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

THIS DAY.

It is in general circulation to-dly that the police
have mad(-: .an important capture. The rumour is
to the cffe,:, that Deasy has been arrested on
hoard one of the foreign steamers that
arrived at London-bridge, brit we are not
in a positic,n to confirm the truth of the
rumour. A :person has been arrested by the police
under the oir umstances stated, but beyond that
there appears,. to be no ground for saying that he
is the Head Ce, Are for whose apprehension so large
a reward is olTe,~ed. Up to the hour of closing of
Bow-s%reet Polk -.-court, nothing was known there

of-the reForted arrest of Deasey.
The police observe the strictest silence on all
matters connect ed with Fenianism, therefore it is
impossible to pr acure, at the present moment, reli-
able information on the subject

THE CLE.BIKENWELL OUTRAGE.

EXAMINATION OF THE FENIAN CON-
SrIRATORS.

The examination of Timothy Desmond, William
Desmond, Jeremiah Allen, Nicholas English, and
Ann Justice was resumed to-day before Sir Thomas
Henry.

The precautions on the part of the police appeared
to be redoubled to-day, as the constables in the
passages' of the court were more numerous, and
those inside the court each carried a capped revolver
in his hand.
The first witness called was

Mrs. Crawley, who said—On Friday, December
13, I was in Corporation-row, going in the direc-
tion of Woodbridge-street. As I was walking along
I saw a large package on the pavement covered over
with something. It appeared to be very close to
the prison wall. I saw one man standing in front
of the barrel, and two little boys close to the side of
it. There were two men standing on the opposite
side at the corner of the court.

Sir T. Henry—What age were the boys ?

Witness—About ten and eleven. One of the
two men standing at the corner of the court stepped
forward and threw something across the street to the
man who was standing in front of the barrel. One
of the two little boys stooped down and picked
something up, and the other said, " That belongs
to the man." By that time I got close up to them,
and I then heard one of the boys say, " That will
do, master—that will do." By that time I had
passed, and I then saw it was a barrel with a squib
at the end of it alight. I ran past, and went on the
opposite side of the way. I got about the distance
of two houses, when I met the constable, and called
his attention to the matter.

Sir T. Henry—What constable was that ?

Witness—l think his name is Moriarty. He made
nie no reply.

Sir T. Henry—What did you say ?
Witness-1 think they were letting off fireworks,
and I said, pointing to the barrel, " What sort of a
gun do you call that ?" The constable male no
reply, but crossed over, and appeared to me to
have nearly reached the barrel, when I saw the men
run away.

Mr. Poland—The men standing near the barrel ?
Witness—Yes. The policeman turned round.
Sir T. Henry—How far was the constable from
the man ?

Witness --He appeared to be about four yards.
Sir T. Henry—When the. man began to run ?
Witness—Yes.

Sir T. Ilenry—Do you think he would have ap-
prehended them ?

Witness—l think he could if he had hurried
himself.

Mr. Poland—Where did he go ?

Witness—lie appeared to have only time to turn
round when I heard a great noise. I felt a blow on
my back, and I was then knocked down. I had
got to No. 5 house ; the barrel was placed opposite
No. 3.

Sir T. Henry—What length of time was there
between the time the man ran away and the ex-
plosion ?

_
`Witness—Almost the same. moment.
Sir T. Henry—The
policeman never quite reached
the barrel ?

Witness —No.

Sir T. Henry—Did you see what became of the
men?

Witness—No. When the explosion occurred my
bonnet was torn off my head, my watch was blown
from the chain, and my clothes all destroyed. The
men at the corner of the street were dressed in dark
clothes and tall black hats. The one that stood in
front of the barrel wore a brown coat.

Sir T. Henry—Do you recognise any of the
prisoners ?

Witness—The first one (Allen) seems to me to
be the man who threw something across the street.
The man who did it was about his size.

Sir T. henry--Do you think if, when you said
to the constable " what sort of a game do you call
that ?" he could have caught the men if he had ran
at that moment ?
Witness•— Yes.

ls\ doing
ritnesss_o.
Sir T. Henry—Then what do you think prevented
hi
Sir T. Heury—Tilen it was
He walked his usual pace.
his not running ?
Witness—Yes.

Sir T. Henry— Could he 800 the squib from
where you were talking to him?
Witness—No.

Sir T. Henry—Had you mentioned the word
" fireworks" to him ?

Witness—No. I had not the opportunity.
Sir T. Henry—Have you not seen all the boys
in the hospital?
Witness—No.

. S:r T. Henry—l think you ought to have seen
them, you might have recognised some of them ?

Witness—ldon't think I could.
Sir T. Henry—You had better go to the hospital
and see the boys?

Cross-examined by Mr. Harper—l saw the three
men distinctly, but I could not distinguish the
features of either. The barrel was against the
wall when I passed it. I only recognise Allen from
his size and general appearance. I never suspected
anything wrong was going on.
Sir T. Henry—Allen, if you wish to ask the wit-
ness any question, as you have no solicitor, you can
do so.
Allen—l've no question to ask.

John Davis—l reside at 18, King's-cross-road,
and am an engineer. I was engaged at work at
No. 7, Corporation-lane, on the 13th of December,
opposite Mr. Terry's. I had been there all the
afternoon, but between three and four my attention
was directel to the matter through a conver-
sation going on between a policeman and the
milkman. L heard the milkman tell the policeman
something, and then I looked down Corporation-
lane. I saw a barrel there with three little boys on
one side and a man of gentlemanly appearance on
the other. I saw the man stooping down to the
barrel, but I cannot say what he was doing. I did.
not notice either the man or the barrel until I heard
the milkman talking to the constable. After this
I saw the policeman walk into the middle of the
road, then he came on to the pavement on the same
side of the way that I was. He then walked directly
in a straight line over to the barrel. I saw some-
thing like a squib coming out of the barrel when the
policeman got pretty close it. It was alight.
The man then gave a hasty look at the
barrel and then ran away towards St. James's-
passage.

Mr. Giffard—Could you recognise the man ?
Witness—No, I could not. I never saw his
face.

Mr. Giffard—What did the policeman do when
he saw the cask ?

Witness—Why he ran back, and the explosion
occurred iu about a minute after.