The prisoner Bell was brought up at Bow Street on
Thurs- day and charged with unlawfully conspiring to cause an ,explosion. Mr. Gill, who prosecuted for the Treasury, pro. duced a considerable amount of evidence, including some very remarkable letters, and showed the general outline of the plot. It appears that the plan was to produce an ex- plosion on September 15th,—called in the letters which passed between the conspirators, "the wedding." The con- spirators had not apparently any intention of using their bombs themselves. Their object was to find an obliging Irish patriot in Glasgow who would "do the needful," while they kept out of the way. They therefore sent over Bell to Glasgow to find the necessary patriot. Unfortunately, how- ever, the Glasgow patriots were extremely shy, and, much to Bell's chagrin, they did their best to avoid him. So successful, indeed, were they in their efforts to keep out of his way that in his more desponding moments he seems actually to have contemplated using the bombs himself. Ultimately the case against Bell was adjourned. Tynan's extradition has mean- time been officially asked for by our Government. They have, however, decided that our extradition treaty with the Nether- lands does not cover the cases of Kearney and Haines, and therefore no attempt will be made to extradite them. It does not follow that they will therefore escape. We presume that the Dutch police will have something to say to them as, when arrested at Rotterdam, they were in the possession of infernal machines and dynamite cartridges.
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