The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-04 00:00:00

MORTALITY IN CORK GAOL.

Fifty deaths have occurred in Cork gaol between the
Bth and 95th of May. The Examiner, referring to the
knue,
fact, says—" If the present system be allowed to cols •
time, every prisoner who enters the gaol takes his
chance—ten to one—of being found dead in his cell—
thus paying the penalty of life for some trifling offence
against the laws—perhaps stealing a couple of pounds of
bread. This is not only capital punishment with a
Yekgeance, but death before trial "
STATE uF CLARE.
.The Clare Journal, received this day, gives a long list
of outrages, chiefly connected with the scarcity of food.

THE RELIEF SYSTEM.
The Relief Committee in several districts are doing
the best they can to nullity the intentions of the Legis-
lature. Assistance is refused on the .nost absurd and frivo-
s pretences. The Kilmurry (Coulity Clare) Cc nunittee
refuse relief to persons suspected of petty thefts ; they
Also refuse relief to the herdsmen or workmen of
struggling,
overburdened, taxpaying farmers. Several
r these poor people have made their grievances known
IDCaptain Hill, the inspecting officer, who very kindly
atie them a note ordering them relief ; this the Com-
tee peremptorily refused.
felt was anticipated that efforts would be made to con-
t the Act into an auxiliary for the exterminating
baetl:ll°rds, and it must be confessed the anticipation has
Dore than realised. According to the Cork Ex-
r,,:"el,lnr, the relief comittees, b a judicious refusal of
are saving these m landlords all expense of law
Proc endings, and all the odium that must attach to cruelty
and injustice.

O.
The supply of Cgrainof of Irish growth was but mode-
rate, but of foreign bread-stuffs there was a large show
on sale. The holders not accepting of lower prices,
caused our markets to pass over without a single trans-
action of any importance taking place. In the few retail,
sales made to needy consumers, the reduced prices of
last Friday were obtained

DBATH OF Site J. EARDLEY EARDLEY WILMOT,
BART.—Died, at Hobart Town, on the 3d of February, Sir
John Eardley Eardley Wilmot, Bart.,lateLiieh
ivutenant-Gover-
nor of Van Diemen's Land. Sir Eardley not represented
a branch of the Derbyshire family of Wilmot of O.s tnaston,
and was a descendant from the ancient house of Eardley of
Staffordshire. Sir Eardley Wilmot was born in
Audley, of '
1783, and was twice married,—first, to Elizabeth, daughter
of Mr. C. It Parry, a celebrated physician at Bathi and, se-
condly, in 1819, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Robert
Chester, of Bush Hall, is Hertfordshire. In politics, Sir
Eardley Wilmot was of the moderate Tory party, and was
returned by the Liberal interest for the county of Warwick.
Early in 1843 Sir Eardley Wilmot received the appointment
of Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and was su-
perseded in his appointment by Mr. John Joseph Latrobe,
who arrived on the 13th of October, 1846, as administrator
of the Government. The cause of Sir Eardley's death is
stated to have been complete exhaustion of the frame—a
decay of nature. This melancholy event, subduing all pri-
and party animosity, has called forth the usual de-
Inonstrations of regret. We believe it was his expressed
/vial; previous to his decease, that his remains should be
conveyed to England, to be placed in the family " resting-
Plar,co• '—Hobart Town paper.
DEATH OF LADY DUDLEY STUART.—We regret
to announce the decease of this lady, who expired on the
,19th ult. at Rome. Her Ladyship was the second daughter
of Lueien Buonaparte, Prince of Canino, and was married in
1824 to Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, by whom she had one
son, Paule Emmlius,who is a lieutenant in the 68th Regiment
of Foot.
•4L7
This
Dubl,gnenti OF SIR WILLIAM FITZGERALD, BART.--
gentleman died on the 30th ult. at his residence in
Fort He was brother to Lieutenant-General Sir John
lt)°f
Clare clue Colonel of the 62d Foot, and was the re-
„ of a family for many years settled in the county
e s I:l3a°y:He
is succeeded by his son Edward.
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FREAKING
GAT WINDSOR AND ROBBERY.—
afternoon, while the gaoler, Mr. Sims, was at tea
with his t wo prisoners, named Ireland and Saunders,
wi
ho were undergoing their terms of imprisonment for larce-
•iales, and who were to have been once privately flogged,
icapfseilaagewdintodoTeoct h
t ttheeirpersiscoan day-room, and
out the iron bars
and getting clear
tay, 'They carried off with them a suit of clothes belonging
gaoler, a pair of shoes, and other property.
MR. CI.I3I3EN'S PRINT WORKS.—We are autho-
?sed. to give a decided and full contradict ion to a statement
ialt,j.uch appeared in a Preston paper on Saturday last, to the
" Mr. Cobden's agents," at the Cross flail Print
rociuctoliad proposed to the workmen employed there large
t 4 antetoefti=xa ha
star
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the slightest touadation