The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-19 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The North Lincolnshire Regiment of Militia has
been called upon to assemble for duty at Lincoln on
the 7th Oct. The regiment will he embodied.
Wednesday, Oct. 7, is now the day fixed for the
assembling of the Royal Wiltshire Militia at De-
vizes. The regiment is to be embodied.
The Royal Glamorganshire Mi!itia assembled at
Swansea on Wednesday. Nearly 100 men mustered
out of 308, of which the force will consist when
complete, exclusive of 13 officers. Drilling com-
menced on Thursday under six non-commissioned
officers of the Royal Artillery, who were sent down
specially from Woolwich.

IRELAND.

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DUBLIN, FRIDAY.
THE PROCLAIMING OF BELFAST.

The special reportr of the Freeman, writing lait
night from Belfast, thus describes the state of feel-
ing consequent upon the disgrace of the capital of
Uliter being placed for its misdeeds under the-strin-
geut provisions of the Crime and. Outrage Act :

" The proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant in Coun-
cil of Belfast, aLhough it was to some extent anticipated
here, Las caused no small amount of sensation, followed
by a feeling of shame at the degradation teat has thus
been brought down upon FO important and prosperous a
onoununity. It seems to be generally admitted that this
erdceedire• on the part of the Executive was urgently
demanded the disorganisation of society, the interfer-
ence with industry, and the outrages upon person and
property which have been going on since the July anni-
versary, whose recurrence has for years past been the
recognised feri fer the revival of discord andlhe per-
petration of serious c.imes agaiuet `law and order' in
Ireland. The Government are making extensive prepa-
rations to carry in'o effect the proc:atuation of the Privy
Council. Tuere will he a general searching for arms
after Friday, the 13. h, from which day the proclama-
tion will t ‘ke effect. Lut already (as the police are in-
! formed) arms are bring sent out to the country districts
and buried and otherwise 'concealed in the town. 600
men and officers of the 30th Regiment arrived here
yesterday evening. 50 constabu!ary have come from
Westmeath and Kildare counties under sub-Impectors
Fleming and Falloon, making that force now in Belfast
more than 450 strong. The military have been also rein-
forced by three •fficers and 45 men of the 31 Dragoons.
Pe h branches of the
.ser /ice, it is understoad, will he
further strengthened, so that there is ample guarantee
for the preservation of the peace, and the addittons may,
not be unnecessary, for it is not improbable that resist-
ance would ho offered to the cxnec,ed disarming of the
disturbed district-, it the persons were not deterred by a
!area array of troops and c‘mstabnl try. Toe Privy
Council proclamation is posted all over the - town, and
there is appended to for the information of the inha-
bit intre an abstract of th© act about to be pat in opera-
tion. A constabulary officer informed me last night that
ne heard there were men u lre‘cting in the Pound district
for the purchase of powder. Peace is restored. Bot'l
partite are afraid to come into collision with the strong
bodies of constabulary who are patrolling, and who, it is
known, wi.l iire.upoa catetpera'dvely less provocation or
tiAing than would be tolerated under different circum-
, staecee."

The
_reporter of Saunders' Neweetter writs

under the same dit e a 3 taws :

"The proceedings before the Gov,?rnment C nnrci-
sioners continue to attract the greattmt arn,unt of atten-
tion from the public at large. The c3ort-house is da•l
crowded with most attentive listener•, and :n the :treeta
the points brought out in evidence are earnestly dis-
cussed.

" Tho proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant and Privy
Council plapleg Belfast and the suburb of Ilallyrnac ,urt
under the provisions of tee Peace Preservation (Ireland)
Act of 11846, was only posted this morning, but its na-
ture was publicly known since Tuesday morning. Tv-
morrow it comes into opera•ion, and the belligerents who
had en long held tbe town in terror are now busily engaged
either in burying their guns according to John Mitchell's
receipt, ' nicely wrapped up in oiled flannel,' or sending
teem to their friends beyond the boundaries of the pro-
claimed district, or returning them to the warehouse from
A filch they hired them or bought them, while in many
other instances they pop' them under the safe keeping
of their male relatives up that repository popularly
called the spout.' All is commotion in the ranks of the
rioters on both sides. I3nt a few daring spirits are deter-
mined, I hear, to have their weapons at hand in some
cucnieg place of concealment, to brave the rigour of the
search which is to be instituted, with the penalty of two
year's imprisonment that follows upon conviction. Shots
continue to be fired even yet, but they are few and far
between as compared with the fusilades of Saturday and
Sunday nights last. The cannon are silent in Sandy-raw,
and in the now notorious locality called the Pound ; but
the anicaosity—the odium theologicum—is as intense as
ever. The town i 4 filled with constahulary and soldiers,
infantry and cavalry, but the latter have not been called
front their barracks this week. Neer, since the disas-
trous period of 1798, did the town present the same de•
plorable signs of internecine strife, and it is sincerely to
be hoped it never will."
A temperate Protestant joutn4l, commenting
upon the Belfast orgies, and the Government mea-
sures for their repression, justly remarks :
" It was quite right that tne unhcly warfare should
be suppressed, and that all the parties should learn that
the law must be obeyed.- The pastime of murder for the
love of God will not be longer borne with. We will not,
so far from the scene of rioting, hazard any opinion as
to who were the original transgressors. The organs of
each party derend their lambs, and proclaim loudly and
boldly that the Protestants or Catholics, as the case may
be, were not the transgressors, and that the other party
fired the first shot or threw the first stone. That will be
brought to light hereafter, but both parties now see
pretty clearly that the amusement will not be tolerated
any longer, and that they must all resume their honest
have any ; but whether or not they must
abour, if they
contrive to live peaceably together, and respect the law
of the land. The conduct of both parties was extremely
criminal aad disgraceful, offensive to the laws of God
and man.