The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FEB. 22.—Famine and pestilence are syreeP'
ing off the population in several of the western and
southern counties. The reports received this day are
still more horrible than any that hive yet appeared. In
the extent of mortality Sligo now appears to surpass •
any other cAinty, and it is asserted that the police,
finding the deaths from starvation so numerous, refuse
t send for the coroners, probably because it would be
physically impossible for those. functionaries to hold in-
quests in so many cases and in different localities. And
yet, in this very county of Sligo, the local journal, the
Sligo Champion, makes a most startling exposure of an
system of jobbing on the public works by land"
lot di, for the employment, it is alleged, of their relations
and dependents at high salaries, to the exclusion of the •
destitute and famishing labourers.
The reports from the county of Coik describe the
destitution as daily becoming more desolating, extend-
ing t the better class of farmers, who, it is stated, after
paying their rents, are now consuming the grain they
had rtoerved for seed, whilst the peasantry, all through
that extensive county, are dying by hundreds.
The police throughout the country have received in-
structions to furni:h returns of the deaths from starva-
tion and disease. The number reported, up to the doe
of the last week, at the Constabulary office in Dublin,
was FIFTY THOUSAND. But there are many deaths from
want vial disease of which the police in the country,
could have had no knowledge. The actual number er
'teat h. from starvation is probably much larger than the
amount reported by the police.
INFAMOUS JOBBING ON PUBLIC WORKS®
The Sliyo Champion contains the following
cannot in decency, in conscience, refrain any longer
from denouncing the gross and infamous system of job-
bing going on in this county, with reference to the man'
ner in which the public works have been conduCted and
managed. We have been silent too long. In the midst
of the calamity which has fallen upon us, we find the
l.ndlords tracing upon the miseries of the people. The -
Board of Works is humbugged, the government cheated, ,
the por defrauded. We must speak out; a gigantic •
swindle is now carried on in the county of Sligo. The
poor are not relieved by the vast grants of money given, , •
by a liberal ministry, bat the sons of magistrates, ,01
grand jurors, of parsons, rich farmers well to do in tn°
world, comfortable tradesmen, all these are quartered
upon the public. We saw, fi;r instance, two men over-
seeing seven labourers ; we have inspectors, paymasters,.
overseers—officials of all ranks and grades in *very
locality: not selected for their ability, but because they
have interest—because they can command the voices of
the landlords of the county. The jobbing that hereto'
fore existed was but a joke, a mere trifle to what is
now carried on. It exceeds all bounds and all
It is monstrous ; we proclaim the fact to the world. We
proclaim that here in Sligo--the-very: focus of miserr'
where famine is the daily guest at the peasant's table;
where pestilence and death bold their ghastly revels--.
we eroclaim, openly and- publicly, that in this doomed
locality, a set of men, removed from want themselves,.
possessed of means and resources beyond the reach of
cheerless penury—are enjoying, and have been from the
commencement enjoying, the fat of the spoil. They •
get, and have been getting for months, the lion's share.
The poor are neglected, plundered, robbed. In mail
instances their miserable stipend of Bd. a day is so long'
withheld that they sink down exhausted by the wayside
and die government creditors, while the sons of grand
jurors and of parsons with good livings, are drawing'
their two or three pounds a week."
REPRESENTATION OF NEW Ross.—The Weeorli
Independent gives an authorised contradiction to the re'
port that the Hon. Captain Glare is about to resign to. •
representation of New Ross.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The weekly meeting of the association was held this •
day. Mr. J. H. Dunne in the chair. Mr. Steele Ole
gratulatcd the association that the rumours regarding
the state of Mr. O'Connell's health were extremely ex'
aggerated. It was true Mr. O'Connell was slightly in'
disposed, and he (Mr. Steele) regretted to be Obligetiln
say that his illness was in a great degree increased bl
the awful state to which the country was reduced.
The rent for the week was announced to be 431. 21.21

RUSSIA.
THE GRECO-RUSSIAN CHURCH. The Emperor
Russia has recently issued a decree, the object of whi of
e 0
is to prevent proselytism in favour of any other religiel;
than the Greco-Russian. The first article declares, that
any person abjuring the Greco-Russian religion shell be
placed at the disposal of the ecclesiastical autheritieer
.hall be disinherited by such of his relations as profess
that religion, shall have all his fortune placed under cell.'
trul, slid shall not be allowed to reside in the district ill
which his property is situated. If he returns within the'
bosom ut the Established Church, these penalties are to -
cease; but if he does not return within the time.fixed hl_
the ecclesiastical authorities; he is to be cited before 4,
criminal tribunal, which cannot inflict penalty less then
that of perpetual detention in a convent, with unceasing
lets of penitence and contrition. The fourth article pr°:
vides that whoever shall deliver discourses, or publish;
writings calculated to cause persons who belong to the
Greco-Russian Church to abandon their faith, shall lose
(.he prerogatives of his rank, and be coademee_
to from one to two years' imprisonment. If the same
fence be committed twice, the delinquent is to be or
demned to the loss of civil rights, and to hard labour?!
a tortress for from four to six years ; if a third time, be
iA to be exiled in Siberia, and, in addition to all this, he •
is to receive the knout if he belongs to the classes sub'
ject to corporal punishment. Article 5 declares that
,athers and mothers belonging to the Greco-Russian •
Church, who shall cause their children to be baptised in.
another form of faith,' shall be punished with two years' .•
imprisonment, and shall have their children taken from
them, and educated by other members of their family of. •
the Greco-Russian religion ; and in case there be ne
relations of that creed, then by persons nominated by
(he Government. Any person preventing a
member 'of
:another religion from embracing the Grece-Russian, .
to be imprisoned for several months.—Galignani. .

TEN PERSONS DROWNED IN AN

OMNIBUS.
BRIDPORT, FRIDAY EVENING.—A most melanc-h
o
occurrence took place in this town on Tuesday la°s
(a brief account of which appeared in The San a few
days since). On Tuesday evening last I3owden'a ore;
nibus, which plies between Bideford and Torrington, Wlll
designated the •4 Safety," drew-up opposite the qua)',
At six o'clock started for the latter town. The verol
was full of passengers, eleven persons being inside, en_
one on the roof. It had not gone many yards before en;
of the horses became restive, and after making two °r
three plunges the pole and splinter broke asunder frogs
the carriage, which instantly went down the declivity °(
the qua), and with the whole of its passengers was Preci
iipitated over into the river. The night was dark, an
there was upwards of 20 feet of water, the tide being el?:
There. was a terrific shriek from the passengers, but 1:
was only momentary. A woman, who was on the fool
fortunately got ashore, and Mr. Michael Chapple,
glove•maker, of Torrington, by a desperate .effort, bored
open the door of the omnibus and swam ashore, assist
;
oy a soldier, who bravely jump(' in to his rescue. lid
was the only one of the inside passengers who escape ',
the remainder all perished. Grappling irons were ler
tnediately procured, and every effort made to save sale
.1 them, but all in vain; it was nearly two hours before
,he omnibus was brought ashore. When raised on tel
the quay the sight wus truly horrifying ; the sufferer/
were lying in a mass at the 'furthermost end from the
entrance. It was evident they had struggled earnest-V
to escape. The inquest on the bodies took place }ester:
day, before Mr..Pridlan, the borough coroner. Their
names were Oven out as follows:—Mrs. Fanny Frienr-
snip, aged 40 (left five children); Ann Norman (!
widow), aged 65 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Friendship, aged 3•",
(left six children); Mary Ann Friendship (daughter 01
the last deceased), 'Tod 11 ; .Mrs. Ann Page, aged 40;
Mr. John Chapple, aged 60 (brother of the gentlerns,ll
who escaped); John Passmore, aged 30; Miss Elizabeth
Griffey, aged 60 ; and two other females, names uh:
known. The burden of the evidence went to prove thil'
the melancholy affair arose from accident alone, foS
although the driver was charged with being drunk, an -
incapable of taking charge of his horses, the whole WI
proved unfounded. After a lengthened inquiry, Whic
lasted several hours, the jury returned the subjoined
l
verdict:—" Accidental death, and the jury strop
recommended an indictment - being laid against t"
O
authorities of the town for alloeing the quay side t
remain in the dangerous state it was."

A GREAT,young
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who
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vices
esin Thursday
the
looking 3nglad,
James Henry Christopher Hunter, was brought before
j imposing
last, a s
titleri
Sheriff Douglas at Cupar, on a charge of falsehood, fraud
and wilful imposition—lst, By having taken lodgings fro
,'nu,
lady in Kirkaldy, which he occupied for some days on the or;
pretence that he was a commission agent. 2d, With hay?'
imposed on the managers of the Assembly-rooms of
by engaging and taking possession of these rooms on Ihi
_4
false pretence that he was going to exhibit Gen
Tom Thumb, the Ethiopian Serenaders of Virginia,
the Indian chief, Tongo Mongoro. 3d, By imposing on
Birrell, printer, Kirkaldy, and inducing him to print A lsnr&
hand-bill, and five hundred admission cards. 4th, BY PeTtl
Haling this bill through the town of Kirkaldy, and Writer
inducing the lieges to purchase tickets. And, lastly, Aft
the Assembly-rooms were lighted up, and the peoßie,4„d,
partly assembled, by running off in a gig for Burntl6'"its
and failing to pay any of the parties above mentioned. bees
was caught at Edinburgh by the very officer who bad st
engaged by him to take charge of the receipts of the doer
Kirkaldy. 11 e pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
days' imprisonment.—Edinburgh Advertiser.

81147E13.
On the 15th inst., at the Highway, Enfield, the wife of Dr. Jt.l'u
Jameson, of a daughter. A natt,
On the lath :list., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, the lady of Dr...—
of a
On the sou. the WV
22d inst., at Andover Lodge, New Finchley-road,
of Barclay Greenhill, Esq., of a son. W.
Rey
On the 23d inst., at Hilltleld, Hampstead, the wife of the
Darwin Fox, Rector of Delaraere, of a son. r y eel
On the 24th inst. in Hereford-street, Park-lane, the wife 0

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Dawson, Esq., of a son. the
On the 24th inst., in Westbourne-street, Hyde-park-aa—'—
wife of J. Baker, Esq., of a daughter. JAnles
On the 24th inst., In Upper Grosvenor-street, the lady of Sir
Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P., of twin sons.
On the 24th inst., at liornsey, lire. F. Robertson, of a

MARRIED.
On the 231 At the Old Church, Brighton, Walter Iticstdof
Esq., late 7th llnssars, to Catharine Cecilia, younger daughter'
Charles Joint Craven, Esq., of Kemp-town,

raCe' G
lED.
On the 19th inst., Elizabeth,D
widow of the late Thoragis -
Esq., of Prince's Risboroegh, Bucks, a-ed 85. aged 83,
On the 2114 inst., in Oxford-terrace,'John Rawlins, Esq., ~,,cst
On the 22d inst., at Barford-bridge, near Dorking, Eliza, Yo"
daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Carmichael, aged 15.
ro.
On the 22d inst., in Albion-road, Stoke lien ington, MarY 244webb
On the 22d inst., in Charterhouse-square, the Rev. Fletcher
Smith, aged 29.
On the 23d inst., S kin,wn, Esq., of Bloomsbury-
square, aged 81.
On the 2'lcl:nst., Mr. l rulbert, of Long-acre, aged 66. A of Grate'
On the 441 n inst., Emma, daughter of Charles Ray. Eg,',
church-street.

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traria, printer, At The .Sun ftc, No.ll2„,4trbnd, Fu-
Of The oiivo‘'. to the County of Middlesex, Tlittrsditt
brim"? 25, 1947. in the precinct