The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-28 00:00:00

IP
PRECAUTIONS AGAINsT
.PENIANIsM
IRELAND

During the last two or three days (says Saunders'
.Ife mows of a nine and alumni chancier have been
prevalent la the city of Dublin relative to an banded
Fenian rising, and there can be no doubt that grave appro.
hoidens was melted in the minds of many timid and
nervous peewee. An ides had got into circulation thst
Christmas Roe, Cliristmas-day, or yeatesday (Tuesday) bad
been fixed upon by the leaders of the conspiracy for the
oommencemeat of their enterprise, and this notion pro-
bably obtained greater mentions than it otherwise would
have done from the extensive and unusual precautions taken
by the authorities. The arming of the police with out-
lames, the Jammed number of constables to be sera to
the streets, the patrols of cavalry which were added to
the usual force of mounted polies in the suburbs, and the
keeping of the whole of the military is prises under orders
to be ready at a moment's notice, caused some to believe
that the government mast be in pcmisseion of important
information which induced them to take such precautionery
meseares. Inseam parts of the country there is no questim
that great alarm exists, and the state of the public mind is
indicated by the absurd rumours which our Limerick cor-
respondent informs us agitated the geed people of that
the cit
on Christmae-day. We need hardly say that as regards y
city of Dublin there is no foundation for the rumours which
prevailed, and that there are no grounds for apprehension or
fear of any kind. Ample providon has been made tor the
preservation of the peace, but we feel assured that the last
thing the Fenian, is Dahlia contemplate is say movemeet
which will bring them into collision with the authorities.
Their number, we believe, is small, sod their leaders if
they have any left, must know that any attempt which
they might make would be promptly and dude sue*
pressed. The most nervous individual, therefore, need
not be eau the slightest apprehension on the subject.
Last (Tuesday) night the city was extremely quiet, awl the
country everywhere appears to be in the same condition.
The bursting of the bubble in America, where the leaders
are sow qui:rolling about their plunder, should do much to
cams the dissolution of the erganiaatioa is !reload.
The seamen on board of the Boyd George are b
spending
a dull Christmas time of it. The feast on Tuesday wasbut
, semblance of its former self, as nom were permitted on
' bard but the wives or sisters of the sailors and marines,
and est even these ns, if they had failed to make
application foeadmittance three days previously. Spirits
of &a kind were not allowed on baud. Offesers and men
werey confined to the ship ;nom were permitted on
shore, net even to their place of worship. In
addition to the marines and blue jackets, the cooks and
stewards have had on side-arma gime Thursday
last, and the officers servants were not allowed on
shore to-day for the usual marketing, with mu in-
caption the captain's valet. They will all be
compelled to remain on hoard ship until Thursday evening.
There were only fourteen females on board of the Royal
George on Tuesday; on last Christmas-day there were
upwsula of 150. It is reported the preseat state of things
is not favourably received by the men. The several
batteries on this coot have bees doubly manned by the
Guest B4ide and a detachment of the 24th Foot. Sentinels
are posted, who are relieved at stated times ; mounted
policemen sightly patrol the rcade, and other precautionary
measures have been taken for public safety. In the face of
these precautions all is quiet.
The following is the communication from Limerick re-
ferred to above:
LIMERICK, TrlL9DAT.—Yesterday being Christmas-day,
and while the officers and men of the 73rd Highlanders were
attending Divine serene, an unexpected teleeram
of was
received by the colonel from Clonmel, requiring 150 that
carps for immediate duty, and stating that a scial train
had been provided for their conveyance. The bugles
weeded the call mter in the rrack-square, much to
the surprise of thwhole gerrisee, so the usual preparations
had been made to celebrate the festival with becoming j y
o
and merriment. It is scarcely neceesary to add that a
good deal of bustle ensued, and various rumours of an
exciting character won spread through the city. Neither
officers nor men were apprised of the nature of
the duties the military were so promptly reqc,red to
discharge in Clonmel, and, ea a consequence, all was
surmise. Some alloyed that the gaol of Clonmel had
been attacked, and the Fenian prisoners therein con-
fined liberated by their associates. Another report
bad Mims the benk bad been plundered there, and the
houses of several respectable protestant& pillaged while
the families were at church, and that three hundred
troops had gone from Buttevant and Templemore before
the telegram was received in Limerick. That Clonmel was
set on fire gained credence, and, though last not least, that
the Fenno' had totally destroyed the telegraph wires
is the district, and cut off ell communication, but that
the latter was false I at once made iryself sure of.
At half-past three o'clock the detachment of the 73rd
with two officers, left the barrack square io
toll
heavy marching order, amidst cheers from their comrades.
which were taken up sod resounded along the line of
route to the railway station, where hundreds had then
'mumbled to witness the departure. By this time every
resident had it as positive (?) that the true rumour was,
that it wee the gaol of Clonmel was broken into, the officials
maltreated, and the Fenian set at large—that the con-
stabulary and military there were inadequate to suppress
the disturbances. In this state of excitement the general
public here was lost in suspense until this MOrniDir, when
intelligence reached that the military in Clonmel having
been sent on to Carrick-on-Suir, where the authorities an- I
prehended some disturbances last night, it was deemed
advisable to augment Clonmel garrison by military from
Limerick and Templemore. It is added that the 53rd 1,
depot, at Clonmel, bad wine difference between them-
selves before leaving. However, I merely give the rumour
as it has reached ma.
The Cork Constitution sop:—"The ardent opiate
amongst the lonians are apparently by no means discou-
raged by recent events, Their notions about the feasibility
of surprising and capturing the gannets' are as firmly fixed
ss ever. Camden Fort his recently been strengthened by
a reinforcement of forty-five men. The sentries have been
doubled, and the greatest vigilance is observed, no one
being allowed to rioter without proper authorisation. Not-
withstanding this, on Sunday week before daybreak a cor-
poral stationed in the fort was found walking about it with
a civilian who had no business there. They were brought
before the captain in command, and the corporal having
been interrogated, stated that the person with whom be
was in company was a brother of his from the county
of Meath. The captain sent for the police•constable of
the district, in order to give the civilian in charge. The
constable asked what the offence was, and on being told
the circumstances under which he was found in the fort,
hessid that that appeared to him to be a military offence,
and he demurred taking him iota custody without borne
specific charge. This the captain would not make, sod the
MUM was let go. The corporal, however, was placed under
arrest, and still remains so. It appears that at one side
of the fort a ditch has been levelled and a trench
filled in order to carry out some improvements, and at
this poiut the man must have entered, as he did not
paw the sentries. His design can easily be inferred.
Special attention seems to have been paid to this fort
lately by the Brotherhood. On the Sunday week previous
to the occurrence mentioned, a car drove from Cork to
Crossbaven containing three person two of whom were
unmistakeably Yankees, and the third a member of the
Brotherhood known to the police as residing in Blackpool,
in this city. They left the car at Crushaveci, struck into
the country, entered the fort by the some means as the
corporal's • brother from heath, and were for a long time
within, when they returned and drove back to Cork. The
supposition is that the Yankees were military men, and
that they were taken to the fort for the purpose of becom-
ing conversant with its construction and details, with
view to its transfer to the Faaiens."

THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE COLLIERS.—A meeting
of the Coal Muter.' Association was held at the King's
Head Hotel, Barnsley, on Tuesday afternoon, and wan very
largely attended. It is understood that hominess of import-
ance was discussed, but the coal masters think it to their
advantage to keep the result to themselves. A meeting of
the council of the Minas' Association was held the same
afternoon at Wombwell, when, it being stated that Mr.
14itabelL the managing proprietor of the Edmonds Main
and Swaithe Main Collieries, had offered the men an advance
of 5 per cent., with weekly pays, it was resolved that the
same should be accepted. Mr. Mitchell, who is a member
of the Coal Masters Association, is the only person con-
nected with that body who has offered the advance. At
Darley Main the notices of the colliers would expire on
Wednesday, but the room have agreed to work until Sato!,
day, in the expectation that an arrangement would be
come to. The only thing that could be gleaned was that
the masters were willing is give as advance of 5 per cent.
up to May next, when the present rates would be returned
to.—Lecch Mercury.
THE CONVICT ROBlNSON.—Yesterday memorials
to Sir George Grey and Mr. Justice Keating were being
prepared, with a view to the recoasideration of the evidence
touching the state of mind of Robinson when he com•
witted the murder for which he was condemned at the
winter anises at Stafford on last Thursday. The opinion
of two of the highest authorities in Staffordshire upon
insanity has been obtained in support of the statement that
at the time be committed the murder Robinson was inune.
Dr. Reason in his examinatioa was not asked what, in his
opinion, ins the state of the young man's mind when the
murder was perpetrated, but only what was his condition
when he examined him in gaol.
A BoT KILLED BY • HORSE.—In Inquest was
held yesterday afternoon at the Royal Free Hospital,
Grey's-inn-road, by Dr. Lankester, relative to the death of I
John Thomas Basher, aged 15, who died in that institu-
tion. The deceased was employed as potman at the King's I
Head inn, Leather-lane, and while accompanying one of the
barmen who was leading a horse to stable, struck the
animal with his cap, and caused him to become restive.
Although cautioned against repeating the stroke, the boy
did so, when the horse suddenly kicked him on the bead
inflicting injuries from which he died. The jury returned
• verdict of "Accidental death."
Da. DE 'TORCH'S LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL.
—Tar MOST ECONOMICAL OF ALL HINDS.—One great recommen-
dation of this celebrated Oil Is. that a very anal quantity will
produce more satisfactory results than the largest doses of the
ordinary kinds. Dr. Bares. late physimaa to the Brighton Dis-
pensary, observes: "I have been In the habit of ordering no
other than Dr. de Jonah's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil. I con-
sider that a teaspoonful of Dr. de tousles Oil is equal in ita effects
to • tablespoonful of the pale od." Sold only la [spouted im-
Falai. WI-Pints. yesed. : pints, 4s. 9d.: quarto,. Ca., by Dr. de
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MATCH : 50/. Three miles.
Mr. Charles's Ben Nevis, 4 ym, 114 (Owner) 1
Mr. St. John's Daisy, aged. 124 (Mr. Coleman)
but
2
Batting : 2to 1 on Bea Nevis. Daisy made play,
falling at the brook the favourite came is alone.
THI Igauserga' PLATS of 30 eon. for all rtes ;
ninon 1 sot. ; winners extra. About two miles sod
_ _

half.
Captain Shaw's lady Douglas, by Artillery—Chevy Chase.
6 yrs. 10si lbliP) 1
Captain Rdwardis Tambour-Major. yrs, lest 10th
(Griffiths) 2
Mr. Bennett's Mite, S yrs, lOst lelb (Mr. Rumford) 3
The following oleo ran : ortsman :late Zodiac), Rapture,
Masterpiece. Sir Robert, and Lucky Star.
Betting: 2to 1 apt Baia, sto 2 apt portsman, to
apt Tambour llajor 6to 1 apt Sir Robert, 15 to 2 apt
Lady Douglas. Tambour-Major was Rat off, followed by
Sportemso, Saito, Sir Robert, and Lady Douglas, but
drooled
after going short diatoms Sportsman opped away,
attended by
and Su Robert took sewed Idea, closely
Nolte, next to wheat came Lady Douglas clear of the
others. When within half a mile of home, Sir Robert,
who had alternately lad with Tembour-Major, took a clear
lead, but bndering at the brook again gave way to the
latter, but Lady Douglas, who had been running well with.
in herself, overhauled him on landing in the winning field,
and won very easily by six leagths, • similar distance
separative the sewed and third. Sir Robert and Sports-
man walked is aide by side.
Tim Boas lioNisse STAKES of 3 soya each, with 20
added ; win
eitlS selliog allowances. About two
miles and a half.
Mr. J. Olike's Woodplgeon MOLL 12id 121 b Herford) 1
Mr. Selby's Good for Nothing (70t ;f,, 12st rib (Mr. Markham) 2
ladybird and Motheraidei also ran.
Betting : 3 to 1 on Woodpipor, who took a clear lead
followed by Leathersides end Good for Nothing, but
Leathersides fell after going a mils, and Ladybird rolled
over him, Good for Nothing, cleating the pair, also coming
to grief, but although ridden out could never reach Wood-
pigeon, who won by a couple of hundred yartlo Leather-
siies cantered put the Stand a long way behind the sewed.
The winner was bought by Mr. Beery for 37 guineas.
of 5 PTA ash,
Tilt Cants:ass Bremen (a free Basdioap)
with 25 added ; entrance 1 soy. each ; winners extra. About
two mike and a half.
12st Mb (P
Mr. Hawkins' The Rogue. sae& ickett) 1
Mr. Summer's ArloscoU, yrt, 12st 714 (Rickaby)
Mr. tieing
s Almcrle., aged, lLst 121 b (Raison) 3
tantab and White Stockily also ran.
Betting : 2 W 1 apt Canal, 5 to 2 each apt The Rogue
and Arleecott, 4to 1 apt White Stockings. The Rogue
took the lead immediately after the start, Almeria goingped on
second, but tiring he gave way to Arkecott as they jum
Into the winning field, but The Rogue maintaned his
advantage and won by six lengths ; Ahneric finished • bad
third.
Tits Stumm STUPLECIIASI of 3 SONS. each, with 25
added, for 3.yr-olds and upwards ; selling allowances. About
two miles and a half.
Mr. Oldlields Beverley, aged (561.), list 12Ib B. Land) 1
Captain Shaw's Bravo, aged (la). 12st Sib (titeggles) 2
Mr. Ruben's Freestone, aged (301.), list Mb Daniels) S
The following also ran : idiot, Conjuror, Concave, Violet,
Oxygen. Ltarbadoes. and Ace of Tromps.
Betting: 2 to l apt Beverley, and sto 1 each apt Bravo,
Idiot, and Acoof Trumps. Idlottook up the ninnies, and car-
ried it on past the Stand the first time, followed by Ace of
Tramps, Conjuror, Beverley, and Bravo, the rear being
brought up by Violt and Concave ; but the latter stumbling
on his bead, was pulled up and returned to the enclosure.
Idiot held the lead for nearly two miles, when Bravo and
Beverley headed him, the race being reduced: to a match
between the pair, but otter taking the lent fence the favourite
took a clear lead, and lamming his advantage from the die-
' tame won by ten leogths. A bad third. Barbadoce sad
Oxygen, both of whom refused during the tea, walked is
next ride by side, but nothing else paired the post. Idiot
came down a "cropper" a quarter of a mile from home, and
Violet fell heavily after going once round the course, and
broke bee back.
Tug Honoolusue ARTILLERY STEEPLICHASE CUP, value
1001., entrance three guineas,wieners extra. About
two miles and a half.
Mr. Coleman's Doctor, 124 (Owner) 1
Mr. Torn Jay's Musketeer, 12st Owner)
Mr. J. W. C. Hall's Half Skin (late Ploughby) (Inc.
:—N 71b.
extra), 12471 b (Owner) II
The following alto rnnitropn, Oscar. Mr Robert. and
Amazon.
Bating : 2to l each apt Ma keteer and Oscar, 3 to I
apt Sir Robert, sto 1 apt AM/SOO. Half Skin was first
off, next to whom came Nitrogeo, Musketeer, Amazon and
Doctor, but Amazon fell in the second field, and Musketeer
soon afterwards took up the rmmog, but Doctor, who ran
wide, joined him at the brook, and, beading him imme-
diately, held the lead to the end, and won very easily by
six leogthe • Musketeer defea Half Skin by a like die-
tame for second place, but tedDoris of the others pared the
post.
,ADDHIONAL ARRlVALS.—Bristles, Portland, and Innellan.
Manchester is struck out of the Ealing Grand Open
Steeplechase.