New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-07
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
DUBLIN.

DUBLIN.
OPENING OF THE SPECIAL COMMIssIoN-LEGAL DIS
PUTATIoNs-FLIGHT OF a IENIAN lNFoRMER-
ARRIVAL OF KIRwIN AT PARASITIC TLoGGING
OF FATHER PETER O'NEnL-INTEEEsTNG HIS
TORICAL NARRATIVE.
'''A '' 'rN''' DUBLIN, April p, 1867.
The Special Commission, which stood adjourned
from the 18th instant, was TeOpened tins morning IN
the old COurt-House, Green-st., the dock Of which
Ought by this time to be worn from the tread OF
Irish rebels the walls of which ought to be CONVEX
SAINT with the law Of high treason, and the wood
work Of which, if gifted with powers of speech,
ought to be able TO whisper the sentence OF death
from every corner Wolfe Tone the Sheareses, Robert
Emmett, and scores Of the men connected with the
insurrectionary movements Of which they were the
leaders, heard their doom pronounced from that
bench. and from that dock walked forth TO die
Some of them were hanged in front of the old prison.
which, till few months ago. adiOned the Court
House: others were hanged in ThOmas-st. on gal
lows erected there for the purpose. In the prison re-
feTTed to Lord Edward Fitzgerald died OF his
wounds There Gayan Duffy underwent a long i'm
prisonment. And in that dock quite recently stood
Charles T. Kickham, Thomas Clarke Luby, ODono-
van Rosa and others who are now enduring treat
m ent in the English Convict establishments com
pared with which death itself were merciful To-
day the batch of rebels produced there only the first
installmeut of the lot awaiting trlal, quite nllea up
the dock. In little time after they SHAH nave Deeii
consigned TO the fate that Is marked out lOf lhCH,
the same scenes will be enacted over AGAIN; unless
meantime England should wisely change her syS-
tenn OF dealing with the lriSh people ana allow them
TO have the management of the affairs OF their own
country. With less than that they VIII never rest
content and until they have won for their country
that share of liberty, the IRISH race VIII continue
the struggle at any cost.
Very little progress was made to-day in the trials
1he legal ingenuity OF the counsel ENGAGED IN ,e
defense was employed in raising every possible OBJ
lection to the procedure. Exceptions were taken 10
the constitution of the grand jury, to the form OF the
Indictment, and to the jurors book from winch the
petit jury TO try the prisoners rs 10 be sworn Inc
Crown lawyers of course contended for the perfect
legality and accuracy of their course and hot and
close diminishing continued until the adjournment
of the court IL iuay be regarded certain that no
legal point of objection, however good, VIII be SUI
fered to put back the trials. The court will go on,
and let the prisoners appeal afterWaId II they ike
Thomas Burke also called Gen. Burke, and Patrick
Doane are the persons in whose the first jury Will
be sworn. The former IS lame he was III at the
time of his capture and has been III ever since, He
is stopped, aud has somewhat OF haggard and care
worn look the result of his sickness The other prisO
ners all looked we'll and in good spirits. They were
well dressed. and had evidently paid all possible at
lentiOn TO their toilet before coming into Court There
no crowd abOnt the building, and no excitement
n reference TO the proceedings is noticeable III the
3Ity Some curiosity, doubtless Will be manifested
20 see the nlOrmer Condor, when he turns up
after that there will be very little of il until
The day on which IT IS likely that sentence VIII be
passed
A correspondence between the Solicitor and some
81 the counsel assigned for the prisoners By The
Judges. and which possesses points OF interest,
has been published On the first day OF the Opening
d the Commission some OF the prisoners who were
70 be arlagned for high treason were asked to name
tbe attorney and Queens Counsel whom they wOnld
wish 10 conduct their defense. Several of them
named Mr. John lawleSs, who acted in the Fenian
fals OF 10 rs attorney, and Dir. But aud Mr Dowse
~ counsel. The Court Immediately assigned them.
During the period of adjournment there some
question ~ the press as TO whether this assignment
involved the payment If those gentlemen by the
crown. Certain Gi The Tory journals argued that
mcli could not he the ease. The assignment they
nd. meant merely this that the Crown would per
mt those gentlemen 10 be employed in those cases.
ud they argued that 10 pay them ont of the public
money would be equivalent 10 making PIES
UT Of The sum 10 the fenian Excbcqner. IL
would be less BLecbieyOUs nr"""~d'"S, said one