The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-12 00:00:00

POLICE.

Yesterday Captain Palin, the Chief Constable of
Manchester, presented the following report to the
Mayor in relation to the telegram from Lord Mayo
on the 18ih ult., the day of the Fenian rescue of pri-
soners, which has so often been referred to as giving
the authorities warning of the intended outrage.
The report was laid before the Watch Committee,
and after a lengthy discussion a special sub-commit-
tee was app)inted to further consider the matter and
prepare a report on the whole question for presenta-
tion to the next meeting of the City Council :
" Town-hall, Manchester, Oct. 10, 1867.
" The Chief Constable submits for the informa-
tion of his Worship the Mayor, the following state-
ment relative to the receipt at this office of a tele-
gram from Dublin to Superintendent Maybury, on
the 18th Sept., concerning the safe custody of the
two Fenian prisoners, Colonel Kelly and Captain
Deasy.
" It appears that the telegram was received at five
minutes pest 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th
by William Mellor, a junior clerk in the detective
office, who, as Mr. Maybury was not in the Town-
hall at the time, opened and read the message, which
was handed to Inspector Garner, who came to the
office about 2.15 p.m. Inspector Garner had come to
report to Mr. Maybury that he had observed some
suspicious-looking persons loitering about the cour
and, not finding Mr. Maybury, he went in search of
Superintendent Gee, whom he mot in Gartside-
street, near the City Courthouse. He then informed
Mr. Gee for what purpose he had been to the
Town-hall, and also that he had seen a telegram
warning the gaol authorities to keep a good guard
over the Fenian prisoners.

" Mr. Gee states that when Inspector Garner
met him in Gartside-street he reported that two men
and a woman who had brought food to the court
for Kelly and Deasy had been loitering about the
court ever since. He suspected they were Fenians,
and thought they were watching for an opportunity
to rescue the prisoners. He had been up to the
Town-hall to tell Mr. Maybury, but he was not
there, but said there was a message there from him
(rs I understood) that extra precaution should be
taken for the safe custody of the prisoners. In con-
sequence of the information thus received I inquired
from Inspector Garner what officers he had to spare
that he could send with the van ; he said seven or
eight. I told him to send them, and that I would
send four others in a cab to follow the van close
behind, and in this manner the prison van was sent
away. But before this took place one of the two
men described by Garner and another man was, by
my orders, apprehended and sent over to the police
station.'

" The Chief Constable finds from inquiry that
Mr. Maybury left the office at a quarter before 2,
and did not return until after the van had been
attacked and the prisoners rescued. Immediately
on his arrival at the Town-hall, about 4.25, he was
informed of the attack, and went at once to the
gaol, the Fairfield-street police station, and then to
the Infirmary, and it was only on his return to the
detective office, between 6 and 7 o'clock, that the
telegram was put into his hands.

" Since the unfortunate event happened the con-
duct of the police has been severely animadverted
upon, and many reports have been current and cir-
culated in the newspapers to the effect that the
police knew on the night of the 17th that there
would be an organised attack upon the van. In the
Morning Post it was stated that ' intelligence of the
intended attack on the van was forwarded from
Liverpool, and similar information was sent from
Scotland-yard before midnight of the 17th inst.
The Irish officers on duty in Manchester also cau-
tioned the police early on the next day.' The Chief
Constable, as is well known, was absent on leave,
but he has felt it his duty to inquire from his officers
and he :;3 in a position to deny that any officer
belonging to the Manchester police received any
information whatever of the intended attack, either
from Scotland-yard, Liverpool, or the Irish officers
on duty in Manchester. It is quite true that there
were rumours to that effect. Some of the officers
about the court were told on Monday that an
attempt was to be made to rescue the two men
Kelly and Deasy, and Mr. Maybury was informed
of it by Inspector Garner, who was one of the
officers to whom the statement was made. It was
in consequence of the warning received, and of
these rumours, that such steps as were deemed to
be sufficient for the security of the prisoners were
taken. The prisoners were, contrary to the usual
practice, handcuffed, and the extra number of
officers before stated were sent to escort the van
to the gaol. It may be well understood that the
probability of an armed attempt to rescue did not
present itself to the minds of the superintendents.
The Cb'ef Constable ventures to express his belief
that there are few persons 'who, upon such infor-
mation as the police were in possession of, would
not consider that the precautionary steps taken were
quite sufficient to meet any emergency which might
be reasonably anticipated.
" W. H. PALIN, Chief Constable.
" The Worshipful the Mayor of Manchester."

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