The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

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IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
Mancn 14.-1 n a letter published in the Dublift
Evening Mail of yesterday, the follovs, mg parat,:rai h ri-spect
iffg the salaries paid the staff of the Repeal Associatioix
appears:—
"Not being a meatber of the finance committee, I eannot
statewith arithmetical precision the exact salaries paid to the
various members of the Conciliation Hall staff, but the fol-
lowing will be found nearly accurate, as far as they extend
Mr. Ray, Secretary .350 0 0 per annum.
Mr. Crean, Assistant Secretary ... 200 0 0
Mr. Dalton, Cashier ~ 120 0 0
Mr. Nagle, Curator ... • ... 100 0 0 „
Mr. Tighe, Overseer of Clerks ... 100 0 0 „
Mr. Tighe, jun., Librarian ... 80 0 0 „
Mr. Quigley, another Overseer of

Clerks-;.. 100 0 0 ~
Mr. Quioey. jun. ... ... 60 0 0 „
Mr. Ray, brother to the Secretary,
Scissors-man 100 0 0 „
Mr.KitO•Connor;fordoiignotbing 100 0 0
Mr. Dwyer, for ditto ... 100 0 0
Air. Dowling. for ditto ... 100 0 0
31r. Sprat', fur ditto ... 100 0 0
" In addition to the foregoing sinecures there are a variety
of major and minor places, besides a staff of cop3ing citrus
with nothing to do except to sneer at the palbable humbug
practised before their eyes, and occasionally to transcribe
report of the Parliamentary Committee, or, peradventur..., a
let,er from the pen .1 the secretary."

RAPID APPROACHES OF FAMINE.-IMPORTANT

MEETING IN FERMOY.

and inha-
A meeting of the landed proprietors, gentry,
bitants generally of Fermoy and the surrounding districts,
was held on Wednesday last in the Court-house, Fermoy, for
the purpose of adopting some measure in co-operation with
the Government for the relief if the labouring population.
At one o'clock the chair was taken by Edmond 'Burke Roche,
Esq , M.P.
Letters from several noblemen connected with the county
by property and residence were read.
Mr. IWKAY, Ballyroberts, said he had no hesitation in
saying
.that is the parish of Castlelyons they would not have
a potato by the Ist of May. He had seen some of the people
in that district making use of food that was unfit for Chris:
tians.

The SECRETARY said that Mr. Quinlan, Guardian for the
district of Mitchelstown, containing about 10,000 inhabitants,
had sent in a report, and it appeared from it the farmers in
that part of the country did not possess as much potatoes as
would be sufficient for their families for the next six weeks—
some would not have enough for the next fortnight, and they
were seeding their oats to a neighbouring mill to supply
their immediate w,ints. The report added, that unless timely
relief were given to the labouring classes the consequences
must be lamentablo. There were nut less than 1,000 people
in distress at Mitehel,town. Mr. Thornhill had a list of the
labourers in the loon of lid.lorrtry, showing the quantity of
potatoes tiny had at pre.ent-360 persons had not 70 bar-
rels of p,otstoes ; 38 families in the villege had not a single
potato; sad all there were persons who had gardens. at d had
the pro; ect (f having a., mu,:h fu as would ~upport them-
selves and their families. He should state that there w&-re
ten persons winnited into the workhouse that day from the
electoral division ofGlanworth in fever.

Tli P,,TATO.—Hourly are our prospects becoming more
alarming; the panic has now Penetrated to piste; which
were hitherto considered safe; it was thought that. this part
of Tipperary was in a much better condition than most other
counties. 'nut the blight has made frightful ravages, and
the fears of the people are roused to the highest pitch. The
prices of potatoes at present are so enormously nigh that the
peor are unable to Turchase them. In God's name let some-
thing be done, to avert starvation.— Tipperary Vihrlicator.
AWFUL ACDIDENT.—We regret to learn that a very awful
accident occurred on Wednee,day, at New Inn, in this county,
under the following circumstances, by which the lives of
three men were sacrificed :—lt appears that one of these men
proceeded to light a lime kiln, but, not being a regular lime-
burner, he did not perfectly understand how to proceed to
work with effect. He filled the kiln to about five feet with
stones and placed fires under them, but be could not satin-
facterily produce the necessary heat, and in•ofeler to stir up
the fire he got a ladder and descended into the kiln—a
great volume of smoke arose, and instantaneous suffocation
was the result. A second and third man followed in like
mariner, and with the same disastrous consequences. The
bodies were got out by breaking down the front wall of
the kiln. An inquest was held on the bodies, when a ver-
dict according to the circumstances was returned.—Tipperary
Find:calor.

Awm. CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Tuesday night last, a
man named Daniel Berachee, who resides in a mountain dis-
trict near Newport, called the Copper Mines, retired to bed
at an early hour, which was his usual custom, and was fol
lowed by his wife, and a young man named Walsh, a servant
of his, who lay with bun on each site. In the tn,,rning an
alarm was given by the wife, who says she saw four men
quitting the 'house as she awoke, and toured her husband's
skull fractured, and the mark of a wound over one of his
eyes. The outrage upon this man H at present involved in
much mystery. He was rather advanced in years, and his
wife is young and well looking. The window of the room
was fastened inside by a boy, a son of Berachee, with a
hatchet, and on examination the next morniug the hatchet
was found in the house, with blood and hair upon it. The
unfortunate man still lives, but there is no hope entertained
of his recovery.—Nenagh Guardian.—l Berachee's wife and
servant boy have been arrested under very suspicious cir-
cumstances, as they, though in the house, deny having seen
or heard the occurrence. It is feared there is not the
slightest chance of his recovery.]