The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-02 00:00:00

TELLERS.

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN DUBLIN

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived
at Kingstown on Saturday evening, at half-past
five. An immense and fashionable assemblage
thronged every place from which a view of his
landing could be obtained. When the Connaught,
which had been specially fitted up for the journey,
came alongside the pier, his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant and suite went on board and warmly
welcomed his royal highness. The Ajax, man-of-
war, then gave a royal salute simultaneously with
the Pigeon-house Fort, near Dublin. The people
also cheered vehemently ; and the reception gener-
ally was most enthusiastic. The Kingstown com-
missioners and the railway directors were introduced
to the prince in the saloon, where Mr. Chambers,
justice of the peace and chairman of the commis-
sioners, read an address, to which his royal high-
ness read the following reply :—" Gentlemen,--I
most heartily thank you for the gratifying terms
in which on your own behalf, and that of the inha-
bitants of Kingstown, you greet me on my arrival,
at your port, after a voyage performed with such
ease and expedition in the admirable vessel con-
siderate:y placed at my disposal by its enterprising
proprietors ; nor shall I fail to convey to the Queen
your assurances of loyal attachment to her person
and government, and your emphatic acknow-
ledgment of the blessings enjoyed under
her rule. During former visits to Ireland,
and particularly in the course of a tour
made some years since through the country,
I had considerable opportunities of witnessing the
beauty of her scenery and of experiencing the warm
hearted kindness of her people, and these agreeable
recollections tend greatly to enhance the pleasure
with which I look forward to a more prolonged
sojourn among you on the present occasion."
His Royal Highness did not seem at all the
worse for the voyage, though the wind was contrary
and the sea rough. He remained on deck nearly
the whole time, partook of a hearty lunch in the
ladies cabin in company with Major-General Bruce
and Colonel Keppel, and enjoyed himself very
much on the passage, expressing to Captain Wil-
liams his entire satisfaction with all the arrange-
ments on board.

Without any delay the Prince, accompanied by
the Lord Lieutenant and their respective suites,
entered the special train that awaited them, and,
proceeded to Dublin, where crowds lined the vari-
ous streets through which the cortege had to pass.
In every place the people manifested the same loyal
feelings ; cheer after cheer arose along the route,
and numbers ran after the carriages to secure a
good look at his Royal Highness, who gracefully
acknowledged the fervour of his reception.
On Sunday morning the Prince attended the
Chapel Royal, where the Dean of Down preached.
Yesterday the corporation were to present his
Royal Highness with an address in St. Patrick's
Hall, Dublin Castle, and at 5 o'clock p.m. he was
to visit the Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures,
where an address would be presented from a depu-
tation of the Exhibition Committee and the Royal
Dublin Society.

A STEAMER DESCENDING NIAGARA
RIVER.

A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier writes
from Niagara Falls, under date of June 7 :—" The
monotony of life at Niagara Falls was broken to-
day by an episode. It was rumoured that the little
steamer Maid of the Mist was about to attempt an
exploit. Report said that Mr. Buchanan had sold
her to parties on Lake Ontario, to be delivered on
that tranquil sheet of water, and that at least one
individual in your city had a lien on her which
would be seriously invalidated in case the Maid
should succeed in finding anchorage at a British
dock. It was said, moreover, that said individual
was making quick time hitherward to prevent the
absquatulation of her property ; but the idea that
anything made of wood could outlive a voyage down
these terrific rapids was regarded as absurd. The
prospect of its being tried, however, drew at least
300 or 400 people to the banks of the river. All
day there had been a bustle of mysterious prepara-
tion on board the steamer. Hatches were being
nailed down and every thing made taut but, no satis-
faction could be had by inquiring minds. A little
past three she cut loose from her moorings about a
quarter of a mile above the bridge, and steamed
gallantly up towards the Falls. A murmur of
disappointed expectation ran through the crowd,
when suddenly, as she reached a point about half
way up to the Falls, she turned with a graceful
curve and headed downwards. There were on
board her engineer, Robinson, famed for deeds of
daring in these parts, and, I believe, three others.
The Maid came down with the current, and hung,
quivering, but otherwise motionless, just opposite
her dock. It seemed as if the daughter of the
spray were undecided. The moments were long
before she made up her mind. In an instant,
before a spectator could wink, the die was cast,
and she puffed a farewell to her home under
the cliffs. Another second, and she swung in the
sinewy grasp of the mighty river, speeding like an
arrow down the stream. There was a rush of ex-
cited beholders for the bridge, and looking up thence
it was a brave and thrilling sight to see her coming
down and dipping like a water-fowl under the
spray. Your readers know how Niagara looks just
under and just below the bridge. The giant off-
spring of four lakes writhes there like a chained
monster. The water, where it is not a mass of
angry foam, seems as hard as iron, and wears a hue
of sickly green, ominous, voracious, deadly. There
is the force of an angry ocean pent between these
narrow prison walls, as the water, tortured into
foam, dashes down the staircase of rocks. No one
thought she could live through it, but after the
first moment of hesitation she leaped into the gorge
as though Niagara had been her father. As she
passed under the bridge the crowd rushed to the
other side and trembled for the safety of the
daring crew, for the critical point was yet to be
reached. Again and again she shot overhead in
foam, and again and again, as she all but disap-
peared, it was thought that the river had claimed
its own. But the Maid was native to the cataract
and bore a charmed life. With one blow of a
seething breaker her smoke stack was levelled with
the deck, and then everybody gave her up. At last
she had run the terrible gauntlet, and emerged
dripping and quivering upon the calm water of the
whirlpool. That Charybdis was easy after the
Scylla she had weathered. A wide sweep with the
current, and she was lost to sight. She belongs to
Ontario now, and her creditors may follow, if they
dare. The Maid of the Mist was built, almost in
the spray of the cataract, about six years ago. The
thousands who have stood with her under the sheet
of Niagara will be pleased to hear of her elopement."

TILE ROY AL MILITARY COLLEGE,
SAN DHURST.

The following is the official list of successful candidates
for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
June, 1861:-
Order of Merit. Total Marks.
1. Charles Bowling .. 6,731
2. Paul H. C. Bettridge .• 6,294
3. Vincent R. Woodland .. 6,187
4. Gerald de C. Morton .. 5,733
5. Henry E. Gaulter .. • . 6,299
6. Thomas J. R. Mallock .. 4,830
7. John R. M. Clunes .. 4,579
8. John A. Mac Vicar .. 4,297
9. James G. Westaway .. 4,290
10. Arthur J. Law .. 4,284
11. Herbert E. Beecher 4,214
12. Walter J. Kennedy .. 4,119
13. Charles J. Myers 4,103
14. William Wood .. 4,045
15. Lloyd Fenton .. • • ~39,77,2
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20. William 0. Thompson .. 3,405
21. Charles Erskine .. 3,400
22. Robert Brereton .. 3,395
23. Doraville M. Taylor .. 3,366
24. Alfred Gaselee .. • • 3,347
25. Reginald W. Peckett .. 3,213
26. Stanley N. Roberts .• 3,110
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43. Alfred J. Bolton .. 2,430
44. George Poignand .. 2,410
45. Robert G. Pigott .. 2,383
46. John C. S. Irving.. .. 2,382
47. Robert J. Holmes.. .. 2,370
48. Thomas W. Best 2,340
49. Alexander J. Meiklejohn.. 2,284
50. Charles Horrocks 2,260
51. Frederick B. Lane .. 2,151
52. Thomas Hood .. 2,120
53. George Robinson .. 2,095
54. Frederic Clowes .. • • 21,802800
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56. William Newbigging 1,809
57. William Leir .. • • 1,720
58. Frederick B. P. White .. 1,665
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61. Oliver Graham .. 1,2.55
62. John Briscoe Watts .. 1,220
The following gentlemen are also qualified for admission
as Queen's Cadets :-
John Boughey .. 4,415
John Spence .. 4,041
Edward J., Luand ~ 3,005