The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-27
WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 27 1878 Sngl

of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin,
and the Hospital, building three hundred
feet in length and forty feet in breadth,
was destroyed. The fire commenced in
chimney and communicated with the roof.
Some eighty inmates were removed to an
other part of the Asylum, but one was
burned to death.
The Turkish Relief Fund-Thc Commit
Mansion House, Dublin, on Monday at II
o'clock, the Lord Mayor in the chair, when
the Treasurers reported that the subscrip-
tiOns were above $500. A letter was read
from the Rev. PHI. Bender to the Lord
Mayor requesting an appointment to be
made to receive deputation from the He
brew congregation to hand in the collection
made in response to his appeal from the
pulpit. A letter was also read calling the
attention of the Committee to the fact that
during the Irish famine years (1S4647 the
Sultan Abdul Medjid sent 10000 out of
his private purse for the relief of the dis
trcss amongst the starving population of
| Ireland.
| Lottery Prosecutions-At the Belfast Po-
| lice Court five men were brought up on
remand charged with carrying on an illegal
lottery trade-the first two at No. % Victo-
ia StIctt, llu tlS ldltcI lllIec dt lllc Shdtlll
rink, Castle Place, Belfast. The case was
adjourned from the previous week, when
| the solicitor engaged for the defendants,
Mr. ODonnell, asked Mr.. Harrel, Sub
inspector of Police, who conducted the
prosecution, if he had any application to
make. Mr.. Harrel said that since the un-
dertaking of the professional gentleman
had been honorably carried out, he would
merely ask His Worship to take record of
the submission of defendants, and he would
then not press the case further. Mr.. ODon-
nell said he hoped the practice would not
be again commenced. The cases were then
adjourned sine die.
The Treatment of Fenian Prisoners-Sil
]. T. Ingham has completed his inquiry into
the circumstances attending the death Of
Ex-Colour Sergeant Mccarthy. The evi
dence of the medical men, of the Governor
and of the officials of Chatham Prison, di
rectly controverts the statements made al
the Dublin inquest as to the alleged ill
treatment in prison, while counter state
ments made by the wife of the deceased, hi
fellow-p prisoners and the friends who saw
him Immediately after his release, corrobo
rate the Dublin evidence. In reviewing thu
case Mr. O'Connor Power, who presents tht
counter statement, declares that in hi
OpllltOu lue eNlucllCe Ou llc NllOlc lluiil
tains the verdict of the coroners jury
The evidence will at once be laid be
fore tbt House of Commons. Mr.. OCon
nor Power, NJ. p, has had an inter
view with the Home Secretary will
reference to proposed deputation to tht
right honorable gentleman on the subjec
of amnesty, the deputation to be compose.
of members of the House of Commons rep
resenting Irish cities and boroughs who's
Corporations or Municipal Councils hav
passed resolutions in favor of the release 0
the remaining political prisoners. Mr.. Cros
informed the honorable gentleman that
was not the practice of the Home Office t.
receive deputations on criminal matters
, but that he was ready to give adequate cor
sideration to any statement or memorial aC
dressed to him. He also stated that onl
. four of the prisoners-O' Meara Condor
Melody, Ahearn and Clancy-were unde
bis jurisdiction; the other four-Edwar
O'kelly, Robert Kelly, O'Connor and DiI
lon-being under the jurisdiction of th
Lord-Lieutenant, to whom any memorial
on their behalf should be addressed.