The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-07 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, May 6.

The trial of John M'Afferty was resumed at the
Special Commission on Saturday. An alibi was
sought to be established for the prisoner by three
female witnesses from Manchester, two of whom
mother and daughter, deposed to seeing M'Afferty
and Flood, another prisoner not yet upo❑ his trial,
in their house shortly before 4 o'clock o❑ the day of
the Chester disturbance, and the third, the proprietor
of a public-house, deposed to seeing Flood that day
at 11 in the forenoon and 8 at night, but could not,
however, identify M'Afferty as being the person
who was with Flipod. Messrs. Dowse, Q.C., and
Mr. Butt, Q.C., delivered able speeches on behalf
of the prisoner. The prisoner thou addressed the
Court, and after thinking his counsel for their
exertions on his behalf, said he had been led to be-
lieve from the moment of his arrest that the Go-
vernment of Great Britain did not intend to deal
fairly with him. Mr. Butt advised him not to make
any observations with reference to the Government,
and, after some few remarks from the Lord Chief
Justice, the prisoner stated that he was innocent of
any overt act of treason within the jurisdiction of
Great Britain. Mr. Macdonogh replied on the part
of the Crown.

The Court was adjourned at 8 o'clock until this
morning, when Mr. Justice Fitzgerald will charge
the jury.

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rendon-street, in which a policeman narrowly es-
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caped being shot. About half-past 7 o'clock a man
was observed jostling the passengers on the footway
of Grafton-street, and was directed by the constable
to move on quietly, when he drew a dagger and at-
tempted to stab the constable, but was prevented by
the interference of the crowd. Ile then ran off, but
was pursued and captured by another constable,
who knocked him down, and at whom he presented a
seven-chambered revolver, which it was afterwards
ascertained was loaded. Fortunately, the pistol did
not go off. The desperado, whose name has not
transpired, was then secured and taken to Mercers'
Hospital, the constable who captured him having
inflicted a blow on him which rendered it necessary
that he should have surgical treatment.
The grand jury of the county of Dublin have
presented an address to his Excellency the Lord-
Lieutenant, in which they state that they take the
first opportunity which has presented itself to thank
the Executive for the decision and promptitude with
which the late insane attempt at insurrection was
crushed, and for the speedy steps taken to bring the
guilty to justice. They likewise express their ap-
proval of the conduct of the constabulary. His
Excellency, in his reply, expresses his satisfaction
that the action of the Government has received
their approval, and adds that he entirely concurs
ith them in their estimate of the services of the
constabulary.
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MONDAY EVENING.
(` .ptain APAfforty was found guilty to-clay on
all the counts. The pris,)ner will not lye sentenced
till the Court of Appeal ducides on the re.,,erved
points.

Connolly and Clarke were next put on their hial
for high treason.

Cody, who attacked the policeman on Saturday
night, had on his person in print the names and
addresses of the judges who tried Burke and Doran,
and of the Crown counsel,
the jury, and the wit-
uesses for the prosecution.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-
ROAD, lELINGToN.—The um:Am: of ptients for the week
ending May 4 was 1,020, of which ii(7 were new cases,