The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-28 00:00:00

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T 1 TNTAN OUTRAOES.

The martello tower at Fota, near Queenstow3s, was
attacked on Thursday night by an armed band with
blackened faces, who surprised the three gunners in charge,
and seized a quantity of arms and ammunition. It is sup-
posed that the party landed on the strand near the tower.
Boats filled with armed men were reported to have been
seen passing out of Cork harbour on Monday evening.
The Research and Helicon went in pursuit, but nothing
was heard of the boats. Some phosphoric compound was
thrown into the late letter receiving box in the General
Post Office, Dublin, and several letters were destroyed.
The police are said to have a clue to the discovery of the
perpetrators. Summonses have been issued against Mr.
A. M. Sullivan, of the Ncttion, and others at suit of the
Attorney-General, for taking part in the late procession.
Therare to appear on Monday.
Yesterday morning, James Canavan, aged 25, described
as a ship engineer, was brought before the Mayor and
other magistrates, at the Guildhall, Southampton, and
charged with attempting to administer a Fenian oath
to Timothy Ahern, a private in the 2nd battalion of
the 60th Rifles, stationed at Marchwood. The evidence
produced went to shew that Ahern and a comrade
were drinking the previous evening in a public-
house in Bridge - street, where they saw Canavan
and another man. On leaving the house the two sol-
diers were followed by the prisoner, who asked Ahern,
who had had some drink, but was not drunk, if he was an
Irishmen. He said he was, and Canavan then asked if he
would take the Fenian oath, and on his replying no, he
deliberately knocked Ahern down. lie got up, and after
a short time he met his corporal, and they together went
in search of the suspected Fenian, and meeting him in
the High-street, gave him into custody of Police-sergeant
Attrill, who had his work cut out to keep Canavan
from the attack of several of the Rifle Brigade, who had
by that time joined Ahern. The prisoner, it further
appeared, is a fourth engineer in the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's service, and was invalided home from
India about five months since. He was remanded till
Wednesday.
A man named Morley, suspected of being activeiyengagea

in the Fenian conspiracy, has been apprehended at Lea-
mington by Mr. Superintendent John Lund. A letter
respecting the Fenian movement was found in his posses-
sion. He admitted being a Fenian. At present the
police do not feel disposed to reveal all they know of his
antecedents.

Three men were arrested in Killarney yesterday under
the Lord Lieutenant's warrant, on a charge of being con-
cerned in treasonable practices. Their names are John
J. Healy, secretary to the Funeral Prce:ssion Committee
of Killarney ; John D. O'Connor, clerk in a drapery esta-
blishment ; and Patrick O'Sullivan, also assistant in a
drapery establishment. The last mentioned was a Crown
witness at the last Kerry Assizes. The men were arrested
at a little before eleven o'clock, and were immediately sent
on to the county gaol, arriving at Tralee by the 12.5 p.m.
train, in charge of a number of the Killarney constabu-
lary. The whole matter was- conducted with the utmost
secrecy and dispatch, and was not at all expected by those
who were arrested. • The arrests created the greatest con-
sternation among those connected with the intended fune-
ral procession in Trace.