The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-07 00:00:00

PARIS AND ORLEANS.

The receipts on the old lines of this company
amounted for the week ending the 18th of February
to £57,420, against £50,540 for the corresponding
week last year, showing an increase of £6,880.
The receipts from the Ist of January to the above
date amounted to £388,403, and for the same
period of 1865 to £349,659, showing an increase of
£38,744 ; the increase on the new lines amounted
to £19,698 as compared with the corresponding
period of last year.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.
The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the
week ending Feb. 10 amounted for local passengers
to £4,385, for foreign passengers to £1,448, for
mails, &c., to £976, for local freight and live stock
to £14,027, and for foreign freight and live stock to
£3,397—t0ta1, 24,233, against £29,985 forthe cor-
responding week last year, showing an increase of
£3,248. The total receipts from Jan. 1 to the above
date amounted to £135,641, and for the same period
last year to £125,647, showing an increase of £9,994.

DEMERARA.
The traffic receipts on this company's line for the
fortnight ending Feb. 3 amounted to $4,970, against
$4,931 for the corresponding fortnight last year,
showing
an increase of $4B.

IlAii ---
Yesterday, before 'IVAY BILLS.
Inlair,to eases
there were only four
bills for hearing.
and exases of the Somerset and
Dorset, and Bristol
complied kith,
lines), the
Bristol and North So Somerset, North
uSonierset, and the
standing orders were not eon,
tol and North Somerset (Southern Ltht's The Bris-
adjourned sine die, and the Andover, it'7l") was
Bristol until the 20th inst. stock, and
Before Mr. Frere there was one railway bill only
—viz., the Skipton and Ilkley—for which there Wl,

no appearance.
In the Referees' Court yesterday the railway bills
considered were the. Elham Valley, Bromsgrove and
Droitwitch (objections to no loots standi of Wor-
cester and Birmingham Navigation Company),
Bromyard •and Hereford, and the Stourbridge,
which, with the exception of the Bromyard and
Hereford, being unopposed, were passed. The case
of the latter will be reported.
Before the Standing Order Committee (Lord
Redesdale, Chairman) on Friday the following rail-
way bills were allowed to proceed upon complying
with certain conditions :—Anglesea Central, pro-

1 vided that all powers for the construction of new
works be struck out. Swansea General Station and
Hotel (Railway) provided that clause 10 be struck
out, unless proof be given that it has been approved
at a meeting of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, and provided also that clause 11 be struck
out unless a similar proof be given in respect of the
Vale of Neath Railway Company. Brecon and
Merthyr Tydfil Junction (Southern Lines), provided
that the powers authorising the construction of the
railways Nos. 6 and 7' be struck out. Ryde station
(Railway), provided that all compulsory powers
over a certain coalyard and store be struck out of
the Bill. The Mid-London, provided that clause
29 and all compulsory powers over certain fore-
courts be struck out. The London, Chatham, Dover
and South-Eastern (Kennington, Clapham, and
Brixton), provided that the powers anthorising the
construction of Railway No. 3be struck out. That
the standing orders not complied with in the cases
of the Aberdare Valley and Caerphilly Junction,
the Ely Valley and Vale of Neath Junction, and
South-Eastern ought to be dispensed with. In the
case of the Metropolitan Tramways, and the Ryde
Pier Tramways, the standing orders ought not to
be dispensed with. In the case of the Birkenhead
and Liverpool, and the London, Chatham, and
Dover (New Lines) the standing orders ought to be
dispensed with.

AGRICULTURAL HALL (LIMITED).
The report states that the net amount to the credit
of revenue was £2,982. The results of the year
had not been fortunate. The horse show took
place in the midst of a general election. The cattle
show was seriously affected by the cattle plague.
The visitors at the horse show were 18,000, and at
the cattle show 41,000 under the attendance of the
preceding years. At the same time the rents ob-
tained from the various exhibitions held at the hall
had been satisfactory. Having regard to the re-
duced income of the past year, the directors were
willing to reduce the fees voted to them at the last
general meeting by 25 per cent. They had also
made arrangements for reducing the working ex-
penses. The directors recommended the payment
of a dividend of £5 per cent., clear of income tax,
leaving £l,OOO. The capital account to the 31st of
January showed that £ll,BlB had been received,
and £8,977 expended, leaving £2,841.

IRE LAND.

DUBLIN, March 6.
One of the detective officers, Mr. Cooke, who had
given evidence during the Fenian trials, and had just
returned from Cork, where he had been as a witness
at the court-martial, was assaulted in the Lower
Castle-yard on Saturday night, about 11 o'clock.
Having reported his arrival at the office, he was
proceeding homeward, accompanied by another offi-
cer, named Carey. A remark of his was jeeringly
repeated by a person whom he had not seen as he
was standing in the shade at the corner of the
Chapel Royal. He was at the same moment jostled
off the footiray by a soldier, who was accompanied
by two civilians. Before he had time to speak he
was struck on the head with a military belt. He
then tried to grapple with his assailant, but was
struck again and knocked down, when the two civi-
lians ran off with his hat. The soldier also-ran away,
but was pursued and arrested by Carey. He gave his
name as John Hurley, Ist Battalion 60th Rifles. He
was brought before Mr. Wyse at the Head Police-
office yesterday, when the assault was proved. The
prisoner's defence was that Cooke was beastly
drunk at the time, and that he had another man by
the throat whom he hadrescued from him. This was
false, as there was no one with him but the other
officer, and he was walking along with his port-
manteau in one hand and an umbrella in the other.
He supposed that the civilians had told the soldier
who he was, and that he had a spite about the arrest
of the soldier in James'-street. An officer of the
regiment, who was present, said the prisoner had a
bad character, and as the regiment was to embark
last night for Gibraltar the magistrate did not send
the case for trial, but ordered the prisoner to be
handed over to the military authorities on paying a
fine of ss. The fine was paid during the day, and
the soldier was taken into military custody.
Another violent assault on the police was perpe-
trated on Sunday night, in Mary-street, for which
three persons named Mooney, Molony, and Bren-
nan were charged at the Capel-street office yester-
day. Constable Doyle deposed that while he and
Constable Morgan were on duty in Mary-street,
between 11 and 12 o'clock, they noticed a num-
ber of disorderly persons on the footway, quar-
relling among themselves. As witness was passing
the corner of Capel-street, the prisoner Mooney,
.stepped up to him and said, " You area - de-
tective." Witness said, "lam a policeman," and,
putting his hand against the prisoner's breast, he
pushed him off and told him to go home. Mooney
then seized witness by the coat, and said, " Come
on, boys, we'll whack him." The prisoner Bren-
nan then came forward and gave witness a severe
blow in the face. Both Mooney and Brennan called
witness a - detective, and kicked him on the
ankle. Witness then struck Brennan a blow on the
head and knocked him down. He was instantly
struck by some one from behind, and knocked
down. Two other constables then came up and
arrested the prisoners. Mr. O'Donnell remanded
the prisoners for the present, in order that inquiries
might be made as to their character.
Yesterday morning the 92d, or Gordon High-
landers, landed at Kingstown, from her Majesty's
screw steam troopship Simoom. The numerical
strength of the regiment which arrived by this trans-
port is 24 officers, 673 non-commissioned officers
and rank and file, 126 women, and 164 children,
with eight horses. The men were divided into two
detachments, which left Kingstown for Dublin by
special trains at 9.15 a.m. and 11.15 a.m. respec-
tively. On arriving at Westland-row terminus
they were met by the band of the 2d Battalion, 60th
Rifles, which played them in. The men marched
to King's-bridge terminus, whence they were con-
veyed by special train to the Curragh Camp, there
to be stationed until barrack accommodation can be
provided for them in Dublin. It is precisely 15
years to-day since the 92d left Cork for foreign
service. They were last quartered in Dublin in
1847, arriving here from Enniskillen on the 2d of
June. In less than six months they were ordered
to Limerick, in consequence of some apprehended
disturbances connected with the " Young Ireland "
agitation. During 1848 they formed the garrison
of Clonmel along with the Scots Greys. In 1851
they left Cork for the lonian Islands, where they
served until ordered to the Crimea, which they
reached immediately after the fall of Sebastopol. On
the evacuation of the Crimea by the allied armies
the 92d proceeded to India and rendered efficient
service under Lord Clyde in the suppression of the
mutiny. In 1863, their term of foreign service hav-
ing expired, they were ordered home, and since
then have been quartered in Scotland and at Alder-
shott.

Three men who had been in custody for ahooting
at the Glenbane policeman have been discharged.
Some arrests have been made in Galway--namely,
James 0. Flynn, victualler ; Patrick O'Connor,
gunsmith ; James Henahan, blacksmith ; John
Cunniffe, employed in the paper mills of the Messrs.
Tallon and Murray; John Burke, corn buyer for
Mr. R. N. Somerville ; and a plumber named
Green, who was concealed under a bed when ar-
rested. Most of those persons are rather respect-
able in their line of business, and their arrest has
caused considerable excitement in the neighbour..
hood. The rural districts are almost entirely free
from the taint of Fenianisrn, except in a few cases
where they are contaminated by emissaries from the
neighbouring towns.
At the opening of the Waterford Assizes yester-
nay, Baron Deasy conoTatulated the grand jury on
the lightness of the calendar and the tranquillity of
(tihrecssecdjoturo Justice
tiyct.ehe o f,rStiahrzeic jlicaru congratulations were ad-
Chief Uri o y onf PleVaess.tmeath by the
At the Monaghan Assizes yesterday, Edward
Waring Gray, son of the late Mr. Sam
Gy
Ballybay,
raul
who has been in gaol since last
J' of
stood forward, charged with having wilfully Yand
maliciously murdered Peter Shevlin on the 22d of
July last, in the town of Castleblaney. The pri-
soner came into Castleblaney with a large number ,

of voters on the day of the election. Most of the
Ballybay electors were stanch supporters of the
Conservative candidate, and they were escorted to
and from the polling-booths by a strong party of
the 9th Lancers. In the evening, when the train was
in readiness to take them home, stones were being
thrown, and several shots were fired. The unfortu-

nate deceased received a fatal shot "-at the station,
and the prisoner was arrested a short time after-
wards. Several witnesses for the prosecution have
been examined, some of whom depose to having
seen the prisoner take aim and fire at the deceased.
Sergeant Armstrong, Q.C., with Mr. Law, Q.C.,
and Mr. Hamill prosecuted. Counsel for the pri-
soner, the Right Hon. James Whiteside, M.P.,
Q.C., Messrs. Harrison, Q.C., and Kaye, LL.D. ;
attorney, Mr. Wright. The case is still proceeding.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.