The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-11 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Olt. 10.
The marriage of Lord Kenlis, son of the Earl
of Bective, and Lady Alice Hill, daughter of the
Marquis of Downshire, was celebrated yesterday at
Hillsborough, amid great rejoicings. The church,
the Castle, the Market-hall, and other buildings in
the thriving and picturesque town were profusely
decorated in honour of the event, and the inhabi-
tants of the district for miles around sought by every
possible expedient to testify how heartily they sym-
pathised with the pleasure of a noble and popular
house. Triumphal arches, flags, and inscriptions
struggled to look bright and joyous, though the
weather was unfavourable, and sadly dimmed the
lustre of the display. Ordinary and even extraordi-
nary prose, however unfettered by grammatical re-
straints, seemed inadequate to express their wild
enthusiasm. A local laureate, inspired by the occa-
,ion, recorded these sentiments more satisfactorily in
the following couplet, which was inscribed on a
large banner :
" Welcome, Lord Kenlis, to receive thy bride,
The Flower of England and Hillsborough's pride."
The church was crowded with the friends of the
two noble families whose union was solemnised.
Among those present were the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Downshire, the Earl of Hillsborough, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort, Earl and
Countess of Amherst and Lady Constance Amherst,
Earl of Bective and Ladies Taylour, Rev. F. and
Lady Olivia Fitzpatrick, lion. General and Lady
Mary Hood, Captain Hood and Miss Hood, Marquis
of Waterford, Viscount Combermere, &c., &c. The
ceremony was performed by the Lord Bishop of
Down and Connor, assisted by the Yen. the Arch•
deacon of Down and the Rev. Messrs. 0. Gordon
and St. George. In the evening the town was illu-
minated, and bonfires blazed on the surrounding
hills. The festivities will b 3 kept up on the Down-
shire estates for some days.
A courteous letter has been addressed to the
chairman of the Harbour Commissioners, Belfast,
expressing the great satisfaction which his Excel-
lency the Lord Lieutenant derived from his late
visit to Belfast.

An audacious attempt to defraud a burial society
in Liverpool came under the judicial notice of the
Recorder yesterday, and was punished as it de-
served. Two women, named Maria Silk and Sarah
Cooke, the latter aged about 50 years, were the
guilty parties. Silk, at the instigation of her com-
panion, registered Cooke's death, giving her own
name as Brady, which she stated, in her defence,
was her maiden name, and was more easly written
than Silk. The agent of the society was then ap-
plied to, and on the production of the registrar's
certificate paid £4 to the applicant. It afterwards
transpired that Cooke was living, and a prosecution
was instituted. The Recorder sentenced Cooke to
be imprisoned for six months and kept to hard
labour, and the other prisoner to imprisonment fcr
six weeks.

The inquiry into the claims of landed proprietors
in Ireland to wreck of the sea, in which Mr. O'Dowd
has been engaged in the Custom-house here for the
last ten days, was brought to a close yesterday. The
results have been that every clause has been finally
and satisfactorily determined by a prompt and in-
expensive tribunal. In some instances there was a
keen conflict of rival claims, some claimants relying
upon ancient patents from the Crown, without
being able to prove actual enjoyment, others rest-
ing their claims upon deeds of transfer of the fee
simple and royalties. Before ordinary tribunals
such questions of title would be discussed at an enor-
mous cost. The value and fairness of the inquiry,
however, may be inferred from the fact that in no
instance has there been an appeal from O'Dowd's
decision, notwithstanding that in Ireland alone
about. 500 claims have been investigated.
The Ormsby Gore Farming Society held its 20th
annual show yesterday in the demesne of Colonel
Porteous, Ballisodare, County Sligo. The society,
as its name imports, was founded by the lord of the
soil, who is a resident and improving landlord.
Major Gore, who usually attends, was on this occa-
sion unavoidably absent, but was ably represented
by Mr. Fetherstone. The show reflected credit
upon the locality. There was a good collection of
cattle, especially of two year olds. Sheep were not
so numerous or so good as might have been expected.
Butter of second and third class was very justly
commended for its purity and cleanliness. Mr.
Fetherstone expressed his belief that it would bring
120 s. per cwt. in the London market.
The engine which brought the down train from
Dublin to Cork on Tuesday evening got off the rails
between Buttevant and Mallow at a sharp curve in
the line, and before it could be stopped tore up some
of the track, but the place being level it fortunately
did no further damage. It was proceeding at a mode-
rate pace, and the accident is attributed to some un-
noticed defect in the permanent way. The pasien-
gers were alarmed, but received no injury. After a
delay of two hours the engine and two carriages
which it dragged off the rails were reinstated, and
the train resumed its course, arriving at Cork at 10
p.lll.

The ironclads have left Cork harbour it is sup-
posed for Portugal. The Liffey and P;llas took their
departure on Saturday evening, and the rest of the
squadron, consisting of the Bellerophon, Minotaur,
Warrior, Lord Warden, Lord Clyde, and Achilles
followed on Tuesday morning, presenting an impres-
sive spectacle as they steamed out of the harbour.
The Mersey guardship, which bears the Admiral's
flag, is the only vessel of war now at Queenstown.

DEATII OF FRANK DowLING, ESQ.—Yesterday
morning, at about four o'clock, this gentleman
died in Norfolk-street, Strand, whither he had come up
from his residence at Chertsey in the performance of hit;
duties as editor of Bell's Life in London. The deceased,
who had entered the Temple as a barrister, succeeded his
father, Vincent George Dowling, Esq., who may be said
to have founded Bell's Life, in the editorship of that paper.
In that capacity he had the arrangement of the great fight
between Sayers and Heenan. In was by his advice that
the men agreed to a draw, and each to receive a belt. Mr.
Dowling interested himself a great deal for the men, and
to the credit of Sayers, he, in a delicate spirit not gene-
rally expected of a man of his class, begged his accept-
ance of a gold pencil-case in appreciation of his kindn
Deceased was a gentleman in every sense of the word,
being urbane, kind, and considerate of the feelings of every"
ono he was connected with ; and in him the journal he'
conducted aad the P.B.A. have sustained a severe loss-
The difficulties attendant on a late ring affair caused hint
much personal trouble and annoyance, and added to the
pulmonary and nervous affection under which he was Jon
labouring. The members of the P.B.A. cannot but regret
the death of their friend and supporter, and though in the
discharge of his difficult duty ho has given some of 0102
offence, they must all acknowledge that his decisions were
fair, and that he was au upright and honourable 113313'
Ho had been for some time in precarious health, though
diligently labouring at his onerous official duties, and 18'38
unable to meet the men for the arrangement of prelimi-
naries for the forthcoming fight for the championship'
which takes place next week. The deceased gentleman
was in his 44th year. The immediate cause of death WO
congestion of the lungs.
FIRE AT DALHO USIE CASTLE. EDINBU Het
Thursday.—This castle has been partially burned this
morning. The damage is upwards of £3,000. fir'e
tapestry is destroyed, but the family portraits are itilreci•