The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-06 00:00:00

An Irish Welcome Home.

We have been so familiar during the past Year
with Fenians and Fenianism, and have heard 00
much of the smouldering fire said to burn in the
bosom of young Ireland ready to burst forth and
consume from off the face of the country the right-
ful lords of the soil, that it is pleasant, on the back,
of all this, to have to record a manifestation of
voluntary good-will evinced on Saturday night last
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by his Roman Catholic tenantry towards their
cPro-
testant landlord (Mr. Handcock), his lady, and
family, on the occasion of their return to Carantrilia
Park, county Galway, from an absence of nigh a
year and a half.
Huge bonfires blazing on the distant townlandl
gave notice to a vast distance that some joyful event
was taking place;, while for some miles along the
road by which the travellers were expected crowd's
of men, women, and children in holiday attire
awaited their approach, vociferous cheering, an;
nouncing from group to group the first glimpse
them. With difficulty restraining the men's desire
to remove the horses, and themselves draw the ear-
riage home, it was conducted by the light of huge
blazing torches, made of straw, tightly bound lift
into the form of cornucopias, replenished by fresh
ones, in readiness to be lighted at the various bon"
fires that studded the roadside, past decorated cot-
tages and farms, every pane of glass in which Nv:
illuminated, while women and children for the nelleth
became candlesticks, and lined their doorways with
lighted candles in their hands, under evergreen
arches, till they reached the park gates, in fren,,to
which, on the remains of an old Danish fort, all°l,er
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huge bonfire blazed, illuminating most tastefu ..11'sm'
and gaily decorated with flags and flowers,i ,
triumphal arch, bearing on its front the hearty Zr
inscription—

" Cead mile fealtha."
A. piper here added his melody to the hilarity of
the scene, following in the wake of the carriage, 9
still escorted by its joyous crowd, it was allowed
to slowly wend its way up the long approach;
it deposited ita gratified occupants at the door
rth
their mansion, every window of which blazed
its bright though silent' welcome. • gar
It is by no means the first time on which Will 0
appreciation of their excellent landlord has be eh
evinced by his tenantry ; but on Saturday lasti t 0
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demonstration surpassed even that which took Pliify
on the occasion of Mr. Handcock's bringing : 0.
highly esteemed and popular lady, for the first
as a bride, to her Connaught home.

GALLANT RESCUE.—During the sirocco 1- 0
prevailed at Suez last month, when, to use the 0cPre445,„10
of an eye witness, "all the sands of the desert seemed
fief
rushing madly into the sea," Mr. Cecil Westbrook, -(10,"
officer of H.M.S. Victoria, of the Bombay Marine, esPie
boat drifting rapidly under the stern of the ship, but otts'a,
was the fierceness of the wind and blinding of the Wig,'
that to lower a boat was impracticable. Mr. Wosthr-h of'
however, promptly offered a tempting reward to sue "0„.
the native crew who would swim from the ship and foot
deavour to save the boat and crew. Accordingly :0- A
expert swimmers were overboard in an instant, and og
few moments out of sight in the sand storm, 111'1.00
bravely for the boat. Then followed a period of 0'5104
suspense. At last the four swimmers appeared, tberoo
gained the boat, and were pulling with a steady 6tto 0,
towards the ship. She proVed to be a boat belongingthree
French frigate that had got adrift in the storm, With but
of the French crew,who must ineviably have porish,e
for the quick eye and prompt aid of the officer of the the
toria and his men. The next morning an officer CP° 0
French frigate came pn board the Victoria to tender tl'Pi
for the succour so opportunely afforded.
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ROBBERY IN SHEFFIELD.—On Sunday wv-il a
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a most daring and successful robbery
upon the premises of Messrs. Walker and COln- tro-
krai, el.eg
to
platers, Howard-street, the thief •or thieves mun3gll3o, of
get away with upwards of a thousand pounds W°ll.,t ou
silver plate, The robbery is probably ono of the onre'ettocl 9
record, as it was committed between half-past ',oil to
o'clock in the morning, and one of the thieves Was pro.
get out of a window of the factory with the stnifuncial
perty in his possession. Soon after 7 o'clock on for the
morning, the night watchman left the premises !which
purpose of going home; and, judging from the wortiocoll
the thieves managed to dc, they must have are
operations immediately after his departure. Tj'elsi,
the
supposed to have obtained an entry to the prereisesiadittcrs
phraivviantge
blaeneenaltvthe
cbhaecdk
oof tahnedwtohrke workshop, onebrookfetnitefsr7e,
citkiet
window. They then bored through a door, uninec. door,
from the other side, and having burst open a sec° usords
T hey After
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they made their way into the garret.
broke through the panel of a third door, and then 'd'sfeinet
a flight of stairs, where they cut a hole through uticeeedecd
and then having opened two other doors, they s__,o,o OS'
in getting into the room whore the silver plates. 0-
pended over the vats. The thieves were evi a
euel.e7ctr°-
41 uainted with the difference between silver and
quart the
of
plate, for only silver was taken, while a largo cre,'i ail
met
On
electro plated goods was left untouched. Noarl '
for
'
sa'c'
silver was removed by the thieves and put in to
oath to
about 9 o'clock one of the men was seen by a 3 A oily
out of one of the windows in Howard-strect, an,l`r, bxo
sack away with him. Ho did not, however, go. rho too
was seen to return to the window, from wider-
another sack and then quickly decamped: Iv 'or wboro
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pendent.