The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-10 00:00:00

THE HARYESP AND THE LALROUR

MARKET.

DUBLIN, Saturday Morning.—Nothing can be more
satisfactory than the tone of all the agricultural reports
received this morning from the provinces. In the ex-
tensive county of Cork the reaping of the harvest has
been nearly completed, and upon the whole, it is said,
there is no reason to be dissatisfied either with the yield
or quality, especially moldering the unpropitious wea-
ther with which the harvest season opened. The potato
crop, too, in the same district, though not entirely un-
injured by disease, is yet far more abundant and healthy
than could have been expected. From the midland
counties the accounts are no less cheering, but in all
quarters complaints continue of the scarcity of hands,
and of the enormous wages which the farmers are com-
pelled to pay for manual labour. Half-a-crown a-day,
with board, seems to be the minimum standard, and but
few are fortunate to secure at this rate a supply sufficient
for the demand ; in many instances employers are but
too happy to raise the premium to a much higher figure.
In Kildare and the Queen's County the scythe is being
generally substituted for the sickle, and the experiment
13 said to have been eminently successful, even when the
work is executed by raw practitioners. A practical
agriculturist, Mr. James Clapperton, is of opinion that
ere long the reaping hook must be superseded to a large
extent in Ireland by the scythe and reaping machines.,
lie writes

" We are getting oats out by the scythe just now for
7s. 6d. per Irish acre, for mowing, binding, stooking,
and raking, while it is costing us 245. per acre by the
hook, with the same crop and in the same field."
The weather up to this forenoon is still favourable,
and the mercury is steady in the barometer at " set fair."

ARRIVAL OF THE EAGLE FROM AUSTRALIA.—LIVER-
POOL, Sunday.---This day the clipper ship Eagle (Capt.
Murphy), belonging to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.,
arrived in the Mersey from Melbourne. She sailed from
that port May 31, and bas brought 44,000 oz. of gold
on freight. On July 21 spoke the Boomerdane, in lat.
24 S., and long. 27 W., and remained in oompany three
Mr
FATAL ACCIDENT Olst THE RIVER.—On Saturday Mr.
Carter held an inquest on the body of Mr. John Day,
aged 27, eon of Mr. John Day, of Grove-park, Camber-
well. On the Ist instant the' deceased was one of a boat-
ing party, whose wherry was unfortunately upset about
a smile below Putney-bridge. The rest of the party
managed to escape, but the deceased was not seen again
until his body was discovered upon the piles of West-
minster-bridge. Verdict, " Accidental death."
DEATH OF ALDERMAN KELLY.—lnformation reached
town on Saturday evening that Mr. Alderman Kelly
had died somewhat suddenly on the previous afternoon,
at Margate, whither be had gone for a few days. Mr.
Alderman Kelly was in his 84th year, and has repre-
sented the ward of Farringdon Within as alderman for
25 yean,
MAnsnr, 11ADETZRI last week feted his fiftieth anni-
versary of his promotion to the grade of general. He
is 89 years of age, and has served 71 years. In reply to
an autograph letter from the Emperor Francis Joseph,
congratulating him on the restoration of his health, the
old general has requested to be allowed to retire.
ACQUITTAL OF THE LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY DIRECTORS.
—BRUSSELS, Friday.—The Tribunal Correctionnel has
acquitted the directors of the Luxembourg Railway of
the charge of embezzlement. John Ashwell, as being
already proscribed ; William Magnay and John Master-
man, because offence not sufficiently proven by evidence.
The last advices from Adelaide, South Australia, give
some particulars of the progress f the efforts to develope
the navigation of the River Murray. The waters had
risen sufficiently for practical purposes, and the Murray
River Navigation Company were about to raise sub-
scriptions for a general extension of operations. At
present their fleet consisted of 13 vessels, comprising
four steamers of between 40 and O'Q horse tower, eight
barges of frn„,„ 1
to 150 tons burden, and a scuoori,.
xt/0 tons. A railway was also contemplated to con-
Inect the Murray with the city and port of Adelaide,
about 40 miles in, length two-thirds of which will be
upon a dead level.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. B.—The United States' mailsteamer
Baltic, Comstock commander, sailed hence this morning
with a full cargo, the usual mails, and 190 passengers,
among whom was his Excellency Alfonso Escalenta,
Ambassador Extraordinary from Madrid to the Court
at Washington. The steam-ship Lebanon, Capt. Cork,
r contly
arrived to-day with advices from New York to the same
dates as those brought by the Uniou to Southampton
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this morning,
his work at twBeo
PAUL
- -r. ACCIDENT AT 11XBRIDGE-HOUSE.—On Saturday
()Ain theLaglam held an inquest at St. George's Hospital,
e_y of a carpenter, named gunnel Jones; aged
Pace, stepped on
employ' ed under Mr. W. Cubitt, in repairing
and both fell into the
, Burlington-street. Ho was standing at
thec>'clock on Thursday last, on a plank
which crossedto back. area. Another man, named
it, when it gave way by breaking,
of the skull and cervical vertebras, area, a distance of 11 feet 6 inches.
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theo
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ao hospital,
and in f fractures
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roaltlied after the fall, and died
shortly after his admisosrio
crossing
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were
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brain. lair. Cubitt's foreman said' that on thre day in
premises,e
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new, scaffolding was in process erec-