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CUNNINGHAM IN the poL1cE COURT.


LONDON, January 26th. = Cunningham
was conveyed to the Bow-sTeet Police
Court to-day by a strong guard of police
He was charged on suspicion with COM
plicity in the explosion at the Tower of
London. The prisoner is % years of age,
of medium hight, dark hair and eyes, sharp
features, sinister expression. He Smilingly
surveyed the Court'and crowd which con-
gregated within TO get glimpse of the al
legged dynamiter. Inspector Abberline de-
posed that he examined the prisoner at the
Tower; that he ,the prisoner was con-
fused, and gave contradictory answers to
questions propounded The prisoner, the
Inspector said first gave a wrong address IS
10 his place OF abode. Then he stated that
he lived in ScarbOro street, Whitechapel
had worked in the docks ut Liverpool uutil
the beginning of the year. when he came
10 London, to try and better himself. He
formerly resided i'll America, and had made
voyages on the steamship Adriatic Of the
White Star Line. The Inspector further
depoSed that the prisoner was known at
his lodgings in Whitechapel rs Dalton.
\ box and bag belonging to the prisoner
had been seized 10y the police but the con-
tents have not Yet been made known. In
quiry uy telegraph reveals the fact that
Cunningham is unknown AZ his alleged
lodgings in Liverpool. They remember no
such man rs the one described aS Cunning
ham. The prisoner : hands are horny, in
dicating thar he is used 70 hard work
In speaking he has Il strong IriSh-Ameri-
can accent. He admitted that the consta-
bic was correct in his deposition. but
refused to say anything further He was
remanded until Tuesday. February Sd.
AN IMPORTANT CLUE DISCOVERED.
LONDON, January 26th.-2:30 T. Mt il
reported that the police have discovered
an important clue which they are follow
ing with the utmost diligence. Already
eight men are under surveillance Ii is
that several arrests Will be made
this afternoon. Special precautions. have
been taken for the protection of the Stock
Exchange and new law Courts against
dynamite attacks.
ESTIMATED DAMAGE.
LONDON, January 26th.-The official esti-
mate, made by Government Inspectors
place the amount of pecuniary damages
wrought by the explosion in Westminster
Hall House Of Commons and the Tower at
100000
REPORT THAT CUNNINGHAM HAS "sQUEALED.
LONDON, January 2Gth-It is reported
that Cunningham has made an important
revelation, in consequence of which all
trains leaving London for seaport towns
are accompanied by detectives.
40 TRACE LEFT
Not the slightest trace Of any mechanical
apparatus or of fuse has been found in the
Tower orin the Parliament buildings. This
fact strengthens the opinion that no infer
nal machine was used to effect the explo-
sions, but that the agency employed was
dynamite in some simple form, pack
ages containing five or six pounds OF the
explosive being deposited in the Tower
and Parliament buildings.
FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION.
The ventilation chamber of the House of
Commons is a yawning chasm, into which,
at the moment of the explosion. poured
many tons of brick work, masonry and
splintered timber The electric lighting
Office of the House of Commons and cables
were destroyed, and the apparatus was rem
dered unfit for use by the explosions. Closer
shows the ruin to be more
than was at first supposed. The
Postoflice in the lobby was destroyed, and
several huge blocks of stone, fourteen
inches thick and weighing half ton, were
upheayea.
The magazine at Hyde Park is patrolled
by police.
the province of Ulster. The loyal classes
attribute the activity among the dyna-
miterS to the weak action of the Govern
ment against the conspirators, and meet
ings have been called 70 urge the Govern
ment to enact more rigorous laws against
American and other revolutionary agents
in England.
NO ADMISSION To WINDSOR CASTLE.
LONDON, January 26th-An order has
been issued from the Home Office forbid
ding the admission of visOrs to Windsor
Castle. Il has hitherto been an easy matter
for any reputable person to gain entranceto
the castle after giving his or her name
and address TO the officer III charge OF the
gates. The.state apartments have usually
been thronged by tourists from all coun-
tries during the three days in each week
upon which visitors Javes been admitted.
The British Forces in the Soudan.
LONDON, January 26th-Intense anxiety
is felt for the fate of General Stewart The
War Office has received no further tidings
from him up to noon to-day Dispatches
are expected every hour. Officials make no
effort to conceal the deepening disappoint-
ment as they still fail to come. Alarming
rumorS are flying about the city concerning
the fate of the brave fellows who
fought at Abuklea Wells and then disap-
peared III the desert beyond. The appre-
hension that serious disaster occurred is
gaining ground. The transport Deccan has
been ordered in readiness to convey a regi-
ment to Malta, and from there to Egypt if
the occasion requires. 4 dispatch from
to the Exchange Telegraph
says General Wolseley has sent
from Korti to Stewart, and
be himself is about to press forward.
WORD FROM WoLsELEY.
LONDON January 26th-2:30 p. M.-The
War Office has just made public the con-
tents of dispatch received this afternoon
from General Wolseley at Korti. He says
he has not yet received any further news
from General Stewart He assures the
that in his opinion there is no
cause for anxiety on this long absence of
intelligence. The tirstnews of the battle of
which was received in Korti four
DAYS after the fight, was brought in by
Bashi- Bazouks. The last of these, who
were following Stewards army, left in
little band that carried the story of thefight
across the desert. No information but that
brought by these Arabs has yet reached
Horti. Whatever additional reports Stew
.rt may have dispatched, Wolseley says,
must come by camel Couriers, with the or
iinary British escort.
CONSIDERED OMNIBUS.
LONDON, January 26th-Up to midnight
Monday no tidings had been received at
he War Office from General Stewart. The
sudden decision of General Wolseley to 60
o the front is considered ominous.
Italy to Assist England.
LONDON, January 26th.-Dispatches from
Rome state that reports are current which
ay that the Italian forces recently dis
patched to Assab will assist the British
orces in the Soudan as soon as landed. Ac-
'ording to these reports it will make no
Inference with their future course whether
hey land at Assab or other points The
of the expedition had sealed
)rders which he was not to open until nine
lays after he left Naples. Other dispatches
rom Rome say that unusual activity is now
loticablc at the Military and Naval Bureau
This foreshadows a possible mobilization
If the Italian army and a collection of
The same authority says |
5ignor Manconi, Minister of Foreign At |
airs, declares that Italy and England will |
hereafter cooperate in the Mediterranean |