The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-10-04 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE FENIAN OUTRAGE.  EXAMINATION OF TETE PRISONERS MILT.  TARY ESCORT.  It is hardly necessary to state that the stir and excitement occasioned by the removal of the 42 men (who stand charged with being concerned in the murder of Sergeant Brett) from the city gaol to the police. court, on Thursday morning, was something unequalled in the history of Manchester, from the peculiarity of the procession. The stereotyped sentence, "great excitement prevailed," may be quoted in this instance in every sense of its meaning. It was not the ordinary excitement produced by rumour—it was one consequent upon a passing fact, and given rise to front two causes—the one front curiosity of the better class of society, the other from a sympathy with the accused men.  The city gaol, as our readers must know, is situated about two miles from the city police-court. The authorities accordingly arranged to convey the prisoners in a couple of prison vans from the gaol, escorted by a detachment of the Bth Hussars and a large body of armed police, while the entire route should be kept by the police and military. This was accordingly done, and as early as six o'clock the military were at their post. A squadron of cavalry took up their positions at the entrance to the prison, while Inside the gates was a strong body of police armed with revolvers and drawn cutlasses. Eight o'clock was the hour fixed for the departure from the gaol, but long before this the lower order of people took up position along the route, but made no demonstration as the cortege—consisting of vans, the soldiers, and police— passed along. The calvacade left the gaol about eight o'clock, and, arrived at the police-court soon after nine. The display of force was formidable, and of a very sensational character, as the following arrangement of the procession, or cortege will show : Ordinary omnibus filled with infantry inside and outside, with fixed bayonets. A company of the Bth Hussars, with drawn swords. A police-van, with armed police riding on the top, in the front and at the back.  A company of cavalry, with drawn swords. Omnibus tilled with infantry. Police-van, with armed police as before.  A squadron of cavalry. The cavalcade passed along very slowly, and although a large concourse of people assembled along the route, there was not the slightest hostile demonstration attempted. The approaches to the police-court were kept by a strong body of police, while a strong detachment of the 57th were placed inside the vestibule of the court. Arriving in the immediate locality of the court, the crowd was dense in the extreme, but no demonstration whatever was made. The vans were drawn up to the entrance to the court, and the troops then formed up across the road, keeping the crowd some distance from thevans. A couple of lines of police formed a passage from the vans to the entrance, through which the prisoners passed one after the other from the vans, in each instance under the iron grasp of a stalwart constable armed to the teeth. Passing on to the cells beneath the court-house, they were locked up till the order was given to place them in the dock. The court was filled soon after nine o'clock by persons admitted by tickets only—a number of seats being specially reserved for the wives and other relatives of the prisoners.