The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-09


There meeting at Drogheda, last week to arrange
about getting up public demo stration Several
solutions adopted; but as 1t private meet
ing, they not made known. 1t is stated that the
conservatives of Cork beginning to be favorable
also for repeal and that nothing holds them back
J apprehension Of religion.
On Monday last the Head Police Office again
the scene of much excitement owing to the arrest of
| ID young charged with having unawfully assem-
bed at the rear Of the house No Ia Ship street, and
with practising military exercise there the detective
police the Witnesses After long disc dur
ing which the aduant Of the regime mt ut present sta
toned in Ship street was examined the magistrates
decided on sending the for trial, and the parties
were all held to bail On Saturday, there "a large
meeting in Belfast to testify their approval of the go
vernment measures, which voted address of conf
dence to the Lord md desire support the
government The grand jures of ork and Ferman agh
have presented addresses to the Lord Lieutenant of
their confidence. The United Hishman of Saturday
contains letter from the editor to Lord John Russell
in which letter he tells his Lordship that in Ireland
there has been opened boundess market for sedtion
that the article wanted of the strongest
knd-al that Ia required being good sound hearty bo
ide sediton. plain military instructions sharp in
centives to rebellion strong treason and thorough
ing felony without benefit Of clergy Mr. Sken Laler
in letter to the Cork Examiner recomme the dis
solution of both the repeal association the Irish
federation and the formation of society under
head for he considers the other
for Sir John Anderson has addressed letter to
Lord John Russell He states that if his lordshp OPP
poses the just demands of tho Irish nation the most
disastrous consequences will result The loss of life
will be terrific and the destruction Of property by fire.
in the manufacturing districts of the shipping in
the Thames aud at Liverpool, will produce the
incalculable injury and he continues: - and also
know that numbers of the Irish in America. will re-
turn home, armed to pssst their relations, should
civil unfortunately ensue; and tell your lordship
that the Irish people will not continue any longer in
the unjust position in which they have been kept
Repeal rows now becoming frequent, all the
! country, between the military; one occurred II few
| days ago. in Dublin, between the soldiers of
Highland regiment and Irish regiment; and several
| accounts have been received from the country which
confirm the statement that great number of the
military are disaffected both Irish and others Some
OF the Scots Greys have been already arrested for
| shouting for repeal.
Several of the Rifle Club in Cork, arrested
Saturday last; but owing to the want of sufficient evil
dence they discharged. The club Is mostly
posed of trad esmen who subscribe Is weekly to pur
chase guns. The people Of Rathkeale in high
spirits. They have rifle practice every evening Seve
raj of the respectable inhabitants of the town applied
for license to keep firearms, but they refused
Last week named Charles Maxwell fined E5
or two months for striking another with
pike, in Cuckoo Lane 1t has gone the rounds of tho
papers that the Earl of Shrewsbury is convert to tho
necessity of immediate repeal He suspects that his
All the liberal papers have declared for the council
of 400 The nomination to the council in places,
| has been proceeded with In Kilkenny, ono district
has chosen it's representative, in the person OF W.
| Hely, Protestant. Some people, not members Of
the association have sgncd their wish to be put in
Last night there was large meeting in Portadown,
to consider the question Of tenement right. There
were Mt least 1000 people present The meeting was
addressed by all the principal parties interested in the
county, and much dissatisfaction evinced.
1t is stated that the Protestant Repeal Association
| in Dublin already numbers 700 members.
| The government intends during tho to
| tabish two camps-one in the Phoenix Park and the
| other in the county Of Kildare. Several large
Germs about being rented in Limerick to form bar
racks and n company of artillery is expected every
day from woolwich The government is determined
that We shall not want protection far as the military
| concerned
The accounts from the country state that the people
all very quiet that the spirit for murder has vsby
decreased while the poor people are as badly of as
relief in the Trinity Union is 10000 at average cost
| of $500 per week. That cannot long stand The
governors Of the Limerick MON going to estab
lish temporary hospital at Castle Conne for fever
patients large number of the poor in that locality
being afflicted with that frghtful disease.
The sums, stated lent ut the pawn Offices, at
the following places during the last year viz Lime
rick faS7 GS waterford f5eS2e; Cork, fl5oloS
| A farmer at Cloghern sentenced by Sergeant
Henly to three months Imprisonment for having gun
| in his possession without license.
One evening last week the outer gates of tho general
post Office closed for the first time since the open
| ing of that establishment in 1918
The Sligo election has terminated. Mr.. Somers who
was unseated has been defeated by Mr. Townly by
| majority of -.
The freemans Journal has been very plain as its
remarks Mr.. Morgan John OConnel voting for
the gaggng act.'' That genteman's influence with
his party is gone forever. w. J. H.
Ireland.
From the Liverpool Mail, April %
Irish affairs becoming little more settled Messrs
Meagher Bren. and MITCHELL preparing for their
trials which expected to take place about the 18th
of May, and, in the meantime, exhausting their vo
cabulary sedition Tho of the Repeal Asso
citation quarreing among themselves whilst their
funds almost exhausted here and there ranting
revolutionary priest denounces the union and advises
and bloodshed; but he usually gets rap on the
knuckcs from his superior Poor Tom Steele. OConnes
| head-pacifcator has happily been rescued from an
attempt to perpetrate self destruction; but his mind
well his property is irrevocaby gone. Drilling is
practsed in many parts of the provinces, but the
government in Dublin has evinced determination to
suppress these foolish and illegal demonstrations pixies
and firearms also continue to sell WE'LL whether they
will be brought into use or If used will not be
injurious to the purchasers than to those against
whom they may be directed, questions which we
shall not take upon ourselves to decide.
From the European Times, April o.
The deporable state Of Ireland, apparently on the
verge of civil war continues to occupy the deepest
attention of all classes. In the wild and tumuuous
passions evoked it scarcely to be hoped that the
calm exhortations of wisdom and experience bc
listened to- The majority of the people of Ireland,
to great extent armed, resolved upon des
perate which will for them the accomplish
ment of their darling hopes or plunge them still deeper
the impending struggle no one can doubt that vast
amount Of misery will be suffered by the middle
nns @f auet anI peaceful legislation might
have been, in amclioratng their condition. a
direct appeal to appears to US far more certain
Of bringing down accumulated troubles upon our high
minded but misguided fellow subjects. The diver
gence between the repeaers headed by Mr. O'Connell
and the party led on by Mr. Mitchell becomes greater
every day. The OConnes manfuly declare that
they will take their stand upon, at the very ne
sttuton. and will adhere to the counsels bequeathcd
to them by their father to obtain repeal by peaceabe
and constitutional means only. If the association
trangresses this line the OConnells will take no part
in their proceedings.
Important from France.
Gaiignani says The exact amount Of the debts Of
the civil list of Louis Philippe said to be nearly
OOOf of which half is due to individuals and the
other half to the Treasury. These debts cannot be dis
charged at present, the private domain being merely
under sequestraton and the question Of sale being
reserved for the decision of the National Assembly
The ancient domaine prize represented an estimate
of 200 900 000f The succession Of Madame Adelaide,
which has fallen TO the Prince de Jonvillo and the
Duke ~ Monpcnsier Is valued Mt 6O000000f besides
2OOOOOO0f left to the Duke de Nemours Tho success
sion of Prince de Condo. which to the Duke
d'Aumalc. is estimated at 100.O00,00Of.
The MsniteW publishes n decree granting an am
nesty all deserters from the and land service
who may ender within two months, II within the
French territory and six months II out Of France.
The Monteur publishes important decree, levy
ing n tax Of per cent all incomes derived from
mo i'm nr funded