The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-28 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, May 26.
The anniversary of her Majesty the Queen's
birthday was officially commemorated to-day in
Ireland. There was a review in the Phoenix-
park, Dublin, of all the troops in garrison, the
Lord-Lieutenant and a brilliant staff being present,
Lady Wodehouse accompanying his Excellency.
The troops reviewed consisted of the B battery Bth
Brigade Royal Artillery, the battalion of the Cold-
stream Guards, the 2d battalion 60th Rifles, the
91st, the 75th, the 85th Light Infantry, the 92d
Gordon Highlanders, the sth Dragoon Guards, the
Carbineers, and the 10th Hussars. The whole
force was under the command of Major-General
Cunynghame, in the absence of Sir Hugh Rose, on
leave. On the Lord Lieutenant taking up position
at the flag-staff a feu de joie was fired, and the troops
gave three hearty cheers for the Queen. There
was an immense concourse present. An accident is
reported to have occurred to a cavalry officer and
also to one of the men by falls from their horses.
At Kingstown her Majesty's ship Royal George, the
Royal St. George's and Royal Irish Yacht Clubs,
and the naval estAblishments round the harbour
were decorated with lines of gay-coloured bunting,
Royal salutes being fired at noon trom the man-of-
war and also from the Pigeon-house Fort.
The following report has just been issued :
" Veterinary Department, Dublin Castle, May 26.

" No fresh case of cattle plague in Down, to which county
the disease was confined. None of the alleged cases of that
malady reported from other counties presented, according
to the descriptions given, symptoms resembling those of
cattle plague. The mortality among bovine stock in Ire-
land has been greatly increased since the prevalence of
east wind, the principal fatal disease killing bovine animals
in a few hours. One of the most prominent symptoms of
it is cerebral derangement, evinced by violent delirium.
Several of the animals that were opened were found to
have died apoplectic. It would be desirable to let all de-
scriptions of stock, particularly black cattle, have free ac-
cess to salt, even when at pasture. The latter class of
animals should have a plentiful supply of water, particu-
larly if they have access to salt.
HUGH FERGUSON, 11.M.V.5."

A meeting of the members of the profession of
attorneys and solicitors was held this day in the
Four Courts, to consider the appointment of Soli-
citor to the Board of Inland Revenue. Mr. Richard
J. Theodore Orpen, President of the Society, occu-
pied the chair. The meeting relsted mainly to the
appointment of Mr. Strong, a barrister, and city of
Dublin magistrate, to the post mentioned. The fol-
lowing resolutions were passed :

" That the solicitors and attorneys of Ireland have been
unjustly deprived of their legitimate rights by members of
the Bar being appointed to be solicitors orattorneys on be-
half of the Crown, under the orders of the Commissioners
of the Treasury, Stamps, &c., offices which were formerly
always, of right, held by solicitors and attorneys, and the
duties of which, we consider, would be more efficiently dis-
charged by solicitors and attorneys of experience in their
profession."

" That the filling of such offices by members of the Bads
unjust to our body, and is calculated to induce individuals
to go to the Bar, not with the view of honourable advance-
ment in the regular walk of the profession, but that by be-
coming barristers they may be considered qualified to fill
everyplace connected with the administration of the law."
" That the reply given by the late Earls of Eglinton and
Carlisle to the memorials presented to them in the year
1859 gave us reasonable grounds for expecting that the
system of appointing barristers to the office of Solicitor of
Inland Revenue would not be continued."

It was also resolved that a deputation should wait
on the Lord-Lieutenant in the matter.
Mr. Esmonde has issued his address to the Water-
ford constituency on accepting the Junior Lordship
of the Treasury. He states that the position was
unsought on his part, and adds he is willing to join
an Administration which has evinced a desire to
pursue towards this country a conciliatory, gene-
rous, and just policy.
The appointment of Mr. S. L. Anderson to the
office of Marshal to the Admiralty Court in Dublin,
vacant by the death of Mr. C. Taylor, is announced.
Unfavourable symptoms having been manifested
yesterday in the wounds on Warner's neck, O'Con-
nor, his murderous assailant, was brought to his
lodgings during the day, when the injured man fully
identified him as the person who had made the mur-
derous attack upon him, and then made a deposition
detailing the circumstances of the case as' already
reported.

In the court of Common Pleas yesterday judg-
ment was given upon a motion for a new trial in the
action for ejectment brought by the Earl of Mayo
against Harriet Bentley, which was tried at the last
Trim Assizes, and attracted a large share of public
notice. An affidavit of the plaintiff was read by his
counsel, stating that the Earl of Mayo never re-
ceived the subpoena to attend the trial, it having
been left at his house while he was ill, and directions
given by his medical adviser that all business mat-
ters should be kept from him. The affidavit further
stated that if his presence had really been required
at the trial the subpoena would have been served at
an earlier period.
Chief Justice Monahan said the Court did not entertain
any doubt whatever as to the rule they should make. Ac-
cording to the ordinary principles of justice there should be
a new trial. Whether Miss Bentley had or had not a good
defence, he knew not. She swore that she had, and she said
she wanted to have the benefit of the evidence of the plain-
tiff in support of her case. Having referred to the circum-
stances under which the subpoena was sent to Lord Mayo
and those under which he directed a verdict for the plain-
tiff in the Court below, his Lordship said that if he had
been made aware prior to the commencement of the trial
and before the case was given into the hands of the jury
that this very necessary and important witness was absent
he would have postponed the, trial de die in diem, in
order that his attendance might be procured.
Mr. Justice Keogh obserled that Lord Mayo, on hearing
that the writ of the court had been withheld from him,
ought to have been the person to travel out of his way and
disregard his own convenience in order to obey it at the
earliest possible moment.
Mr. Justice O'Hagan concurred in the judgment of the
Court, which he believed to be fully sustained by its prac-
tice and procedure.
The conditional order for a new trial was accord-
ingly made absolute with costs, their Lordships
holding that the motion to show cause against is
was untenable.