The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-24 00:00:00

ELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.
VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY TO DONEGAL.
On Saturday morning his excellency left Londonderry
to visit his relative, the Rev. Archdeacon Goold, who resides
at Sharon Glebe, in the county of Donegal. His journey is
thus described by the correspondent of a Dublin journal :
" His excellency travelled in a carriage and four. Oa
the arrival of the viceregal cortege at Newtowncunning-
ham, a small hamlet near Sharon, his excellency was met
by a number of the gentry and inhabitants. Nearly 100 of
the party were mounted, not including those who rode in
the numerous vehicles which thronged the route. An ad-
dress was presented to his excellency by Mr. John G. Bowen,
J.P. of Burt House, and the reply of the Lord Lieutenant,
which' briefly expressed his appreciation of the enthusiastic
welcome he had received, was hailed with loud cheers by
the spectators. The country people showed their warm
feeling towards bis excellency with great spirit and mani-
festations of rejoicing. In its progress from Newtowncun-
ningliam to Sharon, the viceregal party assumed quite the
asp:et of a procession-- and a procession, it may be remarked,
of rather a picturesque character, from the appearance of
the native horsemen, whose turn out was somewhat defi-
cient in uniformity of costume. At Sharon, a select dinner
party had been invited to meet his excellency."
From Sharon his excellency went to view the extensive
improvements lately effected by Mr. William M'Cormick,
the eminent railway contractor. Arrived at Tready Point,
where a commodious pavilion had been erected, his excel-
lency was conducted by Mr. M'Cortnick over a considerable
portion of the ground which he has recently reclaimed.
The Lord Lieutenant expressed his admiration of the won-
derful energy which could accomplish so much as bad been
performed by Mr. M'Cormick. A considerable body of
spectators had assembled near the place. On his return to
the pavilion the Lord Lieutenant was loudly cheered. Here
were assembled a number of the gentry of Derry and Done-
gal, and several of the citizens of Londonderry, who had
been invited by Mr. M'Cormick to meet his excellency at
luncheon. The repast was laid out in the most tasteful
style, and nothing that taste could suggest was omitted
from the tables, which were loaded with viands of the
choicest description. The worthy host had the Lord Lieu-
tenant on his right, and the Lord Bishop of Derry and
Raphoe on the other side. Among the company were
rather more than a sprinkling of ladies.
Mr. M'CORMICK having called on the company to fill
their glasses, said—May it please your excellency—my lords,
ladies, and gentlemen, I have, with his excellency's per-
mission, to propose a toast which I am sure you will all
receive with the utmost enthusiasm. It is the health of my
honoured guest the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. (Applause)
I am not going to make a speech on this interesting ccca-
sion, for nothing I could say would add to your respect for
so noble a character; nor could I find language to express
the sense I entertain of the honour conferred on me by the
representative of our most gracious Majesty condescending
to come here to Derry and inspect the labours of so bumble
an individual as myself. I, therefore, simply ask you to aid
me in giving his excellency a htarty welcome—(cheers)—
by drinking to the health, long life, and happiness of the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. (Prolonged applause.)
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.
His EXCELLENCY rose to respond, which he did very
briefly. He said—l can hardly express my great satisfac-
tion at being so happy as to have another opportunity of
thanking you for the kind reception I have received. This
is the last opportunity I shall have, for I must now go away
possibly for ever. (Cries of " No, no.") At all events I
shall scarcely ever have an opportunity of visiting this place
again, but I trust I may at some future period have the
happiness of meeting you as friends. (Cheers.) lam sure
every one of you must have joined with me in admiring the
energy of the man who carried out such an enormous work
for the benefit of this neighbourhood and of this country.
(Hear, hear.) It is indeed one of the most gigantic under-
takings I ever witnessed—(loud cheers)—commenced and
carried out by Mr. M'Cormick with a spirit worthy of his
character and position. (Cheers.) It is net only by any
effort on your part—by any good conduct on the part of the
landlords (and I believe that no landlords have been better
than the Irish landlords in latter days), but by the efforts of
men of enterprise and character, like Mr. M'Cormick, that
the country will rise to that prosperity to which her natural
advantages entitle her, and which the genius and
industry of her people, when well directed, will
enable her to achieve. (Hear, and cheers.) That
genius and industry, when directed by the energy of
such a man as Mr. M'Cormick, are invincible. (Renewed
cheers.) Even had he not done me the favour of proposing
my health, I should have trespassed on you by asking you
to join with tue in drinking the health of Mr. M'Cormick,
and I beg to couple with it our wish for that success of his
gigantic enterprise which he so well deserves. (Loud
cheers.)
Mr. M'ConsucK said—lf I found a difficulty in ad-
di easing your excellency on the first occasion, that difficulty
I feel still more now, in endeavouring to acknowledge the
flattering manner in which you have alluded to my labours
here. I have simply endeavoured to do my duty to my
country by attempting to increase her sphere of usefulness,
and to extend her means of providing for the comfort and
happiness of my fellow countrymen, and I can assure your
excellency that the recollection of this day will cheer me to
the last hour of my life. (Loud cheers.)
His excellency here retired, and the company broke up.
The carriage of the High Sheriff containing his excellency
and suite, followed by the carriages of the Lord Bishop and
of Mr. M'Cormick, reached the Coleraine Railway Station
at Derry, at half-past two o'clock. The Lord Lieutenant
was here met by the mayor and town clerk, and the other
members of the corporation, as well as by the port and har-
bour commissioners. The viceregal party having taken their
places, his Excellency shook the mayor warmly by the hand,
and assured him that be had never felt anything more
deeply than the enthusiastic reception he had met with in
the city of Derry and its neighbourhood. The special train
then started, amid the cheers of the spectators and the
firing of canon, and thus ended his excellency's visit to
Londonderry.
His excellency was to have spent yesterday at Garron
Tower, the seat of the Marchioness of Londonderry, and,
according to the programme of his tour, he would arrive in
Belfast early to day.
SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.
The following despatch, dated Cork, yesterday evening,
gives the fullest particulars of this catastrophe :—" The
ship Cairo, of New York, Capt. Wooster, arrived in Cork
harbour yesterday (Saturday), with a cargo of timber from
Savannah, for orders, with Capt. W. H. Platt, of the Ame-
rican barque Mayflower, and a portion of the crew of the
vessel, on board, whom she bad picked up at sea. The May-
flower sailed from New Orleans on the 9th of July last,
with a cargo of staves for Nantes, and with a crew of
11 hands, a stewardess, the captain's wife, and three
cabin and six steerage passengers. Oa the 3cl August
she was capsized in a gale of wind in lat. 41 N., long. 44
W.; and the captain, his wife, four of the crew, and
two cabin passengers, MM. Vernear and Dusseau, both
Frenchmen, managed to get on to the vessel's bottom,
where they clung for some time; but the sea ran so high
that the captain's wife and the two French gentlemen, MM.
Vernear; and Dusseau, were washed off and lost. The re-
mainder held on for about half an hour, when the foremast,
mainmast, and wizen topmast broke away, and the vessel
righted, but was full of water. Two passengers, M. Victor
Palanque, M. Dechan, two boys named Bernard, Mre.Rer-
ney, the stewardess, her son, and six of the crew, were found
drowned in her when she righted. The others still succeeded
in holding on, but with little prospect of eventually saving
their lives, as the gale continued to blow with unabated vio-
lence, and there was no chance of assistance. On the fol-
lowing day, however, thte Cairo fell in with them, after they
had spent a terrible night, clinging to the wreck, and ex-
posed to all the fury of the gale, and brought theta into Cork
harbour. Captain Platt, on the arrival of the ship in port,
wrote a letter expressive of his deep gratitude for the kind-
ness be and the remnant of his crew had met with at the
hands of Captain Wooster, of the Cairo. The latter vessel
left again on Saturday for Amsterdam, leaving Captain
Platt and his men to the care of the American Consular
agents, Messrs. John Dawson and Co."
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
The following interesting calculations are taken from the
Ulsterman, a Belfast paper :—" A curious mistake occurred
a few days ago in connection with the telegraphic cable,
which has been so successfully laid between Ireland and the
American continent. One of the first messages transmitted
by the sub-oceanic cable from the Irish terminus to New-
foundland was to this effect: It is twelve noon in Dublin;
what o'clock is it with you?' The reply to this, as the
magnetic telegraph informed the public, was eight o'clock
in the evening.' There is some confusion with regard to
this matter. The question of east and west longitude, and
the difference of time between Ireland and America is now,
therefore of some importance. Time and space are practi-
cally annihilated between the New World and the western
portions of the Old. An intelligent friend has favoured us
with the following calculation, in the reading of which it
must be borne in mind that Belfast Iliac—the longitude
being to the eastward—is always in advance of the dials in
the transatlantic towns. The following is the calculation
referred to :
St. John's 52 degs. 38 mins. west long.
Belfast 5 degs. 55 mins. „
Difference of long 46 degs. 43 mins. 11
Difference of time
New York 74 degs. 2 mins.
Belfast
Difference of long 6B degs. 7 mins.
Difference of time
New Orleans
Belfast
Difference of long 4B degs. 11 mins. „
Difference of time
Washington 76 degs. 55 mine. „
Belfast
Difference of long 7l degs. f
Difference of time
Halifax 63 degs. 33 mine. „
Belfast
Difference of long 57 degs. 38 rains. „
Difference of time
San Francisco 122 degs. 27 mins. „
Belfast
Differerce of long 116 (legs. 32 mins.
Difference of time
Belfast, 12 o'clock noon, corresponds with the following
hours at the places stated :
New Orleans 6 hours 24 mins. a.m.
New York 7 hours 28 mins. a.m.
St. John's
Washington 8 7 hours 16 mins. a.ra.
Halifax
San Francisco
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THE MANCHESTER POST-OFFICE.—The Manchester
Pest-office site, in John Dalton-street, after being decided
upon twice, is again unsettled, by the leading merchants
having taken up the question. These gentlemen are much
dissatisfied at the selection of a place outside business circles
for the new Post-office, and at a special meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday, en the subject, it
was all but unanimously agreed that the best site would be
one at present partly occupied by the Queen's Theatre, and
bounded on three sides by Spring-gardens, York-street, and
yeFsteurNdEayik4ferOriTwodrmh:
Fountain-street, and to urge its adoption upon the Post-
office authorities. There was a strong expression of opinion
that considering the revenue of the Manchester Post-office
interred
onEtothereLr;eaTdrEki n, mortal remains
latelihnaEvii—lnrg.
Government ought to act in a more liberal spirit than they
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a, Enf OoCemetery, Gth that
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had yet manifested.
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intimate friends of thdeceased. After
the company, numbering about thirty,
digbvaereyosCul:gann ishdtt.b a
few
religious services, conducted by the Rev.
the melancholy procession, consisting of th Principal Barclay,
mourning carriages, left the house of th e hearse and seven
Mel-
ville-street, and proceeded to the c e deceased in TbGreeuelee°ansrt
Bridge. The burial-ground of the cemetery by the Dean
family, where the late
distinguished phrenologist is interred, is close to the north
yard wall of the cemetery, about 200
way ; and we learn that it is in contemplations from the east gate-
by private subscription for thepurpose to raise funds
of placing upon the
spot a monument suitable to the genius taw virtues of the
deceased—Adinburgh Ex prod,