The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-13 00:00:00

"MINOR OUTRAGES.

"The portion cf the mob which left Mr. Walsh's farm in
the direction of the Waterford road appeared to have pro-
ceeded to Ballynalina in search of corn-mowers. At the
farms of men named Flemming and Dunne they seized the
scythes and " cradles" of men mowing corn and broke them,
and they searched in several other places for similar Imple-
ments, but the owners had contrived to hide them en hearing
that they were coming. It was probably the Pigeon-park
detachment which visited the farm of Mr. Sexton at Out-
rath, where I was informed they found and broke three
scythes. Both bodies appear to have united again shortly
after the Pigeon-park outrage, and they marched into town
cheering and shouting triumphantly.
"There was a very large assemblage of reapers in Kil-
kenny on Tuesday, but such as were there for hire showed
an exceedingly dogged disposition, and refused all wages
lower than the prices they chose to arrange for themselves,
threatening all farmers with dire consequences if they
dared to go against the popular feeling, and hire mowers or
use machines. They openly proclaimed that if they did not
yet employment on their own terms, they knew where
bread was to be had, and they would have it. There
was a considerable feeling of uneasiness amongst tire provi-
sion dealers of the town, but no overt act of any kind took
place, with the exception of an attack made in the street on
a farmer from Louf.rhboy, named Partle, who resisted on
being hooted by the mob, but immediately received a bl
of a reaping hook, which cot through his hat, and but for
the defence the latter aTirded, his bead might have been
seriously injured. He was forced to take refuge in a house
amidst loud yells from his pursuers. The reports from the
various portions of our county where reaping machines are
known to have been procured by individuals all agree that
no outrages have yet anywhere occurred beyond the district
surrounding the city, but aepr,!ieneion is everywhere felt
that our riots may but prove the prelude to a general cam-
paign.
" There was to be a meeting of magistrates at St oneyford
an Tuesday, on the requisition of Cu!. Wemyv. The Earl
of Desar t was expected to he present, and Mr. Mort, R.M.,
who had returned since the previcus day to town, as well
as Mr. Curtis, county inspector. The intention was,, we
understand, that arrangements should be made to hting
another reaping machine to Mr. Howison's farm un'ter a
sufficient protection, and cat Iris crops, in order to show
that mob violence will not be permitted to intimidate far-
mers to give up the use of any ttachirre they may think
prover to use. We sincerely tripe this atrangetnent nay be
carried out ; but something more is necessary. An example
should be made of the ringleaders in the outrages of Mon-
day, and we have yet heard of no arrest, or even of any
persou being identified.
" A man came into town on Tuesday from Outrath with
a broken scythe, and stated ;that he hal been engsg«l to
mow corn for Mr. Walsh at tae. per clay, but that l c wr.s
r. arced off and his scythe broken by a me b, who told him
thlt if ever he mowed anything but grass again, he should
be prepared to give up his life."

LATEST PARTICOL-4.ng—ARRIVAL OF TILE MILITARY.

TLe subjoined is dated Kilkenny, Wednesday night :-
1 " Tice excitement which existed hen for the last two days
has subsided t 4 a great extent, owing, no doubt, to the
prompt measures adopted fur the repression of fwure out-
! rages. Last night, at 12 o'clock, a sp,,cial train ariived
here from Dublin, bearing two troops of the 3d Dragoons,
under tLe command of Co!. ett ; and to. dly a specinl
detachment of TA) constabulary, under the cooarnand of Mr.
Auchmuty. 5.1., from the depot in the Phce:Jix Park, also
art iced. This tree has been dis,ributed in those quarters
of the city where riotous manifistations were most strongly
apprehended, bat up to the present no occasion has
arisen for their active iuterf,rence. I understand that a 1
tarty f the harvest teen tbreih!v cut do,sn the crop (,f a
Scotch farmer Homed Valiance, at Grange, about four miles
from the city to-:ay, and insisted upon being paid. They
then intimated their intention cf returning to-marrow for
the pu,pose of stacking the corn, but it is nut likely that
they will carry out their promise, as Mr. Valiance has ob-
tained a guard of eight p,)lic3 to sleep on his premise?.
This evening, Mr. Hort R.M., prccieded with a party et
the 3d Dragoons, under command of Cept. Sitwell, to
Birrbfield, the residence of Mr. Richard Srnithwick, J.t'.,
la'e member for the county, and arrested four men who
were fully identified by two scythe-men as having been of
a party who had attacked them, and broken their scythes,
on Monday evening.
" It is generally looked upon here as an extraordinary
circumstance that Kilkenny, a city of 20,000 inhahitants,
containing three banks and a splendid barrack, with a large
store of arms and ammunitions should have been left, since 1
the disbandment of the Ki.leehny Fusiliers a few days since,
under the charge of a barrack-sergeant only."