THE REIGN OF VICTORIA (_continued_).
The General Election--Crime in Ireland--Increased Powers granted
to the Executive--Ireland on the Verge of Rebellion--Death of
O'Connell--Viceroyalty of Lord Clarendon--Special Commission in
Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary--The Commission at Clonmel--Rise
of the Young Ireland Party--The _Nation_--Meagher and Smith
O'Brien--They try to dispense with the Church--The Irish
Confederation--The _United Irishman_--News of the French
Revolution--Panic in Dublin--Lord Clarendon and Mr. Birch--The
Deputation to Paris--Smith O'Brien in Parliament--Preparations
for Civil War--Young and Old Ireland at blows--Arrest and
Trial of Mitchel, Smith O'Brien, and Meagher--Transportation
of Mitchel--Lord Clarendon's Extraordinary Powers--Smith
O'Brien in the South--Commencement of the Insurrection--Battle
of Ballingarry--Arrest of Smith O'Brien--Collapse of the
Rebellion--Trial of the Conspirators--Trials and Sentences--The
Rate in Aid--The Encumbered Estates Act--The Queen's Visit to
Ireland--Cove becomes Queenstown--A Visit to Cork--Kingstown and
Dublin--Departure from Dublin--An Affecting Incident--Belfast 560