The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-09 00:00:00

LCHERTSEY STEEPLECHASES.

Woburn Park Plate (2i miles).—" Bell's Life" :
Comberton, or Lisette. " Sunday Times" : Lisette,
Orontes. " Sporting Life" : Cutler, or Ballet Girl.
" Sporting Gazette" : Wedding Peal, or Cutler.
Chertsey Open Handicap (3i miles).—" Bell's
Life" : Harold or Sea King. " Sunday Times" :
Harold, Little Frank, or Genievre. " Sporting
Life" : Sea King or Harold.. " Sporting Gazette" :
Harold or Sea King.
South Western Stakes (2k miles).--"Bell's Life":
Sea King or Comberton. ‘k Sporting Life': Sea
King or llavelock.
Stewards' Cup (2i miles).—" Bell's Life" : Sir
Bobby. "Sporting Life": Gamecock or Bibhopton.

THE FENIANS.

(Front the Special Correspondent of the Times.)
LIMERICK JUNCTION, Thursday Evening.
It was difficult in passing through Dublin to-day
to believe that the city had but yesterday been
threatened by an armed insurrection. The banks
were open, the jewellers' shops displayed their richest
stores, and business seemed to be carried on as if the
Fenians had been menacing Dublin as usual from
New York instead of from their " camp atTallaght,"
within half-a-dozen miles of Dublin. You saw n 3
anxious, preoccupied faces, and no eager groups talk-
ing over the events of yesterday. The inhabitants
seemed disposed to treat the outbreak as a failure
which would for ever dispose of Fenian pretensions.
" They have done their best and their worst, these
people, and have shown some power of mis-
chief, along with a still greater power of
making themselves and their cause ridicu-
lous." This was the prevailing opinion among
those with whom one had an opportunity of talking.
Everybody knew that when the Fenians rose they
would be defeated ; but few, even of those who most
despised the Fenian movement, thought that the
rising would be so very contemptible as it has proved
in the neighbourhood of Dublin. I had not time to
visit the prisoners, but am told that they are mostly
lads of from 17 to 18 and upwards—apprentices,
shop assistants, clerks, and a dirty, ragged following
with which a soldier would beloth to march through
Coventry, much less Dublin. The most manly and
the best set-up among them are the Irish Americans.
It does not appear, however, that they showed the
spirit that might have been expected from men who
claim to have fought in the New World, not with-
out glory When "General" Massey was arrested by a
policeman on the platform here he swooned away,
and remained in a dead faint for ten minutes, only
reviving after liberal applications of cold water.
Massey is said to have been the generalissimo-desig-
nate of the Fenian army. He had two revolvers in
his pockets when captured ; and of course he may
have swooned, not from mortal fright, but from
mortification at so ignominious an end to his mar-

tial career.
The Fenian plan, no doubt, was for a simultane-
ous rising in the home counties and the south. Away
from Dublin, Cork and Tipperary were to take the
lead, while Clare, Limerick, and Waterford were to
assist in giving employment to the soldiers and
constabulary, and a diversion at Drogheda, north
of the capital, was to alarm the Government for
the safety of Louth and Meath. The rendezvous
for the disaffected in and around Dublin was Tal-
laght-hill, rather more than four miles to the south-
west of the city. Many hundreds left Dublin by
twos and threes on Tuesday night for this place ;
and similar gatherings took place at the small towns
or villages in the outskirts, such as Kilmainham,
Crumlin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham. At some
points near the rendezvous a quantity of arms had
been provided—pikes, rifles, ammunition pouches,
and a cheap weapon of homely appearance,which has
been dignified by the title of a Fenian dirk, but is
better known among the people as a pig-sticker. As
usual, the Government ,vere perfectly well informed
by those who were in the secrets of the brotherhood.
The constabulary either patrolled the roads or were
waiting in their barracks, and the insurgents had
no sooner formed themselves into something like
martial array than the troops were in pursuit.
There is a police barrack at Tallaght ; and near this
barrack, at midnight on Tuesday, Sub-Inspector
Burke and two constables met a party of about 40
armed men, who were convoying a cart with ammu-
nition. Not daunted by the disparity of numbers,
the sub-inspector called on them to surrender. The
leader of the insurgents aimed a blow with his sword
at. one of the policemen, who parried the stroke
cleverly with his rifle and sword-bayonet, and with
the latter gave his assailant a mortal thrust in the
abdomen. The Fenians then withdrew, taking with
them their wounded leader. Soon afterwards the
sub-inspector, whose party had by this time been
reinforced, fell in with two large bodies of insurgents,
each numbering some hundreds. As you have heard
both these parties fired upon the police without
effect, while one of the insurgents, au attorney's
clerk of Dublin, named O'Donoghue, was shot
through the lungs and is since dead, and a work-
man named Bernes received a flesh wound iu the
thigh. There were only about 14 policemen, and,
as the saying is, the Fenians were numerous enough
to have eaten them. But these ardent patriots
seem to have thought that personal liberty was,
after all, a thing which concerned them more nearly
than political liberty. They became panic-stricken,
threw away arms, ammunition, and such equip-
ments as they could boast of, and dispersed. The
roads were strewn with ball cartridges, percus-
sion caps, and arms of every description. I need
hardly say that the troops under the command of
Lord Strathnairn met with not the least show of
resistance. The great Fenian army which was to
have taken Dublin was scattered by a handful of
constabulary. Nearly 200 prisoners were taken by
the military and the constabulary together. These
haggard, miserable youths had not the strength or
stamina to support the fatigues of a single night's
campaign, and broke down utterly under the trial.
Around Crumlin, another point south-west of
Dublin, there was no evidence of the same panic
among the people, and the police patrols found large
quantities of arms and ammunition, which the per
sons to whom they had been dealt out seemed to
have got rid of in this way as soon as possible. At
Glencullen the Fenian.' seemed to have had some-
what better heart. They summoned nine police-
men in one barrack to surrender to the Irish Repub-
lic. The policemen refused to surrender to the Irish
Republic, and the Fenians did not press the point,
but withdrew to the appropriately named village
Stepaside, where there was a barrack with less than
nine policemen,—namely, five. here they fired a
few shots and made preparations for burning out
the garrison. Owing to the construction of the
building they were unfortunately able to do this
with impunity, and Constable Mellwaine, the com-
mander of this very pregnable citadel, then offered
to surrender, on condition that life was spared.
These terms were agreed to by the Fenian leader,
and the police accordingly delivered up their bar-
rack and their arms and ammunition, and were
marched along with the rebels, in aompany with
four of the metropolitan police, who had been cap-
tured near Donnybrook. A scout who had been
sent forward to inquire into the chances of an attack
upon Bray brought back an unfavourable report,
whereupon the party seized about 200 loaves at a
baker's shop, and breakfasted without payment,
giving their prisoners a share of the bread. Another
police barrack at Glencullen was then visited. There
were five constables here, who also refused to sur-
render, whereupon, says a correspondent of the
Irish Times—
" The order was given for riflemen to advance, and
50 men, armed with rifles, came to the front. They
drew up before the barrack, and just as they fired
into it the police fired out and wounded two of the
Fenians. The Fenian riflemen were then ordered
to take cover, and having done so several volleys
were exchanged. Finding the resistance so stout,
it was proposed to place the nine policemen who
were prisoners in front of the attacking party, and
expose them to the cross fire. Constable Mallwaine
objected to this as a violation of the terms of sur-
render. After some discussion, in the course of
which the commander said he would force the po-
lice to the front if Constable O'Brien did not sur-
render, Constable Mallwaine was sent forward to
communicate with O'Brien. lle still refused, but
ultimately, to save the lives of the prisoners and of
his own party, agreed to surrender, on condition
that all the police were set at liberty. This was
agreed to, the release not to take place for two hours.
The arms, ammunition, &c., at the Glencullen bar-
rack were taken, and the Fenians went off through
the mountains towards Killakee. A party was left
behind to guard the prisoners, and after two hours
set them free and followed the main body. They
frequently spoke during the march of going to the
" camp atTallaght." They appeared to beaill sober,.
and in perfect obedience to order. The commander
was a tall, respectable looking man, about 24 years
old. Ile wore a suit of dark tweed. The second in
command wore a sword, and had a feather in his
cap. The party left a green flag on the road near
Stepa,t4de, and it i now in the pOliaesl4loll of Emma-

nuel Bailey, J.P. It was got up in very handsome
style, and bore upon it the words ' God and your
country—Remember Emmet.' The flagstaff was
quite in keeping with the appearance of the flag it-
self. ;The party had with them a van like a grocer's
van, and also an outside car carrying guns, pistols,
ammunition, pikeheads, provisions, &c. They had
more arms than the party wanted. Numbers of
pikes fitted with handles, pistols, two guns, car-
tridges, &c., were found on the road between Mill-
town and Stepaside yesterday morning, and brought
to Pundrum police station."
.The snow was falling heavily during great part of
my journey from Dublin to this point to-day, and
there was a bleak wind, against which no railway
wrappers seemed to be proof. Such weather will do
more to rout and scatter the already disheartened
Fenians than a whole army. They appear to have
been in the Tipperary mountains in considerable
force last night. At Thurles, a station on the
Great Southern and Western line, 87 miles from
Dublin, the inhabitants were in great fear of an
attack from them. Limerick junction, at which I
am now writing, is 107 miles from Dublin on the
same line of railway, and 22 miles from Limerick.
It was held out until to-day by a force of infantry ;
but two companies of the 62d Regiment have been
sent from here to Kilmallock, and the station is now
guarded principally by cavalry. I have telegraphed
this evening some particulars of tue attack upon the
Kilmallock police-barrack, and of the spirited de-
fence by its little garrison of constabulary. I hope
to visit this little town to-morrow. The district
around here, from Mallow junction to the Killarney
side to Templemore on the side of Dublin, is thought
now to be the most dangerous, or, at all events, the
most disaffected in these parts. On Tuesday night
the rails were torn up at Knocklong, a little station
about midway between here and Kilmallock, and
the night mail train from Cork ran off the line, but
without any accident to life or limb. When the
news of the disaster was received here a train was
sent to the spot under the protection of a small de-
tachment of infantry. The mails and passengers
were then transferred, and the mail returned to
Limerick junction, on its way to Dublin. Near
Thurles, however, the rails had been torn up again,
and the engine again ran off the line. A number of
soldiers' wives and children were among the passen-
gers, but happily again no one was hurt. The rail-
way officials -were not to be baffled, and at Thurles
set to work to extemporise another train, which took
iu the passengers and mails, and arrived in Dublin
10 a.m. yesterday morning, five hours after time.

The rails were also torn up in other places between
Mallow and Cork—at Rathduff, at a point near
Blarney, and at another part of the line. Great
activity, however, has been shown by Mr. Ilbery,
the traffic manager, and the officials of the line in
repairing these breaches with the least possible delay,
and in preserving a line of communication, which is
all-important for defensive purposes. In Millstreet,
halfway between Killarney and Mallow, about 20
Fenia,ns called at the railway station on Tuesday
night, and, after cutting the electric wires, took the
telegraphic instrument from the office, and (as they
thought) smashed it on the platform, but they only
smashed the case, so that the clerk in charge was
soon able to begin work again. They also took a
gun belonging to the stationmaster. Before visiting
the railway station they called at Capt. Leader's, of
Mount Leader, and took three swords, three guns,
and a large quantity of ammunition. The same
search for arms was made, as I have already said,
at most of the houess of the resident gentry in this
neighbourhood ; but where the arms were given up
no personal violence was offered. This is one re-
deeming feature in the present outbreak, as in the
last ; hitherto there has been no burning or plunder,
and no outrage to person.

Friday Night.

The village of Kilteely, about 13 miles from this
point, were occupied in force by the insurgents yes-
terday. They took away the arms kept by the well-
disposed inhabitants, and compelled many of the
young men to join their ranks. Some of the party
got drunk, but they paid for all they consumed, and
committed no personal violence.
The Fenian leader wore a green uniform.

The population generally fraternised with the
.nsurgents, who remained in the village till 7 o'clock
,ast evening.

Troops were sent from Limerick and from this
station this morning, but the Fenians had disap-
peared.
Parties of insurgents were seen this morning on
the Galtee range of mountains near Tipperary.
An attack on that town is still apprehended, the
inhabitants being extremely disaffected, and re-en-
forcements are expected there to-night from the
Curragh.
Detachments of the 31st Regiment, with Horse
Artillery and cavalry, are at present stationed in
the town.

At Kilmallock to-day all was quiet.
Mr. Bourne, the Bank manager who was shot by
the Fenian leader for refusing to give up his re-
volvers, is not dead.

DUBLIN, March 8.

The Cork papers of yesterday supply full details
of the Fenian operations in the south. The first out-
break in Cork was at Knockadoon, about six miles
from Youghal, on the coast. A Coastguard station,
occupied by five men and a chief boatman, was at-
tacked by a body of armed men numbering about
GO, led by a horseman. They were well armed. The
Coastguardsurrendered in the face of overwhelming
numbers, and they were, with the exception of one
sick man, taken prisoners and marched off, • the Fe-
nians carrying with them all the arms and ammuni-
tion in the station. They then marched towards
Mogeely, on the Youghal Railway, a distance of 14
miles, and there set the prisoners at liberty, pro-
ceeding themselves in a north-easterly direction.
At Middleton the Fenians drew up in the street
four deep. When the constabulary patrol passed a
little beyond them they were challenged by Daly,
their leader, and called on to surrender in the name
of the Irish Republic. When the police did not obey
the call, Daly, their leader, seized Sub-constable
O'Donnell's rifle, and presenting a revolver at his
head fired. O'Donnel at the same time pushed Daly
slightly from him, and thus caused the pistol ball to
glance round the back of his head, the flash singe-
ing his hair. At the same moment the party of
Fenians fired a volley. A ball entered Sub-constable
Sheedy's breast, and after running a short distance
up the Chapel-road he fell, and probably bled to
death. The other policemen fled in the same direc-
tion, and O'Donnell, who was wouudel in the head,
took shelter in a house. As the police fled the
Fenians fired after them. They got round by Mr.
Green's house and, having taken shelter there till
morning, got back to the station, escorted by Mr.
Green, who has great influence and popularity in
the town. After Sheedy fell he was stripped of his
rifle and accoutrements. Daly took sub-constable
O'Donnell's rifle with him. The gate and wall in
front of Mr. Green's residence were thickly marked
with the bullets fired by the insurgents, and, subse-
quently, a dozen revolver cartridges were found on
the footpath there, as well as two large hand gre-
nades with fuses attached. An orderly having given
information of these events in Cork, a company of
the 14th Regiment, under Major Grogan, Captain
Jackson, and Lieut. Blois, land accompanied by
Assistant-Surgeon Cherry, were despatched to
Middleton, and 80 men of the 14th Regiment-, under
Capt. Crosbie, to Castlemartyr. In the course of
the day head-constable Reardan and a party made
three arrests in Middleton of persons said to have
been among the insurgents. These verb Michael
Daly, a military man ; Thomas lluddy, a weaver;
and a labouring man named Laughton, employed
in the Middleton distillery. A search was also made
for Mr. John Murphy, who bad been for several
months in Mountjoy prison, but was liberated on
heavy security. At Castlemartyr the arrival of the
Fenians, who (it is believed) included the Middle-
ton party, took place about 2 o'clock on Wednes-
day morning. A haggard belonging to Mr. Walker,
near the village, was.'set on fire, it is believed as a
ry,s.q, but the police—five men under constable
O'Connell—having reconnoitred, thought they saw
more than a mere fire in the affair, and, declining
to render any assistance, returned to their bar-
racks, where they made every preparation to resist
an attack. They had not long to wait for it,
when a large body of men--,come say as wavy

as 500, but it was impossible to state accurately,
the night was so dark—drew up before the sta-
tion, after having been directed by some per-
son, in stentorian tones, to attack the police-
station at once. Some persons called upon the police
to surrender. The party had come in with baggage;
all the meu seemed to wear haversacks containing
provisions, and, as well as the police could see them
through the windows, they had rifles and fixed
bayonets, which they carried " sloped," in true mi-
litary style. They knocked several times at the door
of the barracks ; receiving no reply, they com-
menced firing, the bullets entering pretty thickly
through window shutters, &c. The Fenians called
out to the villagers, who looked out of their win-
dows, to keep iu their heads. The police returned
their fire with interest, and it is thought with effect.
The Fenian leader, Timothy Daly (who had come
on from Middleton), was found when the party had
departed lying dead about ten p rches from the bar-
rack, in the line of retreat. He would seem to have
been shot through the body, near the heart. He
wore grey trousers, blue jacket and vest (all plain),
and a square-peaked cap. Round his waist was a
leather belt and case, intended for a revolver, and
over his shoulder was a strong canvas haversack,
containing bread. It was fastened with a gilt
button, bearing a harp. He had dropped a seven-
chamber revolver where he was shot.

The party retreated immediately after Daly was
shot, and were pursued towards the bridge by the
police, but they made a stand, forming a breast-
work at the bridge, and the police thought it more
prudent to return to their quarters.
After leaving Castlemartyr the Fenians called at
the houses of the Rev. Mr. Halloran, Mr. Newton
(farmer), William Ahern, and Thomas Gould, from
all of whom they demanded and obtained arms.
They took a pistol from a man named Thomas Hen-
nessy at Lady's-bridge.

The line of retreat of the united Fenian forces of
this district is concluded to be over the hills south
of Killeagh, near which station the railway telegraph
wire was cut. The point for which the insurgents
are supposed to have departed is Tallow, in the
county of Waterford, but beyond Killeagh there are
no tidings of them.
On Wednesday morning a young man, named
Thomas Cullinane, rode through this village
mounted upon a horse which one of the coastguard
has identified as that ridden by the leader of the
Knockadoon Fenians. He was at once arrested, and
in his possession were found some coffee, a bag of
salt, some biscuits, and 39 bullets. He is supposed
to have been proceeding to the Fenian camp. He
was conveyed to Middleton, where he is at present
confined. The four prisoners arrested in Middleton
were brought before a number of magistrates, in-
cluding Messrs. S. French, T. Garde, C. O'Brien,
&c., and remanded.
An attack was expected on the town of Tipperary,
the telegraph wires between it and the Limerick
Junction being cut. Major Greene, who commands
at the latter point, despatched last night some horse
artillery, escorted by cavalry and infantry, to rein-
force the garrison of Tipperary. There is nothing
more about the fighting at Clonmel than what I sent
you last night by telegraph.