The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-22
..1.v..le. pa.,cs in Hnslaad. -

upon the remarks of IL DispeoA % this
subject, corrects some efStRs off, CNnhiH
Mssaziae, GIFTED by this p4Dss,, Which relies
fot its fscts in reference . the Eysoch sinva-
sioa Of ireland In i7ye, upoa PLowpbN's Hts
sosie viesc Of sAe Sfsfe Of fvssaRd A
.Mr: PLowpsx." ssys the North A .ss Js.i,
.:s:s r. ~ ss s snS e.
af tue Duke Of York Who. .fssr BE sss S'n ts
s dss.. = iss .1,, sSsis 4 &c
express demand q g! lrTsss e. 1 En:I;.S
had to the amasement sSd g.
sSstis S:sP .csSsassse. mel
.ncho'y light n: Sss's and con-
snns:cn that every where prevailed, and the want
g: e:s a the ia
cruelty and sSDd traces ., the sh. " aso.
shat e. III the most deadly hostility existed there
against these msroensnes of . Yroalsats court
Ties every !as:s ia Ensland .. veil az Ireland. to
Oarry cut the Democratic principles q the Ftsnca
ss vel @
.Piracl; the ~ disguised ccrIesPondsnce With the
carried 9.
and I p ar ~ tss Sris
spies; then the rebellion, and the bloody contest
sa'osd IN the pSIs Ti sd
when the French landed; the universal detestaton
Of the English BY al, classes OF the IRISH, except
to he f.ct 81 he landing and cf the freI CHI and
will 20 far account for the apparent cowardice
away But the best s de Of testing the statement
Of the CornhiH Maxas me. which does not en-
CARDS SSmSsyS. VII 10 to give the French veT
sion Of the afT Ne one viii suspect tSI h,a
coantr, men. In the whole course Of our reading.
We have never met with an instance OF such
ns II
rench force in Ireland. old not ssderstafe the
tae. Hear shat be 50, ., and the reader ma, sat-
isfy himself to the accus acy Of our statem9nt
! by referring to 9th volume OF the B'osrdphs
| Cs,rersstie. article .HrMsxRT u,
bertl Win the command Of an advanced guaIra,
destined to make a descent on LELAND. under tae
order. o General Hoche. 1t y well known, that
the SQUADRON which co; .veyed this army NelnS ols
| persed b, a tempest, the frigate IN which Hoche
port 1 Hum6ept disem oarked At klaia with about
| fifteen hundred men Without hesitation. ana pe
title Of General in Chief. attacked the Enslis h
| troops, which came 10 oppose IN, under the or
sans on espsciaii, a. Which place he took
Sersrat thousand Unitsd 1ytsnn.sn JS,nsa nsm
and promised the sreaE o"s 81 morse
tnan hfteen thou sand men, tmot ttcenty hre thoS-
sand and forced him to capitulate at CansnEen -
Having sure ndered his army, aireany reduceu "
eight hundred and forty -four men. he vas released
on PAROLE and soon after exchanged ;" ~
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character AID achievements of the British
| army for ages, that this last is the correct
| statement. 1t is singular, observes the Amer
iran, if seven hundred Frenchmen were
equal to twenty times that number OF Eng
lishmen on Irish soil, that no such over
whelming superiority should have beer
shown on other soils-Canada, Spain, thu
Netherlands, India, Egypt, France itself, fol
instance.
The present number of the defensive fore
at England is estimated by the American at ;
higher figure than is generally supposed. II
addition to the regular troops, of which onl.
twelve thousand are in Ireland, and which
amount to nearly sixty thousand, including
all branches Of the service, such rs the ma
rines, the coast guard, the naval reserve, tn
armed constabulary, &C., there is a militi
force Ut 125, 900 men, and a volunteer rifle or
ganization, numbering thirty thousand
Moreover,'it is q mistake to suppose that tn
English nobility and gentry, or the people o
the agricultural districts are ignorant OF tn
use of arms. eve do not believe says tn
american, that the world would be game
by the destruction of England and the eleva
ton Of France
Upon this point, we concur fully with tn
/
publication Of such notifying events as thos
we have quoted, shall awaken England to tn
necessity of thorough watchfulness of her am
bilious and powerful reighbor, so much tn
better for the peace and civilization of tn
world. So far from intending to cast any dis
| paragement on British valor in the article t
which the American refers, we expressly spok
of the conduct of the British troops in the in
vasion of 1888, and the successes Of the Frenc
over such odds as exceptional, and by n
means affording a fair standard of the com
parative military spirit and capacity of tn
two nations. But, admitting that the numbe
Of CORVALLIS force was greatly exaggerate
and that of the French understated; eve
conceding-what is not prelended-that tn
invaders mustered as large force As the in
vaded, it gives reason for some solcitude as t
the result of throwing superior French fore
upon the island, and shows that England, a
| we commended in the article referred to, mus
always rely upon her navy as her chief bull
wark against France.