The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1883-12-28 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

IRISH EVENTS.  Ireland again claims a large share of attention. On January 3, Daniel Delaney was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for conspiring with others to murder Mr. Justice Lawson. On Jan. 15 Patrick Higgins was executed for the murder of two bailiffs, at Cloughbrack, and two days later Thomas Higgins and Michael Flynn were executed. In the Court of Queen's Bench, Lublin, Jan. 24, Messrs. T. Healy, M.P., Michael Devitt, and J. P. Quinn, were ordered to find sureties for their good behaviour for 12 months for delivering inflammatory speeches, and were soon afterwards lodged in Kilmainham for failing to comply with the order of the court. On Feb. 8 Christopher Dowling was sent to penal servitude for life for firing a revolver at Detective Cox. On Mar. 20, at Belfast Assizes, Mr. Justice Lawson sentenced twelve men to various terms of imprisonment for conspiring to murder certain landlords and others, at Crossmaglen. About the middle of January over 20 persons were arrested on is charge of conspiring to murder certain Government otlioials and others, and on April 9 the Commission was opened at Dublin, at which these prisoners were to be tied. Their names were Joseph Brady, Timothy Kelly, Thomas Caffrey, Patrick Delaney, Daniel Curley, Joseph Hanlon, Michael Ea", James Fitzharris, James Mullett, Edward O'Brien Peter Carey, Edward APCaffrey, Lawrence Hanlon, Peter Doyle, William Moroney, Daniel Delaney, Joseph Mullett, George Smith, Thomas Martin, and Thomas Doyle. Great interest was taken in these trials, the results of which were that Joseph Brady, Daniel Curley, Patrick Delaney, Thomas Caffrey, Michael Fagan, and Timothy Kelly, were convicted, or pleaded guilty, of the murder of Mr. Burke; Lawrence Hanlon and Joseph Mullett were sentenced to penal servitude for life, for the attempt to murder Mr. Field; James Fitzharris to penal servitude for life for being accessory to the murder of Mr. Burke; James Mullett, Edward M`Caffray, Edward O'Brien, William 3loroney, and Daniel Delaney, to ten years' penal servitude, for conspiracy to murder; Thomas Doyle to five years' penal servitude for the same crime; Thomas Martin was allowed out on his own recognisances, he having pleaded guilty to the eamo charge. Thia disposed of 16 out of the 23 or 24 persons originally arrested. Of these, one died in prison, and another was allowed out before the trials began. The men who were in custody in the earlier stage of the preliminary enviry, and who were afterwards accepted as a?pro ers, were James Carey, Peter Carey, Michael Kavanagh, Joe Smith, and Joe Hanlon. On Whit-Monday, May 14, Joe Brady was executed at. Kilmaiiihain Gaol, the full penalty of the law being carried out in due course on the others fofin.l guilty of the murder of Mr. Burke. lin hilt? 4, Mes-rs. Davitt, P. Healy, M.P. and J. P. Quint,' were released from Richmond Gaol, Dublin, w here they had boon confined since Feb. 8, for using seditious butisitage timid refusing to find bail for their future good behaviour. On June 5, at Tralee Police Court, Edward Harrington, editor of the Kerry &street, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for prie tiny; an "luvi,iei tile " notjce. On Nor. 20. Jusauh Poole. the Fenian  iena centre, was put on his trial tor tue second time at Dublin, for tho murder of John Koutty, iu July, 1882. The jury found him guilty, cud ho was sentenced to death. Ile was oxeouted on the 18th  ii;;;Taber. On the 11th DominiMr a banquet to Mr. Parnell was given at Dublin, on which occasion he was presented with a National Testimonial amounting; to £37,000. On Dec. 15, Piwer Wade, labourer, was sentenced to death for the murder of a gardener named Quin, at Rathfarnham, on Oct. 27. _ . .