The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1869.

GREAT FL•NIAN DEMONSTR,ATION.

The mistake of the policeman who imagined he had
found the notorious Kelly in the person of a patient at
King's College Hospital, was the means of finding his
brethren some nasty work on Sunday in the way of look-
ing after one of the largest demonstrations ever held in the
metropolis. It now appears to be finally settled that the
man who died in the hospital was not Kelly, despite
much assertion to the contrary. It happened
that the Catholic priest who attended the dying
man, Edward Martin, has also seen Kelly, and
he says that the two men were somewhat like
One another in face fihd figure, both being tall and hand-
some. From the police descriptions of Kelly in the hand-
bills offering a reward for his apprehension, it is further
made evident that, however close the resemblance may
have been, there was yet enough dissimilarity in one or
two particulars to show a distinction between the
two. Notably there was a considerable difference in
their age, Kelly being some ten years the senior of
Martin. These facts seem to conclusively dispose of the
theory maintained after Martin's death by many that the
victim of the cab accident was the notorious Fenian
leader. But though MaAin was not Kelly, it has been
proved that he was connected with the Fenian movement ;
and accordingly he has been made the hero of the hour by
the "brethren" At the conclusion of the inquest held
last week the body was removed to the promises of an
undertaker in Clare Market, and at a subsequent meeting
of his friends and associates it was resolved that, as
a mark of respect to his memory and an acknow-
ledgment of his services to the Fenian movement, he
should receive a public funeral. A committee was
appointed to carry out the arrangements, which committee
having placed themselves in communication with the
leaders of the different organisations of Irishmen in the
metropolis, received the pledge of their hearty co-operation.
It was publicly announced that the funeral would tako place
at twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, and that a procession,
with band and banners, would be formed in
Lincoln's .inn-fieldst, and accompany the funeral cortege
to the cemetery at Low Leyton, near Strat-
ford. On Saturday afternoon, however, a statement
appeared in some of the evening papers that the Com-
missioner of Police had issued an • order that the proces- '
Rion would not be allowed to take place, and if formed,
that it was to be broken up. The Funeral Committee met
on Saturday night, and although they could not ascertain
that there was any truth in this report, it was resolved, in
order to avoid any pretext for • police interference, to
dispense with the band and banners. But the conduct of
the police on Sunday soon disproved the rumour of inter-
ference. It became evident from the first that they were
rather anxious to facilitate than to hamper the quiet
progress of the demonstration. Fine and remarkably
warm weather induced an immense crowd to assemble
in Lincoln's Inn Fields at a very early hour. It is
estimated that fully 100,000 persons were present in the
neighbourhood. The greatest order, however, prevailed,
and no more than the ordinary number of policemen were
to be seen. Shortly after • twelve o'clock the organised
bodies who were to take part in the procession were mar-
shalled in order in Lincoln's-inn-fields. - The members of
the United Society of Labourers mustered over 1,000
strong, under the direction of the president and secretary.
The members of St. Patrick's Brotherhood mustered nearly
0,000 men, while various other organisations numbered in
the aggregate about 2,000, the whole being under
the superintendence of two marshals. Tho marshals
and officers of the various lodges wore green silk
scarves, with a black crape band and green rosette en
the left arm, while nearly every roan and woman in the
procession—for.there were a considerable number of females
—wore a green rosette or riband with a piece of black crape
attached. At least 90 per cent. of those forming in the
procession were Irish, composed of the better class of
mechanics, artisans, and labourers, and all were becomingly,
and very many respectably, attired. While waiting
they made no attempt to disguise their Fenian opinions
and sympathies, and their desire for the immediate
and unconditional liberation of the Fenian prisoners.
While the crowd was assembling in the " Fields," the
funeral cortege was being marshalled in Stanhope-street,
Immediately after noon a well-appointed hearse, drawn by
four horses, and two mourning coaches, with two horses
each, accompanied by the requisite number of attendants,
drew up in front of Mr. Watson's, the undertaker's shop..
The mourners—consisting of several well-known Fenian
leaders, the deceased having no relations in London
—having taken their places in the coaches, the coffin,
containing the body of the deceased, was brought out,
and instead of being placed inside the hearse,
was carried in front •of it on the shoulders of
half-a-dozen men. The coffin was of oak, covered with
cloth, and studded over with whits nails and plate. The
cortege then proceeded viith great difficulty, in the following
order :—Twelve mourners (with black scarves and wands),
the coffin, the hearse, twelve mourners, the two mourning
coaches, twelve mourners, and one hundred delegates
from the lodges of the brotherhood and tha other
societies taking part in the proceedings. On arriving
in Lincoln's-inn-fields the cortege halted, and the
coffin was placed inside the hearco, with the cry of " Hats
off," which was responded to by nearly all present. • The
procession then joined on the funeral cortege, The proces-
sion, as it passed through the City, comprised fully. 6,000
persona, walking six deep. At Whitechapel Church it was
joined by a contingent of at least 1;000 strong, and by other
large bodies at Mile-end, Bow, and Stratford, from which
place the read to the Cemetery was lined with
great crowds of people. So great was the crowd at the
gates of the burial-ground, that it was with the utmost
difficulty the mourners and others more immediately con-
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ceremonies were over the multitude of people dispersed
irregularly, each taking his own way. But good order pre-
vailed to the last, and nothing unseemly marred the pro-
ceedings of the day. • •

Sheffield is agitating for a stipendiary magistrate.

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THE MINISTERIAL LAND BILL.—TIIO Irish Times
of Friday states that the anticipated measure of the
Government dealing with the land question in Ireland will
simply be to legalise for the whole of Ireland the system
of tenant right in operation in Ulster.

WOMEN MUNICIPAL VOTERS About 300 women
voters are now on the register of municipal voters at
Lincoln. At Stamford the number of women municipal
voters for the ensuing year will be 150. At East Retford,
out of 514 municipal voters for 1569-70, 60 will be women.
At Norwich the municipal register for 1569-70 will com-
prise upwards of 10,000 names, and about 1,300 of the
voters will be women.

Nothing has been heard of the ship Matoaka, 140
days out from Now Zealand to London. She is a vessel
of 1,093 tons, and was built at New Brunswick in
1853. She had on board, besides a very valuable general
cargo, upwards of £50,000 in gold, the existence of
which on board was only known to the officers of tho
ship, and none of the passengers, of whom there were fifty,
were acquainted with the fact. Ships that have arrived
out since her departure saw nothing of her, and several ships
have arrived in England which -sailed from New Zealand a
considerable time after she did, and up to the present time
hot the remotest tidings have been received of her either by
the owners or agents. -•

Mrs. Dr. Major Mary Walker has recently been
walking the streets of Cincinnati in what is described
os " semi-male attire." This did so excite, stimu-
late, and arouse the ambition. of -a young woman named
inconsistent policeman, who had permitted Mrs.
Ida Price that she made an. appear:me° in com-
plete trousers, unmitigated, vest, and nn absolute coat.
Whereupor,
and highly we grieve to say, a stony-hearted
Walker to walk without interference, seized the unfutunate
Miss Price, and carried her to the station-house, in which,
at the last accounts, she was howling at the despotism of
man. We have always told the ladies emulous of our
raiment that their great danger would be from the police-
men. And here is proof of the propriety of our good-natured
warning—New Yotk, Tribune.

SUDDEN DEATII OF A HOUSEEREAKEE.—An in-
quest was held on Saturday, at Rochester, by Mr. J.
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broken. The deceased. and two other men, who
wore stated by the police to belong to a gang who
go about the country breaking into houses in the day-
time, entered the Crickctei:s, Arms, Cureton-road, Strood,
about four o'clock on Friday afternoon, and called for
some refreshments, which were supplied to them in the
parlour. While the attention of the barmaid was directed
to the customers in the bar, :the deceased went upstairs,
and, having opened one of the bedrooms by means of false
keyp, proceeded to force open the drawers and boxes
with housebreal,ing implements, abstracting £2 is. in
bronze money, £2 2s. 6d. in silver,
el in gold, two 'silver
watei,o3, 3 gold watch chain, and other property belonging
to the landlord. During the time *the deceased was
in the very act of plundering the house he dropped
down dead; a heavy fall on the floor causing those below
to hasten upstairs, when the deceased was found lying
dead, with some of the stolen property clutched in his
hand, and the money in his pockets. His two companions
managed to escape in the confusion; but ono of them, who
we the name of James Hall, was subsequently appre-
hendeti, when be denied all acquaintanceship with thethe
deceased. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased
"died by the visitation of God."

THE WOOL-GREEN TVAGEDY.

Wood-green, like Panties, in Prance, has become a resort
fur sightseers. On Sunday it presented a very lively
aspect. Thousands of people poured into the place
from about nine in the morning until dusk, and made fur
the scene of the murders. The publichouses were all " open
to travellers," and a vast number of people availed themselves
of their legal privilege of drinking within Church hours.
Before one o'clock drunken men, and women too, were seen
struggling through the crowd on their way to or from the
Bounds's-green-road. About mid-day the wholeneighbour-
hood was as busy as a fair. The cottage, where the
murdered man Boyd lived, is advertised to be sold by
auction. It is described as "with gardens in front and in
the rear, and good detached stabling, very pleasantly
situate in Bound's-green-road, facing the Alexandra-park
Palace, let to Mr. Boyd at a rental cf £33 per annum."
The iron house where the Bensons lived is now to
be taken away, cr the practice of letting it for a
dwelling, which has been pursued for the last fourteen years,
discontinued. Some further information has been supplied
through statements made by the prisoner since his
committal. It will be remembered that during the alterca-
tion on,,the road from the railway station, when Henson
was foicing the woman home, she was heard to say, "Fred,
you know what you have said to me ; I am
afraid for my life." Most people have imagined
that these words referred to a threat he had then made,
but such 'is not the case. The prisoner states
that he had warned—frequently warned—Death
against the intimacy which had commenced between her
and Boyd, and that she knew what would happen after
being found in his company. "Under such circumstances,"
said the individual who was conversing with the prisoner,
"I am surprised she went home with you at all." He
simply replied, " She couldn't help it-,she was weak, and
I was strong." He has called the deceased woman
a " good girl" to him. It appears that Henson
went to Hendon on the day of the murder, but
did no work there. Ho received information of the
movements of Death which induced him to return home.
Up to the present time the police have been unsuccessful
in ther efforts to ascertain the whereabouts of the
relatives of the murdered woman, and the prisoner
positively declines to give any information on the point.
A quantity of the woman's writing, beautifully executed,
has been found; several school and other books have
also been examined, but wherever name or address has
appeared it has been torn off. , This is particularly
observable in the books the murdered woman used when
employed as a governess. Three letters wore found on the
prisoner when searched after his apprehension. They are
all from the murdered woman's pen, and are couched in
most affectionate language. One of them was addressed to
the prisoner at Hendon the week before the murder. Refe-
rence is made therein to the circumstance that the writer
had been earning a few shillings by washing and needle-
work ; that she hoped to be able to purchase a pair of boots
on the Saturday, adding, "And if you are a good fellow,
I may have a shilling for you."