IRELAND.

Reports of a" recommencement of the Irish rebellion " abounded in Lon- don on Thursday. The accounts of late editions of the Kilkenny and Clonmeljournals were reproduced, stating that 4,000 men had encamped on the Slievanamon hills, under Doheny and O'Gorman; had levied rations for a fortnight; and were on the march for Carrick-on-Suir. Several police stations had been attacked; Curraghmore, the fortified residence of the Mar- quis of Waterford was stormed and spoiled of its arms and ammunition— the Marquis being absent. The Waterford mail had been stopped at Gra- nagh Bridge, whilst the bridge was broken and thrown down by five hun- dred men under a captain on a " grand horse "—the coach and its riders being dismissed with the news.

Yesterday, more precise accounts arrived. Mr. Doheny's army fell to 400 men, assembled, with miscellaneous arms, under leaders not known; and the commissariat arrangements proved to have been only the shoes, stockings, and boots, which a party of a hundred natives found outside of a police station, defended successfully by fewer than a dozen policemen. The attack on Curraghmore was changed to the apprehension of one felt by the Marchioness. The attack on the mail-coach seems true; but even that was exaggerated: the bridge is still uninjured, beyond the throwing down of the parapet-walls and the roughening of the roads.

Nevertheless, there have been doings among the peasantry which show how little the suppression of " the late rebellion " has done for social order. The five hundred men who assembled on the Hill of Aheny retired on the approach of a military and police force, but it is not thought that they are dispersed: they have retired into the woods and vallies, and whither they cannot be pursued but by a very large force. All the detached police stations in the neighbourhood of Carrick-on-Suir have been attacked; and several peasants killed, though none of the defenders. The'object of these movements is contradictorily stated. The better accounts, however, con.. nect the original movements with agrarian grievances, and make the attacks on the police stations the result more of a vague pugnacity, or even a hope of plunder, than any political ends or organization. The following account of one of these attacks is graphic: the affair com- bines in an Irish manner the serious with the ludicrous-

" At shoat seven o'clock in the evening, a body of 100 men, armed with pikes and guns, proceeded to surround the police station of Glenbower. The various Constabulary parties in the district had during the day received orders to retreat to Carrick, and convey their property with them, as they were exposed to much danger whilst remaining in their isolated positions and so near the rebel camp. The Glenbower men were in the act of placing their effects upon cars for the par- pose of removal, when they perceived the enemy approaching, and they then im- mediately betook themselves to the barrack. The insurgents pounced upon the clothes-boxes of the men; which they broke open with large stones, and then de- liberately proceeded to array themselves in the various articles of apparel which they found therein,—throwing away the old clothes which they had previously worn. They then demanded a surrender of the policemen's arms: but the con- stables, eight in number, had been occupying themselves in making_the arrange- ments for defence, the trick of which they were so well taught by Mr. Trent at Far- ranrory, and accordingly replied to the demand by firing a volley at the besiegers. Just at this critical moment, the eight policemen who formed the Nine-mile-house party, and who were on their march to Carrick, arrived at Glenbower. They im- mediately gave the insurgents a volley in the rear; and the fellows did not stand to receive their further compliments, but ran away in all directions. Two men fell before the barracks; one of them was wounded, and the Constabulary made him a prisoner; the other was killed on the spot. The latter was a person residing in the neighbourhood, and well known to the police: he had upon his feet a pair of boots rifled from one of the boxes, and his own old brogues were found where he had thrown them by the road-side when he had fitted himself more to his liking. An old WORM; whom I met at the place, stated that she was looking on at the entire engagement, and that after the 'boys' ran, one of them, whilst crossing the hill, was struck by a ball from the barrack, and fell, but got up again and was assisted off by his comrades. She also said that several others of the attack- ing party were believed to have been wounded."

At Portlaw, a similar attack was repulsed in a similar manner by eight policemen, who killed two men by firing. The station of Slate Quarry was attacked, and a great many shots were fired into the windows : no reply being made, the peasantry thought they had killed all the defenders, and burst open the entrances: they found the place deserted and bare—it had been evacuated the night before, by the constables posted there; so the rioters set it on fire and burnt it to the ground.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, there was much moving of troops and of police; but in no instance did the armed force meet any resistance; nor is there any prospect of a serious renewal of insurrection, though as long as Mr. Doheny and Mr. O'Gorman are at large some organization and occa- sional demonstrations will continue.

Mr. Doheny is the subject of as discrepant assertions as the general movement. Lately he was said to be wan and worn with watching ancl rapid movements to avoid the police: now the Clonmel Chronicle gives these "new and interesting " particulars-

" Dobeny is a most active man, and one who would probably show fight to any one or two men who would attempt his arrest. He carries pistols and 1 dagger, and seems inclined now to see out the end of his present coarse. He is also represented as being in good spirits, and as having availed himself of his

activity to amuse his rebel corps. He collects together some horses, and per- chance asses, from among his followers; and, having placed them side by side—

two, three, four, and even so many as five—he then takes a run, and jumps clearly over them all, without any assistance whatever. He does this frequently, for the amusement of his army during the present cessation of hostilities."

The military spirit stirred some very obscure villages-

" The chapel bells of Kilcash and Ballyline rang for attack on Carrick-ml- Suir; but a messenger came oat, stating that there were some soldiers coming, (the Eighty-fifth on their march); and consequently the attempt was not made.,

On the 8th, Lord John Russell received a deputation from the nobility and gentry of Galway, describing the destitution and pauperism of their districts, and urging &demand that Government capital be applied to the formation of reproductive works—the construction of a railway from Dublin to Galway, for instance. Lord John replied, that the earns demands had been made from many districts in England, but the Government had not funds to advance: "the exchequer being low, he would not hold out any hope that a negotiation for a loan could be entertained, as he without the sanction of Parliament could do nothing of himself."

Lord John Russell, with Lady John and the children left Dublin on Saturday evening, and embarked in the Banshee for Scotland direct; dis- appointing the expectants of Belfast and the North. The Banshee remain- ed at anchor during the night, and left Kingstown harbour for the Clyde at break of day. He had to encounter an unexpected hindrance at parting; as we learn from the following statement in the Freeman's Journal— "Lord John Russell, almost the moment previous to his departure from our chores, was handed a Crown summons, requiring him to attend and give evidence at the ensuing Special Commission in Clonmel, on the part of William Smith O'Brien. The delivery of this document, as we can collect, was not effected with- out some difficulty. Several applications were made in the course of Saturday for an interview with Mr. R. W. Grey, the Premier's secretary, with the view of making his Lordship acquainted with the object of Mr. O'Bnen's solicitor, Mr. Potter; but in vain; and it was only after the carriage was packed, and the noble Lord's family awaiting him to step into it, that he could spare a moment for an interview with Mr. Potter. It took place in the drawingroom of the Viceregal Lodge•' and after a brief introduction Lord John was handed the legal document in due form, which he read over carefully. Mr. Potter then observed, that in order to comply with the requisite formalities of law, it was his duty to tender to his Lordship a viaticum, accompanying the summons which required his at- tendance; at the same time handing him ten sovereigns. Lord John Russell declined to receive the money; observing, that though such might be the form of law, Mr. Potter might consider the service of the summons complete without his acceptance of the viaticum. His Lordship then remarked, that he was going to Scotland, by a special order, to wait upon her Majesty; and that he did not know for what purpose his attendance could be required at the trial. Mr. Potter stated, that the legal advisers of Mr. Smith O'Brien considered his Lordship's at- tendance and evidence absolutely requisite. The Premier then requested, that if it should still be deemed necessary to examine him as a witness he would receive intimation to that effect as early as possible, in order to enable him to make arrangements for attending the trial at Clonmel. Mr. Potter repeated that he bad reason to believe his Lordship's evidence would be indispensable on the trial; and then withdrew: after which, Lord J. Russell stepped into his carriage, and drove off to Kingstown."

Two letters from Lord George Bentinck have appeared in the Irish pa- pers. One, in the Freeman's Journal, was a reply to a communication on the subject of Lord George's rumoured visit to Ireland.

"Harcourt House, Sept. 6, 1848.

"Sir—It is all the invention of some imaginative brain that I have any inten- tion of visiting Ireland. I have no power to help her; I can be, therefore, of no good to her by going there to see the destitution and nakedness of the land. If I were to go to Ireland, I should not be above seeking information from a Repealer, or of a personal inspection of the 'Liberty of Dublin.' The religion or politics of a witness are nothing to me—his matter-of-fact information and truthfulness is all I consider. I am not a Repealer; though I probably may entertain a very different opinion from you which country would be the gainer and which the loser by a repeal of the Union. "It was not so much through the hostility of the English Members as through the desertion and hostility of the Irish Members, (many of them Repeakrs,) that in February 1847 Ireland lost the opportunity of obtaining a loan of sixteen millions of English gold, at 81. 7s. 6d per cent, to stimulate the construction, by private enterprise, of railways in your country. Unanimous in Palace Yard, on one Tuesday in favour of the proposition I then brought forward, on the Tuesday sennight, the same sixty gentlemen, having seen the Prime Minister at the Fo- reign Office in the interval, voted two to one in the House of Commons against giving railways to Ireland. " Out of 105 Representatives which Ireland possesses, 28 only, if my memory serves me correctly, would vote for that loan to Ireland. Two-thirds of the Irish Representatives present declined the measure; the rest took care to be non est inventus at the division which was the hour of Ireland's need. Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest the division-list, and you will find there were many more learn, friends of Ireland on that occasion among the supporters of the Union than among the Repealers. Is it surprising that, when Irish Representa- tives voted two to one against the acceptance of that measure, and when but 28 out of Ireland's 105 could alone be found to say Aye,' that a majority of English- men could not be found willing tomake a sacrifice of English interests to force upon Ireland a boon which the majority of Irish Members thus rejected? It is not repeal of the Union that Ireland wants; she wants men to represent her, who, un- derstanding her material and substantial interests, are able and willing to promote and maintain them, and will not, on the one hand, to gain the shouts of the mob, divert public and Parliamentary attention to phantom reforms that have no sub- stantial virtue in them, or, on the other hand, sell their votes to win the smiles, or, may be, something more valuable, in the gift of the Minister of the day. "I am, Sir, your humble servant, G. BENTINCIC The other letter by Lord George Bentinck appeared in the Weekly Regis- ter: it seems to have been written to a gentleman who had remonstrated with Lord George for his severe remarks on Mr. John Mitchel.

"Harcourt House, 8th September 1848. "Sir—You mistake me. I don't care twopence for ill-earned popularity. I run for those who obey, and not for those who break the laws.

"If the grateful recollection of Irishmen for old services are wiped out by an honest man's speaking out the truth, the gratitude of Irishmen is of very light value.

"I care nothing whether Mr. Mitchel be the idol' or not of thousands. I know be is a traitor to his country, and a convicted felon.' I know that he is an educated man, and has not the excuse either of ignorance or of poverty for his crimes.

"I am only sorry for my country—sorry for Ireland—that the infatuation of any portion of the people should be such, that thousands (as you say—God for- bid it should be true !) can be found to sympathize with a man convicted by a jury of his countrymen, and by his own writings, of being a traitor to his Queen and country. You are very ill-acquainted with me if you imagine I would con- descend to purchase popularity by making my language to contrast with that of Lord John Russell, when I think him in the right; and I openly avow, that in my opinion the brightest page in the history of his Government is find which records the firmness and determination with which he has put down rebellion, maintained peace, and brought criminals to justice in Ireland—putting a stop to murder, spoliation, and outrage. "I can say with Mr. Burke your immortal countrymen, I was not made for a minion or a tool; and as little can I follow the trade of winning hearts by im- posing on the understandings of the people.' The same false notion that I am a worshiper of popularity, and that I am running a race of popularity with Lord John Russell, has, I imagine, given rise in Ireland to the unfounded statement that I contemplated a visit to your country. There never has been the slightest founda- tion for the report. "I am, your humble servant, G. BENTLXCK."

At a meeting of the Society for Promoting a Periodical Sitting of the Imperial Parliament in Ireland, held on the 11th instant, Lord William Fitzgerald presiding, the following address to the public was resolved on-

" The Committee being unwilling to have recourse to public meetings in order to influence popular opinion request that such noblemen and gentlemen in Dublin and throughout the country as approve of the contemplated measure, will send their names and addresses to the Secretary, in order that they may be placed Upon record as favourable to the proceedings; and it is further requested that such as desire to become members of the Society, by contributing to defray the necessary expenditure, will accompany their names with the prescribed contribu-

tion of IL, to be sent to the treasurer, Mr. Christopher Hamilton 47 Leeson Street, Dublin.

"The number and importance of the adherents which the Society have already received are such as abundantly justify expectations of the most favourable results; but, as an unequivocal demonstration of national opinion, and not nucleus for party strife, is desired by the Society, they submit this notification to the public.

"The Committee is aware that in the hurried circulation of their prospectuses by persons little accustomed to such details, numberless parties who from rank, wealth, station, respectability, and intelligence, should have been individually ap- plied to, have been unavoidably overlooked; and it earnestly requests that such will pardon the apparent neglect, and not withhold their names because not per- sonally solicited. "It is hoped, moreover, that the provincial press, who have so ably and patriotically come forward to advocate this measure, will give it the further benefit of inserting the foregoing statement."

It was also resolved, that, for "increased accommodation," the future meetings of the Committee be held at the Northumberland Buildings, Eden Quay; and that all outstanding accounts of the Society be dis- charged.

The State Trials Commission is to be opened at Clonmel on the 21st instant, but no actual trial can commence till the 29th. The presiding Judges will be Chief Justice Blackburn, Chief Justice Doherty, and Judge Moore. The Irish papers have been alluding frequently to an intended approver amongst the conspirators who plotted the rebellion in the South. Mr. T. M. Halpin, the paid Secretary of the Confederation, is now men- tioned on all sides as the man; and it is said that he has been arrested and placed in Naas Gaol, under a friendly warrant.

The Freeman's Journal expressly contradicts the reports prevalent re- garding the treachery of Mr. Ilalpin. Officials questioned his relations, and were referred to himself. "Mr. Halpin informed the authorities, that he had no evidence whatever to give ; that the acts of the body to which he belonged were open to every one, and that he knew nothing more."

Statements have appeared in a Dublin paper that documentary proofs exist which compromise four of the Popish Prelates and an Archbishop— of "names already discreditably known" to the public.

Father Maloney was denounced as "a Government spy," by a written notice, posted on the chapel-door of Kile,ommon, lust Sunday. The reverend gentleman discharged a national schoolmaster, named Corny O'Brien, for having joined and identified himself with the Confederate leaders, when they appeared on the hill of Kilcommon; and he is suspected of being the fabricator.—Limerick Chronicle.

The Southern Reporter of Cork gives the relation subjoined. The Times correspondent informs us that the hero is Mr. Eugene O'Reilly, the son of Mr. Matthew O'Reilly, a Dublin solicitor, law-agent to the Chief Secretary for Ireland.

"Very soon after it was known that Smith O'Brien and his companions had assembled in the neighbourhood of Ballingarry, five or six young men, holding a respectable position in society, some having attained collegiate honours, went down from Dublin to join him. They reached the locality of the rencontre the evening after the affair at Widow Cormack's house; and on learning the result, and finding that the leaders' were divided and dispersed, they made their way back to the county Meath, where they purposed to lie perdue for some time. There' however, they found that the police were on their track, and they deter- mined on returning to Dublin and taking their chance. Accordingly, they did so, and reached the city about eleven o'clock at night. Here, after consulting for a while they resolved on calling upon a young friend and asking quarters for the night until they could decide on their future location. Proceeding to the house of their friend's father, a respectable professional gentleman, whose political sentiments were greatly at variance with those of his son, they knocked at the hall-door and inquired for the person with whom they desired to communicate; who presently came down to them. While conferring in the hall as to how he could best provide for them, his father overheard the conversation, and coming out he locked the hall-door putting the key in his pock- et; and, having called for assistance, he sent a servant through the back-door for the police. The son entreated, prayed, and pleaded the sacredness of a stran- ger seeking shelter and hospitality; but in vain. His parent was immoveable; and, seeing the urgency of the case, he said to his friends, Come, boys this shall never be.' In an instant the father was seized hold of and overpowered; he was brought into a back-parlour, and tied hand and foot in an arm-chair; the hall- door was opened, and the son, having seen his friends safe out of danger, re- turned to the house. Next day he was made a prisoner, as suspected of trea- sonable practices,' and sent to Newgate. His father went to visit him, and he refused him an interview. He is now in the prison of Belfast; and his mother, who knew that no act or deed of her son had compromised him in any illegal proceeding, was, I am told, refused an interview with him there with- in the last fortnight."

The reports of the harvesting have continued favourable; those of the harvest yield are tolerably good. The Morning Chronicle's correspondent has sent the following somewhat circumstantial report- " It is calculated, on an average of returns, that wheat will be at least one-third below the produce of ordinary years; in many places the deficiency will be one- half, but in others it will be less than a fourth. The grain, besides, is generally inferior in quality, and will require an admixture of old wheat in grinding. Oats is admitted upon all hands to be a good crop, fully equal to an average produce, and the grain is generally fair in quality. Barley 12 a pretty good crop, but the breadth grown this year is rather less than usual. I have seen today a number of authentic accounts from various parts of the country, all describing the con- tinued progress of the blight amongst the potatoes. If half the crop sown should be available for consumption, we may consider ourselves very fortunate."

The accounts of the other London papers and those of the Irish journals speak less strongly of the shortness of the wheat crop, but confirm the oats and barley reports. The potato failure does not seem to be over- rated, but the quantity of turnips and other vegetables is unusual; though the smaller colliers have not yet increased their cultivation. As it is certain that the potato crop is much deteriorated, Lord Claren- don has taken steps of precaution. He has written to the Royal Agricul- tural Society, impressing upon them the necessity, through ever., agent and every local channel, of advising the people to plant store turnips on the stubble land and potato ground, and so provide a supply of food in spring in lieu of the perished crop.

"Among the minor enterprises of benevolence," says the Dublin corre- spondent of the Morning Chronicle," I have just heard of one which, both from its own nature and the character of the parties by-whom it is taken up, promises to be productive of much good. I allude to a project about to be brought into operation by the Society of Friends for the establish- ment of model farms in several parts of the kingdom, in which the best

--modes of agriculture shall be carried on within the view of all classes of the people, and at the same time means shall be afforded (by a aystem of accurate accounts constantly open to inspection) of communicating to the owners and occupiers of land accurate knowledge as to the profit and loss of farming upon sound principles. Preparations, I understand, are now being actively made to work out this scheme."

Mr. J. R. Barry, of Cork, is appointed a Commissioner to carry out the fishing-laws in Ireland, at 1,5001. a year salary. The Assistant Commission- er will have 5001. yearly salary.

According to the Galway Mercury, "it is said that the most extensive estate in Ireland is about to change owners; the present proprietor re- ceiving, after payment of all encumbrances, a sum of 50,000/." The "most extensive estate" in Ireland is that of Ballinaliinch, the property of Mrs. Gonne Bell, the only daughter and heiress of the late Mr. Thomas Martin, Member for Galway county.

A soldier of the Athlone garrison, found guilty of cursing the Queen and cheer- ing Repeal, has been sentenced to seven years' transportation.

In consequence of an order received from Colonel Macgregor, Inspector-General of Constabulary, the two policemen, Tone and Wheaten, who permitted Mr. T. B. Palatine to escape from them in Monkstown, were dismissed the force.—Southern Reporter.