The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-14 00:00:00

THE -ATE OU7RAGES IN CORK.

The correspondent of the Times thus writes on Thurs-
day :—" The lawless state of Cork continues to be a sub-
ject of concern, not merely to the authorities, but to every
lover of peace and order. The police are perplexed and
harassed by scenes of riot and outrage which their ener-
getic efforts have hitherto failed to repress, and which are
well calculated to excite alarm in the minds of loyal
citizens. Two further attempts at assassination occurring
on the same night sufficiently indicate the desperate spirit
which animates some of the Fenian bands which infest
the city, and whose favour with the populace seems to
grow in proportion to their criminal audacity. From the
various accounts which have been received the follow-
ing particulars are gleaned:— Up to seven o'clock on
Tuesday evening nothing occurred to attract attention,
but about that hour two constables, named Kearney
and Thompson, were walking down the main street on
duty, and had approached Austin's-lane, which runs
into Castle-street, when a pistol-shot was fired at them
from the opposite side, whether from a window or the
corner of the lane they could not tell. Of the object
intended, however, there could be no mistake, for a bullet
struck the shutters of a shop close to Thompson's head,
and became imbedded in the wood. The constables were
unprovided with firearms, and conceived it to be useless
as well as dangerous to attempt any pursuit, epecially
as groups of people about the lane received them with
mingled derision and menace. They reported the
matter at Shannon-street police-station, and a party
of armed constables turned out and proceeded to
the place, where a dense crowd had by that time
collected, wLo hooted and jeered at the police. The
mob was driven back, some suspicious-looking persons
were searched, as were also the houses in the vicinity,
but no clue was found to the perpetrator of the outrage.
The excitement subside", and tranquillity reigned for
some hours, but about ten o'clock the populace were again
aroused by a report that a collision had taken place in
which a civilian' had been shot. The melancholy
affair,' as one of the local journals feelingly designates it,
occurred under the following circumstances :—Two police-
men, named Hunter and Flanagan, were patrolling the
street which runs between the Butter Weigh-house
and the North Infirmtry, when they observed two men
approaching whom they regarded wit's suspicion. When
they came near enough to discern the uniform of
the constables, they made an evasive movement
towards the other side of the street, which made them
the more strongly suspected. Hunter called upon the
first man to stand, which he did, and Hunter, feeling
his pockets, detected a revolver in the breast of his
coat, and said, ' Hand me out that revolver you have
in your pocket.' The man sprang back three or four
paces, and pulled out the weapon. Hunter put his rifle to
his shoulder, and threatened to shoot him if he did not
deliver it up. He made an attempt to get past the con-
stable, but Flanagan, who was at the time engaged with
the other man, prevented him. He then presented it at
Flanagan, and as he fired said, There it is for you.' The
constables immediately discharged their rifles, and he fell.
They went forward to raise him, and the other man,
seeing them engaged, effected his escape. After bringing
him a little way they saw that he required medical aid,
and went to the infirmary to procure it. Having waited
for a moment to give notice of the occurrence and reload
their rifles, they returned to the place where they had left
the wounded man, but he was nowhere to be seen. A
crowd, however, had collected, and as they approached
two men were observed to detach themselves from the
rest and take to flight. The police pursued and arrested
them. They proved to be Lawrence Hynes, an apprentice
in a printing office, and John Bullen, of Hillgrove-lane.
On searching them the constables found the stock of a gun
on one, and a loaded barrel on the other. A patrol of
police arrived about half-past twelve o'clock, who assisted
in searching the house. In one of them, situate in
Dominick-street, they observed outside the door a six-
chambered revolver, two batireLs of which had been dis-
charged, and the other four were still loaded. On
pursuing the search they saw concealed under a bed a
man named Dineen, a porter in the Butter Weigh-house.
He was bleeding profusely from a wound in the nose.
They also arrested a butcher's boy named Casey who was
in the bed. All the prisoners were brought up yesterday
at the police-office, and, with the exception of Casey,
against whom there was no evidence to warrant his deten-
tion, were committed for trial. The boy O'Leary, who
was ridden over, lies in a hopeless state. David Barry,
who is charged with being concerned in the robbery of
revolvers, has been fully committed for trial at tbeas assizes.
Captain Mackay has been committed on a charge o
high treason."

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lthethe House
al ect of of Rlo wepresentaance for
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tires on the Deficiency il, subj
stationery to members of Congress came up, when Mr.
Maynard, of Tennessee, proposed that all members should
be allowed to draw whatever stationery they needed. Mr.
Stevens objected to this. He said that plan had been
tried, and had to be changed, because some members pro-
cured under the name of stationery pantaloons and shirts
and :laving soap enough to last them for years. some
members had run up their account for stationery to nearly
4 V 4040414 civilars.