The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Nov. 21.
The police continue to exercise unabated vigi-
lance in watching the movements of suspected
Fenians, and occasionally make successful incur-
sions into their dwellings in search of arms. One
of these was mrde on Tuesday evening, and the re-
suit was the capture of five persons, who were
brought before the presiding magistrate at the
head police-office yesterday. The evidence of the
inspector who commanded the party of police showed
that in company with two detectives and a number of
constables he entered the house of a publican named
O'Rorke, situate on the Coombe, and observed be"
hind the counter a travelling bag. He asked Hen-
rick, one of the persons who lived in the house and
assisted in the business, to give him the key, het
not having his request complied with he broke open
the box, and found that it contained eight five-
chamber revolvers fully loaded and capped, seven
six-chamber revolvers, two unloaded pistols, 107
rounds of patent ball cartridge, 376 percussion cap
a powder-horn well filled, and a bullet-mould.
When asked to account for their possession Henrick
alleged that the bag had been handed across the
counter on the previous night by a young wan
whom he did not know, but who had been there on
two or three occasions. He was taken into custody,
and the police then went up-stairs, and searched n'
room in which he and another assistant named,
Hopper slept. There they found a bullet-mould'
some documents which they had not had time to
examine, and a letter signed "John Walsh," who
was believed to be the man of the same name who
was charged a few days since with firing at a Crown:
witness in Blackrock. In another room they found
a military belt, which was stated to belong to Walsh'
Hopper and a porter named Keogh were arrested.
Two men named Irvin and Kelly, who were in the
house at the time, were also taken into custody, but
were discharged by the magistrate, there being no
evidence against them. Mr. O'Rorke stated that
he did not reside in the house and knew nothing °
the transaction. He asked to have the prisoners
admitted to bail, as their absence from businers
would be inconvenient to him. He professed bis
belief in their innocence. The inspector observed
that if the magistrate saw their room he would not
think so. They had pictures hung up of William
O'Mara Allen and other similar characters, wbie
were decorated with flowers and other ornament•
Henrick, on hearing the evidence respecting Allen t
picture, exclaimed " Hear, hear, and a first-rte
man he is, too." The three prisoners were re-
manded for further examination.
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Another attempt at assassination is allege ,a
have been made yesterday morning. A Mr. Je%
Berningham reported to the police that as be was
passing the corner of Peter-street and Bride-street'
between 9 and 10 o'clock, a shot was fired at bi°lj
and a slug passed close to his face and penetrated
his hat and there remained. He at once gavelll3f!l;
'nation to the police, who have since endeavoll
to obtain some clue to what seems to be a IllYstell
but without effect. It is stated in explanation of
such an attempt that the man may have been robe
taken for a detective. The affair requires to e
further investigated. It is strange that only 0214
side of the hat has been pierced, and that the bullet
or slug was lodged in the hat. Assassins do not ta
long shots with slugs at intended victims, an', a
spent ball fired at close (patters would be such ava
proof of incompetency that it is difficult to believe
it could have come from a Fenian hand. rTo
ness came forward to prove that he heard a sbot.