Mr. Hardy has respited Shore, the fourth Fenian engaged in
the Manchester outrage, because he carried no pistols ; but up to
Friday night no idea of respite for the remainder was entertained at Manchester. .Precautions of a very grave nature are being taken against rescue. Not only is a large body of troops con- centrated in the city, but the approaches to the gallows have been barricaded, and artillery posted in the space immediately under them, ready to act on the first signal. Another and still more unusual precaution is to be taken, it is said, on the scaffold itself, and altogether it would appear as if Government sincerely believed in some daring attempt at rescue. The magistrates have called for two thousand special constables, to be armed with staves, and the summons has been answered with alacrity. The precautions are somewhat extreme, perhaps, but in such cases the truest humanity is to show such force that no movement is possible.
