The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-15 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Feb. 14.
No less than 37 persons were arrested on suspi-
cion by the Dublin police yesterday morning, in
addition to 67 taken on the previous day. The
police had been informed by telegraph from Holy-
head that a great many Irishmen had come down
by the London and North-Western Railway, but had
not embarked for Dublin. On the arrival of the
Hibernia from Holyhead during the night only
three men, named Sheehan, Donavon, and Walsh,
were arrested as likely to be connected with the
Fenians. But when the Trafalgar came alongside,
about 5 o'clock, 20 men, who stood in a body, and
tried to get ashore as speedily as possible, were taken
into custody. Not aware that the Habeas Corpus
was still suspended in this country, they were
loud in their complaints at having their freedom
interfered with. Others were arrested on board the
Sea Nymph. The Freeman's Journal says :—" It
would be hard to bring together a more daring and
reckless-looking lot of men than the prisoners. Some
of them had been in the late American war, others
were discharged soldiers, but the majority stated
that they had been operative tradesmen, millworkers,
and dock labourers. A few of them had money,
but by far the greater number had none ; but there
appears to be no doubt if they had succeeded in es-
caping the vigilance of the police they would have
had all their wants supplied by persons in the city
on whom the detectives are keeping a close watch.
Orders have been issued by the Government to the
constabulary stationed at all the seaports in the
kingdom to exercise a strict watch on all incoming
steamers from America and from across Channel,'
and to arrest all suspected persons who cannot give
satisfactory accounts of themselves and their move-
ments. A few of the persons who had been arrested
at the North-wall this morning were released from
custody on proving to the police that they had legi-
timate business in this country."
The prisoners have been removed to Richmond
Bridewell. The reason generally assigned by the
prisoners for their coming over in such numbers just
now is that they were seeking employment, but it is
stated that many of them are known to have given
up employment worth ss. or 6s. a daybefore leaving
for this country. Some who were able to give a
satisfactory account of themselves were discharged ;
22 were detained in custody. A watch is still kept
on the quay by the police, under Inspector Devine,
for any further arrivals of suspicious characters.
At Drogheda yesterday morning a body of 35 police
boarded the Colleen Bawn, from Liverpool, and
arrested five . men, who, like those arrested in
Dublin, appeared to be labourers and mechanics.
Two were discharged by the magistrates. The
steamers arriving from England at Belfast have
been searched in the same way for Fenians, but no
arrests have been made. At first people were dis-
posed to think " the movement on Chester" a hoax,
or merely some tentative manoeuvre to try what the
effect would be of a real rising ; but there seems to
be now no room to doubt that mischief was in-
tended, and that this affair is another abortion of
the Fenian conspiracy. It must be confessed that
the unprotected state of the military stores in
Chester Castle was almost an irresistible tempta-
tion ; but it is hard to imagine what rational men,
ever so well armed, could have hoped to do against
the garrison of Dublin.

The business:of the Commission was delayed
yesterday for want of jurors. Only about a score
answered to their names on fines of £2O, and the
Attorney-General asked to hare the trial of the
Fenian prisoners postponed to give time to send to
the residences of the jurors. Some of the Fenian
prisoners were in the meantime arraigned. Edward
Power, known as " Dr. Power," John Devoy, T.
Baines, E. O'Regan, E. O'Keefe, G. Brown, and
E. Cahill respectively pleaded not guilty. The fol-
lowing persons pleaded guilty :—M. Stanley, W.
Moore Stack, D. Cashman, and E. W. Williams.

S. J. Meany was then put forward. The priso-
ner was pale and seemed to be much reduced since
his appearance at the police-court. He was defended
by Mr. O'Loghlen and Mr. Malloy. At counsel's
request the Attorney-General allowed the case to be
postponed that a motion might be made to quash
portions of the indictment.
Other prisoners were put forward.
R. Stowell, E. Joyner, J. Kavanagh, and Denis
Downey pleaded not guilty ; and I'. Walsh pleaded
guilty.

Mr. O'Loghlen later in the day made his motion
to qu IA portions of the indictment against Meany,
on the ground that the same overt act was applied
to each count, and that he did not know what count
to reply to. He produced no authorities, and the
court refused the motion. The prisoner pleaded not
guilty, after which the commission was adjourned
till this morning.
The engineers at the Vartry Waterworks tele-
graphed to the Lord Mayor and Sir J. Gray yes-
terday :—" The ball had been removed from the
4-foot pipe, and the safety-valve is now in full ac-
tion. The water is being rapidly reduced, the bank
is firm, and all is going on well. We shall soon
know the cause of the leakage."

The Ulster Railway Company held its half-yearly
meeting at Belfast yesterday. The report stated
that the working expenses, exclusive of rates and
taxes, and after deducting £2,612 13s. 9d., received
for working the Banbridge, Lisburn, and Belfast
Railway, amounted to £35,114 Bs. 11d., being
£2,486 3s. 11d. in excess of the amount for the cor-
responding half• year of 1865, consequent on heavier
disbursements in the traffic department, and in-
creased wages in the permanent way and locomo-
tive departments, and more extensive repairs of
stations and engines. The report likewise recom-
mended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per
annum on the ordinary shares, and at the rate of 41
per cent. per annum on the company's preference
stock.

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.— A Parliamen-
tary return shows that in the year 1864 992 companies
with power to raise in shares an aggregate capital of
£237,437,083 wore registered under the Limited Liability
Act ; in 1865 1,013 companies with power to raise
£205,391,818; and iu 1866 758 companies with power to
raise £76,599,823.