New-York tribune., 1867-03-08

TO exist among the Fenian circles-a conse-
gence, no doubt, of the speeches. pledges,
had been made by James stephens in .New-York
Then the warrants began to come out again, thick as
in lam O%re a ephens Ct KEEN
his word having disappointed and paralyzed the OF,
oanization here there were in January, only II 0
those missiYes issued and in the present MONTH mp
to few days ago; there were but nme These are the
figures given by Lord Mas, but l confess
don't understand them: sRedkiInnga tbs 1hs
warrants for this month were only nlne why,
during last week and the week previous, there were
arrested in Dublin alone nearly 100 persons VINO nal
come across by the trading steamers from Holyhead
and Liverpool. Under no other authority could tney
have been captured and sent to prison. save Mhai IS
known as " the Lord Lieutenant's warrant" Really,
those statements Of the Chief Secretary are open to
question, to say the very least OF them
His lorlship and the whole Irish landoeraey, OF
which heis member seem very anxious to show
that the agricultural population do not INK them
selves up or sympathize with the fenlan movement.
In November last he procIIed from the ponee re- re-
turn of the occupations OF all the arrested under
the Suspension Act since 1885 up to that date Inc
total number he says was 753 OF these there we're
tespes @ PbeaSs aas @ GerES SSd a
Assistants, As; Shop Assistants, 80; Farmers 30;
Farmers Sons 20 National schoolmastors. %.
The remainder consisted OF persons who had been
in the American army, laborers &c.r In the first
mentioned class, ae said, there might be many per
who kept shops but ns been entered ae
SHOEMAKER they wesg classified q Among the
three three students os His lssrds,p thought Thy
| :he House would learn il with satisfaction.
Yet it really does not seem so trivial proportion
after ALL Il is only natural that the bulk of the or
| ganizers the active members, most likely to fall
| under the suspicion OF the police and on whose
movements the police could keep the strctest WATCH
SHOULD be fonnd among the young men of the towns
do not sympathiza With Fenianlsm Is not borne ont
vs. this return; still less is it in accordance "t the
facts o. the ease.
The speed OF Lord Mas was followed by some re-
marks from several members, nglisI and Irish. Mr..
John A. Blake member for Watesiord, sad If the
Government wished for the removal OF irish alsaliec
ton they should deall with the land question, and
expressed his conviction that Fenian sympathies
were much more widely spread among
Secretary Sec ,'''npp APPEARED % to think. Mr. BagwTl.
member for OConnell, called the attention Of the
House to the fact that prisoners detained under the
convicted than like untred prisoners, aud Sld he
would move the addition Of clause to The blll 10
correct this injustice These words had the
effect of bringing up MAJOR Knox, one OF
the furious bigots and TedhOt OTangemen whom the
Nerth of Ireland has the honor of sending 10 the
House of Commons This ainable legislator launched
into the subject by saying he regretted to hear the
Hon. Member for Clonmel calling upon the G0Veln-
ment TO treat these rufiians IN better way Ihnn Ih
prisoners for debt were treated IN Ireland and ne
hoped the application would not be granted.
For his own part, he regretted tnat was W
not proposed to extend the suspension Oh tne
IIabeas Corpus Act for year instead VI
three months, because people in Ireland regard It
as a protection and not an interference with their
liberties He concluded with Il stroke at Mr. Bright
for his speeches in Ireland and suggested" TO ifm
that il woud be ~ well il he ceased to go roaming
about Ireland raising hopes which certainly could
never DE fulfilled. and which were not fOr me
benefit OF that country TO this dsgTaceim
speech Mr.. Bright made reply IN few severe ana IN
cisye words such as gh be keenly felt by men OF
average sensibiiity, hut which no doubt glanced
harnIcssy off and made impression ON the eadeh
Intellect of Major Knox. As regarded the merely
personal part of that warriors remarks, Mr.
Bright disdained 10 say word, but az re-
CARDS his unpatIiotIc and unconstitutional attack
on the liberties of his unfortunate country, he
did not hesitate to Osmatize it in language as strong
a. the Ilsages of Parliament would allow 1his gen,
crotls act is but another proof OF the genuine gOOd
will aud affection with which the noble-hearted
John Bright regards the grieyOusly wronged ana OPP
pressed people of ireland. Every good cause has the
sympathy of that great man all tyranny ana mus
flee are objects of his aversion. and any one VINO mas
an idea of his character may guess what Icel,
ING of oaihing and of horror underlay the measured
words i'm which he replied Ia the brutal raNngs OF
the member for Dungannon. IL, b.,
1he Fenian trials III Dublin have conciuaedIiotr
the present. The two who were convicted OF
taInpcrng with the allegiance of the soldiery got
i NIeanX was ivtci, but sentence has boon de
ferred until legal points raised IN MS case nave
been decided ia the superior courts. lhal gentle
! man has got through many scfapfs that no one
would feel surprised IL he once more iei upon hls
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