The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.

STATE OF THE PROVINCES.
DUBLIN, OCT. 7.—A letter dated Tuam, October 5,
in the Freeman's Journal, gives an alarming account of
the state to which the population of that town and neigh-
bourhood is at present reduced:—
" I am sorry to inform you that this town, I may say,
is in open rebellion—taking away cattle in the open day
in spite of the police and townspeople. There was one
heifer belonging to William Sinnott taken yesterday on
the top of the hill of Tullynadally road, in spite of the
drivers. The animal was killed and carried off, and
nothing left but the hide and part of the fat. Other
cattle were stopped this day. The people cannot help
this outbreak, for if they even had money they
cannot get bread, as the Galway people are not letting
any of it come to us. Mrs. Davis, of Claremorris, was
severely injured coming from Galway with flour. The
people are watching the batches of bread coming out of
the ovens, and almost killing each other for it. Mr.
Blake's mill was kept going all day yesterday (Sunday)
dressing and grinding whole flour, and they were divid-
ing it up to two o'clock this morning, so you may judge
how the town is. Dragoons are expected here every
moment."

A writer in the Waterford Chronicle furnishes the
'subjoined sketch of affairs at Dungarvan :
" DUNGARVAN, OCT. s.—lt is impossible for the most
sagacious to calculate where the present state of things
will end. The people are starving ; hundreds are living
upon a meal of cabbage and salt in 24 hours. They want
employment, and a rate of wages which will support
themselves and their families. 10d. a day is offered
them, and it is refused ; for that sum would, according
to the present price of Indian meal—the cheapest de-
scription of food—be perfectly inadequate to support
more than one man. And I ask, in the name of
God, are the wife and children of the wretched
labourer to starve ? Soul•harrowing as it is to
think of it, there is no other alternative for them,

if the Board of Works give only 10d. a day. The
stubborn adherence to the ' Treasury minute' appended
to the Labour Act, in not giving more than this unfor-
tunate 10d. a day, is already producing its effects upon
the country, particularly in the rural districts in the
west of this country. Great bodies of the peasantry
are nightly patrolling the county, making visits to the
houses of the several farmers, for the purpose of inti-
midating them into refunding the rents paid for
conacre land this year ; alleging, that as the potatoes
failed, no value was had, and, consequently, farmers
should refund the rents. Already several of the inti-
midators have been arrested—to the number, I believe,
of twenty-four. The military are out every night in
search. There is a force new in this town, including
police, dragoons, and cavalry, of about seven hundred
—a considerable reinforcement is hourly expected. A
rumour that about 8,000 armed peasantry were en-
camped at Ballina.mult, a distance of nine miles to the
west of I)ungarvan, was afloat here to-day; in conse-
quence of which, I have learned, that a force of some-
thing near five hundred, consisting of dragoons, infan-
try, police, &c., under General Sir Charles O'Donnell,
accompanied by P. C. Howley, Royal Marires, left town
this morning at eleven o'clock, and marched towards the
place of the rumoured encampment of the peasantry. I
trust that no collision will take place. Sad would, in-
deed, be the result if there should."
The accounts from Tipperary are extremely unfavour-
able. Agrarian outrages, of the old stamp, are daily
increasing, destitution lending fresh vigour to the Rockite
organisation.

THE ARMY.
The Queen's Bays, in the Royal Barrack 4, hare re-
ceived the route for Newbridge.
Three troops of the 7th Hussars arrived at the North-
wall from Liverpool, - and on disembarking from the
steamers proceeded on their route to Athlone, which
will be the head-quarters of the regiment.
THE CONFLICT AT CASTLECONNELL.

The Nenagh papers of yesterday give the correct
version of the circumstances which led to the less of
life at Castleconnell on Sunday last. The military were,
it seems, the leading transgressors ; indeed, nothing
could be more disgraceful, or subversive of discipline,
than the conduct of the draught of the 88th Regiment.
The Tipperary Vindicator's account is as follows :
" A draught of the 88th Regiment of Foot (the Con-
naught Rangers), en route to Cork to join head-quarters
at present stationed at Malta, passed through Nenagh
on Friday, and appeared rather excited in consequence
of drink. They attempted to create a row with the
police after nightfall, but they did not succeed, owing
in a great measure to the forbearance of the police.
On Saturday they marched for Castleconnell, where
they arrived that day; and on Sunday night after,
we understand, giving annoyance to the police stationed
there during the day, in which they were joibed by
some of the idle scamps of the place, they proceeded to
attack the police barracks, breaking in the windows both
in front and rear, when, we regret to say, the police
fired, and the consequence was that a poor man who
was passing from a chandler's with candles, and the
father of a family of seven shildren, was shot dead ;
a soldier was also severely wounded, the ball having
passed through the latter, who is yet dangerously
ill, and hit the former, who died almost immediately.
The utmost confusion and excitement prevailed
during the night, and throughout Monday, so much
so that two pieces of artillery and a large number of
soldiers were ordered to the spot from Limerick. An
inquest was held before Mr. Bennet, the coroner, when a
verdict according to the facts was returned. It is to be re-
marked that the soldiers appeared to be under very loose
discipline. Their conduct during the short time they re-
mained in Nenagh was by no means calculated to insp're
one with a notion of thatsoldierly demeanour which should
be observed by the army on all occasions. They seemed
particularly obnoxious to the police, and did what lay in
their power to annoy and irritate them. We should wish
to see the police, too, under that strict control which
would prevent their use of fire-arms in the deadly man-
ner they used them on Sunday night; and, while we say
sn, we are bound to add that peace and order would have
prevailed, if the 88th were better conducted and under
proper rules ; as it is, an unofl'ending victim has fallen,
and serious injury has been inflicted on more than one of
the soldiery."
According to the Nenagh Guardian, the conduct of the
military was even more disgraceful than is represented in
the foregoing account.

GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE.
It is reported to-day that the coast guard and revenue-
police establishments arc to be amalgamated and placed
under one authority. It is intended to make the coast-
guard a purely naval service—all civilians are to be
superseded by lieutenants in the Royal Navy, and the
inspector-general by a post-captain—the civilians, in-
cluding the inspector-general, to retire on pensions, and
the service altogether deprived of its civil character.

• DEER STALKING.
The first week of October generally ends the regular
sport of the deer-stalker. A few of the oldest stags will
yet be selected, while they roam through the forest, bel-
lowing and shouting defiance to the younger stags of
the herds. The following notes from the cornea are
mostly the returns of the last fortnight :—At Torridon,
W. 0. Jackson, Esq., stalked four red deer, killing two
of the number, both stags, with right end left shots.
At Dundreggan, R. Arabin, Esq., ended his sport for
the season, with two of the longest range shots we have
heard of—killing a stag, with royal and cupped horns,
with his first ball, 267 yards distant, and, with the
second ball, a hind, 284 yards from the rifle. In his
forest, at Rhidorrach, J. H. Mackenzie, Esq., shot three
fine stags, one of them with thirteen antlers. Mr. M.
has this season killed thirteen stags, the smallest weigh-
ing 17 stone, and the largest 22 stone. From the same
forest, J. G. Craig, Esq., took a splendid stag, with
royal horns, beautifully shaped. F::.)na Corriemony, a
beautiful head, with horns thickly studded with projec-
tions, was sent for preservation, and was shot by N. E.
Vaughan, Esq. At Lochslsh, E. Buxton, Esq., got a
stag and hind ; and at Dundonnel, Captain W. Boyd
shot two stags and two hinds. Sir St. George Gore,
Bart., stalked and shot five stags last week at Strath-
vaich—three of them in ono day. We hear that the
Marquis of Abercorn, has bad excellent sport this sea-
son in the forest, having killed some very fine stags, all
in capital condition. Cluny Macpherson shot one of the
largest stags that has been seen this year on his Aberar-
der grounds, weighing, as he fell, 24 stones and 3 lbs.
At Conon, Capt. B. Knight made an excellent double-
shot at roe, killing a buck and doo right and left,
without taking the gun from his shoulder.—lnverness
Courier.

The railways in course of Construction in Ireland
afford employment to 40,000 labourers, to whom 26,0001
are paid weekly in wages. A loan from the Govern-
ment to those railway companies that have got Acts of
Parliament would double the above return in men and
labour,—Limerick Chronicle.