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

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 Dundrum 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
wrappe: s 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 the 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
in 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 Milistreet,
halfway between Killarney and Mallow, about 20
Fenians 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 vialence.
The Fenian leader wore a green uniform.
The population generally fraternised with the
insurgents, who remained in the village till 7 o'clock
last evening.

Troops were sent from Limerick and from this
station this morning, but the Feniaus 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
60, 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
❑p the Chapel-road he fell, and probably bled to
death. The other policemen fled in the same direc-
tion, and O'Donnell, who was woundel 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, Cattaio
Jackson, and Lieut. Blois, (and 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 were Michael
Daly, a military ma❑ ; Thomas Ruddy, a weaver;
and a labouring man named Laughton, employed
in the Middleton distillery. A search was also made
for Mr. John Murphy, who had 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
ruse, 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—some say as many