The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-28 00:00:00

GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention
of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to
255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats.
Excellence with *Economy.
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Established 1790.

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1858, will be paid at the Agency of the Banque Generale
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CHEAP EXCURSION f
FIELD, MANCHESTER, aan
October 2, returning on Wed.n
DOWN TRAIN, Ocr. 2.
a.m.
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p.m.
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Staley Bridge „ 3.45
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•om LONDON to HUDDERS-
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sday, October 6.
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Dewsbury ,, 9.35
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Stockport
Liverpool „ 10.35
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arrive about... 4.45
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RAIL JrA Y INTELLIGENCE.

in continental lands, especially in or -near the
tropics, had been forced to reflect on the changes of
climate that appear to have occurred. There were
parched and barren lands, dry river channels, and
waterless lakes, and not unfrequently traces of
ancient human habitations, where large populations
had been supported, but where all was now deso-
late, dry, and barren. Ile had been first led to a
consideration of the subject by phenomena of this
nature that had come under his own observation,

with which the electrical department of this under-
taking has been hitherto interrupted.
There are few parts of the United Kingdom that
are so thoroughly unknown and out-of-the-way as
the western parts of Kerry ; indeed, until Valentia
was fixed upon as the European terminus of the
Atlantic Telegraph, this part of the world was as
little known and as little visited by people from
England as the wilds of Siberia. Yet, on the
western coast of Kerry there is much to interest the
lover of the picturesque, and a variety and pecu-
liarity about the scenery which cannot fail to in-
terest the most used-up of tourists. The thousands
who annually do the hackneyed lions of Kilarney
little think that, beautiful as they arc, they FOC but
one of the picturesque places of Kerry and meet
with the very worst specimens of Kerry people.
For Killarney is a place that lives entirely-11 the
" tourist trade," and, like most parts of the world
where this is the case, the peasants are usually
qualified professors of the lucrative arts of lying
and cheating. To see the beauties of Kerry to per-
fection the tourist should penetrate into the so-
called wilds beyond the lofty range of Macgilli-
cuddy's Reeks, but among these " wilds" he will
be surprised to find thickly scattered through the
mountains and bogs a peaceful, industrious, and
thriving agricultural population, and the district
traversed by roads which, though engineered among
difficulties of no common kind, for stability and
regularity might put to shame the roads of the
most civilised and populous counties in England ;
the tORMS, of which Cahirciveen and Knight's-town
•axt.fair specimens, are small, being-more places of
trade-than of residence ; but small as they are they
_contain the elements of progress and. improvement
instead of those of decay, as is too often the case
with Irish towns. A few years have made a sur-
prising change for the better in this district, which
in the latter days of O'Connell obtained an unen-
viable notoriety for wretchedness and want of
cleanliness, and a few years more will see both
Cahirciveen and. Valcntia large and populous towns.
The land in the barony of Iveragh, in which Va-
lentia is situated, though not rich, is improvable,
and even in its present condition is eminently
adapted for grazing and rearing live stock, which,
with butter, from the staple articles of trade
here. Of Valentia, harbour, the most westerly
harbour in Europe, and probably one of
the most sheltered in the United Kingdom, most
people have heard, though for some unexplained
cause it is seldom visited-by ships, and is altogether
neglected by the Government and the Harbour
Commissioners. Providence helps those who help
themselves. The people of Galway, though far
from the most westerly port, and even without a
harbour in which a ship can safely anchor, come
forward and assert their town to be the natural
highway between the United Kingdom and Ame-
rica, and they are so far believed that a line of
Transatlantic steamers is placed upon the station.
Then we hear, for the first time, that the steamers
cannot run during the winter if the Government
do not turn the exposed roadstead of Galway into
a harbour by building an expensive breakwater.
With less money than this work will cost a railway
could be built to Valentia, and the harbour made
one of the finest in Europe. A scheme for con-
structing a railway between Killarney and this
place has lately been set on foot, and, as it is warmly
supported by all the landed proprietors of the West
of Kerry, it will, in all probability, be soon carried
out. There arc certainly no engineering difficulties
against it, for the whole length of forty miles can
be constructed without making a single tunnel, and
but one cutting of any consequence. Regarding
the scheme as the first step towards establishing a
western harbour and packet station at Valentia, it
is likely to prove a beneficial one, both to those
engaged in forwarding it and to the district, which,
like a great many others in this island, is rich in .
minerals, and but requires facilities of communica-
tion to develope them to advantage. Slate of a
superior quality abounds throughout the whole
barony, and, indeed, is worked to a considerable
extent on the island of Valentia, while traces of
copper and iron arc abundantly to be met with
among the mountains. The county of Kerry, in
common with several of the adjoining counties, was
visited last Friday by an extraordinary flood of
rain, which has for a time completely devastated
the country. The rain commenced about four
o'clock on Friday morning last, the lith,
and continued to fall literally, not figura-
tively, in torrents for twelve hours without
intermission. Never before in the memory
of the present generation was such a copious and
sudden fall of rain witnessed. Not only was every
little watercourse turned into an irresistible torrent,
but thc sides of the mountains presented the appear
ante of gigantic cataracts. The thousands of tons of
water which momentarily fell upon them, unable to
find channels through the ordinary ravines and
watercourses, rushed down the mountains in vast
sheets of muddy foam, sweeping away everything
before it. The mischief done was almost incalcul-
able. Farm houses, farm produce, and cattle were
carried away, not as much as a stone remaining to
show where they had stood ; and I regret to add
that in many parts of the country a great many
lives were lost. The courses of some of the larger
rivers about here were entirely and permanently
changed by the tremendous body of water flowing
into them. For a day or two after the flood sub-
sided no mails were received, and, though the mail-
bags are now got across the rivers where the bridges
have been destroyed, the roads, some how or other,
are still impassable to anything on wheels. The
positive loss of property throughout the country has
been very considerable, but the sums which will
be required for the repair of the bridges and roads
injured and destroyed will be greater still. It ap-
pears it is the intention of the Government to fortify
Valentia harbour. Several of the Royal Engineers
have been down here surveying the surrounding
heights for the purpose of choosing the most eligible
positions for the forts. One battery is, I believe, to
be placed on Doulas Head mountain, at the right
hand entrance of the harbour ; a second on the
Island of Begennis, which divides the entrance, and
a third on the Island of Valentia, to command the
left hand, or lighthouse side. Other redoubts and
batteries will no doubt be distributed among the
hills which command the interior of the harbour.
The Port Magee, or third entrance at the back of
the island, will also doubtless be properly protected.
While the engineers are down here executing these
works, it would be as well for the Govern-
ment to turn their attention to the improve-
ment of the harbour. But a very little
labour and outlay would remove the few obstruc-
tions that now exist in it, and enable ships of the
largest tonnage to sail in and out with the greatest
ease in any wind or in any state of the tide.
Beyond the continuance of the few experiments
which I have alluded to at the beginning of this
letter nothing will be done with the cable until the
preconcerted experiments at both termini of the
line have been made. They have been fixed to take
place early in the ensuing month. The result of
these experiments will no doubt show with greater
certainty the nature and position of the faults than
could be shown by experiments at one end only.
These researches will also demonstrate the possi-
bility or'impossibility of making the line work in
its present defective condition.

THE REVOLVER. —A fact highly flattering to the
inventive genius of the British Isles is dwelt upon with un-
wonted frankness by the American press. The American
Government having entered into large contracts for its
navy with " Adams' Revolving Arm Company," was so
satisfied with the efficiency and superiority of the revolvers
supplied, that an official statement to that effect was issued;
and, induced thereby, some American capitalists have made
arrangements with the patentee for the right to manufacture
in that country. It is said that the value of the Adams'
revolver has been considerably increased by three new pa-
tents—one affecting the lever rod, another a double action
cocking, and the third a simple check, which provides
against the possibility of an accidental discharge. The
patent hammer is a beautiful piece of finished mechanism,
by which a direct pressure upon the charge is obtained, and
it fits so close to the barrel that it is scarcely observable I
These patents are taken out in Mr. Adams' name, that
gentleman having recently entered business entirely on his
own behalf.