The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

Match. D.Nr., 300, h. ft.

Mr. Gully's Mendicant, Bst 71b (F. Butler) I
Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst (Nat) 2
7 to 4 on Mendicant, who waited until half way up
the cords, and won by a neck. Run in I pin. 43 sec.

Match ; 200, h. ft., T.Y.C. Mr. Byng's Garry Owen,
7st 101 b, received from Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence,
ist 81b, T.y.c., 200, h. ft.
Mach ; Duke of Bedford's Captain Phebus agst Mr.
Bowes's Ukraine. Off by consent.
NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING-1847.
Match ; Lord Eglinton's Van Trump agst Mr.
O'Brien's The Liberator, Bst 7ib each ; last miles, and
3 gri. if T.M.M., 5001., p.p.
An offer to match the Liberator agst The Planet for
1,000 sous, and give 51b, was declined in consequence ut
Planet's numerous engagements this year.

THE WINDSOR GRAND MILITARY AND AN-
NUAL S IEEPLE CHASES.--SECOND DAY.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY EvENING.
The " great card" of this annual gathering, the han-
dicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each (17 acceptances, and
6 payers of :51. forkit), the prize being of the value of
upwards of 5001., with the 1001. given, attracted to the
course to-day a fir more numerous assemblage than
yesterday.
The races commenced with a
Sweepstakes (Handicap) of 25 soya. each, 13 ft, with 100
sovs. added. The second horse to cave his stake, and
the winner to pay 251. towards the expenses. After
the weights are declared, any gentleman riding, quali-
fied to ride in the first race of the first day, allowed
51b. About tour miles.
Captain Barnet's ch g Marengo, lOst Slb (Bradley) 1
Mr. Preston's in Brunette, 12st 31b (A. M'Donnough) '2
Mr. T. Wesley's Gayhurst, 9st 121 b (Rackley) 3
E it.h,,sii, hs ch g i
Cooper's
c br g Sir Fretful, lOst I llb
Mr.
g LStartitoart:,lloo3sttililiblb..(.s.!r....H(Oolwmnaenr) Holman) 5
Be 6
Capt.
Aj .D. Alkiierracreri sch g Cul
:du .sbb
gg Christopher
ivseotrortppl iohhearrpne 1
,N,
lost
b th ,72111b0
s((,001:1
Inbee.rr) 0
Mr. ).
00
Captain Gambier's ch m Canary, lost 51b (Balchin) o
Mr. G. Lambden's The Tyrant, lust 41b.. ...(Oliver) 0
Mr. Anderson's Grenade, lOst 91b (J. Marson) 0
Mr. Rogers's ch g The Page dr
Mr. Preston's b h Frederick
Mr. N. Mason's Laurel
Mr. Vever's Little Tommy dr
Mr Vever's b by Tom Brown

.r. . ever g by
The following paid 5 aovs. forfeit, having declared
before the 29th of March:—Durham, Vanguard, Grey
Freize, Dick Thornton, Lady Jane, and Tramp. Won
by only half a neck.
The Aristocratic Steeple Chase of 10 sous. each, 5 ft.,
with 20 added ; 1 Ist 71bs each. 'Die winner of the
Brigade Stakes to carry 121 b extra ; and a winner of
any steeple chase of the value of 100/., including his
own stake, 71bs ; of two, 101bs extra. The second
horse to save his stake. Horses to be the property of
members, or sons of members, of either Brooks's,
Boodle's, White's, Arthur's, Army and Navy, Eglin-
toun Park, Cruxton Park, Bilbury, Oakley, Leaming-
ton, or Rests' Clubs, or officers ou full pay in the army
or navy, and to be ridden by the same. Any horse
having won a steeple chase of 3001. not to be allowed
to start. Distance, about four miles.
Captain W. Pe l's br h Chandler (Owner) 1
Mr. J. Leslie's Charon (Lord Strathmore) 2
mr. H. Sutton's b g Durham (Owner) 3
Mr. H. Clifton's b g Mahomet ...(Lord Drumlanrig) 0
Mr. Bromley nd ch g The Hare (Owner) 0
Mr. Mitton na b h Tory (Owner) 0
. .

EDUCATION IN ROME.
THE EVENING SCHOOLS.
(From the Roman Advertiser.)
There are many elementary schools for the benefit
of the children of the people, diffused throughout
the regions of Rome, and collecting so large a num-
ber of the young as to be able to stand in competi-
tion with those of Paris, London, and other capitals.
We shall here limit ourselves to giving some account
of the nocturnal schools, which, coining to the aid of
the diurnal ones, complete the system of popular
education, in supplying instruction for those children
who are obliged to work during the day, and have no
time to pass in school except the early hours of the
evening. The nocturnal schools of Rome had their
origin in 1819, by means of Giacomo Casoglio, a
carver in wood, who, from love towards his fellow-
artizans, conceived the design of collecting their
children in the evening, in a large chamber in the
Via Guila, where, besides the catechism, he taught
them reading and a little writing, attracting his
young pupils by presents. This labour, so much of
love, but so imperfect in the hand of an artizan,
was assisted the very same year by the Nocturnal
Oratory, which Monsignor Giannoli opened near the
school, in the Church of St. Nicola degli Incoronati.
The oratory asssisted the school during the life of
Casoglio, and afterwards the good priests continued
the work commenced by the artizan. But this seed
soon bore much greater fruit, when the Advocate Gigli,
full of benevolence towards the people, opened, in 1830,
a school at his own expense, in St. Maria de Marche-
giani' which locale being too small, it was afterwards
transferred to St. Simone e Guida. He founded an-
other in Borgo, in 1833, and desiring to extend these
benefits over the whole city, transferred that of St.
Simone e Giuda to a more suitable place at the Mar-
chers d'Oro, so appointing it that it might be taken
as a model for all the rest. But, whilst bent on these
charitable designs, death cut him off in the time of
general mourning, 1837, when, having converted
his school into a house of relief, and going every
day with the others who recruited in the task of
nursing, to the houses of cholera patients, he was
seized by the disease, and perished the victim of his
singular charity. But though he was dead, his work
did not die with him, as the two schools, although
interrupted by this calamity, and deprived of their
ordinary succours, passed into the hands of the Abate
Palotta, a model of benevolence, who not only re-
stored them to their pristine state, but remitted the
funds in the amount of the deficit sustained in the
interval, exerted himself so much that the aids
augmented, and prevailed upon his parishioners,
who were subsidiaries of the Cassa di benejleenza,
to contribute two scudi a month in those places
where the schools had been opened. By such pious
industry, he increased the revenue to 500 smdi,
with which he was enabled to open a new school
in the Via dell'Arancio. When he was obliged
to leave Rome on account of his health, the Cardinal
della Porta, then vicar, perceiving the utility
of these schools, took their interest greatly to
heart, and confirmed the pious society by the decree,
" Delle scuole notturng di religione,' under the in-
vocation of the Vergine Addolorato, some being de-
sired to contribute by money, others by labour. In
order to increase the benefits resulting, he desired
to place them under the guidance of a man who
might be their voluntary director and promoter,
as was found in Monsignor Morichini, who having
already assumed the direction on the instance of
Pallotta, retained it with hearty willingness, accord-
ing to the wish of the Cardinal. It was not possible
that the choice could have fallen better than on this
individual, in respect for whose genuine modesty
we shall only say, that his ability of mind and
benevolence of heart are known to all. If the uni-
versal interests of the Church, and the recompense
of merit in such a prelate, ought not to be paramount
to particular advantages, the loss that Rome has
sustained in so energetic an ecclesiastic would be
too severe. [lie has been elevated to the dignity
of Nuncio at the Court of Bavaria.] It was then
that an established order was given to this institution,
the administration set on a firm basis, the regulations
compiled, and the instruction determined. Then
(1829) its course became continually more progres-
asinv,e;
dains:linigtsuishbeednefits gradually extended over the
principal centres of the city, The truly apostolic
zeal of the good priests, and the assistance of charitable
pious work, and sinpceersl.oBn4i trevre
incrementegulationsin rtaegatrhe
d
to the institution the worship, and instruction, have
been in print. In respect of the first, all is confided
to a directive council, composed of president, vice-
president, directors of the schools, secretary, and
accomptant. The president is chosen by the council,
and the members of this by the general session of
the society, this last being composed of associates,
some exercitants, some contributors. The council
meets once a month, the society on the occasion of the
annual balancing of accounts, and for the election of
the members of the council, who are in office two
years. The evenings of vigils and festivals are dedi-
cnastterducttoion, a
religious
assemble in their respective oratories, for catechetical
instruction, and
dp exercises,rayersar w
e given,
all the schools
and two feasts
especially celebrated, those of the Mater dolorosa and
St. Luiga Gonzalo. On the afternoons of festivals,
the pupils are conducted to some gardens, where
they pass their time in amusements till the evening.
The schools are opened at the hour of 24, and the in-
struction begins at a half an hour later, lasting till
1 o'clock, and three-quarters of the night (24 is now
6 o'clock, the first hour of the night 7). Every
school is divided into three classes, in which are suc-
cessively taught, reading, writing, and arithmetic,
and catechism for the last quarter of an hour. In
the third class are taught the elements of linear
design, and of geometry applied to the arts. Choral
music is also taught to some extent, enabling the
children to sing at their devotions, and on returning
home at night. It certainly awakens pculiar emo-
tions when, at the second hour of the night (8
o'clock), one meets bands of these children, or hear
them as they pass under our windows, singing the
praises of Mary, and going to the homes where their
mothers receive them with blessings, whilst they
bless also the pious care of those who thus train their
children in the paths of virtue.

MEIGANCINOLY DEATII.-On Monday afternoon an
inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Rose and
Crown, Queen-street, Upper East Smithfield, on view of
the body of Christopher M'Geary, aged forty-six years,
who died on Friday morning last under very melancholy
circumstances. It appeared in evidence that the deceased
was formerly in very affluent circumstances, and carried
exteencsaive business in Jersey as a woollen
e very much reduced in his affairs,
odannradpaaebrvo.eur:H'e became
three months since he left Jersey with his wife
and two children. Ile arrived in London and obtained a
selling rags to several Irish brokers. He suf-
fered in Queen-street for 2s, Gd. per week. He was in
great distress, and could scarcely procure any food for
great privations, and his health was much
his family. He subsuptently obtained a scanty subsis-
tence
for his breakfast he laid himself down upon a miserable
disease& heart. Verdict, " Natural
itrhbfered'oolndnulyrilalgrttichleola.osfltfufrelduaryesin the room, where he
bed,
shortly afterwards expired. Mr. Brown, a surgeon,'
made a post mortem examination of the body, and attri-
buted
DISTRE
SUICIDE Tnaou ss.--On Tuesday a man
named Christopher Siddons, a boot and shoemaker,
lodging at No. 8, Broadway, Westminster, terminated
death."
SUICIDE death to a
his existence by suicide. The deceased had for a length
of time suffered great privations for the want of employ,
a paper which had contained about
but had never been heard to threaten self-destruction..
",lfthexalic acid, as also an empty cup, in
On Tuesday afternoon, on his wife's return home, after a
short absence she found deceased lying totally insensible
small portion of the same deadly poison.
was applied, but in a few moments he
ohwllnaheliftcwhallenaswOflaucognoocnrae'veyed to the Westminster Hospital, where
n Tuesday
ROIII3ERT.—.,n afternoon a young man, of
genteel appearances and
.apparently about 27 years of
ceded in obtaining 15s. for a counterfeit sove-
reign, under the pretence of hiring apartments from
eethaessetdomtoaecxhiltrp
Mrs. Haller, of No. 9, Ernest street, Kennington, and
leaving a deposit of ss. During the momentary absence
of Mrs. Haller. to procure the materials for him to write
down the address of his reference, he contrived to ab
stract from a table-drawer five silver teaspoons, a silver
sugar ton2s, and a gold watch, getting clear off with his
booty. The same party has also succeeded in robbing
h severaloed, other people in the same way in that neighbour-

Capt. Gambier's ch g Forester (Capt. Broadley) 0
lion. G. Noel's bg Lopez (ti b) (Owner) 0
Mr. A. Ricardo's. The Captain (Owner) 0
Lord B. Cecil's Mortgage
Lord I)rumlanrig's Victor
Major Martin nd Advance
Viscowat Nevill'a The Pearl
The nine horses passed the grand stand the first time
nearly together, Durham making the running on to the
first brook. After passing Bone-lane Charon took the
le%td, but was passed by Chandler within half a mile of
the winning post. Lord Drumlanrig was thrown and
slightly injured in the face at the turn in Captain Bulke-
-I.ey's pork. Won by about six lengths.
Chandler was the favourite at 3 to 1, 5 to 1 eget Dur-
ham, 5 to 4 on Chandler and Durham, and 5 to 1 agst
Mahomet.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 15 addEd ; the second
horse to save his stake. Catch weights not under 10st.
The winner to be sold for 60/., if demanded ; the right
of claiming as in the second race of the first day. The

1 winner to pay 54 towards the expenses. About three I IRELAND.
miles. DUBLIN, APRIL s.—Fever still continues to increase
Mr. Martin's b g Negro (ItAckley) lito an alarm.ng extent in Cora, Sligo, Mayo, and various
"
Mr. it. Clifton's be. Cornelius (Mr. Bromley) 2 other counties, and, indeed, the v.stilence exists to a
Captain Phillip's b g Horace (Owner) 3 I greater or less degree genrally throughout the country.
Mr. Little's Carlow (Oliver) 0I In the union workia,uses, especially, the malady pre-
Captain Price's b m Mrs. Lea
Mr. J. S. Irwin's g g Waterloo (Owner) 0 derable. As yet Dublin and the surrounding metropo-
Mr. Mitchell's b g Banjoe (Burrows) 0 litan districts have escaped, but there is reason to ap-
Lord B. Cecil's h Jack (Owner) 0 prehend that with the approach of warm weather the
Mr. D. Baillie's b m Mirifia
Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each, with 10 added: the second In some few counties—for instance, in Cork and
horse to save his stake, for horses that never won a Sligo—famine is still at work, but generally there ap-
steeple-chase. llst each. The winner to be sold for pears to be a decrease of destitution. The new relief
601; the right of claiming as in the second race of the measures, it is to be hoped, will produce a decided im-
first day. Three miles. provement, as well in regard to the sustenance of the
Mr. Philpott's Shamrock (Mason) 1 poor as the ravages of disease.
Mr. J. Darby's gby Robin Hood (Seifert) 2 The provincial journals mention the names of many
Mr. Harris's ch g Wildboyre landlords who are suaplying seed to the small
Mr. Simmond's b m Jenny Lindoccupiers on their estates. There are, however, bitter
Lord Drumlanrig's Victor (Owner) 0 crmplaints of the total indifference of several extensive
Mr. J. Coulsiock's b g Hainault (ltackley) 0 proprietors, who have as yet taken no steps to promote
Mr. Stapleford's Jack (Oliver)
(Sadler)Oliv et )
36dr ,
tue cultivation of the land.
Mr. Thompson nd Villager
Mr. T. Cannon's b g Fox
Won by about ten lengths. The winner was claimed g
may be anticipated. Most of the principal landed pro-
by the owner of the second horse. prietors, including the Earl of Courtown, Lord Carew,
Betting—Shamrock was the favourite at 2t01,5 to 1 the Houourable S. Maxwell, Sir W. Cox, Messrs.
against Jenny Lind, and 6to 1 against Robin Hood. G
vvyan, Morgan, Doyne, Walker, Sze., are members of
The Scurry Stakes of I soy, each, with 5 added, did the association, which held a meeting at Ennisworthy on
not come off, there being only two entries at the post, Thursday last, Lord Courtown presiding. Resolutions
Mr. El wes's No Mistake, and Sir E. Poore's Shuffle. were adopted with a view of establishing safety harbours
The stewards for next year will be Prince George of for fishing boats, and of obtaining information on all
Cambridge, Sir E. Poore, and Captain W. Peel. matters calculated to employ the labouring poor in a
useful and profitable manner, as the best means of lessen
ing taxation on the land. An address to the landowners
was adopted with the same object, earnestly calling for
their co-operation in setting the surplus labourers of the
county at work, and urging them " to unite while there
is still time to prevent the degradation and final ruin
which threaten this country." We extract one important
paragraph from the address :
" Ile evil of out-door relief, when grappled with sys-
tematically, will not be found unmanageable. On the
20th of February, when more than 20,000 persons were
employed on public relief works in this county, the pro-
portion was one person so employed to 25 arable acres in
.he county."
STATE OF THE PROVINCES.

The Sligo Champion contains the following reports of
the miserable condition of affairs in that county :
SLIGO, APRIL 3.—Notwithstanding the reduction
which has taken Owe in the price of Indian corn, our
agricultural labourers are still enduring the most dread-
ful sufferings. The deaths from starvation are multiply-
ing every hour; and notwithstanding all that has been
done by the Government, and the generous people of the
British nation, thousands upon thousands will be swept
away by absolute hunger during the present spring and
the ensuing summer. The people have given themselves
up to despair. In the remote districts there is nothing
whatever doing; the only soil turned up by the spade is
the rank earth of the graveyards. There is not a burial
place in the county that is not at present overstocked
with dead; and we do really believe that the mortality
is greater now than it was when the cholera raged. At
present—it is right the fact should be known—no in-
quests are held upon the bodies of those who die of star-
vation. The grand jury, at the last assizes, desired the
coroners not to hold inquests in such cases.
FEVER IN SLIGO.—We deeply regret to say, that
fever is rapidly on the increase, and the disease is now
turning out ebeof a very malignant character. A new
fever hos[ital was established in this town within the last
fortnight, capable of holding ninety-six patients. It was
filled in three days. In the country districts typhus
fever is raging to a fearful extent. The following is an
extract from a letter we received from a correspondent
residing in Ballinahill :—" Fever is greatly on the in-
crease here—average, of deaths weekly, twenty." In
Gurteen, Alaaralish, and Tireragh this awful scourge is
equally general and fatal. It has spread to the highs
ranks, and those who were secure from death by famine
now find that they are exposed to it by pestilence. Mr.
Lawlor, the agent of Mr. Cooper, died a few days ago
of fever. Mr. William Ormsby and Mr. Luke Hester,
both pay clerk., are ill of the same disease.
STATE OF KILFREE.—Nothing can be more deplor-
able than the condition of this parish ; the following ex•
tract from the letter of an esteemed correspondent will
serve to show the miserable state to which the wretched
people are reduced :—" Since my last we have had awful
times here. On last Sunday there were eleven people
dead in this parish. Of this number, John Fahy, of
Mulroe, Andrew Ferrall, of Drunbushand, and John
Grady, of Amaghmore (the father of the boy whom you
some time since stated was carried in a basket from the
public works, and who died the same night), died of
absolute starvation. Were it not for the timely donation
of 101. from our venerated Bishop, Dr. M.Niclic,las, aided
by the liberal subscription of a charitable commercial
friend in Sligo, many more would have shared a similar
fate."i
LONGFORD WORKUOUSE.—The number of deaths in
our workhouse, and the fever hospital attached, from the
Ist to the 31st March ;inclusive, were 174 ; in February,
176 ; in January, 116—making a total of 466 for the
quarter, exclusive of the many deaths throughout the
union, and this town and neighbourhood, from fever mad
destitutioa.—Longfurd Journal.
LONDONDERRY UNION —DUI-111g last week, 80 patients
are reported to be ill in fever, and 80 convalescent ; in
hospital from other diseases, 108 ; making in all 268
patients under medical treatment. The clerk and four
of the resident officers have been attacked with fever,
and are at present incapacitated from performing their
duty.--Lonclondeiry Sentinel.
TILLAGE OF THE LAND.

WEXFORD, APRIL 3.—lt is cheerful to behold several
of our resident gentry acting in accordance with the
principles of humanity and sound policy. A few days
since the agent of Lord Kiltnaine applied to a corn
merchant inEnniscorthy for 200 barrels of seed oats, to
give his Lordship's tenants in this county, to seed their
land; but this order could oily be partially complied
with, in CffilsCyler;Ce of Mr. Farmer having previously
engaged 1,200 barrels of seed oats sod barley, for the
tenantry of the Rev. 13. 11. Bridges, Mr. Blacker, and
Lord Carew, 800 barrels being for his I,ordship's tenants.
His Lordship's agricultural steward is visiting the
tenantry in this county, bestowing to them quantities of
various kinds of turnip seeds, and giving every en-
couragement of sowing green crops as extensively as
possible. Mr. Glascott has also contracted for two
huedred barrels of seed corn fur the same benevolent
purpose of seeding the land for his people. Mr.Grogan
Morgan is supplying every tenant on his property that
' seeks aid in that way with seed oats, barley, and the
necessary seeds for green cropping, so that not an acre
of his extensive estates will be permitted to remain un-
productive this year.— Wexford Independent.
CADIRCIvEEN, MARCH 30.—The Centaur steamer is
in harbour with seed oats and some potatoes. The
Marquis of Lansdowne has sent some barley seed for his
tenantry, and also Mrs. Moberly, of Casthquin.—
Tralee Chronicle.
THE NEW RELIEF MEASURES.

Generally the relief committees are making arrange
minas to commence operations. In Dublin the commit-
tees will be at work in a few days.
As a specimen of what is doing in the provinces, in
those places where the gentry have taken the matter
earnestly in hand, we select the following:—
KILLARNEY.—The Killarney Union contains twelve
ettooral divisions; but for the Temporary Relief Act it
is divided into nine relief districts.
Captain Stewart, R.N., a most active and zealous
.fficer, has been appointed Government inspector of re-
lief committees for the union. The finance committee
consists of Henry A. Herbert, D L., Christopher Gal.
way. Daniel Cronin, Jas. O'Connell, and the Government
officers. The Earl of Kenmare has cnrsented to act as
chairman of the Killarney relief committee.
Every committee in the union is working with zeal for
the general good.
The following orders have been issued by Captain
Stewart in referents to employment on public works:—
" Every overseer is to report to me (Captain Stewart)
any labourer on the public works who has any land, who
is not taking the proper measures to get it tilled, that
an inquiry may be made as to whether or not it be ad-
visable to discharge such person from the public works.
Every check clerk, overseer, and gangsman should make
himself thoroughly acquainted with all the particulars
respecting labourers under his charge on the public
works, so as to be able to give such information to the
committee or to any authorised person, as to how many
in each labourer's family are employed on either privita
or public works, the number of cows, and the quantity
of land, or other means of living, as in many cases la-
bourers on the public works have been known to have
concealed, and in the bank, sums of money, also other
property. I trust that all such persons will so conduct
themselves in this important service as to afford me an
opportunity of recommending the most deserving to the
consideration of the Board of Works. The overseers
are to see that when men or women of one family are
employed on the public works, they are to be on the
same road."

order to assuret hem elves that Soyer's plan was, or was
not a project only. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant
having expressed his intention of being present, the at-
traction wh:ch the Noble Earl and his interesting family
never fails of creating amongst the citizens of Dublin
contributed to swell the number and the elegance of the
persons who attended. At three o'clock a grand military
salute from a guard of honour which had been stationed
on the ground announced the arrival of his Excellency
and the vice-regal party, amongst whom we perceived
the Ladies Emily and Kathleen Ponsonby, Mrs. Captain
Williams, the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. Corry Con-
nellan, Captains Henry Ponsonby and Williams. On the
ground we perceived the Earls of Charlemont, Roden,
and Meath, Lord Brabazon, the Lord Chancellor, Lieu-
tenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, the Hon. Frede-
rick Ponsorby, &c. &c. On alirting from his carriage,
his Excellency and the vice-regal party were conducted
to the tent where the cooking apparatus had been in
operation. They led the way, and were speedily fol-
lowed by a numerous train of visitors, who accommodated
themselves as best they could, standing at the outside of
a range of tables which extended along the square of the
tent, Soups of various kinds were then served, and the
company having discussed the merits of each decoction
as it had been presented, the signal bell to retire was
tolled, and the great people gave way to an equal number
of paupers, in order that they might regale themselves
upon M. Soyer's soup. The contrast was sudden and
bold. A moment before and a great number of lovely
faces smiled their approval of everything they saw, and
a moment after decrepid age, upon whose faces it would
be hard to say whether time or hunger had made the
most havoc, were ranged at the same table. Ladies
Emily and Kathleen Ponsonby, Mrs. Williams, the
Afisses Brady, Mr. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. C. Connellan,
the Lord Chancellor, the Dean of the Chapel Royal, and
several others, remained inside the square formed by the
range of tables whilst the poor people were enjoying
their meal, and the pleasure which those benevolent per-
sonages derived from seeing the poor people give every
token of their approval of the " steam-engine-soup," was
visible upon every countenance, the ladies seeming to
take the deepest interest in the subject.
REPEAL'ASSOCIATION.
The weekly meeting of the association was held this
day. Mr. M. Murphy in the chair.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, in reference to a letter from the
Rev. Mr. Campbell, Clogher Head, Drogheda, inclosing
rent, adverted to 'the attempt which had been recently
made by the landlords to impose the entire payment of
poor rates on the tenants solely, and observed that if
any thing were wanted to fill to overflowing the cup of
landlord oppression, it was that attempt. He expressed
his apprehension that the felon attempt would again be
made in the House of Lords, and would in all probability
be successful. It would be advisable that some plan
should be adopted to make their Lordships aware of the
ruin that would inevitably fall on the tenant-farmers of
Ireland if the clause sought to be introduced by Lord
George Bentinek were suffered to become law. That
base attempt of the Irish landlords entirely removed from
his (Mr. O'Connell's) mind—and he thought it ought to
remove from the mind of every man of common sense—
any lingering feeling of sympathy for the proprietors of
those lands which were threatened with confiscation. He
would, therefore, welcome the accession of English capi-
talists to the possession of those estates, if they would
only take care of the people—if they would only be
humane to the people—it they would only preserve the
lives of the people ; and if they acted so they would be
heartily received.—(Cheers.)
The letter of the reverend gentleman, to which Mr.
O'Connell alluded, contained the following passages
" Here we have not joined in the foolish yell that has
been raised against Roebuck and some other English
Members, for their attacks upon the Irish landlords.
A harsh and disgusting picture of them he has given,
but I fear there was little creative power engaged in
perfecting it. Take a glance at the original, and judge.
The relief committee of Clogheran, Walshestown,
applied to the landlords of the district for contributions
to the relief fund established in the parish. The letter
of application stated that great distress existed in the
neighbourhood, and that great exertions would be re-
quired to meet it. The landlords of the parish are Sir
Patrick Bellew, having acres, 1,135; Smith Barry, ditto,
1,864; E. H. Byrne, ditto, 869; A. Newcomen, ditto,
852; J. Godley, ditto, 366; Major Bonner, ditto, 217;
George Ball, ditto, 213; Brabazon, ditto, 186.
" Amount of subscriptions received from the above,
201.—being 10/. from Sir P. Bellew, and 10/. from E. H.
Byrne. The other honourable gentlemen (for they are
all—all, honourable gentlemen) did not even condescend
to reply. Thus the entire burden of the support of the
poor has been thrown upon the unfortunate occupiers,
and well and nobly have they borne it. It would be
uninteresting to detail their exertions, though perhaps
their contributions might excite shame, if such a quality
be an attribute of an Irish landlord. And is it to the
tender charge of this merciless class the Premier of
England would consign the Irish poor? A Poor Relief
Bill in the hands of the Irish aristocracy! Out upon the
hideous mockery—the ugly delusion. What effect, think
you, will the proverbial hard heartedness of the class,
excited by fear of confiscation, give to the law? Well-
informed persons believe, and I think prove, that out-
door relief amongst us must work confiscation. And
what of that? Place the London banker, the Yorkshire
manufacturer, or the Liverpool trader in the position of
landlord—would he be deaf to the mi. s of hunger and
destitution and death? Would he, when the wail of
famine and pestilence is borne on every breeze, clutch
closer his money-bags, and pull tighter their strings?
No; he has sympathy with his kind; he has not been
schooled in inhumanity; he has not exacted his pound
of flesh; the widow's tear and orphan's blood have not
swelled his cup of revel. But perhaps the Premier in-
tended this grim-faced grace to execute vengeance on
the landlords, by making them the instruments of their
own annihilation—complacency in the thought would
be cruel. I would rather punishment less circuitous,
though not so bitter—direct deprivation of property
where the owners leave its duties unfulfilled. Ah!
spoliation, robbery. Not more so than disarming an
insane man, or the depriving a child of a dangerous
plaything. And a dangerous and destructive plaything
Irish property has been in the hands of its owners."
The reverend writer suggests, by way of postcript,
that

If some Member of Parliament were to move for
a return of the relief committees in Ireland, and of the
applications made by them for relief to the landlords,
of the number of acres held by these landlords in such
districts, and of the sums received from them, this would
unmask the hypocritical exertions of several of the
Irish party!"
Mr. JOHN O'CortNELL subsequently addressed the
meeting at considerable length. In compliance with his
recommendation, the committee of the association had
determined to request of the Catholic clergy to furnish'
as far as they could possibly do it, an abstract of the
number of deaths which had occurred since the com
mencement of the famine. Having spoken at consider-
able length on a variety of topics, the honourable gentle-
man concludt d by reading the address of the association
to the people of England, thanking them for their pri-
vate subscriptions in aid of their fellow countrymen in
Ireland.

The rent for the week was announced to be 251. Is. sd.
The meeting then adjourned.
TIIE IRISH CORN MARKETS.

CORK, APRIL 3.—Supplies of grain to our market
continue to be very limited. The same dulness and de-
pres,ion which we had occasion to report so frequently
of late, continue to characterise the trade in every de-
partnit nt. For Indian corn we have had a heavy
draging trade, at gradually declining rates, say 20s. to
to 30s. per ton on the week; cargoes on the spot have
been sold as low as 121.. to 12/. 55., and in small parcels
at 121. 10s. to 131. per ton; a better feeling, however,
has been manitested in this article for the last couple of
days. owing to the improved tone of the English
markets.

BALLINASLOE, APRIL 3.—The corn market was very
plentifully supplied; the prices were lower than last mar-
ket. There was a large quantity of potatoes offered for
sale. Wheat, 455. to 495.; oats, 16s. to 19s. per barrel.
Potatoes, 2d. to 10d. per stone.
TIIALEE, APRIL 3.—lndian meal, which not long since
sold so high as 2s. Bd. per stone, fell on Thursday last
down to 2s. 3d., and is now selling at 2s. 2d. Other
bread-stuffs exhibit a tendency downwards. In the
several markets of our county, too, the potatoes, which
so long lay perdu, are rolling in in unexpected
es
abun-
dance. To-day the supply has been enormous, and prices
averaged from 14s. to 15s. per half quarter of 10 stone
for minions; white, 7s. to 9s. per ditto: black bulls, for
seed, 85..t0 10s.
GALWAY, APRIL 3.—Our corn market to-day was but
moderately supplied. Farmers were demanding prices.
irrespective of the recent considerable decline, and few
sales were made until an advanced hour of the day.
There is more than the usual show of potatoes.
CORK.—MOST IMPORTANT.—At the advanced hour at
which the subjoined reached us, it would be impossible
to do more than place it before the public. We may add
that a finance committee has been, we are told, appointed,
viz.:—the Mayor, the High Sheriff, Mr. Sarsfield, and
Captain Broughton:—

HARVEST PROSPECTS.
Conic, APRU. 3.—Considerable progress has been " Cork, Ist April, 1847.
made iu out-door work; vegetatian is said to be a good " Gentlemen—l am instructed to make known to your
deal retarded, and the young wheats are reported as committee, that the reduction of 20 per cent., which has
looking parched and sickly in many places, but with a been made upon the public works will be shortly followed
little rain there is no doubt but everything would re- by
.a further reduction, and that great distress and con-
sume a healthful and promising aspect. —The Potato— fusion will necessarily arise unless prompt and energetic
measures are taken by the relief committees for giving
There was left at our office this morning a sample of
effectual relief to destitute persens in their distracts.
potatoes, the size and soundness of which rather surprised
us and tend to encoura The relief commissioners are prepared to advance money
, ge the hope that the root ma y
where it is necessary to the finance committees, when
yet, with care and attention, be cultivated with success.
The potatoes, which, we believe, are of the description the required preliminary steps shall have been taken
theby
the relief committee. the finance committees, and
called White Quarries, were planted in March, 1845, and
Battersea cabbage was sown in the same ground in 1846. board of guardians, but the commissionteerkseea.relwthheorelly.
On digging the ground this morning a considerable unable to act until these steps halveesebeeeen
time in calling
quantity of fine sound potatoes was found there, without fore earnestly requestt you
er will
h and complying with the
any symptom of the disease heretofore so destructive to your committee .tog_,e . ' -
re-
that esculent. They were found on the land of Mr. John quuntions containeu, in the instructions.—l have the
Sadleir, Gaol-road.—Cork Reporter. honour to be, gent,:ewme.ni.y.DoEuLrvoEbsedßiennotusGeruvTaonNt,
TRALEE, APRIL 3.—While we would be far from en- " Capt. Royal Engineers, Gov. Inspector.
couraging the sowing of potatoes to the extent of former "To the Chairman or Secretary of the City
years, it is gratifying to us to be able to announce that, of Cork Relief Committee."
AMERICAN SYMPATHY FUR
to a gentle-
in various parts of this county, where an early crop of
Y The following letter has been addressed IRELAND,
this esculent has been tried, every promise of a health
man in the neighbourhood of Londonderry :
officer,
" Charleston, South Carolina, MaYtc-1-7 2, 1847.
growth is exhibited. We have conversed with a public
" As a committee, instituted fur the relief of Ireland,
officer, who has been through the entire of the county,
of
fe
the Soviet
wociitehtin tohfe
Friendslast month, remitted to a committee
and he assures us that not only are the early potato crolis
giving token of all absence of disease, but that a greater.
in Dublin, viz:—Joseph
quantity has been sown than was apparent this time
Bewley, James Perry, and Thomas Pim, jun., the sum
twelve months. He also adds, that the spread of oats
of 1,3001., in two remittances, one of 1,0001., and another
is far beyond that of 1846 at this period. Notwith-
standing this prospect, there are thousands of small
of
*Le now herr to hand you the first of a bill for 5001.
occupiers who are totally unable to sow their farms.—
Tralee Chronicle.
SOYER'S MODEL KITCHEN.
DUBLIN, APRIL s.—This day M. Soyer exhibited an
experimental trial of his cooking apparatus, in the Es-
planade at the Royal Barracks, and the subject of his
model kitchen for the poor having excited a considerable
degree of interest iu this country, an immense concourse
of persons of the first respectability, to whom tickets of
repaired to the ground, in drawn in your &our by the Bank of Charleston, upon
the Bank of Liverpool, which we desire you to distribute
at your discretion amongst the suffering poor of Ireland.
The only condition we desire to impose upon you is, that
you distribute the money where it is most needed, and
where it can do most good—all else we leave to yourself.
" In imposing this duty upon you, we are quite aware
that we are calling upon you to take upon 3 ourself no
esdnussion had been Wilted,
small degree of labour and trouble ; but from the known