The Secret Societies in Ireland, alarmed by the repeated ver-
dicts against murderers, are standing at bay. Six detectives were on Saturday watching some dangerous characters at a corner of Saekville Street, either with a view to arrest them, or to protect the Judges who were dining near by, when they were attacked. One man, named Dowling, shot Detective Cox, and was shot by Detective Eastwood, who was then seized by another
man, named Devine, and his arm hurt. A soldier, who ran up, seized Devine, who was finally arrested, the remainder of his comrades flying. On the following Monday, Mr. D. J. Field, stationer, member of the jury which convicted the murderer Walsh, was followed to the door of his house by two men, one of whom knocked him down, and then "jobbed." him to death, as he thought, with a sword-cane. He is not, however, dead, though he has received. six stabs, and lies in a very dangerous condition. The mob which assembled round the hospital to which Cox and Dowling were carried showed. symptoms of sympathy with the assassin, and the Irish Government felt compelled to place Dublin under the Crimes Prevention Act. It has been explained, however, that the Act will be worked in Dublin strictly in the interests of justice, and with as little in- terference with decent citizens as is possible. We have touched on the affair elsewhere, but may say here that the obvious in- tention is to terrorise Judges, Policemen, and Jurymen, and so render trials nugatory.
