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Gus Fufnofs ure anoalrespecting the other Chlel.
lains- Meagher. Doheny and Dillon.
The rrpOu that any Of them had succeeded in
escaping is not now credited. They are suppo.
sed 10 he wandering among The fTTuuumins 10
the south Of Ireland; and us an evidence Of the
correctness ofThis suppUslioh. they have made
a qualified submission 10 the Lord Lieutenant.
through Roman Catholic clergyman, the Rev.
Mr.. Muckay. of COuOulIy, in which they offer
10 surrender il none Of the stale prisoners char
ged with high treason shall ia the event of con.
viclion. be put 10 death. FROM the past con.
duct of his Excelency. il is almost certain he
"iil repel the proposal Of binding the Govern.
menI To auy course Of ucIion with respect TO all
or any Of the persons found in open rebellion a.
gaiusl the crown aud government of the country.
Mr.. O'Gurmsn, juuior is said to be heading
parry Of desperate characters in Abbeyieale,
county Limerick. The aulhOrlIles al Dublin
Castle have issued proclamation, offering a re.
ward Of f3OO for his apprehension. Il is sim.
lar ia its PhrascOogy u that issued sgainsl Mr..
/ O'Brien.
/ A successful attack was made on the mail
which runs from lralee 10 Limerick, on the 9th
instant. The mail bags were carried of, and
an unfortunate policeman, whose general ap-
! peqrunce aud demeUnor stamped him us dctec.
tor, was seized, lied andand foot, carried up the
mountains, and robbed OF his watch and some
money. Several warrants which he had on his
person were captured and torn 10 pieces.
/ A similar attack was made on the Cork mail
by an armed force Of $50 men; but the bold
front assumed by the guard, who presented his
blunderbuss, daunted The insurgents, and they
permiied the coach to pass on. The executive
authorities are as active as ever in arreslng
suspicious persons. Since our last publication
number have taken place; whilst a great ma.
ny warrants are still umexecuIed, and in the
hands Of the police.
The commission Of oyer and terminer was
opened in Dublin, on Tuesday last, before the
Right Hon. The Lord Mayor, the chief Baron,
and Baron Pennelather. The charge to the ci.
~ grand jury was delivered by the Chief Baron.
II was plain, and free from many of those legal
antiquities which generally pervade addresses
of the kind, but wanted the force of Chief Jus.
tice BIackburne. His lordship alluded. at some
length, 10 the cases of the proprieIors OF the
Nation, Felon and Tribune; pointing ouI the
law it now stood with respect TO sedilious pubIi-
cations, II will be observed that true bills have
been found against Mr.. Duffy, Mr.. Martin, and
Messrs. Dugherly and Williams, for felony un.
der the late net. The trial of The last named
Williams, was commenced on Thursday. and
Mr.. But @. c. entered on the defence yesterday.
We have received, from source on which
we can rely, some particulars of the appearance
and conduct Of Mr. O'Brien at the time of his
arrest.
lie was dressed in a suit Of black, not appa-
renlly soiIed or dsordcred. One Of his first
acts on reaching the jail was to take off his
shoes and stockings, his feet to all appearance
being much swollen from walking. He looked
emuciated. The expression of his eyes was
wild as that of a man who had been subject to
very great excitement. Beyond an appearance
Of utter prostraton of mind and body, which
might be the natural result Of what he has gone
through, there was nothing either in his appear
ance or speech to warrant the popular opinion
that he has been for some time insane.
To all questions put 10 him as 10 where he had
been, and what were his intentions, and so on,
he gave the most consistent answers, but, at the
sane time, with the manner Of one so suffering
from excitement that his intellect was unsIrung.
He inquired most affeclionatey after Meagher,
Dillon, aud his other companions. He was un.
der the impression that it was Dillon, and not
young Stephens, Of Kilkenny, who had been
shot in the thigh at BalIingarry. lie asked for
tea lie was treated with considerable ntten.
ton, but with due regard 10 The awful stake he
had a, issue.
When they were about to bring in n sofa to
the room where he was, he declined to have it,,
and said he would sleep on it in another room
adjoining
O'Brien said he had felt il impossible 10 hold
out any longer, as all his friends had forsaken
him. He said, 81 was promised The support of
a nation 10 drive the English from the country"
lie added that he had been induced to leave his
rctrent in the hills, because the farther he went
the more the people seemed tC fear to harbor
him, or to hold any communication with him.
The following louer from Thurlcs gives Some
additional intelligence before, aud at the lime
Of his arrest
"AIl remains quiet here, and very large ad.
/. diion has been made TO the camp, which is sit.
ualed within two mles or less of The town.
Upwards Of 1000 soldiers are under canvass.
and the immense range of tents, with the vari.
Gus busy groups in the foreground, offers most
picturesque view.
at appears that on three several occasions
since his affair with the police at Ballingarry,
Smith O'Brien slept in Thurles nj various inter
walls, and one man who saw him aGer his arrest
recognized him as a person who SONS days
previously hOd met him on tho road. and inQui.
red if stranger would be remarked if he went
to look ut the encampment.
, "While waiting for the despatch Of tho spe.
, cial train which was to bring him to Dublin, he
wrote Two letters, and his personal appearance
| was not such as to Indicate that he had been
suffering much privation.
although BorrsoIeigh is only seven miles
g from Thurlcs, the peasantry who met there on
e. Monday, Ota fair, could scarcely believe the
G news of the arrest Of O'Brien. Several jealous
n clubs wcrc formed there. ono of which consist.
o cd of young men who wore their flowing locks
b. in II peculiar manner, TO initiate the French Re.
nnhll lcnns. hnI in lhn lnsI LMn anns 1hn 1n.a.;.