The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-07 00:00:00

THE FENIAN INSURRECTION

DESPERATE FIGHTING.

DUBLIN, Thursday, 11.50, a.m.
. ._

Last night a troop of the Scots Greys and a party
of constabulary surprised a body of Fenians in the
Dublin mountains beyond Tallagh.
They fled, leaving a great quantity of arms and
ammunition behind them.

A telegram from Cork states that shortly after
two o'clock on Wednesday morning a large body
of insurgents attacked the police barracks at
Middleton and were repulsed. They then pro-
ceeded to Castlemartyr, and on their way fell in
with a patrol of four policemen. The constable
in charge was shot dead, another was wounded
severely in the knee, and the other two were
compelled to accompany the insurgents on
their marcb.j They ultimately escaped from
their captors, and returned to their bar-
racks. On reaching Castlemartyr, the Fenians
attacked the police barracks, but were re-
pulsed, leaving their leader dead on the
field. This party appears to have marched
towards Mallow—burning several farm home-
steads ou their way. The police -station at
Burnfort, between Blarney and Mallow, was
sacked and burnt. A despatch from Kilmallock
reports that on Wednesday morning, at six
o'clock, the police barracks at Kilmallock was
attacked by 200 Fenians, armed with guns and
pikes. There were 15 policemen in the barracks.
After a fight kept up for four hours, a reinfore-
ment arrived to the aid of the police, who then
sallied out and put their assailants to flight.
Two Fenians were shot dead in the town, and
Mr. Bourne, manager of the Union Bank, was
shot by the insurgents. The police captured
fourteen of the latter, forty pikes, and a number
of guns. None of the police were injured. A
police barrack at Aherloe was ransacked by the
insurgents, and a railway broken between Mallow
and Cork. It is reported that the police barrack
at Ardmore, near Mallow, was attacked and
burned.
DUBLIN, Thursday Afternoon.
The reports from the provinces represent all
tranquil, except in the county of Cork, where
several additional outrages were perpetrated on the
police and farmers. The total number of prisoners
taken is 240. Two more of the wounded have
died. Inquests are being held to-day. Railway
and telegraph communication with the South is
restored.

CORK, Thursday.
Telegraph communication is still interrupted.
The railway track is repaired.
The day mail was delayed four hours. The
Feniaus are still on the hilts, numbering thousands.
The Union Bank manager was shot at

The second edition of the 21/ovning Poet contains
the folloiving :
DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. —Several of the
insurgents are dead in Dublin hospitals, and troops
are being sent to the South of Ireland, but all is
quiet in the West. Many thousand persons left
Cork to j tin the Fenians, and 81 men were mis-
sing yesterday morning from one establishment.
Most of the prisoners captured at Drogheda had
arms and accoutrements manufactured by a Lon-
don establishment. A policeman carrying dis-
patches was wounded at Leixlipe, near Dublin.

Yesterday bodies of rebels were seen in different
parts of Tipperary, and others arc believed to be
in the Wicklow mountains. The constabulary have
behaved with great gallantry all through the coun-
try, and the police of this district deserve great
praise. The Great Southern Railway is still broken
below Mallow ; a train thrown off yesterday.
but no one was hurt. The insurgents are
evidently headed by Yankee-Irish, one of whom
shot with his own hand on Tuesday a follower
for disobedience of orders. The preparations
in this city are ample for any emergency.
Artillery in all the barracks have to work.
Guards and pickets are to carry 201 b. of ball car-
tridge extra. The weather is very severe in Dub-
lin ; in the neighbourhood there has been severe
falls of sleet. Lord Powerscourt's seat, in Wick-
low, at his urgent request, has been garrisoned.
All the rebels are found to fire Minie rifle bullets.
Among the persons captured at Tallagh was a
messenger of Sir Thomas Larcom, Uuder Secretary
for Ireland.

It has been ascertained that from the commercial
houses on the north side of Dublin 105 young men
are missing, some of these men holding high posi-
tions in their respective houses.
All the missing parties were assiduously attentive
up to an advanced hour in the evening.