The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.

'DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
VICE-REOA.L COURT.
Lord Carlisle is about to pay another visit to
England. His Excellency embarks to-mor row
morning at Kingstown in a special steamer for
Holyhead.

1t LIEF FUND.
The Dublin INDlANcontribution towards the Indian
Relief Fund is now little short of 8,0001., and the
subscriptions continue
fair amount was realised in the Protestant churches
on the Day of Hunail to pour in rapidly. A very
jetion, and it is to be hoped
that before long the gross sum will be swelled by
the donations of the
numerous congregations of the
rival church. As yet, however, there is no sign
from that quarter ; h 4 as it is never too late to
,
tines of the conclave of
prelates now assembled in
mend, who knows what may come out of the sit-
tings
with the unhappy vic-
tims Presbytery ? It might be that
among the several matters of importance which aresubjects C.)deliberation
to form the f the question of
Roman Catholic vPathy
of Indian cruelty would not be lost sight of.
At all events, it would be satisfactory to learn whe-
ther every
Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland
adopts the views set forth by Dr. Cullen in the
celebrated letter to one of his vicars-general.
After taking more time for meditation than
seemed necessary for a
place of its-commercial im-
portance Belfast has awoke from its trance, and a
meeting is to be held there to-day, under the
auspices of the Mayor, for the purpose of aiding the
great work of relief now in
progress throughout
the three kingdoms. In reference to this meeting
and its objects the
Northern, ffhig has the folio w
ing excellent words :
" We cannot comprehend the loathsome party spirit
which insists on identifying half-clad women and hungry
children with what are called the ' English oppressor
of the Hindoo.' There may be a good deal to say,
at h
India Company, and the general criminal callousness
of the English people in regard to Indian politics. We
can ale right
understand,
intelligible
absurdity, the
Young Ireland point of view in Indian politics ; and we
the
time,
as an about the infamies •f the East
do not see that any one should be surprised at the Nation
logically gloating over disasters to the ascendant race.
Bet we hope there is nothing of this kind of insanity in
the north of Ireland. Here at least we are rational men
when not engaged in local politics, and we thoroughly
realise that the British are conquering, must conquer,
and will conquer India, and that the victims of our own
blood, to our own policy, are at least entitled to our
succour. In truth, all attempts to blink or evade the ne-
cessity incumbent upon the comfortable and the affluent
to subscribe in this matter are of the very shabbiest kind.
is very acute but very supererogatory, for
Dr. Cullen 's conditioning that the money shall not go to
proselytism .
h ostensible object is stated distinctively ; and, if we
give alms, other gentlemen
might
sbtaerpg
aininasndwhsailye w
—lemake the proviso that, in case
the money shall go to a Calcutta Crystal
surplus, the
expedition, or something else sub-
limeWell,ehthde
theiransw
, according to taste. Let Dr. Cullen subscribe
or
and take the risks, just as he pays his taxes, though he
knows a Protestant hierarchy and a decidedly anti-Papal
people get the benefit of his punctual loyalty.
set of
we hear people Pay—These British in India are of
oPfeeluacre, a
Then,the v e 11- to - d o middle-class ; why do not their relatives
want, and
to look to for immediate
as-
sumption. We only know that in Calcutta there are hun-
ecronien—trTyhmaetnigaraen the
help. Another set of objectors urge that the East India 1
Company should take charge of those who were in their
No doubt; but
employment.. a corporate body in such a
provide for them I
position takes time, hears claims, discusses, and awards,
very tediously—mean es bile the cry is fer help. The most
relativesdred 4
poor
thaatntdhieny
general and most plausible sneer is that there are sufferers
at home, and it is a pity we do not expend our benevolence
on the very poorest in our own streets. This is a sneer
which assuredly comes trots gentlemen who by no means
devote themselves to the domestic poor, and who do
not believe that charity diverted from India won'd flo s
into the channels which they impartially neglect. For
home miseries there are all soits of organi-ations, the
s•ate% and zociefy's ; for the British in India there is no
organisation, and the enacrg y enc_
is sharp and sudden.
And Iriehnien, who should not forget the world's mercy
to their own country 10 years ago, ought not to be strin-
gent in putting a bitter export duty on charity."
THE PRESIDENTSHIP OF MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.
It is said (out of doors) that the election of
President of Maynooth College was very keenly
contested at the meeting of trustees held yester-
day at the Metropolitan Presbytery, Marl-
borough-street. The choice fell eventually on the
Very Rev. Dr. Russell, Professor of Ecclesiasti-
cal History in the College. The new President
is reported to be the favourite of Dr. Cullen,
and the Ultramontane party in the Church claim
4 him as at least a partial supporter of their prin-
ciples. Ile is, however, all ilkecomplishecl 00110.0,r:

The adjourned annual meeting of tbis company
was held on Sept. 29th at Toronto—the Hon. J.
Ross in the chair.
Mr. GRANT, the assistant-secretary, read the re-
port, which stated that the primary object of the
directors had been to open the line for local traffic
as the sections were finished, as they considered
this accommodation due to the people of the pro.
vinces after the aid extended to the company by the '
Legislature. Motives of prudence also rendered it
good policy to do so, and every season's experience
would indicate what requisites were necessary to
secure the legitimate share of the enormous goads'
traffic passing from east to west at the various inter-
cepting points on the lake as well as on the river.
The sumesi a tending the Canadian mail steamers
had acquired for them a prestige which has Estab-

ished the St. Lawrence and Grand Trunk route as
the shortest and quickest to the Western and South-
Western States. When the Grand Trunk Railway
is finished, Quebec, Portland, Montreal, Kingston,
Toronto, Hamilton, London, Detroit, Sarnia, Col-
ling wo ed, Peterboro', and Ottawa, will be connected
by railway without a break, and as a commercial
enterprise the directors feel confident that it will
ultimately fulfil all the expectations which have
been entertained of it. With regard to that por-
tion below Quebec which forms part of the colo-
nial chain of railroad originally contemplated, the
directors entertain the most sanguine hopes, confi-
dently believing that no lengthened period can
elapse before the New Brunswick Government will
have run its road to the frontier, and one unbroken
line of communication will have been effected be-
tween the western waters of Lake Huron and the
south-eastern extremity of Nova Scotia. Owing to
the restrictions contained in the Relief Act of 1856
with respect to the application of the preference
bonds for 2,000,0001. to meet existing liabilitie.,
and for additional rolling stock, station, and other
accommodation, it is necessary to obtain the sanc-
tion of the shareholders. It is only intended to
issue an amount not exceeding 1,500,0001., the
balance of 500,0 )0/. being intended to be in substi-
tution of the C debentures created last year, and
which will be cancelled. The directors recommend
that these debentures rank immediately after the
existing debentures of the company, and bear in-
terest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and
that one-third be repayable in five years, one-third
in 10 years, and one-third in 15 years. In 1856 an
independent company obtained an act for the con-
struction of a railway from the Grand Trunk lino
at St. Mary's, a point nine miles west of Stratford,
to London, a distance of 22 and it was consi-
dered desirable that the sanction of the shareholders
fi`louldhe given to tte amalgam:h. ion of the t so com-
panies at par, and to an agreement which has been
made, for the construction and equipment of the
railway, with responsible Canadian contractors,
at a cost of 8,0001. per mile, including rolling
stock, and which is included in the sum available
under the Relief Act of 1856. The report of Mr.
S. P. Bidder stated that since the date of the last
report no additional mileage has been opened, and
the shareholders will bear in mind that the line still
remains in unconnected sections, a fact which fully
accounts for the business of the road being almost
altogether of a local character. Out of a total
of 663,028 passengers 555,012 were local ; and out
of 355,221 tons of freight 316,599 tons were also
local. The links now wanting in the main chain of
communication from west to east are the esplanade
in front of the city of Toronto, the lengths between
Stratford and London, Stratford and Sarnia, the
extension east of St. Thomas's, and the Victoria-
bridge, all of which are now being pushed forward
with the utmost vigour. The total length of rail-
way now open is 849 miles. The total receipts for
the past half-year have been 289,4691., and the ex-
penditure 284,6881. currency, leaving a balance of
4,7801. to the credit of revenue. The expenses
would have been much less were it not for the very
large outlay necessitated by extraordinary repairs
on the leased lines from Montreal to Portland, in
the 'Trolling and relaying of lengthy sections of
rails, and in the entire renewal of bridges, which re-
newals are still going on, and will require nearly
50,0001. to complte them. During the
past few months 30,0001. has been expended in
renewals of stations, bridges, and rails. The
working expenses would not have exceeded
the estimate of 101. per mile per week (suf-
ficient to earn 20/. per mile per week), but for
these extraordinary repairs. The sum of 31,000/.
of that extraordinary expenditure ought, in the
opinion of Mr. Bidder, to he charged to capital.
He stated that the emigration arriving at Quebec
has received, during the past year, his especial at-
tention, and that the through-booking arrange-
ments, as completed by Sir Cusack Roney, in Eng-
land, have been productive of the most beneficial
results as regards the comfort and expedition with
which emigrants have been conveyed to their
place of destination after their arrival in the St.
Lawrence. The number who have availed them-
selves of through-tickets has been nearly one-third
of the total number of emigrants who have arrived,
and over 100,000 books, maps, and general infor-
mation circulars with reference to Canada as a
home for the emigrant, have been gratuitously cir-
culated from the London office of the company.
Mr. A. M. Ross, the engineer, stated in his re-
port, dated the 22d of September, on the Victoria-
bridge, that by the 12th of November last year the
two abutments and nine piers were completed, the
dams for seven additional piers were commenced
ear:y in the season of the present year; two of these
piers have been completed, the masonry of two
more is in a forward state, and the masonry in the
other 3 dams had been commenced, and would be
completed by the middle of November, making 16
piers completed out of 25. The iron work for one
tube was now in course of erection, and would be
finished by the Ist of November.

On the motion for the adoption of the report
some discussion ensued in reapect to the proposed
amalgamation of the Grand Trunk Junction Com-
pany at par with the Grand Trunk Company, the
length of the Junction line being 22 miles and the
cost 176,0001.

Resolutions were passed, adopting the report,
electing Mr. T. G. Blackwell, a director, at the
request of the English board ; accepting the Act of
last session to dispense with the Government direc-
tors, and to facilitate the completion efthe company's
works to Sarnia ; re-electing the Hon. J. Ross, Mr.
Crawford, Mr. Baring, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Hodgqon,
the retiring directors; and electing Major J. E.
Campbell, a director, in the room of Mr. B.
Holmes, who retired.
The meeting was then made special, and resolu-
tions were passed, authorising the directors to
raise 1,500,0001. on bonds bearing interest at the
rate of 7 per cent. per annum, repayable in 5, 10,
and. 15 years ' • approving the amalgamation of the
Grand Trunk Junction Company with the Grand
Trunk Company ; increasing the number of direc-
tors to 15, and fixing their remuneration at 5,5001.
per annum, including 2,500/. per annum for Mr.
Blackwell.

The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.

THE VACANT CANONRY AT ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
—A statement has been going the round of the press,
that the cannery in Rochester Cathedral, rendered va-
cant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Irving, is to be con-
ferred upon the Rev. Robert Whiston, M.A., head
master of the Rochester Grammar-school. However
gratified the numerous friends of the reverend gentleman
would be to find that the Government had at length
recognised his claims, yet on the present occasion they
will be disappointed, as there is no truth whatever in
the statement, the vacant canonry at Rochester being one
of those suspended, and therefore will not be filled up.—
; Sout4 Eastern aazette.

The court-martial for the trial of Lieut. G. W.
V. Yule, Royal Engineers, re-assembled at Chatham
Barracks yesterday, under the presidency of
and in answer to the pre-
C. Elmhirst. On the opening of the court Major
B. P. N. H. Nugent, adjutant of the Royal En-
tewdastrheactallthedo, prisoner was first placed
gineers, whose examination was concluded the pre-
usviincllnsrbd:Ertyraest on the Bth of September by order of
Col. H. Sandham, the commanding officer of the
Royal Engineers. The witness further stated that
although the prisoner was several times absent
from parade he did not report him until he embo-
died the whole in one general report. Capt. H.
Y. D. Scott, superintendent of surveying and prac-
tical astronomy at the Royal Engineers' establish-
ment, Chatham, was the next witness. He stated
that the prisoner was frequently absent from the
officers' hall of study, and produced the daily re-
ports of the attendance of officers in whioli the pri-
soner was frequently returned as absent. Col. H.
Sandham, director of the Royal Engineers' esta-
blishment, was also examined in support of the
charges against the prisoner. At 4 o'clock the
Court adjourned till this day.
On Tuesday upwards of 300 recruits joined the
Indian depots at Chatham.
Yesterday a party of non-commissioned officers
joined the Indian battalions at Chatham, from the
school of musketry at Hythe, for the pfirpose of
assisting in the instruction of the large number of
troops who are daily arriving at that garrison in
the use of the Enfield rifle,
During the absence of Brigade-Major°. S. S. E.
Gordon from Chatham, the duties of brigade-maj.:r
are ordered to be performed by Captain J. J.
Bourchier, 52d Light Infantry.
The New Military Hospital at Sheerness, built'
by Messrs. Kirk and Parry, has been opened.
Captain Leonard, Woolwich division of Royal
Marine Light Infantry, has obtained permission
from the Board of Admiralty to retire on half-pay
under medical certificate, and First Lieut. Willson,
of the Portsmouth division, has been appointed
Captain in his stead, while Second Lieutenant Sims,
of the Woolwich division, has bean appointed First
Lieutenant:

Quartermaster Thomas Cooper, Royal Marine
Light Infantry, promoted in July 1856, at Wool-
wich, for meritorious conduct, has, in consequence
of his long and faithful services, been permitted to
retire on the ray of 10s. per day, with the nominal
rank of Captain.
The Cyclops, 6, paddle, Capt. Wm. J. S. Pullen,
will be paid wages at Spithead to-day ; and she will
sail for the Red Sea before the end of the week on
her most interesting mission of taking soundings
from Suez to Aden, preparatory to the laying of
the submarine telegraph cable, by which means our
Indian posses-ions will really become part and
parcel with Old England.
The Diadem, 32, screw,-Captain Moorsom, had
another struggle yesterday, at the measured mile
at Stokes Bay, but with the same re.ults as on
Monday as to her speed, obtaining only 11 knots
an hour.

The Victory, guard ship, Captain George Henry
Seymour, C.B.—Although this time honoured
ship is in dock repairing, the anniversary of the
most memorable naval engagement on record, and
the death of England's greatest naval warrior, was
not forgotten on board. At an early hour the good
old ship was decorated with un'on jacks, ensigns,
and laurels, from stein to stern. Her figure head
had supports of the best bunting; crowned with
laurel. The old salts belonging to the Victory
dined together, and fought their battles afie
One hundred shipwrights are to be withdrawn
from the Topaz, building at Devonport, and placed
on the Aboukir, 90, screw, to hasten her repairs,
and clear No. 5 dock. Twenty engineer fitters are
to be discharged from Keylia,m, their sarvices not
being required at present.
We learn from a private letter that the scr-w-
-ste -Auer Carthe, which left Kingstown on the Lt
of August with a portion of the 38th regiment,
under toe command of Mayor Farrer, was coaling at
St. Helena on the Ist of September. The Carthage
had experienced a succession of head-winds since
her departure from St. Vincent's. No news from
England bad been received at St. Helena later than
the Ist of June, and the first intelligence of the
Indian revolt was communicated by the Carthage.
A Malta correspondent, writing on the 16th
instant, says :
" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
packets Ireetis, from Marseilles, and Colombo, from
Southampton and Gibraltar, arrived here yesterday
morning. The latter met with great stress of
weather in the Bay of Biscay, and some horses were
washed overboard. The passengers speak in the
highest terms of Captain Field and his officers, and
also of the excellent ,qualities as a sea-boat of the
steamer during the gale, which obliged her to hove-
to for many hours. The Vectis left for Alexandria
soon after her arrival, and was followed at sunset
by the Colombo.

" The European and Australian Company's
steam-packet Vanguard left for Marseilles on the
13th in order to be iu time to sail thence on the 18th
with the outward mail for Australia.

" The Tamar steamer, belenging to the same
company, arrived here from Alexandria yesterday,
and left for Southampton last night.
"Up to tho 12th no tidings had reached Alexan-
dria of the arrival at Suez of the Ewen with the
homeward Australian mail.
" Her Majesty'a steam gun-vessel Coquette re-
turned from Cagliari on the 14th, after telegraphing
thence to London tho summary of the Indian in-
telligence by the Bombay mail.
"Her Maje3ty's steam corvette Desperate left
on the 16th for Canea, with despatches for Lord
Lyons."

Lieut. W. N. W. Hewett was yesterday appointed
to the Victoria and Albert Royal steam yacht. •
Capt. Alexauder Milne and Capt. -ir Baldwin
Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, left town last even-
ing on an official visit to Portsmouth.
On Tuesday, Lieut. A. A. Smith commissioned
the Persian, 12 gun sloop, at Sheerness, fur Com-
mander J. H. Chads.

The Captain SuperiPtendent of Sheerness Yard,
John C. Fitzgerald, inspected the divisional offi-
cers and the crews of all the ships in ordinary yes-
terday.