The New York herald., 1870-05-09
ENGLAND.

Newspaper "rhunderer ',-Tbe Terrible
Tragedy inl Grcece-Feeling OF tho English
People. ..--...
LONDON. April 49, 1870.
q We have had double exciceneatin London dur
ing the past forty.eight hours the one caused un-
happily by real and mournrul tragedy. and the
other partaking Of The chsractr OF a serio comic
farce. The latter came ia the character Of Fenan
scare, and threw that noble animal, the British lion
into state OF nervous exc tement nom whicn ne
has not yet fully recovered. On Friday last quite
large number of rines and revolvers, with good
supply OF ammunition and few hand grenades,
were seized at Manchester and Newcastle under cir
cumstances SO suspicious as to leave no doubt
that they were destined for some secret
Fenian arsenal; for every revolutionary move
ment in Eng AMI IL, Justly or unjustly,
attributed to Fenanism nowadays. The authorities
Of those cities were naturally greatly exercised at
the discovery Of this unpleasant evidence Of treason
IN their midst, and they immediately enrolled o
strong force Of special constaDles for any sudden
emergency and despatched request to the Home
Department for supply Of military or police from
London to aid in suppressing the anticipated
''rising." On Saturday afternoon Colonel Hender-
son, the head Of the Metropolitan Police received q
report through the detective department that plot
had been discovered for general Fenian rising"
TO commence In London and spread into the pro.
vtnces, the signal for which was to be the blowing
up Of TWO newspaper 0fnces-the London Times and
the Pau kaH Gazette. Now, incredible as 1t may
appear this absurd story was vel told and seemed
to hang well together and coincide with informa.
tion just received from Manchester, through the
medium Of detectives who had been despatched to
that city.
To be sure, moments rejection only appears to
be necessary to expose It's canard character So
far as "bowing up" the London Times ONCE Is con.
cerned 1t would be an impossible job without regi
ment OF sappers and miners as the building con.
sss OF two or three squares Of rambling houses that
have been impr ssed into serv az the necessities
oi the journal have demanded: ana 1t Is Impossible
that even Fenians would he stupid enough to dig.
nj y with runpowder ascension the last hours OF q
IeeDe concern which must soon expire like the
snuf OF an exhausted Ca die. Colonel Henderson
ana the officials at the home ONCE looked at the
matter with serious apprehension, and deemed 10
proper to give notice to the rroprietors Of the
threatened lourna oi the danger that was hanging
S oyer them or more propery speaklng under them
oiieil weekly organ OF the adminlstrat on was for
mally notified OF the starding news, and arfrghted
timid citizens on sunday morning by the following
sem0fllcai announc ment:--
There to be very tte doubt that the Feniass again
osr Than A sfsn
at Newcastle and Aanchester the have deemed
Is said to The L0non I e plot has ~ been srr.ngea
sscy o s D By ss .ns there q
apparently that other pro scs OF similar
OF the Brohebooi in this country aot actually resolved
On Saturday night and Sunday morning cou-
riers were despatched post haste from scotland
Yard to convey to Nv Gladstone MIR. Bruce and
others int llcence OF the suIpo ed discovery and
orders sent to the regiments on duty in London
and the vicinity to hold themselves in readiness for
an emergency.
The hist check that was given TO the excitement
OF the n stored officials appears to nave come rom
the London Times oslce, which ontnal very sensbly
rafr, nj a alaP a nt n Gfn AnI
plainly tod Colonel Henderson and the police that
they had beau nady "so!dn by a very stupid hoax.
The public had however, caught the In ection, and
the eject OF tine sensation paragraphs In the sunday
Journals was visible IN the excited talk O. groups OF
men in some sus iclous neighDorhoods, and In the
number OF ANXIOUS inquiries at Scotland Yard and
the newspaper Offices. Last event. g the police au-
thorites At Scotland Yard received polite intma-
ton that they had maze icois OF themselves, and
orders were issued taai no sucn Information should
In future DC made public. Requests were forwarded
to the several Newspaper otiic;s 70 suppress any
Is sun cientiy imDued with British nlnkyism t.
cheat the public out OF n VS. at any Tine to cblige
those IN authority makes no alusiOn to day to the
But, despits this reticence and the sensible action
OF the London aes peoP 2. large sxrs ponce pc ,
newspaper oiiices ana In some OF the notorious
Fenian dis rcts Of lond m and a powerful reserve
Now no one qncstlons the fact that this rumored
rising was tlorougA hoax and u sell" on tue gov
ernment, n0 matter whether 1t orig mated in the
brain OF some m.schievous "Feulan" or was con.
cocted by some oyer-zealoas spy--the natural
descendant OF the 'bloOd money" men who were
well known in England halT a century ago-cager TO
earn his pay from his emp ers. Yet the fact that
the authorities cOld be thrown into 1ever
Of excitement, amounting Almost TO panic, by such
story, proves what serious apprehensons are felt
In high quarters Tor tile peace Of the country Nor
is to deny that there are good grounds for
their fears when we hear OF constant seizures OF
arms and ammunition enough 10 supply o small
army, belonging no one knows 10 WHOM and coming
travelling arsenas must cost large amount Of
ior ne res ana revSSeTs @ are asways M
Who purchases and WAC sells the weapolsY For
whose use are they lntended, and how is 1t that
they are always consigned to some unknown or oD.
scure and irresponsible person, SO that no one is
arrested or made 70 answer Tor MS snare In the
dSpte1s danaerons srganilat,on which, wniie send.
ing arms and ammunition broadcast over the
country, battles all the efforts OF welI-traIned police
and denes detection. Then, again, how does 1t hap
men, II this really be called Fenlansm, that the
weapons go into districts crowded with starving
Engiish wolxmen, and not with lrsnmen exclu,
it IL not surprising that many persons should be
already predicting that maay months will not eapse
Coercion bill Will have to be EXTENDED over England.
To-day mysterious silence prevails In Scotland
Yard. The authorities when questioned gaze Into
vacancy and know nothing; but there 10 . rsmor
that definite Information of the plans OF the revolu-
tl0nists has obtained and that some arrests
likely to be made in London, Manchester and New.
castle. .
THE MURDERS IN GREECE.
The other excitement OF the hour Ii, unfortunately
q only too serious and depicrabe. The intelligence
has already been transmitted by cable to the readers
of the HBBALD thai the tourists VINO were captured
by Greek brgands near Marathon on the 12tn OF the
present m0nh were massacred by the wretches be-
the Greek government refused TO acce to the
demand Tor o free pardon. The ransom, that mad
been fixed at the large sum OF f250U0, had already
been prepared, and would have been paid at any
moments but the advisers OF King George, after hav.
ing suffered the country to Oyerrun with bands oi
these de speradoes VINO nave Piled their trade within
gunshor OF Athens with inpuny for the last two OF
three years suddenly disco. eret tnat It would moi
DO 10 yield 10 the demand OF the brigands and
80 resolved TO sundue them BY force. II
and it must have been wen known to the inibec.le
government that to attempt to capture the bdgands
and bring them to justice would Dc TO sea- the fate
OF the unfortunate gentlemen who had been made
their prsoners out all appeal to the authorities was
In vain. Troops were sent In putsuit OF the band
and the sequel Is soon told. The four gentlemen re-
naming In the hands Or the robbers were murd
aud The band dispersed. There appears to be some
Goubt as to the fate Of Lord Munca ter, the hf b
male of the parry, as he had been a. hens OF
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