The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-09-09
arr, Y.aL or THE STEAMER MIG
RI.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM
EU R0P E.
ENGLAND.

!
ian. From what has already transprod, il |
- supposed that tho CharIist and Con-
G,Iernte clubs intended to march out well
nrmed on the 18th of August, rs they did !
some weeks back and attack such buildings |
nc micht be pointed ont TO them. The whole |
oC The police not on duty in the streets were
nj the several stations under arms, i'll case
their services should be required.
The whole of the military qunrlered at
buckingham Palace, tho tower, Mint, Bank
of England, and the various barracks, were
,rder arms and continuous line ofcommu-
nicntion WINS kept up between the metropo-
linn and city police rs well as with the mill
tary and other official bodies.
On searching the IA men captured in Web
bry street, pistols loaded TO the muzZle, pixies.
three-corner daggers, spearheads and swords,
were found secreted under the se0s on
which they had been sitting. Some ofthem
wore iron breast plates, and others had gun
powdershot and iow-bNIls. Under one man on
fewer than IS rounds of nll-c0rtrdge were
discovered. The prisoners were all placed
in front of the lobby, and having been duly
charged, their names and addresses were tn
ken, and scarcely man was brought forward
who was not well known to the police us
being prominent Chartist.
Shortly after the capture was made in
Webber street, n meeting was attempted to
be held AT the South London Chartist Hall
in the same street, when one ofthe leaders
rushed into the building, and advised Them
for Gods sake to dispense rs their lives were
in danger. In an instant Il general rush took
place for the street, and orc man, in leaplng
from side window, severely injured him
self, and it is rumored, broke one Of his legs
III various parts Of England the proceed
ings of the Chnrtists has broken ont into vi
olence. At Ashton under Lyme, and other
districts round Manchester, considerable eX-
.citement has existed for some lime past, and
the Clubs have been more than usually active.
ATohs have paraGed the streets, armed with
pixies and guns, and there can I've no doubt
that some scheme has been concoclcd with
the dsaflected in other parts Of the kingdom
to get up some insurrectonnry movement.
IRELAND
ARREST OF MEssRs MEAGHER, O'DoNAHOE,
MUNCE AND LEYNE.-Thesc individuals We're
brought to Dublin, on Sunday morning, ar
irving at half past 9 from Thures. at the ter
minus of the CuShel railway, Kngsbridge.
From the published particulars ofMr Mea-
gher's arrest, it appears that when examined
neioEe MIR Jones, that magistrate asked j: II
had been his intention to have surrendered
"iniself, TO which Mr. Meagher emphaticallv
replied that ii was not that he was prepared
TO meet his fate, and scorned the idea Of ask
ing Tor his life TINT he had been arrested bv
Sergeant Madden and body, Of police on
tho road between ClononlIy and HoIycross,
and had not the least intention of surrender
ing himself.
The four prisoners were committed to Jail
without the slightest manifestation of excite
ment or attempt at interference from the peo-
pie, who were assembled in considerable
numbers about the station or in the streets of
Dublin.
1t is said that Messrs. O'Gorman, O'Don-
nell aud Doyle, have positively escaped, and
sailed for America.
Among the Americans arrested is DR.. Mac
Carron, recently surgeon Of the Sarah Sands,
Richard Frauds Ryan, Andrew Mac Dade,
Hugh MacMenaim, and MIR james Bergen.
All Of them were supplied with funds, and
had papers which indicate much more care
ful and weil-provided conspiracy than was
supposed to exist, and curious disclosures
may therefore he expected on their trials.
number Of arrests continue to he made
i'll all parts of the country, aud active pro-
ceedngs are on foot to bring MIR O'Bren to
trial the celebrated counsel, Mr. WhiteSide,
distinguished himself so greatly III Mr. O'Con-
nePs case, having been retained for his de-
fence.
The Dublin Evening Post says EVE may
state," qnoth The Government journal of Sat
Z urday, 'that the American sympathiZers have
',vessels--a few we should think, but, certain
Iy, some-treiglted with men aud munitions
'"ofwar for Ireland. The British Government
were made minutely acquainted long before
they sailed, with their ports of departure,
the names of the vessels, The nature of The
freight, the sympathiZers on board and the
numbers and names of the captains and the
. crews, all loritten IN the United States. All
these vessels, and all these men, will be taken
: II they approach our shores"
FRANCE.
The Commission on the Constitution has
concluded the amended draught of its report.
The preamble has been but slightly modified.
q Geuera Cavgnac, who was invited to attend
the commission, expressed himself in the
most unqualified manner in favor fthe cleo
ton OF the President of the Republic BY uni
Versal suffrage. a resolution TO that effect
was carried by the majority of The commits
sion. General Lamoriciere was likewise
heard before the commission. He expressed
MS appreciation of the chapter on the army.
ana particularly that article which forbids
SERVICE ny substitute. The preamble, il is
said, is retained without material alteration
= 1t would therefore seem that the comn,;,,oa
'.adheres TO the much-disputed clause, which
declares that every one has a right to demand
employment from the state-a right express-
ed by the words, "Le droit du t,uvaI.r
1t was reported in Paris that General Cav
'algnac had sent courier to Vienna 10 notify
The Austrian Government that any invasion
of the Tuscan, Roman, or Piedmontese ter
altory, would be regarded by France as a ca
SuS beHi.
PARIS, FRIDAY, Aug. 18.-Amnesty to in
surgents spoken Of The city is quiet, but
fears are entertained that the tranquility may
not continue. The returns of the Bank OF
France are this week favorable. Our latest
date states that the city continues in prepara-
ton for n defence and TINT all tho mo an,ar,,