The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-01 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MARCH 29.—There are very unfavourable
accounts of the spread of pestilence in the county of
Sligo, where the discharge of labourers from the public
works has greatly augmented the general destitution.
Nothing could be worse than the conduct of the land-
lords of that county, as described by the Sligo Cham-
pion, whose previous staterner.ts on the subject have
received no contradiction. With the exception of Lord
Palmerston, Sir Robert t 4 ore Booth, and a few others,
the landed proprietors of that county, it is stated, are
doing little or n sthing for the relief of the destitute, but,
on the contrary, are proce(lng to extremities for the
recovery of their rents.
The Sligo Champion says—" The labourer and small
farmers are now reduced to a state of beggary and ruin,
and yet the landlords insist on having their rents ;
although the peasant lost all, they must have all. Hun-
dreds of processes for rent have been issued in Manor-
hamilton, in Ballymote, and in Sligo. There is scarcely
a landlord in the county who is not applying the
screw' to his unfortunate tenantry. Upon all sides there
is a stern enforcement of the rights of property going on.
We hear of no kindness—no forbearance on the part
of the owners of the land. Like Shylock, they must
have the pound of flesh, but, like Shylock, too, in the
end, perhaps, their own heartlessness will recoil upon
them. The people of England will not tolerate the con-
tinuance of such a system of grinding oppression. They
Will see justice done to our peasantry. The principle
that the soil should support the destitute poor in Ireland
will soon be established."

Very different indeed is the conduct of Lord Palmer.
ston, who has always been a most excellent landlord.
The same journal contains the following :
" Sir Robert Gore Booth has been praised for the
manner in which he is affording relief to the destitute
poor in his locality. We have made inquiries upon
the subject, and we are happy we can state' that the
praise is deserved. Sir Robert and his lady arc using
their best endeavours to alleviate the sufferings of the
famine-stricken creatures in their district. The
Evening Mail, however, has thought proper to state
that Lori Palmerston is doing nothing fur his tenantry,
and that Sir Robert Gore Booth is constrained to
extend his assistance to them. Now, in justice ts
Lord Palmerston, we must say, this statement is not
correct. In the first place, he had chartered two vessels
from one of our most respectable merchants, to take out
the superabundant population upon his estates. The
emigrants will get a free passage, and a liberal allow-
ance of food, including meat three times a week, coffee
and bread for breakfast, and a glass of rum punch after
dinner upon every Sunday. In fact, every precaution
has been adapted to secure the comfort of the emigrants.
Lord Palmerston also gets a weekly supply of Indian
meal, wl.ich is retailed at first cost price to his tenants.
We think it right to state this fact, as the article in the
Mail is calculated to create an unfounded prejudice
against Lord Palmerston in the public mind."
FATAL AFFRAY IN CONNEMARA.—The Galway Mer-
cury contains the following:—" Accounts have reached
town of a fatal affray in one of the islands off the coast of
Connemara, early this week. We learn that a great
number of men went in a boat for the purpose of taking
away oysters from the beds belonging to Mr. Martin,
M.P., and being warned off they persevered and flung
stones at the keeper in charge, When he was obliged to
fire. upon the party, the consequence of which was, that
one man was killed, and another severely wounded. We
are also informed that Mr. Martin's men were severely
hurt, and some of their limbs fractured."

TILLAGE OF LAND.—The Trake Chronicle says
" The Roman Catholic Bishop of this diocese has inti-
mated to the several clergymen under his direction his
wish that th(y should lay before their flocks the neces-
sity of losing no time in the sowing of corn and green
crops, aid exhort the farmers and labourers in their
several parishes to turn to this employment without
delay, especially as the works on the road are being
brought to a close. On Thursday, we understand the
subjrct was taken up powerfully by the Very Rev. J.
G. APEnnery, in the Roman Catholic chapel of this
town."