The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-12 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, March 10.
The phrase " Fenianism in the army" has been
so common a heading in Irish newspapers for some
time that alarm might naturally be excited lest the
army should have been seduced from its allegiance
to a dangerous extent ; but all such apprehensions
may be dismissed from the public mind, as it has
been announced on the best authority that " not a
taint of conspiracy rests on the army, excepting a
few deluded men and the paid agents who were
placed in its ranks for the seduction of the soldier."
Sir Hugh Rose, the Commander of the Forces in
Ireland, has issued a general order on the subject,
of which the following is a copy

" GENERAL ORDER-NO. 371.

"Adjutant-General's-office, Dublin, March 8.

"The agents of a treasonable (the Fenian) conspiracy
have done their best to seduce from their duty the soldiers
of this army. The means which they use are worthy of their
designs: By bribes in drink and money they seek to gain
adherents to a cause which aims to substitute a reign of teiror
and spoliation for the Queen's Government. T hose who hold
lands, which these conspirators covet, and those who differ
from them are doomedto massacre and assassination. They
defy religion, because it condemns them. They plan, by the
most treacherous and cowardly means, the deal uction of the
good soldiers who are loyal to the Queen, and faithful to their
oath. These infamous designs have proved an utter failure.
Not a taint of the conspiracy rests on the army excepting a
few deluded men and the paid agents who were placed in its
ranks for the seduction of the soldier. These wicked agents
will meet with their deserts. This warning against an abo-
minable conspiracy is not addressed by the Commander of
the Forces in Ireland to the body of the army, who are as
true to their duty as ever they ►ere, but to the young and
thoughtless soldiers who may be, and, in some instances,
have been ensnared by falsehoods and treacherous tempts-
tions.—By command.

" GRAHAM IIAY, D.A.A. General."

Sir Hugh has also ordered the publication of a
circular memorandum regarding furlough men , which
particularly concerns Irish soldiers serving in regi-
ments stationed in England, with whom it is hoped
this warning
and criminal will
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" CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM.

" Adjutant-General's Office, Dublin, March 8.

" Two cases have occurred in which furlough men from
regiments in England have been guilty of the worst
treachery. In one case a furlough soldier of the 17th Regi-
ment assisted Fenian conspirators to resist the gallant and
loyal police who endeavoured to seize them. In another
case a furlough soldier of the 64th Regiment headed a band
of cowardly miscreants, who, in overpowering numbers,
murderously attacked in the dark two drivers E Battery
Royal Artillery at Kilkenny, because a loyal comrade
brought a Fenian traitor to justice. Both these culprits are
in prison, and will be speedily brought to justice. Other
instances have come to the knowledge of the Commander
of the Forces in Ireland where furlough soldiers, forgetful
of their duty, have associated with treasonable men, whose
aim is the ruin of Ireland. Furlough men are, therefore,
warned that any man who is guilty of conduct unworthy
of a soldier will be instantly arrested and brought to justice,
and that any man abusing in the smallest degree furlough
indulgence will be immediately sent back to their regiments
with a statement of their misconduct.
" By order of the Commander of the Forces,
" GRAHAM HAY, D.A.A. General."

A deputation from the grand jury of the county
Westmeath waited upon the Lord-Lieutenant, and
presented an address, signed by Mr. John J. Ennis,
High Sheriff, and Mr. W. Pollard Urquhart, fore-
man, in which they express their thanks for the
vigour with which he has used the power he was
compelled to demand from the Legislature for the
purpose of putting down Fenianism, humbly en-
treating that his excellency would receive this ex-
pression of their devoted loyalty, and—

" Transmit to the foot of tho Throne this renewed assu-
rance of their loyal determination to support the Executive
to the utmost in maintaining the tranquillity of the country,
and in promoting by every means that peace and content-
ment in Ireland which her Majesty has at heart, and which
shall yet, with God's blessing, be obtained."
Lord Wodchouse replied as follows:
" Mr. high Sheriff and G entlemen, —As representative of
our most gracious Queen, I receive with the greatest satis-
faction your assurance of your devoted loyalty to the Throne
and of your determination to support the Executive in
maintaining the tranquillity of the country. I rejoice to find
the measures which 'have been taken to repress the Fenian
conspiracy meet with your approval. You may rely on my
using my utmost exertions to strengthen the public confi-
dence, which is essential to the progress of peaceful indus-
try. I earnest y trust that the misguided men who have
joined in this sedition will see the folly of persevering in
hopeless attempts which can only result in misery to them-
selves and injury to the best interests of their fellow-sub -
jects."

The Dublin police made another discovery of
pike handles yesterday evening at No. 8, Moore-
street, occupied by W. Molony, a carpenter, who
was taken into custody, with his twc sons. In con-
sequence of information received the men, under
Superintendent Cunningham and Inspector Darcy,
dug up the ground in the backyard to the depth of
6ft. and found 184 pike handles of American ash,
10ft. long. The two sons had both been in the
Dublin Militia, one in the County and the other in
the City regiment. The three men have been sent
to prison. The police remained on the premises
searching for pike heads.
Yesterday two gentlemen in respectable positions
were arrested at Queenstown, Mr. Sullivan and Mr.
R. Driscoll—the latter a town commissioner. Two
men named Power and Mahony were also arrested
there.

A person named Michael Gallagher, who was sus

petted for some time as being the Head Centre for
Letterkenny and Rametton, in- the county of Donq-
gal, has been arrested by Sub-inspector. Studdert.
He is supposed to have been appointed chief of that
district last summer by a man from America, who
styled himself Captain Rogers.
In the town of Castlebar 21 persons have been
arrested for Fenianism ; two persons were taken
into custody there on Thursday, of whom one is a
small shopkeeper, and the other a national school-
master. The informer who pointed out these per-
sons is said to have named 12 more, who are likely
to be arrested. One of four persons recently arrested
at Ballinasloe was agent there for the sale of the
Irish People and the Irishman. The prisoner Daly,
who is supposed to have been the Head Centre at
Thaw, is said to be a man in independent eircum-

Mr. M'Dermott attended to-day at Kilmainham
Gaol, and had brought before him 12 of the Fenian
prisoners v.•ho were arrested in Clonmel and Carrick-
on-Suir. The informations having been read over
in the presence of the prisoners they were severally
committed for trial. Last evening 13 of the persons
arrested in Slattery's publichouse, Cork-hill, were
liberated from custody in Richmond Bridewell, the
officers of the detective department having reported
that they believed they had no connexion with the
Fenian conspiracy.
At 7 o'clock this morning three prisons vans
were in attendance at the Mountjoy Prison, into
which were placed 45 of the prisoners recently ar-
rested by virtue of the Lord-Lieutenant's warrant,
under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.
The prisoners were taken, under a strong escort of
mounted police, to the Dublin and Drogheda Rail-
way Terminus, Amiens-street, where a special train
was in readiness and conveyed them to Belfast. On
their arrival they will be handed over to the gaol
authorities, and distributed through several of the
Northern prisons. This step has been taken from
the want of sufficient accommodation in the district
prisons of Dublin.
The citizens of Belfast entertained the captain
and officers of the Canandaigua at a dejeuner yester-
day. Early in the morning one of the tug steamers
belonging to the Messrs. Andrews was sent down to
the frigate to bring up such as could be spared of
the officers and crew. About a quarter before 12
o'clock the steamer arrived at the quay, at the foot
of High-street, where Captain Stembel, who was
accompanied by six of his officers, was received by
the Mayor, the Town Clerk, Sir Edward Coey,
Messrs. David Taylor, J.P. ; Thomas Gaffikin, F.
H. Lewis, William Langtry, John Savage, Joseph
Lee, F. Kinahan, and T. H. Brown. There were
also present --Mr. Robert Henderson, Mr. Samuel
Tierney, and Mr. Thompson, secretary to the Har-
bour Commissioners. On coming ashore the captain
and officers were greeted with loud cheers by the
large crowd which had assembled to witness their
arrival.

Having inspected the Custom-house—where the

art was received 41tect e
.iob-__
SgsireulNlS . trlse
awaited them, and visited the following places of
interest during the day :—Mr. Sinclair's store,
lomb-street; the Ulster Bank, the York-street Flax
Spinning Mills, Messrs. Johnson and Carlisle's
Brookfield Flax Spinning Mills, the Model Schools,
and the Queen's College, after which they drove to
the Town-hall, in the vicinity of which a large
crowd was assembled. The chair was occupied by
the Mayor, Mr. Malian, who read letters of apology
from the Bishop of Down and Bishop Denvir. The
" Health of the Queen" having been first proposed
and received with all the honours, the chairman
gave " The President of the United States," on
whom he passed a high eulogium, remarking that
his domestic, like his foreign policy, had been cha-
racterised by wisdom, intelligence, and many quali-
ties which entitled him to no ordinary d4tinction.
Though unexpectedly and hastily called to assume
the reins of power, he had realised the highest ex-
pectations of his friends, and deserved great credit
for the manner in uhich he had discharged his
duties. In the town of Belfast, America and its
naslsobl
received with loud applause. The cap-
citizens were highly respected, and it afforded him
the greatest pleasure to give "The President of the
United States." The toast was enthusiastically
received.
proposed,e
oa tnhdeirnotoasts
rs
complimentaryh aodf 1 3teheen Canandaigua,"
rpnmea disposed
dda,
,iof,gc uataphe
" Since they had arrived in Ireland three weeks ago—the
first time that he and many of his officers had ever trod
;the course of his speech said :
e soil of Ireland, and he hoped it would be not the
lutAmtaaap'isliiilnniniefihot:tnharetp plan se) —they had met with nothing but kindness
and courtesy. They bad been, as they were all aware, in
some difficulty in America, and had a little rebellion
there which they succeeded in putting down. He himself,
as the Mayor had stated, had been wounded in the defence
of his country—in sustaining her institutions and her cause
(applause)—and he was still to some extent suffering,
but he was still able to perform the duties that his office re-
quired of him. in conclusion, he thanked them for the cor-
dial reception they had received, and begged to propose
' His Worship the llayor and the Corporation of Belfast.' "
(Applause.) _ - - -

The Mayor returned thanks on behalf of himself
and the corporation, and proposed the following
toast :—" Unbroken friendship between the United
Kingdom and-the United States of America, coupled
with the Rev. Mr. Macnaughtan and Dr. Young."
Mr. Macnaughtan responded in an eloquent speech ;
Dr. Young also responded at considerable length,
and expressed Lthe great satisfaction he felt, as all
the people of America would feel, at the reception
they had met with that evening.

New Orleans has a population larger by 60,000
than ever before; Galveston and other Texican cities are
filled to overflowing; and the same is said of Memphis
Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta, and all the towns of the
South-west.
[AuvEwrisEMENT.] Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa-
tion,h debility, consumption, awl all nervous, bilious, stomach,
attend
and liver complaints in every sthge, are only
accelerated by drugs of every description,
perfectly
Arabica
cur-
able by Du Barry's health-rettoring c
itvaihead been
rood, as proved by thousands of oases which
also
.iarrhem,
con-
sidered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, al a
nervousness,
buatggrrtly
hae
cnorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency,lieria.Catarrhs, colds,
biliousness, fevers, sere throats, 1 t
Liadrr ca abil,fitra, r,tr erhti
bdi
iati
agl
eche, 4OecUpbt
influenza,pue
ifie
srnuoic)st noises to I
ht
yh t leand car", sum,tlSfl, gout, h-
purifies, ertlJ)tiOfls hysi' urslgts, irritbilltY, sleepless-
ness, acldiif, palptatlohl• ji
,
years'
preg-
nancy or at sea,
n es
dropsy,s' a acidity,
.Ps:111:114 nauseaitenalgtBl'°lints. ,b a 1 'di +is: cskcirosfsu'l ae,vtei gnhi Inn ss o
the chest, fea.inswieneitahaetpeiat theioefw:,—.cstulorme:Ntccoh. 14m6,27b6e. tmwerejnamthees
shoulders,
s, timber merchant,
04f7,b1012e.f10.
dkjusiiinsyse trEldl,iezr:aubnregrteehmy
J,
cement,
tiotb3aoin,
od
fp
ex-
treme gs'grtetNino,g
nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spirits, and
ttdßileiaosrlebvdaeoserueatsdi fancies. —Cure No 1,771. Lord Stuart de Deeles, lord
lieut. ot Waterford, of many ears' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832.
Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness,
asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, si. kcess, and
vomiting—Maria Joly —Cure No. 51,8:6. The Rev, James
T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid-
ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment.—
In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 48 GI ; 51b, 113; 121 b, 228 ; 211 b,
40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London;
also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King Wildam-streei ; likewise
at 61, Graeechurch-stre t ; 4, Cheapside ; 40, Bishopsgate-
street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ;
54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenhtm-court-road ; 96,
Upptr-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close
Brothers, 65, High-street; and Stubbs, Quecu's-terrace, St.
John's-wood, London ; and all respectable grocers and che-
mists.— Beware of epurieus Imitations.

The report of the directors states thnxPeS
diture on capital account to 31s, nuary last
amounted to £5,663,432, including £243,500, ex-
pended for shares in other companies. The sum of
£13,362 has been expended on renewal of the per-
manent way during the half year, and £lO,OOO had
been charged against revenue, as usual. The roll-
ing stock had been fully and efficiently mainta!ned.
The average rate of interest on the company's loan.
capital was £4 Os. G 4 d. per cent. The works of the
Greenock and Ayrshire Railway had been com-
menced. With reference to bills before Parlianient
the company had only.two bills—namely, a bill to
enable the company to make certain railways in the
county of Ayr, involving an expenditure of nearly
£lOO,OOO, and a bill for conferring additionalpowers
on the company for the construction of railways and
works, the estimated expenditure being £97,000.
The directors had felt it necessary, in the protec-
tion of the company's interests, to prepare for ap..
plicati_ons to Parliament for other powers than these
above mentioned, but by muiarl arrangements with
other companies they had all been wandrawn, the
policy of the directors being to develope the re-
sources of the eistrict through which the company's
lines passed, without encroaching on the territory a
their neighbours, except when compelled to do so as
a measure of protection. This result had been
brought about by the action of an influential com-
mittee of shareliolders representing the three large
companies of the dist.ict. The increase in the traffic
receipts for the half year had been exceedingly satis-
factory, amounting to £28,394 over the cm-2espond-
ing period of theprexious year, the traffic of the amal-
gamated lines being taken into account in both cases.
The passenger traffic for the half year ending 31st of
January last amounted to £77,453, against
£71,651 for the corresponding period, showing an
increase of £5,802 ;:tbe goods_ arid mineral traffic
amounted to £183,800, against £162,389; showing
an increase of £21,411. The total receipts for the
half year amounted to £287,692, against £252,810
for the corresponding period of the preceding year,
showing an increaseof £34,882. The total expenses
amounted to £117,396, against £112,566, showing
an increase.of only £4,830. The sum available for
dividend was £147,318, against £116,479, showing
an increase of £30,839 as compared with the cot-
responding period. The dividend on the 5 per cent.
perpetual
b
luearaannateeGdirsvtoacnks4, Npoers.
elenant. guaranteed
stock absorbed
which the directors recommended a dividend at the
rate of 7 per cent. per annum on the ordinary and
l'laY°g£l7,o7B, leaving £130,241, out of
participating preference stocks of the company,
payable on the 29th inst., carrying forward £5,151
to the credit of the next account. The engineer's
report showed that the receipts per train mile for
passengers were 3s. 7id. and the working expenses
Is. 3d., and for goods and minerals the receipts per
train mile were 4s. 11d., and the working expenses
Is. 4id. per train mile during the past half-year,
showing a profit on working passenger traffic of
2s. 4d. per train mile, and on working goods,
&c., traffic of 2s. 84d. per train mile.

BBECON AND MERTHYR TYDVIL JUNCTION.

The half-yearly meeting was held on Friday, at
the office, Bank-buildings, Lothbury Mr. Banks
in the chair.

Mr. Roberts, the secretary, read the report,
which stated that bills had been introduced for the

further capital to defray the cost of doubling the
line, and for amalgamation with the Kington and
Eardisley and Sirhowy Railway Companies, and
for various new lines. The traffic returns continued
highly satisfactory.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of
the report, alluded to the position in which
the company had been placed by the con-
tractor and lessee in consequence of the adverse
state of the money market, which would necessitate
the payment of the dividend for the past half-year
to be def erred until arrangements could be effected to
realise the sum due. The directors are now in pos-
session of the line and working it, but the earnings
could not be legally applied to the payment of any
dividend due prior to Dec. 31 last. Under the cir-
cumstances the directors would exercise the greatest
"caution its proceeding AVIIII any of toe intended works
involving a large outlay of capital.
Mr. GARTSIDE seconded the motion.

Mr. FINNEY, as the largest shareholder in the
company, advised forbearance on the part of the
shareholders in the difficult position in which the
directors were placed.

The report was adopted, Mr. Banks and Capt.
Layton, the retiring directors, were re-elected. Mr.
James and Mr. Roberts were elected as auditors.

RAILWAY BILLS.

In Lord Redesdale's committee on Friday the
standing orders in the following caseswere dispensed
with :--The Glasgow and South-Western, provided
that railways 1 and 2 be struck out ; the Great
Western, provided that railways 1,2, 3,4, and 11
be struck out; the Louth and Lincoln; the Car-
marthen and Cardigan ; the Waterford and Edg-
ware Junction ; the East and West Junction (Hit-
chin extension) ; the Castle Cary and Lang,port ;
the City, Kingston, and Richmond ; and the Sim.-
howy Extension.
In the court for the consideration of locus standi,
Room 7 of the House of Commons, on Friday, the
locus
wei:_
stanTdiciogfat
Valley,
woibnigeeptieotnitioonf erssowutehreDdeisvaoln-
Company ; Buckley (additional powers), objection
of London and North-Western (the petition has
been withdrawn) ; Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's
Quay (extensions), objections of North-'Wales ;
Birkenhead and Liverpool Company ; Wrexham,
Mold, and Connah's Quay (new lines), objections
Great Northern. In the case of the London and
Northern-Western (new lines), the petition of the
Great Western Railway has been withdrawn.

In the Referees' Courts on Friday the following
Bills, being unopposed, were passed :—Court A.—
The Manchester and Stockport ; the Ellesmere and
Glyn Valley ; and the South Devon. The Ely
Valley and Vale of Neath and the Chester and
West Cheshire Junction Bills were to be reported
upon. In Court B, the Bridgenorth, Wolverhamp-
ton, and Staffordshire, and the North-Eastern
(Yorkshire New Lines) were passed. The Maccles`
field, Knutsford, and Warrington was to be
reported. _

In the Standino. Orders Committee ° Friday,
ltohmesig
standing orders were dispensed witliin
n thefol-
ilcases :—The Shrewsbury and North Wales
(blelford Valley Extension, sze.), provided that
clause 4 be struck out. The Birkenhead and Liver-
pool Junction, provided that railway No. 3 be
struckt el
l do a. __
struck out, and that an amended copy of the plans,
sections, &c.,
of
rtaGhiairwtaanrYgasnenw:oauayntsl:
The London, Chatham, and Dover, and South-
Eastern (Bromley, Farnborough, and West Wick-
ham);
out. The Tavistock and Gunnislake,ovided that
all compulsory powers of
Junction,t h ep
ti 'deeds '
Purchase in the parishes of
Carlstock and Tavistock be struck out. The Salis-
bury and Dorset Junction,
amended copy of the plan, provided that an
se
depo-
sited. In the case of thctions, &c., be
(petition for additional the Great North of Scotland
onal provision) the standin
orders ought to be dispensed
the Bristol Port ispensed with. In the CSSCS of
Extension and the North and South
Wiltshire Junction,
to 1,
e dispensed
~w.ththe standing orders ought not

MUNTZ METAL (LIMITED).
The annual report of the directors of this com-
pany states that the profit of the past year
amounted to 147,868, which, with £6,070 brought
from the last account, makes the disposable balance
£53,938, and after providing £4,000 for liabilities,
writing off £11,400 from goodwill account, and
£3,000 frdm plant and machinery, the net profit
remaining i5135,583,-out of which a dividend at
the rate of 10 per cent• per annum, free of income-
tax, be recommended, leaving a balance of £.10,753.

GENERAL BUTLER A VIRGINIAN FARMER.--A
Washington despatch says that General Butler has just
closed negotiations for a valuable mill property on the
James River;' near Richmond, intending to erect extensive
cotton factories, The Cox farm, containing 2,800 acres,
through which runs Dutch Gap Canal, has been offered to
the General, nud he has in contemplation its purchase.
New Englaud families aid mill orraterf3 will be settled
upon it.

LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1866.

There will probably be little else talked of or
thought about in the political world to-day than
the measure which Mr. GLADSTONE is to bring this
evening before the House of Commons. A Reform
Bill is, indeed, no strange event to this generation,
even though the fever and excitement of 1830-32
has never been repeated. Successive Cabinets have
promised reform, and have, some of them at lest,
performed their promises, so far as to bring in a
measure wfiich has afterwards melted into thin air.
But the accession of Lord RUSSELL to power in the
autumn of last year was accepted by every
one as a pledge that Parliamentry Reform
should be no longer a myth but a reality.
Notwithstanding his manifest indifference of late
years, and the inclination of too many of his col-
leagues and supporters to " leave well alone," it
was felt to be totally inconsistent with Earl Rus-

SELL'S reputation as a statesman, as it
would be derogatory to his position as Leader
of the Liberal party to allow a great con-
stitutional question to remain any longer
unsettled. It certainly does not add either to the
strength of the Government, or to the dignity of
the House of Representatives of the people, that
there should be a confessed need of an alteration
which is never made. The deficiencies have been
manifest enough, and the public feeling on the sub-
ject sufficiently strong to obtain direct recognition
on more than one occasion in the Speech from the
Throne, and to induce the heads of every party in
Parliament to give assent to the principle
of Reform. It is therefore imperative, if
we do not wish to become a laughing-stock
for hesitation and inconsistency, if we do
not wish the people to believe, what is certainly
not the fact, that the upper classes are resolved upon
excluding theta from their share of political power,
that the session of 18
a definite shape, a
66 should see the vision as-
sume
and Parliamentary Reform
not merely used as an
oratorical weapon or party
war
cry, but brought / forward for practical consi-
deration, and au honest cleterrainat•
len to produce
actual results. _ _

There is reason to believe that the RUSSELL
Re-
form Bill will confine itself to one point,
ce
tainly the most important, as it the
most pressing. The ballot unfortunately numbers
few supporters on the Ministerial benches. The
redistribution of seats is a difficult and invidious
department of the subject, which any Minister,
not too secure of his supporters, may glady
avoid ; the duration of Parliaments is a mat-
ter of comparatively little moment. The great
point of the required Reform is certainly
the extension of the suffrage. It is the present
narrow franchise which most loudly calls for en-
largement from its manifest insufficiency and injus-
tice ; while the condition of the question supplies
a ready argument to the demagogue and agitator,
giving rise to a natural feeling or irritation and dis-
content in the minds of a large and intelligent class.
As the extension of the suffrage, then, is most