The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-09 00:00:00

ARREST OF AN ALLEGED ASSASSIN.

The man Denis Fahey, charged with the murder of Mr.
James Neille, his landlord, a wealthy farmer, near Emly,
county Tipperary, on the Ist inst., has been appre-
hended. The arrest was effected by officers of the Irish
constabulary in Liverpool, and the accused has been
taken over to Ireland. Fahey, who is a native of Bally-
looley, county Limerick, was a tenant of the deceased
gentleman, and occupied land. It will be remembered
that some geese belonging to Fahey had strayed
upon the land of Mr. Nellie, and that the
latter went to Fahey to remonstrate with him
for permitting the trespass. Some angry words
ensued, which resulted in Fahey striking Mr.
Nellie a violent blow under the ear, from the effects of
which he died shortly afterwards. It is supposed that
Fahey had a stone or some other weapon in the hand with
which he struck his landlord. Seeing the fatal result of
the blow, Fahey left Ireland, and it is said be had been in
Liverpool since last Saturday.

THE BURNING OF THE BLUE JACKET.

A full account of the burning of the Blue Jacket has
been received from one of the survivors of that terrible
catastrophe, who writes from Port Stany, Falkland
Islands. He is one of eight survivors of the second
mate's boat who were picked up by a passing
vessel after prolonged and terrible sufferings. The
Blue Jacket left Lyttelton on February 13, having
on board sixty-two persons and seven children. She made
a good passage to the Horn, and on the 7th of March
passed the Falkland Islands, the writer of this narrative
little thinking how soon he should revisit them.
On the 9th of March the fire broke out in the
fore hatchway. Every effort was made at the pumps, and
after several hours the crew and passengers hoped they
would extinguish it. About nine at night, however, the
coals in the fore part caught fire, and the fate of the ship
was sealed. The boats were got out, the women and chil-
dren and passengers going in the yacht, and the rest in the
two lifeboats. The captain was very unwilling to leave the
ship, but was at last induced to do so, and soon after the
vessel was a mass of flames. The boats kept together
during the next day and night, but lost sight of each
other subsequently. There were fifteen persons in the
second mate's boat, and 27 persons with the seven children
in the yacht. This survivor gives a painful account of
the sufferings which the party in the boat endured. The
thirst was terrible, and two or three men and boys died
raving from drinking salt water. Their feet were frost-
bitten from cold and exposure, and they were obliged
to cut off their boots. Their stock of provisions was
almost exhausted when one of them descried a sail, and all
for the moment forgot their pain and exhaustion. The
rest of the story is told in a somewhat confused manner,
no doubt from the illness and exhaustion of the
writer, but it appears that the captain of the
ship which picked them up was prejudiced against
them on account of the boxes of gold which they bad
with them, rescued from the specie which the unfortunate
B'u Jacket had on board. The captain put some of the
miserable sufferers in irons, and when they reached
the Falkland Islands, he said that from what
he could make out, these shipwrecked men
bad murdered everyone on board the ship they bad left,
and had taken the gold. Three more of the boat's crew
died on board this ship, leaving eight survivors of the
fifteen who first embarked. Those who were still
alive when they reached the Islands were kindly
cared fur, and great indignation was expressed against
the captain when they exonerated themselves from the
charges brought against them. Some of them are lamed
by frostbite, and all have suffered severely. The writer
of this letter, who writes to his mother, declares he would
commit suicide rather than go through such scenes again.

That portion of the treaty of commerce between
Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands which relates to
whale ships visiting tho parts of the latter State has teen
cancelled. The remainder of the treaty has been renewed
for seven years.

A party of distressed workmen, with their wives
and families, amounting in all to 157 persons, eintarkcd on
board the steamship Cleopatra (Captain James), at the Vic-
toria Docks on Thursday, bound for Canada. The whole
of these were assisted in going out by the Bri ish and Colo-
n:al Emigration Fund.

A collector of the Commercial Gas Company at
Tower Hamlets, is said to have absconded with a large sum
of money belonging to the company. It has been ascer-
tained that he is now on his way to America. His se curl-
ties have made up the deficiency, and consequently there will
be no loss to the company or shareholders.

At a meeting of the Fenian Prisoners' Amnesty
Ass ciation in Dublin, it was determined that, "as the object
of the contemplated meeting at Mallow was the unconditional
release of the political prisoners, the people should be
strongls advised that no bands or banners, or any semblance
of party emblems, Should be used."

Same of the officers of the emigrant ship James
Foster have been tried and punished severely for the out-
rages practiced upon the crew and passengers during the
recent voyage from Liverpool to New York. The carpenter
Glynn, has been sentenced to fifteen years, the boatswain,
Cruthers, to seven years, and the third mate, llurFliy, to five
years imprisonment.

The Leeds Mercury understands that arrangements
aro now in progress forholding meetings in Leeds and other
large towns of the West Riding, with the object of support-
ing the Government in rejecting the amendments intro-
duced into the Irish Church Bill by the House of Lords. No
date has yet been fixed for the Leeds meeting, but it is likely
to be held in the early part of next week.

On Wednesday a boy while birds'-nesting in a
wheat-field near Wimbledon, saw the body of a man lying
by the side of a tree with his throat cut. A medical gentle-
man was called, who, after inspecting the body, said that the
man had been dead about two months. He had taken
off his necktie and coat, and, as a razor was found lying
by his side, there seems little doubt that he had com-
mitted suicide. He appeared to be between forty and fifty
years of age.

At Colchester on Wednesday a private in the 3rd
(Prince of Wales's)Dragoon Guards, named George Pulley,was
late for morning drill, and, mounting his horse, ho rode as
fast as ho could towards tho riding school. Ile had only
recently joined the regiment, and was not up in horse•
manship. When near the riding school he lost all control
over his horse, and was thrown headforemost against the
wall. When picked up ho was insensible, and died in a
few hours.

THE PURCHASE SYSTEM IN THE ARMY.
It is generally surmised and currently reported
in official circles that the Government con-
templates the early introduction of some scheme to
abolish, or at least greatly modify, the purchase system
in the army. Rumour even goes so far as to name
the members of the Government who are specially
engaged in framing this scheme, and are the most inte-
rested in its success. We are not in a position to state
that these surmises and reports are totally without foun-
dation, although we have every reason to believe that they
are premature.

I)urrviLLE 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
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta-
tion' Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co.,
Belfast; or 4, Beautgrt,boudings,strand,Lortdon, W,C.—[Ad
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