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he did not think the slightest necessity for resorting
to that means would arise. The leakage was under
perfect control, and the volume of water being
gradually lessened, so that the pressure was rendered
proportionably less. The Town-clerk read an agree-
ment mutually decided upon by the Waterworks
Committee and contractors, referring all matters in
relation to the leakage, repairs, &c., to the arbitra-
ment of Mr. Bateman, C.E.

An agrarian outrage has been committed at
Tyrrell's Pass, county Westmeath. A man engaged
in ploughing land, from which sortie persons were
evicted, was shot. He is not dead, but his recovery
is doubtful. Three shots were fired at him—one
when he was lying on the ground.

TUESDAY NIGHT.

The Lord Mayor gave his inaugural banquet in
the Mansion-house this evening. About 500 ladies
and gentlemen were present to meet the Lord-
Lieutenant and Lady Abercorn, who were received
with great enthusiasm. His Excellency, in return-
ing thanks for his health, spoke at length on the
state of the country, and strongly denounced the
moral pestilence ;of Fenianism. Cardinal Cullen
was present, and conducted one of the ladies to the
dais. His health was most warmly received, and he
responded in a conciliatory spirit. He also repro-
bated Fenianism.

Eighteen persons were arrested this morning on
board the Liverpool and Holyhead steamers under
the Habeas Corpds Suspension Act.
Nine of the Fenian prisoners convicted at the
Commission, including those who pleaded guilty,
were sentenced—two (Dr. Power and Devoy) to 15
years, five to 14, and two to seven years' penal ser-
vitude.
Naval and Military Intelligence.

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VALETTA, Feb. 15.—Her Majesty's ships Psyche
and Caradoc have returned to the island. They left

Alexandria on the afternoon of the Gth inst. The

Psyche left for Port Said, having on board Vice.

Admiral Lord C. Paget, family, and suite, and M
de Lesseps ; and the Caradoc for Malta, with a num

ber of naval and military officers who had been pre-
sent at the investiture of the Viceroy. The Psyche
arrived at Port Said on the morning of the 7th, and
after Lord Clarence and party had visited the Canal
works left for Malta on the morning of the Bth. A

strong contrary gale sprung up on the night of the
9th, which lasted about 48 hours, and somewhat re-
tarded her passage. She arrived at 8 o'clock p.m.
of the 12th. The Caradoc entered port one hour

before her, but was altogether 36 hours longer on
the passage. The rest of the squadron, which had
been assembled at Alexandria to do honour to the

Viceroy, have also taken their departure. The
Racer, 11, left that port on the afternoon of the
6th for Malta, with orders to call at Suda Bay.
The Arethusa, 35, followed on the Bth, for Malta
direct. The Endymion, 21, left on the morning .of
the 13th for Beyrout, and was to visit several ports
in the Levant before returning to Malta. The
Cruizer, 5, had left Beyrout to visit the northern
ports of Syria. Private letters from Smyrna of the
30th ult. say that disturbances were feared there,
and all the Christian inhabitants were arming them-
selves in expectation of an attack from the Turks.
The presence of a British man-of-war was much
desirecWor the protection of life and property, and,
no doubt, the Arethusa has received orders to call
in there in the course of her cruize. By later ad-
vices I am informed that much- of the alarm had

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subsided, but I am yet without particulars as to the
cause of the apprehended outbreak. The quarantine
at Malta on arrivals from Ireland furnished with
clean bills of health has been removed. Her Ma-

jesty's ship Royal Oak left here on Tuesday last
with a large quantity of biscuit, flour, and other
provisions for the distressed families in Cephalonia,
who are suffering from want of food in consequence
of the late fearful earthquake. It is proposed also
to raise subscriptions in Malta for their relief. Great
praise is due to Admiral Kellett for so promptly
sending the Royal Oak to the assistance of the
starving people. The friends of Commander Hop-
kins and Mr. Browne, of this vessel, and of Lieut.
Kennedy, Flag Lieut. to the Commander-in-Chief,
will be glad to learn of their safe arrival at Malta in
the English screw steamer Hellenis on Tuesday last
from Patras. Commander Fairfax, who also formed
one of the party wrecked in the yacht Melita, pro-
ceeded from Patras to rejoin his ship, the Resistance,
at the Piraeus. Two Dutch vessels of war, the
Adof Hertog, 50 guns, screw frigate, and the Von
Speyk, 22 guns, corvette, arrived here a few days
ago from Naples and Messina, and are still in port.
A Prussian frigate has just entered port from the
north-east.
Letters received from her Majesty's screw troop-
ship Simoom, Capt. T. B. Lethbridge, dated from
Demerara on Jan. 24, state that she arrived at Bar-
badoes from the West Coast of Africa on Jan. 17,
with the right wing of the 4th West India Regi-
ment on board. Major Long and three companies

were landed there, and she coaled ; afterwards cm•
barking Capt. Williams and two other officers of
the 4th West India Regiment, with a company o
the 3d West India Regiment, for conveyance to
Demerara. The detachment of the 2d battalion of
the 16th Regiment, which had been recently quar-
tered at Demerara, had been removed to Barbadoes,
previous to the arrival of the Simoom, yellow fever
having broken out among the troops in barracks at
the former place. The fever had since then disap-
peared from the barracks, but had appeared in a
much milder form in the town itself. The Simoom
would proceed to Jamaica from Demerara, and on
arrival there it was expected that orders would be
awaiting her to proceed to England.
The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, Captain the
Duke of Edinburgh, had her steam got up yesterday
morning, and proceeded from Plymouth Sound out-
side the breakwater to try her speed on the mea-
sured mile, after which she would return and have
her compasses adjusted. Port-Admiral Sir W. F.
Martin, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Superintendent the
Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Admiral Stewart
were on board.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Capt. S. B. Piers to the Himalaya,
commissioned ; Lieut. C. A. G. Bridge to the Ex-
cellent, for study ; Lieut. A. Tupman to the Hima-
laya ; F. Piper, master, to the Himalaya ; W. Horni-
man, paymaster, to the Himalaya ; R. Madge, chief
engineer, to the Zebra; J. Aylen, second master, to
the Victory, as supernumerary ; G. Curtis, assist.-
surgeon, additional, to the Cumberland ; G. T. T.
Cheyney, assist.-paymaster, to the Himalaya ; F.
Pittman, assist.-paymaster, to the Formidable ; G.
Liddell and Cr. Small, assist.-paymasters, to Royal
Adelaide, as supernumeraries; F. J. Pulm an, assist.-
paymaster, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; A.
Gain, acting second master, additional, to the Vic-
tory ; G. Pigott, master's assist., to the Himalaya ;
J. G. Barrow, engineer, to the Dauntless, for ten-
ders ; W. J. Fowkes, first class assist.-engineer, to
the Dauntless ; R. Macaulay, first class assist.-en-
gineer, to the Niobc ; J. Jenkins, first class assist.-
engineer, to the Asia for the Mersey ; J. Pincher,.
second class assist.-engineer, to the Zebra; E. Rad-
ford, clerk, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; W.
Nash, clerk, to the Himalaya ; W. J. A. Preston,
assist.-clerk, additional, to the Rodney ; and F.
Roope, nominated a naval cadet.

The excitement respecting the cattle plague still
continues at llasselt. Some veterinary surgeons
having given their opinion that some meat was
diseased it was buried with great precaution, as
well as the clothes of the men who had slaughtered
the animals. Straw was burned over the spot, which
was also covered with quick-lime. One account
from Hasselt says that the cattle disease prevails to
a " terrible extent." All the markets are held out-
side the town, and clothes are not allowed to be sold
in the streets for fear of infection. One regulation
of a police ordinance is, that " children are not
allowed to circulate in the streets." In short, the
sanitary regulations are of such a stringent and
extraordinary character that it has been necessary
to send for additional troops to enforce them.
The printer of the Nation Suisse has been sen-
tenced at Geneva to pay 2,500 f. as compensation to
M. Aigu, a French novelist, for republishing one of
his novels, in contravention of the literary treaty
between France and Switzerland. The prosecution
was conducted by M. Paul Feval, as the representa-
tive of the French Soci6W des Gens de Lettres.