9. Macroon, county Cork. 4. County Wexford. 5. County Carlow. 6. Queen's County. 7. County Kildare. 8. County Wicklow. Baronies of Ballybay, Ballycarran, Coolestown, Kilcoursey, Geashill, Upper Philipstown, Lower Philipstown, Warrinstown, King's County. 10. County Westmeath. 11. County Louth. 12. Baronies of Castlepollard, Clonkee, Tullygorry, Lower Loughtee, county Cavan. 13. Barony of Farney, county Monaghan. 14. Baronies of Upper Fews and Upper Orier, county Armagh. 15. Barony of Newry, County Down. A Privy Council was held at Dublin Castle, when proclamations were agreed to, offering rewards: "For the arrest of William Smith O'Brien, 500l.; for Francis T. Meagher, John B. Dillon, and Michael Doheny, each or either, 3007.; to him who shall secure and deliver into safe custody the persons aforesaid." The charge alleged in the proclamation was-" having taken up arms against Her Majesty." The Hue and Cry publishes the following sketches of the personal appearance of the rebel generals and their aides-de-camp. "William Smith O'Brien.-No occupation, 46 years of age, six feet in height, sandy hair, dark eyes, sallow long face, has a sneering smile constantly on his face, full whiskers, sandy, a little gray; well set man, walks erect, dresses well. "Thomas Francis Meagher.No occupation, 25 years of age, five feet nine inches, dark, nearly black hair, light blue eyes, pale face, high cheek bones, peculiar expression about the eyes, cocked nose, no whiskers; well dressed. "John B. Dillon, barrister, 32 years of age, five feet eleven inches in height, dark hair, dark eyes, thin sallow face, rather thin black whiskers; dressed respectable; has bilious look. "Michael Doheny, barrister, 40 years of age, five feet eight inches in height, sandy hair, gray eyes, coarse red face like a man given to drink, high cheek bones, wants several of his teeth, very vulgar appearance, peculiar coarse unpleasant voice; dress respectable; small short red whiskers." "Richard O'Gorman, jun., barrister, 30 years of age, five feet eleven inches in height, very dark hair, dark eyes, thing long face, large dark whiskers, well made and active, walks upright; dress, black frock coat, tweed trousers. "Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee, connected with the Nation newspaper, 23 years of age, five feet three inches in height, black hair, dark face, delicate, pale, thin man; dresses generally black shooting coat, plaid trousers, light vest. Thomas Devin Reilly, subeditor of the Felon newspaper, 24 years of age, five feet seven inches in height, sandy coarse hair, gray eyes, round freckled face, head remarkably broad at the top, broad shoulders; well set; dresses well." In the meanwhile the most vigorous measures were pursued by Government. The forces were concentrated, arrests made of persons known to be about to join the insurgents, and the trials of those already in the hands of Government were pressed on, so as to show that in this country at least there would be no want of vigour in maintaining our existing institutions. Numerous arrests of persons known to be engaged in the manufacture of pikes, and others impli cated in the designs of the insurgents, were made daily. At length the long smouldering fire appeared to have broken out. The Times of the 27th contained the following: "Liverpool, Thursday Morning. The following intelligence was received (per special engine) last evening by the editor of the Dublin Evening Post: 66 The whole of the south of Ireland is in rebellion. "The station at Thurles is on fire, the rails for several miles torn up, and the mob intend detaining the engines as they arrive. "At Clonmel the fighting is dreadful. The people arrive in masses. The Dublin club leaders are there. The troops were speedily overpowered; many refused to act. "The military at Carrick have shown disaffection, and have been driven back and their quarters fired. "At Kilkenny the contest is proceeding, and here the mob are also said to be successful. "No news from Waterford or Cork." This announcement proved to be without foundation, and probably originated in a desire to spread alarm and confusion. The details of the miserably abortive attempt at rebellion belong to the department of "HisTORY;" but a few of the more striking incidents, which do not form a part of that narrative, will be from time to time chronicled. The funds were considerably agitated by the news, coupled with the certain distress arising from the potato blight and commercial depression. AUGUST. 1. THE REBELLION in Ireland. -THE ATTACK ON WIDOW CORMACK'S HOUSE.-The anxiety of the public respecting the anticipated outbreak in Ireland was at once allayed by the announcement in the Times of the attack on Widow Cormack's House, on Boulagh Common. "10 o'clock, A.M. "We have received by electric telegraph, from Liverpool, accounts from our own correspondent in Dublin, who informs us that our reporter, writing from Willmont, Ballingarry, on Saturday night (July 29th), states that the rebellion, which actually commenced on that morning, had been decisively checked by 50 or 60 police. "On the common at Boulagh, near Ballingarry, a collision took place; three of the insurgents were shot and several wounded. "Smith O'Brien, who headed in person, had fled, completely deserted by the rebels, towards Urlingford, and it was expected he would be made prisoner before night. 'Doheny, Reilly, and Dillon were also in the field; the latter was said to have been killed." ARREST OF MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. -The Times, London journal, of the 7th, announced the arrest of this misguided person. "Thurles, Saturday night. "This evening, at 8 o'clock, Mr. Smith O'Brien was arrested in the town of Thurles, just as he was on the point of leaving for Limerick. The arrest was made without the slightest resistance either on the part of the prisoner or the people. He was recognised in passing through the principal street of Thurles by Hulme, a guard in the employ of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. Mr. O'Brien asked him the way to the railway station, and Hulme, having answered the question, immediately sent a soldier off for reinforcements. He himself followed Mr. O'Brien to the station. On arriving there Mr. O'Brien asked for a secondclass ticket to Limerick, the price of which he paid. His manner was so embarrassed that the clerk noticed it, and particularly the tremor of the hand. He did not, however, recognise his face. Having given more money than was sufficient to pay the fare, the clerk returned him 6d. change, but he took no notice of this, and was walking away, when the clerk called him back. On his return he asked which was the right platform to go to, and being told that it was that opposite where he stood, he crossed the line to get to it. There he was immediately arrested by Hulme, who commanded him to surrender himself in the Queen's name, and seized his arm, to prevent any resistance or the use of a weapon. Head-constable Hanover, D, who held the warrant for his arrest, immediately assisted Hulme, and Mr. O'Brien was at once disarmed of a small pistol which he carried in his waistcoat pocket, and which was the only weapon he had about him. The reinforcement which Hulme had the prudence to send for, and which consisted partly of police and partly of soldiers, now arrived, and Mr. O'Brien was at once conducted to the gaol, where arrangements were made for his lodgment during the night. General M'Donald, however, wisely determined to send the prisoner without a moment's delay to Dublin, and accordingly, in an incredi bly short space of time, a troop of dragoons and a detachment of infantry were drawn out as an escort to the station." In consequence of these summary measures, no resistance, if any was to be expected, was experienced in conveying the pri soner to Dublin. The news of the arrest ran like wildfire over the country- the people appeared panic-stricken at the fate of the leader of the insurgent army! On the 12th, three other principal leaders in this miserable affair, viz., Meagher, O'Donaghue, and Leyne, were arrested by a police patrol on the road between Rathcommon and Holy Crossthey made no resistance. THE PEMBROKE COLLECTION OF COINS.-The celebrated collection of coins made by the taste and wealth of Thomas, the eighth Earl of Pembroke (who enjoyed that title from 1683 to 1733), and which has ever since been the pride of that noble family and of the English numismatists, was sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, the sale extending ever twelve days, between the 31st July and the 19th August. Although this famous cabinet will not bear comparison, as a serial and scientific collection of coins and medals, yet it was well nigh unequalled in the rarity and value of individual examples. Owing to this, and the intrinsic value and beauty of many, the sale was eagerly attended by numismatists of this country and the Continent, and very large prices were realized. It would, of course, be impossible to give anything like a connected catalogue of the various coins which were now dispersed; but a selection of those which were of the greatest rarity and brought the highest prices will of Edward VI., presumed to be unique from the fact of all the books upon the coinage citing this specimen, sold for the large sum. of 1857. An uncertain pattern or coronation jetton of the same monarch, bearing date 1547, and of great rarity, 571. Oliver Cromwell-pattern for a fifty-shilling piece, by Simon, 1656, 767.; a pattern for a ten-shilling piece of Oliver Cromwell, 21. 10s. The Commonwealth-pattern for a halfcrown, by Blondeau, for 217; a pattern for a shilling of the same type, equally beautiful, 137. 108. Rammages'" pattern half-crown, a most beautiful coin, 27. 10s. Oliver Cromwell-a pattern sixpence, by Simon, sold for 81. Charles II.-the celebrated pattern crown, by Simon, well known as the Petition Crown," though not so fine as that formerly Mr. Durrant's, 1357. Among the Irish siege pieces of Charles I., two Inchiquin groats of irregular octagonal form, having the weight, 1 dwt. 6 grains, stamped on each side, extremely rare, 347. 58. 66 46 be of much interest. Among the most remarkable of the British coins were a penny of Offa King of Mercia, in an extraordinary state of preservation, sold for 10 guineas; whilst a penny of Cynethryth, his queen, produced the large sum of 31.; Wiglaf King of Mercia, a penny, struck between the years 825 and 839, sold for 30l. A penny of Sitric King of Northumbria, in a perfect state, and considered unique, struck A.D. 915, sold for 401.; a penny of Anlaf, another of the Kings of Northumbria, 237. Vigmund Archbishop of York, A.D. 851, a gold solidus weighing 67 grains, 59.; a silver penny of Henry Bishop of Winchester, the illegitimate brother of Stephen, unique, and weighing 15 grains, 207. 108. A penny of Ecgbercht, 167. 58.; and one of Harthacnut, 177. Of the English coins, a penny of Henry I., 11.; and one of Robert Earl of Gloucester, his illegitimate son, being the only specimen known, except one in the British Museum, 11l. 108.; a penny of Eustace, son of Stephen, sold for 17. 108. Henry VII., a shilling struck in the year 1504, and the first coin known by the name, 221. A testoon, or shilling, of Edward VI., 15. Charles I., a twenty-shilling piece of the Oxford Mint, struck in the year 1644, in an extremely fine condition, 257. 108.; a curious siege piece, an oblong piece of silver, rudely impressed with a castle, struck at Scarborough, 247. 108. Among the English coins in gold were-a noble of Henry IV., struck before his 13th year, and of great rarity, 217.; a ryal, or half-sovereign, of Henry VII., 100 guineas; a double ryal, or sovereign, of the same monarch, 221. A pattern for a six-angel piece, the reverse Sylla on horseback, a VOL. XC. The Greek series, autonomous and imperial, the extreme beauty of the coins, and their fine state of preservation, excited surprise and admiration-an uncertain coin in gold, weighing 72 grains, supposed to belong to Carthage, and considered unique, sold for 201. 10s.; a gold coin of Tarentum, in Calabria, having on the obverse the head of Hercules covered with a lion's skin, 227. 58. Roman series-a curious coin, 6 inches long and 3 of an inch wide, weighing 4lb. 9 oz. and called a quadrussis, in brass, 227. 10s. Roman families in gold:-Cornelia, having on the obverse a helmeted head of Rome, or Pallas, and on H coin in perfect condition, and probably unique, 197. 10s.; Domitia, obverse, portrait of Cneius Domitius, 221. 108.; Livineia, on the obverse the Prætor Lucius Regulus, &c., 251. Marcus Junius Brutus, having on the obverse "Brutus Imp.," bare head of Brutus to the right within a wreath of laurel, and on the reverse "Casca longos," 421. Another of the same personage, having on the reverse the head of Lucius Brutus, 261. Caius Cassius, 13. 58.; Sextus Pompeius, 331. Marcus Æmilius Lepidus, having on one side the head of Lepidus, and on the other Marc Antony, 28. 10s. Two other coins of the same triumvir, but of different types, sold respectively for 257. and 247. 10s. Marcus Antonius-on the reverse, the head of Octavius, 137. 58. Two others of different types sold for 10 guineas and 6 guineas. Roman families, in silver: Cornuficia, having on the obverse a bust of Africa, personified as a female, whose head is covered with the head of an elephant, (a most rare coin, considered to be the second known, the other is in the Royal collection at Paris,) 147. 58. Scribonia, restored by Trajan, having on the obverse a youthful head like Apollo, and on the reverse the mouth of a well, around which are sculptured garlands and lyres, 91. Stater, a coin of the highest degree of rarity, having the head of Neptune on one side, and a figure standing, extending his hand to a woman in a kneeling posture on the reverse, sold for 117. Atrax, in Thessaly, a small silver coin weighing but 40 grains, of extreme rarity, 91. Archelaus, king of Macedonia, bought for the British Museum for 221. Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, an extremely rare coin, having on the obverse the head of Artemis, and on the reverse the figure of Victory, weighing 66 grains, 237. 10s. Roman imperial coins in gold:-Three very rare coins of Hadrian, but of different types, sold for 191. 48. 6d. Commodus, a remarkably fine coin of great rarity, having on the reverse Minerva, bought for the British Museum for 77. 10s. Crispina, on the reverse "Venus Felix," the Empress, seated, with Cupid on her right hand, 77. Pertinax, on the reverse a figure representing Equity, 107. 158. Did. Julianus (A.D. 193), on the reverse "Concord. Milit.," purchased for the British Museum for 27. 10s. Severus, having a reverse representing two captives on each side of a trophy, 147. 58. 66 Greek silver coins:-Zacynthus Insula, a small coin having the head of Apollo on the obverse, sold for 11. 58. "Arcadia," having on the obverse the head of Jupiter, and on the reverse Pan sleeping on Olympus, one of the rarest coins in the Greek series, 157. 10s. Cities of Crete, two rare coins of Enosus, one having on the obverse the head of Apollo, and the other the head of Jupiter, 237. 16s. Gortyna, a coin of extreme rarity, having on the reverse an owl on an amphora, with a bull butting at it, 157. Polyrhenium, a very rare coin, in fine condition. A gold stater of Lampsacus, in Bithynia, having on the obverse a female head with wreath of ivy, and on the reverse the fore-half of a horse with wings, 47. 10s. A small copper coin of Cyzicus, in Mysia, considered unique, 6l. 8s. 6d. Roman imperial coins in gold:Victorius, on the reverse two lions facing each other, beneath a female bust, 181. Another of the same |