The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-25 00:00:00

TIZE FENIAN PRISONERS.

The Irish national journals are as violent as over. A long
billof indictment,un der the beading "0 ar Martyrs in English
Dungeons," is the Strongest feature of the Irishman, It boars
the signature of Mr. Pigott, who has visited thoprison where
O'Donovan Bosse., Burke, M'Clure, and O'Connell are con-
fiord. From the lips of tho first prisoner he says he had the
following characteristic story :—" For 35 days he was kept
in a dark cell, with his hands manacled behind his back
night and day. He was not loosed even to take his food—
thin porridge—which was left for him upon the floor
of the cell. Unless he elected to die of starvation he had
no alternative but to tako it on all fours as an animal
does, so that when ho was brought out to the light of day
his brave, noble face was seen by his fellow-pas/me:3 en_
crusted with the porridge which adhered to it." This spirited
version of Rosa's special punishment—whatever it really
amounted to —is even exceeded by a picture of the sufferings
of Capt.Si‘Clure, "a native- born American citizen"—" In plain
fact the man is beingslowlystarved to death." Mr. Pigott ap-
peals to Irish representatives to prevent this cruelty, and it
would be wrong to withhold from their eye statements which
thousands of Irishmen will implicitly believe. Of course, all
honest and sensible readers will understand that there is not
a syllable of truth in these statements, which are only valu-
able as illustrating the unscrupulous mendacity with which
political objects arc just now being served by the abetters of
rebellion and rovoltit'on in Ireland.

His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and Countess
Spencer have visited Baggot-strect convent, so frequently
mentioned in the Saurin case, and were received by Cardi-
nal Cullen in his robes.

Her Majesty has thanked the people of Ireland in
a letter to Earl Spencer for the attachment to her person
and family exhibited in the reception given to Princo
Arthur.

Mr. Reverdy Johnson and family left Southampton
at eleVen o'clock on Saturday, in the steamer Ohio, for Balti-
more. The morning was very wet, and but few persons
assembled to witness Mr. Johnson's departure.

The Standard is authorised to state that the Bishop
of Carlisle passed a tolerable night on Friday, and continues
much the samo on Saturday. Tho paragraph publi,h,d iu
the Guardian and other papers ascribing his lordship's illness
to " somo obscure disease of the brain," is unfounded. It is
of tho nature of a severe neuralgic attack, from which it is
hoped his lordship may recover.
A new lifeboat, presented to the Royal National
Lifeboat Institution by Miss A. H. White, of Plymouth, has
just been stationed by the Institution on board the Lightship
off Llanelly, a very important station indeed, fearful wrecks
having ore now taken place near that spot. The gift is
somewhat unique, inasmuch as Miss Whito states that it is
"in memory of the parents and family of the donor, Ann,
M. White, of Plymouth." _ .

The Bishop of Peterborough, in an address to his
clerical and lay brethren in Leicestershire, on church work,
says he holds the mixture of the Protestant aid the Ca-
tholic element is essential to the life of the Church, and ho
believes that if the Catholic side were to succeed in casting
out the Protestant element it would resolve itself into a
tyrranous superstitious despotism, while if the Protestant
element were to succeed in casting out the Catholic one, it
would resolve itself into mere anarchy.
On Friday, at the Wolverhampton Polito Court,
agricultural
before Mr. I. Spooner, Mr. Henry Denton,
plement maker, was charged with an offence under the
Factory Act by employing. a young person, named
Lawton, without having his name entered in the register;
and there was also a second charge, that the defendant em-
ployed the same young person without having a surgeon's
certificate. The defeneaut pleaded guilty. Mr. Spooner
inflicted the lowest flue the law allowed, .£l, and costs in
each case.
The New York Times says that England, in re-
venge for the rejection of the Alabama treaty, is about to
inflict upon us n scourge, namely, to send over to us its
useless stock of actresses, actors. dramatists,and managers.
la other words, to torment us like Caliban, and compel us
to carry wood."
DuNvii.i.E and CO., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish 'Whisky is re-
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
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