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

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN

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 wa3 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
tnenofdernrcoefe;ssofrrom Mr. W. D.
Dander's treatise
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on the constituents of food.
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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.

accepted two more bills for £lOO each. One the
prisoner negotiated, and he (witness) only got £5O
out of the £lOO, and the other bill the prisoner re-
tained as a collateral security. Gave bills amount-
ing to £660, and received £lOO. Was being also
sued on a £lOO bill now.

The deputy keeper of the records at the Bank-
ruptcy Court produced prisoner's schedules of 1850,
1852, and 1857. In one his debts were £2,297 ;
assets £233. In the next £lO9 ; assets nothing.
In the third £449 ; assets nothing. The prisoner's
description on the schedue showed that he bad
been an ensign and lieutenant in the 2d Royal Foot,
a lieutenant in the 66th: Foot, an omnibus pro-
prietor, a gentleman without employment, a part
omnibus proprietor, and he had several aliases.
Mr. Charles Vallancey Lewis, solicitor, proved
that he had got judgment against the prisoner nine
years ago for £35 and had never been paid.
Mr. Henry London Buck, clerk to Baz ter, Rose,
and Norton, solicitors, proved that in 1.863 prisoner
was petitioner in a suit in the Divorce Court ; lost
the suit and costs, £487. He had since endeavoured,
but in vain, to get a sixpence of the money.
The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next
on bail.