The Irish standard., 1888-03-17

pass in the range of mountains that
separates Carlow from Wexford, and lies
between Mount Leinster and the Black
stairs; had advanced across South Car
low and into the northern portion Of
Kilkenny. expecting the miners Of the
Kilkenny coalields to rise in support Of
them. On their way they defeated a
detachment of soldiers and yeomanry
near Goresbridge, On the Barrow, and
drove Lord lie Vesci's force out OF Cas-
tlecomer Then they were attacked by
collected force under Sir Chas. Asgili
aud routed. The Major General writes,
Having cleared the town with the
guns and attacked them on all sides,
about four hundred were killed; the re-
! mainder fled. They were commanded
by priest called Murphy. and their
numbers are said to amount TO five
thousand Our loss was inconsiler-
able. My force consisted Of the Wick
low aua Wexford Militia, under the
command OF Lord Loftus and
the Honorable Colonel Howard,
The dragons We're commanded
by Major DonaIdson, OF the 95h ORA
goons, and Major Barnard, Of the
Rom,ney Fencibles, with several yeonaen
corps from this county and Carlow,
who, as we'll as the other troops, are
entitled TO my waruest praise for their
bravery and, alertness on this and every
OCCASION" His own numbers he repre-
sents at 900. Whether the nuuaber Of
regiments be names could onlT have
made up that figure, and whether 500
men could attack 5000 s'o1A all sides,
may be left to military experts to Dc
termiue AT any rate the braTe peas
ants were beaten; and King George ILL.
in proroguing his Parliament Oh Fri
day, June 2o-happy tine Ior cabinets.
when supply was all voted 10y st. H7ter
and Paul's Day. was able to oongIat-
ulate his Lords and Gentlemen ON the
satisfactory issue Of the efforts "to sub
due the dangerous spirit'' that haG
s'broken out into the most criminal acts
of open rebellion" He compliments
his Militiamen and Fencibles not cnly
on their gallantry and fidelity, Dnt'on
ttheir affectionate concern for The
safety and happiness OF Ireland, and
concludes one paragraph OF his speech
! in a strain that sounds very like the
peroraJion of Mr. Balfour's Manchester
speech. "I trust the time is fast APP
preaching when those now seduced FROM
their allegiance will be brought te
just sense of the guilt they have incur
red; and will entitls themselves to for
giveness and to that protection which
it is my constant wish to afford to every
class and condition Of any subjects who
manifest their desire to pay q due
obedience to tbs laws.'' Hardly any
thing conld impress us more with the
unregenerata character of Toryism that,
comparison OF the news Of Saturday,
June Both, 1898, and that Of Saturday.
February llth, 1883. a characteristic
feature Of the evening organ is the
number Of private letters from Ireland,
which did then what The correspondence
Of the Times does now. One GORE
spondent, almost as voracious as the
Dublin correspondent Of 1.-The Devils
Own" makes LORD Edward Fitzgerald
reproyable for plot for 1.-THE indis-
criminate slaughter of f,'rotestants.
The letter is from q gentleman Of
fortune, who had AS great al adherence
of priests as Mr.. Z, W. Russell, He
writes-"The fanaticism of Popery is
the most prominent feature of the re-
bellion. In the many battles which
have been fought priests have been at
the head of the rebel army. At the
battle of Carnew four priests were
killed, and three of them had their vest
ments on. One was killed at the battle
of Arklow, in which six priests were
engaged. It has been unquestionably
proved that some priests have encour-
aged and sanctioned the ASSASSINATION
of many people," Now, it may be said
that the proofs are as lacking as the
proofs Of the T. p q outrages. From
one glance at a newspaper Of '98 it is
plain that Toryisn has never been
jolted out of tine old najsgovernment,
repression, and slander.