The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-14 00:00:00

THE FENIAN' TRIALS.

ANOTHER SENTENCE.
DUBLIN, Wednesday Night.
After an hour's deliberation, the jury found
O'Donovan guilty.

The Attorney-General called attention to the
fact, that in 1859 the prisoner had pleaded guilty
at Cork to a similar indictment to the present, and
had been liberated on his own recognizanees, on
the clear understanding that if he again engaged in
treasonable practices, he would be called up for
judgment. However, the Attorney-General thought
the more constitutional course was to try him at
this commission for his subsequent acts.
The prisoner, when asked the usual question
whether he had anything to say, said that consider-
ing he had been convicted by a packed jury and a
judge selected for the purpose, it would be a
mockery for him to make any statement.
Judge Keogh sentenced him to penal servitude
for life.

The commission was adjourned until Jan. 5.
The commission for Cork will be opened to-

morrow.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Tay.

The market continues strong. Sales probably
10,000 or 15,000 bales.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

1865. 1864.
Great Western £67,939 £66,650
North Western ... ... 111,100 104,244
South Western ... ... 18,677 19,618
Brighton ... 16,429 16,706
Midland ... ••• ... 49,879 46,382
South Eastern ... ... 19,484 19,382
Great Northern ... ..• 38,558 36,037
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 39,600 34,340
Bristol and Exeter ... ... 6,073 6,194
North Eastern 67,722 64,248
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 20,338 17,324
Great Eastern 31,057 31,657
London, Chatham, and Dover ... 7,379 6,567

These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are generally very
satisfactory. On the Great Western there is an
increase of £1,289 ; on the North 'Western of
£6,850 ; on the Midland of £3,497 ; on the South
Eastern of £lO2 ; on the Great Northern of £2,521;
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £5,260 ; on the
North Eastern of £3,474 ; on the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln of £3,014 ; and on the London,
Chatham, and Dover, of £Bl2. The South-
Western, however, shows a decrease of £941 ;
the Brighton of £277 ; the Bristol and Exeter of
£l2l ; and the Great Eastern of £6OO.

Mme. Travers, the wife of the owner of a
travelling menagerie, was three days back, while in
a cage with two leopards, attacked by one of them
during a performance at Dieuze (Meurthe). Her
husband in endeavouring to save her had one of his

wrists crushed, and she was still in imminent danger
when an inhabitant of the town, named Cotriot,
seized firmly the animal's tail as it protruded through
the bars, and the leopard having turned round to
extricate itself, the lady was able to escape, but with
her face and shoulder badly torn.
The Bishop of Coutances has just established in
the ancient abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel (Manche)
a missionary establishment, with a convent of the
Sisters of the Adoration Reparatrice, who will be
charged with the direction of an orphan asylum.
The municipal council of Sevres has decided that
the name of the painter Troyon, recently deceased,
and who was a native of that place, shall be given to
one of the streets of the town.
An imperial decree convokes the electors of the
second circumscription of the Orne for the 6th and
7th January, to elect a deputy to the Legislative
Body in the place of M. David Deschamps, deceased.
The Minotaur, iron frigate, Capt. A. Herbert,
pro tern., is ordered by the Admiralty to remain at
Portsmouth until a change in the weather offers a
fitting opportunity for a satisfactory trial of the
12-ton broadside gun -carriages she has on board.
At present the barometer is steady at an unusual
height, with the wind at N.E., and perfectly smooth
water along the English land in the Channel.
Under such circumstances there can be no prospect
of the Minotaur meeting with weather sufficiently
rough for the requisite trials in the Channel, and to
trust her out of its limits would not be prudent in
her present condition. In the meantime, therefore,
unless fresh orders are given, the frigate will watch
for the desired Channel gale from her moorings in
Portsmouth harbour.

A trial of the engines of the Agincourt, 26, of
6,621 tons, was made at Plymouth on the 12th Oct.,
when a speed of nearly 14 knots was attained. Her
draught on that occasion was 23ft. 4in. forward, and
25ft. 2in. aft. She was tried again on Monday, when
her draught was 2in. less by the bow, Between the
two trials some alterations have also been made in
her machinery. The sea on Monday was what is
termed rather " nobbly," but comparatively smooth;
force of wind from 3to 6. Four trials under full
boiler power at the measured mile gave the follow-
ing results :—A mean speed of 15.483 miles ; revo-
lutions, 611 ;-mean pressure on boilers, 251 b.; va-
cuum, forward, 251 b.; aft, 25i1b. The Agincourt,
which was built at Birkenhead, went through the
water without any swell at her bows.

An important case growing out of the railway
demolitions in Somers Town was decided in the
Marylebone county court yesterday, and many similar
cases will be ruled by the judgment whim Mr. Lake Rus-
sell has now given. He decided the principle that weekly
tenants are entitled to no compensation from railway com-
panies who may have occasion to remove their dwellings.
This decision is in strict accordance with the law, but it
will inflict immense hardship upon large lumbers of small
tradesmen in Somers Town.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE YEARS OLD. —On the
26th ult., Mrs. Morfey, of Claydon, completed her 105th
year. The old lady is in the full possessica of her faculties,
and on this occasion invited a few friends to spend the
evening with her, during which she recited several hymns
and related various tales of her life. Mout a fortnight
since Mrs. Morfey visited Ipswich to have her portrait
taken. The old lady must be somewhat cider than 105, as
she dates her age from her baptismal register. —Bury and
Norwich Post.

Chappuis' registered whist-marker, for long or
short, is now ready. Fancy card, ls. tie pair ; leather
3s. 6d.; fancy wood, ss. 6d. Wholesale and retail of P.
E. Chappuis, the registree, 69, Fleet-sreet, and of all
wholesale and retail booksellers, stationers, and fancy
dealers. N.B.—lt is pronounced the best marker out,