The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-20 00:00:00

THE FENIAN OUTRAGES.

THREE MORE ARRESTS.

The police have succeeded in effecting the arrest
of three men who, it is believed, were more or less im.
piloted in the plot to blow op the House of Detention.
Last night John Desmond, the brother of the
man Timothy Desmond, already in custody, was appre-
hended. It is said that he was actually present at the
spot when the explosion took place, bat for the moment
this is doubtful. The two other men are named respec-
tively Mahony and English. The arrests were made under
warrants charging the prisoners with treason felony. The
informers—Corydon and Devanny—w:ll, it is understood,
be introduced to the prisoners to-day with a view to their
identification.

THE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE EXPLOSION.

THE INQUEST.

FRIDAY EVENING.

This afternoon the inquest on the bodies of the seven
persons killed by the explosion was held at Newcastle.
The two police-constables, Stephenson and Cutely, who at
the time of the explosion were some little distance off,
and the former of whom received such • severe
shook as to incapacitate him from doing duty,
gave evidence, but could throw no light on the
cause of the disaster. Mr. Bell, a chemical
manufacturer in a large way, whose opinion as a scientific
man was asked on the subject, thought that the nitro-
glycerine exploded spontaneously. The jury, after some
little consideration, returned a verdict of " Accidental
death," and said they were unanimously of opinion that
the law had been grossly violated by the storing of this
dangerous compound, and that it was necessary for the
public safety that the matter should be fully investigated
by the police authorities.

SERIOUS FIRS AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
(THIS DAY.)

(BT TTLIMILPIL)

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FRIDAY.

A great fire has been raging since 7 o'clock this
morning in New-buildings, Queen-street, Quayside. It
commenced at the back of the premises of Mears. Bell
and Dunn, ship chandlers. A dozen Arms have suffered.
The damage reaches from 40,0001. to 50,0001.

The Brighton Railway Company have issued a
circular explaining the reasons for their having deposited
a bill asking power to increase the share capital by a nil.
lion. The step ix not owing to any change in the previous
estimates of the position of the company, but simply to be
prepared for any contingencies that may arise out of the
disputed liabilities in respect to the Surrey and Sussex
and other lines, amounting to upwards of 500,000&—a sum
which, if raised in the shape of ordinary stock, will require
a nominal issue of 1,000,0001. The company are advised
they are not liable for these °Lima, and the provision is
therefore at present only a matter of precaution.

An application to call up the remaining 551. per
share due from the contributories in the Contract Cor-
poration Company is about to be made to the Master of the
Rolls. The official liquidator is understood to be desirous
of conducting the claim with all possible consideration and
forbearance in the interests alike of the creditors and
shareholders, and it may be hoped the view of the court
will be in harmony with that policy.

. _
We read in the dremager de Toulouse:—" During
the last few days • female clothed in the garb of the
ancient pilgrims has attracted attention here. She is ayoung
and handsome Spanish lady, named Saturnine Lopez y
Alonzo. Haring been attacked by cholera at Madrid
she made a vow that, should she recover, she would
make a pilgrimage on foot to Rome and Jerusalem. She
has performed her pions undertaking with astonishing
courage. Setting out in March, she arrived at Rome on
the 27th June, and witnessed there the flies of the canoni-
sation, reached Jerusalem in due course, where she visited
all the holy places, and is now returning home."

Dr. Mendelasohn, son of the illustrious com-
poser, and Professor of History in the university of Heidel-
berg. in about to publish the posthumous works of his
father. They comprise • symphony named "The Re-
form," • funeral march composed for the anniversary of
the death of Norbert Bergmtaler, • sonata, and ballads
without words (lieder ohne worte.)
Railway mail trains now run daily between New
York and Cheyenne, in Colorado, at the foot of the Rocky
Mountains, • distance of 1,800 miles.

•
A curious antique and celebrated carving dish
has been placed in the Taunton Museum. Lord Feversham
carved a joint on it the day before the Battle of Sedgmoor,
in 1685, and Macaulay alludes to it in his History of
England. It fetched 65 guineas at a recent isle.
CLERKENWELL AND NEWCASTLE,—Dr. Attfield,
of the Pharmaceutical Society, writes to the Tinges :
" There may be just this connexion between the explosions
of Clerkenwell and Newcastle, namely, that they were
caused by portions of the same parcel of nitro-glycerine.
We are told that some of the canister, were sold weeks
ego, and the original number reduced to about half ; that
the clothes and skin of the persons injured at Clerkenwell
were not discoloured as by gunpowder, but had an odour
se of petroleum ; that the liquid in the canisters was a
solution of nitro-glycerine in wood spirit. These state-
ments, together with the fact that the precaution of di..
solving nitro-glycerine in spirit has on recently bean
adopted, point to the conclusion suggested. The anise of
the explosion at Newcastle is to my mind quite clear.
Nitro-glycerine crystallises from solution in wood spirit,
as sugar from syrup ; nitro-glyoeriae explodes by permis-
sion. The shovel which was used to knock off the ends of
the canisters eontsining the solid nitro-glyceriae doubtless
afterwards came in coutact with souse of the solid nitro
glycerine placed in the soli."