The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-11

Cerkenwell House of Detention, in Corporation row they
then lit fuse and tremendous explosion took place. The
wall was driven H. leaving gap of sixty feet the top and
narrowing to ten feet the bottom The men and the wo-
man ran away but werC arrested The house opposite
destroyed and nearly thirty houses adjoining are
or less injured whilst in the adjoining street immense
amount OF glass is destroyed. Forty persons including
women and children in hospta-hree dying Fire
men are working on the ruins searching for bodies Aarge
ooo OF police are in the prison yard and detachment of
guards In the prison. The prison wall ncosed the yard
Where the prisoners take exercise There little doubt that
the object to berae Burke and Casey but to-day these
men were taken for walk in another nclosed space
quenty the attempt failed The report heard great
dsanc and the event has caused considerable excitement
and great indignation at the reckless disregard of life and
property AT nine thousands of persons attempt
TO get near the of the outrage All the approaches
are Kept by the police armed with cuasses The force of
ne was SO great that of bricks hurled
seventy or eighty feet into the prison yard
great portion of the north wall blown up and
ooek OF poor dwellings, counting from to fifteen houses
instantly became heap of ruins Fortunately the prison
attempt provide for the escape of Burke there
tore proved futile. All the houses and buildings in the
vicinity were shaken to their foundation Scarcely pane
OF glass, OF Whatever thickness, remains entire.
THE LONDON PRESS
correspondent of the freshman writes to that journal:
"Last week l named some distinguished Irishmen con-
neced with the Times who take the lead their profession
here All the newspaper offices number among their stats
many OF our countrymen and rule they the best
writer's Among these may Murphy, of the DAILY
Newsone of the most extraordinary fertile writer's of the
vlanous satres in the Telegraph which dsgure the pages
of that journal while they make it sell; John Doyle well
known contributor to that bigoted po-house Journal the
Morning ADVERTISER; Barry, the able editor of the London
Reraew Justice Mccarthy, editor of the Sar-an erudite
scholar, able politician and mastery essayist Snow
long the editor of the Observer Wilson, one of the most
gifted contributors to the Spectator Dunphy the able dramatic
critic of the Morning Post; and others too
mention"
ENGLISH BISHOPS.
Father Malone of Bemulle Mayo have delivered
Right of Men Fatherland" The excessively loyal Bishop
Lynch of Glasgow wrote to Cardinal Cullen put stop to
the lecture. The Irish of Scotland were bad enough"
thought Bishop Lynch without having patriot priest from
Ireland to excite them to rebellion with such sentiments as
The Right of Man to Fatherland" which, in Bishop
Lynchs opinion, right at ALL OF course the Cardinal
sent an order to the poor priest to stay in Bemuet
would be improper to speak the Rights of Men," The
lecture gotten up for the benefit of Father Maones poor
parishoner and feel proud of the action of our country
in Glasgow who crowded the hall the night in ques-
ton and after sund speeches and protests against the action
of the Bishop listened able discourse from the editor
of the Glasgow Free Press The money sent on to Bel
muet just the if the good priest had delivered the
lecture.
LETTER FROM FATHER MALONE, TO HIS LoRDsHIP
DIR. LYNCH.
BELMULLET, December g. 1867.
To the Right Rev. Dr. Lynch Catholic Bishop of Glasgow
MY LORD had been recently invited by friendly
charitable and patriotic in Glasgow deliver lecture
to them in the City Hall and, prompted by sense of
charity and feeling of patriotism aso accepted the nv
tatiou it proceeded from men of kindred hearts and
kindred feelings The proceeds of the lecture were to be
applied to the relief of the poor in this district Having
made all fitting preparation for the OCCASION was on my
way to fulfill my engagement when received letter from
Bishop prohibiting the lecture and adding that you had
by letter. requested his Emnence Cardinal Cullen to use his
influence in the same direction and that the Cardinal had
accordingly written to him upon the subject NY lord line
from yourself to the humble parish priest of Bemulet
without putting the great machinery of Ecclesiastical power
in motion, would have been sufficient.
can assure you my lord, am not REBEL nor Fenan
demagogue mob orator; and if you SUPPOSE am
either do me great injustice approved Irish
and whose whole life de6es criticism from whatever it may
AS far therefore, concerned trust there was
nothing render the lecture Objectionable Neither was there
andn is fair legitimate subject for discussion Nothing in