The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-04 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

TEN Auuaan MIIRDER HontsLow.—On Saturday,
,An application was made to the Brentford magistrates for
an order for the property belonging to William Smith,
-who is committed for trial for the murder of his wife at
Hounslow. The chairman objected, as there might be a
'lien on the property. The attorney who made the appli-
cation said he should take out a summons demanding that
,it might be given up.
CRUELTX TO PorriTnr.—At the Brentford Petty Sessions
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,pn Saturday, Henry Burn, a poultry salesman of Leaden-
hall market, was fined £5 and costs for having acted cruelly
to a number of ducks by packing them too closely in a
wooden box. Two other men were included in the
summons. The defendant Burn sold on the 3rd of
,September 57 ducks, which were packed in a box 4ft. 6in.
long, 2ft. 9i wide, and 1O deep, external measurement,
.without any space to admit air except at the top, where
the three boards were about one inch and a half apart.
At first there were sixty-one ducks in the box, but on being
counted out at Burn's four were dead. The other men
wanted a larger box, as the birds were so cramped, but
Burn said as sixty-one had come from Ireland in that box,
there would be room for fifty-seven. The birds were in a de-
plorable state, and when taken out at Twickenham two more
were dead. The Chairman said they had power to inflict
a penalty for each duck, but it would be sufficient as a
warning to impose the full penalty of £5 and costs. The
two other defendants were fined 10s. each.

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BRAWLING IN A CHURCHYARD. -At the Shire Hall,
Nottingham, on Saturday, an elderly woman, named
Hannah Wood, was charged with creating a disturbance
in the Stapleford churchyard. The cUrgyman of the par-
ish refused to admit the body of the defendant's grand:
child into the church as it had not been publicly baptised.
Mrs. Wood on hearing this created such a disturbance
in the churchyard that Mr. Budd the vicar could not
read the end of the service at the grave. The magistrates
consulted for some time, and ultimately said they had no
alternative but to convict. A penalty of five shillings
was inflicted. Mr. Budd had himself baptised the child
privately.

DISCOVERY OF THE FENIAN COLONEL

KELLY.

After eluding the vigilance of the police for two years,
the notorious Fenian leader, Colonel Kelly, has, it is be-
lieved, been discovered under very singular circumstances.
Between ten and eleven o'clock last Wednesday night
three men engaged a four-wheeled cab in Whitechapel to
take them to the Red Lion public-house in Great Wyld-
street ; and just as the driver had reached the corner of
Verc-street, Clare-market, one of them put his head out of
the window to give directions as to where the cab was to
atop. In doing this the man overbalanced the cab, which
fell on its side. When the vehicle was raised it was
found that the man had been very seriously injured,
through his head having struck the sharp kerb, and been
jammed between the stone and the side of the cab. Police-
,constable 188 of the F division, who was on duty at the
spot, rendered assistance, and the wounded man was taken
to King's College Hospital, which is in the immediate
neighbourhood. Mr. 2/I`Gill, the house surgeon, at once
attended the patient, who was suffering from an eaten-
, sive fracture of the skull, the brain protruding. The
,man, though in a very dangerous state, was not insen-
sible, and in answer to the usual questions, stated that
the was " Edward Martin," a printer. He also mentioned
ctwice the name of " Kelly." It happened very curiously
,that the policeman who had helped to bring the man to
the hospital had been in Paris on the service of the
'English police during the time of the Fenian agitation,
and while looking at the patient, as the surgeon was
bandaging his head, he recognised him as a man whom
he had watched in Paris as a supposed member of the
Fenian Brotherhood. After the sufferer had been taker
to a ward and carefully attended to by the surgeon
the constable at once reported at the chief office that hr
believed the man was Colonel Kelly, who escaped from
the prison van at Manchester two years since, when Ser-
geant Brett was shot dead. Superintendent Thomson pro-
ceeded to the hospital to make inquiries, and adopt the
necessary precautions against any attempt at rescue. Wher
Kelly escaped after the successful attack on the van, tlu
following description was published with the offer of ,

reward for his recapture :-" Colonel Thomas J. Kelly,
aged 36, height, sft. Gin., hair (cropped close), whiskers,
and beard brown, eyes hazel, fiat nose, large nostrils,
stout build, one tooth deficient next double one on right
bottom side, scar over right temple, small scar inside of
right arm, scar on belly from an ulcerated wound."
On Thursday morning the surgeon of the hospital
examined the body of the patient in the presence of Super-
intendent Thomson and others, to see whether there were
any marks corresponding to those given in the printed
notice. It was found that he had lost the particular tooth,
and that he bore the mark of a wound on the lower part of
the body, apparently that of a bayonet thrust. Upon
searching the clothes of tho man the police discovered
certain Fenian documents, the character of which cannot be
now published. As the patient was so dangerously, in fact
hopelessly, ill that his death might ensue at any moment,
he was, of course, not formally taken into custody,
but Superintendent Thomson adopted measures which
effectually secured the authorities of the hospital from any
coup de main. The police expect that their discovery will
lead to important disclosures touching the Fenian move-
ments. It appears that not long after the outrage at Man-
chester a young man applied for a situation as reader in a
printing office, Chancery-lane. He gave the name of " Ed-
ward Martin," and his qualifications being satisfactory, he
was engaged. When Kelly was apprehended at ➢i:.n-
chester he said that his name was "Martin Coleman," and
that he was a compositor. The fingers of the man new
lying at the hospital do not bear those distinctive marks
peculiar to the fingers of compositors. While Edward
Martin was employed in Chancery-lane he was
frequently heard to express Fenian sentiments; but as
he discharged his duty well, no notice was taken of
his political opinions. The detectives, however, appear
to have closely watched his movements, as they report
that he was in the habit of frequenting a public-house
near Clare Market, and had been seen talking with
men who were known to be Fenians or Fenian sym-
pathisers. The police were also aware that at a house
in the neighbourhood of Clare Market the brethren
held meetings ; but the evidence against the men
was not such as induced the chief officers to arrest any
one. It is certain that Martin, alias Kelly, with his
companions, was on his way to such a meeting when he met
with the accident which will in all probability cause his
death. It was whilst watching the doings of the Fenians,
who were proceeding to one of their conferences, that
the constable saw the cab overturn. Since he has been
in the hospital, Kelly has been visited by several of these
men, all of whom have been carefully noted by the detec-
tives.

'Another account states that on Sunday Superintendent
Thomson discovered that the two prisoners who escaped
;from the prison van at Manchester often changed names,
;and that they had several aliases. The real name of
"Captain" Deasy was Burke, and " Colonel" Kelly often
went by the name of "Captain" Deasy, while Burke
'adopted Kelly's name. When both were arrested Burka
was thought by the police to be Kelly, while Kelly was
taken to be Deasy. As will be seen, the patient in the hos-
pital is Captain Deasy, alia3 Colonel Kelly. Another
strange fact has also been discovered, and that is that
" Colonel " Kelly was never out of England ; and, it is now
supposed that it was Burke, who is very like Kelly, that
made the speeches in New York which were reported in the
American newspapers ; and that, whenever he did so, he
made use of Colonel Kelly's name for the purpose of throw-
ing the detective police in England off the scent, and
making them believe that Kelly, who was known to be
the chief conspirator and organiser. was out of the
country.

Mille. Nilsson has received a bracelet, the gift of
Queen Victoria, which makes the 101st bracelet in her pos-
session.

Since Mount Palatine, at Rome, has become the
private property of the Emperor Napoleon, the excavations
executed by his Majesty's orders and at his cost have pro-
duced most valuable results for archeology and for the
history of ancient Rome.. The works, ably directed by
Chevalier Pietro Rosa, member of the Pails Academy of the
Fine Arts, have lately brought to light nearly the whole
extent of the Palace of the Cxsars, and a description of
them will be included in the supplement which the savant
Fabio Gori purposes issuing to his great wor'.c on the Pala-
tine edifices.

CHINESE EHIGRANTS.—Tho following account of
the landing of some Chinese emigrants at San Francisco;
seems to hold out a temlyting prospect to other wan
derers of the same race to settle in America :—There were
only fifteen or twenty Chinawomen on board the steamer,
most of whom were of a higher class than those recently
imported. They were taken in charge by sonic of the
leading Chinamen and taken to their residence. A large
number of express wagons were loaded with baggage,
and the crowd, after a delay of several hours, commenced
to move toward Chinatown. They were, of course,
not allowed to proceed without molestation and abuse
At a convenient point 011 the route, free from
policemen, a squad of guerrillas, accompanied by the'i
well-trained sons, attacked the Chinamen with stones an I
other missiles in -a most ruffianly and cowardly manner
Some of the Chinamen were badly bruised, and a white
man, who tried to stop the onslaught, met the same treat-
men:; that was being administered to poor John. There
were no officers present on this occasion, and the Chinamen
ran the gauntlet and got offyith their wounded.