The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-02 00:00:00

ference to the plan of the inteL mummy ioSthe
army. Private George Shannon, who belongs to
the same regiment as the prisoner, related a conver-
sation which had taken place between himself,
Burton, and a man nemed Walsh. On this occasion
Walsh, who was not a soldier, proposed to take the
barracks at Castlebar, by shooting the sentries at
the gates, the hospital, and the magazine, and then
firing through the loopholes of the redoubt from
Lord Lucan's demesne. The officers and the
loyal men belonging to the regiment were to be
shot as they left the barracks. Treasonable
songs were sung on the night of the meeting,
and on a subsequent evening the prisoner declared
himself a Fenian, and said he would fight for
the liberty of Ireland. On cross-examination the
witness admitted that he was confined to the guard-
room on a complaint made against him by the pri-
soner. lie was asked whether he had proposed to
swear in Burton as a Fenian, but denied that he
had ever done so. Another private in the same
regiment, named Bullamore, corroborated the evi-
dence of Shannon.

The examination of Private M'Donnell, of the
10th Hussars, was resumed yesterday morning at
the court-martial on Private O'Reilly. He de-
posed to being present at several meetings held
in public-houses, at which the prisoner and a per-
son named Devoy were present. On those occa-
sions he heard the plans of the projected mutiny
disclosed. Private Denny, also of the 10th Hus-
sars, swore that he had been invited by the prisoner
to a public-house in Bridgefoot, where a number of
soldiers and civilians were assembled. O'Reilly
told him in that house thap,the Feniaas were going
to beat the English army and make Ireland their__
own, and asked him to take the Fenian oath, but
he immediately refused. Both court-martials were
adjourned to this morning.
The inquest on the bodies of Mr. Strahan and the
Delanys concluded yesterday. Mr. Curran, who
appeared for the Crown, and Mr. O'Hara, who was
concerned for the relatives of Mr. Strahan, declined
to address the jury ; but Mr. Devitt, who repre..
sented the Corporation, stated that it had been the
object of the body to give every assistance to the
investigation. He denied that the Corporation held
the position of defendants ; and concluded by mak-
ing personal explanation as to his share in some of
the controversies which have arisen since the inquest
commenced. The coroner very briefly directed the
attention of the jury to the issues which they were
bound to try. They then retired, and, after a
long absence, returned the following verdict :
" We find that the death of Anthony James Strahan
and the other five individuals was caused by a fire
in the houses Nos. 19 and 20, Westmoreland-street,
on the evening of Thursday, the 7th of June inst. ;
the origin of which fire we have no evidence to
enable us to determine." To this finding they ap-
pended the statement—" We also believe said per-
sons could have been saved, and there was full time
to save them had the fire-escapes been manned by
experienced men, or had the police been called to
the assistance of the men who brought the two
fire-escapes to the houses. We also believe had
there been no fire-escapes at the premises
on the occasion that the six persons could
have been saved, either by ropes from the
parapets, or by opening up the roofs. There
was no such effort made to save the people by the
Fire Brigade, although they had ropes, crowbars,
and jumping-sheets attached to the fire-escapes."
Several other resolutions, which, however, were
not unanimonsly signed, were then read. The
majority of the jury were of opinion that the citi-
zens of Dublin should have some such directions
printed for their information as were published by
the London Society for the Protection of Life from
Fire. That the present system adopted by the
Fire Brigade was inadequate, and that the manage-
ment should be transferred to the Board of Works
or the metropolitan police. That the members of
the brigade were insufficiently paid, and that,
as in London, the Board of Works and the
insurance companies should contribute to their sup-
port, and, that the escapes at present in use are very
tmPerfect and -uusaftl/4 • - They toncluded by Vtote
of thanks to the coroner.