The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-30

THE FENIAN iGITATIoN-THE CLERKENwELL En-
PLosIoN.
The English papers give copious details Of the
Fenian attempt to blow up the Clerkenwell Prison,
and with the Fenian movements generally. The
London Times, of December 14th, gives the fol-
lowing:
Yesterday afternoon an attempt was made to
obtain the release OF the Fenian prisoners,
Burke and Casey, by blowing up with gunpow-
der the outer wall OF the House of Detection at
Clerkenwell, in which they are at present con-
fined while under remand and it succeeded so
far as to effect an enormous breach IN the wall,
abou. sixty feet wide at the top, and lessening
toward the ground. Unhappily, that was not the
whole result. Upward Of forty innocent people.
men, women, and children OF all ages, some oil
whom happened TO be passing at the time-wore
injured more or less severely by this gunpowder
plot, of whom one was killed on the spot, two
have since died, and a fourth is not expected to
survive the night. Thirty-sX Of the sufferers
were removed to st. Ba~rtholomew's Hospital,
where three died III the course of the evening, and
SIX to the Royal Free Hospital in Gray's Inn Road.
Three and four OF the wounded were members OF
the same family, some were mere infants, and the
husband of Il woman who has since died OF
injuries she sustained, lies in 81. Bar
tholomew'a, shockingly bruised and pros
trated. Others are missing. The explosion, which
sounded like the discharge OF artillery, occurred
at exactly a quarter TO four o'clock in the after
noon, when there is still Daylight in ever these
short days, and was heard for miles round. In the
immediate neighborhood it produced the greatest
CONSERVATION; for it blew down houses and shat
tered the windows of others in all directions.
The windows of the prison itself, OF coarse glass
more than q quarter OF an inch thick, were TO o
large extent broken, and the side OF the building
Immediately facing the outer wall IN which the
breach was made, and about one hundred
and fifty feet from it, bears - the marks OF
the bricks which we're hurled against 1t by
the explosion. The wall surrounding the prison
is about twenty-five feet high, two feet three
inches thick at the bottom, and about fourteen
inches thick at the top. The scene of the explo-
sion is Corporation Row, which runs parallel with
the prison wall on its Northern side, and consisted
of houses three stories high-s)me OF them let
out in tenements and others used for various
manufacturing purposes. A very clrcumstantlal
account of the transaction is given by an intelll-
gent little boy named John Abbott, thirteen years
of ace, who happened to be an eyewitness. and
who now lies at 1t. Bartholomew Hospital, Dutt,
happily, not much injured. The boy lived with
his parents at No. 5 Corporation Lane, and we
cannot, perhaps, do better than give his statement
in his own words. About quarter TO four O'Clock,
he saws. he was standing at Mr.. Ioung's door, NO.
5. when he saw 4 large barrel close to the wall OF
the prison, and a man leave the Darrei ana cross
the road. Shortly afterward the man returned
with a long squiD in each hand. One OF these
he gave to some boys who were playing IN the
street. and the other he thrust into the barrel.
One of the boys was smoking, and he handed tne
man a light, which the man applied to the SOUP.
The man staid o short time until he saw the squlD
begin to burn, and then he ran away. a ponce
man ran after him, and when the policeman arrlv-
ed opposite No. 5 "the thing went OIL" The boy
saw no more after that, as he himself was covered
with bricks and mortar. The man, he says, was
dressed something like q gentleman. There was
q white cloth over the barrel, which was black,
and when the man returned with the squlD he
partly uncovered the barrel, but did not wholly,
remove the cloth. There were several
men and women in the street at the tlme,
standing near the barrel all the time. Some OF
the people ran after the man who lighted the
suuib. On Thursday evening MIR. Henry Pownall,
the Chairman of the County Magistrates, III con-
seouence of information he had received, paid a
visit to the prison and directed the Governor, Cap
tain Todd, not to exercise the prisoners In the
ordinary way Yesterday either as to time or place.
rho wall which has been blown down enclosed q
large open space in which the prisoners were
accustomed to take exercise. The Governor,
therefore. had them exercised between nine and
ten Yesterday morning, instead OF the usual time,
which was bovMoel. ...ree and alf-paS. four IN the
afternoon, and to this precaution it IS probably
owing that the diabolical attempt of yesterday was
unsuccessful.
THE LONDON PRESS on THE cLERKENwELL OUTRAGE.
Tho London Times, of the 18th, III an editorial
on the Clerkenwell outrage says: The time IS
DISU U ClCulCuON dlu
have filled to the full the cup oil wrath. In deal
ing with them public opinion will need rather TO
be restrained til in investigated. Ireland has sni,
fered much Mt the hands Of her set-constltuted
representatives, and never more than when sue Is
made to appear before the world as the mother OF
assassins. IT NAV be that this great crime VIII
cure many who have taken the infection oil re-
nianism. At least let England show that what
ever NAV have to be done, she will allow neither
fear nor anger to sway the balance OF Justice.
NJ. rraIo~.orL choo,r-nc fbot sspypn before the ONT
rage of last night there could not he two opinions
AS to the p~ropricty of the step which has been ta-
ken by the Irish government Of prohibiting the
Fcnian PROFESSIONS The papers generally con-
cur In this v1ey.
THE IRISH DEMONSTRATIONS.
The Pail Mall (Eng.) Gazette, referring to the
demonstrations Ill ireland IN reference to the Man.
chester executions, says:
IF we are to take the plain and obvious significa-
ton of those meetings, We cannot conclude that
they we're controlled by light or various feelings.
On the contrary. they do seem to have been con-
trolled by one general and deep ie~eling-namely,
that the three men hanged at Manchester were
martyrs-that III them patriotism was put to death.
Such n conviction, so manifested, Is not n thing
likely to expire in u day, nor to grow less teeblc
because it could find no better expression than III
a funeral procession. Nor is it less dangerous be-
cause it is false. The question for us is, does such
q sentiment largely peryade the Irish people? lit
does-and there can be no doubt OF 1t all, we sup
pose-then We have so much Infammatory ma
terial in store which is not the less formidable be-
cause it is compressed; so is gun-cotton. More
than all, it would be unsafe to contine our regards
to the condition of things in Ireland alone. The
real danger is, in fact, not in Ireland ut all, nor IN
the prospect Of any downright rebellion. The
danger is in America, and in the use which can be
made of the rebelious spirit in ireland to embar.
Iass the whole empire, and to plunge that unhappy
country itself into worse unhapplness.
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOR THE UNITED STATES.
The London Globe says "a project is on foot
for the establishment OF n Southern University Ill
the United States, and the assistance of English
churchmen in attaining that object has been
sought by the Rev. F. w. Trcmlett, OF st. Peters,
Belsize Park. The movement is not q sectional
one. 1t is intended as an offering to the whole
American church, and not to the Southern States
as against the Northern. Nor does it proceed from
any single party III England-both High Church
and Low Church are associated in it,. All the arch
bishops aud most OF the bishops, all the colonial,
| metropOlitans, and many well known leaders OF
| church opinion approve Of it, and have expressed
thei Willingness to cooperate. Several eminent
statesmen, both conservative and liberal, have pro-
missed to assist. Among the subscribers are MIR.
| Gladstone, Mr.. Gathorne Hardy, Earl Slanhope,
the Earl OF ShaItesbury, and Lord John Manners.
Upon the committee are tho Far Of CnrnarvOn,
Lord Cranbornc, Earl Nelson, the Archbishop OF
York, the Bishop of Oxford, Mr.. Bercsford Hope,
and Mr. Glada one. There certainly could be no
better rcprese ltatlon than TINS oil different sec
tions of clurchmCn, Tire feeling which has led TO
the movement is tho desire 10 draw closer TIL
bonds of sympathy between England and tue Unit
cd States and the English and American churches.
The cordial reception given To the Anctlcan Dish
obs who attended the Pan-AnClican Synod, has
already produced very gratifying results, and il is
felt that to assist in the establishment, or rather
the restoration, OF the Southern University, would
further strengthen friendship and mutual respect.
1t will be Il pleasing mcnlcnt0 ol the Visit OF the
American prelatcs to England"
DEsrITTTI0T IN ENGLAND.
Lamentablc accounts arc given respecting tTr
restitution prevailing i'll london. The suffering,
according TO the Times newspaper, Is likely to sur
pass that of any former year. Tue winter has set
in early, the wall of misery is loud, and many
causes combine to make the condition OF the poor
moro than usually intolerohlc.
Last winter the demands on the pnhlic we're
unprecedented, but the Weather classes. though
they had themselves suffered much from tho cvc.its
a n. . .a.. ,s,L mel mn Ihnra1ai.