THREATENED REBELLION IN IRELAND.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 260, 25 November 1848, Page 3

THREATENED REBELLION IN IRELAND.

PROCLAMATION 01* DVBLIN, CORK, DUOGHEOA, AND WATERI'ORD. A bold step hat been taken by Lord Clarendon in reference to the Confederation Clubs, and the organisers of rebellion. The fallowing let of resolutions— probably aa daring' as any that have yet emanated from the Clubbists — appeared in the Freeman* Journal of Tuesday morning: — 4 « At a meeting of the officers of the Dublin Clubs held on Saturday night, July 15, 1848, John B. Dillon, Esq , presideut of the Curran, Club, in the chair, the following wai moved by William S. O'iinon, Eiq., M.P., seconded by Richard O'Gorman, jun , E»q., president of the Oliver Bond Club, and adopted unanimously :— " The (systematic efforts made by writers in the pay of the British government to cause it to be believed that the repeal clubs of Ireland are organized for purposes of piHage and massacre, and for the overthrow of religion and locial order, render it expedient that we should define the real object* of the club organisation ; be it therefore reioWed and declared— 14 That the purpose* and end of our organisation are the overthrow of the power of the British legislation in this island ; " That while we are firmly reiol»ed to abstain, in ' our political capacity, from any interference in matters of a religious or sectarian character, we are not the less desirous that religion should be upheld, and the legitimate influence of its miaitters maintained, in Hi integrity,

" That so far from desiring 1 to overthrow social order, nnd to subject our country to universal anarchy, our first anxiety hai been, and is, to lecure the legislative independence of our country with the leait possible injury to any class of ita inhabitants 5 and in the ac^ complislmient of these our designi we hope to put an end for ever to the sufferings and the disorder! which have never ceased to afflict our people under the sway of Britain. " John B. Diixon, Chairman, " Preiideut of the Curran Club." The Privy Council met the same afternoon, and determined upon proclaiming the following districts :— County of Dublin ; city of Dublin ; city of Waterford ; county of Waterford (barony of Gaultiere, barony of Middlethird, barony of KillcuHihee) ; city of Cork ; county of Cork, (barony of Cork, barony of Ferraoy, barony of Clondons and Clongibbons) county of the town of Drogheda. The proclamations are in the usual terms. The possession of unregistered fre arras, or other deadly weapons, in the above districts, will s>ul>ject the boldeis to the severe punishment piovided by the ant. The Evening Post, the government organ, givci the following reasons for the course whipli the government have thought it necessary to pursue; — " Tlie Privy Council was summoned last night to meet this afternoon; and Dublin, Cork, Waterford, and Diogheda, have been proclaimed. We are fully prepared for the clarm that this determination will creutc, but, at the same time, we are perfectly convinced thut there is not one light-minded mau in the community, not a single advocate of law or order, whatever may be his political opinions, who will not feel assured that the government must have ample rcasoni that not alone justify, but imperatively call for the course they have now adopted. We say this because it is notorious that in the course of the last five months, from every part of the country, from England as well as from Ireland, auJ above all, from an immenie number of our citizens, the utmost pressure has been applied to induce the government to proclaim Dublin. This pressure has been steadily relisted, because the Government having means of complete information at their command, deemed that Such a step was not called for, and the manner in which the peace of our city has been maintained, throughout the whole of that txriimg period, proves that the government, acting upon its responsibility, was justified it) not resorting to those powers confided to it by the law. If, now, therefore, the government, possessing the same means of information, again acting upon its ovn re« sponaibility, and prepared to justify its course to the country, considers that the time has at length arrived when the exercibe of tho9e powers can no longer with safety bo deferred, the public may be well asiured that the cause is ample, and admits of no delay. '• We know, and our readers will understand, that we speak from authoiity, that the government has information of the conspiracy meditated by a few desperate men, not only to defeat the ends of justice, but by force to subvert all law and order, and to engage this country in a deadly social struggle-— in a word, by means precisely identical with those employed in France, to briug about in Ireland the same ruin, nnd anarchy, and bloodshed, as at Paris, and which thore have made the stanchest Republicans look upon a military despotism as a national blessing. That this insane and horrible plot will signally fail, no reasonable man can permit himself to doubt ; but it is the duty of the government to protect the unwary from the snares Hut are held out for them, to guard society against the anxious care, and the doubt nnd the losses that these prepaiations for its (subversion must entail, and, above all, it is the duty of llie government to prevent! if possible, the shedding of n single drop of blood. The dreadful scenes of Paris must not be imitated in Dublin, Cork, Watcrfoul, and Drogheda. The mnmr facture, and sale, and importation of weapons for unlawful purposes, must be checked; their possession by persons who would sleep them in the blood of their fellow-countrymen mus>t not be permitted. These cities have, theiefoic, been proclaimed ; and at the measure is solely directed agaiust the evil'tninded promoters ol civil war, we need liardly assure all other persons, that no precaution will be neglected by the authorities to render its operation as little annoying or vexatious to (hem as posable; and we much mistake that immense majority of our fellow citizens who are friendly to law and order, if they will not cheerlully submit to a slight and temporary inconvenience, in order to avert a reign of terror, and to put an end to a stale of unceasing sedition, which paralyses alt business, ii destructive alike of confidence and credit, and at thin moment mona es not alone the welUbeing, but the very existtuce, of society. 11 We will only further add, for the satisfaction of the public, that the names and residences of the members of clubs, who are .subordinate agents in the conspiracy, are as well known to the government ai the criminal intentions of their leaden."

ALARMING STATK CT WATERrORD. The following is an extract of a letter dated Watered, July 17 :— " Ths state of this city is seriously alarming— more so than the public are at all aware of. The affair of Meagher'a arrest has given an impetus to disaffection. Meagher entered the town between two and thiee o'clock this morning, at the head of at least 2000 men, who accompanied him from the meeting at SHevenamon. The enrolment in the clubs and sale of armi hat increased since Meagher'a nrreit. It is •aid he stated last night that on the next occaiion lie would not iu rrender without a struggle, and asked if they would be ready to asiist him. The ' powers that be' here are most inefficient. The influence of the clergy is every duy diminishing. We shall soon bo at the mercy of a reckless mob of desperadoes, not inferior to those of Paris, unless decided measures should be at once adopted against the clubs."

We have received fmther intelligence from Dublin, under date of Thursdtty, July 20, on which day the new proclamation came into effect. The city was quiet, and preparations were being made to carry out the disarming notice. The Lord Chancellor has taken <h« initiatory itep toward* the removal from the magisterial bench of tho following perioni, for aiding at the League meeting held on Wedneiday :— Thoinan Hart, J.P., (Mayor of Killenuy), Mr. Crane, 3.V., Mr. Smiluwick, J.P., and Mr. Potter.

(From the Dublin Evening Herald.) Without one word of unnecemry commentary or preface, we proceed to lay before the government, as well at before our readers, the following alarming facts. We are not at liberty to state through what channel the information hat reached us, but we can aiiure the government that iS accuracy may be relied on, and we trust that, if hitherto unappriied of the circumstancei ' we are about to mention, they will loie no time in testing the truth of the intelligence, and acting at the exigency may require. The information is to the following effect— Lait week 80 stand of arms were purchased by the Dr. Doyle Club, of which Mr. Duffy of the Nation i| the president j 2i},000 stand of disnsed military flint muikets hare been purchased in London for the use u sc of the iniurgeati, and arc coming over in batcheit

Yesterday evening, a large van with four horiei was publicly, (as it happened actually under the eyei of a police inspector) laden with muskets at the door of a gunsmith, who keeps a shooting gallery upon Wellington Quay. Yesterday morning, Hyland, the noted pike-maker, left this city for Carlow, with a large consignment of pikes. The rebels have prepared a map of the city of Dulilin, subdivided into districts, in each of which the points at which the clubs are respectively to muster, and where barricade! are to be throwu up, are indicated. It is now arranged that if, upon the formation of the juiy'to try Duffy or his fellows, it shall appear piobable that a conviction will be had, the clubg are to rise immediately and prevent the trial by an anticipatory, and, ai thpy hope, a successful outbreak. One word we must add. The 20,000 stsnd of arms above-men-tioned will alone cost, by the time they arc delivered into Dublin, fully £10,000.

RUMOURED RISING AT CA.RUICK OS-SVIR. The town of Canick-on-Suir has been in a state of great excitement, owing to the arrest on Monday of several confederates, among others a pnest of the name, of Byrne. As soon as itiwas known that he was in custody, the m« aiders of the clubs assembled, and attended by vast numbers of the peasantry, proceeded to the magistrates, and demanded his instant liberation. The members of the clubs being armed, and the multitudes appearing to be ripe foi mischief, ihe authorities were overawed and released the prisoneis. The intelligence of these events was received all through Tipperury with enthusiasm. On Monday night the mountains were all in a blaze with fires, from SUevebloom to Slievenamon, and the peasantry crowded around them in large masses. The cheering along the Waterford range was distinctly heird in CJonmel, and the clubs marched through the towns in sections. The military were under arms, prep ucd, if necessary, for repression. This state of afi\iirs gave rise to a report, that the insurrection had at last been begun.

THE LATEST ARRESTS. Messrs. T. D. Magee and Hollywood, who were anested for sedition, and bound in recognizances to appear without deiay to appear before the grand jury of WicUlow, have returned to town in triumph. The proceedings against them, so far, have been worthless. The offences charged against these republicans were committed on the 2nd July, the informations, lodged the 12th, on which day thuy were ordered to be placed before the Wicklow grand jury, discharged some hours pieviously. Of course, nothing remained for tbc accused, but to return back again. At Cork, on Tuesday, Mesird. I. S: Varian, J. W. Boarke, D. Lyons, and J. O'Hrien, were anested on a charge of sedition, and subsequently bailed.

THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DOYNE. The northern papers teem with reports of the loyal demonstrations made on the 12th July by the true friends of BritUh connection and of Ireland — the Orangemen of Ulster. The " Northern Whig " thus speaks of the day's proceeding :— " The displuy was just what we had expected. The Orangemen felt that they had to give an answer to the attempts to seduce them into the repeal ranks, and to the confident, though false assertions, that the attempt had succeeded, and they have done so. They turned out in great force, and a^ it appears 1 , in more imposing array, than thry had shown (or a number of years ; and, as far as we have yet learned, the proceedings were more orderly and peaceable. It is satisfactory that it has been so; but we greatly lament the circumstances which have produced this dernonstiation For this, however, we have to thank the machinations of the wretched set, who in their thirst for rebellion, employ every means wliii'h wickedness and falsehood can suggest, to scive their purpose ; and if they have given new hie to that spirit which we had hoped was gradually sinking iind disappearing, this is an additional effect of their principles and exertions."