The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, June 1.
There was some extraordinary evidence given a;
the trial of Sergeant M'Carthy by court-martial
yesterday. The Court resumed its sittings at halt"
past 10 o'clock, when Constable Talbot, of the
detective department of the constabulary, was CO-
mined. He stated that he met the prisoner at 3
public-house on Ist of January, 1866, at Carrick'
on-Suir, and that he then said his removal iron
Clonmel was a great loss to the Fenian cause, as he
had the guns and all there ready to hand over the
moment the work commenced ; that he had 0
false keys made for some military arms stores there,
and could distribute them at any moment. He said
that on his arrival at Carrick he had looked a ge°l,
deal into matters, and found there was too much
talk ; to keep quiet and to keep silent, and victory
was at the door. " You won't have much fighting
to do, and we will do most of it for you." Belly
was introduced by him as the soldier who had
made the false keys for the military stores a‘
Clonmel. The prisoner stated that if he was long
at Carrick he would have it in the same g°°d
order. On the 6th of January the witness was at
Clonmel with the prisoner, by appointment, with
Morissy, a working " B, " and a person name,d
Daniel, a sub-centre, and that there in Burkes
publichouse in Clonmel, in company with Bombarl
dier Lowe, of the Artillery, he stated in LoWe''
presence, that here was the man who had enlisted
the 44 Fenians of whatever Artillery was then in
Clonmel ; he then invited Lowe to come some (131
to Carrick to see us, and Lowe promised to come °I/
the following Wednesday. Lowe said he bad en;
listed all the men he could in the battery, or half
battery, I think he called it, of Artillery in Clon-
mel, and that he could do no more. He said 41'
he did not say for what purpose. The witness
further stated that he had met the prisoner on
several subsequent occasions at meetings of tb!
Brotherhood, he himself acting as a member, ati'
among other things, he thus described the objeet,P,
of the conspiracy, and " its means and intentions
The objects of the Fenian Brotherhood Were t°
make war on the Queen in this country, to es`,-
1
blish a republic, to seize on all property, and L.l
every person who opposed them or would not j°*".
them. They were to rise on a certain night in cer-
tain places, where arms were to be distributed anl°l/;
the Brotherhood ; the men were then to fool 111
different places where the Fenian leaders Were;
they were to seize every one that would not go was
them, and hang or shoot them until they succeeded
in overthrowing the Government of the country an
establishing a republic in its place by force of ar°/,
The question having been read over by the sli°r
hand writer, the witness said, " There is more
wish to add to that reply. The informers were to
to
be carried to the camp, stripped naked, and tied
trees, and a man told off to keep stabbing them ntitr,
and again every half hour or quarter of an 11°I.r,
going from one to another where they were." 1\133,,
M'Bean—" This was in earnest, and not joking
k"
Witness—" Upon my oath, sir, this was no i.ll
ing." Major M'Bean—" I can scarcely believe
,eeo
Witness—" That was what was alleged to have e
done in Wexford at the time of the rebellion there,
it was mentioned that they should take pattern fro,-
t°
Wexford." The military, it was stated, were,„ be
made prisoners, and it was stated what was wr-rbe
done with the guns and arms in Clonmel•
guns were to be given to the Militia Artillery and
the the arms to the Militia Infantry. The soldiers t
officers who were greatly opposed to the move,
were were to be shot. What was meant •by the once"
greatly opposed to the movement was the oce"
lD•
who prosecuted the soldiers for being Fenians• ,
When Talbot's examination had concluded Ccicrio
Sergeant Lowe, 53d Regiment, was produ
cie 1
prove that the prisoner was on terms of unusna l
timacy with Private Kelly ; after which thereoer
a little altercation between counsel for the prop
and the Court, which adjourned at 4 o'clock.
Patrick Ralph, a Militiaman, a supposed Fenvitb
has been arrested and charged at Castlebar 100
using seditious language at a railway station.

was released on bail.
It appears that some persons tainted with
in
nianism had managed to hold their situation but
Richmond Bridewell under the new governor, will,
have at last found the discipline too strict for hey
bat
or perhaps got afraid of detection. It is stated r,
two of the officials, John Breslin, the hospital sures v,
intendent, and another warder named JosePllettor
have suddenly resigned, under mysterious carers to
stances, with the supposed intention •of
America. eieti
The Council of the Royal Agricultural P° 101
held its half-yearly meeting yesterday, and 1.1 uici
that no show should be held this year, lest it 5-°
be the means of propagating the rinderpest• set''
An important meeting was held yesterday
on
nolds' Hotel of the representatives of
au
the v` r'the
boards of guardians throughout the count*,
purpose of protesting against any efforts ni)vii,
made to substitute union rating for the presel)"„
tern of
, Mr. Hans Woods, Mr. 3,00
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electoral division rating ; Lord Cl°3'l a
presided. The meeting was addressed byrii. ji,
Crofton, Mr. Byrne
Brown, Mr. Elliott, J.P., of Waterford ; „o-
-1-
o'Ryan, of Nenagh ; Capt. Palleser, and 0t
ort of
her '
tirrnen ; and a number of resolutions in supp
0311
the object of the meeting were unto'
adopted. e Cattle
There was a meeting of the Mansion-boos
111 the
0
Plague Committee yesterday, the Lord
_esent 10 e
chair. The uniform report of all those pi.,gg
to the effect that there had been no fresh
css
rindeest in Ireland.
ost eelIP
A most welcome change has taken Placejtrimittbl;
rp
weather. It has been raining alm
since yesterday morning.