The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-28 00:00:00

FEIVIAN OUTRAGES

Mr. Newenham, the magistrate at Cork whose house
was attacked by a party of Fenians in search of arms,
has furnished a statement of the occurrence to the local
journals. He was sitting, it appears, in his drawing-room
a little after nine o'clock, when a knock was heard at the
hall door. The footman opened it, supposing that the
coachman, who had gone out, wished to be let in again.
Five men, armed with revolvers, immediately entered.
Four were disguised ; the fifth, who seemed to act as
leader, had no disguise. They demanded to be conducted
into the presence of Mr. Newenham, as they wanted
whatever arms were in the house. While the servant
hesitated to comply, the housekeeper came into the
hall. They forthwith presented their revolvers at
her breast. She called on her master, who, hearing
the noise, came out, and observing how matters
stood was proceeding upstairs, when the leader called out,
" Step, master ; we want nothing but your arms." Mr.
Newenham, with commendable self-possession, replied,
" Wait, and you shall have them." This apparent readi-
ness to satisfy them threw the party off their guard, and
they allowed him to go upstairs. On reaching his bedroom
where the arms were he locked the door, and throwing up
the window presented a gun out of it. One of the gang
who was on the watch outside immediately fired a re-
volver at him, and he had a narrow escape, as the bullet
lodged in the plaster of the wall behind his head.
He discharged his gun in return, and then heard the
voices of several persons outside, one of whom called
upon the others to attack the house. Meanwhile, the
housekeeper held a parley with the men in the hall, and
urged them to leave the house, lest her master should take
some of their lives or the police come to the rescue. They
stated that they could not with safety withdraw until
Mr. Newenham ceased firing from the window, and the
housekeeper having communicated this reply to her master,
he consented to cease if they went away, and they did so,
It is supposed that some of the party must have been well
acquainted with the house. The housekeeper believes that
one of the Fenians was struck by Mr. Newenham when
he fired from the window.
The house of the Rev. Leslie Wilmount, near Cork,
was attacked on Thursday night by an armed party of
twenty-five men. Mr. Leslie refused them admittance,
rang the alarm bell, and fired on the assailants, who fired
in return. The police hearing the alarm came out, and
the Fenians decamped.

An outrage, supposed to be of a Fenian character, was
perpetrated at 15, Grig,g's-lane, Dublin, at nine o'clock on
the same night. A number of shop assistants were
drinking, and a dispute having arisen, one of the party
named Brisco was shot in the groin ; the others escaped.
A six-barrelled revolver was found in the street, with one
barrel exploded ; the others were loaded. Six arrests have
been made in connection with the affair. Brisco, in his
dying depositions, stated that ho could not identify the party
who shot him.

Mr. Carr, of Gill Abbey. Cork, has received a
threatening letter, requiring him, on pain of having his
house blown up, to leave the locality. Last year the
ground in the neighbourhood was the resort of Fenians,
and it was thought they wanted it again for meeting and
drilling in. A man named White purchased a 'load
of manure a few days since from a person who resides in a
lane near Gallows-green. On proceeding to remove it he
found three revolvers, which were immediately laid hold
of by some bystanders who evidently knew of their con-
cealment. He attempted to recover possession of them,
but a crowd collected, and, fearing personal violence, he
let them go. Revolvers seem to be rather freely distri-
buted in Cork. A young lad named Murphy was arrested
by the police on suspicion, and on searching him a fine
Colt's was found in his possession. He was committed for
trial at the assizes.