The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-25 00:00:00

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ear famine*
Jol, in- One of thli•
,ullhat port fur Arste-14
pltoVided . with the''''
voyage, and not th....ajlattfrgrii2g,..froth
lack of cash. There at present severakgsak-raet yessila.
at our port, taking in passengers for Aineriba.
the number of applications for berths it is quite certain
that they will take out the full complument.— Water.
ford Freeman.
BALLINASLOE.—Every day this town is crowded -with
droves of emigrants; the packet-boats at the canal har-
bour are often unable to afford accommodation to the
number requiring it. Emigration is not coufin,,d to
the' class of small farmers aed cottFri:; on the contrary,
the kind of i.rsons emiglatiug this season is the coin-
fortable farmer with his whole family. In sonio places
entire hamlets ure moving or about to move, whilst
heretofor- it was almost ~x2lusively limited to s:i.ndivi-
duals.-I._-.ollinasloe Star.
TILLAGE OF TUE LA'::',
ATlll7.—Tfit -, ••
tenants., 13,5 prot;.iw.l
ear's rent it they con,e,.
tt angel wurzyl, beans, and c Fti`", •IL •
f.',)llS ; for this ptirfooßt: he w;.11 le ,d sc-ed:
to tie pid for her,afrer.—Ballina.s.lo2 Star.
GRANARD. --On Friday last Mr..T. Tfrlow, c-f
don,y, visited the property of the
betwern Senbhy and Granard, "rl inform -(1 the mutter
tenantry that he woald, by -I.chr of the it
dive them a Euffieic;:t •,upply of c=q.tt to sow V,ei, lands,
and thttt, he would pay 10d, per day to each man and
woman employed to sow it.- Philip O'Reilly, Esq,,,j,p.,
01 Coolomher, has announced to the tenantry on the,
land lately purchased by Luke White, Esq, ri.or
whom he is agent), from Lord Southwell, tt.tt he
would supply them with food to sow in their farms,
lest they might want food for the next year. Since
Mr. White purchased this property, he has paid the
rent charge for his t,nantry, and in the month of Octr,her
last past reduced his rents 6s, Bd. pt .r pound.—Longford
Journal.

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THE EARL OF STRADBROKE.—The Earl of Stradbroke
has sent an unsolicited donation of 80/., his second sub-
scription fi,r this season, to the funds of the Glonaheiry
relief committee. But his Lordship's exertions are not
confined to the mere temporary relief of present dis-
tress and want. He is draining, very extensively,' at
his private expense; and ha has matih arrangements,
enabling his tenants to drain their arms on terms most
advantageous to themselves. He has also provided
such of his tenants as r, quired it, with seed for the
coming harvest; and he has in store a large quantity of
the different varieties recommended as a substitute for
the potato, and wbleh will be sown in the proper season,
under the direction of an experienced agriculturist, to be
paid by his Lordship. He has also made most liberal
reductions in the year's rent, varying, according to the
necessities of the tenant, from 50/ to 15/ per cent.—
Tipperary Con#44itio4,
IZErEAL ASSOCIATION.
At the weekly meeting of the association, held this
day, a letter from Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., was sub-
initt,cl to the meeting, which merely adverted to the
recent debate« in the House of €3ommons on Irish
questions. At the conclusien of the proceedings, which
possessed no general 'interest, the rent for the week was
announced to, 'ne 211. 19s. 10d. The meeting then
adjoumgi,

NAVAL CAPITAL OFFENCES.
The following is a list of " Crimes punishable with
death " in the Navy ; being the 21st clause of the Mu.
tiny Bill now before the House of Commons:—
" That if any person who is or shall be commissioned
or in pay as an officer of Royal Marines, or who is or
shall be listed or in pay as a non-commissioned officer,
drummer, or private man in her Majesty's Royal Ma-
rine Forces, shall at any time during the continuance of
this Act, while on shore in any place within the said
kingdom, or in any other of her Majesty's dominion;
or in any foreign parts out of such dominions, or on
board any transport ship or merchant ship or ves-
sel, or any ship or vessel of her Majesty, or on board
any convict hulk or ship, or any other ship or vessel,
or in any place whatever, where or while being in
any circumstances in which he shall not be subject
to, or not be liable or punishable by, the laws
relating to the government of her Majesty's forces
by sea, begin, excite, cause or join in any mutiny or
sedition in her Majesty's marine or other forces, or
shall not use his utmost • endeavours to suppress any
such mutiny or sedition, or, coming to the knowledge
of any mutiny or intended nsutiny, shall not, without
delay, give information thereof to his commanding.offi-
cer, 3-- shall misbehave himself before the enemy, or
shall shamefully abandon or deliver up any garrison,
fortress, pest, or guard committed to his charge, or
which he shall be commanded to defend, or shall com-
pel the governor or commanding officer of any garrison,
fortress, or post, to deliver up to the enemy, or to
abandon th me, or shall speak words or use any other
means to such governor or commanding officer,
or any other, to misbehave before the enemy, or shame-
fully to abandon or deliver up any garrison, fortress,
post, or guard co mitted to their respective charge, or
which he or the shall be commanded to defend, or
shall leave his post, before relieved, or shall be found
sleeping on his post, or hold correspondence with, or
give advice or intelligence to ,any rebel, pirate, or
enemy of her Majesty, either by letters, messages, signs,
tokens, or any other ways or means whatever, or shall
treat or enter into any terms with any such rebel, pirate,
or enemy, with the license of the Lord High Admiral of
the said United Kingdom, or the Commissioners for
executing the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid
tOr the time being, or shall strike, or use, or offer any
violence against his sup,rior,officer, being in the execu-
tion of his office, or shall disobey any lawful comusand
of his superior officer, or who, being confined in a mili-
tary prison, shall offer any violence against a visitor or
other officer being in the execution of this office, or shall
violate any law or regulation of or relating to any mili-
tary prison, or shall desert her Majesty's service, every
person so offending in any of the matters before men-
tioned, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as
by a Court-martial shall be awarded."

FOOD OR FAMINE.
TO 7'HE LDITOR OF IHE SUN.
SIR —We, throughout these realms, have met this
day to acknowledge that the famine of the past year is
beyond human control, and the deep reverence Aith
which it has been kept indicates the universal belief
that in Providence lies our only hope for its alleviation.
Insect plagues have formed, from the earliest times,
the immediate cause of the destruction of vegetable
food, and the consequent production of famine. In this
respect our present disaster differs not from that of ante-
cedent periods of scarcity, and that which has been
formerly due to the locust, cockchafer, and caterpillar,
is now to be attributed to the vastatu and other species
of aphides.
As far as my observations extend, no vastatu is nnw
living out of doors, and no person can tell whether this
plague has passed away, or is again about to recur.
Fear of the disease must not, then, make us abandon
ourselves to despair, and leave our land uncultivated, as
that which is unsown cannot be reaped, that which is
not planted cannot afford fruit.
Famine now exists. Its subsequent pestilence is be-
ginning to appear. It is, then, now high tune, not only
to regard scarcity, but to look to the probability of
tuture went. Our land is untitled in many parts of the
country, seeds cannot be wocured in others, and the
potato crop, the great resource of Ireland, is abandoned,
as though it were to fail for ever, _

There is no evidence to show that the potato, rather
than the wheat, carrot, or any other plant, will perish
this year; and from the great produce which the potato
affords, and the poverty of the land which suffices for its
culture, it forms a very eligible crop to be planted to the
ordinary extent.

Potato tubers are now scarce, and high in price. Any
attempt to buy, them extensively tor seed, would double
or treble their cost, unless those who still use this
vegetable will cease to employ it for food. It becomes
now, then, highly desirable that all who use potatoes
should at once abandon them for this season.
By ceasing to use potatoes, they would preserve that
which should yield food and prevent famine next year,
and by eating them they are tending to aggravate the
scarcity, and cause the death of numbers by destroying
their food.
Let every householder at once substitute other food
fohrer the
can be
thereare
noware nonea
to
sufficientbuy
abundance of good tubers for planting if no more be
potato is
to y
sell,
e ear,
lland fo r
there
b e
none
used. Their present application for food should be pro-
hibited, if not by an Order in Council or Act of Parlia-
ment, by that which is more powerful than law—universal
public opinion. The preservation of the lives of •our
fellow-creatures is at stake, and I feel confident that all
will abstain from potatoes w hen they hear that such
abstinence is eminently calculated, at this season, to
prevent the poor from perishing from want next year.
Having stopped their timplo3ment as a luxury at this
time, they should be sent directly to Ireland, and freely
distributed among the poor for planting; and the sorts
now to be met with in the London markst are far
superior to those heretofore cultivated by these unhappy
people, and are far better adapted to resist the ravages
of the vastatu, should it unfortunately again appear.
Sets from former healthy plants which I have culti-
vated this year in my friends' greenhouses are now per.
fectly healthy, showing that healthy sets and absence of
the vastatu will ensure the usual abundant produce.
eaa btdhatt o, tguilvdeer a blessing
simple
and effectual
Pro-
vidence, the event of the reappearance of the destroying in-
sect,
vseideetnclet,rlsusthaanll believebd
e le
plan for its complete eradication.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ALFRED SNIEE
7, Finsbury-circus, March 24, IS-1" •

MußnEit or M. D'OsEitr.—The French Govern-
ment bas received informatic
the assi,,ina' ion of Ai. D'i
di, c very to South America' informatin❑ from the Consul at Lima of
din-Tt arrived ,it Lima in thCvsi
'sere, who went on a journey of
uthnille.rCoafstlleBn4a6u,
stay of SOllle, months there, MM D'Osery and Castlenati
separated, for the purpose of..anTdl,leafetxerPe;
reaching. the 'Amazon by dif-
ferent routes, the former embarking on
the
I‘llranon and
the latter taking his route lysa:Li4tayale They' intended
to meet at the confluence of these rivers.. M.
D'Oscry left
Lma at the beginning of November, and hired a boat with
four boatmen to descend the Maranon. His friends had
warned hint against setting out on such a journey alone;
but he laughed at their fears. The day after embarkation
he was murdered by his boatmen in the pass of Jusamaro.
The motive for this deed was, probably, to gain possession
of the traveller's property ; but no parti, ulars cf the event
are given.
SUPPOSED ERUPTION or itlitlNT ITECLA:—AC.•
counts from the Faroe Lies state that on the 14th and 15th
of January a tall of fine ashes c 0,,,, p aLe lucre. it svas h-et
observed on the wool of the sheep; out was very slight com-
pared with the fall of ashes in 1845. Yet, as the wind tv,is
blowing souto and south-east at the tints, it is supposed that
saute considerable eruption of Mount llecht wee ;11W cause of
the phenomenon.—Prussian Gazette.