The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-05 00:00:00

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" A horse was shot lately belonging to Mr. Frost,
near Rossnianaher, because previously being at Limerick
with corn. Mr. Frost first offered his corn at Sixmile-
bridge for Is. 6d. per stone, but being unable to sell it
there had it sent to Limerick.
" The gentlemen of the Newmarket district assembled
at the Sessions-house on Friday, and have adopted such
measures that they will dispose of whea4 in the town at
ls. 6d. per stone, and of barley Is. They have also, we
understand, sent for a mill, and will grind corn for the
poor at Id. per stone, being half-price."
THE CORN MARKET.—At our Corn Exchange this
day there was a dull market, and a further decline of Is.
per barrel in wheat, making the reduction 2s. since this
day week.

NEW APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments were announced yester-
day at the Registry of Deeds' Office, by minute, from
the Lords of the Treasury :
Morgan O'Connell, Esq., to be registrar of deeds, vice
George Moore, Esq., retired.
Walter Glascock, Esq., first assistant-registrar:
John E. Chapman, Es.q., second assistant-registrar.

Mr. William Butler, first clerk.
Mr. John Dillon, second clerk.

Mr. William Davis, third clerk.

THE ARDIY.—The first division, consisting of three
troops of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), arrived
in Dublin from Liverpool by steam conveyance on Satur-
day morning last, and marched on Monday for New-
bridge, where the regiment is to be stationed.
DEATH OF LADY MARSH.—November 2, at her house
in Merrion square, after a severe and protracted illness,.
which she bore with singular patience and resignation,
Anne, wife of Sir Henry Marsh, Bart.
GALWAY, Nov. 2.—There is a national school at
Monivae, in this county, which, notwithstanding the
opposition of the Roman Catholic clergy, has flourished
for some years under the liberal patronage of the pro-
prietor of the village, and the bare of a very efficient and
pains-taking teacher. The numbers of children in at-
tendance vary, according to the season, from 120 to 150;
but during the last month, the school room has been
crowded beyond all former experience, insomuch that it
has been found necessary to close the doors against several
new claimants for admission.

So unusual a circumstance is ascribed by the school-
master to the distress of the parents, who being unable
to supply a breakfast to their children, are anxious to
remove them out of their sight for some hours of the day
into a place of warmth and rest. He states that there is
a remarkable chanr:e in the ability and inclination of
his pupils in general to apply themselves to the business
of tte school. They have become dull and listless; and
many of them, when dismissed in the afternoon to crawl
to their homes, actually " faint by the wayside." A more
affecting proof of the lamentable condition of our rural
population could scarcely be produced.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
MONMOUTH.
For a series of pars the Tories have monopolised the
representation of this borough at the municipal board,
and have hitherto succeeded in electing their men,
chiefly through the agency of the house of Beaufort.
For the last two years the burgesses have resolved to
get rid of their political thraldom, and by calling public
meetings antecedent to the annual election, have nomi-
nated their own candidates, and have succeeded in elect-
ing the whole of them on each occasion. On Monday
last the candidates publicly nominated were triumphantly
elected—the numbers being at the close of the poll as
follows:

Mr. Thomas Swift, merchant (L) 121
Mr. R. Burton, builder ... (L) 93
Mr. Thomas Powell, draper (L) 90
Mr. W. Williams, grocer ... (L) 88
Mr. James Davies, grocer ... 32
Mr. E. Phillips, merchant ... 30
Mr. J. Pugh, draper ... .. 27
The first four were consequently declared duly elected,
Not a third of the burgesses polled, otherwise the ma•
jority would have been considerably greater.

MELCOMBE REGIS WARD.
(From a Correspondent.)
COUNCILLORS GONE OUT.
Colonel Howard
Mr. J. Allen
All Tories.
Mr. W. Millidge
Mr. W. Legg
CANDIDATES.
Mr. Jos. Fizard 217 Whig
Mr. W. Thomas ... ... 229 do
Returned
Mr. A. Samson ... 189 do
Mr, W. Leg...... 229 Tory
Mr. Philip Dodson Atty 143 Any thing
Mr. R. White ... .•. 126 Tory
WEYMOUTH WARD.
Mr. A. Devernsh ... 85 Whig
Mr. W. Fowler ... 85 Whig
Mr. P. Dodson ... ... 60 Any thing
On a vacancy occurring six months since, Dodson was
returned without opposition.
Having accompanied Mr. Christie in his late canvass,
I have no hesitation in asserting that both he, and any
other Liberal candidate will be safe for the next election.-

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NAVAL INTELLIGENC
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Resistance troop-
ship, Captain Patey, arrived at Spithead this morning,
from the Cape of Good Hope. Her dates are, Simon's
Bay, Sept. 5, St. Helena, Sept. 18, and Ascension, Sept.
28. Lieutenant John Stevens and Colin Douglas, and
Mr. Taylor, master, all of the Childers, 16, Commander
Pitman, came home invalided. A few other invalids
from the squadron, and a mail, is all that the Resistance
has brought ; no troops. Having left only the day eter
the Sappho, the Resistance has brought no later news
from the frontier.
The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Radcliffe, whose
narrow escape from total wreck we reported on the ar-
rival of the Sappho, was refitting as expeditiously as
possible, and would sail, if possible, on the 6th of Sept.,
for Algoa Boy, with the 73d Regiment, to reinforce the
Governor on the frontier. She left St. Helena on the
same day she arrived. Just before getting under way,
however, the Waterwitch, 12, Commander T. Francis
Birch, arrived from a cruise, bringing in for adjudication
a fine prize, full of slaves. There were no other men-of-
war at Sc. Helena when the Resistance left. She merely
touched at Ascension, which island was healthy, bat
turtle was very scarce ; there were not half a dozen in
the ponds. The Ammon, 26, Captain Mansel (senior
officer on the station) ; the Cacique steam prize, in
charge of a warrant officer ; anti the Tortoise store and
guard ship, Commander Morrell, were the only men-of-
war at the island.
The Resistance is ordered into this harbour to be paid
off, and re-commissioned immediately. Captain Patey,
an experienced and gallant officer, was promoted from
the rank of commander, on the 27th of June last, by
Lord Ellenborough. • -
Captain Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart., was entered
yesterday on the books of the Victory as Superintendent
of the Packet §,ervice, at Southampton, in the room of
Captain Ellice, whose term of service has expired.
An order.frPm the Board of Ordnance was promul-
gated this morning for the iminediatesupply of 25 rounds
of cartridges, with shot, for each of the 32-pounders
mounted upon the fortifications of these towns. Six
68-pounder guns are to be immediately mounted on the
King's Rsvelin Battery in this garrison. All the guns
(sixteen 68's) are also to be mounted on the lower tier
of Blockhouse. Fort as soon as possible; and all the guns
at present in this garrison are to be mounted as soon as
the carriages can be got ready.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. Carttar held
an inquest at the Coach and Horses, Blackheath-Hill,
on the body of Mr. John Scrivener, who met his death
under the following circumstances :—Edward Cobley,
son-in-law of the deceased, and a fl' orcloth printer, in
the employ of Messrs. Cobbett and Co., Deptford-bridge,
deposed that himself and others were engiged in raising
a piece of floor cloth, by means of tackle, when the rope
slipped, and the roller fell against another roller weigh-
ing upwards of 4 cwt., which forced it against deceased,
-Alto was knocked d ,wn, and the entire weight came upon
him. Deceased was conveyed home, where he die 4 (1
Monday night, from internal injuries. It appearing th 4t
the occurrence was purely aceideutul4 a vercliot to that
effect Nyaa returuo4,

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dangers the lives of the officers and overseers, and deters
the poor and peaceable inhabitants from labouring on the
works.

" 'The Lord-Lieutenant desires most earnestly to
point oat to the people the serious consequences to them-

the obstruction

to
c t!:c: iiiseliiirjs! their Liu tivs creates in the
first instance confu,ion and alarm; it has the ulterior
effect, already apparent, of necessarily 'suspending all
further progress in the works; and, combined with the
outrages committed on private persons and property,
must preclude any attempt for the continued employment
of the destitute poor. The works in the district have in
consequence been suspended.
" Ample arrangements have been made, and all the
powers placed a.; the disposal of the executive will be
exerted for preserving the lit es and properties of the
peaceable inhabitants, repressing outrage, and bringing
to justice the disturbers of the public peace, and the
p l'petrators of crime. But his Excellency would hope
that the good sense of the people will resume its influ
ence—that they will see the folly and the crime they aro
guilty of in thus wantonly interfering wish the means
provided for the support of the destitute in this time of
distress, and that he will have the satisfaction of receiving
full assurance of their return to a better course of conduct
—of their cordial acquiescence in the arrangements
made for their employment, and of their determination
to refrain from further obstruction or injury to persons
engaged in laying out or superintending the public works.
" His Excellency will then gladly direct the immediate
resumption of those works, in the conviction that they
will prove the means of preserving the people from that
destitution and ruin which a perseverance in their past
line of conduct must, he fears, inevitably produce.
" Dublin Castle, Nov. 2, 1846.
" By his Excellency's command,

" T. N. REDINGTON."
The Clare Journal, received this day, gives the foll6v-
ing account of further outrages in that county:—
" Dims, Nov. 2.—Notices are now posted round the
places where the horses of those who brought corn to
market had been shot, cautioning every person against
valuing the horses, which they think necessary, to enable
the owners to get presentment off the county. The
parties here are shortsighted in this view, as the grand
jury, as well as the ratepayers, will no doubt meet this
attempt at intimidation by taking the owners' valuation.
" We understand that the mills of Mr. Wallnutt, at
Scariff, were brt ken into on Friday night, and a quan-
tity of provisions carried away, and some more thrown
into the streets and destroyed.
" A party of men entered the house of the Rev. Mr.
Brady, and desired that he should forgive a year's rent
to his tenants, and sell his corn at a reduced price.
" The home of Mr. Redden was entered, we have
heard, in search of arms.