psicastlemartyrns.weebly.com€¦ · Web viewbeing engaged in conversation. He asked . Mrs. Coveney. were they lodgers, and she said not, and he then told them to "clear out", which

THE FENIAN RISING IN CORK MARCH 1867

Part One

Excerpts from the Cork Examiner Mon., 4th March to Sat., 9th March 1867

Cork Ancestors Home PageVisit corkgen.org

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Cork Examiner, Monday March 4 1867

POLICE OFFICE - SATURDAY - Michael R O Sullivan was put forward on remand from Thursday. The prisoner, with two other young men, named Murphy and M'Carthy, had been arrested on Wednesday night in Mannix-street. The police had heard a pistol shot, and going to the spot found the three named, whom they took into custody, and upon searching them discovered on

the person of one of them (M'Carthy) percussion caps, powder and two pistols. Subsequently M'Carthy was admitted to bail, Murphy remanded for eight days, and O Sullivan to Saturday. Upon his being placed in the dock, Mr. Cronin asked Head-constable Walsh if he had any further evidence.

Head-constable Walsh - I have Sir; I have the Lord Lieutenant's warrant; it is out since the 24th Feb. 1866, against the prisoner.

Constable Scanlan, of Donoughmore - Your worship, the prisoner lodged at Ballykerwick, but was teaching the National School in Firmount. All I require is that you hand him over to me.

Mr. Magennis was about to examine the constable on behalf of the prisoner, when, Mr. Cronin interposed and said under the circumstances such a course would be useless.

Mr. Magennis asked whether he could not make application to admit the prisoner to bail. The Bench refused permission.

Mr. Cronin - This case only proves the magistrates were not wrong in remanding the prisoner, and that the Head-constable was not wrong in his suspicions.

Constable Conran - That was the chief instance in my being able to find him, for I was looking for him for a long time, and when I saw the newspapers yesterday it was then I knew where to find him.

The prisoner was then removed under the warrant by Constable Scanlan.

Cork Examiner, Tuesday March 5 1867

POLICE OFFICE - YESTERDAY - 'A respectable intelligent-looking man of about 30 years of age was put forward in custody of Constables Graham and Hosford, charged under the following circumstances:-

Constable Hosford said that he went into Mrs. Coveney's public house in the North main-street, on Saturday night, a little after eleven o clock with Constable Graham, to see if any parties were drinking there. There were four or five young men in the tap-room, and among them the prisoner, all being engaged

in conversation. He asked Mrs. Coveney were they lodgers, and she said not, and he then told them to "clear out", which they did with the exception of the prisoner, who when he got to the foot of the stairs made an attempt to go up, and told the constable that he was lodging there. The constable asked Mrs. Coveney was he a lodger and she said not and that she never knew him to lodge there before. When asked his name he said it was O'dell, and when interrogated as to what place he was a native of, he asked the constable what authority he had to ask him and refused to tell him until he would shew him some authority. He afterwards said that his native place was Cork, and when asked to name some one in Cork whom he knew, he refused, but added that he lodged two nights previous at the Italian Hotel. He said that he was a commercial traveller, and when asked for what house he travelled he replied, "Wilson's, of Leeds," when searched at Tuckey-street station, some paper and a pencil were found in his pocket, and he then said that he was a reporter, and that he would make Constable Hosford's physiognomy pay for it (a laugh).

Mr. Cronin - What is your name?

Prisoner - George Odell.

Mr. Cronin - Do you state that to be your real name?

Prisoner(emphatically) - That is my name.

Mr. Cronin - Did you ever go by any other name?

Prisoner - I may or may not. There is one correction that I would wish to make in the sergeant's statement with respect to my being a reporter, I said a correspondent - so I am; combining that with my other office.

Mr. Cronin - What is your other office?

Prisoner - The office of soliciting orders for a silk establishment.

Mr. Cronin - What silk establishment?

Prisoner - A silk establishment in England.

Mr. Cronin - Where do you live?

Prisoner - I shall not name it now, sir. With regard to the statement that I remained at the Italian Hotel the two nights previous to my arrest, that is wrong. I would not give the constable my present residence in consequence of fearing a disturbance in the house of the parties with whom I lived, who were kind to me.

Mr. Cronin - That cannot affect you now.

Mr. Mullan - You are pretty well aware that the country is in a very disturbed state and that the police are obliged to be very vigilant after strangers.

The constable said that it afterwards transpired that he was not a commercial traveller.

Prisoner - I got the right to solicit orders from another man in connection with the establishment.

Mr. Cronin - Will you give your address now?

Prisoner - When the proceedings of this primary investigation, as I may call it, will go forth in the press, perhaps the lady of the house or some other member of the family will come forward.

Mr. Cronin - Oh, that won't do.

Prisoner - I won't bring any disturbance on her house unless she wishes for it.

Constable Graham deposed to having entered Mrs. Coveney's public house on the previous night in company with constable Hosford for the purpose of turning out any people. He saw the prisoner and four or five young men in the tap-room apparently engaged in conversation and asked them were they lodging in the house and the prisoner said that they were. He asked Mrs. Coveney were they lodgers and she said not. He then told her to go and tell them to go out, which they did, but the moment the prisoner came to the foot of the stairs he was going to go up when he asked Mrs. Coveney again was he a lodger and she said not. The constable then asked him to come down, and after being questioned, said that he was travelling for Wilson, of Leeds, and that he was residing in Cork. When asked where in Cork, he hesitated, but at length said that he was lodging at the Italian Hotel, and that his name as Odell.

Mr. Mullan - Did you make any enquiry at the Italian Hotel?

Constable Graham - From the description we gave they said that he came there on Saturday night week by the night train, and went away on Monday.

Mr. Mullan - What is your application for?

Constable Hosford - A remand.

Mr. Mullan - Unless you are able to give us some information as to this commercial friend we are unwilling to detain him.

Prisoner - I think I will give that in three days.

Mr. Hamilton, SI. - I am in the possession of further information if the magistrates don't think what you have sufficient.

The bench said that they did not require Mr. Hamilton to give any evidence unless they were prepared to go into the case.

Mr. Hamilton said that they were not. The prisoner was remanded for eight days, the case to be gone into sooner if the constabulary were ready.

Cork Examiner, Wednesday March 6 1867

EDITORIAL (part of) - " A large body of troops was despatched yesterday to the Limerick junction and town of Tipperary, and it is stated that the Government has reason to apprehend that in insurrectionary movement was to have been begun in those quarter. A man named Massy, reported to be the Head Centre for Munster was arrested at the Limerick junction on Monday night, and sent at once under escort to Dublin. Arrests of less importance were made in the City of Limerick. In this city, where the rumour of the intended Fenian rising obtained wide circulation, measures were taken to guard against any attempt at disturbance that might be made. The troops in garrison were kept under arms, and the constabulary force - mounted police and foot - were prepared to turn out at a moment's notice."

FENIAN ALARMS - All day yesterday, a number of sensational rumours were afloat in the city, and as night approached the suspense and excitement appeared to grow wider and more

intense. It was whispered that a general rising was appointed for last night under the leadership of Irish American Officers, and that hundreds of young men in the city were leaving in groups for a rendezvous at a little distance. As usual, the strangest and most exaggerated stories were bruited abroad. For instance, it was asserted that numbers of the young men in the large establishments in the city had left their employments, in a sudden and unaccountable manner, and that within the day or two proceeding several strangers of suggestive appearance had been noticed in the locality. The extraordinary aspect of the streets last evening would certainly induce a timid person to believe that something unusual loomed in the imminent perspective for whether owing to the peculiarly hard wind and dull atmosphere; to a wide spread feeling of anticipation and alarm, from an early hour the public thoroughfares were almost entirely deserted and looked quite desolate. The appearance of several bodies of armed Constabulary in different parts of the city afforded grounds for the general apprehension. Through the night at more than one of the livery stables in the city mounted policemen waited ready booted to move on immediate orders, while occasional videttes of the same force passed through the principal streets as if carrying despatches. Parties of police also visited the shops of several gunsmiths. The Commercial Rooms were occupied during the night by a party of the 60th Rifles, and it was said the soldiers in garrison remained under arms all night, the cavalry ready to mount at a moment's warning; and also that a battery of artillery were drawn up on the square, loaded with grape and canister. The telegraph wires were cut a little outside the city and the transmission of the parliamentary debate then proceeding was interrupted. The city was not patrolled, as all the available forces at the disposition of the authorities were no doubt concentrated at the most available points. At midnight, however, everything was perfectly quiet.

The city was patrolled during the night by parties of mounted police, and the strength of the ordinary patrols were doubled.

DELAY OF THE DUBLIN MAIL - The mail train from Dublin, due in Cork at 2 o clock this morning, had not arrived at Charleville - which is thirty-seven miles distant - up to four o clock. The cause of the delay could not be ascertained as the telegraph wires were down between Charleville and the Limerick Junction. It is possible that the delay might have been caused by

the train breaking down between the main stations, where assistance would not readily be had.

ERRATUM - Mr. Edward Walsh requests us to contradict the statement in our Police Office report on Thursday that he identified the prisoner Michael Sullivan as a friend of his, who had been in America. He states that he was not in the police office that day and did not know that Sullivan had been arrested when leaving Cork on that evening

POLICE OFFICE - YESTERDAY - A young lad named Timothy Kelleher was put forward in custody under the following circumstances:- Detective Tobin said that he arrested him on suspicion that morning at an emigration office on Merchant's quay, where he was engaging his passage to America. He stated that his name was Kelleher, and that he was from Caherciveen, county Kerry, and as a Fenian insurgent of that name, who had figured in the late 'rising' was described in the 'Hue and Cry' as being 'on the wing', the constable thought it right to bring him before the magistrates.

The prisoner then produced letter as to his good character and intention from the Rev. Mr. Healy, PP, Caherciveen, three local magistrates and Dr. Barry.

Mr. Mullan said that there was no evidence to connect the prisoner with the individual mentioned in the 'Hue and Cry', and that the certificates were most satisfactory, and precluded any suspicion.

Mr. Cronin said that the young lad did quite right to furnish himself with the very best documents.

Mr. Mullen - The country is in such a state at present that the police must be on alert.

Head-constable Geale said that every one coming from Kerry now was provided with documents as to character, &c. The prisoner was then discharged.

Cork Examiner, Thursday March 7 1867

EDITORIAL - With profound sorrow we have today to record the outbreak of an insane and criminal insurrection in the South of Ireland. The blow has fallen suddenly and unexpectedly. While

the country was presenting the most peaceful aspect; while its criminal records seemed to indicate a steady, progressive improvement in the morals of the people, an absence of violence, a respect for law, a regard for the rights of property, affording ground for the most favourable auguries of the future of the country, there was concealed beneath the fair surface a vast mass of disaffection ready to break into open rebellion at the signal. That a signal has been given and obeyed. Three southern counties are wrapped from end to end in a flame to insurrection; sinister rumours reach us from all quarters that what has occurred is but a preclude to a still more extensive and formidable movement; and at present it seems impossible to form a reliable opinion as to what may be the numbers and resources of the rebels. Of course, the alarm naturally produced by such sudden and imminent danger has tended to the aggrandizement of every circumstance connected with the insurrection. Tens grow to hundreds and hundreds to tens of hundreds, when the numbers of the insurgents come to be reckoned; but taking only such information as can be relied upon, it is apparent that the movement is extensive and well organised - not the raid of a few desperate men, such as was seen a few days since in Kerry, but a matured and deliberate attempt at revolution. That it has the slightest chance of attaining even a temporary success, a momentary advantage, no sane man will for a moment imagine, but we look forward with pain to the disastrous consequences to the country - the terrible retribution which the insurgents have drawn upon themselves, and which they will infallibly be made to suffer. A few hours more will dispose of the militant power of the insurrection and what will follow? The miserable spectacle of the rigid execution of the law, the dark drama of political prosecutions attended by every circumstance of horror. Brave, generous misguided men consigned to an ignominious doom to atone for the blood that has been rashly, wantonly, and criminally shed. But that will not be all. These are, but the consequences to the insurgents themselves - the doom they have brought down upon their own heads. The whole country must suffer too. A sense of insecurity will have been generated, trade may be crippled, legislation stayed; hostile feelings inspired in various classes of society, and all this for an enterprise which is of the most hopeless and reckless description. After the experience of the raid in Kerry we did not expect to see another insurrectionary movement in Ireland. The immense superiority of the power at the disposal of the government as manifested there might have convinced the most rash that under no combination

of circumstances could the disaffected strive against it. But it seems to us that the persons engaged in the conspiracy are insensible to reason - at least they appear to be utterly reckless of personal danger. Brief as the existence of this present movement has been, enough has already occurred to shew the truth of the lesson which the late raid should have taught. The insurgents have not attempted to assail a single military post - not to speak of such garrisons as Cork and Limerick. They have not invaded the larger towns of the county; but have limited their operations exclusively to those police stations where there are but a few men to be overpowered. Now supposing that every county constabulary barrack were captured, the Fenians would be none the nearer to ultimate success; they would then come face to face with a powerful military force which could be doubled, trebled, or even quadrupled if the necessity existed. But even the trifling operations attempted by the disunited bands have generally resulted in defeat and disaster. In Midleton, the police barrack was left unmolested. In Castlemartyr, a hand full of men easily beat off the attack made by assailants who were in the proportion of twenty to one. In Kilmallock, the defeat was more decisive, the loss greater. Where the Fenians and the constabulary came into collision in Tipperary, the undisciplined men were unable to sustain the attack of their disciplined assailants. Here is surely ample proof that the force of the rebellion is not sufficient to resist the mere police force alone, and yet the leaders in this wretched business propose to cope with the strength of a great empire. We cannot too much deplore the outrages which this wild and wanton enterprise have already involved. Blood has been shed, lives been sacrificed on both sides; anguish and ruin have been brought upon the innocent and for what? The most chimerical dream, an illusion which the stern reality of a few days will suffice to dispel. What will become of the authors of all the misery we shrink from contemplating. As yet the Government has not exerted its power; but when it does so what resistance can be offered. The fate of nearly every man in the insurgent ranks depends upon the clemency of the Crown. Already, their resolution is wavering; they have no united mode of action; they can have no reliance on one another. Their remaining in arms can only increase their peril and the consciousness of this fact must already be thinning their ranks.

Though a moment of apparent peril is not a favourable opportunity for making a plea for clemency, we will venture to express a hope that while the action of the Government may be

as firm and decisive as the exigency requires, it may also be clement. The danger is not so great as to exclude the possibility of mercy. The insurrection must be suppressed at any cost; the power of the Government must be asserted, and there are men in the ranks of the insurgents - those who have incited others to the movement - who deserves punishment; but there are others who are mere dupes to whom the rigour of the law should not be applied. Hitherto, the action of the Executive has been prompt, but discriminating; the troops where they were called, have been accompanied by a magistrate, under whom they have acted, and the law has been vindicated in a lawful manner. We hope this course will continue to be observed, for the spectacle of the rigid upholding of law in the midst of danger and passion aroused, will have a more beneficial effect upon the minds of the disaffected than severe and indiscriminate punishment. The sense of this country is against this movement and with the Government; and the Government can, therefore, afford to act deliberately, calmly and mercifully

THE FENIAN RISING IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND - On Tuesday night a widespread and formidable insurrection was begun by the Fenians in the South of Ireland. The rising was made simultaneously in parts of the counties of Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and Clare. Owing to the general interruption of the telegraphic and railway communication yesterday (the Fenians having cut the telegraphic wires and torn up the track of the Great Southern and Western Railway) we have had much difficulty in collecting authentic details of the events of the last twenty-four hours, but the latest particulars of the outbreak will be found in the subjoined narratives from our reporters.

THE INSURRECTION ALONG THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY - The first intimation of danger received in this city was the sudden cessation of the telegraphic communication with Dublin on Tusday night, while the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Commons was being transmitted for the Cork newspapers; and after a short while it was ascertained that the fault was beyond Charleville. The suspicion was entertained that the destruction of the wires was malicious, especially as sinister rumours of the intentions of the Fenians were in circulation for some days previous, and upon these and more authentic information, great precautions had been taken by the Executive. The next suspicious circumstance noticed was the non-arrival of the Dublin train due at two o

clock. Up to four the train had not arrived at Charleville, and there was no means of ascertaining the cause of the delay, though it was surmised that the train had been stopped by the persons who had previously destroyed the wires. At six this morning the missing mail made its appearance bringing information of the most startling character. It appeared that between eleven o clock and midnight a party of Fenians struck upon the line of the railway at Knocklong, which is the next station to the Limerick junction, destroyed the telegraph wires, and tore up portions of the track up and down lines. From the former two rails were removed, and of the latter upwards of half a dozen. The night mail from Cork was the first train to arrive on the scene, from which the Fenians had by that time departed, having probably gone to join one of the larger attacking parties. The engine, tender and van passed safely over the broken part of the track, but the carriages following were overturned, and the train brought up. The engine and van were despatched at once to the Limerick Junction with the passengers and gave intimation of the danger. The down train for Dublin due at the Junction at midnight was after this warning driven carefully along until the damaged portion of the railway was reached. Arrived there the staff of men brought from the Junction were set to work to repair the track and the train was able to proceed on the way about four o clock. Thence to Mallow no further damage was encountered. Passing the Rathduff station, which is half way between Cork and Mallow the guard of the train saw a large number of men approaching the line, but he was unable to perceive whether they were armed or not. Fortunately the train had passed before they came up, as it afterwards appeared that their purpose was to destroy the track. Such was the intelligence brought in at six o clock - news which at once made it apparent that a dangerous emeute had taken place. Soon after the arrival of this train Mr. Fennessy, traffic superintendent on the line, proceeded towards Mallow with a staff of labourers to be prepared to repair any part of the line that might be damaged. After his departure the telegraph wires were broken between Cork and Mallow.

The morning train for Dublin left the Cork station as usual at 8am yesterday, and with it preceded a staff of men to repair the damages to the rails and the telegraph posts reported to have been down at various points between Cork and Rathduff. Some distance beyond the Blackpool station the rails were found to have been taken up and the sleepers laid across the track. The

telegraph posts and wires had also been broken down. The train was brought to a stand still, the line and the telegraph were repaired by the railway staff and the men employed by the Magnetic Company, under the superintendence of Mr. Black, and the train then started afresh, and reached Blarney without meeting further obstruction. At Rathduff nearly half way between Cork and Mallow, the line was again found torn up, and a quarter of a mile distant a body of about five hundred men were seen close to the line, a smaller party being scattered in the fields at either side, nearer to the train. The latter approached the train. and threatened to shoot the men who were about to repair the track, if they attempted to lay a single rail. The train was accordingly brought back to Cork with all possible speed. Sub-Inspector Hamilton was informed of what occurred, and an application was made to General Horsford, the result of which was that a party of one hundred men of the 67th Regiment, accompanied by Mr. William Barry, JP, as a county magistrate, proceeded by special train to Rathduff where the Fenians were last seen. When the train arrived at that point no trace of the Fenians was to be seen. The damage to the track was repaired, and the train proceeded on towards Mallow. At Ballyalough bridge a quantity of stone had been removed from the bridge and heaped on the line. This obstruction was removed and the train soon reached Ballyknockin, which is about six miles farther on. Here, the police barrack was in flames, having been attacked and burned by a party of 400 Fenians some time previously. The police had barricaded themselves in the barrack, having received warning of their danger from Mr. Purcell of Burnfort who was himself fired at by the insurgents. When called on to surrender they refused, and it is said fired on the party outside. Heaps of straw were then laid against the walls, and in a few minutes the whole house was set on fire. The few men inside had to surrender to save their lives, and were permitted to escape by a ladder from the top window, bringing with them their arms which they were compelled to give up to their Captain. The attacking party then went off in the direction of the Carrinavar hills. Intelligence of the burning of the police barrack was transmitted to Mallow, after the departure of the Fenians, Mr. Ryan, RM, happened to be at the time in the town having left Fermoy, where he had been on special duty, at eight o clock. Mr. Ryan at once communicated with the officer in command of the troops, and obtained a detachment of 50 men of the 71st regiment, with whom he proceeded to the place where the outrage had occurred. At Ballyknockin he received information of

the direction the insurgents had eaken, and at once started in pursuit. He found the Fenians drawn up in a body at Bottle Hill on an elevated position. As the soldiers approached, the Fenians opened fire, but happily, without effect. The soldiers returned the volley and advanced rapidly. The Fenians did not want to receive the charge, but broke into small parties and fled. In the pursuit, four of them were captured, only one of whom had received a wound in the right shoulder, and we understand that some of the prisoners had documents in their possession which are esteemed to be of much consequence. The prisoners were all persons employed in this city, who must have left last night for the purpose of joining the rebels. They were brought into Cork by the first train available, and were lodged in the county gaol.

In the meantime, the party of the 67th under the direction of Mr. Barry, JP, finding that their services were not needed at Ballyknockin, returned along the line, a report having been made to Mr. Barry that fifty or sixty Fenians had been seen in Mr. Wyse's wood. There, however, no track of the insurgents was to be seen. At Kilnap the soldiers left the train and advanced along the Curraquavar road in which the Fenians were reputed to have been on the morning. No armed men were met with, but on several points on the road were seen knots of two and three and four men walking from the direction of Carrignavar. Fifteen men so seen were arrested, four of them being discovered in a butt laying on a heap of straw. They all stated that they had gone out that morning for a walk to Carrignavar, and had no connection with the Fenians. All those men like those captured at Bottle Hill had employment in this city. Some of them were from the flax-mill and others were from Mr. Lambkin's factory.

The following are the names of the prisoners:- John Callaghan, carpenter, and James Callaghan, his brother; Barry, a fitter, whose father is employed at Mr. Smith's foundry, King-street; Daniel Santry, who stated he lived in Bandon; Wm. Lane, labourer; Thomas Keefe, labourer; James Burns; Patrick Drinan, labourer; Patrick Lyons, carpenter; John Murphy; John Sullivan, Patrick Geany, a native of Belfast, whose father is employed at the Flax Mills, Millfield; Garrett Arundel, who said he lived in Bandon, and a man named Bowes, who says he came from Kinsale.

In the attack on the police barrack at Ballyknockin one of the Fenians received a severe wound from one of his comrades. The

wounded man, whose name is Coughlan, and who belongs to Cork was discovered in a house near the police barrack to which he had been removed.

Forty men of the 67th Regiment were stationed in the Protestant Hall last night, as there was a rumour afloat that it would be demolished. Troops of the 12th Lancers were patrolling the principal streets all night.

Up to an advanced hour in the day the traffic on the line was suspended, but after the line had been repaired under the protection of the military the over due trains began to arrive. The train due at ten o clock in the morning came in about half past 3; that due at two pm with the English mail arrived shortly after, and it having been ascertained then that the line was in working order all the way through traffic was resumed. The train which should have left at a quarter to three with the mails did not go out until about six, and it was deemed safer to send the mails by sea than in the usual way. Accordingly they forwarded in the Halcyon, a fast war steamer. Important despatches for the General commanding the district are reported to have been transmitted by this route to the Commander-in-Chief in Dublin. The night mail for England to Dublin was sent by rail at ten o clock last night, and the goods train this morning have gone out as usual.

THE RISING IN MIDLETON, CASTLEMARTYR, &C [FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER] - CASTLEMARTYR, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. - This town was, during the last few hours of yesterday and the first six of to-day, the scene of extraordinary and little expected excitement. The oft-recurring alarms of intended Fenian risings had produced here, as almost everywhere else, an almost entire disbelief in the sincerity of the movement, and consequently, the rumour of a contemplated outbreak was received with little credence here last evening. The authorities, at least, appear to have been almost convinced of the imminence of disturbance, and indeed there appears to have been little effort made by the disaffected to conceal their intention to make a demonstration. The district including Cloyne, Midleton, Castlemartyr and Ballymacoda has, from an early period in the history of Fenianism, been known as one of its greatest strongholds, and the constabulary of the locality have long held the opinion that, if a rising did occur, it would be the scene of the first disturbances. In its own action, however, it has shown a

systematic union of action that contrasts strongly with the late futile attempt in the county of Kerry. Last evening the constabulary here and elsewhere observed certain indications in the demeanour of the working men that excited the suspicion of something more than ordinary being "in the wind", and events proved the correctness of their surmises.

The first proceeding, in point of time, of an aggressive character, that I have learned, took place at Knockadoon, about six miles from Youghal, on the coast, where there was a coastguard station, occupied by five men and a chief boatman. As early as nine o clock last evening the coastguard station was attacked by a body of armed men numbering about sixty, led by a horseman. They were well armed. The coastguards surrendered in the face of overwhelming numbers, and they were, with the exception of one sick man, taken prisoners and marched off, the Fenians carrying with them all the arms and ammunition in the station. They then marched towards Mogeely, on the Youghal railway, a distance of fourteen miles, and there set their prisoners at liberty, proceeding themselves in a north-easterly direction. It is supposed they were joined at a place called Lady's Bridge, a short distance from Castlemartyr, by another party from that locality. Here they are also believed to have been joined by the Castlemartyr, of whose proceedings I shall presently speak more at length.

The precise circumstances of the occurrence in Midleton are these:- A few minutes before eleven o clock, the Fenians assembled in the Main-street of the town, as already stated, and after the interview with the gentleman who mistook them for police, they moved down to the bridge close by the National Bank and here they drew up on the left side of the approach to the bridge. The patrol, consisting of Acting Constables Greany, Sub-constables O Donnell, Sheedy, and O Brien, passed on towards the bridge, at the other side of the road. When they had passed slightly beyond the Fenians, they were challenged by, it is believed, Daly, their leader, and called upon to surrender in the name of the Irish Republic. The police were then close to Mr. Green's gate, and the Fenians were but a few yards away from them, assembled four deep. When the police did not obey the call, Daly seized Sub-Constable O Donnell's rifle, and presenting a revolver at his head, fired. O Donnell at the same time pushed Daly slightly from him, and thus caused the pistol ball to glance around the back of his head, the powder singeing

his hair. At the same moment, the party of Fenians fired a volley. A ball entered Sub-Constable Sheedy's breast, low down near the stomach on the right side, and after running a short distance up the chapel road, he fell and bled probably to death. The other policemen fled in the same direction, and O Donnell, who was wounded in the head, took shelter in a house. As the others fled, the Fenians fired after them, and the Acting-Constable had a number of extraordinary escapes. Bullets grazed the back of his hand, passed through his cap, touched his knee, and cut the edge of his ammunition pouch. He, with Sub-constable O Brien, got round by Mr. Green's house, and having taken shelter there till morning, got back to the station, escorted by Mr. Green, who had great influence and popularity in the town. After Sheedy fell he was stripped of his rifle and accoutrements. Daly took Sub-constable O Donnell's rifle with him. Greany and O Brien retained theirs. The gate and wall in front of Mr. Green's residence were thickly marked with the volleys of bullets fired by the insurgents, and subsequently, a dozen revolver cartridges were found on the foot path there, as well as two large hand grenades with fuses attached. The cartridges were patent make, manufactured by Gladstone and Co. of London. It is also said that the first assembly of the Midleton Fenians was at the Cork road, where they were formed in three divisions, but being there surprised by the police they scattered and subsequently met at the house of a person of some position in the town, at the door of which a sentry was posted, and all persons entering closely scanned. Thence they are believed to have proceeded to the Bank Bridge. The police say they were only armed with pistols, but a gentleman who passed close to them, says that they had rifles and swords. After the encounter of the bridge, they are said to have gone by Ballinacurra towards Castlemartyr. The firing in Midleton is described as being as regular as that of disciplined troops. Another circumstance stated is that suspicious looking strangers wearing cloaks were seen in Midleton early in the evening, and they are believed to have come from the direction of Cork. Cars heavily laden are also known to have passed through the town about one o clock. Constable Geany found, near the bridge, a pike ten feet long, this morning.

Another gentleman who encountered the Fenians near the market-house, early in the night, says one of them laid a hand upon him and asked, "What do you want here - what is your name, and where are you going?" He replied, he was going home, but beyond that he would not answer them. The party had

great coats upon them, and something like guns by their side. They allowed him to pass. Although the main body of the Fenians left soon after the policeman was shot, twos and threes are said to have been patrolling the town up to two o clock.

It is understood there were many strangers amongst the Midleton party, who were believed to have come from Cork, past the Queenstown Junction.

Before leaving Midleton, I may mention that at 7 o clock this morning a mounted policeman (Thumble) was despatched to Cork for troops. He performed the journey within one hour, and at half past ten o clock a company of the 14th Regiment, under Major Grogan, Captain Jackson, and Lieut. Blois, and accompanied by Assistant-Surgeon Cherry, were despatched to Midleton. Eighty men of the 14th Regiment, under Captain Crosbie, were despatched to Castlemartyr. Mr. Duncan, County Inspector of Constabulary, also preceded to Midleton.

In the course of the day Head-constable Reardon and a party made three arrests in Midleton, of persons said to have been seen amongst the insurgents last night. These were:- Michael Daly, a military man; Thomas Huddy, a weaver; and a labouring man named Laughton, employed in the Midleton distillery. A search was also made for Mr. John Murphy, who had been for several months in Mountjoy prison, but was liberated on heavy security. He was not found.

At Castlemartyr the arrival of the Fenians, who included the Midleton party (it is believed), took place about two o clock in the morning. A haggard belonging to Mr. Walker, near the village, was set on fire, it is believed as a ruse, but the police - five men under Constable O Connell, having reconnoitred, thought they saw more than a mere fire in the affair, and declining to render any assistance, returned to their barracks, where they made every preparation to resist an attack. They had not long to wait for it when a large body of men - some say as many as 500, but it was impossible to state accurately, the night was so dark - drew up before the station, after having been directed by some person, in stentorian tones, to go and attack the police station at once. Having arrived before the station, some persons called upon the police to surrender. The party had come in with baggage, all the men seemed to wear haversacks containing provision, and as well as the police could see them

through the windows, they had rifles and fixed bayonets, which they carried "sloped" in true military style. They knocked several times at the door of the barrack, receiving no reply, they commenced firing, the bullets entering pretty thickly through the window shutters, &c. The Fenians called out to the villagers, who looked out of their windows, to keep in their heads. The police returned their fire with interest, and it is thought with effect. The Fenian leader, Timothy Daly (who had come on from Midleton) was found, where the party had departed, lying dead about ten ....................barrack, in the line of retreat. He seemed to have been shot through the body, near his heart. He wore a grey trousers, blue jacket and vest (all plain) and a square-piqued cap. Round his waist was a leather belt and case, intended for a revolver, and over his shoulder was a strong canvas haversack, containing bread. It was fastened with a gilt button, bearing a harp. He had dropped a seven-chamber revolver where he was shot.

The party retreated immediately after Daly was shot and were pursued towards the bridge by the police; but they made a stand, forming a breastwork at the bridge, and the police thought it more prudent to retire to their quarters.

The Fenians are then supposed to have retired towards Killeagh, in which direction the Ballymacoda party would also appear to have gone, failing to meet the Midleton men. Discouraged, it is supposed, at the failure of the attack on the Castlemartyr station, the Ballymacoda and Lady's Bridge parties went off towards Killeagh, whither they were followed by the Midleton and Castlemartyr men, it is believed.

After leaving Castlemartyr, the Fenians called at the houses of the Rev. Mr. Halloran, Mr. Newton, farmer; William Ahern, and Thomas Gould, from all of whom they demanded and obtained arms. They took a pistol from a man named Thomas Hennessy, at Lady's Bridge.

The line of retreat of the united Fenian forces of this district is concluded to cover the hills south of Killeagh, near which the station the railway telegraph wire was cut. The point for which the insurgents are supposed to have departed is Tallow, in the county of Waterford, but beyond Killeagh there are no tidings of them.

About nine o clock this morning a special train was despatched from Youghal, with a detachment of the 67th Regiment to Castlemartyr, but these were withdrawn and sent back to Youghal on the arrival of the 14th from Cork. The latter are now stationed in the village.

The troops in Midleton are stationed in the Market-house. The Constabulary from all the out-stations have been drafted into the central stations at Midleton and Castlemartyr. The police say that some of the insurgents were armed with pikes and scythes.

About seven o clock this morning, a young man, named Thomas Cullinane, rode through this village mounted upon a horse, which one of the coastguard has identified as that ridden by the leader of the Knockadoon Fenians. He was at once arrested, and in his possession were found some coffee, a bag of salt; some biscuits, and 39 bullets. He is supposed to have been proceeding to the Fenian camp. He was conveyed to Midleton, where he is at present confined. The four prisoners arrested in Midleton were brought before a number of magistrates, including Messers. Sampson French, T. Garde, C O Brien, &c., and remanded.

An excise officer, when bringing a wounded policeman to the police station at Midleton, was fired on by mistake, by the police, and the bullets penetrated the brim of his hat and the top of his boot, thus, very nearly depriving him of his life for his good Samaritanism.

The telegraph wires were cut in seven places, between Midleton and Cork, and in several other places between Midleton and Youghal. In one place at this side of Midleton all the wires were torn down for several hundred yards. The Electric Telegraph Company despatched their engineer and a staff of linesmen to repair the breaches, if possible, but they could only succeed in restoring the communication by one wire, which they laid under ground. The connection had scarcely been found, and a message being sent to Cork, when the wire was again cut; but the connection was subsequently restored. The telegraph staff passed through one newly-ploughed field, where they saw such a number of footprints as to lead them to believe a small army had passed over the ground.

The two deaths which have occurred in this district leave fifteen children fatherless. Sub-Constable Sheedy had been twenty

years in the service, and was a man of excellent character. He leaves a wife and seven children.

Daly, the Fenian leader who was shot, was a carpenter by trade. He was a well-built man, five feet seven inches high, and was a person of considerable intelligence. He had long been suspected of complicity in the Fenian movement. He leaves a wife and eight children. A coroner's inquest will be held to-morrow

Another report on the Fenians in the Midleton and Castlemartyr area appears on the same page as the one above. It more or less tells the same tale as the above article but adds:

"At eleven o clock last night large numbers of farm labourers were seen leaving Cloyne, and the farm houses in the neighbourhood, and all tending towards Killeagh, which is supposed to be the place of rendezvous agreed upon for the Fenians in that part of the country....."

PASSAGE - A SHIP BOARDED BY FENIANS - ARREST OF SEVEN PERSONS - SEIZURE OF AMMUNITION - There of Tuesday night was the result of preconcerted arrangements, as we have now accounts of large bodies of men gathering in different parts of the country at about the same time. Passage, which from the very beginning of this Fenian movement, was comparatively free, as far as can be learned, from its machinations, it appears contributed a pretty fair quota to the movement last night. Acting-constable Thompson was on patrol in the neighbourhood of the graveyard, about a mile outside the town of Passage in a southerly direction Tuesday night, when he observed a body of men, numbering as well as could be ascertained in the darkness, about forty moving across the fields in the direction of Rochestown. He immediately returned to the police barrack and reported the matter. Head-constable Hoare, with a party of five men, fully equipped turned out, and having got further information that a large body of men were collecting in a field, half way between Passage and Rochestown, proceeded to that point. They they (sic) were rather surprised to find that the information that they had received was correct, as several hundred men, believed not to be less than three hundred, were seen in the very spot stated, drawn up in military order. Head-Constable Hoare, who exhibited a good deal of tact in the course he pursued, immediately saw that it was useless for the small force under him to attempt to contend

with so large a one, ordered his men to lay in ambush. This they did as near as possible to the rendezvous, and while they waited, which was over half an hour, they distinctly heard drilling going on, the word of command given &c. Having then waited half an hour, the police saw the men breaking up and leaving in parties of threes, fours, and tens. The last party to leave numbered ten and they passed close by where the police laid in ambush. The latter immediately rushed on them, surrounded and succeeded in arresting seven. None of those arrested had any fire arms, ammunition or anything in their possession that would lead one to suppose that they contemplated insurrection.

The names of those arrested are :- William Callawny, ship carpenter; John Dineen, ship carpenter; John Potter, do ; Sylvester Twomey, do; J Hegarty; do J Ahern, house carpenter; and Patrick Hallaran, shoemaker.

As may be imagined, considerable commotion prevailed in Passage yesterday morning, on the hearing of the doings of the previous night, which was no doubt increased by the fact of those arrested being all natives of Passage. Some of them are married and have families depending on them for support. It was stated that a large number of the employees of the Royal Victoria Docks, was missing yesterday morning, but, as usual, in such cases, the facts were greatly exaggerated. We believe only one or two have been missed from the docks, but several young men employed in different occupations about the town left their homes at a late hour on Tuesday night, and have not since returned. A man arrived in Passage yesterday morning at an early hour from Cork and he states that at Douglas bridge he met about 300 men walking in military order towards Passage. They had an advance guard of eight men, who stopped him and demanded some bread (he was driving a bread van) from him. He told them he had none and he was allowed to go his way without molestation. The man proceeded as far as Mr. Robert's house at Ardmore, when he met a smaller body of men, say about forty, but they did not even put a question to him. This body was moving as if to meet the one he had already passed.

Yesterday morning the police proceeded to Ardmore, a short distance outside Passage, the residence of Mr. Roberts, JP., where the Fenians assembled the previous night, and found on the lawn several packages of percussion caps containing in all about 3,000 caps. On further search, about 30 rounds of ball

cartridge suited as well as the caps to the long Minnie rifles were found scattered about the lawn. The grass was very much trampled, which corroborates the statement that a very large number of persons had congregated there. The police returned to the barrack, and deposited there the result of their search.

About 10 o clock am, the son of Acting Constable Thompson was walking through the grave yard, about a mile outside the town, when he observed one of the tomb stones, which was lying flat on the ground, moved about six inches one side exposing to view a coffin. On the lid of the coffin the lad observed a jug, which through curiosity he removed, and found to contain a large number of bullets. He put it back in its place, and went immediately to the police barrack and reported the matter. A party of police then proceeded to the grave yard and seized the bullets. They searched about for some time but could not find any more. The jug was found to contain 480 bullets, cast for the smooth bore Minnine Rifle.

The only instance reported of the Fenians of this district demanding arms, was on board the ship Canada, belonging to Mr. Pim, lying between Passage and Glenbrook. It appears about half past ten o clock on Tuesday night, four men put off from the Ferry Point in a small boat and went alongside this ship. They boarded her, knocked up the watchman, Neill, and demanded arms. Neill, though he was the only person on board the ship, and if it went to a contest would have had but little chance against four men, stoutly refused their request. They then burst in the skylight of the cabin in which he was, and threatened that if he did not surrender all the arms he had in the name of the Irish Republic, which had that night risen all over Ireland, they would kill him. The poor man was quite terrified when he found himself in the hands of four desperate men, holding large bowie knives in their hands, which they said they would use on him, and did not offer them further resistance, but told them he did not know where the arms were, and if they searched the ship they might be satisfied. They did search the ship, but in a very cursory manner, and left without taking any arms. It appears that there were five stands of arms, in excellent condition on board the Canada, with plenty of ammunition, and the fact of the Fenians leaving without finding those shows that their search was not very minute, or that they found the arms, and repenting the step taken, scrupled taking them. Some young men missing from the town are suspected of connection with this

outrage, and informations have been sworn, and warrants issued against them; but up to last night no arrests had been made. The seven young men arrested yesterday morning were removed to the County gaol.

FENIAN EXCITEMENT (From our correspondent) Tralee, Wednesday Evening - Intelligence was received here to-day that the Millstreet railway station was attacked last night, by a party of armed men, who demanded of the night porter the keys to the station. On his refusal to deliver them up, a revolver was placed to his breast, and he was obliged to forego his intention to resist. their demand, and hand over the keys to them. It is stated that the assailants broke the telegraph machine, and took away with them a gun, some pickaxes, and other instruments. This intelligence, combined with the fact that no Dublin mail arrived here this morning, in consequence, it is supposed, of some portions of the Dublin line being pulled up, caused a great deal of excitement and anxiety. The mounted police here were engaged all last night in carrying despatches to the outlying police stations, and not discontinued yet, as some of them were despatched about one o clock to-day to other places for the purpose, it is believed, of calling in again the police of these stations. A common cart, containing several boxes of arms, delivered up under the Arms Act, was brought into Tralee guarded by a strong force of police. The police and military were on the alert all last night. This day the police searched the houses of two shopkeepers for arms, one in Rock-street, and the other in Bridge-street.

THE WEST OF THE COUNTY - No damage has been done to the line of the Cork and Bandon Railway, and the telegraph wires were uninjured as far as Skibbereen.

POLICE OFFICE - THIS DAY - ARREST OF RETURNING FENIANS - Two young fellows named Charles Canty and Richard Keating, about 17 and 19 years respectively, were put forward.

Head-constable Walsh said - On this morning about four o clock these young men were coming down Shandon-street, I was on patrol there with two men and I directed them to search the prisoners. On doing so they found with them two new haversacks, and considering the suspicious circumstances put

them into custody. They were evidently coming from wherever the meeting was last night.

Mr. Cronin - From the Blackpool side?

Head-Constable Walsh - Yes, Sir.

Mr. Cronin - I suppose there were two days provisions in them?

Head-Constable Walsh - There were no provision in them nor was there any appearance of any having................... 

...................her son left the house at a very late hour the previous night. She did not know what took him away. He never went out before. He is employed at O Connor's timber yard, and he was he only support.

Mr. Mullan - There were a great number of young men left their homes last night, who will never return.

Woman - It is usual for young men to go out on Skellig night.

Constable - This young man (the other prisoner) is quite a stranger to me. I found the sack with a little bread in it.

Sub-constable Morrissy deposed - By Head-constable Walsh's directions I searched these young men, and found those haversacks produced. Keating had the sack over his shoulder inside his coat, and Canty inside his waistcoat. They were evidently trying to conceal them. In reply to questions they said they were with the mob in the direction of Blackpool, and that they found the sacks in the fields after the mob went away.

On the application of Head-Constable Walsh, a remand for 8 days was granted, the prisoners to be brought up before that time if possible.

THE FENIAN MOVEMENT - RENEWED ALARMS IN THE SOUTH - For some days rumours of serious character have been freely circulated through the city that an effort would be made by some misguided men connected with the Fenian conspiracy to make a hostile demonstration in the city, but, on making minute enquiries, we are glad to learn, from the most authentic sources, that there did not appear in any police district of the city and suburbs anything to justify the reports which were widely

circulated. But we regret to say that the authorities have received information that efforts would be made to create disturbances in the south, and for the purpose of preventing any insane attempts on the part of Fenian raiders to interfere with the public peace, a large detachment of dragoons were conveyed by train from Mallow to Tipperary, where they arrived in due time. On this day a strong force of infantry was despatched by special train to the Limerick junction of the Great Southern and Western Railway, where they are to remain until further orders. The 48th Regiment, which returned to the Curragh Camp for a few days since, from Killarney, have received orders to be in readiness to proceed to the south at a moment's notice, and the executive have taken measures to concentrate troops at any given point with as little delay as possible should the occasion arise. A man whose capture was eagerly sought for by the police was brought to town (Dublin) last night by the constabulary and lodged in Chancery-lane station house. He was arrested at the Limerick junction on his way to Dublin, and turned out to be no less a person than the functionary known as General Godfrey Massey, who it is stated was invested with great authority, and had been busily engaged for some weeks past at the work of organisation in the western districts of Cork and in Kerry. He had been in the Federal army, and returned to this country from America about two months since. He was forwarded this day under the Lord Lieutenant's warrant to Mountjoy prison. It will be remembered that two men, who gave their names as Jackson and Philips, were arrested by Mr. Superintendent Corr on board the collier New Draper on the 33rd ult., (sic) on their arrival from Whitehaven. Jackson turns out to be M’Afferty, who was tried at the special commission at Cork and was acquitted, and Philips is now identified as "Smuggler Flood", in consequence of his having succeeded some time since in landing a large quantity of arms and ammunition on the northern coast. Henry Quinn, arrested at Ballinasloe on the 28th of February, and Thomas Barr, captured in Stephen's-lane on the same day, with American bills of exchange for a large amount in his possession, are regarded as most important arrests, as, it is stated that M'Afferty, Flood, Massy, Quinn and Barr, were district Fenian organizers, and if permitted to remain at large would do immense mischief. The government, it is said, are kept "well posted" and all the intended moves of "The Brotherhood" are made known by persons who pretend to be most notive and sincere in the movement, and who in reality only trading on the folly and credulity of their dupes.

Cork Examiner, Friday March 8 1867

EDITORIAL - An inquest was held on yesterday at Kilmallock on the body of Mr. Michael Cleary, a young gentleman studying for the medical profession, who was shot dead by a ball from the police-barrack during the conflict at Kilmallock between the Fenians and the police.

An inquest was held on yesterday on the body of Timothy Daly, of Midleton, and leader of the Fenians in their attack upon the police station at Castlemartyr, on which occasion he was killed. The jury found a verdict justifying the police.

Several police stations in Limerick, Tipperary and Clare have been assailed, and several encounters have taken place between the constabulary in these localities and the Fenians with, however, little loss of life. It is thought probably that some of the prisoners will be put on trial during the present Assizes. The great majority of the Fenian prisoners are in personal appearance, mere youths. No doubt to their want of experience may be attributed their participation in a dangerous and palpably hopeless movement. The police in the country districts are being concentrated in anticipation of eventualities. Several Fenians, wounded in an affray with the police near Drogheda, having submitted their wounds at the Infirmary of that town were denied assistance. This was not severe - it was inhuman. The gentry in several localities are quitting their country residences in alarm and flying to the large towns and out of the country for safety. Others are arming their tenantry. Many people have withdrawn their money from Bank. Yesterday detachments of marines and soldiers were embarked for Ireland. Several gunboats are appointed to follow. In answer to an application from the authorities of Cork two vessels conveying seven hundred troops will arrive this day at Queenstown from Southampton. At least half the force will be stationed in the city. Mr. Bourne, manager of the Union Bank, Kilmallock, was last night progressing favourably. All interruption on the railways has ceased and the telegraph is working as usual.

There need be no further apprehension of danger from the Fenian rebellion. It has already ceased to exist. This sudden collapse of the movement was the most fortunate event that could have happened for the men compromised as well as for the country. The prolongation of the insurrection by leading to

additional outrage and greater bloodshed, would simply have entailed upon those engaged in the wanton violation of the law a severer ordeal of punishment when the day of reckoning at length came, as come it surely would sooner or later. In this mind enterprise we have probably seen the end of the Fenian conspiracy, which has hung like a gigantic shadow over the country for the last four years, chilling enterprise and retarding progress. It was not perhaps, possible to have escaped the ordeal through which we have had to pass. The entire country was so surcharged with disaffection that sooner or later there should come an explosion; and all that could be done was to mitigate the consequences. This apparently was the theory on which the government had been acting all along, and the events appear to establish the soundness of the judgement formed on the conspiracy. The insurrection was allowed to come to a head; the leaders were permitted to mature their plans, and by a few simple measures of precaution the entire scheme has almost instantaneously frustrated. The men who left their homes to attempt a wild and hopeless enterprise on Tuesday were possessed of the delusion that in one day they could overthrow the power of Great Britain. The idea had been instilled into their minds by emissaries from the United States until it became a cherished article of belief, not to be disturbed by any argument, save one. Until such time as the revolutionary schemes were attempted to be carried into execution it was impossible to demonstrate to these men the futility of their hopes; but no delusions could be strong enough to survive contact with the realities of the last few hours. The insurrection has not been overpowered by superior military force; it has simply collapsed. The bands of insurgents when once fairly committed to their work found themselves in a state of utter bewilderment. They had no definite plan of action - only some vague impracticable intentions. They were destitute of the power of co-operation, and to each separate party defeat was certain to result in simple annihilation. Then there was no real cohesion amongst the members of the various bands - none of that spirit of confidence and mutual reliance which discipline inspires. Everywhere that the insurgent bands appeared they acted as mere mobs. In Dublin, bodies of them numbering hundreds were dispersed by a few policemen. In the South half a dozen men behind the walls of a police barrack easily defeated assailants immensely superior in numbers. The insurgents seemed quite unprepared for even the slightest resistance and shrank away from it where it was offered. The unsuccessful assaults on the police barracks were

everywhere the signal numerous desertions (sic). The men then, for the first time, appeared to comprehend the nature of the task in which they had entered, began apparently to be sensible of the power with which they had vainly attempted to cope, and became dismayed at their own temerity. On Wednesday morning the insurrection had ceased to be formidable, on the same night for all militant purposes, it ceased to exist; and while we write a few fugitive bands are, we believe, all that remains of the revolutionary army, the organisation of which had been the result of years of patient labour.

Each succeeding manifestation of disaffection in Ireland since the beginning of the present century has been less vigorous and formidable than that which preceded it and we may fairly assume that in the twelve hours insurrection that has closed we have seen the last Irish rebellion. Happily the present movement has not been attended by much disaster; but still it has not passed away without entailing events of the most deplorable character. Outrages have been committed which demand that condign punishment should be inflicted on those who are fairly responsible. The murder of the policeman SHEEDY - an act which has saddened a woman's life, and made orphans of seven helpless children - no one could for a moment attempt to palliate. The death of Dr. CLEARY at Kilmallock, for which indirectly the authors of the rebellion are responsible, is equally to be lamented. A young man of high promise, obeying a chivalrous impulse, was there struck with sudden and violent death; and this event is one of those which are invariably found to accompany civil strife. In other places life has been lost, altogether, we believe, on the side of the insurgents; and though the slain have brought their doom upon themselves in their children, wives, sisters, mothers, we can only see so many innocent sufferers. This is unhappily no new spectacle in Ireland, but surely the repeated lesson ought at last to produce its effect - men ought to see that the whole..............................certain to be repressed, can only entail danger, perhaps death, upon themselves, misery on those they hold close, and simple ruin on the country whose interests they profess to regard.

THE FENIAN RISING - EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY - The effects of the occurrences of the last few days were very visible yesterday in Cork. Trade was generally at a standstill, the only centres of excitement seeming to be the newspaper offices of the city; and towards nightfall the gloominess of the weather, the

early closing of many of the shops, and the almost deserted streets, made the city present the dullest and most cheerless of aspects. It was a wet, cold night, with sleet and slush reigning over all things - one of those occasions when the object of human nature in general seemed to be to get under cover and stop there. All the public houses of the city were closed at six o clock, and from that hour the streets were almost entirely deserted and silent. When a sleet shower began to fall about eight o clock, added to the other wintry and cheerless features of the scene, to think of the Fenians, wherever they might be - out in open fields, on exposed hill sides, or in bleak outlying districts - was almost to pity them; and to be assured, at any rate, that no alarm would come from them that night. Thus the night wore on; and up to the moment of going to press nothing has occurred to break the happy dullness or peaceful security of the city.

The complaints amongst the shopkeepers and merchants of the city were loud and plentiful against the interruption brought upon their business by the present movement. Trade, they say, has entirely stagnated and it will be some time before it recovers its activity again. People indeed, feel indisposed to enter actively into their ordinary avocations amongst the hundreds of startling rumours floating about the city, and indeed to say truth, the real palpable events they are cognisant are taking place around them. It will thus, probably, even after the suppression of the present emeute, - and, so far as yesterday was concerned, from all accounts, it is dead already - take some time before the troubled waters of public life in the city will be restored to their former equanimity, or that things will progress in their usual steady work-a-day fashion amongst us.

The events of yesterday in the city itself were virtually nil. Since Tuesday night, the attitude of preparation has been maintained by the authorities. The body of 150 men of the 60th Rifles remains posted in the Protestant Hall, on the South Mall - that is, in the centre of the commercial and banking quarter of the city. These men remain under arms all night; and as the Mayor's office, in which his worship and about a half-a-dozen other magistrates have remained up till a late hour for the past two, nights, is only two doors distant from the Hall, it will be understood that there is perfect readiness to meet any assault that may be expected in that quarter. In addition to the troops now in the city, it is expected that 700 marines from Southampton will arrive in Queenstown this day, the Government

having telegraphed to the Mayor to that effect, in answer to an application sent forward by the magistrates. This message, as well as the military and naval despatches from this city, was forwarded to England by sea, owing to the unsafe state of the railway, the despatches being taken over by the gunboat Helicon. Preparations are being made to accommodate whatever quota of these forces will be stationed directly in the city, in the Protestant Hall and Cat Fort. The application of the Mayor and magistrates, we may mention, was for infantry and cavalry, but it is supposed the marines were the force most convenient to be sent here at present. Two regiments are expected to arrive shortly, to reinforce the troops at present in the barracks. The regiments are the 92nd Highlanders from Dublin and the 48th Regiment from the Curragh.

Amongst the incidents that occurred on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to testify to the extraordinary nature of the present movement, the deliberate and almost infatuated way in which it seems to have been joined by a large class of young, inexperienced men to whose hopes and prospects in life it would appear to offer entire destruction, is one of the most remarkable. We have already described the parties of men who, it would appear made the north of the city their rendezvous and afterwards tore up the railway track at Rathduff. These, it would seem from the statements reported as having been made by returned members of the party, were to proceed the entire or greater part of the way to Mallow, when they expected to meet another party much stronger than themselves. It seems, however, that the greater number of those who started out on this expedition soon got tired of it, and that many of them returned to their homes yesterday and the day before. In the south of the city it would appear that something almost exactly similar took place. On Tuesday night, it is said, about 300 or 400 young men left the south side of the city in small batches, and reassembled outside the suburbs, expecting to be met by a boy of 500 Fenians from the district of Passage and Carriagaline. There were only, as the story goes, met by fifty or sixty men, and whatever mighty design the united party was to carry out, it would appear then collapsed. A great number of those who are said to have thus left returned to the city and to their employment the next day. The last rumour in this part of the city yesterday evening had it that about three o clock in the day the greater part of this body of men had reassembled and marched out of the city somewhere - it is not stated where. It is said that a

great many of those who left their homes represented themselves as being coerced to go - that they couldn’t help it. Amongst their own friends it would appear the young men who left eh city made no concealment of their intention to do so; and that their openness on the subject has been the cause of bitter scenes in many of the poor families of the city.

The telegraph wires worked all right through to Dublin and England last night. A large staff remains in Cork ready to be despatched to any spot where their services may be required on the shortest notice.

There are many wild rumours flying about the city about captures and arrivals of arms in it, belonging to the Fenians; but these are for the most part the merest offshoot of fancy. The report which at the latest hour last night or this morning could be made from enquires at the police stations, the Mayor's office, was that the city and the adjoining district was perfectly quiet, and that no disturbances were apprehended.

The following are, as well as we could learn, the names of the prisoners at present confined in the County Gaol arrested in connection with this outbreak:-  John Callaghan, carpenter, and James Callaghan, his brother; John Barry, a fitter; Daniel Santry from Bandon; William Lane, labourer, Thomas Keeffe, labourer; Patrick Lyons, carpenter; James Burns; Patrick Drinan, labourers; John Murphy, John Sullivan, Patrick Greany, a native of Belfast; Garret Arundel, from Bandon; George Bowen, from Kinsale; Michael Daly, a military man; Thos. Huddy, weaver; a labouring man named Singleton, employed at the Midleton distillery; Thomas Cullinane, Rd. Keating, Wm. Callaway, ship carpenter; J. Dineen, do; John Patten, do; Sylvester Twomey, do; J. Hegarty, do; J. Ahern, house carpenter; Patrick Halloran, shoe maker; Thomas Canty, and the four men of the party who burned the police station at Ballynockin, whose names we have not yet ascertained.

Yesterday at four o clock two companies of the 60th accompanied by a city magistrate, scoured Dodge's Glen, situate a short distance to the rere of the barracks, in search of pike heads, on information received that several thousand of those weapons were con-...............................................for over an hour, was rewarded by the finding of a solitary pike-head, which was

immediately taken and deposited in the barrack armoury. The belief of arms being secreted in this glen is supposed to have arisen from the fact of a number of men gathering to the rere of it on Tuesday night.

On Tuesday night between 10 and 11 o clock, a body of men, numbering at least one hundred marched past Callanan's Tower, at the south end of the city, and before reaching the gate leading to the tower gardens, the leader of the party, which from his accent and appearance, as well as could be discerned in the dark, is believed to be an American, challenged a man standing there as sentry "is all right ahead". The sentry said "yes" and then the leader gave the order "quick march and don't mind sloping arms". The men immediately obeyed the order and marched in regular military style. It is believed that the sentry here spoken is one of a number who were posted to warn their companions if any danger was near. A person who saw the movement of this body did not believe at first they were Fenians, they were marched so regularly, being in doubt as to whether they were military or police.

On yesterday the Mayor called at the establishments of the gunsmiths of the city and requested of them to pack in cases any surplus arms or ammunition that may be in stock. The request was most readily complied with, and at about dusk a company of the 71st Highlanders, accompanied by Mr. Honan, JP., went round to the establishments and removed the cases to the barrack armoury. The guns consisted principally of the new Snider breech-loader and the Enfield rifle. The gunsmiths have now in their possession only such a stock of arms and ammunition as is absolutely necessary for their business. Two constables of police have been placed in each of the gunsmiths' establishments in the city to protect the remaining property.

SEIZURE OF SIXTY PIKES IN BLACKPOOL - A large seizure was made yesterday in Blackpool. It appears a girl was picking cinders, quite near the opening of a sewer, adjacent to the Cork Flax Mill, when she observed a pole lying in the sewer. She took it out and found it to be a pike. Information was immediately sent to the nearest police station, and a party of police arrived on the spot. They searched the sewer, and in a few minutes found no less than sixty pikes, all of which had handles of about fifteen feet long. They are exactly of the same description as those

seized in other parts of the country. As may be imagined, the seizure caused no little excitement through Blackpool.

EMIGRATION OF ALLEGED FENIANS - Two alleged Fenians named Gilmartin and Callaghan emigrated yesterday by the Inman steamer City of Baltimore. Gilmartin belonged to Westmeath and Callaghan to Galway. Both had been confined in Mountjoy prison under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act.

THE BOARDING OF THE SHIP AT PASSAGE - The parties suspected of boarding the ship Canada lying between Passage and Glenbrook on Tuesday night are still at large.

THE DISPOSAL OF THE FENIAN PRISONERS - The officer in command of the military detachment having made an information that he found the prisoners in armed insurrection against her Majesty's government, formally remanded them on a charge of high treason - D. E. Mail

FENIAN ASSAULT NEAR MALLOW - Yesterday morning, while an official in the employment of the Telegraph Company, was engaged in mending the wires at a little distance from Mallow, he was set upon by a mob of some 30 persons who threatened to shoot him if he did not immediately desist from repairing the wires. The man was compelled to obey, and returned to Mallow, where he informed the stipendiary magistrate, who sent a force of 30 dragoons to escort him to the place where he had been interrupted, but upon the arrival of the escort no Fenians were visible and the man completed his occupation under the protection of the cavalry. The wires are now in full working order.

RESULTS OF THE RISING - The gentry in several localities have left their country residences and fled to the cities and out of Ireland from fear of the Fenians. One instance of the universal apprehension which the rising has created among the wealthier classes, and from which evil to the country must more or less inevitably follow, will be sufficient. On yesterday a gentleman who had visited Cork on business only the evening before, and who is a very extensive landholder as well as the owner of a large property between Charleville and Kilmallock, received an urgent telegram from his relatives at home entreating him to return immediately, as their suspense and apprehension in his absence were intolerable.

MIDLETON - THE MURDER OF SUB-CONSTABLE SHEEDY - THE INQUEST - DISCOVERY OF PIKES AND SCYTHES - Mr. Henry Barry, coroner of the district, attended at Midleton yesterday, at eleven o clock, and empanelled the following jury, before whom to hold an inquest touching the death of Sub-Constable Sheedy, who was shot during the encounter between the patrol and the Fenians in Midleton on Tuesday night.

Denis M'Carthy (foreman), Martin Delany, Daniel Sisk, Maurice Brien, Maurice Quirk, John Laughton, John Kenneally, John Grady, Edmond Barry, Thos. Prendeville, Michael Ronayne, Wm. Ahern, Wm. J. Pugh, Hamilton Cott, and Barry Durham.

The Coroner said it was to facilitate business he now swore them in, that they might view the body of the deceased prior to the inquest, which would open on to-morrow (this) morning, at whatever hour they should agree upon. He was now to proceed to Castlemartyr to hold an inquest there.

It was then arranged that the enquiry should commence at the Midleton Courthouse at half past nine o clock the following morning, and the jurors were bound under a penalty to attend at the time and place.

The body of the deceased policeman has been examined by Dr. Walsh, and the bullet extracted. It was a rifle bullet, and was battered, the wooden plug still attaching to it. There appears to be some doubt as to the hand by which the sub-constable lost his life. One supposition is that the bullet which, discharged from Daly's revolver, wounded O Donnell in the back of the head, glanced thence to the person of Sheedy and caused his death, but this supposition would appear to be displaced by the fact that the bullet extracted from the body of Sheedy is a rifle bullet.

Yesterday morning a party of police, under Sub-Inspector Wyse and Head-Constable Rearden, proceeded to a quarry at a few hundred yards from the town of Midleton, on the road which the Fenians took to Castlemarty, and there found in a bag six pike-heads, manufactured of steel files, sharpened at the point and edges; and five scythe-blades (three of them perfectly new) which had been cut short and prepared at the end for attaching to shafts. They were highly sharpened and are a most formidable weapon. They were removed to the police station. The military

remain in Midleton, but they have been transferred from the Town Hall to the Workhouse. The constabulary force has been considerably strengthened. The town is now perfectly tranquil, as it has been during the past two days, and the nervous apprehension of the townspeople has much abated. Several of those who are supposed to have been with the insurgents have returned to their employments.

CASTLEMARTYR - KNOCKADOWN. THE DEMANDS OF ARMS - Castlemartyr was last evening perfectly quiet. The military were still quartered there, but all apprehension of further insurrectionary movement had not so much completely subsided as to admit to the withdrawal of the troops. There is still a considerable conflict of opinion as to the actual strength of the party which entered the village and attacked the police station - the police being of opinion that they were quite four hundred strong - while some residents of the locality who saw them, say that they were not more than a fifth of that number. The darkness of the night rendered it difficult to judge of their force. It is not, however, improbable, that they counted some hundreds and it seems also pretty certain that they had baggage in their rere. It would appear that, on arriving at the bridge, the Fenians halted, and their commander (who is supposed to have been an Irish-American), ordered a detachment of about twenty to advance and attack the police station. This party was probably led by Daly, whose existence was so sadly terminated. It is by some thought not improbable that several of the Fenians were wounded and brought to the baggage cart in the rere. Their forming a front after retreating beyond the bridge is doubted, and it is suggested they merely withdrew beyond the shelter of the house to avoid the bullets of the police, which were whizzing down the street.

The Ballymacoda party who acked(sic) the Knockadoon coastguard station, are known to have been led by an American officer named M'Clure, in whose name as commanding the second division of Fenian infantry in Cork, a note of protection was given to a person near Blarney. At Killeagh a number of working men are said to be absent from their houses but the place is peaceful. It is believed that a considerable number of the amalgamated Fenian forces of the Castlemarty, Cloyne and Midleton districts, dispersed after retreating beyond Killeagh, and returned quietly to their houses. A thousand little stories, more or less sympathetic or malicious in their spirit, are in

circulation here, some indicative of devotion and endurance, and others of cowardice on the part of the insurgents. Having regard to all appearances in the district, there seems to be a general disposition to return to peaceful pursuits, although it is within the range of possibility that further disturbance may take place.

THE ATTACK UPON THE POLICE STATION AT CASTLEMARTYR - THE INQUEST ON THE FENIAN LEADER, DALY (Excerpts from) - "Mr Henry Barry, district Coroner, held an inquest yesterday, at Castlemartyr, on the body of Timothy Daly, who is believed to have led the party of Fenians that attacked the police station at Castlemartyr on Tuesday night, and who died from one of the shots fired by the police. Mr. Philip O Connell, Sessional Crown Prosecutor, attended by direction of the Executive.

The following jury was sworn, and proceeded to view the body:- Daniel F Murphy, foreman, Kennagh Connell, John Donovan, Thomas Garde, Andrew Wall, Richard Ronayne, Thomas Goold, Patrick Ronayne, William Coleman, John Walsh, Daniel Keeffe, Thomas Ahern, Joshua Hannan, and William Ahern."

"Michael Brown, sub-constable, stationed at Castlemartyr, examined by Mr O Connell - I have been about three years in the constabulary. I was stationed in Midleton before I came here. I have viewed the body of the deceased. I knew him. I knew him while in Midleton. I identify the body as that of Timothy Daly, of the Chapel Road, Midleton, carpenter. I was in the Castlemartyr barrack on the morning of the 6th inst. when the barrack was attacked. The body upon which this inquest is being held is the same that was found outside the barrack that morning."

"Ultimately the jury signed the following verdict- "We find that the said Timothy Daly, on the morning of Wednesday, the sixth day of March, 1867, in the street of Castlemartyr, opposite the constabulary barrack, from a gunshot wound of which he died, but from whom we cannot say; and from all the information on the matter we find that the constabulary were justified in firing on the party. The enquiry then terminated. The remains of the deceased were then handed over to his relatives, and the funeral took place, being chiefly attended by women, who set up a most heart-rending caoine.”

Cork Examiner, Saturday March 9, 1867

THE ATTACK UPON THE POLICE AT MIDLETON - INQUEST ON THE BODY OF SUB-CONSTABLE SHEEDY (excerpt from) - "Midleton, Friday. - The inquest concerning the death of Sub-constable Patrick Sheedy, (who was shot dead by the Fenians here on Tuesday night), was held in the Midleton Courthouse, at half past nine o clock this morning before Mr. Henry Barry, Coroner, and the following jury, which had been empanelled the previous morning:- Denis M'Carthy, (foreman), Martin Delany, Daniel Sisk, Maurice Brien, Maurice Quirk, John Laughton, John Kennealy, John Grady, Edmond Barry, Thos. Prendiville, Michael Ronayne, Wm. Ahern, Wm. J. Pugh, Hamilton Cott, and Barry Durham. There was scarcely one person unconnected, officially or professionally, with the enquiry present. Mr. EF Ryan, RM.; Mr. T Garde, JP.; and the Rev. Dr. Quarry occupied seats upon the Bench. Mr. Wyse, Sub-Inspector of the district was also present. Mr. P O Connell, Sessional Crown Prosecutor, attended on behalf of the crown. The jurors having answered to their names, the first witness was called.

Patrick Greany, acting-constable, stationed at Midleton who deposed - I was out on patrol on the night of Tuesday, the 5th March, and under my command, I had the deceased, Patrick Sheedy, Sub-constable O Donnell, and Sub-constable O Brien. We went out about half-past nine o clock. We went first to the Main-street, up as far as Dr. Johnson's house, across the Cork-bridge, and a little on the Cork road. We then turned back and walked up to Mr. Green's gate leisurely. I never expected what occurred. O Donnell and myself were in front, and Sheedy and O Brien in rere. We remained there in ambush for a few minutes. Before this, I saw some people at the bridge. I spoke to them, and asked them to go home. They said they would.

A Juror - Did you know any of them?

Coroner - Just wait a while. We'll go on with the direct evidence first. (To Mr. O Connell) - Unless you consider it important.

Mr. O Connell - We must find it out. It will be of immense consequence bye and bye.

Witness - The first thing I noticed was a number of persons coming up towards us from the Main-street.

Mr. O Connell - To the best of your belief how many were there?

Witness - To the best of my belief, about forty persons, in regular marching order. I first noticed a man marching in front of the party, to the right hand. He stepped forward and called out to us to surrender in the name of the Irish Republic. That man was Timothy Daly, who is now dead. He then caught Sub-constable O Donnell's rifle with one hand.

Coroner - With what hand?

Witness - I can't tell whether it was his right or his left. He had something in the other hand, which he presented at O Donnell. They had a tussle for the rifle. I then saw the party come round, making a circle, so as to cover the police, and they fired a volley.

Coroner - You were alongside the wall?

Witness - Yes, sir. The circle was formed by the men heading straight across about the centre of the road. They formed a circle (or semi-circle) of about eight or ten yards.

Mr. O Connell - When you say they fired a volley, about how many shots would you say?

Witness - To the best of my belief there was about forty shots fired.

Mr. O Connell - Together? - Yes, together.

Coroner - Were they instantly fired?

Witness - At once, sir. As soon as Daly caught the rifle.

Mr. O Connell - Did you observe what sort of firearms they had?

Witness - I could not say, sir.

Mr. O Connell - Could you say whether they were rifles, carbines or revolvers?

Witness - I could not say, sit, it was so dark. I saw them presenting.

Coroner - What followed then? - We turned then towards the Chapel road, the four of us.

Coroner - Did you run? - Yes Sir. - Then deceased must have run with you?

Witness - Yes, sir, for a short distance, after which I heard the deceased say "Oh, oh, oh." He ran for a short distance, after which I saw him drop his rifle. He was about ten or twelve yards. I left him after.................................................................mark was left on the knee (shows it). I also felt the cap turn on my head, and in the morning I found the cap perforated (cap produced). When going up the Chapel Road, several shots were fired after me. I went up as far as the smith's house. I also found my pouch bored, or the edge of it battered and damaged; I found inside that the pouch had prevented the ball going through me. It was marked, I think, from a ball.

Coroner - You had a very narrow escape, at all events. Where did you go then?

Witness - I went down through the fields by the river, and took a shelter in a little house belonging to Mr. Green, where I remained till six in the morning, when I asked Mr. Green to go with me. I met O Brien on my road and brought him with me. I asked O Brien was he loaded and he said not. I then told him to load and fix his bayonet.

Coroner - Did any of you return the fire?

Witness - I did, sir, up near the Chapel Cross.

Coroner - At a blank object?

Witness - Yes, sir, at random.

Mr. Ryan, RM - I am glad you asked that, Mr. Coroner, because an impression has gone abroad, which I know to be very erroneous, that they went out without ammunition.

Mr. O Connell - On ordinary patrols are you loaded?

Witness - No, sir.

Mr. O Connell - And this was an ordinary patrol you went out upon that night?

Witness - Yes, sir.

Mr O Connell - And therefore you were not loaded?

Witness - No, sir.

Mr. O Connell - Then at the time of the attack upon you, and the discharge of the volley, you were not loaded?

Witness - No, sir. We had not time to load. We had our ordinary ammunition out, so that if we had time, we could have loaded.

Coroner - You had no previous expectation of the attack?

Witness - No, sir.

Mr. O Connell - Were you inspected by your superior officer - you and your ammunition - in accordance with the usage of the service, before you went out? - Yes, sir. Where was it you loaded? - At the cross, sir, and subsequently when I got into the fields. Did you know whether the party who attacked you at the bridge had dispersed, when you got into the fields; or did you know what way they had gone? - I did not know, sir. I thought they would have gone towards Ballinacurra.

Mr. Ryan - In point of fact, he thought they were following him.

Mr. O Connell - When Daly called on you to surrender in the name of the Irish Republic, did you refuse? - I did not say a word, sir. I was stunned. The seizure of the rifle took place immediately. It was while the tussle was going on about the rifle that the volley was discharged.

A Juror (Mr. Barry) - Then Daly was in as much danger from the shots as you were?

Witness - No, for the attacking party had formed a circle so as to put Daly in his right place again.

Coroner - You and your men were standing near the gate where I saw the marks of the bullets? - Yes, sir. The circle was formed round, half the road across, and from that circle - am I right in stating the firing took place? - Yes.

A Juror - Was it at the time the volley was fired Sheedy received the wound?

Witness - Yes. That was the time I heard him say "Oh, oh", and saw him drop his rifle.

Coroner - Which were they opposite the Bank or opposite Mr. Ashlin's house?

Witness - Opposite the red house, sir.

Coroner - Because one of the shots appears to have perforated the gate obliquely, and the others are flat against the wall.

By a Juror - Did you and your party, when coming from the bridge, call at the barrack? - Yes. - Who did you see? - The Head-constable - For what did you call there? - I told him of the persons who were knocking about the town - What did the Head-constable say? - He told me to knock about the town as usual.

Mr. Wyse, SI - Did he say "knock about town"?

Witness - He said to patrol about town, as usual.

Mr. Wyse - Exactly. I would be ashamed to head a Head-constable tell his men to "knock about the town".

Juror - Did you think those persons were likely to do you harm?

Coroner - You see he said before, he did not apprehend anything of the kind. - To a Juror - It was 'Skellig Night' and upon that night persons are in the habit of knocking about.

A Juror did not see why they should go into this man's conduct on the occasion. He had a superior officer who would attend to that. The jury, he thought, had only to enquire into the death of the deceased.

Mr. O Connell - You are quite right, sir.

Coroner - Well, gentlemen, the question is whether after what this man has stated you are satisfied with his evidence upon it. If you are, we'll give you the doctor's.

A Juror - Just so. There is no use occupying all our time all day.

The Coroner expressed his surprise that more of the police had not been shot. A Juror said he thought it was alleged Daly had shot Sheedy.

Mr. O Connell - It is not certain at all. There was another investigation yesterday, which showed that it could not have been the shot fired by Daly killed Sheedy.

The Coroner said it was a satisfaction to know that the unfortunate man who was shot was the person who had the tussle.

Mr. O Connell - That is the reason why his name was mentioned. Because he was no more.

Coroner - Exactly so.

Edmund Crowley, labourer, residing at Chapel Road, Midleton, was next examined. He deposed he had not gone to bed, on Tuesday night, when he heard the alarm, and he went out with another young man to see what it was. They went down the town, and saw a man stretched upon the path. They did not at that time know who it was; they thought it was a drunken man. His legs were in the channel, and his body lying across the path. They then went to see who it was, and by his clothes they knew him to be a policeman. They went to a house for a light, and returning with it found the man lying on the path was the deceased. He was lying partly on the side, but his face was inclined to the ground.

Mr. O Connell - It was singular that Daly was found in a similar position.

Coroner - Was he quite dead? - We fancied he was warm, but he had no breath in him as far as we could make out. We went and called the priest then, who was at Mr. Coppinger's. By direction of the priest, we went for the doctor. I then assisted in taking him to the barrack.

Mr. O Connell - From the first time you saw the body until you accompanied it to the barrack, were there any symptoms of life at all?

Witness - No, sir. When the doctor came, he said he was dead. I knew the deceased for a long time.

Coroner - I believe a quieter or milder policemen never was in the force?

Witness - That is the character of him, sir. - To a Juror - I did not hear a shot fired at the Chapel Cross. It could have been fired without my hearing it. - To Mr. O Connell - I saw some person coming down from the Chapel Cross, but I could not say whether it was a policeman or not. From what Constable Greany says, I think it must have been him. - To the Coroner - The deceased was married, and leaves a wife and seven children.

Mr. Wyse - All very young, too."

APPREHENSION OF DISTURBANCE IN MIDLETON - FIRE AT KILLEAGH - ARRESTS IN YOUGHAL (From our special reporter) - MIDLETON, Friday evening - As I stated in my telegraph to you, to-day, there has been no actual disturbance here since the collision between the police and insurgents on Tuesday night, but an ill-defined apprehension of further violence is still somewhat prevalent here. The fear seems to have received strength from information that is said to have reached the police that their station would be attacked last night, and that hand grenades would be used in the attack. Every possible precaution was taken, and in the deserted state of the town at an early hour one might see some indication of the prevalent feeling. The seventy men of the 14th Regt., who have been quartered in the workhouse, were divided, half the party being placed under arms in the Town Hall. The police barricaded their station-house with the utmost care, and lights were put out at an early hour. The bridewell, where the four prisoners recently arrested are confined was also guarded. Much of this apprehension was probably created by the fact that the remains of Daly, the deceased Fenian (who was shot at Castlemartyr) had been brought to Midleton to be waked at his father's house and a number of his friends had gathered there. They were, however, chiefly females. A gentleman passing through the town, about eleven o clock, met a man wrapped up very suspiciously, half his

face being concealed and he carrying something under his arm, which could not be distinguished in the dark. He scanned the gentleman closely as he passed, but said nothing. As soon as the echo of the gentleman's footfall seems to have reached the Town-hall, he was astonished to see two heads appear at each window, and several gun-barrels levelled at him. As soon, however, as his figure could be more closely observed, they were withdrawn. The night passed over without the slightest disturbance. The sledge hammer and crow-bar found near the bank, this morning are connected by the police with the disappearance of blocksmith (sic) from the town.

Rumours were in circulation here, to-day, that two persons who had been occupied respectable positions in the town, and who have disappeared, had been arrested - one at Mallow and the other at Cashel.

At Killeagh there was a fire last night, which may have been accidental, but which is (as all casualties now are) attributed to Fenianism. About ten o clock a large rick of hay containing about sixty tons, and valued at £200 in the haggert of Mr. Hayes, publican, was discovered on fire, at the angle nearest the wind. The flames spread rapidly, and all the townspeople, of every class, came and assisted most eventually in extinguishing the flames, and preventing their extension to a large rick of straw, which stood within a few feet of it. The hay was completely-consumed, but the other property was preserved in a manner most providential. Supposing the fire to have been the work of the Fenians, the only explanation offered is that Mr. Hayes complied the previous day, with a requisition for a cart to convey the baggage of the local constabulary to Castlemartyr, where they were transferred. There had, however, for the preceding twenty-four hours, been no indication of the presence of any hostile party in the neighbourhood and the town was peaceful, and its inhabitants disposed towards Mr. Hayes. I am glad to learn the hay was insured.

This evening, two men named Coonly, brothers, masons, were arrested in Youghal, having it is said, been amongst the armed party who visited Castlemartyr on Wednesday morning. They were brought in here by a constabulary escort, and lodged in the bridewell. The other four prisoners at present confined here have been remanded till Wednesday next, but may be dealt with in the interval upon instructions from Dublin Castle.

Lord Fermoy telegraphed to Major-General Bates to ascertain whether a party of soldiers could be sent to Trabolgan to protect (should that become necessary), his lordship's residence. The reply was to the effect that he was not authorised to detach small bodies of troops for the protection of private residences.