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Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 66, 13 July 1865, Page 4

IRELAND.

.The ••'.. arrangements for the International Exhibition to be; opened in May, are bein«carried out with commendable care and vigor! and there is every reason to expect that 'the mauguaral cermoriy will be most imposing, while the display of arts and manufactures from all countries will be magnifieient and attractive. The building is fast approaching a complete state, and cases of goods are daily arriving from. foreign countries. A' few days ago a quantity of manufactures and pictures arrived, from Hamburg ; a lot of- pictures 'cartoon*, and porcelain from Berlin • also,

contributions of pictures, china, and other manufactures from Dresden and Leipsic. Advices had been received of a lot of pictures being. on their may from Alicante; some of these are contributed by the Queen of Spain, and the restof -the Spanish artists. A steamer having on board upwards of L60, 00^. worth of Italian pictures for the ExhibiMg.r> is on her passage from Civita Veechia, which port she left for. Liverpoo, where the "consignment will be reshipped fer Dublin She will touch at .Naples and Palerno to complete her cargo. There had been two arrivals from France, from IS! ova Scotia,, and some contributions from the English and Scotch exhibitions ' Sauhders'a Newsletter,' says : — The committe have no enviable task in allocating tho space, considering the scope to vhich. they have to enlarge their views. This is illustrated by a few names of the places which already figure in the catalogue Ceylon, the Falkland Islands, Jamaica, Japan, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, West Africa, Dominica, and Siam are among the regions claiming space from us on this occasion; .Mam appeared as yet the largest in print, embracing 77 different items of natural products, articles of • manufacture, an-.l curious preparation. And, in reference to these ppeesi <ces generallj', the list is curious and interesting, besprinkled as it is with strange tilings and puzziing names in the dialects .1' the people of remote parts of the globe. The Belfast Assizes have unexpectedly collapsed. .The riot- casas, assaults,- hoise wreckings, murders, and all —were abandoned by the Crown some time ago, virtually because a conviction on any of -the capital indictments appe ired to be utterly homeless. • A fortnight ol'civii war has neen expiated, or it is to bd expiated, by half a doz.n culprits oufr-of some hundreds staying in ga -.)) for a year; and while 11 or 12 human brings were barbarously murdered in the streets of Belfast, public jisciee is forced to rest contented with tio expiatiou at all. There was not a single conviction for murder. This btjing the case and the assizes, so far a« regards the' riot ca^es, have concluded it would bs somewhat superfluous -to say that the attempt to bring tho- criminals to justice has been a total failure, The Attorney ■<-ieneral, in aiinoii;ici;i£ the abandonement of the prosecutions, was obliged t-> admit that the result arrived, at wus far' from satisfactory. " For mmy o! tiie s-rious offdaces .uu person has ever been nvvle aniduahie, and thtre is areat reason to- .apprehend th it .the very worst offenders have escaped with impunity.': One fact is -mentioned b_v the Acroruey-G-eneral is as good as nil tile argument* 'in the report just issued by Messrs.. Harry an;' Dowa. Tne fact is this, though thy loc:il p-»lice must have been weil acq.uainted with'nn^ny of the leaders' in 'the ri)ts, in only a si.iglei'jstancs out of nil those tried or unrried at these assizes 'nave they been instrumental in bringing any olfondor to justice either either by arresrin-j, identifying, or giving evidence against the rioters. -" Ther«was newr a plainer case for the prompt interference of the legislature to repress a murderous spirit of -faction' in a ■ groat coautiercial communit\ r . The oiH.oal inquiry into the riots occupied 22 days, and the proceeding* Oil a volume of 390 'olio pages. No los than 13,584 questions and the answers to thorn are printed. On the two nights immediately succeeding the abandonement «f the' prosecution, a number of persons .were, arrested -in. -Belfast f;>r disorderly conduct and using party .expressions id the streets, and for assaul s on the police. Hie}' were brought up iv the Police Court and suitably punished. James Nolan, who shou'r *N y 'to a — with the Peelers and the .Pope;' a^-i' 1 kicked the Policeman who arr. sted h ny, was fi ied 40s. for-the r^arty expression, arid setrt to ga>lfi)rtwo months for Jhe assault. David tiicksongo.t two months for throwing st nes, one of which hit a puliceman ;" and Robert GiiwJey, for crying 'to h— — - with the Pope,' and striking a policeman, was fined 405., and got two month imprisonment.