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      ^ forn eisould te giv ^ n , n-t to spare any who opposed X ? s ' vrfav , taing fair-day at Cwrick , tbo town vra ? filled ^ itb . country people , and Messrs Meagher arid O'Brien addressed the people , it is said by some vrhr , were present , in a raore violent and de termicfd strain than heretofore , stating their determiust- ' on not to be arrested under the provisions of the nex act . Both gentlecseD , it i 3 stated , were grmed with pistols , which they are determined to nsein the event of an attempt b » inp made to capture thrm ; they stated that they hid spent their fortunes ia the people ' s eanse , and would hazird their lives for their service , and wouid now throw themselves on the protection of tho people . . . , .

      In this city the c ! ub 3 are well organised , and armed , and ready to act when called upon . The people seem recklea from poverty ; groups of workmen may ba seen in the streets by day and night , discnsMBp politics and retailing the cewa of the hoar . The Qaeen ' s forces here now are about 1 , 000 strong-All the anvils in tbe country ring with pike-forging , and every weapon is put in order for the fray . The loyalist families aro flyine . Since I wrote the above , I have learned on the l > est authority that Messsrs O'Brien and Meagher are boyend Carriek-on-Suir , surrouBded by the armed peasantry , determined to sell their liberty dearly if arrested . It is also stated that Messrs Dillon , 0 Gorman , and D . Lane are with them-ANTICIPATED ISSDRRECTIOX . —TIIE tTATE OF IRELiXD . THE CI . VBS , AXD THEIR LEADERS . — G 0 VERJME 5 T FRFrAKATIOXS . —ABMING OF TEE ORArGEMES AND

      police — rsoniBinos cr mes ? n ? MiRTis akd dcffi TO WflTE IS 5 EWG 1 TE . —JOns o ' COSSELL , ASH FEAKGC 3 o ' cOSXOR —THE CKOrS . ( from our own Correspondent . ) Debus , 25 ih Juir . There is less exciiemEnt this mornirg then there va ? Te ? ten 3 ay . The streets are bo ^ bo crowded , and there is more confidence abroad . Yesterday people esp-cted s rising cf the clubs every hoar : to-day it is gurm- ' sed that the Dublin Confederates are waiting ae-s frrra tie prrvinces . snd will not stir until there Is a * diversion' matte in Kilkenny . orTipperary , or Lircenck . orWaterford . I am told every number of the cuacil of the late Irish Confederation has left Dub'in , with the twofold object of escaping arrest

      under the suspension of the Habeas Corpns Act , and of raising the standard of rebellion in the southern counties . It is certain that sometof the principal members are gone away , at all events . Smith O'Brien is gone to Wexford . andit 13 said he intends to call the brav-e men of tbat county to Vinegar Hill . On Saturday he took his departure , and I am told that in bidding adieu to a certain wealthy and icfla ential Alderman of this city , he said , ' I quit Dublin By dear Mr , and if ever I enter its walk again it will be as a chained victim , or a bloody corpse , or a triumphant conqueror of Saxon tyranny . ' I do not vnuch for the truth of this report , but I have the statement frcm a very respect&i'le and trustworthy person . It i ? thought as attempt will be made tb . 13

      iaj t" arrest him , as the government * are well aware of his whereabouts . If such attempt ba rustle , it is thought he will not , ' ecfer himself to te captured without tasking resistance ; and it resistance be offered , it will ba the signal for a commencement of hostilitu s . We are every moment expecting an express frosn the southern counties , and from Kilkenny , Richard O'Gorraan , Jnn . and Michael Deheny are npi ' u Limtrriek and Clare , whilst Taomas F . Meagfaer is about Kilkenny and the neishbourlnod of Fin ifaecool ' s celebrated mountain-home , the classic Slievena ^ nn . This is a gigantic mountain , iyine on th ? s « utb-ej « tern borders of Tipperary . aboatfi'teen mites west of Kilkenny city , art ! is said to be one of the highest of Erin ' s hills . This was the old banting

      ground of the famous hercn ' . ean Irish ch ; eitam , Fia llacnoo ' , who two thousand years sgo led his warriors aBu uis ^ otf-hoTroas in stnray c " aase through its defile ? , an ^ ever its crags . It was crossing this mountain that Oliver Cromwdl halted his troops to gj « on the golden vallies of Tipperary , acd the rich store ? - fi the Kilkenny upland * , making the memorafcle observation , that ' Ireland indeed ia a conntry ¦ : ; ortkfghtingfor . * It was in a vil ' age near thJ 3 great raoun'am that the police ( eighteen or twenty in number ) wf re massacred , some fifteen or Bixteea yeirs ago , in a tithe battle with the peasantry ; and it wsb on the summit of Shevenamon ( which in plain

      English means , ' the hill of the white women , ' ) tbat Thorjia > F . Meagher and Michael Daheny , arrayed in tie costnme of Irish chieftains , assembled 20 000 pike-men on Sundav , the 9 : h of July . 1843 . It is thought that Mr Meagher waits an attempt on the part of government to arrest him , before he sounds the call . " ' To yonr tents , oh Kilkenny and Tirperarv ! ' J . B . "bil ] on is , I hear , up in Galway , stirring np f ha ' tribes' of that ancient anti-Saxon ^ city . Some of the minor rufmbeis of the council are in the midlard districts : and it i 3 calculated that fourteen of tbe thirty two Irish counties will ba in open rebellion bpfora the end of the week .

      la thr meantime , eovernment is not losing a moment . In a late letter to the Stak I said they would leave no stona unturned , ' to pr-t a final period to the insurrectionary movement in this island . I have not beer , deceived . Tbey to on bravely with the work , Toe garrison of this city ha 3 been augmented by a couple of thousand men , and further military arrival" are expected to-day and to-morrow , On yesterrfsv . a earnp was flang up on tbe Pccerux Park , near the magazine battery , which is occupied by 800 men of : he 7-5 'h Infantry . The arming and organisation of the Orangemen pees en quickly too , and the police have received cuttesrei end pistols , it is said that the rsilitwy will take possession of all the bridses over the Lifiey and the two canals to

      morrow , and that no person will be let into cr eut of the cry without a pa ? 3- The search for arms will be commenced on this day or to-morrow , and it is said that trie most fiery of the club 3 will shoot down or pike the police who may come to their houses . A good msiy arreata for earning and having arms abroad have ban already effected , and these soarrested have in most ; cases been sent for trial . One roans mas , the son of a respectable grocer and spirit merchant , was arrested at a late hour last night with a pike in his pns-session , which he was carrying lo fline into &e LiSey rather than surrender it to the authorities . No arms—not a sinrlestand—I believe , hare been as yet given np , and very few bare made application to the officers appoi&ted to grant licences

      for retaining them . No member " orex-membar of a Confederate Club , no matter how respectable , will be sranted licence , bat it appears that the fact of a m 3 n ' s hemp an O'Connellite Repeater -will not disqualify him fmm the privilege . Several of the gunsmiihi and pike-makers have left town for the purr : o « s of effecting sa ! e 3 in upproclaimed district ? . It is fsid that thecelebratedpike-forge in Charles-street ia shut-up , and David Hyla ? . d . the proprietor , gone down to pursue his' ccenration' in the town of Carlow , which , by tbe way , is getting as rebellions these l&ttei days as any other town in Ireland . In short , terror and uncertainty is the order of the day , and

      do man knowa when the dreadful intelligence of the rural population bain ? ' np' may arrive . The Bank of Ireland and the General Poat-offica are strongly garrisoned , ar . d every clerk , and servant , and porter in each of these establishments , is armed to the teeth . There will ba no review of the garrison troops in the Pfcosaix Park to-day , though there has been r review there on every Toe 3 day and Friday since the commencement of the EUismer season . It has been told to me this moment , that there are se 2 tinr ! son all the avepaes leading to the hay and straw markets in Smithfield , lert the carts and waggon loads of these materials should bs captured by tip . rfuhs for ths construction of barricades . I do

      not vouch for thii , however . You will ? es that the Nation and Felos of last Sa ^ urdr . v have not abated a single scintilla of their ' Felony ' There are no copies exposed for sale in the li -rds of the nevravendors cr pT . int-Eb . op 3 , but , nalocBish . ' if a man wanted fifty copiea of either jaur na ' t be cou d get them . C G . Djffy , John Martin , and the other incarcerated ' Felon ? , ' will Dot address the people any more . An orJer from the Board of Superintendence prohibits their being allowed to write any politicsl arti ele * , or to pcblish or date any writing or document from Newoate prison in future .

      Jo ' in O'CoBnell ig now in the South of Ireland . It h said here that he is the daily guest of Sir Charles Na . 'ier , and that he is instructing him on the best mods of attacking and destroying the ' rebel' Irish villa ? eg and towns on the Cork and Kerry coasts He haE published another of fci 3 blackguard letterB in the Pilot n 3 wspaper , denouncing' Young Ireland , ' fconmna tte g jverameLt on thB rlubs . and telling his' dtar countrymen' tba- he will come to Dublin in a few day ? , and that he will re open the old Markethouse on ' Burgh Quay , for political traffic and monster ' thimble . riggirJ& , ' eariy in August . But we bsft hui I ¦ - p ^ ay tbe tA& fia » 6 again ' . On , E 5 . « m ? dear son Jokn , it is all op with you ! lour occupation ia eone , and , whatever may bs the fate of' Young Ireland . ' your icflaence and political character is crashed ff ; r ever .

      Feargu * O'Connor has once more earned the eternal blrssines of Ireland . Hie C 2 ilant stand against LoTd John's ' Suspension' notice in the Commons , wi ! l fi . la bright page in the weary histsryofour unformaate country . And yet , Mr O'Connor wasoBce painted at by the Conciliation IIsll swindlers , as an enemy to Ireland , and a dangerous member of e&ciety . He was certainly a ' daDgerous' member in any society where the 6 "Connell 3 would rule the reast , but evsry day proves that Ireland has no warmer friend , no more faithful advocate , than the r > rare descendant of ths brave O'Concors .

      I regret ta say that , daring the last few days , the crops have gnffered much from bad weather , and the fata ! potato blight baa made its appearance in many -distrielB of ihe country " .

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      Tess cf Hrpocaisr—MHcb talk about religion is a sure sigu of its abiecce . We ssidota talk much about what we have ; we are apt to talk a great deal about what we want . A rich man never talks so much about money as a poor man , nor an neneat nian so much * boat honesty & * a , rogue d (> es . Th » value of fowls consumed ia London , alone is limited to be atom * fiOQ . QSa uunnliz ..

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      EXCITEMENT IN LIVERPOOL . In conBsquenBa-9 information to the effect that several thousand men " , sympathisers with the Irish Repealed , ware armed in Liverpool , waiting for the opportunity of a rising in Ireland , to burn and destroy all they could , the major , magistrates , aldermen , and councillors of the sixteen ward 3 issued circular ? , of which the following i 3 a copy , to all tbe respectable and peaceable inhabitants : — Liverpool , July 22 nd , 1818 , Sir , —We earnestly bfg of you to attend 0 meeting of SOma of the inhabitants of this ward this da ; at the Adelphi Hotel , ftt half-past sevea o ' clock precisely . Considerations of do ordinary importar . ca oblige as to urge your etteedsnee , whish , be assnred , we should not venture to 60 80 strongly , wera it not a matter of itn . perative necssslty , a necessity the magistrates aro niw acting upon ; and which they expect U 9 and you to aid them in preparing for . ^ TPVPf riT \ t WNV IN ITUFPDAnr

      In obedience to the wish conveyed in the circular , meetings of a mesfc satisfactory character took place , and every possible preparation was made for any emergency which might arise . A large number of troops have arrived in Liverpool , and were to be seen in every direction on Saturday , The followiag ia from tbe Liverpool Albion of Monday . ' It is a matter of notoriety that , Bince tbe agitation for the repeal of tbs union assumed ita physical force aspect , aimed confederate clubs have been in coarse of formation in Liverpool , for the purpose of raising here , when evencs in Ireland might render it a service to detain the military in tbia country , a sympathetic rebellion . Tbe language , as onr readers have been aware , employed at tke recent meetings of Cbartists and Confederates in this town , has been of the most exciting character , one of ( the speakers

      remarking tbat th 9 first blood shea by the government in Ireland should be the aignal for the rising of the Confederates in this town , and the barning of'the Babylon of England , ' as'Liverpool was complimentarily called . Under tbe advice of mischievous leaders , it is stated ( hat upwards of fifty clubs , of 100 men each , have been organised here , and arms of various descriptions , from the rude pike and cutlass to the more costly rifle , have bsen ' openly sold to the disaffected . The magistrates are , we believe , in full possession of the proceedings of the ? e disaffected coteries , and are quite aware of their moBt secret resolves . Special coEstables to the number of 4 , 000 have teen sworn in within the last mouth ; but from the threatening aspect of affairs in Ireland at present , and information which has come to hand , the magistrates have felt it their duty to take atill more vigorous and jextraordinary measures for the preservation of the peace cf the town .

      A military camp is to ba formed at Everton ; tt is to be pitched in a field opposite to Waterbouse-Iane , and the 9 : h Regiment of Infantry , 1 . 000 strong , with & body of Dragoons and a brigade of Artillery , ar .-ived on Saturday lo occupy it . The police , who for the last few days have been trained to the U 3 e of the musket-, in addition to the ewcrd exercise , appear to relish the task , aEd have attained , it is g ? . id , a surprising efficiency for so short a time . For some time a body of 500 military have been stationed here ; the pensioners , a most efficient corps

      of 700 msrti also hold themselves in readiness . The additiccaj Eoldiery who have alrf ady arrived aie , the entire regiment , with the exception of one company , of the 9 th Infantry , three companies of the 81-it Infantry , and three or four troops of the 4 th Royal [ rish Dragoons . A brigade of artillery has also arrived from Chester ; and we understand that an fcfficial communication was yesterday ( Sunday ) received tbat another body of 1 , 000 men ( the regiment is not mentioned ) will arrive here by rail in three companies , dieect from London , in the conraa 0 ) the day .

      _ About three 0 clock on Saturday afternoon a petition to the House of Commons , emanating from the recently formed Constitutional Association here , praying for an extension of Lord John Russell ' s measure for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland to Liverpool was laid upon the table in the Exchangerooms . It was headed by the Earl of Sefton , signed also by the mayor , Mr Rushton , and all the magwtrateg , snd received nearly 400 eignatures in the course of an hour . Two arrests were made on Saturday , those of two men charged with having illegal weapons in their possession . One of ihtBe . a man named Cuddie , wa 9 stopped in the street with a bag full of formidable pikeheads in his possession-Last night tbe various clubs in town had private meetings . The ' Juhn Mitchel' Club a ! so met at Birkenhead . with closed doors .

      fb : ghes 3 of p olitical bxcitehekt at Liverpool . ( From the Morning Chronicle . ) ABHE 3 T CF HSE-VBKDEKS . Tuesday . —From the great preparations which are going forward on the part of the Mayor and magistrates of Liverpool , it is evident that they labour under the apprehension of & » outbreak , should the ' Confederate Ciubs' dare to resist the tremendous power with which the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has just been armed . Accordingly , special constables continue lo b » sworn in ; but as the inhabitants have but little taste for facing pikes , great numbers of extra police are being appointed . Plenty of recruits for this business ;> re coming forward , and they display the most laudable z : al for ' preBer ? in £ the peace . '

      The military , of whom there are eow upwarda of 2 , 000 in Liverpool , are about to encamp at Everton , so that they can command tbe town from that eminence . The police are not only drilled to the use of tbe sword , bnt bare had muskets placed ia their hands , and altheugh they are not yet by any means as crack shots as Kentucky men , Btill report speaks very favourably of their progress in the manual and platoon extreise . Stvetal arrests bave taken place of per-B 0 D 8 carrying pikea . Last night a man waa captnred in Hur .-t streefc who was carrying a bag containing pikes , basoned , cnt-l&sses , and pistols . He was taken to Bridewell and lodged there . The pris oners were examined before the magistrates to-day , « nd remanded .

      Two privates of the S 9 th were arrested last sight for shouting for Repeal in the streets . They were lodged in Bridewell . A portion of the 89 th sail for Ireland this afternoon . ( From the Liverpool Mercury of Tuesday . ) The regular police force , under the direction of Mr Dowling and his officers , numbers 800 . These , by direction ef the Secretary of State , have been lately regularly drilled to the use of tbe carbine and the sword , and they already display great proficiency in their new duties . Annoyed and fatigued by extra drill and extra duty , they have arrived at tbat state of mind when they will prove very formidable opponents , if onDe let loose upon a rebellions toob . Their hearts are in their work , and they seem determined ,

      at all hazards , to protect the peace of the tewn , and the safety ef the uneffending and orderly inhabitants . The force is to ba increased to ths extent of 580 , and Mr Dowlicg ww occupied the greater part ot yesterday in examining applicants ior the situation . The list is rapidiy filling up , and considering the numbar of able-bodied men who are applying , the full complement of 1 , 300 will , in all likelihood , be completed to day . The corps of pensioners , numbering 700 men , have had directions to hold themselves in readnsEs ; and those who know anything of Liverpool , and the ptaceable nature generally of its inhabitants , will be inclined to think that such a force would be sufficient to quell any riot which might take place here , but the magistrates have determined to be on the ? afe side . They have applied to government , and the head-quarters ef the north-western military district have beea removed to this town . General Sir William Wane and his staff of officers

      have taken up their residence here , and there is a rumour that permanent barracks are about to be erected in Everton . There are at present in Liverpool the fallowing troops : —Tho 9 th Regiment fcsvo companies of the Slst R = eimeat , the 80 ; h Regiment , a company of the 60 th Rifles , a squadron of tbe 4 tb Dragoon Guards , a brigade of Artillery , and yesterday , the COth Regiment arrived , the fc . tal number in town being about 2 , 000 . These are dispo . ed in various parts of the borough , so as to be brought out immediately should tht-ir services be required . The wsrebonses of Mr Molynenx , Sefton-streer , Seelstreet police-station , the North Corporation Schools , and Lucas ' s Repository have been temporarily appropriated to the use of the troops . Two additional pieces of artillery have arrived here for use , the four pieces belonging to the town have baen ordered to be mounted , snd it is bnawa that upwards of two thousand etand of arms have been sent here by government , with the necessary ammunition .

      It is intended , we telieve , to erect a camp for & portion of the soldiers in a field oppasite Waterlnuse . lane , Everton . We were informed that tbs materials arrived yesterday , but up to ten o ' clock last night nothing had been done towards the formation of the camp . Of special constables , somewhere atout 20000 have been sworn in in the several wards . Steps have also bees taken to organise the corps and appoint leaders . A place of rendezvous has been taken in each ward , and there a guard is placed night and day , to give the alarm , shoald the necessity for bo doing arise . About 1 , 000 men belonging to tbe dork works have been sworn is , and amply provided with formidable weapons , and all the publio buildings In tb © town are guarded day and night

      Bibkkkhbad . —Birkenhead , following the example of Liverpool , has set its shoulder to the wheel , iD making preparations for any outbreak which maj occnr in the present nn ? ettl « i state of affairs . ; A recommendation having been sent to the magistrates , signed bj masy of the most respectable inhabitants , urging upon them the necessity of sitting for the purpose of swearin g ef special constables , Mr Harden , Mr Shaw . Mr J . S . Jackson , and Coloneli Glegg attended yesterday at tbe Police Ceprt for that purpose , when opward * of 300 of the Inhabitants were swera in , and the aunta : yet . toM « wua in is afeauj 709 ,

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      THE SUSPENSION OF HABEAS CORPUS , « T . _

      ( IRELAND ) . This measure , which passed the legislature since Saturday , and which receiving the royal assent became law yesterday , is entitled 'An act to empower the Lord ' Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland to apprehend and detain until the i 8 t Marcli , 1849 , such persons as he shall suspect of conspiring against her Majesty ' s person and government . ' The first clause enacts that every person who may now be in prison by

      Virtue Of warrant issued l > y the Lord Lieutenant , or by the Irish Privy Council , on suspicion of high treason or treasonable practices , shall be detained in custody without bail or mainprise until 1 st March , 1849 . ' The second clause , after empowering the keepers of all gaols iu which prisoners for treason shall be confined to detain them as aforesaid , provides that they shall only be removed from one place of safe custody to another by warrant from the Lord Lieutenant , &c . The third clause orders that copies of all warrants ue transmitted to the clerk of the crown at Dublin .

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      MEETING OF THE CONFEDERATE CLUBS IN M ANCHESTER . Tuesday EvEMNG .-The members of the several Confederate Clubs mat to-night in their respective club rooms , and proceeded thence , about nine o'clock , in m litary order , to a large space of vacant ground adjoining the new Roman Catholic Chapel on the uieetham Ilill-road . The number present was very great . No speech was delivered , but three cheers were given for ' the cause , ' immediately after whioh the assembly dispersed .

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      TO THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN . Fellow Cocntrtuen—You aro now put in possession of the fact that the authorities of this borough ( Ashton-under-Lyne ) have thought proper to issue a warrant for the arrest of Dr M'Douall . It is time we all exclaimed together , Alas , poor country , almost afraid to know thjsolf ! becaus 9 if warrants can be issued , men arrested , upon the evidence of j olice spie ? , acd committed to prison , _ fer speaking about twenty minutes from an hotel window ; and that evidence partly made , after the meeting was over , and the moat unconnected stuff ever delivered in a court of justice ; then do we say that there is as much liberty in Eoglnnd ss there is in Russia . There is this difference between Russia and here ; there they dial wkh them summarily .

      but here we are insulted with the msekery of an exainitiation before poor old Dame-Durden liberal magistrates , who are frightened at their own shadows , and would go into hysterics at the a ; . and of a popgun—then we are seot to triil before partisan judges aed bigoted juries—found EUilty , BBntenced to imprisonment , and the premier , the attorney general , the hangers on of government , and all the short-sighted of the land , proclaim the startling truth , That the majesty of the law has been vindicated , the designing selfish demagogues put down and peace and tranquillity restored ! ' Humbug extraordinary . M'Douall has been committed on three distinct charges , viz .: attending an unlawful

      assembly , sedition , and riot ; and we have seen and heard one of the ' noble' lords who committed him , spejik at a 3 riotous , tumultuous , and seditious . ^? , TT asse i ? lbly M that ior ' which he committed M'Douall . Bui that wa 3 in ths days of ' rampant tyrannical Toryism . ' The ncblelord above went gcot free , and it remained for us , in these daya of Whig liberality , to witness the damning spectacle , of a professional gentleman , educatjd at one of the firct colleges in the world , committed to prison for addressing the inhabitants of Asht jn from a window . Thia meeting wa 3 unquestionably one of the most peaceable and orderly meetings ever held in England . Oh bhame I where ia thy blush ? Oh bigotry ! where ia thv conscience ?

      However , men and women of Ashton , so it k M'Douall , upon the patched-up—made up—dovetailed evidence of four policeraeu , has been committed to take Jm trial at Liverpool , in three weeks from now . When ho came amongst you , he had a good freehold property iu Scotland , a profession and practice which realised him several hundred pounds annually—besides a large aum of accumulated money in tbe bask ; all of which has been spent long ago in the advocacy of the right of the people to get a goed livin ? for moderate labour , and the universal right of the people of these realms to be enfranchised , and enjoy the great principle of ' Equal rights and equal law ? . ' Now that his all ba 3 been spent , and another attack about to ba made on his liberty , shall we desert him ? No , never , never , never !

      Let U 3 then realise a defence fund , and make the same generous sacrifices for him that he has made for us . Plenty of evidence can be produced on the trial to disproTe many of the statements made and sworn to by tbo 3 e who swore against him ; but never forget that it cannot be dono without money to pay the expenses of those parties going to Liverpool . Fly , then , to the rescue of one of Britain ' s best and bravest sons , and by your united energy your collections may be of such a cast that even should a jury be found base enough to csnvict him , he will not have to add to it the mortifying fact—he must exist on prison fare ; and his wife and three little one 3 uoder seven years of age suffar not only his want , but want also the common necessaries of life .

      < A committee has been formed to receive subscriptions for the defence , and we hope that warm , gOF . e rous , and enthusiast feeling displayed daring his detention , examination and release from the Town Hall will noi die away , till he is again himself as free as he wishes to see the whole human family . William Aiiken , Treasurer , to whom all subscriptions must bs taken . The Committee will meet in the Chartist ; room , on Saturday evenings , from eeyen till nine o ' c ' osk . P . S . On inquiry we find that there is not a single

      tittle of truth in the rumour , in reference to Mr Mostyn , as he declares his feelings and sympathies are with Dr M'Douall , and tbat he would auffor death in any shape sooner than become the hireling of a government , or any set of men who seek to stab liberty , and iDjure the fearless and honest advocates of holy freedom . We deeply lament that any rumour should get abroad injurious to the charaoter of an honest man , and we believe Mr Mostyn so to be . We hope this Bhort appeal will remove any wrong impressions made on thsmiods of the people , and tba Mr Most ™ will receive that respect he is entitled to .

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      IjiQUB 8 T ? . —Monday . —Alt , eqeo Murder . —Before Mr H . Baker , at the Royal Mason , Poplar , respecting the death of John Dohatty , aged nineteen , a ballast-getter , in the employ of the Trinity-house Corporation , who was alleged to have been forced into the river by George Green . On Monday , the 17 th instant , the deceased with his-parenta went to Blackball to witness a rowing match . They proceeded in a boat to a ballast-bargp , belonging to the Trinity-housa , lying off the EaBt and West India Djcka . The boat was made fast to the barge , asd the deceased and his sister went on board , leaving their parents in the boat . The deceased went along tke gunwale of the barge . Green was sitting upon the washboards , and on the deceased attempting to remove them to form seats , Gr « en desired him to leave them alone , saving that ho did not belong to tbe barge . The deceased replied that he was in the service of the Trinity-house , and that he had a right

      to be on board . An altercation then ensued bn tween them , and Green offered to fightthe deceased , who refused , when Green struck him i \ violent blow , and he fell backwards into the river , and was drowned . The body was not recovered until the followirg Friday . —Mary Ann Diharty stated positively th 3 t Green was the man who struck the deceased . —Another witness corroborated her evidence . — Mr Pelham . who appeared on behalf oftheao cused , said he had several witnesses who would prove that George Green was not the peraon , but bis brother William , who so nearly re 8 emblea the accused that in the absence of the one the other would be taken for him . Mr Ballantine , the magistrate , had remanded George Green until this day , for the purpose of having the prisoner ' s brother apprehended and brought before him . —The Coroner said it would be better lo have both brothers placed together , and the inquiry was adjourned until Wednesday next .

      Magisterial Tyiukny towards a Special Constable —LovjOflBOHorjon . —It will be remembered that on Mr O'Connor ' s visit to thia town on Whit-Wednesday la't , the meeting waa prohibited by the authorities , and that Yeomanry Cavalry , police , and special constables were in great requisition . A Mr William Harris , a special constable , after hating been on duty aU the day , was disgusted at night on seeing a number of the special intoxicated ; and judging from the qoiet state of the town that his services were not ifkely to be wanted by the inhabitants , went home . For this he was summoned before the magistrates , and fined £ 5 and coats , or in default to be committed to prison for one month , with hard labour . The seatence was , however , commuted to a fino of £ 1 ana

      oests or fourteen days' imprisonment , which imprisonment he served rather than pay tho noe . A public meeting of the inhabitants was held on weumssday week . July 19 ; h , in the Marketplace , ts memorialise Sir G . Grey to dismiss the magistrates , ana en the same day the term of Mr Harris ' s imprisonment expired . A number of the inhabitants met nini at the railway station on his return from prison , and escorted him to the Wheat Sheaf lBn , when Mr Skevington addnsied the meetfag ; and after having given three eheera for the Chaster , aad tores tor tne victimised speeial . Mr Harm returned thanks , and the meeting separatad-. , Lord Stanley ib ttv , steward of tt » Jockey Club , m the place of Lord G eorgo Bentinek .

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      SATURDAY , July 22 , The flouso of Lords mot at four o ' clock for tho pur . pnse of hearing tho royal aesant given by oomalssloa to a groat number of bills . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —This houso alto met fpec ' aiiy at twolvo o ' clock for the purpoBO of

      SUSPENDING THE CONSTITUTION IN IRELAND . Lord J . RosfZix , iu rising to move thia bill of which he bad given notice , to empower tho Lord-Lieutenant , or other chiof governor or govomora of Ireland , to ap . prohend and detain until the 1 st of Jlircb , 1849 , Buch persons as he or they shall auapect ef conspiring against her lltjeBty ' a pernsn and government . ' The noblo lord said , —I never folt so deep a concern in bringing any question before the hoase as that which I now fetl in proposing to the house te suspend for a limited time the constitutional liberties cf Ireland . I fed , however , fit the same time , that the moaauro I am about to propose id neceBBary for tho preservation of life and property in Ireland—that it is ntoaseary for the purpogo of provent-Ing bloodshed—that It ia necessary to stop i n inolpivnt insurrection ;—and tbat it is eminentl y calio = l for in respect to the safo'y of the British empire . ( Chcora . ) With thia conviction in my mind , therefore , I shall proceed without any furthor profaoo or apology to stato to the house the grounds upan which I rest tho

      prop&oltion I am about to prope 3 o . It appears to me , Sir , that it is absolutely necessary I thould prove threo thing ;] na tho grounds of my proposition . One is , that tho present state of things in Iceland U fraught with evil , that it threatens dnnger , and that no aro on tho ore of an outbreak if it is not tim-tly prevented , ( tfi-ar , hear . ) The second is , that thero are meana auffident to pioluce great Injury and great dangtr unless some mensuro is adopted to avoid them . And the third iB , that the meaeura which I shall have the honour to propose Is that remedy which appears moat apprnpriato in tho present calamitous state of Ireland . ( II ar . ) With respect to the firBt of these propositions—with re&p ; ct to the pro . geat state of Ireland—I do not propose to rtetmy case en any secret information , on uny grounds known solely to tho goveniiaeat of this country or ef Ireland—oipou any information which may rest upon doubtful or uncertain evidence as regards tho accomplices in ths proposed rebullion , — -I propceo to rest my enso upon fanta whloh are patent , notorious , and flagrant . ( Caeers . ) This heuao is aware tb . it a cood number of yeora ai ; o ,

      after the pasBisg ef tbe Emancipation Act in 1829 , them wera formed various associations in Ireland succeeding one anolhof , Uade * Iho direction of the lato Mr O'Connell , for the promotion of tbe repeal of the legislative union . The bouse is likewise awnro that while in those associations , asd ia tho meetings—the most numerous meetings—which took place on some ocmtous , for tbe pui'poso of promoting this repeal , the most exciting language was used , while there waa every oppearaaca that tbat language might lead to Insurrection , there was on the p » rt of tho leader of that agitation a frcqutnt and emphatio declaration that , in his opinion , no political object was worth ono single drop of blood , and tbat it was only by the force of demonstrations , by the forcd of tho collection Of groat nurnb < tp , by uniting all the people of Ireland in one exhibition of feeling—that

      thtir object , of the repeal of tho unioD , was to bo accompUshcd . I am not making any comment on these proceodlngs . I am not sayia ? whether they were lawful , whether they were wise , or whether they were just , I am only recalling to the recollection of the bouse facts which nro already known . Towards tho end , however , of that course of agitation , and likewise towards the e » d of the life of Mr O'Cmntll , there brokoaway from tho old Repeal Association a new party , which took a course difi \ rent both In its objects ana Iho means by which they proposed to cff . 'Ct those objects . Tho objoct which Mr O'Connell and tho Repeal Association had held oat to tho psoplo of Ireland was , that the Act of Ualon might be repealed—that a Parliament might sit in Ireland , constituted of Lords and Common ?) and that , as a Far . liament had eat in Ireland from 1782 to

      1800 , so , likatrise , bytbe repeal of the union , another Parliament might bo revived to legislate for IreTand . Thsf also declared tbat they desired to attain that object only by psaceful agitation . The new confederacy , by whatever name they were called , hell forth their object at first somewhat covertly aad ambiguously , but more openly as they procseded—althojgh I think it was quite evident to any one who examined their language from tho beginning , tbat their object was n total separation of Ireland from tbe dominions of tbe Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbcy held , on certain lax conditions , a sort of alleglunco to the Suvaralua of this country , but their object evidently waa that they should be totally Independent , and that do counsels of tbe Sovereign of this country were at all to affect the ourae ef legislation or administration in Ireland , ( Hear ,

      hear . ) They pointed clearly , as I think , to the separation of the two nation ? , and to the independence of Ire land under sorae other form of government ; for , what , evsr might be thought—whatever I for ona might thiDk of the proposaljof the repeal of tho legislative union , as tending to a dismemberment ot the empire , tbat was a matter of reasoning , of argument , and of proof—the separation whioh these persons contended for waa ob vioas in the face of their proceedings and proposals . ( Sear , hear . ) Likewise as to tho means by which they proposed to effect taoir object—those means , from the b ginning were distinguished by ths application of tbe term ' physical fof ce , ' as opposed to ' moral ferce , ' which deiignated the mode of oparation by tbe old Rspaslars . By the term ' physical force , ' they intended no less than rebellion against the Crown of this kingdom . ( Hear , )

      They thought by m-nns of rebellion , if successful , to establish the separate government at which they aimed . Whatever might ba the thin dinguise assumed at first as to their objeot , or as to the want of power of tarry i ng it into effact , a great change has beon producod by the events which have takes place within the last few months . The misfortune which fell upon Ireland of the blight ia the potato crep , and tho consequent want of f * ed by millions of her people—the imperfections which naturally bflong to any plan of endeavouring by artificial nvaus to feed thO 3 O who aro deprived of their ordinary subalstenoa—afforded to thosa who wore looking to tho separation of Ireland from tlis country the means of farthering tboir objects , a-d of exciting the passions of th-i people against this country . Ba it observed tfcat , as far as I know , they never did anything to ossusge that calamity . ( Loud cries of Hear . ') While £ 8 , 000 , 000 the vote of this

      were lavishly pnured into Ireland by ( jiQ 3 < . while £ 400 , 000 were contributed by the voluataty assistance of ikoso In thia oouutry and Scotland , who could aot bear to see their felhw-creatures perishing —all that was contributed by thesi pnrties wore seditions harangues , inflammatory appeals to th < s passions o ( the peoplo , and endeavours to inignpresen : tbe motives and mnount of the contributions of this country . ( Cheer * ) When Ireland was in some degree , and bat very slowly , recovering from this great oalamity—when the evils con-Btquant upon it , although still vory severe , wera some what mltigattd , there occutred an evtnt In & neighbouring country , which bas been productive ef encouragement to all who wish the overthrow of our institutions ; to all who wish lo promote rob ^ . lioa ; to all who believe that the Throne and authority of this ompirecan be overthrown by revolt—1 allude to the evect which occurred in Franoe In the month of Febuary last . Wo oannot

      forget , that immediately upon that ovent a deputation was se ' nt over to Paris , comprising amongst Its nnmberB a member of this house , ( loud cries of' hear , hear , ' ) with the v ! e < v of aeking assistance from a country which had juat eat the example of revolution ; with the view of asking their assistance ngBinm the authority of this country . Tho attempt was unsuccessful . The government of that country , altheugh sprtiDg ' out of a revolution , felt that Its dutieB towards Betijhbotiring countries were paramount , and refused to lend Its aid to the r designs . ( Load cheers : ) Their projects , however , weiit on and there was little or no dtf-guieo any farther attempttd as to what thoy really intendod . "Wo may all rem-raber thst a newspaper was oet up , called the United Ibi hm » n , to whose arguments I will net call tho attention of this houso with any view to the author

      of the articleB becauso he is now suffering the penalty of the offence which he coramitctd ( hear , heai ); but I call the attention of the hou « e to ths f icr , because the Bympathy which has botn exhibited towards him by this pirty in Ireland shows that thtj identify themselves with the sentiments which were expressed by tho DUthor Of those articlts , and which were found in Ireland to be articles tending to the overthrow of tho government o . tbe country , and to tho deposition of tbe Queen from htr crown and dignity , ( Hvar , ) It is notorious that every kind of sympathy has been shown , trad that every Bert of indignation has been expressed that a person who had avowed suoh sentiments should have been punished , ] t baa be « n declared that he ia one of the best patriotB in Ireland , and tbat S 3 far from drserring punishment be merited reward . Other papvrs were eubsequentlj Hot up

      which followed in the game steps , and I now hold in b » j hand a newspaper called the Ibjsh Feion , and eo cjIIimI because that individnal was convicted ot a felony ; I nisi ) to read a passage from the writings cf one person , a contributor to that pap = r , v » bo Blgns himBe'f 'James F . Lslor , ' in which I think will bo found tho genoral spirit of the sentiments "h / ch have been espresBod by these Confederates . Tho writir aeyo : — ' We hold the presbm existing government of this inland , and oil existing rightB of property in our sol ' , to be mere usurpation and tyranny , and to be null and void , as of moral ef ? ict ; and our purpose 5 « to abolish them utterly , or lo » e our lives ia the attempt . Too light founded on Crtn < juest , en 1 affirmed by- Ihwb mads by tho oon ^ uero » s theEaaelvea , we regard as no other than the ri ^ bt of a robber on a larger scale . We owe no obedience to lawn enacted bj another aation without our nsient , nos- respect to assumed rights of propmty which n » o stanrisg and cxter

      initiating our people . The prrsent salvation and future security of this coantry require that tbe English government Ehou'd at ooee be abolished , cad the English garilson ot landlords iastontly expolltd . * He goes on to stato the means by which tola ia to bo done : — ' We advise , ''be Bays , ' tho people t » orgaslee and arm nt once in their own defeece . We mesa ta assist them aad to set an example by organising and atming oursolves , ' { toad cries of ' He » r hear , *) Now , Blr , I do ttlinfc that ia these extracts U contuiswd , ia a few words , a true description of the object of tbia conspiracy , and of the means bj which tbat object is to be effected . It la declared at once , first , that the Imperial Go-Ternment—nut tbe English Government , but tho government whioh represents England , Soatland , and Ireland—18 to be utterly aiollstwd . It proposes to take away from the Queen all author t , - over Ireland , It proposes , at the earns time , to abolish at once alt rights o

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      property-save indeed , that thero h made a sort of me . , « T r I ? 7 r 0 SP '" th 03 ' » 8 hflil break th . ir oaths of allegiance and oln in a rebellion . Bat , with rtfpeotto the great body of those who hold properryin Ireland , howevt ; ucquirci and hov : av * r t . aa tho « ir . . t is that they aW to ba u ' ; P 'i ^ d of it , and thoae lights of pr petty aro to bo utterly aboliu ' . " . ! . Ulcnr , htar . ) i : is proposed that the means tor cff . cticg this obj-cl should be fey tho ptojilc orBirij ? t v omeckeg , mid b . illg thus ready to enooauter nay force which l ^ e authoring may have at their rfisposil . Another article , t » ri ten more recently , appeared in the Nation of July the 3 rd of which I will stato tbe ( icniral purport . The nriicln u beaded ' The Tiiluc of an Irish Uaivoitj ' cnd it sSat . i , that thereis nowgrowin ^ on the Iri . ili soilabuut £ SO , 000 , 000 worth of produce , and that it will be fwr tho i . -i ^ h

      League , censistintf of a Council of Three Hundred , or nuch other government aa may be appointed , ta consider in what manner that produce fihullbo apportionedwhat portion of it may be ( jiv , n ; . s an indemnity to tloa " who now hold rights of property iu that country ; wl'jt portion of It should be given to encourage indusirj and manufactures in Ireland ; and what pr-rtion of it ms ) be necessary for tlso purpoios ( fgovernment ; butetldmtljintending that none of the existing rights of properly ahall bo ackoowUdged , but that tho whole of the produce of the Irish soil shall , by one swucping act of ojnfiscntfon , be held by and be at tho disposal of thtso musters of what the Trench have called the 'Rdd Republic 'men who have no regard whatever to any of the existing roles of onr social state , or to any of those purposes for which society bas been founded and iB kept

      togetherbat men who give to the mind Ml tno nppstito of thest who are without property or character thcmsc . ' ves a visiou that the whole of that produce whioh h « 8 been the fruit of regular Industry , which bas been the fruit of the in-Btituiioasofsouleiy , whiohliae been the ffuitofprop-rty guorded and of rights enforced b y tho ; o institu i .-. ns , shall by one desolntfng measuro bo distributed uncording to tho will and arbitrament of the vukra of that a . public , ( toud cheers . ) I thlnli I need not quote further to prove this fact . But there ia ono document more to which 1 will refer in rfgard to the objects of ihcci ; Con federates , because tfcoso objects ore set forth in it evi dently for the purpose of quieting alarm . I aliudo to the resolutions ppoBod at a meeting held in Dublin on the night of Saturday , Ju ' j 15 , 1848 . It has been stated in Ireland , and by none mo r * earncs'Jy tban b y th j R <

      man Catholic cl « r > y , that if such a Confederation as has been formed should succeed in it * pr , gress , thore wouid bs an end to all renpect for reli gion , and to all regard for what men havo hitherto htid encrod , and that the rule of brute farce would bo estfiMijhcd , Ia order to prevent the alarm which the doctrines hold by thtee Confederates have naturally excited , thera was a meetitg of the officers of what are called the Dublin Clulie held oh Saturday ni fi ht , July 15 , at which Mr John B , Dillon , described as tbe prtsidtnt of tbe Curran Club , took tbe chair . At that meeting the following resolutions were moved by Mr William 8 . O'Brlon , M P , seconded t-y Mr Richard O'Gcra , an , president of the Oliver Bond Club , and adopted un » nimously : ' That the systematic ( ffurts mode by writers ' in the pay of the British povernmcit to cause it to bs boiieved tbat

      the repeal clubs of Ireland aro organised for purposes ol pillago and massacre , and for the overthrow of religion and social order , render it expedient that wo should dofine the real obj ; cts of tho club organisation ; bo it therefore resolved and declared;—That the purposes « n < J end of our organisation aro the ovcrthrowofthepowsr of tbe British legislation in this island . —That while wo are firmly resolved to abatain , In our political capacity , from anjr interference in matters of a religious or sectarian character , wo are not the 1 « 88 desirous that re ! i . gion should bo upheld and tbe legitimate influence ot its ministers maintained in its integrity . —That so far from desiring toov < nbrow social Order , and to subj-xt our country to universal anarch y , our first auii ty baa been , and le , to secure the legislative independence of oar country with the least possible ir jury to sny class of

      iU inhabitant ?; and in the nccomplishment of these our design ? we hope to put an end for ever to tho sufferings and tbe disorders which b . ve never ceased to sfflict our peoplo under tbe away of Britain . ' Tho house will see in ibiB disclaimer that they meant to associate for purposes of pillage and massacre ; that tbey do not disguise that their object is not to obtain a repeal of tke union , but to overthrow altogether the sway of tbe governmtnt which tbey are bound to obey —( bear , fceor );—end that nothing Icbb than the dlBmombormont of the empire would satisfy their wishes and aspirations . ( Hear , bear , ) So much then , I think , from their own confession , may be taken as to vhat is their obj ; ct . You may bolkvo with me or not , tbat in tho accomplishment of that object tbey would necessarily overthrow the swajofrell ffion , and the existence of property as it is now held in

      ' reland ; bu ; tbis you must believe , that it U a traitor . our conspiracy intended to overthrow the government of the unittd kingdom , bb < 1 to put » ome new national au tbority , republican or otherwise , in its place , which is hcreufstr to rule Ireland as a separate country . ( Hoar , hear . ) Tbat I say Ib tho least—rating their objects ns you will—that is the smallest rnd to which you c&n be . lieve them to aspire . ( Loud cheers . ) I come now , 6 ir , to that which I have stated would bo the second proposition which I Bhould have to submit to tho housenamely , that there are formidable means preparing in . tended to produce rebellion , and vibicb . are only too likely to end in rebellion , ogainst the authorities which now exist . Sir , although thero may be projects of the most ii- jurloua and of tho most mischievous character , vet if these projects are en tortalned bya fewpersons

      onlyif they are entertained by some obscure club or insigoifi cant Mfiociution , ouch is the free constitution of the gov . rumeat of this country , which permits every kind of opinion to be expressed , it would be / elt that we should be sacrificing the greater to the less if we were to interfere by means of aay extraordinary law to crush an evi ! which was in itself small in amount , aDd which was not to be compared to the gener&l advantage snd good arisng from ; fce perfect liberty cf opinion which every man in this country has a right to enjoy . Bar , although 1 believed for a time such wsetbo nature of these projects , and although I had hoped tbat such would have continued to ba tho case , yet I am sorry to say ihat all the accounts that we have received frein Ireland have tended to tho conclusion tbat the organisation proposed by these Confederates is formidable , that it Is rapidly

      extvndini ? , and that in some parts of tke country they and the persons associated with theso Confederates , are already rfpe for rebellion , After the law was passed bythiB house , somewhere about tbe month of April , which gave tbe pawer of bringing before a court of justice for f lony persons who were conspiring to depose the Sovereign , or to levy war against the Sovereign , and by which law a great check was placed upsn the designs ot conspirators in Ireland , a confederation was formed in the organisation of clubs , and it was determined to send raUBlouarlca inta the country with a view of persuading persons in tbe great towns , and e en in small towns and villages , to adopt a similar organisation . For a time those eff . rts did not succeed . Tbe accounts we received from the Lord . L . ' . euteu&nt of Ireland tended to Induce n » to believe tbat that orgBniaatioa would not become

      immediately formidable . But very soon those accounts changed their character , aBd both tho Lord-Lieutenant and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland , founding themselves upon what they saw in Dublin and upon tbe accounts received from the country , pronounced tbat tbe confederacy of clubs was becoming organised , numerous and formidable . It la , however , Chlfly within tbe last month that these proceedings bave aisutaed tbe character which I am about to detail to the house . In the firat place I will refer to a private letter which Lord Chutendon directed to my right hoo . friend the Secretary of State for the Ilome Department , in tho beginning of this month , in respect to the then state of things . Ho stated that' A decision need not be immediately come to bj her Mojeaty ' s government ; bat I am afraid that before the Parliament is prorogued the government will

      have to determine whether thoy shall ask for greater powers from parliament or permit tbe organisation for an immediate civil war to remain unmolested . ' The accounts received through the constabulary reports , at the eame time , frosa different parts of Ireland were of an equally formidable character . On tho 3 rd of July the following accountwas received from Tipperary : — 'Thcro buvo been five confederate clubi formud at Carrkk . on . Suit- ; tbey bavo about GOO members i& all . No poisons bu . members t \ n admitted to their meetings . Their ob . jcctaeemB to bo to ascertain their strength in caflaoi insurrection . ' On the 5 . h of July the following account was received from Maath : — ' A meeting to form a Repeal Club waa held at Trim on tbe 2 nd inst . Messrs Duffy and Dillon were preaest and addressed the people , urged ! hum to provide arms , and said they expicttd to see tbe

      constabulary iu iho front tank of ih& IriBb Nationnl Guard . ' Oa the Gth of July iho following was received from the county Louth : — 'The United Irishman Cub met at Dund&llt on tbe 29 th ult ., about fift ) persons present . The usual speeches were me . de . A Mr Boston eaid , bo would endeavour to put ths government down links * they put him clown , » nd if he was transported tbcro wore others to toko his placo , * The f blowing wao tho aecouat from WiXford on the 7 ih of Jaly ;— 'A melting of tho R » p ? al Club was held at Bree on the 2 nd iostant . Mr Wbit : y proposed several violent resolutions that none but men of good cbsrneter be hdmitlofl , nor policeman to be admitted without & warrant . A Mr jDevin produced a pattern , of n cheap piko ( or poor personR , urged tho people to arm md drill , and suggested modes of attack , &c . ' I should 6 l , y that the method pursued by tfeeBC Csnftderatcs was in r < aeral to summon a meeting for some polltisal object ,

      to harangw that meeting ia violent speeches , and immediately afterwards to form an association or club which waa to meet secretly . There clearly have been La alltheao Instances in the firat place , a meeting In which some speech was made of a violent character ; but meau icga tben followed wool ; afttr week , in which no petaosf wtro aomittid but tho&s who belonged to the Confedsio . tion ; and if any person presented himself to . be admitted , « uch as a policeman , for tbe purpose of giving information to the government , o&who wentamlojal man to observe tbtlr prooeedinp , be was carsfuJly » x . eluded ; The account received from Cork on tho Tib . of Jaly is this : — ' There are now about fifteen Qonfedtrate . cluba formed , or in course of formation in tbts city , and probably about s . ooo namei enrolled in them ; tbere are . fow , If any respectable pexeoos amoeg > tth £ m . « some of ihcae cluba have been open to the pollco visiting th ^ m ; at a fan admission has been refused . Another

      account from Cork on tbe same gag states that A meeting of Confederates took place ot Stdbbereen on tbe 2 ad to enrol a National Guard ; tbe speakers advised arming qaA organisation ; it was stated 140 n&vnea were eDKoUed , ' On the 8 th of July tbe ftUawjas ecca&afe . wbs metoed from

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      Wexford : — ' A meeting of the Enniucar ih . ! club was held on tin : 3 rdinst ., a man nsmed Duyie at tt n 3 ed , bearing a pole , with a pike on It . The comta . b-ilory vt ? TQ rciusod a < " mission bv a sentinel at the e ! oor . wt'O stated ihnt ho would o /; iy a mit ih . m ovtr h ; g read f o ! y ; they consequently could obtain no iuf rniation as to tS : proceedings pf'hcciub . On the 10 th of Ju ' y the r . port from Cjik w .-. s this : — ' Thra sro fifteen Olllbl In C rk ; thtir ( ffodive members r . re , Uis said , 4 . 008 . Mr Thomas F , Magh ' . rnceat ' y atiended a m'ttiigol tbe effltcra cf » h ? diff . rent c ' . uiia ; he h atotit to pro . crd to America oil a mission of iraportr . noo , Tie pollco applica nt ) ,, ) following clubs for ndiniision , tho " rut elx refused it ;— ' Citizen , ' 'M . rcaDtilo Assis . . , ; , Arthur O'G muop , ' Robert Eramett , ' ' St Pa . ¦ "ik s , Lord E . iward Fttzjerald' ' Wolf Tone"

      Wil-, , I nm iiiw I ., i , n . _ " J » i . am u / r , and 'Pt . <; - „*; j n tho toreolasj Iherowaa no tusmess doing . " NoW i - he 88 namCB flra , 0 bo remarked , „„ 8 ( , of them are tbe names 9 f persons who wtrc conspicuous in the rebellionol 1798 , and they show c . t « rl > that the imenti-n w . s to imitate the example of iume tim . e . The i-tpors ( rom Coik on tho 11 th of Jaly runattiu , ; - Great exertions aro made by tho leaders « t t-. u ci uia in Cork to tompleto their organisation the iDemb-ra are well supplied v . ith firearms nnd pike / the latter are readily sold for 19 . 31 . each . From the reign of terror which prevaila little iafoimailoQ can be had . ' On the 13 th of July an account ia given of n meeting haul at Croasbany , in the county of Curk , on the 2 nd it . BC , to form a Confederate club . They advised " the p -opU- to arm and demand their rights , ' with a clean UtCiil in the hand of tv&ry man '—not more than 150

      perbol . s attended ; informationa have be en swern to as to tho w ., rds used . " Oa tho Hth of July ' the R 37 . Mr Cooney , Roman C . itlolic cleryjmun , addreeeed his cengroption at Mitman . 8 , CPUllly of Cork , aud urged strongl y tnoir j-jiuiurf a Confederate club , which Mr Luke J Shs . li Mould form after mass . Mr Shea , who ia a magi tiaie of the county , roon after addressed the people in the chapel yard ; ho urged them to j ., in the club , aald he would not do bo if It were not perfectly l ^ g'U ; that each club siioul'l consist of 3 " 0 fighting man ; that tbe clubs till over tho country should be in communication with each othtr , under thoso in Dublia ; not more than twenty purBona enrolled thiir nameB . I wish , now to aralo tbe occurrences which hava taken place at Ccrk ana Drog ' -oja EiBcethobeginDinj of tha present mmih , At Cork a meeting was hid , which was at .

      tended bj all the cl&bB , nho marchtd , cr as Mr Smith O'J 3 ri » B terms it , wa . kea' in regular older , an 4 who attended what ho afterwards calls ' a review . There was an inspect-on of the clubs ; and the r 6 p ; r £ states tint— ' Aa fiflOh club passed the president announced its vwme and u \\ gave the salute . Mr O'Brien watched cautiously to see that each man gave tho salute ; and whenever a party forgot So do so be rebuked him , occasionally esjing , 'Just touch your hats bb jou walk alocg , ' The St Patrick ' s Club having halted in front of him for a mnmeut , he cried out , Do move along , and when you rmet the other club turn to the east , as I want to see what kind if men ihe patriots of Ireland are . ' On on 3 of the clubs passing , he remarked on the number ef young boyB in it , to whicb . Town Counillor Mullan r > plied , ' We are particular to enrol unne

      under a zstcn ytarg of sko , and ail these * ill be found to come up to that . ' Mr O'Brhn having disapproved of the order in which one club marched , one ot the members said , ' We viaut a little discipline jet , » ir , but wd are willing to luarn' To which Mr O'B . kn sold , in an authoritative tone , 'Keep up your places and be silent . ' A woman here rushed forward and exclaimed , 'Three caters for the K ' ng of Munster ; ' 10 which Sir O'Brien rei / licd , 'Wotyot—no ! j * t ; no shouting—no shouting . ' Now , sir , it ii to be remarked that there were alter . wardB meetings ol the c' . uba at Brogbeda and at Dablin , and at both thoae meetings llr Smith O'BrltD adverted in bis speeches to what he said had been called his review at Cork—stating tbat Ihe numb ; rs that attended the review wasv ^ ry coa . « deratlo ; that they were ready to aim themselves , and t > appear shea th > . y were called

      for . Another evtnt to which I wish to allude lock placo at Waterford . A Mr Miagher , who ib one vttll known for having used language frequently exciting the people to rebellion and insarrtction , was amatbd aS Watc-rfcrd on a charge of sedition . Several thousand person collectod together wishing to rescue Mr Mesghe-r , but he declared that it would be wasting ttiebltod of ihe Irish pocple to attempt such n tfeing . Thi Roman Cithol . e Ciergy , I su bound to eay , ueed all their efforts to liccp the ptace , and llr Heagher was conveyed witboat re&iBiauce eu : of the town of Waterford . There was toon afterwards a meeting , which assembled on a meuntain ncll known in the politisal history of Ireland , called SlievenaoOD , wMch was attended (>¦ mo eay by 10 , 000 , aud others by 15 , 000 persons , to hmr Mr Meagber , Mr Doheny , and others . When Mr Meegher

      roturntd ( 0 Wxtuiford from that meeting , be was waited for by BOVtral thousand ptrsoup , who wished to givo him a wtlcome , and I have un account of what happened et Waterford from a person with whom 1 have some acquaintance , whom I know perfectly well by reputation , and who Is entirely trustworthy , as to tbe class of psreens who wire thus waiting to receive Mr Meagher . This gentleman sajs ;— ' It being now ten o ' clock at night , aud dark , 1 raolvtd to go to tbe end of the bridge , wnere many thousands wero waiting . * * There wor « no politics spoken of , but that all tho plans were making to upset the authorities , eo that they may have the plunder . One fellow Bald ' I am egairst plunder . ' Well , and eo om I / rrae tho answer , 'bat it is cot piun . der ; tbey once got it from us , and it must be otr turn now , ' This was the sote a * d Btrious burden of their

      song , and I have bo hesitation in sajmg that , unless government take instant ettpa although tbey will in the e-nd get the better of these people , before tbat mucb property and the lives of many respectable people will ba sacrificed , ' I can nnBBer for the churncter of tbe gSE * tlenan who wrote that letter , buing a man of experience both in civil life and in foreign war , and of as much courage and firmness as eny man who is in tbe service of Her Majesty . The state of Waterford bos been described to me by other persons , and I bave eeen many letters from persons who tithtt were in tbe neighbourhood at the time , or who went there immediately afterwards , some of thoae persons bung connected with tbe placet / the tiea cf proptr .-y end family , acd well acquainted with its inhabitants and thtir political feelings , and wb&t is most likely to be tbe disposition of tbe different elasies

      of the people . Ihe evidence of all these psreens is to one and tho same effuct , namely , that although the per . sons of property end the clergy , both Protestant aed Roman Cathelic , aye decidedly against aDy outbreak , yet that no influence that is used by them will have any effect whatever in deterring many thousand penouB of the jouuger m * a of tvtry class , but more especially of the farmer and peasant class , who are determined to riso in insurrection , ( Hear , hear , ) Ttiat , sir , is tho evidence whiob I bave received , supported , as I think it is , by all tha publio accounts , and entirely btlieved by Hie Lord-Lieutenatt , who has bimself seen aad convened with some of these persons who were at Waterfoid . In ths town of Garrick-on-Suir , also , there occurred tbat which , although it < Jid not end in blood , is a moat me . nacing warning for the future . Throe persons wero

      arriBted in that town for what happ . ned to be a bailable offence—not under tbe Felony Act , but arrested for 86 » dUious language and drilling , aud for tbat off ; uco placed ia the Bridewell of that town , An immense collection of persons immediately assembled from all the country rouni . Various reports were spread ; some ihat 0 priest had been sho * , some that these men bad beencOD * fiocd , aB was the case , bbu others that tbe insurrection had begun . But what baa been Been and . witnessed waa that tho peasantry of tbe town and neighbourhood , a few armed with muekets , and many with rude pikes and scythes , marched into- the town with a most i .- vtuacing nep'ct , and declared that the prisoners muse be liberated . It was thought advisable , such being tbe state of things , and as tho offence was bailable it could property be done , that iho prisoners should be lot oat on bail ; aud when

      they appeared before the people the town , wh ' oh had been In the hands of tbis multitude for some time , re . oumed its usual uppeaaance , and sgaln became peaceable , But it was evident that if there had been cause to retain theao persons in . custody—that if tho oSence with which tbey were charged bad been such that Vhcy could not havo been bailed—ar if , for any other jeasou , the desires of that armed multitude ctuldi nut be complied with , tbat blood would have been shed , and 1 .. 0 be . ginning of tho Insurrection would imve taken place , ( Hear , bear . ) 1 % is clear tbat theso was not wanting the design , tbat thero was . [ not warning the will ,, that tLere vta , not wanting the intention to robel ( dicers ); but that all that was warning waa the parti . culaP occasion—nud tbat those who meant to rite being satisfied with , wait was done , aud tbolr object being completed , no- rising took placa , But no man can doubt tbat i £ matters bad been otherwise a commance . meet of the insurrection would then and tbcro have taken plaao . ( Cheers . ) Sir , the accounts from , these various pioses ore > , that now aad for eomotime T ^ st tbe Confederate cluba have been , making great progress in forming associations which aw in fact , secret societies , into wbiah bo person is admitted who is not a . aumba of theso clubs ; that the geaeral object ( flush is held out to . them is , tbat tbey aio to overturn the govern , dent ; , that they are to procure arms f&r tbat purpose ; becI thai nothing is now Wanting but ifc ^ Jay and th « hoar to be fixed by tfce * i le-aders in ordento carry into t fhch thit fAtal uad dreadful resolution . ( 'Hear , hear , ] Ia tho- beginning of a . private letter vvhic" I bavo re > cej « od from the LoreViitutcnant to . ds ^ , ho says ;_« J

      bsvo nothing catiefastory to aesd joo . to . da ) . The accounts from the coua ^ jy are B 9 tad so . they can ba ahori of open rebellion , a , id sterjeoi-y consuls in sajing thai ths change in tho fefcltDgs of the jjfoil ' - vsi ' . Son the . laai wetk or ten deya-has bcea the mo ^ t rapid and cinyjleti thing ever knoTOi even in Ire ! a 2 & Tbo bad spirit ^ hai now extended itself to Tippei ^ ry , " snd tho stijynd ' jari COBelStrfttG OX fflonmel tdls Bie th » e { 9 great ahrm foi tbat town . ' It is certainly to be stnttd , t&a that kadi me to the tutber part of that which 1 have \< t- stete tt the house : —it le ceiteiv \ tbat tbat , which , two -month ago vtat not foimloable baa bceoaie formid&Hi now , asi that fov the purposes of Insurrection

      It mnj bo , and I belkve it will be , as . tbe writer oitlu letter from Wateiford a £ Bims , that ia the event 0 ^ « ouU > ieah thiao pergons will be put down in the end , but that muoM bloodshed will tsko place ; that mac Uvoa will be aaerlficed . And we should have to lepvoasl ouraelvcB if we did not take tiuh meolunB a * » wa » cessary ia order to prevent tbat outbreak from takisj place , bbq prevent tbe leadcin of that organised insni rection from taking the field for the purpose of oppo iDgthe authorities of tho country . ( Cheers . ) Sir . l come now te tbe measure wbicb X aboli think it my daij to propose , is order to meet this emergency . The Lffra-LleuieBa&t e ( Ireland , ia concert witii tbs led

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      July 29 . 1848 THE NORTHERN STAR . * mi ^ , ^ . ' - ~ ~~——^" ' - " —«»¦¦ , - - r- ,

      Empmai Santaniiri

      Empmai santaniiri

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1481/page/7/