The Sun. — 1831-03-31 (London, England)

IRELAND.  (From the Linierick Journal.) • ' With concern we have to proclaim the awfur;apd. astounding fact, that, in the county of Clare, hei-044* one of the most tranquil and well-affected in Ireland,.ttee& exists at present neither security for human life nor , tection for private property, at any hour either of the day: or night ! It,is no lees notorious than true, that a brolly, and deep laid conspiracy has been formed against the prim. cipal gentry and landholders of that county, who, from fiar of the assassin, are afraid to walk their d 'smesnew by day, and whose houses towards evening assume the ap,, pearance of fortresses in a state of siege. Ttavelling the high road is equally unsafe, and Many of the country families have deserted their mansions, and are now come into town for that refuge and protection which their native domiciles are unable to afford them. Incendiary notices have been served upon the proprietors of ground, to let out and dispose of only at certain prices which thesecret dictator fixes, under penalty of death for disobedience. This mysterious personage, with the terrific Big_ nature of Terry Alts, issues his mandate, and woe to the. caitiff who presumes to neglect it. The veriest eastern tyrant never exercised over his obsequious minions a more grinding and formidable despotism, than the fe idol, name of Terry Alts contrives to uphold in the county Clare. No peasant will dare at his peril to work for the landlo:d who is denounced by this ruffian legislator, whose vulgar, bloJdy, and ill-spelt scroll, has more actual sway in the county than a volume of his Majesty's statutes. But what is the result of this strange and unnatural state of society ? Why, intimidation, not general, but universal, and of a character the moat terrific and appalling ! Befoi e the noon-day son vast tracts of land are maliciously turned up with the spade, and thus an irreparable mischief is done to the property of those who are obnoxious to the Rockites; walls and gates are levelled to the ground, and cattle hunted to death at night over hedges, briars, and fastnesses; the usual boundaries and landmarks are destroyed ; houses attacked, burglaries committed, and a most extensive seizure of fire-arms effected ! Tnese, how; ever, are minor offences compared with the murders and assassinations of the lust six months, for which not one of the sanguinary authors has been to this day brought to the bar of justice. The lives of the high in station have been plotted with as little concern as the animal of the field is consigned to the knife. But the mysterious influence which prompts to those atrocities is all powerful just now, and must it not be crushed with decision and vigour ? Half measures, it is manifest, will never destroy the monster.. Every hour the danger is more imminent, the alarm increases, and the illegal confederacy against life and property acquires a new and ten-fold strength. The combination is inoculated too with the grand features of the Whiteboy system, while union is upheld by the abominable administration of secret oaths on the most extensive scale. What remedy, then, in this frightful state of disorganita tion, does the county call for ?—or what restorative have the gentry, magistrates, and grand jury earnestly demanded of Government? It is the wise and salutary application of a most useful and expedient statute, the Insurrection Act, which has worked well in other district, not even so disturbed as Clare is now, and whose operations arc known to have been attended with the best success. There may from some interested quarter an obstacle start to the revival of this Act, but no valid plea can be assigned for witholding its provisions from (Aare at the present moment.  When his present MAJESTY, as Duke of CLARENCE, commanded a volunteer corps, at Bushey, he addressed to them this truly Spartan speech :—" I will go with you, and fight with you, wherever our duty calls us, and will never return without yeu." We doubt not that the same firmness which distinguished the Duke of CLAREpcE, will be- displayed by WILLIAM the