The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-08 00:00:00

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
11 in the immediate vicinity cat the Great northern 'tail-
Niel) rerminns, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

vice• Patron—His Royal Highness the Prinz of WILE ,KG.
President—His Gram the Duke of BUCCL RUCH.

nits Hospital, founded in the year :823, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
he delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
,:endent for support on voluntary contributions and 1.-.4a.ned.
It affords relief to a large number of in-pa u:s, and, in
addition to this, the average number of at,eudtaoe of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
oenet-olent, as the pr nises of this Hospital are capable et
eontatning several ha,ndred more beds had the Committee
the requisite Hinds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Jr bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch lane; also by tiessrs. Coutte ana
Co.; Drummond and Co.; G.)91 and C 0.,. Berries and Co.;
Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and co., Beraers-street : and at the hospital. from 10 till h.
OTANEWAD puipirl georetay,

HELP for the DESTITUTE SICK.—
ETROPOLITAN FREEe. OS I'ITAL. Devon-
shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous
Relief of the Sick Poor of every Nation and Creed, without
letters of recommendation. FUNDS arc urgently needed to
maintain its efficiency.
BANKERS—Meesu. Barnett, Hoare& and ro., 62, tombst•d-
street. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman,
CiEO, CIiOXTON, Setretary. • •

The necessarily brief accounts which I have trans-
mitted to you in telegram may_seem to indicate that
something very formidable hat. Occurred in the way
your English readers
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yard yesterday, and
seen the insurgents marched cff to prison between
lines of police and cavalry, he would feel assured
that the Throne Was in no danger from such a foe:
Anything more miserable and contemptible than the
appearance of those dwarfish, ill clad, and starved
looking wretches I never saw. They seemed to be the
very dregs of the lowest operatire class, such as jour-
neymen tailors, shoemakers, tinkers, and persons
with no employment, like roughs who haunt fairs and
races. Most of them were young, and among them
all there were not half a dozet worthy from their
stature and bearing tobe called cien. Compared with
the police and the military, then were like pigmies.
beside giants; and the idea that any Government
with such defenders could be overthrown by such
assailants appeared absurd. Tley did not seem to
be worth any sort of serious punishment— even sup-
porting them in gaol would be a waste of the public
resources. But these persons who were so easily cap-
tured were no doubt the shabbiest part of the Fenian
army. More than 100 young men from the drapery
establishments called Monster Houses, at the north
side of the city, had disappeared yesterday morning,
and it is probable there are many superior young
men among the insurgents whom the military have
not yet been able to catch. But, whatever be their
character, it will be seen from the following details
there has been a preconcerted rising in different and
widely separated districts of the country, and that
the most general and foriiiidabls—irmnrrc
1798 is now in progress. The early precautions of
the authorities, the vigilance of the Dublin police,
and, above all, the loyalty an 1 courage of the con -
stabulary,have prevented ray serious consequences.
It appears the Dublin contingents of the Fenian
army were to assemble at Tallaght, a hamlet stand-
ing on very elevated ground, under the Dublin,
mountains, about five miles from the city, and com-
manding an extensive view of the counties of Dub-
lin and Meath. Various bodies were collected early
on Tuesday night at different points, from which,
when all had mustered, they were to march to Tal-
laght-hill. The Fenians were noticed proceeding to
those points in cabs and oa foot, and this attracted
the attention of the police, who had private infor-
mation of the intended movement, One of those
bodies, said to be about 500 strong, was observed on
Temple-road, which runs through Lord Palmerstou's
grounds, near Milt mu. The Scots Greys were sent
to the place, but the insurgents had marched off to-
wards their destination. Similar assemblies were
seen at Crumlin and elsewhere.
The police of the Crumlin station continued
patrolling during the entire night, and discovered
large numbers of pikes, military belts, pouches, and
quantities of ammunition on the road where the
Fenians had thrown them away. The number of
persons who passed during the night has been esti-
mated at over 1,500. At about 2 o'clock a.m. Lord
Strathnairn, Commander of the Forces in Ireland,
accompanied by a strong detachment of the 52d
Regiment, some squadrons of the Scots Greys and
Lancers, and a demi-battery of the Royal Horse
Artillery, from Portobello Barracks, passed through
Crumlin in pursuit of the Fenians, who, it was
known, intended mustering on the Green Hills.
The artillery were drawn up in front of the Crumlin
church, where they remained till 5 o'clock, Lord
Strathnairn in the meantime following up the
Fenians to Tallaght. It being understood that they
intended to entrench themselves at Tallaght and
make a stand, a special messenger was despatched
to Crumlin for the artillery, and the charge of the
district was left to the police. At a later hour of the
morning large numbers of those who passed through
the village some hours previously returned, and were
stopped on the road and closely searched. Those in
whose possession arms were found, or had been seen
throwing them away, were arrested and brought to
Kilmainh am.

The constabulary station at Tallaght was occupied
by 14 men, under Sub-Inspector Burke. They were
prepared for an attack, and they took up a position
in advance at a place called Old-bridge. Hearing
footsteps of a body of men approaching in the dark
they challenged them, and were answered by a volley
from the Fenians, which they wholly escaped by
is
kneeling and stooping low, at the same time return-
siningcethdeievd. r
olleyiheFenau then fled, throwing away
wounding five men, one of whom has
their arms. The.l4 constables succeeded in capturing
65 persons, with 12 muskets and bayonets, a num-
ber of revolvers and a large quantity of ammunition.
Previous to this the constabulary stopped a
cooper's cart, which had been stolen, Containing a
..barrel and box of ball cartridges. The alarm was
at once given to the military. At an early hour the
troops already mentioned arrived under the personal
command of Lord Strathnairn. The cavalry picked
up and brought in 83 stragglers. Lord Strathnairn,
with a troop of the Lancers and a company of the
52d Regiment, pursued a body of the Fenians who
had succeeded in making their way to the moun-
tains.

In all 208 prisoners were marched into Dublin
to day from Tallaght. They were brought first to
the Upper Castle-yard, where they were detained
until the police could make the necessary prepara-
tions for their reception. Wile!' these were com-
pleted the prisoners were taken to the Metropolitan
Police Department, Lower Castle-yard. Here their
names were taken by officers of the detective force,
Idvehdenfotrhitshe inspection of the
hadbeen completed,
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the prisoners were divided into three parties for con-
veyance respectively to the Mountjoy, Richmond
Bridewell, and Kilmainham Prisons. They were
marched two and two, police-constablesbeing placed
at either side of eachpair, in front a party of cavalry
police, then a troop of the Scots Greys, and the line
was closed by a party of the same regiment, The