Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-08-31
Arrival Of The Steamer Britannia
AT BOSTON

Arrival Of The Steamer Britannia 4
AT BOSTON.
s SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
Important from Ireland--Arrest of W. Smith
OBrien and seperal others--Escape of O. Cor
man to america
The Britannia sailed from Liverpool on Satur-
day, the l2th inst, and her news is, therefore,
seven days later than that received here by the
Cambria
She arrived at Halifax on Thursday night, at
I2 o'clock, and left for Boston, at A. M, last
Friday. She arrived at her wharf, at the latter
city, at P. M. on Saturday, having made the
passage in fourteen days.
Affairs in Ireland have not materially changed.
though every day seems to lessen the probability
of any serious outbreak. That this unfortunate
country is not now plunged into all the horrors of
civil war; is not to be attributed to the disncl-
nation of the people to rise up in arms, but rather
it would seem to be the want of bold, able and
trusted leaders s..
Mr. w. S. O'Brien was arrested on Saturday
evening, August 5th, at the railroad station at
Thurles, while in the act of procuring ticket for
Limerick, where, it is said, he intended to have
taken refuge among his friends. Immediately af-
ter his arrest he was marched to Bridgewell, and
subsequently conveyed to Dublin and lodged in
Klmainham Jail.
After O'Briens arrest, he is said to have ex-
pressed himself satisfied of the hopelessness of
accomplishing his object, and that he was induced
1ooy ;,,t tbo boo ~
farther he went the more the people seemed to
fear to harbor him, or hold any communication
with him. O'Bren is said to be cheerful and his
wife is allowed free access to him. Other friends
are permitted to converse with him, in the pres
ence of the Jail authorities.
There does not appear to have been any serious
disturbance in any part of the country, since the
Cambria sailed, and according to the English ac-
counts it seems quite impossible that there should
be any, so long as the government sustains its
present attitude Of repression.
. Numerous arrests continue to be made, and a.
mong others of recent date, we notice the names
Of DR.. M. Carron; MIR. James Bergen, ship bro
ker, of New York ; and Mr.. Nolan, of the United
States
Richard O'Gorman, for whose arrest $4,000 was
offered, on attempting to escape from the country,
was arrested by Coast Guard, after he had
crossed the Shannon in an open boat. Notice
was forthwith sent to the police, but before they
arrived, O'Gorman had pursuaded his captors that
he was mere traveller from Kerry to Clare, and
he was allowed to leave in his boat. He subse-
quently boarded vessel bound down the Shan
non, and going to America, in which he had es-
capped war steamer was despatched after the
vessel.
ENGLAND.-During the last fortnight the wealth
er has been very unsettled, in the Southern coun-
tries especially. Not day has passed without
heavy rains.
As the wheat has been out in various parts of
the country, this unreasonable weather not only
retards the harvest operations, but must, if it con-
tnues few days longer, naturally affect the yield
all over the country.
Ifthe potato crop should prove seriously in
jured both in England and Ireland, (and state
ments to this effect are rapidly multiplying0 the
consequence would be very serious.
There has been no activity in the Corn Market
and prices are rather on the decline.