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j ?' Pcnibrobe, In charge of the police. It is a coloured clonb ^ave Pr'SOTler 30s in money, and another jo-worth a sovereign, for the donkey. I searched a- 0 donkey, and afterwards laid an information Th Pr'soner on this charge. I D°roas Harries deposed: I live near Saundersfoot. jn "aTe seen the prisoner before, and saw him on the 10th after PecQbroke fair, which was held on the Sch °/ ^cto")er* I met him coming by New Hedges between Tenby and Saundersfoot, between a Com" '3as'; ^our anc* ^ve in t^ie mornin!>' He was Cln<? from Tenby way an^ £ °'no towards Saunders- n*He came round through a lane going to Miss nohi d?'s Pr°Pe»-ty into the turnpike road. He had a light-coloured donkey, and was walking with it. the 8aw me coming he walked on one side of S( road—the donkey was on the other. When 1 first mm he was driving (he donkey before him, and he p a yard or two behind. der f ^ees deposed: keeP a lodging house at Saun- bee* know the prisoner Abraham Brown: he has Th V0 hahit of lodging in my house, but not lately, jj 6 time he came there was on the 9th of October. HalfP' t'iere that night, but not the following night, j, my house some time in the forenoon of the 10th. the C,an,e hack about seven o'clock on Friday morning, tett Another man, who left with the prisoner, same H> £ ht, about 11 p.m. The prisoner with him. The prisoner had a black donkey g he came, but it was not in my possession when n? Went away* When Brown left on Friday morn- the other man went with him, and they took with the black donkey and cart. in BenJamin James deposed: I live at Wiseman's Bridge, tbe l? parish of Amroth. I saw the prisoner on Friday, Hth of October, about nine o'clock in the morntng. towards Carmarthenshire. There was 4onl •naan w'^ ^'rn' They were both driving a black Th *n a car^' an<* a donkey in front of them. ialT Were wa"?'n £ alongside the cart. It is almost tyf a mile from where I saw him to Saundersfoot. ere 1 saw him is called Coppet Hall. Acting-Sergealnnt Thomas Phiilips deposed: After the \II rrant had been obtained by the prosecutor, the charge j5 8 sdvertised in the Police Gazette. On Sunday morn- that Superintendent Evans received information Uj 'the prisoner was in custody at Blaokwood in Mon- founfl e* went there on Monday morning last and a* "the prisoner in the custody of the police there. I Mi on this charge. 1 bad the donkey, now tooim ^a" 8tePs> from Sergeant James, of the Mon- tbe J"shire constabulary, and brought the prisoner and d <°nkey by train from Blackwood. I left the black the anc* cart at Blaokwood. I showed the donkey to Prosecutor, and he identified it as his property. I Soo the prisoner has been convicted summarily by the j> Ay magistrates at Pembroke. in J 1 Morris deposed: I had possession of the donkey thj1 esti°n on Wednesday last. I saw John Williams, ^Prosecutor, on that day. He saw the donkey. He *8tin donkey as his property without any hesi- Q n whatever. v^^™ittedJor^rial^^ Quarter Sessions.
NARBERTH.
NARBERTH. William Morgan Griffiths, late articled clerk to Dfi. Lewis, Esq, solicitor, Narbertb, in consequence the n "e*n8 only 19 years of age, obtained an order of Utt Ur^ °f Queen's Bench for his examination as an :5t ?5ney and solicitor, which he underwent successfully Heart ^ncorPorated Law Society, on Tuesday and Wed- 4id ^th and 13th inst, being the youngest can- by two years. jr Wrt Berth Petty SESSIONS.—These sessions were th„ at the County Court House, on the 21st inst, before k„ ,ev R- Buckby, J. M. Child, and G. R. G. Rees, j^es. P.O. John Campbell v. Alfred Salmon, Wm Utjj ^urni George Harries, William Beynon, John Phillips, ^roio- Wles. Jones•—The defendants were charged with ^athnk08. firew,°rks. &c, in the public highway.—P.O. L.iJ' | staled I was on duty on the 12tb inst. in Nar- Wnrt s 8a7 ^le defendants now present throwing ""utionpri T' ng the carriageway in the town. I ^Pecinll k o a*)out it, but no attention was paid, 8tonPa j "a^03on. I also saw him take up some an° portly afterwards I was knocked with one. P8 dismissed the case against Morgan, and fiacb 8ed Beynon and Jones on payment of-costs 2j dayg> .Salmon was fined 2s 6d, and costs 6s, or seven Costa ^llllP"8onnient. Harries was fined 2s 6d, and 'filed 3 °r seven days, and Phillips (second offence) was tryjn 8> and costs 7s, or seven days. P. S. Edward Oein g, V Evan Thomas. Defendant was charged with 5, and riotous. P. C. Campbell deposed I jje ^an Thomas in High S r et, o i the 14th instant. J). drunk and riotous aud wanted to fight with 0t li8' a tailor, of Narberth. Fined 10s, and costs 7s 6d, 0f. 4 days. Richard Morris, v Mary James, for breach "Of COntract, whereby plaintiff sustained loss to the amount jj ^1- Plaintiff stated that he desired his daughter Jane servant at St. Clears fair. She hired F? James now present. Ihe defendant did not enter he .e* service according to contraot, for which neglect dattt, offered loss. Defendant was ordered to pay £ 1 taage,, and costs. -=
Family Notices
MARRIAGES, & DEATHS. us in jj ° ^'rths, Marriages, and Deaths, should be sent to take to anuseript,properlyauthenticated. We cannot under- are fre search other papers for these announcements, which to ho qUeatly found o be incorrectly printed, or turr out °nthp9,i • BIRTHS. of p ^ns^' a*" Cwmgwilly, Carmarthenshire, the Ton » .jlsmon,3 Phiiipps, Esq, of a son and heir. Tnv,1 51 22nd inBtant, at Narberth, the wife of o^°hn James, of a son. Chil1^,6 *nstant, at Saundersfoot, the wife of Mr s» harbour master, of a son. 0n MARRIAGES. t instaat, at TJzmaston Church, by the tUaL • O* Meares, Mr Thomas Griffiths, cabinet- Mr 'r!p?n?')roke Dock, to Miss Eliza Griffiths, daughter town1Uam blacksmith, Skerry Lake, near 0Q fu >DEATHS. o? inst, at Carmarthen, MrRiohard Richards, ^hnt-street, of this town.
^ EXECUTION OF THE FENIANS…
EXECUTION OF THE FENIANS AT MANCHESTER. >eret Fenian convicts, Allen, Larkin, and Gould, ^est n8e^ for wilful murder on Saturday, at Man- *11 In these few words is really told almost lch can be told about an event which of its tiojj m°re public interest than any execu- ^Ur U n memory of living man. The daring >hicht0K the. attack which led to the murder for ^ctiv6 y died, and the knowledge that they were ail<I. Unscrupulous leaders of the Fenian con- 'n^uce(I Government and municipal insu *"° the most extraordinary precautions ^°Uld 'u dread sentence of the law if P°ssihi car"8(I effect without disturbance, earn J risks, and hazards that it should j^ited ou' The unwonted preparations, of course, t ?.er1;a'n amount of uneasiness lest any un-1 ie?ling ^'sturt>ance of order should arise, and this lessened by the threats in which the ib^Sean convicts indulged as to the dreadful t Puf6 would he inflicted if the murderers esistanc These menaces, however, of l!t0ved, ]^°f rescue ^rom the very scaffold itself, r*0re threats of most other conspiracies, reali y n°nsense when the imaginary danger ^aced. All Manchester would have been j<as special constables if it had been neces- tH Ce U'6n as was' though the notice for their reciniaSjS^ort' hundreds had to be refused when *11* ^ourg6 ^uota 2,500 was filled up within a Well d" A proclamation was issued requesting Vt amF056^ PeoP^e to ^eeP away from the exe- to' t'louSh such advice is not generally «w°8t strict?0 l,hese occasions, it was on Saturday t^itioug .y obeyed. There have been very few \jell So few1Q a populous city at which there have general spectators as were present when [ the Fenian murderers were hong on Snturday. The highest estimates only give the crowd outside the barriers at 12,000, but it is much to be doubted whether there were ever more than 8,000 or 10,000 at the outside. The proclamation of the mayor had something to do with producing this effect, the fear of disturbance still more, and more than either the fact that the barriers behind which the crowd was kept were at such a distance from the gallows that _1:4. 1J I J C"I. -t. veij nIlie uuuiu ue auu Wtlltl OU UAtlU thoroughfares as only to give place for a small num- ber of the general crowd. Of the 8,000 or 10,000 present on Saturday probably not more th^n 2,000 actually saw the execution, and the result of all these arrangements and preventivesjwas that the last scene of all passed over without an incident worth much attention. The mob was quiet and orderly—far more so than such mobs generally are. There was no manifestation of feeling either for or against the convicts when they came out. There was a decorous silence, which was not broken by any attempt at speech making on the part of the condemned, who, while praying, took their places quietly, and in a minute or two afterwards were hanging stone dead. The circumstances connected with the murder for which these men died are too widely known, and too fresh in the minds of the public to need general recapitulation here yet the events sworn to on the trial of so many other prisoners have partially mixed up, and, as it were, blurred out of recollection the distinct parts which Allen, Gould, and Larkin took in the crime. Briefly, then, we may state the chief and most fatal points in the evidence on which they were found guilty, and for which they most justly died on Saturday. Oo the 11th of September two mej, named Kelly and Deasy, otherwise White and Williams, were taken into custody on suspicion of being Fenian leaders who were wanted in Ireland on charges of treason-felony. The prisoners were remanded for further inquiry, and they were sent back to prison for a week. On the 18th of Septem- ber they were brought up on remand; a policeman produced a warrant requiring the presence of the prisoners in Ireland; and the men were sent back to gaol again. The prisoners were being removed along with others, about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, in the prison van to the city gaol; but when the van arrived at the railway arch in Hyde- road, it was attacked by a number of men waiting there, the spot being selected with military judgment and skill for the purpose of the attack. A consider- able number of men, among whom certainly were the prisoners who have suffered, set upon the van. Some of the men were armed with revolvers, and the first thing they did was to shoot the two horses attached to the van. Larkin and Gould were the men who were sworn to as having shot the horses, and at the same moment fired up at the officers on the box. Immediately after a policeman named Bromley was wounded. Several shots were fired,' and the police were driven from the spot, though they repeatedly made attempts, aided by other per- sons, to prevent the breaking open of the van. One of the policemen was slightly wounded by a shot, and then a pistol shot was fired by a man, whom a very large number of witnesses declared to be Allen, which shot caused the death of Brett. It was proved during the trial that the keys of the van were de- manded from Brett, who refused to deliver them up, and thereupon he was killed. Large stones were thrown at the van, and in the turmoil that prevailed Kelly and Deasy were released. All the three pri- soners executed were taken into custody on the spot; and, as to the part they severally took, it appears that Allen was the most conspicuous of the whole. He was sworn to with accuracy corroborated to an indisputable extent by the largest number of wit- nesses, and there is reason to believe from their tes- timony that his was the hand that killed Brett. As to the part the prisoners severally took in the fatal affray, Allen was sworn to as having demanded the keys fiom Brett; and it was he who exclaimed—addressing one of the prisoners whom they bad determined to release -I Arrab, Kelly, I'll die for you before I deliver you up.' Allen was also stated to have followed the two re- leased prisoners, and to have been captured while watch- ing their departure. Whatever difficulty there may have been in the tumult of identifying the prisoners, Allen, from the prominent part he took, was certainly the most deeply implicated, and took the most determined part in the affray. He with a revolver protected those who were breaking into the van and throwing stones at the police; it was he fired the shot which wounded a man named Sprosson; and it was he who was seen on the step when the fatal shot was fired, and who threa- tened to shoot those who attempted to follow the fugi- tives. As to Gould and Larkin, they were also caught red-handed in the affray. It was they who shot the horses, who thretr stones at the police, who sought to break into the van, and followed Allen in his determined rescue and defence of the released prisoners. He was caught with a revolver which bad been used. Two of the barrels had missed fire, and tqro chambers were still loaded, though without caps. An attempt at an alibi was made in the case of Gould, but it signally failed, aud the prisoner with the rest was included in the list of the guilty. When asked why sentence of death should not be passed on them, Allen virtually gloried in what he had done, so also did Larkin still more distinctly. He said: I Certainly, my Lords, I do not want to deny that I did go to give. aid and assistance to those two noble heroes who were confined in the van-Kelly and Deasy. I did go for to do as much as lay in my power to extri- cate them out of their bondage but I did not go for to take life, nor, my Lords, did any one else. It is a mis- fortune there was life taken, but if it was taken it was not done intentionally; and the man who has taken life you have not got him.' GoulJ, whose real name is O'Brien, made no defence at all, but contented himself with a fierce invective against England and Englishmen in general. He was the most active and intelligent man engaged in the out- rage. He was fairly educated, and by birth and sympathy an Irish American. It is believed that he had no rela- tives in this country, and few friends. He had some military experience as a sergeant in the same regiment as Colonel Kelly in the United States' army, and he was best known among the Fenians as Captain O'Brien. He is known to have been last autumn in Dublin and Liver- pool, where he associated with Fenians; and at. the last winter assizes in Liverpool he was tried, with two or three others, on a charge of having in his possession a number of rifles belonging to the Government. Gould and his companions were on that occasion acquitted. Since that time he has frequently travelled between England and Ireland on Fenian business, and from the information that could be gathered of him he is supposed to have been a very active organizer of Fenian circles. As to Larkin, there can be little doubt that he was the victim of such men as O'Brien. Of the five who were convicted be was the only married man, and till within the last year or two he behaved like a respectable work- man. He had a wife and four children, and for three or four'years he lived in Manchester, carrying on the busi- ness of an operative tailor. Recently he became an active Fenian, and in one of the Manchester circles acted as a collector of subscriptions. He had not done much work for several months, and a few weeks ago, just be- fore his apprehension, he was on the outdooa relief list of the Chorlton Guardians. The man Condon, alias Shore, who was reprieved, excelled all other convicts in his zeal ifor the Fenian cause, and it was only the cir- cumstance that he had not been proved to have had a revolver in his hands which led the Government to listen to the intercession in his behalf. Like O Brien, he was an Irish American, and had no frieitÙls in this country. Like O'Brien, too, he served in \1190 United States army during the receat, war, when ho, held a conaiaiasion as a captain. The New Baiky at Manchester & yery ordinary gaol, strong enough for rflOtffltance to any common mob of rioters, quite untenable against a strong and well organized attack. Its greatest strength lies in the river, which bounds it on one side; it,' greatest weakness in the viaduct of the Yorkshire and Lancashire Railway, which dominates and overlooks every- part of the prison yards and buildings. Every step, ho,wever, was taken to make it as secure as possible. The rin-er side, to which there is a narrow access at either end, \was completely shut off by the powerful barriers, while tht' railway via- duct overlooking the gaol, with the station itself, was occupied by troops. In the rear of the gaol also a large goods depot belonging to the railway was filled with soldiers. A detachment of Artillery wasstatioued in the prison, and here also was & small detachment of the 72d Highlanders, about one hundred strong. But these were merely precautionary measures, in the necessity of which none much believed, though aH thought the Govern'mect were right in taking them. I? is almost unnecessary to say that these troops were carefully concealed from pub- lie view, and, with the exception of the thirty or forty men who lined the platform on the scaffold on either side, not a single soldier was visible from ffost to last. The space. round the gaol on tbf night before the- men were hanged was densely thronged, as, indeed,, were all the streets of Manchester leading to the prison. No caxe was taken to clear the barriere then, as the crowd packed themselves as densely as they could and' where tbsy chose. New Bailey-street, which runs along the' front of tbr goal-a long, straight, narrow thoroughfare, bounded Oil one side by the lofty prison walls, on the other by a small irregular row of old-fashioned houses—was shut against the general crowd almost frometultoend. On the night before, however, they were allowed to enter freely, and here they massed in one dense throng wash- ing the workmen putting up the scaffold. This was fixed on the top of the prison wall about 30 feet from the ground, part of the wall its-elf being removed; to make a doorway at the back w.iich could give access to it. 1t:( was a black cross-beamed gallows hung rountf with thick black drapery—so high that, as the event proved when the drop fell, not even the heads of the murdferera were visible to the crowd below. Up to 10 o'clock on Friday [I í night the crowd round this place was very dense indeed I —mush more so than at the time of the execution itself. It was like any other crowd which any other occasion might bring together- They Lughed, sang, smoked, and 80mdimes scufflad, and now and then fought, jusi as all crowds of motley, idle people brought together by chance or curiosity are apt to do. This crowd, however, melted ( away as the night wore on, and it never returned to the ( spot. As the crowd retired the special constables gradu- /1 ally took their ground. They were mostly working men ofthe humblest condition, who had come forwaid literally in thousands to be sworn in as peace-keepers on this occasion, and it is impossible to speak too highly of the vigilance and strict civility with which they discharged 1 their self-imposing duty. These men, to the number of j 2,500, filled up all the space immediately in front of the drop, and gaol wall. At a little before 7 o'clock the rR" presentatives of the public press were admitted to the prison. The side next the river, over which the fog clung in a perfectly impenetrable veil, was kept oons- pletely clear of spectators. Yet the hum of those barred out sounded still more ominously through the mist, and made all think that the concourse beyond the barriers was much greater than it really proved to be. The contrast which the interior of the gaol presented j was striking. Outside was fog and the tramp of men and the noise of voices. Within all was orderly and quiet, as might be expected on entering a church. The noise of the crowd failed to penetrate through the barred and latticed windows. Muddy alleys and barriers were exchanged for clean swept corridors and brightly lighted passages, in which the gas was struggling against the fog which crept in through every aperture. A few officials were moving about in a quiet, noiseless way, which seems peculiar to all gaol warders, and a couple of children were playing on the Judges' benches in the Sessions-house, and their laughter was the only sound which broke the stiilness. Outside, within the wall facing New Bailey Street, and at almost its very summit, the scaffold had been erected, with, as we have said, a small aperture broken in the wall itself to gfre access to it. This opening was concealed by a amaH deal door, painted black. Up to the scaffold was a doable flight of rather steep wooden stairs, of about 35 or 40 steps Apart from the scaffold were some steps of planking on either side leading to a small platform capable of holding some 20 men within, but at just about the Level of the wall. At the corners of the gaol walls, which from its interior seems built very much after the pattern of the penitentiary at Millbank, small towers of brickwork are placed to enfilade, if necessary, the brick outworks, so to speak, which lie between its angles. These- are pierced for musketry, and up to each ot these towers,, never used before, stout ladders were placed, so that in the event of an attack the troops could easily reach the platform to which they led and defend the building. Beyond these changes, and the substitution of sentries from the 72nd Highlanders in place of regular warders, there seemed no change in the dreary, methodical quiet which always reigns over the interior of a gaol. None were allowed to see the prisoners. Almost to the very last they were buoyed up with the hope of a reprieve, and, strange to say, the news that Shore was respited confirmed their delusion for a time. It was not till nearly 10 o'clock on Friday night that a final tele- gram was received from their friends in London which set alike their hopes and fears at rest. It simply told what had been often told to them before, that no clemency could be shown in their case, and that for their murder they must die. How the convicts passed the night in their cells is, of course, not known. After prayers they retired early, each in his own cell, and were woke at their own request at half-past five on Saturday morning. The Roman Catholic priests who attended them, the Rev Canon Cantwell, the Rev Mr Gadd, and the Rev Mr Keating, saw them soon after they rose, and after mass the prisoners all partook of the Holy Communion. As far as could be ascertained, none left any confession beyond that which, in accordance with the rites of their religion, they offered to their spiritual advisers. Of course, not even the tenour of this is known, nor is,, indeed, anything beyond what the warders always knew,-namely, that each solemnly denied having shot Brett, and in reply to any questions as to planning the attack on the van simply stated that they would die martyrs for their country. They were all, it was said, anxious to make some statement from the scaffold, but, guided by the wise and earnest admonitions of their clergy, they were induced to forego this idea. 2n all other respects they were all quite resigned to their fate, which they met at last, if not without fear, at least with decency and fervent prayer. At about a quarter to eight o'clock the hangman passed into the centre building of tbe gaol to pinion them. Each, it was stated, was pinioned in his own cell. The operation of pinioning the prisoners is one far more rapid and less distressing to them than the general public suppose. The bands with which the men are bound are simply strong leather straps passing round the waist, with smaller thongs binding the elbows to the back, and others fastening down the wrists in front of the stomach. Thus bound the convict is powerless for motion, except with his feet, and when he moves out upon the scaffold these are secured too. The operafion was borne quietly by all. Not a word, it was said, was uttered by them, their clergy exhorting them to firmness and submis- sion in what they had to face before passing into eternity. While this was going on inside the prison the tramp of soldiers was heard through the fog in the gaol yard, and soldiers was heard through the fog in the gaol yard, and a company of the 72nd Highlanders drew up with fixed bayonets beneath the scaffold on" either side, but far in- side the walls. At the same time two smaller detach- ments of 18, or 20 men were ordered to ascend the plat- form which was built on a. level with the gallows, but within the brickwork. These as they hurriedly swarmed up the narrow ladders, stood upright, clear and distinct above; the coping, bnt were instantly ordered by their officers to keep out of sight. The men at once knelt, and almost before these directions were given a low monotonous chant eame through the fog, the words of which-the Litany for the dying in the Catholic Church -and the soloswii chant. 'Lord have mercy on us,' Christ have mercy on us,' were audible before those who, uttered, Jt came dimly into view. Allen came first viiiUhe Bev Canon; (Stat well by his,aide* Noao would, b r have known in him the thick-necked, stout, bullet- headed young man who stood before the Judges on his trial. His face was not to say pale, but had a ghastly clay-coloured look that was inexpressibly painful especially as those who saw it could also see that he tried to conceal all outward manifestations of weakness by an almost desperate effort. He seemed engaged in prayer, and his lips moved to all the responses of the Litany, but no sound was emitted, and, though be looked quickly from right to left around him, he seemed to see nothing, and never raised Lis eyes to the spot on which he was to die. After him came Gould. He was a stouter and a more powerful man than any. He, too, seemed perfectly resigned, and looked anxiously and fer- vently on the little crucifix which was clasped between his hands, but it was only now and then be joined in th3 responses to the Litany for the dying, though when he did so his accents were clear and firm and fervent as he said, Christ hear us; Christ graciously hear us.' Larkin, a thin, small, and undersized man, came last of all. The fervency with which he prayed rendered him audible throughout the whole gaol yard., Yet his phy- sical strength had evidently given way, for though the tones of his utterance were loud and clear, and be never for an instant miased a word o-f the prayers, he was still 30 nervous and physically prostrated as to make it ne- cessary for two warders to partially support him on each side. All in the gaol remained bareheaded as they passed. Allen went up the flight of wooden steps- laboriously and slowly, but still with the same unflinching expres- sion of determination written in every line of his ashv face. The same may be said of Gould, except that of the two he appeared less concerned by the awfuf situation io which he stood. Larkin trod up painfully with. shifting and uncertain steps last of all, but stilt always repeating the- responses to the Litany,- Lord have- rasercy on us Christ have mercy on us.' For a second there-was a pause behind- the-little- black door which led out to the scaffold till. all three convicts were together, and aftes that one brief interval scarcely a passed till all was over. Allen- went out first, and at tea appearance ail' noise in the crowd below was hushed. Every head was uncovered,, and some few hnnds, it was said, were clapped, but whether as re- picing in Ma execution or sympathizing with the mur- der he, had, done, it was impossible to say.-The rope was put round his neck, his feet were fastened, and the white cap d'r&wn over him aovid solemn- silence. Gould came- next, now loudly praying, as all theocle-rgy were- earnestly aniJ fervently. When Gould came out upon- the dtop he shuffled near to. Atlen and as well as his- boncfo- allowed shook hands with him and* kissed him through his, white cap. It may have been that Larkin saw something of this final leave-taking between men passing, into eternity or it may have been/that seeing his companions thus capped and bound for defath unner- ved hisn at all events, his courage seemed to-sink at the last moment and he could basely totter ou to the drop., He mustered strength enough for that, however, and, praying, titse the rest, most earnestly, he took his place. Hardly had he done so and the white cap been drawn over him when he fainted, and, fell heavily against Gould. In-an in&tant the under-bangman and a warder seized him; and held him upright;, while the exhortations to bear this last ordeal with firmness as an atonement for their great sins were pressed upon them in loud prayers, and the men turned their faces towards where the sounds came from, and gave from beneath their white caps cmiHitid sounds of earnest responses. In spite,, however, of bis evident efforts Larkin seemed to grow more faint. His knees svnk two or three- times, and the hangman, hurriedly warning those near at band from the vicinity of tbedrop, steppei back, and casting one professional glance of eager interest to see that all was-rigbt, drew a little bolt, amid a loud boom-the men dropped, and as they did so the long, suppressed noises of the crowd broke out in a sub- dued muffled hum of terror and surprise, above which the solemn words of prayer for ttoae that are dying, arose distinctly, Almost as the dtop fell a loud ex- plosion was heard on the left of the gallows, followed quickly by another. Every one was startled by it, and the riflemenn got ready to use their arms in- stantly. It happened that they were only fog signals placed on the railway we have mentioned as passing almost over the gaol. Still their effect was terribly startling, and none who saw through the fog the great mass of white, upturned faces bellow, the soldiers handling, their weapons round the scaffold,, the priests praying loudly that God would take the great suf- ferings of the convfcts then as some atonement for their sins in this world, will forget a scene which is difficult to describe,, and almost impossible to efface from the memory of those who saw it. On this, how- ever we need not dwell. Allen died, almost instantly. So also did Gould. The sufferingi of Laikin, however,, seemed very great, and it was nearly two minutes before he ceased beating the air in iseffectual struggles, which made the halter by which be hung quiver and jerk as if every moment it would be broken. It is said, though we know not with what truth, that the hang- man had so clumsily adjusted the rope round this culprit's neck that he suffered more than he would have done had the duties of the scaffold been more carefully performed. During the whole time that the criminals remained' hanging the clergymen continued the-nr prayers audibly.. Before the bodies had hung for about half an hour the crowd, with, the exception of the special constables, had almost entirely dispersed. When, at nine, the bodies were cut down, hardly any but those on duty round the spot were present. The remains of the culprits were at once carried down the ladders leading from the scaffold,, and taken across the prison yard into a little cell, where they were laid on benches. The stoaps which had bound them were then removed, and the surgeon came and: certified formally as to their deaths- Singularly enough, as far as the expression of their features might be judged, Allen seemed to have suffered most, though he died earliest and apparently without a struggle. The features of Larkin, who jerked the very scaffold itself in his con- vulsive struggle, were as placid as though he had. merely fallen asleep. The remains of Gould, too, showed equal signs of tranquility in death as those of Larkin. The hands were opened wide; those- of Larkin were merely folded together; but with Allen, who had apparently never moved, the finger nails seemed dug into the flesh. About the middle of the day the bodies were buried, without form or ceremony, ia the gaol passage whera Burrows the murderer is laid,, the only other murderer- indeed the only other criminal—that has ever suffered death in Salf,)rd gaol. Within half an hour after the bodies were taken down, the streets of Manchester were as quiet and as dreary almost as if it were Sunday, and the hawkers were selling last dying speeches and con- fessions-speeches which were never uttered and con* fessions which were never made. So passed over, without word or sign, either of approval or dissent, the first Fenian executions for murder in great Britain. » —
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The following quaint epitaph on husband and wife is to be seen in one of tbe Parisian cemeteries -1 1 am anxiously expecting you.—A.D. 1827. 'Here I am.-A.D. 1867.' So the good woman was forty years making up her mind to follow her husband.—Court Journal'
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