. Ireland in London. a time in the earlier part of hislife, and also at Upper Charlotte-street,within sight. A little distance farther on, Tottenham Court-road ends and Hampstead-road begins. Runningat angles to both is Euston-road, extending fromMarylebone to Kings Cross and Pentonville. In Pentonville Prison were confined for aperiod of six months, from December, 1885, toMay, 1886, sixteen of the Fenian prisoners con-victed of treason-felony in Dublin a short time pre-viously, and sentenced to various terms of penalservitude. Among them may be mentionedODonovan Rossa (sentenced to imprisonme
. Ireland in London. a time in the earlier part of hislife, and also at Upper Charlotte-street,within sight. A little distance farther on, Tottenham Court-road ends and Hampstead-road begins. Runningat angles to both is Euston-road, extending fromMarylebone to Kings Cross and Pentonville. In Pentonville Prison were confined for aperiod of six months, from December, 1885, toMay, 1886, sixteen of the Fenian prisoners con-victed of treason-felony in Dublin a short time pre-viously, and sentenced to various terms of penalservitude. Among them may be mentionedODonovan Rossa (sentenced to imprisonment 53 Ireland in London. for life), John OLeary, T. C. Luby(twenty yearsImprisonment), the gentle and gifted Klekham(fourteen years), Charles OConuell, DenisDowling Muleahy, James OConnor (ten years),and Casey,1 the Galtee Boy (five years). In the old St. Pancras Churchyard, which isin St. Pancras-road, not far distant, were buriedmany lamous men, and anions them two notableIrishmen, Arthur OLeary and Arthur EDMUND hi3 Autograph. Dillon became a distinguished French divine, andafterwards Archbishop of Narbonne, and ulti-mately of Toulouse. Many Catholic Irish wereburied here during the last century, includingmembers of several noble families. With Euston-road one or two facts of import-ance are connected. In Stanhope-street thegreat actor, William C Macreadj , was born onthe 3rd of March, 1793. He was the son of Irishparents, his father being a well-known actor anddramatist. As is generally known, the highest position obtainable on thestage in his day. and in some tragic parts haabeen unequalled. He excelled in the characters ofRichard the Third and Vhginius, but he did notpossess the versatility of some other Irish J. P. Kemble, he played Roman parts toperfection, and among hisgreatest triumphs werethoae wou by him in plays written by such Irish-men as Geiald Griffin and J. Sheridan Knowles,notably in Gisippus and Virginius. He
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