TIPPERARY.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 263, 6 December 1848, Page 3

TIPPERARY.

The latest int-lii^ncd from the northern part of Tipperary is the following :«— Nenagh, Sunday Evlning, Eioiit o'clock, i> m, — The news of iho ane»t of Smith O'liiien was biou^ht, to this town at five o'clock m the moruiaj by a seigeunt of police, and excited much lnlercot. The countiy people could not at fust beliuvc Unit the fuct was true r but the statement was eimnrmed dining the clay. The made ol his arrest is no doubt better known from your coi respondent in Thurles, but the letter conveying tho news of his capture here BtaUh that ()' linen was nriestcd by the guard on the rui.way at Thurles, while on his wuy up to Dublin in the evening tr.iin. It seems a stiuni;? piece of madness to hive attempted caenpp, by the wuy of Dublin, where O'Jiricn was so well kpowti. Fiom persons well acquainted wi'h the views of the insurgents, 1 undei stand ihut the lisuij; would not have taken place 60 s )on but for the advice of Doheny. lie it was wlio l)ccamo bO elated by the uiueliug of tha peabuniry at blievmamon, that he declared the whole of the south and west would rise if OBrien gave the word ; and actm» upjn this, the latter, after" leaving 1 Carm-k-on Suir, and ai living at Cashel, adopted tlw udvice of Doheny. It is my opinion that Doheny cannot avoid the pursuit after hun for many days, tlm person u well known, and the want of funds will also operate against his movements. On the other hand, however, it is to be considered that he is intimately uctiuaitiljd with the niouulatii fastnesses, ami lha wiibdi <iw.il of the small stations of police is also a circunist.nee ia hia favour. That he was at a place culled Holly turd, in the direction of Cappaghwhitc, on Thuibday, ia certain, for a tailor was employed by him to make incze coats for him and some ot the othei leadeis,and the police and military that started fiom this ior the Keeper Mountains weic close on his track. A threatening letter of a most atrocious nature W3* received by the Roman Catholic clergyman of Koscrcu. on Friday, threatening him with death if he did in.t join the people in their struggle. A curious circumstance look place here yesterday. A respectable gentleman was asked to tonvey a letter to one of the »ute prisoners in the g.iol who is chained with treason. He wns given to understand that it only contai/led money for his use, bat on its beini* ojiencil by the authorities, besides the money there vv.is a statement by the writer, that had the aricst of the prisoner taken place half an hour later, a powei lul Imjy of pikemen would huve been collected in tune to eliecr a rescue. The beat spirits animates the soldiery and policp, and the closest inquiry leaves no doubt of the utter falsehood of the statements bo industriously circulated iv certain cuiarters, that many of them could not bo depended on. I have been speaking to a gentleman who was present at the arrest of Mr. O Uiien. He got into thft train at the Dundrutu Station, and was recognised by the guard, who said nothing until he wis in Thuilcs. Theie thu airest was made, and Mr. Q'iJnea sent olf in custody of Mr. Fiumaurice, R.M., Mr, Bracken, of the Constabulary, and a large force. A troop of the Royal Dra»oons } at two o'clock fh's day, received a sudden route for Lnncntk, and hare left. Disturbances* vie expected in JLun<nck. The mails from Limerick to TraLc up and down are said to have been stopped and jifled ol all the letters. Mr. Lalor's brother was yesterday discharged from Nenagh gaol. Ci>oNMht, Sunbav Evening, A uavaT C> —About noon to-day, it was jepoited thai Smith U'lirn>ii \y<\& airested at Thurles last night, and theie wa^ anx.ely on all sides to asceitaii whether such weie th^j fact or not. Ttie wholi* intUtm was involved ia viOiit^mty uutil the amval t>f the'lhuile^ |>«>-jt, whn \ plaei'd it beyond (jueition. The following is an <\i wl lrom a letter leceived by a gi;iulemin heie tiom .» rcltttivrt ri'aiucfii in Tuurlt" :- - " lh' brt»g[rii s and rfiirlow brcdkcu of "XliUilis

allowed poor Smith OBrien to be taken at the railway station tbil evening, at half-past eight o'clock. He intended to take the train to Limerick, but his destination being changed, be u now on his way to Dublin.'' Now, that the truth is known here, there seems to be do disposition on the part of the people to take any steps in the imurrectionary direction. The town and neighbourhood are perfectly quiet. MOnC ARKBBTS. John Lawless, secretary to a club held nt Sunciymount, wai arrested yeiterdny, and committed to Newgate. Francis Hanley, of North Earl-street, has also bean arreited. A person named Nolan, who came over to Ireland, from Ameiica, as a leader, and another person named Pilzpatriclc, have been arrested at Thurleß.