The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-31 00:00:00

IRELAND,

DUBLIN, May 30.
It is not so easy to circumscribe and " stamp out"
the plague of Fenianism as the rinderpest. When
the police think they have succeeded, and that their
vigilance so long on the stretch may at length relax,
a sudden outbreak shows that the social disease has
been lurking in unsuspected quarters almost as viru-
lent as ever. The plan, however, of putting the in-
fected out of the way seems to be as effectual in one
case as the other. In former times the summary
mode now adopted of dealing with suspected cattle
was the approved method of dealing with suspected
rebels. In these times we find it sufficient to lock
them up, and prevent communication with the healthy
part of the community. It is a fortunate circum-
stance that in both cases the pestilence is a foreign
importation, and may be successfully guarded against
by a strict inspection of vessels at our ports. The
police are now pretty well acquainted with the diag-
nosis of Fenianism, and yesterday they obtained,
what they believe to be clear proofs of five new cases
in Dublin. At 26, Capel-street, they found Peter
Kelly, a leather-cutter, whom they believe to have
been one of the military organisers of the Fenian
movement, who has held much intercourse with the
soldiers in the garrison, and been an extensive manu-
facturer of military belts. In the same street they
found Thomas Brady, alias Flood, who had lodged
in the house in Denzille-street where Stephens was
when the Irish People was seized. Bryan Gibney
was arrested in Little Britain-street, and he is said
to have been first a " B" and latterly a " Centre "
in the Brotherhood. Two other persons, T. Brady
and John Reilly, were arrested at their residences
in Great Britain-street and Green-street. These-two
are supposed to have formed part of the detective
staff of the Fenian police, whose business it was to
protect Stephens by conveying false information to
the authorities and putting them on the wrong scent.
The Daily Express understands that Judge Long-
field has intimated his intention to retire from the
position of Judge of the Landed Estates Court, which
he has ably and faithfully occupied since the institu-
tion of the Court. Since the death of Judge Hargreave,
whose place the Government have declined to fill up,
a considerable increase of business has been added to
the duties of the two remaining judges, and this
circumstance is assigned as a reason for the course
which he is reported to have taken. He was called to
the Bar in 1828, and has consequently been engaged
in his profession for 38 years. His large views,
public spirit, liberality of sentiment and earnestness
of character, even more than his ability and learn-
ing, contributed to raise him to the high place which
he has so long occupied in public estimation.
The proceedings of the general court-martial for
the trial of soldiers charged with participating in
the Fenian conspiracy was resumed yesterday at the
Royal Barracks, under the presidency of Colonel
Brett, 61st Regiment. Lance-Corporal Brennan
was under examination during the entire day, and
gave further details of the prisoners' complicity with
the movement. He was cross-examined at consi-
derable length by Colour-Sergeant M'Carthy's
counsel, but at the rising of the Court at 4 o'clock
nothing had been elicited from the witness to shake
his direct examination.

Although no other case of rinderpest has appeared
in Ulster, a cordon is still maintained round each of
the " infected districts." The number of police at
Cabra has been reduced to three ; but an additional
force of 30 has been ordered to districts near Dun-
donald, in which some cattle have died. The Bel-
fast Newsletter says :—" The impression gains
ground in the neighbourhood that no animals have
suffered from the malady which has worked such
dreadful havoc in the sister kingdoms."
At a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy, held
yesterday, Mr. Gilbert announced the following do-
nations :—From the Marquis of Kildare a MS. of
the book of posting of the forfeited estates of Ire-
land of 1701 ; from Lord Romilly, English Master
of the Rolls, 10 vols. of the publications issued
under his superintendence ; from Mr. W. D.
Moore, a translation of Professor Dander's treatise
on the constituents of food.
A number of gentlemen, including Lords Bandon
and Bantry, have presented an address on Ritual-
ism to the Bishop of Cork, in which they give a
strong expression of " their utter reprobation of the
unchristian and unworthy manner in which they
deeply regret that a clergyman of the Church,
though happily not belonging to the diocese," spoke
of his lordship, in a published letter addressed to
his parishioners. 'The allusion is to the Rev. Mr.
Carroll, of St. Bride's, Dublin.

Lord Otho Fitzgerald has resigned the office of a
director of the Midland Great Western Railway of
Ireland Company.

Money Agents and Officers in the Army.

At the Westminster Police-court, yesterday, Air.
Ormerod Potts, of 57, Cumberland-street, Pimlico,
money agent, a man about 45 years of age, was
charged with fraud under the 24th and 25th Viet.,
cap. 96, sec. 90 (the Consolidated Statutes Act),
which says, " Whosoever, with intent to defraud or
injure any other person, shall, by any false pre-
tence, fraudulently cause or induce any other per-
son to execute, make, accept, endorse, or destroy
the whole or any part of any valuable security, or
to write, impress, or affix his name, &c., upon any
paper or parchment in order that the same may be
afterwards made or converted into or used or dealt
with as a valuable security, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanour, and liable to three years' penal servi-
tude."

Mr. Sleigh, barrister, prosecuted ; Mr. Edward
Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, defended.
Mr. Sleigh, in opening his case, said he should
prove that at the time the prisoner obtained the
bills from his client, the latter parting with them
on the faith that the prisoner was a gentleman and
a man of substance, he was in a state of poverty,
unable to pay the most trifling bills, and that since
1851 he had been insolvent three times.

Lieut. William Gore Brakspear, 31st Regiment of
Foot, said he saw an advertisement last year in the
papers of a person offering to lend money to officers
in the army or navy. lie communicated with pri-
soner at the address given, 57, Cumberland-street,
Pimlico, and having received a letter from prisoner
which induced him to believe he was a respectable
man, and a gentleman of means and position to
advance money, he requested a loan of money. Pri-
soner sent him a bill for £2OO at three months,
which he accepted, and returned to prisoner.—(Bill
produced.)
Mr. Sleigh remarked that the bill was drawn by
James W. Lyon, and asked the witness if there was
a drawer on the bill when he accepted it?

Witness upon consideration said he did not re-
member; he thought not. He should not have ac-
cepted it without he had been under the impression
that he was dealing with a gentleman. He had
never received a penny piece for the bill, and was
now being sued upon it. Three or four days after-
wards letters passed between them, and prisoner at
length said he could not advance money on so large
a bill, and sent two bills of £lOO each which he asked
him to accept. (Looking at one of the bills.) That
was in the prisoner's handwriting, all of it, and
signed " Ormerod Potts ;" accepted the bill and
another for a similar amount and sent them back.
sign
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letters,‘
It did not strike him as strange that the prisoner
should
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under different names. One £lOO bill had been
paid at Cox's, his agents. Was induced to accept
the two bills, believing him to be a man of position
and fund. Before he received the second bill of
£lOO to accept the prisoner had sent £5O to him at
Aldershot. Witness did not object to his holding
the large bill as a security. In January
or Feb-
ruary saw the prisoner at his own house. Asked
him the reason why he refused or neglected
to advance more than £5O on all the bills he
held, and he said he should advance no more,
as he had heard witness had other bills out.
That was so. He said the £2OO bill was safe in
his hands. When he advanced the £5O he said he
would give witness back one £lOO bill, and when
three months had elapsed witness gave him a bill
for £6o—for £5O lent and £lO interest. Believed
it was for IGO. Understood it to be so ; but it
might have been for IGOO. Witness afterwards