The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-14 00:00:00

arrival of the 33 Buffs they started, accompanied by
another company of the Buffs, from Carrick, and one
company of the 833, together with a troop of the 4th
Light Dry goons and a party of artillery with two
pieces of cannon. They proceeded to Kilmacthomr.s,
where the rebels were said to be encamped.

" ARRANGENIENT OF THE REBEL FORCES.

"It is reported that Doheny headed the armed
insurgents who made the attack on Curraghmore for
arms last night. He has taken the command of the
Waterford rebel division, whose present rendezvous is
to be Portlaw; and the Tipperary rebel division,
under the command of O'Mahony, is to rendezvous
at Slievenamon. Their commissariat is said to be
most abundantly supplied at the expense of the
neighbouring farm-houses; an it is a condition on
all recruits joining, that they are to bring arms,
ammunition, and a supply of bread, meat, &c., for
a certain number of days. This has all the appear-
ance of a determined and sanguinary rebellion. It
is also reported that General Macdonald has de-
manded an immediate reinforcement of artillery and
cavalry."

The following has been received by electric tele-
graph :

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
As the Cork mail was on its way to Dublin, it was
met last evening, between Clonmel and Glenbower,
about six miles from the former, by a party of the
people, who told the coachman and guard to return,
as there was a collision between the police and the
people at the Glenbower police-station. On arrival
there, a man was found lying dead in the road; the
police were still safe, but expected a renewed attack.
The coachman hurried on to Callan, where he deli-
vered a note from the police, asking for assistance.
The mail-coach did not meet with any obstacle on
the part of the peasantry, who are in a high state of
excitement, in consequence of ejectments in the neigh-
bourhood, and seizures of corn for rent.
The Waterford mail, which left Dublin yesterday
(Tuesday) morning, was stopped near Granny-bridge
by a large party of men, who in the first instance
would not allow the coack to pass, as they were about
to pull down the bridge. After some remonstrance,
they permitted it to be draw❑ across. On arrival at
Waterford, the guard reported the circumstance to
the Postmaster and to Sir C. O'Donnell, the General
of the district.

According to the Nenagh Guardian Messrs. S.
Egan, Nicholas Nagle, Michael Doherty, and James
Russell, all of Roscrea, will be tried at the approach-
ing Special Commission at Clonmel, on a charge of
high treason. All the parties hitherto held a respect-
able position in society.
Among the anecdotes connected with the late
rebellion, and which are daily coming to light, the
following, furnished by a correspondent of the Cork
Reporter, is substantially correct. The hero of the
tale is Mr. Eugene O'Reilly, the son of Mr. Matthew
O'Reilly, a respectable solicitor in this city, and law
agent to the Chief Secretary for Ireland.
" Very soon after it was known that Smith O'Brien
and his companions had assembled in the neighbourhood
of Ballingarry, five or six young men, holding a respect-
able position in society, some having attained collegiate
honours, went down from Dublin to join him. They
reached the locality of the rencontre the evening after
the affair at Widow Cormack's house, and on learning
the result, and finding that the leaders' were divided
and dispersed, they made their way back to the county
Meath, where they purposed to lie perdue for some
time. There, however, they found that the
police were on their track, and they determined on
returning to Dublin and taking their chance. Accord-
ingly they did so, and reached the city about eleven
o'clock at night. Here, after consulting for awhile, they
resolved on calling upon a young friend and asking
quarters for the night until they could decide on their
future location. Proceeding to the house of their friend's
father, a respectable professional gentleman, whose po-
litical sentiments were greatly at variance with those of
his son, they knocked at the hall door and inquired for
the person with whom they desired to communicate,
who presently came down to them. While conferring
in his pocket, and,
having
t
in the hall as to how he could best provide for them, his
father overheard ,the conversation, and coming out he
lucked theeall ehallcalled
for
assistance,putting
thee
sent a servant throughy
the back door for the police. The son intreated, prayed,
and pleaded the sacredness of a stranger seeking shelter
and hospitality ; but in vain. His parent was immov-
able, and, seeing the urgency of the case, ho said to his
friends, Come, boys, this shall never be.' In an instant
the father was seined hold of and overpowered ; he was
brought into a back parlour and tied hand and foot in
an arm-chair ; the hall door was opened, and the son
having seen his friends safe out of danger, returned to
the house. Next day he was made a prisoner, as' sus-
pected of treasonable practices,' and sent to Newgtve.
His father went to visit him, and he refused him an in-
terview. He is now in the prison of Belfast, and his
mother, who knew that no act or deed of her son had
compromised him in any illegal proceeding, was, I am
told, refused an interview with him there within the last
fortnight."
DISMISSAL OF POLICEMEN.
The Cork Reporter of Tuesday contains the fol-
lowing :
'• In consequence of ass order received from Colonel
Macgregor, inspector-general of constabulary, the two
policemen, Tone and Whealan, who permitted Mr. T.
B. Dl`Manus to escape from them in Monkstown, were
dismissed from the force on yesterday."
THE STATE PRISONERS.

theT.Fhereefmaollonw,sinfouerxna pllanreagtoarrydinsgtatethmeenrtumape rsars in
culated in respect to the secretary of the Confede-
rates :
" Mr. Halpin is at present confined in the gaol of
opucir.
Naas, to which prison he was brought on Friday last
from the Belfast Bridewell. Several rumours respecting
Mr. Halpin have been in circulation for the last few clays,
in .
consequence of a paragraph which appeared in one of
the Belfast papers respecting him. These rumours are
not only exaggerated, but for the most part without any
touadation. It is true that officials have visited some of
Mr. Halpin's relations, in order to ascertain from them
if he could give any information respecting the State
prisoners; but the parties referred the officials to Mr.
Halpin himself, and we are in a position to state that
Mr. Halpin informed the authorities that be had no
evidence whatever to give—that the acts of the body to
which he belonged were open to every one—and that he
knew nothing more. It is right to state this much, as
prejudicial reports have b2en circulated regarding Mr.
Halpin's character."
The following accounts are from local correspon-
dents:—
WATERFORD, SEPT. 12.—1 t is with much regret I
have to acquaint you that for the past week armed
parties have been going about at midnight through
some parishes in the neighbouring county of Kil-
kenny, warning the farmers and labourers to be pre-
pared to attend when called upon. These proceedings
are said to have taken place owing to the newly cut
crops being in possession of bailiffs placed over them
by the landlords, who appear determined to have their
rents at all hazards. This morning some uneasiness
was felt here as to the Dublin coach, due at five
o'clock, which did not arrive at the appointed time,
but at ten minutes before six o'clock it reached the
post-office, when James Dolan, the guard, .reported
that he was stopped at Granagh- bridge, within one
mile and a half of this city, by 500 armed men, who
declared their intention of detaining the mail until
the bridge was blown up, which it is said they en-
deavoured to do, but failed in their purpose. The
bridge has been visited by several persons
to-day, the battlements are much broken,
and the centre torn up to a considerable
extent. The postmaster, Thomas Parsons, Esq.,
on receiving the guard's report, proceeded
to the residence of Sir Charles O'Donnell, com-
mandant of this grrrison, who at once took measures
for the defence of the city. A guard of Marines was
placed on the magnificent bridge which here crosses
the Suir, the portcullis was drawn up, and all per-
sons forbidden to pass. At a later hour, however,
some relaxation was permitted, and persons were
permitted to pass as usual. A Government steamer
which fortunately arrived was moored within fifty
yards of the bridge. In the meantime a police cava-
lier arrived from Portlaw for assistance, and 500 men
of here
w the 85th Regiment who had only arrived
from the Camp of Turtulla on Saturday, and h
o
were expecting to enjoy a little rest after the fatigue
they had undergone, were ordered off to Curragh-
more, the rumour being that that villa
at-
tacked last night ; that the police fired village
from r was
their
barrack window ; that two or three of the rebels
killed ; that the police barracks were entered an
their arms taken ; and that seven swivel-gun were
sn
taken from the Marquis of Waterford at Curragh-
more, which place it will be recollected his Lordship
promised he could defend against the assaults of
10,000 pikemen.

WATERFORD,
SETT.
12.
This.
open disaffec-
tion
is once
arms,niore insoamsetate of
thousands being
hl
thoroug y
armed with pikes,
~&c. Portlaw is also
stirring, and report has it that Curraghmore, the seat
;
of the' Marquis of Waterford, had been attacked,
several pieces of cannon, and a number of small arms,
powder, ball, &c., have been carried off. The Noble
Marquis
' had not returned from the last Curragh
meeting. The mail coach, while on its way through
this city, and passing through Mullinavat, was sur-
rounded by a large
mob, and detained for a consider-
able time. When the mob first interrupted the coach,
the guard, James Doolan, ordered the driver forward;
the coach succeeded in getting clear of the crowd
running after, and shouting that they would soon stop
them. Accordingly, when the coach arrived at
Granny Bridge, about two and a half miles from
Waterford, the bridge was in possession of
the insurgents, who were endeavouring by every
means to pull it down. The coach was then
forcibly stopped, the horses taken from it, an elderly