The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,- MONDAY EVENING

MARKETS—(2 his Day.)

?LARK LANE.

Only limited supplies of wheat were on offer in the lead-
ing country markets held on Saturday. All kinds were in
request, at 2s to fully 3s per quarter more money. Barley
and all other articles were held on higher terms.
On the continent the corn trade has been very quiet of
late. From America the shipments of produce to England
have fallen off considerably.
The imports into London last week were 17,910 guar_
ters of wheat, 1,150 barley, 54,856 oats, 500 beaus, 8 peas,
1,742 tares, 7,814 linseed, 19,936 rapeseed, 2,787 maize, 5
sundries, 3,325 sacka and 2 847 barrels of flour.

r.Lhe supply of E❑glish wheat on sale hero to-,day was
very limited. The trade was not to say active, yet, com-
pared with Monday last, prices advanced 3s. to 4s. per
quarter.

We were well supplied with foreign wheat, in which
about an average business was doing at 2d to 3d per quar-
ter more money.

Flouting cargoes of grain wore hold on higher terms.
Fine barley moved off freely at an imprcvement in value
of is per quarter, whilst grinding and distilling sorts were
quite as dear as last week

Malt, the supply of which was good, was in fair request
at full quotations.
Although the show of oats was extensive, the oat trade
was firm, at 6d per quarter above previ rates.
Beans commanded full quotations, with a fair demand.
Peas were I.s. per quarter highrr than on this day
se'nnight.
Flour commanded more attention, and the quotations had
an upwari tendency.

Seeds generally were a slow inquiry on former terms
Cakes were steady in price.

CURRENCY PER IMP. MEABITRE

Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 66s to 73s
Do., old —s —s
Do., white, old --8 —s
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —i
Do., new
Talavera.
Rye—
Barley —Grinding

Malting 393
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk

Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 703
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 25s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 233
Cork, white 24s
Scotch, Feeding 2ss
Beans—Tick
Pigeons ..... 46s
Peas—Grey,
Maple
46s
...

White
Boilers
Flour —Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 46s
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel 293
French, per sack 503

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

Only a limited supply of foreign stock was on sale here,
nevertheless the demand was in a sluggish state, at about

previous quotations.
The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing
districts were only moderate, but the quality of the sup-
ply was good. For most breeds there was a steady, but
by no means active inquiry, at prices equal to Monday
last. The best Scots and crosses sold at from 5s to 5s 2d
per 81bs. . _

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received about 900 Scots and crosses; from Leicestershire,
700 shorthorns, am ; from other parts of England, 500
various breeds ; from Scotland, 298 Scots and crosses; and
from Ireland, 200 cows, heifers, &c. _ _

There was about an average supply of sheep in the pens
for the time of year, and the general condition of the stock
was prime. For all breeds the demand ruled heavy, at
2d per 81bs less money, compared with this day se'nniglat.
The best Downs and half-brads changed hands at from
4s 8d to 4s 10d per Blbs.

The demand for calves was inactive. Prices, however
were supported. They ranged from 4s 4d to 5s 4d per
&lbs. The supply was again limited.
Prime small pigs were in fair request, at full prices ; bu t
large hogs were very dull, at previous rates.

‘IIIIIIIID EDIT toN.

SUN OFFICE, 7 g'CLOCK.

RUMOURED APPREHENSION
OF
II EELD-CENTRE DE A.SEY.

JANUARY 6, 1868.

Sir I'. Henry—Do you know what became of the
three little boys ?
Witness—They all ran away at the same time
the man did.

Thomas Francis Young--I now reside in Arling-
ton-street. I formerly resided at No. 4, Corpora-
tion-lane. This witness then repeated the evidence
he gave at the inquest with respect to the calamity.

It will be recollected that it was to the effect that
he was standing at the door of the house No. 3,
Corporation-lane, just before the explosion occurred,
and that he saw the man strike a match and put it
to the head of the barrel. He also saw previous to
this a man throw a box of lucifer matches acrors
the road to the man standing near the barrel. After
the match was applied to the squib in the barrel
both men ran away up St. James's-ploca.
Mr. Giffard—How near was the policeman to the
barrel when the man stooped down to pick up the
Lucifers ?

Witness—About five or six yards.
Mr. Poland—What was the policeman doing be-
tween the time of striking the first match, which
you say went out, and the second one, with which
the man lit the squib ?
Witness—He was walking towards the barrel.

Mr. Poland—When the Len ran up the court
what did the policeman do ?
Witness—Turned round and ran the other way,
towards Woodbridge-street.
Mr. Poland—When did the explosion take place?
Witness—About two seconds after the squib was
lit. The constable had just passed my door. I
saw ale yellow flame. Little Johnny Abbott was
with me all this time.
Sir T. Henry—He was looking at all that passed ?
Witness—Yes, sir. •
Mr. Poland—Did the exp'osion render you in-
sensible ?
Witness—Yes ; it blew me about 12 feet inside
the passage. Johnny Abbott, when I came to, I
found clinging round my neck. My thumb was
blown off. 1 got up as soon I could, and then I
found the whole of the house had been destroyed,
and I afterwards got my wife and sister out of the
ruins. They are now lying in a very dangerous
state in St. Bartholomew's Hosfital. I afterwards
got Minnie Abbott out of the ruins quite dead.
Mr. Poland—Look at the prisoners ; do you re-
cognise any of them ?
Witness—Yes, the first and third (Timothy Des-
mond and Allen).
Mr. Poland—Where did you see Timothy Des-
mond on the day of the explosion?
Witness—ln St. James's-walk, between 112 and
1 o'clock. He was walking up and down.
Mr. Poland—When did you first see Allen ?
Witness—At the corner of Rosman-street and
Bowling-green-lane, that same day, and soon after
1 had seen the other. He ran against me as I was
leaving the publichouse I had been into to have a
little ale. The end prisoner (William Desmond) is
something like the man who stood at the barrel,
but he had a different coloured coat on then, and
wore a black silk hat. He appeared also a little
stouter than that man. _ _

By Mr. Harper—l did not see the barrel brought.
The constable was close by me when the matches
were thrown, but he could not see that as he was
going in the opposite direction. The policeman
was not near when the squib was lit. He was be-
tween me and the man. He could have prevented

the explosion, and km could I if I had thought
it had been filled with gunpowder, but I've no
doubt had I done so the man was armed to defend
the barrel. I did not see the man who lit the squib,
but I did see the full face of the one that threw the
lucifers. The man who lit the barrel was somewhat
slimmer than the prisoner Desmond.
Mr. Giffard —What is your belief as to his being
the man ?
Witness—l should not like to swear to him.
Sir T. Henry—You are not asked to do so.
Have you any belief on the matter?
Witness—Well, I am almost led to think he is
the man, and then again I don't think he is.
Sir T. Henry—Did you see the man long enough
to form a belief about his being the man l
Witness—Well, yes.
Sir T. Henry—What is that belief ?
Witness—Why, that he is the man who fired the
barrel ?

Allen—You distinctly state that you saw the
man who threw the lucifers, and you distinctly
state I am not the man who threw the matches.

Witness—l do.
The little boy, John Abbott, was next examined.
His evidence has been already published. He saw
the man put the squib into the head of the barrel.
Mr. Giffard—What was the man like who fired
the. blrrel ?
Witness—The man there at tha end (William
Desmond).

Mr. Giffard—Do you mean that he is the man ?
Witness—Yes, sir. (Sensation in court.)
Desmond.—l was far away from it at that
ime.

Sir T. Henry—You have a solicitor. You had
better leave your case in his hands.
By Mr. Harper—The man came from St. James's-
court that fired the barrel. After he had crossed

the road he turned round, and then I saw his face.
I saw his face for a minute or two. lam sure he is
the man. I don't think it was a thinner man than
the prisoner I have pointed out.
Mr. Harper—Why can you not speak to any of
the other men ?
Witness—Why, because I was only looking at
the man at the barrel to see what he was doing. I
saw his full face for more than a minute.

Mr. Harper—Did:you see the man who threw the
ucifers ?

Witness—No.

Mr. Giffard—Was the man you have pointed out
as the person who lit the squib dressed as he
now is ?

Witness—No, sir ; he had on a light brown over-
coat and a tall hat.

Charles Mosely, aged 10, said—l am now a
patient in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. I used to
live at No. 2, Corporation-lane with my father. I
recollect the day of the explosion. I was playing
about the lane with another boy called " Walley."
It was between 11 and 12. I saw a man tip up a
truck and put a barrel into it. The truck was near
the prison wall. After the barrel had been put
on the pavement for some time it was replaced,
and it and the truck were taken away. I did
not see where. There were two men with the
truck. I was in a court at the top of Rosomon-
street playing when I saw this. The barrel looked
like a parrafin barrel. I went to look at the barrel
and touched it, but I did not see the men at that
moment. On that day I did not go to school. I
stayed at home to mind my sister's baby. Mother
had taken the baby from me for a short time, when
I went into the court, at the corner of which
our house stood. There were some other boys
playing there. Their names are Frank Taylor,
Jack Gillies, and Walley. I went up to St.
James's-buildings,and then having played for about
an hour I saw three men at the corner of the court
at Corporation-lane, and one of them threw some-
thing over the prison wall ; it looked like a
box of matches. It was white, like a round
bill. These three men then ran up the
court, and went round the corner towards
Rosomon-street, and then they walked down again.
I then said to Jack Gillie, " I shall go and see the
prisoners walk round," and then I went upstairs,
entering the house by the back gate. I went into
the second floor front loom, and looked out of the
window, but I did not see the prisoners being exer-
cised. I had seen them exercised there before.
When I looked down I then saw the barrel.
The man crossed over from the court before he put
the squib to the barrel. I saw two other men
standing about whilst ho was doing it. These were
the three men I have already spoken of. The police-
man was very near our house when the man lit the
squib. The explosion tcok place, and then I was
knocked backwards as I was looking out of the
window. I was got out of the ruins by the fire-
escape. _ _

Mr. Poland—Just look at all the prisoners. Arc
you able to recognise either of them ?

Witness—lto, sir.

James Stratton—l am a carman, and carry on
business at Plummer'o-place, Corporation-lane. The

day before the explosion I recollect standing near
my stable. I saw two men there, and also two men
coming with a truck from the direction of St. John-
street-road. The men 'driving the truck passed me
and made a slip, as if they were drunk, and shook
the cask, which looked a paraffin-like cask. One of the
men had a sack thrown across his shoulder. I after-
wards saw the cask put against the wall. The cask
had a painted head—a darkish blue or green. This
was the day previous to the explosion. The barrel
seemed to me to be put exactly opposite the house
No. 3, Corpontion-lane.
Mr. Giffard—Do you see any of the men you
speak of ?

Witness—Well, I don't think I shall far out
of my reckoning if I say that dark man (Timothy
Desmond) was one of the men drawing sin truck.
He was on. thn near side as lie passed .me. I saw
English is and out of the .11.41 beer-shop that day.
Mr. Giffard—Had you seen any of them bebre
that d iy ?
Witness--No, never.

Mr. ,Giffard—How long did the barrel remain
there that day ?

Witness—Not long. It could not have beer,
there more than a minute or two, as when I came
out of the beershop it waa gone. They never came
back the same way they arrived. This would bring
the time to about twenty minutes or a quarter to
four.

Cross-examined—l thought when I saw the men
drawing the truck that they were drunk. The rea-
son I noticed the men I have pointed ont more than
other people I saw that day arises from the circum-
stance that one of them came in and out of the Bell
beershop. I did not pay particular attention to
the fact that one of the men drawing the truck was
lame. lam quite positive English is one of the
men who drew the truck.

English—l'm not one of the men. That fellow
will swear anything.

Mrs. Sarah Smithers—My husband keeps the Bell
beer-shop at the corner of Plummer's-place. I re-
collect the day before the explosion. Four men,
neither of whom I had seen before, entered the
house, and my husband drew them a pot of stout.
One asked for some bread and cheese, but as we do
not keep it in the house I offered to send for it. I
sent a little girl for it, and the men waited whilst it
was fetched.

Mr. Poland—Look at the prisoners well and say
whether you know either of them ?

Witness—English, I feel sure, is one of the four
men I speak of.

Examination continued—Two of the men left our
house for a minute or two andthen returned, when
all four finished up the bread and cheese, and left
the place. It would be about a quarter to three on
the Thursday. The four men I speak of all formed
one party. They drank the same beer one with
the other.

Mr. Isaac Allum—l am a wheelwright, and work
at Bucklebury, near Reading. On Friday the 13th
ult., I came to see the cattle show. I went to see
it, and left the Agricultural Hall about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. In coming away I walked through
Corporation-lane, and whilst I was there I saw a
person coming towards me drawing a truck, upon
which I saw a barrel. As soon as I saw it the
man turned the truck round to the left and shot
the barrel on to the pavement near the prison wall.
As the man rose the hau Ile of the truck, another
man came across the road and assisted him with the
barrel. He threw a cloth over it and then went
went away. He came from out a small court
near to where the barrel was lying. After the
barrel was placed the man recrossed and came near
me.

Mr. Giffard—Can you identify either of these
men ?

Witness—Yes. The man Allen is one, and the
man with the red whiskers (William Desmond) is
another. The other two I cannot recollect.

Cross-examined by Mr. Ilarper—l am quite cer-
tain about the time I left the Cattle Show. I was
at the end of Bowling-green-lane when the explo-
sion took place. I did not go back to see the cause
of the noise I heard.

Mr. Giffard—That is all the evidence I have to
offer in the present case. I have some further evi-
dence to produce in the treason-felony case.
S;r T. Henry—Then I shall again remand the
prisoners.

Mr. Harper wished to be clearly understo3l that
there was no reiationship between the two Des-
monds.

Timothy Desmond, William Desmond, Jeremiah
Allen, John O'Keefe, and John Mallady were then
placed at the bar on a charge of treason felony.
William ,Gilbert—l am a grocer and draper,
living at Enfield. I was formerly employed at the
Enfield small arms factory up to the 22d of April.
I had been engaged there 10 years as a gun
finisher. On the 11th of December I was in my
shop, at Enfield, about 8 o'clock, when a person
came in (Mullady) and asked for some biscuits. I
served him, and he then inquired the way to the
small arms factory. I had a breech-loading gun
of my own invention doing something to in my
hands, when he put some questions to me about the
weapon. I explained the points to him, and then
he asked me if there were military kept at the
small arms factory. I told him there was a rifle
force kept there, and he then asked how
many police were kept there, and if they were
armed. I told him I could not say how many, but
that they were armed. He also inquired what sort
of gnns were made there, and I told him military
ones. He then asked if the guns were kept in store
at the factory, and how they were conveyed to
London. I told him I didn't know as they had
altered their previous arrangements. I knew how
the arms were conveyed, but I did not think it
judicious to inform a stranger how it was done.
He then asked if there were any houses to let in
the neighbourhood. I told him I didn't know, and
then again he referred to the factory, and
asked if there was a road to it from Wal-
tham. I told him there was, and then
asked if there was a communication between
Epping Forest and the factory. I said I was not
aware that there was, as I had never been there.
He asked if ammunition was manufactured at
Enfield, to which I replied that I had never seen
any made there. lie next asked if ammunition was
kept in store at the factory, and I told him 1 did
not know, but that there might be a little kept for
the Rifle Corps. He asked me if we were not
afraid of the Fenians popping down upon us, and
how we were prepared to receive them. I told
him we were well prepared for them, and that they
would meet with a warm reception, as there were
1.000 men nearly ready to take arms, and fight for
the source of their living ; also a Rifle Corps besides.
I inquired if he was going to the factory that night,
as it appeared to me that he had business there, but
he said he did not think he should get what he
wanted done that night, so he should not go. I
then expressed an opinion that the Fenians were
acting a very foolish part to attempt
forto redress
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Waltham Abbey.

Cross-examined-1. will swear positively that the
prisoner
Mallady is .„,the person with whom I had
the conversation I ?aye detailed, and that it oc-
curred about a quarter past eight on the evening iu
question. Our conversation lasted over twenty
minutes, and it would be about half-past eight
when he quitted my shop.
Mr. Giffard—That is all the evidence I propose
to offer to-day.
Sir T. Henry then remanded the prisoners for a
week.

EXETER HALL. The last of the Christmas
oratorio performances given by the National Choral
Society, under the direction cf Mr. G. W. Martin, will
take place on Wednesday next, when " Elijah" will be
porformed, and Mr. Santley make his only appearance
in the above oratorio this Christmas. Band and chorus,
seven hundred.