Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-17
Ireland.

IEcIohus
DUBLIN. .Augustl6 l6.-Dwyer Gray, member
of Parliament and proprietor OF the Free
mans Journal, was to-day sentenced to
three months imprisonment and a fine OF
f5OO for contempt of Court in publishing a
letter of O'Brien, editor of the United Ire
land, accusing the jury which convicted
Francis Hynes of the murder of John Da'
lauehty, of being drunk ON the nightspre-
vions 10 tha day the verdict was given, and
and an article commenting thereon
O. Brien and Davitt were put out oil court
Gray, after being sentenced, was handed
over to the custody of the City coroner.
The latter eyinced some reluctance to take
charge of him, but the Judge called upon
him to do his duty. The Coroner whose
;nt.-vention became necessary because
GRAY GRAY i High Sheriff of the city, then con,
veyed thu prisoner to the hicnnohu
prison. ...
GRAY at the EXP ration of his oan term. must .t
find sureties for hims,t Ior ;S $500, anu ,.oS Sm
others for f2 OO0.each. Tn ue'Is Tora Wayor
a great sensation. Gray was .+ad The
of Dublin for 1880, and was nomin. .eu W. ~.
second time for 1881, but declined the No.
ination.
Lord Mayor Dawson has arranged 70
call special meeting Of the, corpoi ataon
ures to secure the release of Gray. Crow v
are assembling around the statute OF O'Con'
nell and speeches expressing indignation
at the sentence are being made.
LONDON, August 16.-Callan, member for
Louth, has given private notice that he
will, tomorrow, call attention to the sen.
tence of Gray. kilograms have been sent
the Irish members at present IN Ireland 10
return to London to participate in the de-
bate.
DUBLIN, August 16-Dublin city hall was
densenly crowded, to-day, on the occasion
of the presentation Of the freedom OF the
city 10 Parnell and Dillon. Nearly every
mayor in Ireland, except the mayor OF Bel
fist, was present. Story, Radical member
OF Parliament for Sunderland. and all the
Home Rule members of Parliament were
also present. The Conservative members OF
Dublin were absent. H.
When the roll of the corporation was
called, at the mention Of Gray's name, the
whole audience rose and cheered enthusias-
tically for several minutes. The Lord
Mayor declared that Gray's sentence was
equivalent to six months Imprisonment
He advised the people to be most caretul
and guarded in their language, as they were
in the midst of great crisis.
Parpeil returning thanks to the corpora
ton for the freedom OF Ene city, Salu' III
view 6f the recent events, it was clear that
liberty of speech no longer existed in Ire
land. That his associates and himself, would
take care to bring the subject before the
Commons at the first opportunity. Mean
while the Irish party would peacefully con-
tinue to educate the people TO govern them
selves, and would advise them to accept
whatever reform might Re offered them
while pushing on towards legislative indie
Dillon followed Parnell. He quoted sta.
tistics, showing Ireland, and especially
Dublin, had been seriously injured by the
Union.
The following proclamation, signed by
Mayor Dawson and Farnell, Dillon and
payitt has been issued:
DUBLIN, August l6.
To the CTti=els Of Dublin: ...-
Without offering any comment upon the
sentence passed upon Hon. E. Dewyer
Gray, we deem it our duty to invoke the
people to maintain q calm and dignified
demeanoE. We are expressing the wishes
of Mr.. Gray, in counselling our fellow citi-
zeps TO abstain from any gathering in the
streets that might lead to breach of the
peace. We require only calmness and tenn
rerance in the present emergency. Hun