The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-12 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY.—The Review at the Cur-
ragh in honour of the Queen's birthday passed off
yesterday with great eclat. There was also a
review of the Dublin garrison in Phoenix-park in
honour of her Majesty's birthday.
The return ordered by the House of Commons
gives the following satisfactory figures as to the
way in which the City of Dublin Steam-packet Com-
pany's new boats have performed the postal service
during 239 days—On 207 occasions the vessels ar-
rived at Kingstown jetty on the average 20 minutes
before they were due ; on eight occasions only were
they behind time, arising from causes at sea, on two
of which they were detained by fogs more than half
an hour. The average of delays caused by storms on
the other six occasions did not exceed 18 minutes.
On the remaining 22 days the retardation was
caused by the late arrivals of the railway trains at
Holyhead, as explained by the Post-office. It is
but justice to the London and North-Western Rail-
way to state that, unless during the severe frost
which prevailed in January and February, the
trains have arrived on Holyhead jetty in excellent
time.

The following agricultural report for Ulster,
copied from the Northern Whig,
might be taken
as representing the harvest prospects throughout
the other provinces:

i, Our agricultural reports this week are univer-
sally satisfactory. From every district our corres-
pondents write in terms of high hope and expecta-
tion of a bountiful and an early harvest. The season
has been wonderfully favourable for vegetation, and
the rain has been so well alternated with heat and
sunshine as to stimulate and foster growing crops
of every description to an extent which is quite
unusual at this period of the year. The general
result of the numerous reports we have received
may be summarised thus :—Potatoes over the whole
north of Ireland promise by far the finest crop that
we have had for many years. Not a trace of dis-
ease has appeared, and the croakingla v
alarmist, which was usually raised about this period
of the season, is not to be heard. F
been in a largely increased breadth, is flourishing,
and generally coming into flower over the country.
The straw is long ana free from branching, and a
very large increase of fibre from Irish soil may be
expected this year—a matter of the greatest impor-
tance to every branch of our staple manufacture in
light in some
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ANOTHER GREAT FIRE.---Letters from Trebizond
report the occurrence of a great fire at Ordon, near the
former port, on the 18th ult. One hundred and four houses
'
and shops, seven bakeries, one school, one khan, the GC.
vemor s house,
and the custom-house, were destroyed b
the flames.

The advices from St. Petersburg show that the
Government currency remains at about 10 or 12 discount,
and that no gold is to be obtained either for homo circula-
tion or export. Otherwise considerable amounts would be
sent to England. The hope was that the shipping season,
which has now commenced, will create a supply of bills on
England to remedy in some degree the disastrous rate
of exchange, which is causing disturbince in all commer-
cial transactions and bringing loss to many individual
interests. Among the chief sufferers are the French Credit
Mobilier and all others who are interested in the contracts
for the Russian railway system, since these contracts bind
them to pay interest and other charges in cash, while the
equivalent they should receive from the Russian Govern-
ment can be realized only at a depreciation of 12 per cant.
The accounts of the recent mercantile crisis at St. Peters-
burg are, however, believed to have been Lattch exagg
rated,