The Special Commission for the trial of the State prisoners
was opened at Clonmel on Thursday, by the Lord Chief Justice Blackburne, Chief Justice Doherty, and Mr. Justice Moore. The Lord Chief Justice charged the Grand Jury, headed by Viscount Suirdale, at great length; and the Jury found true bills against Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Terence Bellew 1PManus, and two minor offenders; and commenced their investigations in the cases of Mr. Meagher and others. Five clear days were granted to the first-named prisoners, to plead; and they were remitted to gaol.
A correspondent of the Evening Poet, who appears to be well informed on the subject of the Irish Colleges, contradicts a statement which has re- cently appeared in the newspapers, to the effect that the Pope had given a decided condemnation of the Colleges.
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