The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-09 00:00:00

RIBS, and by the lamented Letd GEORGE BEN

TINCIE, who led the minority in the Committee
of the Commons on commercial distress,
and was the uncompromising opponent of the
unjust and impolitic measure of 1844, and we believe
of the equally inequitable and injudicious Act of 1819.

Then, indeed, they will be sustained by the voice
of public opinion, and have the popular force arrayed
under their
_standard. Then they will assume a
vantage-ground which will afford a certain triumph,
which must secure a glorious victory. Their efforts
will not be for the benefit of a single class, and
the injury of all others, but they will
struggle on behalf of the entire people, and
their success will be hailed with all but universal ac-
clamations. They will obtain the best species of
" protection for British industry i" for the industry
of the manufacturer of calico as well as the manufac-
turer of corn—of woollens as of fat cattle—of the
artisan and operative, as well as of the agricultural
labourer. Let them direct their attention to this
subject, and the result, although it may fur a time be
deferred, is certain.

They may not be willing to follow our
ad-
vice, erroneously conceiving that we have been
among their most uncompromising opponents i but
even were it as true as it is really false and
unfounded, we would remind them, fas est ab
hoste doceri. If our counsel be judicious, let
it not be disregarded on account of the quarter
whence it proceeds. Let them ask their aged friends,
those on the accuracy of whose information they can
implicitly rely, what was the state of agriculture,
the condition of the farmer in the beginning
of the century during the protracted war, the
expenditure of which puzzled the ingenuity of the
first financialists. Notwithstanding the enormous
burdens to which they were subjected by the daily
visits of the tax-gatherer they enjoyed unparalleled
prosperity, and could boast of all the comforts and
many of the luxuries of life. Was that owing to the
war—to the profuse expenditure of blood and trea-
sure ? No I It was to the possession of a circulating
medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the
country, with which every branch of industry flou-
rished, and the national capabilities_ of every description,
agricultural and manufacturing, could be fully deve-
loped. We desire the restoration of those happy times,
without the heavy drawback with which the prospe-
rity was then attended ; and, in so doing, we boldly
claim for ourselves the title of " the farmer's friend,"
to which we are far better entitled than those who
would lead them from their legitimate path to pursue
the fleeting phantasms of Protection.

SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

512,--I read with some surprise in your last night's
paper Mr. Krone's letter respecting the breaking
down of the engine of the excursion train on the
South-Western Railway on Sunday last, especially
as it came from a quarter where I should least have
expected it. In my opinion, Mr. Krone has done
himself an injury. His proposition respecting the
guards carrying in their breaks an instrument is a
good one; but I think he might have resorted to
other means of bringing it forward than to ex-
pose the South-Western Railway Company
in almost all the papers. Why could he
not have: spoken to Mr. Godson and the Electric
Toolegraph Company privately upon the subject ?
That would have been his best course. He says, if
it had not been for him the train would have been
delayed three hours later than it actuzlly was ; but I
beg to differ with him a little in that respect, for it
was all by chance that the clerk at Southampton was in
the Telegraph office, and if he had not been there
Mr. Krone might have called from night till morn-
ing with no success ; so I consider the clerk at
Southampton had as much to do in forwarding the
train as he had.

I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
ONE WHO HAS A LITTLE TO
DO WITH THE S. W. H.

Oct. 9, 1850.

THE PACKET STATION COMMISSION.
Mr. O'Flaherty, M.P., at a late meeting of the
Galway Harbour Commissioners, gave the names of
the Commissioners who are to inquire into the subject
of the Packet Station. They are Lord Grenville, Sir
John Burgoyne, Sir J. Gordon, the Hon. William
I Cooper, and Captain Ellerby. It is remarkable that
I the list does not contain the name (f one Irishman,
although the Board of Works includes men of the
highest ability, and familiar with similar investiga-
tions. Captain Ellerby is an officer of the Trinity
I Board, and the people of Galway derive hope from the
fact that he was lately at that place about the lights
on the Arran Islands. On the other hand, Sir John
Burgoyne was a member of the Railway Commission,
which, after a comparison of the various contending
ports, recommended that Cork should be selected for
a packet-station, at a time when the question excited
very little attention, and even that a railway should
be made from Dublin for the purpose. He is, more-
over, unquestionably the most competent and influ•
ential of the five persons appointed. We hope he
still retains the same preference for our port. At all
events, a vigilant eye ought to be kept by the country
generally to the conduct of the inquiry, lest it should
prove a delusion, intended merely to evade the demand
of Ireland altogether, and rival localities should be
treated with impartial disappointment.— Cork Ex-
aminer,—[We hope the best station will be selected,
wholly irrespective of rival localities. Cork, from its
established trade is, we are happy to say, independent
of the advantages derivable from a packet station 1- so
is Galway ; but if a new station, having natural faci-
lities, were selected, such as Valentia, it would diffuse
immense bepefits around a large space, and thereby
stimulate industry and trade, where little or none
exist at present.—En. Sun.]

VIEW OF THE BUILDING IN HYDE-PARK FOR THE
GREAT EXHIBITION, 1851, AS FINALLY APPROVED BY
HER AIAJETT'S COMMISSIONERS.—An interesting
and authentic sketch of this remarkable building has
just been engraved on steel and issued by Mr.-
Berger, the publisher. As affording an excellent idea
of the probable appearance of the structure, when
conspleted, we doubt not the engraving will begladly and
eagerly welcomed by the community. The follow.
ing particulars appended to the plate will be
perused with interest :—" The building is de-
signed by Mr. Paxton. Its length is 1,848 feet,
width 408 feet, height 66 feet. The transept is 108
feet high ; excepting the timbers for floors and joists,
it consists entirely •,of glass and iron. There will be
3,230 iron columns, 2,244 iron girders, 1,128 iron
bearers, and 358 iron roof supporters, 34 miles of
gutters, 202 miles of sash bars, and 900,000 feet of
glass. The gallery will be 24 feet wide. The site
covers 18 acres. The exhibiting space is about 21
acres, which can be greatly increased by additional
galleries. The contract with Messrs. Fox and
Henderson, is for 79,8001, or 150,0001. if the build-
ing is permanently retained."

HIGHLAND FESTIVITIES.—The annual gathering
given at the shooting quarters of Henry Esdaile, Esq., on
the island of Ellarishona, Inverness-shire, on Wednesday and
Thursday last, was attended by all the gentry of the sur-
rounding country and islands, and between 300 and 400 of
the Highland peasantry. Among the company present were
Mrs. Colonel Macdonell, Mr. Macdonell, and the Misses
Macdonell, of Morar ; Mr. M'Donell and the Misses
APDonell, of Lochshiel ; Mr. Macdonald, of Glenaladale ;
Mr. Robertson, of Kinlock, Mordart ; the Messrs. Robertson
and Hay, of Morton; Mr., Mrs, and Miss Staples, &c. Am.
The ball-room was beautifully and tastefully decorated with
evergreens, flowers, shields, claymors, banners, &c. The
initials of her Majesty and those of Prince Albert, with a
crown and emblematical devices, composed of dahlias and
other flowers, adorned each end of the room, and were
greatly admired. At ten o'clock 200 of the peasantry, who
had been dancing with great spirit to a band of pipers, sat
down to a substantial old English supper of roast beef and
plum pudding, and were well supplied by the gillies with
mountain dew. At two o'clock the company left the ball
for the supper room, where an elegant repast awaited them.
The following night Mr. Esdaile and his friends entertained
the elderly people of the country around with tea sad supper,
which was followed by dancing ; the old people did their best
to enjoy this pastinie of their former days, and before sepa-
rating they drank with much enthusiasm the health of their
kind entertainer, wishing him a speedy return:to Ellarishona,
the island of the waves.

RISE IN THE PRICE OF COTTON AT PERNAMBUCO.
—The American steamer Vulcan put into Pernambuco on
August 28, and owing to the information she furnished of
the state of the cotton crop in the States, that article
immediately rose from 3id. per lb. to 7id. She received
fuel, and proceeded next day for Bahia, Rio Janeiro, and
California.

COFFEE AT RIO JANEIRO.--By. a
private vessel
from Rio Janeiro, with dates to August 14, we are informed
that the price of coffee had materially risen since the sailing
of the Seagull packet, and that at its enhanced value a great
demand had existed; and that freights as a result had much
improved. The exchange has, as a consequence, been acted
on—quotations being at 280.
OTTER HUNT.—A huge otter was lately killed at
Roxborough, county Galway, by a party of men with dogs,
after a desperate fight, during which the otter drowned two
of the dogs, and so severely wounded three others, that they
:.urvived but a short time; several of the men were also
bitten. The formidable animal was ultimately shot. lie
measured 4 feet 4 inches in length, 22 inches round, and
weighed 481bs. Ile was well known to the country people,
who called him " The devil's water-dog." The body was
sent to Dublin, and having been stuffed, may now be seen
Ai Dir. Cox's Union Tavern, Portobello barracks.