The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-21
IRISH NEWS.
THE FENIAN EXECUTIONS.
Correspondence of the New York Tribune.

ton an unwonted gloom hangs over the great city, and
k safe to say that many who up to yesterday morning
ceo out Tor blood would be glad if those three young
men who died bave could be brought back finish the
term OF their natural lives After the execution yesterday
Inc crowd dispersed in peaceabe and orderly and
from that time until now Manchester has been as have
mtimaed, more orderly than usual.
feeling of uneasiness and unrest seems however to per-
wade the public mind All the manufactures and
houses in both Manchester and Stafford guarded and
strictly watched by bands of wormen and the banks and
public buildings under the surveillance of the police
At ST. Johns Catholic Cathedral, where Father Gadd
usually oclaes the Irish poor gathered in large numbers
and there was evidently feeling of sorrow pevadng the
whole congregation Father Gadd had gone the country,
and no mention whatever made of the of the
previous day.
mourning card had been printed and was sold by boys
In the neghborhood of the Cathedral They bought
rapidly. The following was the inscription
Of your charity, for the soul of William OMeara
Allen, aged 10 years. William Gould aged 80 years. Michael
Lark aged 80 years. the unfortunate men who were
executed at the New Bailey Saord Saturday, Novem-
Der 23 1867 Their profound love of poor old Ireland and
the Fenian induced them attack the police in
Hyde road, Manchester on the 18th of September, and
release Colonel Kelly and Captain Deasey from custody
They tried by Special Commission and sentenced
death Friday, November l. Have pity them, have
pity them at least you their friends for the hand of the
Lord hath touched them.
9" All their sorrows ended
All their suferings Ger.
Ireland'n
about in the neighbohood of the prison to-day and thou
sands of fearful eyes have surveyed the niche in the wall
where yesterday their died. afternoon
procession formed at ST. Wilfreds Roman Catholic
Church, although the priests did their best stop it. There
were nearly thousand men, and at least two thousand
and children in the procession The bands PLAYED
the Dead March in Saul and the Portuguese hymn
point cheer raised for the Irish Republic and
echoed along the line Opposite the house of Aliens mother
the procession stopped and the whole crowd took off their
hats the same took place opposite Larkns house. There
disturbance of any kind and all passed off quietly
A few mounted policemen are patrollng the streets
THE FENIAN EXCITEMENT LONDON.
On Sundav ID IN
of the three who had been executed the previous day
at Manchester was organized on Cerkenwell Green and
Pail Mall, and st. James street, to Hyde Park 1t
bered several thousands and at the head of it carried
black flag with the inscription
Man" Mans inhum1anity to man
The people who had assembled in the Park added to the
numbers which the procession had brought have
dressed from three stands. At No stand Mr. Fnlen was
the principal speaker He said that the lives of Iishmen
had been sacrificed yesterday in Manchester for endeavorng
subserve the interests of glorious and just They
followed to their graves with the sympaties of all
with hearts to feel and intellect appreciate the just
the true and the beautiful The graves of those men were
within the precincts of the prison. and if their funeral
had been publicly held in Manchester those whom he adj
dressed could not have attended To-day they did the next
best thing namely attending that solemn funeral procession
that procession which was recognition of the worth of
the poor yesterday sacrificed and of the Justice of their
patriots That blood of unjustly and
cessarly shed-wen to cement and consolidate the sympa
thies and hearts of Engshmen, Irshmen and Scochmen
chee in holy nvncible bond dedicated to the regen
GRAFTON of these islands afflicted by class deposm and desc
Grated by class slavery Should that blood bring about such
issue, the memory of Allen, Gould and Larin would be
enthroned in the future the deverers of the past
garded at present These poor fellows had left mothers
wives sisters brothers. to weep in memory of their loss
They (he meetng) while recognizing that fact must not
forget that the poor unfortunate policeman Sergeant Brett
also taken from the bosom of his family and they COM
mserated that family earnestly and sincerely they
did those of the murdered They cosmopolitan in
their symphes they not secrans they were human
A of nj
the meanest citizen was an indgny the State They
had undertaken the vndicaon in the largest spirit and as
they had carried it far let them carry morally grandy
Constitution; determined be reemen, to be elevated to
that position which ought to be the held by that
true and usty portion of the civilized community which
guarantees the wealth. power and integrity of the State II
Engshmen Scotchmen and Irishmen united great good
would result from their efforts He hoped the families