The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

To the free action, then, of contract, and not fo
any bureaucratic device, should the attention of
social reformers be directed.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Feb. 18.

At the sitting of the Commission Court on Satur-
day :—" Stephen Joseph Meany was indicted under
the Treason Felony Act. The principal evidence
against the prisoner was that of a clerk named John
Devaney, resident in New York. He deposed that
he saw the prisoner at meetings of the Fenian Con-
vention at New York, where he was introduced as
Senator Meany, and at which he made several
speeches. On one occasion he saw him offer a Fenian
bond for sale. Iu cross examination the witness
stated that he was requested by a gentleman named
Kelly to come over to Ireland and give evidence in
this case, as, from the knowledge he derived from

his position of secretary to a 'circle,' it was con-
sidered he would be the most eligible witness that
could be procured. A sub-inspector of constabulary,
named Doyle, also proved that he saw the prisoner
attend a Fenian meeting in New York. At the close
of the case for the. prosecution Baron Fitzgerald
asked the Attorney-General what jurisdiction the
Court had to try the case, or what overt act had
been proved within their jurisdiction. The Attorney-
General replied that under the 11th of Victoria, cap.
12, sec. 3, the Court had full jurisdiction to deal
with every case of the kind, whether committed
within or without the United Kingdom. The point
was reserved for consideration. Mr. O'Loghlen then
addressed the jury for the defence, contending that
the evidence of Devaney was given entirely for
pecuniary considerations, and therefore should not
be relied upon. The Solicitor-General replied, and
the jury found the prisoner guilty. The Court de-
ferred passing sentence until the point raised by Mr.
O'Loghlen as to the legality of charging the prisoner
with overt acts committed in America, in the absence
of any specific overt act in Ireland, should be decided
by the Court above.
Yesterday morning, on the arrival of the Lord
William, the Hibernia, Trafalgar, and Royal Wil-
liam at North Wall, the police arrested 34 passengers.
Only five, however, were retained in custody, three
of them having expressed their willingness to return
to Liverpool, and the remainder having given satis-
factory accounts of themselves. The prisoners ap-
peared to belong to the working class, and were
very poorly clad.
Several arrests have taken place in Drogheda,
Dundalk, and the county of Meath, and arms and
ammunition were found in the latter place. _ .

Yesterday morning the mail steamer Connaught
was detained au hour and a half beyond her usual
time by a dense fog which prevailed in the Channel.
The report of the directors of the Dublin, Wick-
low, and Wexford Railway Company for the past
half-year announces a diminution in the receipts
from passenger traffic. The decrease is chiefly on
second-class return tickets, a circumstance which
accords with the statement which attributes the
falling off, as compared with the corresponding half
of the previous year, to the extra traffic created by
the International Exhibition of 1865.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NORTHAMPTON-FEB. 16.

New white wheat, 588 to 655; new red, 46s to 64s ; old
white, 62s to 68s; old red, 61s to 66s per 36 stone. Barley
for malting, 42s to 518 per qr. ; grinding, 29s to 36s per 30
stone. Oats, old, 26s to 33s ; new, 23s to 32s per 24 stone.
Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 42s to 458 per 38 stone. Peas,
38s to 42s per 36 stone.

COLCHEST
A very moderate supply o:
sale at full prices. Barley sea
buyers.
Wueat, white 6'5 70s Beans, Mazagan......3is 40$
red 626 67s M►ddle and sinall..44s 486
Barley... 428 Ns Peas, white 38s 42$
Oats ..... ..• —8 —6 grey ...s6s 42$

'ER-FEB. 16.

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f wheat, which met a ready
irce, and prices rather against

CIIELDISFORD-FEB. 15.

The market was well supplied with wheat, and millers
and merchants showing an inclination to buy, a firm busi-
ness was done at the rates of last week.
Wheist, old white....s2s MA Peas, Partridge 4's 435
new ...5 a Gs NV h.te ..32a 368
old red. %Os 59s B iling s --"6
new. s'B Ms Dun 38s 406
Barley.... 26s 33s dit.o, new....--s ---41
chevalier --a —a Beans, Tick, 01d......406 455
Cirind ng •iSs 30a new. ...386 42d
Malt 586 cOs Barrow 1 Icks.42s 160
Chevalier O•Js 62i new.... 404 44s
Oats 4.1 • 2la 27s Mangan , 1;93 43d