The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-07 00:00:00

[Y' i 1 .14. ADDreitoial]

loth Wilson got up 4ouut :4 a cilma, AU 11 My.
have • cup of tea, and be would go into the country. lle
to a Bell Vue 'bug at Piccadilly, at half-put t. Kra
, Mao Flasovia, and a little girt wen with ►im.
The enact wifenrged it 1 tiU 2 for %be attendance of
some wltneeeee.

The first witnem called after the adjournment was
John Knott, of 37, St. Anchewletreet, who deposed—
I remember the day the van was attacked. On that day
I saw Boyland close to St. Aloyaius's Church, in Ogden-
dant. That was between liaK-pest 4 and 6 o'closk. I
have known him a great many yam. It was the time
they were bringing Allen down.. Allen was then in cus-
todiLyranizand was then with me,
a governs. 'so gentleman's family,
deposed—l sin icing to Pans tonight. I refuse to give
evidence now.
Mr. Powier—But you must give H.
Witnese—l resionbee the low of September, the day
when the atria was reeds on the van. That day I was
walking out I know where the City Gaol is. I saw the
CrWilson thetday. There were some ladies d his
ieran with him. I recollect the van coming ulla bringing
some one to the gaol There were policemen in the cab.
When the cab came up Wilson was at the public-house,
and I spoke to him. I don't know the etnot of the Wait-
house. It is near the gaol gem ; I believe on the left
hand side. I was alone. That was about tea minutes to
f our. —By Goulds I believe I law you there shout the same
time and pines as I saw Wine—Bp Mr, Him*: Wileon
had his wife and sister-in-law and his little girl with him.
I have known him about two months. I don't know him
eery well, hat I have been intioditoed to hint ones. It
was • friend who introduced me, a gentleman friend named
Jones. I don't know his (Wade. He is now in America.
I deal know where he lived: I first mat Jonas when I
was at hems, near Liverpool. I told yen before I don't
know where Jones lived. Ha first called as our house.—
Mr. Higgin •. Where was that 6—Witnies Am I obliged
to tell—Mr. Higgfn : Yea—Wilma wrote the address
down.—Mr. Higgin • This is when Jens called on you,
sad you were living.there 7—Wltnees : Tee I was intro.
rimed to Mr. Jams by a pawn named Nolen there I sin
Own Paris to-night. I can't my when I shall stay ;
but if you like I will write you from there and tell you.
lam going with the family. I first now Wilson and his
companions at the publiohons does. as I was paring It
was an seednial misting, I had been twice to
Wilson's hones. The Name they. Were standing at
was opposite Belle Vac—Mr. Might : Opposite to the
gates : Yee. It is met Vulti
the turnpike. It is on the left hand side. I went up to
speak to than. I don't know where they went to when I
parted from thew I went home.. I hays not been in
court or In the gallery daring the ingehp.—Witness, at
Mr. Higgln's request, wrote dawn the name of the family
with whom she was now ling, and the address, and
handed it to the harped cone 1.—14. Man see' : When
did you leave hen on the afternoon of the ltith alt? At
three o'clock.—Hr. Maki: • Add you were going to the
city gad? Yes, ser.—Mr. lUggla : It's a bang way per
the city gaol to hen. Do ,you still Nersist in saying that
it was three o'clock when you left ? Yes, sir.—Were
you at the Albertetnet station bet ? No, sir.—
Lad have not been la thin newt at all dosing it", in-
quiry?
Mr. Roberts applied that this witness might be at once
bound over to appear seeerithimm at KsoeMsee, which was
grouted.
Wit mesa—By Mr. Wiggle; (dace shake hands with
Gould at Albertortreet ittallon *rift, or the night
before. I did so awes, 'I etaltmastly the day. It was
one day this "ink.
Mary, wife of TimonhP i nolw, living at 4,
Beilwapetweet, depesed—l keitert and have dove
so fee 'crystal years. 4 Sew hIR tie ref)) of the attack
on the van first between has • 0 o'eloit in his own
house. It was near two ir hi got oat of bed.
He had buried a chit the Sight Wets, sad had been
drinking. I was in tits horreniith him until after two
o'clock. Then at s little afteetrust we left home together
to go to the Belie Tee iprienti Le. Olarke wee with
us till we got to the beaten .01dhaseetrest, where Mu.
Clarke left us. We there got into an manibus for Belle Vile
On the wir.t., the omnibus and broke a
square of one of the wjarlows, The ariciput at
the tt49 9 fh9 "Yen, Ira we ail of Use OM.
mode we got to the raw side of the arch, opposite the
prison, as the driver and guard were on the top of the 'bus,
and I think they were both drunk. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
were with me when we got out. It wee Johnson's omni-
boa. There was a child with us ; it was Wilson. child.
He carried it all the way. We went Into a beemhop, and
called for bread and cheese and ale. Wilson asked for
spirits, and the lady said she was sorry she could not sell
him any. The spirits wen for the ladies ;he wanted beer
himself. By Gould: Yon canmup and spoke. The cab pasted
UMW apsaklag with. pos. Theeeloalsizse mad the
policeman seemed very excited.—Gould I think the
policeman was Yarwood.— Witness continued: Yon left
me shortly alter, and walked towards Manchester.
Thore was a confusion, and we came to the door to see
what it wan. By Mr. Higgin : I saw the prison van. I
was coming towards Manchester, a few yards away from
the public-house, when the van peened towards the prison.
We did not see the van when we were leaving Manchester.
We got into as omnibus at Piccadilly at half-past three.
I cannot ay how long it took to drive up to Hyde-road,
We did not go to the gardens. We could not get out of
the omnibus until we got in front of the gaol. We re-
turned to Wilson's house, where we spent the evening.
Mr. Higgin—Do you knew a man of the mere of Joan?
Wines—De you mean Ernest Joan? (Laughter.) Mr.
Higgin—Don't you know any other but Ernest Jones ?
We all know him. Witness—l had seen Gould before
that day, but not in Liverpool Miss Finegan is a '
governess. I don't suppose she was ever in Ireland. She
was see born then. I understood she was born in Staf-
fordshire. Ido not know whether she lived at Liverpool.
I don't know Miss Flanagan. Miss Flanigan and I went
to the Albert-street Station. Ido not know whether she
was ammainted with Gould.
The priener Gould applied that Police-constable Tar-
wood should be pet into the witnembox.
George Yarwood, in reply to Gould, said—l was the
offioer who drove in the cab from the van to the gaol I
had my head out of the window. I was not striking the
top of the cab with my hands in an excited state.
The Gould—Then, I demand that the cab-driver
be nod.
itmes.—l did not see the last witness at the entrance
to the gad or a child with her. I did not see you on the
I "sa-

Goald—h's a d—d lee. Yon want to get me con-
victed.

Andrew Drysdale, police-inspector, said, in reply to
Gould—l WAS on duty at Albert-street station when you
were arrested. You were chained both at hands and feet.
Ido not know that you had them on all night. You had
them on the next morning. I think you had them on when
the whalers were called to identify you. I believe all the
prisoners were chained. (Allso—l wee not. I should
think the chains would make you remarkable. AM the
men that were brought in with you were chained hands
and feet, and, as far as I know, the chains were left on all
night
Jolla Gee, superintendent of police, was examined by
the prisoner Gould, and said—l was 'present at Albert-
I street station when you were brought in. You were
chained, and the chains were left on all night. I was pre-
sent next morning when the witnesses identified you. I
have no doubt that the chains attracted attention, and that
witnesses were more likely to notice it. I think people
when they saw you chained would oome to the verynatiand
conclusion that you were a very dangerous character and
had committed a great offense. You and another man
were chained when we brought you to court.
The prisoner Gould said ho wanted the principal warder
from the Belle Vue Prison to come forward to show why
he (Gould) had been submitted to the indignity of being
dressed in pnson clothes. He submitted that this in-
dignity had been put upon him beanies he was an Ameri-
can elitism. He was as American anima—he was proud
of being so—but he believed it was in coospaenoe of
this, that the indignities bad been heaped upon him since
his *neat.

Mr. Fowler said the principal warder was not present.
He should take oare that the fact of the prisoner epplyie(
for him should appear en the depositiona.
John Nolan was called by Mr. Roberts to speak in favour
of the prisoner Boyland.
The prisoner Allen said he had some witnesses, but he
would not call them at the present time.
Mr. Cottingham said, as far samarded the other prisoners
whom he represented, he would not call witnesses until
their trial. . . . . .

—ilr.Noberts said that there had been great difficulty in
obtaining witnesses for the defence, but the bench, there-
fore, was not to suppose that there would be no witnesses
called for the defence at their trial.
Mr. Fowler said—We have now come to the end of this
inquiry. All the prisoners have been positively sworn
to by the witnesses as having been present and taken
an active part in the attack which has been the
subject of the inquiry during the last eight days.
Undoubtedly • prima facie case has been established
qrainst them. For many of them alibis have been called
to prove that they were not at the place. It is • question
for • jury,uot for us, to decide. The prisoners are there-
fore committed to take their trial for wilful murder.
Mr. Cottinghain applied that some of the primmer.
might be admitted to bail.
Mr. Fowler said any application for bail must be made
to the court above.
Mr. Roberts—Would your worships permit me to make
an application with regard to the prisoners generally, and
specially for those for whom witnesses to prove alibis have
been called. I believe as with regard to times alibis there
are some whom the prosecution itself, on inquiry into,
would at ewe admit to be truthful—not that
they are in entity mere truthful than others. Now,
sir, Imy Mebane, the ems of Johnsen, • man who
has lied nothing te do with Fenianism or anything else,
and was wer at Ashton-under-Lyme, who, your
molly ill toot, wiled his water sad all the poem

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woo was working with him. I was not able to call the
timekeeper, but I was about toget sabpcsna, sad he
came the next da. Heel convinced not only that thud
alibis are truthful, of that we bays nothing to do, bat
that the prosecution will ascertain that it is truthful.
It is one of those alibi+ that are so clear in themselves that
the prosecution will at oath admit that it is so. There is
*pother with regard to Sculley, whose matter and mistrem
epeak to him—to his mistress going to him in the morning
to the tailor fair whom be was regularly employed, and
burrowing hit:. for the day, and his being seen upon the
shop-board by a young lady who called. And the same
remark applies to Boylan. lam deficient in having the
priest hers (Father Power), but I am convinoed that if the
•pooseant•on do that which I am sure they will do—for I
have sot been utunindful et that fair spirit which Au been
manifested, and I am quite sure they will inquire—
and if, on inquiry, they should be convinced that
there are eases which ought not to be submitted to the
jury, because that would confuse the oases against the
other prisoners ; sad also as to the other prisoners it
would make the cam, if they are guilty one of greater
magnitude, and if they are innocent, of being unjustifiably
dealt with. I ask whether or not you can assist me. I
don't know whether you can suggest whether there should
be another adjournment before you send the case for final
trial, in order that, in the meantime, the prosecution
might inquire into all the oases. I may mention as an-
other case in which I am not exactly employed, but in
which I am certain the man would be found not guilty;
that of Patrick Kelly, of Galway. He is a man of pro-
perty, who brie dwelt in his/wheeler for years. If you can
help these men I ant sure yea will do so. I the ap-
plication is a perfectly reasonable one. It depends upon
the moment of the prosecution. All I my is that the
alibis are as clear as maids those prisoners as with rooked
to those men who have been alseeety discharged.
Mr. Fowler—l emrre fare, by the fair whit whir.-
throughout the in has marked the conduct of the
prosecution, that i on inquiry they find that any one of
the prisoner has been wrongfully committed—that there
is no case for the prosecution against them, they will com-
municate with their solicitor, so as to tumble him at once
to apply for bail for them. I could not adjourn the come
further and the prisoners are now committed.
Mr. itoberts—l hope you don't think MO in error in
making the application.
Mr. Fowler—Oh, no, it is a perfectly fair application,but there aremsny reasons why I cannot grant it.
Mr. Roberts—l believe that five minutes' inquiry would
show that Johnson could act have been there.

Mr. Oottingham, for the prisoners whom he represented,
mrd=duceing made • similar a bastion to the bench.
Mr. Fowler, Mr. Higgi maid—On behalf of
the magietraka he to thank himn, for the amiatanoe
he had given them in eon the 011110.
Thep prisoners Daniel Redden and Francis Mammals
were called into the dock and remanded until Monday
week. Macnamara had been apprehended at Glossop by
the Cheshire constabulary. He had been seen about that
town from the day after the mime. On being brought to
Manchester he was reccepaieed by one of the policemen as
one of those who attacked the van, and as the one who held
• revolver to the heed of the driver, following him round
the van with it.
After the court adjourned the prisoners were on this
occasion removed undor military meat to the New B•iloy,
which is the neared county PA, and where it is mid they
will have a military guard up to the time of trial.

TRH PROPOSID CAPTURE OP THS ARMOURY AT
Bininct-cron-Tweno sr Firstaus.—We are now in •
position to lay beim* the publie the course adopted by the
police authorities which prevented an attack upon the
at Berwlek.upon-Tweed by members of the
Fenian herhood. It appears that last week a letter
which bears the post-office mark of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
end which was addressed to • certain person in Manchester,
amidientally fell into the hands et the officers connected
with the detective polies form in Loudon, and which
minutely detailed a plot for the purpose of seizing the
armoury at Berwick-upon-Tweed. The letter, with the
emission of names and initials, is so follows :—" Dear
—,—Received yours; can make sheet work of them;
up guard kept at night j bUpt6k Tsui sea sealed thaete.
I• • •An - ••••••+-• _
sew .vita Ibu lbont 80 line; aces. i—
armoury, also di field-pieces sad seven 32-pounders,
besides ammunition for the volunteers. No one in barracks
but the militia staff and families, about 13 soldiers in all,
sad a number of them generally out at night. We will
'roily manage it in one night, and— [Here follow partien-
lars as to the movements of certain members of the Fenian
body, which are suppressed for obvious reasons.] We
can amber 33, with and —, all true. Be here as
soon as ponsible. Just one gunboat hare. Ism making
=inents with [several and towns men-
istrriog the hags whisk will mem dart[ the week.
We can muster from 150 to 900. We will settle and be at
Mein about a month. We are sure of success.
t aspect insistence from the soldiers and the barracks,
but if they do we will do the usual. We hope to have it
settled by this time next month." After this sentence
followed some writing in cer, which of coune is un-
readable. On this letter being received by the police
authorities in London, Segment Langley was despatched
to Berwick-upon-Tweed. On his arrival he found that the
statement relative to the armoury was minutely and parti.
cularly correct, and that the formidable garrison of 13
was the number of soldiers who guarded it. After receiv-
ing his communication from London, the mayor, Mr.
James Pante, immediately convened a meeting of the ma-
gistrates to take steps to protect the armoury. This meet-
ing was attended by the commander of the armoury and
also the commander of the gunboat, and measures were
promptly carried out which entirely removed any appre-
hension that might arise as to any Fenian attack. The
matter, of course, although for reasons of public safety it
was kept as quiet as possible, eventually oozed out and
seated a vest excitement in the old town of Berwick-
nipon-Tweed.
SERIOUS EXPLOSION AT WOOLWICH ARSINAL.
—On Saturday morning a frightful explosion took place in
the filling department of the Royal Arsenal, No. 6 shed,
by which nearly thirty lads were all more or lees seriously
injured, and some cases will probably terminate fatally.
About half-past eight a.m. the first alarm was given to
Chief Inspector Connelly, of the Royal Arsenal polies
that • fire bad broken out in the east laboratory, when he
and • detachment of police at once hastened to the spot
with the engine and four hose reek. They were all in
readiness in the course of a few minutes, but fortunately
the fire bad been put out by the workmen at hand. On
entering the shed, which is a square building with an iron
roof, having four windows and a table for filling pellets all
round the inside, a dreadful sight was revealed, for no
fewer than twenty-seven poor lads out of thirty engaged
in the work were found to have been frightfully
burned by the explosion of the pellets, and thir-
teen were in such a dangerous state that they were at once
ordered to be removed to the surgery by Mr. Mallieu,
where they were taken on stretchers, and were attended
to directly by Drs. Driscoll and Temple, who swathed
their calcined bodies and limbs in layers of wool or cotton
steeped in oil and chloroform. The agony of the sufferers
seemed to be most intense, and their cries were most
heartrending every time a gush of fresh air found its way
to their blistered and in some mess shattered frames.
From inquiries made by Captain Boxer, superintendent of
the arsenal, soon after the secidext, it appears from
the statements made by two of the lads that camped
that • lad named }Callow was noticed by them to be
playing with a cap while filling the pellets with powder,
and that they told him of the risk of doing so, as a plan.
tity of finished pellets lay in rows about the bench where
he amt. He however continued playing till the cap ex-
plod. d, and the other pellets catching fire too, all went off
together, blowing the end windows out, and tearing off
, part of the iron roof. The abed was under the charge
I of Halliday, a foremen, at the time, but it is reported he
seamed uninjured. The excitement at the time, and foe
two hours after, was very great, both in the arsenal rod in
Woolwich, Plumstrad, and Charlton. from which places
friends and relatives of arsenal workmen poured by hun-
dreds to the spot asking anxiously for particulars, but all
entrance was peremptorily stopped, the order being for no
one to be admitted to see the sufferer, till Monday, which
has caused some most painful wens at the gate ; one
woman in widow's weeds in particular sobbed and craved
admission' saying her boy was amongst the sufferers,
and that she had lost her whole support in him.
It is understood that the medical men in charge of the
lads my that if kept quiet they may nearly all reamer,
WOOLWICH, SUNDAY, 9 P.M.-0100f the most injured suf.
ferns by the catastrophe which occurred on Saturday, at
the laboratory department of the Royal Arsenal, a lad
named Piggs, has just breathed his last, at the infirmary
of the establishment, in the presence of his father, who is
a workman employed at the dockyard, and a full staff of
medical officer,. At this hour, we regret to state, that of
the thirteen now remaining at the infirmary, it is greatly
feared that three of the worst cases cannot survive during
the night.
AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC TAKEN POSSESSION
OF FOR TER UNITED STATEL—SAN FRANCISCO, Barr. 17.
The schooner Milton Badger has returned front Brook's
Island. She left at anchor off the island the United States
ship Lackawanna, on an exploring expedition. The Badger
anchored three-quarters of a mile from the shore, dis-
charged her cargo safely, and left on the island Captain
Burdett and eight men. The island is situated in latitude
28 deg. 13 min. north, longitude 177 deg. min. weak
The steamers of the China line can anchor four miles off
the island, in about eight fathoms of water. The island
will be used as • depot for these dampen. The Badger
took the first instalment of supplies.—Nets York Tribune,
Sept. Zl.
CRYSTAL PALACE. HALF-A-CROWN DAT.
HATLISDAY, OCE. s.—Admissions on payment. 1,111 ;
ditto by season tickets, 4,963 ; total visitors. 6,094.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.—The
number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending sth October, was 2,997, of which 1,043
wen pew OWL