The Sun. — 1863-07-14 (London, England)

IREL. END.  DUBLIN, JULY 13.  At the Wexford Astiizes on Saturday Joseph Kelly was convicted ot. the murder of Michael Fitzhenry, a national schoolmaster. The SolicitorGeneral went down speCially to conduct the case. There was nothing of religious animosity, or party spirit, or agrarian combi nation connected with the crime. It appeared fret n the evidence that the prisoner's father had a ernallfarm on the estate of Lord Carew, the rent of which he was unable to pay. It was arranged, with the consent of the landlord, that the farm should be tr ansferred to Fitzhenry, part of the consideration being that the latter should support the prisoner's rather, a man about 70 years of age, or pay him £6 a year. The prisoner afterwards repenting of this bargain wished to take the old man with him to America, whither he was proceeding with his wife, and of .e,md to accept £6 from Fitzhenry as a commutatio n of his life interest. The schoolmaster would not consent to this, and the prisoner expressed his fe,P-ings about it in bitter terms to several of his ne:,ghbours, but nothing came to theo rthe pa knowledge rtparties s w of were togetherhedec in the town of to create su kaieewionli f Ross on the 16th of -May, end were drinking together in several places,, both there and on the way home. The prisoner managed to keep himself describedd rusober,nk but tlht yhh the eo deceasedne prisoner's ofthe es bwwieaitnlfne a became aoxiscated, and was "staggering on the wnayd haonmoteh;erbuptetrhsoeyn th were in their company sen proceedingor fromtogether supporth on his e r effects wmeidrenieuhltti,mtahteeldy e ed issuing eeesecompanion, and occasionally falling of drink. The schoolmaster was found nest e lying dead in a ditch by the roadside, his skullday fret_ tured over the temple and beaten in behind, and a wound over the thigh as if made by forcing a blunt instrument into the body. It was proved that prieoner had purchased two bars, one of red and one of horsehoe iron, that day in Ross, and that he carried them home. The wounds were such as the heavier bar of iron would have inflicted, and it Was found on the prisoner's premises. The trial commenced on Friday, the jury were locked up during the night, and on Saturday it was concluded. The prisoner was ably defended by Mr. Hemphill, Q.C.; Serjeant Armstrong replied on the part of the *Crown ; the Judge, Baron Hughes, briefly charged the jury, who, after 15 minutes' consultation brought in a verdict of guilty. The Judge, in passing sentence of death,stated that the jury would have been guilty of a violation of their oath if they had come to any other conclusion than the one at which they had arrived. The prisoner declared he was innocent, and the Judge said it was useless to address any observations to him while in that state of mind. The following scene then ensued : The prisoner (who appeared quite unmoved by the dreadful position in which he stood) said— I would have gone 100 miles with Fitzhenry and seen no harm done to him. When am I to be hanged ?  The Judge—On the 11th of August. Prisoner—Where am I to be buried? The Judge—Within the precincts of the gaol. Prisoner—ls it next Monday I'm to be hanged ?  The Judge—No, ma the 11th of next month. The prisoner was then removed, but was subsequently ordered back into court, it having been ascertained that the 11th of August was Tuesday and not Monday. His lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be executed on Tuesday, the 11th of August.  Not withstanding the unsettled condition of the United States, there is little if any diminution in the number of emigrants from this country. Hundreds of the peasantry depart every week by the Cunard, Inman, and other steamships calling at Cork harbour. On Thursday two steamers, the Georgia and the City of London, sailed from that port for America, taking out 500 emigrants ; 350 shipped on board the City of Landon and 150 on the Georgia.  A Strange Scene in the Paisley Police Court.  (From;the Caledonian Mercury.)  A