The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-13 00:00:00

WE SPECIAL CONSTABLE 1101

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eltaigain DI OP LONDON iIYIS ea terrioats.
One elf tlie meet intimating soma in connection
with tee preasels will& ham tibia vbs. is any part of
the Mamba tea plies on Berturday night in the voluntary
swords( in as mesa/ esostalthe ef- the Leedom grab Rifle
Volrararms. The Miaquis of Dotopi, as the sommeading
alkerr. respcose to magnums egolleatiose from cam-
bia et his regiment, appointed &XI p.m. for a pen& at
fiemerest-house, without arms, tar the rupees of march-
=some convenient pboe to be sworn in as speaial 000-
The royal parish of St. Marlin* in ihe city of
Weectodugler, i
was appeopriately selected as the post of
honour for the London brisk and notwithstanding the n-
elenesat state of the weather at least 500 of all ranks mus-
tered, and at six e'slosk, leaded by theirhaad, marched to the
masa season the oa ths= sided fit. Nara— 's Church.
Osmanli( Bt. Martin's Boom% Mr. Flowers,
oßow-street ; Kr&hog. Stilwell, and other local
trairl the division. wale preast in readiness to swear
all wbe presented biroselvss, and Miami Wards, of
the Lemke Rifle /tripes, and awned other volunteer
allele% wore presort. Be. Flowers addressed the assem-
bly. He hugged to inform them that he was exceedingly
& esed bristle bower at enrolling so lance a body of
as he then saw present as protector, of
erorriallier la this estuary . He was fully aware that
aothlag eight have boas rifest open the whole country
than sod i thateneleatien enlist IMO mow witnessed. He

...saved lila be ewe ewe* to awing that he was not
aware that Has was tag/ gelemmees to be redressed, or
Hat their esnetermen in bawl bad say to eemplata of ;
la, lime,„_ffirpabeffiv as aumb !Mr as
they bed thmesives. Bat if *see were any grievaDoes,
there were legitimate sag fool ways of redress-
ing them without any appeals te violeoce. He be-
lieved that there was but sae feeling in the Earn& mind,
and that was that the Irish were the most generale people
oa the face of the earth, and that they were the last to do
an intentional wrong. When, therefor., such things as
those which hid taken place within e last few weeks
were brought to light, it was the practice to designate
them as un-Enghsh," but he (the worthy magistrate) eon-
sklared he was aw.ffin the sentiments of all present when
he expressed a fielid that they would look upon such pro-
se -lrish also. (Tremendous bursts of cheering
rotinS un
parts of the room.) His firm belief was that there
was no true Englishmen of any sense, or of the slightest
education, but looked upon their Irish fellow-subjects as
friends and as brothers and that whatever their grievances
might be, any infringement of the law that was looked
upon as un- would also be looked upon by them
as un-Irish. (Renewed cheering.) 'There was as much
freedom in Ireland as there was in England, and if there
was not, he was sure it could be obtained without infringe-
ment of the law. United they could accomplish anything,
bat without unity they amid do nothing. With these re-
marks the worthy magistrate said he was prepared to pre-
med with the enrolment. Major Ward at this moment
celled for "Three cheers for the Queen and three for
Ireland." (The cheers were riven in a meet enthusiastic
manner, lasting for several minutes, and order having been
restored, the process of swearing in commenced.) Major
Ward, Captains O'Connor, Purcell, Fowler, Tate, Dr.
Captain and Adjutant Daubeny, Lieutenant Chia-
holm, sod other officers were the first to take the oath. In
all, upwards of 500 were sworn, and the corps having been
supplied with truncheons and striped crimson and white
armlets the colours of the city of Westminster, again fell
in behind their band and marched back to Somerset-
hones, when they were dismissed.

ST. TAVI..B, COVENT-GARDE-N.
Ate meeting of the vestry of St. Paul, Covent-
=held in the Vestry-room on Friday. the Rev.
re Compton in the chair, the following report was
presented and read :—" To the Vestry of St. Paul,
iJoventeguden. The ehurchwanlens and overfeers
Dave to report that they acted upon the resolu-
tion of the last vestry meeting, and issued invitations to
the inhabitants to come forward and enrol themselves as
special constables., sad they have much pleasure in report-
ing that the appeal has been most nobly responded to.
No pains have been spared to make Covent-garden one of
the tint of the divisions of specials in the metro-
polis, and we believe we can fairly congratu-
late the vestry on the successful position the parish
now occupies. The deputation of officers from the vestry
in morns' to Lieutenant-Colonel Ewart's letter was the
first in the metropolis. The number enrolled up to the
present time exceeds 2,000, besides those sworn in at Bow-
street Police-station. Mr. Henry White and Mr. J. G.
Stillwell have sat almost continuously since the 21st
Deoember last, asaisted occasionally by Sir John Thwaites
and Mr. Edmund Edward Antrobus, and have relieved
the Bow-street magistrates of a very great por-
tion of their arduous duty, for which they have been
thanked by Sir Thomas Henry. On the Nth ult., in
consequence of an application from Mr. Griffiths, of the
Inland Revenue, and of Mr. Wearne, of the General
Registry-office, Somerset-house, for assistance in protect-
ing that building during the night, after an interview
with the sitting magistrates at Bow-street and the in-
spector of police on duty, summonses were issued to the
specials of this &Amite, and within two hours, by 6
p.m. that evening, 217 attended at headquarters, and
did duty at Somerset-house till 6 o'clock the following
morning. It is with pleasure we have to inform you that
for the very prompt and efficient services rendered on that
occasion the thanks of bar Majesty's Home Secretary,
Mr. Gathome Hardy, and of Lteutemutt-Colottel Ewart
bees been received. Subsequently, owing to information
communicated by the chairman of the bench of magistrates
of a threatened attempt to blow up the headquarters,
it was deemed desirable to keep a constant guard of
special constables on duty there day and night, which
has been continued up to the present time. On Thursday,
it being rumoured that on the following day an attempt
would be made to rescue Burke and Casey from custody of
the Bow-street authretties, it was thought desirable by the
officers of the fora, and the magistrates to increase the
guard. Two hundred and fifty-four special constables
volunteered their services, and were on duty either at head-
quarters or at rallying points in the neighbourhood, front
9 a.m. till 4 p.m. Lieutenant-Colonel Mayne, formerly
adjutant of the " Queen's," and Major Charter, the pre-
sent adjutant, together with Lieutenant' Haddon, of the
lltth Midtllesex,and Ensign Petley, el the sth Essex Volun-
teers, have rendered valuable services in mganisingthebody
of specials, and have attached themselves to this division.
We have also great pleasure is bearing testimony to the
admirable manner in which Mr. Henry New, the vestry
clerk, has carried out all the details of this movement ;
be has been unremitting in his attention, having given up
the whole of his time as well ',that of his clerks. together
with the use of his new offices at the Old liummums
Hotel, and we feel that without the great energy be has
displayed throughout we could not have en successfully
carried out the wishes of the vestry." The report was re-
ceived and entered on the minutes, and on the motion of
Mr. Churchwarden G. Bell, seconded by Mr. William
Checkley, it was resolved unanimously " That the most
cordial thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby
given to Mr. Superintendent J. F. Corscuden for his valu-
able and efficient services rendered to the parish in the
superlntendenos and organization of the force of special
constable* of the Covent-garden division.

The Fenian prim:Mere at Warwick—Richard
Burke, elks Berry, Theobold Jamb Cray, and Henry
Shaw, alias Mullady—who were committed for trial at
Wirehair Sprieg AilliZIMI by Sir Thomas Henry on Thurs-
day last, still remain is custody at Warwick ConntyoaoL
The prisoners are ocsAaed in overate cells, guarded by
two warders armed with revolvers. and • warder slave in
the wee esil with each prisoner at night. He also is
armed, sad the greatest precanticeis have bees taken to
secure the safety of the prisoners. Since Thursday
main thirty members of the police force have
been os duty guarding the exterior of the poi,
which is situated in an isolated position, and some
distance from the town. The gaol is surrounded or nearly
all ides by a high wall, and a patrol is kept round the
mel algid sad day. Its police are all armed with out-
lame sad revolvers. On Saturday, at nom, a meeting of
the vlieegjestise was held at the gaol, Lord Leigh, the
lord-llestenant of the county. in the chair, when it was
resolved that his lordship should proored to
nLialad=requeet the government, through the Home
, to read down immediately 200 soldiers to guard
It3iii= His Beddow promeded to London on Saturday
afterooon, and the soldiers are expected to arrive to-day.
Attar the mesas' of the visiting justices 20 stands of arms
with ammunition mere mut from the militia stores to the
gaol, to hi in maims if required. During the week the
polies of the town have been ea lied with outlaws, sad
on Friday they were inspects d by Major-General Cart-
wdgilk ' st:" trett,TalhaPet police retodulati 1::
1 41:1610. revolvers, and his suggeetion has since been
mi. Oa Saturday evening the volunteers to the
numbly el 017 aid • large body of burgesses were sewn
in as spit emotablee. The town is perfectly quiet, aid
the memo trim by the authorities are of a purely pre-
eseticssrx mime.
TEN JIATSOOTH STI7DINTS AND THZ OATH Or
AIAZOIANTL—It boa been stated to us that • number of
Mayne**
_stedeatt lately atemded the Quarter Sessions
at Maymeib, being brought them by the beads el the
aice the impose of adder the _oath of allegiance
to the eastom al the imMteame. sad that they
loble be arsisa. We mention this with a view of
=tbA= villa tie Dodos el the homed and
el The story told to us may
le mime er sad as we are not friss& to the
Mdi by 1116pred deader, now too mush
I we olotkt to mks the atatemeat km=
to Dr. amseff. Am. if it les eat tremnight never other-
wise love ea eripalaaity el eastradieing IL—Z/0101
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H. Wombs, el pada& fee the week ending Jas. 11,
592, of whisk 279 were sow eases.