Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 29th July 1848, Edition 1 of 4, Page unpag, Untitled Article

Page unpag
Page 6
6 of 8

On this page

  • Text (2)

      Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    • Untitled Article

      Untitled Article

    • Untitled Article

      Untitled Article

  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      Irelawu . MK DOHEST . ( From fee correspondent oJ ths Times . ^ Ths liber&ttoa , oa bail , cf Mr Michael Doheny afforded that gentleman an opportunity of delivering a highly inSamiEatory harangoe to a mob of sympathisers at Ncnagh . la the coarse at his address he gave the following piece of advice , which , it is scarcely to be observed , will be implicitly obeyed by the' wiM blood cfTippersry : '— . t , « teverv man who is s ' . rong enough to bear a weapon join ' the club-. ( Cheers ) Let there bs no demonstrations like ' 43 - no mosster o ^« f " ° unanimous resolutions . ( Hear , to-ar . ) ^ - '^ rj ? soktion be here ( placing hfe * V ^ JJZ ^ heart , amid loud chearin * . ) Let . that readuiion be to f this island bsfore the year is over or to let it — - -g- - __^_ __ - --. _

      , eB . fS « n i'Sssa . tE ^ SSkts Meeting here , proclaiming jour wrongs and « B ? r * Roartatred of English misrule , will not benefit war Santo -nn . it will not , Tbeo , swear by Al miohtT God . that this year will end the miseries of I reland or bi for erer the son of the branded slave . ( Loud ch eers , and crie * of ' We will , ' ) There is no nec- ^ sitr to violate any ia * ; obey the law , hut form C'U bT- have your wardens—they may , if they please , C 3 ll themselves officers ; you should divide theclubs into sections , and 1-st every nan brins : with him as many as he can ; and let m hare ; t million of brave , stoat ; oang men —( cheers)—confederates throughout Ireland , armed or not anaed . I trust they will bs armed where ttr * law all res it .

      • a Voice . —They cannot take from m the arms wh ' ch God gsve us . Mr Dohkst . —Ut the people bs armed , u they like , with a rift ? , or with what they call' the Queen of weapon- '—the pike . I . for on ? , am not loyal ; I amnitanover zjalonslojalist . ( Laognter . ) I owe the Qaeen allegiance ; and she owes m « protection . The rule of her Majesty ' s Enelish government in Ireland must be overthrown . ( Cheers ) It is the ri'ht of ever ? Irishman to btnisa from this country the authority and laws of those felons calied govern-Bent . ( Cheer ? . ) Mr Dohest then de-cended from the cart , and in the evening whilst on his way to Templedsrry , he delivered the following remark * in Barrack Btreet . Dj not mind talkin ? about foreign war or foreign aid . Yourselves mast meet the English fee on Irish soil . Mike no man an enemy of yonra . Be tho friend ofthsProtatanf .

      _ .. _ . . . 'A Voias . —Three cheer 3 f or the Protestants . ( Cheeri . ) I care not how soon I may ba transported , but myhra 13 at your service . ( Loud cheers ) A Voice . —TippsraryU at your serrica ; we are at your command . 'Mr Dshkst , —I cams here a sort of felon ; I am sorrj I am col going away a felon ; but all I tell you IB tow —that I shall not Usrs Ireland until I leave a mark bshind me . ( Cneers . ) Remember that ev last words to you here are to unite , combine , and confederate , and be well prepared when the tine comes . ( Lrdd cheers , and cries of ' We will , TrewM . ' )'

      rKSCHRECTIOSAEY MOVEMENT . ( Abridged from the Tmu ) Dram . Jut 21 . —So far the almost tranquillity prevails : but in this country a lull is always open to suspicion , and people a 3 certainly prepare for the interruption to the calm as mariners would for the approaching storm . Silence is the most dingerou 3 element of Irish agitation . Up to the present , the apnrthensiGES of disturbance , however remotej aie confined to the metropolis ; and of the resnlt of any insane attempt ' to levy war' in the capita ! , there can b 3 but one reasonable conclusion — that it wo aid be a sanguinar y emeutijpt an . hour or two ' s duration , terminating iu tne annihilation of the insurgents , and the further prostration of the country ' s eierdesfor half a century to come . Iti 3 sfa ' ed that

      ordera were issued yesterday to tha Custom-house authorities to search for and se ze all arms and ammunition which the disaffected are baeily importing into Dablin and other ports , and a vigilant Ecrutiny h& 3 been established . It is quite notorious thatsome of the' felonious' gunsmiths" shops in the city ar « abscla'elr gutted of their deidly wares . Neither gun nor rifle , musket , or fewling-piece , pistol or blunderbuss ' is to ba Been in tha windows . These rapid sales must have bsen effected wlihia the last few days , Hyknd , the * pikemaker to his excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and Colonel Browne , ' bat pat out the fires of his forge ia Chirlea-street and transferred Ms anvil and other apparatus to a southern county , free from ths incumbranee of a governmeBt proclamation .

      It ia the general impression that the provinces are not yet ripe for an outbreak , and that nntil the provincial clubs are more widely extended the Confederates will make no hostile demonstration , either in tike metropolis or elsewhere ; nor is it calculated that the organisation iu tha country can consume anything like a formidable attitude for two , or perhaps three , months more . Some geutlenies in the north have reclaimed sgaicst the policy of withdrawing a regiment from that district for service in the south ; but their objections were met br an assurance from the Execu . tive , that it was indispensably necessary to concentrate the army as much as possible in tha disaffected district , and that for the present , at least , there was no remedy for tha alleged grievance .

      Predamations have been issued this day , calling upon all persons in the county and city of Dablin ( not qualified to carry arm 3 in accordaace with the provisions of the act ) to deposit such arms at the police station nearest to their residences befere the 25 thof Jaly . No licences have been £ ranted with oat strict inquiries S 3 to tha character of the persons seeking to have their arsis registered , their position in life , and whether they are in any way connected with the Clubs , or ' Irish League . ' The most ra-Ep « table _ men are subjected to these queries—the police going from , house to hosse to collect the ne-Kssary information prior to the applications to reg&er being taken into consideration by the parties appointed to do that daty .

      In Cork there was some exoitimetit on the arrival of the intelligence from Dablin { hat tfeat city wa 3 proclaimed by the Privy Council . The Reporter thna describes the scene : — 'Shortly after rtw arrival of ike proclamation in the city yesterday , two aannted orderlies were sent off to Ballincollig to order in the artillery , and at about seven o ' clock last evening four pieces and a mortar were seen entering by Great George street , « nder an escort of the 12 CU L&nc 2 B . A 3 the head-quarters of the Lancers bad only come in that day a large eoneouree of people assembled to see them , when great excitement sprang up amongst the people , which wa 3 farther increased by same inooEsiderat 9 jeering and scoffing at them . T&s Lancers having left the artillery at the barracks were returning to Ballincollig , when their reappearance in the streak renewed the

      exatemeut which was fast subsiding , and they were tainted with jeers and shouis . One woman walked ap to the rear guard of tha troop and spat at them , When a trooper laid hia lance on her head without aay intention of injuring her , but this only caused greater uproar . The troops having passed on large DEElbers of persons assembled on the Parade , whence samaof them proceeded to the police guardhouse and commenced hooting at the constabulary , upon which ths poliee got under arms and proceeded to drive tftam iato the centra of the Parade with the bijonets . Had not Mr Walker come up , who ordered tha constabulary into barracks , serious consequences would have resulted . We understand that oa Saturday there will bs an addition of 200 polics ma . de to tke pressnt force in the city , the expense of which will be levied on the city , and fifty soldiers are to be quartered in each police guardhouse . '

      SU 5 PBSSI 05 O ? THB EABE 4 S C 3 BFU 3 ACT . The announcement of Lord John Russell ' s intention to apply this day to Parliament for additional powers to crush insurrection in Ireland , reached here fay electric telegraph early ia the forenoon , and had f t thunderbolt fallen upon the city it coold not have ere&ted greater dismay or terror . ( From the Mominq Hirali ^ The Nation and Fems of thi 3 day ara more like proclamations published iu a barricaded city , from which the troops of the iawfol sovereign had just been driven , ta » n newspapers bearing the Crown Bt&mp , which entitles them to a free passage through all the post offices still in the possession of a partially depose : ! monarch . The first-named journal ha ; flung oSall semb ' anee of restraint . JohaMitchel never ¦ went ea war in his United lEKHHis as Mr Duffy—a prisoner in Newgate on a charge of felony—ha 3 gone in his paper of this day .

      The leading article is entitled the "TberCasus Belli / ii dated from Newgate prison , and signed ? C . G . D . ' : —

      THE CASUS BELLI . The loog'penfiiug war with England bas aetnally enmmsneea . We have been formally summoned ta surrender at discretion . The metropolis , and the chief strongfeoS < £ * -oi nationality la the island , are audaciously cominsaied to deliver « p tnelr wm « to Baglanl . The power « f the bbKod , rejtaented into repeal club ? , is warned to disband Itself without parley or delay . Nearly forty prisoners of all ranks and conditions now in the fexads of tie public « 2 emy , as hostages for tae people , SVSit a KOTTlWftiy eoarlstloa j and a treachaaC BSOtetlCS , Th 8 national preEt of the capital has been practically tuppresEed—oae section so loneer venture * to utter thH

      tsngusge of resistance ; tfce otner is onJypublished by ojen asd advise ! dtfiaacB of & » EnglUh authorities To this pass tae coatss t tag caaeatlast ; and at this aa eonqaest can paose ; tha Saal i » 5 ae is not far off That harmi which we fjudly hopsd would rlpeawlth car ripening faopee , mU gee Gush already crowned ena gaasnmmataJ , or soattered to the four mads like chaff fctfore the winnow . May Gad de&l with tho cauie of the pscpJe In this pertoas eitremity aownJiag to his jus t ic ? . We hsra bornj our wrongs ia siienc 3 till stlenes km asid end a reproach ; and now when ire are pricked » the Settle , to Hand op for oar rery Uret , la oar ewn bafl , Be \ sSBSfiiJ lli * 5 a * i Cod itai oar causa UJajprOJ . £ Sf u lip at It Is pars a&d righteow , &ud bj fcr&er ;

      Untitled Article

      I believe the issue that is now raised will decide the ointes : for this generation . I feelteve it wlU decide it , thoorh ona cartridge is not burned in the straggle . If EnrUnd cao conmit these excesses with the Impunitj of a detpot , Ireland Is utterly and ignobly overthrown . Sh > will ' die lifts a b ? ggar and maka no elga . In rerorndans a rstreat is fatal ; in Ireland , wherr the memory cf ' 43 haunts all our fairest hopes like a mocking fiend , it Kou ' . d qaeuch tae very sjuI of the country . Two months hence the muster-roll of Repealers may ba ae long , the hatred o : England may be aa Intense , but If cUo clubs , the arms , and tho prestige are gone , the power

      to resist her will have fl-jd awaj like a dream , not in ¦ be arms and the orgaaBition alone , potent as they are , bat in that of which tte / were but the signs and symbols . For power do ^ s n ot rtetde ia tvollen numbers or in perfection of equipment , bat la a suUle element which neither adjutant nor armourer can compute . Itresldts rniinly iu the self-reliinc-. of a perple which ts-dsy may work miracles , and to morrowevaporat ; , though not a luanis missing from the rfl 2 k 9 . Naked bunds and an armed soul , as of oW , ire st-wngcr than a hireling spirit braced ia gteel ; and I-. A > i is formidable to-day exactly because fhe ha ? iftatsoul . More form . dab o lh 3 n ia ' 42 , because tUatM . nl U too ** JnlfenSa . Bill IE U . cC ., e woe to her and n ' . iW- * o nly the dead hulk of a nation will remain-only a carcass to bs tramphd upon bytheironbeelofhtrrppreascr . to

      It is a solemn and terrible responsibility aoMso a nation to peril its hopes on the battle fidd . But it is no-, the worat responsibility . To peril and Mast them , without a battle fiVM—to permit them to fall to piece 8 by too fatal dry rot of inaction—to see them lost with , on- , boncmr , orsympat ^ y . or the chance of redemptionbut lost by to . t . e fatal cowardice or incttpacitv-t&at is Hull ell ia which tnare la no consobtion . The quagtion of peace .. r war is not one f- » r Ireland to-day . She haB already ia tL-rms the m > -et precise and deliberate pro . claimed a war of independence . From the popular tri . bun ^« , in the popular press , from tho green hill . aide , In the forum of the crowded city ; ia the very midst of the foreign senateitself , it has been proclaimed in her name that tbe limit ef endurance was ot baud . And God ia our nitntE * . not rashly or wlth 6 ut wei ghty cause . * * * * The aristocracy la whom we had

      tra « tedstood revesled as selfish , hardened , and unscrupulous—without chivalry and without faith . Then , and not until then , wa eaat them away , and asked what other cure was thcra for our desperate malady . Alas , what cure was there left but oao . The remedy must Btill be proportionate to the disease , and the depth of human suffering and degradation can only be medicinsd by the height of human daring and devotion , ya heard the potent speciac muttered in the musqustry of Palermo , we heard it again sounding in the deeper echo struck by the flying feet of ministers and of Kings . It was trumpated to us from every end of Europa in the litany Gf rising BatloDS , no ono of whom rose sgalnst its opp e 56 or 3 in vain . And then , at length , with clear deiibaration . » ni full knowledge of all the perils and all the responsibility , but with assured filth in God ' s provl . dence and the justice of our cause , we bade England choose 6 ? eedily between cone&sslon and the sword , We formally proclaimed a war of Indepandence ,

      And now the time is when that pledge aust be promptly fulfilled , or as formally dishonoured . # * * * We cannot plead that we are takes by surprise . When John Mitchel was consigned to Bermuda we received formal notice that Englaad had accepted onr challenge . We cannot doafct the gjaipathy ol the people . A spirit older and sterner than ' 43 has re > appesred among them . Wherever the English government have laid bands on a prisoner there the people , with the irae instinct of m&nbooa , prepared to resist . In Cartel , in Neragh , In Waterford , in . Kilkenny , ia Carrick-oa-Sair , by the door of Newgate , on tbe bills of Castlewellau , tbe voice ot one man mi ght h&ve eovaded . the tocjln of a national revolution , * * # * The moment of time that fixes the destiny of generations is near athand , How flill Ireland come through taisonfeal ?

      I dare not answer . I know sb . 9 possesses passirs oonrsge without limir . There ii a legion of men in tbe froat of this battle who would not yield an inch before exile or death . Tbe conrage of enfluranoe that makes martyrs is as plenty ag it erer was in any nation . But tbe daring and adventurous genius that begins a great undertaking , —the fiery vehemence that doei not Btop to calcalste , — or tbe psHetrating , far-reaching eagle spirit , ia whom prudence is instiaot , bat who , like Bacon , counts upon audacity ss tha surest element of s&cesss—these ars not so common , Ireland , in this terrible crisis , may fall a victim to consciences whose seSEi * bili-y is not healtcy but morbid ; and the greatest of all human afflictions may come of the amiable fear of doing wrong . God grant the pecple Bud taeir leaders that wisdom which has trust ia the indomitable spirit and resources of a nation struggling for liberty ; that wisdom which does not coout upon the comeuime o ! to-day , or tka riskof an troor , uat takeg couaselfor the permanest prosperity and honour of the nation .

      For myself I will say , that , if the people aro robbed of their arms—if the clubs are broken np—If all the orga . ni < afon and discipline won with inch toll are flung away iu an hoar—if the spirit of the country , so miraculously evokad , be again permitted to die oat , white the leader * of tbe people look on in dumb snbmigsien — if these things can happen after the terrible lessons we have before us written in the blood and tears of the natlen , I , for one , will not curse the packed jary thnt sends , me far from such s spectacle-. With ma war ie not a natural or instinctive resource ; I accepted it only as tha laBt aUerna ' . ive ; bat I accepted It without reservation . I cotrated upon reeisung at the first point where further delay would damp the ardour of the people . I knew

      well that there were limits to their patience , for they had been betrayed . That s certain point passed , thousands of brave men would fly from the country in dc » spair , tost our self reliance would die out like a ee'ting sun , ia a single hour—that the obiceno vermin who have grown fat on our misery would re-appear , and a new reign of fragS begin a thousand times more hopeless than tbe first . If that hour is at hand , er if ever it shall come , may I not stand upon Irish soil to see it . The kaell ef our hopes is the saddest sound I can ever hear ; though the judge and the jury that await me should do tha will of England without scruple . Newgate Prison , C . G . D .

      ( Fromth . 8 Times . ) * * * With such undiluted treason as flows through tte columns of the Nation and Felon i 5 is difficult to knew where to begin or whew to stop . Mr GavanDn 5 y , & 3 the senior journalist , is perhaps entitled to precedence ; and here is an extract from one of hia appeals to arms : — B se , then , men of Ireland , since Providence so wills it . RUe in your cities and your fields , on j-our bills , ia yoor vallejs , by yocr dark mountain passes , by your rivers ani lakes and ocean-washed shores ! Rise as a nation ! England has dissevered the bond Of allegiance . Rite—not now to demand justice from , a foreign kingdon , but to make Ireland an independent kingdom for eTer . It is no Ifght task God bas appointed you . It be

      is a- work of trial and temptation ^ Oa ; stendfaBt in tha trial-. be firm to reBin the temptation . Yon hare to combat isjustice , therefore you must yourselves be just . You have to overthrow & deBpot power * , but you mnat esl&blkh order , not suff .-ranarcby . Remember it is not against individuals or parties or sects yoa wage war , but against a system . Overthrow—have no mercy on that system . Down with it—down with it , ev n to the ground ; bat show mercy to the individuals who are hut the instruments of that system . You look round upoa the land—jour own land—tredden down and trampled and insulted , and on a persecuted , deipalrhg people . It is you ? lightarm must raise np that trampled land—must make her tgaln beautiful and stately , and rich In blessings . Elevate that despairing people , and make ihem free and cappy , but teach them

      to be mojBBtio in thulr fores , genewms In their clemency , noble in their triumph . It ia a holy mission . Holy mast ba your motives aad your acts if you would fulfil it . Act as if sour loul ' s salvation hung on each deed and it will , for we 6 tand already within the shadows of eternity . Tor us is ths combat ; but nofcfer us , perhaps , the triumph . Many a nobla heart will lie cold , many a throbbing pulse he stilled , era the cry of ' Victory' will arise . It Is a solemn thought , that now Is tha hOUT of destiny when the fetters of seven centuries may at last be broken—and by you , mea of this generation—by you , men of Ireland ! You are God ' s instruments ; many of jonnanstbs freea « m ' s martyrs . Oh , be ^ Orthy of the name ; end as yoa act as men , as patriots , and as ctrUtians , so will the blessing rest upon your bead when you l » y it down a sacrifioe for Ireland upon the . red battle field .

      His brother felon , Mr John Martin , is equally intelligible : — 10 THE MEMBEBS OF THE SErEiL CLDBI OP IRELiHB . Bbotheb Ibishkeh , —I addreag you , It may be , for tha last time . While yet I have the means aad opporiuaity of communicating with you let me offer you my ad . vice as to the position you ought te take with regard to the proclamations directed against you and against Ireland by the foreign tyrants . Hy advice is , shortly , that you stand to your arms . Stand to yoar arms ! Oh ! as you have tke spirit of men to revolt against onr oountrj ' a 6 hame and slavery— the hearts of men , to feel for our people ' s misery—as you love justice and hate oppression—as you love aad fear the God of whose righteous decrees British rule in Ireland is a dire violation—Stand firm , and jield not an isch of ground to tbe threat and tha rage of onr alarmed tyrants . Let them menace you with tho hulks or tbe gibbet for daring to speak or write joar love

      to Ireland . Let them threaten to mow yoa down With grflJB Bhet , ftS they have massacred your Kindred with famine and plague . Spura their brutal ' aots ef parliament »_ trample upon their lying proolamatioas — fear them not I The work you have undertaken ia to OTittirow and utterly destroy lE ^ g lUn dominion in Ireland . That work must be done . It mast be done at any risk , at any coat , at any sacrifice . Though hundreds of us be torn from our families , and from the free air , to be shut np In the enemy ' s dungeons or sent ia chains to bis felon islands—though thousands of us ba butchered by the enemy ' s cannon and bayoneta , our streets and native fields be purpled with Our blood —nBver shall the struggle for . Irish freedom , cease but with the destruction ot that monstrous system of base and murderous tyranny , or eith the utter extermination Of Ul 8 IrUh people . Oh , iezx couatrymen J let BOt roar hearts quail st the stgbt ef the enemy's prepara . tioos—s £ 40 , 000 cpmEP xaaebiosg arranged with their

      Untitled Article

      weapons of death to batcher you on your orb land for ths crime of loving your own land . Stand to you ? arms ! resist to the death ! Better 8 hundred thousand bloody deaths than to leavo Ireland another year disarmed , cowed , and defenceless , to tho mercy of that fiendle ^ despotism . 3 . ii . Oaly listen to Mr Jamea F . Lalor , and then judge whether the time ha 3 not arrived for suspension of the H abeas Corpus Act ; ay , and martial law , to make it tho more effective . [ The reader of tho N orthrkn Star ia reminded that theae are the words of the Times ruffian . ] In tbe case of Ireland , now , there Is but ono fact to deal with , and one question to be considered . Jhefael is this—that there are at present in occupation of our country some 40 , 000 armeS men in the livery and gor . vico of England ; and the question ia—how bust and soonest to kill and capture those 40 , 000 men .

      If required to state my own individual opinion , and allowed to cbooBO my own timo , I certainly would take tac time when the full harvest of Ireland shall bo stacked in tho haggards . But not unfrequently God selects and sndihisown seasons and occasions ; and of centimes , too , on enemy ia nble to foresee the necessity at cither netting or failing . In tho one case wo oughtnot , in tho other we snrely cannot , attempt waiting for our harvest , home . If opportunity offers we must dash at that opportanity—if driven to the wall wo must wheel for » esUtsinco . Wherefore , let us fight in September , if we may—but sooner , if wb mmt . Meanwhttf , however remember this—that somewhera and somehow , and by somebody a beginning must be made . Who strikes tho first blow for Ireland ! Who draws first blood for Ireland ? Who wins a wreath that will be green for ever ? J . P . L .

      The following is from the pen of n man who , at a meeting of tbe Officers of the Clubs , ' held so recently as this day week , proposed a resolution to the effect that the outbreak should commence this very week , and after a stormy discussion the motion was lost by a msjority of one only ! This is an undoubted fact , and for the comfort of these gentlemen it may be added that , although the meeting in question was limited to twenty-one individuals , each holding a responsible position in the rebel councils , the government were in full possession of their ' secret' intentions before the sun had set upon the day following : —

      A revolutlGn Is inevitablo . The proclamations , of course , bat foreshadow tbe luppression cf tbe clubs . If the people allow these clubs to be suppressed without a struggle they deserve the fate wbicb they assuredly nill meet . It is this . The coward ' s curse shall cliog , HUe the bird In the mystic poem , round their necks , and It will quit them neither in the daytime nor in tne night , time . They will be forced to tell the story of tbefr guilt aad of their jnisery to the nations , but tbey will remain houseless upon tbe eartb , Scorn will point Its finger ot th

      ceffiom&ker ' B heart be msrry , for bis trade will thrive . Will not the load be rich and produe 9 great harvests for luxury when the bones of the poor manure it ? Will it not be a merry life to walk up and down tho streets of the ' populous citleB , and lnnale tne death smell from tho reeking churchyards , and watch the Infant drawing » ne poisoned milk from tbe mother ' s breast , and the Btrong men , with the blood atraam dried , rotting off the stalk of life ? These tbinga will be if you strike not . My eyes have seen the working of the curse alread y . In my memory Ireland onoo before played the coward ' s part ; and she w * s cursed , and Bhe was covered with sores , and ebe groaned In agony . Nowthen , or neier ! Now , and for ever !

      , But we are unprepared ! True , most prudent' leader , ' but will we be ever better prepared ? At ' harvest , ' pcrbap » 1 I wonfier ia It generally believed that each golden ear will turn into amounted pike , to arm the bands of Irhhm ' . n . Bince » o much importance la attached to bar vast ? ' Now , I have not imagination enough to think tbu . I believe clube do not flourish under coercion bills , and an arms act ( anrealsted 1 ) does not tend to improve the spirit of a people . As these will come , I think we had better front our fate at once , and be free in death if we cannot live in freedom . Joseph Bkehan .

      The provincial papers ef yesterday contain no intelligence of importance ; but private letters say that the greatest excitement prevails throu ghout the district extending from Carrick-on-Suir , in the county of Waterford , to Clonmel , in the South Riding of Tipperary . The club organisation all along is quite complete ; and , after the metropolis , this iB the only quarter in which immediate danger ia to be apprehended . Troops have been already disnatelied thither . Preparations are being made here for the reception ef an additional military force from England . Four regiments of infantry , it is said , are to be added to the Irish establishment , besides ft company of artillery from Woolwich . Their arrival ia almost hourly expected in this garrison .

      It is currently reparted that oa the arrival of the reinforcements from England , four regiments nil ] be encamped in the Phoenix-park . Already the troops are daily exercising in pitching and striking tents . &o . Half-past Thrkb o ' clock . —A Privy Council has just assembled at the Castle . All kinds of reports are flying aa to the object of its deliberations . According to the Cokk Examiner , 'The county grand jury , which , aa may be supposed , ia exclusively composed of landlords , has addressed a memorial to the Queen and Parliament , calling for a further extension of the Coercion Act to all the county , for the suppression of the clubs , fer the prevention of the manufacture and sale of arms ; and praying that when peace shall be restored , the serious consideration of government may ba directed to the provisions of the Poor Law , with a view to theiramendraenfc . This ia the gist of the memorial . '

      It appears from the Constitution that the severest scrutiny is exercised in the granting of licences for arss . Subjoined is a brief sketch of the proceeding before the officers appointed to discharge this duty : — Mr Kn&resboro , R . M ., and Captain Fox , County In . spec tor , opened their court in the Tackey-street police station , on Thursday morning at ten o ' clock , for the purpose of grantltjg licences to keep arms in the city of Cerk , in pursuance of the proclamation of the Lard Lieutenant . They were attended by head constables Growley , O'Nell and Roe , and a aamber of constables andsub-coastables , who objeoted to ail applloants getting licenses who were ia any way connected , or even suspected of being connected , with the Confederate Clubs , In Jbe COUrge Of the proceedings Mr Knaresboro stated that bis JmtructlonB

      were very special , and were of a moat restricted nature . He could not grant a licence to any person to hold any large Quantity of arm * , or who tad not a legitimate use for them ; and In no case could he licence jouDg m « n to k « ep arms who merely wanted them for amuaemest . He further stated , that he couia only Heenje to keep arms ta a cartain amsunt in this city , which was very limited , A . corporation clerk , in tbe North Maia-street market , named Casey , was objected t& by bead-constable Crowlcy , on the ground tfeat he believed he was a member of a club , Casey denied that he was a member of any of the elubs , and called oa the head-constable to prove it . The head-constable said it was impossible for him to give « ueh evidence , bat he knew that the applicant practised firing at a target with a rifle gun , The applicant was refused , '

      Mr J . O'Connor , salt arid limekiln works , applied fer hia licence , and was objected to by the conBtabulary . Mr Kmabebboeo . —It was reported to us that yon were a member of aa illegal club ? applicant . —I am a member of the Felon Club . Mr Knabisboso . —Thea , sir , my Instructions areposltlvely to refuse licenca to any person Ia any way connected with theie dangorouB confederacies . Afpiiic&ht . —I ' m a man in possession of extensive premSjes ; and would yon tell me , if you please , how I am to protect my property ? Mr J . B . Balla&d remarked '—The ' Feloa * ' will pro * tect you . Applicant , —I am as worthy to carry arms as you , for I pay more rates than you do . Mr J . B . liALUED . —Indeed , sip , yoa are not as WMthy ; for I sever threatened a breach of the law , while you pride yourself on being a feloD .

      Applicant . —As I am refused a licence , I tell yon I will not surrender my arms unless by force—I will defend them tvith my life . Mr Nicholas Fitzoebald , road contractor and civil engineer , residing in Bowling-green-atrcet , applied for a licence to keep and carry a gou . Mr KNABEtBOEO said , that Is wa » reported te the Court that Mr Fitzgerald had attended tho Confederate soiree and other illegal meetings , and therefore he could not bo licensed to carry arms . Tbe applicant admitted be attended sueh meetiags , and referred to his residence of 35 yeara in the city of Cork as giving him a right to keep arms . Mr Knabesbobo replied , that his instructions wire peremptory not to license any man who was or had been in any way connected with such bodies , aad therefore he could not be granted licence .

      THE REPEAL COUNCIL . ( From another correspondent of the Times , ) Doblik Jult 22 . —At the head of the Confederation which for some time past has existed iu this unhappy country , stands a Council , which consisted , before Mirchel ' s apprehension , of thirty six members . Since that time its numbers have been reduced te twenty-one , at which they now star-. d . The cause of the reduction was the very obvious one . that seaway had become essential to the operations of the body , and that it was tao unwieldy to act with that amount of energy and silence which are necessary in an executive constituted for such peculiar purposes . Those

      who understand Irish character will at once see the policy of a s ? ep which reduced the probability of dissension by thus diminishing the number of mombers in the Council . Asa further Btroke in the same direction , matters have been so arranged in the constitution of the Council , that of its twenty-one members sixteen or seventeen are only important as representing certain icfluenceB , ready to be thrown into the acalowhen a movement doea take place while the remaininer four or five are the real leaders and heads of the Conncil , direct all its operations and give body and substance to its proceedinea I should add , thai the Council has no fixed place of meeting , being held no * at one member ' o raudeace

      Untitled Article

      and now at another ' s , aa may have been previously airsed upon . Such being tha internal structure of the ConnoiJ , it has proceeded for some time past steadily to organise the clubs about which the public has heard so much . These clubs , while suVyeot to its authority , are by no means admitted to its confidence or allowed to be cottniBant of its operati-ons . In fact , they are , I believe , muoh more in tbe dark as to what takes p lace at tho Council than the Government itself who , among twenty one Irishmen leagued together ostensi bly for rebellious purposes , have no doubt found traitors to the npvhlic as mil as traitors to tke throne . Some ef the leaders ia the Confederation are beyond all question sincere , however infatuated . There are others whOBe conduct admUB of a less creditable solution , aa events may yet ohow

      . _ . , ,. . As to the oluba and the extent to which they have been organised , I hear from excellent authority that in Dublin the number of armed members does not exoeed 3000 . They conaiat principally of artisans and mechanics , and all of them can read and write . ThiB is a sfos ular feature witl 1 regard to them , for the mob has not yet joined the movement , and the Confederate leaders are aware , and , indeed , calculate that they must gain its support by Btrategy . Out of Dublin the club organisation has assumed in ever ? direction a very alarming aspeot , and has given rise to the most BeriouB uneasiness among the well affected . It has made the most rapid progress along the line ftf country extending from Waterford , bCa rrick-on-Suir and Clonmel , to Tipperary , and

      y thence Booth to Cotk . The masses of the rural and town population in these districts are mow deeply compromised in the present agitation tbaa in the metropolis , and , in all probability , should a rising unhappily take place , it will commence there . Recent occurrences are significant on this point , and indicate with tolerable certainty that if rebellion is attempted the Irish patriots don't , at present , intend to take the bull by the horns by beginning their operat i ons in Dublin . That would ba a bold stroke , and , in one way or other , a decisive one ; but now that the crisis appears to be approaching there seems a wonderful amount of reluctance to try conclusions with the garrison of 6 , 000 men by which Dublin is ooeu pied , and whose high discipline the

      Confederates have the moat ample opportunities of observing by a stroll on Taesdays or Fridays to the Pbanix Park . It BttUBt not be forgotten , in calculating the issues of a struggle in the metropolis , that the loyal and well affected inhabitants are all well armed , and would at once co-operate with the military . The recent insurrection in Paris has greatly quickened the alacrity of tho middle classes here to aupport the government , and men who would not previously have whispered their suspicions of the treason which waB carried on before their eyes now come forward and communicate all they know . The hands of the supreme power hare thus been greatly strengthened , and the moat ample information ia now in the possession ef government as to the strength , and character

      of this pernioious conspiracy . ( From the Morning Chronicle , ) The Nation and the Irish Felon made their appearance to-day . In the morning some police were stationed outside the Felon office , but the newsvendera came up in a body , and obtained their eupplieB , regardless of the warnings of the police . The sale of the two papers to-day has been enormous . Regarding tho proclamations , the Nation says : — 'The proclamations are mere waste paper and wasted words . But they will be followed by aots , and for

      these the people muBt prepare . But are the oeople to come alone into contact with the uauiping government ? Where are the popular authorities ? What is the Lord Mayor of Dublin doing \ These are daily questions asked in every street . The Lord Mayor is doing nothing , and will do _ nathiog . The people need not lo . ik to him , except it be to precipitate him from office before his time , an' actor mercy ' to the city cursed by his care , in which we wish them all speed and success . ' Mr M . R > Leyne , in the Nation , thuB concludes ' The Challenge to Ireland' : —

      The true way to aotnow Is to extend tbe organisation without pause , by day or tjlght , this will form the country into an army of defenoe . Then—to watch the preparation for the trials ; aad If tbe British government dare , in defiance of tee people ' s will , to pick smother jury pile tho barricade ! Hike not ab all the assignwent of a month for preparation . Wo have no such time . Did tbo Castle villains dread our biting ready for them la that interval , they wohB improvise a 'Special Commission' to aaticlpate ond defeat our actiOD . Let not the people dream , then , that tbey cao delay for a month , a week , or a day . They have but thepresent , Let them act as if the hour in whton t ^ ey read these lines wore tbe ' ost of a truce . And then they wiK be ready . Another snbj et to be explicitly canvassed is the chance of success , I do not believe , brave friends of tbe clubs , tbat you will meet this question with timid anxiety .

      Waterford paused not to measure difficulties or cal . culatu probabilities when sbe saw her young chieftain marked for vengeance . Had Meagher willed , he could have held his city ogaiset ali tbe garrisons sooth of Dublin . Fiery columns of tall Tipperarjmen would have rushed to his banner . The men of Ltmcrick , of whom valour is tbe inheritance , would have rallied round him ttnpetuouu cehorts . Cork would have furnished Iron tanks to bis army . Wcxford would have carried tbe spirit of ' 98 to combat for him . Kilkenny would havo tent contingents strong and fearless . And the young tribune might have marched through Munater another Maocflbreuo . Still was he wise to ' bide tbe time' until all Ireland shall bo banded , and tke plenty of tbe maturing harvest be hoarded for tbe people , Muneter la sure , Those wbo should , have Ireland win tbe struggle , must secure for her ether strongholds in tbe east and west , yet either partly held by England or wanting perfect organisation .

      There will , must be , no defeat this time . If there be ' twill come from ourselves . Think again of tbe work to be done , and how to do it ! Act instantly to complete the organisation , and our demands will be ceded through fear . For there la no greater coward than our tyrant . Or , l ( it be not thus , when ohall be heard in one defiant war . cry , the charging cheer of Tipporary—the stormy shout of Galway—tho thunder tones of Donegal—and that true ol lea rally of Wexford f Avengers shall stand on the graves famine filled , p luck the thamrockfrom the diadem of Britain , crown the captives of Newgate , and be hailed us the deliverers of Ireland ! Amen . it . R . Lethe ,

      The accoonis from the south are really very alarmine . In tbe Clonmbl Chronicle of Thursday , I find the following : — 'The city of Waterford still remains in a state of the greatest excitement . Strong reinforcements of military ( 3 rd Buffs ) and constabularyi fully equipped for a campaign , have arrived there for the preservation of the peace . The Lord-Lieutenant ' s Proclamation , ending with the usual phrase Gad save the Queen , ' has been posted all over tbe town , which was immediately poeted fiver , with a counter proclamation , signed' Thomas F . Meagher , ' and ending ' God save the People . ' The police , in pursuance of instructions , tore down several of Mr Meagher ' s proclamations , but in doing so , they received every possible annoyance find obstruction ; they were Bhoved here and there by groups ef idlers , hooted , and in some instances pelted . There are several smithies hard at work making pikes , and cart loads of ash poles for pike handles have been brought openly into the town ,

      MJSBTING CP THB FRIVT COUNCIIr-MORE PEOCLAMA

      TI 0 N 8 . Fi 7 E o'Clock The Lord-Lieutenant presided at another meeting of the Privy Council this day , when it was determined to place the following districts under the operation of the Aot for the Suppression of Crime . Iu all , the aot is to take effeot on the 25 th inat : — 1 . County Kilkenny . 2 . County of the City of Kilkenny , 3 . County of Mearb . i . The baronies of Decles within Drum , Decies wltb out Drum , andCoehmore and Coehbride , in tbe county Waterford . 5 . Barony of Korrloufrehy , K ( t > 6 a ! e , Courctea , Kinal . moaky , Barretts North , Barretts South , Borrymore , Kinnatallow , Imokelly , Eaat Muskerry , Eaat Carberry ; and Ibauo and Birryroe , in the county Cork .

      Half-past Five o'Cmck . —It is Btated that BOme arrears under the Felony Act , or for sedition , have been deteamined upon . Mr Meagher has arrived in town from Waterford . Mr Smith O'Brien , it ia staled , went down to Wexford this morning to iaspeot the olub organisation in that district . The Fbbeman's Journal contains a number of resolutions whiob . have been adopted by the Right Rev . Dr Marion and tha Roman Catholic Clergy of the diocese of Darry . The resolution , which has special reference to a junction with the' Irish League / is as follows : —

      Having maturely considered tho proposed terms for a reunion of all sections of Repealers , to bo henceforth called ' The Irtsb League , ' it affords us the sincereat gratification to find that they are auohas we can , without any dereliction of our peace principles , conscientiously approve , and notwithstanding what has been Bald to tbo contrary , we have full confidence In the honesty of pur . poas and patriotism of the parties to theae terms of TOunion—that both tholr letter and spirit « 1 U be aadevi . atingly adhered to in tho Lenguo , eo as to work out Ireland ' s legislative Independence by the concentration of public opinion , and peaoe purely legitimate and Chria . tiaD , The third resolution implores Mr John O'Connell to cooperate with the new League , and thp ln » f ;« expressive of tb . av . ks to Mr Shaman CrawforH M . P ., and Mr P . Sorope , M . P , £ J \ h . ir « a 1 ' of the elaims of the Irish peasantry V °°

      'PL t I . - NEW TnEAS ° N JOURNAL . 23 j ! di £ ' ° !! ngappear 8 inthe I « ua FKu , n of the ' ' -s ^ rj ^ TSSijsas ~ i on . oV he lM r Teibdke ' S ££ 3 £ i X « ln Jr ? 11 ' Ediled by R . D . William , and S P ., t Jt 8 t Pre 8 ent P rl 80 B 6 r 9 ln Negate tteoJ , Frico , Twopence . °

      Untitled Article

      1 , The object of . this journal i « to t « ach the J » h people tbe ways and . means of their dellveranco , and the U 8 « a and results of freedom when won . 2 , That It may do this effootlvely , a third of the Journal will be occupied with military information , furnished by tne ablest authorities . Under the Heads of City Fi « bttag , ' - JGuerilla War , ' ' Military Engineering ana 'Munitions of War , ' all the requisite knowledge will be carefully arranged and olaeelfied ; and the ' War Department , of the United Ibisbhan , and the ' Practical loaraotor ' and 'Easy Lessons ea Military Matters of the Natioh , reprinted entire . 3 , With the same ot > jtc « the journal will be published ia a convenient pocket Bhapo , at the eoavenient pockft price of Twoponco , and to facilitate its work , it will be published TWICE A WEEK J ths opinion of tho editors , on an Iri « h revolution , being

      that— , J ' If 'twore done , when tis qohp , ' Twere well 'twere done quiokly . ' i Several approved Felons have promised their aBalatauce and tho editors hove te announoe , that articles will appear Jn early numbcrg from C . G . DufiT , John Martin T D . M'Ghee , M . M Darmott , M . Dobeny , Joseph Brenan , Jam . s P . Lalor , and a host of competent felonious contributors . —Office , 11 , Trinity-street ( From a correspondent of the Morning Herald . )

      CAIAMIT 0 U 8 INTHLWGBNCE . I deeply regret to state , that there are account i from all parts of the country of the re . appearance _ of the potato disease of' 47 . Its destructive operation may be judged by the following note from a Protestant clergyman , resident near Tullamore , in the Unfa county ; - Fr , aay , July 21 . ? * The potato disease has broken out in thia neig hbourhood with awful virulence . I havejust returned from an inspection of several farms , aad the sight I witnessed was most distressing . Last Wednesday taure was not a Blgn of failure . Yesterday , the Btallta were drooping bs if from the rain—to-day all U rottenness . The ashleaf kidnoj , ffbloa escaped no well before , appears now worse than any othor . Great alarm prevail among the poar farmers , who have planted large quan . titiesof potatoes .

      From Kewy , Mayo , Cork , Watfeiffotd , and the midland counties , tke reports are equally distressing . The northern countieB do not complain much , but enough appears to warrant the apprehension that the disease has commenced in the province of Ulster . ( Abridgedfrom tbe Times , July 25 . ) CHAHOB OP PK 1 ONY AGAINST BMITH O ' BRIEN . Dublin , July 23 —A warrant was htt night issued for the apprehension , on a charge of felony , of Mr W . Smith O'Brien ! The hon . gentleman , bb

      reported yesterday , suddenly left town for Wexford . It was rumoured that warrants were out against Mr Meagher and Mr Darcy M'Ghee , but on inquiry I find tbat Bach is not the fact , and that as yet these gentlemen are free to spout treason without let or hindrance . They are , beyond comparison , the two most dangerous men in connexion with the movement , the former ospeoially , on account of his restless energy and that mastery of language which at once charms and frenzies aa Irish mob to the commission of any enterprise , however desperate or hopeless .

      From the tone of the last provincial intelligence it would appear that Waterford continues to be the centre of the insurrectionary movement ; and to tbat quarter are all the energies of the government directed . An idea of the present condition of tbat cinnty may be gathered from the tone of an article published in a local paper totally opposed to the physical force movement . The admission of the declension of the power of the Roman Catholio priesthood , by one ot their own organs , is an ominous sign of the times

      ;—• For months past , ' says the Watbrpord Chiioniclb , ' we have handled with , w coward spirit the apologies put forward for the government by their venal scribes ; and with a full consciousness of the ills which the government organs wnuld soon accu mutate upon us , we laboured te give them a true picture of the sufferings of the people , accompanied by the honest expression of onr fears that the day was nigh at band , when , throwing off all restraint , as well that of laics as ecclesiastics , the peopla would olutch the pike and sternly defy their rulers . Our warnings were disregarded , and our advice w » 8 valued at the price of a fool ' s ravings . Because we spoke through a journal professing repeal principles , we were pronounced delirious by the organs of the

      government ; and our apprehensions were met by deo ' arations that the people would never take up arms in a body against the government . The people are sow armed in all parts of tho country : and the pike and the rifle , the Bcythe and the pickaxe , are grasped by sinewy hands to beat back the eBcroachments of a government thoroughly hated by all sections of Irishmen . What aay the Whig oroaker g to this ohange in the disposition of the people ? How are they to be quieted ? How is the experiment of disarming them to be essayed ? Verily , the crisis has at length arrived , and indications of a bloody straggle are moat daily supplied , now in our populous cities , and anon in sequestered districts—to-day ^ on the apex of a lefty mountain ten thousand voices

      shout for repeal , and the next day are assembled , at a moment ' s notice , in a small ill-garrisoned town , 1 , 000 hale , determined men , armed with pikes and athirst for vengeance . What will the time-serving , va 6 illatirjp , donble-dealinp , cowardly minister Bay Jo this etate of things 1 Tho people in almost every district have flung away the peace policy and are determined to try their Btrenglh with the government . We have now to notice a new feature in the present determination of the people which should command tbe grave attention of every man who takes an interest in the welfare of the country , For some weeks past the influence of suoh of the Catholic olergy as do not sanction the clubs , and aro opposed

      to the Dew teachings , has been deolining apace—their advice is disregarded , and their admonitions are without effect . This , certainly , is not more novel than disastrous , and what is worse , the strange spec * tide of one clergyman presiding at a club that had been denounced by hia fellow clergyman will of course strengthen the people ' s distrust in thoseof the prie&thood whose opinions are not favourable to their viewB . And this is not confined to one or two parishes , but is taking the wide circle of the island . Thue , then , stands the position of the people—determined to advance , tbey assert they will use their arms , and wilJ not be beckoned back by any authority . '

      I have been informed that the Dublin clnbs are unanimous in their determination to retain their arms and refuse to obey the terms of the proclamation . They are , however , surreptitiously conveying away large quantities of the munitions of war to ihi unproclaimed countieB . Several hundred Btand of arms have been transferred to Carlovr , Wicklow , and Wexford . Two regiments of infantry are hourly expected from England ,

      THK POTATO CROP . Misfortunes , it iseaid , seldom come single . The weather continues wet , cold , and harsh , and without giving heed to all thp makings of the ravens , it is unfortunately undeniable that the accounts of the potato blight are becoming daily more numerous . The province of Monster generally appears to be the greatest sufferer . The idea of another famine , bu peradded to the probabilities of an insurrection , ia too fearful for contemplation .

      ( From another correspondent of the Times . ) If , therefore , a rising is to take place at all , it oanoot nowbo long delayed . At the meeting of the clubs last night Tuesday next was mentioned as the day . They are to meet , however , tonight again , and their p lans may be altered . When it does take place the insurrection will probably be simultaneous in four or five towns , suoh as Cork , Waterford , Kilkenny , Clonmel , and perhaps even Dublin . That eome movement is contemplated here also seems clear , from tho agitation whioh the Confederates are endeavouring to foment among the sympathisers in

      Liverpool , and from the iaot that Hyland and Co ., the great piko makers , have discontinued working here , and are going to light their furnaces on the other side of the Channel . But whatever may be attempted in the metropolis , tbe struggle will commence in reality in tho south , and on the line stretching from Cork to Tipperary , and thence to Waterford . In these districts there ia too much reason to believe that large masses of the people are quite ripe for rebellion , and that even if their leadere were slovr in coming forward they would drive them to insurrection .

      ( From the correspondent ! of the Morning Chronicle . The Limbrick Reporter announces the arrival of Mr Richard O'Gormau , jun ., the member of the Irish deputatioa , who remained in Paris to acquire knowledge in the erection of barricades , Mr O'Gnr . man has been deputed from head quarters to inspect the clubs in the counties ef Limerick and Clare . Mr Butt , Q , C ., who addressed the juries on behalf of Mr Smiib O'Brien and Mr Meanher in thfi t n * £ . * iak has been whined for the defence ot Mr Dutfy , at the approaching commission

      Regarding the state of John Mitchel at Bermuda the Limerick Reporter contains the following 'We are prepared to BtatP , upon the authority of a totter received m this city from the Catholic chap-• 5 K 1 ? ? . ermuda . * « Rev . Mr M'Leod , that Mr iviikhei w not subjected to the usual convict seve-««> ' ; hia health continues ptotty good , though bis spirits are not the best , and he labours under asthmatic affection , to which he had been naturally much subject at home . From the day he entered the hulk at Bermnda , to whioh he is consicned , the R « v . Mr M'Leod writes that every Catholic and Irishman have been removed from it . '

      ( From the correspondent of the Morning Advertiser . ) Dublin , Jolt 24 . —As yet tho proclamation of the oity of Dublin Laa only o perated to the disadvantage and annoyance of well-disposed parties , who were en . deavouring to comply with the provisions of the law . On Saturday last several persons were arrested , and held to bail oa the charge of bciug found with arms ia tha street . In every inetasoe it was ahown

      Untitled Article

      that the parties were aotually on the way to deposit the arms with the authorities , previous to obtaining the necessary licence ; bat it appears the magistrates have ne discretion in suoh cases , and the anconscious delinquents were bound over to appear be * fore the Commission . The following ia from tho Mail this evening ;—' The squadron under Sir Charles Napier ba » been ordered for service on the Irish coast , to co-operate with the authorities in the event of an outbreak . 'An encampment is formed in the Pfcce . ix-park . The 75 th Regiment wa 3 this day placed under cann . _• » l _ *! .. _ _ .... » nA ^ MiilTn « wi + Vin raav in t ^ Annoif

      vass . ( From the correspondent of the Daily News . ) The Belfast Vindicator gives a flourishing ac « count of the five Belfast clubs . Tho same authority b tat en that the organisation goes on in the counties of Down , Monaghan , Tyrone , and Cavan . In Connaught also—nay , even in perishing Mayo—they have their clubs . A new society , on a new plan , it } about to be established in Galway . It is called the 'Faugha-Ballaugb , ' and no man is adrtrssible who does not present himself with arms . Galway had ft $ well keep clear of the proclaiming power .

      Tbe suspension of the Habeas Corpus has excited Clonmel to an unwonted degree . On hearing the news yesterday , the John Mitchel , the ' crack' clnb of Tipperary , was suddenly called to _ council . The clergy endeavoured to deprecate the infatuated from dangerous coutbes . Lectures were delivered fronj the altar at the several masses , though . I believe , with little effect . I have heard that Dean Burke was hooted in the chapel when commenpiDg to ad « dress words of peaoe to the deluded . Dcblin , Jult 35 . —Two or three person ' who wer& charged by the police for gelling the Felon and Nation newspapers were held to bail at College street Police-court yesterday , to stand their trial at the next Commission :

      Prison Preparations . — Preparations upon a scale commensurate with the necessities of the time are making , to render available tho prison aeeoiamodation or the country , and to fnsure tke Bat ' ety of the piiBons themselves froia external or other opera , tions . _ The building in the Phoenix park , called Mountjoy Barracks , is being fitted up with hamm&cks and otber accommodations for a considerable number of inmates , and rumour has it tbat it is intended for the safe cottody of our expeoted political prisoners A military cordon will be drawn around the barracks , which , together with the strength of its position

      , and a good garrison , will , it is supposed , ensure its inviolability . The boards of superintendence of the ordinary prisons of Dublin , Newgate , Richmond , and Smithfield meet together to-morrow , by special in . vitation of the authorities , to consult for the safety of tha prisons , as well as for augmenting the accommodation tbey afford . Arrangements will be made for accommodating within each a considerable number of troops , and tbe gates and such portions of the walls as may present easier access , will ba defended by barricades . ME JOHN O ' CONNELL .

      Mr John O'Conaell conjures the people ef Ireland not to fight . If they do he will go to America , and take with him the bones of his father . This ia the substance of a long published address bearing his signature . [ As John ' s countrymen eay : — ' Jay go with him &cd a bottle of mots , If he never returns there'll bo no great loss , ' ] ( From a correspondent of the Morning Chronicle . ) Dublin , July 24 . —There ia a report here ( which I

      can scarcely credit ) that Lord Clarendon intends to have all the heads of the Yonntr Ireland party arrested , and detained in gaol , without any trial , until the expiry of the new act . If he does this , he will have them alias freah aa possible for the work ia March . Failures in conviction can now do the government no havm ; they will only establish the inefficiency of trial by jury in the present state of feeling in Ireland , and enable government to come to parliament with a good case for an altered node of trial .

      ( From another correspondent of the Morning Chronicle . ) A bloody , determined , hand-to-hand fight will inevitably be fought before one month , passes should coercion bills be the remedy for Irish grievances One hardware shop here sold seventeen guns oa the day before the new proclamation tsok effect , All tho a « na here—say 5 , 000— -will be interred this week , unless the arrest of the leader * , under the suappnsion of the Habeas Corpas Act , be acted upon . flJot a gun or a pike will be given up in this district . A person in Carrick has given a supply of iron to the peeple , and a gentleman is reported to hare allowed his timber to he cut down for pike handles—I euppoae , to conciliate the people . All sp ^ ak of civil war as a thing unavoidable , and the children draw pikes with chalk on the pavements . It ia hoped the clergy and the government will manage to ward off tho terrible misfortune .

      ( From the correspondent of the Times . ) The intelligence from the provinces ig upon the whole rather meagre . All that can be gathered from it is tbat the armament is progressive without any sign of abatement . Galway is becoming a nest of clubs , and in Louth , according lo le al authority , the pike and rifle aania is at its height ex gr .: 1 We are happy to be in a position to state that the people of this and the adjoining counties continue to prepare arma—anoh as pikes and rifles—with increased eagerness ; and we trust that in a fow days there will not be a man in Louth who will not be m a position , if necessary , to defend himself and the rights of his country . Private accounts from Watwford , received * this afternoon , speak very alarmingly of the probability of an outbreak , notwithstanding the presence there of a largely increased military and police force . The populace are in a state of the highest

      excitement . A gentleman who arrived to-day from North Tipperary States tbat the whole Riding ia ripe and ready for disturbance—that , in fact , it is a mistake to suppose that Waterford is the centre of the provincial organisation . Tipperary , he says , is one monster olub . The Romas Catholic Bishop of Leighlin ( Dr Heily ) is going through his diocese preaching peace , and exhorting hisdeluded flocks to surrender tbeirarmg and ammunition , admonishing them of the utter folly of going to war with one of the most highly disci , plined armies on the face of the earth . The advice of tbe right rev . prelate is treated with tho utmoBt deriaion and scorn by the peasantry of Kildare , Carlow , and the Queen ' s county .

      ( From the correspondent of the Times . ) Dcblin , July 25 .-Tho course of action recommended by the 'Provisional Government is said to be tni 8 ,--taattne heads of the Executive should fall back upon the strongholds of the clubs in the provinces and , safely intrenching themaelvea under cover there * dety the government to proceed to extremities , thus throwing upon the latter the oaus of commencing the Dsurrection . With this object in view , Mr O' Brieo has retreated to Wexford , Mr Meagher to W ' atf rford , Mr O Gorman , jun ., to Limerick , and Miohael Daheny to Caahel or Clonmel . If this be anything beyond the merest brag , the way of government is as clear as noonday .

      15 would appear that the formation of clubs in Bel-: ast has been already on a scale sufficiently extensive to excite Bomo alarm in the government , and accordingly , precautionary measures have been taken to insure the continuance of tranquillity in that

      GOVERNMENT SB CUBITIBS . There waa a further fall to-day in the prices of government securities The Threa per Cents , opened and closed at 85 ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent . Stock , 85 85 £ 85 8 i $ i ; Bank Stook , 18 B . N et » single bargain in railway or other ehares . Business almost nemmal .

      ( From the correspondent of the Daily News . ) The liberty of writing from Newgate is to be limited henceforth . The superintendents have ordered that the prisoners be not allowed to publish any articlea dated from the Driaon , or with tbeir signatures attaohed . A now' Military . Political , and Felonious publication , entitled the' Newgate Calendar , ' was to have appeared to day , written by the inmates : but the order of tho board has stayed the istue CL 0 KMEL . July 24 th . —I have arrived thus far in my progress through the south , and must at once tell you that the diijaffeoted party are manifesting a 5 " *' 1 A ? I termined spirit , of resist s to tte

      , government . . I do not wish you shouldInfer ( torn this that an insurrection is inevitable . I merely urge the fact , order to show how neceBBary it is that the authorities ahould be on the «« t ,, ^ a nd SS iXSP i ? V ^ f ° »*• • JudteloS diS Bltionof the limited powers at their command . « i « i . ; T ; M j * the ^ aaffflcted succeed in fiUrpriaiag and overpowering any force , do matter how small , the consequences will be dreadful . Rumour will magnify the Bnceess a hundredfold , and the whole country will rise ta mmc , It maj be truly tud tb&t « ithtVwm tbe first Wow will bo , not merely the half , but tho whole battle .

      ( from tho third edition of the Morning chronicle Jul / 27 ch . ) Watkword . Jul ? 25 . arbival op messrs meiqher and o ' brien ax cirhick on-suir— cheat excitement thkkk , awd at WATEBFORD-FLIOHT OP LOYALISTS FROM 1 YATKBF 0 HD —OPEN REBELLION . Intense anxiety prevailed in this oity iast night and throughout to day , as numerous reports were afloat ; at one time it waa stated Mr Moagher was advancing against Wateriord , at tho head of the

      Carrick-on-Suir clubs , a determined band of 2 , 000 men of a hardy daring character , suited to any desperate enterprise ; at another timo it was stated that the disafiocted of Clonmel , Cashel , Fethard , Kellenaule , Callan , and Nme-mile-house , were to storm our poor city , ihepo raporisaroae from thefact that William Smith OBnen and Thomas Francis Meagher reached Carrick . on-Suir at half-past five in tbe evening from Kilkenny ; on their route to Callan , they addressed thousands , and told them for the pre » sent not to intorfere with the polioe or soldiery , aa they should perform their duties but when tbe

      Untitled Article

      THE NORTHERN STAR July 20 , JL 848 . \ S *^ .., MI .- BTtTTfTTIIMIMWIM—Mf ^ " * T ~¦—gff-T «« M ^ B '|[ -V f ' fl > aB * ^' MBBa ^* nM * MB * *^* f *>^ *">' aMlfc *^^ ^^^ ' ^^ ' a * * * ^ " ' •—— -- ~ - ^____ »— -,.- ' ^ ^^^ n—1 ff 2 ai&iit 3 matiB 9 S &f * XS 8 & 2 P&&BSIBM ? IKA £ il'J ^ iii ^^ ¦ - - ¦ - .,. _ — - *— "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1481/page/6/