New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-27
z s, CUNpowDER PLOTS

4 .r--s...o,vp THRoSGED WITH DElECiFToH
: Z. !, onJEcrs or IRISH HArRED-BAD EfFhcI of
..xrarssioSs OF SYMPATHY WITH DAVirr fho"
) s .sssr,cAN STATE LEGISLATURES.
- rus REcoLAR CORRESPONDENT OF rHhIhisoH.
49, '.,sex Feb. 12.-Thc police appear to have
tesss -, ~ valuable information about Fenians
pcss ,ots which reaches the public only in the
~ = yaeuc but disqnictng rumors. mentioned
80 2 .shs, ,at number of places which were sup
W. Wy =, he In danger OF attack, including WINDSOR
4. portsmouth, tho Tower. and lipde fark
y1es.,ra AT these aud many other points cafeiul
80 !. still kent ana double guards arc SET.
~, .sat the Governor OF the Tower thinks IL m
tnes .rsscnt circumstances to allow free ad-
,.sss an particular days to che public. The per-
49,: s,tortcd not long ago by some historical or
I -s.,,arian enthusiasts. under which anyoouy
~. sander In and about the Towcr-and unuer "
-,thont tho attendance OF tho wardcrs Is 10 10
..vckea o, suspended. That is one result OF 'ne
1910 intentions our Irish friends are believed 10
.her,sh. In tho precincts OF tno House o. oom"on
~ .,ost anxious scrutiny is perscvered In ana
,,t;ons Of kind indicating apprehension OF
p'sssr. danger are daily renewed. 1t Is no longer
.cht necessary, indeed, TO maintain the guard Oh
..s.ea notice who were called In on that memoir
4 Dsis Thursday night which witnessed the expulsion
- .hs rcbeious Homo Rulers. Reserves however,
=. .,,xays near enough to be collected al haiI an
ss. notice. But force Of detectives is stationed
! :; WESTMINSTER Hall, In st. Stephens Hail. In the
/, ,ater lobby, in the inner lobby, and know not
whsre else. II you are not member or toI tha'
.,attar Il You are you have to undergo Close Du'
;,.r, examination at tho hands of these gentlemen
:, nlajn clothes who hover about each doorway
The uniformed police are twice as numerous as
,sna, and more than twice as vigilant. There were
,omeuts when they would not allow strangers
..ra IN pass much less tho stranger himself.
stood for some minutes Mt the entrance W 'no
snrer lobby the other night to watch theso pro.
seedlings. saw men whom knew to be the most
,...efu, ncople in tho world driven back with
rbat must say seemed to me quito superhuous
,norov Their names were not on that privileged
lie, which piyes access to tho inner LOBBY anu
vlich serves rs a guarantee of loyalty. The nun
ur,ds of people who gathered in the outer nall were
invited every two minutes or so to stand pacK'
and nobody passed without CREDENTIALS Oh Iho moS'
rnimpeachablc kind AT the foot oil the stairs ioao
inc to the galleries which look down upon the House
,tsolf. two detectives wcro stationed ihey saiu
nothing, they stopped nobody, but they put every
body undcr their police microscope, ana remain
NTH his rockets full of gunpowder would nave hau
.bad quarter of an hour Of it if they had scented
ont his coDtrabaDd waro. The hcad Oh lhe oc'cc-
tive force, Mr.. Vincent was good enough 10 take
bis seat in the gallery by the side OF MT. M'chaei
payitt, during his visit to the House. and amlabIy
,ointed ont to him the celebrities who were pre-
smt By and by somebody,-it is said Mir. Labou'
. ,here came nm and introduced Mr.. Davitt to MT.
Vincent: and Mr. Davitt did not sceD to ike his
s.omoan,on less than whIlc he anonymous.
pnyioe some days q vast deal of spasmodic energy
ras ex hbted in the periodical publication OF the
inner lobby; the octagon hall known to everybody
who has visited Parliament rs tho lobby winch
opcns directly into the House ITSELF inc perious
aid not exceed fifteen minutes. and at times the
order for clearing out strangers was gwen US oiten
ns once In five minutes. No account was taken oi
the fact that nobody could have gained access 10
this sacred space without having run the gauntlet
have Just described If you were not on the list'
out you must CO. was spectator OF this PROCESS
more than once. and more than once saw INC per
suasiye hand of O hcmeted policeman laid on tue
,bonlder of n Peer. whose face happened not to he
! known to the helmeted policeman II you were
ta,k,up with friend, you were told: You cant
have friend with you. You know. sir,"-very CIV
NV INIT peremptorily. and unless your friend was
n GOOD tactician and did not mind diminishing
little. out he had to 60. 1t may really be douoted
whether the imminence of the peril was enough 10
justify all this riRor.
Alarms extended, however, far beyond the pre-
ciucts of the House other pnblic places 10
not, for my part object to any degree OF watchiu.
ness over the Hyde Park Magazine. reported to con-
tain some thousands of barrels OF gunp0wder My
house is near enough to that interesting deposit OF
explosive material to give me direct interest IN
It's preservation against accidents Of every kind.
and look with much complacency on the stalwart
redcoats who patrol that quarter of the Park. Ii
an absent-mlnded Fenian should drop match i'll
aide that modest brick building, 1t is only too prob
able that there would be an interruption OF this
s correspondence. hope IL Is not on my account
that the Fenians especially the American Fenians,
of whom we begin to hear something have turned
their eyes to this magazine / have not, at any
rate as vet applied for police protection. though it
might be of just much practical use TO me as 10
His ROYAL Hghness the Duke of Cambridge, Field
Marshal Commanding in Chief Her Majesty's Land
Forces who Is attended. they say, wherever ne
goes, by two constables in plain clothes. What
mischief can any Fenan care to do to that we'll
meaning old gentleman similar precauton Is
taken. and with much mole reason. for Dir. Glad
stones safety. Every mornings mail brings the
PRIME Minister certain number OF threatening
letters It is all very well to announce, as morn
inc journal does that these letters pnt in the
fire unread. They may mean nothing in London
but it is not forgotten that Mr.. Forster told the
Iiouse fortnight ago that In Ireland such misslve:
were followed in large proportion OF cases. by out
RACES MIR. Gladstone, who has done moro lot Ire
land than all the Irshmen living, has his reward II
the aetestation Of lrishmen; or OF very many Irish
men. The Land Leaguers and Home Rulers hiatt
him 40 they hate everybody who would make Ire
land prosperous and contented under English rul'
and without abolishing English Landlords OIL th'
face of Irish soil. Masses OF hish peasants have
been taught by their leaders to hate both him ant
She one Englishman whom beside him the people O.
Ireland have heretofore looked MP TO with grateful
veneration as their lifelong benefactor'-Mr
Bright. And there are plenty of ruffians wh'
wonld not trouble themselves about the moral dis
tincticn between the guilt Of shooting LANDLORD
from behind hedge and the guilt of shooting TIL
Iandlords friend, as they think Mr.. Gladstone, a.