The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-11
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General Of Canada tho Colonial once with reference
TO the fate Of the Fenan prisoners has just been made
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Dovrso srHExr Nov. "A, 1854
Ny I.ord-I have received your telegram stating
that you have reserved the ssntences Of the Fsnan
vos ana referring me % Mt S:wATds co%@unicston
despatch Of November and the reports Of Re-
MAN trials Mr. Seward, ebseve applies for record
before mo that che request has been granted I
approve OF your having done %. a the came
anxious !. guard myself nom Asserting 70 shs propos
ton that this request could have assumed tho FORM Of
demand, founded upon ssrios international rsht An
application BY the prisoners counsel through the United
States Consul In Canada who haa had ali facilities
granted hm, might have secured for Mr. Seward all that
with ordinary usAgs; but while thus ready and anxious
to aord the couvicts in question every chance OF inter-
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prstssnon that the United States sovenmsnt sonia
probably be the srss 70 regret not only because nation
from any request. compliance with which would be
inconsstent with the rights aud dignity Of indie
pendent STATE tS. because the practice and juri.
question q, ! believe, almost II not quite iden-
ticai After careful psrusL Of the trials
fantest shadow OF mpuation can, the opinion Of
any reasonable person. upon perfect fairness Of
was there no curailment Of that fun measure Of liberty
and means Of defence which Is essential element
in the criminal jurisprudence both Of the United States
and or Great Britain but every privilege that could be
conceded to the prisoners appears TO have been allowed
Tho OF the Crown temporarily stated the whole
court concurred 10 the delays which were asked and
granted, and observe that the prisoner Lynch
bore witness to the fairness and mpataly with which
his ~ H' Ssso ARE
ers. They have carefully considered the ques
zion. They. cannot shut their ewes to the very
neither less than wanton and lawiess attack
with the avowed object Of carrying dre and sword into
proved TO be frutless In It's result Il wicked in
It's design. which not only contemplated murder and
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goverument not nseusibe to the resentment which
the people Of Canada must feel They have submitted
and ia professional avocations Property has been
dsstsovsd tss" interrupted, and gisve 70 think vaua
which the associates and sympstbzers with these
happy crminais adopted, the ianguaro Which Trey
are az ssEos;sd 70, 70 h.,s held md TIE dis
1t castor either for the Canadian people Der Hsesys
government to overlook the grave character OF the
six months have now elapsed and that nothing has oc
Cured in the interval 70 detAct from tho complete
CrOWn0Q
and the Canadian volunteers In upprcssing the Fenisp
invasion and readily accepting the opinion Of yourself
and yonr svsess in favor q ces1cy her Mss.:ys
and wise policy may b secured without recourse 70
tho extreme penatv Of law have, therefore. thought
her prerngave OF mercy TO the prisoners Lynch and
McSfahon now lying under sentence or DEATH and to
commute the 70 twenty years penal servtude
Imprisonment as the law Of Canada may warrant you
IN assigning II isony TO be hoped that this act OF
clemsncx on thspart q her 'ajesty may not be mis-
tnd.r and hat rohr rant tn vf
capital sentences have been oomniuted may be Of su
o,ent severity 70 others Of the sill graver conss
selves liable by repetition OF such insane aud criminal
procecdpgS; but IL unhAppy, this hope should DO dis
appointed all such persons must BE- prepared 70 BE- VS.
~ - - = - = - - cARNARvoN.'
The Montreal volunteers and government police who
have been stationed at Sweetsburg since the Fenian
trials commenced in December returned homo to day.
the prisoners having bssn removed to tho provincial
penitsntlary' 1t Kingston.
Arrival sf tho sweetsbnrs PrIsoners az Ktnss-
\ eoa-Thc Green's Own Petition the Home
Govevnmemt for tho Pardon Of the Prisoners
Whose Sentences Have Been CoH,muted
Opening Of the County Assizcs, &c.
III apF ft i TORONTO, G. w.. Jan. 10, 1887.
1 Tho three Fenian prisoners sentenced to death at
swcctsburg arrived At Kingston At six o'clock this
ing Thsy wsro escorted by company OF tho scven.
teenth regulars from Sweetsburg, and the Sheriff or
Bedford, c. K On their arrival At Kingston the United
States Consul supplied them with 70 comfortable break
Ease before they escorted TO the pententiary Tho
prisoners this city not removed last night
tended, tho Hon Kenneth Mckenzie Informed the
Solicitor General that their presence IN Toronto - wit
nesses was necessary in the forthcoming trials
Al the meeting Of the Queens Own last night IL was
unanimously resolved to petition the imperial govern
mcnt 70 pardon the prsones The passage OF the reso.
luton gave rise considerable discussion but IL
finally % ssed.
The county assizes opened to-day noon before Mr.
Justice Morrison With the cxccn'ion Of twenty nine or
the Feniau prisoners the criminal docket contains
thing OF Importance. Tho Crown business will be- con-
Quoted by Hon J. Cameron, Mr.. r. A. Harrison and Mr.
John McNabb, County Attorney The Fenans will be
charging the jury said he happy TO inform them
that tho calendar very light there being only three
names OF criminals the docket In sddton 70 these
however there . number of persons charged with
invading the province IN Juno last True bills having
beon found against them by the last grand Jury their
cases would net before the present grand Jury
Asr remarks regarding the duties 81 grand jares
his IDrdship concluded, and the Jury retired num-
Drswned While Skating.
~ KINGSTON @ w., jan TO- 1861
|, Two lads named Champion Taylor and Timothy To-
land drowned while skating tho river last even
ing Their bodies have not yet besn recovered. The
former u the Of Captain W. Taylor, Of this city
THE feMANs
Change or Feeling stephens Rssaiaiss Lost
Ground. aa
Last evening another meeting tho third OF the series
Of Feusa oearss and centrifugal auxisries held at
1893 Bowory for the two objects Of nessas statement
from the G. O. T. andof eectng nvs recently nomna-
ted candidates to constitute directory with full powers
A.