making to calm down the feeling.  Regarding Mrs. Connell, the head-constable was told by me that she was to get goods, and she did get bread, till the police went round with her.  This upset my arrangements, as I had induced the people to give her what she might really want.  In fact she was a convenience to Mrs. Moroney for obvious reasons, and her son is now in her employment in place of Kelly, who has been dismissed since his very inconvenient evidence.  It is, and was, well known they were not starving as they said, they having a full supply of their accustomed food.—­Thanking you for your great courtesy, I am, dear sir, truly yours,

    “J.  White.”

On the 14th Colonel Turner replied:—­

“My dear Sir,—­We cannot adjourn the cases.  But if those who are prosecuted are prepared to make reparation by promising future good conduct in Court, I can then see my way to interfere, and to prevent them from suffering imprisonment.

“These cases have nothing whatever to do with Mrs. Moroney.[21] They are simply between the defendants and the police and other officials, who were at Milltown Malbay that day.  I am greatly pleased at your evident wish to co-operate with me in calming down the ill-feeling which unfortunately exists, and I am satisfied that success will attend our efforts.”

On Thursday and Friday last, as I have recorded, the cases came on of the twenty-six publicans charged.  Between February 4th, when the offences were committed, and the 17th of February, one of these publicans had died, one had fled to America, and there proved to be an informality in the summons issued against a third.  Twenty-three only were put upon their trial.  As I have stated, one was acquitted and the others were found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned.  In accordance with his promise made to Father White, Colonel Turner offered to relieve them all of the imprisonment if they would sign an undertaking in Court not to repeat the offence.  Ten, the most prosperous and substantial of the accused, accepted this offer and signed, as has been already stated.  One, a woman, was discharged without being required to sign the guarantee, the other eleven refused to sign, and were sent to prison.  Father White, whose own evidence given at the trial, as his letter to Colonel Turner would lead one to expect, had gone far to prove the existence of the conspiracy, encouraged the eleven in their attitude.

This was his way of “co-operating” with Colonel Turner to “calm down the ill-feeling which exists”!

During the morning Mrs. Stacpoole sent for the clerk and manager of the estate, and asked him to show me the books.  He is a native of these parts, by name Considine, and has lived at Edenvale for eighteen years.  In his youth he went out to America, but there found out that he had a “liver,” an unpleasant discovery, which led him to return to the land of his birth, and to the service of Mr. Stacpoole.