The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-12 00:00:00

THE FENIAN TRIALS AT MANCHESTER.

MANCHESTER, kloNnar.
The trials for riot and assault, arising out of the
recent Fenian outrage, against Thomas Smiley. Edward
Kennedy, and William Murphy, was resumed this morn-
ing at 10 o'clock at the Assize Court, before Mr. Justice
Blackburn. Mr. Pickering, Q.C. end Mr. Sowler,
appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Cottingham defended
Kennedy and Murphy, and Mr. Ernest Jonas Scalier.
The jury were absent for about an hour, when they
returned into court with a verdict of Guilty against Scally
and Murphy. Kennedy was Acquitted on the ground of
an insufficiency of evidence. Sentence was deferred.

Tat FENIAN TRIALS IN DUBLlN.—Halpin ad-
dressed the jury in his own defenoe yesterday with con-
siderable ability, his speech occupying the greater part
of the day. The Solicitor• General replied, and the Chief
Baron will sum up to-day.

AosicuvruPAL PamPacre.—The week opened
with a think foggy morning, but the day proved fine and
sunny at times, but rather cold, with barometer very high.
Monday was again dry, with • thick atmosphere ; field-
work proceeding with activity, and a good deal of wheat
went into the ground in fins order, a prime seed-sample
being deposited. Tuesday the morning was dry and
frosty, and autumnal tillage was prosecuted vigorously.
Wind, N. ; thermometer 48 degrees in the morning, 52
degrees at mid-day ; barometer, 30.30 inches. Our ad-
vices on that day were as follows :—From Northumber-
land : " The weather has been changeable since our hat,
with the wind from the W. and N.W. To-day was fine
and frosty." From Suffolk on the borders of Norfolk it
was remarked, " Wheat sowing is nearly completed."
From the West Riding of Yorkshire : "Weather is fine for
seeding and thrashing too, being mostly dry. Turnips and
mangolds are being got up in fine order, but potatoes
are still reported bad in many places." From the East
Riding it was stated : " Weather continues as fine as pas-
sible for the season of the year, and seldom or ever has
a finer seed-time been experienced. A larger breadth of
land than usual has this autumn been sown with wheat,
and under the most favourable circumstances." Wednes-
day was a *old breezy day, the thermometer of the pre-
vious night having registered 32 degrees; wind N.N.E. ;
barometer 30.30 inches. From the west coast of Scotland
it was remarked : " Since yesterday the weather has been
dry and frosty." Field-work has consequently been con-
tinued with much activity throughout the length and
breadth of the land. Thursday proved another fine and
tolerably bright day, with the thermometer the same as on
the previous night. The farmers could not have • better
time for every description of out-door work. Our advice'
from Warwickshire ran : " With the exception of Friday
last, when we had a very wet day, the weather during the
week has been most favourable for autumn sowing and
planting, and • large breadth of land has been completed."
From Suffolk: "We have happily an unusually fine
wheat-seed, end, as far an covenants permit, every available
piece of land will be planted with wheat." On Friday
the morning was cold after the same register of tempora-
-1 Lure as during the previous two nights, with another fine
day for field-work. Our advice, were as under—from
Lincolnshire : " Wheat sowing is getting fast completed,
and the weather has been very favourable for this. Early-
sown fields are coming up strong and vigorous, and if open
weather continues • strong plant may be looked for. This
is very desirable, as when the root gets firm hold of the
land it ia less liable to become thin during the winter."
From Norfolk it was remarked : " There is a continuance
of fine weather, and the winds are mostly from the west-
ward." Saturday was a remarkably thick foggy day, with
the barometer higher than it has been all the season
which may portend sharp frost at no great distance. Am;
wheat tillage draws to a close the farmers will have more
time to attend to thrashing, and the markets may be better
supplied with wheat than of late. On the amount they
bring forward will depend the prices of the day. No doubt
they are now satisfactory, and if they remain as high as at
the present moment the growers will derive a good return,
but it must be borne in mind that the yield is a very bad
one, as now questioned no longer, and that this must have
considerable influence on the markets up to another har-
vest.—Mark-lane Express.
THE METROPOLITAN STREET TRAFFIC ACT.
Lad night a meeting of oostermongen was held at the
Nag's Head, Leather-lane, for the purpose of forming "A
General Dealers' Protective and Benevolent Society." Mr.
W. Osborne occupied the chair, and said that in Wal-
worth, Bermondsey, Limehonse, and near Pettiooat-lane,
the new Traffic Act had been put in force, and was likely
to be attended with most iIIJUIIOUII consequences. The
oostermongers were a very useful class of people, who pro-
vided cheap and good food for the poorer classes of the
metropolis, and he considered that any legislative measure
interfering with their interests demanded the strictest and
most serious consideration. In London at present there
were legalised obstructions for the upper and middle
classes, in the shape of thousands of cabs, which blockaded
the public st,'eets, and in many instances for the habits.*
of the Haymarket, and he did not see when such ob-
structions were tolerated by the authorities, that
a class so useful as the oostermongers should be sub-
jected to police persecution. The Home Secretary
bad urged on a recent occasion that the costermongers
should have opposed the bill on the occasion of its pisauig
through the House of Lords ; but how was it possible that
illiterate men could have taken action in such a matter
The Chairman then read the draught of iesolotions passed
at a preliminary meeting, by which it appeared that the
object of the association was to obtain the repeal of the
Street Traffic Act, or some alteration in its working ; and
to anply to parliament to fix upon places in the metropolis
similar to the cabstands, where general dealers might
carry on their trade in a lawful way. Mr. Davis, in the
aurae of some remarks, said we have no proper retail
markets in London as they have in Pans. The best means
of obviating the difficulty in the act of parliament would
be to legalise costermongering by licensing the coster-
mongers, and supplying each with • badge and a copy of
fixed regulations. Mr. Sweeny moved that a petition he
framed and presented to the Home Secretary praying that
the provisions of the Street Traffic Act beam( upon the
out-door dealers he amended. The resolution was
seconded and carried unanimously. It was then announced
that meetings of the society would be held every Monday.

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