The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-25 00:00:00

THE _FENIAN OUTRAGES.

. The Goveinment has been obliged to issue proclama-
tions to prevent funeral processions which had_ been
arranged to come off in Bantry and Tralee on Sunday,
notwithstp.nding the suppression of all that had been pre-
viously announced. Rage and disappointment were
expressed by the sympathising patriots, who consoled
themselves by ostentatiously displaying crape and green
ribands, and parading the streets as nearly as poisible in
marching order. Military were .brought in to enforce the
proclamation. Some arrests on a charge of Fenianism
havii been made at Michelstown, county Cork, and others
weie expected.
Penny collections for the relief of the families of the
Atli who were executed in Manchester were made in the
various Roman Catholic churches in Cork on Sunday.
Although ~sufficient notice had not been given, the
following sums were contributed : Cathedral, £l5;
St. Finn Barr's, £9 Gs. ; SS. Peter and Paul's,
£6 ls. 81d. ; St. Patrick's, £8 Os. ; St. Augus-
tine's, £l3 2s. 4id. ; St. Mary's, £7 7s. 4id. ;
Francis, £5 10s. ; Holy Trinity, £5 15s. 4d. ;
St. Vincent's, £5 9s. The money will be sent forward to
Mr. John Martin, who has originated the -latest form of
Fenian sympathy. While this movement is going for-
ward no response whatever has been made to the sugges-
tion that a declaration of sympathy with the sufferers by
the Clerkenwell outrage should be made. The Fenian
collection shews the bent of the popular mind in Cork, but
it is right to add that there are no accounts of similar
collections in any other county. A local paper in advert-
ing to the matter notices—
" The zeal displayed by the collectors, both ladies ana
gentlemen, who attended patiently at the church doors
through all the services, from seven o'clock in the morning
till noon, braving the rigour of the day, which was very
incleinent, and remaining to the very last hour, the ladies
displaying the same devotion in the cause of charity that
they had before so admirably shewn in honouring the
memory of the dead."
The journal in which this appears expresses the utmost
surprise and vexation that a prejudice against Irishmen
should exist in England.
Yesterday the Master Attendant proceeded in the
paddle-wheel steam-tug Avon to every ship in harbour, and
impressed on the commanding officers the necessity for
extra vigilance at this season. • .
All seamen are under arms. The portion of the watch
not on active duty lie down in their clothes. The gunboat
Redwing, with additional marines, has been moored near
the floating store of live shell in St. Germans river. The
waste land forming the northern portion of Keyham
Steam-yard is now guarded by the military. Bags of sand
have been laid near all those parts of the dockyard most
exposed to attack by Greek fire.

Yesterday a town's meeting was held at Norwich,
the Mayor (Mr. J. J. Colman) presiding, to express abhor-
rence of the atrocious Fenian outrage committed in Cler-
kenwell. Mr. F. E. Watson, deputy mayor, moved an
address to the Queen, to the effect that the citizens of
Norwich had heard with indignation that a band of con-
spirators, under the name of the Fenian Brotherhood, had
perpetrated deeds of violence, attended with loss of life and
property, in the two chief cities of the realm, and that the
meeting believed that any steps which might be adioptvd
by her Majesty's Government to repress such outrages
would be cordially supported by all classes of her
Majesty's subjects. The Bishop of Norwich, in support-
ing the adoption of the address, said he thought all present
would agree that there were occasions when it was only due
to those wbo were entrusted with the execution of the law
that the voice of the people should be given fit support of
them when they were called upon to put the law in force
against those who sought, either by secret conspiracy
or open violence, to resist and overthrow it. He
believed the present was one of those occasions,
and that it was nothing less than our duty to give expres-
sion to our unabated - loyalty to the Throne and Con-
stitution, and our abhorrence of the treasonable de-
signs of those who under the name of the Fenian Bro-
therhood sought to dismember the kingdom, and still more
our abhorrence of the abominable and wicked means which
they had employed for the accomplishment of those
designs. If Ireland had its wrongs and its grievances,
let them be inquired into, and if they were found to be
real let them be redressed. But Ireland could make her
voice heard in both Houses of the Legislature, and let her
there plead her cause. The address having been read in

txtenso by the Mayor, was adopted unanimously, after
having been supported by Mr. R. J. H. Harvey, M.P.
On the motion of the Sheriff (Mr. R. Fitch), it was fur-
ther agreed that the Mayor should sign the address on
behalf of the meeting, and should then transmit it to the
Home Secretary for presentation to her Majesty.
Last evening a public meeting of the parishioners of
St. Andrew's, Holborn, was held at the Court-house, Hol-
born, for the purpose of denouncing the late Fenian out-
rage, and to express sympathy for the sufferers. The
Rev. Mr. Blunt, the rector of St. Andrew's, occupied
the chair. He said there was an unanimous feeling of
indignation at the atrocious outrage at Clerkenwell. They
would not rest satisfied till peace was restored to the
metropolis. It was high time that every man should ex-
press his loyalty to the Government, and aid in repres-
sing the outrages of these miserable traitors. It had, how-
ever, one good effect, it had united all classes of English.
men. Sir James Duke moved, "That this meeting desires
to express its abhorrence of the Fenian outrage perpetrated
at Clerkenwell, and its deep sympathy with those who
have been the victims of the explosion." The motion was
unanimously carried. Mr. Churchwarden Webb moved.
"That this meeting desires to express its readiness to
co-operate in all necessary measures for the maintenance
of the good order and peace of the metropolis." Mr.
Wagstaff seconded the motion. He said that even if
Fenianism were successful it would do more harm to
Irishmen than to Englishmen. The resolution was carried.
It was announced that the Lord Mayor would attend at
the Court-house on Tuesday, at two o'clock, to swear in
special constables. A vote of thanks to the chairman
closed the proceedings.

THE FERNDALE EximosioN.—After an inquiry,
extending over eleven days, the coroner's jury have re-
turned the following verdict :—" We have come to the con-
clusion that the deceased met their deaths by an explosion
of gas in the Ferndale Colliery on Nov. 8. We believe the
explosion took place in consequence of a great accumula-
tion of gas in certain workings of the colliery, and this
acctunulation we attribute to the neglect of Mr. Williams,
the manager, and his subordinate officers, and by this gas
being fired by one or more of the colliers carelessly taking
off the tops of their lamps and working with naked lights.
We much regret that the proprietors of the colliery
did not permit the deputation from the Miners' National
Association to go into the pit, especially as the coroner
gave them a letter of recommendation, with a view of
their being allowed to go down. We are of opinion that
the inspection of collieries, as hitherto practised, has
entirely failed as a preventative to accidents of this kind,
and we recommend that all collieries should be henceforth
inspected by a competent person at least once in every
three months. We further recommend that all col-
lieries should be provided with scientific instruments
for measuring the quantity and quality of the air passing
through the colliery, and that a daily record should
be kept of the same. Also that a register of the daily
report of the firemen be kept ip the office of each colliery,
and that a register of the names of every person who de-
scend: into the pit be also kept." The coroner expressed
his concurrence with the terms of the verdict, which he
thought entirely met the circumstances of the case. He
asked whether the negligence should be considered ordi-
nary or criminal. If the latter, it would amount to man-
slaughter. The jury thought that as the manager was
dead they wished it to be considered "ordinary."

AN UNREPORTED RAILWAY ACCIDENT . Mr.
Maurice Grant writes to the Times :—" I left London
on Saturday last with my family by the 2.45 express
train from Euston for Manchester, and when we had
arrived within a short distance of Bletchley Junction we
suddenly experienced a severe jerk, and the train came
to a standstill. On jumping out I found we had come
into collision with a goods train, which, instead of being
turned on to the branch line, through some blundering
had been run on to the down-rails, thus placiag in extreme

jeopardy the lives of hundreds of passengers. Fortu-
nately no mischief happened to them beyond a severe
shaking and some bruises—l presume, owing to the drivers
of the trains (who bad to jump off to save their lives) hav-
ing discovered what had happened in time to reduce greatly
the speed of their trains ; but, even as it was, the heavy
goods engine was thrown over the embankment like
a toy, many of the cattle-trucks were smashed, and a
large number of sheep killed. My first thought was to
find some of the train officials to run on the line with fog
signals and lamps (it was getting dusk) to stop any
train following in our wake ; but, so far as I could dis-
cover, they had neither lamps nor fog signals, so that,
if it had not been that we were quite close to the
junction (whence I presume they telegraphed back, and
so stopped the traffic), it is clear it would have been
impossible to prevent a double accident occurring.
Happily neither my family nor myself are injared ; but
for the sake of others I think it right to trouble you with
these lines, so that in future no trains may be allowed to
leave, even in the daytime and in clear weather, without
a proper supply of signal apparatus. I would also sug-
gest that every train should be provided with a small
pocket battery which the guard might affix. to the nearest
wire, and so telegraph up and down the line, which would
be found of the greatest service, and would no doubt be
the means of preventing many accidents, besides saving
tinge."