The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1867.

m ETROPOLIT AN and' GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAYS.
EASTER HOLIDAYS.—EXTRA TRAINS.
TRAINS every twenty minutes to and from 'HAM-
MERSMITH. Trains every halfhour to and from KEN-
SINGTON and the CITY.

CONTRACTS FOR suo-An, TEA', `SPLIT PEAS,
WHEAT, AND TOBACCO.- .
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIR AET Y, SOMERSET
HOUSE, April 17,1.867.
THE 'COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM. of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the
2d May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vic-
tualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned Articles,
viz.:—
Quantities. To be tendered for at Rates
SPLIT PEAS 5,000 Imp. bushs. perloo Galls.
WHEAT 15,000 ditto per 100 Pounds.
SUGAR 500,000 Pounds 77
TOBACCO 100,000 ditto 11
TEA 100,000 ditto per Pound.
When to be Delivered. -One-half of each in three weeks
from date of Contract, and the remainder thereof in three
weeks afterwards ; or earlier if preferred by the party
tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the Articles.
Separate Tenders are to be made for each Article.
Their Lordships'reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole,
or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
The Sugar, Tobacco, and Tea to be exempted from the
Customs' Duties, and parties tendering are to state where
they are lying.
Samples of the Split Peas and Wheat (not less than 2
quarts of each) must be produced by the parties tendering.
Each Tender for Sugar must specify the mark and land-
ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which
imported, and the country or place of its growth or produce,
and an average sample (not less than 21bs. for each im-
port mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, and
not an average of different marks or several imports, and
any parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or
average quality as the samples tendered and accepted will
be rejected by the Officers.
Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade
marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its
growth or produce, and a fresh-drawn dock sample of each
cask or package must be produced by the parties tender-
ing ; and any cask or package that is found not to be of
the same mark, number, or quality as the sample tendered
and accepted, will be rejected by the Officers.
Each Tender for Tea must specify the import mark and
number of each parcel, the ship in which imported, the
dock or warehouse where lying, and must be accompanied
by an average sample (not less than 2lbs,) of 'each parcel.
Tenders failing in any of these conditions will not be en-
tertained.

No Wheat tendered is to be of less weight than 601bs.
por bushel, and no Oats of less than 421bs. per bushel.
The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are
notaccepted are to be taken away by them immediately
after the Contracts have been decided.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates ; and
contractors in claiming payment for Articles supplied aro
to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both
as to quantities and rates, excepting those for Wheat and
Peas, as the invoices for the Wheat are to bo in pounds,
at per 100 pounds, and for the Peas in gallons, at por 100
gallons.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
Form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on
application in the lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House.
Particular attention is called to the Conditions of the
Contracts, which may be seen in the said lobby. No
Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on
the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party
tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the
Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re-
ceived from each persou will be communicated to him and
to his proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for " and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House.

By order,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

SAUCE.—LEA and P ERRINS'
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.
This delicion4 condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs
"THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE,"
Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS.
The public 9.re respectfully cautioned against worthless
imitations, and should see that Lea and terrine' names are
on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper.
ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE.
Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Wor-
cester: Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and
Sons, London, &c. &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni-
versally.

RUP REs„..._BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT
WHITE'S
(PERFECTED AND EXIIIIIITED IN TUE GREAT
MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
ExuntmoNs ot 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of
lvio Hundred Helical Gentlemen to be the moat effective
invention in the curative treatment ot HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effeots, is here
avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while
aydb,eand tht truss,
the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main
. on the circum-
ference and Patent Lever, fitting with so much eawseoaranddoulorisneg-
nwe
lhe eisepht. b
cannotAot
tidht
eescfcaar body,tt
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fit, forwarded
f circularinchesorw catreld,mee,
dlaaoynwbdybteupmeohat p
3117'6T:14' 28 , and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd.
8, being sent to
the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228. Piccadilly,
26s 6d., and 31s. 6d. A Single Truss,
postage, ls.
425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d.
eursss,to be made payable to John White, Post-
NEW PATENT
EL AST I C STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &c.,
oAAt :713c Umbilical
Double
tbol
Piccadilly.flleTeruOsTrsdr,
for Varicose Veins and all cases of
They are
inexpensive,and
light in texture, and are drawn on
porous,
Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s d
like an ordinary stocking.
•, an 16s.
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Sic.
each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Picoadilly.

ris null. which
pristine 1111e—no
matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the
ATOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
m
1.111 mostnsef ul invention of the day, AQUA A.M A BELL A
Messrs. JOHN GOSNIiLL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93,
Upper Thames-street, Peri amers to her Majesty, reepeot.
gradually uoa
Iff
leyr
restores
stthu
re e pa utbul
to
humanthi s h
trulyair
to arviteallopu
properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea-per
bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes
of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of \Vales.

Oarthern 1-I°iYn rGeartaNy
way Terminus, Ring's-aross.
itiLhe iatmFßEediEateilviciniOStPylZALthe

Thfe Hospital, founded in the year 1823, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I,4actes .
It affords rellet to a large number of in-pa:lents, and, to
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the pr nises of this Hospit,... are Capable of
containing several n...ndred more beds had the Committee
the requisite Hinds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by Mt Jr bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by tiessrs. Coutts and
Co.; Drummond and Co.;G,yn and Co. ; ferries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Witham% Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co., Bernere-street 1 and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5.
TA.NFOILD 8111T11, Seeret' ry.

H 0 1V EL L, JAMES, and CU.,
By Special Appointment to her Majesty the Queen,
their Royal Highne:;ses the Prince and Princess of Wales,
and the principal Courts of Evope,
GOLDSMITHS, JEWELLERS, and SILVERSMITHS,
5, REGENT-STREET, PALL-MALL.

Specialitd for Monogram Jewellery in Diamonds, Crystal,
Gold Enamel, and Precious Stones.

Messrs. H., J., and Co. employ only Artists of repute
as Designers of Monograms, and they respectfully invite
the Nobility and Gentry to inspect specimens of these
artistic productions, as also their new and varied Stock of
Gold and Silver -Work, especially designed for the forth-
coming Season. Photographs highly finished as Minia-
tures. Class 36, Precious Metals Court, P.E.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.—A Competitive
Examinatien of Candidates will be held by the Civil
Service Commissioners on March 31, 1868, and following
days. The Competition will be open to all natural-born
subjects of her Majesty who on the Ist of March next
shall be over 17 and under 21 years of age, and of good
health and character.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDlA.—Examination
of March, 1503. —Copies of the RegulAtions may be
had upon application to the Secretary, Civil Service Com-
mission, London, S.W.

DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. —THE CON-
SERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.—Persons wish-
ing to invest large or small sums, receiving half-yearly
interest warrants at four per cent. per annum, with power
of withdrawal at fixed periods, according to amount in-
vested, may deposit sums daily at the offices, No. 33, Nor-
folk-street, Strand, W.C., without becoming members of
the society.
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary.
Prospectuses of the Share, Deposit, Land, and Building
Advance Departments will be sent free of charge.

JOHN GOENELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant frag-ranee to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf. 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.
is. 63., 25., 2s 6.1. per lb. are the prices at which
PHILLIPS and CO.,
Tea Merchants, 8,
King William-street, City, London, E.G.
are selling good and fine
BLACK TEA.
A. price current post free. 40a worth carriage free to any
Railway Station or Market Town in the United Kingdom.
All goods carriage free to all parts of London.
Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents.
Sugars are supplied at market prices.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
CHAIRMAN -- Gen. Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S.
Policies payable- during life,- indisputable, not liable to
forfeiture.'
inf the Navy and Army,
The ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST
INDIA Life Department, affording peculiar. advantages to
Officers
is under the
sp eci
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
e al
and
Annual Premium Revenue, upwards of £310;000.
New Premium Income in 1865 exceeded £6.),1100.
l: a t ro n othersa geo
-
Life, Fire, 'Guaranteo, and Annuities at advantageous
rates.
The-European is the only Society authorised by the Im=
perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Govern-
ment Officials.
- Full particulars of the-popular principles of this Society
will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be for-
warded to applicants, post free.
Offices-316, Regent-street ; 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-
mall; and 69, Sing Viriffiam-street, City.
HENRY LAKE, Manager.

ENTRANTS IN 1867 PARTICIPATE IN FIFTH DIVISION OF
PROFITS.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITROUT MUTUAL LIABILITY.
PROFITS APPLIED SO AS TO MAKE POLICIES PAYABLE IN
LIFETIME.
AND SO AS TO RAISE SECOND CLASS LIVES, AFTER A
DEFINED PERIOD, TO FIRST CLASS RATES.
BRITISH EQUITABLE - ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
4, Queen-street-place; Southwark-bridge, London, E.G.
DIRECTORS.
George Thomas Dale, Esq., Bayswater.
Edmund Dunn, Esq., Croydon.
William Gover, Esq., Blackheath.
William Sutton Cover, Esq., 4, Queen-street-place.
John Middleton Hare, ESq., Forest Hill.
Fountain John Hartley, Esq., Dalston.
John Smither, Esq., We'Mose-square.
Joseph Warmington, Esq., Lee-grove, Blackheath.
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND ACTUARY.
illiam Sutton Gover, Esq., E.S.S., F.I.A.
AUDITORS.
Mr. Deputy rObbard, Blackheath.
Charles Brown, Esq., Waddon.
William George Lemon, Esq., Blackheath
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank.
PHYSICIAN.
William Munk, Esq., M.D., F.S.A. (Fellow of the Royal
College of Physicians of London), 40, Finsbury-square.
SURGEON.
Thomas Carr Jackson, Esq. (Fellow of the Royal College
of Surgeons, Surgeon to the Great Northern Hospital,
King's-cross), 3, Weymonth-street, Portland-place.

EXTRACTS FROM REPORT.
In the past three years the New Policies effected were—
Reported in 1865, 1,650, amounting to £270,736; 1866,
2,073, £353,700; 1867, 2,845, £5C1,175. Total Number,
6,568, amounting to £1,125,611.
The New Annual Premiums of past year, £15,318.
In the Four Triennial Periods the New Policies issued
were—First Three Years, 3,196, for £507,063; Second
Three Years, 2,926, for £494066 Third Three Years,
3,941, for £629,547 ; Fourth 'Three Years,
£1,125,611. Total, 16,631, for £2,756,284.
So that the New Business, of the last Three Years has
been greater than that of the preceding Six Years.
The Policies in force this day are 11,637 in Number,
amounting to £1,980,258,
The Death Claims and Bonuses paid in the year under
67 polices amounted to £14,199. 6,568, for
The amount paid for Death Claims, and Bonuses 'paid
since the establishment of the Company, under 399 Policies,
is £64,447,

Tho ACCUMULATED FUND has been increased
during the Year by no less than Twenty-eight Thousand
Nine Hundred and Nino Pounds, making the amount laid
by in the last three years, Sixty-live Thousand Nine
Hundred- and Seventy-Eight Pounds, and now amounts to
One Hundred and Twenty-seven Thousand Nine Hundred
and Seventy-eight Pounds Ster'ing. Tho Accumulated
Fund has thus been nearly doubled at the end of each
triennial period.
A Reversionary Bonus of 1/ per Cent. per annum. on
Sums Assured under Participating Policies was declared.

PAINLESS SYSTEM OF DENTISTRY.
Just published, price 3d. Post free four stamps.
TOTAL ABOLITION OF PAIN
IN DENTISTRY.
By Messrs. GABRIEL, the old established DENTISTS,

64, LUDGATE:EIia: CITY, 1 London.
56, HA RI. EY-STREE r,
134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, AFil 24.

• The Special Commission will resume its sittings
this morning, at 11 o'clock, when one of the Fenian
prisoners will be put on his trial for high treason.
A correspondence appeared in the Dublin Evening
Post last night,
which proves that the information I
gave you about the prisoners' counsel, though con-
tradicted, was correct. Mr. Lawless, one of the
solicitors assigned to them by the judges, wrote on
the 11th inst. to the Under-Secretary inquiring
what provision was made for counsel's fees and
general costs of the defence, as the prisoners had no
means of their own for the purpose," and received
the following reply :

-
" Dublin Castle, April 16.
" Sir,—I am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to
inform you that the subject of your letter of the
11th having been brought under the consideration
of the Attorney-General, he is of opinion that rea-
sonable fees for two counsel assigned to the pri-
soners indicted for high treason are to be allowed,
and a fair sum may be paid to the attorney, but not
by way of a bill of costs, and that the amount must
be regulated by the Crown Solicitor.'—l am, sir,
your obedient servant, 9,
lIOMAS LARCOM.
" John Lawless,

On the 20th Mr. Lawless wrote to Mr. M. Ander-
son, the Crown Solicitor, stating that he had called
twice at his office without being fortunate enough
to meet him, to speak on the subject of fees, &c.
Mr. Anderson, in reply, stated that, in pursuance of
afee of 25 guineas being given to
the authority given him by the Government, he
ewaocuhl consentdQnuee , to
Counsel
with his brief for all the pri-
Queen's
ssoners included in the same indictment, and a re-
freshing fee of £3 3s. per day each day after the
first during which the prisoners should be on trial ;
and to fees of 15 guineas with briefs, and two 'gui-
neas a day after, for counsel of the outer bar. To
the attorney he would give a lump sum at the rate
of three guineas for each prisoner to whom he had
been assigned. A letter is published from Mr. Butt,
Q.C., dated April 10, in which he says it is plain that
the Government must increase the fees, and he would
not place himself in the position of defending a pri-
soner for high treason on such terms. He adds :--

" I have, however, been publicly assigned by the
judges as counsel for those prisoners. This was
done without my consent or any previous applica-
tion to me. But lam sure it was done from a belief,
on the part of the prisoners that named me that the

intimation of the Chief Justice me.int that they were
to select their counsel at the public expense.
" Under all the circumstances, I have made up
my mind iu the CAP,OG in which. I have been already
assigned not to decline the duty put upon me by the
judges because the prisoners have not the means of
defence. I will, therefore, accept any brief you send
me for the defence of any of those prisoners, but I
will not accept of any fee that is paid by the Go-
vernment. You may depend upon my undivided
attention to the cases."

Mr: Butt wrote this before he had any idea of
the amount of fees that would be granted by the
Crown. Mr. Dowse, Q.C., who was assigned as his
colleague, has written that he considers the amount

" altogether insufficient," and that, in justice to
himself and the profession, he could not accept
" such a miserable remuneration for his services."
He would much prefer defending the prisoners
gratuitously than to lower the profession by accept-
ing briefs on such important cases with such fees
marked upon them. Mr. O'Loghlen also declined
to receive the fees named. Mr. Dowse, in a second
letter, says:—

" I know Mr. Butt has lately entertained the
opinion that he should not receive any fees, small
or great, from the Crown. I do not, however, think
that the public or the prisoners would consider that
we would discharge our duties less effectively for the
men who are to stand their trial if we were paid by
the Crown. I have reason to believe that the pri-
soners themselves, when they asked to have us
assigned, thought that the Crown would pay us our

ees. I think lam entitled to add that, whatever

the public or the prisoners might think, that with
me it would make no difference in the discharge of
my duties from what source my fees came, so long
as they were given to me I,y you as the prisoners'
attorney."
This is rather an awkward business, considering

the array of counsel engaged for the prosecution,
and the liberal scale on which the Crown remune-
rates its own advocates. Messrs. Butt and Dowse
are by far the most eminent counsel now at the
Irish Bar.

The Royal Dublin Society's Spring Show com-
menced yesterday. It consists of breeding and fat
cattle, sheep, swine, and farming implements, &c.
It has realised the rather sanguine expectations of
the society, both in the number of entries and in
the quality of the stock, particularly the short-
horns, of which there are 195 bulls and 120 cows
and heifers. The appearance of the animals ranged
along thegreat agricultural hall, in their comfortable
stalls, after passing their competitive examination,
the winners distinguished by ribands and medals,
was certainly very agreeable evidence of the interest
the gentry take in agricultural improvement, and of
the success of this society, which has done so much
in this department of its labours. The great prizes
of the society are the challenge cups. The first of
these is the Townley Plate, value £155. The cup
was originally presented by the Messrs. Burdon,
proprietors of the Irish Farmers' Gazette, for the
animal of the breeding classes which, in the opinion
of the judges, possesses the greatest merit. It was
permanently won by Colonel Townley, who contri-
buted 100 guineas to replace it, to which sum the
society added £5O. It has been won this time by
Mr. Richard Challoner, of Kingscourt, Maynalty,
for his short. horned bull "Sovereign," to which was
also awarded the £5O prize and bronze medal for the
best short-horned bull calved in 1866. The other
great prize is the Irish Railway Challenge Cup,
value £l5O, to be awarded to the best bull of any
breed, over two years and under five years of age.
This cup was won by Mr. Edward J. Smith, of
Islanmore, Croom, for his bull " Lictor," which also
carried off the £lO prize and bronze medal. Among
other exhibitors who won prizes for bulls were Mr.
Robert G. Cosley, Stradbally-hall, Queen's county,
the Marquis of Drogheda, and Mr. J. Moffat, of
Enniscorthy. In the class of short-horned yearling
heifers, the prizes were won by Mr. J. Meadows,
Wexford ; Mr. J. Anderson, Waterford ; and Mr.
R. Welsted, of Castle Roche. Considerable interest
was felt as to the award to be given to the section
for cows of any age, in which there were 14 entries,
the exhibitors including Major Hamilton, Sir A. J.
Bellingham, and Sir Percy Nugent. The judges
gave their fiat in favour of Sir A. E. Bellingham for
both first and second prizes, the former being taken
by " Myrtle" and the latter by " Dewdrop." There
was a considerable show of Kerry& In this depart-
ment the prizes were .won by Mr. R. S. Cusack,
Captain Bagley, Mr. T. Butler, Mr. A. Comyns, and
Mr. J. Brady.
In the department of fat cattle the entries were
not numerous, but the animals on view were in capi-
tal order. The first silver medal for the best short-
horned heifer not exceeding four years old was won
by an animal exhibited by Major Borrowes, of New-
bridge. The second silver medal was awarded to a
heifer belonging to one of the largest farmers in Ire-
land, Mr. Allen Pollok, county of Galway. In the
other varieties of cattle, comprising Devons, Alder-
ueys, and Ayrshires, the competition was very
small, some of the sections having no entries.
In the department of sheep, in which the entries
are few, Mr. Wm. Owen, of Blesinton, obtained the
first-prize for the best Leicester one-shear ram, and
Mr. Allen Pollok for thebest fat wedder. Lord Cler-
mont, of Ravendale-park, Newry, won both the first
and second prizes for the best boars. Very few per-
sons attended the show yesterday except gentlemen
who had business as exhibitors or purchasers, the ad-
mission fee being 10s. up to 4 o'clock, and
.ss. after
that hour. This is the day for fashionable visitor.
The Lord-Lieutenant and the Marchioness of Aber-
corn, who returned to town from Baron's-court on
Monday evening, will visit the show at 3 o'clock, and
in the evening his Excellency will preside at the
meeting in the Royal Dublin Society-house for the
announcement and distribution of prizes.
The exhibition of implements, machines, seeds,
manures, vehicles, &c., is unusually large, no fewer
than 57 firms being represented. There are 10

stands in the Shelbourne-hall, 16 in the courtyard
and Shelbourne-yards, and 29 on the galleries of
the Agricultural-hall. All the modern implements
and appliances are shown, and the visitor may ac-
quaint himself with all the newest inventions which
the march of science has given to the agricultural
world. Sir J. Arnott and Co. show several speci-
mens of winseys, a branch of manufacture hitherto
confined to England and Scotland, which were
woven at the Reformatory, Golden-bridge. The
material is of the best quality, the texture close
and firm, and the colours varied and suitable.
Forty people are employed in the manufacture of
these winseys, and are enabled to earn a respectable
sum per week.
Police-constable Kelly was brought up on remand,
yesterday, before Mr. O'Donnell, charged with com-
plicity in the escape of Kirwan from the Meath
Hospital, where he was under treatment for a
wound received at Tallaght. Mr. Curren appeared
for the prisoner, and urged that there were nu
grounds for sending him for trial. Mr. O'Donnell,
however, sent the prisoner for trial at the Commis-
sion, and refused to take bail.
It is stated that the absconding Crown witness
Smith was not a prisoner, but came forward volun-
tarily to give information. The police, therefore,
are not to blame for his escape. _ _

The War-office authorities having decided to
abandon Ballincollig as a military station, the
troops stationed there will, it is expected, be with-
drawn during the present week, and distributed at
Cork, Limerick, and Fermoy, and we understand
that the barracks and other Government property
will be sold as early as possible.
It appears that Mr. Ilodsman had no idea of
crossing the Channel in his balloon, which landed
safely near Appleby at midnight, having started
from the Exhibition Palace, Dublin, at 5 o'clock
p.m , on a hazy evening. Not only did he neglect
to take any clothing or provisions, but, what was
of the highest importance, the pdia-rubber 'air

cushions, which, affixed round the car, render it, in
case of a descent upon the sea, a tolerably efficient
lifeboat. As the balloon passed over Ifowth the
voyager was; observed to throw out sonic ballast,
and it was supposed that he would endeavour to de-
scend in that locality ; but he evidently felt it was
impracticable, and there was, therefore, no alterna-
tive other than to cross the Irish Channel. The
next tidings of the balloon did not reach Dubiln till
yesterday afternoon, and the length of time which
elapsed had led to the fear that Mr. Hodsman had
met with some misadventure. This is Mr. Hods-
man's second aerial adventure.

DUBLIN, Wednesday Night.

The Special Commission was re-opened thismorn-
ing. Five prisoners pleaded " Not Guilty" to the
charge of high treason. The whole day was occu-
pied in legal objections to the indictment and the
jury panel.
The Lord-Lieutenant visited the cattle show at
3 p.m., and presided to-night at the meeting of the
Royal Dublin Society for the declaration of prizes.
Replying to a vote of thanks passed with acclama-
tion, his Excellency congratulated the meeting on
the complete success of the show, notwithstanding
disadvantages. He recommended the cultivation of
flax by small farmers, with greater attention to the
comfort of labourers, and spoke hopefully of the
prospects of the country.