The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-23 00:00:00

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets are
less extensive. The demand has improved, and prices
have an upward tendency. The imports into London last
week consisted of 1,604 sacks from Dunkirk, 585 bags
Ilarling,,n, 32 casks Ilimburg, 131 tons llonfleur, 311
sacks Boulogne, 60 tons 2 sacks Caen, 47 packages Rotter-
dam, and 120 tons from Groningen.
Regents l2os to 180 s per ton.
Flukes
Rocks loos to 130 s „
French Bos to 90s „

Witness—Well, then, the 58th. I entered in
Charles -street, Westminster. I was then working
as a tailor.
Mr. Lewis—Up to that time had you not been in
prison?
Witness—No, never.
Mr. Lewis—And you pledge your sacred oath to
that ?

Witness—Yes.
Mr. Lewis-IVere you ever tried by court-mar-
al ?

Witness—Once.
Mr. Lewis—Only once?
Witness—Yes ; it was for absence without leave.
Mr. Lewis—You aro sure that that was the only
time. •
Witness—Yes. I don't come here to tell lies.
Sir Thomas Henry—Answer the questions pro-
perly.
Mr. Lewis--how was the prison to be blown up ?
Witness—l did not know how it was to be blown
up by a barrel of gunpowder. I did not know the
prison was to be exploded. I thought the wall of
the exercise yard was merely to be blown down to
allow Burke and the other to escape.
Mr. Lewis—Did you as a soldier ask how it was
to be blown up ?
Witness—No, never. I had uo idea how it was
to be effected.
Mr. Lewis—And knowing that, you did not com-
municate with the police?
Witness—l thought the house of Detention was
to be ,ilown up without loss of life.
Mr. Lewis—Do you expect any of. the reward if
you convict any one?
Witness—Yes, certainly.
Mr. Lewis—How much ?
Witness--I cannot say, but I expect some. I
have had no conversation with the police about
that.

Mr. Lewis—Where are you residing now ?
Witness—l object to the question being an-
swered.
Mr. Lewis—Are you being supported now by any
person?
Witness—Am I bound to answer the question.
Sir T. Henry—Yes, you had better.
Witness• Well, yes, lam by the Commissioners
of Police.
Cross-examination continued—Father O'Connor
alluded on the occasion Lhave spoken of to give a
lecture to raise money, as I was told, to buy arms.
I cannot call it an open meeting, as there were two
men at the door. I didn't see any cards or bills.
English—You knew it was by card. I've got
one.

Cross-examination continued—Father O'Connor
said he was prepared to give a lecture, but he
would speak on Ireland. The men were stationed
at the door in order that no detectives might enter
without the tip being given. I have said something
about a meeting held at a public-house. Anybody
might have attended that. I have seen Mulvaney
at different times at Kavanagh's public-house meet-
ing, and only once at the meeting at which Father
O'Connor attended.
Mr. Lewis—Have you yourself been in the habit
of administering the Fenian oath ?
Witness—.No, I've not.
Desmond—How long have you known me?
Witness—About 18 months.
Desmond—And from that conversation did you
believe I belonged to the Fenian. Brotherhood ?
Witness—Yes, certainly.
Desmond—What did you hear me say that led
you to infer that ?
Wituess-11'hy, you said that if you had a rifle
you would send it to Ireland.
Desmond— -I have kept my allegiance when you
have not.
Sir T. Henry—You must not do that.
Witness—Who told you 1 was going to shoot
Massey, Corydon, and Duvany ?
Witness—Desmond.
Desmond--It's untrue, an'l I male that state-
ment here in the presence of the Almighty. Ciau
ask Desmond a question, your worship ?
Sir T. Henry—No ;heis a prisoner like your-
self.

Desmond—lt's cruel that my life is to be sworn
away in this manner. When did these rages take
place ? Witness—Why every Saturday evening.
Desmond—l have only been to one raffle, and
that was to the inuefit of a widow whose hulbaud

was on strike. I have only been in one, and that
was for 10s. 6d., so they could not buy many aims
with that. You know what I state is true, you

wretch.

Sir T. Henry—You must not make such observa-
tions as that at the present state of the case.
Desmond—lt is a cruel thing that I atn to be
convicted by the oath of such a wretch-. I have not
had the opportunity of engaging a counsel. I know
I shall be lost through it.
English—You have stated you saw me at the
meeting in Golden-Frivare. What was.it for ?

Witness—For the head centre to be there.
English —Who told yon.so ?
Witness—Timothy Desmond. He said that Boss
was to be there.

Engli6--What was the next meeting to be hell
? Speak the truth.
Witness—For Boss to be there to give instrue-

ions.

English—lt's lucky for you he was not there.
Witness—Don't make those observations until
you make your statement at the proper time.
Engs!i—The raffle was for a very harmless and
charitable purpose, and nothing else.
Witness—Did you not tell me on Monday before
I gave the information that you had heard my name
with others had been freely mentioned, and that I
had better " hook it off" or skedaddle. •
Witness—Yes, I did.
Desmond—He told me the same.
English—You have said there were some cards
found at my home.
Witness—No, I've not.

. .
English—Why, Sergeant Cole says he had got
them.

On Sergeant Cole being called in, he said he had
not found any cards at the residence of Desmond
or English, but that some had been taken from
Mulvaney's residence.

The cards were produced by Bunce, the officer,
and read. Some stated that the lecture to be
given was for the benefit of the Manchester
Prisoners' Wives' Fund, on the llth of November,
and the admission was one shilling. Mr. J. Ryan
was to be in the chair, and Clinton Hoey, Esq.,
was announced as one of the proposed speakers.
There were also some others for a money
subscription, and a schedule was printed thereon, in
which a pin hole was to be made for every sixpence
subscribed. On one of these cards found at Mul-
vany's as many as 32 pin holes were made, and on
another 12.

English (to Vaughan)—Are you certain it was on
the Monday or the Tuesday.
Vaughan—On Monday.

English—lt was on the Tuesday—it will suit him
better to say Monday. He had given information
to the police before he told us to hook it.
English—How long have you worked for Davis
and Goodman ?

Vaughan—About 18 months.
English—And then you got a better job in the

police.

Desmond—l have worked hard for my living,
and I can prove it. My life is now being sworn
away by a wretch for the purpose of getting money.
O'Keefe—Who told you that O'Keefe and Des-
mond were to do the trick for Alassey, Corydon, and
Devany. _ _

Vaughan—Tim Desmond.

O'Keefe—Don't you know other persons than me
named O'Keefe.

Vaughan—Yes, but you are the only one I know
connected with Fenianism. You have accused me
of making a little out of the brotherhood at a
judge and jury.
O'Keefe—Will you not swear the meeting at
which Father O'Connor was six months ago and
not three ?

Vaughan—As near as I can recollect it was three
months. I was present.

O'Keefe—The meeting was held last April, and
it was solely attended by tailors on strike. The
contribution for the strikers was given on one side
of the room, and the money for the r flies on the
other.