The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-03 00:00:00

THE FENIANS AT MANCHESTER.

COMMENCEMENT OF THE DEFENCE.

SEVERAL POLIORIIEN AT ROCRDALE REPORTED

TO HAVE BEEN SHOT.
(THLS DAY.)
(nos ma ows oossuroxotss.)
(BT TRU:GRAPH.)
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.

The defence of the Fenian prisoners commenced
this morning. Mr. Roberts grid the attack, from the
appearance of the van, was probably the work
of but few, and allowing for the escape' of
some, several of the prisoners were possibly innocent ; an
alibi was necessarily the only defence in such a case ; it
was an honourable one, and he should cs'll witnesses to
establish one for some of his clients,

It is widely rumoured in Manchester that several polies-
men have been shot this moining i•I Rochdale, but there
are no particulars.

SHOCKING CRIME IN RUSSIA.

The Intalick Russe, of the 27th ult., records a
case of a peculiarly horrible character, which has just
been heard before the criminal tribunal of Vladimir. d
man named !Cumin, a member of a numerous and fanatical
Russian sect called the sect of the Savior-, lately Hued
his own son, and offered bim as a sacrifiee so God. The
narrative in the Russian joutaal is as follows:

"The doctrine of this sect consists in an absolute ne-
gation of all earthly property. An adherent possesses
nothing whatever, and according to his notions ern/thing
around him is evil personified. Such ideas naturally
prompt these unhappy men to seta of frightful
despair. They believe it is neesesaly to constantly
implore the mercy of the Saviour by eves/ means, for it is
he alone who can save them. The accused person, who
was 27 years of age, killed his son, a little boy of seven, in
the conviction that the act would be agreeable to the
Saviour. His own account of the crime is as follows : ' One
night I felt so strongly that the human race must soon
perish th►t I could not get a moment's sleep. I rose and
lighted all the lamps before the images of the saints and
throwing myself on my knees I fervently prayed God to
save me and my family. Suddenly the idea came to me
of raving my son from eteiasl damnation, for as
this only child was a beautiful boy and finer
than moat boys of his age, I fond that he
would become, after my death, the prey of bell, and I
determined to sacrifice him to the Lord. Filled with
this idea I continued to pray. I said to myself that if
during my prayer the thought of sacrificing my son to God
came to me from the right side I would execute it ; if, on
the contrary, it came from the left, I would give it up ;
for, according to our religious teachings, the thought
which comes from the right side is from our good angel'
and that from the left is the instigation of
the devil. After a long prayer, the thought came
to me from the right side, and I returned full of joy
to the room where my sou slept by the side of my wife•
Knowing that she would oppose the sacrifice which I de-
sired to offer to God, I sent her to the market to pur-
chase provisions. When she had gone, I awoke my child,
and said to him, ' Get up, my son, put on thy white shirt,
that I may admire thee.' I When he had done this I laid
him on the bench, and stabbed him several times in the
stomach." The child in struggling fell frequently upon the
knife, and when found was covered with wounds. The
father, it seems, intending to end the lad's sufferings, cut
the stomach open from top to bottom ; but even then he
lingered for • little while. This frightful scene occurred
just before sunrise. Kursin says that just as
the child had breathed his last, the first rays
of the sun shone through the window and in a moment of
ecstacy he fell on his knees and implored God to merci.
fully receive this sacrifice. Kursin continued his narrative
in these terms, ' Just as I bad thrown myself before the
holy images and as my son was lying in his blood the
door opened and my wife came in. She instantly saw
what had passed, and, seized with horror, she fell senseless
to the ground. I raised her, and I said, 'Go to the mayor
and tell bin, all. lam going to give a fete to the saints."'
We learn further from the Russian journal that Kursin,
after he had been sent to prison, resolutely refused all
kind of nourishment, and died of starvation before the
sentence upon him could be executed.

WEATHXR REPORT.-(TFILS DAY.)

TRUILSDIS, OCTOBER 3, • LK.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,.

(THIS DA Y. )

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
TI HE W. SHILPILARD.
The bankrupt, who was dark to an accountant, and fad
also acted., secretary to a rowing club, applied for as ante
of discharge. His unsecured debts were 03/., and he hid
also incurred liabilities of 1801. on accommodation Link
Mr. Aldridge appeared for the official assignee, and Hr.
Beard opposed for a creditor.
In answer to questions, the bankrupt stated that he had
become liable on the accommodation bills in order to sive
a friend from a criminal prosecution. He received me
considerat:on whatever for signing the bills, and felt that
he had been you foolish. His arilary was 100/. • year.
and although he was anxious to aatufy the liabilities ,which
he regarded as debts of honour, he considered his income
was too limited to admit of his making any proposal to his
creditors.

Ms Honour said that as the bankrupt had incurred the
liabilities without reasonable means or expectation of
meeting them, the order of discharge must be 'upended for
six months, but protection would be granted.