The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-10 00:00:00

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LAST SIGHT BUT TWO.

f,ITI.L SON'S SOWITISH ENTER-
TAINMENTS. • •
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On- MONDAY EVENING, 14th of June, at Elet o'ciock, Mr.
WIL'ON will repeat a Sel etloli irom
THE IiE,ETTRICR SHEPHERD,.
And gill also sntr some favorite
MISCELLANEOUS BONGS.
• PROG R *, E.

PART i'lßST.—Donald 51•1)onald Jeanie, there's neathing to
fear ,e—corue o'er the streath, Charlie—Why weeps ion Highland
maid— flaw y Fraser -The Stu kris of Applu—The Skylark.
PARr SccOND.—When the kye crime ham©—Come row the boat—
Lock the door, Lariston—Rvy's WIT of Ablivalloch —Last may a
braw, Wooer cam down the lang Glen—The Waefu' Heart—Liazie
Lindsay. • " "

Tickets, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 23. 6d..; Private Boxes for Six Per-
sons, 15s. ; for Eight, 11.
Mr. WILSON will give a MORNING PERFORMANCE on the
SONGS of SCOTLAND, at Willis's Rooms, on Thursday, I7th of
June, at half-past two o'clock.

ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE.
LONDON TO COLOGNE. IN THIRTY HOURS.

(S. a assage Seven Hours only.)
The Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite
steam-grip ANTWERPEN, TIIO3IAS JACKSON, Commander (re-
fitted and re-decorated throughout in the most sumptuous' manner),
leaves the St, Katliaritie's-wharf, Tower, every Sunday Morning at
Ten o'clock, returning from Antwerp every Wednesday Afternoon at
One o'clock. By, this steamer, and the railroad from Antwerp, tie-
yellers going to the. Rhine reach Cologne in thirty hours. Thegeneral
accomrhodation for passengers on-board this renowned ship, as well
as her-spacious Ladies' and Private Cabins, are entirely unequalled.
Carriages and holies may be sent to the wharf up to one hour b. fore
the t.m.e of starting,' but all applications for the shipment of goods
must be. made to the Londen agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon,
123, Fenchurch,street; where, as well as at the Packet-office, 33,
Regent eircus,Viccadilly, berths may be secured and every informa-
tion obtained. • • -

4iia'ALUTATIOINT HOTEL, PERTH.
k:7 NOTICEOF REMOVAL.

Mr ROBERTSON forinerly of the Star Hotel, in returning thanks
to the numerous commercial gentlemen and others who have fre-
quented his bouse for the last seven years, begs to inform them that
ho has. REMOVED from the Star to the SALUTATION HOTEL.
He has been induced to make the change on account of the Saluta-
tion being a more commodious, comfortable, and central residence,
both for commercial gentlemen and, parties ou pleasure.. The whole
premises have reedntly undergone a thorough and complete improve-
ment in every respect; and most of the furniture is entirely new.
The wines and liqueurs of every description are of the choicest sorts,
and every attention will be paid to the culinary department. Omni-
buses for the Dundee and Perth Bailway start from the immediate
vicinity of the hotel, as also coaches to all parts of the United
Kingdom.
Salutation hotel, Perth, May 15, 1847.

This day is published, price 2s.
)N the OPERATION of the BANK. CHAR-
TER ACT of 1844, as it affects COMMERCIAL CREDIT.

• By 11. 10102E275, Esq., F.R S.
Ridgway, Piccadilly; Smith and Elder, Cornhill,

TO LADIES.

ROWL•A.ND'S A L Y D O R
an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular
efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin front all Pimples, spots,
Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, producing a
healthy freshness and transpArency of Complexion, and a softiies-
and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. it is invaluable as a
Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling; and. in cases of
Sunburn, Stings of Insects, or Incidental Inflammation, Its virtues
have long a d extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re-
freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen,
the Court, and the a; Family of Great Britain, as wed as the
principal Cckirts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and
Gentry of all civilised natons.
Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as-
tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re-
pellent action, endanger heit:th. Each bottle of the genaine has
the wonis " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A.
ROWLAND stud SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (hy desire
of the Hon: Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on
each. Price 4a. 6d. an Ss. 6d. per bottle.
Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers.

THE POTATO DISEASE.
(From the Irish Farmers' Gazette.)
The dise.ese, it sneers, is not yot fully proved to exist
!o ae,y extent that can be considered general. It is true
Oere are rumours, and unmistakeable signs, from the
Queen's Couety and County Carlow. On last Sunday
tee Bishop ot Carlow sounded the alarm. After Divine
service, a we are informed by one of the congregation,
seatter,d themselves about, and scoured the ceuntry
for many miles arouni, and returned under the impres
sion that the case was by no means so alarming as they
were at first led to suppose.
We had the intelligence on Saturday, both from the
Carlow Sentinel arid from Mr. Spong, of Carlow, but
being unwilling to circulate se dangerous a rumour, we at
once proceeded to the county Kildare, and the first crops
we examined were those planted on every suitable occasion,
from the middle of October to the middle of April last ;
some in the vineries, some out by the garden walls, and
the rest in the open fields, separately, and as mixed
crops. Those in the vineries we could find no traces of
disease on ; the same we can say of those in the gar-
dens ; but in the field crops, which are of more import-
ance, we observed a darkness of sap in the cellular tissue
ot the plants; just where the stem touches the surface of
the,earth. 'Die parts above, including the leaves, and
the parts below, including the rootlets, old and young
tubers, all perfectly sound and healthy looking as ever
we saw them in any other year.
Whether the dark fluid alluded to contains the germs
of disease, or whether it be so far vitiated as to render
the plants more susceptible of being injured by atmos-
pheric phenomena, brought to bear on the sap, in its
ascent or descent, or both, we know not, as time alone
can determine. One thing we believe, that if the pota-
toes we are considering are diseased, the disease has
commenced in a manner different to what it has done,
either last year or the year before. We subsequently
inspected and examined several other fields in different
localities, and the result of our investigations corres-
ponded exactly with those already alluded to.
Nut content with out own investigation, we resolved,
on consulting some of the best practical authorities, and
coupling those with our own observations and experience
of this year's crop, we are led to hope the cases so
dangerously reported are, to say the least of them, a
little exaggerated. Nevertheless, too much vieilaece
cannot be practised in watching the crop; and, as a
Positive good may proceed from a negative evil, our
advice is, to all who have potatoes planted, and who are
not quite certain of escaping the disease, (as, indeed,
few, if any can be,) that immediate steps be taken to
secure a crop of some other kind in the same land,
whilst there is yet time. This can be acne without in-
curring much expe se beyond what would be absolutely
necessary to secure a well grown crop of potatoes
in an ordinary season. Let those who have them in
hay beds (erroneously so welled) pulverize the earth
well about and between the stalks, removing all
weeds, ,is a matter of course ; let whatever manure that
can be procured, whether it be dung, ashes, burnt-earth,
sea-weeds, half de composed land weeds, bone-dust,
guano, or any other simple or compound meeure, be
plced in a central position between the stalks—the earth
pricked up out of the bottoms and sides ot the furrows,
and shove lied carefully over the entire bud, like" second
spitting ;" :aid as fast as the work proceeds, whilst Ow
yarth is fresh and nriit, drop throe or four f,,rain ~r
Ab•rtleen or some other good rough leaved
each space, as already described. The eais
in this case, will not be over three or four ,ifilliogs pet
acre, including the dropping of the seed, which any little
boy or girl can do. It the potatoes succeed, the turnips,
inferior though they may be, will be of much value ; if the
potatoes do not succeed, the turnips will be invaluable.
far for beds, and now for drills :—Let them be weeded,
and horse and hand-hoed immediately, if not already
done ; if more manure be desirable, let it be placed
between the pot eto pl ants ; the earth, when properly
pulverised, raised up as if " land ng" them ; and the
turnip seed put in, as already directed for beds. The
expense of seed and labeur, in this ease, will be less, and
the profits greater than on beds. More we will not say
for the present week, than to repeat our earnest and
urgent advice that these operations be at once performed,
whether the potatoes are diseased or not.
We cannot conclude without again thanking those
e,entlemen who so promptly responded to our inquiries,
and we trust that our friends throughout the country
will faveur us with their opinions respecting the state of
er..p+ generally in their different localities.
The .ol owing further information is from the letter of
a gentleman named Hartland, in the Southern Reporter
~f Thursday :
" Mr. John Jeffery, known by many of your readers
the talented gardener who had charge for many
years of the splendid gardens at Micheltown, has re-
turned from the inspection of the potato gardens at
Restellan and the neighbourhood, assisted by Mr.
M'Nab, the eminent agriculturist, residing there, and
both agree that there is no trace of disease in that
quarter.
"I am daily receiving the most flattering accounts
from different quarters in the country, all concurring
that the potatoes are flourishing, and promise abundance.
Many expect to use them before July, as the great heat,
so happily sent to us, will bring all crops speedily to
maturity, especially the potato."
From a geetlemen sent to report upon the condition
of Bandon by the same journal, we have this informa-
tion :
" In the neighbourhood of Bandon this pl int gives
promise of a speedy and abundant crop. One of our re-
porters, who visited that neighbourhood on Tuesday,
states that every field he saw appeared to be in n most
healthy condition; and though ho made minute incpities,
he could rot bear that the disease had made its appear •
ance in any quarter. Stiould the hot weather we have
had for the last few days continue, a fortnight or three
weeks from hence will bring considerable sunlies of this
esculent into the market "

•
ABOLITION OF SMITHFIELD MARKET.----The Select
Committee of - the House of C.:mrnons on the abolition of
Snlithfield-market. met again on Tu' a lay in Committee- room
No, 7. Several witnesses were examined. Mr. W. Sylves-
ter, butcher, of Chancery-lane, said the sheep and beasts ,uf•
fered no injury up to the time of their arrival in the nvigl,-
bourhood of London. He considered that the damage was
done in moving them from the suburban 'Ayers to Smithfield,
where the space was so confined as to render excessive cruelty
unavoidable, which caused the meat to be very much bruised.
The greatest cruelty was, he considered, in forming the ring
droves, which was in consequence of the very limited space
of Smithfield obliged to be practised, and it was done in the
following manner :—A Crazier who had only been able to get
150 instead. of 200 feet ..standing room for a certain number
of beasts, formed then into a ring by which Al their heads
met in a circle, and to compel them to go into th(ye rings
the most horrible cruelty was adopted. Chairman—How do,
von account for the fact that salesmen have preferred Smith-
field-market to any other which has been proposed ?—Wit-
ness—Smittield is maintained by a combination amongst
money takers and salesmen, against whose influence no
market, however advantageous, could compete successfully,
and the a,,oner that cocabination is done away with the better
1
for all parties.
iIEAT'S INN, Jusn 9.—Richard Edvairti
Esq , and Matthew C,,wbe, E q., were this day called to
the . degree of Barriater-atrLaw by the Honourable
Society of Gray's Inn,

IRELAND.
THE HA RV Es r.-POTATO CROP.

DUBLIN, JUNE 7.--Thengricultural reports continue
to be most favourable, as regards Ce grain crops of alt.
kinds, an utily corn harvest is I-intl. 4)llNi
n;I quarers. A very extraordinary controversy is
carried on respecting the potato clop—on one side,
:
aliegarions are made that the disease of last year:
has again appeared; and instances are mentioned
where whole acres have been blighted; but, on the other,
the most-positive denials of the existence of the disease.
,► crop presents a
are published. Almost withLut exception, the provin-
cial journals state that the new potat)
most healthy and luXuriant appearance, without the
slightest symptom ofthe much dreaded disease. The

dispute is charaeterisedDy allii;;-vehemenca of
personal quarrel, and , the most sordid motives are
attributed to those persons, especially seedsmen or
market gardeners, who assert that the blight is ex-
tending. It is quite probable that the potatoes in some
localities are effected, but as yet not to any Serious
extent; and it may happen, as had been the case last
} ear, that a large portion of the early crop will escape
aliogether. The disease, if it exist, must have assumed
a very modified form, and one much less rapid in destruc-
tiveness than that of last July.
But with regard to the wheat, oat, barley, and bere
crops, there is a universal concurrence of opinion as to
their satisfactory .progress, and the prospect of an abun-
dant yield.

The fo 1 ing are the provincial reports :
A Tipperary correspondent of the Evening Post writes,
&der date of Nenagh, dune• 6, "The crops in general in
and about this town are trust luxuriant and ticurishing ;
their appearance indicates an abundant harvest. As to

the potato crop, I never saw it in a more prosperous con-
dition. Let the forestallers ant! regraters say what they
will to the contrary, I trust we shall have an early and
good supply of that esculent."
BALLINABLOE (COUNTY GALWAY) -- We never re-
member to have seen the country look so beautiful;
every description of c p appears in the most flourish-
ingi condition, and p toes (which were sown much
more plentifully than thought) bid fair, so far as we
can yet judge, to , set the predictions of the •• black
prophets" at defiance. I.3vr. and barley are in full car
in many places, and in-one -or two instances, the termer
is so rerwvrd as to be changing to the yellow ripening
colour. Wheat, too, looks luxuriant, and, on the whole,
if it be the will of Providence to cau-.e no unfavourable
change, we have every reason to anticipate an early and
~buodant harvest. .

COUNTY OF Smoo:—The crops look most promising.
t it sltivfactory to know that up to this the potatoes
ok well, aqd this fact is really surprising, when wr
.otl,i :er the inferior kind of seed generally planted.
from present appearances there is just ground
4r hoping an early and abundant harvest.

COUNTY OF C,,ix.—The Cork Reporter of Saturday
says—" Tile weather throughout the week has been de-
lightful. and its effect on the growing crops is
being rapidly and beneficially developed. The corn
lidds look no‘,st luxuriant, and fruit, vegetables,-
preent a like encouraging aspect. - -There
w.,.s yesterday left at our office a splendid sample
of wheat. in full ear, grown on the lands of Mr.
A. It Sl'Swiney, near this city. It is of the foreign
species, called Mariawple, which is reckoned the best
rot- the mzinu:'acture of flour. It was sown in November,
and, until the late genial weather, appeared a very
delicate crop, hut it is now looking beautiful, and
will be early ready for the sickle. -With respct
to the all absorbing topic—the state of the po-
tato crop—we are happy to be enabled to con-

• • •••••
tinue our previous favourable reports. No au-
thenticated came of tailure has as yet come to our
Ithowledge or observation in this county. On the
contrary, all the accounts we receive, and they are
numeroum and well authenticated, declare the crops
to be I,.oking sound, heathy, and promising. Nlew
potatoes are no longer deemed a notelty, but mty
be every day of the week purchased in the mat ket
at the rate of about a shilling per dozen. As we
have before remarked, it is only our province to record
facts as we ascertain them, and it only remains Tor -us to
ad I, that though it is by no means unlikely that some
failures have occurred in other districts, and partial symp-
toms of last year's disease re-appeared, the alarming ac-
counts published in one or two Dublin papers within the
lust few days have not received credence here, but are re-
garded with distrust and suspicion, and motives of no
complimentarycharacter broadly attributed tt, the writers.
Rumours of failure are every day circulated in Cork, but
when they come to be inquired into they are invariably
found to be the rever-e of true, and arc easily traceable to
interested parties. More than one such instance came
under our notice yesterday, where the shameful fabrication
was exposed, and to-day a gentleman from the Rennies,
hearing that a report found its way into the Constaution
(though that journal distrusted its accuracy), that Luke
Joseph Shea, Esq., had tur,,ed up a large field of po-
tatoes that failed, assured us that there was not one
word of truth in it, and that at this season of the year,
he never knew the potato crop to look better or more
promising in his neighbourhood."
THE MONETARY CRISIS.

In this city there is yet not the least indication of im-
provement in monetary affairs, and traders, even those
heretofore considered most solvent, find it exceedingly
difficult to obtain discounts on any terms. There have
been many failures—a few serious ones, but the bulk of
the stoppages are amongst small struggling establish-
ments which had been trading on credit. The principal
failures are amongst the wine, leather, and grocery
trades.

At the share-markets there is an almost total suspen-
sitm of busines, and to effect sales n great sacrifice
must be made.

Tile half-yearly meeting of the Hibernian Banking
Company was held this day. The usual dividend, at the
of five p.
r cent., was declared. The directors, in
their report, express their regret that the state of the
money-market does not allow the bank to afford the
,snal extent of facility in the way of discount to their

customers.
REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.--The
Committee of the R,peal Association have convened a
meeting for to-murrow evening, " to consider what steps
:re necessary to be taken, in order to uscertain the
returnt reng t
ofh
e independentthe,
andn
s t t t tency
uncompromisingane l to securec 0
litchi!
liatton-hall Repeaters for this metropolis?'
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The meeting of to-day, being the first of this body
-ir ce the death of Mr. O'Connell, has been looked for-
sard to with a considerable degret• of interest, and the
Attendance was consequently extremely numerous.
Amongst the mein, prominent leaders of th moveinaLt
present were—Maurice O'Connell, M.P., J. M.
MP, J. O'Connell, M.P., Alderman O'Brien,
M.P., and several members of the corporation.
The chair was taken by
Alderman DELAHUNTY, of Waterford, who briefly
:addressed the meeting, urging the necessity of united
action in carrying out the principles promulgated by the
deceased leader of the Irish people.
The SECRETARY submitted to the meeting communi-
cations from various quarters to the Association. The
the Mulluigar Conferm.ce, (titer express
at the demise of Mr. O'Connell.
ctahlnegdr
gt:lihmeeirrndoeep confidence in the Member fur Kilkenny, say,
" We recognise the Loyal Naional Repeal Association
as the organ of our political principles. The creation
of O'Connell's judgment and patriotism, it is guided by
rules which embody his spirit. Organised by the:great
emancipator, scLooled by the eloquent lessons of such a
master, still clinging to the principles, and revering the
maxims of wisdom he has bequeathed to his 'country, it
is the only public body entitled to our confidence, and to
it we will adhere."
The citizens of Waterford forwarded resolutions
adopt, d ate public meeting consequent on the news of
the death of Mr. O'Conni 11, the principal one being—
.. That more than ever convinced of the inadequacy of
all other measures proposal to remedy the great evils
in Ireland's social mid political position, and to
raise her: from her pre-ezit most deplorable: con•
dition, it is our firm, deliberate, and unalterable
purpose never, until success shall crown our efforts, to
preservation
cease seeking and working by those loyal, peaceable,
and crimeless means which the Liberator has devised as
the surest, the speediest, and most unexceptionable to
obtain the only effectual cure for Ireland's grievances
tthoe them that prosperity
and happiness which it is in vain to expect from Imperial
and miseries, the restoration of a Parliament of her own,
the
devoted exclusively to the promotion
of
her
welfare,
of
developmentlives
ser her
people,of he
and
her resources,
ih
legislation.
An rddress from the Trades Political Union to Mr.
John O'Connell was read by Mr. O'Brien on the part et
that body; to which Mr. O'Connell made the following
r, ply:—
" TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL TRADES POLI-
TICAL UNION OF IRELAND. -'''•
• " Gentlemen:—l respectfully and heartily thank you
for the kind and touching address with which you have
honoured me. •
" I cannot follow you through your eloquent recital
of th, incidents and characteristics of my beloved father's
life. The blow is too recent for me to dwell upon de-
tails. I can but say that he lived and died devoted to
poor Ireland.
" For yonr consoling assurance tbat you will follow
his counsels I most fervently thank you. I disclaim the
t..tally inappropriate title your kindnesi and desire to
eueoui age my feebleness have induced you to endeavour
to fix upon me. In the struggle 1.. r repeal I can fi 1 but
a subordinate place, but in that place I pledge keYsell to
labour to follow Gut his pncepts and his counsels
heartily, earnestly, and to the end.
"JOHN O'CONNELL."
Letters „10011,101voce Oil the lc=-4 which Ire land h3s
suata-e. d, from -NeNry, Wexfor,',
Dundalk, Glasgow, and Carlisle, were read by the
secretary.
Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL, M.P., then submitted to
the meeting the following document, as the remonstrance
of the Roman Catholic Mmhers of Parliament in the case
of Captain Norris :
" TO THE RIGHT HON. THE CHIEF EECRETARY FOR

IRELAND.
tiw undi mgned Catholic Members of
earnestly relnest of you to veow,ittgr_ your
fltltermination in the case of tlio attack madebv (`„wain
Norris upon tae characters of a great portion of the much
respected clergy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel.
. " You have not made public his exPluation on which