The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-21 00:00:00

CRIME IN TIPPERARY.

I apprised you a week or two since, of the scarcity of
potatoes in the county of Waterford, to such an extent that
the agent of the Mining Company of Ireland, which em-
ploys a great number of people at the copper mines of
Knockmahon, hail found it necessary to import a cargo of
potatoes, and to forward a supply of oatmeal for im-
mediate use. Is the neighbouring county of Tipperary,
too, it appears that some apprehension begins to prevail
regarding the stock of potatoes, and the peasantry are re-
sorting to intimidation, in order to compel landlords to
charge something like a moderate price fur ground let out
for the growth of this esculent. Now, this reminds me
of the terrible uproar recently made by the Times, in re-
lation to some recent crimes in the northern part of Tippe-
rary, bordering the Shannon, which had, even in former
times of disturbance, generally been in a state of tranquil-
lity. But it appears that the ejectment system has been in
operation there for some time past, and that system has bten
universally the precursor of disturbance. The Times adopts
as its own " thunder," all the extravagant exaggeration
upon this subject put forth by a notorious f.brca,or of
crime in Tipperary, the Nenagh Guardian, publishing it
one day as received by express, and repeating it the next
as having "appeared in past only of yesterday's impres-
sion." There used, in Tory times, to be twenty murders
for the one committed during the last five or six years.
The (limes now perpetrated are, almost invariably, con-
nected with the letting of land : and, I fear, whilst that
source of evil exists, the character of the country will con-
tinue to be stained by the most criminal outrages. The
praise of the Government is, tha►, under its administra-
tion, agrarian, as well as all other crimes, have greatly
diminished.

As the Nenagh Guardian, rec&ved yesterday, had
another list of outrages (in not one of which is it even al-
leged that the slightest personal injury was inflicted), it is
probable the 7 biles will have anoth,r express to-morrow,
received by the regular mail. I have looked over all of
them, and they bear the certain impress of editcrial ma-
nufacture, a very small ingredient of truth being mixed up
with a great deal of pure fiction. A brief description
will suffice :

" C.iptain Hellfire" (Captain Rock is dead, and hislieu-
tenants, like those of Alexander, have all become rulers on
their own account), Captain Starlight, Captain SieAribs,
and, stranger than all, Captain Nobody, are all stated by
the Nenagh Guardian to have paid visits to different far-
mers' houses, to caution them either to give up or not to
take certain lands ; but, with the exception ot some bla•ik
shots, fired for fun by Captain Starlight's " ancient, Ser-
geant Flint," no overt act wai done, and not even an assault
was committed. But as the following outrages in the list
relate to the subject of the scarcity ot potatces, to which I
alluded in commencing my letter, I shall extract them, with
all the eloquent garnishing of the Nenagh Guardian:—
" On the night of the 15th instant a body of men, some
of whom were armed, tururd up nearly two acres of mea-
dow land of John Dillon, of Cloncannon, parish of Anna-
meadle.

" A threatening notice was served by Captain Nobody
on Michael M‘Namara, of Turnioyle, cautioning him not to
pay more than et an acrefor potato land.
" CAPTAIN Nononv.—Another Rockite captain has
been appointed from Rock Lodge to watch over the inte-
rests of the locality of Castleotway and the country there-
abouts. The title of this new creation 15 Captain No-
body, and potato land seems to claim his first considera-
tion; for only a few nights ago he served a notice on John
Harrington, of Castleotway, threatening him with a cruel
death if he asked or took more than 71. an acre for potato
land. A shot was discharged by way of a sample of Capt.
Nobody's capabilities."—Correspondent of the chronicle.

THE LOVE MATCH.--The announcement to
the lover of light reading of a new novel under this most
inviting designation has excited the curiosity, and raised
the expectations of all novel readers in no ordinary de-
gree ; and when we state that this new work is to come
forth as the avowed production of the beautiful and ac-
compliihed Mrs. Maberley, whose " Emily ; or; the Young
Countess," made so successful a debut in the fi, ld of tic-
Lien last season, this curiosity must be materially height-
ened, particularly in the gay and brilliant circle in which
the authoress is accustJrned to move. with the volumes
the public is promised a likeness of the fair writer after a
painting by Ross.—Globe.
LONDON HOSPITAL.-- At the anniversary
dinner in support of this useful institution on Monday at the
London Tavern, the Secretary read the report, which
stated that the amount of subscriptions received last year
had amounted to very nearly 13,0001. Amongst the sub-
scriptions announced for the present year was that of the
Duke of Cambridge, 251., and followed by that were seve-
ral liberal subscriptions from members of the Jewish na-
tion. The entire amount of the subscription, though fall-
ing very far short of the amount subscribed last year, was
still very considerable. The Duke of Cambridge was in the
Chair.