, 1866-12-13

built young naeu, o4g Tois 80 ~
80 immense beard. The other had nothing
10 disttppnfsh him from IA ordinary citizan,
being dressed respectfully In black
Neither seemed To feel the slightest trouble
st his position, and they stepped ashore WIN
mense crowd, who cheared them 1ondly when
they appeared. It WAS with some dihteplty
the police could make passage through the
maks. who prrsscd around thec4zs IN waiting
With the most doggcd persistence At length
the prisoners wcfc. placed on hack and
driven rapidly to the jail. followed the hole
way by large bodies Of pedestrians, who kept
up perpetual clamor4 The names OK the
prisoners are Edward Naydock aud James
MeCooke; They sre known to ths ne
to Dublin their departure from Liverpool,
and thus gave the clue to their arrest. Imay
here remark, IS partly the cause Of the great
excitement here, the fact that one o. the
.'subjects" was believed to be Nj. s: J.
intimately known to the Drogbeda folk. Hls
presence In Liverpool gave rlse to the sus-
pIcion that be bad attempted visit to his
old haunts, and suffered for his teneIity-
need scarcely say that Mr.. Meany Was not
here, being doubtless too wise in his gcner-
ation to cntrust himself on this side Of the
Channel.
! JAMES STEPHENS ANNOUNCED pF THE CABLE.
.1Ffou the Cork Examiner. November ISL
United statea on Ills promised expedition: to
Ireland. The news of hts departure, which
comes through the Atlantic cable. is not
positive, but the London Times, writing in
| states that there il cyery reason to think that
Stephens, if not already in Ireland, will soon
/ be hcle. The Government, acting on this or
otheT Information, are despatchlng Two regi-
nents irom Aldetshott to ireland, with every
marx Of e1t1eme haste, and the gunboat
Sepoy has been ordcrtd d to Queenstown. The
marines for the Frederick William left Ply
mouth on Monday.
JAMES STEPHENS SAID TO BE IN ARMS on TIE
Dublin tSoyeruter e') Correspondence OF tbs
| The public excitement regarding Feulan-
,sn. a'.sorgh nothing has Jet taken place
| except the repetition, on small scale, of
| tue arrests, seizures Of arms, and searches Of
last winter, is increasing every hour. In
fact many Persons seem TO expect before
long some catastrophe. The rrsnlt Of this
nagnttled bs tue more easily frightened por-
tson Of the public into matters Of mo-
ncnt. and that each groundless rumur
rapidly sWells into startling proper
tens. ,r,.a = case IN gelat happened yester-
| who appears to be firm IN the belief that a
convulslon Is Imminent, stated in his last
communication that Stephens was reported
In Fenian circles to be "either at the Liner.
i
that two hundred ..enrolled md sWor,1.jn
members Of the Brotherhoodr had left the
city OF the violated treaty to meet him 1t the
place where he had dlsembarked. Also that
IRON all parts Of ireland volunteers had
started With the same object in parties Of
| suspected" This story, prcpostefous though
| II was. found not few prepared to put faith
| in It, and, as the day advanced, and it was
repeated from mouth to month, SIT lost no
thing. !" as the phrase is, ''by, the telling"
founding statement that the rebellion had
broken out in Limerick, and that the first
ploon had been shed 10 the conflict. So gen
eIal did this r1smor become, that the late
editions Of the papers were bought up to
sec what they contained about Limerick
and many persons seemed positively dtsap-
pointed when they discovered that they hid
been hoaxed. THIS circumstance ought surely
to make The newspapers cautious about pub
ish,nS il sensation" Intelligence; indeed. at
the fenian movement being ridiculous1y
sHagpiAed By the Journals, In their eayerncss
to keep the reader informed Of It's reported
progress.
TAE LArEsT-rHg EXCITEMENT CONTINUED N
CORR.
tFrom the Cork Examiner, November eol
1t u evident that the excitement caused By
recent movements on the part OF the Feniaf,
leaders, and by the anticipation of Others, is
more or less shared In By The authorities.
We learn that Patrick's Hill aud TuckeT
street police stations are shortly to be rein
forced, and it is in contemplation. we under
aHsand. 70 station q considerable force In tie
Alhenannl during the present emergency.
That most unusual event In this city, Too,
public review OF the troops IN the local gar
Eseon, reinforced by detachnents from the
surrounding towns-has. We bellsvc, been
aeterntned Or, and will come Oft within 4
~ days; The force to assemble will b
ABOUT 100 Infantry and the Twelfth Laucess
| KMh whatever artillery Is etationed here or
IN adjoining towns. We presume notiaca~
uon OF this event will be given before 1t
las been inundated with tun,ors. some or
the widest description. Us 10 the movements
on the part Of thc authorities in anticipation
OF Eenian outbreak, nearly all Of which
are, o. course, grOundless. The facts neu-
toned above, however. We learn on good au-
| 1HIaM OPINION or CAUSE AND coSsEQUENcE.
From the CotE Examiner, November y.
The London Times has becn again dlilus-
ing some o. its sounding absuta!ilcs In ref.
to tne rn.h hqS @ Wh ud
ISL reader 1t reyiyes its old theory about
rnccs, and con}.ratulatea itself ups,n the ab-
horrence which Saxon and Norman natures
have for conspiracy, which it considers con-
( genial to the Celtic Temperament. We do
not pause to inquire whit were tho cousti,-
uent elements In the composition Of Titus
Oates, or how many Cclts we're engaged in
The Rye House flos. 1t ought to b. sutil-
slsnt ansssr nM"n, to say that
country does. bas been the Parent, or
| ut al events, the great fostcrer Of secret So
ciet1es, md that for q space extending orcr
Ut least century,, England and Scotland
| spi1acies. And did circumstances Of a like
character ngaiu occur In Great Britain we
have not the slightest doubt that they would
produce similar effects. But considering
how long II Is since the famous English King
fell in fair fight on English ground, nc 40
not precisely sec that the absence Of secret
political organizations proves that that race
Is not Is other men. Moral merit consi. Is in
resistance to temptation, not In refraiuihg
lreln % the ), commattal mn OF "sins we hare no
a lord because he does not spend
his weeks wages IN public house.
As VIC have to remind our great eon.em-
philosophy, we may mention that the faults
ofnatsons are consequence Of the political
and msterial circumstances which surround
them. Change the conditions under which for
centuries the respective peoples have been
the two Islands, have been as fortunate In
the nature of the insaslons they under.
went, bare coal and iron, easy of access And
OF manufacture, have been as lucky In the
avoidance oflate foreign conquest. and they
I
ineering, ns regardless Of the feelings Of other
| nations as are the public for whom the
Times writes. Put the heterogeneous assem-
blaEe ofrnccs which now luhabit England into
the circumstances Of ireland, let to poverty
be added long oppression, Inhabitants d.
vided by the great gnlfs Of opinion or p7eju-
dice, and the greater number subjected to
the few, let their destintes be in the hands of
! arother nation which know nothing about
sqt Eel aaS as1sx tG snRgssas .as
cies would be as rife amongst them q they
hare been amongst the Irish Celts. We are
not vindicatirg the conspiracy. On
+ the II -, contna1y. NJ ,sgasa y -. = one N
tfon; and It forms one Of the counts In on,
bill Of Indictment agalust the mode In
which it has been governed bT England
For not only has It sprung GU, Of the feelings
OF the people, naturally but not wife, but
in lis mad Fenian a ersan1stion M has realty reay pro-
cuced from the rulers of ireland an attention
) to the grievances Of the country that va.
{ not given 10 them before. The mIngling O
alarm With shame. the sense that England
q sep ss a orde.
now polluted at and tainted because OF Ire
; land, has At least suQgested the necessity o
: doiBg something to cure the disease.
!, A Religious t,cpar1me1,t At the 1,arf,
Exposition.
One Of the most Interesting and Important
departments Of the Great Exposition to bs
, held at Paris the coming JeaF, viii be the
. one devoted 10 the exhibition Of the results
Of Protestant Christian benevolent enter
! prise. The very choicest part Of the ground:
= devoted to the fair hare been sci apart b.
: the French Emperor Tor this purpose, and II
, vii furnish the grsndest opportunity Protes
: ;ant Christianity has ever had for the disp1ay
: l Of its works and results. It certainly could
, hardly have been expected that g Catholic
/ Emperor Of = Catholic country would have