The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-15 00:00:00

MILITARY MOVEMENTS

Lord Hardinge left town with his staff this morning
for Kilkenny. _ _ . .

The camp at Thurles has been struck, and General
M`Donald has moved his troops, consisting of the Rifles,
74th and 85th infantry, together with the whole of his
cavalry, to Limerick. The final destination of the column
is supposed to be Abbeyfeale, where Mr. O'Gorman is
said to be at the head of an insurgent force.
THURLES, SUNDAY, 3 p.m.—At one o'clock p.m. this
day, the Light Division (or Flying column, as they are
termed,) which have been scouring the country for the
last ten days, under Gen. M`Donald, consisting of two
light six-pounders, Royal Artillery, one company sappers
and miners, the 60th Rifles, and the 85th Light Infantry,
received orders to strike tents and proceed by railway to
Limerick, en route to the county Clare, where a rising is
expected. The tents were struck, baggage loaded, and
the men off the ground in one hour afterwards. The 74th
Regiment proceed to Tipperary. The 85th Light Infantry
escorted Smith O'Brien to the railway on ye6terday even-
ing. The men have been served out with canteens and
blankets, as on service, and have suffered from the rain
and damp of the ground in camp, but are, notwithstand-
ing, very healthy, and in great spirits. The 75th Regi-
ment are under canvass at Ballingarry, county Tipperary,
vacated by General MacDonald."

MORE ARRESTS.
A number of arrests have taken place at Waterford.
The gunsmiths' shops are searched, and the police are
seizing large quantities of pikes and arms in Dublin, and
through the provinces. On the other hand the peasantry
of Limerick are plundering the private houses for their
arms.

Mr. Bergin, of New York, and Mr. Marron, editor of
the Drogheda Argus, have been this day lodged in New-
gate under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. Mr.
Bergin is a ship-broker, who arrived in this country only
a few days ago. He has, we understand, forwarded a
communication to the American Consul in this city on
the subject.
Mr. S. J. Meany, of the Irish Tribune, and Mr. J.
Brennan, of the Irish Felon, have also been apprehended.
These gentlemen, though seized in Gort (county Lime-
rick), have been transmitted to Dublin and lodged in
Newgate. The following statement respecting them, and
others of their fellow-prisoners, will be found interesting:

DR. WEST, DR. M'CARRON (OF AMERICA), MR. STEPHEN
J. MEANY, AND MR. J. DRENNAN, FULLY COMMITTED
FOR TRIAL.
On Sunday the Governor of Newgate prison received
warrants from the Lord Lieutenant, fully committing the
above gentlemen for high treason, the previous commit-
ments being only for further examination. The parties
were immediately informed of the new warrants, with a
view, we presume, to a preparation for defence. The
committal sets forth the charge against all the parties as
for having conspired, combined, confederated, and agreed,
with divers other persons, to levy war against her Ma-
jesty, and deprive her of her just style and title of Queen
of these realms. The committal of Mr. Mean), is singu-
lar in this respect. He is not alone charged, like the
others, with having conspired, &c., with " divers other
persons," but with having conspired with " Richard J.
Verner, and divers other persons." Mr. Verner is, we
understand, brother-in-law of Mr. John Mitchel. It is
understood that the trials for high treason will not take
place during the commission, which opens to-morrow ;
but that about the beginning of September a special com-
mission will issue for the purpose—that then the parties
will all be put on trial together, and that the crown hav-
ing given proof of a conspiracy, the overt acts, by writing