The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY*
THE PROCLAIMED CITY.

The Rev. Mr. Hanna and his admiring disciples
have had another field-day on Sunday last, but,
without any thanks being due to them, the Peace
of the town was preserved, and a sufficient police
force and a general disinclination on the part 0f
the people for a Sunday brawl prevented a rePe-
tition of the disgraceful scene which necessitated
the placing of Belfast under the supervision of some
2,000 of her Majesty's troops in addition to a large
police force. The Belfast Mercury has the following
sketch of Mr. Hanna's Sabbath recreations :--
" Yesterday we were very nearly having a' renewal of
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the disturbances which have taken place in this town
some time past, and we congratulate the public on Oa
narrow escape we have bad. It was stated that the lter
Hugh Hanna would again preach in the open air In
the vicinity of the quays, and this having reached the
ears of the magistrates ti,e necessary arrangements war,e
made by them. At Kali-past 1 o'clock all the available
police, constabulary and local, were marched to Pol:
gall quay, where they took up their position.
constabulary were under the command of Mr. Williams;
County Inspector, and the local force under Messrs.
Lindsay and Green. An immense number of pop's,
men, women, and boys, were on the spot, and as the
hoar were on, the number increased until it amounted
to, probably, 3,000 or 4,000, scattered about in grout°
At three o'clock the Rev. Mr. Hanna attempted t°
preach in the waste field near Prince's Dock. !lig CO
gregation was large. The Mayor, Mr. Clarke, old
Tracy, and Mr. W. Verner, remonstrated with him, a°
warned him of the consequences that might arise with
persisted in preaching. He refused to comply wit.
their request, and told them he would assert his conti•
tutional right. He was encouraged by his congregatil
to go on, and while he was proceeding the magistratee
directed the police to clear the ground. This the poll%
effected without using any violence. Mr. Hanna they
made his way to an enclosed yard, belonging to 111 r.,
Dunbar, and he was soon joined by another congreq;
tion, whom he at once commenced to address upon t'
rights of British subjects and the duties of the magi„c:
trates. He did not attempt to go on with any religi!)",,
service, but chiefly directed his harangue to the 801
of magisterial interference that day with his rights, a?,
also to the propriety of the people around him separstll3*
and going quietly to their homes. While he was so Pre;
ceeding the police were again ordered to disperse t
,
people, who were at the time considerably excited, 00
they at once executed the order. There was no attemPtli
the part of the Roman Catholics to interrupt or at ad
interfere with Mr. Hanna ; but if he had been aliacce,
to go on without being stopped by the magistrates Ithie
difficult to say what might not have Lappened, as tog
assemblage was at that time much larger than it I?ce
been there on any preceding occasion. The P 110
marched in bodies along the quays for upwards of ara,
hour after, preventing the people from collecting in nu
hers at any particular place, after which they proces.
to their barracks. There was no rioting at all duo%
the evening. We understand that the magistratest„id
directing the thoroughfares to be cleared, were 0,0t1;
under the orders which they had recently received fro,
Dublin Castle. At 10 o'clock a.m. Mr. Metier preaell
at Donegal quay to a small number of persons who baoi
assembled to hear him. In the evening at five del°
he-again preached iu Sandy-row."

THE IRISH SEPOYi.
The Freeman's Journal, the leading Roman Ca:
tholic organ in Ireland, administers the followinb'
creditable rebuke to that section of the Irish Pre°
which has volunteered the advocacy of the atr°c,ii`'
ties perpetrated by the Sepoys. Commenting IlP°'
the petition adapted by the Chamber of Commerce/
at Calcutta, the Freeman says :
tea
" Some vile enemy of the Irish people bits atterol3,-0
to get up a murder and rapine spirit in Ireland, anuro
stimulate a pro-Sepoy feeling. by the issue of Plo3;ng
in the southern districts, for the purpose of indati,.
the belief that in the more Catholic districts of '7h
country the brutalities of Sepoys are regarded 7,160.
sympathy, and their treatment of the Irish and •Pf3,i
lish ladies approved, because their husbands
fathers are assumed to be connected with the 1311,;-of
army. This infamous attempt to identify the pel3P7:,yo
Ireland with Sepoyism has met a prompt and effect
rebuke from the Catholic town of Carrick-on-Suit, ve
indignantly repudiate the ' nefarious' attempt, and P!„d
opened a subscription list for the purpose of detectl7o
the emissary of Sepoyism who brought the vile pla,c%ir
we allude to to their town. The Irish people eeoue:c.
most heartily the system of oppression and misrule P'-no
tined by the East India Company, but they ha/e,ar.
sympathy with the butchers at Cawnpore, and the Pea
barities which form the characteristic of the war wag;o
against women and children. Some of the best reel;',..j.
India—English, Scotch, and Irish merchants at no
cotta—have protested against the misrule practised.„
India ; but while these men have the manliness to d.
nounce the errors of tbe. Government in the petitl°
which we subjoin, and from the midst of the revolt to
demand a free and constitutional Government for 1(+1:11f
under the sovereignty of our Queen, they have the ,
dom to discriminate between rational liberty and
pant licentiousness ; and, while fearlessly exposing fIP
evils which led to this revolt, they as fearlessly take 3.
arms against the system of indiscriminate murder whic
the Sepoys would inaugurate, and their Irish syeliv
thisers would have their dupes, if they could get a°l,
to follow."

MILITIA RIOTS IN LIMERICK. dire
Accounts have reached Dublin of a series of —1„.1
graceful riots in the city of Limerick, which last
during the evenings of Saturday and Sunda)", f
rioters being the recently embodied County
Limerick Regiment. The facts are these
" Oa Saturday the Militiamen, when passing 00°111
George's-street to their barracks in Boherbuoy, oue'ip
insult to several persans, and behaved in a most ruffian,'
manner towards every respectable inhabitant they it
pened to meet. The locality of Boherbuoy was a se!--of
of commotion during the night, and-the interference if
the constabulary to restore order was ineffectual, or °I3
kindled aflame fur redoubled disturbances. More °:e.
100 of the militia entered barracks in a drunken 004
and the presumption of the police to meddle with We,
was discussed in every room. Revenge they would "Ire
and accordingly between 8 and 9 o'clock, a little bef°ol
tattoo,' a formidable force, numbering above 100 Melo
the county militia, congregated before file police etib",;)o
in Boherbuoy, and commenced stone-throwing 8t „;se
constabulary, and demolished the windows. 11:00181,0
crowds collected,. and, in self-preservation, the P°;(1
party, consisting of only seven men, bad to load_,l4io
turn out with fixed bayonets. The rioters continua'
assail them, and four policemen were knocked clO9/-0:
lot lligence hawing reached the head station of the 0,0
stabulary, in William-street, the available force w.,,„
called to arms, and proceeded to the rescue of their c°',)
rades in Boherbuoy.P The county inspector (51r. Osidedl
and the sub-inspector (Nlr. M'Leod) coinmanded,
their presence at the scene of outrage had the effect
dispersing the militiamen."
1.„/.
An inquiry respecting these riotous proceeo,
took place on Monday before the 'Limerick 1333g,,ir
tra'es, who, after hearing evidence, directed ,
officer to communicate what had occurred to uvit.
Stack, of, the Provisional Battalion, and .to
tenant- Colonel Dickson, of the County Militia.

AMERICAN VESSELS FOR THE RUSSIAN

NAVY.

(From the New York Journal of Commerce )
ship;;
Preparations are-now Tn progress at Webb's I
yard for laying the keel of the great Russian frig
(propeller) of 80 guns, the contract for the c°o.
*ruction of which was closed a few months slor
The original proposition (about five years ago) . 0
the building of this vessel provided for three tifbe
of guns, but Mr. Webb at that time advised to
adoption of a plan for only two tiers, and this ~
finally been settled on. The guns are disposed trill
similar manner on the Merrimac Wabash, an
other war vessels recently added ic; the Anterie;
navy. Themain dimensions of the Russian friga',
are nearly as follows :—Length, 330 feet ;
55 feet ; depth, 36 feet. The engines, two in nub"
ber, will have a stroke of 3 !eet 9 inches, with
der about 84 inches in diameter. The vessel vtio
be full rigged. In giving the contract for ti'd
vessel to one of our citizens, it was the desig,RA
the Russian Government to obtain a ship wflejj,
should•be a model of strength, symmetry, and a
other desirable features in naval architecture, O.A.
complete in all the details of its equipments. ~0
splendid cabin will be fitted up for the use of tue
Admiral of Russia. The furniture and table or'
will be of the most superb description, The vesoef
will pi obably be ready for launching in the fall fe,
1858, and will be completed and delivered in tm i
spring of 1859. A strong foundation of timber ut
the support of the stocks, on which she will re ° ;
has been laid deep in the earth, to guard aciaill
the sinking of the great weight above. Mr. eb,.
is also building for the Russian Government a °°„-;
vette (propeller) of 10 guns, destined for service
the Russian ports in the Pacific Ocean. The :a
mensions are—length, 220 feet ; width 37 feet) 6.71-'
depth, 18 feet. She will be provided with two osci
'rating engines from the Novelty Works, of 30
0
horde power, and 3 feet stroke, with cylinders
inches in diameter. Her construction will be very 3
strong. She will have a light draught of only
or 14 feet, to enable her to move easily among "'el
waters of the Russian Pacific ports. The vesso
(which will be full rigged) will probably be red
for launching early next year.

WEST HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 20.—Launched from the
building-yard of Messrs. John Pile and Co., a very 611 e
iron screw steamer, named "The Paulina," 400 VI;
0.M., classed A 1 at Lloyd's for 12 years. She is t
i 0
property of T. A. Rechussen, Esq., of London, anger
intended for the Mogadore aria Teneriffe trade.
dimensions are :—Length, 177 feet over all ; beam,
feet; and depth, 12 feet. Engines of 60-horse poled
She was christened by William C. Jackson, Bsq'',,
Greatbam, Hull, and glided safely into her intevuno
element, amid the cheers of a large assembly, and 11.,:t
greatly admired for her beautiful model and super
finish.