The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

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LONGFORD WORKIIGUSE.—The number of deaths in
)ur workhouse, and the fever hospital attached, from the
Ist to the 31st March inclusive, were 174 ; in February,
176 ; in January, 116—making a total of 466 for the
quarter, exclusive of the many deaths throughout the
union, and this town and neighbourhood, from fever and
OYthirerNid°iNse—aseDsu,
destitution.—Longford Journal
hospital L o N pof
from
or: n 1 rilnogBl:st week, 80 patients
ire reported to be ill in fever, and 80 convalescent ; in
making in all 263
dpuattyle.visLuonnddoenide:ericilis:eailitzt.,rieeia.tment. The clerk and four
of the resident officers have; been attacked with fever,
and are at present incapacitated from performing their

TILLAGE OF THE LAND.
WEXFORD, APRIL 3.—lt is cheerful to behold several
of our resident gentry acting in accordance with the
principles of humanity and sound policy. A few days
since the agent of Lord Kiltnaine
applied to a corn
merchant in Enniscorthy for 200 barrels of seed oats, to
give his Lordship's tenants in this county,. to seed their
land; bat this order could only be partially complied
with, in consequence of Mr. Farmer having previously
engaged 1,200 barrels of seed oats and barley, for the
tenantry of the Rev. B. IL Bridges, Mr. Blacker, and
Lord Carew, for his Lordship's tenants.
, 800 barrels bein
Hg is Lordship's agricultural steward is visiting the
tenantry in this county, bestowing to them quantities of
various kinds of turnip seeds, and giving every en-
couragement of sowing green crops as extensively as
possible. Mr. Glascott has also contracted for two
hundred barrels of seed corn for the same benevolent
purpose of seeding the land for his people. Mr.Grogan
Morgan is supplying every tenant on his property that
seeks aid in that way with seed oats, barley, and the
necessary seeds for green cropping,
so that not an acre
of his extensive estates will be permitted to remain un-
productive this year.--Wexford Independent.
CALIIRCIVEEN, MARCH 30.—The Centaur steamer is
in harbour with seed oats and some potatoes. The
Marquis of Lansdowne has sent some barley seed for his
tenantry, and also Mrs. Mahony, of Castlequin.—
Tralee Chronicle.

THE NEW RELIEF MEASURES.
Generally the relief committees are making arrange-
ments to commence operations. In Dublin the commit-
tees will be at work in a few days.
As a specimen of what is doing in the provinces, in
those places where the gentry have taken the matter
earnestly in hand, we select the following:--
KILLARNEY.—The Killarney Union contains twelve
electoral divisions; but for the Temporary Relief Act it
is divided into nine relief districts.
Captain Stewart, R.N., a most active and zealous
officer, has been appointed Government inspector of re-
lief committees for the union. The finance committee
consists of Henry A. Herbert, D.L., Christopher Gal-
way, Daniel Cronin, Jas. O'Connell, and the Government
officers. The Earl of Kenmare has consented to act as
chairman of the Killarney relief committee.
Every committee in the union is working with zeal for
the general good.
The following orders hive been issued by Captain
Stewart in reference to employment on public works:—
" Every overseer is to report to me (Captain Stewart)
any labourer on the public works who has any land, who
is not taking the proper measures to get it tilled, that
an inquiry may be made as to whether or not it be ad-
visable to discharge such person from the public works.
hEveryimsel
fchtheockroculgehrkly, overseer, and
with all the particularsand gangsman should make
respecting labourers under his charge on the public
works, so as to be able to give such information to the
m il y
authorised
are
person, as to how many
in om
eame
employed on either private
or public works, the number of cows, and the quantity
of land, or other means of living, as in many cases la-
bourers on the public works have been known to have
concealed, and in the bank, sums of money, also other
property. .1 trust that all such persons will so conduct
themselves in this important service as to afford me an
opportunity of recommending the most deserving to the
consideration of the Board of Works. The overseers
are to see that when men or women of ono family are
employed on the public works, they aro to bo on the
same road."

HARVEST PROSPECTS.
CoRK, APRIL 3.—Considerable progress has betn
made in out-door work; vegetatian is said to be a good
deal retarded, and the young wheats are reported as
looking parched and sickly in many places, but with a
little rain there is no doubt but everything would re-
sume
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s
us, and tend to encourage the hope that the root may
yet, with care and attention, be cultivated with success.
llethftfu at l and
our promisingoffice aspect.—The Potato—
potatoes, the size and soundness of which rather surpriseds morning a sample of
The potatoes, which, we believe, are of the description
called White Quarries, were planted in March, 1845, and
Battersea cabbage was sown in the same ground in 1846.
On digging the ground this morning a considerable
quantity of fine sound potatoes was found there, without
any symptom of the disease heretofore so destructive to
that esculent. They were found on the land of Mr. John
Sadleir, Gaol-road.—Cork Reporter,
TRALEE, APRIL 3.—While we would be far from en-
couraging the sowing of potatoes to the extent of former
years, it is gratifying to us to be able to announce that,
in various parts of this county, where an early crop of
this esculent has been tried, every promise of a healthy
growth is exhibited. We have conversed with a public
officer, who has been through the entire of the county,
and he assures us that not only are the early potato crops
giving token of all absence of disease, but that a greater
quantity has been sown than was apparent this time