The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-19
One Week Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OFTnE STEAMER
A G A D ! A.

A G A OLA,
The Royal Mail Steamer Acadio, arrived
at Boston last Sunday.
Tho news from the Continent is not iu-
portunt. The Carlis rebellion in Spain seems
to have died ont. 1t was II mcroabortion.
France remains tranquil, and there is
strong effort beng mndo by the Government
10 rc-ostublish confidence and TO escape from
the present financial difficulties.
The question between Denmark and
SchIcswig llolstcin yet remains open, but
hostilitics are suspended.
The news from England and Ireland is
deeply interesting. The crisis in the affairs
of Ireland has arrived in which open rebel
! ion is 10 take place, or the Repeal physical
| force movement be crushed AT least for
season.
Tho progress of trade and commerce dur
! ing the week had been greatly retarded 10y
the extreme unCusincss which was felt res
pcctug tho affairs in Ireland. The markets
/ for Colonial produce had therefore been less
active, with the exception Of sugar, which
| had been in fair demand. The sales Of cot
ton were 80 moderate extent. The Corn
trade Ind been active and prices rather high
or. Manufactured goods had been less in
quirod for. for home USE The money market
was easy, and the rates Of interest remained
rs per last adviccs
IRELAND.
The European Times says: Tho position
ofllis unfortunate and disturbed country is
becoming every day more and more critical
| The reign Of terror has at length began. Par
Ieamcnt, in the short space of Scrcn,y-hro
hons, has suspended the IInhras Corpus Act;
and already an immense number Of warrants
TO take up, seize, aud mprison all persons to
the LIST OF March next, who are suspected of
being diSallGctcd towards her Mniesly's
Crown and Government, have been lssuCd
troops ia great numbers are being sent into
the country, aud everything that might and
power can do to curb the rebcllious tendon
cius ofthc people is put into operation, with
n degree Of alaCrity and zeal very unusual in
the administration otlrish ailairs-mCantim
The people nrc organising The south is in
Il state of extreme excitement, and the cry on
all hands seems to be for arms.
The clubs arc proclaimed, but the leaders,
Smith O'l}ricu, McHghcr, Dohcncy, SC, con
/ liuuc to visit the provinces for the purpose
of arming the people. A conflict seems in.
evitahlc. May He in whose hands are the is
sues OF life and death avert such Il horrible
calamity, and so dispose the hearts of ruler
and ruled, that pence in orr time may prevail
aud Ireland ohtain proper and effective
rem, cdics for the many grievances with which
/
OF the country will he found below.
The Lord Lieutenant has lost 10 time in
bringing into force the new powers with
which he has been invested by the passing of
the lIuhcas Corpus Suspension Act The
BuIshcc left this port with the Act on Tues
day night,at eleven o'clock,and reached Dub
lin on Wednesday morning early. An extra
ordinary Gazette was published the same ar
tcrno0u, containing Il proclamation, declaring
Al So
would proceed forthwith to enforce the pro-
visions of the Act.
Our latest accounts from Ireland state that
arrests for training and drilling had taken
place at Droghcdn: that it WAS rumorCd that
Smith O'BrIcn had been captured; and that
the police had made n search for arms in 10
houses Mt the same instant OF lime.
Warrants were positively sent TO the south
| on Thursday for the arrest Of the iusurgcut
I leaders. The names arc mentioned, incl
ding Mr. Nenghcr, MIR J. Dillon, Mr. O'Gor
man, Jr., Mr. Doheny Mr. Darcy Magcc, sc.
Mr. Dcyiu Reilly has rc,rcacd to the north.
Mr. Labor has gone TO the Iciustcr border |
Mr. AIagcC is also breathing country air, aud
the whole literary "phalanN,' as Mr. Smith
UIricn once termed the Confederation,
seems broken aud routed.
The Kilkenny correspondent Of the Lon
don Times, communicated by Telegraph the
which is tho latest Intelligence received in
this country. We cut it from the Times of
Saturday, 26th, the day OH which the Acadia
sailed.
"klLKrNNY, July %.
81 have information from CulIan to day,
which is, believe Trustworthy.
"Smilh O'IIricn was then at Balliugany with
II rebel army oflwo thousand men, armed
and ready to march, some said TO Kilkenny,
others to Urlingford.
"OBrien was dressed in rebel uniform"
The following intelligence has been rccciv-
cd by the Electric Telegraph Company:
"DUDLIN, Friday morning, 5 o'clock.
| GAL! tie inland mails have arrived and
bring no accounts Of any disturbance in any
part of tho country. Considerable excite
ment prevailed in that part Of Tipperary
where Mr. Smith O'Brien was, but no out
break has taken place. There being no oc-
cNson for additional troops in the country,
the SJth Regiment remains in this garrison"
TwEEDLE-DUM AND TwEEDLE-DEE. The
only difference between the Cass and Van
iuren parties is, that one is pledged to veto
any bill prohibiting slavery in new territories,
and the other is pledged to veto any bill abol-
sh1g slavery i'll the District of Columbia.
| Van Buren also voted to ransack the mails
and purIoin ihercirom any papers or letters
containing ant-s0vcry matter. Whether
Cass goes this length or not we have no
means ofiudging. They both were in favor