The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-13 00:00:00

SALE OF GOVERNMENT WAR VESSELS.

Another sale of Government war vessels was held yester-
day at Lloyd's Captains' Rooms, Royal Exchange, when
the following prices were realised :—The screw steamship
Agamemnon, 3,102 tons, 600-horse power, £10,300 (Mr.
Harding). The paddle-wheel steam vessel Carado, 660
tons, 350-horse power, £2,750 (Jones, Liverpool). The
screw steamship Centurion, 2,590 tons, 400-horse power,
£B,OOO (Lethbridge, Plymouth). The screw sloop Cordelia,
579 tons, 150-horse power, bought in at £2,500. The
screw gun-vessel Spida, 233 tons, 60-horse power, £B5O
(Marks). The screw gun-vessel Steady, 425 tons, 8-horse
power, £1,600 (Dolley) ; and the paddle-wheel steam-
vessel Adrice, £725 (Stack). There was a large attendance
of shipowners and others from various parts of the
kingdom. The sale 'will be resumed and concluded to-
morrow, when five more vessels will be offered.

It is expected that the Prince of Wales will attend a
grand provincial meeting of the Freemasons of Hun-
tingdonshire and Northamptonshire, to be held on the
19th instant, under the presidency of the Duke of Man-
chester.

This afternoon a man named Neal, a nurseryman at
Banbury, was found in one of his gardens with his brains
blown out. There was a gun recently discharged at his
side, but it is not known whether his death was caused by
accident or design.

The negotiations for the sale of the Waterford and
Limerick Railway to the Great Southern and Western

Railway Company, have been renewed, and it is likely
the directors of both companies will agree to terms. The
sale will be opposed by various public bodies in Water-
ford.

Captain Maunsell, a supporter of Mr. Osborne, in the
late election for Waterford, who made serious charges
against the clerk of the Waterford Union, in connection
with the Waterford Election Petition, has withdrawn his
letter to the Poor-law Commissioners. He wrote, " I
uhould not have preferred the charges had I known the
facts of the case." The clerk of the union, who has
brought an action for libel against Captain Maunsell,
pronounces the letter unsatisfactory, and announces his
intention to proceed with his case.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN IRELAND

Another attempted assassination in the county of
Westmeath attests the desperate character of the
Riband system in that county. As Mr. Hickson,
sub-inspector of constabulary, was driving to Castle
Pollard on Wednesday, in company with a clergyman,
who had been dining with him at a friend's house
after attending a fair, a shot was fired at them, and
some pellets were lodged in the tax cart in which
they were seated. Fortunately, both gentlemen
escaped unhurt.
By telegram we learn that the attack on Mr. Hick-
son occurred within two miles of Castle Pollard. He
left his house there about ten o'clock, in the tax
cart, with a friend; they proceeded but a short
distance, and were slowly ascending the hill, when
the volley of shot was discharged by three men
standing on the bank close beside them. The
night was clear, and their escape was marvellous.
One shot grazed the backboard of the tax cart within
a few inches of them. Another shot entered the
felloe of the wheel, and the third passed through
the dashboard, between their legs. After the first
volley two more shots were fired, happily without
effect.