The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.

The Evening Mail has the following particulars of
the recent attempt to murder Mr. Armitage Moore,
the agent of the Annesley' estates in the North of
Ireland :
" CAVAN, Nov. 4.—On Friday, the 3d inst., Mr.
William Armitage Moore, of Arnmore-lodge, Cavan,
left home at half-past nine o'clock in the morning to
proceed to Miltown, about eight miles from Cavan,
to receive rents on the Earl of Annesley's property.
He had written to his bailiff a few days before, stating
that in consequence of the bad state of the weather he
would not give the tenantry the trouble of coming to
his office at Cavan, but would go to Miltown and re-
ceive the rents there. He was accompanied by his
clerk and a lad named Maxwell, who drove the car
that conveyed them. On arriving near Baker's bridge
the car-driver and the clerk observed two men stand-
ing close together in the centre of the road, and called
Mr. Al oore's attention to them, as very suspicious-
looking fellows.' As the car still proceeded on its
sours°, one of the men dropped off to the side
of the road; the other still stood in the centre, with
his back turned to the party on the car, and main-
tained that position until the end of the shaft was
almost parallel with his shoulder. He then wheeled
suddenly round and presented a pistol to Mr. Moore's
breast, so close that it almost touched him. He held
it firmly with both hands to ensure a steady aim, and
pulled the trigger. Happily for the intended victim
the pistol missed fire. The ruffian immediately
turned and Red. The morning having been ex-
tremely cold and damp Mr. Moore had muffled him-
self in two heavy outside coats. This was unfortu-
nate, as he had a case of pistols in the pockets of an
under coat—each pistol had six barrels, all were in
excellent order, and loaded with ball. had it not
been for the impediment of his clothing, he
could have shot the ruffian dead in a moment.
He lumped off the car, however, as like-
wise did his clerk, and both pursued the flying
miscreants. The clerk snapped a pistol at one)
of them, but it did not go off. During the chase Mr.
Moore extricated a pistol from his coat pocket and
fired. The villain at whom he aimed then turned
from the main road that leads over Baker's-bridge,
called Hacket's-road. Whilst ascending a little hill
on this narrow pass Mr. Moore fired two more barrels
at the fugitive, but without effect. There are two or
three cabins on the top of this hill, and at this point
Mr. Moore and his companion lost sight of the fugi-
tive ; whether he was sheltered in those cabins, or
threw himself into a ditch at this place, is not known.
There were many persons at short distances from the
scene of this outrage, but not one of them would
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declaring they had neither seen the men nor heard the
firing. Mr. Moore, on finding he had no chance of
aid from the people, immediately got on his car
and proceeded towards the police-station of Miltown.
On his way thither he met three constables, whom
he took on his car and returned to the cabins on
Racket's-road, whence recommencing the search
they scoured the country round. They succeeded in
capturing the man who was seen in company with
the person who attempted to fire at Mr. Moore. This
fellow has been fully identified, and now lies in Cavan
gaol ; his name is Kiernan or 111‘Kiernan. He is a
tailor by trade, and resides in that neighbourhood."
In consequence of this atrocious outrage a meeting
of magistrates was held at the Court-house of Cavan
on Friday, Lord Farnham in the chair, to consider
what steps may be most advantageously pursued to
bring the perpetrators and abettors of the crime to
justice.

TIIE NEW COLLEGES.
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—The buildings of the new
colleges in Cork, Belfast, and Galway, are proceeding,
and there will not be the slightest interruption in the
arrangements, notwithstanding the recent rescript
from Rome. The presidents and vice-presidents have
been appointed for a considerable time past, but none
of the professors or other officers have yet been
chosen.