The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-28 00:00:00

HOLYHEAD .1141?11OUR.

(From the Liverpool Albion, Oct. 24)
For many yeizs past we have endeavoured to
call public attention to this gigantic delusion,
but without producing any effect; and the money
of the taxpayers still continues to be employed in
tumbling Holyhead mountain into the sea. The
late -.XIr. Harbourmaster Askew prophesied before a
committee of the House of Commons that it would
prove a harbour of destruction ; but he was un-
heeded. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
however, has now been to Holyhead Harbour, tol
visit the Great Eastern. The vessel lay anchored, •
we aro told, "in the best position in the harbour."
The Prince inspected every part of her, not omit-
ting the engine and fire rooms, where he discovered
the firemen all in their places, with the "fires
banked up." Being a man of an inquiring turn of
mind, he asked the reason of this apparently unne-
cessary expenditure of fuel, when he was informed
that the vessel was in hourly fear for her life: " If," .
said the ship, " a northward gale should set in there
is not room for me to swing, and I should have to
put to sea." Here is a pretty Harbour of Refuge,
which has already cost the tax-paying public nearly
a million sterling, and will be of no better use when
it has cost a million more. It will be a sad hour for
the Great Eastern if the dreaded northwester should
overtake her in this exposed situation ; for we fur-
ther read, that "there are rocks inside the harbour,
between which and the breakwater there is no
channel ;" and we also know that immediately out-
side the breakwater lie the sunken rocks named the
" Outer Platters." It is to be hoped that the ob-
servations of the Prince Consort will not be lost
upon the Financial Reformers, but that some
of them will stir np an independent member, if
there be such a person, to inquire how long this
expensive folly is to be persisted in. It will also be
seen that 6,000 pounds weight of
,gunpowder have
been inserted in the bowels of the harmless moun-
tain, and that the explosion has taken place as one
of the attractions of the day. If the explosion had
been extended to the breakwater, and the sea re-
stored to its former natural state, it would be a most
satisfactory result for the British shipowner.

Since the above observations were penned, there
has been a sumptuous dinner given by the Railway
Company to the Ministers and ex-Ministers of the
Crown. It was hinted by the Railway Company
that more money was wanted to complete the har-
bour. Ministers, of course, implentur veteris Bacchi
pinguisque ferince, could do no other than respond
to the wants of their entertainers. Accordingly,
Sir John Pakingtou, being " out," made all sorts of
promises. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, how-
ever, who is " in," whilst reminding his hosts that
" the effect of convivial assemblies was to open the
heart and set free the tongue," remained most pro-
vokingly silent. He was only ready to spend money
when voted by Parliament. It is not unlikely that
the wary Chancellor had been consulting the baro-
meter, for next day, we are told, the dreaded north-
wester burst upon the devoted vessel. The fires
were poked, steam was got up, the huge paddles
were put in motion, the excursionists were warned
off, and the great Leviathan made preparation to
seek safety in the tempest-tossed sea. The squalls
—for they were mere squalls—passed away, and
the danger passed with them. It is, however, some
satisfaction to see that this subject is at length
attracting the attention of the London press.
Nothing would seem better to open the eyes of the
public than an accurate statement of the recipients
of the moneys charged by Chancellors of the Ex-
chequer against this Harbour of Refuge.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-;THIS DAY.)

THAMES.

WIFE DESERTIOI,:.—A poor careworn looking woman
named Arm Dyer, who carried two infants (twins) in her
arms, came before Mr. Yardley, and stated that she was in
great want, and had made application to the relieving
officers of Mile-end Old Town for relief, or to be admitted
into the workhouse, but her request had been refused, and
she was told that she must find her husband, and their sho
would be relieved.

Mr. Yardley--Where is your husband ?
Applicant—l don't know, sir.
Mr. Yardley.—Oh yes, you do.

Applicant, who sobbed loudly—l really do not know
where he is. Ho deserted me about two months ago, and
left me with these twins and another child three years old.
I am starving, sir, I have tasted only a bit of bread this
day, and had no food yesterday, and they won't relieve me,
sir. I have sold all my furniture a little at a time, and
don't know how to procure another meal or a morsel for my
children.

Mr. Yardley said if the woman's story was true, she was
very much to be pitied, but he did know that men left their
families with the connivance of their wives, who, knowing
where their husbands were at work, threw themselves on
the parishes in which they lived for relief, to the manifest
injury of the ratepayers. It was right that parish officers
should investigate such cases with great care, and prevent
imposition as much as possible. He thought the woman
had given all the information in her power to the relieving-
officer, she and her children would have been taken into the
house.

The applicant said she was desirous of giving every in-
formation. Her husband formerly worked for Mr. Jones,
of Rate Mr-cross, and he stole his work, and abandoned her
and her family.
Mr. Yardley said that a communication should be for-
warded to Mr. Teaborne, the relieving officer of Mile-end
Old-town, to inquire about the case, and ho had no doubt
whateAcr that the poor woman and her children would be
taken into the workhouse and maintained there until her
husband could be found.

Tho applicant then put in a letter from Mr. Wilson, an
extensive boot and shoe manufacturer in the Whitechapel-
road, describing the woman's husband, who formerly worked
for Mr. Wilson, as a most worthless fellow, and speaking in
the highest terms of the wife.

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