The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-10

Mr. Duffy,s letter to Mr. O'Bren, whi,h had be n
found In the lsttes aut provsd un,n his
trial both Of which are deemed OF themselves
aud acquiescen In the late atesmpts at
The following prisonsrs have been lie,rsted on the
order Of the Lord Lieutenant on bail WIN Mathews
Chas Tasfs Patrick Marian. Jr, late editor of ths
Drogheda argus; Mr. James Crotty, Mr. WIN. Walsh
and Mr. James Baker officers Of the Mercantile A,
sisants Club; C. M Rockford, Oven O'Nsil, Frauci,
Patrick oHissins MI stephen Jelsry, sub editor sf
the Tribune and Mr. Jas. Brennan of the writer's
of the Feion. still remain In Belfast jail
The trial Of the parties who stabbed she policeman
all the counts If the indictment. but guilty of
assault Byrne 10 still very delicate he has been
allowed to retire on full pay s4S year Tos Lori
tons to the amount OF between fa00 and f300 have
been collected for him. that he did not lose by tho
late events.
The verdict Of the jury Ia Mr.. O'Brien's case has
not been lost upon the country The folio wing latter
has been received by Mr.. Mansersgh, the foremsu;-
SrR-Ireceved inig that you Fore Jury
the ysI Of Mr. Smith Bryan and tnat you resure
81 a S sss 70 s
tepce that may be sure Of fate similar to his and a
You be to meet the cruel that ever ne on
Ss sI OF .ad sys @ sss 5 %
..d you and your brother soul 70 the saorhn tines Of
The following Is copy Of the petition, a. agreed on
BY the committee OF the society FOR promoting ths
which was adopted at meeting held on Monday last.
Nay it please your Majesty:
ed with tn s"ndon believing the
which ssa the G e S Up ted
x.ro e sareas dss by an annual meeting
q ann Sssvas
would ,ss,sn and
the whole empire au. bly, Soliciting your Msty h,in
. s RGss %fy b
toner's I'm duty bound viii ever J pray
The Listowel poorlaw guardians are going to me-
morialze the Lord Lieutenant the grounds That it
is the opinion of the board that unless practical
mode of remedyng the evils OF the prese at system Of
taxation under the poorlaw be generally aioptsi and
suggested to the govern ment by the rate-psysrs of
Ireland 1t is hopeless to expect that their views in
this important subject will have that weight with the
legislature which they desire.
Three baias were last week murdered in Clonmsl
Lerd Lieutenant has directed ten constabss to be
stationed in the locality for the next three months,
and the two townlands In which the murders
committed, to be charged With their expenses This
has de the farmers very much disconnected but
q very good method Of stopping such crimes. The
gers, and hired by parties for the purpose
On Tuesday night Jenny Lind made her hrst ap.
pesrance ct the Theatre Royal; and as on every
She appeared Maria in La Fglis Del Re nto
She encored several times and was in bet.
the upper gallery called out Bravo, Jenny,n at the
performance of particular part. which amused |
MademOiBel0 a n
able to proceed for some minutes. She has left fioO
for the poor f20O from herself and f200 from Lum
ley. During her stay here she dinsd with the Lord
Lieutenant and the Archbishop of Dabu. AT the |
dinner party given by the former, she diamond
of the value OF f6 900.
The cunts given by all the provincial papers is
most dishearteuing The prospects the during
the coming winter Will indeed be most deplorabls.
--..-...,. NEwoArs PaisoN,
DUBLIN, October 20, 1s4S.
Particulars Of Me- Berxen's arrest Shametul Vioia.
ton. of .american Rghts--The State Prisoners, &C.
AS your valuable journal Is not often burthsued by
an epistle from the spirits in prison." venture to
suppy your readses With one from the vertable cell of
Lora Edward Fitzgerald. But, st, you will say 0How
came you there ?" and win tell you. came to Ire.
land the land of my fathers business and plsaure
and arriving at time when the natives were on the
eve outbreak for liberty was immediately sus.
pected of having steamed It the Envoy Extra
ordinary Of the American Sympathisers for Irsland;
placed under system Of espionage by the Lord Lieu
tenants army of detectives, and finally, arrested at
my hotel in the dead Of night by three armed police
men, who searched my person. clothing bed and cham
Der utensils expecting, evidently, to nd several Of
Colts explosive projectiles and much reasonable
respondence; but they mistaken. The only paper
had was letter my wife, with look of her hair;
his was carried off in triumph by these mnions, and
hope its perusal the Of improving the Lord
Leutenants morals was taken to the castle, strong
ly guarded placed in small, strong room for f,w
m oments, with guard of four lilly vered chaps arm
ed With pistols and swords ana could not avoid
smiling at the fear they displayed, but learned
the cause. was supposed to be Americau General
returned triumphanty from Mexico and come over to
lead cohorts Of pixies and shleaghs through the Irish
boys to glory After awful pause Of fev moments
Browne brother the late Mrs Hemans put his knob
by red snout to the edge Of the door, and gruy pro-
nounced my name, saying " You are accused Of high
treason" and then turning to the trembers, said,
Are your arms in good order 2! Haviag bsen sver-
ed in the affirmative, he ordered me to Newgste,
placing policemen in and two outside Of the cab
The policemen had previously refused show me their
warrant, and the pot. valiant Colonel Browne would
not exhibit to me the "informationsn upon which
was arrested. They kept all my baggage for week.
| called for the Intervention of Mr.. Hugh Keenan,,
the United States Consul Of Dublin. Hs III, but
immediately commenced in my behalf Application
was made to MIR. Bancroft, the American Minister at
the Court Of St James. He absent in Scotland;
but Mr. Broadhead the highly accomplished Secretary
of Legation, made prompt application to protect my
rights American born citizen Since then, uch
correspondence has taken place The Minister has
quired that the British Secretary Of State for Foreign
Affairs should disclose the for my arrest de.
tention and tae Secretary has stated that the
ment have information from the United States, know
the scoundrels who receive British gold that have been
guilty Of reasonable practices, and that therefore
am arrested under what is called the ACT suspsniug
the Habsas Corpus Act viz 18th and 18th Victoria
IS. Mr. Bancroft has required from a statement of
facts which have for warded and 1t will be enough to
y IN h TyTs
j presume they will not, in my case, fearing the
cloud in the west''-dare to use.
By the Londoa Globe perceive that minister has
demanded my release. This may may not be so
but 1t is not my intention to let the affair die, and
sured, by many Of the first gentlemen Of the bar,
whole proceedings, in my have been s-
gal, viz: that should have been ordered out Of Ire
land merely suspected under the Alien Law and that
I, American, should not have been arrested ier
the Suspension Act" on mere suspicion. for could
only be held by positive evidence Of overt asst
and that upon such charge was entitled to be tried
imme diatey, by jury consisting of six citizens Of
Dublin and SIX foreigners. have demau led trial
several times, to confront my accusers and have been
by the silence of the Cover officials denied aud
am net permitted to the dsvit, ifauy
list, or to know the names Of my sccussrs Beautiful
English law splendid British constitution excellent
respect for the United States
But scorn to complain to my countrymen. They
have never wiped away the disgrace of having ao we'd
seamen to be imprisoned from under their flag for
the of 1912 and the treaty Of Client did settle
that point. The yielding Of the Aroostook territory