The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-13 00:00:00

IRELAND.

SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPT. GLASCOC K,R.N.
DUBLIN, OCT. 11.—The following annoui 'cement
will be read with regret by every one acq minted
with the many excellent qualities of the subjec of the
obituary notice :
" The awful uncertainty of human existe nc e (soya
the Evening Mail) is forcibly shown in the -aco'ount
which has just reached us, of the death of Co ptain
Glascock, R.N., who left Dublin in perfect I tea).th and
spirits on Friday evening last, accompanies I by his
wife and daughters, to pay a visit to his rr :Is tions at
Ballynrowan, near Baltinglass. It appears that in
getting from the stage-coach into Mr. Cu mmins'
carriage, he was attacked with apoplexy, for which,
from his active and temperate habits and t miform
flow of spirits, he appeared a most unlikely subject.
Medical aid was immediately procured ar u I every
possible exertion made, but, alas, to no purpose.
Captain Glascock had left Newry the day b efore on
retiring from the office of inspector under the Poor
Relief Act, and the fact of his having been pi •esented
with 22 public addresses from his district coi r imittees
proves he was eminently calculated to comn is Ind and
to excite the co-operation of those who ser' r.-K1 with
him. The services of Captain Glascock in t`e navy
,were well known and duly appreciated by t he Lords
of the Admiralty, and his death will be the source of
the severest grief to his surviving family a ind. nume-
rous friends.
The Cork Reporter publishes the followi mg highly
important return of the numbers of cattle, pii ;s, and
sheep, exported from Cork to England for tvv• o years,
ending respectively May 1, 1846, and May 3., 1847;
it is extracted from the official returns of tis ,e Corpo-
ration Tolls Committee, and the estimated value has
been set down by one of the most experienced and
competent parties engaged in the trade :
" Entered for Export from May 1, 1845, fro May 1,
1846.

78,22 4 pigs, at 3/. each
6,050 horned cattle, at 6/. each
20,760 sheep, at 1/. ss. each

£296,909
From May 1, 1846, to May 1, 1847.
19,510 pigs, at 4/. 10s. each
17,5.32 horned cattle, at Si. lOs 96,426
88,010 sheep, at 1/. ss.

£294,243

" Thus we find, first, that the deficiency in the
number of pigs exported in the last year, owing to
the loss of the potato crop, was 58,714, which, taken
at their average value in the previous year, would
give a loss, in that item, of 176,142/. We find,
however, against this loss, an increase of exports,
within tlae last year, of 11,482 horned cattle, and
67,260 &beep ; or, about four times the number of
each witlain the past year, compared with the pre-
vious one, and with an increase in amount at the
same rate, of 68,8921. in the value of horned cattle, and
84,075/. in that of sheep, making, according to the
above table—

Value of:' stock, &c., exported from Cork

in 18441-6
Do. in L:846-7

£296,909
294,243

Decrease _ ..

2,666

"Now, we believe there are few would suppose
that, in money value, the difference for the two years
would 'l3 e so small. The facts, however, are as we
have shown. While the loss of the potato crop causes
a deficiency in the returns from the sale of pigs for
one year of 176,1421. the extended cultivation of
green crops and feeding of cattle produces an increase
within the same period of 172,9671., thus nearly-
making up the loss. These facts must command at-
tention, illustrating, as they do, the immense value of
the zre:e n-crop system, and its applicability to the
agriculture of this country. We have reason to be-
lieve that they have been already brought wader the
notice of Members of the Government.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

Tb.e Conciliation Hall Repeal party held their usual
weekly meeting to-day.
Upon the motion of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny,
Mr. MAURICE LEYNE took the chair, and briefly
addressed the meeting.
_ _

Mr. J. O'CONNELL banded in 12/. from the county
of Kildare, and in doing so took occasion to notice the
late murder which took place in the county Tippe-
rary. He said that in denouncing the atrocious
cowardly midnight assassin, he also felt obliged to
denounce those landlords whose crimes were equally
deserving of public reprobation. In conclusion he
called on the Government to interfere at once, and
adjust the question between landlord and tenant, an-
nouncing his intention of attending the tenant-right
meeting about to be held at Kilmarthomas, which, ho
said, would be a quiet meeting, as the requisition call-
ing it was signed by 60 priests. Mr. O'Connell also
postponed his motion for the expulsion of his cousin,
Mr. Charles O'Connell, from the association, before he
sat down, observing that he had heard that his relative
would be able to explain his conduct by the following
Monday.
Some remittances having been acknowledged,
Mr. O'ComsEi.r. again rose, and congratulated the
meeting on the glorious news from Italy. He said
that his Holiness had with a small band overthrown a
large body of armed soldiers, because his cause was
just, and a just cause always succeeded.—(Hear.)
The Learned Gentleman having announced the in-
tention of the Roman Catholic Bishops to meet in
Dublin on the 19th of October, to call on the Go-
vernment to make immediate provision to feed the
lower orders of the people during the coming winter,
concluded by calling upon all classes of Repealers to:
join in a subscription to liquidate 4001. damages
awarded against the Belfast Vindicator, an organ of
Conciliation Hall, at the last assizes.

- Mr. SCULLY, M.P., next addressed the association.
He expressed his sorrow at having heard of Mr. Roe's
murder, and said that the only thing to prevent a
repetition of such scenes would be to establish tenant
right throughout the county, give long leases, and
let at low rents.—(Hear, hear.) It was idle, in his
(Mr. Scully's) mind, to say that the indiscriminate
use of arms was the cause of all the murders ; such
was not the fact, for the worst murders ever com-
mitted were committed with sticks and stones.—
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. RAY having brought up a report showing the
decline of trade in Dublin since the union.

Mr. O'CONNELL again came forward, and having
called on the people to attend to the registrations,
proceeded to refer to the state of the country. He
stated that their beloved Queen had ordered a general
collection for the relief of Irish distress, yet the felon
Times was loud in its calls on the people of England
to give no more charity, in order that they might be
allowed to starve.—(Hear, hear.)
The rent at half-past four o'clock was about 501.

CHARING-CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday afternoon
a meeting of the governors and committee of the above
hospital was held in the board-room of the institution,
in West Strand, Charing- cross, for the transaction of
general business. The report for the past quarter
stated that the number of in-patients had been 302, out-
patients 3,564 ; in addition to which, 371 cases of acci-
dents and cases of emergency had been received. It
was to be regretted that, notwithstanding the utmost
care in the expenditure, the resources are too limited
for the full exercise of its useful operations, they stand-
ing greatly in need of augmentation. During the past
year, 1,052 in-patients, and 8,709 out-patients had been
relieved, at a coat of 2,4251. 15s. 114 d., which make a
total number of persons of near 130,000 who have par-
taken of the benefits of the institution since its com-
mencement in 1818. Of the patients admitted last year,
1,522 received recommendatory letters from governors
and subscribers, and 8,239 were freely admitted without
any recommendation whatever.
THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OF
LIFE.—The following is a copy of Mr. Superintendent ,
Braidwood's official report :—" October 11, 1847.
Seven o'clock P.M.—
A fire broke out at 28, Water-lane,
Blackfriars, in the tenure of Mr. J. Whitaker, furniture
broker. Cause unknown. The ground-floor of pre-
mises burned out, and the rest of the premises seriously
damaged by fire and water, and the roof burned off ; in-
sured in the Sun Fire-office. Mr. E. Bennett, printer,
back room on first floor burned out, and contents con-
siderably damaged by fire and water ; uninsured, Mr.
liamblet" (private), similar damage ; uninsured.
Miss Parda c
Y, the front room, second floor, burned out,
contents
uninsured.onsred , and Miss Purday burned to death;
by water, and o. 29, New Bridge-street, slight damage
tinguished by fireoraweindow taken out. The fire was ex-
the parish, and one o7't:'ith six
Brigade engines, one of
fifty-seven hired auxiliaries; West of England Office, and
COMMISSION or Si7l vl
London wastoRsaGIJILDHALL.—The Court
of Sewers of the city
occupied some time
yesterday with the consideration of the question of effect-
ing an improvement by widening w
olsrs. Mstreet,orley. A
in front of
the premises now pulled down by
deputation of the inhabitants attended, and enforced the
claim which they and the rest of the public
the continuation of this most desirable imftrovement,eared
had to have
which had already been begun, carried out.
that Messrs. Morley asked more than 3,OOOI!PfP
ground, which is about 7 feet in depth and 100 ?r eettl?e n
length—a charge universally deemed unreasonable.
The Commissioners ultimately, after some discussion,
agreed to give 500/. in part of the improvement, and
as the corporation has agreed to give 500/. more, the
inhabitants expect that the work will be at length accom-
plished.
EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—Last Sunday, the wife of
an industrious man, a patient of the dispensary, residing
in Park-street, with a family of six young children, was
taken in premature labour during an attack of fever, and
was safely delivered, within an hour, of three boys, all of
whom died in a very short time. The mother is doing
well, the fever having been immediately cut short on the
birth of the infants.—Aberdeen Herald.
Loss or A NOSE.—The Inverness Courier says
that, a few days since, while a carpenter was at work
in his shop, a cat chased a rat amongst some planks
- placed on the rafters over his head, and the rat threw
doivn an adze which was lying on the planks. The
330iis caused the unlucky carpenter to look up, and
the ban.
-.7W3 of the falling adze severed his nose from his
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