The New York Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1848, Page 1

: a, “4 ” hed taken his departure. Mr. Trant forthwith | rrr a) sre nce Ses ean Rg eR I SR Ee eS NO. 5189. eeisaieeaeanieeiaeaee eee tt - THE NEW YORK HERAL : ace... | Wie RCane rcaa’ wan Faded BY two of the relerd and came t.ho eommitied into safe o sate. HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS , the Drogheda Argus, was *rrested by two of the before named offenders, to be dealt wil aonarding ¢) faw, * | constebulary, who instantly took him to Drogheda | And inw puch 98 they respectively stand Shanged with having ni i felony, all persons are ware fast, incurring ¢ yROM jeil, where he remains under a warrant for high | 5 which, in ch cae, they wil beovane un ip hend bho. sions of an act pasied in the Cleventh year ot the reign of ALL PARTS OF EUROPE. ““* Rev trreost Modesty, chap. 2 eutitied Am nok for the bevier pee ONE WEEK LATER, BY THE ARRIVAL or THE STHAMSHIP CAMBRIA. Very Interesting from Ireland, | tri t THE GREAL BATTLE IN ITALY, STATE OF THE MARKETS, &e. die. Sie. ‘The steamship Cambria, Captain Harrison, was telegraphed at ten o’clock yesterday morning, in the lower bay. The news steamer, the Newsboy, immediately boarded her, obtained our despatches, and came to this city with Her ugual speed. .. ~. Z Our thanks are due to Capt. Harrison and the gentlemanly purser of the steamer, for their atten- tion to our news collector. ‘Tite Cambria sailed from Liverpool on Satur- day, the 5th inst., and her advices from all parts of Europe, are, therefore, one week later than those brought by the Acadia at Boston. Alleyes are anxiously turned to Ireland. Throngs of people came into our office to ascertain the fate of the patriots of that country, from the moment the steamer was announced by the telegraph. We Rever witnessed so much real, substantial interest Taanifested for news, All other nations were lost sight of in the desixe to hear from the Irish people. France, Italy, Austria, Russia, &c., dcc., were for gotten. ‘*‘ What’s the news from Ireland ?” asked one, with an anxious countenance. “,Has there been an outbreak yet?’ asked another, with a hopeful face. ‘I hope to God the news from Ire- land 1s favorable to our cause,” said another. “Faith, and I believe old Ireland is all right,” said another. And thus the remarks continued | and the excitement increased, till the issue of the Exrra Herarp. Our details of the news, therefore—and for other good’ and patriotic reasons—begin with Ireland. ‘The intelligence from that country is of the great- evt interest. The Rebellion in Ireland. ‘The Luropean Times of the 5th instant, gives the’ following, as the head of the .ews:— « Acts of Open Rebellion—Affray between the Po- tice and the Rebels—Defeat of the Latter—Several Killed and Wownded—Flight of the Insurgent Taaders—Narrative of the Engagement—Cu- rious General Order of the Police Commissioners —Oficial Caution against Protecting the Rebel Leaders—Notes from the “ Dublin Hue and Cry’ —Suppression of the Irish League—Arrests for Treasonable Practrces—Actual and Suspected | State of the Provinces—Seizure of Arms, Amu- | mitron, §c.” | ATTEMPT TO ARREST SMITH O'BRIEN. When the police arrived within a short dis- tance of Ballingary, they were encountered by | Mr. 8. O’Brien, at the head of a body of from four hundred to one thousand men. The police then took possession of a house close i athand, when the rebel leader, addressing one of the police, summoned the party to surrender. The policeman, in place of shooting Mr. O’Brien, went tothe part of the building where Inspector Trant ‘was at the time, to report the matter to his superior. Mr. Trant hastened tothe spot, but Mr. O’Brien ordered his men to fire. The engagement then | commenced, and speedily terminated with the de- feat of the rebels, of whom about eight or ten were killed, and several wounded. During the | conflict, two shots were fired at O’Brien, but nei- ther took effect. One shot killeda rebel at O’Brien’s side. Another party of police, under the command of Mr. Cox, and accompanied by Mr. French, the | stipendiary magistrate, came up at the instant, and fired om the rebels wish considerable effect. The insurgents immediately fled. Eighteen were killed, ‘and a considerable num- ber wounded. The police ultimately retired upon | Callan, without suffering any loss whatever. A sergeant of police was caught in the rebel camp, ‘nd wae only liberated on the interference of Mr. ©@Brieh. His horse was taken from him, on which. Mr. O’Brien mounted, and rode about amongst hig troops in a general’s uniform. The horse was then returned to the man, who has since aftived at his post in safety. He describes the appearange of Mr. O’Brien to be very miserable; but heise determmed never to surrender, as he feels his fate would then be certain. | “Smith ‘O’Brien was perpetually changing his dreas, but always appears ina green costume of | gome kindor other. He 1s always ‘armed, some- j times to the teeth—i. ¢. with two pistols at each | side in a green belt or sash. "{¢ 18 oertively stated that Mr. S. O’Brien 13 ac- | companied by some. French gentlemen of great | military knowledge ; also, that he was undoubted- ly in Limerick on Sunday last, to take leave of Mre. 8. O'Brien. 4 Proclamations have been issued against the following places :—County of Kerry, county ofthe town of Galway; baronies of Kanturk, Skibbe- veen, Skull, Castletown, Berehaven, Bantry, Macroon, in the county of Cork; county of ‘Wex- ford, county of Carlow, Queen’s county, county of Kildare, county of Wicklow, barontes of Ballybay, Ballycowan, Cootestowa, Kilcoursey, Geashill, Upper Phillipstown, Lower Phillipstown. in the King’s County, county of Westmeath, and eounty of Louth; baronies of Castleraghan, Conke, Tullygarvey, Lower Loughtee, in the county of Cavan; barony of Farny, in the county of Mona- ghan; barony of Upper Fews, Upper Oriel, in the county of Armagh; barony of Newry, in the coun- ty of Down. The intelligence received from Cork, on the 3d inst, is important. Five leaders of the threat- ened rebellion were yesterday apprehended on warrants, signed by the Lord Lieutenant, charging them with being guilty of treasonable practices,— Their names ate, Mr. Michael, J. Barry, juar., barrister; and editor of the Southern Reporter; Mr. Denny Lane, barnster; Mr. Mullen, 1roumonger; and Meesrs. Isaac and Ralph Varian. The prison- ers were conducted to gaol by an escort of con- stabulary, and a troop of lancers. The Cork papers say there was an opinion car- rent that the prisoners arrested for treason would be sent without delay to Fort George, in Scotland. It may be observed there was a similar notion with referencé to'the Dublix prisoners a week or two ago, At Roscrea, county Tipperary, four more lead- ing confederates: have been arrested under the habeas corpus suspension act. The report that Mr. R. O'Gorman was shot, 1s oontradicted. On Tuveday last, Pat. Marron, Eeq., editor of | of great apitation. while some persons were a of + Inspect ‘Trorapay, half-past Four, P.M. Persons who arr.ved_ by the train which left Lue merick at eight o’clock this morning, and reached the terminus, Kingsbridge, at three. represent the country along the line trom Limerick, Thurles, &c., a8 pertectly quiet, and free irom disturbance of any sort N funtes arrests had taken place, nor was any thing additional known relative to Mr. O’Brieo or his movements. Among the passengers by this train were Lord Clare and the Duke of Leinster, There was a street riot in Thurles yesterday morning. It appears that some of the people at- tempted to prevent the conveyance of bread trom 8 bakers’s shop to General MeDonald’s forces, and roke a few panes of glass in the endeavor ; but they were dispersed, without loss of life, by a troop of dragoons, On Sunday, the police entered the haberdashery establishment of Messrs. Pim & Co., Dublia, and instantly, to the consternation of the proprietors, commenced a search for arms. The police then inquired for several persons, and ten answered to their names, who were immediately taken 10to custody. It appeared from papers found on them, that they had received regular commissions in the rebel army, and were about to leave that very day to join their leader, Mr. Smith O’Bnen, The arms in their possession were of course seized. The London Sum, of the 4th instant, says:— “ We huve received the following trom our cor- respondent in Dublin, by electric telegraph from Liverpool :— Dowun, Tharsday Evening. All the accounts from the provinces report the continuance of tranguillity. There is no intelligence of the movements of the rebel leaders, Your re- porter, writing trom Ballingarry on Wednesday night, states that several arrests had been made of persons known to have harbored the rebel leaders, as well as for shiny part in the insur- Tectionary movement, mith O’Brien slept at Kilcooley on Saturday mght, in the house of an under forester in the service of Mr. Ponsonby Berber. Messrs. Meagher and Doheny are believed to have taken up their quar- ters on the north side of Slievenamon. The troops have been moved out of Bellingarry, and are en- camped in a field adjoining. A ad te has been re- ceived that it is the intention of the rebels to at- tack the military on Tuesday next; it is not, how- ever, credited. The Electric Telegraph’s Company’s express states that yesterday proclamations were issued by the Lord Lieutenant to the fifteen counties and baronies proclaimed last Monday, calling on all parties, not privileged, to deliver up their arms on or before the 7th inst, under the penalty of two years’ imprisonment with hard labor. From more recent accounts from Ballingarry, there are further particulars of the late conflict between the insurgents and police, in the county'Tipperary. from which we have made the following summary of the most importantevents, It appears that the widow Cormick’s house, in which Mr. Trant and his party took shelter, stands on an elevated piece of ground above the com- mon of Boulagh. It isa very substantia! building, sur- rounded by a wall four feet high, and remarkably well adapted for the purpose for which it was used. The police eppear to have retreated on this position, run- ning as they went, while the insurgents, in overwhelm- ing numbers, were demanding theirarms, Oncvsafely inside, they proceeded to barricnde the windows and doors, and, for this purpose, mantle-pieces were torn down, doors pulled from their hinges, and dressers dis- placed. Mrs. Cormick. knowing that disturbances werg tkely to take place, had collected within her house her* five children. Ip her alarm, she went to Mr. Smith O’Brien, who was in the garden in the rear of the pro- mises, and besought him to remonstrate with the po- Hee; but he declived doingso, and asked her to go back and tell them, that all he wanted from them was theirarms, This message she delivered; but finding she did not succeed, she returned, and again urged Mr. O’Brien to see Mr. Trant, to woich he consented ‘When Mr. O’Brien made his appearance, Mr. ‘Trant was up stairs barricading the windows, and, as the rebels had occupied some back premises, and were keoping up a cross fire, it was some little time before he could join his men below Having. however, succced- ed in getting down safely, he saw Mr. Smith O'Brien creeping out of the inclosure. Two of his men imme- diately shouted “There he is,’ and, raising their muskets, fired at him within a distance of twelve ards, but without effect. He then disappeared, but it does not appear probable that he was wounded at any period during the conflict. ‘Tho force opposed to the police upon this occasion is variourly estimated; but it wouid appear that, on the arrival of Smith O’Brien the previous evening, accom- panied by séveral gentlemen, the neighborhood turned out armed, and the night was passed by O'Brien and his party, reviewing apd marshalling their forces. Next morning, having netice by bia of the advance of the Callan police force, which formed part of the four or five different bodics which were to concentrate at Ballin- garry, O’Brien assembled and addressed bis men ; and about half-past twelve o’clock, they saw the party, con- sisting, some say, of only 37 men, under Inspector Trant. coming np. The police had advanced as far as a cross-rond that comes down the hill past Mrs. Cor- mick’s house, when, suddenly seeing the great num- bers that were under Smith O’Brien, they turned up the crose-read. with a view of gaining a post of de- fence. Smith O’Brien’s body then broke, and rushed up the hill to anticipate their design ; but the police got into the house first, running neck and neck with the people : Mrs. Cormick, seeing that a conflict was inevitable, withed to recover possession of her five young chil- dren. The police, however, refared to give them up, retaining them as bostages for their own safety, but placing them under the stairoase,as the pot most sheltered from the fire of the rebels. The widow then went for the priert, and while she was absent a party of nineteen of the constabulary from Cashel, headed by sub-inspector Cox, and accompanied by the Hon. Mr. French, R. M , arrived on the scene of action, just as the struggle at the house was terminating. hile these latter were pushing upwards to the house In which thelr comrades were barricaded, a body of the insurgents came down upon them, headed by @ man armed with a huge pike, which he brandishe: as be went along. He offered to lead the attack on the lice, and stood out in front for that purpose, when, By on jer of sub-inspector Cox, he was fired at by a conetable. The shot told, and the man fell dead, pierced through the heart with # bali, Thishad a de- Cisive effect. and the crowd fled at once, receiving o volley as they dispetwed, which must have wounded some of them.’ The firing of Mr. Cox's party was heard by another detachment of ninety police, under the command of sub-inepector Monaghan, moving up to the scene of action from Killenaule. The men at once gave three cheers, and, leaving the high road, ran across the ficids ag fast as they could to the succour of their comrades. On their arrival, the party of sub- inepector Trant were relieved, and the police withdrew from the scene of acti On the arrival of the Roman Cathelicclergyman some persons were found dead, and several badly wounded. Ina field close by, Mr O’Brien was seen pacing up and down in rtate nding upon s young gentleman who bad beon badly wound- ed. He appeared to be in at pain, and from the dercription given, he is believed to be Mr. Dillon. — Shortly afterwards Mr. O'Brien was xeon to ride off in the direction of Kilkenny. According to the most authentic accounts, the police have done more execu- tion then was at firet supposed. Out of cleven por- sons known to have been killed on the spot, or yery seriously wounded, six have since died, and the rest are not expected to survive. Many more are hurt, and it is impossible to ascertain exactly the extent of the loss, as the insurgents, who were principally colliers out of work, withdrew their comrades when they fell, and concealed the bodies of the dead. When the last accounts left a military force of 15000strong was concentrated in the vicinity, under the command of General M’Donald, whose arrange- ments for keeping up & communication with the dif- ferent military station: the neighborhood were such as effectually to crush any outbreak, All the Mines of from the district were pate by strong eral himself had fixed his head- The officers and men were etted in great nu rson the inhabitants. Soveral reste bad been made of persons implicated in the ht, or who had been heard using seditious language. There was noapprehension of further outbreak. Mr. Halpin, secretary to the Irish League, was ar- rested on Saturday at the Irish League-rooms, Dame- street, under a warrant authorised by the suspension Of the habeas corpusact, Mr. Halpin was at the time in company with Mr. Rea, of Belfast who atteaded him to the Lower Custle-yard, where he was brought by the lice Mr, Halpin was conducted into the office of the liew Commirrioners. Mr. Rea applied to be admitted also, but was not allowed in; he was then leaving the cuatle yard, when he was arrested and detained a Eon oth parties were subsequently sent Kilrainham prison. Very shortly after the fame police force returned to the League-rooms, and took porsession of them and all the books. papers, cor- reepondence, &e.; even bite of torn pxper lying on the floor and in the fire-place, were gathered up and taken, Moet of the wore in blaok, The police tock 600 copies of pamphlets whieh they foand on je premises, containing a report of Mitchel’s teint, and sleo a large mep of Ireland, which hung over the chimney-piece. They then went away ; but previous to their departure, the clerk. Mr. O'Grady, ated the sergeant to leave them the letters of ake and of the How. Mr. Freneb, which he declined to do. telling him to make application at Colonel Brown's office The Hue ond Cry, of Saturday lat, contained the La, Joly 28th, TAS. i ‘oclamation :— Sanaa Domay Caw “Whereas, the rndermontionod persone stan 6 with Be Tyron concerned in tremwanble practicor. and have second io wel Crear, into of tho oity of Dubin; Thomas M, Bal an iM ” a Regn ter ore of ca Moran, sal olter dito: se 1. Dawes gue 'T! omag D’ Ai "Gee, ditto : 8 = is Devi Reilly, Bivto: Jahn Ca i, ditto; + Henry w, printer, ditto; and Jauios ipclion conatebtze, and. sab gonstables, tcp ac . vention of rime avd outrage in certain parts of Lreland, toring or sheltering (em, crauyyartofttem.” The following notification has been issued by the Lord Lieutenant :— CAUTION. Whereas William Smith O'Bri ‘Thomas Francis Meagher, divers other persona. wiand ime of high treason, and boing ble pra ty esospe, or who shall aid in their disguise, or who shall misioad thore who are in search of teem, or who shall barber or shelter them by receiving them into their dwellings, or otherwise, are themselves guilty of the crime of high treasn, and wil be dealt with accordingly. iy his Excellency’s command, 'T. N, REDINGTON. Dublin Castle, let of August, 1548, ‘The Repeal clubs in Belfast have all nominally been dissolved, but whether their members have actually given up their treasonable plottings and plannings is adifierent metter, There is no chance now of nny serious attempt at an outbreak in this neighborhood. A letter from Boulagh, the scene of the late ceullict between theinsurgents and police dated Monday night, says :—‘* The day has parsed without any accurate ti- dings having been received of the whereabouts of Mr. 8. O’Brien and the other rebel lesders, The reports with regard to him now appear to have beon industri- ously circulated to blind the pursuit, and I, for my part, cannot help thinking ho lies concealed much nearer the scene of the late outbreak than is at all supposed, He has been positively stated to have fled north. south, east, and west, from Boulagh common, all at the same time. The rumor which sent Lim one half hour to Dublin by Johnstown was superseded the next by an- other, equally authentic, which said he had gone to Kilkenny, Slievenamon, or Vinegar-hill, in Wexford. “ There has been intelligence to-day from all dire: tions in this neighbornood likely to be in the least di turbed—from Slievenamon, Fethard, Kilenaule. Little- ton, Holycross, Claneulty, and other point: ry thing continues perfectly peaceable. How long this will last remaina to be seen. General Macdonald’s h quarters are still at Ballingary, and he continu tively enyaged in organising the measures of repression | which he intends adopting for the-district. The rebels may therefore soon expect to feel the full severity of the power which they have #o wantonly provoked. ‘'o-day, the general, with his staff, inspected Mrs. Cormick’ house, and expressed his great eatisfactionat the man- ner in which it bad been defended by Mr. ‘Trant and his party of fifty men. He also announced hisiaten- tion of representing to the government the loss which Mrs. Cormick has sustained by the complete destruc- tion of her property in barricading the house, Coro- ner’s inquests were held to-day upon the bodies of two of the men killed on Saturday. The bodies of the otber four believed to be dead, have been concealed. Some of the wounded still lie in a very precarious state; but one man, shot through the lower lobe of the right lung, it is thought will recover ’* The Times correspondent says that since the affray on Saturday last, arms not previously called into re- quisition have been sent to be repaired, and that the Deacantry are determined, as soon as the troops aro removed, to renew the contest. ‘The clergyman of many parishes have strongly a vised their flock mot to join in uny armed attack on, or resistance to, the authorities; and I have learned from a well-informed source that the parish priest of Urlingford, in this county. prevented a number of his people from going to Mr. O’Brien’s assistance on Sat- urday. Itis believed that Mr. O'Biien fed most of those who flocked around him at his own expense, and strictly prohibited any of them from seizing provi sions or cattle from the farmers. The Marquis of Waterford, on Monday, invited all his tenantry to meet him, and the result has been a solemn engagement on their part to co-operate cor- dially for the maintenance of the laws against all who should dare to attempt their violation. | ‘The magistrats of the Roscrea district have resolved | that arms should be put into the hands of every loyal | man in the atieencons irrespective of his religious tenets—the only test being his non-connection at any period with illegal societies. In Lisburn, a similar movement has been set on foot, and the example fol- lowed in Newry. A defensive association has been formed in the village of Portlaw. Srarcu Fon AkMs in Corx.—At an early hour this morning, several large bodies of police, under the com- mand of sub-inspectore, traversed the various districts of the city in search of arms, but, we believe, mot with but little success in their search. To aid those al- ready in the city, seventy additional constables were brought in last mght in a special car of Mr. Bianconi’s, and+everal jingles hired for the occasion; and for the yurpose of making the array more imposing, 16 gun- oats, in two divisions, each division towed by a steam- or, s.led up the river this morning, at seven o'clock, and one division having proceeded up the North Chan- nel as far as Patrick's Ridge, and the other np the South Channel to Anglesea Bridge, potl returned and anchored off the Custom House. Six out of the six- teen boats carry 121b carronades at their bows, and there aro in each from 20 to 25 men, all of whom are armed with cutlasses and pistols. There are from 50to 60 marines in each of the steamers. On the whole, the preparations of the authoritios havo a very formidable appearance. In the course of the search, the gunsmith s shops were visited. an well as the stores of the retailers of gunpowder, and a body of police was left in charge of each of their sto ‘he residences of many respectable persons were visited, but ef course noarms were found. In the northern a of the city, | some old rusty guns and pistols were freely given up by their possessors, but the number obtained was comparatively small; the pawn offices were minutely searched, a large crowd were assembled, but no un- pleasant circumstances occurred, nor wore prisoners made.— Southern Reporter. Cronmer, August 2. This morning, the prisoners in the gaol of Clonmel rose; the turnkeys, &c., fired upon them, wounded | eight, three mortally. Four hundred prisoners arein | the gaol. ‘O'Donnell, of Ballyboe, the leader of the Carrick rebels, was taken last night ; ho is a man of consider- able property. Mr. O’Ryan, jun., of Cashel, is also arrested, takon | near Carrick. He is of respectable parents; his father has £500 per annum. Doheny was, with about 200 men, in the woods of Kilcorney, on Monday last. O’Ryan was with him, He left before daybreak, and moved towards Lord Or- mond’s wood at Garryricken, county Kilkenny: O’Ryan was marching towards Ballyboe, (O’Don- | nell’s) when he was taken. If they had only waited till the harvest was reaped, the whole country would have joined in the insurree- tion. ‘The priests undoubtedly told the people not to riso; but many added “ The time is not yet come.” ‘The Rumored Hecape of Smith O'Brien. Dunit, August 4. We are still as inuch im the dark as to the prooceed- ings or fate of Mr. Smith O’Brien as ever. The town is, a8 vaual, full of the most absurd rumors. We are, however. inclined to think that Mr. O’Brien has suc- ceeded in quitting the kingdom. Up to the present we nothing in the shape of accurate intelligence respecting bim. correspondent of a morning contemporary writes as foliows :— “Itis confidently affirmed, by parties who feel the deepest interest in the fortunes of Mr. Smith O'Brien, that he has already succeeded in effecting his escape. How he accomplished this rumored oscape, or whether he has withdrawn, I could not ascertain. But his friends in Dublin are satisfied of bis safety, and pro- nounce him beyond the reach of danger. This I give | you on good authority. | “We hear from another source that a porsom an- sworing in description to Mr. S. O'Brien, bereft of his whiskers, arrived at Bristol from tie west on Sunday morning, travelled by the Great Western line to Lon- don, and arrived just in time to catch the Batavier steamer for Rotterdam, which place he reached —not | exactly without a passport—but with one very much | outof date. On being confronted with the authori- tive on this account, the fugitive orned at once that he was one of tho Irish leaderr, ' Reports of acontradictory natur The Freeman of this morning, whose firmed by the Kil: enny Journal, states that Mr. O'Drien was somewhere in the county of Kilkenny, an: seen late on Sunday night in the company ¢ horeemen. Other xecounts state that he hai re Sooliogh Gap, in the county of Wexford. In fi are bewildered with reports. The correspondent of the Southern Reporter, | writing from Clonmel, on Monday evening, says : “ [drove by Slievenamon to day, and saw no ap- pearance of meoting on it, or abottt ite western buse “The sub-inspector’s horse, oa which Mr. O'Brien left Ballingarry, on Saturday evening. has been re- turned, from what quarter is ucknown The Freeman's Journal of this morning contains the following letter from ite special correspondent: “Kitnenny, Wednesday night, Nine o’elock.—Not- withstanding that the utmost vigilance obaracterisos all the movements of the authorities hore, they romain in perfect ignorance of Smith O'Brien's whereabonts, ‘There are rumors innumerable as to the direction he took after leaving Dulltngarry. bot they are so con- 5 ‘¢ rife in Dablin, flieting that it would be difficult to ne to @ correct conclusion on the anbject. However, the best thenticated accounts repreront him—ne stated in despatch of last evening—ns haying been sean at C manto. a few miles from thie city, in the Thurios direction, on Monday. Ie then wore a portion of the ‘*21 uniform “Tread a private letter from Limoriok, dirveted to a party in this city, to-day ; and it statey that ic was confidently asvirted there that Sinith O'Brien sailed from the port of Limerick in the Jane Blxek, on Satur day night. The lettar in question further etates that this versel had get under weigh suddenly, leaving by hind a ntunber of emigrents who had engaged 4 pas- eege in ber, Now, [do not at all believe that Swith O'Brien mode his escape In this verxel ; for, though it wonid pot have been impossible for him to reach Liwe- rick on the sume evening that he left Ballingarry, it would have been oxreedingly dimieult for him to do so Besides, [have nodovbt that he was even im this county on Monday. Many think that heis about the collivries still, and General W'Douwld bas a portion of bis forces enceniped in that locality. which faot proves that the orities ure of opinion Mr. O'Briew's focie in guo ia in the neighborbool of the scene of the Lato | diwinish the * rebel | the police. and Nefion have boe ignored by the 7 information was of a monstrous size, and frightened the jury into an ‘ ignoramus.’ Gavway, August 3, 1848, It is stated positively that Smith’'O’ Brien got off in one of the vessels which left here on Sunday. [On reference to our marine list, we find that Redwing, the Clarence, Cushlamachree, and sailed on that day from Galway for New York ; yet we put very little faith im the report that O’Brien is on board one of these vessels.—Ep. Hera.) Irtsh Accounts of the Rebcliton, following account of the movements in Ireland Th are taken from the Dublin Freeman's Journal, of the | Sth instant :— THE O'BRIEN AFFAIR. Kitxenny, Thursday Night. 9 o’clook. Up to this hour all is tranquil in this city and coun- ty; but | am bound to say, that both in town and the | rural districts, there is very general discontent, aad that deep sympathy is felt with Smith O'Brien all through the county— more especially in the Tipperary direction. As you may imagine, the marching and counter-marching of the military and police since the Ballingarry affair, has not tended to allay the oxcite- ment. Having, within the last two or three days. read in the Englinb, and several of the Irish conservative jour- nals, grorsly exaggerated statements as to the heroic bravery of sub-inspector Trant and his forty men, with whole columns of sneers at what these papers:please to call the cowardice of Mr. Smith O’Brien and those who stood in hi- ranks, | have taken considerable pains to put myself in the possession of all the facts of the caso; and | shall, for the information of your readers, men- tion one or two circumstances which, in my opinion, show that, however mistaken they may have bean, thore who opposed the police in Ballingarry’ did not act the part of cowards. In the first place it is said by the tory journals that forty policemen attacked and beat several hundred of Smith O'Brien's followers. Now, the plain fact ix, that there was scarcely a countryman at all on the ground when Mr, ‘Trant and his party arrived. It was when the police were discovered on the scene of action that the pecple began to descend from the hills, and the sub-inspector did not attack them, as has been indus- triously circulated, but sevght shelter in Mrs. Cor mick’shouse, to guard himself from being set upon by those who had cow forward to prevent the arrest of Mr. O’Brien, But then it is alleged by the samo organs that S. 0’- Brien and his followers had not the courage to compel | the police to run out of the house by throwing it down or setting fire to it, In reply to this statemout, I will remind those who have made it, that sub-inspector ‘Trant bad detained four of the children of the woman who owned the house, within its walls, as hostages, and that. when asked to surrender, at the risk of having the building burned about him if he refused, he replied that he hud kept these children for the purpose of guarding agat: st such a proceeding as that with which ¢ was threatened. ““GENERAL ORDER ” ME A general order, in the bulletin form, issued by the Commissioners ot Police, on Tuosday last, relative to the affair at Ballingarry, will, no doubt, take its place in the police records, and, like the bulletins of Boaa- parte hung up in the great hall of the Invalides in P Tis, will be hereafter suspended in some palatial nation: receptacle for the old age of superanuuated Irish con stables, The glorious document will animate all con stablee, now and hereafter, to deeds of such desperate daring as have handed down to history the horoic feats of the police of Calian. Let us, for the sake of ali who tuke an interest in such materials for history, produce the bulletin of the police commissioners :— “ GENERAL ORDFR. “Sunpay, July 30. “The Commissioners of Police are happy to be able to inform the force, that a small party of constabulary, yesterday evening, unassisted by military, near Kille- Paule, in the county Tipperary, attacked ono thou- tand men, mostly armed with fire-arms and pikes, un- der the immediate command of Smith O’Brien. Not @ man of the police has been injured, but seven of the rebels were killed, and a great number wounded. O’Brien’s party ran away in the greatest confusion, and were completely dispersed. About an hour after o large military force were on the ground, but too late to be of service. “ TYhe Commissioners congratulate the men of the Dublin police on the gallant conduct of their comrades of the constabulary, knowing that the metropolitan force are always reudy to do their duty, and set the dis- affected at defiance.” From this it appears that a few constables—the number is not given, but they amounted to near 50— “ attacked 1,000 men, mostly armed with fire arms and pikes,” and killed “seven rebels,” with a long train of*wounded, Not one of the heroic band was injured, whilst every platoon of xcvem, dsepatohed ong “ rebel hutween utes and put eeveral, hore de combat, And to add to their renown, it was all done, “ the field was won,” without so much as a@ single red coat being within sight to comfort and assist the little band. Granting all the attributes of discipline and o rage to the police, still we think the commissioners have overrated their claims. We do not know where the commiseioners found the “ one thousand rebels.” ‘The builetin bas set down the opposing force as “1000 men” without even the “more or less” of a doubtful affidavit. This statement is a gross exag- geration, and wide, at toe lowest computation, by 300 of the real truth. Inthe Kilkenny Moderator of Sa- turday, which reached town to-day, there is a very full avd circumstantial account of the transaction, the details of which were supplied by @ “friendly ” hand. We can detect, in its semi-military style, if not the pen, at least the phraseology of one who had been in the thick of the *‘iron shower.’” Of course the conduct of the constables is raised to THE EXAGGERATED STATE- | the height of the “ Fighting Division,” but the “ rebel army” is set down at 700! Tho commissioners givo 25 as “ powder food” for each policeman, while the authorised report in the local paper gives only 16 ! ‘There i8 a difference between making each constable dispose of 25 for his share, and disposing of only 15. The difference, however. is only a slight one—simply bout forty per cent. The Kilkenny Moderator is highly conservative, and would not, on amy account, ntagonism by a single man, woman, or boy, and on the authority of that journal we think the public will not acquit the bullotia of the commissioners of a slashing exaggeration. The Mail of last night, which we have reserved for the last, speaks of “the Commissioners’ song of tri- umph”? in language hardly fit for eara polite, It damns, even more thanthe Moderator, the bulictin of the commissioners, and denounces, in no unmeasured terms, the “ peculiarly mischievous” tendency of its exaggerations, The Kilkenny Moderator gave Sub- Inspector. Trant the credit of writing “seven hun- dred.’ The Mail unmercifully lops his laurels, and thus reduces his elaima :— The facts are, that in- stead of 1,000 rebels, there were but 200, or there- abouts ;"’ the ominous “ thereabouts” being a terrible margin for still farther reduction. The commission- ers give all the credit of the achievement to Mr. Trant, which excited the just jealousy of Sub-Inspector Cox, whore cisim for “ omitted to state that Sab-inspector Traut was reieved by Sub-Inspector Cox with a party of not more in all than twenty-two me: 10 advanced upon the rebels with great bravery, and put them to flight | after firing about 80 rounds.’ Lost then, there were over 70 policemen to “ attack’? and put to flight the 1,000 rebels of the bulletin, who, on counting heads, amount to but 200, thus giving a diminution of no less than 400 per cent, on the original estimate of the Com- mirrioners of Police. We really cannot conceive what purpore these ex- aggerations are intended to accomplish, if it be mot to excite still greater alarm and panic. [t is bad enough that any such collision should have occurred, and it needed not this “ song of triumph” to misrepresent the reai facts, and mislead the public as to the condi- tion of the country. In correcting the perversions of the “general order,’ we have altogether omitted o very important element in the result—the interfer- ence of the Catholie clergy. Had they not interposed, instend of having torecocd the loss of ‘ seven,’ or of “eleven” lives, BO man can tell what blood might lave been spilt, or what might have been the fate of Ought not the “ general order’ have no- Uced this element of safe We asrert, the absence ore serious disturbance in the country g to the exertions and the ia- fluence of the lic clergy. STATE OF MAYO. ‘The most ludierousty absurd scenes are being en- acted hete, in consequence of the feigned alarm, de- signedly raired by parties who are likely to profit, and, to a certain extent, have already profited. by the spreading of false alarms. The idea that the balf- starved population of Mayo were, or ato, about to rise in rebellion, is Jaughed at by every one here convers- ant with the state of the country. Yet still the pre- parations for war are going on. General Sir Michael Creagh arrived here on Friday, and assumed the com- mand of the military stationed in this garrison and county. He immediately put himseifin commanica- tion with the Kart of Lucan, Lieutenant of Mayo, and with the other authorities of the county, Subse- quently there was an ingoection of the powder maga- vine, tho barracks, barrack stores, military depots, and the repeat loop boles of 1843. Such was, yester- day. the slur, that when the [Carl of Lucan presented hinrelf for admission’ into the foot barracks, be being in the dress of a civilian, was refuxed admittance by sentinel, aod st was not until having sent in bis by the orderly sergeant, after nearly half an doiny, that adiniesion was accorded to him. He, how it is reported, intonds calling upon the inhabitants of this town and county to ewear themeelves in as epe- cinl constables, to preserve the peace. SKIZURE OF THE IRISH LEAGUE ROOMS.—ARREST OF ME. MALVIN AND MR. JOHN REA. About two o'eloek, this day, a sergeant and two ccumpanied by rome members uf the detective ntered the rooms of the Irish League, No. 2 Deme sitvet. and inquired for Mr Halpin Ho was at the Cie in &m wdjoinin, Foot, speaking to Mr Rea of Keifect, and the police baviog gone into the room, waeeted him, and conveyed bim to the offee of the Police Commiesioners in the Lower Castle Yard. Mr, Tea followed, ond was refused odminion le then retraced his eteps fo leave the placo but grriviog near the catter Castle Vard was stopped, and taken teto ous tody by Ubree or four detectives. and brought back a encounter, © The bills ge’ st tt Kilkenay agent for the Meon | trivcact Mr. Rea demanded to eee their warrant, ———— hey provuced none e liv was thea conveyed a prisoner into the tame building aa Vir Halpia, One of the clerks connected with the Irish League. named O'Grady, applied to see Mr, Halpin, but was refused. He inquized of the police sergeant when he could see him, and was told not until he waa removed to Kil- maivbam. * Very shortly after. tho same police force returned to the League rooms, and took possession of them aad all the books, papers, correspondence, &e., even bits of torn paper lying on the floor and in the fire-place were gathered up and taken Most of the books were in | blank, The police also took 500 copies of pamphlets which they found on the premises. containing « report | of Mr, Mitchel’s trial, and also a large map of Ireland | which bung over the obimney-pivoe. They thon wont away; but previous to their departure the clerk, Mr, Rowe requested the sergeant to leave them tho let- ters of Dr. Blake and of the lion. Mr French, which he declined to do, telling him to make application at Col. Browne's office. | there have beon extensive searches for arms by the | militery and police,in the neighborhood of the slate quarries and Carrick-on-Suir, but | have heard that the | quantity of guns. pikes, or other instruments of war- | fare found, is small | Nothing bas been heard here of Smith O’Brien, Me. Meagher, Mr. O'Gorman, or Mr. Dillon, since, | _ To-day, te county inspector, accompanied by Mr. | Winslow, S I., proceeded to the house of Dr. Cane, in | | William étreet, having recuived information from some mischievous pa wounded, and concraled in’ one of the apartinents, The story of their informant, whoever he may have | been, turned out tv he a perfect fabrication. Ata recent meeting of the Dublin corporation, | Counsellor Hamilton handed in notice that he would | move the following motion at the next meeting of the | corporation:;— “That a dotiful and loyal addross bo presontod to hor Majesty, laring the sentiments and attachment of this corpotation to- | wards ber crown and dignity.” | _ ‘This was rejected. and the following one, offered by | Mr. Stanley, was — | “Resolved, That our opinions on any question rel: country, formerly made ject of complaint or r remain unchanged, ana that we do not think we wi ischarge | cur duty to the throne if we did not record our conviction that | great aud comprehensive rem: lial measures are altogether indis- | pensible to the permanent peace and tranquility of Ireland.” | The Facts as to ireland, [From the Liverpool Jour: We have received the following and it will, no doubt, be re writer oxplains his object in visiti try, and the testimony of an eye state of public feeling, is just now valuable, Duwtix, Thursday Evening, Aug. 3d. Two Tipperary -artaers, a long time ago, found a hedgehog. and this pike-studded animal being almost as little known as a kangaroo in Munster, the pair of agriculturists were much puzzled by its appearance. It was alive, but motionless; armed by nature for war, it depended solely on moral’ force, aud the sapie ut be- holders, unable’ to unravel its mystery, bethought themselves of their crippled grandfather. Tho old man, without his crutckes, was carried to the field. and having been taken round the monster, shook his | head. and scientifically said, “ By dad, boys, ‘tis some- thing.” “1 knew,” exclaimed the’ older brother, “ that granddaddy would know what it was!”” | Lord Clarendon has found another hedgehog—a so- cial anjmal—in Tipperary, and his exeellenoy has evoked not only all our military resources, but Lord | Hardinge, to reveal its mysteries, while ‘the elder | brothers throughout the country, in the absence of tangible knowicdgo, declare that it is “something.” | As aman cannot hopo to see many insurrections in the course of his 1 fe, 1 came here for the purpose of | gazing personally on rebellion—in earnest, but as yot fortune has not favored me. | inquire, with becoming | anxiety, what it is that people are after in Tipperary, | and | am told that it is + Something” I have looked | upon the map, but cannot discover its locality, but I | console myself for the want of geographical Irnowledge | inthe discovery that Goneral MeDonald is in the same condition—ho is on tho spoé in pursuit of ‘ something,” and can find—‘ nothing? Last week, Mr. Smith O’Brien was a lunatio—this week he is | an ignis fatuus—a Will-o'-tho-wisp—here, there, no- | where. Aslcannot submit easily to the irritation of per- | plexity, | have drawm my own conctusion from the little i kee and the great deat I hear, that people know | nothing. for the suficient reason that there is nothing tobe known. ‘There are in all towns two infallible sources of information—the police and the press. made the acquaintance of both, made the proper in- quiries, and learot that there must be “something,” but that they knew nothing; that they wondered at | this, and so did every body else, but ‘they wondered | only because they had taken for granted things not | proved. ‘They believed in the reality of a rebellion which did not exist, or at least had not commenced. | Had there been an outbreak, the official despatenes of | generals, and the reports of penng-a-lincrs would stand expanded in the columns of newspapers, friendly and otherwise ; had there been a gathering, there Would bave been mischief of some kind; and as minehief on a lurge scale ie o-ways so interesting, its perpetration 1s rapidly followed by the most extended publicity. Its non-appearance is @ negative evidence of great potency. ‘he government is not likely to conceal any facts, at least of a favorable nature, forthe | commissioners of police here issued, @ la Lamartine, | a grandiloquent congratulation to their own ferce on | the performance of forty constables belonging to an- | other force at Ballingarry; but unfortunately for the | accuracy of their information, a subsyquent story proved the first story to be altogether wrong. Cox was | the hero, not ‘Trant ; and the gathering in » mountain village, was obviously a curious not arebellious crowd, collected by the approach of the police. I am disposed | to think that Smith O'Brien was not there at all; cer- | tainly, he could not have been on the spot, if the state. | ment of the single policoman who “surrounded? him e | | in his dejection in the “ bourougheen,”’ be true. Con- | stable Carroll, however, is his own historian, and fear | and glory are wonderful in inspiring exaggeration. | One thing is quite clear, that, at present, there will | be no outbreak, for reasons sufficiently obvious. Paddy, though long exposed to hunger, has not yet learnt to | live without eating. He upprociates, with all the | power of political economists, the value of the potato garden; he knows that there will be no | | bread unless the harvest be gathered in; and al- though the masses Were blind to the fact, the mers are well aware that, if the pike be taken in hand, the reaping-hook will be neglected. ‘To & man, there, fore, these are opposed to arising until after Septem- ber Liberty, equality, and fracernity are good things, but not before the cern is stacked. They feel, with the Duke of Wellington, that there is no courage if the stomach be empty ; and they are as forcibly im- pressed as the goverument commissariat, that no vio- lence or vigilance could now feed arebel camp of 10,000 | men for one week, supposing them in a situation inac- cessible to Inspector Cox or General M’ Donald. Llardly an insurgent could provide himself with a week's pro- vision, and the Leaguehave no money to obviate his poverty. For this reason there will be no rebellion this month, and for the sume reason Smith O'Brien has either got away, or will get away—if he can, Those who give the country people credit for great tact, allege that they report him present, knowing him to be ab- rent, in order to facilitate his escape, and his personal friends, with a similar object, are said to report his de- parture for America, from either Galway or Limerick. The utter ignorance of Mr. Meagher’s whereabouts seems to afford prcof that he has gone long since either to France or to the United States. Politics are very much like meteorelogy. There is no exactnessin either; the barometer fails to inspire accuracy in vaticination, and the effects of social movements are known only in tho result. We cannot appreciate all the sircumstances, and, therefore, alwa; speculate in doubt. Lord Clarendon, for instance, praised, and perhaps justly, for anticipating insurrec- ton, and thus rendering rebellion impoasible— putting itdown it commences; but then comes the ques- tion, “Has he put it down, and, although he has, wouid it not have been better to let it explode?’ Ha- manity two sides in the matter, and it is impossi- bie to kay whether soclety would be best served by pre- | rent or subsequentaction. The prosent movement on the part of Government has an immediate effect, ox- actly opposite to that intended;—instead of drivin, the people into physical force, it compels them, in self- defence, to take refuge in moral force; it takes them out of the hands of Young Ireland, and restores them to Old Ireland ‘They are reluctantly or purposely passive, and, in their do-nothing tactics, Government i= impotent for the restoration of confidence. The fre is smothered, not extinguished; rebellion has not been encountered, and, therefore. the incapacity to rebel bas not been demonstrated : the intention may be as vivid as ever, and the possibility of a future out- jenves all tbe moral consequences of discontent ‘© they were, Government bas displayed its oner- | gy, but the people have concealed theirs; they may be deterred, they are not beaten; and the bad influence of this state uf things on trade continues unaltered, or makes things worse. The conjecture stillis—there ebeliion in Ireland, re becn an open revolt, things would be ‘Agrent experiment would have been good Ireland, would be decisive for ‘No ome capable of judging jor my own part, | am satisfied that the police, if faithful—and I am not questioning their fidelity would put down any insurrection cor ducted by Smith O'Brien and Co. Men are ni Killed in outbreaks by pikes, or evon sabres, The pa- ents in the Paris hospital after the affair of June, exhibited several thousand wounds, but all from bul- leta: there was not one wound from pike, sword, or bayonet! Menin battle are now killed in the way that bob Acres desired ut a long distance. Lord Clarendon, however, knew, I suspect. that the disaffected in Ireland did not rely upon piker— had no notion of committing the direction of their purpored revolution to S. O'Brien, A more serious ame was on the cards, and it was to be played thus be aniversality of disaffection was vr granted. and in all probability rigntly Many dreaded cebel- lich, but. with the exception of the aristocracy the Orangemen, all wished the experiment, if m successful. There are some doubts of the valuo of a triumph, but they are vague, and weigh but little agaivet the national pride involvedinit. Daring the lust few years, all the farmers’ sons have procured guns, and are practised in the use of them. These Young hen are theretoro formidable : they have w pons; are athletic. active, vigorous, and resolute : they are enger for diseiplt id the means of disei- piine have heen provided. Smith O'Brien looked to tance for teachers aud suicoor ; the Irish in Amert- for the [rich abroad are eaessive in their zeal, — offered both and own send them, {Here Mes the davger, and it must vot be m'sunder. in yenrs—perbaps for could doubt the resw Upresumo, that Mr, Dilion was lying | | Tevolution. | a metropolis. stood. ‘The Mexican peace has released thousauda of expatriated ish frem employment and pay, They have acquired a strange kind of experio: a know- ledge of a mode of wi re not unenited to teachers of tactics in Ireland. The majority of these were volwn- teers, and the mode of military instruction in Ame- rien, prepared {n one month, whole regiments for the field. Ip the field. after this. short tuition, these regt- ments vindicated the success of their lvasons, and ex- hibited fents of gallantry that shamed the regulars Many, if not most, of these volunteers are ava for Ireland ; in fact, eight of their best © drills now in this'country: ble re ‘Two were pointed out to me to- day. There was no mistaking their Hiberoio Yankee sapect — a compound of old“ Rough and Ready” and ‘Shaw. the Life-guardsman,’’ — fellows without fear, and made for mischief | _ You may learn. from the New York papers that these to be followed by eighty more, but hat eight * drills” are you do not know perhaps what I can’ tell you | two neted”? generals hold themmelves in readiness to embark for Ireland. ‘I'wo months since ons of these bung about New York, and may possibly be in Dublim at this momont. Large military stores are promised and may be landed Gen, Cass, if elected, may “ wink’? | at certain preparations, and men very’ differont to | Smith O’Brien are prepared to take the direction of | promising rebellion. | This, at all events, is the rebellion—on paper,—the rebellion to which the initiated look with hops. ‘They | deprecate any movement at present, and only fear. that the display of force by government may inapire @ lasting terror. Contrary to the general opinion, they contemplate commencing in the North, and reckom confidently on a great accession of Orangemen. There, at all evonta, the military are scant, and the Catholios all armed to # man. They err who suppose the Catholic clergy averse te A fow Italianised divines may act on the law that all power is from God, and rebellion, there fore, sinful ; but the majority entertain mo such no- tions ; they are of the peeple—with the people—and, in politics, are Irishmen rather than priests. In re- pollton. the bishops could not restrain ther is no doubt that many of them consider at some future day as Inevitable ; and it is a fact thet several have provided themselves with those ecolest- astical robes suitable to the rites of the church in the camp It is desirable, for many reasons. that nerally should be acquainted with tl things, because, in that case, means may adopted for the restoration of peace to Ireland and confidence to England. This country has grown be- yond the machinery of the repressive power of govern- ment. Superabundant expenditure only tends to enrich tho districts the military are sent to control, and soldiers will soon tire of being called out to combat with shadows, There are feelings abroad on which government can operate effectually. The middle classes and tradesmen are weary of two things bed trade and the cost of patriotiam; they are impstient of subscriptions which are in reality compulsory, and they are apprehensive of ® continu- ance of the dullness which agitation has, {t is be- lieved, auperinduced, Doubts of the utility of rej or revolution begin to insinuate themselves. The operation of the poor-laws has made them partially familiar with the onerous nature of taxation in Eng- land. and they begin to doubt the utility of a charge which would compel them to support all their national wants and institutions. ‘They are not quite olear that repeal would bring more trade—at least out of Dublin and they surmise that they never can compete in m wfactures with Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Warwick. shire, They, in fact, lack confidence, but dare not swy 80; and the farmors entertain precisely similar notions under exactly similar circumstances. Upon these notions government will operate at once. Iwas surprised to find here » total absence of anxiety. No one seemed to imagine an outbreak in Dub in possible, and as long as rebellion was distant it was merely a thing of news, On_ reflection, however, all this appeared natural enough. Dublin exhibits all the outward marks of comparative pros- perity. It is crowded, gay, and brilliant; the shops are splendid. the vehicles numerous, the people well dressed and well looking, and out of Lancashire there are no such women in the world. Compared with Dublin even London is shabby; Liverpool I will not speak ill of, for it is “the good old town;”” but it is mot According to the local ‘papers, all the shops are here “to let,” but on inspection [can say that, for one unoccupied shop in Dublin, there are fivein Liverpool. Bru:hing up my recollection, [ con- clude that, for one shopkeeper who retires on a fortune in Liverpool, twevty accomplish that diffoult result im Dublin. On this subject there is & marvellous ig. norapce in England. In my bumble opinion there more than an average prosperity here. More misery meets your eye in one street in Liverpool than in twen- ty here, and I do claim the capacity to judge. Of the country I cannot yet speak, but may by and by; forit is probable that | shall go in search of “something” in Tipperary. 'The’Latest from Ireland. Dupin, Thursday, 5.40 P. M. The several accounts recesved, report every- thing im the south perfectly quet. This day pro- clamajions have been issued by the Lord Lieuten- anttothe 15 counties and baronies proclaimed last Monday, calling on all parties not privileged, ; to deliver up their arms on or before the 7th inst., under the penalty ot two years’ imprisonment, with hard labor. Lord Hardinge reviewed the troops of the garrison in the Phgenix Park to-day. Evnorran Times Orrice, Aug. 3—0% A M. ‘We have received our Irish correspondence, dated yest yy is not any news of importance. Twenty-three prisoners from Ballingarry, were brought into Dublin yesterdsy, and committed to Kilmainbam, charged with aicing in the late atteek en the police at that place, on Saturday Inst. A number of additional arrests taken place in Dublin and the provinces. ‘All is reported quiet in the South. Nothing further is known of Smith O’Brien. ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS FROM THE SOUTH. Freeman's Jounnat Orvicn, } Dosuy, Augurt 4—11 A.M. The train which left Thurles this morni at paat 6 o’olock, and arrived at the King’s hve at half-past 10, brought twonty priso: South. The prisoners were, it appears, mountains, between Ballingarry and Kin yesterday (Thursday), by the constabulary. They are mostly young men, from 18 to 2% years of age, amd their appearance was very wrotched. Twenty of the constabulary, with a sergeant, escort- ed the prisoners, who were marched from the train to the Royal Barrack, whero they remain for the pre- sent, Antelligence from the Continent. The latest telegraphic intelligence trom the Gon- tinent is, that all Germany—in fact, the whole of the Continent—is again in ferment and preparing for war. There has been a long and close battle between the Austriens and the Piedmontese, and victory has finally declared for Radetzky, who has suc- ceeded in efiectung the object he had in view, and in forcing Charles Albert to retire beyond the Min- cio. On the 23d the Austrians, who seem to have taken the Piedmontese by surprise, were complete- ly victorious. They swept the whole country be fore them. Onthe 24th they were attacked in their position by the Piedmontese, and driven fur- ther, leaving 2500 prisoners in the hands .of the Italinn army. On the 25th the battle was renewed and continued until night, when the Piedmontese army retired in good order, taking with them their prisoners. The headquarters of Charles Albert were, on the 26th, at Goito. The reverse sustained by the Piedmontese army has created an intense excitement in Paris, and the utmost anxiety was manilested to learn the de- termination of the government with respect to French intervention, It was reported in some quarters, that France would at once march an army into Lombardy ; and the impression on the Bourse was such as to occasion a considerable de- pression in the prices of all public securities. It is stated that a French squadron is to be sent im- niediately into the Adriatic. 5 M. Gourier: had arrived from Milan, with an address to the French government, signed by the whole of the members of the provisional goverm- ment of Lombardy, and earnestly soliciting the intervention of France, by sea and land, in faver of Itahan independence. Since the departure of Gen. Oudinot for the Alps there has been a considerable movement of troops throughout France. A portion of the French squadron had sailed from Naples for Ancona. A letter hus been addressed by Count Neaselrede to all Russian diplomatic agents, stating that the militery preparations of the Emperor of Ressia have been made with strictly defensive, and net aggressive intentions. 7 Madrid letters of the 2th ult. announce the ar- rest of Gonzales Bravo, and his transler to Cadie for transportation to the Philppines. It was ra- moured that M, Pidal had been appointed minister for foreign affairs, and M. Mon to the fioaneiat department, The Duke de Sotomayor would be named ambassador to Paris. From Spain there is no news of any impertance.