The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-20 00:00:00

THE FENIAN RAID IN KERRY.

(From the Times' Special Correspondent.)
KILLARNEY, Monday Evening.
The detachment of the 11th Regiment, which was
yesterday pushed on to Killorglin and Cahirciveen,
will be permanently stationed for the present at the
latter place. 'The Railway Hotel, however, is still
full of troops, while others are billeted in the town.
Tourists who may have stayed here during the sea-
son would hardly recognise the quiet house once
sacred to holiday folk, but now much more like a
barrack than an inn. There is a guard at the en-
trance night and day ; the passages and hall are full
of soldiers, the troops are mustered in front of the
hotel when detached formountaiu service, and bugle
calls arc sounded at frequent intervals for other
purposes than to awake the echoes of Killarney.
The hotel, a strong stone building, is situated in its
grounds, which are walled, except on the side nearest
to the railway station. It was here that the families
of many of the neighbouring magistrates and gentry
took refuge i❑ the first clays of the outbreak, when
the plans and the numbers of the insurgents were
equally mysterious. At the same time all the powder
and arms were removed hither from the shops in the
town ; and the money in the National Bank, which
has a branch at Killarney, and a considerable quan-
tity of plate, were also deposited in the strong roam
of the hotel. The house is so well calculated for de-
fence, and in the short time which elapsed after the
first alarm was given bad been so carefully prepared
with that object, that even the handful of constabu-
lary and the other defenders hastily told off for that
purpose might probably have held it for some time
in case of attack on Tuesday night. Happily, the
prompt arrival of the troops from Cork, who came
into Killarney by special train at half-past two on
'Wednesday morning, put an end to all anxiety on
this point.
The telegraph lines between Killarney and Va-
lentia were repeatedly cut during the first four days
of the outbreak. They were always promptly re-
paired during the day, though on one or two occa-
sions the men employed on that duty were threatened;
but after dark the wires were again cut. Friday
night was the last occasion on which .the telegraph
was thus thrown out of working order, but it has
not been disturbed since its repair on Saturday.
IVhile the wires were cut messages arriving here
were sent on three times a day by special car to
Vaientia. This involved a delay of several hours,
for there is no railway between here and Valentia.
It is hoped that the two companies of the 11th Re-
giment who proceeded yesterday to Killorglin and
Cahirciveen will be able, with the help of the troop
of Lancers, to protect the telegraph. It is obviously
impossible that the troops can guard, day and night,
a line of wires extending over 47miles between here
and Valentia, if mischievous or designing men are
determined to destroy the communication. But the
moral effect produced by the presence of the troops
will be likely to deter Fenian sympathisers from any
such attempts.
According to some of the accounts which have come
in, there are two or three separate parties of armed
men in the mountains. But the information is of
doubtful authority, for the peasantry have a lively
imagination, and it is not safe to trust implicitly
statements made by them. There is better, though
not certain, authority for the statement telegraphed
to you yesterday—that some 15 or 16 strangers,
supposed to be Irish-Americans, and armed
with rifles and revolvers, are trying to find
their way over the mountains to Cahirciveen.
-Why they should go back to the place where the
outbreak originated, after its utter failure, it is
hard to tell, except upon the assumption that they
disembarked on the coast there, and may have
some hope of escaping in the same way. It is
doubtful whether these men, or any other members
of the Fenian force, were in uniform. Some are
said to have been in green, and others in grey ;
but it is not at all certain that any uniform was
worn. In fact, any fugitives, hurried as they have
been day and night by the troops, must now be in
a deplorable condition,both for food and clothes. At
first the Fenian strangers paid the country peoplo
liberally for provisions, but when they were last heard
of their motley had gone, so that their visits are not
i❑ the least welcome to the peasantry. Very few, if
any, of what may be called the local contingent are
now supposed to be left in arms. They have melted
away, and in Cahirciveen and the district the con-
stabulary have arrested 13 men who were recognised
in the Fenian ranks last week. This return by local
sympathisers to their ordinary occupations shows
pretty conclusively that the Fenian game is thought
to be up, at any rate, for the present.
In his sermon at the cathedral yesterday the Ro-
man Catholic bishop here (Dr. Moriarty) strongly
denounced the Fenian leaders, and warned his flock
of the mischievous and dangerous character of the
whole movement. Dr. Moriarty expressed his opinion
that there were few, if any, Fenian sympathisers in
the county of Kerry. But lam afraid that this opti-
mist view of the state of feeling hereabouts is quite
opposed to the facts.

KILLARNET, Tuesday.

All is quiet here. The troops at Keninare have
seen and heard of no Feuiaus. I leave for Cahirei-
Teen immediately.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Feb. 19.

There is no sign of a Fenian rising anywhere in
Ireland now. What has occurred iu Kerry will im-
press the minds of the conspirators with certain
facts almost as effectually as if there had been
fighting. The first is that they cannot count on
the rising of the peasantry, for they have made the
experiment where there was the best chance of suc-
cess, and where they had long been paving the way.
The second is that they cannot count ou the dis-
loyalty or the cowardice of a single constable,
though he may belong to the same race and
creed as the Fenians, and though his duty to
his Queen must be performed at the imminent

risk of his life. The third fact of which they mus
be convinced is that the Queen's troops can be
quickly concentrated at any point in overwhelming
numbers ; and the last is that in auy case they are
certain to be betrayed by some of their own party.
Indeed, all these results were so likely to occur that
one is almost persuaded to believe that the move-
ments at Chester and in Kerry are in pursuit of a
system adopted for the double purpose of annoying
the Government here and keeping up the contribu-
tions in the United States, and that part of that
system is giving information to the authorities when
matters reach the point where it is necessary that
something should be done and some real danger in-
curred, the tactics being that then the " insurgents"
should vanish.
The police in Dublin arrested four Irish-Ameri-
cans, named Jas. J. Kirwan, John 11. Rogers, Jas.
E. Fox, and Jas. Smith, yesterday, in their lodg-
ings, 27, Summer-hill. The prisoners are supposed
to have belonged to the American army, and have
but recently returned to this country, on, it is sus-
pected, Fenian business. No weapons or documents
of importance were found in their possession. They
were conveyed to Mountjoy Prison.
Five prisoners, who were arrested at Drogheda on
board a Liverpool steamer, were discharged yester-
day by the magistrates, who gave them " passes"
which they might show at the police stations if
taken into custody on their way home.
At the Commission Court yesterday the most im-
portant of the Fenian prisoners, Denis Downey, a
merchant tailor, was acquitted. Six revolvers, two
guns, and 1 cwt. of gunpowder and 1 cwt. of bullets
were found concealed behind the panel of his draw-
ing-room window in Trinity-street. Evidence for
tlw defence was given to prove that the drawing-
room had been inhabited in 18G5 by a commercial
traveller named O'Flanagan, who bad a mechanical
turn, and kept carpenter's toots. He often bad large
parcels going in and out, of the contents of which
it was alleged the prisoner knew nothing, nor was
he aware that the arms were concealed on his pre-
mises. Mr. Heron, Q.C., defended the prisoner.
TILE DUBLIN WATERWORKS.

At a meeting of the Dublin Corporation yester-
dai, Sir John Gray gave a reassuring account of
the condition of the Vestry Waterworks. In any
case of imminent danger the water might be let off
at an enormous rate through a sluicing valve, but

he did not think the slightest necessity for resorting
to that means would arise. The leakage was under
perfect control, and the volume of water being
gradually lessened, so that the pressure was rendered
proportionably less. The Town-clerk read an agree-
ment mutually decided upon by the Waterworks
Committee and contractors, referring all matters in
relation to the leakage, repairs, &c., to the arbitra-
ment of Mr. Bateman, C.E. _ .

An v agrarian outrage has been committed at
Tyrrell's Pass, county Westmeath. A man engaged
in ploughing land, from which sore persons were
evicted, was shot. He is not dead, but his recovery
is doubtful. Three shots were fired at him—one
when he was lying on the ground.
_ _

TUESDAY NIGHT.

The Lord Mayor gave his inaugural banquet in
the Mansion-house this evening. About 500 ladies
and gentlemen were present to meet the Lord-
Lieutenant and Lady Abercorn, who were received
with great enthusiasm. His Excellency, in return-
ing thanks for his health, spoke at length on the
state of the country, and strongly denounced the
moral pestilence ;of Fenianisw. Cardinal Cullen
was present, and conducted one of the ladies to the
dais. His health was most warmly received, and he
responded in a conciliatory spirit. He also repro-
bated Fenianism.

Eighteen persons were arrested this morning on
board the Liverpool and Holyhead steamers under
the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act.
Nine of the Fenian prisoners convicted at the
Commission, including those who pleaded guilty,
were sentenced—two (Dr. Power and Devoy) to 15
years, five to 14, and two to seven years' penal ser-
vitude.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, Feb. 15.—Her Majesty's ships Psyche
and Caradoc have returned to the island. They left
Alexandria on the afternoon of the 6th inst. The
Psyche left for Port Said, having on board Vice-
Admiral Lord C. Paget, family, and suite, and M.
de Lesseps ; and the Caradoc for Malta, with a num-
ber of naval and military officers who had been pre-
sent at the investiture of the Viceroy. The Psyche
arrived at Port Said on the morning of the 7th, and
after Lord Clarence and party had visited the Canal
works left for Malta on the morning of the Bth. A
strong contrary gale sprung up on the night of the
9th, which lasted about 48 hours, and somewhat re-
tarded her passage. She arrived at 8 o'clock p.m.
of the 12th. The Caradoc entered port one hour
before her, but was altogether 36 hours longer on
the passage. The rest of the squadron, which had
been assembled at Alexandria to do honour to the
Viceroy, have also taken their departure. The
Racer, 11, left that port on the afternoon of the
6th for Malta, with orders to call at Suda Bay.
The Arethusa, 35, followed on the Bth, for Malta
direct. The Endymion, 21, left on the morning of
the 13th for Beyrout, and was to visit several ports
in the Levant before returning to Malta. The
Cruizer, 5, had left Beyrout to visit the northern
ports of Syria. Private letters from Smyrna of the
30th ult. say that disturbances were feared there,
and all the Christian inhabitants were arming them-
selves in expectation of an attack from the Turks.
The presence of a British man-of-war was much
desired for the protection of life and property, and,
no doubt, the Arethusa has received orders to call
in there in the course of her cruize. By later ad-
vices I am informed that much of the alarm had
subsided, but I am yet without particulars as to the
cause of the apprehended outbreak. The quarantine
at Malta on arrivals from Ireland furnished with
clean bills of health has been removed. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Royal Oak left here on Tuesday last
with a large quantity of biscuit, flour, and other
provisions for the distressed families in Cephalonia,
who are suffering from want of food in consequence
of the late fearful earthquake. It is proposed also
to raise subscriptions in Malta for their relief. Great
praise is due to Admiral Kellett for so promptly
sending the Royal Oak to the assistance of the
starving people. The friends of Commander Hop-
kins and Mr. Browne, of this vessel, and of Lieut.
Kennedy, Flag Lieut. to the Commander-in-Chief,
will be glad to learn of their safe arrival at Malta in
the English screw steamer Hellenis on Tuesday last
from Patras. Commander Fairfax, who also formed
one of the party wrecked in the yacht Melita, pro-
ceeded from Patras to rejoin his ship, the Resistance,
at the Piraeus. Two Dutch vessels of war, the
Adof Hertog, 50 guns, screw frigate, and the Von
Speyk, 22 guns, corvette, arrived here a few days
ago from Naples and Messina, and are still in port.
A Prussian frigate has just entered port from the
north-east.
Letters received from her Majesty's screw troop-
ship Simoom, Capt. T. B. Lethbridge, dated from
Demerara on Jan. 24, state that she arrived at Bar-
badoes from the West Coast of Aft ica on Jan. 17,
with the right wing of the 4th West India Regi-
ment on board. Major Long and three companies
were landed there, and she coaled ; afterwards em-
barking Capt. Williams and two other officers of
the 4th West India Regiment, with a company of
the 3d West India Regiment, for conveyance to
Demerara. The detachment of the 2d battalion of
the 16th Regiment, which had been recently quar-
tered at Demerara, had been removed to Barbadoes,
previous to the arrival of the Simoom, yellow fever
having broken out among the troops in barracks at
the former place. The fever had since then disap-
peared from the barracks, but had appeared in a
much milder form in the town itself. The Simoom
would proceed to Jamaica from Demerara, and on
arrival there it was expected that orders would be
awaiting her to proceed to England.
The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, Captain the
Duke of Edinburgh, had her steam got up yesterday
morning, and proceeded from Plymouth Sound out-
side the breakwater to try her speed on the mea-
sured mile, after which she would return and have
her compasses adjusted. Port-Admiral Sir W. F.
Martin, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Superintendent the
Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Admiral Stewart
were on board.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Capt. S. B. Piers to the Himalaya,
commissioned ; Lieut. C. A. G. Bridge to the Ex-
cellent, for study ; Lieut. A. Tupman to the Hima-
laya ; F. Piper, master, to the Himalaya ; W. Horni-
man, paymaster, to the Himalaya ; R. Madge, chief
engineer, to the Zebra ; J. Aylen, second master, to
the Victory, as supernumerary ; G. Curtis, assist.-
surgeon, additional, to the Cumberland ; G. T. T.
Cheyney, assist.-paymaster, to the Himalaya ; F.
Pittman, assist.-paymaster, to the Formidable ; G.
Liddell and G-. Small,. assist.-paymasters, to Royal
Adelaide, as supernumeraries ; F. J. Pulinan, assist.-
paymaster, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; A.
Gain, acting second master, additional, to the Vic-
tory ; G. Pigott, master's assist., to the Himalaya ;
J. G. Barrow, engineer, to the Dauntless, for ten-
ders ; W. J. Fowkes, first class assist.-engineer, to
the Dauntless ; R. Macaulay, first class assist.-en-
gineer, to the Niobc ; J. Jenkins, first class assist.-
engineer, to the Asia for the Mersey ; J. Pincher,
second class assist.-engineer, to the Zebra; E. Rad-
ford, clerk, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; W.
Nash, clerk, to the Himalaya ; W. J. A. Preston,
assist.-clerk, additional, to the Rodney ; and F.
Roope, nominated a naval cadet.

The excitement respecting the cattle plague still
continues at Hasselt. Some veterinary surgeons
having given their opinion that some meat was
diseased it was buried with great precaution, as
well as the clothes of the men who had slaughtered
the animals. Straw was burned over the spot, which
was also covered with quick-lime. One account
from Hasselt says that the cattle disease prevails to
a " terrible extent." All the markets are held out-
side the town, and clothes are not allowed to be sold
in the streets for fear of infection. Ono regulation
of a police ordinance is, that " children are not
allowed to circulate in the streets." In short, the
sanitary regulations are of such a stringent and
extraordinary character that it has been necessary
to send for additional troops to enforce them.
The printer of the Nation Suisse has been sen-
tenced at Geneva to pay 2,500 f. as compensation to
M. Aigu, a French novelist, for republishing one of
his novels, in contravention of the literary treaty
between France and Switzerland. The prosecution
was conducted by M. Paul Feval, as the representa-
tive of the French Soci;t6 des Gens de Lettres.