The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, June
There was some extraordinary evidence given/
the trial of Sergeant M'Carthy by court-mar
yesterday. The Court resumed its sittings at half-
past 10 o'clock, when Constable Talbot, of the
detective department of the constabulary, was Oa'
mined. He stated that he met the prisoner at 5
public-house on Ist of January, 1866, at Carrick'
on-Suir, and that he then said his removal frel3l
Clonmel was a great loss to the Fenian cause, as be
had the guns and all there ready to hand over the
moment the work commenced ; that he had got
false keys made for some military arms stores there,
and could distribute them at any moment. He said
that on his arrival at Carrick he had looked a go",
deal into matters, and found there was too much
talk ; to keep quiet and to keep silent, and victory
was at the door. " You won't have much fighting
to do, and we will do most of it for you." Kelly
was introduced by him as the soldier who had
made the false keys for the military stores ,
Clonmel. The prisoner stated that if he was 11
at Carrick he would have it in the same god
order. On the Gth of January the witness was t
Clonmel with the prisoner, by appointment, with
Morissy, a working " B, " and a person name:),
Daniel, a sub-centre, and that there in Burko
publichouse in Cloumel, in company with Bomb '
dier Lowe, of the Artillery, he stated in Lowe;
presence, that here was the man who had enlisted
the 41 Feuians of whatever Artillery was then in
Clonmel ; he then invited Lowe to come some day
to Carrick to see us, and Lowe promised to conic °/1
the following Wednesday. Lowe said he had eil;
listed all the men he could in the battery, or half
battery, I think he called it, of Artillery in
mel, and that he could do no more. He said 44;
he did not say for what purpose. The witness
further stated that he had met the prisoner ell
several subsequent occasions at meetings of the
Brotherhood, he himself acting as a member, ars',
among other things, he thus described the obje6s.,
of the conspiracy, and " its means and intentions
The objects of the Fenian Brotherhood were ,t 0
make war on the Queen in this country, to esi,;l.
blish a republic, to seize on all property, and •°".ti
every person who opposed them or would not j°l
them. They were to rise on a certain night in cer-
tain places, where arms were to be distributed arndng.tt
the Brotherhood ; the men were then to form 1.
different places where the Fenian leaders were
they were to seize every one that would not go
them, and hang or. shoot them until they succeeded
in overthrowing the Government of the country 311
establishing a republic in its place by force of arils
t
The question having been read over by the she'. ,
hand writer, the witness said, " There is finer to
wish to add to that reply. The informers were, to
be carried to the camp, stripped naked, and tied
W
no
trees, and a man told off to keep stabbing thou -tir,
and again every half hour or quarter of an 11°.or
going from one to another where they were." 31°49/
APBean—" This was in earnest, and not joking,,
Witness—t, Upon my oath, sir, this was not je''.;
ing." Major M'Bean—" I can scarcely believe
fen
Witness—" That was what was alleged to have bee f;
done in Wexford at the time of the rebellion the' ,y 1
it was mentioned that they should take pattern fr Ok"
be
Wexford." The military, it was stated, were tube
made prisoners, and it was stated what was °roe
done with the guns and arms in Clonmel. nil
guns were to be given to the Militia Artillery and
the arms to the Militia Infantry. The soldiers ept
officers who were greatly opposed to the movelllcerg
were to be shot. What was meant by the 011:ceeto
greatly opposed to the movement was the cw
who prosecuted the soldiers for being Fenians•
When Talbot's examination had concluded eel°, to
Sergeant Lowe, 53d Regiment, was produced...
prove that the prisoner was on terms of unusual a'
timacy with Private Kelly ; after which there e 1
a little altercation between counsel for the prison
and the Court, which adjourned at
.4 o'clock. 4 ,
Patrick Ralph, a Militiaman, a supposed Penn 'tit
has been arrested and charged at Castlebar /40
using seditious language at a railway station•
was released on bail. Fey
It appears that some persons tainted with it)
nianism had managed to hold their situation but
Richmond Bridewell under the new governat,,eo,
have at last found the discipline too strict for ti.,,at
or perhaps got afraid of detection. It is stated
,r
two of the officials, John Breslin, the hospital ,so_,
intendent, and another warder named JosePh.(lor
have suddenly resigned, under mysterious circa to
stances, with the supposed intention of
ng
America. soo
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The. Council of the Royal Agricultural
olr
held its half-yearly meeting yesterday, and re bold
that no show should be held this year, lest it
be the means of propagating the rinderpest• ser
An important meeting was held yesterday a
Tsar
nolds' Hotel of the representatives of the Tso the
boards of guardians throughout the country ping
' purpose of protesting against any efforts n°‘v t syr
made to substitute union rating for the Preset'. broclf
tem of electoral division rating ; Lord Cl°l3i,oo
presided. The meeting was addressed 1.11„.
Crofton, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Hats Woods, l‘Ir" jollo
Brown, Mr. Elliott, J.P., of Waterford ; t
o 1111." ti.er
O'Ryan, of Nenagh ; Capt. Palleser, and °tiler; f
tlemen ; and a number of resolutions in stonsil
the object of the meeting were unani
adopted. se
fill the
Cat
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There was a meeting of the Mansion-
han
Plague Committee yesterday, the Lord)laYnt Wa;
Fresco
chair. The uniform report of all those os o
to the effect that there had been no fresh
in th°
rinderpest in Ireland. lace ; 'I- tit
A most welcome change has taken 13,,00ta1l
weather. It has been raining almost
since yesterday morning.

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