A Privy Council was held, yesterday afternoon, at Dublin Castle;
when proclamations were agreed to, offering rewards as follows—" For the arrest of William Smith O'Brien, 5001.; for Francis T. Meagher John B. Dillon, and Michael Doheny, each or either, 3001., to him who, shall secure and deliver into safe custody the persons aforesaid". the charge alleged in the proclamations was—" having taken up arms against her Ma- jesty."
The Dublin Evening Post of Thursday contains the following- " This day, Mr. Patrick O'Higgins, a Confederate and agent of the English Chartists was arrested. On the premises occupied by him were found a large quantity of arms, and other munitions of war; amongst which were 360 gun- stocks, a double-barrelled gun loaded with ball, a single-barrelled gun, a sword, and a pike—the latter was a most formidable weapon, the shaft being nine feet six inches long, mounted with a steel blade, exceeding two feet in length, fur- nished with an axe and hook.
"A person named Flanigan, a noted pike-maker, has also been arrested. In his house were found swords and cutlasses.
"Both parties have been committed to prison. "In the houses of other suspected parties were found various weapons of warfare, as well as bullet-moulds, wadding, and ammunition, and also documents showing the connexion of the parties with the Clubs." All the printers of the Nation have been arrested, and the premises taken possession of by the police.
FROM THE TIMES.
We have received by electric telegraph from Liverpool the following most im- portant despatch from our own reporter at Kilkenny. We have no doubt of its authenticity. It was conveyed by railway to Dublin, and thence to Liverpool; and we are informed by our Liverpool agent that our reporter's letter, with details of the intelligence, was despatched by mail-train last evening. "Kilkenny, July 28.. " I have information from Callan today, which is, I believe, trustworthy. Smith O'Brien was then at Ballinganey, with a rebel army of two thousand men, armed and ready to march, some said to Kilkenny, others to Urlingford. O'Brien was dressed in rebel uniform."
Other telegraphic news from Dublin, to five o'clock yesterday morning, states, that
"All the inland mails have arrived, and bring no accoesteof any disturbance in any part of the country. Considerable excitement prevailed in that part of Tipperary where Mr. Smith O'Brien was located; but no outbreak hastaken Plcce.a
Letters published in a subsequent edition tend to confirm this intelli- gence.
A Waterford paper of the 26th, in the interest of the movement, hints suspicions that the leaders are quailing; and another paper speaks of escapes from Ireland iu disguise.
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