The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-24 00:00:00

Distance in Nauiic
Miles. Area.
!Area over five
New low water fathoms deep
York. Halifax. Spring Tides. at low water.
Acres. I Acres.
:o 2.790 2;2.41
„ 2,772 2,..;22
„ 2,750 2, '67 1.370 533
' 2,156 .350 84
„ 2,732 2,150 2.900 1.900
ice table appears in the Irish journals,
I take frctu Captain , Woife's
ving, previous to his decease, a few years
,yed these ports unt!er the Admiralty.

Cork to
Galway
Bantry 31 1.370 533
Crooknaven „
.350 84
Berehaven 2,732 2.900 1.900
The distance table appears in the Irish journals,
and the area I take frcna Captain , Wolfe's R.N.
Chart, be having, previous to his decease, a few years
nsci
enr
toci
toe
k,these in v surveyeden
tables,
Bt ,
re
eas
„itrs u
infe:ownielinc3thlcieratipt trdhce
gtrhol Admiralty.apttrecr,
her
eal Pt.
e
40
longitude miles west of Galway; beAdes the coreli-
duration of their being situate on the very point,
which is the greet landfall of the American packets.
The Railway Commissioners, who in 1836 inquiied
into this subject, report*—" Of the very superior
qualities of Berehaven as a port there can be no
quesion whatever." And Captain Evans, It N., who
surveyed and reported on the Western Coast, under
this Commission, states—" Could a railway be made
from Dublin to Bantry, Berehaven would possess every
advantage necessary for a packet station, namely,
facility of ingress and egress in all weather, that a
ship could keep the sea, a good harbJur (Biiitiy)
under the lee when beating out, plenty of sea room
when once well outside the bay, and, owing to tilt/
prevailing vsinds being S.W. and W., a vessel leaving
Berehaven would command the coasts cf Spain, Por-
tugal, and the Mediterranean, as well as be in the
most desirable spot of departure for either the West
Indies or America; it is well situated for steam com-
munication with the south of Ireland and England,
and is a harbour that in a political point of view
should not be left unprotected, being the only one on
the _lrish coast which an enemy's fleet would run for."
From this official testimony, given at a period when
the great " steam race which has begun for the em-
pire of the sea" was no way anticipated—much lees
the changes in France from the Prince of Peace at
St. Eu to Louis Napoleon at Cherbourg—it is evident
that Berehaven is destined to play an important part
in the future history of the nation; and, as a port of
which very little is known in England, you may
consider a short sketch of the locality worthy of

insertion.
The haven of Bere comprises that portion of the
fine navigable. Bay of Bantry within Bere Island on
the north-west share. Of its formation I could give
no better description than that applied by Virgil to
another harbour— _ _

" There lies a bay, •
An island shades it from the rolling sea,
And forms a port secure for ships to ride,
Broke by the jutting land on either side."
DRYDEN.
Between these jutting points the haven in length m2y
be eight, with an average breadth of two miles, with
14 fathoms on the two entrances, good holding
ground, and excellent shelter. A first-clefs harbour
light has since 1847 been exhibited at the eastern
mouth, and the shores outside will be shortly bright-
ened by the tower in progress on the Solitary Past-
nett (Carrig-enar). In 1836 the Commissioners had
a line surveyed from Dublin to Berehaven. By a
different route via Bandon the rail will be laid down

next spring on three-fourths of the distance betwten
Dublin and Bere.

The town, 18 miles due west of Glengariffe, ex-
tends along the shore on the N.W. angle of the
haven; and, from its very neat appeardnee, every
house being well slated and whitewashed, adds to

the beauty of the picture as seen from the Bantry
road—the m, jestic hills stretching along the shorefrom Knockoura to Dade---'he ridge on Bere Island
rising 700 feet, dotted with numerous inrirtello
towers, the noble basin of 11-,rehaven outside, the
vast Atlantic sinking into mist, and within the
grandeur of that noble I3iy of Bantry—all make up a
highly sublime panorama of Nature. Ca“letown
contains a post-45ce, fish curing es,abliAment of
the Society of Friends, and the usual Iri-h adjuncts
of church, chapel, and poorhouse. The chapel is an
old building, both the others new and rather hand-
some structures, the poorhouse being the neatest I
have seen in Ireland. The hotel (Harrington%) is a
larga concern, but will bear some improvement in its
internal accommodation.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
G. P. O.

Cork, Oct. 19.

* Second Report R. C., 1838.

MEETING OF THE CABINET.

The Cabinet, which would not otherwise have as-
' setnbled till the 6th of next month, met yesterday, at
a very short notice, on a question of considerable
urgency. The disgraceful conduct of Prussia, in
helping to protect the Schleswig-Holstein war, not
only in spite of a treaty of peace with Denmark, but
actually under cover of the treaty, and by means of
it, has led to a very natural—we might almost say
Legitimate consequence. The Governments of
Russia and of France have jointly proposed to the
Government of this country, that the three Powers
shall peremptorily require Prussia to fulfil her recant
engagement with Denmark, and withdraw the sup-
port she still continues to give to the Schleswig-Hol-
stein army. In the event of Prussia hesitating to
comply with this reasonable demand, Russia and
France are proposed to back it, not by an unpt ofitable
march to the territory under dispute, but in a way
more congenial to their tastes,— by an invasion of the
Silesian provinces of Prussia on the one side, and the
Rhenish on the other. In the first instance, how-
ever, they require the co-operation of Eng-
land in the remonstrance with Prussia, with-
out which they are not prepared to move at
present. The answer of the British Government may
perhaps be anticipated. It declines to join with Russia
and France in such a note as we have described, but
proposes that all three Powers shalt separately re-
monstrate with Prussia on her present breach of faith
with the Danish Government. Whether their triple
remonstrances will be of more avail than all the rest
of the diplomacy that has been lavished on this affair,
is a question on which we will not venture to give an
opinion.
The interests of justice and of oiler require that
Prussia should be compelled to desist from a course
dangerous to the faith of treaties and the peace of the
expostulation.at,
u lndreei
,dr Berlin
and
popularninrdio ytrolyse t i
influence itafli
respectableivi ukseee
tootnl yocee
pntss:ah'
bel
Poweriiaes thetwet listen
that
toa
threaten al
indignityit rheea mereGovernmenteCno fo
vus
va: verbal
b o fl
it is not also ready to execute its threats. Buthrnteheree
administration of justice and order ought to be clear
even from the suspicion of interested motives if it is
to have any moral weight, or even the most
moderate success. To check the designs of Prussia
by forwarding the designs of Russia and France
is not furthering justice, but substituting one act
-1f injustice for another, and making one underhand

..4.rong a pretence for two intinifest outrages. There

is a want. of logic in the whole proposition. Whet
tlaire the Rhenish provinces and S lesia to do wi:h the
Schleswig. Holstein affair, already sufficiently corn-

plicated on its own merits ? The, motive is intern-
4ible enough. Beth Russia and France have 1 itely
been doing some knight errantry of a most thankless
and disagreeable character, and it is very natural they
should begin to think Europe rather in their debt.
Th 6 two provinces we have mentioned would be very
appropriate guerdons for our two great Cometvative
neighbours at St. Petereburgh and Paris. There is a
necessity too under which all Presidents and Consuls
unfortunately labour. If they wish to be re•elected,
or to have a name in history, they mud mark their
brief tenure of clfice with some glorious feat or valu-
able acquisition. With. Cologne and Coblente occu-
pied by French troops, Louis Napoleon would be safe
for another four years, at least, and be able to dis-
pente with half the garrison at Paris. But it is not
so easy to say when and where the matter would end,
and whether the judicial mutilation of Prinsia at both
her extremities would be the last asst of the drama.
Germany would probably be more alive to the claims
of national sympathy than of public justice, and even
Austria, notwithstanding her tremendous obligations,
mielt not be able to resist an appeal to the common
fatherland.
fnat such an offer should be made to the British
Government, and 'tat such results us we have allude-d
to should be brought within the compass of possi-
bility, is enough to mark the very serious character
of the part which Prussia is now pla3ieg. The mul-
titude of all countries invariably measure the acts of
a nation solely by its end, and if the end to their
taste they think the means sufficiently sacred. OF
course, therefore, so glorious an end as the rescue tf
Sehleswig-ilolstein from the Danish yoke will be
held to justify the interference of ad Germ any in the
quarrel. But, if nationality is a fact and independ-
ence a blessing, faith is something more than either,
for it is a duty. There was an armistice, which was
concluded by a treaty of peaee between Prussia and.
Denmark. Forthwith, en the signing of that treaty,
Prussia released from military service hosts of
otheers find privates, who, it was notorious,
were desirous to join - the Se hlus ig- 110 l
stein army. In effect, she desisted from open
war in order that she might take to mere brigand-
age. The war is now carried on by Prussians, and,
if General Willisen is more brilliant on paper than in
the field, it is not for want of the best intentions on
the part of his master, who would much prefer a con-
quest to a treatise on war. It is impossible that
Europe can go on fur ever seeing a small though gal-
lant people wantonly destroyed by a neighbour at the
same time unscrupulous and powerful. Tnere will
be some interference in the end, if Prussia will not
submit to be advised, and we see that an interference