The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTEI'S TELEGRAMS.)

RUSSIA.

PARIS, FEB. 24

The 2Woniteur of to-day publishes a letter from
Rome stating that :Baron Meyendorff will shortly
leave that city for Lithuania, in order to take pos-
session of the lauds which the Czar has bestowed
upon him, as a recompense for his diplomatic
services.

The same journal announces that Cardinal Anto-
nelli has issued a circular announcing that the Pon-
tifical army is c3mplete, and ordering all recruiting
for volunteers to be stopped.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
BUCHAREST, FEB. 23.
A change in the Ministry has taken place. The
following is the formation of the new Cabinet :
Foreign Affairs .. John Ghika.
Interior Demetrius Ghika.
Justice Cantacuzene.
Public Worship Rossetti.
War Lecca.

DUBLIN, Feb. 23.
The police had an encounter with a body of armed
men last night, which reminds one of the scenes of
1798, and reveals the fact that the Fenians have
corrupted the military to a greater extent than had
been imagined. The conduct of the police deserves
the highest praise. They • acted at the imminent
risk of their lives, and did their work well. From
the report hi the Daily Express this morning it ap-
pears that shortly before 8 o'clock last evening a
party of the G division of police, with some con-
stables of the A division, under Inspectors Doyle,
Flowers, and Scally, proceeded to the publichouse
of Mr. Pilsworth, 133, James's-street, where they
had learnt a number of suspected men were assem-
bled. The house, being a double one, had two en-
trances from the street. By one of these the detec-
tive police entered, while the constables in uniform,
with Inspectors Doyle and Flowers, went in by the
other. The two parties then proceeded to a large
taproom in the back part of the shop into which
they rushed simultaneously by opposite doors. The
room was filled by men, partly soldiers and partly
civilians, some of them being armed with loaded re-
volver pistols. There was some drink in the room,
but not much. Following the directions of Inspector
Doyle, each policeman seized a man, and, though
in some cases resistance was made, they arrested
them all in almost as short a time as it takes to state
the fact. One, a man named James Byrne, who is
supposed to be a " Centre," actually presented a
loaded and capped revolver at Acting-Sergeant
Magee, of the G division, who boldly seized the
pistol and succeeded in taking it from him without
an explosion. The capture of the entire number,
though a work of great danger and requiring cou-
rage and presence of mind, was effected without
much difficulty. There were no sentries or men on
the watch, and the promptitude of the people in
making a simultaneous entrance from both sides
into the room deprived them of all means of effect-
ing a retreat or offering a stronger resistance. The
arrests having been made, and a large crowd having
assembled in the street, Inspector Doyle at once sent
for a reinforcement of police from the A, E, and D
divisions, and despatched a messenger to the Royal
Barracks for a party of troops. The police, under
Inspector Armstrong, and accompanied by Superin-
tendent Ryan, soon arrived, and a detachment of
the Bth Regiment was marched up from the Royal
Barracks, and by their united efforts order was pre-
served. The prisoners were removed to Chancery-
lane police-station.
The following are the names of the prisoners :
Thomas Chambers, a corporal of the 61st Regiment,
from which he deserted about nine months ago ;
Peter Gaffney, Ist battalion, 60th Regiment ; David
Wall, ditto ; Patrick Burke, ditto ; Thomas Kelly,
ditto ; John Connell, 61st Regiment ; Patrick
M'Nulty, ditto ; Thomas Kenny, ditto ; Isaac
Clougliney, ditto; John Abraham, ditto; James
M'Clean, lance corporal, ditto ; Patrick Foley, sth
Dragoons ; James Doyle, James Byrne, James Kee-
ley, carpenter; Dennis Cuggan, 19, Echlin-street,
builder ; Edward St. Clair, and Stephen Kelly,
artist, London.
James Byrne is supposed to be a " Centre;" with
him, St. Clair, and Doyle loaded revolver pistols
were got, and another revolver was found lying on
one of the seats in the taproom, where it had evi-
dently been laid by one of the party. In Doyle's
pocket there was also found two bullets. He stated
that he was a native of Dublin, but gave no further
account of himself. Chambers would give no ac-
count of himself either, beyond the statement that
he came from London to Dublin five weeks since,
but the police recognised him as a deserter from the
61st Regiment. Byrne, who presented the pistol at
Acting-Inspector Magee, said that he had conic from
London, and that he brought the revolver from
London. He is known to have been in Dublin since
Patrick's Day last. St. Clair stated that he came
from London for the benefit of his health. In his
possession were found, besides the pistol, a Roman
Catholic prayer-book, which had evidently been
much used, and a furlough, granted to Private
Mielmol Doyle, of the 7th Fusiliers, stationed at
Portsmouth, dated Feb. 1, and giving leave of ab-
sence till March 14 next. The pistols arc of the
most finished workmanship, and are Liverpool
made. There were ten other persons seized at the
same time as those mentioned above, but they were
not detained in custody.
A head-constable of constabulary was shot in the
public street by a Fenian, at Newcastle, county
Limerick, on Wednesday night. A correspondent of
the Express gives the following particulars of this
outrage :
For somo time past an American stranger—that is, an
Irish American—named Gray, said to bo a cousin of the
Head Centre of that name so well known in Cork, had been
noticed in the village, and his movements closely watched.
but nothing transpired, notwithstanding, to enable the
police to arrest him. Yesterday an order for his capture was
received under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act
and Head-constable Sullivan, a powerful man over 6ft. in
height, resolved to arrest him himself ; so, meeting this Am-
erican emissary in the street last evening, he stopped him,
and proceeded to interrogate him as to his whereabouts.
Only a few words were exchanged, when Gray drew a double
barrelled revolver from under his coat and discharged it at
Head-constable Sullivan, whom he shot through the shoul-
der and arm, the balls passing clear out. The constable
fell to the ground, and his assassin was off before the cir-
cumstance was known to the police or townspeople. The
alarm being raised, instant search and pursuit followed, but
without avail up to 1 o'clock this day, when a message was
received from Newcastle. It is said the wounds inflicted
aro not of a character to endanger life, and as the perpe-
trator of the audacious outrage is well known, his speedy
capture is anxiously looked forward to.
Four pike-heads were on Wednesday night dis-
covered by A cting-inspector King, of the G divi-
sion, rolled up in cloth, and concealed beneath the
flooring of the house No. 20, Eustace-street. They
were at once taken to the detective-office, Lower
Castle-yard.
The military court-martial in Cork still proceeds.
Warner, the informer, was under examination yes-
terday.
The policeman Dunne, shot at Cullen, is not dead,
as reported so positively by the Limerick papers.
He is in a fair way of recovery in the infirmary at
Cashel. Private Dillon, of the 17th, has been
arrested and identified as one of the party in
Regan's house who fired on the police. He had been
on furlough from his regiment at Longstown, in the
sub-district of Glenbane, and from which he had
decamped, leaving behind him, in the house where he
lodged, his knapsack, in which, with other things,
were a pair of braces, of which he was deficient
when arrested here last night. When taken up
he had on a forage cap, similar to the one found in
the house attacked at Glenbane, but had removed
from it the regimental number by which men are
counted off in their respective corps. He also re-
moved the like numbers from his watch-coat and
inner jacket, but his furlough revealed everything
that was necessary as to the man. A warrant for
his transmission to Tipperary was accordingly
signed, and he was transmitted by the 4 o'clock train
in charge of an escort. Constable O'Brien, who
only received a description of the soldier the day
before, deserves consideration at the hands of the
heads of the constabulary for the promptness with
which he made this important arrest.
Two young men, a stonecutter anda nailer,named
respectively James Kinsella and Patrick Dunne,were
arrested by Constable Strickland and Constable
Hopper, of Bagenalstown, and committed to Car-
low gaol on suspicion of being connected with the
Fenian conspiracy. Several houses in the town and
county of Carlow were searched during the week,
but I believe the police failed to discover any arms
or ammunition.

On Tuesday morning, John O'Kavanagh, a shop
keeper, and an elderly man, by repute one of the
leaders of the Fenian movement ; Edward O'Kava-
nagh (his son), David Slattery, of Kerrickbeg ;
John Kent, Ballylinch ; John Wall, Ballyrichard ;
Michael M'Namara Dooley, Waterford ; Edward
Fogarty, Ballyrichard ; and Cornelius O'Leary,
of Carrick, were arrested by Mr. M'Loughlin, S.L,
of Carrick-on-Suir. M'Namara Dooley and Leary
are late arrivals from America, and they served in
the United States army. Kavanagh, the elder, it
is stated, is the man who carried the Fenian flag at
the Carrick regatta ; and tiis son took a prominent
and active part on the =mi.= of the burial, with