The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1866.

of the sewers, which even its warmest advocates doubted
would pay. The question then arose shall we continue this
waste of time, health, and money ? He then proceeded to
point out the advantages of the earth-closet system, by the
use of which human excreta became absorbed, and in place
of being a nuisance became a valuable fertilising manure.
If removed and attended to twice or thrice a week it be-
came easy, convenient, and perfectly practical. He then
detailed his plan for the adoption of the system in London.
He proposed to divided the metropolis into 200 sections,
And fit each house with earth closets. The necessary at-
tention to these, he estimated, would require 10 carts, 20
men, and 20 horses to each section from six to nine o'clock
each day. Each van would be fitted with 200 buckets and
the necessary earth. The estimated value of the produce
of each closet was 14s. per annum, and the result would be
a profit of 30s. to £4 per annum to each house. Mr. Hawks-
ley went lnto a variety of detailedstatistics, and was speak-
ing when the report left.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Tuesday Morning.

Mr. Mulholland has announced his intention of
not contesting the representation of Belfast. There
is a Conservative already in the field ; no principle
is at stake ; such a contest would rest on personal
grounds only, and lead to disunions and divisions.
These are the reasons that have induced Mr. Mul-
holland to turn a deaf ear to the call of a section of
the Conservative party, which it is said, from his ex-
treme views, do not wish that Mr. Lanyon should be
returned. The supporters of the latter gentleman,
however, appear resolved that he shall triumph
over all opponents that may enter the lists against
him, for they are holding meetings every evening,
and carrying on an active canvass. A deputation
waited upon him yesterday, to ascertain his views
on several subjects, when a little "sparring" took
place. Mr. Lanyon, when asked what course he
would pursue in reference to some question of local
importanee, said he required some time for conside-
ration before giving any reply, which caused a Mr.
Trimble—an admirer, probably, of Mr. Mulholland
—to tell him it was rather S9Oll to be returning
" Parliamentary answers." Another elector stated
that his political principles might not altogether be
the same as Mr. Lanyon's, and he would. like to
know would Mr. Lanyon support a just measure
of Reform ? Mr. Lanyon replied that he would
support such a measure as the Opposition of last
year would have supported. Mr. Lanyon (the ques-
tioning being over) rose from his seat, and coming
round to Mr. Trimble, proffered his hand, which
Mr. Trimble accepted, remarking that " this was
before an election, and that he quite understood it."
Two young men, who formed part of a mob that
attacked the military at Tipperary, have been found
guilty of that offence at the quarter sessions, and
one of them sentenced to six months' imprisonment
with hard labour ; the other got four months and
hard labour.

It is stated that the Lord Lieutenant has ordered
an investigation on oath to be made into all the
circumstances connected with the recent attempt of
a convict to escape from the Mountjoy Prison. The
utmost reticence is observed with respect to this
mysterious and extraordinary affair, but, from hints
which have reached me, I have reason to believe
that the escape of the convict in question was only
a minor object, and that the investigation will bring
to light a most nefarious conspiracy inspired by per-
sonal malice against an official of the gaol, who had
become obnoxious to some of his colleagues in con-
sequence of having exposed in the public press many
instances of favouritism and mismanagement.

The Freeman is, of course, bitterly opposed to
the Established Church, and, apropos of the vacancy
in the see of Tuam, it makes some remarks that are
not in very good taste. " Lord Derby," it says,
" will no doubt prove his desire to govern Ireland in
a catholic spirit by selecting some nominee of the
Ulster lodges for the bishopric of Tuam—unless, in-
deed, he should hand over the appointment to Mr.
Waldron. Mr. Waldron says that Lord Derby is the
Wellington' who alone can remove the Irish Church
anomaly. Let him begin by advising her Majesty to
make no appointment to Tuam until Parliament meets
The country is not so peaceable, nor is Fenianism so
entirely quelled, as to warrant the offensive experi-
ment of sending another mitred champion of the
Low Church into the controversial field. The fire
already kindled may be well left for a little time
without an immediate supply of episcopal fuel." The
Premier will experience no small embarrassment in
choosing a successor to Lord Plunket, arising, how-
ever, rather from an enzbarras de riehesses than from
any paucity of able and well-qualified divines from
among whom to make his selection. As usual.in all
such cases, the names of several clergymen are men-
tioned as likely or worthy to wear the vacant mitre,
whose claims to the notice of the dispensers of eccle-
siastical patronage are earnestly and zealously pro-
claimed by their respective friends. Among the most
prominent is the Rev. Dr. Todd, S.F.T.C.D., author
of "The Life of St. Patrick," whose great learning,
acknowledged excellence as a preacher, amiable
character, and administrative talents, highly deve-
loped in the management of the affairs of the
college, constitute powerful recommendations. But
there is a very general feeling that as the last four
vacant seats on the Irish episcopal bench were filled
by the appointment of non-parochial clergymen._
two of whom were fellows of college and two mini-
sters of free churches—the working parochial clergy
should now hate their turn. Of this class the Hon.
and Rev. Charles Bernard, rector of Bandon, is
highly spoken of. This gentleman was formerly
mentioned in connection with the bishopric of
Meath, and is said to be a great favourite with the
clergy, while he is equally esteemed by the laity for
his zealous performance of his duties as a parish
minister. The Dean of Ferns (Dr. Atkins) ; Arch-
deacon Martin, of Kilieshandra ; the Rev. Alex. Ir-
win, precentor of Armagh ; and the son of the late
bishop, the Hon. and Rev. Wm. Conyngham Plun-
ket, are also put forward. Another able and talented
dignitary of the Irish Church (Dr. Alexander, dean
of Emly) has been much spoken of ; but the fact
that he was one of Mr. Gladstone's most energetic
supporters at the last Oxford election will probably,
when there is such an array of unswerving and con-
sistent supporters of Lord Derby's policy to choose
from, deprive him of any chance that his station in
the Church and his acknowledged abilities would
have given him.
The commission for the county and city of Dub-
lin will be opened to-morrow. The calendar is
rather heavy, comprising 34 cases, for which 47 pri-
soners are to be put on trial. The most important
case is that of William Kearney, who is indicted
on his own confession (afterwards retracted) for
the murder of George Clarke, on the Royal Canal,
some months ago, during the height of the Fenian
agitation, and which arose out of that senseless
treason, the murdered man having been sus-
pected by the brotherhood of having given
information which led to one of the numerous
seizures of arms which then took place, and the
arrest of some of the conspirators. There is also
one of shooting with intent to murder, one of man-
slaughter, four of passing base coin—the persons
charged with which are members of a Manehester
gang of coiners.
The Bishop of Meath met with a serious acci lent,
on his arrival at the palace, Ardbraccau, a few days
ago, from the effects of which he is still suffering
severely. The gas had been allowed to escape in
one of the rooms, and his grace having entered the
apartment with a lighted candle, an explosion took
place. He sustained a violent shock, but providen-
tially escaped any serious injury.
At a lottery for a Roman Catholic charity, which
was held here last summer, one of the prizes was the
fee-simple of a handsome cottage, picturesquely si-
tuated near Dalkey. This tempting prize fell to
the lot of a man in rather humble life, employed, I
believe, at the railway works in Holyhead, who ac-
cepted in lieu of it the sum of £l6O, from the
owner, the Rev. Mr. Nolan, C.C., in whose posses-
sion the cottage still remains. Mr. Nolan claimed
to vote out of it, and his claim was objected to by
the Conservatives at the revision which has just ter-
minated, on the ground that, when the ticket was
won, the premises passed out of his possession, that
the giving of the pecuniary equivalent constituted a
repurchase of them, and that he had not been long
enough in possession of them after that repurchase
to entitle him to a vote out of them. On the other
side it was contended that, as lotteries are illegal,
the whole transaction was a nullity, and therefore it