The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-11 00:00:00

THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS.

FLORENCE, March 11 (Noon).
The result of the definitive elections known up to
the present shows that out of 88 candidates returned
66 are favourable to the Government, the remaining
22 belonging to the Opposition. In 156 contested
elections, 108 Government candidates have been
successful over the Opposition.

h:i rit A\ t of the to in-
troduce or extend the lletutin Mato Swthind.

NEW MAGISTERIAL APPOINTMENT.

Mr. P. A. TAYLOR gave notice that to-morrow he
should ask the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment whether Mr. Churchward, who has lately been ap-
pointed to the magistracy, is the same person who had
been declared guilty of bribery.
THE NEW NATIONAL GALLERY.

Mr. J. GOLDSMID asked the First Commi,sioner of
Works whether the following statement, contained iu a
letter addressed to him by the architects competing for
the new National Gallery was correct, viz.: "We agreed
to enter the competition on the distinct understandi►ig
with your lordship's predecessor, the Right lion. W.
Cowper, that ono of the competing- architects would be
s, 1-'c;ed for etnpl,,yment ;" and whether he did not there-
fore intend to intrust the erection of the new building to
one of those gentlemen ?
Lord J. MANNERS said he hardly knew in which sense
to answer the question. if itwas whether he plated implicit
credence iu the opinion of ten gentlemen of high honour
he would answer in the affirmative. With respect to the
latter part of the question; the judges had not recommended
the reconstructon of the present National Gallery, or the
building of a new one; that question was left to the Go-
vernment. The matter was now under consideration, and
until a decision was come to he could not say what would
be done.

DUTCH ENCROACHMENTS.
Mr. J. WHITE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs if he would lay upon the table of the house the
correspondence between her Majesty's Government and
the Netherlands Government relating to Dutch encroach-
ments on Native States in Sumatra, and also copy of any
memorials thereon presented by British merchants at
Penang ?
Lord STANLEY said the correspondence extended
over a great number of years, and was very volumiuc us.
He would have the papors examined, and if there were any
that could be produced without detriment to the public
service they should be presented.. With respect to the
memorial of the British merchants, of course there could
not be the slightest objection to its production.

THE FAMINE IN ORISSA.
Mr. BARNES asked the Under-Secretary of State for
India when he expected to receive the report of the Com-
mission appointed by the Governor-General of India on
the Bth December last, to " elicit full information" con-
cerning the recent famine in Orissa; and whether he
would lay the report upon the table of the house as soon

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as it arrived?
Sir J. FERGUSSON said ho could give no idea when
the report would be received, but as soon as it arrived it
would be laid on the table of the house.
THE REFORM BILL.
Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer if boroughs which were perfectly uucorrupt as
well as thoroughly independent, and at the same tims were
towns of great local importance and centres of trade and
commerce over large districts in the country, were to be
called upon to lose a member in order to promote Reform,
on what grounds it was proposed that certain others,
which are mere proprietary and nomination boroughs, and
which habitually obey the command of their patron in the
election of a member, were to be exempted from making a
corresponding sacrifice.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER slid that,
although the inquiry of his hon. friend was distinguished
by his usual acuteness—(hear, hear, and laughter)—it did
not follow that it came within the limits of a ques-
tion. It was founded on a variety of assumptions,
which might or might not be true, and they could not be
refuted by merely answering a question. (Hear, hear.)
They were matters which could only be dealt with in de-
bate, and therefore he hoped his hon. friend would leave
the subject for the discussion which would take place
very shortly on the Reform Bill. lie hoped his hon. friend
would not think he was showing him any discourtesy in
not answering his question.
THE SUEZ CANAL.

Sir IL RAWLINSON asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs if he had received any report from Lord
Clarence Paget respecting his recent v►sit to the Suez
Canal ; and, if so, whether he would lay such report upon
the table of the house.
Lord STANLEY said no such report had been received,
and in the event of its being sent by Lord C. Paget,
would address it to the Admiralty.
THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

In reply to an Hos. MEMBER,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did
not anticipate that his right hon. friend, the Secretary of
State for War, would be in his place ou Friday, but on
that evening a vote would be taken which would enable
hon. members to bring forward their motions.
THE FENIAN OUTRAGE.
The O'DONOGHUE said a rumour was prevalent
which had caused the greatest alarm, and he therefore
wished to know whether it was the intention of the
Government to proclaim martial law in Ireland, and if so,
whether the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State
for the Home Department would state the additional
powers, such a proceeding would give to the authorities

in Dublin. -
Mr. WALPOLE said the Government had no intention
at present, and he hoped there would be no necessity for
proclaiming martial law in Ireland. If such a striugent
measure should be required the house would be made
fully aware of the powers it would give. (Hear, hear.) The
hon. gentlemen opposite he had no doubt would be gratified
to know that the accounts h© had received from Dublin
yesterday were more favouiable than they had been for
some days. ((Tear, hear.) The ordinary law of the land
would be departed from and special commissioners would
be issued to bring the offenders to speedy trial. (Hear, hear.)
He would, doubless, be gratified to hear that he had
received a telegram that day from Ireland, which stated
that in the great firm of Male°lmson Brothers, Porlaw,
employing over 3,000 persons, not one had left his work
to join the Fenians. (Hear, hear.)
THE REFORM. BILL.
Mr. LOCKE asked when the statistics with reference to
the subject of the representation of the people would be
laid on the table.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there
was no papers before the Cabinet which was not on the
table of the house and in possession of hon. members. He
had given directions fer printing certain documents, r.nd
the delay in their production, he supposed, was the desire
to introduce matters more in detail. There was no new
information.
Mr. HORSMAN said some papers wore referred to by the
noble lord, who until lately was a member of the Cabinet,
and it was, as he had stated, after a full consideration
of those figures. (Order, order.) He would conclude by
making a motion, and thus put himself in order—he
should like to know what were the figures the noble lord
referred to, and whether there would-be any objection to
lay them on the table. He moved the adjournment of the
house.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there
was nothing novel in the figures referred to; whatever
information the Cabinet had before was in the hands of the
house.
Viscount CRANBORNE said the figures he referred to
were not new. They were certain totals which he had
compared with the detailed information contained in the
voluminous returns which had been laid before the house
last year.
The subject dropped, and the motion for the adjourn-
ment was withdrawn.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY BILL. _

Mr. HUNT moved the second reading of this bill, the
object of which was to secure uniformity in the assessment
for Queen's taxes, poor-rates, &c., by the appointment of
a valuation board.
Mr. HENLEY thought the bill the most objection-
able, and one that would be a continual blister—
(laughter)—and therefore he hoped his hon. friend would
not press it, especially as it was clear to all practical per-
sons that it would not effect the object intended.
Mr. CHILDERS thought there was a great deal of un-
necessary machinery in the bill, therefore while he approved
of certain provisions, he hoped it would be read a second
time, and then referred to a select committee.
I LEFT SITTING. 1

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET•

(This Day.)

The Market opens with a fair demand on Satur-
ty's rates. Sales probably or more.

med by r. arles
We hear that, under distinguished patronage, a
isNb:Nivng for
Royalty TheMatreCh, from
very
Wyndham, select company
o
of
the
amongst the stars and favourites of our boards
to perform burlesques and ballets at the fashion-
able Theatre of Enghien-les-Bains, near Paris, and
also give representations in Paris during the forthcoming
summer. We have no doubt that each member of the
company will reap all the reward they deserve, and that
the visitors to the Paris Exhibition will, by their applause,
crown the reputation of our artists, and add now laurels to
their wreith of successes.

MR CIIARLES DICKENS will preside at the an-
niversary dinner of the Railway Benevolent Institution, for
the relief of all grades of railway servants in neoossitous
circumstances, through infirmity of accident, their widows
and orphans, whioh will take place this year on Wednes-
day, June 5.

TILE ENGINE-DRIVERS ON SOME OF TUE LARGEST
LINES Or RAILWAY are said to be about to strike. They
say they are overworked and under-paid, w►nt their day
reduced to ton hours, and their wages raised 25 per cent.
The traffic managers reply that the demand amounts for
tho day of fifteen hours to double wages, and are prepared
it would seem, to stand out. We trust that a compro-
mise will be made. A strike which shut the railways
would disorganise English society almost as much as a
rebellion, and the drivers cannot win the game while the
Continent is open and so many men outside their guild
understand engine-driving, but they may cause a great
many accidents. On the other hand, though the present
wages are tolerably fair, the managers might give way as
to the hours. Fifteen hours is at least three hours too
many. Spectator.
THE " PERSECUTED" TEADESMEN.—The South
London tradesmen fined for dealing with unjust veights
and measures are going to hold a meeting, iu the course of
a few days, at the Horns, to make their grievances known

to the world—South London Press.
EFFECTS OF TORPEDOES.—A letter from Toulon
5aS3--" The terrible effects produced by the submarine
torpedoes of Vice-Admiral de Gliabanues have made known
a detail of which we were completely ignorant, but which
was known to the Americans during the late war. After
the explosion of one of these infernal machines the men
who, not having been instantly killed, strove to save
themselves in the midst of the floating wreck of their ves-
sel, had all, without exception, the vertebral column broken
by the violence of the concussion. None
succumbed
d, and
those who had not perished by tire or water
after a few days of dreadful agony —calignard.
:NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCIII.EY lII2NT.—The Earl
Spencer's Plate has secured 68 subscribers-16 more than
last year.
MATChES AT WAIMICK SPRING MEETING.--Mr. F. Row-
land's The Guide, 5 yrs, 12st 41h, agst Mr. P. Wombwell's
Katinka, aged, list 101 b, owners up, one mile on the flat,
100, h ft. Duke of Hamilton's Vet, aged, list, agst Mr.
F,r. R. Herbert's Temple Bar, 4 yrs, Rowland's The Guide, 5 yrs, 14st, two miles, 100, h ft.
M
agst Mr. F. Gran-
villo's Stygue, 5 yrs, 12st each, gentlemen riders, one mile,
100, h ft.

THE FENIAN INSURRECTION.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Times.)
KILMALLOCK, County Limerick, Friday.
Nobody who visited this dreary, poverty-stricken
village could suppose that it was once a fortified
town, that it possessed a charter, and was the
chosen town residence of Irish nobles. The wonder
now is that it could ever have been worth the
trouble of besieging. But its walls invited many an
assailant until Cromwell ordered their destruction.
One can hardly assume that the Fenians wished to
revive historical traditions when they marched into
Kilmallock last Wednesday ; but if any historian
thinks it worth while to record the Fenian insurrec-
tion of 1867, he must not pats over the three hours'
siege of the police-station here, and the gallant re-
pulse of the Fenians by its little garrison. The bar-
rack, as it is called, is nothing more than a two-
storied house, built substantially of stone, with a
low wall round it, and other houses on either side.
It was held at the time of the attack by Head-con-
stable Adams and 14 men. Here, again, the Fenian
plans were divulged beforehand. The head-constable
beard on Sunday night that the insurgents were
coming, and that he and his men would have to fight
for their lives some day during the week, probably
Wednesday or Thursday. They were, therefore,
prepared, though they hardly knew whether or not
to believe the stories. At a few minutes to 6 o'clock
on Wednesday morning the three constables who
were on the watch heard a noise outside and received
no reply to their challenge. Immediately after-
wards there was a blaze at the front door, oil or
" Greek fire" having been poured upon the panel-
ling. The persons outside made a hasty retreat,
and fortunately the woodwork did not ignite, so
that this attempt to burn out the garrison failed.
The rest of the police force, who had not taken off
their clothes, were soon at their posts. In front
and rear the house has 26 windows, so that 11 of
these were without defenders. The outer wall, too,
afforded good cover to the assailants, and after
pouring in a volley through all the windows, they
got under cover at once. Their number is estimated
at 200 at least, and according to some accounts
they mustered twice as many. Their commander
was a " Colonel" Dunne, who wore a green uni-
form, and a hat of peculiar shape, with a big white
feather. To show that they were on the alert, the
police returned the volley, but acting under the
orders of the head-constable were careful not to
waste powder in the dim light which at first pre-
vailed unless they saw somebody to aim at.
As it grew lighter the firing on both sides became
hotter. Two or three of the Fenians who ventured
to show themselves were then hit from the barrack,
and the rest of them were extremely careful not to
present any target to the practised marksmen within.
These, on the other hand, sheltered themselves as
much as possible at the windows, which were soon
shattered by the shot. Their chief object was to
prevent the bursting open of the doors, either in
front or rear. The Fenians had come provided
with crowbars and sledge hammers to force an en-
trauce, but they had not pluck enough to risk the
exposure of their persons iu this way. Some at-
tempt was made to pull down the house-wall at a
point which was commanded by no window, but
the wall was so substantially built that they gave
up this attempt also. From that moment it
became evident that the garrison would be
able to hold their own. One great source of
anxiety to them was the presence of four of their
wives and 13 children. These were placed in as
safe positions as could be found, but, each room
having its window, there was danger in all. Nor
could the children be always kept in the safest place
in the room. Some were old enough to be fright-
ened ; the rest played about during the attack, and
" just took their chance." I went through the house
to-day, and the numerous bullet-holes in the plaster
and shutters proved how serious a risk this was.
One man showed me where he stood and fired, his
wife and five children crouching down behind him ;
and a dozen bullets at least must have passed not
many inches above his head. A considerable num-
ber of the Fenians were townspeople, who knew ex-
actly the construction of the barrack, and which
room might best be fired into. Thus the head-con-
stable's room was a favourite target, and at the
window here, commanding the back door, Mr. Adams
planted himself. His most pertinacious enemy was a
militia-man, whom he recognised, and who fired
from the cover of a house close by, or from the low
wall around the barrack. One of this man's bullets
smashed the washhand basin, and the head-consta-
ble made very pretty practice in return, splintering
the wall now and then close by the head of his an-
tagonist. The police fired on an average 18 or 20
rounds per man. One and all behaved splendidly,
though some had not been more than six months in
the force. There was no flinching and no talk of
surrender. " They whistled and joked most of the
time," one of the women told me, " and this kept
us up too." The fathers now and then would go to
see that their wives and little ones were unharmed ;
now and then, too, mothers could not be prevented
from running into danger, that they might know
their husbands were not struck down. Only one
policeman was hit by a musket ball, and the wound
was a mere graze. Some three hours passed in this
way, and brought no help. None of the townspeople
seemed to have sent for any. Many, indeed, as I have
said, were in the Fenian ranks, and the rest were too
timid to venture on doing anything for the relief of
the garrison. Meanwhile a mounted policeman, bring-
ing despatches from Brough, had been captured by
the Fenians. A pike was put in his hand and he was
forced to go towards the barrack to aid in the
attack under threatspf being shot if he refused. But
the policeman, of course, did not feel bound to ex-
pose himself to fire any more than his captors, and
found means to escape afterwards. Meanwhile, the
Fenian Colonel, finding the attack languish, ex-
horted his men to " go in," he himself smoking a
short pipe comfortably all the time behind a wall
where he was perfectly safe. He also wrote de-
spatches, using the step of a jaunting car for a desk.
These missives, which are supposed to have con-
tained demands for reinforcements, were sent into
the country by messengers mounted on horses taken
from the neighbouring farmers or gentry, the
policeman's horse being, of course, pressed into the
service. Dunne also found time to shoot Mr. Bourne,
the manager of the Union Bank. He called at this
gentleman's private residence and demanded a re-
volver. Mr. Bourne refused, saying that he should
want it for the defence of the bank. He was imme-
diately shot down by the Fenian colonel, and now
lies in a very critical state. Mr. Bourne's revolver
was afterwards found upon one of the prisoners
taken. About 9 o'clock the garrison heard firing at
the end of the street, and knew that relief was at
hand. It reached them in this wise :—Sub-inspec-
tor Milling happened to be coming to Kilmallock
with three policemen in the mail car from Kilfillane.
At a short distance from the town he heard firing,
and was told that an attack was being made upon
the barrack. He at once ordered the driver of the
mail cart to turn back to a police station about six
miles off and returned with ten men. It was now
about 9 o'clock, and the Kilmallock constabulary
gallantly held their own. The sub-inspector, with his
small party, took the insurgents in flank and fired a
volley upon them before they were aware that any
new foe was nigh. At the Barrio time, the new-
comers cheered lustily to give notice to their
com-
rades in the barrack ; and the head-constable there
at once ordered the door to be thrown open, and
j.‘ining Milling's party, dashed into the road in pur-
suit of the retiring Fenians. For some little time
longer the two bodies skirmished in the street, and
then the insurgents broke and ran in disorder, pur-
sued for some distance by the police. It was in the
street that young Cleary, the medical student, was
shot by the constabulary. He had been attending
the wounded. Of the two insurgents whose dead
bodies were found one was a shoemaker of Rockhill;
the other man is not yet recognised. The second in
command of the insurgents, Patrick IValsh, was
captured. He had received a flesh wound in the
thigh. In all about 30 prisoners were made, of whom
several were slightly wounded. Other wounded or
dead men are supposed to have been removed to the
houses of Fenian sympathisers, so that the total
casualties will probably never be known with accu-
racy. The trophies of the police were 40 pikes, some
with handles 12 and 14 ft. long,lB guns, two pistols,