of Portsmouth its destination was Queenstown, _en route_ for
Tipperary. Such, however, has been the fate of the unlucky 48th, from
whom the mob of Pallas, or any other centre of mutiny, could expect
but little mercy. Tempers, however, brightened at sunrise, and by the
time the hundred men under the command of Captain Cartwright and
Lieutenants Fraser and Maycock arrived at the Tipperary station every
one was in a good-humoured, contemptuous frame of mind. Everybody knew
that there was no chance of a row, and that the very presence of all
the Queen's horses and all the Queen's men would make it certain that
a blank would be drawn. The whole military plan of campaign had been
well imagined. While the 48th came on from Tipperary the 9th came on
also by rail from Limerick, together with a half battery of the Royal
Artillery. It must not, however, be supposed that cannon was deemed
necessary to quell the ardent spirits of Pallas. The guns were left at
Limerick, and only the waggons brought as a means of conveyance for
the makings of the hut. But the Limerick contingent was imposing
nevertheless. It consisted of 105 men of the 9th Regiment, of a
squadron of Hussars, who went by road, and of the artillery
before-mentioned, who came, like the infantry, by rail. So well was
the movement timed by Colonel Humphreys, R.A., in command, that the
trains from Tipperary and Limerick met almost exactly at New Pallas
station a little before nine o'clock this morning, just as the busbies
of the Hussars appeared upon the bridge. Pallas was evidently taken by
surprise, for any movement on a western Irish town before nine in the
morning may be taken as a night attack. The people of the border of
county Limerick and county Tipperary are quite ready to "muster in
their thousands" at a convenient hour, but they are sure to be taken
at a disadvantage before nine o'clock. The Palladians rubbed their
eyes to find the classic battle-ground of the "Three Year Olds" and
"Four Year Olds" occupied by the matutinal redcoats, and horse, foot,
and artillery already in possession. As Pallas woke up about a
hundred and fifty or a couple of hundred roughs made up "the name of
a crowd," but those in command were informed that this poor show of
resistance was really a feint, and that no sooner would the materials
for the hateful hut be put in motion than a rush would be made by the
people collected "in thousands" behind the village, either upon the
railway stati