The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-19 00:00:00

M. KOSSUTH.

TURIN, SEPT. Mil
A declaration of Herr Kossuth has been pu
lished here in which he denies the truth of the
statement of the Prune, of Vienna, that he had seen
Count Stackelberg at Dieppe. He states that he
never had any interview with any agent of Prussia.
He likewise declares that he will never entpr into
any relations with Russia, the executioner of Hun-
gary and Poland, and the eternal enemy of free-
dom. There will never be anything in common
between Russia and him. In conclusion, he states
that Herr Tzilagyi has gone to Berlin without any
mission from him.

THE BovEnany Commmiox.—The boundary
commissioners for Westminster held a court yesterday, for
the purpose of settling the boundaries of the borough of
Westminster. General liainbrigge remarked that the
boundaries of Westminster might be said to have been de-
fined from the time it was known as Thorney Island. Mr.
Smith said be should wish a portion of Sit. Margaret's,
Westminster, added to the borough of Chelsea. The com-
missioners did not think that could be done. Mr. Rogers
(vestry clerk) said they might alter the boundaries for re-
gistration purposes, but not for rating. Mr. Senior s►id
they had power to enlarge the boundaries, but not to
curtail them. In this particular case it would add to the
borough a few yards, which would come nut of the new
borough of Chelsea. The commissioners then proceeded
to define the limits so as to assimilate the parliamentary
and parochial boundaries.

Mast WI MtWarp.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 18.
The Warrior, 40, iron screw frigate, Captain
Henry Boys, was inspected this morning by Admiral Sir
I Thomas S. Peaky, Bart.
The Duncan, $l, screw, Captain Thomas Fellow's, mailed
from Spithead this afternoon for Leith.
The Tamar, iron screw troopship, Captain Francis W.
Sullivan, C. 8., was taken out of the dock this morning.
The Fox, screw storesbip, Statf.Commander Henry A.
Moriarty, arrived at Spithead this evening from Ply-
mouth.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 18.—Commander Marcus E.
Smithett, to the Aboukir ; Midshipman Frederic B. War-
ren, Horace R. Adams, and Wm. C. Atherton, to the
Challenger, additional, for dispasaL The Lords of the
Admiralty have cancelled the award of the lieutenant's
naval pension of 50/. • year to Commander Aaron S.
Symes, as it appears that Commander Richard N. Wil-
liams, in whose supposed vacancy he was appointed, is not
dead ; but it is understood that Commander Syses will be
granted the next lieutenant's pension whisk may become
vacant.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—Yesterday four
more of the steam transport. engsged in the Abyssinian
expedition sailed from the Mersey for the Capo of Good
. Rope and Bombay. The names of these vessels are the
Kangaroo, Bosphorus, West Indian, and City of Manches-
ter. There only remains one vessel now in port destined
for Abyssinian service, viz., the City of Dublin. This
' vessel, which received some damage by a collision, has had
to gointo dock for repairs, and will sail no doubt on &du-
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SERIOUS FENIAN mars AT MANCHESTER.

SEVERAL POLICLILEN SHOT.

RESCUE OF PRISONERS.

The Manchester police about a week ago appre-
hended two men, who spoke with Irish-American accent,
and who were loitering about the streets in a suspicious
manner between three and four in the morning. They
gave names which are supposed to be false, and claimed to
be American citizens, but are quite unknown. They were
supposed to be plotting the robbery of a shop, and on being
taken into custody offered great resist race, trying to get
their hands in their pockets, where each had a loaded re-
volver. They were brought up under the Vagrant Act,
and remanded. From communications with the Irish police,
some of whom have visited Manchester, it is confidently
expected that these men will prove to be the notorious
Fenian known as Colonel Kelly and Captain Deasy. On
their being brought up a second time at the Manchester
l'olice.court yesterday, they were again remanded for
further inquiry. They were placed in a cell, with a
view to removal to the City Gaol, Bellevue. About
three o'clock the van was drawn up in front
of the police-court to remove all the prisoners
to gaol, and amongst them the two Fenian'. At this time
the police noticed two men hanging about whom they sus-
pected to be Fenian, and a policeman made a rush at one
of them to arrest him, in which he succeeded, but not
till the man had drawn a dagger, and attempted to stab
him, the blow being warded off—the other suspected person
made his escape. In consequence of this Kelly and Deasy
were put in irons before being taken to the van. When the
van left the city it had to proceed over Ardwick•green
and along Hyde-road, a fine open street lead-
ing to the gaol, and nearly a mile in length.
It was drawn by two horses, and was guarded
behind by seven policemen. The van had proceeded about
half a mile up this road when, on passing under the via-
, duet which carries the London and North Western Rail-
, way across, with an open field on the right, a volley of
shots was fired at it. The policemen, not seeing where
the shots came from, dropped off the van and spread
themselves out wide. There was then a rush of thirty to
forty Irishmen upon the police and upon the van. One
man had a hatchet, another a hammer, and a third a
bayonet, with which they set to work to break open the
van. One man took a revolver and fired it into the lock.
Ultimately men with large stone", one of them nearly a
hundred pounds weight, broke through the top of the van
and the petunia of the dour behind, and set all the pri-
soners, including the Fenian", at liberty. The policemen
collected in a body, and made a rush to prevent the pri-
soners being liberated, but several revolvers were dia.
charged amongst them, and one constable was shot over
one of his eyes, causing the eye to protrude, and was
taken to the infirmary. A young man, • bystander, was
shot through the heel. It is expected that the Fenian',
being in irons, will be recaptured.
The streets of Manchester were in a state of great
excitement all the evening. The officer shot in the head
is Sergeant Brett : the ball peened through his head and
lodged in his hat. William O'Meara Allen, said to have
fired the fatal shot, was chased and taken. Detective
Bromley received • shot in one of his thighs. Another
policeman was shot in the back and wounded, though but
slightly. Both the horses in the van were shot, and the
driver knocked off his box with a stone.

Three wen were escorted to the Town•hall by the
dragoons, who are identified as having taken part in the
rescue.

The Secretary of State has authorised a reward of three
hundred pounds for the re-capture of Kelly and Deasy ;
and the Manchester corporation offer two hundred for the
apprehension of the men concerned in the rescue.
Allen is said to have acted as captain of the rescuing
party, and had been waiting with a number of followers
for hours before the van arrived. He shot at the driver
and policeman on the box, as well as at the horses,
shooting one through the neck. He also fired at Brett,
who was inside the van, and tumbled out when the door
was forced open.
The following police notice was issued from Scotland-
yard last night:—" Three hundred pounds reward.—
Whereas, two prisoners who were charged at Manchester
with being concerned in the Fenian conspiracy were this
day violently rescued from custody by an armed mob, and
escaped. Description of the prisoners.-Ist. Colonel
Thomas J. Kelly, age 36, height .ift. Gin., hair cropped
close, whiskers and beard brown, eyes hazel, fiat nose (large
nostrils), stout build, one tooth deficient next to double
one on right top side, scar over right temple, small
scar inside of right arm, large scar on inside
of belly from an ulcerated wound. Dress, brown
mixture suit, cost (with pockets at sides), deerstalker hat.
2nd.—Captain Timothy Deasy, age twenty-nine, height
lift 10in., complexion swarthy, eyes hazel, hair and mous-
tache dark brown, whiskers shaved off, proportionate
make, long face, sickly appearance, 'peaks a strong Ameri-
can accent. Dress, dark pea jacket, dark grey trousers,
deerstalker hat. The above reward will be paid by her
Majesty's government to any person or persona who will
give such information as Atoll lead to the recapture of
the escaped prisoners. Information to be given at any of
the metropolitan or other police-stations in the country.
Metropolitan Police-office, Sept. 18, 1867."

A FecrioN FIGHT IN IRELAND. —One of those
disgraceful scenes that unfortunately occur so often of late
years in this country took place in Connaught-street,
Athlone, en Sunday last, in a public-house kept by a
man named Curley. After two o'clock, the hour
appointed for opening public-houses, a number of men,
cruelly belonging to the fanning-class, named Comilla,
Brothers, Tallys, and Hugheses, went together to drink.
After drinking together for some hours, a quarrel arose
between the Curniffs and Hugheses about land, which
has been a long time in dispute between the two factions.
After a great deal of angry words, Thomas Curniif
stood up and said there was not a Hughes in Monk-
laud that the Comilla of Beaugh were able to
beat. One of the Hughes observed that Sunday was
a very bad day to be carrying on such disputes, and if
they wanted to settle any dispute to meet at some parti-
cular place, adjoining their own homes, and do so. This
was taken as a kind of challenge, and Thos. Curniff re-
plied that they would put a beginning on the dispute
before they would leave, and finish it on their way home
on the following morning. The Curniffs end Tally'
immediately struck the Hugheses with blackthorn sticks
and other weighty bludgeons, and cut them in a frightful
manner about the head and face. The Buchner were not
prepared for this attack, as they had no stacks with them.
One of the Curniffs kept his back to the door to prevent
any person coming in. Fortunately, Curley, who kept the
public-house, succeeded, with the asdatance of some of his
neighbours, in getting the door opened and rescuing the
Hugheses, but not till they were frightfully mangledabout
the bead and face. They obtained summonses yesterday
against the Cumiffs and Tally. for neat petty sessions,
to answer the charge fur the wanton and cowardly attack.
—Dublin Express.

THE MESSIAH AT THE AGRICULTURAL-HALL.

Yesterday evening Handers oratorio the Messiah
Wu performed in the Agrieultural•hall at Islington. The
Montan, wherever and however performed, never fails to
attract a large audience, and last night the enormous

building on Liington•green was crowded in every part.
Stalls, reserved seats, promenade, and galleries all were
alike packed with interested and attentive auditors. The
principal artistes were Madame Ruderadorff, Miss Lucy
Franklein, Miss Julia Derby, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Mr.
Kerr Gedge, Mr. W. Renwick, and Mr. W. H. Weiss.
The chorus, which consisted of 750 voices, was under the
direction of the National Choral Society ; and the band
of 150 instrumentalists had been selected from the most
eminent members of that society, the Sacred Harmonic
Society, and the orehestras of the Royal Italian Opera
and Her Majesty's Theatre. Under these circumstances,
it is hardly necessary to say that the performance was
one of great merit, and amply repaid those who were
present for any inconvenience which they might
experience from the heat and crowding in the hall.
Neither Madame Ruclersdorff nor Mr. Weiss sang all tho
music that had been assigned to them. Madame Ruder,-
dortf omitted the two airs " How beautiful are the feet,"
and " If God be for us ;" while the air "The people that
walked in darkness," with the preceding recitative, to
which Mr. Weiss's name was attached in the programme.
were sang by Mr. Renwick. In the pieces which they did
sing, however, these two great artistes exerted themselves
to theutmost ; and if one might judge from the silence which
prevailed while they were singing, they made themselves
heard throughout the vast area of the building. Madame
Rudendorff's most successful efforts were made in the
airs "Rejoice greatly," and "Come unto me." W hen she
commenced " I know that my Redeemer liveth" many
persons were leaving the hall, and this circumstance con-
siderably marred the effect of that beautiful
air. Mr. Weiss declaimed the ham air "Why do the
n►tions so furiously rage together" with his usual
spirit and energy ; qualities which equally characterised
his delivery of "The trumpet shall mound," with the
trumpet obbligato played by Mr. T. Harper. Mr. Cam-
wings was a good deal applauded for his tinging of " Corn-
iest ye my people," with the air that followed it ; and Mr.
Gelge made a favourable impression upon the audience by
his performance of the pieces which had been allotted to
him. Miss Julia Derby was hardly able to give due effect to
the recitative, " Behold, a virgin shall oonceive,"or to the
succeeding air, " 0 thou that tellest good tidings ;" but
Miss Lucy Franklein weamore successful with the numbers
which had been assigned to her, and Mr. Renwick sang
his music with taste and correctness, although he was some-
what wanting in expression. The choruses ware generally
well executed, those specially excellent being," For unto
us a child is born"—which obtained the exceptional honour
of an encore—" Surely ho bath borne our griefs," the
Hallelujah chorus, and " Worthy is the Lamb." All these
were sung with great steadiness and regularity ; and no
hesitation or uncertainty was exhibited by any part of the
choir, either in taking up special phrases or uniting in
general harmony. The performance was conducted by
Mr. G. W. Martin, and Mr. F. Kingsbury acted as musical
director.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

THINISDAY, SZ?TUBIR 19, 8 L.

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