The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-22 00:00:00

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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.
The Nation of to-day announces that the Chief
Secretary has intimated to the Prelates that he has
been unable to reply to their resolutions of August
last, owing to the difficulty of assembling a Cabinet
Council to consider them; that he will proceed
forthwith to London to submit their demands to
his colleagues, and that on obtaining their answer
he will lose no time in informing the Bishops of the
result. The Prelates have decided on immediate
action being taken, which will prove to the Govern-
ment and to the public their unshaken determina-
tion to carry into effect, as far as in them lies, the
entire scheme of education sketched out in their
pastoral.

His Imperial Highness, the Prince Napoleon,
this morning honoured Mr. Hancock, the jeweller of
Bruton-street, with a long interview, and was graciously
pleased to favour him with numerous commands.
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury is expected in
Hertford-street at the beginning of the week, from Chilling,
ham Castle, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Tanker-
ville.
The Baron de Glinky has arrived at the Oat-
lands Hotel from Scarborough.
a Hotel fonrd
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Mrs. Denmark, RRobert
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left
spend the winter.
Lady Noel Byron has left the Oatlands Hotel,
Walton-on -Thames, for London.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson left town
yesterday for his seat in Suffolk.
The Australian mail steamer was due at Aden
on Tuesday last, and a telegram giving the substance of
her news may reach London towards the end of next week.
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The directors have
determined upon laying down a double line of rails between
Exeter and Yeovil. The contract was originally taken,for
a single line, but the bridges have been constructed for a
double line. The contractor (Mr. Taylor) has undertaken
to complete the double line by the Ist of March next.
MORE FIRING FROM TIIE TARIFA BATTERIES.
—Two SEAMEN KILLED.—On the Pelikaan (Dutch ves-
sel, arrived at Liverpool from Alexandria), passing the
Tarifa batteries, she was fired upon; two men killed, one
seri(); sly wounded.
LivEnrooL, Friday.—The screw steamship City
of Baltimore arrived this morning from New York, whence
she sailed on the Bth inst., with 48 cabin and 168 steerage
passengers, and 23,255 dols. in specie on freight. Her ad-
vices have been anticipated by the Vanderbilt, arrived at
Southampton. The African mail steamer Athenian, will sail
hence on Tuesday next, the 25th inst., for Madeira, Tene-
riffe, and the West Coast of Africa. The box at the post-office
will be open till 9 15 a.m., and on the landing-stage, with a
late fee of 6d.,.ti1l 10 a.m. on the day of departure.
THE MASTERSHIP OF HARRow.—The Governors
of this school, of whom the Prime Minister is one, have
given notice that they have fixed upon Tuesday next, the
25th instant, as the last day on which they will receive the
testimonials of candidates for the head-mastership, which
will shortly become vacant by the resignation of Dr.
Vaughan. The election will take place on an early day in
November, and Dr. Vaughan's successor will enter upon
his duties immediately after the Christmas vacation. There
are already a large number of candidates for the eppoint-
meat, including several highly distinguished gi aduates of
Oxford and Cambridge.

COLONIAL TELEGRAPHS.—The cable has been
successfully laid between King's Island and Cape Otway
(Victoria), and there can be no doubt that it has also been
laid between King's Island and the Hummocks as well as
between the Hummocks and Circular Head. It is fully an-
ticipated that this important work will be brought to a
prosperous termination in the course of a few days by con
netting Circular Head with George Town, thus completing
tho chain of telegraphic communication between Tasmania
Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia.—lfobart
Town Mercury, Aug 11.
THE COLLECTION OF MR. C. MATHEWS.—OOII
noisseurs who attend sales and give fabulous prices for an-
tique china and articles of vertu are much disappointed at
the collection of Mr. C. Mathews, on his departure, not
falling into the hands, as originally proposed, of an eminent
auctioneer, who, it may be presumed, would have realised
enormous sums for special selection, owing to the exquisite
taste of the late Madame Vestris. The whole of the Bevrc s
china and bull cabinets, statuettes, &c., are most unique,
being tho work of many years collecting in Italy. There al e
also the pianoforte, guitar, and music of the celebrate
favourite; a superb library of upwards of 2,000 velum( s,
containing some of the rarest works of ancient and moth rn
history ; the progress of the stage during the last 100 ye: rs,
the works of Canova, curious manuscrips, the play-bills of
the last 100 years (collected by the late Mr. Mathews,
togcther wi:h the stage jewels, &c. The purchaser of tl'e
entire collection is John Laurie, E
intact;
late M.P. for Bait-
staple, who will preserve them and it is though,
that Royalty, which takes a great interest in all connected
with the stage, may view it at Gore Lodge, previous ti
inspection.
GOVERNMENT friends being allowed
GOVERNMENT D.IIGRATION.—The Government
emigrant v.essel James Jardine, 810 tons, Capt. G. Jenkins,
belonging to Mr. T. Frost, jun., of Liverpool, which sailed
'from Birkenhead on the 19th of February, arrived at Ade-
laide, South Australia, on the 25th of June, with 47 marries;
couples, 68 single men, 85 single women, 19 boys betwea
:Ile ages of 1 and 12, 46 girls between the same ages, 4 malt
and 6 female infants, making a total of 352 souls, equal
2941 statute adults, under charge of Surgeon Superinten-
dent James S. Hughes, M.D. Fives births and 3 deaths
(1 adult female and 2 infants) occurred during the voyage,

.7HFI ArAVY.

The following vessels now comprise the classes
of steam reserve at Portsmouth :

Ist Division.—The Duke of Wellington, 131,
screw ; the Colossus, SO, screw ; the Shannon, M,
screw; the Volcano, 6, paddle, steam factory; and
six gunboats. The whole of this division arc ready
for immediate commission.

2d Division.—The Royal Sovereign, 131, screw ;
the Bacchante, 51, screw ; the Harrier, 17, screw ;
the Hornet, 17, screw ; the Ariel, 9, screw ; the
Medea, 6, ; the Bulldog, 6, paddle; the
'Stromboli, 6 paddle; the Megmra screw troopship ;
and six gunboats. Of this division the Royal
Sovereign alone is available for immediate commis-
sion. The Bacchante is only just off the stocks and
is in the hands of the contractors for her machinery.
The Bulldog and Stromboli are receiving very ex-
tensive repairs in dock, but will soon be complete.
The Medea is all to pieces in dock, and will require
heavy repairs. The Harrier, the Hornct, and the
Ariel all require overhaul and repair before they
can be commissioned. The Megmra screw troop-
ship is in the steam basin, and requires heavy re-
pairs, which she will-receive as soon as she can be
attended to.

3d Division.—The Rosamond, 6, paddle, requires
overhaul and repairs, and six gunboats ; the Pene-
lope, 22, paddle; the Fox, screw troop-frigate ; the
Erebus, the Meteor, and the Glattou, floating bat-
teries ; and nine gunboats. The Penelope requires
overhaul and repairs. The Fox screw troop-frigate
could at a very short notice be made ready for im-
mediate service, and it is a wonder often expressed
by officers of the navy that she is not. The float-
ing batteries do not count for much after the late
experiments, and all the gunboats of the 2d, 3d,
and 4th divisions would require overhaul and a
certain amount of repair before being commissioned.
In addition to the above are 47 gunboats hauled up
at llaslar. As a summary of the -whole of the
Portsmouth steam reserve (exclusive of gunboats)
we find only the following vessels at that port
ready for immediate commission, should their ser-
vices be suddenly required :—Duke of Wellington,
131 ; Royal Sovereign, 131 ; Colossus, 80 ; Shan-
non, M ; Volcano (floating factory), 6; and Fox,
screw troop-frigate.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the battle o
Trafalgar, the royal mastheads, jack, and flagstaffi
of the time-honoured Victory in Portsmouth harbour
were decked as usual with their wreaths of laurel.
The Ringdove, 6, screw, Commander Craigie,
berthed alongside the south jetty of the dockyard
at Portsmouth yesterday, to ship her screw, which
has had its leading corners remrved.
The screw steam frigate Diadem, 32, and the
screw steam corvette Clio, 21, at Plymouth, received
orders on Thursday to prepare for sea immediately.
The guns of the Weasel and Cockchafer have been
put on board the paddlewheel steam sloop Centaur,
6, at Plymouth, as she has more available space
than the screw steamship Encounter, 16.
The boats belonging to the flagship Impregnable,
104, Capt. W. H. Stewart, were manned and armed
on Thursday, and were sent from Hamoaze into
Plymouth Sound for exercise.
The naval transport Diligence, J. Head, master,
laden with stores, was towed on Thursday from
Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, preparatory to
sailing for Pembroke.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty:—Lieut. W. F. Legh and Lieut.
G. B. B. Callaghan, to the Ardent ; Lieut. R. A.
Browne, to the Sphinx; Lieut. E. St. J. Daniel, to
the Mars ; T. Hart, master, to the Prometheus ; T.
Oyler, master, to the Ardent ; W. Barund, master
additional, to the Cumberland ; D. A. -Mosey, act-
ing assistant-surgeon, to the Asia ; E. J. Butler
and J. Clarkson, acting assistant-surgeons addi-
tional, to the Victory; J. M. Bateson and M. Coatei,
acting assistant-surgeons additional, to the Impreg-
nable ; J. A. Yule, acting assistant-surgeon addi-
tional, to the Arrogant; T. Robertson, master's as-
sistant. to the Cumberland; F. W. Sutton (13) second
class assistant-engineer supernumerary of the Wel-
lington, and lent to the Cambridge for service in
the Redwing ; G. Patterson and J. King, third class
assistant-engineers, to the Simoom, as supernume-
rary.