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      6 THE NORTHE RN STAR July 29 , 1848 _ . _ I '

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      Mk D0heiit. (From The Correspondent Of T...

      MK D 0 HEIIT . ( From the correspondent of the Timet . ) The liberation , on bail , of Mr Michael D > Jeny afforded that gentleman an opportunity of delnering a hiRfely inflammator y harangue to a mob ° f / y » P B-& at Ncnagh . In the course o hia address he gave tl , e following piece of advice , wbichitissoarce y to be observed , will be implicitly obeyed by the wild blood of Tipperary : '' Let everv raan who is strong enough to bear a weaoonjoin ' the clubs . ( Cheers . ) Let there be no demonstrations like ' 43 — no monster meetings , no Unanimous resolutions . { Hear , hear . ) Let the resolution he bsra ( placing his right hand upon his heart , amid loud cheering- ) Let that resolution be to free this island before the year is over , or to let it go from you for ever . ( Enthusiastic cheers , and

      cries of' \ Va will . ' ) Ilavc no more idle buffoonery ; listen to no more nonsense , hut prepare for the final straggle like men . ( Cheers , and cries of' We wiil . ' j Meeting here , proclaiming your wrongs , and expressing your hatred of English misrule , will not benefit your country ; no , it will not . Then , swear by AI mighty Ged , that this year will end tha miseries of Ireland , or be for ever the son of the branded slave . ( Loud cheers , and cries of ' We will , ' ) There is no necessity to violate any law ; obey the law , but form clubs ; have your wardens—they may , if they please , call themselves officers ; you should divide the dubs into sections , and let every man bring with him as many as he can ; and let us have a million of brave , stoat voung men—( cheers )—confederates throughout Ireland , armed or not armed . I trust they will bs armed where th ? law albws it .

      * A Voice . —They cannot take from us the arms which God gave us . * Mr ! 3 ohist Let tho people ha firmed , if they like , with a rifle , or with what they call * the Queen of weapons' —the pike . I , for one , am not loyal ; I am n •* an over zealous loyalist . ( Laughter . ) lowe the Q . a ^ en allegiance ; and she owes me protection . The rt fe of her Majesty ' s English government in Ireland must be overthrown . ( Ch ? ers . ) It is the right ot every Irishman to binish from this country the authority and laws of those felons called government . ( Cheers . ) * Mr Dohekt then descended from the cart , and in the evening ' , whilst en his way to Temp ' edsrry , he delivered the following remarks in Barrack street . * B > not mind talking about foreign war or foreign aid . Yourselves must meet the English fee on Irish eeil . M'tke no man an enemy of yours- Be the friend of the Protestant .

      • A Voice . — Three cheers for the Protestants . ( Cheer-. ) I care not howsoon I may be transported , bnt mv lite is at your service . { Loud cheers . ) A Voice . —Tipperary is at your service ; we are at your command . 'Mr DasxHT , —I came here a sort of felon ; I am Eorrj I am not going away a felon ; but all I tell yeu is this —that I shall not leave Ireland until I leave a mark behind me . ( Cheers . ) Remember that my last words to yon here are to unite , combine , and confederate , and he well prepared when the time comes . ( Loud cheers , and cries of' We will , we will . ' )'

      IXSrjEEECIIOSABT MOVEMENT . ( Abridged from the Times ) Dvbliv , July 21 . —So far the utmost tranquillity prevails ; bat in this country a loll is always open to suspicion , and pejple as certainly prepare for the interrantion to the calm as mariners would for the approaching storm . Silscce is the most dangerous element of Irish agitation . Up to the present , the appri-tinsioEB of disturbance , hewever remote , are confined to the metropolis ; and of the result of any insane attempt' to levy war * in the capital , there can ba but one reasonable conclusion — that it wo ild be a sanguinary emeutejoi an hour or two's duration , terminating in the annihilation of the

      insurgent ? , and the farther prostration of the country ' s Baergiei for half a century to come . Itissta ' ed that orders were issued yesterday to the Custom-house authorities to search for and seize all arms and ammunition which the disaffected are busily importing into Dublin and other ports , and a vigilant scrutiny has been es t ablished . It is quite notorious that some of the' felonious' gunsmiths' shops in tbe city are absoln—ly gutted of thslr deadly wares . Neither gun nor rfie , mnsket , or fowling-piece , pistol or blunderbuss , is to be seen in the windows . These rapid sales must hare been effected wiihin the last few days . Hthnd , tha * pikeaaker to his escellescy the Lord-Lientenant and Colonel Browne , ' ba ? put out the fires of his forse in Charles-street and transferred his

      aavil aud otaer apparatus to a soutnem county , free from the incumbrance of a governmeat proclamation . It is the general impression that the provinces are not yet ripe for an outbrtak , and that until the provincial clubs are more widely extended the Confederates will make no hostile demonstration , either in the metropolis or elsewhere ; nor is it calculated that the organisation in the country can consume anything like a formidable attitude for two , or perhaps three , mintks more . Srme gentlemen in the north have reclaimed figaiest the policy of withdrawing a regiment from that district for service in the south ; bnt their objection * were met by an assurance from the Execu - tive , that it was indispensably necessary to concentrate the army as much as possible in the disaffected district-, and that for the present , at least , there was no remedy for the alleged grievance .

      Proclamations have been issued this day , calling npon all persons in the county and city of Dublin ( not qualified to carry arms in accordaace with the provisions of the act ) to deposit such arms at the police station nearest to their residences befere the 25 th of Jaly . No liceHcea hava bsen granted without strict inquiries as to tha chaiacter of the persons seeking to have their arms registered , their position in life , and whether they are in any way connected trith the Clubs , or ' Iriah League . ' Tue moat respectable men are subjected to these queries—the police going from house to house to collect the neosssary information prior to the applications te register being taken into consideration by the parfckB appointed to do that duty .

      In Cork there was some exoitiment on the arrival of the intelligence from Dublin that tfeat city was proclaimed by the Privy Council . The RepgrTBH thus describes the scsne " . — "Shortly after the arrival of tke proclamation in the city yesterday , two mounted orderlies were sent off to BallincoSIig 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 , under an escort of the 12 ih Lancers . As the head-quarters of the Lancera had only come in that day a large concourse of people assembled to see them , when great excitement sprang up amongst the people , which was further increased by some inoaasiderate jeering aad scoffing at them . The Lancsrs having left the artillery at the barracks were returning to Ballincollig , when their reappearance in the streets renewed the

      ex-CiteneLt which was fast subsiding , and they were fcaluted with jeers and shouts . One woman walked np to the rear guard of the troop and spat at them , whea a trooper laid his lanca on her head without any intention of injuring her , but this onl y cause d greater uproar . The troops having passed on large numbers of persons assembled on the Parade , whence some of them proceeded to the police guardhouse and OOHmenced hooting at the constabulary , npon which the police got under arms and proceeded to drive them into the centre of the Parade with the bayonets . Had not Mr Walker come up , who ordered the constabulary into barracks , serious consequences would have resulted . We understand that oa Saturday there will be an addition of 200 police made to the preset force in the city , the expense of which Trill be levied on the city , and fifty soldiers ara to be quartered in each police gaardhouje . '

      SC 3 PB 5 SI 0 S OF THE HABSAS CJEPffS ACT . The sanoHncement of Lord John Rujeell ' s intention to apply thia day to Parliament for additional powers to crush insurrection in Ireland , reached here fcy electric telegraph early in the forenoon , and had a thunderbolt fallen upon the city it could not have created greater dismay or

      terror-( From the Morning Herald . ) The I > ati » " and Fblos of this day are more like proclaiDatiuns publiihad in a barricaded cit y , from which tha troopa of the lawful sovereign had just been driven , thin newspapers bearing the Crown stamp , wtiich entitles them to a free passage through ailtJJg post offices still in the possession of a partially Sigphi monarch . The first-named journal ha * flung offaliSfcruoance of restraint . John Mitchel never want so war in his Usiijed IaisHMAK as Mr Daffy—a prisoner in Newgate on a charge of felony—has gone Id his paper of this day . The lea-ling article is entitled the { The Casus Belli , ' i ? dated from Newgate , pruon , and signed ' C . G . I ) . ' : —

      THE CASUS BELLI . Ihe loni' -pending war witb Eagland has actually c « mdeuced . We have been formally sammoaei ta surrender at d ? - ' . T 3 tiun . The metropolis , and the chief strong , holds of natwnaUty in the island , are audaciously commanded to deliver up their arms to England . The power oi ibe agtion , reriraentsd into repeal clubs , is warned to disband itself without parley or daisy . Nsarly forty prixouiis of all ranks and conditions now in the hands t > Um pQMis enemy , as hostages for the people , await a in-scary coiivistion , and a trenchant sentence . The national press of tho capital has been practically arjppresFed—one section no longer ventures to utter th

      language of resistance , - the other is only published by open and advieed defiance of tha Engliih authorities . To th : ? ? sf 3 'he coatset has came at last ; and at this no cosqaess can pause ; tha fiaal issae is nit far off . That harvest which we funjly hoped would ripen Witb our ripeniag hopes , will see them alread y crowned and consummate . * , or scattered to the four winds like chaff baftr j the winnow . May God deal with the cause of the people in thii uerloui ertremity according to his jus . fic » Wehava boras our wrongs in silenco tUl sUence was a » ia and s reproach : and now when we are pricked to tke battle , to stand up for our very live ? , in o \ u 6 wn Uxd , we aeseech the just God that oar came may prosfee u tax as It la pure tad righteow , aad no fartheri

      Mk D0heiit. (From The Correspondent Of T...

      I believe tbe isais that is now raised will decide tho q « ntes : for this scneratien . I believe It will decide it , though oa <* cartridge Is not buraad In tha struggle . M England can commit thcie excesses with the Impunity of a despot , Ireland is utterly and ignobly overthrown . Sh 5 will die like a beggar and maka no sign . Ia revolutions a rotreat is fatal ; in Ireland , where the memory of ' 43 haunts all our filrest hopes Ilka a mocking fiend , it would qaeneh the very soul of the country . Two months hence tbe muster-roll of Repealers may ba as long , the hatred of Sugland may be as iatensa , but if the clubs , tho arms , and the prestige are gone , the power to resist her will have fl-d away like a dream , not In . he arms and tbe organisation alone , potent as they are ,

      but in that of wbloh the / were but the signs aad symbols . For pnwsr does not reside in swollen numbtrs or in perfection of equipment , but 1 b a subtle element which neither adjutant nor armourer can compute . Itresldcs mainly in the self-reliancj of a pet pie nhich ta-day may work miracles , and to morrow evaporits , though not a man Is mUsing from the rests . Naked hands and an armed soul , aa of oh * , are stronger than a hireling spirit braced in steel ; and Ireland is formidable to-day exactly because she has that suul . More formidable thin in ' 43 , becsuie that soul is more Intense . Bat if it tscipe , woe to her and shamo ; only the dead hulk of a nation will rera » in—only a carcass to be trampled upon by the iron h « ol cf her oppressor . to advise

      It is a solemn nnd terrible responsibility a nation to peril its hopes on the battle fiild . Hut it is not tho worst responsibility . To peril and blast them , without a battle fitld—to permit them to fall to pieces by the fatal dry rot of inaction—to see them lost wltfe . out honour , or sympathy , or the cbanoe of redemptionput lost by soiief-italcswardice or incapacity—that is the hell in which there is no consolation , The question of peace or war is not one fer Ireland to . day . She has already in terms the mjet precise and deliberate proclaimed a war of independence . From tho popular tribunes , in the popular press j from the green bill , side , in the forum of the crowded city ; in tho very midst Of tbe foreign sonata itself , it has been proclaimed in her name that the limit of endurance was at hand . And God is our witntes , not rashly cr without weighty cause . * * * * The aristocracy in whom we had trusted stool revealed as selfish , hardened , and

      unscrupulous—without chivalry and without faith . Then , and not until then , wa cast them away , and asked what other cure was therj for our desperata malady . Alas , what cure was there left bat one . The remedy must still be proportionate to the disease , and tbe depth of human suffering and degradation can only be medicined hy the height of human daring and devotion , ^ fe heard the potent sptcific muttered in the musguetry of Palermo , we heard it again sounding in tha deeper echo struck by the flying fdtt of milliliters and of Kings . It was trumpated to us from evtry end of Europe in tha litany ef rising sattons , no one of whom rose against its oppressors in vain . And then , at length , with clear dalib ^ lion . ani fu'l knowledge of all tha perils and all tbe responsibility , but with assured faith in God ' s providence and the justice of our cause , we bade England choose Bpeeiii / between concession and the sword . We fotma . ly proclaimed a war of indepandenoo .

      And now the time is when that pledge must bo prompt !; fulfilled , or as formally diihenoured . * * # * We cannot plead that we are takes by surprise . When John Mitchel was consigned to Bermuda we received formal notice that England had accepted our challenge . We cannot doubt the sympathy of the people . A spirit older and sterner than ' 43 has re-appiared among them . Wh rev r the English government have laid bands on a p .- ' -i n-. there the people , with the true instinct of manhood , prepared to resist . In Cashdl , in Neiragh , in Waterford , in Kilkenny , in Carrick-on . Sair , by the door of Sewgito , on tho bills of Castlewellan , the voice of one man might bave sotraded the tocaln ef a national revolution , * * # # Tbe moment of time that fixes the destiny of generations ii near at hand . How will Ireland corse through this orleal !

      I dara not answer , I know she possesses passive eonrage without limit . There U a legion of men in tbe froat of this battle , who would not yield an Inch before exile or death . The courage of endurance that makes m ? rtyra Is as plenty as it ever was in any nation . But the daring and adventurous genius that begins a great undertaking , —the fiery vehemence that goes not stop to calculate , — or the psfie'rating , far . reaoairjg eagle spirit , in whom prudence is instinct , but Who , like Bacon , counts upon audacity as tbs surest element of success—thef e are not so common , Ireland , in this terri . bie crisis , may fell a victim to consciences whose sensl . bill V is not healthy btt morbid ; and the greatest of all huma'i afflictions may come of the amiable fear of doing wrong . G ; id grant the people and their leaders that wisdom which has trust in the indomitable spirit and r . sources of a nation struggling for liberty ; that wisdom which does not count upon the convenience of to-day or tke risk of an hour , but takes counsel for the permanest prosperity and honour of the nation .

      For myseit I will say , that , if the people are robbed of tbeir was—if the clubs are broken up—If allthoorgani . at ' oa and discipline won with such toil are flung away in an hour—if the spirit of the count 1 ? , se miraculously evoksd , be again permitted to die out , while the leaders of the people lock on in dumb submissien — if these things can happen after the terrible lessens we have before ua written in the blood and tears of the nation , I , for on ? , Kill no : curse the packed jury that sends me far from such a spectacle , With ma war is not a natural or instinctive resource ; I accepted it only as- the last alternative ; but I accepted it without reservation . I counted npou resisting 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 fead been betrayed . That a certain point passed , thousands of brave men would fly from the country In despair , that our self-reliance would die out like a setting sun , ia a single hour—that the obscene vermin who have grown fat on our misery would re-appear , and a new reign of fraud begin a thousand times more hopeless than the 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 « f our hopes iB tfc . 0 saddest sound I can ever hear ; though the judge and tbe jury that await me should do the will of England without scruple . Newgate Prison , C , Q . D .

      ( From tha Times . ) * * * With such undiluted treason as flows through tbe columns of the Nation and Felon it is difficult to knew where to begin or whew to stop . Mr GavanDuffy , as the senior journalist , is perhaps entitled to precedenca ; and here is an extract from one of his appeals to arms : — B < se , then , men of Ireland , since Providencs so wills it . Rise in year cities and your fields , on your hills , in your valleji , by your dark mountain passes , by your rivers and lakes and ocean-washed shores ! Rise as a nation ! England has dissevered the bond of allegiance . Rise—not now to demand justice from a foreign kingdom , hut to make Ireland an independent kingdom for ever . It is no light task God has appelated yon . It

      is a work of trial and temptation . Oh ! be steadfast in tho trlal-. be firm to resist the temptation . Tou have to COabat iBJUSliee , therefore yon must yourselves be just . Yoa have to overthrow a despot power ; but yoa must establish order , not snff . 'r anarchy . Remember it is not against individuals or parties or Bfcts you tjage war , but against a system . Overthrow—have no mercy on that system . Down with it—down with it , ev -n to the ground ; but show mercy to the individuals who are bat the instruments of that system . You look roand upon the land—your own land—hvdden down and trampled and Insulted , end on a persecuted , despairing people . It is your rightarm must raise up that trampled land—must make ber sgaln beautiful and stately , and rich in blessings . Elevate that despairing people , and make them free and happy , but teach them

      to be majestic in their force , generous in their clemency , noble in their triumph , It is a holy mission . Holy must bs your motives and your acts if you would fulfil it Act as if soar soul ' s salvation hang on each deedand it will , for we stand already within the shadows of eternity , For us is tha combat ; but not for us . perhaps , tbe triumpb . Many a noble heart will He cold , many a throbbing pulse be stilled , ere the cry of 'Victory' will arise . It is a solemn thought , that now is tho boar of destiny when the fetters of seven centuries may at last be brolsea—aad by you , mea of this generation—by you men of Ireland ! You are God ' s instruments ; many of you must ha fretdeai ' s martyrs . Oh , ba worthy of the nama ; and as jou act as men , as patriots , and bo christians , eo will tha blessing rest upon jour head when you lsy it down a sacrifice for Ireland upon the red battle field .

      Hia brother felon , Mr John Martin , is equally in teUieible ;—

      TO THE HEHBEK 8 OF THE BEPE 4 L CLUBS OF IRELAND . Brother Ibiehheh , —I addrass you , It may be , for th « last time . While yet I have the means and opportunity of communicating with you let me offer you m ; ad . vice as to the position you ought te take with regard to the proclamations directed against yau and against Ireland by the foreign tyrants . My advice Is , shortly , that you stand to your arms . Stand to yoar arms ! Oh ! as you have the spirit of men to revolt against our country ' s shame and slavery—the hearis of men , to feel for our people's misery—as you love justice and hate oppression—aa you love and fear the God of whose righteous decrees British rale in Ireland is a iite violation—stand firm , and yield not an iach of ground to the threat and tbe rage of our alarmed tyrants . Let them menace you with the hulks or the gibbet for daring to speak or write year love to Ireland . Let them threaten to mow you down

      with grape shot , as they have massacred yonr kindred with famine and plague . Spurn their brutal ' acts ef parliament' — trample upoa their lying proclamations — fear them cot 1 The work you bare undertaken is to onrthrow and utterly destroy ( English dominion In Ireland . That work must be done . It muse be done at any risk , at any cost , at any sacrifice . Though bundrofia of us be torn from our families , and from the free air , to ba shut up In the enemy ' s doageons or sint in chains to bis felon island ; -though thousands of ua be butchered by the enemy ' s cannon and bayonets our streets and native fields bs purpled with our blood —nsver shall the struggle for Irish freedom cease but with tha destruction of that monstrous system of base and murderous tyranny , or with the utter extermination of the Irish people , Oh , dear countrymen' let net your hearts quail at the sight of the enemy's preparatlons—of ^ 0 , 000 hamaa macbloeB arranged" with task

      Mk D0heiit. (From The Correspondent Of T...

      weapons of death to butcher you on yonr own land for the crime of loving your own land . Stand to your arms 1 resist to the death ' . Batter & hundred thousand bloody deaths than to leave Irolaad another year disarmed , cowed , and defenceless , to the meroy of that fiendish despotism . J . M . Only listen to Mr James F . Lalor , and then judge whether the time has not arrived for suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ; ay , and martial law , to make it the more effective . [ The reader of the Northern Star is reminded that these are the words of the Times ruffian . ] In the case of Ireland , now , there is but one fael to deal with , and one question to bo considered . Vie fact is this—that there are at present in occupation of our country some 40 , 000 armed men in the livery and service of Eagland ; and the question is—how beat and soonest te kill and capture those 40000 men ,

      , If required to state my own individual opinion , end allowed to choose my own time , I certainly would take the time when the full harvest of Ireland shall bo stacked in the haggards . But not unfrequently God selects and s : nds his own seasons and occasions ; and oftentimes , too , an enemy is able to faresoo the necessity of either fi ghting or falling , In tha one case we ought not , in the other we surely cannot , attempt waiting for our harvesthome . If opportunity offers wo must dash at that opportunity—if driven to tho wall we must wheel for resistance . Wherefore , let us fight in September , if we may—but sooner , if we mutt . Meanwhile , however remember this—that somewhere and somehow , and by somebody a beginning mast be made . "Who strikes tho first blow for Ireland f Who draws first blood for ireland ? Who wins a wreath that will bo green for ever ? J . F . L .

      The following is from the pen of a man who , at a meeting of the ' Officers of the Clubs , ' held so recently as this day week , proposed a resolution to tbe effect that the outbreak should commence this very week , and after a stormy discussion the motion was lost by a majority 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 twmty-one individuals , each holding a responsible position in the rebel councils , the government were in full possession of their ' secret' intentions before the « m had set upon the day following : —

      Aravolullan ia Inevitable . The proclamations , of course , but foreshadow the suppression cf the clubs . If the people allow these clubs to be suppressed without a truggle they deserve tbofato which they assuredly wiU meet . It is this . The coward's curse shall cling , like tbe bird in the mystic poem , round their necks , and it will quit them neither in the daytime nor iu tho nighttime , f h * y will be forced to tell the story of their guilt and of their misery to the nations , bat they will remain houseless upon tho earth , Scorn will point its finger at th rn from every place—contempt will glance on them from evsry ey 6 ; and they must bow their heads and speak not . The slave ' s portion will be theirs , Let tho

      coffinmaker ' s heart be merry , for his trade will thrive . Will not tbe land be rich and produce great harvests for luxury when the bones of the poor manure It ? Will it not be a merry life to walk up and down the streets of the populous cities , and inhale the death smell from the reeking churchyards , and watch tbe infant drawing the poisoned milk from the mother ' s brsast , and the strong men , with the blood stream dried , rotting off the stalk of life ? These things will be if you strike not . My eyes have seen tha working of tbe curse already . In my memory Ireland onca before played the coward ' s part ; and she wis cursed , and she was covered with sores , and she groaned In agony . Now , then , or never ! Now , and for ever !

      But W 6 are unprepared ! True , mos t prudent' leader , ' but will we bo ever better prepared 1 At' harvest , ' ptr . haps ? I wonder Is it generally believed that each golden ear will turn Into a mounted pike , arm the ha n ds of Irishmen , since so much importance is attached to 'bar . vest ! ' Now , I have not imagination enough to think this , I believe clubs do not flourish under coercion bills , and an arms act ( unresisted !) does not tend to improve the spirit of a people . As these will como , I thick we had better front our fate at once , and be free in death if we cannot live in freedom . Joseph Breran ,

      The provincial papers ef yesterday contain no intelligence of importance ; but private letters say that the greatest excitement prevails throughout the district extending from Carrick-on-Suir , in the connty of Waterford , to Clonmel , in the South Riding of Tipperary . The club organisation all along is quite complete ; and , after the metropolis , this is the only quarter in whioh immediate danger is to be apprehended . Troops have been already dispatched 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 a company of artillery from Woolwich . Their arrival is almost hourly expected in this garrison .

      It is currently reperted that on the arrival of the reinforcements from England , four regiments will be encamped in the Phoenix-park . Already the troops are daily exercising in pitching and striking tents , & c . Half-past Three o'clock .--A Privy Council has just assembled at the Castle . All kinds of reports are flying as to the object of its deliberations . According to the Cork Examiner , 'Tho county grand jury , which , as may be supposed , is 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 peaoe shall be restored , the serious consideration of government may ba directed to the provisions of the Poor Law , with a view to thtiramendment . This is the gist of the memorial . '

      It appears from the Constitution that the severest scrutiny is exercised in the granting of licences for arms . Subjoined is a brief sketch of the proceeding before the officers appointed todieoharge thia duly ;—Mr Knsrssboro , R . M ., and Captain Fox , County In . spector , opened their court in the Tuckey-street police station , on Thursday morning at ten o ' clock , for the purpose ot granting licences to keep arm ) in tbe city of Cork , In pursuance of the proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant , Tbey were attended by head ooastables Crowley , O'Nell , and Roe , and a namber of constables and sub-coastables , who objected to all applicants getting licenses who were la any way connected , or even suspected of being connected , with the Confederate Clubs , In ibe course of the proceedings Mr Koaresboro stated that bis instructions

      were very special , and were of a most restricted nature . He could not grant a licence to any person to hold any large quantity of arms , or who had not a legitimate use for them ; and in no case could he licence young mm to keep arms who merely wanted them for amusement . lie further stated , that he could only licence to keep arms te a certain amount in this city , which was very limited . A corporation clerk , in the North Moia-streot market , named Casey , was objected to by head-constable Crowley , on ihe ground that be believed bo was a member of a clur , Casey denied that he was a member of any of the clubs , and called oa the head-constoblo to prove it . The bead-constable said it was impossible for him to give such evidence , but ho knew that the applicant practised firing at a target witb a rifle gun . The applicant was refused . '

      Mr J . O Connor , salt and limekiln works , applied fer his licence , and was objected toby the constabulary . Mr KtUKBBORo . —It was reported to us that you were a member of an illegal c'ub ? Applicant . —I am a mombir of tho Felon Club . Mr KnaKSBOEO . —Then , sir , my instructions aro postlively to refuse licenca to any person in any way connected with there dangerous confederacies . Applicant . —I ' m a man In possession of extensive premises ; and BOUld you tell mu , If yo u p lease , how I am to protect my property ? Mr J . B . Ballabd remarked '— The ' PcIohs' will protect you . APPLICANT . —I am aa worthy to carry arms as you , for I pay more rates than you do . Mr J . B . Ballabd . —Indeed , sir , you are not as w orth y ; for I never threatened a breach c f the law , while you pride yourself on being a felon .

      Applicant . —As I am refused a licence , I toll you I will not turrendtr my arms unless by force—I will defend them with my life . Mr NicHuLAS FitzQEHALD , road contractor and civil enginetr , residing In Bowling-green-street , applied for a licence to keep aad car / y a guu , Mr Knabebobo said , that it was reported to thoCourt that Mr Fitzgerald had attended tho Confederate soiree and other illegal meetings , ana therefore he could not be licensed to carry arms , Tbe applicant admitted he attended such meetings , and referred to his residence of 35 years in the city of Cork as giving him a right to keep arms . M r Knabhbobo replied , that his instructions wtrc peremptory not to license any man who waa or had been in any way connected with such bodies , and therefore he could not be granted licence , THE REPEAL COUNCIL . ( From another correspondent of the Times , )

      Dublin July 22 . —At the head of the Confederation which for some time past has existed in this unhappy country , stands a Council , which consisted , before Mitchel ' s apprehension , of thirty six members . Since that time its numbers have been reduced to twenty-one , at which they now stasd . The cause of the reduction was the very obvious one , that aecresy had became essential to tbe operations of the body , and that it was too 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 step which reduced the probability of dissension by thus diminishing the number of membeis in the Council . As a furtheratroke 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 influences , ready to be thrown into the scale when a movement does take place , while the remaining four or five are the real leaders and heads of the Connoil , direst all its operationa , and give body and substance to its proceedings . I should add , that the Council has no fixed place , of meeting , being kid . now at one member ' s residence

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      and now at another ' s , as may have been previously agreed upon . Such being tho internal structure of the Council , it has proceeded for some time past steadily to organise the clubs about which the public has heard so much . These clubs , while subject to its authority , are by no means admitted to its confidence or allowed to be cognisant of its operations . In fact , they are , I believe , much more in tbe dark as to what takes place at the Council than the Government itself , who , among twenty-one Irishmen leagued together ostensibly for rebellious purposes , have no doubt found traitors to the republic as well as traitors to the throne . Some of the leaders in the Confederation are beyond all question sincere , however infatuated . There are others whose conduct admits of a less creditable solution , as events may yet i i i

      show * As to tbe clubs and the extent to whioh they have been organised , I hear from excellent authority that in Dublin the number of armed members does not exc eed 8000 . They consist principally of artisans and mechanics , and all of them can read and write . This is a singular feature wiih 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 strategy . Out of Dublin the club organisation has assumed in ever y direction a very alarming aspect , and has given rise to the most serious uneasiness amopg tbe well affected . It has made tbe most rapid progress along the line of country extending from Waterford ,

      by Oarriclc-on-Suir and Clonmel , to Tipperary , and thence south to Cork . The masses of the rural and town population in these districts are more deeply compromised in tho present agitation than 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 operations in Dublin . That would be a held stroke , and , in ene way or other , a decisive one ; but now that the crisis appears to be approaching there eeems a wonderful amount of reluctance to try conclusions with the garrison of 6 , 000 men by which Dublin is

      occupied , and whose high discipline the Confederates have thetooafc ample opportunities of observing by a stroll on Tuesdays or Fridays to the Ptoooix Park . It must 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 weuld at once co-operate with the military . The recent insurrection in Paria has greatly quickened the alacrity of the middle classes here to support the g ; overnment , and men who would not previously have whispered their suspicions of the treason which was carried on before their eyes now come forward and communicate all they know . The hands of the suprerae power have thus been greatly strengthened , and the most ample information is now in the possession of government as to the strength and character

      of this pernicious 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 newsvenders came up in a body , and obtained their supplies , regardless of the warnings of the police . Tho sale of the two papers to-day ha ? been

      enormous . „ „ Regarding tho proclamations , the Nation says : — 'The proclamations are mere waste paper and wasted words . But they will be followed by acts , and for these the people must prepare . But are the oeople to come alone into contact with the usutping 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 nothing . The people ne ; d not lo ik to him , except it be to precipitate him from office before histirae . an ' aotof mercy ' to the city cursed by his care , in which we wish them all speed and success . ' Mr M . R . Leyne , in the Nation , thus concludes ' The Challenge to Ireland' : —

      The true way to act nor / is to extend tbe organisation without pause , by day or night . This will form the country into an army of defence , Then—to watch tbe prtpiratlon for the trials ; and if the British government dare , in defiance of tbe people ' s will , to pack another jury _ pile tho barricade ! I like not at all the assignment of o month for preparation . We have no such time . Did the Castle villains dre » d our being read y for them in that Interval , they wo »» H improvise a « Special Commission' to anticipate and defeat our action . Lot not the people dream , the n , that they can delay for a month , a week , or a day . They have but thepresent . Let them act as if the hour In whioh they read these lines were the ast of a truce . Anil then they will be ready . Another snbj et to be explicitly canvassed is tho ehnnce of success . I do not bulievo , brave friends of the clubs , that you will mtet this question with timid anxiety .

      WaUrford paused not to measure difficulties o * calculate probabilities when she saw her young cbitftain mork * d for vengeance . Had Meagher willed , he conld have held his city against all tbe garrisons south of Dublin . Fiery columns of tall Tippererjmen would have rashed to his banner . The men of Limerick , of whom valour is the Inheritance , would have rallied round him Impetuous cohorts . Cork would have furnished iron ranks to his army . Westford would have carried the spirit of ' 98 to combat for him . Kilkenny would have sent contingents etrong and fearless . And tho young tribune might have marched through Mnnster another

      Maccabams . Still was he wise to ' bide the time' until all Ireland shall bo banded , and the plenty of tbe maturing harvest be hoarded for the people . Munster la sure . Those who . ; ould have Ireland win the struggle , must secure for ber ether strongholds in tbe east and west , yet cither partly held by England or wanting perfect organisation . There will , must be , no defeat this time , If there bo ' twill come from ourselves . Think again ef the wort to be done , and bow to do it ! Act instantly to complete the organisation , and out demands will be ceded through fear . For there is no greater coward than our tyrant .

      Or , If It be not thus , when shall be heard in one defiant war-cry , the charging cheer of Tipperary—the stormy shout of Gal way—tho thunder tones of Donegal—and that true oi icn rally of Weiford ? Arengors shall stand on tbe graves famine filled , pluck tbe shamrock from the diadem of Britain , crown tho captives of Newgate , and be hailed aa the deliverers of Ireland ! Amen . II . R . Lev he . The accounts from the south are really very alarmin ? . In the Clonmel Chronicle of Thursday , I find the following : —' The city ot Waterford still remains in a state of the greatest excitement . Strong reinforcements of military $ rd Buffs ) and constabulary , fully equipped for a campaign , have

      arrived there for the preservation of the peace . The Lord-Lieutenant ' s Proclamation , ending with the usual phrase ' Ged save the Queen , ' has been posted ' all over the town , whioh was immediately posted over , 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 reeeived every possible annoyance and obstruction ; they were shoved here and there by groups of 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 .

      MEETING OF THB PB 1 VI COUNCIL— MQBB PR 0 CLAMA

      TIONS . Five o'Clock . —The Lord-Lieutenant presided at another meeting of the Privy Council this day , when it was determined to place the following districts un > der the operation of the Act for tho Suppression of Crime . In all , the act is to take effect on the 25 : h inst : — 1 . County Kilkenny . 2 . County of the City of Kilkenny . 3 . County of Meath . 4 . Tho baronies of Decles within Drum , Decks without Drum , audCjBbmoro and Cishbride , in tho county Waterford . 5 . Barony of K ^ rrlcurrchy , Klnsale , Gourdes , Klnalmuaky , Barretts North , Barretts South , Barrymore , Kinnatallow , Imokelly , East Muskorry , East Carberry ; aud lbaue and Barryroe , in the county Cork .

      Half past Five o'Clock —Ifc ia stated that some arres's under the Felony Act , or forsedition . have been deteamined upon . Mr Meagher has arrived in town from Waterford . Mr Smith O'Brien , it ia stated , went down to Wexford this morning to inspect the club organisation in that district . The Fhebman ' s Journal contains a number of resolutions whioh have been adopted by the Right Rev . Dr Magisn and the Roman Catholic Clergy of the diocese of Darry . The resolution , whioh has special reference to a junction with the' Irish League , ' is as follows : —

      Having maturely considered the proposed terms for a reunion ot all sections of Repealers , to be henceforth csllcd ' Tho Irish League , ' it affords us the sinoerest gratification to find that they ' are such as we can , without any dereliction of our peace principles , conscientiously approve , and notwIthetaEdiBg what has been said to the contrary , we have full confidence In the honesty of purpose and patriotism of tho parties to these terms of reunion—that both their letter and spirit will be undevlatlngly adhered to In the Leiguo , so as to work out Ireland ' s legislative independence by the concentration of public opinion , and peace purely legitimate aad Christlan . The third resolution implores Mr John O'Connell to co-operate with the new League , and tbe last is expressive of thasks to Mr Sharman Crawford M . P ., and Mr V . Sorope , M . P ., far their advocacy of the claims of the Irish peasantry . _ A NEW TREASON JOURNAL .

      The following appears in the Irish FiaoNofthe 2 Und met .: — On Tuesday next , and on every future Thursday and Tuesday , will to published , the Nbwcvtb Calindas tracoeEBcr to the Iaisn Teibone , a political , military ' and felonious journal . Edited by B . 1 ) . Williams and Kevin j . O'Dohertj , at present prisoners in Newgate Gaol , Price , Twopence ,

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      1 , The object of this journal ii to teach the Irish people the ways and means of their deliverance , and the uses and results of freedom when won . 2 , That it may do this effectively , a third of the jour , nat will be occupied with military information , furnished by the ablest au > horities . Under tbe heads of' City Fighting , ' 'GuerUla War , ' Military Engineering , ' and Munitions of War , ' all the requisite knowledge will bo carefully arranged and classified ; and the ' War Department , of the United Irishman , and the ' Practical Instructor ' and'Easy L essons ea M i l i t ary Matters of the Nation , reprinted entire . 3 , With the same object tho journal will be published In a convenient pocket shape , at tbe eoavenient pock . t price of Twopence , and to facilitate its work , it will be published , Tu „ „ v , „„ , „ , « ,.. wnni i . to ted the Irish

      TWICE A WEEK , ' tho opinion of the editors , en an Irish revolution , belog that— ' If 'twere done , when 'tis done , Twere well ' twere done quickly . ' i . Several approved Felons have promised their assistance ; and the editors have to announce , that articles will appear in early numbers from C . G . Duffy , John Martin , T . D . M'Ghea , M . MDermott , M . Doheny , Joseph Brenan , Jam s F . Lalor , and a host of competent felonious contributors . —Office , 11 , Trinity , street . ( From a correspondent of the Morning Herald . )

      CALAMITOUS INTELLIGENCE . I deeply regret to state , that there are account « 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 King's county : — , ., Friday , July 21 . * * The potato disease has broken oat in this neighbourhood with awful virulenoe . I havejust returned from an inspection of eeveral farms , n d the sig ht I witneescd was most dlst ** MlDg . Last Wednesday toe waa not a sign of failure . Yesterday , tho stalks were drooping ns if from the rain—to day all te rottenness . T he ashleaf kidney , which escaped so well before , appears now worse than any other . Great alarm prevails among the poor farmers , who have planted large quantitles of potatoes .

      From Kerry » Mayo , Cork , Waterford , and the midland counties , the reports are equally distressing . The northern counties do not complain much , bat enough appears to warrant the apprehension that the disease has commenced in the province of Ulster . ' ( Abridged from the Times , July 25 . ) CHARGE OF FBLOHT AOAIN 8 T 8 MHH O ' BRIEN . Dublin , July 23 —A warrant was last night issued tor the apprehension , on a charge of felony , ot Mr W . Smith O'Brien . The hon . gentleman , as 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 and that such ia not the fact , and that as yet these gentlemen are free to spout treason without let or hindrance . They are , beyond comparison , the two

      moat dangerous men in connexion with the movement , the former especially , on account of his restless energy and that mastery of language which at once charms and frenzies an 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 that quarter are all the energies of the government directed . An idea of the present condition of that onnty may be gathered from the tone of an article published in a local paper totally opposed to the physical force movement . The admission of thede clenaion of the power of the Roman Catholic priesthood , by one of their own organs , is an ominous sign of the times : —

      « For months past , ' says the Waterford Chrosiclb , ' we have handled with no 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 scon accumulate upon us , we laboured to give them a true picture of the sufferings of the people , accompanied by tbe honest expreesion of our fears that the day wasnieh athaad , when , throwing off all restraint . aa well that of laics as ecclesiastics , the people would clutch the pike and sternly defy tbeir rulers . Our warnings were disregarded , and our advice was valued at the price of a fool ' s ravings . Because we spoke through a journal professing repeal princip ' es , we were pronounced delirious by the organs of the

      government ; and our apprehensions were met by de o ' arationa that the people would never take up arms in a body against the government . The people are now armed in all parts of the country ; and the pike and the rifle , the scythe and the pickaxe , are grasped by sinewy hands to beat back the encroachments of a government thorouehly hated by all sections of Irishmen . What say the Whig croakers to this change in the disposition of the people ? How are they to be quieted ? How is tbe experiment of disarming them to be essayed ? Verily , the crisis has at length arrived , and indications of a bloody straggle are most 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 atblrst for vengeance . What will the tlme-oemo , !" , vacillating , double-dealing , cowardly minister say to this state of things ? The people in almost every district have flung away the peace policy and are determined to try their strength with the governmett . We have now to notice a new feature in the present determination of the people which should command the grave attention of every man who takes an interest in the welfare of the country . For some weeks past the influence of such of the Catholic clergy as do not sanction the club ? , and are opposed

      to the new teachings , has been declining 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 spectide of one clergyman presiding at a club that had been denounced by his fellow clergyman will of course strengthen the people ' s distrust in those of the priesthood whose opinions are not favourable to their views . And this is not confined to one or two parishes , but ia taking the wide circle of the island . Thus , then , stands the position of the people—determined to advance , they assert they will use their arms , and will not ba beckoned back by any authority . '

      I have been informed that the Dublin clubs 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 the unproclaimed counties * Several hundred stand of arms have been transferred to Carlow , Wicklow , and Wexford . Two re » imeuta of infantry are hourly expected from England .

      TUB POTATO CB 0 P . Misfortunes , it is said , seldom come single . The weather continues wet , cold , and harsh , and without giving heed to all the croakinga of the ravens , it is unfortunately undeniable that the accounts of the potato blight are becoming daily more numerous . The province of Munster generally appears to be the greatest sufferer . The idea of another famine , su peradded to tbe probabilities of an insurrection , is too fearful for contemplation .

      ( From another correspondent of the Times . ) If , therefore , a rising is to take place at all , it cannot now be long delayed . At the meeting of the clubs last night Tuesday next was mentioned as the day . They are to meet , however , to night again , and tbeir p lans may bo alterel . When it dees take place the insurrection will probably be simultaneous in four or five towns , such as Cork , Waterford , Kilkenny , Clonmel , and perhaps evea Dublin . That some movement is contemplated here also seems clear , from the agitation which the Confederates are endeavouring to foment among the sympathisers in Liverpool , and from the fact that Hyland and Co ., the great pike makers , have discontinued working here , and are going to light their furnaces on the other aide of the Channel .

      But whatever may be attempted in tho metropolis , tbe struggle will commence in reality in the south , and on tbe line stretching from Cork to Tipperary , and thence to Waterford . In these districts there is too much reason to believe that large masses of the people are quite ripe for rebellion , and that even if their leaders were slow in coming forward they would drive them to insurrection . ( From the correspondentgof the Morning Chronicle . The Limemck Reporter announces the arrival of Mr Richard O'Gorman , juri ., the member of the Irish deputation , who remained in Paris to acquire knowledge in the erection of barricades . Mr O'Gor - man has been deputed from bead quarters to inspect the clubs in tho counties ef Limerick and Clare . Mr Butt , Q , C , who addressed the juries on behalf of Mr Smhh O'Brien and Mr Meagher , in the recent State trials , has been retained for the defence of Mr Duffy , at the approaching commission .

      Regarding the state of John Mitchel at Bermuda , the Limbrick Rkportkb contains the following : — ' We are prepared to state , upon the authority of a letter received in this city 1 ' rom the Catholic chaplain of Bermuda , the Rev . Mr M'Leod , that Mr Mitchel is not subjected to the usual convict severity ; his health continues pretty good , though his spirits are not tho best , nnd he labours under asthmatic affection , to which he had bee n naturally much subject at home . From the day to entered the hulk at Bermuda , to which he ia consigned , the Rev . Mr M'Leod writes that every Catholic and Irishman have been removed from it . '

      ( trom tho correspondent of the Morning Advertiser . ) Dublin , July 24 . —Aa yet the proclamation of the city of Dublin has only operated to the disadvantage and annoyance of welLditpoted partits , who were endeavouring to comply with the provisions of the law . On Saturday last several persons were arrested , and held to bail oa the charge of being found with arms ia the street , la even iBiteaw it was ihowa

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      that the parties were actually on the way { 0 ^ . _ ( the arms with the authorities , previous to obtain ^ ' ! the necessary licence ; but it appears the mj' ! ? trates have ne discretion in such cases , and the , I conscious delinquents were bound over to app ear r fore the Commission . **< The following is from the Mail thia evening « The squadron under Sir Charles Napier has ' lT ordered for service on the Irish coast , to co-oper !? with the authorities in the event of an outbreak An encampment is formed in the Phoenix-Dai-i , The 75 th Regiment was this day placed under V vasa . ' 6 ' ^ that the parties were actually on the way to ri « ...,

      ( From the correepondent of the Daily Kem , The Belfast Vindicator gives a flourisbi ne count of the five Belfast clubs . The same autb 0 rj , ' states that the organisation goes on in the countie of Down , Monaghan , Tyrone , and Cavau . In q ^ naught also—nay , even in perishing Mayo—the bave their clubs . ' A new eociety , on a new pj an 1 about to be established iu Galway , It is called \\ Faugh-a-Ballaugh , ' and no man is admissible wU docs not present himself with arms . Galway had a . well keep clear of the proclaiming power . ' The suspension of the Habeas Corpun has excited Clonmel to an unwonted degree . On hearing tk news yesterday , the John Mitchel , the ' crack' ck of Tipperary , was suddenly called to council , 1 h . clergy endeavoured to deprecate the infatuated froa dangerous courses . Lectures were delivered frorn the altar at the several masses , though , I believe

      with little eneot . 1 have htard that Dean B « r ^ was hooted in the chapel when commensing to ad dress words of peace to the deluded . Dublin , Jolt 95 . —Two or three peruons who wej . charged by tho police for selling tbe FBtoW a ( 1 ; Nation newspapers were held to bail at College-strep Police-court yesterday , to stand their trial at th ! next Commission-. Peibon Preparations . — Preparations upon . scale commensurate with the necessities of the tim ( are making , to render available the prison accoru . medation of the country , and to insure the safety of the prisons themselves from external cr other opfcra . tions . The building in the Phcenixpark , called Mountjoy Barracks , is being fitted up withhammeokj and other accommodations for a considerable number of inmates , and rumour has it that it is intended hi the safe cuttody of our expected political prisonen

      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 itj inviolability . The boards of superintendence of the ordinary prisons of Dublin , Newgate , Richmond , and SmithBeld meet together to-morrow , by special in vitation of the authorities , to consult for the safety of the prisons , as well as for augmenting tbe accom . modation they afford . Arrangements will be made for accommodating within each a considerable num . ber of troops , and the gates and such portions of the walla as may present easier access , will be defended by barricades . MR JOHM O ' CONNELL .

      Mr John O Connell 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 is tne substance of a long published address bearing hk signature . [ As John ' s countrymen say : — ' Jo ; go with him and a bottle of moss , If he never returns there'll bo no great lo » s . ' ] ( From a correspondent of the Morning Chronicle . ) Doblin , July 24 . —There is a report here ( which I

      can scarcely credit ; that Lord Clarendon intends to have all the heads of the Younir Ireland parly arrested , and detained in gaol , without any trial , until the expiry of the new act . If he does this , he will have thein all as fresh as possible for the work in March . Failures in conviction can now do the government no barm ; they will only eatab'ish the inefficiency of trial by jury in tbe present state ot feeling in Ireland , and enable government to come to parliament with a good case for an altered mode of trial .

      ( From another correspondent of tbe MorniM Chronicle . ) A bloody , determined , hand-to-hand fight will in . evitably be fought before one month passes should coercion bills be the remedy for Irish grievances . One hardware shop here sold seventeen gUUS on the day before tho new proclamation took effect . All the arms here—say 5 , 000—will be interred this week , unless the arrest cf the leader * , under the suspensiori of the Habeas Corpus Act , be acted upon . IVot s gun or a pike will bo given up in this district . A person in Carrick has given a supply of iron to the people , and a gentleman is reported to have allowed his timber to ba cut down for pike handles—I 8 uppose , to conciliate the people . All speak of civil war as a thing unavoidable , and the children dra * pikes with chalk on the pavements . It is hoped the clergy and the government will manage to ward off the terrible misfortune .

      ( From the correspondent of tho Times . ) . The intelligence from the provinces is upon the whole rather meagre . All that can be gathered from it is that the armament is progressr g without any sign of abatement . Galway is becoming a nest of clubs , and in Louth , according to Iq > al a-jthoriW , the pike and rifle mania is at its height , ex . ar .: ~ ' We are happy to be in a position to state that the people of this and the adjoining counties continue to prepare arms—such as pikes and rifles—with increased eagerness ; and we trust that in a few days there will not be a man in Louth who will not be in a position , if necessary , to defend himself and the righti of his country . ' Private accounts from Waterford , received" this afternoon , speak very alarmingly of the probability of an outbreak , notwithstanding the presence there of a largely increased rsilitary and police force , The populace are in a state of the highest excitement .

      A gentleman who arrived to-day from North Tipperary states that the whole Riding is 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 club . The Romas Catholic Bishop of Leighlin ( Dr Ilellr ) is going through his diocese preaching peace , and ex . horting his deluded flocks to surrender their arnu and ammunition , admonishing them of the utter folk of going to war with one of the most highly disciplined armies on the face of the earth . The advice of tbe right rev . prelate is treated with the utmost derision and scorn by the peasantry of Kildare , Carlow , and the Queen ' s county .

      ( From the correspondent of the Times . ) Dcblin , July 25— The course of action recommended by the' Provisional Government ' is said to be this , —that the heads ef the Executive should fall back upon the strongholds of the clubs in the provinces , and , safely intrenching themselves under cover there , defy the government to proceed to extremities , thus throwing upon the latter the e » ns of oomraencin » the insurrection . With this object in view , Mr O'Brien has retreated to Wexford , Mr Meagher to Waterford , Mr O'Gorman , jun ., to Limerick , and Michael Doheny to Cashel or Clonmel . If this be anything beyond the merest brag , the way of government is aa clear as noon-day .

      It would appear that the formation of clubs in Belfast has been already on a scale sufficiently extensive to excitif some alarm in the government , and accordingly , precautionary measures have been taken to insure the continuance of tranquillity in that quarter .

      GOVERNMENT 8 ECURITIBS . There was a further fall to-day in the prices oi government securities . The Three per Cents , opened and closed at 85 ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent . Stock , S 5 851 85 8 I | J ; Bank Stock , 186 . Not a single bargain in railway or other shares . Business almost nominal .

      ( From the correspondent of the Daily Xetvs . ) Tho liberty of writing from Newgate is to ba limited henceforth . The superintendents have ordered that the prisoners be not allowed to publish an J articles dattd from the prison , or with their signatures attached . A new' Military . Political , and Felonious' publication , entitled the' Newgate Calendar / was to have appeared to day , written by the inmates ; but the order ot the hoard has stayed the issue . Clonmel July 24 th . —I have arrived thus far in my progress through the south , and must at onca tell you that the disaffected party are manifesting a spirit , and a determined spirit , of resistance to the

      government . I do not wish you should infer from this that an insurrection is inevitable . I merely urge tho fact , in order to show how necessary it is that the authorities should be on the qui vive , and ho * important that they should make a judicious disposition of the limited powers at their command . * * . * * ^ the disaffected succeed in surprising and overpowering any force no matter how small , the const quences will be dreadful . Rumour will magnify the success a hundredfold , and tho whole country will rise en masse . It may be truly said that with them the first blow will be , not merely the half , but the whole battle .

      ( From tho third edition of the Morning ChronicU July 27 th . ) WATfiBPORB , Jdlt 25 . ARRIVAL OP MBS 8 H 9 UKAOHER AND o ' bRIBN AT CABttlCRON-SUia-OREAT SXC 1 IKMENT TDBRB , AND & WATERFORD—FLIUHT OF LOYALISTS FROM WATBRF 0 BD

      —OPEN REBELLION . Intense anxiety prevailed in thia city iast nigb ' and throughout today , as numerous reports were i-float ; at one time it waa stated Mr Meagher w a ' advancing against Waterioid , at the head of the C » rnok-on-Suir clubs , a determined band of 2 , 000 men of a hardy daring character , suited to any desperate enterprise ; at another time it was stated that tB 8 disaffected of Clonmel , Cashel , Fethaid , Kellonaule . Callan , and Nine-mile-houae , were to storm our poor city . These reports arose from the fact that William Smith O'Brien and Thomas Francis Meag her reached Carrick-on-Suir at half-past five in the evenieg from Kilkenny ; on their route to Callan , they addressed thousands , and told them for the present not to interfere with the police or soldiery , as they should perform , theis dutis * bat * te & tbS

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29071848/page/6/