The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-10 00:00:00

who had been tried and acquitted at the Special
Commission in Dublin, was arrested on Wednesday
evening on a warrant from the Lord-Lieutenant.

If Stephens keeps a diary, and if it should fall
into the hands of the police, it will be the most in-
teresting thing in the whole range of the Fenian

literature. Even those who abhor Fenianism most
begin to have some sympathy for him, like what
might be inspired by a fox that had succeeded in
baffling half a dozen packs of hounds. It is said
the Head Centre has a bodyguard of spies, who
watch the detectives and give him notice of all their
movements. It is not at all improbable that there
are men in the pay of the Government as informers,
who are also receiving Fenian money, and keep
their vows to Stephens better than their oath of
allegiance. It is a fact that the police are often put
on the wrong scent, and are thus exposed to unpro-
fitable toil and trouble.

An arrest of some importance was made in
Dublin yesterday morning. The man Tracey, who
was alleged to be connected with the manufacture
of pikes and ammunition at Blackhall-row, North-
Ann-street, and other, places, had succeeded in
evading the vigilance of the police since December.
He had shaved off his beard, and was otherwise so
altered in appearance that the man who let him the
premises in Blackhall-row failed to identify him.
He was arrested in No. 3, Peter-row, with a man
named Dowling, charged with harbouring him, and
both are detained under the suspension of the Habeas
Corpus Act.

A man named Myles Taylor was brought up yester-
day at the Head-office for repeated attempts to se-
duce a private soldier of the sth Dragoon Guards
from his allegiance. The prisoner was remanded.
O'Curry, Aylward, Hunt, and M'Hugo, charged
a week ago with having arms in a proclaimed dis-
trict, were brought up yesterday, and remanded,
without bail.

Yesterday afternoon a man named Byrne, resid-

ing at Bull-lane, in this city, was arrested by In-
spector Hoxey, on suspicion of being connected
with the Fenian movement. He was taken to
Green-street police-station, where he remains, await-
ing the instructions of the Lord-Lieutenant regard-
ing him.
A tailor of military proclivities, named Farrell, has
been arrested in Waterford,
,where, it is said, the
suspected are in great consternation. Tailors, by the
way, are numerous among the Fenian conspirators.

Moynahan, a Fenian "major," and a fellow pri-
soner named Rice, have been brought from the
Monaghan Gaol to Dublin, and lodged in prison
under the new Act.

Ou Sunday morning last the proclamation posted
by the police at the Roman Catholic Chapel of Fo-
hena, near Ahascragh, county Galway, was found to
be covered over by another one of about the same
size, and of a most seditious character. The pen-
manship, which was in imitation of printing, was
exquisitely performed. The document was sur-
rounded with an ornamentation of shamrocks
painted green, and was surmounted by a harp with-
out a crown. The people were advised not to com-
ply with the law by depositing their arms, as the
act had been passed for the Orangemen, whose ser-
vices would soon be required, and that justice would
soon be executed on the tyrants who had driven so
many Catholics from the country. The proclama-
tion remained up for hours, till it was read by
,crowds of people. It was taken down by the police.
The acquittal of Mr. Gray, tried for murder at
Monaghan, was, we believe, expected by the Crown.
The jury remained nearly two hours in deliberation,
and the verdict of " not guilty" was received in a
crowded court with loud applause that could not be
suppressed for some time. A similar reception was
given to the verdict of an acquittal in the case of
John Glen and Alex. Steen, tried next day for beat-
ing Shenlin at the time he received the fatal shot
from a pistol fired quite close to him from behind.
A verdict of guilty for killing in party riots is a
thing which nobody expects in that part of the coun-
try. In these cases the swearing was positive on both
sides, but of the most contradictory character. Ser-
geant Armstrong, M.P., conducted the prosecution,
and Mr. Whiteside, M.P., went down specially for
the defence. Mr. Gray was subsequently tried for
shooting at a man named M'Ardle and acquitted.