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23, 1859.

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£1,267,937 ' 1 10

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.12190 f, and neck. It.was won by Baron de Niviere's nape..
retfe,4lio ttlus l'Etrzlig6tl oft they
Heivifhdiew his Mare Commelles from the Sellers' Stakes,
which wound up the sport in order, as it was reported, that
he might not be the sole winner. The latter prize was won
by Mr. Hurst's Miss Finch.

ISLE. OF WIGHT RACES—THURSDAY.
A Sweepstake of 2 sovs each, with 20 sovs added.
Mr. Vallance's b g Volunteer
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Mr. Bidkood's g g Merry Lad
Mr. E. Jakeman's b g Cannon Ball . 3
A Sweepstake of 2 soya each, with 20 Boys added.
Mr. T. E. :131111's -b g The Rogue
Mr. Bidgood's br g Thistle Whipper 2
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Mr. Vallance's ch m The Valley 3
A Stake of 20.sovs, for Isle of 'Wight bred horses.
Mr. Bull's ch b.- Novelty.. 1
Mr. Lunbert'sbein Ima
Mr. W. Pragueln eh g Prince William
A Sweepslake of'3 sovs each, with 15 sovs added.
Mr. E. T. Bull's b 6' Rogue 1
Mr. Mew's blk g Turpin 2
Mr. Vallance's oh m Valley

IREL 4 ND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.
THE PHCENIX CLUB' PROSECUTIONS.

The rumour respecting the turn affairs were
kely to take at the prosecution of the Kerry
?hcenixites has proved correct. The prisoners have
been well advised to plead guilty, hoping for the
favourable consideration of the court, and the
Crown has shown its leniency by permitting the
offenders to stand out on their own bail. The
commission was opened at Tralee yesterday by Mr.
Justice Keogh, and two of the•clubmen, Florence
and. S. D. Sullivan, who had been in gaol since last
assizes having been put to the bar, and their counsel
having_withdraavn their plea of Not Guilty, and,
pleaded Guilty, the Attorney-General said he would
deal leniently by them, and he would permit them
to stand out on their own recognisances. The right
hon. gentleman, after some preliminary remarks, ob-
served :
" I was not present at the last assizes, but I have
read through the informations, and have also read
the evidence then given, and really, in the course
of reading it, I could not help smiling at the folly
and absurdity of the conspiracy that those persons
were induced to enter into. Yet lam not the less
bound to say that it was one which should be cha-
racterised as wicked. The prisoners have now sub-
mitted, and pleaded guilty to the serious- charge
made against them ; and it is the more serious when
one considers that thisEcombination was entered
into to a 17ance what is called liberty, although not
in all Europe, or in the -world, is there a country,
where more rational liberty is enjoyed, and by ra-
tional liberty I mean' well regulated liberty, that is
guided by wisdom and judgment, and' carries with
it peace and prosperity. These misguided men
were induced to enter into this combination, but
they have now done the only act they could do to
atone for their misconduct. They have submitted
to the law and confessed their error; and I have
no hesitation, as her Majesty's principal law officer
in Ireland, in adopting a lenient coarse towards
them under the circumstances. I propose to take
this course. I will not ask the court now to pro-
nounce the judgment of the law, although I know
what the judgment would be if 1 called on the court
to pronounce it: but I will consent thatthe prisoners
should be-discharged at the close of the assizes, to
come up forjudgment when called on, upon getting
due notice. It would not be my intention, nor would
it, I am sure, be the desire of any one who might
succeed me in office, to call on either of the pri-
soners to come up to receive judgment so long as
they conducted themselves with propriety, and con-
tinued good and faithful subjects of the Queen, and
ceased to be connected with such absurd conspira-
cies. lam induced to adopt this very lenient mode
=if proceeding, particularly because I understand
that one of the prisoners is a very young man, and
because both prisoners, up to this occasion, have
been persons or unimpeached good character'; and
further, because each of them has already suffered
to this extent, that they have been in close confine-
ment for a period of seven or eight months. lam
also induced to adopt this course by the recollection
that this combination—wicked and absurd as it is
—did not originate in this county ; indeed, I may
say for the county of Kerry, which I have now
known for a period of about twenty years, partly
as an advocate and partly as the chief law adviser,
that at all times, and under all difficulties, and in
all periods of hardship and,distress, its people have
been remarkable for peace and their love of quiet
and order. My experience Of agrarian offences here
in this county is comparatively unknown ; for those
illegal confederacies, which are the bane of every
place in which they exist—l mean the Riband
societies-have never made their appearance in the
county of Kerry. As I have said, this crime with
which the prisoners were charged had not its origin
here, but in another county, and the prisoners were
not the originators of it, and were only seduced by
others to join it. I have the authority of the stipen-
diary magistrates of this county for stating that it
is at this moment in a condition of unexampled
peace and quiet; and under such circumstances I
the more readily adopt the course I have indicated.
I. wish to take this opportunity of stating that the
Government have received from the constituted
authorities of the county, and from the Roman
Catholic bishop and clergy of the county, every, as-
sistance to.put an end to this foolish combination.
Every assistance was given to suppress the con-
spiracy, and it is entirely suppressed ; and under
these circumstances I am exercising wisely and
discreetly the powers vested in me in tak-
ing the very lenient course I pointed out. I
would say one word more in conclusion, and express
my most sincere hope that the prisoners at the bar,
as well as others who may have been engaged in
this ludicrous and absurd confederacy, have at
length had their eyes opened to the illegality of the
course they pursued, and that they are now aware
that 4e only result of such misconduct must be
punishlnent and injury to Themselves; and warned
by the experience they have so dearly purchased, I
hope and trust they -will hereafter refrain from be-
ing engaged in anything of the same kind, and that
this county will long maintain the high character
it has so long upheld for peace and order.
" Judge Keogh—I need scarcely say that the
course taken by the Attorney-General meets my
entire approval and concurrence. It is plain that
the course adopted is justified by the circumstances
to which the Attorney-General has alluded, and
not only by the tranquil state of this county, but
from our experience of the general tranquillity of
the country, derived from the information we have
received from every county throughout the entire
of this part of the United Kingdom. lam glad
the Attorney-General has arrived at the conclusion
he has stated. By so doing he has relieved the
jurors from the discharge of a laborious duty, and
relieved me, in all probability, from the discharge
of a most painful duty. The prisoners having now
submitted, and having been well advised by_ their
counsel to-do-so;,l,may say that, in all probability,.
they would have been found guilty, and in such an
event I should have been inevitably obliged, con-
sidering the high position of the eminent judge
who tried the ease at the last assizes (Baron Greene),
to pronounce the same sentence which he felt
called upon to award; because can scarcely be
supposed that, with my limited experience, I could
have ventured to arrive at a different conclusion
from that which was arrived at by the merciful
judge who sat in this seat on the last occasion.
It is not for me to make any observation upon
the other general remarks made by the Attor-
ney-General ; but there was one remark made
by him which I do not wish to leave this place
without alluding to. He has said that this
combination—scarcely deserving the name of con-
spiracy--has been peculiarly absurd and uncalled for,
because of the freedom which we enjoy in this
country ; and that remark is justified by the know..
ledge of every man in court; and I believe I may say
that this country is, fortunately, the only country in
which true libt rty of thought and action exists. I
shall say nothing further than that I highly approve
the course taken by the Attorney-General,
I consider,
er a The
present advisers of the Crown have
shown great leniency and moderation, and I trust
that the prisoners will act on the advice given to
them, and that there will be no repetition of such
misconduct.
" The Attorney:General—l would ask your lord-
ship to let the prisoners be discharged at the end of
the assizes by the Clerk of the Crown, upon enter-
ing into bail to come up for judgment when called
on ; and I would now merely say that, if the pri-
soners should be engaged in any combination of a
like kind hereafter, they will be- called on to abide
the judgment of the Court. I may state, however,
that I have received such assurances as satisfy my '
mind that this conspiracy has wholly ceased to exist
in the county of Kerry.
" Judge Reegh—Tile're are other prisoner§ on
bail, what is to be done with them ?
"The Attorney-General—As to the two prisoners
on bail, I will respite their recognisances to appear
when called upon, getting 11;) days' notice, and if
they conduct themselves in a peaceable manner they
will never be called on."