The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-08 00:00:00

The Fenian Trials.

DUBLIN, Saturday Night: j
The trial of Charles J. Kickham was conclude"
on Saturday. The prisoner addressed the
clever and temperate speech, the gentlemanly 811
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respectful tone of which was favourably commenw
on by Judge Keogh in his charge. The jury, after
twenty minutes' absence, found the prisoner guiltf;
The prisoner said he had endeavoured to sell;
Ireland, and that he was now prepared to suffer for
Ireland. Judge Keogh sentenced him to fourt.e,en
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years' penal servitude. Kickham was the tpu7
prisoner named as a member of the executive 03.4110,
mittee of the republic in the absence of StePlie7„
The others, Luby and O'Leary, were sentenced '
twenty years.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

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DUBLIN METROPOLITAN.
The first general meeting of this company f
held on Saturday, at the offices, Delahay-street"
Westminster.
The meeting was held in compliance with the A(1
of Parliament. It was stated that the object of °so
line was to afford direct communication betweec,
Kingston and the south of Ireland by the constfil
tion of the only remaining link of railway throng
the city of Dublin, by connecting the Dublin'
Rathmines, Rathgar, Roundtown, and RathfittlY
ham Railways with the Dublin, Wicklow, and AY:
ford and the Great Southern and Western It'
ways. The authorised capital was £160,000.
'Sir P. Nugent had joined the Board as chairnw-
and Sir J. Gray as deputy-chairman.

LIMERICK.
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The first ordinary meeting of this companyif
Chap'
held on Friday at the offices, Westminster
bers, Victoria-street—Mr. H. Geale in the chair',
The CHAIRMAN stated what arrangements virTo
about to be made for entering into a contract 1,0
constructing the line. The greater portion of;
land required for the railway, 23 miles in 100
was agreed to be paid for in shares of the coniPan‘e
the landowners who had so arranged included t.„
Earl of Devon and the Earl of Listowel. The op;
ing of the Rathkale and Newcastle Railway, vibich
it was expected would take place on the 31st M3r
next, would give a great impetus to the carrY
oto
out of the Limerick line, it having been proposed
promote a further extension of the railway fr°,l
Listowel to Tralee, thus completing railway c();I:
munication between Limerick, Rathkale, Liat°l°o
Tralee, Killarney, and Cork. It was agreed wbe
the half-yearly meetings of the company should
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held on the first Wednesday in the months of
and September ; and the proceedings concia'
with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

DEMERARA.
The traffic recepts on this company's railval
the fortnight ending Nov. 25 amounted, for pose-t;
gers, to $2,154 ; for goods, to $3,913 ; for rent! o,
$lO ; and for wharfage, to s64—total, $6,1
of
against $4,765 for the corresponding fortnight
1864, showing an increase of $1,376.

AN INTERESTING CATHOLIC CEREMONY
CO Q•
menced on Saturday, the Feast of the EpipliallY;
the Italian Church, Hatton-gaiden, Archbishop 31511,11-„ljg;
Bishop Grant, of Southwark, Bishop Morris, tii!";
Oakeley, and a large number of other Roman Ca t;;00
dignitaries assisting. There was a High Mass at eleA'ag
o'clnck, in which the Fathers of different religious or.-„a
took part, and the ceremony was of a most imposing gfter
impressive character. During the present week, t'A
High Mass and Vespers, sermons will be preached o 4
English by the Rev. H. A. Rawes, M.A., the Rev. t
C'1,11,5,
Oakeley, the Rev. W. H. Anderdon, Archbishop 1d51112,-De
and other gentlemen who were formerly clergymen o.' atii
Church of England, as well as by several priests of
countries. Sermons in French and Italian will be prase;
every day by Father Melia and the Rev. M. A. Itollilltbe
in Spanish by the Rev. F. Vizcarra ; in German hi
Rev. Dr. Kerner ; and in Polish by the Rev. E. Ped°l
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The proceedings will be brought to a close on $111j;
next, the 14th inst., when Archbishop Manning will pre":
give the Papal Benediction, and intone the Te Deuuti'.
SIGNOR ETHARDO.--The great success whiec-foly,
was predicted would attend the wonderful perl();03
antes of this talented artiste has been more than ver's-01
by the almost countless thousands who at the Grioti'
Palace during the Christmas festivities have borne Rio
mony to the extraordinary talent of Signor Ethardn• Aea
elegant and novel ascension of the spiral column is grecii- tO,
on each representation with the most enthusiastic toPI3 ,j 1
and seems to afford renewed gratification and delight lace
who have witnessed this daring feat. The Crystal F'
Company certainly deserve all praise for the reagent
of
ability, and liberality they display in the engegeule- the
every deserving novelty which presents itself for

amusement of the sight-seeing public. 14
MADAME PAREPA is expected in England tovit:4o
the end of the mouth.—Madame Lemmens-Sherrington
said to be in treaty with the management.
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SIGNOR VERDI is writing a new opera 10-
Grand Opera, on the subject of Schiller's ci Den earl"' at
NICOLAI'S "IL TEMPLAIO is in preparatO
the Italian Opera in Paris. jg
SIR EDWIN LANDSEER OR MR. MACLIS.‘. 1 1
said, will be the new President of the Royal Aeaden3Y. f
Mr. STANFORD has published an excellent 11°11 ro•
cod,
posed showing the now railways and public wol.l'sc'oar*
posed for the consideration of Parliament during tb°A with
ing session. The red lines for new works, combin°'bies
the dotted ones in course of construction, and the v/11°
ones which are actually at work, enable all person' boif
are interested in property in the metropolis to E-10
their interests are affected.

EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—Lieutenant-Colonel
A. G. Wright, Royal Marines, has been rtieilioa
transferred on promotion from Plymouth to the dt
at Portsmouth. On Saturday, the 30th of Deeell/,;t10
favourite cat was secured in a basket and forwarded 'l,, fo'
South Devon Railway to Portsmouth, where it ivs'i
ceived in the Colonel's new residence. The cat re°l3-100
the Saturday night, but was missed on the SundaY;„ tlO
Wednesday, the 3d of January, it was observed At
garden in the rear of its master's former resid°l4-ioce
Stonehouse (Plymouth), now unoccupied, and 113°;:i05'
been fed by an officer of the corps who lives ad./ovie-
The animal is a large strong male ; it was born in tea
the
house, is only 12 mouths old, and never before t
town. How it managed to find its way back 0 g;"2'
distance ha so short a time seems inexplicable.
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DEATH OF A MURDERER.—EIi S 1111
ykes, -cryniie
tence at Leeds for double murder at Batley, died in VI
Gaol on Saturday night, through fracture of one °P-ota°
leaping
from a high gallery on the 23d ult. Bleedieg At
on at frequent intervals, and from that cause he sav,,
ba
last. His execution had been fixed for the 15th ; wbeli-otyl
received his sentence he declared to the judge 11° :iv
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never live to be hanged, and since the 23d frequently
violent terms he repeated that declaration.