On Saturday last, Mr. O'Brien was sentenced to three months'
imprisonment on each of the two charges preferred against him. for inciting tenants by his speeches to resist the Sheriff in the execution of his duty. Mr. Harrington, after treating the Bench and the counsel for the Crown with great insolence, withdrew from the Court, and Mr. O'Brien conducted his own defence in a long and rambling harangue of the kind which the House of Commons has grown so accustomed to hear from the Parnellite benches. It is curious to notice that Mr. O'Brien, on deciding to appeal from the decision of the Court, demanded to be admitted to bail, which was granted. Before his arrest, Mr. O'Brien refused to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Court in. any way, and obliged the prosecution to prooeed by warrant instead of summons. Apparently a few days' imprisonment has changed his attitude towards martyrdom by means of the felon's cell. On leaving the Court, Mr. O'Brien received a great many ovations, at one of which a speaker is reported to have described the release of Mr. O'Brien as a triumph for the national cause. The sense of humour, then, has not altogether left the Irish people.
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