, 1865-10-06

W lL6 COlltSt-Stft0C TOfICe St6LtUHS JIG
police remaining in possession of the pre-
misses. Two men were suddenly arrest
ed as they were following behind in the
crowd, and others were taken into eusto-
dy during the night or in the course of
Saturday. The coup was entirely unex-
pected, and the resolution upon which
the warrant WIS issued had been taken
by the Privy Council, after anxious deli
beratiOn, but AIN hour or two before. To
this promptitude its complete success
was no doubt, maiuly due. No resiS-
lance was offered, and the only one who
protested was Il man named Murphy, who
described himself as an American citizen,
and stalled that he. should invoke the pro-
lection Of Mr.. Seward. So quietly and
efficiently was the whole affair managed
that little excitement was produced at the
tine, and before a mob could assemble all
the types, files, and manuscripts, includ-
ing the list Of subscribers, had been safe
ly lodi ed in the Castle yard. II appears
that Saturday is the day on which the
Irish People is published !; but it is sup
posed that the country edition had alrea-
d. been posted before the arrival of the
police. In the meantime an officer had
been sent to the telegraph-ofice to pre-
vent news of the arrest been forwarded
TO other parts Of The country. Owing TO
this timely precaution the Cork police
were enabled to capture u large number
of suspected persons about 3 or 4 o'clock
on Saturday morning, and ii is probable
that similar intelligence may reach US
from other centres of FenlanIsm. On
Saturday afternoon the Dublin prisoners
-2L in aIl-were brought before the slit
ing magistrates at tire Central Pollce-ot-
fee. and charged, in effect, with conspl-
raCy and reasonable practicPs, win the
view Of levying war upon the Queen In
Ireland and severing that country from
the United Kingdom. A remand was
thereupon granted until next Saturday,
and bail was refused. The prisoners
were greeted with vociferous cheering
as they were removed in the van, and
sympathy was ahundantly manifested by
the mob, but no disturbance took place.
The immediate reason for striking this
decisive blow remains, Of course, 10 be
disclosed. It is always a difficult and
delicate matter to select the right mo-
ment and the right mode of crushing a
secret organization. There is much
force in the old maxim of Tacitus-"Spre-
sta exolescunt 81 irascare, adgnita VII
"dentur." But this rule may be carried
a great>deal too far, and no conspiracy,
however contemplate in its origin, can
be allowed to gather head beyond q GER
tain point. Had Lord Wodehouse yield
ed to the counsels of the Protestant no.
bility and gentry, he would have resort
ed to strong measuses. of repression long
ago. The important and influential
meeting convened by Lord Fermoy in
the county of Cork may well have had
some infuence~on the mind of the Lord
Lieutenant At this meeting, attended
by 900 magistrates, more specific evidence
was given as to the nature and progress
Of Fenianism in that county than had
previously been made public, and this
evidence is confirmed by several cases of
illegal drilling that have come before the
magistrates in other parts of Ireland DUR
ing the past week. The Roman Catho-
lie priests, too, who certainly know more
of what is passing among the people
than Protestant landlords or clergy, have
of late shown their sense of the danger