The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-16 00:00:00

" VOA REWARD.

" MURDER AND OUTRAGE BY EXPLOSION Or GUNPOWDER.
" Whereas about 3.45 p.m. on Friday, the 13th inst.,
the prison wall of the Middlesex House of Detention,
Clerkenwell, was blown down by an explosion of gun-
powder, maliciously placed there, and several houses in
Corporation-lane were destroyed by the explosion, and divers
persons killed and dangerously mutilated thereby, £3OO
reward will be paid by her Majesty's Government to any
one who shall give such information as shall lead to the
apprehension and conviction of the persons who conveyed
the gunpowder and caused the above explosion. And the
Secretary of State far the Home Department will ad•
vise the grant of her Majesty's gracious pardon to
any accomplice, not being the person who actually set
fire to the gunpowder, who shall give such information as
shall lead to the same result. A further reward of £lOO
will also be paid to anyone who shall give such informa-
tion as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of
any acclmplices in the offence, not being the persons for
whose apprehension and conviction a reward of £3OO is
offer el. The gunpowder, it is believed, was brought in a
large cask on a dark-coloured truck with low sides.

" Information to be given to the Commissioner of
Police of the Metropolis, 4, Whitehall-place, London ; at
the Detective-office, Scotland-yard ; or at any of the
metropolitan police-stations.
" RICHARD MAYNE,
-The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
le Metropolitan Police-office, 4, Whitehall-place,
Dec. 14, 1867."

The most welcome of all the visitors to the scene were
the representatives of the Government. Mr. Hardy and
Mr. Montague Corry, private secretary of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, took with them £5OO to meet the imme-
diate wants of the distressed. No praise is necessary for
such a thoughtful and humane act. Mr. Corry again
visited Clerkenwell yesterday and distributed about
£lOO in sums of from one to five sovereigns. Yesterday
collections were made in several of the parish
churches and other places of worship, and further
efforts are announced. Mr. M`Cullagh Torrens, M.P. for
Finsbury, has spent his time since the calamity occurred
in promoting arrangements for the welfare of the
injured. Many of their friends presented themselves st
St. Bartholomew's Hospital yesterday afternoon, but it
was deemed unadvisable to admit them in the present
state of the patients. Mr. Torrens, having been supplied
with the necessary information, addressed some tranquil-
lising remarks to the crowd, which then withdrew.

An intelligible account has been obtained of the manner
in which the crime was committed, and connecting be-
yond all doubt the two men Desmond and Allen, and the
woman Justice, now in custody, with the conspiracy. On
Friday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, John
Moore, the chief warder of the House of Detention, had
his attention called by a police constable to the fact of
a man, the prisoner Allen, loitering outside the prison,
and refusing to go away. He was joined by the woman
Justice, who had been iu the habit of visiting the Fenian
prisoner Casey while under remand, and who had
taken his dinner into the prison that very day. They
appeared to be reconnoitring the prison. The chief
warder had seen the prisoner Allen on the top of one of
the adjoining houses, and had observed that he came
down and talked to five or six other men. He went
to apprise the governor of the suspicious circum-
stance, and while he was so engaged the ex-
plosion occurred. Ambrose Sutton, a constable in
plain clothes of the A reserve division, had been
employed to watch the House of Detention out-
side since Burke and Casey had been confined
there. At twenty minutes to four o'clock on Friday
he saw the woman Justice and the man Allen near
St. James's-walk, which is in the immediate neighbour.
hood. The woman had been in the House of Detention
at one o'clock and Allen had waited outside. When she
came out she joined Allen and conversed with him for
some time. Desmond then appeared, and took part in the
conversation, which lasted over twenty minutes. Towards
its conclusion a third man joined them, and as they
parted the man who had arrived last pushed against Con-
stable Sutton by accident, and, having begged his pardon,
asked him a trifling question, to which the constable,
who had thus an opportunity of observing him, replied
that he was a stranger to the neighbourhood. With
that the third man walked on, and at the close of the
conversation the constable saw Desmond go towards St.
James's-walk. He then watched Desmond, and, having
seen him go along Corporation-lane, observed him shortly
afterwards drawing a truck with a barrel, which he put
on the pavement. The constable had followed him

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THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE HOUNDS.-- tiiiii-4134-rexf..:l',.
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was to have taken place at the Lirktrlhtel,
bridge, on Thursday last, in compliment to Air. c.
S. Newton, the new master, and to present a testi,
menial to Mr. Burnett, the late master, had to Ix
postponed in consequence of the illness of Mr. New-
ton.--J. D. DIGBY.
THE WEST No RFOLK.—The presenceof severe frorjt
has very seriously interfered with the pleasures of
the chan for the last fortnight, and it was very
much feared that the royal meet with the -West
Norfolk. at SnettiBham, wculd have to be post,
pon«1, and this was the more regrette.l that Snet..
tisham is always a fashionable and popular corset.
It was here that the Prince of Wales first went out
with this pack, and being on the Lynn and Hun.,
stanton railway, and possessing a good statipm,
there is never a thin company when'Snettishrral is
the fixture. It was understood that the meet on
Friday last would be "honoured with the presence
of a large party from Sandringham, which is ab-Jut
five Miles distant. Fortunately the weather gave,
and the sun got out fine and bright, and a large
number of equestrians and carriage company was,
present, the scene being very brilliant. Squires wi.Gh
his whips and his excellent pack, looking the kink
of condition, were on the grassy slope of the hill at
the back of the Hall. The royal party arrived
shortly after half-past 11 ; three waggonettes, the
first of which was driven by the Princess of Wpaes,
who wore a scarlet cloak, and whose beautiful pair
cf greys were decked with scarlet rosettes. In the
waggonette were also the Princes Christian, thq
Duchess d'Aumale, Lady Susan Melville, and ti.ie
lion. Mrs. E. Coke. The next waggonette was
driven by the Prince of Wales, and conl.ained
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein Angusten-
burg, the Duke of Cambridge, the Due d'Aumal-e,
and other of the guests. The third waggonette was
driven by Major Grey: The royal sportsmen having
driven to the Hall, the residence of the "r,t,r2v. J.
Fleming, mounted their hunters, and a '.nove was
shortly afterwards mail to the cover side ; Cave
Hill being the locale selected to be drawn. This
cover, as its name implies, is a large hill, welA
wooded, and which always contains foxes, the odly
difficulty experienced being to get Reynard to Invak.
The great number of people present invariably head
the foxes. On Friday the hounds were no C long in
before a fox was viewed at the Meacham end of the
wood, but they could not get it away. Soon after
a fox was got away at the Southgate end, and
afforded a run, Reynard shortly after being killed,
It was then determined to go to Sedgeford Osier
Car, but the weather had come on so stormy that
the royal party soon left. The weather being so
frosty has prevented any hunting since.—EAST
ANGLIA.

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SOUTH PEMBROKESHIRE.—These hounds bad a
capital run of an hour and a half on the 29th of
November. The hounds started off to Kilrbew,
where, the Welshman says, " the enemy was soon
discovered in a newly-laid plantation, and rafter
dodging to and fro in the wood for half an hour,
seemed resolved not to quit. The dogs, however,
convinced him otherwise, and making good his
escape, he took refuge in a drain before Kilrhew
House, the residence of Captain Wood. Reynard
was now allowed breathing time, while the goodly
company partook of the kind hospitality of Captain
Wood, after which the spade and !mattock quickly
brought the fox to light, when he was captured,
and consigned to the bag. At Templeton moun-
tain he was given his liberty, with ten minutes'
grace, of which he made the best use, proceeding at
a rapid rate in the direction of Kilgetty station, and
by a circuitous route attempted to elude his pur-
suers by returning to the mountain, but to no pur-
pose, as horsemen and footmen were never more
active or in better spirits, and all seemed resolved
not to give the animal a chance of escape. Find-
ing himself hard pressed, he commenced a series of
circular runs, each of which was smaller than the
one preceding, until at last he was fairly run into
and killed, after a chase of an hour and a half.
There can be no doubt that this was as fine a run
as ever was witnessed, everyone appearing bent on
a good day's fun. Miss Lewis was the first in at
at the death, but the first to dismount was the
well-known sportsman, Mr. Hughes, of the Coburg
Hotel, Tenby. As this was the first death the
above young lady had been present at the cere-
mony of christening her was performed amid much
mirth. On account of the curious manner in which
the fox ran, the footmen enjoyed an unusual treat,
Reynard bein in sight the whole of the time.
THE SHROPSHIRE, at Ercall Mill, on Monday, the
9th, had a good hunting run of one hour, and
killed in the first twenty minutes very fast.
THE COTTESMORE have not been able to hunt on
account of the frost and snow. •

SOUTH UNION.—GODCI sport last week, particu-
larly on Friday, although the day was remarkably
cold, and frost was on the ground.
WARD UNION.—In consequence of a change yes-
terday morning, a few ventured out to Kilcree-
gate, but the hounds did not arrive. A messenger
had been sent to say the hounds would not hunt,
but the few there determined to have a run, and
went down to the kennel. A fallow deer was un-
carted, and gave them a run of five miles in twenty-
two minutes (!) No one could live with the hounds
but Mr. C. Barrington, who had it all to himself,
and saved the deer at Wightstown.
DUMFRIESSHIRE HOUNDS.—The 10th, the first
day after the frost, was almost the only day this
season when there was anything like good scent.
The hounds killed their second fox after a sharp run
of 25 minutes. _ _

CARLISLE OTTER HOUNDS.—It is gratifying to
cotice that after a successful hunting season, there
is a balance in hand of £22 2s. lid. The subscrip-
tions altogether amounted to £ll7 is. 3d.
NOVEL HUNT.—There was a novel fox hunt oil
Saturday week in Sutton Fen. As some gentlemen
were coursing, a fox was started, and four grey-
hounds gave chase. They soon came up with him,
and kept him atbay until a shepherd's dog arrived
on the scene, who seized the fox by the brush, and
dragged him into a dry ditch. fie was captured at
last by the courses, and will probably afford a run
for the hounds during the season.
SALE OF THE NETHERKVON HARRIERS. —These
hounds, the property of Mr. E. Raikes, were brought
to the hammer at the Park-lane Repository, on

Tuesday last, the 10th inst. There were in all
twelve couples, and averaged upwards of eight
guineas per couple, being purchased by Mr. Cochran
from Westbury. There was a large attendance of
Masters of Hounds at the sale, amongst whom we
noticed—Hon. F. Pett e (Essex Staghounds),
Col. Montresor (Kent), Mr. George Race (of the
Biggleswade), Mr. E. H. S. Hudson (of the Brigh-
ton), Mr. C. D. Everett (B. F. IL), and Mr. Walter
Flower (Melton Harriers) and, in fact, so numerous
a body of gentlemen huntsmen, who hunt their own
hounds, have rarely been seen together. The pack
looked in perfect condition, reflecting the highest
credit on their huntsman, Moss.
BRIGHTON HUNT 11NNER.—We understand that
Mr. E. H. Hudson, the master, together with the
members of the Brighton Hunt who are in the
habit of enjoying the capital sport these houndS
afford, are about to pay the landowners and occu-
piers over whose land they hunt, a compliment by
inviting them to a banquet at the Old Ship Hotel,
Brighton, on Thursday next, the 19th hie,.
THE RIGHTON HARRIERS.—These hounds aro
stopped by the frost, their last time out being on
Saturday, November 30, when they met at the
Race Hill, and had a capital day's sport, especially
with their second hare, which they ran from near
the railway at Palmer, for an hour and five
minutes, killing a short distance from the village of
Rottingdean, the last twenty minutes being very
fast without a single check.

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ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICEMAN.—
At a late hour last evening information was received at
Scotland-yard that an attempt had b‘en made upon the life
of a policeman who was on duty iu Konnington-lane. The
rumour was current through the metropolis that this
diabolical attempt had been made in the Wyndham-road,
Camberwell, but upon inquiries at the station at Camber-
well-green it was found that the attempted outrage had
been committed in kennington-lane. Tha acting inspector
on duty at the Kennington-lane police-station persistently
refused all information; from other sources it was ascer-
tained that a policeman had been shot at, but without re-
ceiving any injury.

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