The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-13 00:00:00

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

Mr. Sergeant Hon 711 t, chairman of Tipperary, in ad-
dressing the quarter sessions grand jury, at Cashel, on
Wednesday, said, "It is most gratifying to me to see so
numerous and so respectable an attendance. lam glad
to tell you that the cases are not very numerous nor
aggravated. There are sixty cases in all, in which
eighty persons are charged, but they are not of a serious
nature, with the exception of one case of assault, where
there was no great injury done. The use of fire-arms is
on the decline. Gentlemen, take care to call the several
v+itnesses, and do not be absent when they appear."
Mr. NEWEL BARRON, chairman of the King's County,
thus addressed the quarter sessions grand jnry, at Philips -
town, on Tuesday:—'•l have to congratulate you on the
continuance of the peaceable and quite state of this part
of the King's Country—free, I may say, from agrarian
disturbance. The calendar of crime, being of a light
character, requires from me but few observations. It
presents only one case cf petty larceny, and four for
assault. I shall detain you for a short time while refer-
ring to an important topic. The deplorable and calamit-
ous disease which has taken place this season in the
potato crop, and which threatened this island with a
dearth of provisions, if not a famine, imperatively de-
mands from men of your station unceasing exertion, and
assistance as far as your means permit. Gentlemen, for
the sake of the suffering poor, you will give additional
employment., which will be an aid towards arresting the
progress of distress, and tend to alleviate want."

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nately escaped injury, as did the sentry, who had a narrow
escape, his firelock being knocked out of his hand by one of
the wheels. The horse broke away with the front part of
the cab and the shafts, and galloped on through the Park, in
the direction of Storey's-gate, till he arrived at the railings
ending the gravel walk, against which he rushed violently,
and fell, when he was secured by some bystanders. The
driver was extricated, having sustained only a few slight
bruises.

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THE LATE SIR LAWRENCE JONES, BART.—FuII
and satisfactory confirmation of the untimely death of this
young Baronet having reached this country, his executor has
duly recorded his will in the proper Court. It was made by
him in London just twelve months before his death, and
entirely in his own handwriting, witnessed by Messrs. T. S.
Cocks, jun., and C. Biddulph, of Charing-cross, by which he
has left his property, real and personal—the latter, valued at
35,0001.—t0 his brother Willoughby, now Sir Willoughby.
Jones, Bart., subject to the payment of the following annui-
ties and bequests :—To T. A. Jones, a cousin of his late father,
401. per annum. To Mrs. Margaret Coote, 20/. per annum.
To his uncle, E. B. Lawrence, the print of Bolton Abbey, and
50/. to purchase a more lasting memorial of his regard. He
appointed his brother, the present baronet, sole executor, who
will inherit the estate of Cranmer Hall, Norfolk, the deceased's
late residence. The deo. ased baronet was in his 29th year; and
whilst travelling in Turkey, in company, on the 7th Novem-
ber last, in the middle of the day, was waylaid and mur-
dered by robbers. When near Dullamarry, a short distance
from Macri' on passing a rock, a discharge of musketry in
their rear from this banditti, who were concealed in crevices,
killed Sir Lawrence and one other of his party, six in num-
ber, and seriously wounded his friend, Captain Twopenny,
who fell from his horse from loss of blood. The ruffians in
an instant sprang from their hiding-place, robbed them of
their money and arms, ransacked their baggage, and not
until they had plundered them of all they could conveniently,
lay their hands upon, would they allow the survivors :o con-
tinue their journey. They had then to travel a distance of
twenty-three miles, and reached,Macri late in the evening,
when they immediately dispa. shed some men in a boat to
search for the dead bodies, which they had left near the
coast, and which they succeeded in bringing back, and had
them buried, with decent obsequies, in the cemetery belong-
ing to the Greeks.—Post.
MEMORIAL TO SIR R. PEEL.—A memorial to the
Right Hon. Baronet, from the merchants, manufacturers,
and principal inhabitants of the town and parish of
KLighley, praying him to introduce such measures in
the coming session as shall abolish all restriction on the
free importation of corn and provisions of every descrip-
tion, and to remove all taxes on every article which
tends to cramp and paralyse manufactures, has received
no less than 2,000 signatures, a circumstance which, a
few ) ears ago, could not have been accomplished by any
means. So much for the change of men's opinions in the
favour of the free-trade question.--Leeds Mercury.
Lord F. Egerton's youngest .son, Mi. Granville
Egerton, will shortly enter the Royal Navy.