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

IRELAND.  DUBLIN, JULY 13.  At the Wexford Assizes on Saturday Joseph Kelly was convicted of the murder of Michael Fitzhenry, a national schoolmaster. Ttx SolicitorGeneral went down specially to conduct the case. There was nothingo freligio us animosity, or party spirit, or agrarian combination father had a small farm r connected with the crime. It appeared from h evidence that the prisoner'stthaebei estate of Lord Carew, the rent o whichf he of h was on was arranged,with the consent eto pay. It .landlord, parthat the farm should be transferred to Fitzhenry,e of the consideration being that the support the prisoner's father, a man aboaauter7Oshould of age, or pay him £6 a year. The prisonera thers afterwards repenting of this bargain wished to take old man with him to America, whither he was proceeding with his wife, and offered to accept £6 from Fitzhenry as a commutation of his life interest. The schoolmaster would not consent to this, and the prisoner expressed his feelings about it iu bitter terms to several of his neighbours, but nothing came to the knowledge of the deceased to create suspicion, for the parties were together in the town of New Ross on the 16th of Nay, and were drinking together in several places, both there and on the way home. The prisoner managed to keep himself sober, but the deceased became intoxicated, and was described by one of the witnesses as "staggering drunk." The prisoner's wife and another person were in their company on the way home ; but they were ultimately seen proceeding together after midnight, the deceased leaning for support on his companion, and occasionally falling from the effects of drink. The schoolmaster was found next day lying dead in a ditch by the roadside, his skull fractured 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—l 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 P The Judge—Within the precincts of the gaol. Prisoner—ls it next Monday I'm to be hanged ? The Judge—No, OR 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. Notwithstanding 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 London and 150 on the Georgia.  A Strange Scene in the Paisley Police Court.  (Front:the Caledonian Mercury.)  A