The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-10 00:00:00

LETTER FROM GRO. IRANCLS TRAM.

(Front the Anglo American Times.)
Four Courts, Marshalsoa, Dublin,
Aug. 2, 1868.
Dear Anglo-American Times, —First to come to my assist-
is duo that you have somo of the official docu-
ments showing that 1 paid this claim years ago ; and yet

lam in prison for life. Can any ono doubt now that you
were right iu saying the arrest was political. Let me sup-
port you in that opinion in two or three extracts from the
national press. And as all the Irish papers are 'on my
side, you can judge of my chance in the Irish vote next
November. John Savage, President of the F. 8., holds a
great convention on the2-Ith instant, in Now York. That
convention may change the destinies of Cations. (A
mass of extracts from the Irish papers have been sub-
mitted, and if they fairly represent the case Mr. Train has
received but scant justice. On every hand it is declared
that after great trouble he procured the affidavit of the
lawyer who paid the debt, which, though sworn before the
British Consul in Venice, was refused by the chief clerk
en the ground that it was not written on the regulation
paper of the Dublin Bankruptcy Court.) The Boston Pilot
says of Train :—"The owls and the bats that dwell among
the cobwebs and crumbling ruins of Europe must be sur-
prised at the bugle notes of liberty proclaimed, under the
eyes of effete royalty, by this apostle of liberty, human
rights, and true progress. His speeches aro full of gems
of thought, which, like seed sown upon genial ground,
must, iu time, produce a fruitful crop in the garden of
libJrty."

The Fenian Volunteer, Buffalo; The Irtsh People and The
Irish Citizen, Now York ; The Philadelphia Universe ; and
The San Francisco Monitor, all talk in the. same style. _

My private advices all confirm the opinion that the Irish
vote will be thrown for that party that will do the most
for Ireland, and our citizens in gaol. Mr. Reardou's mo-
tion in Parliament settles the question as to the arrest
being political, and the American Irish will act accord -
ingly.

This document will show you the infamous outrage on
my person in this incarceration. No black Hottentot, red
Hiudoo, or yellow Chinaman, no serf in Russia, slave ill
Brazil, but what would receive the protection of a national
flag in such a case as mine !
In the Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency before
Judge Miller on Wednesday, Mr. J. F. Rynd applied to
the court, in re George Francis Train, that the insolvent
be reheard on his petition and schedule, now pending in
the court, pursuant to the terms of au order made by his
lordship on a previous day—namely, that the insolvent be
at liberty to apply to be again brought up for hearing,
upon giving notice of such application to the opposing
creditors, and upon lodging in court the originals or
copies of the instruments referring to his property, men-
tioned in the amended schedule, alleged to have been
conveyed to the insolvent in trust for his wife and
children, and on producing the accounts or documents
in his possession or procurement, relative to the street
railways or other companies with which he was finan-
cially connected. The application was grounded upon the
affidavit of Mr. Train's attorney in America—Mr. Clarke
Bell, of New York—and the contents of which were
merely a repetition of the facts previously deposed to by
the insolvent relative to his wife's property and his mone-
tary transactions with Mr. Wllenry, to whom the claire
was paid.
Judge Miller, having read the affidavit, said ho could
not receive it, inasmuch as it was not in the proper forrot
and did not comply with the terms of the order.
Mr. Rynd then applied for an adjournment, to give Mr.
Train an opportunity of filing a further affidavit.
Mr. Martin (instructed by Messrs. D. and T. Fitzgerald),
who appeared for the Ebbw Vale Iron Company, did not
oppose the application. •
Judge Miller consented to allow the caso to stand until
Friday.—Evening Mail.
On Friday I applied again with the affidavit of in
father-in-law and Thomas G. Durant, the vice-president
of the Union Pacific Railway, who paid Mr. MAlenry
Ebbw Vale claim four years ago, and the Judge again
refused the documents, or to allow me to appear and state
my case. As it stands there is no redress. The Courts
being shut I must appeal to the Press, and herewith utak°
my acknowledgments to the Anglo-American Times for
being first to lead off in giving me fair play.
CrEO. FRANCIS TRAIN•
As my turn will come by and by I have just penned tho
notice on the several parties. Look out for breakers :--
IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER, IRELAND.

The Ebbw Vale Iron Company, plaintiffs ; George
Francis Train, defendant.
Sirs,—You are hereby required to take notice, that I/
George Francis Train, a native-born American citizen, an
the defendant in this cause, require that the execution
issued against me, pursuant to the Judge's fiat, for £9dsd
15s. 7d., and under and by virtue of which I was committe
to gaol on the 3d day of March last, ba forthwith set aside
for irregularity, inasmuch as the said Judge's fiat was irre:
gularly and surreptitiously obtained on a writ of summon?
and plaint ; and on the separate affidavits of Josenil
Robinson and Jahn Spratt, all entitled in a ean. °
ending in this honourable Court, wherein " Abraluu`:
arley, William Tothill, Henry Dickenson, Thou-15,
Brown, and Joseph Robinson, lately tradit•g irentnaster;
under the style and firm, the Ebbw Vale iron Company, at
plaintiffs, and "George Francis Train" defendant; but tbe
said execution was issued against me in a fiAitious cause
purporting to be pending in this court, wherein "Abraloul
Barley. William Tothill, Henry Dickenson, Thomag
Brown, and Joseph Robinson" wereplaintiffs, and"Georgel
Francis Train" was defendant, when no such cause as 10
mentioned is or ever was pending in this honourable
court.
And further take notice, that I hereby require that
execution for £9ll Is. Bd. issued against me on the juag;
ment marked in this cause; and obtained by default on tt' t
18th day of March last, be forthwith withdrawn and sFti
aside, and that I be at liberty to plead or demur to the 53".,,
writ of summons and plaint, inasmuch as I have, sil3%,i
the marking of said judgment, discovered certain factsfuL
obtained certain statements of accounts and docurnap
whereby it appears that no money was due or owing ido
me to the plaintiffs, as iu the said summons and plaint
alleged.
And further take notice, that I hereby require to 11
forthwith discharged from custody on the grounds tblq,:
was illegally. arrested, by reason of the said irregular, i 9
and defects in the pleadings and proceedings in tfo
cause ; and on the grounds that I was and 11' f
been held in custody for the aggregate amore ether
the Judge's fiat and the judgment, making tog
the sum of £1,816 17s. 3d., as also on the grounds ttigsor
the plaintiffs had made their election by proving '4O
the amount of the Judge's fiat alleged to be due to tt,
as creditors in the matter of my petition in insolvenci
fore Judge Miller, in the Court of Bankruptcy and lossd
vency in Ireland, which precluded them from taking
further proceedings against me, and which petition ofp
solvency was adjudicated upon by the said Judge All
on the 23d day of June last by adjourning the Bain° s

die
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nd you are hereby informed, that I will use this no they;
as I may be advised, in all applications by me to t.o,
Honourable Court, or the Court of Bankruptcy and fit
solvency, or elsewhere, and same will also be bares eOl
used by me to enforce the payment of the large danOsoct
expenses, losses, and costs to which I have been sabinty
and sustained by reason of the plaintiffs' illegal and 70-
pressive proceedings, and the cruel incarceration c°lo
quent thereon, and the infamous outrage on my P°
and business.
Dated this 25th day of July, 1868.
GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN,
Four Courts, Marshalsca, Dublin, Ireland. , ;fr•
To Messrs. David and Thomas Fitzgerald, the FA'
tiffs' Attorneys, Dublin, &c., &c., &c.
AN INDItFENDENT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT* „AI
This is the style of letters that pour into nlO
America : ca.
" New York, July 11,
" George Francis Train, Esq., Queenstown, Ireland
"Dear Sir,—lf the Democratic party is dead—°ollo
by Seymour—and the Republican party is sick, and 4900
last legs, as many believe, why is it not the right and 49
organize the people's party, with George Francis ,r Si
for President ?—I am, respectfully, your obedient 0er.%,.
"B. FRANKLIN Clkro.o.l
" P.S.—Send us a platform by next mail, and oblio
MR. TRAIN'S REPLY.
Dublin, Four Courts, MarsboSef4
July 29, '6B.
13. Franklin Clark, Esq., 1, Park-place, New York' eorle
Dear Sir,—The party is already organized. Til° oPtt:
aro already awake. The platform is that of the 10, witbv
TION. Greenbacks for American indust, and oPoor"
England for our citizens ! Our campaign will be
sharp, and surprising.—Sincerely,
GEO. FRANCIS Al*--

Mr. Gaspar Black Brown, RepresentativeA a its
an Louisia, annoyed by the reporters, who PerS`:-°ll°
calling him Black Man, corrected the error in the 1°;tioll
ing laconic answer :-16 I wish to state for the inf°ll'inrter°'
of whom it may concern, especially Congressional reptotlie
that my name is not Blackman. I am a
friend et•
black man, but I am white throughout, except t1:300/

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Marriages. oil'
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Walter Coode, Esq., of Lincoln's-un, rr ~,, no,
to Mary Wihnot Arundel, elder do.ughter of tP-
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Daubuz, of Killiow. IT l` f eCel'
COCHRANE —NtelloLsoN----On the sth inst•, at - ‘)e t.' 'of
Cheshire, Somerset Cochrane, sou of the late l'ct-ts. -
Cochrane, of Fort-William, to Mary, eldest dour it,
the lite John Nicholson, Esq., of Bock I)3r

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Deaths.
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Nathaniel Astley, Esq. '' 13 inert"
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Arthur Hip, Marquis of Dowsliire aged 56. , l''
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PILLING
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Pilling, Esq., aged 31. ' ClaSell'
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dish-square, John Simpso:), Esq., aged 66*
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Middlesex.—Monday, August 10, 1868.