The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-18 00:00:00

SPECIAL COESTABLES.

A requisition has been pretested to Mr. Donald
Nicoll, of Oaklands Hall, Kilburn, a jnstioe of the pesos
for the county of Middlesex. regneeting him to form a
court in the neighbourhood of Kilburn, for the pigmies
of swearing in special constables. and a court of petty
sessions wid accordingly be held to-day at the Primer of
Wales Hotel, West Abbey-road, between the hours of 12
and 4, and again, by adjournment, at the same time and
place, on Monday, January 21 The locelity of Kilburn is
peculiarly situate, being the meeting point of the four
parishes of Marylebone, Peddington, Willesden, and
ilampetead ; and but for the spontaneous requisition of
the inhabitant, would have had no opportunity of
biting its loyalty for the above purpose.
On Thursday, at the meeting of the St. Marylebone
vestry, the Sewers Committee reported that • letter had
been received from Mr. Bssidgette, the chief engineer of
was directed to
the Metropolitan Board, stating that be
acquaint the vestry that, in consequence of information
received from the Chief Commissioner of Police, orders
Wore been issued directing clerks of works, inspectors of
flushing, and others, that on no &mount or pretext what-
ever are they to allow unauthorised persons to enter the
sewers, and to give any such persons attempting so to do
into custody ; and the letter further suggested that it was
desirable that similar orders should be issued with respect
to the sewers under the jurisdiction of the vestry. Upon
receipt of the letter the chief surveyor immediately bad
the whole of the sewers men sworn in as special constables,
and gave instructions that no person should enter the
steers without a written authoeity from himself. The
vestry approved of the course that had been adopted.
The number of special constables who have already
responded to the call of the government is in the City sod
metropolitan districts more than 46,200. From country
towns 34.500 have been returned as having been swan in,
so that the grad total as reported is thus inereasod to
nearly 85,000. There can, however, be little doubt that
the real numbers are largely in excess of these figures, foe
in some eases no returns have been made, while those sent
from other quarters have frequently been incomplete ; in
addition to which many men have been sworn in who have
not yet been embodied in the parochial divisions. The
members of Lincoln's-inn are being sworn in ae special
constables. This is an example which will probably be
followed by the other inns.

THE LATE FENIAN ARREST IN DUBLIN.

We learn from the Freeman's Journal of yesterday that
prior to the investigation in Kilmakluun prison on
Thursday, the prisoner, Patrick Lennon, who, it was
rumoured, was suspected of having been the person who
fired the shots at Wellington quay on the morning of the
31st of October, which resulted in the death of Constable
Keene, and in the serious wounding of Sergeant Kelly,
was brought from his cell for the purpose of ascertaining
'7hether he could be identified as the perpetrator of that
outrage. The prisoner was placed, it is stated, with 15
others in a group in one of the rooms of the gaoL Sergeant
Kelly was directed to enter and to look amongst the
persons present to see if be could recognise the person
who had fired at him on that occasion. It is said that
without hesitation Kelly went towards the prisoner, and,
stretching out his band, said, " That is the man." The
prisoner, it is stated, betrayed some agitation, but at once
resumed his apparently indifferent manner. Sergeant
Kelly was then asked if he had any doubt of the matter,
and he replied." Not the least." The sergeant was then
directed to withdraw, and the woman, who, it may be re-
membered, deposed at the inquiries on the subject that she
saw the shot bred at Keens, was next brought in. Having
observed three or four of the parsons in the group, we
understand she looked sharply st Lennon and said, " That
is just the kind of man I saw fire the shot—l m will
forget the look he gave me when he turned rotted his
head, and that man (the prisoner) has that look about the
eyes." She was asked would she swear that Lennon was
the man ! She replied that she would not. Lennon and
the other prisoners were then removed front the room, and
the proceedings terminated.

THREATENED FENIAN ATTACK AT WARWICK.--
Yesterday the superintendent of police at Warwick received
a letter, warning him of an alleged intended attack on the
town by Yenisei, with a view of liberating the prisoners
Burke, Casey, and Shaw, now confined in the county gaol,
just beyond the boundaries of the borough. The writer
gigue himself "Captain Green," and states that he has
been long enough in the brotherhood to be let into every
move, but, although • Fenian, he cannot stand by whilst
innocent blood is being shed for the sake of a few. He
therefore resolved to acquaint the authorities at Warwick
that a gang of desperate own would be in that town before
Saturday morning, some of whom would leave the train
at Leamington, and pate into Warwick by the road. The
band altogether would consist of about twenty-four
of the stoutest patriots of the brotherhood, and some of
them would carry cans of Noblet's tire, their object being to
fire some of the principal buildings in the town ; and
whilst this engrossed the attention of the police and the
soldiers, to attack the gaol and endeavour to effect the re-
lease of the Fenian prisoners incarcerated in it. They
pwassal a plan of the gaol, and would be well armed.
The writer added that he knew he ran the risk of being
dealt with an a traitor, Mit they would first have to die-
oover who had revealed their nefarious design. The super.
intendent of police immediately communicated with the
deputy-mayor, and, although it was felt that the
letter might be a hoax, yet it was not deemed
prudent to neglect the warning it purported to
convey. Steps were accordingly taken to prepare
for any emergency that might arise, and to obtain
early intimation of any auspicious characters being in the
neighlmurhool The deputy-mayor telegraphed to sta-
tions along the railway, asking for information to be sent
immediately if any baud of men left the train whom ap-
pearance was calculated to arouse suepicion. The military
were acquainted with the nature of the warning that bad
been received ; end the police of the surrounding district
were communicated with, whilst the borough force were on
the alert. At the time of the despatch of our parcel no-
thing further had occurred to excise suspicion, but the
authorities are fully prepared fur anything that may
occur.
The following mysterious occurrence is reported
by a correspondent of • Limerick paper :—" Yesterday
morning at Dououghmore churchyard, which is about three
miles from Limerick, as some labouring men were pro-
ceeding to their work, they perceived a new coffin above
ground in the churchyard- They proceeded at once to in.
form the authorities, who came to the spot with them, but
on approaching the coffin their courage failed, suspecting
Greek tire to be in it, and, after all the praise awarded to
the " Royal Irish," they were afraid to uncover the coffin,
and all went away again. Up to the time I write, no one
hes ventured to open the coffin, and it lies yet in the
churchyard for every one to look at."
FATAL ACCIDENT ON LONDON-BRIDGE.--Yester-
day afternoon Mr. Payne held au inquest at Guy's Hospital
respecting the death of Jaue Ann Shiercliff, aged about
111, who lost her life under the following circumstances.
The &wassail/1W the wife of a labourer residing at Rother-
hithe. On Monday evenieg she was going over London-
bridge towards the Borough, carrying • bundle of clothes,
and whilst walking along on the pavement two young
men, in passing, knocked against each other. One of
them fell against the deceased, who was thrown into the
road under a heavily--laden wsggou, • wheel of which
passed over her. She expired soon afterwards at the hos-
pital, having received a severe compound fracture of the
right arm, a wound on the scalp, and a fracture of the
collar-bone. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death."
DEATH OP A FAMOTN HIGHLAND PIPER. —The
1)1.11.71(.1 Adrrtis,r announces the death of Donald
Cameron, piper to Seatorth, which took place, near Ding.
wall, on the 7th inst. Deceased in 1833 became piper to
Sir James J. R. Mackenzie, of ficatereU. In 1848 he
entered the service of Ssaforth, with whom he has re-
mained ever since, although he reoeiveil several offer" to
become her Majesty's piper. Few pipers gained such a
number of prises. He began his triumphant career in
183 a. when he won a broadsword at Edinburgh. He won
bagpipe. at Glasgow in 1511. at Inverness in 1843, at
Edinburgh in 1844, and at Perth in 18.41. He won the
gold medal at the Northern Meeting at Inverness in 1849,
and in Daie a gold medal given by Seaforth for competi-
tiou among the nine best pipers in Scotland. In 1859 be
gained the first of the annual champion medals given to
the Northern Meeting by the Highland Society of London,
and crowned his fame by winning the Great Champion
Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting of 1887. He corn-
poled several excellent airs, such as " Bmham Castle,"
" Lail/Anne Mackenzie," " Hereock Ferry," kc.
A Lad/,
IioNOU EARLS WAGGONER.—On Tues-
day last a waggoner in the employ of a farmer in the
neighbourhood of Faringdon, was charged before the bench
of umgistrittes at the Faringdon petty sessions, with being
drunk and incapable. The evidence went to show that
the defendant was found by the Right Hon. E. P. Bou.
eerie, on the road between Faringdon and ColethilL Mr.
Bouverie stated that the waggon and horses had backed
into • hedge, and that the defendant was helplessly into'.
Mated. With the aid of his son. who happened to be with
him, the defendant was lifted into the waggon, and the
right hen. gentleman, shouldering his whip, drove to a
neighbouring farm. The usual drunkard.' fine of tia was
inflicted.
A writer in the Birmingham Post states that the
"nunnery scandal "lately brought forward by Mr. Gut-
teridge has bees under investigation, the result of which is
to show, not only that the statement is not true, but
that " there was no colour of truth in it."
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