The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-29 00:00:00

THAMES.

A RARE EvENT.---William Henry Jarvis, a very staid
and respectable looking man, was brought before Mr.
Paget charged with being drunk and disorderly, and while
in that state assaulting Joseph Targent, a police-constable,
697 A.

The complainant stated that he saw the prisoner in the
Whitechapel-road on Saturday night, at half-past eight
o'clock, very drunk and noisy, and with a large number of
disorderly persons about him. Ila took the prisoner into
custody and convoyed him to the station-house. On the
way there the prisoner kicked him on the leg below the
knee.
Mr. Paget—Did ho hurt you?

Witness—No, sir, ho did not.

The prisoner, in defence, said ho was very sorry for
what he had done. Ile was drunk on Saturday night. It
was a very good job the police took him into custody. if
they had not done so ho might have been robbed and ill-
used.

Mr. Paget—What are you ?
Prisoner—A master shipwright, and my residence is
No. 9, Circus, Minories.
Mr. Paget—lt is a rare event for me to inflict fines for
assaults on the police. They have difficult, and in many
cases dangerous, duties to perform, and my convictions for
assaults upon the police is the execution of their duty
is properly done, as it was in this case, have been almost
invariably followed by imprisonment and hard labour. In
this case the constable was not hurt, and I think I may
with propriety fine the prisoner 405., and not send him to
prison.
The money was paid.

THE FENIAN TRIALS. DUBLIN, SATURDAY
NIGHT.—The further hearing of the trials for high trea-
son wore resumed this morning, at the Commissioners'
Court. Corydon stated in evidence that it was he who
gave information of the intended attack on Chester Castle,
which was arranged the night before, at a meeting of
American officers, in Edgar street, Liverpool. The
Fenian leaders, suspecting treachery, countermanded the
enterprise. On cross-examination ho admitted that he had
been supplying the Government with information since the
middle of 186 G, and he kept the authorities well posted as
to where they would secure concealed arms and Greek fire.
At that time two sources of income were open to him—
the Government money on the one hand, and Fenian
gold on the other. Ho came to the conclusion that the
Fenian organisation was not worth spilling a drop of
blood for, and he then resolved to become an informer.
General Massey stated on Friday "that he served in the
Crimea as a private in the Transport Corps ; that he went
to America and became an otlieer in the Confederate
army ; that ho joined the Fenian Brotherhood in America,
and geed all Ilk influence to bring about an insurrection
in Ireland; that he received £550 iu gold, British money,
front Colonel Kelly, on leaving New York, for carrying
on the rebellion; that he met twenty centres in Dublin,
to whom he gave orders for the general rising on the sth
of Mar, h ; that he visited various districts for the purpose
of organiAing the war; that the numerical strength in
• Dublin was 14,000 men, with 3,000 stand of arms, and in
Cork 20,000, with 1,500 weapons, and he was about to
meet the concentrated forces at the Limerick Junction
when he was arrested, and determined with his whole
heart to establish the Irish republic, and that when in
prison he was persuaded hid wife to give information
to the Government.