The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-17 00:00:00

REAnCiI FOR

A rumour to the cffeet that " Colonel" Kelly,
the notorious Fenian leader who was rescued at Man-
chester, had been either re-arrested or successfully tracked
by the police in Whitechapel, was published in the late
edition of an evening contemporary yesterday, and caused
a good deal of anxiety, if not actual excitement. On in-
quiry the rumour has been found to have h►d its founda-
tion in the fact that a coffee-house in the vicinity of
Spitalfields Church was searched for Kelly on Tuesday
night, and that the police suspect it to be his lurking place
at present. There is no doubt that within the peat few
days the police at the Leman-street (Whitechapel) and
Spited-square stations have been unusually active in their
visits to coffee-houses and other places of resort in which
they might find some trace of the object of their search,
and it is stated that yesterday the authorities at
Scotland-yard sent instructions which caused the
force at Whitechapel to redouble their efforts,
and to closely watch certain houses. The police
observe • strict reticence, and the opportunities
of getting information are very few indeed. There ap-
peared to be an Impression among them last night that a
hoax bad been played upon the authorities at Scotland-
yard for the purpose of putting them off the scent. Be
that as it may, the large number of Fenian sympathisers
who are to be found in the dense Irish population of White-
chapel, and the fact that Fenian meetings have been and
are being held there, give to the statement se to Kelly's
residence there an air of strong probability. It may be
also stated that last Saturday night • concert and ball
for the benefit of the families of the Manchester prisoners
was given in the locality in which the police are searching.

A correspondent, writing from Norwich yester-
day afternoon, says :—" There is no truth whatever in a
statement in the Daily Tekgraph of to-day, that • Fenian 11
attack had been made on the volunteer armoury at Beep-
ham ; and the Chief Constable of Norfolk (Lieutenant-
Colonel Black) has telegraphed to the Home Secretary to
this effect this afternoon. The publication of the report
caused some excitement to-day, but it wee seen from the
first that the Telegraph had been hoaxed. The county
police are investigating the matter, and a clue is believed
to have been found to the offender, who is probably some
stupid countryman ambition' of playing • practical joke.
It is worthy of note that in December • similar story was
propagated from Reephain, that Stephens, the Fenian Head
Centre, had been taken near that place. All kinds of
tales have been circulated in Norwich during the last few
days as to Fenian'. One was that ' Colonel' Deasy had
been taken in Davey-place, Norwich ; another that
troops of the 15th Hussars had been ordered to Manchester,
and another that Manchester had been sacked. These
idle rumours are destitute of any foundation so far as
regards this neighbourhood, which is perfectly tranquiL"
With reference to the alarm at Balmoral, the Scotsman of
yesterday says: —"The rumour that gained ground onMonday
afternoon that her Majesty had been fired at in the neigh-
bourhood of her Highland residence, has been proved by
more particular inquiry to be altogether without founda-
tion. In consequence of communications received by
the authorities, a detachment from the 15th Depot
Battalion, under Captain Hislop, of the 93rd, left Aber-
deen on Monday afternoon for Abergeldie and Inver.
On arriving, some excitement was felt, as there
has been no guard of honour near Balmoral for
the last two years. Forty men were quartered
at Abergeldie, and twenty at Inver. Sheriff Com-
rie Thomson and Major Ross, chief constable for the
county, went to Balmoral the same night, and had
a consultation with General Grey. The cause of suspicion
is kept properly a secret, but certainly the letters received
from the Home-office and other quarters justified the
steps taken by them. The result of the visit to Balmoral
is that in and around that district the police force has
been more than doubled in strength while all the en-
' trances to the Castle, as well as railway stations, are
closely watched by officers in plain clothes. There may
be no cause for alarm, but the authorities have wisely de-
termined to take measures in time. Major Ross was in
attendance at the unveiling of the statue of the Prince
Consort at Balmoral yesterday ; and in the afternoon In-
spector Smith arrived with some special constables by train
leaving Aberdeen at 2.40. Detective Walker, with 13
picked men, left for Balmoral. The force there now of
experienced men is large."
In ReCCTOILLICe with instructions kilned from headqinar-
tem, and with the view, moreover, of satisfying them-
selves that no alarm need be felt in consequence of any
rumours that may have been circulated in regard to Fe-
nianism, the civic authorities at Edinburgh have made it
their business to see that the various volunteerstores in
the city are placed in perfectly safe keeping. Large stores
of arms are retained in many of the depots, though a con-
siderable number of the volunteers keep their weapons in
their own houses. As a further precautionary measure,
the ammunition and arms with which the Edinburgh
Artillery Militia Stores, Baster-road, were furnished, have
been removed from the slender guard maintained there,
to safer custody in the Castle. Special instructions have
been given to the police in regard to their duty in case
of additional rumours arising •, but everywhere the opinion
prevails—and nowhere more strongly thanamong the police
themselves—that no ground exists even for the slightest
uneasiness.

The North British Mail says that "A rumour was cur-
rent on 'Change, at Glasgow, the other day, that a com-
munication had been received from the Home-office by the
authorities of Glasgow, instructing them to be prepared
against • Fenian rising, which it was apprehended might
break out in the city. The authorities, it is said, quietly
and secretly made the necessary preparations, but happily
nothing has yet transpired to justify the apprehensions of
the government. We believe, however, that from some
cause or other an application has within the last few days
been made for revolvers with which to arm our police force.
We published the other day • statement taken from •
London Fenian organ, that there were 23,000 Fenians in
Scotland, the greater number of whom were resident in
Glasgow. Although the estimate is evidently immensely
exaggerated, there is no doubt that there are many
Fenians in Glasgow and the neighbouring towns—a week
ago a body of about 60 having been seen drilling near Rail-
Heston, and a belief prevailing in Wiahaw that a strong
organisation has been formed there. As to our city, though
no overt act has been committed here, yet beyond doubt
the Fenians are very numerous. The fact that they can, as
we pointed out the other day, support an organ, suffi-
ciently proves that."
A detachment of the 751 d Regiment will, we under.
stand, be stationed in Liverpool for the winter months, and
in order that they should be as near as possible to the
neighbourhooda occupied by the Irish, it is understood that
a portion of the troops will he placed in Cornwallis-street,
and another draft of them at the north end.

At Warwick County 5061110113, on Tuesday, the County
Buildings Committee reported that they held a meeting on
the previous day, when a letter was read from the Store-
tiu-y of State for War, inclosing some suggestions which
had been made by Colonel Ward, relative to providing
better security for the militia stores at Warwick and
Leamington. The works would cost 781. The committee
sanctioned the works. Lieutenant-Colonel Granville,
commandant of the 2no Warwick Militia, also suggested
some additional works to protect the militia stores at
Leamington, which the committee did not approve of.
Lord Leigh (lord lieutenant) pointed out the necessity
of the works, owing to the insecurity of the arms. He had,
himself, written to the War-office upon the subject, and if
the government wished the works to be done be hoped the
county magistrates would find the money. The visiting
justices also reported that they had authorised the go-
vernor of the gaol to take measures for the better security
of the prisoners while being removed in the prison van
from the Shire Hall to the gaol, which is situate in the
suburbs of the town, at the sessions and assizes. The sug-
gestion was approved of, and also one, on the part of the
County Police Committee, that the clerk of the peace be in-
structed to apply to the Home Office for the loan of 100
revolvers for the use of the police force. At Leamington
the depot of the volunteers us protected by a volunteer on
duty.

A state of Fenian dread, probably totally unfounded,
seems to have settled upon the East Riding particularly.
At Bridlington, DrifSeld. Melton. Paull, and other places,
the idea has got abroad that the Fenian, intended to seize
the arms of the volunteers, and in some cases these have
been rendered useless by removing nipples, in others they
are guarded. and in ,ome—as at Milton on Tuesday—the
rifles were distributed, each man taking his own in charge.
The whole alarm seems to have sprung out of the arrival
of large numbers of Irish drovers to the Yorkshire cattle
fairs now going on. There has been no attempt to break
the peace, but by orderof the authorities the North Eastern
Company keep trains ready and engines under steam to
convey troops to any quarter where an outbreak may occur.
There are not wanting many who believe the Fenian alarm
to be a hoax. Some excitement was created in York at a late
hour on Saturday evening by one of the Gth Inniakilling
dragoons (which now lie in the York barracks) galloping
through the streets in such hot haste as to indicate a mis-
sion of importance. Inquiry led to its being ascertained
that a telegram had been received byColonel Crawley from
the Horse Guards, instructing that the regiment should
be held in readiness to move at a moment's notice,
and that similar preparations should be made by the
North-Eastern Railway authorities, to make a speedy re-
moval of the regiment when called upon. In the barrack-
yard, and at the York railway station, all was bustle for
some time after ; at the latter place a number of trains
being prepared, and at the former the horses being
saddled and in readiness for emergency. It was understood
that the services of the military might be requirei at two
points—lLiddlesbrough or the neighbourhood of Hull, but
of the two the more likely the latter. The village of Pres-
ton, near Hull, was mentioned as the exact point for the
transfer of the troops. Though engines were kept with
the steam up and attached to the trams, no further order
was received until late ou Sunday, when, through Colonel
Crawley, the Rorie Guards instructed that trains ware to

be kept in readiness for the immediate transfer to any
point which might be directed of Ml) men and hones. This
order still stands, and train, as a oonsequenos, are now
consequently in readiness for the necessary transfer.
The police at Crewe have for some time been watching
certain individuals in that town. They have positive evi-
-1 deuce of a body of men baying been drilled on the Bth in-
stant, and the organisers or local " bead centres" were
apprehended on Monday afternoon. The names of those
apprehended are Bernard Lynagb, clerk, at Crewe works ;
Daniel Gunning, fitter, at Crewe works ; A. Murdoch,
schoolmaster ; and John Hazlett, shoemaker. They
were arrested one by one, and without any
disturbance, and immediately sent away to Ches-
ter. At the Nantwich police-court on Tuesday
four men were charged with attending a certain meeting
and assembly of persons for the purpose of being drilled,
at Crewe, at midnight on the Bth inst. The evidence of
Police-constable Williamson was taken, but the bench
expressed a wish that the information should not be made
public at the present state of the inquiry. It was, how-
ever, deemed sufficient to justify the remand of the pri-
soners until next Tuesday. The priaoners applied for
bail, but their application was refused. Bassett, who is
stated to be a " centre," said he had s complete answer to
the charge.