The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-21 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON', MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1864.

Viceroyalty of Ireland—Cui Bono,

TOLLING OF THE BELL FOR ITS FUNERAL.
Scotland has had no Lord Lieutenant " to meek the air
with idle State," yet her progress in population) wealth,
and industry, with a more rigorous climate and a poorer
soil, is far greater than that of " the first flower of the earth
and first gem of the sea." Blessed or cursed (according to
the opinion of various parties) with a pseudo-monarch, who
holds a mock court in Dublin for the entertainment and
amusement of the shopocracy, mercantile aristocracy, mili-
tary and professional men of the metropolis, and as many of
the second-rate and smaller gentry dwelling in the beauti-
ful suburbs.

The tailors and miliners of the city may be benefited, but
as to the former it is doubtful, as we often see Court dresses,
with the other paraphernalia, advertised in the papers for
hire on Castle days, at a moderate rent. Edinburgh has
much increased in population; Glasgow has quadrupled ;
Liverpool and Manchester has advanced with equal strides,
as well as our own Thlfast, but Dublin remains in static quo,
owing to the dark shade of the Castle and its backstair
influence.

Among the classes attending the levees and drawing
rooms of the Viceroy a good deal of sensitive feeling
exists. The country squire, the western Fodeen, " the
lord of heather and rushes," thinks
,himself a better
man than Viceroy's knights, and his wife and buxom
daughters look down with contempt on Lady This or Mrs
That, the wives of belted knights, wealthy merchants or
eloquent lawyers. These, in their turn, play the same part
to,those they think a peg lower, and so it goes to the bottom
of the ladder. Lady Haddington, a quarter of a century ago
attempted to raise the qualification, thinking the wives and
daughters of her tradesmen were not in their proper places
when attending levees and drawing rooms, and she was
right, though she failed. The want of industry in Dublie,
and the distaste for a commercial life, may fairly be attri-
buted to the desire of admittance to the Castle, which en-
courages a "enter habitue supra vires" among the families
unfortunate enough to have this privilege.
The Viceroyalty is a delusion, while Royalty, with the
Phoenix-park as one of its residences, visiting us annually,
would be a reality, Tho sooner the exchange is made the
better. We will give an imaginary meeting of the Cabinet
at the Irish-oflice,and the supposed opinions of the members.
The Veteran Premier in the chair, and to his questions
as to what each thought of the Viceroyalty, the follow-
ing answers were given :—Sir Rebert Peel—A bore.
Earl Russell—A sham. Mr Gladstone—Lelanda est
Carthage. Lord Granville—Remove that bauble. The
others nodding assent, the Premier remarked that it was
sheer nonsense to have a mock court there, which kept
her Majesty from one of her finest parks, where she
might reside a couple of months in the year. lie had 8,000
acres in and around Dublin, and he had no doubt but his
property would be much increased in -alue by the change,
as the citizens instead of Castle hunting would devote
themselves to industrial pursuits. No city in the empire
presented greater facilities for commercial enterprises, the
railways North, West, and South centreing there, woulel
be soon all connected, and two canals larger than any in
England, giving a great !nternational navigation with the
Shannon, the Erne, and the Suir ; but these cheap water-
ways are comparatively neglected owing to the Castle. As
the Cabinet were unanimous he thought Lord Wodehouse
would be the best man of business to wind up the old clock,
which had already been ticking too long, and never could
keep time, running one day too fast and another day too
slow, as the wire pullers were at work, The Viceroy with
the Chiet Secretary as his good man Friday, resembled
Punch and Judy (here Sir Robert laughed). As we have
come to this decision we may as well call in Wodehouse,
who is warming his toes in the next room, and Peel can
lecture him on his duties. (We pause for the present, re•
serving the schoolmaster's teaching for another oppor-
tunity.;

Before separating they drank the Viceroy's health in a
bumper, Sir Robert calling for a second for "Royalty in
Ireland," which was cordially responded to.
The Liverpool Albion states—No little anxiety was felt
by political parties here to ascertain which answer Lord
Wodehouse would make to the Flapdoodle address of the
Corporation of Dublin. Nothing could have been more
dignified than his Excellency's reply, and it has elicited
general approbation. 11Ir Vereker and his cooperators did
not entrap Lord Wodehouse into a pledge to oppose the
abolition of the Viceroyalty, nor did they get him to endorse
their statement that the narrow spirit and the jealousy with
which the Galway Transatlantic Company had to contend
necessarily eventuate in its failure. 'With respect to these
and several other assertions which the Corporation made as
if they were admitted and incontrovertible facts, his Excel-
lency replied—" I am sure you would not expect that on my
arrival among you I should at once pronounce opinions on
subjects which have been or still are matters ot controversy."
But that is just what the Corporation wanted to make him
do. The must have since learned, if they did not know it
beore, that the new Lord Lieutenant is a man of ability—
much too able a ono to bo thrown away on such a sham
office. Very appropriately, Lord Wodehouse wound up the
day of his arriving by dining with the Hibernian Catch
Club. As his principal responsibilities in Dublin will be
those connected with lcveea, dinner parties, and balls, he
did right not to lose time in entering upon the active dis-
charge of one of his chief duties.—Cork Repoi tor.

THE MIDDLE TEMPLE AND THE INNS OF COURT
(DEVIL'S OwN) RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—At a parliament
held on Thursday evening last the benchers of the Middle
Temple consented to grant the use of their hall for the
volunteer dinner which is to be given on Tuesday, the 29,11
inst,

An account was given about two years ago of
the escape of a certain number of convicts from
Ca) enne. One of them, a man named Halloticz, who was
under sentence of penal servitude for lire as accessory in
the crime of parricide, has just been recaptured at Mantes.
Ho appears to have first reached English Guyana, and
from there suc-essively passed to Barbadoes, St Thomas,
Porto Rico, and New York ; from the last named place he
embarked for Franco, and landed at Havre, Oct. 23, 1863.
In the month of April last the authorities received
information that he was employed in the woods at S innois
Seine-et-Oise) as labourer; he had obtained possession, it
is not known how, of a passport. bearing the name, of
Crenuier. On hearing that his whereabouts had been dis-
covered ho eeraped before he could be arrested. He went to
Mantes under the name of Rendu ; he here became ac-
quainted with the neico of a small innkeeper named
Lavigne, and made her off,r of marriage, although he
had a wife still living. He had declared himself
to be a native of Valdampierre, and Lavigne
having written to the mayor of that place to
make inquiries as to the character of a man named Ronda.
who had been living at Mantes for about six months, sus-
picions were excited, for a person named Rendu in reality
resided at Valdampierre, but had not left his native place
The gendarmerie being communicated• with, Rendu at
Mantes was identified as being the missing Hallotiez, but
he again succeeded in escaping and got away. However, a
few days back ho wished to see his mother, and for that
purpose returned to his native village, where ho was cap-
tured. He has been taken to Toulon, and w ill be sent back
to Cayenne by the first convict ship.

NARROW ESCAPE.—During the height of the
tempest which prevailed the day before yesterday
in the Atlantio, a pilot boat was observed by the look-out
at Nantes to be making for that port. She was, however,
presently seen to miss the regular channel, and run ashore
on the mud outside. Several persons went to the assistance
of the little craft, but were surprised to find that the only
person on board was a boy, who made the following state-
ment :—" My name is A'phonse Denis, and my age twelve
years and a half. I am a native of St, Nazaire, and
have been for six months employed on boatel pilot
boats. This sloop, the Vipers, left St. Nazaire on
the 6th, having on board the master, two pilots, and
myself. We put the pilots on board two ships, and were
returning to St, Nazaire when the weather forced us to put
into Belle Isle, which we left this morning. The weather
being calmer we set sail, but the wind presently recovered
its former violence, and the sea washed over our decks, I
told the master we had too much sail on, but he was too
much occupied in steering to pay any attention. We ap-
approached the Four' rock, but passed too near the tower
to be in the right channel; suddenly the sloop touched on
the rocks, and the waves, which were as high as the top of
the mast, threw her on her beam ends. We clung to the
bulwarks which were above the water, and the master cut
the rope of a little boat we had in tow, and jumped in ; he
asked me to follow, but I said I preferred remaining in the
sloop. Ho then put off, but had not proceeded more than
three boat's lengths when his craft was swamped and man
and boat disappeared. Shortly after the sloop was raised by
a wave, and the wind catching her sails, sighted her. This
was about one in the afternoon. The sloop not being
water-logged, 1 steered for the nearest land in order to save
myself. Not being acquainted with the coast, I did not
know which direction to take to avoid the rocks. I passed
between Piriac and the Island of Met, and made for th(
bottom of the bay, hoping to reach port Navalo. I how-
ever presently saw the masts of the ships in the port rising
over the coast—l made for the shore, and not being able to
get the anchor out as the chain was entangled, I run her
ashore hero on the mul. Tho naval population 'gave this
gallant little fellow three cheers, and took him off to break-
fast.

APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE SPEED OF A
TRAIN.—The necessity of an apparatus for measuring
the rapidity of trains, in order to ascertain whether they have
kept within the bounds assigned to it by the regulations
has long engaged tlik.attention of the engineers. This pro-
blem, it is asserted, has been solved by MIL Borde and
Meritens, by an apparatus consisting of a pulley placed in
the centre of a large wheel, and receivhg motion by means
of an endless strap from ono of the wheels of the locomotive,
or ono of the carriages. The large wheel turns indepen
dently of the pulley, and by means of a system of gearing,
it effects a single revolution during the whole trip, while a
second pulley, put into communication with' the first one,
turns with the same rapidity as the latter. Meanwhile a
centrifugal regulator impresses a forward or backward
motion on a pencil, according as the rapidity increases cr
diminishes, and the marks lett by this pencil on a piece of
circular paper determine the rapidity of the train at a given
moment,

61,117 r,

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 19.
The Duke of Nemours, the Princess Marguerite'
and Princess Blanche of Orleans, arrived at the
Castle yesterday.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal nigh'
nesses the Princess of Wales and Princess Helen°,
drove out this morning, attended by Lord Charleit
Fitzroy.
His Royal H;ghness the Prince of Wales went
out shooting, attended by Lord Methuen and M'Pr
Teesdale.

The Duke of Nemours and the Princ,•esses of Or
leans left the Castle this morning.

SUNDAY'
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived at the
Castle yesterday.
The Royal dinner party included their R°sll
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales-a"',
her Royal Highness Princess Helena, the (Amite°
of Caledon, the Countess of Macclesfield, Lady OP
roline Barrington, the Hon. Mrs Bruce, the klc/r/'
Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Mecdonald,tbe
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Major General the
Hou, A. and Lady Mary Hood, Col. H. and the
Hon. Mrs Ponsonby, Dr 'Termer, Dr Holzmann, Alt
Woodward, Lord Methuen, Lieut. Col. Kinsate'
Lord Charles Fitzroy, Col. the Hon. A. 'Jardine,
Major Teesdale, and the Master of the Household'
The Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Prices
and Princess of Wales, Princess Helena, and Pall:
cess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen 10
Waiting, attended Divine service this morning, 111
the private chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev. the
Dean of Windsor officiated, and administered the
Sacrament of the Holy Communion.

Their R llghnessess the Prince and Princess
of Wales attended Divine service yesterday afternoon at
the Chapel Royal, St. George. The Prince sat under the
banner of his late Royal father, and the Princess in her
Z,lajesty's closet. The lessons were read by the Rev. c,
Frewer, the lecturer—the prayers were intoned by the
Rev. Seymour Neville, minor canon; the service was 13./
Attwood ; and the anthem, " When the Son of Man 01111
1
come in his glory," Kent, was sung by Me Marriott, Jur
Dyson, and Mr Barnby. The chapel was &noel
crowded, and many of the congregation were compelled t°4
stand nearly during the whole of the service whilst tasl3J
others were accommodated with seats in the aisles.
THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—Her Royal Highness
the Princess Royal of England completes her 24th year to
day, having been born on the 21st of November, 1840. I'4°
princess was married on the 25th of January, 1853, to rfe:
derick 'William Nicholas Charles, Crown Prince of Prusu":
Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess
de Paris received at dinner on Saturday evening, at there
residence at Twickenham, their Royal Highnesses t's"
Duke and Duchess de Chartres, the Duke de Nemours, ti3°
Princess Margaret of Orleans, the Prince and Princefe
Joinville, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, his Excelleeci
the Spanish Minister and Madame Comyn, M. and M.'
dame de Mussy, dr.3,
His Excellency the Russian Ambassador and
-
Baronness Brunnow gave a dinner party last night 11
Chesham House. Amongst the c mpany present were
Excellency the French Ambassador, Baron and Baroorr
de Bauch., the Count de Courval, the Viscount de se4ll;
mont, Baron and Baroness do Biome, his Excellesei
General Todleben, Captain Schilder, Sir Roderick 1‘..,1°:
chison, Baron Rosenkranz, Colonel and Madame de 11°.
vitzky, M. de Sabouroff, and Mr de Berg.
"al
THE EARL OF DERBY.— We have much pleb--
in stating that Lord Derby may now be considered Cal;
lescent ; but the attack of gout having been very severer
has left his lordship exceedingly weak.
The marriage of Lieut.• Col. J. Ross FarquhaWal
of the Scots Fusilier Guards, with Elizabeth Louise, eld-e,
daughter of Alexander Oswald, Esq., of AucheneraAilef
and the late Louisa Oswald, was solemnised on Satar'eg
morning at St. George's, Hanover-square, in the preseliol
of a numerous and distinguished circle of the friends A
relatives of the two families.

HONOUR TO TEES FRENCH CONSUL AT SUNO:
LAND —The knigh.hood of the Legion of Honour haej-ilk
been conferred on M. Paulin Niboyct, the French CAA-e
at Sunderland, as a reward fur the services he has tendere
to the shipping trade of the two countries.
SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.—One of tb°°
sad events which are but too common on many parts (405
treacherous coast has again occurred in the vicinity 0
Southport. On Friday afternoon; while the recent gale %gip&
still at its height, a vessel, apparently somewhat disab"i4
was seen beating about in dangerous vicinity to the bsII 4
which abound in the estuary of the Ribble. Soon site; t
o'clock she appeared to strike, and a crew was at once 'l,l°,
together to man the Southport lifeboat. Same doubt, h°l,
ever, was still felt as to the necessity of visiting the ve to
especially as she did not answer the signals which sge 6
made to attract the notice of the crew, and it was aft6.:o
o'clock, and consequently quite dark, when the lifeboat 704
launched. The crew of the latter immediately pulled f°
e 0
Horse Bank, on the further side of which the ship had
last seen, but they could see no signs of a wreck, and re"
a search of more than four hours they were compelled i°.o%
turn unsuccessful. At daylight on the following roertiie
the lifeboat again went out, and the crew were not 10%0
discovering the foundered vessel, high and dry on the vi lye
above alluded to. On going to her they found thiti;ite
crew of the Lytham lifeboat, which it appeared ha° '.cet
wise been cruising about unsuccessfully on the pre o,
night, had reached the wreck before them, as had a 01:4-0
side shrimping boat, and the latter had rescued the only
of the crew—a negro— who escaped a water grave. fueti
what could be gathered from this poor fellow, who evaoiieff
half dead in the foreceotle, and who could speak bnts'ele
imperfect English, soon after the ship struck two °holt
crew were washed into the sea, Afterwards all en b°,-ttet
with the exception of the negro and the captain—toil e
pif
being ill at the time—took refuge in the rigging of fhe "tbei
remaining mast, which gave way, and threw them altogeoce
into the water. On reaching the wreck the Southport god
found the dead body of the captain in the hold, and rot
up the remains of one of the seamen on the bank. Tile°
of the vessel, which is a brig of some 300 tons burde%)
the Chimdra, of Liverpool, to which port she was b
from Sierra Leone, with a cargo of palm oil. She is 6 jej
feet wreck, haying portions of her sides stove in, her .101
broken up, and both her masts washed away, while ros9;oos
her cargo is lost. From the entries in an account' peti
which was recovered, it is inferred that the vessel Was lieti
or chartered by Messrs. Isaacs, Reader, and Co., oa,
the name of the captain was John Harris. Her crew
passengers numbered 15, of whom but one is saved. od
SHIPWRECK AT FIFENESS.—A storm of 6 00
violent nature raged on the east coast of FifBfeil
Thursday,about noon of which day a schooner was oh°
drifting in towards the land in spite of every exerficidli dveS
parently used by the crew of the vessel. The Coastglisr cod'
were soon on the alert and prepared to meet the eniers
About 1 p.m. the vessel was seen to strike on a reef oflit?
to the east of Kilminning Castle, and a messenger s": 6301
mediately despatched to Crail to apprise Lloyd's ageu"d
of the disaster. The agent immediately got a horse BC. oil
with such appliances as could be laid hold of, but tharere
no rockets to be had. Before the horse and cart had Ilrereei
from Crail Mr Crombie, farmer, Kilminning, who desd oyt
the highest praise for the energy he displayed, Ilet:Iode
of his farm carts yoked, and had the salmon.coble
ing to Mr. Thomas Meldrum, blacksmith, Hallttart
was lying about half a mile to the westward, cororei°sj
that part of the coast opposite the disabled ship. II:ad 17:0
many persons had by this time reached the 01)°t1 °,l.- or/
coble was conveyed across the rocks till it reach e 0 ere
water, about 50 yards front the ship. The cries of til
at this time were very distressing to those =land' ieol,
asked if no reckete could be thrown to them, and) ())3011'/
ing that none were to be had, one of the sailors InadeviotiA
tempt to descend the ship over the bow, with the 140
swimming ashore. He was warned by those on 08,01;4
not to do so, and he gave up the attempt. As 5°°71.00,0
eoble was launched, a great many volunteered their roetro
to man her, and the following were selected oop
on, Meldrum, Charles Bottrel, James Thoms ,greet
Brown, and George Clark. This gallant crew, 110 Onts
to their lives, at once faced the raging sea, anlid,ecire,
of the spectators, and, after great difficulty, ralv—of imled
reaching the vessel and taking on board the ernveo)o'soo
men and a boy, who were by this time in a veri erealjciter
state. On returning, the heavy surge sweeping eloti
vessel broke seine of the oars, and great fears
tamed that the boat would be upset. She reaelle_ecee 700
safely, however, and the shipwiecked crew' 7.,,,,pea
charge of by Mr Crombie, who supplied their 'il'eofet
wants. The vessel was found to be the BLIP
Aberdeen, bound to Wemyss, in ballast
VERY LIKE THE " THIN END OF TIIS reeetlioje
Last Saturday morning, in obedience 0. fCO tiro
made order issued by Colonel Fraser, the Ch!ehe detc'tee‘
donor of Police for the City of London, Si oft:Fe of : je:
officers, or reserve force, proceeded to the to 1:
tion, in Clerkenwcll, for the purpose, anc"diog
titer 3
structions, of inspecting the prisoners ,
tteer°oo:
of identifying them, if possible, or of knovinget eiti‘
upon any future occasion. The Penitentiary 003
epe
is also to be vieited by the officers in their turns' it
to be paid twice within each succeeding we:k. poetic'oel,
rally thought—though the usefulness of ,en to 01/4100
not be disputed—that this is a preliminaryestPll2o
gamation of the City and the Metropolitan Pow,' tile
vo,
ments— a measure to which effoot it is I'l°ool°l
Secretary, Sir G. Grey, has at presout in cell'