The Sun.
London, England, 1822-06-06 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The Lord Lieutenant had, on Saturday last,
au audience, which was numerously attended;
and immediately afterwards his Excellency held
a Council.—Nothing can be more truly charac'
teristic of the unrivalled talents and peculiar
energy of this illustrious Nobleman, than the,
mode in which he devotes the moments 0'
his inestimable time to the public service,
and to the happiness of his country.—The.
Lord Lieutenant resides at the Lodge in the
Phoenix Park, and not, as one of the ETV:"
ing Papers erroneously stated, at Woodstock. lie,.
occasionally visits Woodstock; but he transacts al:
the business of the State with such dispatch aoa
precision, that, were it not for the anxiety with
which the public look at all his movements, his
cellency would be supposed never to have left the
precincts of Dublin Castle. Even the few mo'
ments of relaxation, which he allows for the Pre'
servation of his health, are made subservient to the
public welfare by his Excellency, who also,
that respect, rivals the great Statesmen of anti'
quity. The commissioners for the relief of the
f
poor sit every alternate day, for the purpose of
receiving the orders of the Lord Lieutenant; but
though the business which they have to transact
is voluminous, yet, such is the lucid arrange'
ment of the instructions thus given, that
they are able to execute, in the allotted
time, whatever his Excellency directs to be
done, to mitigate the distress in some places, and
to to avert the evil in other districts. We are haPPI
in being able to communicate to the public, that
the Engineers, under the new Act, are makig
arrangements for the immediate relief of the
wants of the peasantry.—(Dublin Corresponded,
June 3.)
A letter, written by a Gentleman resident at
Skibbereen, dated the 31st of May, saysf--a
" The miseries of this season were never equalle
here in my time, though I well remember the
year 1800, and the year 1801. There are thou'
sands of famishing creatures crying for food ; but
the fund from which they have been hithert°
scantily supplied will be soon exhausted, if t
replenished by additional aid from the Charitable
Committees of London and Dublin. We have
received an order from Dublin Castle for 1501
and the gratitude of the inhabitants of this place
is boundless, for every person is incessantly jut;
ploring the blessings of Heaven for the Lot
Lieutenant, whose clemency, justice, and belie"
volence, are the constant topics of conversatin
We have not, however, received the money.
hear that there is a large fund at the disposal f
the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and hope that the
poor creatures in this neighbourhood will not be
overlooked in the distribution of the relief."'
(Ibid.)
We have much satisfaction in being enabled t°
state,that his Majesty's Government have made
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important concession to the Commercial interest.-
Hitherto it had been the custom to oblige the iner:
chant to pay duty on all bonded goods accordil
to the weight, measure, or quantity, at the time
of lodging them in the King's stores—by which the
merchant was placed in the very disagreeable s-v
h
tuation of being compelled, not only to suffer "'
loss of time and interest on capital—by leakage 7
accidental waste, evaporation, or pillage-L-13ut 't
to the loss thus sustained was added the amours
of duties on the whole quantity wasted, sh
stracted, or evaporated. The joint representations
of the merchants of both countries on the sufe
ject, have at length induced the Lords of °i
Treasury to order the abandonment of this pravcis
tice; and in future the duty on all bonded goii,
will be paid only on the quantity actually de',
vered out of the King's stores.—(Dublin
ing Post.)

MURDER OF MRS. DONATTY.—CHARLES 13°141
ABDY, Esq. the Chairman at Epping Court House/
yesterday attended at Hatton-Garden Pelle;
office, and had a long interview with the Magilk,
trates respecting John Williams and John Fail of
ner, the men who are in custody on suspicion t,
burglary at the house of WILLIAM CARROLL-Pa
1-lERST, Esq. and who, it will be recollected, a'
suspected of the murder of Mrs. DONATTY,II.O to
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the circumstance that they resemble the
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men who were seen running away on the Ingod
of the murder from Robert-street. Some 03
discovered on the sleeve of the great coat W' a 4
by one of them strengthened the suspicion/ allto
Read the officer was questioned with respect to
this particular, but he had nothing material 1,
add to his former statement, which has been aa,
ready before the public. It was then directed
that all the witnesses who could throw any
upon the matter should attend at the Court 11°0,
at Epping on Saturday next, as well as ,
TAYLOR, the Solicitor, who has been indelafg,
gable in his exertions to discover the murderen'a
when the above prisoners will be brought'uP B.„st
finally examined upon all the charges agar
them before the Court. of.
On Tuesday night a young man 2 a residen",oo,
Alcester, accompanied a female into a house of ill famee
don 'Prentice-street, in Birmingham, where it apPeisLf ere'
robbed him of the money he had about him, and upon xis"
deavouring to repossess himself of it, she called to her Troia
tance some men, who immediately knocked him down, shires
him on the head and breast with a poker, jumped uPolt
and at length attempted to strangle him. He made $ bt
resistance, and the neighbourhood were happily alavogibeir
the cries of murder in time to rescue him alive flora the
grasp. The police officers soon after arrived, and too
three
girl into custody : they have also since apprehended oe
men and two other women implicated in the outrage-
ctieet,
unfortunate man continues at a public-house in the same "
in a very precarious state.