The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

IRELAND.

[The following is from our Second• Edition of Tuesday
last
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mr. Smith
O'Brien, but he left Duolin, it will be seen, for Wexfcrd
on Saturday. The clubs " talk" of rescuing their leader.
We shall see. The squadron under Sir Charles Napier
has been ordered for service on the Irish coast, to co-
operate with the authorities.
The Irish Privy CJuncil have proclaimed the county of
Kilkenny, city of Kilkenny, county of Meath, four baro-
nies in the county of Waterford, and 'thirteen baronies in
the county of Cork.

The cityj of Waterford is still fearfully excited. Strong
reinforcements of military have arrived. The Lord Lieu-
tenant's proclamation, ending with the usual phrase
" God save the Queen," has been posted over with a
counter proclamation, signed T. F. Meagher, and ending
" God save the People." The police, according to their
instructions, tore down the latter, and in doing so re-
ceived every possible annoyance and obstruction. There
are several smithies hard at work making pikes; and all
the young ash trees near the town have been cut down for
pike-handles. The Waterford Chronicle says that the
influence of such of the Roman Catholic clergy as do not
sanction the clubs has been declining apace, and their
ad monitions are without effect.

THE PIKEMEN.—Within the last few days a sturdy
application was made by some persons, in the adjacent
town, for a small piece of iron, and a bit of steel, to
make a few, pikes, to a Quaker gentleman in the iron trade.
The merchant, more kind than merchants usually are,
gave the poor applicants iron and steel sufficient to make
two thousand pikes ! Honest quaker, that, say we.
Other gentlemen in the same neighbourhood volunteered
to supply handles gratis for the pikes, and now, we under-
stand, there are no less than 4.000 armed men ready to
take the field with arms weli calculated to turn the tables,
and what's better, without much drilling.—Waterford
Chronicle.

It is said that informations have been sworn against
Mr. Doheny for a seditious speech.
Infantry and cavalry are daily arriving at Carlow, Kil-
kenny, and other places. The Rhadamanthus steam fri-
gate arrived at Waterford on Friday.
The sale of pikes, guns, blunderbusses, and pistols, is
still very brisk in every town in the disturbed districts.

Mr. John O'Connell has issued a letter to the repealers
of Cork, again advocating his moral-force doctrines.

The Agricultural Show in Kilkenny is described as in-
differently attended, in consequence of the unquiet state
of the times.

The accounts from nearly all parts of Ireland, received
this week, represent the potatoes as in a very flourishing
condition.

Mr. M. T. Baines, M.P., being nailed as a member of
the Dublin Election Committee, has been prevented, so
far from attending the northern circuit as usual.
Several parties have been arrested in Drogheda on a
charge of " training and drilling." Amongst these was
the editor of the Drogheda Argus, and Messrs. Hart and
Drew. The parties were subsequently bailed, and were
met by a crowd, who shouted " the Queen and Repeal ! "
As the sentry at the barrack-gate in Youghal was
walking his usual post on Monday night, he was fired at
by some miscreant. the adjutant saw the flash of the
intended murderer's piece, and the sentinel at the same
time heard the ball whistle by him.
A person named Flanagan, a noted pike-maker, has
been arrested in Dublin. In is house were found swords
and cutlasses. In the houses of other suspected parties
were found various weapons of warfare, as well as bullet-
moulds, wadding, and ammunition, and also documents
showing the connexion of the parties with the clubs.
Some of the country banks are refusing discounts upon
the most solvent securities. A gentleman possessing pro-
perty to the extent of .f 5.000 a year, has been refused ac-
commodation by a bank in the province of Connaught.
In consequence of this refusal he was compelled to sell, at
great disadvantage, a vast quantity of live stock in order
to meet his engagements.
THE CLUBBISTS' AMMUNITION.—On Thursday a large
parcel was delivered at a mercantile establishment in
Dublin, directed to a clerk in the house, who is connected
with the clubs. It was marked " with care" on the out-
side. On account of suspicious appearances the proprie-
tor opened the parcel, and found that it contained several
pounds of gunpowder, which he at once delivered to the
authorities.

ASSAULTS ON SOLDIERS.—On Tuesday, at the head
police-office, Dublin, two persons were summarily con-
victed of aggravated and unprovoked assaults on two sol-
diers, one a sergeant of the Enniskillen Dragoons, the
other a private in the 55th Regiment. One of the pri-
soners was fined £6, and the other £3, or two months'
imprisonment, and the fines were paid. These cases
exhibit the growing feeling of hostility against the sol-
diers amongst those classes infected by the revolutionary
mania. _ _

On Thursday, at two o'clock, a car, containing five
persons, was stopped at the Blanchard's town turnpike
gate, by a constable and one of the police of that station.
On examining the car, they found three guns, three
pistols, two bullet moulds, and two pike heads, with a
large quantity of ball cartridges, loose powder, balls, &c.
The parties were arrested, and the car taken to the
station house. The prisoners gave their names at
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The Dublin correspondent of the Times, writing on
Monday, says :—" A well-circumstanced estate in the
west of Ireland, producing a rental of £7OO a-year, was
put for sale in the Master's-offices on Saturday last.
There was not a single bidder, and the sale was adjourned
without a day being named for another trial. Negotia-
tions for loans, which last week were about being made
on the faith of solvent security, have been suspended
within the last twenty-four hours. Lenders button up
their pockets, and look to the chances of a transfer of
their persons and properties to countries more likely to
afford adequate safety to both."
NEW POTATO 'S.—Scarcely at any season, and during
the most plentiful years, were there more potatoes to be
seen in market than on Saturday. They were remarkably
fine, and free from discoloration or disease. Really good
ones were purchased at so low a figure at 71d. per weight
of 21Ib ; inferior ones were disposed even at 6d ! It is
some years since new potatoes could be bought. at this
season of the year, at similar prices to the present, and
there is every probability of their being lower—many are
inclined to think that they will be sold so low as 4d. per
weight generally. In a few of the country towns, on Sa-
turday, the top price was 6d. per weight.— Cork paper.
AN IRISHMAN'S NOTION OF CRIME.—At the Cork ,
Assizes, last week, the following colloquy took place be-
tween
a counsel and witness ;—I was in the dock before
now, but it was'nt for much. Mr. Wallis—What was it
for Jerry ? Witness it was only for stealing a pig. (A
laugh.) Mr. Bennett—Did you ever steal a pig since ?
(Loud laughter.) Witness (shaking his head at his Lord-
ship).—By dad, my Lord, many a good man stole a pig
before now. (Great laughter.) Court—What ! Do you
mean to say that good men steal pigs ? Witness—A good
man, my Lord, might whip away one pig if he did'nt go
higher. (Loud laughter.)
MURDER.—On Sunday the 23rd of July, a man of the
name of Timothy Sheehan,. of Garnavella, near Caher,
left his house for the purpose of going to mass in the cha-
pel of Caher ; when within a short distance of the town he
was joined by another man, whom he knew, named Gilli-
gan, and while both were walking on the high road, a man
leaped over the hedge, with a pistol in his hand, and or-
dered Gilligan to go on. He then presented it at Shee-
han and fired. The contents of the pistol were lodged in
his abdomen ; and when the villain perceived that he yet
lived, he drew the butt of the pistol and struck his victim
on the skull, saying at the time, " There's Leamy's
ground for you." The poor man was killed on the spot.
This occurred in the presence of several persons who were
on their way to the chapel. We have not yet heard whe-
ther the murderer has been arrested.— Clonnzel Chronicle.

THE NEW ACT TO SUPPRESS REBELLION IN IRELAND.
—The new act to suppress rebellion in Ireland (11th and
12th Victoria, cap. 35) has just been printed. It contains
three clauses. The preamble declares that a treasonable
and rebellious spirit of insurrection now unfortunately
exists in Ireland, and therefore for the better preserva-
tion of her Majesty's most sacred person, and for securing
the peace, the laws, and liberties of this kingdom, it is
enacted by the first clause, " that all and every person
and persons who is, are, or shall be, within prison within
that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland called Ireland, at or on the Jay on which this act
shall receive her Majesty's Royal Assent (25th of July
instant) or after by warrant of her Majesty's most Hon.
Privy Council of Ireland, signed by six of the said Privy
Council, for high treason or treasonable practices, or sus-
picion of high treason or treasonable practices, or by
warrant signed by the Lord-Lieutenant or other chief
governor or governors of Ireland, for the time being, or
his or their chief secretary, for such causes aforesaid, may
be detained in safe custody without bail or mainprize
until the Ist day of March, 1849, and that no judge or
justice of the peace shall try any such person or persons
committed, without order from her said Majesty's Privy
Council until the Ist of March, 1849, any law or statute
to the contrary notwithstanding." By the second clause
it is provided that persons to whom warrants are directed
shall detain persons so committed in safe custody. Per-
sons charged with custody, as also the place of detention,
may be charged with warrants by the Lord Lieutenant or
Privy Council. The third clause directs that copies of
such warrants respectively shall be transmitted to the
Clerk of the Crown for Dublin. This Act passed the
House of Commons on Saturday, the Lords on Monday,
and received the royal assent OR Tuesday, when it came
into force—the quickest possible time of legislation in the
annal 3 of parliament.
The following letter, dated " Waterford, July 26th," is
important
:
Sir Charles O'Donnell, who has a special command
in this district, has received an application for reinforce-
ments from Carrick-on-Suir, where Messrs. Smith O'Brien
and Meagher have for the moment established their head-
quarters. The request, which was founded on the excited
state of the town and the immediate danger of an out-
break, was at once complied with. One hundred soldiers
were landed from the Rhadamanthus steamer in the har-
bour, and marched without delay for the spot where their
services were required. They took their departure
amidst the hearty cheers of their comrades, to which they
themselves as heartily responded ; and though the move-
ment created some excitement and infinite curiosity
among the inhabitants, not the slightest attempt was
made to impede them in their progress. The men were
full of alacrity and zeal, and at a later period of the day
were met half-way to Pilltown, proceeding on their route
at a smart pace. Carrick is inhabited by a wild and law-
less race, ripe for any scheme, however desperate, and
likely when called on to fight with steady ferocity. Though
the population is rot more than from 5,000 and 6,000, the
neighbourhood is densely peopled, and within a very short
time its own natural resources for an outbreak would be
swelled by the sanguinary peasantry who surround it.
For days and weeks past it has been in a state of incipient

insurrection, 'which accident has alone prevented from be-
coming open rebellion. Club organization has been car-
ried there to ft high state of perfection, and every art bas
been used to aggravate the excitement of the population.
There yesterday Mr. Smith O'Brien proclaimed the Re-
bellion of 1848, and offered himself as leader in its 'despe-
rate hazards. In a highly inflammatory speech he re-
minded the people that there was a time when the name
he bore would have aroused the whole country in his be-
half, and he invited them to follow him now. His address
was rather coldly received, and it was probably from a
perception of this that he gave them two hours to decide
on the proposition which he had made to them. At the
end that period the terms were, I 'suppose, accepted,
and to-day it was generally reported and believed in Wa-
terford that he had betaken himself to the hills, with
100,000 followers. The departure of reinforcements for
Carrick-on-Suir was taken to be a confirmation of this
rumour, and it was almost amusing to see the solemn ea-
gerness with which this foolish fabrication was communi-
cated and received by the gossips and idlers of this city.
" Waterford itself remains undisturbed. The clubs
met to-night in unusual force, but, after showing the
same restless and uneasy spirit, they dispersed quietly.
For the military defence of this city the most ample pro-
vision has been made. The steamer in the harbour, is
placed so that its guns command the principal street.
Cannon will be posted so as to sweep the quays. an en-
campment is to be formed on the heights above the bridge,
and the barracks, which are also situated above the town,
complete a strong chain of fortifications against which
even the drilling and training of the clubs must prove
powerless.
" While the timid are flying from the threatened dan-
ger, the great landowners in this neighbourhood are re-
turning to their estates, and preparing to lend their aid in
defending the Crown and Government of the empire. The
Earl of Bessborough has set an example in this respect
worthy of imitation. The military force at Pilltown is
encamped within his grounds, and Bessborough-house
serves as an ammunition store, while the noble earl him-
self is actively engaged in providing for the comfort of the
troops and the safety of the town of Carrick. The Mar-
quis of Waterford is also expected to visit his estates here
immediately, and, it is said, intends to raise his tenantry
for the defence of the country. In such a cause as the
present, when Ireland is threatened with a servile as well
as a civil war, it is not only for the honour but for the in-
terest of the great landowners to take their share in the
struggle."