The Sun. — 1848-11-09 (London, England)

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE. The Evening Mail has the following particulars a the recent attempt to murder Mr. Armitage Moore, the agent of the Annesley estates in the North of Ireland : " CAVAN, Nov. 4.—On Friday, the 3d inst., Mr. William Armitage Moore, of Arnm, ore-lodg e Cavan, left home at half-past nine o'clock in the morning to, proceed to Miltown, about eight miles from Cavan, to receive rents on the Earl of Annesley's property. He had written to his bailiff a few days before, stating that in consequence of the bad state of the weather he would not give the tenantry the trouble of coming to his office at Cavan, but would go to Miltown and receive the rents there. He was accompanied by his clerk and a lad named Maxwell, who drove the car that conveyed them. On arriving near Baker's bridge the car-driver and the clerk observed two men standing close together in the centre of the road, and called Mr. Illoore's attention to them, as very suspiciouslooking fellows.' As the car still proceeded on its course, one of the men dropped off to the side of the road ; the other still stood in the centre, with his back turned to the party on the car, and maintained that position until the end of the shaft was almost parallel with his shoulder. He then wheeled suddenly round and presented a pistol to Mr. Moore's breast, so close that it almost touched him. He held it firmly with both hands to ensure a steady aim, and pulled the trigger. Happily for the intended victim the pistol missed fire. The ruffian immediately turned and fled. The morning having been extremely cold and damp Mr. Moore had muffled himself in two heavy outside coats. This was unfortunate, as he had a case of pistols in the pockets of an under coat—each pistol had six barrels, all were in excellent order, and loaded with ball. Had it not been for the impediment of his clothing, he could have shot the ruffian dead in a moment. He jumped off the car, however, as likewise did his clerk, and both pursued the flying miscreants. The clerk snapped a pistol at one of them, but it did not go off. During the chase Mr. Moore extricated a pistol from his coat pocket and fired. The villain at whom he aimed then turned from the main road that leads over Baker's-bridge, called Hacket's-road. Whilst ascending a little hill on this narrow pass Mr. Moore fired two more barrels at the fugitive, but without effect. There are two or three cabins on the top of this hill, and at this point Mr. Moore and his companion lost sight of the fugitive ; whether he was sheltered in those cabins, or threw himself into a ditch at this place, is not known. There were many persons at short distances from the scene of this outrage, but not one of them would give the slightest assistance in endeavouring to arrest the assassin. There were, in particular, five men working in a field close by, and though called on by Mr. Moore for assistance they would not stir, declaring they had neither seen the men nor heard the firing. Mr. Moore, on finding he had no chance of aid from the people, immediately got on his car and proceeded towards the police-station of Miltown. On his way thither he met three constables, whom he took on his car and returned to the cabins on Racket's-road, whence recommencing the search they scoured the country round. They succeeded in capturing the man who was seen in company with the person who attempted to fire at Mr. Moore. This fellow has been fully identified, and now lies in Cavan gaol ; his name is Kiernan or M'Kiernan. He is a tailor by trade, and resides in that neighbourhood." In consequence of this atrocious outrage a meeting of magistrates was held at the Court-house of Cavan on Friday, Lord Farnham in the chair, to consider what steps may be most advantageously pursued to bring the perpetrators and abettors of the crime to justice.