The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

TUE SUN.

"No mystery in creation need sadden us, as long as
we believe nothing of the invisible world inferior to
what the visible prcc!aims. Life and geniality predo-
minate; death is brief; pain Itigilve; bvauty universal;
order paramount and everlasting. What a sh4nue to
know that the sun, the greatest visible object in our
universe, combines equal gentleness with power, and
does us nothing but good, anti at the :awe time to dare
to think worse of its Maker."

How deliciously comic, again, that definition of the
" bagpipes"—" An air played on the bagpipes, with
that detestable, monstrous drone of tbeirs for the bass,
is like a tune tied to a post." Hearken to his
glorious panegyric on Bacon in a prose epigram—
" If," says he, "I were asked to describe Bacon as
briefly as I could, I should say that be was the libera-
tor of the hands of knowledge. Among the different
celebrities passed under somewhat the same epigram•
matic treatment, we recognize those of Cicero and
Waller, Handel and Montaigne, Raphael and Maecenas.
Handel he calls " the Jupiter of music ;" Voltaire
" the god of cleverness;" Otway "the pet of sen-
sual pathos." Added to the miscellaneous table-talk
forming the principal portion of the volume, are a
dialogue between Pope and Swifr, and a colloquy in
which the former is the principal interlocutor—both
after the fashion of these "imaginary conversations"
which have been rendered popular by the skill of
Savage Landor. These, however, with all Landor's
skill, have a genial tone about them which that heavy,
deep-mouthed Bceatian could never hope to evidence.
The volume before us must be commended to all
lovers of literary excellence as a work in all respects
worthy of Leigh Hunt, worthy of him who has
taken as the purpose of his weekly miscellany the cul-
tivation of the Memorable, the Progressive, and the
Beautiful.

MELANCHOLY A CCIDENT.— On Thursday morning.
Mr. Dudgeon, forester and gamekeeper on the estate of
Leathern' was found drowned in a mill-pond of Ugstonrigg, .
a few miles to the west of Haddlington" It is supposed by
PILGRIMAGES TO ENGLISH SHRINES. some that while engaged in his duty of protecting -the game
By Airs. S. C. Hall. he had gone too near the edo of the pond, and had slipped
An elegant contribution to the table of the library, his footing : while others will have it that he had been en-
gaged with poachers, an.d that they, while endeavouring to
the boudoir, or the drawing-room, written by Mrs.
S. C. Hall and illustrated by F. W. Fairholt, must etfect. their escape, had, in the struggle that ensued, thrust
Lim into the pond; but this is not borne out by any evidence.
assuredly be welcomed as a treasure of letters at —Edinburgh Wituas.
Christmas. The contents of the book under conside- ANOTHER ACCIDENT FROM FIRE ARMS —While
ration will be remembered by all who have scanned an actress, Miss named Brown, one of the corps dramatique
the pages of the Art Journal, they having been for in Mr. Bostock's theatrical booth, on the Green of Girvao,
the most part previously issued in instalments through was engaged in the Irrturinance, on the evening of the loth
instant, a pistol, leaueld, but only with powder, we presume,
the pages of that si.lendid and meritorious publica-
tion. From month to month, as those different instal- insl as
closetak e taken
beside
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partactors,c who was
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moats appeared, we took occasion to mention them as going off by accident, the discharge and wadding cameg and
deserving of the highest eulogium both fur their in the direction of her ear. She uttere I a piercing cry and
fell down. Medical aid was instantly sent for, and until the
literary and artistic merit, but;.above all, for their wasan-
ialnl :Id 1 )
ascertained,erfr great alarm was felt
tiquarian research. Among the different shrines
visited in the course of these delightful; pilgrimages btiineobeilietveed sllyoutright.mrsieartsunitatiis
however,for some
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audience injurywas
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nine have been uninvested with interest, most of thorn the wound is not dangerous, and although Sedleringco
have been in the highest degree attractive, and siderably, and not unlikely to bear the marks of the
several have been utterly exhausted to all other cirri. awkward accident, the young lady is recovering.—Ayr
Advertiser.
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relating to any of the birthplaces or burial places of WIN CHESTER COLLEGE.—THE GODDARD SCHO-
LARSHII(i.e--T_haiss schholar,lnp, the examination for which has
the personages passed under review is forgotten either just
by the author or her attendant limner. Accoml a- , The exe•!tlin:naedr jdgsuwered to
were the
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Austen,
Lied by them we travel about Engl‘nd in all iota- M.A , Fellow of New College, and the Rev. W. Btight
ehotioel' has
ginable directions, now entering the printing. office Fellow .i.nd Tutor of University College, Oxford The prize
of Cucton, now the abode of Marvel, now the dwell• annually given by the liberality of Mr. Philip B. Duncan,
ins of Barry, now the.studio ogfhGosatinosfbaoraonungah,,:
_meet- fo.rmerly Fellow of New College, for the encouragement of
I the. study of the mathematical sciences, has, after the usual
ins in one quarter with the Hannah Atore ! examination, been also awarded to the same ficholar.

THE COLOSSEUM,

COLLISIONS ON THE EASTERN

OPENING OF THE NEW PANORAMA OF
THE LAKE OF TFIUN.

COUNTIES RAILWAY.

Last evening, during the density tf the fog, two
serious collisions occurred on the E.,stern Counties
Railway, which, although not attended with any
actual lms of life, involved serious injury to a number
of persons. Dense as the fog was in the metropolis,
it tell considerably short if that which overhung-tho
neighbourhood, of Stratford and that part of the line.
Even at mid-day it was iinpssib!e to discern ohji•cts
at a few yards distance; and, although the. compiny
adopted every precaution to secure the transit of the
trains, is was deemed necessary eventually to take off
a quantity of what is termed the local traffic shoe t
trains. .When dusk set in the difficulties became ten-
fold. All the signal lights were obscured, and it was
only by a liberal use of fig-signals that the traffic
could then be carried on. No withstanding these
precautions, however, two trains were run into. The
first mishap happened to the lia!f past four o'clock train
to Llertf,rd, which stop at the intermediate stations
be wren Bishopsgate and Stratford. A quarter of rn
hour after its depatture from Shored itch, viz., a quartt r
toy o'clock, the train to Enfield leaves, and it appears do-s
not-stop between the terminus and .Tottenhatn. The

We were last evening favoured with a private view
of the new Panorama of the Luke of Thun, painted
by Messrs. Denson and Son, and which will be
opened to the public on Thureday.. This magnifi-
cent work of „art occupies the whole of the immense
rotunda of the Colosseum, and is cf the same size as
the panoramas of London and of Paris. The posses-
sion of this immense space is of incalculable advan-
tage in the delinoation of the sublime scenery of
Switzerland, where every natural object is on a scale
of immense magnitude, and this panorama of the
Lake of Thun, therefore, gives, as might have been
expected from its colossal size, a more just and
adequate idea of the ensemble of Swiss
seentry than any other similar exhibition that has
as 3et been presented to. the ; for its accuracy
we can vouch from our ovsn personal knowledge of
the locality. There is. the quaint old town of Thun
(from the northward of which the panorama is taken),
with its picturesque old buildings and its elegant
villas and cottages ; there is the !site, small though it
be, yet one ottnemost beautiful in Swi'zerlend, dotted
with boats and steamers ; there are the sublime Alps
of the Bernese Oberland in the distance, shutting in
the valley and the like; and among them we distin-
guish the Wisterborn, the Fiesterhorn, and the
Jungfrao, rendered clasicel to the lover of English
poetry as the scene of Byron 's Manfred, and here is
Intel lachen, the frequented of toe tourist. The
panorama h an accurate transcript of some
of the most beautiful scenery of Switz eland, and is,
as a woi k of art, decidedly the chef dceunre of Denten.
During the short recess the whole of the interior of
this magnificent establishment has been restored and
redecorated. The con: cr vatories have net ived several
valuable additions; the magnificent Hall of Sculpture
has been completely re-decorated; the Swiss cottage
and waterfall, the aviary, the Stalactite Cavern, and
the silver mine have all been renovated, and the as-
cending room has been newly fitted up. The Colos-
seum will, we opine, form one of the most attractive
of the Christmas exhibitions.

Hertford train was hi hind its time on arriving at
Stratford, but this was unavoidable from the density
of the fog, and while the S-Tatford passengers were
alighting, and before the Enfield train was in fiat
seen, it suddenly dashed into the rear of the Hertford
train, denbling up a second-class carriage, wherein
were seated about twenty passengers, and threw the
latter part of the train off the line. The cries of the
iijured occupants are de:Trib:d to have been of the
moat painful character, and, as if'to add to their suf-
ferings, the fog, together with the stvani and snr.li • of
the Enfield engine, completely enveloped in, so
that although the staff of cfficers altach, d to the wet ks
at Stratford immediately colleetel, much delay neces-
sarily, ensued before they could all be extricated. It
was then discovered that the greater portion of the
persons in that carriage had more or less sustained
injuries. These were removed to the waiting-rooms
of the station, and, several medical gen!l?men having
been sent for, was found Lecesfiry to dispatch
. . . .

several to the Loudon Ilcspital, while- others were
attended to at the station, and removed to neighbour-
ing taverns. Amongst those conveyed to the hospital
were two men and a woman, but the extent of their
injuries could not be ascertained.
The second collision took place shortly before 11
ec!ock, close to the Brick-lane goods station. It was
the last train up from Colchester, and was due at
Bishopsgate at half-past 10. It was proceeding at a
very cautious rate ; but a short time after leaving the
Mile-end station it was run into by the Norwich
express with a fearful shock. The last carriege of the
Colchester train was a third-classs one, in which were
a number of passengers, and so great_was the con-
cussion that it appeared a perfect wreck, the end, roof,
and sides were demolished, and many of the passen-
gers were bleeding from wounds in their heads and
other parts of the body. Several passengers in other
parts of the train sustained severe contusions, and in
one instance a lady received severe bruises by coming
in contact with the head of a gentleman sitting op-
posite, end the blood flowed copiously from her face.
On the arrival of the train at Bishopsgate many more
were seen in a similar conditien, but, from irquirics
since instituted, it is gratifying to find that no limbs
could be ascertained to have been fractured. Air.
Ihncorn, a surgeon residing near the terminus, and
who had been called in by the company to attend
upon those h;jured on the previous occasion, was in
the train I.t the time, and rendered effective service
in alleviating the sufferings of the passengers most
hurt.

THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.
visir OF THE QUEEN.

At a quarter before eleven o'clock yesterday
morning the contractors of the great Exhibition
building received an intimation to the effect that at
eleven o'clock precisely her Majesty, accompanied by
Prince Albert, would ply a visit to the works. No
time was lost in preparing, as far as possible, fur the
Q reen's reception ; but beyond lsyirg down a few
planks along the muddy avenues it was impossible for
the authorities to perfect any arrangements. At eleven
precisely the workmen were gathered in a crowd about
the entrance, and the Queen's carriage came up amid
loacheers and other demonstrations of hearty loyalty.
Oa alighting her Majesty was received by the follow-
ing gentlemen, representing the Royal Commissioners,
with Lord Granville at their lit ad :—Mr. Cubitt,
Colonel Reid, Mr. Cole, Mr, C. Wentworth Di!ke,
Dr. Playfeir, Colonel Lloyd, 4111 r C.'Wild, Mr. Ovean
Jones, and Mr. M. Digby Wyatta Mr. Paxton
and Messrs. Fox and Henderson, The contractots,
were also present. This was her 'Majesty's, first
visit to the works, and her apreseions of hearty ad-
miration were frequent. Her 111.k:sty's attention
was particularly drawn to the men employed upon the
tran'sept ; and while her Majesty was on the ground
the first panes of glass were fixed in this part of the
building. On leaving the ground, after a stay of an
hour's duration, the royal party were loudly cheered
by the workmen. After the departure of her Majesty
Lord Granville clire.bed to the highest scaffolding in
the building with the object of getting a view of the
entire works; other eminent men have, in their en-
thusiasm, we are informed, dared the giddy height
and defied the muddy ladders.
On the 26th of September the first column of the
building was fixed in its place, and on the 26th of
this month the contractors have determined to fix the
lest ; on this day, also, the last girder will be fixed,
and after a few days' labour on the part of the gla-
ziers the great structure, to all external appearance,
will be finished. On the 31st, as we have already
stated,.the Society of Arts have been invited to hold
a meetirg in the building; we may add, that an emi-
nent professor of mechanics, of King's College,
London, will read to the meetirg a scientific lecture
on the mechanics and economy of the building. The
rooms erected near the transept, for the Royal Corn-
missienere, are commodious as well as numerous.

Whether either accident was occasioned by the
culpable negligence of the drivers or signalmen, or
was solely the result of the density of the atmosphere,
did not clearly appear, but an inquiry, it was stated,
would be inlinzdiately instituted by the company into
the circumstances.

THE FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN
W. I L ES.

The inquest on the bodies of vlic unfo.tunate men
who were killed by the explosion et the Middle
Duffryn New Colliery, on the Pith instant, has now
occupied two days. The catastrophe has unhappily
proved mere fatal than bad been at first reported.
The number of men killed is tigLt, Einiund
Mord, William Davis, William Saunders, William
Jones, David Thomas,• James Morgan, Jan►cs Bar-
gam, and Matthew Tingle ; and there are eight more
mcn seriously burnt ; viz., Henry William
Meredith, Thomas Meredith, Richa►d Wiggle,
George Meredith, Peter Price, John Ruck, and James
Williams. The two first-named of the wounded men

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, Disc. 23.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, attended by the Hon. Miss Macdonald and
the Hon. Miss Cavendish (Maids of Honour in
Waiting), and Colonel Hon. Charles Grey and Cu).
Bouverie (the Equerries in Waiting), left the Gavle
at ten o'clock this morning for London.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness and suite
travelled by a special train on the Great Western
Railway, and on reaching the Paddington terminus
entered two of the royal carriages, and proceeded to
the building in Hyde-pack for the Exhibition of the
Wolks of Industry of all Nations in 1851.
Lieutenant-Colonel Reid, R.E , Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Royal Commission, re-
ceived the Queen and the Prince, and conducted her
Majesty through the different parts of the building.
After inspecting the building f,r the Exhibition,
the Queen and Prince Albert went to Gloucester
House Piccadilly, to pay a visit to her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester. _ _ _

(llenry Jenkins and William Meredith) are the fore-
man and under-ground agent, and they were so seri-
ously injured that it was deemed advisable to take
their depositions as soon as prac..icible after the acci-
dent. They were both in the pit at the time of the
explosion; and Henry Jenkins gives the follow-
ing account of the cause and effect of the

c4losion :—" The top of the ru'ddle stall in
the first crw,s-heading was bad, and lattly to
fill, and Ruck and several more were engag-d in
trying to prop it up, while I was engaged in opening
a fresh wind-way. When we were so engaged a
part of tlig-roof fell, and a bloaer' came out against
my candle and an explosion took place. I had been
in the stall five minutes before, and there was no gas
there then. I had my lamp with me, bu', as it did
not give sufficient light to enable me to remove the
plates, I had a lighted candle. I had been engaged
about an hour before taking► up the plates. The roof
of the stall had shown symptoms of falling, and that
was the reason I had taken up the plates. Tne stall
in question formed part of a wind. way, which was
the reason I was anxious to keep it oi3en. I fell

Soon after twelve o'clock her Mojesty and Prince
Albert drove from Gloucester House to the Padding-
ton terminus, and, attended by. the Hon. Caroline
Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Colonel the Wm.
Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie, kfc by a special
train on the Great Western Railway, and returned to
the Castle at ten minutes before one o'clock.

down dir(ctly I saw the explosiut; ; and, as soon as
it was over, I got up and ran to the bottom of the
pit. I was quite sensible the whole of the time. The
top of the stall was very unusual, and several nien
were collected near the spot, looking at the precau-

The Royal Family took their accustomed airings
in the Slopes and Windsor park.
Lord and Lady Ashley and Lieutenat• Colonel
Reid, R.E., took their departure from the Castle to-
day.
The Royal dinner circle this evening will include
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Lin•
coin, Lieutenant-Colonel C. B. and Mrs. Phipps.
Her Majesty's private band attend in the Castle
after dinner.

Lions I was taking, and that is how thCy were injured.
I way in the pit seven hours after the explosion bofore
I was carried up."
Mr. Meredith, the agent, corroborated this state-
ment, and added that they only used the stfety-lacon
in the morning, and " when there was occasion."
It was explained by the several witnesses subse-
quently examined, that the cause of the delay in
bringing the men to the surilace after the accident
was front a quantity of masonry having been blown
by the explosion upon the stage used. for conve3 ing
the miners up and do..s n. They were therefore obliged
to have recourse to a more tedious means, a bucket

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces •
ter yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Right lion, Lord Ernest Bruce, M P. (on be-
half of the Marquis of Ailesbury), attended at the
Home-office yesterday, and delivered loyal and duti-
ful addresses against the late Papal aggression, for
pres-ntation to her Mejesty through the Right Hon.
Sir George Grey, from the mayor, elfitrmen, town
council, and other inhabitants of the borough of
Marlborough; from the rector of St. Peter's Mtrl-
borough ; trom the ancient borough of Great Bed wyn ;
and from sixteen adjscent parishes in the county of
Wilts.

and crab. One of the dee( ased came by Ws death in a
jrß gular manner. Ile was- on the surface of the
ground, and was proceeding by the mouth of the pit
at the time of the explosion, when he was killed by a
gate blown upon him. his father had just sent him
in quest of au axe, and he related the melancholy
scene of his son's death to the jury. The top of the
pit was seen to fly into the air at the moment the
young man reached it. A moment's difference in time
either way would have saved his l:f•.
Mr. Blackwell, the Governmsnt Inspector of Mines,
*ho attended the inquest, questioned the witnesses
with regard to the means used for rescuing the miners
after the explosion—the bucket and crab. lie im-
pressed the necessity in all such cases of using every
exertion to bring the men out of the colliery, and was
of opinion that the app•sratus used was insufficient.
Mr. \Villains, the principal viewer cf the colliery,
described the measures which be was tking for ita-

Mr. Alderman Salomons attended at the Home-
office yesterday, to deliver, through Secretary Sir
George Grey, an address against Papal Aggression,
from the Ward of Cordwainera, for presentation to
the Queen.
Mr. Thomas Johnson attended yesterday at the

Dome-office, to deliver, through Sir George Grey,
an address on the Papal Aggression from Runcorn
(Cheshire), for presentation to her Majesty.
A deputation, consisting cf Messrs. William Routh
and Ravenshaw (Directors of the new British Iron
Company), and Mr. Robert Roy (Director of the
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company), had
an interview %ith the Commissioners of &always
yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade.
Dilyttches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American
Provinces.

proving the ventilation of the work,. This was part
of bis duty. He had not bee❑ in the colliery for a
fortnight before the accident. 'There was only one
existing airway in the colliery. There had not been
time since Vie colliery ha I been opened to make a
second, but it was intended to make two. The col-
liery was quite in its infancy. Ile judgt d the quan-
tity of air circulating in the works at from 6,000 to
7,000 cubic feet per minute. lie was afraid that the
seam of coal which they were working in this col-
liery was a fiery seam. Mr. Puwell, the owner cf
the colliery,. employed altogether on his works from
1,400 to 1,500 men and boys. Only about 2,000
tons have as yet been got in this mine.
The inquest was again adjourned for a few days.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
Business yesterday was not of a character to call la
more than an;,)nume ation a the bets:—
CHESTER CUP.
500 to 10 asst Lord Cl‘f lea's Wallll )wer—taken
600 to 10 tig,t Mr. Me,klam's Raby—takcn
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Howard's Brother to Dough—t
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Scott's Clinch: r—taken
1,000 to 15 apt Sir J. B. Mills' Won't-you-come-out-
to-night—taken
DERBY.
600 to 100 agst Mr. Ilalford'a Prime Minister—taken,
13 to 2 afterwards offered
350 to'2s agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—takcia
and afterwards ‘ffertd
2,500 to 50 agst Sir J. Hawley's Baloamo—taken
TIM GREAT MATCH.
Even betting. Offers to take a sovereign a hundred
for choice. ,

THE LATE RIOT AT BIRILEMIHAD.—Yesterday the
examinations in this case were concluded at Chester, and
the magistrates committed the men charged with the riot.
Sir George Stephen, for the prisoners, objected to their being
committed to take their trial at the sessions, where they
would be subject to the jurisdictim of the Cheshire magis-
trates, who had taken such an active part in connexion with
the meeting. After consulting together, Mr. Case, the chair-
man of the magistrates, said they had no objc-ction to comply
with the request that the committal should take place to the
assizes ; but they should certainly feel it their duty to have
heavier bail. Sir George Stephen objected to this, on the
ground that the bail already was excessive. Mr. Case—
That is a matter for the magistrates to decide. We shall
require, in the case of Mr. Brown, himself in 100/., and two
sureties of 1001. each. With regard to Feehan, we have put
him down at 11:A 1, two sureties at SC/. 'The other pri-
soners, themselves in 501. each, and two sureties of 25/., and
21 hours' notice to be given. Sir George Stephen—Very
well, but I shall advise an application to the judges to re-
euce the amount. After the necessary arrangements rela-
tive to receiving the bail had been made, the Court dis-
solved.

ABOLISHMENT CF CHRISTMAS-D9XES IN GOVERN-
MENT OFFICES. -Ye sterd ay afternoon circulars were sent
front the ilome•office to all the Police-courts, and other
offices connected with Government, directing that no Christ-
mas-boxes shall in future be given away to those persons
who have for many yews been in the habit of receiving
them. In the police-courts a saving will be effected of about
thirty shillings a year to each.
DISTRIBUTION OF HER MAJE`iTY'S CHRIbTMAS
Bovsxr.—Yesterday, according to annual custom, the dis-
tribution of her MajesWa Chrittmas B ,unty took place at
the Royal Almonry Office, in Aiikldle Scotland yard,
Whitehall, when between 6CO and 700 poor men and
women, who are of good characters, and whose ages
varied from sixty years and upwards, were recipients—the
sum received by each individual consisted of two new half-
crowns. •

FATAL COAL FIT ACCIDENT AT BORROWSTOUN•
NESS.—At the Schoolyards pit, in the middle if Borrows-
tounness, an engine was put up about two years ego to pump
out the waste water, and thereby allow access to the lowest
seam of coal. This was accomplished some weeks ago; and
on Saturday last three colliers, who vase employed to open
up the roans in the old waste, Laving failed to make their
appearance above ground, a mi.n was scrit down the pit, who,
ou proceeding about 20 yards from the bottom of the Sbafr,
and within a few yards of another pit, at the turn of a road,
got the three men lying above each otter, quite dead— to all
appearance suffocated with choke damp. Their names were
Charles Robertson, and his son James, and Richard Robert-
son, his nephew. They were all married men,. leaving
widows, and two of them families.—Edinburgh —Edinburgh Watt s.
ST. ALBANS ELECTION.—The nomination tookplace yesterday. Mr. Alderman and Sherif! Carden and Mr.l
Jacob Bell, of Oxford-street, are the candidates; the allow
of hands was in favour or Ur! Alderman Carden. The poll
takes place to-day.

-
We have been informed, on good auth )rity, that a
measure has been at last prepared by the law officers of the
Crown in reference to " Papal aggression." This Bill, we
understand, provides a punishment of two years' imprison-
ment for any person who shall assume as a prelate the title
of any, place in Great Britain I If, as we have reason to be-
liPve, these are -the penal, prvyisions of the measure, then is
Ireland thoroughly abandoned to Rome.-Herald.