The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-23 00:00:00

lllllther or not the executioner was network!, aud
had failed to adjust the rope as effectually as iu the
otli(r cases, it is certain that Larkin died very.slowly,
:,ncl after a rainful struggle.

Neither of the men attempted to say anything
on the scaffold, except repeating the words of a
Litany.

The drawing of the fatal bolt seemed to com-
pletely paralise the immense crowd, and after a few
moments of comparative dead silence, the people
seemed to recover animation, and, in much better
order than the most sanguine person expected, it
dispersed without the slightest display of feeling of
any sort.

MANCHESTER, Midnight.
Up to 12 o'clock all was quiet. Numbers of
people have visited the neighbourhood of the place
of execution during the last six hours, Lut there are
comparatively few now. The question, " Has there
been any reprieve received ?" meets you at every
turn.

The frequent threats of burning have caused an
uneasy feeling, and at most of the banks, ware-
houses, and hotels the precaution has been taken of
having some of the employes up all night to keep
watch and give an alarm if necessary.

MANCHESTER, Friday-.
Father Gadd this morning again visited the pri-
soners, who received his consolations in a very ap-
preciative spirit. Gould maintains a very quiet
demeanour, and supports his position with great
fortitude. At 1.30 this afternoon Larkin's mother,
wife, and children visited him. His mother, pre-
vious to going to the cell, was very much excited,
and repeatedly exclaimed while waiting in the cor-
ridor of the prison that her sou would not be
executed, and the rope was not yet spun which
would hang him. Two of Larkin's sisters-in-law,
who are said to have come from Dublin, presented
themselves at the prison gates, and requested to see
him ; but as the unhappy man had expressed no
special desire to see them, the authorities deemed it
advisable not to admit them. Allen's mother visited
her son between one and two o'clock. Father
Gadd had a conversation with the friends of the
condemned men previous to their being admitted to
the cells, and stated that the men were preparing
themselves in a becoming manner to meet their
doom.

Shore, who had apparently become resigned to
meet the capital sentence, received the intimation
that a respite had been accorded him in a becoming

The Manchester Guardian says :—" Carriage
triac in -NM Bailey-street was stopped at noon on
Thursday. The barricades will be numerous and
of great strength. We are informed that, in addi-
tion to the cavalry and infantry, an artillery force,
with several cannon, will be stationed within the
barricade, in readiness to act at a moment's notice.
The erection of the scaffold was commenced on
Thursday morning. New Bailey-street was crowded,
and the operations of the workmen were watched
with eager curiosity by numbers of persons who had
evidently come from the country districts. The
street was almost impassable.. The barricades are
arranged at such short intervals that the dangerS
arising from the pressure of dense masses of persons
will be reduced to .a premium, inasmuch as the crowd
will be broken up at intervals of about 80 yards.
It is stated that considerable sums have been paid
for accommodation in some of the shops and houses
fronting the place of execution. Instances are not
wanting, however, where the more respectable in-
habitants have refused to let their premises to per-
sons desirous of gratifying a morbid curiosity. The
convict Allen was visited on Thursday by three of
his aunts. The entrance of these persons into the
prison was noticed, and when it became known that
they were friends of the convict thousands congre-
gated in Stanley-street and waited for their reap-
pearance. On Thursday a kindly, simple-hearted
woman presented herself at the prison gate, and
requested to be allowed to scud in a little luxury
for Allen. The luxury turned out, upon examina-
tion, to be a can of beer. Of course her request was
refused, and she thereupon bestowed the beer upon
one of the police officers on duty in the street."

BIRMINGHAM, Friday Evening.
The disturbances in this town on Wednesday even-
ing, the result of the attempt made by some members
of the Reform League to excite sympathy for the
Fenian convicts, were repeated, under different cir-
cumstances, last night. Before 7 o'clock there was a
gathering of some hundreds of fellows at the back
of the Town-hall. They were of the class who are
always ready for any kind of mischief or depreda-
tion. It has been said that their ostensible object
was to hold a meeting in favour of hanging the
Manchester convicts ; be that as it,may, the police
were in readiness, and dispersed the mob as soon as
it began to collect. Driven from one locality, those
assembled made off for other parts of the town,
shouting and otherwise disturbing the street as they
passed along. A body of them, estimated at 600
strong, proceeded to the Roman Catholic Cathedral
and endeavoured to obtain admission, but failed to
do so ; the gates were closed against them, and the
edifice was in other respects defended by a number
of Irish who were on the spot. The mob then re-
sorted to the ordinary mode of violence—that of
breaking the windows ; but a body of police soon
came up and the rioters made off at once. They
again divided and took various directions, but made
chiefly for localities in which other Roman Catholic
places of worship were situate. It was reported
that the intention was to attack the Oratory ; the
probability, however, is that there was no design
but that of lawlessness. One gang, said to be 1,000
strong, went to St. Alban's Church, but in this and
every other instance the police were prepared, and
on the approach of the civil force the mob invari-
ably ran away. Not more than one or two arrests
have been made, one of them a boy of 14 ; but
these attempts to get up a tumult serve to show that
there exists a strong disposition in that direction,
and having been so thoroughly warned it will be
the fault of the executive if any serious outbreak
takes place.

NIGHT, 11.20.
The town is perfectly quiet. A mob gathered
early iu the evening, evidently intent on mischief at
the Roman Catholic Cathedral or at St. Alban's
Church, but the Irish were in great force armed
and the police were at all points, so any collision
was prevented. The Mayor and some of the magis-
trates sat at the Town-hall en permanence: