The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1862

2.HE NAVY.

A letter received at Chatham, from an officer serv-
ing on board the Rattlesnake, 21, 490 horse power,
states that the vessel encountered a succession of
gales before reaching Madeira, and leaked consider-
ably. She was to be caulked and repaired at Ma-
deira, after which she would proceed to the coast of
Africa.

The Eclipse, 4, screw gun vessel, Master Comman-
der A. S. A. Parks, arrived at Portsmouth on Satur-
day from Sheerness, having left the latter port on
the 14th inst., her trip round to Spithead from the
Nore being lengthened by the late heavy weather.
Off Hastings the Eclipse was in collision with the
merchant schooner Louise, but fortunately without
causing or receiving any serious damage. She has
gone into harbour from Spithead to make good de-
fects prior to sailing for the Australian station.
The Galatea, 26. screw, Capt. R. Maguire, sailed
from Spithead for the West Indies yesterday morn-
ing, going out to sea by the eastern passage under
all plain sail.

The Trafalgar, 86, screw, Capt. Hon. T. Baillie,
arrived off Portsmouth yesterday morning from the
Downs, and anchored in St. Helen's-roads.
Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham
dockyard, directing that dockyard apprentices who
may be serving the latter part of time afloat will,
on the completion of their term of apprenticeship,
be entered on the books of the establishment as
"absent on service." Apprentices whn may applyi
for their discharge' from any of her Majesty's ships,
on the completion of their term, will be sent to Eng-
land by any ship of war returning home.

A naval court-martial assembled on board her
Majesty's ship Victory at Portsmouth on Saturday,
consisting of the following members :—Captains
Phillimore, Connolly, Lacy, and Fellowes,and Com-
mander Bonham, for the trial of Mr. James R.
Marsden, Sub-Lieut. on board her Majesty's ship
Resistance, on two charges :-1, for behaving with
disrespect to Commander Hume, of that ship, by
standing with his hands in his pockets while that
officer was addressing him on service ; 2, for be-
having disrespectfully on the quarterdeck of the
Resistance to Capt. Chamberlain, his superior offi-
cer. Both charges were found partly proven, and
the prisoner was sentenced by the Court to be se-
verely reprimanded and admonished.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—William R. Bennett, M.D., assist.-
surg., to Greenwich Hospital; William Roche (b),
assist.•surg., to Plymouth Hospital; Gabriel M.
Eagles, assist.-surg., to the Impregnable ; Thomas
A. O'Flabarty, M.D., assist.-surg., to the Bri-
tannia ; Dennis A. Riordan, M.D., and John W.
Ashford, acting assist.-surgs., additional to the
Rattlesnake.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, OCT. 25.
Yesterday the foundation stone of a new church
at Inchicore, near this city, was laid by the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, in presence of a large assemblage,
including Sir Robert Peel, the Provost of Trinity
College, the Dean of St. Patrick's, and many of the
clergy and gentry. The silver trowel used on the
occasion was presented by Mr. Welland, the archi-
tect, to the Archbishop, and bore an inscription re-
cording the fact and the date, &c. In the stone
was deposited a bottle, with photographic portraits
of the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Lord Lieu-
tenant, the Archbishop of Dublin, &c. The bottle
contained a scroll recording the facts connected
with the event, to the following effect :—This
parish of St. Jude's formed a portion of the ad-
joining extensive parish of St. James's, in
the city. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners had
made a grant towards the erection of a church,
which was aided by the subscriptions of the
parishioners and others, chiefly the late Primate,
the Archbishop, Lord Meath, the Rev. Thomas
Kingston, Vicar of St. James, Mr. Benjamin L.
Guinness, and Alderman Atkinson. The site is the
munificent gift of Mr. M'Birnie, J.P. The scroll
also contained the names of the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners.

The Archbishop, having laid the stone, delivered
an address in which he remarked that there had
been more churches built in Ireland within the last
few years than within the last century. He was in
one sense the friend of Protestant ascendancy ; he
wished to show that the members of the Established
Church were superior to the members of any other
denomination in Christian zeal. He had great satis-
faction in taking part in that ceremony, because it
supplied an answer to those who assert that the Es-
tablished Church is a superfluity, a mere shadow, a
church without congregations, ministers without
hearers. There are churches; no doubt, with small
congregations, where the Protestants are scattered,
but there are others, perhaps near, where there is
not room for one-fourth of those who claim admit-
ance. The same may be said of the churches of
London, in the city proper, because it is so much
occupied with offices, warehouses, counting-houses,
&c., the owners of which reside in the suburbs. A
person looking at the half empty churches there, or
in some parts of Ireland, might exclaim, " How use-
less are your churches ?" But the Archbishop said
that argument reminded him of the King of Moab,
who wished Balaam to curse Israel, and when he
blessed instead the King said, " Come, I pray thee,
with me unto another place from whence thou
mayest see them,—thou shalt see but the hinder
part of them,—and curse them from thence."

Sir Robert Peel, at the request of the parishioners,
returned thanks to his Grace for attending to lay
the foundation stone. After some introductory re-
marks on the gratifying nature of the scene before
him, he gave utterance to some general reflections
on Christian forbearance and mutual toleration as
follows

" Now, we are most beautifully taught that God is no
respector of persons, and that in every case he who serves
Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted of Him. I
cannot conceive a more beautiful lesson of Christian charity
than that teaches us ; and I think it is infinitely better for
us to do as we are doing—doing our work in the erection of
this church, for instance, quietly and earnestly, instead of
disputing with those who may differ from us upon consci-
entious grounds, which we are bound to respect--to endea-
vour by the gentle influence of our example to awaken others
to a sense of their own position, and thus, if possible, to
bring immortal souls to heaven. (Hear.) I believe, in
speaking this, I do but give expression to the feelings and
the opinions of all those here assembled—(hear)—and I
think, my lord, that your very presence here is an earnest
of, your own conviction, and carries with it the sanction
of the words which I now utter. Look around this assem-
bly, and see the groups which cluster round this place. Is
there not something very attractive in such a gathering—
something very homely, very genial? This is no party
demonstration. (Hear.) There is nothing to excite or
exasperate any one ; if there were, I, for one, would not be
here. There is nothing here to leave behind it the bitter
fruits of mutual animosities, or to check, as it were, the flow
of mutual goodwill one towards another. Nothing of the
kind here. I should like to make one more observation, and
one only. I speak as an earnest Protestant—as a man as
firmly attached as any in this company to the Protestant
institutions of the country, but at the same time the expe-
rience of my life has taught me to respect and bear with the
conscientious convictions of others. Nothing has pained
me more—not me only, but also many good friends of the
Churclr, many friends of mine—nothing has pained me more,
and I am glad of this public opportunity of saying it, than
the recent abortive attempts which have been made to stir
up a spirit of intolerance among us, by endeavouring to ex-
cite the public mind by appeals to extreme opinions, and in
one instance, I regret to say, upon a plea which every mode-
rate man in this country knows as well as I do is utterly
and entirely unfounded. Just contrast a gathering like this
with a demonstration like that to which I have alluded.
We have our constitutional rights of meeting, and we al-
ways avail ourselves of them, but this is the moment of all
others at which we should be tolerant. The very moment
when we know that there are persons of our own religion
who are suffering in other lands the bitterest persecution is
the moment when we should show our Christian charity
and forbearance by our kindly bearing ro others who may
differ from us. I ask you for one moment to contrast the
noisy demonstration to which I have alluded with this peace-
ful, family-like gathering. I allude partioularly to that
which took place recently at Belfast. No possible benefit
can result from such demonstrations. They do not do good
to the cause of religion. They cannot afford us one mo-
ment's repose, or comfort, or consolation ; and depend upon
it they do not contribute one iota to consolidate that faith
and those principles which need no such extraneous aid to
flourish in this land. These, I believe, are the sentiments
of those I see gathered around me. Turn from that picture
and look at this large group gathered together. Is there not
something very attractive, I should say, in such a gather-
ing? We do not want any mob agencies here. We do not
want to deface the laws of charity and Christian society.
No, I want to see the work done quietly and honestly, and
1 think you could not do it better than by building in loca-
lities where churches are required by the circumstances of
the population; by building churches to which we invite
all, without distinction, to come within their consecrated
walls, where the thankoffering of a grateful heart may as-
cend to the Throne of Heaven. Now, I ought not to speak
thus. It is not my province to allude to this most beautiful
subject. Let it be for others to do that. My sole duty now
is to do that which I have been requested to do by the pa-
rishioners, through their honoured minister, and I now
therefore offer to his Grace most respectfully, in the name
of all these people, our most sincere acknowledgments and
thanks for the part which he has taken in inaugurating this
work. I hope that it may be speedily completed. I hope, as
bis Grace has so well said, that the people who live in this
vicinity may know how toavail themselves of the eppor •
tunities that are here brought within their reach; and I
hope that they, and their little ones, and their descendants,
may here, on this very spot, learn those lessons of Divine
discipline and knowledge which will better fit them for the
duties, for the trials of their station in this world, and in
the world to come may open to them the gates of everlast-
ing life." (Applause.)

Three hearty cheers were then given for Sir
Robert at the request of some person in the assem-
bly. The Doxology was then sung, after which his
Grace the Archbishop of Dublin pronounced the
benediction, and the proceedings terminated.
On Thursday evening the marriage of Lord
Dufferin and Clandeboye with ',Miss Hamilton,
daughter of the late Captain Hamilton, of Killy-
leagh Castle, county of Down, was celebrated at
Killyleagh Castle, with great rejoicings. The cere-
mony took place at 7 o'clock in the evening, in the
drawing-room of the Castle—the Rev. Dr. Hincks,
rector of Killyleagh, assisted by the Rev. John
Russell, curate, officiating. The bride was given
away by her brother, Mr. Hamilton, and th© brides-
maids were Misses Gwendoline and Catherine Hamil-
ton. The other parties present were Mts. Hamilton,
Capt. and Mrs. George Hamilton, and Capt. John
Hamilton. After the ceremony the bride and bride-
groom departed for Clandeboye, the seat of Lord
Dafferin. Their carriage Was drawn through the
streets of Killyleagh and on to Milltown by a por-
tion of the tenantry of Mrs. Hamilton, attended by
torchbearers, and a vast concourse of the inhabitants
of the village and surrounding
illuminat d
the
The
village was brilliantly
e , and the various
hills on the estates of Lord Dufferin and Mrs.
Hamilton for several miles round 'were lit up with
bonfires. Addresses from the tenantry were pre-
sented to Lord Dufferin and the mother of the

bride, to which replies were given. The utmost
enthusiasm prevailed among the inhabitants, and
the warmest wishes were expressed for the welfare
of the happy couple.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI2ION.

The return of visitors for the past week is less by
at least 100,000 than the number anticipated, and
with the moderate attendances on the shilling days
have vanished the last hopes of ever seeing such
numbers in the building as thronged to the closing
days of 1851. 'Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
last were remarkably fine days in point of weather,
yet the average of the three was less than 50,000
visitors. Saturday too showed an unexpected dimi-
nution, and, contrary to president, was below the
numbers of the previous day, the payments being
only 15,809 and season tickets 9,430, total 25,239.
The gross returns for each day last week are as
follows

Monday (15.)...„ ...
Tuesday (15.)
Wednesday (is.)
Thursday (ls.)
Friday (2s. 6d.)
Saturday (2s. 6d.)

Total 240,066
This brings up the total numbers since the com-
mencement to 5,797,599, still leaving a deficit of
240,000 to make the numbers equal with those
of 1851. There is not the least doubt bat that
the attendance of this, the last week, will much more
than make up this deficiency, especially as it is
known that his Imperial Highness the Prince Napo-
leon with the Princess Clotilde, will visit the build-
ing on Friday and Saturday next. The numbers
during the subsequent fortnight allowed for sales
are not likely to be very large, and are estimated
at from 8,000 to 10,000 payments a day, with the
customary proportionlof season-ticket visitors. The
price of admission on these days has not been offi-
cially announced, but it is understood that it will
not be more than half-a-crown. - Fairly speaking,
it should be less than this sum, as after Saturday
next two of the chief attractions of the building
will be closed to the public—the Picture Galleries
and the Machinery Annexe, in both of which de-
partments exhibitors will at once commence remov-
ing. Probably with a view to the sales that will
be effected during these days, many exhibitors
have recently added largely to their collections
with works more or less attractive and costly. Some
of these, as in the Porcelain and Glass Courts, are
exceedingly beautiful, and these Courts, with the
specimens now exhibited by Minton, the Royal
Worcester Works, Copelanda and Rose, and Daniel
and Co. are probably at present more full of the
best illustrations of ceramic art than they have
been at any period of the Exhibition. In like
manner, in the Glass Court, Messrs. Dobson and
Pearce, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Pellatt, Mr. Naylor,
Green, and Co., Defries, and Powell and Co., hav e
each, at the last moment, almost entirely replen-
ished their collections with really wonderful ex-
amples, both as to design- and shapes, of cut and
engraved glass. In no other class in the Exhibi-
tion, not even in that devoted to iron and metal
work, have the English more utterly distanced
their foreign competitors than in glass manufacft
tures and works of art. None are more willing to
admit this, or more hearty in their appreciation of
our success than the representatives of the great
continental glass works now in this country.
During the last few weeks Mr. Szerelmey, so well
known for his labours in connexion with his new
process of preserving the stone of the new Houses
of Parliament from decay, has sent in several spe-
cimens of a new kind of leather cloth which is just
now exciting a good deal of attention, and is likely
to prove a N aluable discovery. By the application
of a composition known only to the inventor, calico,
linen, or alpaca, when coated with it, assumes many
most valuable properties of ordinary leather, the
fabric itself retaining all its flexibility, though per-
fectly water-proof, and possessing all the strength
of common leather, though infinitely lighter and
less than half the cost. The process is capable of
application to all the materials for which hides are
now used, so that if the material only realises in
practice any one of the many savings its use is said
to effect it will be one of the most valuable new
materials the Exhibition has brought forth.
In the Indian Court the well-known costumesare
now for sale at reduced prices, very significative of
the close of the Exhibition. The jackets are beau-
tifully embroidered in velvet an&gold, and some of
them in those days of " braveries" would not be
misplaced even in everyday attire. The peasants'
jewellery is quaint and picturesque. The same may
be said of the filagree and church plate, which
might well form part of some fine art museum.

Messrs. Kennard and Co., of the Falkirk Iron
Works, 'lave set an example of liberality which we
hope will find many imitators. They have sent
directions that all the goods they show in the build-
ing, to the value of between £5OO and £6OO, shall
be sold off during the 14 days' sale for whatever
they will fetch, for the benefit of the distressed Lan-
cashire operatives. While referring to these dona-
tions we may, perhaps, be excused for suggesting
to colonial exhibitors that there is a very consider-
able proportion of objects shown in their collec-
tions, such as cases of insects, stuffed birds, com-
mon minerals, hard woods, small native manufac-
tures, &c., scarcely any of which will repay the
expense and trouble of removal from this country
and which have absolutely no value whatever in
their own. If some of these were sent to the many
large orphan schools and charitable institutions for
the training of children in this metropolis, they
would form small but most useful museums on such
subjects as natural history, mineralogy, and even
processes of manufacture, as could not fail to be in
the highest degree useful, because interesting also
to the poor little children. We know that many
colonies are puzzled what to do now with such
objects as we have mentioned, and we feel sure the
trustees of charities will be most grateful for the
donations.

We believe it is the intention of the English ex-
hibitors to present Mr. Superintendent Darkin,
of the police, with a testimonial expressive of their
admiration for the zeal and vigilance he has dis-
played in his management of the police force since
the opening of the building. Not many connected
with the Exhibition are more deserving of this
reward, and none have had such responsibility as
the safe keeping of goods of such value, and so
easily stolen, necessarily entails. From first to
last the whole conduct of the police has been most
admirable, and both English and foreign exhibitors
are alike loud in their praise. The total value of
all things actually stolen from the building, includ-
ing, of course, the petty thefts arising from the dis-
honesty of exhibitors' attendants, has, we believe,
been under £lO, and in nearly every case the thief
has been traced and the property recovered. A
curious instance was given of this vigilance
week, when a countryman lost his purse twice
byl
the same day. On both occasions it was found
the
the police, and ready at the station-house when last
careless owner came to make known his loss. As
a proof of their care at the doors,
itis
in get-
not twenty known thieves have succeededand almost
ting into the building since the
opening,ndturned out
all of these have been discovered
it Is
awhether .
within a short time afterwardiran
amount of bad
s stated that
due to this vigilance that so small
s we cannot say,
at the door
money has been taken counter-
the loss
but the fact is certain that
onsiderl less than in
feits on this occasion
is coo more money has been
£70,0u
1851, though nearly 0
of bad shillings, florins,
amount
from
taken. The total
saithe door-keepers up to Satur-
&c., palmed off
smallclic_
amount of loss ender any
day is only 17°' ad on the present occasion no loss
circumstances, an . .
terprising silversmith has offered to
en
at all,
iasoo a filor it, to melt down the counterfeits into
cup, and thus make it a memorial of
1862.
the Exhibition 0
thegi give
e forml of a