The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

IRE LAND.

DUBLIN, Dec. 19.
The public seem to have lost all apprehension of

further danger from the Fenians, notwithstanding
the arrests which are made from day to day, and the
defensive measures which the Government are still
adopting. Some persons are disposed to ridicule
their precautions as unnecessary. But the Govern-
ment were firm when some of their censors were
frightened, and so long as there are still in the coun-
try dupes of the conspiracy, or agents of mischief
not yet in custody, it is much better to act upon
the principle that prevention is better than cure.
The recent seizures may have put documents in their
possession that warrant necessary vigilance. The
minds of the middle classes are re-assured, but those
who converse with the lower class of Roman Catho-

lies in the towns find that they still expect Stephens
and they avow openly that if the work began they
would help the Fenians. Consequently, the prin-
cipal entrance to Dublin Castle is being placed in a
more secure position. Yesterday a body of workmen
were engagedin erecting strong wooden pallisades in-
side the entrance at Cork-hill, in such a manner as to
plank the gate ; and at a subsequent period of the
day the Castle was inspected by some officers of the
Ordnance Department, with a view of making fur-
their defensive arrangements. On Monday night a
telegram was receives from the War office by Col.
Child, commanding officer of the Reserve Force of
Pensioners in Belfast, directing him to have all the
members of the corps ready. for service at any time
they should be called upon.

The following are all the particulars that have
transpired of the arrests made yesterday, and an-
nounced to you by telegraph :—ln the morning a
strong party of the G Division, acting upon infor-
mation received, proceeded to the house of a man
named Patrick O'Byrne, residing in George's-place,
north, and instituted a search for arms. In the
course of the investigation the detective officers
found nine rifles, with bayonets and slings, a quan-
tity of cartridges, bullets, a brass bullet-mould, and

some pouches. Immediately on the discovery being
made the officers arrested O'Byrne and his two
nephews, Richard J. Stowell, and J. P. Stowell, and
conveyed them to some of the police stations, where
lare at present detained.
he officer subsequently proceeded to the esta-
blishment of Messrs. Walpole, Webb, and Bewley,
at the North w ii
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was conveyed to Mountjey prison direct.
Two young men, named
Ignatius Cummins and
John Fagan, were brought up yesterday at the head
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police-office, charged with having in their possession
gunpowder and ammunition. They were
arrested
last night in the top room of a house in Upper Ste-
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The police also found a green cap, with a harp in
the centre, and a design for a breastplate, when
questioned Cummins stated that the articles were
brought into the premises without the knowledge of
Fagan. The prisoners were remanded.
At the sitting of the Sessions court yesterday Mr.
Charles Fitzgerald, city solicitor, made an applica-
tion to have the recoguizances estreated which were
entered into by John Nugent, of 15, Vicar-street,
who had been detained, under theLord-Lieutenant's
warrant, for alleged complicity in the Fenian move-

ment, and who was released upon the recognizances
of Mr. John Hogan, 37, Elbow-land, and Mr. Peter
Byrne, 13, James-street, in the sum of £2O each,
and Nugent himself in £4O. Since Nugent's lelease
he was convicted for assaulting a police-constable
in the execution of his duty, and having thus vio-
lated the terms upon which he was set at liberty the
Government authorities made the present applica-
tion. The Court directed that in the case of Nugent
£2O should be enforced, and in those of hi 3 two
sureties that £5 should be paid by each of them,
being a fourth of the sum for which each of them

was responsible. This case was the first of the kind
brought into this court.
Pursuant to previous notice a meeting of the ma-
gistrates of county Leitrim was held in the court-
house, Manorhatrilton, on Monday, convened by
Mr. A. L. Tottenham, High Sheriff, to consider the
manner in which the loyal and well-disposed sub-
jects of her Majesty can best assist in the preserva-
tion of the public peace. There was a large attend-
ance of the magistrates and gentlemen interested in
the movement. The High Sheriff presided. The
chairman read a letter, in reply to one from himself
from the Under Secretary of State, in which the
latter stated that "it must be left to the discretion
of high sheriffs as to the propriety of complying
with the requisitions to them to convene public
meetings within their respective counties, or propo-
sals to be made at such meetings, and that his excel-
lency
would be happy to receive the resolutions
which might be passed at the proposed meeting."
Resolutions offering the services of thbse present