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      Dublin, July 26th.—Four Companuh Of Thc ...

      ( _Continued font diif Sixth page . ) _SEABCII AT _CAHBKMOYLIE , THE RESIDENCE CF WIL LIAM SMITH O _' BRIE . ESQ , M . P . Limerick , Monday . —The town of Rathkeale was thrown into the greateat excitement yesterday , ib consequence of a demonstration on the part o the police and military , who proceeded in battle array to Cahermoyle , the residence of Wm . _Smith O'Brien , E « q ., M-P ., tor the purpose of making a search for papers , _ c . It appear- that , acting on false

      information , which is now spread far and wide for an obvious purpose , orders were given from headquarters to make the search ; and that it was industriously prosecuted , there cannot be a second opinion . Every room in the house was closely searohed—every box openedevery escrutoire examined—every nook and corner explored ; but it is almost unnecessary to add that nothing on earth was discovered that could throw the slightest light on the authorities , further than they have been already informed . None of the Cahermoyle family were at home .

      FUHTHEB ARRESTS . In Dublin Mr Meyler , president ef the late ' Citizens' Club . ' Mr Taafe , barrister , of _Capel-Bt _. eet , Dub'in . He was president of the' Swift Club , ' and in his possession was found a new green uniform , _auppoied to be a full captain , from the quantity of geld lace thereon . In Belfast , Mr Houston , a leader and gentleman . Mr Moran , editor of the _Dkooheda Anoos has been arreBted on a charge of treasonable practices . He was a leading orator and organiser in the Mitchel Club at Drogheda . In Clonmel , John B . Russell ( son of Mr T . B . Russell ); James Purcell , a grocer and spirit merchant ; and Edward Smith , an attorney's apprentice -all members of the 'John Mitchel' Club ,

      C . _Rochford , attorney , J . Blake , editor of the Galway Vindicatob , and — Geoghegan , gunsmith , bave been placed in custody in Galway . IMMENSE SEIZURE OF PIKES AND A __ UNI-I 0 _ Within the last few days upwards of 400 pikes and sixty casks of ammunition have been Beiz 9 d by the authorities , ia the immediate neighbourhood of where the rencontre took place between the rebels and the police . Dublin , _Webnesday Morning —It is maintained —Bays the correspondent of the Timbs-that the press , at all sides , is suppressing the truth in order to accommodate the Irish goverment , who , thoy insi . t , are in possession cf information of such a na re aa to leave no doubt that the struggle will be a long and bloody one- This opinion they fortify by the fact of Lord llardinge ' s arrival here , to _asiume the temporary command of the Queen _' a army .

      The _Wbstmeath _Independent says : — ' Considerable excitement prevails in the town , owing to the non arrival of the day car from Dublin , ( via rail to Portalington , ) whioh is due at half-past three o ' clock yet up to this hour ( eight o ' clock ) has not arrived . The reports of fighting ie Tipperary have increased the alarm .

      LATEST NEWS FROM IRELAND . ( From thft .. form _ ¦ _Cfiroro ' cC .. ) ABRBBT CF MESSES MEANT AND _DRESKAN . Dublin , Fbidat Morning . —Two of tbe fugitives , Mews Meany and _Brennsn , have boon arrested , Their names appear amongst those proclaimed in the Hub and Cut , accused of treasonable practices , Mr Meany was one of the editors of the Tribune , and Mr Brennan was one of the chief writers in the Irish Felon . Another Arrest . — -The brother of Mr Lalor , who is here in custody ou a charge of treason , was arrested on suspicion . He had but recently returned from America .

      It is a fact that only on Wednesday Mr Thomas F . Meagher , in company with a man named M 'Manns , againBt whom there is a wan ant , and a third party , whose name has not been ascertained , passed near NeDagh , and were drives up to the foot of the Keeper Mountain .

      CONFLICTING reports of THB -NSUBBKOTIOW—thb T > UBU-I _PBESS—AXRIVAI . Oi- TROOPS— R „ . OB-t , S OF THE INSURRECTIONARY _LEADERS—IBE ' NORTHERN STAB '—IHK DUBLIN C 08- _> EBATB 8— PILLAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE ' RATION * AND ' FELON * OFFICES _—HOBBIBLE TTBANKY OF THE POLICE—THB POTATO CROP—INUTILITY OF THE ARMS BILL . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Dublin , August 1 st . I delayed my letter until this day , hoping to have something authentic , or , perhaps , something final , from the south to communicate . I am disappointed . I am as much in the dark as I was on last Saturday , and the reports from the ' seat of war' are meagre , contradictory , and unsatisfactory . At one time we

      hear that Smith O'Brien is insane , and asking hia followers to carry him to the next lunatic a . turn . The same report has it that J . S . Dillon ie frightfully wounded in a scuffle with the police at _fiallin-Barry ; that T . F Meagher ie lurking in some of the caverns in the Slieveardagh collieries in the county Tipperary , and that O ' Gorman , M'Ghee , and others ofthe leaders of the movement , have taken their departure for foreign countries . By and by we are told that , so far from Smith O'Brien being a discomfitted and despairing madman , he is at the head of a numerous and well-armed body of men ; armed himself like a guerrilla chief , dressed in a splendid military costume of green and gold , snd only awaiting tho attack by his enemy to commence

      the bloody onslaught on the Saxon . Whioh of these reports to believe , puzzles the people of Dublin . They have no accurate iuformation , and all is doubt , uncertainty _, and impatience . It is certain tbat the Dublin newspapers , and particularly those who profess Liberal opinions , are suppressing the news whioh reaches them—giving only what is merely calculated to dispirit the people , and allay excitement . This may , in their opinion , be a wise poiioy , but certainly it U not fair dealing with the public , and particularly with the supporters and subscribers of those newspapers . It is said that the Castle functionaries have gone the rounds of the still-existing Dublin newspaper offices , and issued strict commands against their circulating any matter , whether editorial or

      communicated , which might prejudice the government er inspirit the disaffected . This the Freeman ' s Journal of this morning indignantly denies ; but be the matter as it may , it is certain that the people are enraged beyond measure at the manner in whioh the metropolitan papers are being conducted in these exciting times . Making all due allowances for the critical position iu whioh proprietors and editors of popular journals are situated , we still would expeot better from them tban what they give ns . They do very well indeed to shun that vortex , and steer wide of those crags which have already shattered every journal of any value in Dublin , but we expected that they would not pour forth their abuse on the brave fellows who are playing the game

      of life and death with the government , and whose only fault is that they loved Ireland too well , and appear to have miscalculated on the virtues , and valour , and spirit of their countrymen . And yet those craven wretches are acting in the very way whioh I describe . They seem to enjoy the failure of the Confederates , and look very much like the ass , who iu tho fable , amuses himself kicking atthe dead lion . We hope , however , that we shall not be long without a good , manly-toned journal ; and certainly , any raan of influence , and having capital and spirit , would Bncceed admirably with a popular weekly , or even daily newspaper , in Dublin . I have said just how , that we , iu this oity , have no authentic intelligence from the south oflreland .

      For all we know , we are treading oa the verge of a volcano , or the spirit of the people is crushed and paralysed . It is certain , at all events , that the government is terribly alarmed , and do not look on their situation as complacently as some would fain represent . Every tide brings us a regiment or two from ERgland , and they are Boarcely permitted to eat a meal of food or brush their jackets , ere they are paoked off on the railwiy to the south of Ireland . Two-thirds ofthe military in garrison here all the summer , ara gone too ; and more are said to be preparing for moving this evening . In the three countieB ef Kilkenny , Waterford , and Tipperary , there are new upwards of sixteen thousand soldiers , besides several thousand policementhere being ten thousand of that number concentrated about the Tipperary mountains , where

      report says O'Brien and his handful of pikemen are wandering up and down . If this statement ba true , does it not look very strange that they do not make a bold dash at the outlawed chief , and let some body or bodies finger the five hundred gold pieces offered by proclamation for bis arrest ? In my opinion O'Brien is _notas defenceless or forsaken as they report . Some say he haa not 300 men with him ; if this be true , how is it that 10 , 000 disciplined tr _ ps are oowed and kept at bay by 300 starving rebel *! It is extraordinary , indeed . It is certain that up to Monday ( yesterday ) at nooB , he was at large , and how it is that in his reported defenceless state , he is suffered to remain so , is the great _pui- ' e . Another day Of two , however , mnst solve the mystery ; but at this moment no man in Dublin is ia possession of anything like satisfactory or conclusive information .

      I have to inform tha conductors of the _Nouiubrh Star that their labours for Ireland are well-known and appreciated , and that their journal will soon be one of the most popular in this kingdom . It is inquired for now by hundreds who a short time ago were ignorant of its existence , and Feargus O'Connor bids fair to be the great favourite of the Irish people . I hear thousands speaking of him every day , and wishing they hnd him in Dublin to lead tbat great party which will be in OPPOSITION tothe _O'Connells .

      If Feargus O'Connor could now give up England and the English people , he would lead Ireland from the Causeway to Cape Clear . Many are inveighing against the people of Dublin , and against the Dublin Confederate Clubs in particular . Tney accuse them of cowardice and of shrinking iron , a conflict which they had courted and tried to _pravoke . This is wrong aod unfair . I know the Dublin men well . When the day of trial came , those who professed to lead the publio mind fled from tbe sity . and Mt the _olubs without counsel , guide , or

      Dublin, July 26th.—Four Companuh Of Thc ...

      instruction . What , then , could those clubsdo ! There was nobody to say , * Out boys—follow me . Had any mau oi known _eourage and bravery i __ s _ ed this appeal , it would have been responded te , and Dublin before this would have strange stories to relate , and strange items to add to her historical annals . The Dublin men are not cowards . I know there are a few fat Corporation blockheads , a few hundred hucksters and dai _ ymen 0 and perhaps a couple of thousand old fellews-brainleeB , _ignerant , and _cowardly—who still olingtothe disgraced and ruined O'Connell faotion ; but , believe me , the bone and sinew , the young , intelligent , and high-minded men of Dublin are aa brave as any on God ' s earth . Let nobody then dare to say that the Dublin men are traitors or cowards . You will s ee the facts connected with the attack on

      the Nation and the Felon offices on last Friday , and tha tyrannical suppression of those journals . They did not app ear on Saturday . The Felon Was in type ready to go to press , and the Nation impression for the week was nearly worked off , when the _mrtie was made , and every atom belonging to the papers and printing concerns carried awayto the Castle . Even the Penny Irishman , and the National Guard—another excellent penny publication—have been suppressed , and their proprietors and editors are fled from Dub I ' m . Shaw , of Baohelor ' _s-walk _, I believe , was the owner of the Irishman , and John M'Cormick , of Christchurch-place , was proprietor of the National Guard—Mr _O'Oalla _^ han , the author of' The Green Book , ' being , as I am informed , the editor . I hear that all these gentlemen have left town .

      I was looking at the attack on the Felon office on Friday evening . When I oame np there was a small group before the door , from whom I learned that a party of police had entered , and proceeded to search the premises (\ t was supposed ) for arms . Immediately afterwards , two covered cars , laden with * detectives , ' with pick-axes and shovels , drove up . They entered tbe office immediately , and commenced operations . Every nook and cranny was ransacked —the boards torn from the ioiBts—the cellars and ground floor dug up with spades , and disfigured with orov ? -bars—yet there was not a single pike , or pistol , or bullet found . After continuin g the search for about five hours , a large truok , or fl . at , was brought up , on which the press and printing materials of the

      concern were piled—much valued type being destroyed during its removal by the ignorant and rude policemen . An immense erowd has by thiB time collected ; but waa kept at a safe di _. taaee from the captured property by a cordon of about fifty policemen , with drawn cutlasses . Subsequently the whole was conveyed into the Lower Castle Yard , where it lies in _the'keeping 6 . _government at present . The police are acting in the most ruffiianly and arbitrary manner . They are now armed with cutlasses , and their insolence knows no limits . The people are almost distracted . Most of them being ofthe dregs of the peasant population , too lazy to work , and having no means of subsistence but their police wages , they make noscruplein performing any outrage whioh may gain them favour with their

      masters . I saw them this day driving away the people from reading the placards giving a synopsis of the _oontents of the morning papers , and which were hung at the doors ofthe news-rooms . On yesterday several men ( and some highly respectable gentlemen amongst tbe number , ) were carried before the poli . e court , for the erc ' _rw ! of reading thoso placards . I saw at one roam in Dame-street the police acting in the most overbearing manner . Not a man dared stop to look on those _obnoxioas placards . The footway must not be crowded , nor the public progress be impeded ! And yet , on the opposite side ofthe street , exactly fronting that reading room , was posted up the . ice-regal proclamations , offering Saxon gold fer the arrest ofthe Irish leaders . '—and , will it be accredited ? two hundred persons were , at the same moment , reading those proclamations , without impediment or hinderance , or annoyance .

      Nebody can guess how events may terminate . A word—a shot—any' trifle light aB air , ' may set the kingdom in a blaze of rebellion . And it may end in a bottle of smoke , after all . If O'Brien and his fellow-outlaws be taken , they will swing from the scaffold at Newgate ; of this nobody doubts . There is no hepe that Daffy , Martin , and the rest , will have a fair trial , and , of course those gentlemen are already bracing their nerves to hear the sentence of transportation pronounced against them" ! We have terrific times in Ireland ! The weather is glorious and genial . The late

      panic about the re-appearance of the potato rot is gone down—the report being ill-founded and a moat magnificent crop being nearly matured through the country . Excellent potato . _s oan now be had in this oity for 6 d . per lilb .., and it is thought that next week they will not fetch more than half that price . In the meantime thousands are in state of halfstarvation and hopeles .. Business is almost entirely suspended , nobody knows what may come next , and even those who have work to do , and wages to earn , are too excited and toe alarmed to apply themselves to their usual avocations . I hope to let yon have a full , and interesting letter next week .

      Though the police in the towns , and the military in the eonntry districts , are moving the very stones of tbe highways in quest of arms and ammunition , still , strange to say , they are not getting scarcely a single stand . There have not been fifty _piksa discovered in all Ireland up to the present hour . A few guns and pikes have been Beized in the publio Btreets , but the Bearch in houses and suspected places has been unsuccessful . The people are not disposed to give up their property , to gratify the whims , or allay the terrors of their enemies .

      Saturday, Jdly . House Op Commo*_,-S._ E...

      _S-dering the importance of tfce measure , aad the late _p * -l _ ef the . _ 4 _'_ n st _ _, __ It t _ l _ en __ o __ ncBd , th _ t it would be more expedient for government to post _, pone It . The L _ _n Ch _ . kc _ ll _ declined to accede te such a _SO _ e _ on . L _ i _S-AK-xr _eessnred the government severely for Bringing iu _impartant _measares at a Ute period of the _H-Him _, while V _ Hm _. t _oiLotd _* had absolutely nothing to do fjr ihe first seven months . Lord Bao-GH- _* _--nounc-d that on Thursday next he would _brins tiie state ef Ireland feefore the house and sa . ge . ted thai i- the P « JMttV- Can _. _lUOU of thit country " it _irouU be _cxj _. dleut not to _prorogue Par . -- amen * . _. . v _ . v . The U-rqais of C-A . N _ . icn . D _ mivei that the Comm _ _. _'___«_•« in the Evicted Poor Law ( Ir clan . ) Bill should __ adopted , which was agreed ta .

      The _L'is . d-Chascxi _.-or moved that tbe _Commone ' a _ end _ ei _ siB the Encumbered Eitatts ( Ireland ) Bill h . _afl' _^ plid . Lord STiKXEr and Lord Mokteagle objected to the _e-aen-lm-nts , the former _n-. b ' . o lord su _£ g _! _Siin _2 that they _sfeonld b _ referrei to a Select C . _mm'tiee for

      _coasl-CtratioD . After tone _dhcisfion the hou 3 e divided , when tbe _arrendr-ent was _negatived by a majority of 27 to 10 . TLe _Coma-Ons * amendm .-nts were then adopted . The Trustees Relief ( Ireland ) Bill was re ., a third ti _ _. e and passed , as was also _ifcu _Highlan- It _sads and _Bridges [ _Scotlacd- Bill . Th . Administration , of Crin-in _. l Jastice Bill pas . ed through C . m _. htee . Tha Cjrn _ilirk . ts ( Ireland ) B . ll wis _rsad a second time .

      HOUSE OP _COM-iDSS . —TMsfcoaBS aet _ . waive o ' clock . The _morning sitting was occupied in cosnmiuee oa th . Farmers' Estate Society ( Ireland ) Bill . The committee got through _twenty-six ; ciau . es , aud at half-past three o'clock , reported progri _" . to _elt Again On Tu . sday . Tfee koase resumed at five o ' clock , and on the motion of t _ Chakc _ i . __ of tke _EscH-dnES , west immed ' atf ly iato commictee of the whole _hoese on the Suurar _SutUs . In _comtaitte ? , _tka _Chascellob of tha Excbfqueb proposed a series of new _rtsolutiens , with a view _ correct a p _ rtioa of the ' badget of _blundtrs , ' pointed out abont a week ego _ Ir , rd G . Bemin . k , as _txisting in ih . prerio _ r „ - > l _ . tions , on which the Sugar Bill new pending was f-un e 1 , the remsinder af the blunders being sueh as tn ' ght bs _co-rected ia _cimmltte _. on the bill , there being uo Intention , in correcting them , to _ c __ e the scale of duties . With respect to the colenie . r _ aing ia bond , it was his intention to abaadon his »_;> __ 1 , at l _ s » 1 _* the present session .

      On the first ofthe new resolutions being put froa the chair , Hr _B-JtSLT expressed his regret that after all the _advantsits wbich had b . ea beld out to tho West Indians by t ! e g _ivernment plan , thsy now proposed to abandon their proposal as to refining in band . So vacillating was the con _. ucs ofthe g . Ternm-. nt on comm . rcial matters that the _mercantile body could ao Ijnger repose any confidence is tbeir declarations er promises . Mr C __> W £ iA briefly followed in the same strain . He protested in the strongest terms oa behalf of tbe Liverpcol West India Association , and at thetr _request , against the vacillation whi _. h bad characterised tbe conduct of the _goTerntaemt with regard to the whole question conne . ted with the West Indies . P _ r _LaboccH-RS felt _him = elf _c-lted upoa to excalpat . the government from the charge ef vacillation . The proposal , with regard to rcfi-ing in bond , was uot _abandoned until it wa . discovered that serious objections exit ted in the way of its being carried cut .

      The resolutions wer . ultimately 8 greed to , end the re . isaindcr of the sitting , whisk W 2- protracted until one o ' clock , was principally occupied in committee of supply . TUESDAY , JutT 31 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tfee Bill for tbe Administration of Criminal Justice was read a third time and pass _ . The London and Soatb-Wc-tern Railway Camps _' - Amendm = at Bill wss also read a third time aud passed . Their Lordships then sojourned . HOUSE OF COUJ-OHS . —The hoaie met at twelve o ' clock . In _eo-m-lttea sf the whole house , Mr _Lasodchebe moved a _resalutioa on wklth to found a bill for the _purpart of _bringlag _ricar steamers within tha operation ef ths _Steata Kavigition Act , as regards Inspection of their m-chinery _, &• .., and also to _gire to the Board of Trade the power of fixing the maximum of passengers to ?_ b carried .

      After a short discussion , the resolution was agreed to , snd oa the house _r-su-aL-j , leave was given to bring in tie bill , Tbe Fanners' Estate Society ( Ireland ) Bill was _sgaln committed , aad various _ameudmeats proposed and _egrei d to , and ethers postponed until the report . A * J _half-pist three o ' _clock the house adjourned till five o ' clock .

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . [ We give the following report of the conversation upoa bringing up the resolution- tf the committee , with one single observation , wbich is an answer tothe spleen of the Marylebone baronet , and it is this , that accounts t _. k _ from original deenments from which balance sheets ara . opposed to be taken , are truer in their nature , or rather are better evidence of trarh , than tha balance sheets them-Belvea ; and if every balance sheet connected with the company from the commencement had been produced in manuscript , each bearing ths name of the auditors , then this disappointed Whiggling woald have insisted upon comparing the written balance shtets with the books and vouchers from which they were taken . The fellow ' s head is like a

      pawnbroker ' s warehouse , all the ticketed commodities _arejumb ' ed together , and when a Whig pawner calls for hia pledged goods , he not unfrequently receives the wrong commodity ; in fact , he is like the flogged soldier , hit him high ar hit him low , there is no pk __ g him . It ia bat justice to Mr Wheeler , to elite that he did prodo . ee the original book , from which his balance sheets wera taken ; and to Mr _M'Gratfa , to state , that he produced all the balance sheets simed by the auditors sines hia appointment to the _iffice of financial secretary bnt this gillyganpn 3 is determined that he wUl be drowned and that nobody shall help him . He and his friend Josh _, have made a _ d _ e . s of it ; snd now having got one to it in the mud , the hon . bart with characteristic _"Whig-doggedness , will not stop until he finds him-elf up to hia neck in the mire . _l

      Sir G . I _ iir _ i brought up the report and resolutions ef the committee appointed to investigftte the affairs of tke National Land _Con-piay . Hr F . _O'Cokito- _moTed that they be read by tie clerk st the table . The Clerk accardingly read tho report and resolutions bb follow : — ' I . Tba : the proposed _additional prevision ! to the Friendly Societies'Acts , which are incorporated in the bill _eEtitled ' A BJ 1 to Alter and Amend an Act of the Sth and 10 th of her present Majesty , for the Amendment of the Laws R . lat _ _£ to Friendly _Societies , ' will _eot include tae 2 f « tionBl Lind Compsny . 2 . That the Kationsl Lsna Company is not consistent with the general principles upon wh \ t \ the frteadly societies are founded .

      3 . That the _National Lind Company , at at present con . _grituted , is an Hit gal scheme ,-and will not fulfil the expectations held oat by the directors to the shareholders . 4 . Th . t it _appjiri to _taia committee , by the evidence of several witnesses , that the books of proceedings of the National _Lsnd C-mpany _, as well as the accounts of tfee Company , have bsen most _impsrftctly kept , and thit the original balance -heats , signed by the _audltoM of _ s C _. _nrpany , ha _ been destroyed , and enly three of _tnosa balance sheets for the quart-rs ending the 29 th of S-ptember , and tiie 25 th of December , 1 S _17 , and the 5 H of March , 18 . 6 , re _. _ptetively _, have been produced ; but Mr O'Connor having _exprested an opinion that an impression had gone abroad that tke monies subscribed by the _National Land _Company had been applied to his own benefit—this _wsnaittee are clearly of opinion , tbat although the accounts have not been kept with strict

      regularity , yet that irregularity has been against Hr F . O'Connor ' * interest , _» t _ d of la his favour ; and that i ; appears by Mr Grey ' s « e « ouat , there is due to Mr F . O'Co-j-or the sum of _-SS-2 S 3 5 i . 3 $ ., and by Mr Finlay--oa _' s account ths sum of £ 3 , 400 . 5 . That considering tbe great _nnrober of _psrtosi interested ia the _tcheme , _ ud the bona fides with _whlah it appears to have been _o-Tiied on , it Is the opinion cf this committee , that powers might be granted to the parties cancera _' td if _tcej shall eo desire , to « risd ap the undertaking and to _relieve them from the penalties to which they may have incdaiiopsly subjected themselves . In submitting these resolutions to the bouse , it is the opInioH of your eoa mittee that it sheuld be left entirely opea to ths parties coaearned to propose to parliament any new measure for tbe parpote of carrying ost tke expectations and objects © f the promoters of the Compauy , '

      Hr F ; _O'Cowos . —Sir , as this report only enters into cue branch of the _sulj . ct , perhaps the house will in . _oalge me while l . _^ y a few wards oa that _. _ubj . ct also—I mean the financial department of the KatieBal Lind C . mpsnj . There were two questions submitted to the committee ; tbe one was to inquire into the expenditure cf the monies of the _Coapsny , and the other as to tbe pra-tic _ bilitj or impracticability of the plan . It having teen _circulattd , not ia one newspaper , but in nearly every newspaper iu the _csuatry , that I had established tnis plan for my own benefit , and that improper ac counts were for that _ofej _. ct kept , I teg now to appeal to _.-ojehsn . gentlemen who were on the committee—ins especially to the chairman of that committee—and to a k theta , first , whether every facility which they thought _awssaiy forthe _investigatien and fair hearing of the

      * , _ _?! * . _? _tf " 11 to ttem ? Bat l _ewnot sir - _u-mia-taa-ing that the resolutions are exceedingly £ _r-urable to me „ _„ M tte eXpenditnre of the _» _£ ro go forth to the world that tho . worktag mea . who _acsed under ay direc . _' . _* _,, „ taa _odloS . _™ ' _™ . hem It appears tnat the fourth resolution _ : _ _t-sTat ° _ . tijwe J" _^ * _«^ _* _aa _praented t . the eom . _t _ : tt 33 . with the name * ef the auditors attached ___? it _should be understood that those balance sheets _I _ u _ . d _ an exp « . _« -ta-e of £ 5 , 000 , while the other balance _skeets tbat were _nat presented , and which ware kept b- th , prerioas _Eae ratary , only _inc-nded £ 8 . 0 . 0 _etpenditare The _tosia _expsudl tn-e mi £ 8 . 000 , and ont of tkat gum ' £ 5 , ew wm -celt _ _ la tbe b-lanoo steeti that were pre KBtsi to tb $ j _emaittet , I should _alw _itat « at the

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      same time , that although those mltslug balance sheets were not ta existence , yet the books of the previous se . cretary . from which the balance sheets were taken , were presented to tbe aoeountant , I should also state , In reference to thesetwo balance sheets , that the accountant examined every Item with the vouchers ; and he took the labour book which is kept at the office ; and _oltbough teat book contained accounts to the extent of £ 49 , 000 , yet there was not two shillln | _g difference between the _aceonats I furnished ana tke accounts In tbe books . Hereafter tbe general question will come on , when I _sha 1 be able to go farther into the _subjeot . I now , sir , beg to refer to tte bon . gentleman , the chairman of the committee , as to the manner in which the inquiry wne conducted . And , tn _conelu-lon , I may be allowed to state that these resolutions were adopted by tho committee unanimously .

      Sir G . Hattee—P . _rhaps I may be permitted to say that I bear my most _williuc testimony to the accuracy Ot what tbe honourable and learned gentleman has stated . I am desirous to admit that every facility was given to the committee for the investigation of the whole of the accounts and matters relating to this Company . Erery officer that we cal ed for was at onee produced . The _accouats are rigidly inv _. stigaed by an acoountant , who was appointed by myself at the _suegestion of the committee ; and th 9 result was that which the honourable __ n _ learned gentleman ha ? stated to the house . _Undoubtedly the accounts ff _ r < i kept—I will not enter into ihe

      re-son why they wera so kept—la an extremely irregul « r manner . [ Mr _O'CoKKoa . —Certainly . ] I believe that the result at which the accountant arrived was as much a matter _ossarpriee to the hon . gentleman as tt was to any member of th- committee . It wasjt matter of surprise to me . Every facility was afforded by the Company to the committie for the purpose ef examining into the matter , and I must also bear my testimony to the faot that the _resolutions were cone to _unmimously on the part of the committee . I decline entering Into the general question at present , bat I sball be perfectly ready to do so at the proper time , when the _cvidenoe taken before the committee shall have been laid before

      the hous _? . Sir B _ _jjJi _ K Hall _: Having originally suggested lo the honourable aad learned gentleman that a committee should be appointed for the purpose of inquiring into this soheme _, and having attended during the sitting of the _committee , I with to _offcr a few observations iu reference to _what has fallen from the honourable and learaed geatleman and the chairman of the committee . I perfectly agree with them that every facility was given to ' be membsts of the committee to investigate the afiulrs of the Company ; but at the same time , I cannot conceal from myself , this fact , thatthe whole ofthe

      orlginal accounts , as stated to have been audited by Mr Cuffay and Mr Knight , tbe auditors of the Cempany , with tbe exception of the account , for the quarter ending S-ptem _. tr last , December last , and March last , have been destroyed . They were not forthcoming ; although I admit tbat , aecordlng to the data which were placed before ths accountant nominated by the committee , and wbosB appointment was acquiesced in by tbe _han geadesaa ( Hr _O'C-nnor ) , there does ap . pear to be a balance due to the honourable and learned gentleman of £ 3 200 from the C . mpany . Mr F . O'Cohhob : £ 3 , 400 .

      Sir Bekjij-ih H _ t _: One makes £ 8 . 40 ., and the other £ 3 , 21 ) 0 , but that is a matter of no importance . There is a balance . Now , I think it would have heen much more satisfactory to me if the original accounts , as audited i y the auditors of the _Coc-psay , had beea forthcoming . But as regards the practicability or impracticability ofthe scheme , I think it is not desirable to enter into [ that question at present . The hon . gentlemoe ( Sir O'Co-taor ) would probably bring forward a _saea sure to carry out the objects of the promoters ot the _Ccrapssv . It will be in his recollection that on the 15 h of i-tticb I put a question to him , whether I was to distinctly understand the honourable and learned gentleman tbat If the bill then brought in should not pass , he _iutended to proceed to the complete regis _, -ration of the C _impany , and the honourable and learned gentleman answered that it was his determination , If

      the bill did not pass at once , to obtain complete registratien ef the Company . Now I hardly think he will be able to carry out that promise . I would there * fore ask him *> hat course he intends to take with regard to registration of the Company ? There is another question I wish to put to the honourable gentleman . He will recollect that the _fea-simpls of all the _property purchased with the funds of the Company is vested exclusively in his name . All the property Is assigned to him . self and bis heirs , and no other person bas any power with reference to that property . The questions , then , I have to ask the hon . member arc , what be intends to do with regard to complete registration of tke _Cotnpacy ? and whether he proposes to make over the estates which are _naw vested iu bis came to those _persons who , uader the rules of the Comp . _ny _. have received allotments , but for which allotments tbey have at present no title f

      Mr O'C shoe : The _honenrable baronet , Sir , has gone more extensively into the question than I intended , If he had read the resolution he would have found an answer to his question , because it is there left to the promoter , of tbe _soclely to consider whether or no they will wind up the affairs ofthe society , or whether they will apply for an extension of powers from Parliament . At I have not bad f . me to consult any one , and it having bsen recommended by the _commlttae that a meet _, ing of the shareholders should be held for the purpose of their being consulted . I do think it Is rather hard

      thst the honourable baronet should ask me to decide , where 70 , 000 are to have a voice in the matter . With regard to the conveyances to those persons who have ob . talned allotments , it is rather strange that the honourable baronet who attended the committee should have se soon forgotten that _ stated I was ready to transfer the property now ve _. ted io me and cry quits , making the Company a present ef ray £ 3 , 400 , and that I was prepared to act upon the suggestion of the committee , whatever it might be , I mast _sey the htsourable _barone : has tried to c . nfuie the accounts as much as possible _.

      The Spr- _ 5 . bere observed that , as there was no _question befare the house , the hon . geatleman could not make any statement . Mr H _ tt _ thea moved that the report be printed , Mr F . _O'CoHKoa proceeded to say that tbe honourable baronet had endeavoured tocenfuie the accounts of the finaaclal secretary of the company with his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) own accounts , The accounts for which the balance sheets were not presented amouited to about £ 3 , 00 . 0 . The ameunt for which he ( Mr O'Coanor ) was responsible was about £ 109 , 000 ; an . tbe aceeuntant declared before the committee that , after going over tbe balance sheets _wito the original documents , tbere was not a difference of two shillings between the printed do . cuments snd tne original balance sheets . His ( Mr

      O'Connor ' s ) balance sheets , however , were sever signed by any auditors . Resolutions were signed by auditors approving of the vouchers and accounts laid before them , but the balance sheets themselves were _notysigusd by eay auditors , He might add , that he bad furnished the accountant with vouchers for every item down to 2 s . 6 d . He hoped that , although the honourable baronet ( SirB . Hall ) might eideavonr to be critical , he would not seek to give a false colouring to the _evldenee which was in print , and which every member of tbe house could read for himself . When that honourable baronet promised a searching aud rigid inquiry into the ac . onnts of . the company , he ( Sir B . Hall ) was not pre pared for the result which had been arrived at . He ( Mr O'Connor ) begged to remind the honourable baronet of the different course ha had adopted te that

      tvhich the _honourable baronet had pursued towards him . He ( Mr O'Connor ) had received several letters from Wales , which he forwarded to the honourable ba . ronet , informing him at the same time of hi . intentlei . to put to him three questions , as to tbe management of a public fund , andof his o wn property ; hut he ( Mr O'C . ) had abstained from bringing the subject before the house , as be knew the hoaourable baronet was rather tender on the point . He ( Mr O'Connor ) could assure the honourable baronet that be was not tender on the subject efthe Land Company , He would _recemmend the honourable baronet in future , when he brought forward any question of this kind , to _canfiae himself to the evidence , and to abandon the profession , which hs seemed to have adopted , of general prosecutor ia that h _. uce _.

      After a short conversation between Mr Bouvxsis Mr H _ t _ b , and 8 ir B Hall ( with reference to the opinions of Mr Finlayson , the _aecOBHtant ) , which was is'udible Lathe gallery , Mr G . _Tho-TP . ok said , he felt bound to state that while it was the unanimous conviction of tbo com . mittee that bnt a very _iuiigulfioaut portion Of tbe _SUb . _senbera weuld , within any reasonable time , _beoome pes . sessed of allotments , yet that throughout the whele course of the _investijation no complaint hadbeen pre . feredby any one of the sevent y thousand shareholders

      cor had any _espr-ssion of disappointment proceeded frem any quarter with regard to the manner in which tbe aUotmtms bad been made . He might alio add that no imputation had beea thrown upon the motive , of the promoters of the cempany ; and as to the practicability or impracticability ef the plan , Mr Finlayson ' s evidence distinctly asserted that the plan , if legalised would ba perfectly practicable . Ther _. Eort was then ordered to be printed . The Law op Ma *» iaqes . —Ia answer to Sir R . H . ir _ l _ ,

      Mr S . Woan _. Y said that he was in hopes that he would be enabled to bring in his bill ob this subject at an early hour an Wednesday , Mr _Goclboik made au _obitrvation , after whioh Mr S . W . RTLtv said that he thought It very desirable that the psople of this count , should be la possession of the fact that there was an intention to propose an alter _, atioa in the law respecting marriages which would have a retrospective as well as a prospective effect . Mr Labodchere intimated that it waa his Intention to bring In two bills for tbe purpose of prohibiting the importation of cattle when _diseased .

      Mr S . _Wostiet called the attention of the house to thepetition of Mr W . R . S . _Fimgexaid , the _nnmb _. r for Horsham , complaining of an irregularity in taking tho _F-Cognleances on the petition against his return , and moved that the consideration of all the election petitions be postponed until next session ; but after a statement from the Attorney-general , aad some observations from otter-honour _ibla ____ _ the motion was withdrawn . Chdxch _T-KPo-AtiriEs . —Mr HoxtKAK thea moved that a humble { address be presented to her Majesty praying tbati b e will be pleased to take into her const * .

      Saturday, Jdly . House Op Commo*_,-S._ E...

      _dert _ --. the whole condition of the Established Churcl » _ __ rds its temporalities ; _thatehe will direct an la-Sot ma de into tha Ml value of all Church pro . JertJ under lease , and cause such measures to be prenaredasmay make the _revenues of the Church more fully conducive to tbe religious teaching of the people . The honourable gentlemaD , in the course of hia argn . ments , confined himself altogether to the temporalities of the Church , as it was with that branch of eur ecclesiastical establishment that Parliament could most easil y deal . He believed lhe _revenu . of tbo Church amounted to a sum not less than £ 5 , 000 , 000 per annum ; but although tbiB sum was larger than tbat of any other Church In Europe , It was n _. _Verlheleea the opinion of many people that It was not sufficient for the maintenance of the clergy . Considering how largely the Church was endowed , he thought it was in a most-Inefficient condition . He believed that In no other religion could there be feuad sucb oppoBite 3 of zeal nnd indiff / rence ,

      learning and ignorance , piety and heathenism , as In tbe Protestant . This might be seen by tbe publications of benevolent societies , and by many other channel , and _so-xcee . The evil had certainly been remedied in part bj previous legislation , and the Church had been recently raised into a degree of popularity and efficiency hitherto unknown ; but that great change could riot bo carried oat unless they themselves took some measures to put the machinery by which the system was carried on into bettor _conditien , The hon , gentleman entered into a variety of statistics on the sut j sot , and then proceeded to observe that his former mat ions on the subject had received tbe cordial assent of tbe house , whicb

      _sacroed to foel that tho view he too ' - oftho subject waa the just one . If , therefore , those motions were free from objection , he felt confident his present one could bo still less objected to . There never was a _ptrlod when the EcclD 8 iastic . il system excited a warmer feeling throughout the country , or when the houses ofParlkment wero mere unlt . d on the subjeet . He hoped , _therefore , the goverament would consent to this inquiry , with tho view of forming a comprehensive system of legislation on the subject . Sir E . _Bcv-oh seconded the motion .

      Lord J . R 086-LL said tbat the proposition of the bon . gentleman was certainly one worthy of consideration , but at the same time it was encumben d with so many difficulties of a practical nature that tbey ought to be fully considered before the introduction of any measure on the subject , He thought the main preposition cf Mr Horemau well founded—that it was to tbe Increased value of Church property they ehould took for the improvement of the incomes of the clergy and for the in crease of spiritual instruction , Wi . _ respect , howerer , to the immediate motion of the hon . gentleman , fee , did not think it would be advisable for tbe house to _prtseat an address to her Majesty requesting her ; Majesty to direct an inquiry to be made iato the full value of all the Church property under

      lease ; although he Bhould be quite _raady to adopt sach measures as would be likely to give a proximate estimate of the full value of sucb property . On a former occasion certain bishops and dignitaries bad re . fused to give shy return as to the full value of the church property belonging to them , aad he did not think the Crown ought to be placed in the unbecoming position of receiving a refusal frem tho bishops and dignitaries , having no power of enforcing the necessary inquiries . He hoped , therefore , the hon gentleman would be -aligned with his assurance that he would _oonslder the means by which an inquiry could be made , and that he was en . _tlrtly of opinioa that the property of the Church should be made more available for the purposes of the Church than It was at present .

      Sir R , _I-ulis taid , the concession of the noble l . rd might well satisfy a more ambitious mind tban that of the hon . member for Cockermoutb . He admitted tbe spiritual destitution of eome pertions ef the metropolis , but it was tho duty of Parliament to remedy that evil without resorting to other than legitimate sources for the means . Aft r a discussion , in wbich Mr W , P . Wood , Mr Goutbubn _, aad Mr _Fbewen took part , Mr Hosshah yielded to tbe suggestion ef tbe noble lord , and the motion was withdrawn . Mr _Ubqchabt having postponed bis notice for compensation tothe family of the late Lleutenant-General Shrapnel until a supply night , ths house adjourned ,

      WEDNESDAY , August 2 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The orders of the da ; for proceeding with the following bills were read and die . charged , wiil . the intimation , as regards some , of them , of their renewal in the ensuing session : —On tbe mo . tion of Mr S . Csawfob . the Landed Property ( Ireland ) Bill ; on that of Mr Bbotheston ( for Lord _Gbostenos ) the Bakehouses Bill . Mr A . _Staffosd complaining of the absence of SirB . Hall , who had indorsed the bill in common with tbe noble lord ; on that of _J-tFacak _, the Life Policies Assurance Bill ; on tbat ef Mr MacxinKOR , tbe Cruelty to Animals Prevention Bill ; and also on the motion oi the same hon , member , the Smoke Prevention Bill , its provisions having been embodied Sn the measure for promoting the public health .

      Sir W , Clat moved the _secoad reading of the _RsmedleB against the Hundred Bill , its object being to afford compensation to parties where property might be destroyed ia consequence of outbreaks and riots , Incases not provided for by the existing law _. After tome discussion the bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed that day week , but with an Intimation from Sir George Grey , who opposed the mea . sure in iti present state , that there was bo chance of itB passing in the present session . The Sale of Beer Bill having been read a third time , on the question lhat it do pa _« B , Several amendments wete proposed , which were negatived , and the bill passed .

      After some opposition the Windsor Castle and Town Approaches Bill went through committee , and the bouB ? having resumed , other-bills were advanced a stage , and the adjournment followed .

      I The Northern Star • August 5, 1848,

      I THE NORTHERN STAR August 5 , 1848 ,

      State Of Ireland. Fi__L And-Htli-Aht Mov...

      STATE OF IRELAND . fi __ L _AND-HtLI-AHT MOVEMENTS . Inconsequence of tho very unsatisfactory state of Ireland , the Cyolopa , steam-frigate , of 1 , 200 tons , the Birkenhead , steamer , of 1 , 400 tons , and the Driver steamer of 1 , 050 tons , were dispatched last week for Ireland . Dkvohport , Satubday . —The Adventure transport sailed this afternoon with _. _torea and provisions for Sir C . Napier ' s equadron . Stjkdat . —The Birkenhead steamer came in last night from Portsmouth , and embarks this afternoon nine captains , nine sub-Items , and 241 men of the Royal Marines , from this division for Cork . Cove of Cork , July 27 . —Her Majesty ' s Bhip Pilot , sixteen guna _, commander Lyons , was sent yesterday , by Sir Charles Napier , to Bantry Bay , to protect the interests oi the loyal residents in that neighbourhood .

      All the marines of the Irish squadron are pre * paring to go on board a merchant steamer ( none of her Majesty ' s being at hand ) to take them to Waterford , where the rebellious outbreak is expeoted . The want of steamers is greatly felt . The Blenheim ( steam guard ship ) of _£ _fty- __ t 7 e guns , Captain Chads , C . B ., is ready to start ; as is the Prince Regent , of ninety guns , Captain _W . F . Martin . Her Majesty ' s ship Helena , _aixteen guna , Captain Smith , sailed this evening from Cove for Waterford .

      Joi y 28 . —Iueonsequenceof no steam vessel being here , the marines ot the squadron were at threo o ' elook this morning put on board the Blenheim screw ship , of fifty-five guns , ready to start for Waterford . tier Majesty ' s steamer Alban , however , happened to come in at daylight ; when the marines of the St Vincent , 120 guns , Prince Regent , _ninety-two , and marine artillery from the Blenheim , were shipped on board her , and she started at nine o ' olook for Waterford . Mobb Troops and Ariiubby fob Irblanb . —The horses , forty-five in number , belonging to the D Battery of the Royal Artillery , at present under the command of Capt . C . Markland , left the barracks , at Woolwich , early on Sunday morning , and proceeded

      by a special train of the North Western Railway to Liverpool , en route to Dublin . A party of non-commissioned officers and men proceeed in charge ofthe horses , but will return to Woolwioh . An extra battery , consisting of three six-pounder guns , and one _thirty-twopounder howitzer , with equipment and ammunition complete , haa been got ready at the Grand Depot . Woolwich , and will , it is expected , be sent off with a company of artillery by rail to-day . to augment the Royal Artillery in Ireland . On Saturday night , the whole ofthe 9 _ Regiment of Infantry , whioh were expected to have encamped at Everton , left Liverpool tor Dablin , by the . tenner , Birmingham .

      Thb Abmy ts Ibblahb —As a matter of interest atthe present raomeat . we subjoin tho official return of the troops in Ireland , for the month commencing August : —1 st Dragoon Guards , Oahir ; 6 th Dragoon Guards . Dundalk ; 2 nd Dragoons , Athlone ; 4 th Light Dragoons , Newbridge ; 6 th Light D . _agoone , Dublin ; 7 th Hussars , Dublin , and outposts in Tipperary ; 8 th Royal Irish , Newbridge ; 12 th Lancers , Cork ; 33-h Light Dragoons , Longford ; 17 th Lancers , Dablin : making in all a force of ten cavalry regiments . 1 st Foot , 2 nd battalion , _Parsonstown ; 2 nd Foot , Du & lin ; 3 rd Foot _( _enoampedatl Pilltown . county Waterford ; 6 . h Foot , 2 nd battalion , _Youghah Oth Foot . _Dublin ; 13 th Foot . Belfast ; 2 Gth Foot , Cork ; 31 st Foot , Athlone ; 35 th Foot , Dublin ; 40 th Foot , Galway ; 41 st Foot , Buttevant ; 43 rd Foot , Templemore ; 47 th Foot , Clonmel : 45 th

      Foot , Dublin ; 49 th Foot , Dublin ; 55 th Foot , Dublin j 57 th Foot , Enniskillen ; 59 th Foot , Templemore ; 60 th Rifles . 2 nd battalion , Dublin ; 64 th Foot , Limerick ; 68 th Foot , _Mullingar ; 70 th Foot , Cork ; 7 _ls * Foot , 1 st battalion , Naas ; 74 th Foot , Dablin ; 75 th Foot ( encamped ) Phoenix-park -, 83 rd Foot , Kilkenny ; 85 th Foot , Dublin ; 89 th Foot , Kilkenny and _ParaonBtown ; 92 nd Foot , Limerick - , Depot companies of the 7 th Foot , Waterford ; 19 ih Foot , Castlebar - , 34 th Foot , Nenagh ; 33 th Foot , Boyle ; 66 th Foot , _Kinsale ; 73 rd Foet , Fermoy ; 79 fch Foot , Mullingar ; 88 th Foot , Tralee ; 95 th Foot , Londonderry . In addition , there are detachments of the Royal Artillery stationed at Dablin and in out districts ; Royal Marines , _Out-Peasionerfl , Royal Engineers , and armed police : makine in all a forceof about 49 , 000 , ' _m lu m

      Ireland

      IRELAND

      State Of Liverpool. (From The Morning Ch...

      STATE OF LIVERPOOL . ( From the Morning Chronicle . ) Monday . —The stato of this town is perfeotly quiet , though preparations te meet any outbreak that may occur are still continued , and numerous pereoas ara daily sworn in aa special constables . Tbe excitement occasioned by the clubs is fast wearing off ; nevertheless the frequenters of them are narrowly watched by the police , who seem to have pretty good information of all that passes in them . A very decided step is said by one of the Liverpool papers to have been taken on Saturday , by the trustees of one of the dock companies , who dismissed on that day 500 labourers from their employment , for refusing to ba sworn speoial constables .

      A counter-petition to that lately sent up to London , and wherein the petitioners asked to have the Habeas Corpus Act suspended in Liverpool , has been banded about here for signature , and has already received a great number of names .

      ( From the Liverpool Mercury of Taesday . ) Tho magistrates were at first somewhat in donbl as to their powers of apprehending Dr Reynolds and other physical farce advocates , who have figured away in this town for " : some time past , but these doubts having been removed , warrants hare been issued for their apprehension . Dr Reynolds was supposed to ba somewhere in the neighbourhood of Birmingham , and an officer was despatched to arrest him . He ha . however , up to last , night , continued to conceal himself from the police . It is stated tbat Mr M'Manus and others of the leaders went last week to Dublin . They were , without knowing it , accompanied by a' detective / and Mr M' _Manua was traced to his hotel in the Irish metropolis .

      Last night the _46 th Regiment , enoamped in the field on the north side of Breck-road _, Everton . The novelty of tho Bight attracted an immenso concourse of spectators . About three o ' clock a company of the 6 th Dragoons arrived at the field : they were followed by the whole of the 46 th Regiment in military order , with baggage , Ac . After being inspected by Major-General Sir W . Warre , orders were given for the ereotion of the tents , and in an incredibly short apace of time a large number ot them were pitched . There are upwards oi 100 tents in all ; they are arranged in ten rows of ten each , and form a square . The _offioara' tents are at the south end , and at some little distance tho _ for the _Major-General and Colonels will be erected .

      At convenient distances around the field large canteens have been formed , from which the rations wiil be served ; and on the north end of the encampment a shed , extending upwards of fifty yards , has been ereoted by Messrs Jones and Jump , ef Pleasantstreet , for the Artillery and Horse Guards . Every necessary for the troopa Has of course bean provided . Each man , last night , was served with sixty rounds of ball . Upwards of 600 of the local oompany ef pensioners , nnder the command of Captain Greig , were on duty from six o ' olock on Saturday morning to nine at nit-ht . During the day tbey were inspected by Major-General Sir Wm . Warre .

      Police Tyranny And City Justice!—[Copied...

      Police Tyranny and City Justice!—[ Copied from the Standard of Freedom , July 1 st . ] A respectable person passing through _Redcrossstreet , on Wednesday , the 7 th of June last , he was attracted by a handbill in the window of Cartwright ' s Coffee House , headed 'Brutal Outrage by the Police on Sunday last . ' Yielding to his feelings of curiosity , he paused to read the same * , but before he had concluded perusing it , a policeman reached the spot , and ordered him to ' move on ' conscious of having been guilty of no offence , he was unwilling to comply with the injunction , remonstrated

      with the official , and represented he was not obstructing the pavement , or in any way violating the law . Upon this the constable took him into custody , and after the charge had been given at the station huse , he was taken before Alderman Gibbs , and fined 10 s . for the offence ! Such a monstrous act of injustice on the part ef the police , aud injustice on that ofthe magistrate , is unparalleled . If redress cannot elsewhere be obtained by the injured party , steps ought to be taken to bring the whole affair before the legislature . If actions such as these are allowed to pass unnoticed , there is no telling where it may end . The military force now in Ireland , including the armed police , amounts to _46 , 000 men ;

      Further Arrests Of London Chartists. Jam...

      FURTHER ARRESTS OF LONDON CHARTISTS . James M . Bryson and George Shell were arrested about ten o ' clock on Wednesday night , on leaving a meeting , held at tbe South London Hall . On the following day ( Thursday ) , they were brought before Mr Ilall , at Bow-street . James Maxwell Bryson , a dentist , was charg ed wiih having on the 28 th July acted as chairman at a Chartist meeting he'd at the Chartist . hall , in Web . _ber-street , Black friars , where he delivered a sedil _tiousspeech— Mr Hayward , from the office ofthe solicitor to the _Treasury , conducted the proieeuti _eQ and the prisoner , who was not defended , took notes of the proceedings . —Mr Frederick Bond Hughes a short-hand writer , stated that on the evening ' of the day in question he attended a Chutist meetine at their hall . There wera present about 400

      persons principally mechanics . After the prisoner was anpointed cbairman he mad e a _Bpeech , of which wit . nm took notes in short-hand , In the course of the evening witness heard a person named Rooney Bpeak Constable 116 L , who apprehended the pris . ner ' proved that he found a paper containing the follow _^ ing resolution :- ' That this meeting pledges itself to give countenance and support to tbe brave patriots of Ireland , who have so nobl $ opposed the enemies of freedom , in their oareer of unjustifiable bloodshed , ' On searching his lodgings he found in a back room a formidable Bteel weapon , whioh was a file , and sharpened in the shape of a dagger , with a sheath _, lhe prisoner said he would reserve his defence , and he was ordered to put ia bail , himself in the sum ef £ 150 , and two sureties in _£ . each , with twentytour hours ' _notice , to answer the charge at the Centrsl Criminal Court ; ,

      G . Shell , a journeyman shoemaker , was then ebarged with delivering a seditious speeoh at the same meeting . Mr W . Counsel , a _short-hand writer , stated that he was present at the meeting , when the prisoner delivereu a vio ent speech . The prisoner doolined to aak any _questions , but complimented the witness on the correctness of his report , and he was ordered to put in bail , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , with twenty-four hours ' notice , to answer the charge at the Central Criminal Court .

      More Reported Arrests Of London Chartist...

      MORE REPORTED ARRESTS OF LONDON CHARTISTS . ( From the _iifominff Post of Friday , _Augast 4 th . ) Information has reached us fr _. m an authentic sourcethat the Lord Mayor yesterday leaned his warrante for the apprehension of three Chartists , na __ _ __ . , and Wilson , for seditious language used by thenla addressing a meeting at the theatre in Milton . street . We were further Informed that two of the men were ar ! rested a few hours afierrrards by tbe police . [ We have no confirmation of the truth of this report . We know that Mr Shaw was at lib _ ty up to Thursday eveningnine o _clock , —Ed , N _, S . ]

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      Bilston.—Mr Linney Addressed The Chartis...

      Bilston . —Mr Linney addressed the Chartists of this place on Sunday night last , July 30 . _Newcastle _on-Tthb . —Mr Joseph Barker delivered an interesting lecture on Monday evening , in the Victoria Room , Grey-street , on * The Evils of an _Aristooraov . ' The _ChartistB here are making _strenuocs efforts to secure the services of Mr J . West , for a few weeks , and would feel obliged by a little aid from those who can spare a trifle for that purpose _. Parties wishing to contribute can leave their name and cash with M . Jude , Head ofthe Side , Newcastle , and as early as convenient . It is respectfully intimated to the friends of liberty , tbat our best effortssheuld be applied to the sending eur mites to tha Liberty Fund , and also to the viotims and their families .

      Barnsley . —Great excitement prevailed in this town on Friday , July 28 , in consequence of the reported insurrection in Ireland , and enthusiastic meetings were instantly held . —A large meeting of the Chartists was held on Monday last , at Mrs Pickering ' s room , when addresses were delivered by Messrs Shaw , Seerave , Daly , Wainwright . and others . Coventrt . —At the weekly meeting , held at Mr Pritchard ' s Coffee-house , _Gosford-street , Mr Prioo in the chair , a resolution was passed to divide the town into districts , and to collect money for the vie _tims ; Is . 6 d . was . aid in for the defence of Dr _M'D'uall ; 2 s . for the victims ; and 5 s . 7 d . collected for Mr Candy , who had his ribs broken on his way to lecture to theBulkington Cbartists .

      Alswick . —At a meeting held on Tuesday evening it wa resolved , ' That each member subscribe one halfpenny per week towards the 'Victim Fund , ' for the support ot the wives and families ef our incarcerated friends . ' N-TTiHQHAittHiBB . —A few days ' ago Mr _ . Harrison delivered lectures at Beeston , Ruddington , and Gotham . The lecturer gave great satisfaction , and enrolled upwards of 160 members . The greatest enthusiasm prevailed . Mmropoutan _Cskibal Vieim ahd De _ m _ _Co-iuiiuK , 83 , D . _an-street , Soho . —Mr Milns io the chair / On the motion of Messrs King and Wilks , Mr Grassby was unanimously appointed secretary . The following resolutions were then passed : — ' That thia committee at its nest meeting do elect a permanent treasurer , and that Mr Milns retain

      suchothce , until the aforesaid meeting , 'That a finance committee of five be appointed to assist tbe secretary and treasurer in the execution of their duty . ' ' That the following gentlemen form tbe above committee , viz ,, —Messrs Martyn , Bezer , Collect , Gnat , and Sumner . ' ' That tbe finance committee in to 'junction with the secretary , do issue an address , calling upon the Chartists of the metropolis , to use their utmost exertions for the support of the victims and their families . ' ' That thia committee do meet next Sunday morning at ten precisely , at Cartwright ' s Coffee-house , Redcross * street . ' A vota of thanks was accorded to the chairman , and the committee then adjourned , [ We are sorry we have no room for the address this week . It shall appear in our next , — Ed . N . S . l

      ' * Westminster . —A pubiie meeting was held on Tuesday evening , in the theatre of the Temperance Hall , Broadway , Charles Lushington , M . P ., in the chair ,, ho explained and advocated ell the points uf the Charter . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Kydd , Basset , Stallwood , and Gordugh . Resolutions were adopted in support of the Charter , and after a vote of tha __ was given to the chairman , the meeting dissolved . Milton-street , —A great meeting was held on Wednesday night , at the Milt .-a-fit . _ t Theatre , t * oonsider the present state of Ireland , Mr Thompson in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messra Udding , Mulling , and others , and resolutions con * demning the aots ofthe government towards Ireland _unanimeusly carried .

      _Fiksburt . —A crowded meeting was held on Sunday last , at the Providenoe Coffee House . Great Saffron Hill , when the following resolution was earried : —* That this meeting is of opinion that it is unfair on the part of certain Chartists te consider that they have a right to the handling of certain monies collected for any purpose that may bo in the hands of Mr F . O'Conner , seeing that they are ever ready to call upon him when any money is wanted . 'The question for Sunday evening next , is :- ' What shoald be the poiioy of the Chartists in the event of obtaining the Charter ?'

      Forthcoming Meetings. Ovenden —A Meeting...

      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Ovenden —A meeting will be held of the members of the Land Company on th . 8 fch of August . South Lordon Chartist Hall . —Mr Thompson will leoture on Sunday evening next , August o ± , at eight o ' clock . Somers _Tovtn . —A Harmonic Meeting will he held at the Bricklayers' Arms Tonbridge-street Newroad at 8 o ' clock on Monday evening , August 7 th . The proceeds will be given to John Arnott , Secretary of the Somers Town locality for his services in the cause of democracy . Messrs Whitehorn and sons will attend . S . r Walter Scott Localhy . —The meeting place of this locality is removed to the Digby Arms , Digby-street , Globe-lane . Lectures and discussions every Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock .

      _Shor _. duch . —A _general meeting will be held at the Green Gate , Hackney-road , on Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Members are requested to pay their general and local levies . A lecture will be delivered at the Loyal United Friends , Tabernacle-square , on Monday evening , at eight o clock , by Mr Barber . Subject ; Tha People ' s Charter . Marylebone . —The Land Members ef this branch will meet on Sunday August 6 th at the Coach Painters Arms , Circus-street , New Koa'd , at 6 o clock Bethnal Green .-J . H . Shepherd will deliver an address at the Duke of York , New _York-street , on Sunday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening .

      Deaths, On Monday Week Last, William, So...

      DEATHS , On Monday week last , William , son of Dr O'Connor , of Clerkenwell , aged six years and six months . We _tuve to announce the death of Mr Joseph Moody , of Leg-rill Colliery , He was a a sterling democrat , and his house was always a refuge for the distressed , On the 28 th of July , at tne early age of _t-renty-flve , Robert Garbutt , secretary of the Barnsley hranch of the National Trades . He was a thorough , emocrat , and one whose zeal for the cause of labour was-only surpassed by his probity and virtue .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 16, Greet Windmillstreet, Haymarket, In The City Of Westmj Ster, At The

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Greet Windmillstreet , Haymarket , in the City of WestmJ _ster , at the

      Office, Hi The Same Street And Parish, -...

      Office , hi the same Street and Parish , -or _ h . _ upr . eter , _PEARQUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and pubU- ! . _ by Wilium Hewitt , of Ko . 18 , Charles-street , _Brar . don-street , Walworth , In the parish of St . Mary , New _« Ington , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . Ve Great W „ dn __ tteet , Haymarket , to _the , City «> iWe _» tminster . —Saturday August 5 th „ . _8-S

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05081848/page/8/