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conviction shall be had, the clubs are to rise immediately
and prevent the trial by an anticipatory, and, as they hope,
a successful outbreak. One word we must add, the 20,000
muskets above mentioned will cost alone, by :the time they
are delivered in Ireland, fully.Xlo,ooo. How and whence
are the enormous sums to make these purchases obtained ?
It can only be explained by the supposition that the os-
tensible instigators of rebellion in Ireland are clandestinely
backed by men of large resources.
DUBLIN, WATERFORD, AND CORK PROCLAIMED.—
RESCUE OF PRISONERS AT CARRICK-ON- SUIR.—A Privy
Council was held at Dublin Castle on Tuesday afternoon,
at which the Lord Chancellor, Sir E. Blackeney, the Re-
corder of Dublin, and the Attorney-General were present.
The Lord Lieutenant presided. The Council agreed to
put into operation the provisions of the " act for the bet-
ter prevention of crime and outrage in certain parts of
Ireland," and have accordingly issued a proclamation
against the city and county of Dublin, the city and county
of Waterford, the city and county of Cork, and the county
of the town of Drogheda. The proclamation takes effect
fter the 22nd of July instant. Although Dublin
excited by this vigorous step, no disposition to
a breach of the peace has been manifested
kdarine, and, we may add, successful effort to
upon the constituted authorities, has just taken
A priest, the Rev. Father Byrne,. was

trampl

ted for sedition, and committed to Carrick-on-
Suir, preparatory to his committal to the county jail.
mob no sooner heard of the arrest than they immedi-
t to and rescued the reverend prisoner, and also
d all the other prisoners. The military did not in-
as it appears that they were without orders how
a I to act on the occasion.

FEMALE INTREPIDITY—BREAKING UP OF A NOTORI-
OUS GANG.—For several months past the district of Clon-
macnoise, in the King's County, at its junction with
Westmeath, in the vicinity of Ballinahown, has
been suffering from the depredations of an infa-
mous band of nocturnal freebooters, known as Kil-
lian, Larkin, and Co., and, notwithstanding the un-
ceasing exertions of the constabulary in both counties,
the practised desperadoes continued in their career with a
degree of adroitness which long enabled them to evade
detection. At length, however, the intrepid conduct of a
girl, whose years scarcely number sixteen, has effected the
object of breaking up this evil and extensive confederacy.
On Thursday night the gang broke open an outhouse be
longing to Mr. William Lusk, of Bloomhill, and carried
off a number of geese, old and young, the only bioty it
contained. On the following morning, Miss Lusk, put-

ting herself at the head of a party of men and women who
volunteered their services, led them to the residence of the
ringleader, " Writ " Larkin, in the bog of Clonascra.
Her appearance was the signal for an immediate fusilade
of threats and protestations of innocence; but the daunt-
less girl prosecuted her search, and her perseverance,

was crowned with success

wnich Mrs. Larkin kept rocking a cradle in
which a young scion of the hopeful stock was reposing,
attention of Miss Lusk, who insisted on its
and found that it rested„on a large flag, covering

attracted t
removal

a cavity in the floor, in which was secreted a quantity of
bones, being a portion of a heifer stolen a few nights pre-
vious from a poor man named Henry ; and, on further
search, a large glove, filled with pawnbrokers' tickets,

vas discovered for property stolen at different periods.
)ur heroine took measures to prevent the escape of Lar-
-1 his wife, despatched an express for the police, who
m meat, and, accompanied by Miss Lusk,
prisoners, loaded with the spoil, before the

,d the st
ucted t 1

magistrates then sitting at the Doon petty sessions. Lar-
kin has acknowledged his guilt, and the number of depre-
dations which his confession embraces is a proof that an

y his dote

tion ; and as his informations against his associates go di-
rectly to implicate a number of notorious characters, two

it the entire bind, who have been the scourge of
will now meet that reward which is so long
o them from the hands of justice.—Westmeath Guar-

PRO GR

INSURRECTIONISTS.

(From Friday's Dublin

lfaiL)

Confederation " last week, one
when heated with his subject,
came to his peroration :
come—(a voice—' please God,
n England was about to abandon her

" When the time should have c

a was aestinett to be the rock on
ild split, then must armed millions
lay, and at the same hour, for
riotism, and the milder voice
for going thus, they should
ie first should he the last—
.orninion in the country."

t tier proud empire si.
as one man, on the same
quid the sterner duty of p;
,ity both be best obeye'
;ke hut one blow,
death-blow of Englanu

The constant cheering, waving of hats, and other de-
monstrations of applause, showed, unmistakeably, how
congenial to the feelings and hopes of those who heard
him were those sentiments of the militant priest.
-s the language of Smith O'Brien. He

plain w

dwelt with manifest pride and reliance on the mustering
of clubs through the country. Of that at Cork, he thus

"They called it a view of his troops; but he was happy to as-
sure them that he met 2,000 men as well -arrayed, and capable of
efficient action, as any troops in her Majesty's service, and at
least 10,000 able bodied men who promised to support and sym-
pathise with them."
And he concluded with the following menace :
"If the trying tirne should arrive, and Lord Clarendon seemed
resolved that it should, believe him they would come back to
Dublin enthusiastic as they were then, in a different spirit, if
they were assured that 100,000 of the men of Kilkenny, Carlow,

to walk up to Dublin. (Loud

While professions such as the foregoing are openly made,
and patiently tolerated in Dublin, the club organisation
proceeds from day to day increasing in strength and self-
confidence ; and yet no effective step is taken by the Go-

,persethem-; while the Only steps

as tend only to irritate and excite. Of this
an instance occurred in Carrick-on-Suir on Monday last.

taken are

cretaries of the local clubs were arrested, we

presume, for the purpose of instituting some farcical pro-
ceedings at the assizes, after next harvest; and what was
the result? The chapel bells rang out the tocsin—the
whole country, including the neighbouring districts of
Waterford, simultaneously arose and congregated, with
" guns, scythes, pikes, crowbars, &c.," in the town, leav-
ing the crops which they were cutting, and even abandon-
ing a corpse which they were in the act of interring.
And how did the authorities follow up their first ag-
gressive act ? How did they meet this armed mass of

and they wisely withdrew the police and the military to theii.
barracks. The triumphant rebels having gained the day,
celebrated their victory by signal fires along the mountains
of Waterford and Tipperary. Again we warn Lord Claren-
don, that he must deal otherwise with the clubs than by
parchments and informations, by indictments, and tra-
verses in prox, if he wishes to save the country.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

It is said, that amongst othE

thanges contemplated in

the church, is the formation of a diocese of Canterbury, to
which a bishop will be appointed. This change will re-
lieve the Archbishop of the duties of a subordinate dioce-
san, and afford him uninterrupted time to superintend the
many bishoprics of his extensive district. The proposed
new bishop is to be resident at Canterbury ; and it is said
that the site of the old archepiscopal place, adjoining the
Cathedral, and late in the occupation of Sir Robt. Barlow,
will be purchased for the bishop's residence.—

—Kentish

.RAIL T4l

AFFAIRS.

The directors of the Nithsdale Railway have determined
upon opening that line from Dumfries to Gretna, on the

BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION.—The COM-
of the Lords has granted the Great 'Western the
well as the narrow on this line, in opposi-
port of the Railway Commissioners, but

broad gauge w
tion to the R

ifestly for competition
SPEED.—MT

ihenson showed to the

House of Lords, on Thursday, that the express speed of
the South-Western, between London and Southampton,
was 1 miles per hour faster than the Great Western,