The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-18 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—We have been consulted by Mr. John Day.
Hof Danebury, in reference to a letter which appeared
in the Times of the 16th inst., signed by the Hon.
Admiral Rous.

We have been instructed by Mr. Day to institute
legal procee lings against Admiral Rous, with a
view of vindicating the character of Mr. Day
And his family against the imputations which have
been cast upon them, and we have by to-day's post
written to Admiral Rous requesting to be furnished
with the name of his solicitor.

In the meantime we rely on your sense of justice
vo permit us to give on behalf of Mr. Day, in your
:olumns, the most uuquraified and uncqnditional
,ontradiction to the aspersions which Admiral Rous
bas thought proper to cast upon Mr. Day.

We are, sir, your obedient servants,
VALLANCE AND VALLANCE.
20, Essex-street, Strand, June 17.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, June 16.

An outrage was committed in Tralee on Saturday
'tight, which shows that the spirit of Fenianism is
not yet quite extinct in Kerry, notwithstanding the
lonfident statement in a local journal that there
was not a Fenian sympathiser to be found in the
county. Mr. Thomas O'Connell, of Fortland
school, within about a mile of the town, was sitting
ip in his bedroom at half-past 11 o'clock, waiting
for his nephew, who lived with him, to return home,
when two men, each about 20 years of age, entered
the kitchen, the door of which had been left open
to admit the young man, and demanded to see him.
A. servant maid to whom they spoke answered that
her master could not be seen at that late hour, and
endeavoured to close the door upon them, whereupon
one of them produced a revolver and threatened to
shoot her if she gave any alarm. She gave an in-
voluntary scream and ran towards the staircase
leading to Mr. O'Connell's apartments, but before
reaching it turned suddenly into her own room.
['he man who had the revolver immediately fired
►fter her, and then the two took to flight. The ball
fl.oke the balusters and lodged in the wall. It would
in all probability have struck the girl if she had not
urned suddenly aside. There can be no doubt that
the object of the visitors was to obtain arms, which
Air. O'Connell, who is an officer in the militia, was
known to have in his possession. Ris house is in a
secluded locality. The correspondent of the Daily
Express, who gives the above particulars, adds that
they must have been well acquainted with the pre-
mises; or they could not have obtained access to the
"ear of the house, where there were several dogs.
[he military barracks and the residence of the
county inspector of police are within half a mile of
Fortland.

A case in which two undertakings which have ob-
tained considerable notoriety—the Catholic Univer-
sity and the Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway—are
concerned, is now under the consideration of the
Court of Exchequer Chamber. An action was
brought by Cardinal Cullen and his co-trustees of
the University against the promoters of the railway
for breach of agreement, and they obtained a ver-
dict. The defendants sought to have this turned
into a verdict for them, but the Court below re-
fused, and hence the appeal. The facts are chiefly
these :—ln 1862 the plaintiffs obtained a lease of 34
'acres of the lands of Clonliffe for 1,000 years, at a
rent of £340, as a site for the University. In 1864
the defendants brought forward their railway
scheme, and proposed to purchase a portion of the
land through which the line was to run. The plain-
tiffs, however, insisted upon their purchasing the
whole, and opposed the bill they had in Parliament
until they agreed to their terms. It was stipu-
lated that the lands were to be valued by
.11r. Brassington, and the price put upon them
paid within a year. He valued them at £4,356,
and upon the trial of the action the jury
gave a verdict for the plaintiffs by consent
of the parties, with liberty to the defendants
to move to have it changed if the Court should
he of opinion that they had made a good legal de-
fence. Their plea was, and the jury found, that
they were not aware of the existence in the plain-
tiff's lease of a clause giving the lessor a right to re-
enter into possession if £2,000 were not expended
in buildings upon the land within five years. The
Court of Common Pleas was equally divided in
opinion, but Judge Morris withdrew his judgment
in order to enable the appellants to obtain the de-
cree of the Court of Error. The arguments in the
case have not yet concluded.

A singular and fatal accident was the subject of
a coroner's inquiry yesterday. Mrs. Mary Codd,
of Rathmine's-road, was sitting on the platform
at the Westland-row Railway terminus on Fri-
day afternoon, between 1 and 2 o'clock, await-
ing the arrival of a train, when a portion of the
cornice at the roof of the station fell upon
her, striking her on the temple. She was stunned
and fell, but was speedily removed to a cab,
and, although bleeding, did not appear to be dan-
gerously hurt. She spoke strongly and gave
directions to be taken to a doctor's in Talbot-
street, and to send after her some articles which
she had forgotten. She was then conveyed to her
own residence, and at six o'clock was examined by
three doctors in consultation, who, jading from
the symptoms which had then set in, pronounced
the case to be hopeless, and she died at three
o'clock a.m. Another lady who was seated by her
was so severely injured by a large lump of the cor-
nice having fallen upon her knees that she is still
unable to leave her bed. It was sworn that the
cornice was composed of mortar and plaster of
Paris, and contained no stones. About two years
ago a piece three feet long fell at the opposite side
of the station, but unfortunately the accident did
not serve as a warning to have the rest secured.
The portion which gave way was about 16 feet in
le❑gth. Since the occurrence the cornice has been
totally removed by wedges. The resident engineer
stated that it would not yield to a hammer. About
four cwt. had fallen. The jury embodied in their
verdict a statement that eight feet of the cornice
was defective internally, not being constructed of
proper material.

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