no doubt, be indicted capitally at the next commission. The
unfortunate constable (Byrne) at first, on being submitted to medical
treatment, continued for some time to improve, but fever having set in,
it was deemed advisable for him to make a declaration, and the
magistrate on Thursday repaired to the hospital for that purpose."

Happily the telegraphic communication was found to be false; it was
managed by persons in the interest of the insurrection, in order to
spread alarm, to magnify the undertaking, and drive many of the Irish
people, both in Ireland and Great Britain, to join the confederacy. But
while the startling tidings of the telegraph were false, other news,
authentic and very alarming, reached London concerning the movements of
the insurrectionary chiefs, and the reception which they met with from
the people. The following piece of correct intelligence influenced
the funds, and produced a considerable degree of anxiety in the public
mind:--

"On Sunday evening, July 23rd, Smith O'Brien and Thomas Francis Meagher
reached Carrick-on-Suir at halfpast five in the evening from Kilkenny.
On their route, at Gallan, they addressed thousands, and told them
for the present not to interfere with the police or soldiery, as they
performed their duties, but when the word should be given, not to spare
any who opposed them. Monday being fair-day at Carrick, the town was
filled with country people, and Messrs. Meagher and O'Brien addressed
the people in a more violent and determined strain than heretofore,
stating their determination not to be arrested under the provisions
of the new act. Both gentlemen were armed with pistols, which they are
determined to use in the event of an attempt being made to capture them;
they stated that they had spent their fortunes in the people's cause,
and would hazard their lives for their service, and would now throw
themselves on the protection of the people. A number of Waterford men,
who were at Carrick doing business at the fair, begged of Mr. Meagher to
come to Waterford, alleging that his fellow-citizens would protect him
from arrest; but Mr. Smith O'Brien would not listen to that proposal,
and brought off Mr. Meagher to Cashel, or, as others said, to Tipperary.
Whilst this scene was enacting, two hundred of the 3rd Buffs marched in
from the camp at Besborough, and took up their position in the barracks.
Few of either party slept during the night; the Young Irelanders,
however, did n