The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-15 00:00:00

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THE FENIAN INSURRECTION.

(nor OUR OWN COURRPONDUT.)
_ DUBLIN, MARCH 14.

The very severe weather we have had for the
past few days has done more injury to the Fenian
cause than could have been effected by doubling
the military forces of the country.
The mountains are covered with snow ; by day a
piercing wind, by night a killing frost ; and the
few isolated farmhouses in the glens being incapa-
ble of affording protection to a body of men, it is
not to be wondered at that the grand army has
melted away. The frost of Tuesday night and
Wednesday has brought down a good many of the
poor fools from their retreats, and several have
fallen into the hands of the police.
The appearance of • large party at Killakee-
house, and of another at Drunnagh, still nearer to
town, led the authorities to send out a party of
cavalry to scour the valleys and defiles between
the Kilmashogue and Three Rock mountain', and
to that party I obtained permission to attach my-
self. We have been out for the best part of • day,
and visited every spot in the district accessible to
cavalry.
On the side of the mountain are the ruins of
some fortifications. In them we found traces of a
Fenian lair—withered fern and heath seemed to
have been their bed, and the remains of potatoes
roasted in the tire indicated s fare not too
luxurious. A couple of pikes, a quantity of
percussion caps and bullets lay about, as it
appears a part of their tactics to leave such mat-
ters after them wherever they make a temporary
stay. But this was not all ; in a corner of the
place, covered with a few furze branches, was the
body of a man—a poor emaciated fellow, in the
dress of an artisan. We could not discover
any wound, and came to the conclusion that he
had perished of fatigue and exposure to the bitter
weather. It was a sad commentary on the mad
enterprise, and a lesson for the deluded fools who
thought to effect a revolution at the cost of others,
and without danger to themselves. The lonely
glen, through which the wind howled disnia4 ;
the covered with snow ; the leaden sky ;
before us the cold stiff corse—formed a dreary,
saddening picture such as I hope I may seldom see.
In the vicinity of the ruin was the hut of a poor
mountaineer, but the inhabitants either could not,
or would not, afford any useful information. A
party of Fenian had been there until the previous
day, had taken all their available provisions, paying
for them, but where they had gone, or how many
were in the party, we could not learn.
On a spur of Tibradden Mountain, overlooking
a deep gully in the hill side, we observed a couple
of men watching our movements ; leaving two men
to watch where the fellows might go to, the re-
mainder of our party went by a circuitous route to
the spot; the men made off, but were speedily
brought in captives ; they made not the faintest
show of resistance, and their first request was fur
some food, which was given them out of the men's
rations. They declared they would rather be
taken at once than linger half-starved and wretched
about the hills, and bitterly cursed the knaves who
had led them into such a trap. It appears that
after the flight from Tallaght the rebels loitered
about for a while, when, finding, on the one hand,
the military and police pressing too close on them,
and, on the other, a difficulty in buying or stealing
provisions, many of them threw down their anus,
and made the best of their way towards their
homes. A number of the strongest, best armed,
and most courageous resolved on • further retreat,
but in what particular direction they would not
communicate. Those left behind wandered about
starving and perishing of cold, and these were two
of them.

They were the only results in the way of cap-
ture that we had to show for our long and severe
ride, but it is satisfactory to know that the dis-
trict is free from any organised band of marauders.
From diligent inquiries there appear to be many
yet missing from their homes ; they are now
marked men, and will meet with a warm reception
if they return.
The Fenian bands, which were estimated at such
high figures even by competent persons, have
suddenly melted down to the proportions f Fal-
staff's men in buckram. From every quarter we
hear of their total or partial disappearance, and
the diligent search of the military columns has
failed to discover any considerable force. With a
general consent people say that the alarm was
exaggerated, but the government continues its
precautions, and is said to be in possession of im-
portant information as to the future intentions of
the rebels.

ONON ova OWN COINISPONDENT.I
CORK, WEDNESDAY Moms°.
The insurrection has thoroughly collapsed in all
the southern counties. It is believed that not a
single band of rebels remains in Cork, Tipperary,
Limerick, Clare, Waterford, or Kerry ; at least
none have been seen for the last three days, although
the closest and most vigorous searches have been
prosecuted by the police and military in all the
districts in which the disturbances have taken
place. The popular theory now is that the Fenian,'
have determined to postpone the attempt to a more
favourable opportunity, about which speculation
is already rife. The 17th inst.—St. Patrick's day—
is generally accepted as the time at which the insur-
rection is to be resumed.
The Fenian on the Oaltees—for it is now
generally believed that they were in some force in
the mountains—are believed to have dispersed soon
after the council held on Saturday. At all events
it is pretty well ascertained that none of them remain
in the mountains. The weather has been fearfully
severe, and its influence in depressing the insur-
gents was probably greater than any exercised by
the presence of the military forces in the country.
Experience has proved that it is no difficult task
for hardy peasants well acquainted with the coun-
try, and possessing, as they undoubtedly do, the
sympathies of the bulk of the people, to evade the
pursuit of the over-burdened infantry, but there
was no possibility of dodging the icy winds and 11
the storm, sleet, and rain that beat pitilessly on
the slopes of the Oalltees for the last four or five
days. The men began to see the hopeless nature'
of the task in which they had engaged, and the
p..-omptings of returning common sense, the lite-
rally cool reflection for which they have had ample
opportunities, have led to a result which is equally
happy, u hether tis regarded in the interest of the g. -
verunient, or in thatof the misguided men themselven.
The military force which occupied the Limerick
Junction has been withdrawn, it is believed, to re-
inforce the light columns which are to scour the
adjoining counties. Only a few cavalry on orderly
duty remain. Brigadier Sir Alan Horsford has
established his headquarters at Mallow, which is
nearly in the centre of the county, and from which
the railways branch in four directions—towards
Killarney, Fermoy, the Limerick Junction, and
Cork.

Some isolated outrages have been reported during
the last few days which may or may not have been
the work of Fenian!. In two or three parts of the
country, haggards have been burned, and at
Bowen 's court, near Mallow, two farm offices were
destroyed by fire. An attempt was made on Mon-
day to burn a bridge near Rathcoole, on the Kil-
larney line. There are always an abundance
of malicious persons in this community
randy to take advantage of occasions like
the present to do mischief, and every outrage
onroperty reported should not be too readily
credited to the Fenian. It may be accepted as a
fact that wherever the rebels have appeared under
military loaders, they have abstained, as tar as was
consistent with their purpose, from the wanton
destruction of private property.
On Sunday night a police patrol was fired upon

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in the neighbourhood of Limerick by a party of
four persons driving by on an outside car. One
of the patrol was wounded in the hand. The
policemen returned the tire, and pursued and over-
took the car. The driver and one of the party
were captured, and taken as prisoners into
Limerick. Several arrests were made in that city
yesterday. Two of the prisoners are soldiers :
one belongs to the 85th Foot, which has been
stationed at Aldershot; the second is a deserter
from the 71st, and it 12 suspected that they have
been engaged in drilling the rebels. The police
were hooted by a large mob while conveying the
prisoners from the bndewell to the county gaol.
Some few additional arrests have been made in
this county, and five prisoners, Irish-Americans,
have been sent to Dublin, where they will be in-
carcerated in Mountjoy. One of the five is a man
named Condon, who held the rank of brigadier-
general in the United States volunteers. He is
said to have come to Cork to assume command
of the Fenian in this county, but on the Saturday
before the rising he got into a drunken brawl at a
third-rate hotel in the city, and was arrested by the
police. A revolver was found in his possession,
and he was remanded for eight days on the charge
of having arms in a proclaimed district. In the
meantime the insurrection broke out.

Four men, Eugene Lombard , M 'Sweeny,
Simon Downey, and John Burghlan, prisoners
in the county gaol, identified as having been
present at the attack on the police bar-
rack at Ballyknockin, were yesterday re-
turned for trial on the charge of riotously
and treasonably assembling and conspiring
with others to subvert the authority of her Ma-
jesty's government in Ireland. The evidence
against the prisoners was taken in private, but
some details of it have transpired. It appears
that the attacking party, before opening fire upon
the barrack, called on the police to surrender to the
Irish Republic, stating that the " provisional go-
verlitnent" had been proclaimed, and that they in-
tended to take Cork in a few days. Constable
Browne, who was in charge of the station, refused
to surrender, but asked that his daughter should
be allowed to leave the house. The assailants at
first refused to grant his request, but ultimately
permitted the girl to leave. They then heaped
straw around the barrack and set it on tire, and as
the flames rose their leader again called on the po-
lice to come out and surrender, stating that they
did not want to commit murder. The policemen
had eventually to give in, and were permitted to
escape through a window, delivering tip their arms
as they came out. The prisoners were also of the
party who fired on the soldiers and police at Bottle-
hill.

It is astonishing to road the charges on which per-
sons are now arrested in this city, no one displaying
theslightest peculiarityof manneror dress, or who is
seen after a certain hour in some suspected locali-
ties, is safe from arrest. Last night a fellow of un-
inviting aspect was met by a constable of police in
the fiehenaga-road, outside the city, and was stopped
andquestioned. Hesaid he had goneout in the road
to see his sweetheart home. The coastal le, not
satisfied with this explanation, asked what aas
tho name of the young lady 1 The swain said, in a
hesitating manner, that her name was Sullivan
—Mary Sullivan. The constable wished to know
if ho were sure that was the name 1 He again
hesitated, and said that may be at the mother's
side she would be called Murphy, on which the
vigilant officer at once took him into custody.
Further inquiry was made in the morning, and it
was ascertained that the man's story was true—•
that he had gone out on the road to ear at a girl
home. He was therefore discharged by the magis-
trates (the stipendiary being, fortunately for the
prisoner, absent), but he received a caution, which
he is very likely to remember ; and when he next
has an affair of the kind in hand, he will be par-
ticularly careful not to forget the mune of the
charmer.

The Dublin Erpress of yesterday says :
The Fenian*, if any of them are still to be found
collected in bodies, have not been able to muster sufiivient
courage to make any fresh attack upon even an unoccupied
police barrack. The troops sent to the south, not-
withstanding the greatest energy and activity,
have succeeded in capturing very few of the
marauders. They yesterday captured a few miles
from Tipperary, six men who are supposed to have
taken part in the outbreak. A man who was arrested
bud week, on a charge of taking part iu the Mikado
affair, but had been released in the belief that, as he
self stated, he had been pressed by the Fenians. has been
again taken into custody. At Cork four men have been
committed for trial for being concerned in the attack on
the Ballyknocldn police barracks. Fifteen men an rested
at Carrignavar have been remanded for further exami-
nation. Among the prisoners arrested in Cork.
and transmitted to Dublin, is " General Condon,"
who was arrested shortly before the outbreak. Ar-
rest' continue to be made in Limerick, Tipperary,
and elsewhere, but there is an appre,i:o:le diminution in
the number of persons arrested throughout the country.
It is stated that a number of Armstrong guns are to be
sent down to Tipperary town. The weather continues very
' severe in the south. Opportunity is being taken iii various
places to give expression to the loyalty of the population.
An influential meeting was held last night at Ratluuinp s to
express firm adherence to the throne and the constitution.
The chair was occupied by Alexander Parker, Esq.,
and addresses were delivered and resolutions pasKed
In accordance with the object of the meeting. What is
of still greater significance under present circumstances,
however, is the holding of a meeting of a similar charac-
ter, and at which a similar spirit was displayed, at Ne-
nagh, county Tipperary. In consequence of the II Inrou
created in the minds of the population in thinly it:haLited
districts by the withdrawal of the constabalary from oat-
lying stations, °niers have been issued directing the police
to return to these stations in every case in which they be-
have that their lives are not in danger.

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FENIANISM IN LIVERPOOL.—For the last few
days there has been a feeling of much uneasiness in Liver-
pool concerning the Fenians, and it is report.) that
" rising " of the " F. B. 'a" will take place in Livermol on
the 17th of March, St. Patrick's day. The mayor and
magistrates have been in consultation with the different
commanders of volunteer regiments, and in conjunction
with Colonel Reynolds, the adjutaintlteneral of the
northern division, who has visited the several iolunteer
store-houses, it was determined to set a guard on each
store-house where anus and ammunition are kept. Yester-
day three hundred men belongint to the 54th Beginicnt
arrived in Liverpool from Manchester, and were billeted
in a district notorious for its "rowdies." The agent.rA the
different fire insurance companies in Liverpool yesterday
held a meeting, and it was agreed that every
means should be taken to prevent the action of incen-
diaries. The managers of all the local banks have received
a warning to the effect that they must keep a good force
at night on their premises in order that any attempt to
break open the hanks might be prevented. The magis-
trates have also been provided with a copy of the Riot
Act ; and four steamers are reported to have been char-
tered by the government, and manned by marines from her
Majesty's ship Donegal, at present anchored in the filer.
sey, for the purpose of preventing any attempt to destroy
shipping in the river or any Fenian landing. At the fort
there is a detachment of the Royal Artillery, a company
of the Slat Regiment, and a company of the Coastguard.
Under these circumstances the Fenians will receive 11 warm
reception if they attempt to meddle with the peace of
Liverpool.
THR NEW EXCHANGE AT BRADFORD. —The new
Bradford Exchange, which has been erected by aI. ed
liability company at a cost of about MAW., was opened
on Wednesday ; the event being celebrated by a public
luncheon, at which Lord F. Oivendish, M.P., Mr. Forster,
M.P., and other gentlemen were present. The foundation
stone of the new building was laid by Lord Palmerston in
Batt, and it has been erected from designs prepared by
Mtwara. Lockwood and Rawson. The Exchange will be •
great convenience to the merchants of and a great ornament
to the town. _

-fiiiiFATAL SHOOTING CASE AT GRAVESEND.
Kr. E. A. Hihler, the borough coroner, resumed last
evening at the Town-hall, Gravesend, the inquire touching
the death of Edward Eiger, aged la years. whO was shot
with a pistol by a fellow ahopinsti. under the circumstances
reported a .lay or two since. The jury returned a verdict
of manslaughter against Holmes, who was committed for
trial.

A valuable collection of ancient and modern
pictures and drawings, many of the highest class, the pre.
perty of Mr. J. H. Gurney, was yesterday submitted to
public competition by Messrs. Robinson and Heavy, of
21, Old Ilona-street. by order of the official liquidators to
the estate of ()wren& Gurney, and Co. The whole
yielded upwards of 7,500 f.

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