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

THE SUN, LOiNDON, MONDAY EVEMAG, JULY 29 1867.

Frost% v
.ho, after he had reduced us to a state of
utter - wretchedness by freezing our gas, overloading
our roofs, and making water an almost priceless
treasure, marched off as suddenly as he had
co' ale, breaking half the water-pipes in the
ordtropolis as a final leave-taking. Scarcely
-"nad we done rejoicing at his departure, than
lo ! he was once more among us, and evidently
,determined that we should not make too sure again,
for he kept looking in at our doors and windows at
brief and irregular intervals. When at last we
were fairly rid of him, we had a fortnight of early
summer before we had expected the signs and
tokens of spring. But the balmy interval was suc-
ceeded by bleak winds and many other discomforts.
Then when summer suns were due came rain, and
nothing but rain, as our Oriental and Con-

tinental visitors have too much reason to
remember. But St. Swithin's crowning triumph
was on Friday last, when the rainfall of Lon-
don in ;twenty-four hours amounted to 2.21
inches—a quantity unequalled in the same space of
time during the last ten years. From ten o'clock
on Thursday night till ten o'clock on Friday the
rain came down at intervals, assuming the aspect of
a mitigated deluge. As might have been expected,
such a storm could not fail to produce some notice-
able effects. In the low-lying parts of London the
water has made its way into the cellars and the
basements. The southern embankment has been
flooded, and one, at least, of our railway lines has
escaped a serious accident. In Essex there has
been a flood for miles. In Chatham great part of
the town has been submerged. Even in Scotland
the deluge has been busy, and in Edinburgh the
fall of rain in four days was five inches. This is
certainly very exceptional weather for the time of
year, and there is reason to apprehend its effect
upon the crops, unless it is succeeded by a few
weeks of fine weather. The hops, indeed,
verifying the old adage about St. James's
Day, are the better for the rain, and
the root crops we may conclude will show
a good season. Still the all-important cereals want
sun, and have had very little sun lately. Farmers
are proverbial grumblers, but a good many besides
farmers are beginning to look anxiously at the
clouds and speculate about the harvest. Let us hope
that we have had nearly our share of rain for the
present, and that the " golden sunlight" which we
are accustomed to look for in the month of July
may this year shine upon our fields and meadows
in the coming August.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.

The affairs of Italy assume prominent importance.
The Siecle has an important article on the subject.
That journal says :—" The French and foreign
newspapers are now particularly occupied with the
fermentation which has suddenly been created in
Italy, and which has spread with electric speed from
one end of the Peninsular to the other. They
comment upon a letter of Garibaldi published in
the Riforma, an Italian journal, and which they
abstained from publishing because it forms a furious
Cataimian diatribe against the parties to the Con-
vention of the 15th of September. This manifesto
has increased the agitation. Committees are
formed, which place themselves in communication
with each other, and connect themselves with the
National Roman Junta. That body, the forces of
insurrection and of the National Roman Committee,
declares that the moral means alluded to byM.Rattazai
in the Chamber a few days ago are insufficient. In
their proclamation of the 17th inst. they call the
Romans to arms. " The Italian Government," they
say, "is united to them by a solemn treaty. Both
accept the accomplished fact. They cannot pro-
voke it. To us, Romans, and to ns alone, is re-
served the honour of solving the Roman question,
and at the same time respecting the spiritual power
of the Poxes. To overthrow the tempolr L we
tua por,
_ Ic
of alt human progress, to insure to Rome, by unit-
ing it to Italy already constituted, the post which
has been assigned to her by the Italian Parliament,
and by Italy herself, to create an era of order,
peace, and greatness, such is our double and glorious
mission."

" Are we to conclude from this raising of shields
that we are on the eve of combat? That the
Roman population will soon commence the struggle
against those whom the National Junta call the mer-
cenaries of the Pope King, and that the Italian
Government, bound by solemn engagements, finds
itself under the cruel necessity of renewing Aspro-
monte ? That would be premature. Complete
tranquillity reigns in the Roman States, even in the
province of Viterbo, which is the most hostile to the
Pontifical Government. No body of Volunteers
have appeared upon the frontiers, which are watched
by the 50th Italian Regiment of the Line, sent from
Perouse for the purpose. The moment is not yet
come when the temporal power of the Pope will
crumble to the dust like a ruined edifice, should it
not disappear in the midst of au irresistible popular
tempest."

A despatch from Munich announces that King
Otho, of Greece, uncle to the King of Bavaria, now
in Paris, has just died at Bamberg at the age of 52.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon
at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided.
The illoniteur says :—." A great many German
journals state that a note has been sent to the
Cabinet of Berlin by the Chargd d'Affaires of France,
upon the subject of Schleswig-Holstein. Those
affirmations of a fact materially false have unfor-
tunately the effect, if not for object, to induce the
public to form the most erroneous notions respect-
ing the existing relations between the two Govern-
ments. No note has been sent from France to
Berlin, either regarding the affairs of Schleswig or
any other question."
The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia has
arrived in Paris.

It appears by a letter from Rome that a solemn
service for the repose of the soul of the regretted
Archduke Maximilian of Austria, late Emperor of
Mexico, was celebrated in the church of the Aus-
trian Embassy in that city on Tuesday last.
The journal L'ltalie states that the committee
charged with the examination of the law relative to
the railways has terminated their labours. The
committee confined themselves to the decision that
it is to be left to the Government to continue at the
expense of the State the railways for such companies
as may not be able to complete their undertakings
themselves without assistance.

According to the Gazette of Northern Germany,
Austria and Prussia have come to a complete agree-
ment respecting Northern Schleswig, and that
Denmark only can have the idea of making an appeal
to Europe. The Austrian Government admits that
it is impossible for Prussia to deliver up the position
of Duppel to Denmark, and approves of the propo-
sitions recently sent by M. de Bismark to M. de
Quade respecting the cession of Hadersloben on con-
dition that the Danish Government is to give
guarantees for the safety of the national and in-
dividual rights of the Germans inhabiting the ceded
territory.
The following were the gross receipts of the
theatres and other places of amusements subject to
an impost for the poor during the month of June :
—lmperial theatres subventioned, 706,591 f. alc. ;
second rate theatres, vaudevilles, and minor spec-
tacles, 1,196,217 f. 10c. ; concerts, cafe concerts,
and balls, 418,715 f. 50c. ; various exhibitions,
99,452 f. 95c.—total, 2,420,976 f. 62c.
The report is received in Paris that Queen Victoria
intends to visit the capital shortly in private, having
been prevailed upon to do so by the Empress during
her Majesty's visit to the Queen.
The King of Portugal is very fond of music, and
has paid several visits to Rossini, during which time
he played several airs on the piano with great taste
and musical skill.

The Chinese junks log expected in Paris have

now arrived ; but they will not be exhibited for a
few days. They will, however, shortly be in the
Seine, opposite to the Exhibition, among the curious
pleasure boats to be now seen there.
Although there is no probability of any imme-
diate practical result for the recent discussions with
the view to establish uniformity in weights and
measures, there are still communications between
England and France respecting post-office improve-
ments. There are some curious anomalies. For
instance, The Sun may be sent from London to Paris
for a penny, but, to send back the same paper from
Paris to London, the charge made by the Post-
office is sixteen centimes—that is to say, three sons,
and the fifth part of a sou. For this purpose the
Post - offige gives no less than four stamps.
Three are required to make up the value of
siixteen centimes for the postage. The other
stamp, of four centimes, the sender may
keep for another opportunity. For the
sixteen centimes you must give four sous, or twenty
centimes, and they give you in change a stamp of
four centimes, or four-fifths of a sou. Such things
as centimes really exist, but are seldom seen,
although accounts are reckoned by them, so that
practically a centime is a kind of myth or Mrs.
Harris.

The weather is still of a stormy and unsettled
character, but warm and agreeable.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.

FLORENCE, July 29.

The statement of the Patric that the Italian Go-
vernment had satisfied itself of the falsehood of the
versions published relative to the visit of General
Dumont to Rome is declared to be totally without
foundation.

AMERICA.
(Arrival of the Northern Light.)
SOUTHAMPTON, July 29.

The New York and Bremen Company's steamer
Northern Light, Capt. Jones, from New York on
the 13th inst., arrived here yesterday evening with
65 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen,
but no specie.
On the 22d she spoke the steamer Malta.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.
ALEXANDRIA, July 28.

The Delta left at 9.40 a.m., and the Ceylon at
1 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at
Marseilles on the 3d, and the latter at Southampton
about the 10th proximo.

AUSTRALIA.
MELBOURNE, July 27.
Great floods have occurred in New South Wales.
The shipments of gold to England during the
month amount to 76,000 oz.

FRANCE.

PARIS, July 29.

The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol-
lowing article on the present foreign relations of
France :

" Several French and foreign journals publish
statements calculated to trouble and disquiet the
affairs of commerce and industry. It is said that
our international relations tend to authorise the
presentiment of a conflict more or less removed—
the formation of two camps and military prepara-
tions is announced. These reports are unfounded,
and they owe their origin and diffusion only
to hostile passions, interested speculations, or
lamentable credulity. The truth is this, that the
Government of the Empire has no diplomatic ques-
tion of a nature calculated to modify its peacfeul and
friendly relations with various Powers. The Cabi-
net of Florence has already taken energetic mea-
sures to protect the Papal frontier. The September
conventidu Is7lll ,n,..
De iormcd either in the interior or on
the frontier."

The classes of 1860, 1861 have all been sent
back to their homes since the first of Juno. The
contingent of 1866 will be incorporated at the end
of August, but it is the intention of the Govern-
ment of that time to allow the contingent of 1862
to return to their homes. The effective strength of
the cavalry is considerably increased on account of
the purchases made last April, but the Minister of
War has determined that these, some 8,000 or
10,000, shall be disposed of for agricultural pur-
poses, and this measure is now in course of execu-
tion. The Government is confident that these pre-
cise statements will dissipate the feelings of un-
certainty which has pervaded public opinion.
BOURSE, July 27, Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :

4i per Cents 99 50
Do. end month ...... ..
3 per Cents. 6B 65
68 665
Do. end month
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month

Credit Foncior ......
Do. and m0nth...... 1365

Bank Share(' 3340
Italian Loan,.,, 48 75
Do. end m0nth,.,.,, 48 75
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

BAIL'

For Account.
. 877 50

Orleans ............•.••.•..

Northern 1147 50
Lyons and Mediterranean ......... 872 50
Southern 547 50
Western —
Eastern 537 50
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 363 75
North of Spain —
Saragossa 92 50
Roman.

Mr. Gye, the manager of the Royal Italian Opera
at Covent Garden, has received from the Sultan a diamond
snuff-box worth 1,000 guineas, as a mark of his satisfac-
tion with the State performance on the 15th inst.
THE RECENT INDISPOSITION OP ALDERMAN
SALomoNs, IMP.—We learn with gratification that the
severe bilious attack from which the hon. member for
Greenwich has been suffering for the last few days has
yielded to medical treatment, and that he hopes to be pre-
sent in the House of Commons this evening in the dis-
charge of his Parliamentary duties.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT TO A RAILWAY GUARD.---
A young man, aged 25, named Joseph Miller, a guard on
the Bristol and Exeter Railway, Wits killed on Monday
last in a most extraordinary ecianner. He was in charge of
the train from Taunton to Watchet junction. At Taun-
ton a gentleman and his wife got into the compartment
next to the guard's van alone. When the train was pro-
ceeding they were startled by a sudden crash of the glass,
and horrified to see that the bleeding head of a man had
been forced through the thick plate glass, and that the
body was hanging through
the aperture of the fractured
pane.

A MAN SHOT BY A VOLUNTEER AT HARTLE-
POOL.—On Tuesday night, about 8 o'clock, two
members of the 19th Durham (Hartlepool) Rifle Volunteers
were practising rifle shooting over a space of ground front-
ing the Ileugh Battery, on Hartlepool cliff. They bad
erected a square piece of inch planking, to serve as a target,
which was placed at a distance of about 100 yards. Before
they commenced firing they looked along the sands and
coast to ascertain if there were any boats, or persons,
within range of their fire, and seeing that the coast was
clear, they began their practice. In the meantime the fish-
ing boat, manned by Archibald Hunter, an old man, and
John Pounder, passed unseen close to the cliffs, and when
at a distance of about 400 yards from the battery was
brought to in order that the fishermen might cast their
lines. They had no sooner arrived at the spot before two
or three rifle balls struck the water near to the boat. The
fishermen called out as loud as they could for the riflemen
to desist firing, but their cries had apparently not been
heard, for some more shots were fired, and one of the balls
that had evidently passed through the target, struck
Hunter at the side of the mouth and passed through a por-
tion of his cheek. Three or four more shots were fired
and fell within sight of the boat, and Pounder at last called
out and another boat pulled towards them. Some of the
crew got into the boat and assisted Pounder in pulling the
boat ashore, as Hunter was becoming insensible from the
loss of blood. By the united cries of the fishermen the
riflemen were made aware that an accident had happened,
and they cased firing. On Hunter being conveyed ashore
his wound was dressed by a surgeon. The p pot man is in
a very weak stag from Iwo of blood.

VOLUNTEER REVIEW Al DERBY.

Volunteers, both at Wimbledon and elsewhere,
have recently had so much cause to complain of the
weather, that notwithstanding a cold wind and a
cloudy sky, the six regiments that assembled for
review at Derby on Saturday may be considered
fortunate. At the least the afternoon was dry, and
the east wind was felt much more keenly by the
spectators on the stand than by those who were
marching and skirmishing in the field. People who
live in London, and to whom therefore the grey and
green uniforms of the metropolitan corps are much
more familiar than the scarlet of the regular army,
may not be aware that in the provinces the volun-
teer movement possesses quite as much vitality as in
the neighbourhood of the City, and that the northern
and midland counties have produced regiments
equal to any in smartness and efficiency. Such,
however, is the impression which any stranger who
saw the review of Saturday would take away with
him. The appearance of the men who represented
Nottingham, Derby, Warwick, and Leicester, was
such as might perfectly satisfy one accustomed to
witness the more frequent reviews of the southern
volunteers. There were not so many regiments pre-
sent as had been expected, but the muster of each
corps on the ground was exceedingly large, and
with few exceptions the manoeuvres through which
the force was put were quickly and neatly executed.
Derby had never seen so great a gathering of
volunteers as was announced for Saturday, and con-
sequently the town had never been so full of sight-
seers. The other day 25 Belgians made an excursion
to the north, and their appearance in Derby was the
cause of the exhibition of numerous flags, some of
which showed the colours of the visitors. The town
looked all the gayer for this display of various colours,
which had been allowed to remain until the event
of Saturday was past. It was evident enough that
people wore about to take a holiday. At ten o'clock
there was a considerable crowd about the railway
station where were arriving the special trains from
Nottingham and Leicester. In the Market-place,
where the red-coated volunteers of Derby assembled
and their band was playing, there was a still larger
concourse ; and before long there began to appear
the rustics of the neighbouring districts, who seemed
almost too grave and silent to be sightseers, yet
watched everything with quiet curiosity. Two or
three hour.; passed by and the volunteers from Bir-
mingham, with the Ist Warwickshire and the Robin
Hood Rifles, were drawn up at the station under
their respective commanders. Until two o'clock the
crowd continued to increase, and the bands played
in turns. Now and then an excursion train brought
up a few hundred visitors from a neighbouring
town. But there was no general movement until
two o'clock, when the Birmingham men marched
off to the review ground, followed by the other
corps, and accompanied by several thousand spec-
tators. The ground chosen for the occasion was
the race-course of Derby, which is about a mile
from the market-place, on the further side of the
river. It consists of several largo fiat meadows
separated by fences. Near the road is a capital
standhouse, larger and more commodious than many
that are to be found on better racecourses. Oppo -
site this, at a distance of about a hundred yards,
a large space of level green is enclosed for the pur-
poses of cricket. The surrounding scenery, if not
exactly picturesque, is at least pleasant. Looking
from the top of the Stand the higher buildings of
the town stand out against a background of distant
woodland. The slopes which encompass the race-
course are thickly wooded, and to the right the eye
passes over a succession of grassy uplands, which
become loftier as the view recedes. Not until the
review had nearly terminated on Saturday evening
was there a gleam of sunshine ; but though the sky
was cloudy and the whole distance was obscured by a
thick grey haze, the prospect immediately in front of
the Stand was sufficiently animated tosus. ain the curi-
osityof a multitude of which far the greater number had
never before seen so many men underarms. The com-
mittee having charge of the arrangements re-
solved, whether wisely or unwisely it is not nece3-
sary to say, to charge the sum of twopence to each
person passing the gates ; but for one who paid a
hundred leaped the low wall and took whatever
places they chose. The ground was nominally kept
by the Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry ; but as there
could not have been fewer than twenty thousand
spectators, and there was oniy one norseman for
every thousand, the adequate discharge of the duty
was quite impossible. Most of the spectators seemed
to think that the best view could be had from in-
side the cricket field, and occasionally a great rush
was made to this place of vantage. Whenever this
occurred the yeomanry spurred vigorously to the
place, dashed amongst the people, and singling
out two or three small boys, drove them back again.
But, on the whole, the arrangements cannot be
described as satisfactory. A charge of half-a-crown
was made for the Stand, which at one time of the
day was uncomfortably crowded. Two or three
hundred carriages, principally occupied by ladies,
extended in a long line beside the railing of the
course. Shortly after two o'clock the first regi-
ment made its appearance. This was the Ist Derby-
shire Volunteers, under Lieut.-Colonel Wilmot. It
was followed by the 3d Derbyshire, commanded by
Lieut.-Colonel Cavendish. Each of these regiments
was more than 700 strong. Major Ratcliffe com-
manded about 600 men of the Birmingham regi-
inent. The Robin Hood Rifles were 720 strong,
under Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Wright, there were 500
men of the Ist. Warwickshire Regiment, under
Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. W. C. Hartopp, and nearly
700 of the Leicestershire under Major Brewen. The
whole force numbered about 4,000 men, divided
into brigades, the first consisting of the two Derby
and the Birmingham regiments, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Deshon, and the second,
consisting of Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and the
Robin Hood Rifles, under Colonel Wombwell. The
reviewing officer was Colonel Erskine, Inspector-
General of Volunteers.
By three o'clock all the regiments had arrived,
with the exception of the Leicestershire, and were
drawn up in continuous columns near the road.
The scarlet unform of the two Derby corps on
the right contrasted pleasantly with the dark
Lincoln green worn by the Nottingham corps, which
preserves the fame of the chief archer and outlaw
of Sherwood Forest. Between the men of Derby
and Nottingham stood those of Warwickshire, in
light grey with white, and those of Birmingham, in
dark blue with red facings. Colonel Erskine, hav-
ing been received with a salute, rode slowly through
the ranks and carefully inspected the arms and ac-
coutrements. At half-past three, as the spectators
were beginning to get cold and impatient the bands
took up their place opposite the Stand, and the re-
giments marched past in open column, the Ist
Derbyshire leading, and the 3d being second. In
both there were several companies that kept excel-
lent time, and marched with creditable precision and
evenness ; but there were two or three companies
rather irregular. Birmingham came next, and after
it followed the Ist Warwick, but the loudest cheers
of the crowd were reserved for the Robin Hood
Rifles, whose marching was in every respect admir-
able, and whose handsome uniform seemed to find
great favour. Making the circuit of the ground
the men returned to the place on which they had
first been drawn up. Just at this moment the
Leicestershire regiment arrived, and took its proper
place. Then the leading battalion wheeled, and the
whole went past in double time, the Ist Derby-
shire, the Robin Hoods, and the Leicestershire
moving with a regularity which more than deserved
the applause it received. The force marched over
the race-course to some flat meadows about half a
mile distant from the Stand. Here they took up
their position, the first brigade in front, and the
second behind a large brick building described as
the Colour-Works. The object seemed to be to
drive back an enemy supposed to be approaching
from the road. The Ist D rbyshire commenced the
attack by throwing out skirmishers, who advanced
quickly over the field, followed by their supports.
The spectators had, in spite of the yeomanry, got so
close to the troops that the movements of the skir-
mishers were greatly impeded. As they came on the
' people kept retreating at an equal pace, as if they were
the enemy against whom the volunteers were contend-
ing. Just as the line of red coats came opposite the
Stand a great rush was made to the Cricket-ground,

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. The 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 were crowded until a
late hour. There was much good-humoured ex-
citement, and though excellent 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.

IRELAND,

DUBLIN, July 27.

James Reilly, a respectable-looking young man,
has been tried for treason-felony at Tralee, before
Mr. Justice Keogh. The Solicitor-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 Belmullet, 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 had been
dried by the drought that preceded the recent heavy
rain. 40 acres, including ten acres of crops, were
destroyed, and the laud 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 Atlantic.

Cardinal Cullen arrived at Kingstown this morn-
ing from Rome, and proceeded to his residence iu
Eccles-street, Dublin.
A most destructive fire broke out last night,
about; eleven o'clock, in the shipbuilding-yard of
wt.yuie DT-1.4 pniou
we have not witnessed so fierce or so extensive a firo.
It was first discovered by Mr. Donovan, engineer,
who was employed with a number of men making
some 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 was 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 onco 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,
in which were contained large 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 .his catastrophe. The premises are
insured. The amount of damage done may be esti-
mated at about £lO,OOO.