, for which I beg to return you my most sin-
cere thanks.
" The clerk of the hanaper has enclosed to me the
form of oaths to be taken, and, inasmuch as it required
that I should swear the see of Rome, or the potentate
who occupies the papal throne, has no spiritual power
within the realms of her Majesty, which we all know is
untrue, I am sorry that I must refuse to take such an
oath, and I am only surprised that other conscientious
Protestants should do so ; but I hope shortly to see your
Lordship on the woolsack of the Irish House of Lords,
as the keeper of' her Majesty's conscience in Ireland,
bringing in a Bill to abolish the taking of such an oath.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's
most faithful and obedient humble servant,
" VALENTINE BLAKE.
" The Lord Chancellor of Ireland."
ANOTHER " DIFFICULTY."
Almost the whole of the barony of I?arney, in the
county of Monaghan, is, it is well known, the property
of two landlords—the Marquis of Bath and Mr. Shirley.
According to the Evening Mail, •
" Their agents arranged to employ every man in the
barony on the hinds, without presenting. All was set-
tled apparently most satisfactorily, when the tenants on
the Shirley estate refused to work on the estate, and de-
manded public works, because five per cent. was even-
tually to be charged them for the improvements made,
though they admitted they would be benefited twenty-
five per cent. Such is Ireland ! The quarrel is to he
determined and settled by Government inquiring into
the matter."