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

THE SUN, LONDON, FRID.IY EVENING, DECEIVIBER 20, 1867.

SHARE LlST.—This Day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Share,

Railwa. I Paid • I Closing I Dusincs
ys •
*; Prior. done.

tot ana Exerei
Valedon i an .•
Qanibrian
fora and .8ant0n......
Corn
Dublin & Beilaet June.
Dun„Perth, b.•l unc.
E.l.ondon, 6crip
Do.
81 IPlae:zow .t S. Western
st (Jreat. Eaeteru, Ord. stk.
et Dc.. E. An.,41. et, N 0.2
et pneat North of
st• itireat N.:rtneru. ~
it
st Do. 11 et oot
St Do. New, is. at i•tn
st W. at trei,nl•:
et. 1i t.. Wtote.o
st Du. a. Vit. Kaii gua.
t Do. Soiktu Waiee
et Do. \V. 11!d.--0.N.t,..,ro
et Do. N..,wpott,
st i/o.
st Lanc.oltire.t lortielnrio
at L.rnclun and Blackwaii
at k S Coats'
at Von., Chat., and Doves •
Do. 2detrop. ra. A
Lou.t i 6GlVebteri '
at !Lon. Soutn. Weeten,
St
st
at Do. New
st Do. Exten.lioit
st lietropolitan Distrier
2C t Do. do. .to.
10 i)o. and st. John's W';
st Mid Mud
Do. £0 Share
at Do, Birmin.. Darb:,'
aid Kent ..
st North British
at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun
at ti th. Eitatern—Berwicb
25 DO, ti-.N•K purchsa.
at Do. Loads .....
at Do. York
at Da. Carlisle ....
at Do. Stock. & Larling.
t 5 Do. do. ISSO-01
at North London ..
Do. do. 186* 5 .
10 Do. do. 1860 .
at Nortli Staffordshire
at & S. W. Junction
!ficottish Central
560ut, N. 141 , Aber. stock
ha. Scot, Mid. et:icit
st Shropshire Union
at 'Mouth Devon
at Mouth Eastern
20 ,Staines, Wok., .k Wok
at raw Vale
10 Do. C .•
V ale 0t Meath
Waterford .4r Kilkenny
10 Waterloo & Whitelia
West Cornwall

81 W 3
71 71
2J 30

20
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100

2 4
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70 72

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991 491

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65 72

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92 }

8R1T1151.1
.;am. Consul. Gold, lira. 1
- Chiverton
%ford Amalgamated 3O 54 6}
evon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 41U 130
walls 2.1.0
East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12
..11ast Caradon 2.14.1 r), 6
East Corn Brea 3l 2 21
East Grenville
East Gunnislake .. e
East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9
W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2
43-arn.Sr StAubyn(G wen. i;6 4 5
4 Great Laxey, limited., all 17 18
Great South Tolgus 0.14.
• Great Wheal 14.9.0
- G. Wheal Vor (lielst..o 40 17 19
.lerod's Foot 8.10.0 35 37
llingston Downs 5.10.. 21 21
liargaret (Coy Lelant 13.17.0 6 s
llarke Valley 4.10.e 4j 51
4 41wyndy Iron Ore, lim SI 2i 11
- New S ton 501 60 70
North Zosltear . .534 5 7
V. Wit Bassett(l,llogan 4.1.0
- North ,Vheal Crotty
- I:•rust)cr 8.11.0 2 24
Lelant 10.6.; 29 Si
5. Caracion (tit. Cleer) i 3bo 400
Condurrow .).2.0
Wheal Fran. (lllogan 18.1:4.9 374 42)
itray„Fark . 15 111.6 1 6
l'in Croft.—
Vigra and Clugan, 11:n all
West I,assett (Mogan , l 14 1)
W. Caradun (Liskeard 12 1) it
Nez3t Chi verton ll 71 73
West Beton 174 110 1,0
iTheal Bassett illlogan 51 674 724
• Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 16 1
Wheal slary Ann Olen. 8 18 21
heal Betoti
IVhea, Tjiawney (Lis 5.17.01 6 8

YOSSIsZSBIONS.
Atlantic& St. Lawrence I‘ll 63 65
Born., Barocia, Cen.ln.
lOU It 1(5
gu. 5 per cent...
Do. F shares lO p fp
,04 fiuffalo z.t Lake liuroo all 31 4
10 Do. Vrclerence
; Bull., Brant, et Gederich
i" 6 p.c. leo 68 71
st Calcutta &S. E., Urn too
et )a, e "rown k Dock, ge 100 18 r 2 47
OS) Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 99 l' 2
it ,:aet. IteagAi, go., sdo 100 t 3
East ladtao, gu. 5 p.e.l 100 110 106 1:14 14
40 Do. ,1 it:xtcnaion
et orand Canad,, 100 :7 18
Lou Do. h:quip. Mort, /loud:
1 charge tc p.c all r 3 65
too Do. tat Peet. Bonds all 50 52
100 Do. do deferred ... all
Do. 40 fret. Ouilub • all ;0 i 5 33
Lu (Jo. do. detz.rred
(00 Do. Jd ?ref: Mock all 32 04
lOU Do. do. detex red
Do. 4tit Pro. stock all OA 20,
100 Do. do. deterred all
st 141. ludia fell. gua. sp.e. tut) 107 108 111
?) 0. G Eta. 5 per cent lB 2
20 Do. New crua. sp. c 6 2 z
st t. South of India
gua. 5 per cent
st D.. 41 per cent loo 02 91
at Do
104 :reat Wt.& 01 Canada.. all 11l 154
.104 Do. New -
in Do. 6p. u B&s. pay. 1873 all 95 P 7
100 Do. 64 do. pay. 1677-8 all 85 e 7
10 Indian Branch, limiteti 3 g 4,1
st Hadras, gua. 5 p.O 100 100 102 105
at Do. 4g do (00 93 95
at Do. 14 do lOO 69 91
2') Do. Filth Extension 5
at Alelb. Cor. 6p. O. Ilnds. 100
SO Mel. .t Jiobson's bay all
s 1 N.ltl.C'da, Op° lstpf.ba 100 63 65
at ~cinde .
et i)o. Delhi
20 Do. do
,t 4 a;, 151 P
at Do. Punjaub a 100 09 100 102 k
lit Dl.lndus St. Flo; 100 85 87
_:U141."/NIA.L (jOVEILNAI.LNT SECURPI/h.
British Columbia, 6 pert
Cent., De 0.31,1572.... 1100
Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July
1877-84
Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug 1 0 101 113
—1) sp. c. Mar. ez Sept 100 101 103
Do. Sp. c. Jan. .t Jul) 100 v 0 92
Do. sp. c. inscribed as' 100 89 91
Cape 0.1-lope, 6 p.c. 11,7:41 104 102 IC4
oo.Apl.&Oet, 1890-1900' 100 106 108 I'7
Do. do 1880-9, 100 104 r 6
Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 107 It 9
Do. 5 pee cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900.... 100 05 i 7
Ceylon, Nov. 1866, 6 p., 100
Do. 1878, do lOO 11) 1104
Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873,
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 ...
90.1882, Mayls, Nov. ,6 105 107
Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 101
Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 1(4 106
N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja..kJuly 100 103 105
N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,186,., 100
Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 100 48 99
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895, 100 974 984 f 8
New Zealand, 6p. cent ' 100
Do. 5 per cent....
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C
sterling, 1875 l9O 103 105
Queensland Gov. 6p. C lOO 103 104 104 3i
S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 _
Do. 1678 & upwards 1(11 110 1
Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c.,la &July 100 _
Do. do. April & Got lOO 110 112 1104

.1)10:IGN
San Paulo, litn., gua. 6 per cent., 17

rOakaGN 1
Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, :11m., 3
Don Pedro, Nur h oel Hey, 24 pm
l"rontlno and Bolivia
Rom Urande,

Australasia, 61a
Bank 01 Egypt, 36,E
London aral County, 51i
London-Joint stock. 35
Union of London, 36

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:MSC IfiLLANZ `Uti.
Anglo American Telegraph, 19
Atlantic Telegraph, i 4 3) 4i
Ditio, 8 p,r aent., 90 11
Ceylon Company, 7i
E4yptlau 9 per Cent, Viceroy Loan, gua by Egypt. Gc,v., 91
Nt.tional Discount k ompany, 1.).)
North Britisn Australasian, 37
oriental Gas, him.. 64
Royal Mail Steam, 64

THE FENIAN OUTRAGE.

BOW-STREET.
FOUR MORE PRISONERS.

Mr. Poland prosecuted on the part of the Crown.
The examination of four more prisoners was going
on when we went to press, which we will give in
our late edition.

LIVERPOOL COTTON ..I.IARKE2 —This Day.

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Market quiet and unchanged. Sales probably
8,000 bales.

SALMON IN THE SEVERN.--A very interesting
spectacle was witnessed last Sunday by hundredi of per-
sons taking their walk down the right bank of the Severn,
as far as Diglis-weir. At that barrier across the river,
numbers of salmon of all sizes, from the smallest grilse to
the monarch of the river, weighing between 301 b. and
401 b., were leaping and working up the weir, trying all
sorts of manoeuvres in their frantic but vain efforts to
surmount it. It was evident to all who witnessed the
movements of the fish that it was impossible in the then
low state of the water for them to get over the weir or
through either of the passes. Fortunately a fresh came
down the river on Sunday night, and the next day the
water rose sufficiently to enable the salmon to get over ;
and.we hope by this time they have arrived at their spawn-
ing beds at the head of the river, where only the spawn
can be safely deposited. We hear that some vagabonds
have made several attempts during the night-time to take
the fish while lying at the foot of the weir, but their at-
tempts have been frustrated by the police and officers of
the Fit.hery Beard, who have kept a close watch on their
movomentra..- Worcestershire Chronicle.

METROPOLITAN GOSSTA,

[PROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

The, mismanagement of the Royal Patriotic rand
likely to become a prominent subject of public discussion
before long. Since the Prince Consort's death, things
have been going from bad to worse. Money is being spent
in bricks and-mortar and endowments, while the primary
claimants to the Fund are relieved either in the most
niggardly manner or not at all. Grievous is the outcry
among the widows and the orphans of our Crimean heroes
et the harsh treatment which they receive. So harsh,
indeed, is it that oue of the most influential officials,
finding his efforts vain to bring about a better
regime, has resigned .a lucrative post rather than be held
responsible for conditet of which he most strongly disap-
proves. The whole question is likely to be brought before
Parliament when it reassembles. I hear it is not impro-
bable that the Hon. Captain Vivian, M.P. for Truro,
who has already made a mark in the House of Commons,
will undertake this task.

There is another subject which it is to be hoped will be
ventilated on tbe recommencement of the session— the Duchy
of Cornwall. Some years ago die conduct of the Duchy
officials to landowners and other persons in the Western
Counties was so intolerably oveibearing that it assumed
the form of a very serious grievance. There was not a
single landowner who did not fear that some morning he
might find himself called• upon to prove his right to
estates held by hts family for centuries, since no lapse
of time bars against the Crown or the Duchy. The most
preposterous claims were put forth in order to extort con-
cessions from men who feared to encounter with a limited
purse the boundless resources of the Duchy. Mainly through
the strong representations of the Western Morning News,
whichwere conveyed to high quarters, the official most ob-
ncodous to the landowners of the West was removed, being, in
fact, pensioned off, or "kicked up stairs." Subsequently there
was peace for a time. But recently the aggression has
begun again, and though, thanks to the exertions of the
present Justice Montague Smith, a measure was passed to
a certain'extent protecting the landowners, they are now
again exposed to 'annoyance. Especially is this the case
with men who hold land bordering on the sea. 'The late
House of Commons used to name Mr. Augustus. Smith,
the late member for Truro, "Foreshore Smith," and I
fear he never got the attention which his subject deserved.
In reality it is a very important one, for the Duchy is now
claiming a large portion of the foreshores of Devonshire
and certain import and export dues which have never
been demanded before. The matter is one which
primarily affects, of course, the inhabitants of the West of
England, but in principle it affects the whole community.
How far it is wise oa the part of the Prince's advisers to
stir up enmity against him in the loyal West is a very
doubtful question. In these days it is prudent to offend
no one unnecessarily, and if the Duchy agents were less
ambitious it would be better for their master. The land-
owners are nowbanding themselves to resist these encroach-
ments, and it is to be hopedthat some independent member
will call attention to them in Parliament. It is, I
suppose, hardly to be expected that Mr. Augustus Smith's
successor in the representation of Truro (Captain
Vivian) will undertake this duty, for be has lately been a
visitor at the same house as that at which the Prince of
Wales was a guest. But there arc other M.P.'s who have
no such intimate relations with the Duke of Cornwall,
and who would be well qualified for the task of exposing
the harsh deeds done in his name.

Lord John Manners is hastening very slowly as far as
egards the improvements in Hyde Park. The new rail-
ings are being put up at about the rate of half a dozen a day.
The lamps cast a good light, are handsome to look at, and
quite fulfil their object. The Gothic fountain erected by
the Drinking Fountain Association is completed, and is
rather a feeble piece of work. Still less remarkable, archi-
tecturally, is the new summer house which is being erected,
in red bricks, close to the northern entrance to Kensing-
ton Gardens ; while, worst of all, a new barrack has been
built, which is a miracle of ugliness. Mr. Gilbert Scott's
magnificent memorial to the Prince Consort has made
considerable progress of late, but I am told that it will
even nolv take two years to finish, so elaborate are all the
sculptures and decorations which will adorn it.

I fearit will be some time before we see the vacant
space recently cleared between Temple Bar and St.
Clement's Church covered with the long-talked-of Palace
of Justice. There is a difference between the commis-
sioners, appointed by Parliament and the committee
appointed to consider the plans. While the latter are
prepared to recommend that two of the eleven competing
architects should be selected as joint architects, the former
do not approve of any of the plans yet produced. The
payment of £BOO to each competitor relieves the commis-
sioners from the necessity of choosir g some one of the
designs. At present it seems likely that a new competi-
tion will be demanded, which mist be the Wolk-of a year
or two. In the meanwhile lawyers and
.staors are alike
railing at the extre?le inconvenience caused by the diaper.
Lion of the law courts over London and Westminster.

Few persons, I suspect, are award of the large dimen-
sions to which the Civil Service has attained. The list of
certificated candidates in the last report of her Majesty's
Civil Service Commissioners contains little short of 9,000
names. The Civ:l servants are 'now, indeed, quite au
army ; whether they are exactly an " army of industry "
may perhaps be doubted .by those persons who are
acquainted with some of those capital companions, but
bad Queen's bargains, the clerks of the War Office.

Is there any hope of galvanising into active life any or
those weekly publications which are by courtesy known as
" comic? " I believe that a spirited competitor who could
present the British public with the topics of the day as
they arose would beat the whole of the existing comic
papers out of the field. What do they give us this week—
a week which has witnessed one of the vilest outrages re-
corded in the annals of civilisation. That outrage took place
on the afternoon of the 13th, and our satirical periodicals,
which should be public instructors, bear date the 21st—
eight days after the occurrence. It has been the talk of
every household in the kingdom, yet in neither Punch,
Judy, not Fun is there the slightest reference to it, either
in sketch or letterpress. Punch's cartoon concerns
France and Italy—not a new subject, certainly; Fun
devotes its chief page to a representation of Lord Russell
as the Minister of Public Instruction, founded on a speech
aged nearly three weeks ; while the cartoon in Judy is
positively without any meaning whatever. Why, asks
the uninitiated, should this be ? Well, I can only assume
the truth of -a statement to which I could never give cre-
dence until now. That is to the effect that our comic
papers are printed at least a week before the day on which
they are dated, so that the matter and the subjects of the
sketches must be frequently a fortnight old or more. In
these go-ahead days, when such successful efforts are made
to supply the public with ea: lf intelligence, surely the
comic weeklies might make some exertions in a like direc-
tion. A joke reads stale when the subject is forgotten.
There is a general feeling in literary circles that Christ-
mas literature has been overdone this year. In mak-
ing many Christmas books there seems to be no end.
Seeing that in form at least there is nothing less
novel than novels so called, it might be worth
the while of publishers to consider whether some of the
capital and energy expended on the fugitive works.spe-
cially designed for Christmas might notbe employed on some-
thing of amore permanent kind. Authors and publishers,
like ordinary mortals, seem to run very much in grooves.
Otherwise the standard generally has been maintained.

BLASTING POWDER FOUND IN NEWCASTLE.—III-
Epector Amos and Sub-Inspector Wallace having, from
,nformatien received, been led to suppose that there was
a quantity of blasting powder stored in the premises of
Mr. Sutton, auctioneer, visited that gentleman and clues-
tioned him relative to the matter. The police officers,
with the consent of Mr. Sutton, proceeded to the ware-
house, and found a quantity of what seemed to be blast-
ing powder, with fuses attaohed, which, together with
the cases, weighed about 4 cwt. The Town Clerk was
consulted, and the question arose how it was to be dis-
posed of, but no decision has been come to.—Northern
Daily Erprem.

PURIFICATION OF THE THAMES.---The Conserva-
tors of the Thames are able to report that they have given
the requisite thirteen months' notice for the removal of all
sewers above Staines which empty themselves into the
river, or into any tributary stream within three miles of
the river, and at a later period in the current year they gave
like notices with regard to drains below that t!vn. They
have also served notices upon the proprietors of paper mills
.quiring the discontinuance of the flow of sewage or other
offensive matter from their mills. With a view of further
preserving from impurity the waters of the Thames above
the point of the water supply, the Conservators employ a
steam-tug to pass up and down the river, with a view to
the removal of all dead animals and other polluting sub-
stances, and all the lockkeepers have instructions to
remove all such nuisances.

TEE RECENT CASE OF CHILD ADOPTION.—The
inquest on the body of a child that had been adopted by
a Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, at Bethnal Green, under circum-
stances that gave rise to a suspicion that they made a
trade of such transactions, was resumed on Thursday.
Medical evidence shewed that the cause of death was
suffocation arising from inflammation of the lungs, but
there were signs of neglect. The jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict :—" That the deceased child (unknown) was
found dead from suffocation from inflammation of the
lungs from natural causes ; and the jury desire to say that
they consider that the attention of the Legislature should
be drawn to the system of adoption of children for money,
with a view to the devising of means for the better pro-
tection of the interests and lives of children so disposed
of, either by registration or otherwise, as may be deemed
fit."

THE FENIAN OUTRAGE.

ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST—(THIS DAY.)
The
.Coroner's inquest into the circumstances
that led- to the deaths of the three persons who
lost their lives by the explosion at the House of
Detention, on the 13th inst., was resumed this morn-
ing, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Prior to the opening •of the proceedings the
Coroner informed the jury that since their last
meeting another death had occurred, viz., :Martha
Evans, and he thought •the best course 10 pursue
would be for the jury to view the body, ar..d include
it in the present inquiry, which would ovoid the
necessity of holding a separate inquest on it.
The jury having been re-sworn, proceeded to
view the body, and on their return the :following
evidence was taken :

Sergeant Abel Whiting, No. 8 G, said—On Fri-
day last about four o'clock, just after the explosion,
I saw Martha Evans struggling among the ruins of
the falling house, No. 3A, Corporation-lane. With.
the assistance of others I got her out, and she was
sent to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. She seemed
very much hurt about the head, was very black, and
bleeding copiously. She was unable to speak.
Coroner—That is all you know of that part of
the matter ?

Witness—Yes. I may state, however, that I
helped to rescue her daughter.

John Wells, gunner in the Royal Artillery, said
—I was standing at the corner of Meridith-street,
when I heard the explosion. I saw a large quantity
of smoke, and went to the spot, when I saw a
woman's arm amidst the ruins. I borrowed a saw
and cut a beam in two, when a man came up and
said " For God's sake safe my wife." I got her out
and she was taken to the hospital.

William Evans—l resido at 6, Warner's-place,
Clerkenwell. The deceased person, Martha Evans,
was my mother ; she was 67 years of age. Her
health had been bad some time. I saw her in the
morning previous to the explosion, at her house in
Coporation-lane.

Mrs. Crawley—l reside hi Clerkenwell-close. 1
was passing along Corporation-lane near the House
of Detention at a quarter past four on Friday last.
I was near Roseman-street. I was walking ou the
prison side of the way. I noticed a large package,
but I did not see it was a barrel until I got close up
to it. It was covered over, and the end of it was
quite close to the prison wall. I did not see the
truck. I saw two men standing at the corner of a
court (St. James's-place) opposite the barrel. I saw
one of the men in front of the barrel: Afterwards
one of the men at the corner of the court stepped
forward and threw something to the men standing
near the barrel, near which at this time two little
boys were standing. Just before I reached the
barrel I saw one of the little boys stoop down and
pick something up, and the other then said, " That
belongs to the man." One of the boys afterwards
said to the man near the barrel, "That will do
master ; it will go," meaning that it was alight. As
I passed I saw the squib burning. The man was
then standing close to it. I then ran along
and crossed over to the other side of the
way and went towards Woodbridge-street. I there
met a policeman, and called his attention to it, and
he crossed over towards the barrel, and just as he
reached it, I saw the man dart off in the direction
of Rosoman-street. - •

Coroner—The man then had been near the
barrel ?

Witness—Yes. I saw the policeman turn round,
then I heard the explosion, and was thrown down.
When I got up I seemed to be all in the dark.
Coroner—Should you know either of the men
again ?

Witness—Yes. I saw one yesterday at the pri-
son, and I am almost positive he was one of the
men in the prison I had seen throw something to the
man ne tr the barrel. I speak more from his dress
than from his features, 1:s I was not near enough to
them, but I beiteve him to be one of the men of
whDin I speak.

Coroner—Cau you tell how long it was between
your seeing the light and the explo,,ion taking
place?

Witness—About a minute; the squib when I saw
it burning was iu a blue case. It stuck out of the
barrel about the length of my finger.
Coroner—You pointed out theperson tothe officer
at the prison.

Witness—Yes ; Sergeant Whiting was also pre-
sent.

A Juror—Did the policeman you speak of sce
the vlan at the barrel.

Witness—Yes ; I should. think he must. The
man I identified is the one I saw throw something
from the corner of the court to the man at the
barrel.

A Juror—Did you see the man at the front of the
barrel pick up what was thrown to him.

Witness—i•To : one of the little boys picked it up.
A Juror—Can you identify the man who fired
the barrel?

Witness—No ; I don't think I can, but I might
do so by his size.

Sergeant Whiting recalled—The person pointed
out by the- last witness is the prisoner Allen,

Coroner to Mrs. Crawley—How were the men
shown to you at the prison?
Witness—Separately ; the one I pointed out was
the second one I looked at.

Chief Warder Moore, of the House Of Detention,
said—At the time of the explosion I was in the
centre of the prison. I had noticed before a
man loitering about for three-quarters of an hour
before the explosion. This was the prisoner Allen.
I had seen him come from Struttou's-yard and join
the prisoners Desmond and Justice at the front of
the prison. They all conversed together and pointed
to the narrow passage opposite. I had previously
been informed that the prisoner Allen had been
seen upon the top of one of the houses in
Woodbridge-street. I afterwards saw a woman
looking out of one of the windows of the second last
house in Corporation-row. I could see there five
or six men also in the room. Five minutes after
this I was conversing with the governor, when the
explosion took place.

Coroner—You had previously had information
about something likely to occur on Thursday ?
Witness—Yes. The warders were armed.
Coroner—What was done to protect the outside ?
Witness—Nothing. That was left to Sir Richd.
Mayne.
Coroner—Did you expect the attack would be by
explosicn ?

Witness—No ; we had no intimation that a breach
in the wall would be attempted, and the prisoners
were at once remoaed to the inner yard. The pri-
soners would have been out exercising 10 minutes
before the explosion had they not been removed.
Coroner—Would that include Burke and Casey ?

Witness—Burke would have been in the yard,
the wall of which was blown down, but Casey would
have been in the inner yard.

Coroner—The information was sent to the police,
was it ?

Witness—Yes ; it was sent to Sir R. Mayne.
Coroner—The Justices were not called together ?
Witness—No.

Coroner--llid it appear to you that it was suffi-
cient that the prison authorities were to confine
their attention to the inside of the prison and not
do anything to guard the outside?
Witness--That will be for the police to answer.
The governor nor none of the persons in the prison
knew what was done outside. _ _

A Juror—lt is most important we should know
from the Commissioner of Police what was done for
the protection of the outside; at present there S.:ems
to be a great want of precaution.
Coroner—l think so. Is Inspector Thompson
here ?

Inspector Potter—No, but I can tell you what
was done to protect the outer walls previous to the
explosion. We had had frequent anonymous com-
munications. On the morning of the explosion
three or four plain clothes constables were
placed at different points of the prison to
watch suspected persons, and two officers
were appointed to patrol round the prison.
I had never heard before that a communication of
the nature spoken of had been sent to the Commis-
sioner of Police. We had been inforn4e4 of some

attemp ttt ) rescue the prisoners, but nothing about
an explosion.

A Juiror--Thon there were about four officers to
watch t he prisoners in all?

With( sss—There were three plain elothesmen and
two offie, trs in uniform. The latter would go round
the walls of the prison in about a minute and a
half.

The Ce roner here directed that Inspector Thomp-
son show. d be scut for.

John Abbott—l am 13 years of age. Igo to
school ot: an evening. I cut read the Bible, and I
know it is right -to tell the truth, and wrong to tell
lies. If I take God's book into my hand, I know I
must tell the whole truth, and nothing else. lam
now a patient in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Be-
fore the explosion I lived at No. 5, . Corpora-
tion-lane. On Friday last I was at home in
the afternoon, and at a quarter , before four
the explosion took place. I was then standing at
the door. I first saw something on the other side
of the road on the footpath. It was covered over
with a white cloth. It looked like a large basket,
and was quite close to the wall. About a minute
after I saw a man come across the road from St.
James's-buildings and go over to the barrel. lie
lifted the cloth a little off it. Ile had two
squibs -in his hand. He put one on the
pavement. There were some little boys then play-
ing
with the lighted paper. They picked up one '
of the squibs, and the man put the other into the
front of the barrel. The two boys offered the man
a piece of paper alight, and then the man lit a luci-
fer. I did not see where he took the match from.
I then saw him light the squib in the barrel with it,
it began to fiz.. The meta stood for about a
minute. Ile had one foot on the kerb
and the other in the gutter. When he saw the
squib began to flare he moved away. When the
squib had burned about
_half way
,he ran away.
When the people.saw the man run away they also
ran away. The man went towards Rosman-
street. Mr. Bird told a policeman, and as he
walked towards the barrel it went off. I first saw
hat the thing under the cloth was a barrel when
the man lifted the cloth off.

Coroner—What did the policeman do?
Witness—Before he got to the barrel it went
off.

Coroner—Would you know the man who put the
light to the barrel ?
Witness—Yes.

Coroner —Have you been to the prison to see
some men there?
Witness—Yes.

Coroner—Did ypu see there the man who put the
squib to the barrel?
Witness—No, sir.

Coroner—He is not one of those whom you saw ?
Witness—No, no.

Coroner—You would be sure to know him
again ?

Wi t n ess— 0 h,•yes, sir.

Coroner—How long did you see the barrel before
it went off ?

Witness—About four minutes.
Coroner—Did you see a policeman go by during
that time?

Witness—No.

Coroner—Do you know the other boys that were
playing ?

Witness—Yes ; I was on the doorstep when I
first saw the barrel. I was hurt by the bricks.
A Juror—Did you sec any person throw a box of
matches across the road ?
Witness—No.

A Juror—Does the police know the interior of
the house hi Corporation-lane in which the men
ere seen at the window ?

Inspector Putter—No ; but the presence of the
men is satisfactorily accounted for, as they were at
work at the time.

Inspector Thompson having entered the room at
this point, he was at once-c.dled before the coroner,
ho, having read over his former evileuce, then
proceeded to put further questions to him. lie said
—There had been before the explosion a communi-
cation from the pulice to the governor of the prison.
It was to the effect that an attempt would be made
to rescue the prisoners Burke and Casey. The
governor said that if I - had any -communications
to make relative to the safety of the prisoners
to put them on paper, and they would be
considered. The report given to the Governor was
that the wall of the prismu would be mined, and
that he was to take precautions to guard the inte-
rior. The police, it was stated, would take the
necessary measures for the protection of the out-
side. As I left the prison on that occasion I had
no suspicion that anything would take place at the
moment, and I went round the prison to see that
the police wereproperly placed.

The Coroner said a great deal of what had been
stated was not evidence, but as there had been a
meeting of the Middlesex magistrates, and as they
had complimented the authorities, which were their
own officers, he thought it right the police should
give their explanation.

A Juror—lf it is not an unfair question, what
should you have considered a sufficient force to
protect the outside of the prison ?
Witness—lf the information had been reliable, I
should have thought a great many constables ought
to have been placed outside, but the information
being of the nature it was I think constables to
patrol round the prison were sufficient.
Inspector Potter—l never heard a single word
about the prison being about to be blown up.
A Juror—Then you ought to have done so.
Inspector
_Thompson—The Governor thought
the information very vague and unsatisfactory, and
that if he lived until the prison was blown up he
should attain a good old age.

Thomas Knowles, 200 G —Superintendent Gur-
non told me the prison was to be blown up, when
I, Ranger, and Sutton were appointed to watch the
prison. I did not believe that any explosion would
be attempted. At 12 o'clock I went up Rosoman-
street, up Corporation-lane, and at that time, being
in front of the prison, I saw Allen. I was in Cor-
poration-lane about four times up to the time of
leaving about half-past two. Ranger left me to
follow Justice. Sutton was left. _ _

Coroner—Then there was nobody else left to
patrol round the prison?
Witness—No, at least' don't know anything about
the matter after I left to watch one of the suspicious
people hanging about the prison.
The case was proceeding when wo went to press

Bank of England

turns.—Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to I
cap. 32, for the week ending

the Act 7th and Bth Victoria
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1867.
PARTIeIEST.

ISSUE DE
Notes issued —.X35,786,995

Governmt. Debt.1:11,015,100
Other Securities.. 3,981,900
Gold Coin and

Bullion
Silver Bullion

.£35,786,995 i
BANKING DJ

£35,786,995

Proprietors'Capi-
tal 1'14,553,000
Best 3,039,288
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Say- •
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.
Accounts 7,146,320
Other Deposits 18,000,485
Seven Days and
other Bills 550,954

:PAJITMENT.
Governmt. Seen-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) .... £13,019.203
Other Securities 17,218,735
Notes 12,893,375
Ciold and Silver
Coin

.i 41,290,017

Zit, 290,04

NAVAL APPOINTDIENTS.

The following appointments were made at the
Admiralty yesterday afternoon :--
Sub-Lieutenant—Willoughby E. Still, to the Pylades.
Surgeon—John Fisher, to the Pylades.
Assistant-Surgeons David William Telford, to the
Cambridge; William M. Power, to the Buzzard.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon—Richard S. P. Griffiths, to
the Impregnable.

WAGES IN THE IRON TRADE. —There is reason
of bolieTe that at the preliminary meeting of the iron-
masters of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire,
to be held in Birmingham on Thursday next, it will be
proposed to reduce millmen's wages 10 per cont., puddlers'
wages ls. a ton, and the price of finigted iron 10s. a ton.