The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-28 00:00:00

IRELAND,

DUBLIN, May 27.

Oa Satutday evening, CArlinal Cullen, accom-
panied by his secretary, the R-3v. Dr. Mora'', the
Rev. Monsignor Fordo, the Rev. Dr. Spratt, Mr.
Webb, and Mr. Wigham, waited on the Lord
Lieutenant at the -Viceregal Lo.lge,
and implore 1
his Excellency to use his influence to obtain a com-
mutation of the sentence of death in the case of the
convict Burke. The Mayor of Clonmel has con-
vened a meeting of the Council to be held this day
for the same object.
A petition lies for signature at Trinity College,
addressed to the Lord Lieutenant, praying for the
commutation of the sentence on the Fenian con-
victs. It has been signed by the Rev. Dr. Moore,
Vice-Provost; the Rev. Dr. S Limon, Regius Pro-
fessor of Divinity ; the Rev. Dr. Carson, Dr.
Stokes, Regius Professor of Physic; Dr. Tolken,
and 14 other Fellows of the College, including some
of the most eminent men in the University.

At the Roman Catholic Cathedral Marlborough-
street, and the various other Roman Catholic
churches yesterday, the prayers of the congregation
were requested for the happy death of the convict
Burke.

Charles F. O'Brien, known among the Fenian_
as Col. O'Brien, was found guilty of high treason
at Cork on Saturday evening. Mr. Francis Wyse,
of Brickhill, proved that the prisoner came to his
house on the morning of the 6th of March at the
head of an armed party of 50 or 60 men ; that he
demanded arms, and, being refused, searched the
house, and took a gun and pistol, for which he gave
a receipt, signed, " Francis Lema.ss." Jas. Mahony,
a milesman on the Great Southern and Western
Railway, deposed that he saw an armed party that
morning tear up the rails and cut the telegraph
wires. Constable Brown, corroborated by his wife
and a sub-constable, described the attack on the
police barrack at Ballyknocklin, which was burnt
and sacked, the prisoner being the first man to
enter the barrack garden. Mr. George Roun-
tree Kemp, manager of the wine department
of Messrs. Clery and Couff's establishment, identi-
fied the prisoner as having held a situation under
the Messrs. Clery, and identified his handwriting in
the letter written by him the day before the rising
to Mr. Clery, stating that he was about leaving

Cork to see his. mother, who, the letter stated, was.
lying dangerously ill in th_e`• country near Lismore,
He also identified his handwriting in the entries on•.
the back of his certificate of citizenshipof the United
States, of the entries of his arrival in America in
1857, and his departure from America in 1862. He
believed the receipt given to Mr. Wyse for his arms
to be in the handwriting of prisoner ; the prisoner
had been bookkeeper, accountant, and correspondent
to the Messrs.•Clery's establishment. The majority
of the jury recommended the prisoner to mercy on
the ground that he had shown an anxiety to save
the lives of those who were in the power of the in-
surgents. The Chief Justice said he would forward
the recommendation to the proper quarter. The
sentence was deferred.
The Incorporated Society of Attorneys and Soli-
citors have presented an address to the Right Hon.
Francis Blackburne on the occasion of his retire-
ment from. the Bench, in which they express their
admiration of his judicial character. The address is
signed by J. T. Urpen, as president of the society.
Mr. Blackburne, in his reply, expresses his gratifi-
cation at receiving such a mark of approbation from
a body whose members he so highly esteemed.
The telegram announcing that Burke's life would
be spared has caused an immense relief to the public
mind. Anxious and angry feeling, which was deep-
ening and spreading every hour, has given place
to grateful expressions of loyalty to the Queen.
James O'Brien, found guilty on Saturday of high
treason at Cork, was setiteuced to death this morn-
ing. Coghlan, Lombard, Downey, M'Sweeney,
Aher, and Cummins, all pleaded guilty to treason-
felony. Sentence was deferred.
This being the first day of Trinity Term the
several law and equity courts were opened with the
usual formality.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, May 22.—There have been no move-
ments in the squadron since the departure of the
Commander-in-Chief, except that the despatch-boat
Psyche, Lieut.-Commander Sir Francis Blackwood,
went out yesterday to try her engines, and returned
the same day, the trial being reported satisfactory.
The following have left this island during the week :
—Capt. Watson, Ist battalion Bth Regiment; Lieut.
Grenfel, 60th Rifles ; Major Deedes, 60th Rifles ;
Major Hamilton, 2d Battalion Bth Regiment, and
family ; Lieut. C. King, Mrs. (Lieut.-Col.) Savage,
Lieut.-Col. Williams, 60th Rifles, and family ; and
Mrs. (Capt.) Gardner and family. The Maltese
steamer San Paolo, which arrived during the night
from Tunis, was, on entering port, detained in qua-
rantine. It appears that cholera has broken out
among the lower classes of the Jewish population,
and one or two cases occur almost daily, The Ma-
homedans and Christians are as yet free. On the
receipt of this news a meeting of the Board of
Health was immediately convened, and a quarantine
of 21 days established on all arrivals from Tunis.
Telegraphic communication with Tunis has been
interrupted for some time past.
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His Italian Majesty's corvette Eurydice, Captain
Bartelli, sailed from Spithead on Saturday morning
for Cherbourg.
It would appear that the famous Palliser shot

have not yetquite placed the attacking power of guns
above the defensive power of armour plating. On
Friday last a 6-inch plate, taken at random from a
heap of plates just rolled by Messrs. John Brown
and Company, of the Atlas Works, Sheffield, for her
Majesty's ship Repulse, was fired at in the proof-
room of the Thunderer target ship at Portsmouth,
and resisted with extraordinary success the at-
tempts made to penetrate it with three descriptions
of projectile from an 8-inch smooth-bore gun. The
distance from the muzzle of the gun to the face of
the plate was 28ft., and full powder charges were
usel Five cast-iron shots fuel on one spot,
about 16 inches square, only produced an in-
dentation at the deepest part of less than three
inches, with a very slight appearance of cracks
confined within the circumference of the indenta-
tions. A crucible steel shot from the same 8-inch
gnu only produced an indentation of 2.88 in., and a
Palliserin chilled shot could only get in to a depth of
Orders have been received at Chatham for the
depot of the 34th regiment to be held in readiness
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to proceed from the garrison to-morrow to Ports-
mouth, there to await the arrival of the head-quar-
ters and service companies, now on passage home
from India.
Yesterday
Major-Gen. F. Murray, commanding
thetroops in the Chatham district, completed his
first half-yearly inspection of the forces under his
command by the inspection of the Ist Division of
the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, quartered at
Sheerness. General Murray, who was accompanied
by Brigade-Major Lynch, and other officers, was
received on his arrival by Colonel R. H. Crof ton,
and other officers of the division, and proceeded at

once to the parade-ground, where the whole of the
officers and men of the depot brigade were drawn
up in review order. After inspecting the batteries
Gen. Murray visited the barrack-rooms, non-com-
missioned officers and men's quarters, hospitals,
gymnasium, reading-rooms, offices, &c., and subse-
quently again inspected the officers and men in
gunnery and other exercises, returning to head-
quarters in the afternoon.
The 68th Regiment, now at Portsmouth, is under
orders to proceed to camp at Aldershott, where it
is expected to arrive in the course of the present
week. The regiment. will be quartered in GI-, 11,
and E lines, North Camp.