Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-05-04
IRILAND

c"dii, ihlt emissls.es on the part OF some
/ ir.s1nah.e association or executive dltecto-
/ ~ have been dispatched from lh- mr,fopo-
/ Us 10 .nt provinces. to circulate printed ne
icrs, warning ,he people % Be prepared OIL a
/ homent's notice. Severed copies of this i.ea-
s7AanIe notice wee posted til tJe eouaty
] hu"eany aud Queens county ou 'A@ o'h in
stout oIe u. similar tendency was posted
/ ca thape 10 ibis county on ,he 9lh. while
+ tHc people were 1T mass, winch was taken
down by % member oi lhe congregation. lms
aud other movements on The part Oi the un-
ICI-gtlset rebels Of the metropolis have exert
ell coaslj-rable Icafaud apprehension through
Out The country, among tAos especially resij
ms IN ,.c uu. districts. Pike are being man
u.ac.ared openly, while guns aad pistols are
sold at fair and market, under The eve OF the
constituted authorities. with inpunity.
The disiiiec.ian in the military. uniortu-
natel} TOR tie Government. isa!amjHg ON the
increase. aud has been 50 mdiszuisedly man
l'e,.rd thti even che Uraug- Journals can Del
longer conceal g.. Mr. Maurice O'Conncll. Ia
his speech, on the mutton Tor Repeal, IN the
House OF Commons on the lth Instant, STAT
tJ uat t"o bdtiaions. stationed at the La
en- Hal Ui Dublin. hal engaged in a pitched
battle ln HE birack-yanl on The previous sun
day, "Rrqedi,' aud No Repeal being the
battle cries; and the contest lasted until the
commander Of the troops himself came down
and put au end to d.. From every military
station accounts almost daily arrive OF toe
growth o. disconten. The Leinster Express.
d journal friendly 20 the Government, meA-
lions symptoms oil This ndjur. i'm Maryhor
ough; and from other local journals we learn
| that they have also been manifested in The
/ following corps:-
! In Kilkenny aud Galway counties the peo
! Pile are all armiHg.
Ia Limerick all the gunmakers Of the city
are actively engaged making rifles to order.
/ lu several directions, within the suburbs, con
| tolerate groups We're engaged on the 9Th inst
Of the canal, al Newcastle race-course. al
/ Mount-keHaett, and The hin1' 5 Island, d bail
/ practice 10 late hour. The members OF mo
/ | Company of the Sarsiield Rifle Club had
bali practice on th9 10th instant, when 90
armed conlederates assembled. The exercis.
in ball practice having concluded, the effect
OF which had warned out OF range some boats
in the river, they turned out to drill, formed
into company, fired eu de joie, volleys, &c,
after which they marched through the city
three deep, TO the no small surprise OF the IN
! hobitants.
! The Limerick Chronicle states that .'the
manufacture OF pixies is carried on to most
! formidable extent. Not Only the smithes OF
! Tins city, but the wcrkmen employed at pri
Nate iorges III coachmakers' factories are bust
I y engaged IN the making OF pi kes, vieing as
! 10 who can produce the most formidable, por
table, but deadly weapon.
In the peaceful town Of Belfast pixies are
mate IN many quarters; and the fighting re
| pealers are being drilled at intervals in the
! platoon and pike exercise. 200 muskets
! changed hands III one forenoon in that town.
! Dragons, (Scotch Greys. Six of this
tiue corps, at present stationed at BdllinasIoe
/ are under arrest Tor having cheered for Re
! peal
9th Resiment-Three soldiers of this regl-
menl, stationed in Waterford. were commit
F, ted 10 the bdrrack prison on the o,h instant
for having shouted for Repeal" on parade
1911 Li5ht lnlantry-luis splendid body
OF men have got the route from Birr to Scot
LAM, Courts martial and hpggings have lat
terry been OF frequent occurrence, owing to
several oil the men having expressed patriotic
sentiments.
3lst Regiment-On the 9th Instant the
Time correspondent says, quarrel arose in
the streets oil Dublin, between some men be-
longing TO this corps aud some OF the other
troops stationed in the metropolis. The
quarrel originated in cries being given for
"KrpedI, dud to SUCH pitch did the excite
men reach that the men ranged themselves
on each sld- according 10 their predictions,
took oil their cross bals and struck each 9th
CT with them. Some oil The com0dtants were
thrown into the river, They fought IRON
Brldgctoot street to Usher's Quay, nhlcting
severe wounds on each other and were only
separated on the arrival Of an officer and
pady OF men from the Royal Barracks The
3Ist had only been landed the day previous
41lh kegimeut.- The Roman Catholic por
ton OF TINS regiment attended mass al the
new chapel IN Clonmel, on the 9Th instant
ssued the petition Tor Repeal, adopted on 81
PdlIsck day. Information was immedatel
given by the sergeant to the superior officers,
aud a stroke was drawn over each name.
51th eglmeut-SympJtms OF disahectior
have been exhibited to greater degree in thi'
corps than IN any other. In Dundalk, Drog
heda, and Armagh, they have even on parad,
manifested their symnathies with the populd
movement, and, notwIth standing the exer-
lions OF their officers, to restrain them, have
mixed among the people, and lraternized viii
them. In Armag, the Guardian, conaerva
tive Journal states several of them have beel
imprisoned for violent exhibitions OF feeling
10Th KegimenI-lhis corps is also compro
missed III the present movements, several prl-
Yates having been severely punished iof sedl'
IIous expressions.
ia" late Spy affair IN Dublin IN Whlcf
me autAoHles were SO deeply COMPROMISED
mas disguised several OF the Journals most
friendly 10 the Government, whist the grea-
ter number OF he Conservative organslacks
much OF that fiery * determined splrit whlc
has hitherto formed prominent feature in
their opposition to Repeal
Inc AiH'tF'c6 htpofter oil the 18Th says
lha' tAe run upon the Saving Bank IN that
town.