The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-25 00:00:00

IRELAND.

"Raith, Sept. 12.
"My dear am sorry to learn from your
!etter that any of the depositors in the Cuffee-street
Savings Bank should have been induced to have come
from other places, at considerable inconvenience to
themselves, in the expectation of immediately receiv-
ing any part of their money. It is, however, entirely
their,own act, and one to which they certainly have
not been led by anything that I have said. You will,
I am sure, remember that what I announced was, that
an investigation into the pass-books and accounts of
individual depositors must precede any payment; and
the first step was necessarily to appoint proper per-
sons to conduct this inquiry. Till this has been done
no step whatever can be taken for any payment. I
have been in communication with the Lord Lieu-
tenant on the subject.
" There is one point, however, on which it is, per-
haps, right that I should communicate to you my
opinion. You will recollect that in the resolution of
the Committee it is expressed that the sum to be voted
by Parliament should be in aid of local subscriptions;
and this resolution, I think, renders it necessary that
an endeavour should be made to raise a subscription
in Dublin for this purpose. Whatever may be the
result, it is due to the opinion so expressed on the
part of the Committee that I should endeavour to see
their wishes carritcl out. I expressed this opinion to
the Lord-Lieutenant, and suggested that no one could
so well aid him as the chief magistrate of the city. I
am aware that you did not concur in the opinion of
the majority of the Committee, but I see no reason
why this should prevent you, in your capacity as
Lord Mayor, from endeavouring to meet those views,
especially for so benevolent an object as relieving
some of your fellow-citizens of Dublin. I have not
heard from the Lord-Lieutenant whether anything has
been done on this subject, but, as I am writing to you,
I thought it better to mention the matter to you,
since probably no one could do more for such a pur-
pose than yourself, both from the position which you
occupy in Dublin and from the lively sympathy which
you have throughout the proceedings evinced for
these poor people.
"If you succeed in obtaining a good subscription
for this purpose, it could well terminate your unceas-
ing exertions on their behalf.—l remain, my dear Sir,
your obedient servant,

" CHARLES WOOD.
" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin, M.P.,
Mansion-house, Dublin."
To this the Lord Mayor puts in an answer of dis-
proportionate length, in the course of which he ob-
serves,—
" Referring to that part of your letter, reminding
me of the resolution of the Committee recommending
local charitable subscriptions, and suggesting that I,
as Lord Mayor, should exercise my influence in this
city for the impose of giving effect to the resolution,
I hope it is unnecessary to assure you that every sug-
gestion of yours having for its object the immediate
relief and ultimate payment in full of the just claims
of the depositors shall at all times receive from me the
most prompt and respectful attention ; yet, recollect-
ing the case, the plain case made out for full payment
from the public Exchequer, I cannot, consistently
with my notions of duty and justice, be a party to
any appeal to my fellow-citizens for contributions
towards the liquidation of a debt which in my judg-
ment is due by the entire nation ; and I feel fortified
in this opinion by reference to your own report
adopted by the Committee, wherein it is stated, that—
' If the bank had stopped in 1838 the depositors would
have received nearly 16s. 6d. in the pound, and if in
1845 the loss to the depositors would not have much
exceeded ss. in the pound ; that your Committee are
inclined to allow due weight to the considerations
which they believe influenced the Commissioners in
1838 and in 1845 in the course which they pursued,
but they cannot but feel that as regards the deposi-
tors, who are principally of the poorer classes, a dif-
ferent course would have prevented the total loss of
all their savings.' And Mr. Higham admitted that
the motives which governed the Commissioners in not
closing the bank at either of these periods were those
of State policy,' lest a panic should occur which
might perhaps create a simultaneous run on all the
banks in the United Kingdom."
After a lapse of six days from the receipt of the
foregoing, the Chancellor replied as follows :
" Mickleton, Sept. 20.
"My dear Sir,—l am sorry that you should think
it inconsistent with your duty to endeavour to pro-
mote a subscription for the purpose of making up to
the depositors in the Cuffee-street Savings Bank a
further portion of their loss. I felt it to be my duty,
after the resolution of the Committee, to take measures
for this purpose, and I am sorry that they should
have failed. It is not my intention, nor indeed could
any advantage arise, from my entering into a corre-
spondence on the topics introduced into your letter.
"I shall now take the necessary steps for investi-
gating the claims of depositors and the payment of
such sums as the vote of Parliament enables we to
make.

" I have the honour to be, your obedient servant,
" C
" The Right Hon. the Lord MayorHARLES of Dublin W00D.."
REPRESENTATION OF CORK.
Mr. Sergeant Murphy, " having received confir-
mation from Mr. Fagan of his intention to retire as
soon as the new registry shall be available," has an-
nounced his intention to commence his canvass of the
constituency of the "beautiful city" on his return to
Cork in the course of a few days.
THE VERY LAST OF TIIE SEA SERPENT.
A gentleman named Travers, not "Roger W." of
that ilk, but "James Travers, Lieutenant, Coast
Guard," in a letter to the Cork Examiner, thus blows
to the winds all the fables of the sea serpent's visit to
the Head of Kinsale :

" Sir,—l understand that a correspondent of yours
has seen the sea serpent (who was so condescending
as to throw on board his boat a few shell-fish for bait),
and is most anxious to confer with Mr. Roger W.
Travers, said to be of this village, whose name has
figured in the Constitution on the 29th of August and
sth of September.
" I beg to assure you that there is no such person
as Roger W. Travers residing in this part of Ireland ;
no yacht sailed or owned by a person of that Christian
name—no skin or scale has been left at the Coast
Guard Detachment near Horn Rock, nor have my
men, or the fishermen along the coast, heard of, or
seen such a monster.

" I am sorry th e public and the Editor of the
Cork Constitution should have been so shamefully
hoaxed by persons from Bandon, whose names are
known.

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
"JAMES TRAVERS, Lieutenant, Coast Guard."

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.
CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 24.—The writ has not as yet
arrived here, but it is expected to reach the Vice-
Chancellor to-morrow. The only feature worth notice
here to-day is the addition of the under-mentioned
gentlemen to the respective committees—viz., to that
of Mr. Wigram :
Rev. J. Scholefield, M.A., Trinity College, Regius Pro-
fessor of Gres k.
Rev. J. A. Frere, M.A., Fellow and Senior Dean of
Trinity College.
Rev. J. P. Birkett, M.A , Fellow and Tutor of Jesus
College.

To that of Mr. Cowling :
Rev. John James Blunt, 8.D., St. John's College, Mar-
garet Professor of Divinity.
Rev. J. Hailstone, M.A., Trinity College.
T. Coward, Esq , M.A., Queen's College.
Rev. T. P. Outram, M.A., St. John's College.
Rev. George Frost, M.A., St. John's College.
Stephen Parkinson, Esq , Fellow and Assistant Tutor of
St. John's College.

THE LIVERPOOL CABMEN.—We believe the cab
(Illation will be " amicably arranged," the committee re-
commending an increased rate of fares and certain regulations
for the better goverment pf the yehicles and drivers,_
Liverpool Atail,

DUBLIN, TUESDAY.
"Her Excellency the Countess of Clarendon was
safely delivered at six o'clock this morning of a
daughter.
"Her Excellency and the infant are doing well.
"EvoitY KENNEDY, M.D.
"Viceregal Lodge; Sunday, Sept. 22."
" Her Excellency the Countess of Clarendon and
her infant had a good night, and are going on fa-
vourably. "EVORY KENNEDY, M.D.
" Viceregal Lodge, Monday, Sept. 23."
THE CUFFEE-STREET SAVINGS DANK.
The morning papers publish a correspondence be-
tween the Lord Mayor and the Chancellor of the Ex-
ch' quer on the subject of the Cuffee-street Savings
Bank. Pressed by the importunities of the unfortu-
nate depositors, Mr. Reynolds requests information as
to the time when the sum voted by Parliament will
be in course of payment, to which application Sir
Charles Wood replies as follows :