The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER '2, 1867.

HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.—
MANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of
the SUFFERERS.

COMMITTEE.
Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Chairman.
Baron Lionel de Rothschild, Captain Engledue.
M.P. Mr. James Allan, Director of
Right Hon. Russell Gurney, the Peninsular and Odell-
M. P. tat Company.
Mr. George Moffatt, M.P. Mr. Arthur Anderson.
Sir Wm. Anderson Rose. Mr. Alderman Finnis.
Mr. Charles Oppenheim. Mr. Alderman Causton.
Mr. B. H. Hartley. Mr. Alderman Bosley.
The above committee has been formed for the purpose
of Relieving the deplorable distress consequent -upon the
recent disastrous Hurricane in the West Indies, by which
dreadful calamity it. is known that over 600- persons lost
their lives, and au immense amount of property belonging
to all classes has been destroyed.
It is computed that 1,000 persons at the Port of South-
ampton and o her places in Great Britain (includinc, the
widows and orphans of sailors) have been deprived of their
means of support.
The Committee therefore appeal to:a gencieops public for
assistance. :
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be received 111 the Mansion-
House Daily between the hours of Ten and Four; and
by the following Bankers :
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane.
Coutts and Co., Strand.
Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street.
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street.
Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
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Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., 15, Lombard-street.
„ Child and Co., Temple-bar.
The Colonial Bank, 13, Bishopsgate-street Within.
JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary.
Mansion-House, Dec. 2, 1867.

fIAY of HAVANA and MATANZAS (CUBA)
RAILROAD SEVEN PER CENT. LO IN of
£400,000, 1865. The Half-yearly INTEREST on the
above Bonds, due on the 10th Dec., WILL be PAID on
that day, and any succeeding day, at the Counting-house
of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-
street, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. The
Coupons must be left for E lamination two clear dais be-
fore applying for payment.
London, Dec. 2, 1867.

BAY of HAVANA. And MATANZ AS (CUBA)
RAILROAD SEVEN PER CEN r. LOAN of
£250,000, 1861.—The Half2y6arly ISTEREST on the
above Bonls, dne on- the 15th-Dec.„ WILL be PAID on
the 16th, and any succeeding day, at the Counting-house
of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-
street, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. The
Coupons must be left for Examination two clear days be-
fore applying for payment.
London, Dec. 2, 1867.
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ST. ALBANS RACES, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,
December 3 and 4, 1867.
Special Trains will leave Euston Station on both days of
the races at 11 a.m., returning from St. Albans at 5.40
p.m., calling at Wilesden Junction both going and re-
turning.
Trains in connection will leave Broad-street (City Ter-
minus) for Willesden Junction at 10.40 a.m., calling at
Shoreditch at 10.43 a.m., Dalston Junction at 10.48 a.m.,
Highbury at 10.52 a.m., and Camden-road at 10.58 a.m.
Trains will also leave Chelsea at 10.33 and Kensington
at 10.45 a.m. for Willesden Junction.
Passengers from Broad-street, Kensington, &c., will
have to change carriages at Willesden Junction both go-
ing and returning.
FARES TO ST. ALBANS AND BACK.
First Class. Second Class.
From Euston 4s. Od. 2s. 6d.
/7 Broad-street
,1 Shoreditch
1,
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it Highbury
~ Camden-read
„ Chelsea
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By order.
W CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, November, 1867.

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FENIAN FUNERAL PROCESSIONS.

DUBLIN, Sunday sight.

A funeral procession, numbering 12,000 persons,
including 4,000 women and boys, assembled to-day
in Cork. All the trades and boys of charity schools
formed a part. Five baiids attendel and played
the Dead March in " Sant." All wore green rib-
bands, rosettes, and crae. After traversing the
streets they arrived at thci -Botanic Gardens, and the
Burial Service was gon&through. There was no
interference, and perfect i order and sobriety pre-
vailed. Twenty-two magtOtrates met yesterday and
decided not to prohibit :`tits demonstration, but to
have all the publichouses losed during the day.

Preparations are made for a great procession in
Kanturk to-morrow. There will be high mass and
office for the dead.

MANCHESTER, Sunday Afternoon.
Large green placards on'the walls of the city yes-
terday announced the intention of the Fenian sym-
pathisers to have a public procession, or mock
funeral, to-day in honour Of the three men recently
executed here. There was an attempt to get up a
similar procession last Sunday, but it was held to
have been a failure. The placard referred to says—
" The procession in honour of the Irish martyrs,
Allen, O'Brien (Gould), and Larkin, will take place
on Sunday, Dee. 1, at tsso o'clock. Persons in-
tending to join it must:he in Stevenson-square at
half-past one punctualt:i. The. route will be by
Lever-street, London-road, Grosvenor-street, Stret-
ford New-road, Great Jackson-street, Deans-gate,
Bridge-street, New Bailey-street (past the place of
execution), Chapel-street, and Shudehill to New
Cross, where it will disperse. The utmost order is
requested on the part of the procession. Remember
every improper act gives strength to the enemy."
The procession did not start till a quarter to
three o'clock. It was preceded by a straggling
crowd of some thousands of persons of both sexes
and all ages. First came a band of music playing
the Dead March in " Saul." 'The first part of the
procession marched six abreast, but the greater
portion of it was composed of persons walking four
abreast. The rain had fallen heavily all last night
and during the earlier part of to-day. It had mode-
rated very much when the procession started, but
the greater part of the people in the procession car-
ried umbrellas. Many of the men were well
dressed, and appeared to belong to the better class
of artisans. Some of them wore green crosses on
the right arm, with crape, and some had favours
composed of shamrocks. A large portion of the
persons in the procession were women and girls, and
there were a good many boys.. Most of the women
were well dressed for working-class women, and
some of them wore a riband, or some other part of
their attire was green. It had been announced that
three coffins were to be borne in the procession, and
that there were to be banners displayed ; but there
was nothing of the kind. The procession appeared
to be well marshalled, and passed on with quietness
and great decorum at the commencement. It
passed a given point in 14 minutes, and consisted
probably of 2,500 to 3,000 persons at the utmost.
There were no police to be seen, and no fears were
entertained of any disturbance. Still, the repetition
of these processions last Sunday and to-day looks
very much like a trailing of the Irish coat on the
ground, and should any one tread on it there is no
saying what might happen.

- - Opposite the place of execution the procession
halted, and " Adeste Fideles" was sung. The pro-
cession dispersed at New Cross. Good order pre-
vailed throughout, and no interference of the po:ice
was called fur.

On Saturday morning a young man named Wm
Pherson Thompson was placed ize the dock at the
City Police-court,lanCheiior, bcfore Mr. M. Ken-
nedy and other magistrates, charged with being
concerned in the riot at Hyde-road on the 18th of
September, and also with having a number of re-
volvers in his possession which are supposed to have
been stolen.

The prisoner is a slightly-built, young-looking
man—height sft. 9in., with a scar on his right
cheek. On being brought from his cell at the
Albert-street station and formally charged 'with
being concerned in the murder of Sergeant Brett,
he showed considerable self-possession in answering
the questions put to him. Being asked where he
lived, be said, " I have no particular residence, but
travel everywhere." Being charged with possessing
a number of revolvers supposed to have been stolen,
he said, " I'm no thief ; I don't look like one, I sup-
pose, do I?" He was dressed in a good suit of
black, apparently nearly new, but his under-cloth-
ing was exceedingly dirty and coarse. In answer
to a question as to his birthplace, he said, in a strong
Irish accent, " I'm a Scotchman, and was born at
Greenock."

Mr. Superintendent Maybury said, —A little
before 7 o'clock last night I was on duty at the
London-road station, along with Captain Palin, the
chief constable, and other officers. I saw the pri-
soner get into a coach ; he had with him the three
parcels produced. I said to him, " What have you
got here ?" He said, " Some carpenter's tools."
At that moment the chief constable spoke to me,
and 1 got inside the coach. The chief constable
got in also, and we brought him to the Town-
hall. I there examined the parcels, and found
that the two basses contained 20 revolvers each,
and the paper parcel five, making altogether 45.
The greater part of them had six chambers ;
two or three others had seven chambers. None of
them were loaded. They all appeared to be new.
I asked the prisoner his name, and he said,
" William Thompson." This morning I told the
prisoner he was charged with being one, along with
a number of others, in a riot in Hyde-road, rescuing
two prisoners from the prison van, and murdering
Sergeant Brett on the 18th of September. He said,
"I deny the charge." I said, " You are also
charged with having a number of revolvers in your
possession which are supposed to be stolen." He
said, "I bought them from Mr. Bishop, in Bir-
mingham." We aro in possession of information
about a number of revolvers being stolen in Cork,
but we have not yet had time to make inquiry. I
searched the prisoner, and found something upon
him which I do not wish to produce at present.
Here is an invoice which accounts for 23 revolvers ;
it may be genuine or it may be not.
The Prisoner—l can prove it to be genuine. I
bought these revolvers from Mr. Bishop, knowing
this was a time I was likely to make a profit out of
them. I came to Manchester, knowing that a great
many persons would be likely to purchase them for
their own protection, considering the excitement
there is in the town. I came to Manchester to dis-
pose of them.
The prisoner then cross-examined Mr. Maybury,
who said there was evidence, although not direct,
to connect the prisoner with the attack on the van,
when Sergeant Brett was murdered. The prisoner
then said—The Bench thoroughly understand at
present there is nothing to connect me with the
attack on the van, and that there is evidence to
prove that these artiees are not stolen. I have
given you the address of the person from whom I
bought the 25, and I said I could bring forward the
person from whom 1 bought the other 20. There-
fore, I demand now my release, and I demand my
goods to be delivered to me, as a business man pur-
chasing them.
Captain Palin confirmed the evidence of Mr.
Maybury and sail—l asked him what account he
could give of the revolvers, and added that if be
could give a satisfactory account there would be no
charge made against him. He said he was a hawker,
but he had no licence, because he had not begun to
sell them yet. 1 asked him where he was going to
in Manchester. He replied, " I suppose you know ;',
and on my repeating the question he refused to tell
me. At the office I asked him if he could give any
account of the revolvers. lie said, yes, he had

purchased them in Birmingham." I said, " Have
yuu an invoice?" Ile said " Yes," and produced,
the invoice stated,—" Nov. 29, Birmingham. Mr.
Pherson, bought of T. Bishop, 61, Hat-may-head,
25 six-shot double-action pistols at 1 2s. 61 each
—L27 :Os." Noticing that it was only for 25,
I asked him if he had any for the rest, and he said
" No," and would not tell me where he got them.
Ile offered no account of them.

The prisoner cross-examined the chief constable,
who, in reply to his questions, stated that he refused
to say where lie was going to lodge, and did not say
that he had bought the other 20 revolvers from the
same person, but had lost the invoice. The prison r
then applied that the other officers who were at the
Town Hall when be was taken should be called as
witnesses. Mr. Maybury, in answer to the Bench,
said the officers present at the time were Sutcliffe
and Platt ; but Sutcliffe was on night duty, and
Platt was not in eourt. If a remand was 'granted,
these officers could be called on another occasion.

The prisoner, addressing the Bench, said he had
satisfactorily accounted for the weapons being in
his possession.
Mr. Kennedy said that, supposing he had ac-
counted for the 25 satisfactorily, the other 20 were
yet unaccounted for.
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The prisoner was then remanded till Friday.

CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.

The duty of a public writer is a most nnpteisint I
one when he has to comment in terms of censure
upon the conduct of public men, but it is impossible
to write in any other manner concerning the referee
of the late sculling match for the championship be-
tween Kelley and Sadler. A very strong opinion
was expressed by many parties that Sadler was clearly
entitled to the stakes on the first day, but we are dis-
posed to make every allowance for Mr. Biffen's de-
cision on Wednesday last, because he probably acted
from a laudable desire to give Kelley another chance
under the impression that he did not foul his op-
ponent's boat wilfully. Under any circumstances,
the fault was entirely on Kelley's side, as Sadler hal
only two alternatives, either to come in contact with
his boat or go ashore.
The next day's proceedings, however, place the
referee's conduct in a very objectionable light, and the
best construction to put upon it is his incompetency
for the official character he occupied in the match.
Some considerable time was wasted owing to sundry
steamers and tugboats getting in the track of
' the men, and alio by futile attempts on their part to
obtain a satisfactory start, which, it appears, was
left to their mutual agreement. Sadler, who had
made two attempts, eventually removed from the
li
starting place to his cutter and put on his Jersey,
feeling, as he has since stated to us chilled, and
with the intention of rowing in it. Kelley then
proceeded to the umpire's steamer, in which Mr.
Biffen was placed, and on being asked by Mr. Bush,
his umpire, what was the matter, stated that Sad-
ler would not start, and was instructed by the re-
feree to go back, and if his antagonist did not start i
to row over the course, which, so far as the latter
part of the order was concerned, the champion cer-
tainly lost no time in doing. This appears to us an
unauthorised proceeding and the most unjustifiable
course the referee could possibly have taken. Could
it be right, or just, or proper for the person to whose
experience the interests of both sides were entrusted
to decide, when he was nearly a quarter of a mile
from the place of start, and, on the ipse dixit of
Kelley himself, without communication with Sadler
in any shape or way until after this ridiculous order
had been carried out. The proper course was, for
Mr. Biffen to have at once proceeded in the steamer
to the starting point, or in a boat, of which there
were plenty available, and having cautioned each
man a his intention, had them placed in a suitable
position for starting, and judged for hiinself when.>
the fault lay. Sadler had certainly one good
cause of complaint against Kelley, who chose the
Middlesex side of the river, but insisted on placing
himself in such a position near the centre, that
Sadler would have received the wash from the
steamers, which, contrary to the articles, were iu
front of him. However, the grievances between
the men would, doubtless, have been overcome
by proper tact on the part of • the referee, which,
unfortunately, he did not exercise, and a more un-
toward catastrophe never occurred in the annals
of boat-racing.
Notices have been served on the stakeholder not
to pay over the stakes on the award of the referee,
and legal proceedings are threatened on behalf of
Sadler, who, if law and common sense go together,
will have no difficulty in setting aside the one-sided
decision of the referee.—. Pacing Times.