The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-29 00:00:00

and notwithstanding the valour of the yeomanry,
who leaped the fences and did their best to compel
the crowd to observe something like order, their
efforts were unsuccessful until the eager sightseers
were beaten back by the skirmishers themselves.
Having nearly reached the road, the line retreated
through the companies supporting it, which then
formed into skirmishing order and took up the at-
tack. They in turn having been beaten back re-
treated some distance and formed squares of com-
panies. The other regiments then formed into
squares and commenced firing to resist charges of
cavalry. This movement having been effectual in
checking the enemy, the first brigade formed line
and advanced, followed at a short distance by the
second. The first line having been forced to retreat,
the second advanced and repulsed the attack. The
Robin Hood regiment pursued with skirmishers as
far as the road. This was a very pretty sight, and
the quickness with which the men advanced and

fired would have been creditable in a battalion of
the Rifle Brigade. Defeated in one mode of attack,
the enemy was supposed to try the effects of a flank
movement, but his object was discovered in time,
and his advance was opposed by the Birmingham
regiment, which sent out skirmishers towards a place
named chadesden, some distance behind the Stand.
The whole force then changed front to the left, and
formed line near the railway. At this moment the
clouds suddenly broke, and the sun shone out bril-
liantly, showing with remarkable clearness the long
array of volunteers, whose line stretched away to
the foot of the slopes that formed the back-
ground of the view. The regiments fired several
volleys, beginning at the right of the line, and
the volleys of the Robin Hood Rifles and the
Leicestershire corps were given with the sharpness
and distinctness of the report of a single gun. Sub-
sequently the line retired a short distance, file-firing,
then advanced, and the review was over. The wind
drove the clouds of smoke in the direction of the
Stand house, and now and then the troops were
almost hid from view, but as the breeze freshened, the
scarlet uniform of the Derby volunteers could be seen
through the smoke. After the sham fight, each
regiment was surrounded by a crowd of partisans
and admirers. Th 3 Ist Derby, whose inspection
had originally been fixed for the day, marched up

to the Stand, and the officers having come to the
front, were addressed by Colonel Erskine, who ex-
pressed himself generally in terms of commendation,
but urged the necessity of strict attention to drill.
The other regiments obtained their meed of praise
from the colonels commanding the brigade. At 7
o'clock the volunteers marched off the ground, but
the town was not easily restored to its normal state
of quiet ; hotels and taverns wera crowded until a
late hour. There was much good-humoured ex-
citement, and though excilent arrangements had
been made by the Midland Railway Company for
the return of volunteers and excursionists to the
places from which they came, Derby still contained
at midnight a considerable number of strangers.

IRE LAND,

DUBLIN, July 27.

James Reilly, a respectable-lookiug young man,
has been tried for treason-felony at Tralee, before
Mr. Justice Keogh. The S)licitor-General, Mr.
Sergeant Barry, M.P., and three other counsel con-
ducted the prosecution for the Crown. Mr. G.
Fitzgibbon defended the prisoner. Corydon, the
informer, was among the witnesses examined. The
jury brought in a verdict of guilty. The sentence
was postponed.

The Rev. P. Malone, of Minnllet, has pub-
lished a letter describing the slip of a large quantity
of mountain bog into the Atlantic in that neigh-
bourhood. The mountain was broken up by the
accumulated water under the peat, which bad been
dried by the drought that preceded the recent heavy
rain. 40 acres, including ten acres of crops, were
destroyed, and the land rendered valueless for ever.
Three or four families have been rendered homeless
and destitute by the catastrophe—the avalanche of
bog having nearly swept them away in its down-
ward course to the Atlatttic.

Cardinal Cullen arrived at Kingstown this morn-
ing from Rome, and proceeded to his residence in
Eccles-street, Dublin.

A most destructive fire broke out last night,
about eleven o'clock, in the shipbuilding-yard of
Walpole and Co., North-wall. For a long period
we have not witnessed so fierce or so extensive a fire.

It was first discovered by Mr. Donovan, engineer,
who was employed with a number of men making
soma repairs on board the Anna Liffey steamer, and
he at once communicated with Mr. Lewis, super-
intendent of the works, who mustered as many men
as he could to extinguish the flames, and, at the
same time, sent information to the fire brigade.
From the inflammable nature of the building all the
efforts of the men in the yard were ineffectual to
stay the progress of the fire, which at first W 23 con-
fined to the boiler-shed, but very soon extended to
the adjacent engine-room and joiner and moulding
shops, in which the fittings for vessels in course of
building were being prepared. In a short time Cap-
tain Ingram, with the men of his command, and the
steam and fire-engines arrived, and also in succes-
sion the Corporation engines at the National suction
pipes from the steam-engines were at once laid on
to Halpin's Pool, from which, as the tide was out,
it required a long length of hose to obtain water.
Mr. Mervyn Crofton, superintendent of the water-
works, and Mr. Crofton, jun., were present, and
had the water turned on from hydrants at the
east point, and they afforded a good supply of water
to the hand engines. Captain Ingram at once set
about cutting off communication from the stores,
is which were contained largo quantities of petro-
leum, oil, tar, and other combustible materials, and
in this he was successful. The wind, fortunately
blew from the works towards the graving dock, but
this nearly caused the destruction of a large bark

which lay in it. The fire soon ceased to rage for
lack of fuel. The engines, however, continued
working on the smouldering embers. A large party
of the C division of police were present, under the
command of Inspectors Fitzpatrick and Burke and
Sergeant Berry, and gave assistance every way in
their power. Fully 200 out of the 500 workmen
in the yards will be temporarily thrown out of em-
ployment by this catastrophe. The premises are
insured. The amount of damage done may be esti-
mated at about £lO,OOO.