The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF SHARES IN THE

DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a PUBLIC MEETING of the
Shareholders in the above Railway will be held Oil SATURDAY, the
20th of February next, at One o'Clock, at the Cotton Sales-room,
lixchange-buildings, Liverpool, to receive a Report from the Com.
mittee.
Parties residing at a distance and unable to attend are particularly
rtehseenctotmheismittoene,this occasion.
requested to authorise some
HENRY CHRISTIE BELOE, lion. Secretary.
Bp party
order dtoe rr represent

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Flo. 11.—Daily the accounts from Ireland be-
come more gloomy and alarming. The extreme severity of
the weather has aggravated the horrors of destitution, and
famine is extending its ravages in the south and west. The
very heavy fall of snow throughout the country has caused
a general suspension of the public works—almost the sole
source of sustenance for at least two millions of human beings,
and although the regulation established by the Lord-Lieu-
tenant entitles the labourers in such a contingency to a
moiety of the ordinary wages, yet, where provisions are at
a famine price, the poor creatures will not be able to purchase
food enough to keep body and soul together.
Although arrivals of flour and Indian corn continue at
Limerick and other ports, prices continue to advance. Alto-
getker the prospects are hourly becoming more disheartening.
Many more deaths from starvation are reported in the pro-
vincial journals. The Mayo. Constitution contains the parti-
culars of ten inquests, on all of which the verdicts were
"died from starvation."

Various presentment sessions have been held, under the
Lord-Lieutenant's proclamations, but the ♦otes were limited
to sums required for completing works. At the sessions of
Markethill, county of Armagh, on Tuesday, no presentment
was passed, because the local gentry and farmers are endea-
vouring, by employment and voluntary relief, to provide for
the destitute.

In the King's county and other districts, meetings are in I
progress to promote the tillage of the land, and the sowing
of the spring crops.
Ruraonuorrva EMPLOYMENT CowurrrEE.—Meetings of
this committee were held. on Tuesday and yesterday. A
petition in favour of George Benthiclea_ Irish railway
project was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks to
Lord George was passed. It was recommended that peti-
tions in favour of the project should be adopted throughout
the country, and to be forwarded for presentation in the
House of Commons to Lord George Bentina, and in the
Upper House to Earl Fitzwilliam.
With respect to the New Poor-law Bill, a petition was
adopted by the committee, strongly objecting to any right of
relief, and to the system of out-door relief in any shape. The
petition requires that the electoral divisions, instead of the
unions, should form the area of taxation, and that even a
smaller area than the electoral divisions should if possible be
adopted, with a view to protect improving landlords from the
pauperism of negligent proprietors. But the most remark-
able feature of the petition is a suggestion for a general pro-
perty-tax, limited in amount, for the support of the poor.
GOVERNMENT SUPPLY OF SEED POTATOES.
The Cork Exatniner contains the following important letter
from Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, who have been commis
sioned by Government to look out in the different grain
markets of the world for a supply of seed. The letter is ad-
dressed to Mr. D. Kenhealy, of Cork :
" Monument-yard, London, Feb. 6, 1847.
" Dear Sir,—We regret to state, that all our exertions to
obtain potatoes for seed have turned out a failure. 'France'
leas prohibited the exportation. The ' Azores' have like-
wise stopped the shipment, the drain of Indian corn from
that quarter compelling the authorities to fall back upon the
crop of potatoes, to prevent a dearth of provisions them-
selves, in proof of which the shipment of Indian corn is now
stopped as well.
"We have tried ' Russia,' both by steam and sailing
vessel ; both parcels were landed in a bad state, and dis-
heartened us from another attempt. We have sent out in-
structions for a supply from 'Bermuda,' which will be our
last resource.
"It is very evident that Ireland must fall back upon
grain food. We look to the present visitation as a provi-
dential warning as to the futility of depending upon so. pre::
carious a root as the potato. The reflection, no doubt, will
be severe, but it will tend to the regeneration of Irelan,
and God grant it so, speedily, with the exercise of his
mercy.—Faithfully yours,
Mr. Owen, of Marlfield, co‘u‘nKtvEEoLf llNYGrexifo2(rl3(l,llhUasNTliu7b-
lished a letter, with a view of dissuading small farmers rrom
sowing potatoes. He states that failures in the early-sown
potatoes are occurring, and urges those farmers, who
are
husbanding the remnant of their sickly store for seed, to
consume them at once. , WIFE.
SHOCKING MURDER OF A HUSBAND AND
LIMERICK, FEB. 10.—A double murder, which cwouasldpneor_t
be exceeded in atrocity in the most savage country',
petrated in the town of Askeaton, on Sattuday. n!g.whitfel,uatn.
The unhappy victims were David Fitzgerald And u°
industrious and inoffending couple. The murders wer
found
e com-
was
mitted with Fitzgerald's ow hatchet, visited the
covered with blood, and we learn from one
who
ectacle was
which
awful scene upon Sunday morning. that the IP.
most revolting and hideous—the gashes upon the races of the
unfortunate victims, their brains protruding, and the floor of
the house was literally deluged with blood
deadly force, of
The fatal blows
must have been rapidly inflicted, and with
no alarm was heard, although the house wa
of s the centre of
h police-barrack,
several others, and within ten yards
and at a vary early hour of the night, as Fitzgerald or his
wife had not undressed or retired to bed. Robber
to this horrifying
rrn is.,yingsup-
posed to have• been the object that led
crime, as Fitzgerald's boxes re found unlocked and appa-
rently rifled. A man. nanrdweaohn ArCarthy, who worked
as a journeyman weaver with
aFitzgerald, and, who was at
Fitzgerald's house on Saturd. y night, was suspected, and
ohm An inquest is holding the
surrendered himself to th_2 Paght, the coroner, and an intelli-
last two days before Dr. Ear
of Naish, Esq., one of the local
gent jury, assisted by parr
magistrates of the district.

[ADvERTISEMENT.:I
_TEAS AT WIIOL_ESALE PRICES,
No. 2, 11 —UCKLERSRURY, lillEArsiDE. .eamilies whose
consumption is large,
and stud y economy, will derive
considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni-
form price by which the purchaser of a single
P' is affixed,
pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade.
Black Tea ...2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 4v., 4s. 4d., ss,
3s. Sd., 45. 4s. 4d.,_ ;a., 65., ~,
Green......... 3s. 4d., , 4 S.
Coffee ......... 9d., 10d., Is., is. d
2 ~ is. 4d., Is. 6d., 18.3 d.
of
sent free to any parttown. Orders from
One pound
e •
the country forwarded the sam, and when the
quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is
paid to any part of BngIand.—MANSELT. and Co.
wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside .
REMARKABLE RECOVERY Or BANK NOTES.—On
Thursday a very singular circumstauce happened to a man
named James Wilkins, a person employed in the London
Docks. He was in possession of several bank notes, to the
amount of 501., which he kept ill his waistcoat pocket. At
a late hour in the evening he went into the Town of Rams-
gate public-house, \yapping, where he partook of some re-
freshment in the parlour, after which he departed to his
residence. Yesterday morning he missed his bank notes,
and hastened to the public•house where he had been on the
previous night. He made various inquiries, and had given
up the property as lost, when, on searching the parlour, he
discovered the missing notes under the wood in the lire-
grate, which had evidently been picked up by the servant in
a hurry and placed there at a late hour the previous night,
as it was her usual custom to lay the fire before she went to
bed. If the owner had been five minute later the fire
would have been lighted, and the property of course con-
sumed.

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