New-York tribune., 1882-08-17
DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR.

DrrprrS Aug Ice. Dwver Gray, memper VI
Parliament and proprietor Of The Freemd"s 1o"'""'
WAS today sentenced to three months nnpIison
,oent and TO pay fine of $500 for contempt Oh cou'
in pnblshing letter of Mr.. OBrien, edltor OF 10.
'Tn;,od iceland accusing the jury which convicted
Francis Hynes of the murder OF John Doiouen'S " "
heirc drink on the night previous to the day their
ord,ct was given and also for publishing an arti-
Gle commenting thereon. Mr.. OBrien and MI
Davitt were nut out of court. Judge Lawson re-
fusea to adourn the case to allow MIR. Gray TO De
represented by counsel.
MIR Grav after being sentenced, was handed over
10 the custody of the city Coroner. The la''ei
eyinced some reluctance to take charge OF MI Oray
but Judge Lawson called upon him to do his duty
The Coroner, whose Intervention was necessary De-
cause Mr. GRAY is High Sheriff of the City of Dub
lin then conveyed the prisoner to Richmond Prison.
Mr. Gray at the expiration of his term, must ma
sureties himself for $4,000 and two Others IN the
sum of e2 600 EACH The decision OF the court mas
caused a great sensation in the city, Mr. Gray was
Lord Mavor Of Dublin for 1880. and was nominated
a second time for 1881, but declined 10 take the
Office.
The CITY Hall was densely crowded to-day on the
oooasiop of the nresentaton of the freedom of the
citv n Messrs Parnell and Dillon. Nearly every
Mavor in Ireland was present, the Mayor OF Bel
fast being notable as among the absentees. MI
Storey Radical member of Parliament for Sunder-
land and all the Home Rule members OF farna-
,pant were also present The Conservative 1nenl-
hers of the Dublin Municipality were absent " hen
the roll Of the Corporation was called al the ineh
lion of Mr.. Gray's name the whole audience rose
and cheered enthusiastically for severa minutes
Tho Lori Movor declared that Mr.. Gray's sentence
o,os ecuivalent TO six months Imprisonment lie
advised the people TO be most careful and guarded
in their language, as they were III the mldst oI
great crisis.
Mr. Parnell returning thanks to the Corporation
tor The freedom of the city, said that, in view OF re-
cent events it was clear that liberty of speech no
longer existed in Ireland. lie and his associates,
however. would take care to bring the subject be-
fore the House of Commons at the first opportunity
Meanwhile the Irish party would peaceably con-
tinne to educate the people to govern themselves
and would advise them to accept whatever reform
might be offered them, while pushing on toward
legislative independence. He advised the hlgher
classes while they yet had time, to JON IN on
deayoring to bring about better state oil analrS.
The people could no longer tolerate their present
degradation.
Mr.. Dillon followed Mr.. Parnell. He quoted sta
tstics showing that Ireland, and especially Dublin
had been economically injured by the Union.
Messrs Bggar, Shieis, T. T. OCoDnor, j. D.
Ikely, ana sexton, I1Ouo huiV lhCLhDOAo VI "a
baInent who were attending The celebrations, have
started for London to support the motion Of Mr.
Callan inquiring into the sentence Of Mr. Gray,
which will come up for debate IN the House OF
Commons tomorrow. In the House OF Commons
this afternoon, Captain Nolan, member for Gal
yay wished StO call attention to the imprisonment
of Mr.. GRAY, but he was ruled out of order.
ord-Mavor Dawson has arranged to call speclal
meeting Of the Corporation on Monday, with the
view of considering measures 10 secure the release
of Mr. Gray Crowds are assembling around the
statue of OConneu, and speeches expressing lndig-
nation at the sentence being made.
The following proclamation, signed by Mayor
Dawson and Messrs. ParneL, Dillon and Davitt,
has been issued
Chisens Of Dublin
Without offering any comment upon the sentence
passed upon the Hon. L. Dwyer Gray we deem 1t our
duty invoke the people TO maintain canness ana a
dignfed dcIneanOr. We expressing the wishes OF
Mr. Gray in cOunselng our felow-ctlzens to abstain
from any gatherings the streets thai iSht lead 10
breach OF the peace. We require only calnlness ana
temperance in the present emergency. Hundreds OF
thousands OF visitors kept the peace IN Dublin yeste
day. Let the citizens show equal prudence ana sell
control on this occasion