, 1881-03-12

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advance by a pilot engine.
Unusual precautions were taken At
Crewe. Orders were issued for q large
body of police to be at the station, and
passengers by every train previous to the
arrival of the mail were stopped and ques.
toned as to their names and business in
the town before they were allowed to leave
the station. 1t was rumoured abroad that
there would be an insuIrection in the town,
and that the Irish intended to blow up the
gasometef. A number of police were sta.
toned around the gas works all night; but
no disturbance occurred.
Arrangements were made by d number Of
Irishmen to be present at Kuston Station
when the train arrived, but the police,
appraised of or foreseeing this, alighted
with their prisoner ut Willesden. AMI
went on to Bow.stree' in a private omnibus.
They arrived at their destination about 8
o'clock. Sir james Ingham was there to.
deal with the case, it being thought that il
the prisoner were brought up lntar in che
day there would be a disturbance. The
warrant had been granted III pursuance
of an order from the Score .a,y of State for
the Home Department.. under the 18th
section of 16 and II Wet cap. 80. which
provides with regard to convicts' licences
that-"If it shall please Her Majesty to
revoke any such lictnce as aforesaid, it
shall be lawful for one of Her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, by warrant
under his hand and seal, to signify to any
of the police magistrates of the metropolis
that such licence has been revoked and to
require such magistrate to issue his war.
rant under his hand and seal for the ap.
prehension of the convict to whom such
lcence was granted" The section pro.
-.Ioo .ho% tln - rp.,kro %o1c rvo ~ ~ w cl,oIl
be operative in any part of the United
Kingdom, or in the Isle of Jersey. Guern.
sew, Attorney, and Sark, but that the con-.
Wet mus be brought before the same
magistrate who issued the warrant or an.
other of the same court. The proceedings,
which were private, were purely formal,
the only question before the magistrate
being the identity of the prisoner with the
convict whose license had been revoked.
This was shortly proved by Superintendent
williamson, and Sir James Ingh am them
signed a warrant for the committal of the
prisoner to Millbank to serve the remain.
der Of his sentence, which was originally
one of IA years. During the afternoon q
large number of persons interested in the
fate of the prisoner made anxious inquiries
of the officers of the court, and all appear.
ed greatly surprised ct the almost unprece.
dentedly earlysitting of the Court.
The prisoner was removed to Millbank
IN an ordinary policeman, escorted by
several mounted policemen. He had not
been many minutes III the Peni'entiary
when he appeared in the garb of a convict.
He will remain in the prison for a few days
and then be privately renewed to another.
The whole affair passed off very quietly
superintendent Foinett and so censtables
were on duty at the prison at the
time of Davitt's arrival and after b
prisoner had been delivered a strong body
of police were left to- patrol the outside OF
the Penitentiary.
Michael Davitt was born OF Straides
near Castlebar, in the county of Mayo, In
1916. His father, a tenant farmer, was
evicted in 1851, when the family removed
to Lancashire. The son worked in a cot
ton mill at Washington, near Manchester.
where, at the age of 10, his right arm was
crushed by the machinery and had to be
amputated. He was afterwards employed
as an assistant letter-carrier by the Post.
Office. In 1868 he became a commercial
traveller, and took part in the Fenian
movement. On the 14th OF May, 1870, he
was arrested and tried at Newgate on q
charge of treason felony. He was on that
occasion sentenced to Is years. penal SER
vitude. In December, 1877, he was re-
leased on ticket-ofleave. Since then he
has devoted himself to organizing the Land
League, his action i'm connection with
which will be- within the recollection OF our
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