The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-13 00:00:00

Free list suspended. - Prices as usual.

RiAU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY,
d 18s. per gallon, is very superior to recent importations
1:4 COgnaC. recommende b th medical profession, and ex-
ensively used In hospitad ls.y Ins bottles, 3is. per d ozen. or in
_?lfie 395., railway carriage paid.—HENRY BR PITT and
',J., Old Fernival's Distiliery, Holborn, E.G , and 30, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829.

" THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY."
TrHE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression
of the Colonial M tr,cets enables the " b. AST MITA.
Tk.A. COMPANY" to offer TEAK LOWER TTTA.N EVER.
81x Pounds of Good Tel. for 6s. M. can't be dear.
The Company's KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really
delklotts.
9, Great S. Helen's Chtmhyard, Tlishopsgate-
street, Jan. 1, 1867.

DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
BELFAST,

Ls regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

"V.lt." lETSIT WHISKY.
I)UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.
London Offices and Stores,
13EATTFOR.T.BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C.
Established 1808. Quotations on application.

JA.NIES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Tv Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
World."—Loedon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C.,
tlext the "
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3-AMES D ALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork,
heir
to announce that they are able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cas,la, and
.9 take orders In bond ar d for exportation, at their offices. 7,
rrintine-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the
Muare not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies
brine the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets. as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of
Commerce of Victoria," by which It will be seen that their
whiskies fetch 6d. per eallon and Is. per case over the next
best, and Is. 611 per gallon and ss. Bd. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve.v old
Inellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
Casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the
most reasonable terms.

Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps,
UGLINESSand BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet
th_ descriptive ot articlesani means used for imoroving
aPpearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn,
7udon.

SPANISH FLY ig the acting ingredient in
semuoeALEX. ROSS'S
nd CANTHARIDES
6d OIL. whioh speedily
o.S whiskers a thickens hair, 3s ,5s 6d, and 10s 6d;
h" by post for 51, 84, and 144 mumps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
701 Holborn. London, and all Chemist&

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
Thi in one day by intim ALEX. ROSS'S CFIIROPO.
Preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours,
s:2loving the veryroot. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps.
High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

EtAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
4tt„,„ London.—ALES. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
el' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is spoiled. Sold
66, Ss &1. and lOs 6d ; sent free for 51, 81. and 144 stamps.
-11a1 of all Chemists.

GREY HAIR.--248, High Holborn, London.-
1147 ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
tqre'llately it is need. It is permanent, and perfectly
'4, na-
(01,1., in effe .t. Price :is ,is 6(I, and Ms 6d ; sent by post 81, and 141 stamps ;lid and all Chemists.

HAIR DESTROYER. -248, High Holborn,
Lndon.—ALE.OS'S removes
to"ejfiuonos hair from the ass
neck. andDEPILATORY arms, without effect
t 4, 14 stamos." Skin. Price
Fiad of 'dl Che 3s fid Sel,
mists.and 10s 6d; sent for 51, 41,
'

PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
Dt,...rikin are imoroved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
10,jr;TAFILE SKIN PILLS. They remove rednegg, gal-
,./471ye1113. Ste. 2a 9d and 7g 0d ; or Dog for 40 and 100 stamps.
kint'all:X. ROSS, 245, Hi4h Holborn, London. and all Che-

ITAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
op to head with this betutifullj-nerfnme I Wash, in seven
An 64 days the hair assumes its nrizinal colour, end remains
kwo'tri occsional usity-r. los ; sent for stamps.—AL
244, Hirrh Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

1417-1 BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the
ortli the lIONTMOpATHIC HOSPITAL wish to
attention of their frt,-nds t its position—du/tour, the
hie d Year the beds have been almost constantly filled, and
rain on Vie resources of the Hospital has canspouentiy
Iht 'neat. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of
Kathy,th both in town and countty, will rally round
„1111"1,-",st and thus prevent the necessity of enriailinz the use-
Zilit'„l'a of the Hospital by the admission of fewer talents
Pro:'ettIPTIONS earnestly needed. Bankers Nteit,rs.
41,1„."tt and Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank,
Reg Co.,
ent-street.
JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk.
52. Great Ormond-street, W.C.

0).1-1,1Z SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN and their
°I 4 go"tE %TED WIDOWS and ORPHANS. —Uow.irds
~tThAßritssh vesse's are annually wrecked, about 2 000 of
ra on the Brirish Isles !
no part of the coast where the SHIPWRECKED
''.'er;,.`",llB' SOCIETY is not represented bY an Hon.
who es (when naked) and sends to their homes
deerso44:reek ins of all n Wonp and is the channel of its
TheLY fo the bereaved wi low. and orphans of the drowned.
ea, .00mmittee earnestly APPS L for r.r. The dig-
(let yie always insrant. The ';zociety relieved 11,221 persons
1,1.)44?:, viz , shipwrecked men, widows, and orphans.
'Nit., 'lions and subscriptions thankfully received by Messrs.
vri, Deacon, and Co.; and by the unilersigned,
FRANCIS EA N, Secretary
"-,4lberllia-chambers, London-bridge S.E.
IMF _rtif: ' RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
-0111- to el 2 now oeration. Last ear no ewer 455 13 'lt of , ~^or. thfriendless,in younp y
„ Th
g females were reiectedf tom
UNDS and room, makin,a total of 3,087, who have
'the *may in fire years
apP home the Commlitee wish to form would be for
b alrrtoot chil.l;en, frfun the aze of to 15, who
ii,t(!otiteriel) le.d a.stray from the path of virtue.
k OUtlOlllB Win be rewired gratefully by the Secretary,
ukrolaaiel Cooper, 85. Queen .screet,Chcapside; or by Messrs
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No. 23,323.

NEW NOVEL BY LADY CHARLES THYNNE.
Now reaiy at all the Libraries, in 2 vole, 215.,
FFTHE L I N E.
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Now ready. In 2 vols., Bvo., with Illustrations, 308.,

FIFTH EDITION OF NEW AMERICA,
By WILLIAM lIEPWoRTH DIXON.

"There are few books of this season likely to excite so
much general curiosity as Mr. Dixon's very entertaining and
instructive work on New America. The book is really inte-
resting from the first page to the last, and it contains a large
amount of valuable anti curious information.
Gazette.

Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Alarlbarough-street.

Now published at 3d., per post 4d.,

PAINLESS TOOTH -EXTRACTION ; or,
Anaesthesia Locally Applied. By A. -ESKICLL,
Surgeon-Dentist, Author of " Dental Surgery," " Pure
Dentistry," Sze.
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MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
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and wholesale of .JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand
(cornet of Savoy-steps). Loudon.

A VALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA.
A CHINESE CADDY,
containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free
to any Railway Station or Market Town in England, Ireland,
Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of 405., by

PHILLIPS and CO.,
Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C.

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.
18. 61., 25., 2s 61. per lb. are the prices at which
PHILLIPS and CO.,
Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Landon. E.C..
are selling good. and fine
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Railway :,tation or Market Town in. the United Kingdom.
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Sugars are supplied at market price..

GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
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guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, ilo3ks, Fossils,
and Recent Shells,Geologilal Na ;s. Hammers. all the recent
rub icalons, ac., of J. TEN ANT. Mineralogist to Her
Majesty, 149, Strand, London.
Private Instru2tion is (riven in Mineralogy and Geo!ogy by
Mr. TENNANT, E.G.S., 119, Strand, W.C.

ECONOMIC. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
6, New Bridge-street, Mulct/gars,
London, Bth March, 1867.

THIS IS TO GIVE NONCE, that the ANNU A.L GENE-
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New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the 23d
day of March, at Two o'clock precisely, to receive the Audi-
tors' Report of the Receipts and Disbursements of the
Society during the year 1i66, and to elect Auditors for the
present year.

By order of the Board of Directo. s,
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
CHAIRMAN—Gen. Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H.,
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Officers and others in the Navy and Army, is under the
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Annual Premium Revenue, upwards of £310,000.
New Premium Income in 1865 exceeded £62,000.
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Full particulars of the popular principles of this Society
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Offices— 316, Regent-street; 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-
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HENRY LAKE, Manager.

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TEETH PAINLESSLY STOPPED, with per-
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be found invaluable.

Mr. DAY, DENTIST,
291, Regent-street (3 doors from the Polytechnic).
Many years with Mr. ESKELL, of 8, Grosvenor-street,

Bond-btri;et.

MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
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fants.

DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists,
172, New Bond-street, London ; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.

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RitICF 4d.
STAMPED sd.

'on the scale assumed. This done, the second pro-
blem followed—how to get a reserve force out of
the-se two. And here it should be observed that if
no very comprehensive scheme is suggested, neither
is any great outlay proposed. The whole project
stands for only £50,000 in the estimates; and its
effect, according to Gen. Peel, would be this—that
we should be enabled, at a moment's notice, to fill
up every, battalion stationed in these islands to a
strength of 1,000 men. Assuming that we had 50
battalions at home, this would give us 50,000 regu-
lar troops, who would be supported by 90,000 mili-
tia, and 150,000 volunteers—in all a force of 300,000
men available for the defence of the kingdom. So
far, therefore, the object of a reserve would be at-
tained, and it is, we imagine, of no great avail to
argue that, beyond this, very little is accomplished.
It must be admitted, that while Gen. Peel's propo-
sals will give us a respectable army of reserve for
the protection of our own shores, they will not give
us a reserve army for the invasion of another coun-
try. We should remain nearly as incapable as be-
fore of undertaking any great military expedition ;
but on this it must be observed that no estimates
likely to be approved by the House of Commons
could much affect our competence. If our military
establishments are to be organised on a scale ad-
mitting of offensive warfare at short notice, we must
be prepared for figures very different from those
now presented. But,.however forcibly the case may
be put, it may .be taken for granted that the neces-
sity will not be admitted by the public. We are alive
to the need of bat 11J,`, to that
of .attacking others'. We see from the estimats be-
fore: Ili that armies. cost more than formerly, and
that the charge may increase though the establish-
ments remain stationary. Gen. Peel had enough to
do to provide foi his 140,000 regulars and his
120,000. militia, without taking into his conside-
ration the possible requirements of an offensive
war. The real gist of the estimates, we repeat, is
the maintenance of our military forces as they
are, or rather as they ought to be. We have not
really got all our regular troops nor our militia,
though we are supposed to have them, and General
Peel would spend half a million in converting the
supposition into a reality. The rest of the addi-
tional charge is either the inevitable incident of a
time of high prices, or a provision for establishing
a reserve on a moderate scale, but at an equally
moderate cost. The true way to look at the pro-
posals is by the light of oar actual position. If 'the
estimates of last year really supplied us with the
establishments assumed, the estimates of the present
year, which profess to do no mere, and yet are
heavier in charge, would not be defensible. But
the facts are otherwise. The army cannot be kept
up to its strength ; the militia is 30,000 short of its
numbers, and the extraordinary demand now made
is for the purpose of
placing both forces on their
proper footing. In reality, therefore, though their
issno apparent increase in strength, there would be
au actual increase. We should pay more money,
but we should get, what we did not get before, a
full return ; and if this were the sole result of the
scheme it would not b 3 a slight one. When we
have got our regular forces and our Militia com-
plete in numbers and well organised, it will not be
difficult to discover the framework of a good
reserve.

THE GREAT EASTERN.

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In the course of a few days the Great Eastern
will be ready for service between France and New
York, as nearly all the alterations and repairs will
be completed by the end of this week. Since the big
ship returned to the Mersey after her successful
cable expedition she has undergone a complete
overhaul. In the first place she was stripped of all
her cable-laying fittings, and had her screw boilers
removed, after which she was placed on a gridiron
on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, and nearly
opposite to the vessel's moorings in the Sloyne.
While beached the bottom of the ship was scraped,
and one or two plates which were in a somewhat
dJective state were replaced by new ones. These
repairs were done under the immediate superinten-
dence of Mr. George Beckwith, the-chief engi-
neer on board the Great Eastern. While these
repairs 'Were being accomplished outside the vessel,
a number of extensive and important alterations
were being carried on inside the ship, under
the direction of Sir J. Anderson. New screw boilers,
especially designed by Mr. Beckwith, and con-
structed at the Vauxhall Foundry, Liverpool, were
put on board without the slightest hitch, and satis-
factorily tested. - These new boilers will generate a
much larger quantity of steam than could be pro-
duced by the old ones, and as a matter of course
give a greater propelling power to the engines.
The old paddle crank has also been removed
—a task attended with considerable risk and
difficulty, but safely accomplished— and a new
eccentric shaft, made at the Mersey Forge, has been
introluced instead of the.old crank. This alteration
will also tend to give increased power to the
paddles. In fact the engineering department has
undergone a most efficient and careful overhaul,
and when the big ship is ready for sea, this de-
partment of the vessel with its workshops, con-
taining lathes, forges, &c., will have more the
appearance of a well-regulated foundry than the
engine department of a steamship. A steam steering
apparatus has also been constructed on deck close to
the wheel, and the ship can be either steered from
the bridge or front the site of the steering gear.
There are also two powerful donkey engines on
deck—one forward and the other aft. Extending
about 140 feet on the after-part of the deck is a
splendid dinner saloon, capable of accommodating
about 500 people at once. This saloon will be one
of the most splendid on any ship afloat, it is twice
the length of the one on board the Scotia, is 2f t.
higher and if t. broader. Attached to this saloon is a
commodious house, containing the pastry shop,
bakery, and a bar. The top of this saloon forms a
fine promenade, about 200 ft. in length, which in fine
weather will, no doubt, be well appreciated. On the
forepart of the deck is another but smaller saloon,
which, among other essentials to comforts, contains
a barber's sho p. While other alterations and improve-
ments are being done on the deck, down below the
alterations are of an equally elaborate and extensive
character. The large space which was formerly used
for the cable tanks have undergone a complete
renovation. Three grand saloons have been con-
structed, and when completed will form a splendid
suite of apartments. The ceiling of these saloons
will be beautifully decorated, and the walls
covered with a splendid French paper, on which
will be impressed scenes of different places in
Europe, Asia, America, &c. Close to and in
easy communications with these saloons are the
berths and staterooms. The curtains for the berths,
which will give sleeping room to 3,000 pas-
sengers, are all of one uniform pattern. The mate-
rial selected is an elegant and costly English
challie, of a light cream-coloured ground, with run-
ning roses. In order that the passengers may be
well cared for, a washing machine, capable of
doing any amount of washing, has been fitted up,
combined with which is a large drying-room.
There is also .a clean and well ventilated hospital
fitted up. Further down in the vessel, but almost in
direct communication with the upper deck, are
the ice-houses, beer and wine " cellars," to-
gether with an immense storeroom, capable of
containing 500 tons of passengers' luggage, and
that without inconvenience. One of the wine
" cellars" alone has room for 500 dozen of wine. The
Great Eastern will, in addition to 11 lifeboats and
11 ordinary boats, carry a screw steam launch,
55ft. long, which will be slung to the ship's sides
by
two immense davits. A. large condenser will also
be on board, capable or cot.d,n. lag 10,000 gallons
of water per day, which will be very ample- for all
purposes, when we consider that when the vessel
sails from the Mersey she will have 36,001 gallons
of water on board. She will also take out 7,000
tons of coal.

WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
Invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here
avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main
Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close-
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during
sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss,
which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum-
ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,

HER MAJESTY'S STAGITOUNDS.—WC are requested
to state that Lord Colville will not take these hounds to the
proposed meet at Colonel Lloyd Lindsay's on the 22d inst.
the local farmers having intimated that their grass land is
"Paid up" for the season.

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MACKEREL.—During the past week from 40,000
to 50,000 mackerel were caught by the Cornish boats, a very
large proportion of which supply was scat to London,
Prices varied from 325. to 38s. per six score.

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Until to-day this town was
It is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric:,
and here the famous Synod of 1850 was held ; I.ut
I fear that neither its college nor its cathedral, its
educational establishments, nor the religious edifices
with which Roman Catholic piety have endowed it,
have kept out disaffection. Besides being an object
of reverence to Catholics, Thurles is the centre of a
rich agricultural district, and can boast of a con-
siderable trade; but a large proportion of the in--
habitants are possessed by the Fenian folly. For
some days past it has been feared that they might
have an opportunity of showing their sympathies,
for Thurles is among the many places designated,
with more or less of truth, as points of attack. No
doubt its name and traditions, to say nothing of its
position on the line of railway midway between
Dublin and Cork, would have made it a convenient
point for the insurgents to have and to hold. But
the town was garrisoned by a considerable body of
constabulary, and the Fenians here, as elsewhere, had
a wholesome dread of the rifles of this stanch and
well-drilled force. It so happened that on the day
appointed for the general outbreak a fair held at
Thurles had caused a concentration of the police
force there; and afterwards, instead of being scat-
tered in out-stations where they would have invited
attack, they were very properly kept in the town."
The insurgents were in some force around Thurles.
At Rosskeene, about four miles off, they burnt a
police-barrack, which was empty at the time ; and
they made their usual foray for arms in the houses
of the neighhouring gentry. But their worst act
was the murder of a man named Tracey,'who re-
fused to join their rank-. 3. The insurgents called at
the farm-house of a Mr. Reardon, and demanded
arms. Seeing Tsacey, who was Reardon's brother-
, in-law, they summoned him to follow them, and,
when he would not do so, one of the party shot him
without scruple.
There is reason to believe that this is not the only
instance in which summary punishment has been
dealt out by the insurgents for this contum icy and,
want of patriotism, as they regard it. Elsewhere
Men have come in with wounds which they allege
were thus inflicted, though, of course, it is possible
that those wounds were received when the men were
attacking or attacked by the constabulary or troops.
From the first, however, the peasantr3 have shown
alarm at the prospect of impressment. Probably
the Fenian leaders caused their agents throughout
the country to give out that those who did not enter
their ranks when the ri-ing came would be punished.
That this was understood is evident from the anxiety
of many of the country people to get out of the
way. In Kerry, at th 3 first outbreak three weAi
ago, some of the men took to their boats and hid
themselves in the creeks and estuaries of the deeply
indented coast. Again, some' fugitiva were found
on the Gaited mountains the other day, who had
gone there to escape the Fenian press-gang ; and l-
am assured that around this town some of the pea-
santry have slept away from their cabins, behind
haystacks or even in ditch-bottoms, while farmers'
sons have come into Thurles at night to be out of
harm's way. The Fenian chiefs evidently desire to _
compromise as many as possible of the country
people, whose enthusiasm much colder than that
of the dwellers in towns. They think, with rea-
son, that when once they have put a pike into

a man's hand and placed him in the front
rank he must go forward, since the chances
are that no one will believe him if he says
that he was there unwillingly. At Kilteeley, the
other day, recruiting was enforced by repeated
threats to shoot any one who refused to serve ; and
shots were now and then fired in the air to intimi-
date the villagers. The relations of one of the
men killed in the attack on Kilmallock barrack
declare that he was forced out of bed by the in-
surgents, resisting as well as he could, and that they

threatened to cut off his hands unless he marched
with them. Poor fellow, it was for him a march
to death ! lam afraid it would not be safe to inf...r
that the country people are opposed to Fenianistn.
Most of them hereabout sympathis3 with the in-
surgents, or at best hold themselves neutral ; but

there is little or none of that active sympathy
which would induce them to offer themselves as
recruits. In the towns far more fiery spirits are to
be found.

It is likely that this sympathy would really
have taken an active form had the Fenian plans
been matured a few years ago. Then the Irish
farmers were in wretched plight, and would have
listmed far more readily to seditious teaching
than they are disposed to listen now. In the
counties of Tipperary, Cork, and Kerry, I hear on -
all sides that Irish farmers were never better off.
Butter, eggs, dairy produce, and stock fetch high
prices, and the small farmers in these and no doubt
in other parts of Ireland are in their small way ex-
ceedingly prosperous. " They are full of money,"
one of this very class said to me; and he was a man
who had bought his 20 acres of land, and was no
doubt himself well to do. These men can afford to
give comfortable marriage portions to their daugh-
ters, as the invariable practice here is ; and mar-
riages were never more frequent than they are in
certain districts here--a pretty sure test of prospe-
rity. This prosperity makes the farmers in general
think that a change in the direction of a Fenian
Republic might not be for their good. such loyalty
is rather of the negative order; but as far as I can
test the prevalent feeling this is really what it comes
to. As for the peasantry they are timid, and have
not much faith in the Fenian enterprise. But they

sympathise with the insurgents, and give no infor-
mation of their movements. Rewards of £250 have

just been offered for the apprehension of Captain
or Colonel Dunne, who led the attack upon -the
police-barrack at Kilmallock, and small rewards
for those concerned in attacking the barracks at

Emly and other places. But these offers hardly
ever lead to the discovery of guilty persons. An in-

former and spy—'

•" a stag," as he is called in Tip-

perary—is held in greater detestation than a mur-
derer. It is not only the informer himself who

suffers ; the infamy attaches to his relations of
whatever degree, and his children unto the third

generation. Probably this horror of informers and
of " blood-money" originated in the cruel repres-
sive laws against CaEholics, which
united all who
were of the old faith against the tyranny of the
ruling class in those days, aLd made him infamous
who betrayed a co-religionist. The cause exists no

longer, the sentiment lingers still, and avails to pro-
tect men who are in no way worthy of protection.
LIMERICK JUNCTION, Tuesday Morning.
All quiet in this district. The country is covered
with snow, which is still falling heavily.

Evening.
The rebels are said to have been in some force in
the wooded glens on the southern side of the Gal-
tee mountains, between Mitchelstown and Cahir.
There was no attack, as reported, on the police
barracks at Mountmellick, Queen's County. The
facts are that a drunken man fired a revolver at the
barracks, and the police hastily sallied out and fired
a volley down the street, wounding the drunken
man slightly, and unfortunately killing a respect-
able inhabitant.
All quiet here.
stormy.

The weather is exceedingly

The following arrests have been made since my
last despatch :—Edward Duffy, the companion of
Stephens at Sandymount, who was released from
Richmond Prison on account of ill-health, but has
since been most active in organising the rebellion.
He was arrested yesterday at Boyle with a clerk
named Eagan, of Philbsborough, Dublin,who acted
as his secretary; Michael Allen, en,line-driver,
on the Great Southern and Western Railway, was
arrested this morning at Inchicore, where he is
stated to have acted as a Centre in the Fenian .
organisation. John Kelly, a master tailor at Rath-
mines, was taken yesterday on a charge of Fenian-
ism. The Rathfarnham police have captured three
young men, medical students, identified as the ring-
leaders in the attack on the Stepaside station.
Joseph Mularky, a shop-assistant, was arrested
to-day as one of the Fenians wounded by the police
at Tallaght.

The debut of Lady Don before a New York
audience has been completely successful. ller singing
was particularly admired. She appeared in a burlesque of
" Kenilworth," and a- dramatic trifle, by Mr. Selby, en-
titled "Peggy Green."