The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-13 00:00:00

MEETING OF MAGISTRATES AT LIS-
TOWEL.

The magistrates of Kerry assembled at Listowel
have given publicity to the following important de-
claratioa :

" We are of opinion that under the present system of
rating it will not be possible for us much longer to pro-
vide for the wesairs of the poor, even though the incomes
of the landed proprietors, and those who have claims
upon them, should be wholly confiscated.
" It will appear on an examination of the accounts
of the Union, containing an area of 209,261 acres, a
population of 78,750 persons, a nett value of 97,5581.,
that, independently of advances made from the Trea-
sury to this union to the extent of 23,0001.,
for the purpose of providing food for the people
tinder the Temporary Relief Act, exclusive of
expended under the Labour-rate Acts, the
poor-rats for this Union from 29;h September last, and
"litnated to meet the ordinary demands upon the Board
rdiEsns to 25th of March next, amount to 43,9121.
'" and in some electoral divisions to 16s. in the
Pound, *la, for instance, the rate upon Dronalceen electoral
divisions, valued mt
dbc," perioa.. 5,3711., amounts to 4,1191. ld. for the
for which it Independently of a debt amounting to 767/.,
"We are or7nsains liable, to the Relief Commissioners.
the people of i°,l4nion that to provide for the wants of
should be forthwith an income-tax, for this country,
which surround established, to meet the difficulties
us.
That the proceeds should be ap-
plied:—
" Ist. To pay off, by instalmentsi in 22 years, the ad-
-6 and 1847.
vances made to us in 18
or the building of
" 2d. To pay f
expenses of
the carrying
poor-houses and the
staff of officers necessary
effect, and also the ex o.f all medical charities.
3d. law into
o 3a. To pay in aid of Unions or electoral divisions,
one year more than 6d. in the, pound,
eharvad in eiay o
one-half of such excels of poor rate.'
"4th. To provide one fouiethraitzioofnthe funds which
.
may become necessary to aid
" That to provide ter local relief a union rat should
" That the respective electoral clivisions any once
lilted for their expenses, exe'uding the general union-
rate; rate; and if such rates should exceed in any one year
7s. 6d. per pound, that the electoral division so circum-
stanced should be assessed to the extent of ono-half of
such excess out of the property-tax.
"That in future all persons deriving income by rent
charge or annuity out of the land, should contribute
ratiee,lsy according to their income to the poor-rate.
TOL t we paid guardian should be appointed by the
tinvernment to each board, who-should be the executive

officer, and that they should also appoint all future relief
officers, none of whom should have been previously con-
nected with the district to which he may be sent."
MORE GEMS FROM THE "HUE AND CRY."
From the above publication of Thursdly last we
take the following, under the head of Cork County:—
Description of two cows, the property of Michael
Hurley, &c. lst—" Three years old ; head and neck
white—short horns in calf (!) 2d—* A few white
spots on the back, and long horns in calf !"—(Valuable
horns these !)
Description of a mare stolen from Daniel Kenneally—
" A red mare has a bad mouth about 14 hands high !
(This mare must have ruined any man—a mouth 14
hands high would be capable of drawing in a small cock
of hay at a pull.)
The following is given in full, it is under the head of
the County of Dublin; the property is described as be-
longing to R. G. Talbot, Esq., parish of Monkstown:—
" One silver inkstand, with a place for two bottles, one
being oval glass in the centre, two grooves for pens which
stood on four feet marked with a cockatrice's crest!"
" A gentleman's gold ring, with a light lavender stone,
with a man's head engraved on a lady's small work-
box!" (It will prove rather a tough job to unravel the
above paragraph.)
From Kildare there is a description of a mare stolen
from a Mr. Andrews, the tail of the animal being valued
at 181.! (Quere—What is the value of the mare when
the tail is worth the above sum?)
It appears that heifers attain an age in Londonderry
County never heard of in other parts, for we have the
description of " a heifer, twelve years old," which was
stolen from Mr. S. Church, of that county. (Cows in
Connaught, we are told, have long horns; well, here's
a match for them—heifers in Londonderry twelve years
old!)
From Meath, amongst other things, there is a descrip-
tion of a " vagabond" named John Lee, containing the
following paragraph :—" Brown eyes, which appears as
if he had shaved off his whiskers!"

Mr. Pat. Naughten, of Mayo, lost a heifer, described
as "all white, except a little, and one of hor horns."
The following is a Monaghan bull :—Description of
two yearliug calves—lit a bull; 2d, a heifer calf ; all red
or yellow.
John M'Namara, of Farnans, Queen's County, lost a
mare, which is described "as between a poney and a
horse, with a long tail, about 14 hands high!" (This tail
is just the size of the mare's mouth, No. 1.)
Thomas Wright, one of the Ballingarry rebels, is de-
scribed as " very talkative, and thinks himself a great
politician. Supposed to be at present in the city or Cove
of Cork, as he sailed for America from Liverpool on the
13th August !"
In Tuesday's publication of the Hue and Cry, our old
friend Head Constable Taylor (who described the pistol
found by him, and which he stated had several invisible
marks) has improved on the pistol—the round barrel is
now described "as a square barrel."
John Sexton, one of the " rebels," who was described
in a former number of the Hue and Cry, as having "two
blue eyes,`and blind of one of them," is set out in Tues-
day's publication as " with one blue eye," and " blind of
one eye."
Such are the gems of the two last numbers.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
_ WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 12, 1848.

Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Assistant-Surgeon
James Cockburn, from the Royal Regiment of Horse
Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Campbell, deceased, Sept. 12.
7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles Edward
Petre to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell, who
retires ; Cornet Nicholas de la Cherois to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Petre ; Thomas William Goff, Gent ,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice De la Cherois, Sept. 12.
10th Foot—Lieutenant Mowbray Baumgartner, from
half-pay 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lee, ap-
pointed Paymaster ; Lieutenant Edward Lee to be Pay-
feaster, vice Barlow, appointed to 9th Light Dragoons,
Sept. 12.
21st Foot—Ensign:John:William Charles Fagge, from
69th Foot to be Second Lieutenant, vice Gray, who ex-
changes, Sept. 11.
22d Foot—Ensign John William Poole, from 3d West
India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Gardiner, deceased,
Sept. 12.
25th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Joseph
Hollis to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Chambers, deceased ; Brevet Major Andrew Armstrong
Barnes to be Major, vice Hollis, June 19 ; Lieutenant
Robert Henry Lindsell to be Captain, without
purchase, vice O'Connor, deceased, June 11 ;
Lieutenant James Ogilvy to bo Captain, vice
Barnes, June 19; Ensign Astley Campbell Smith to be
Lieutenant, viee Linsdell, June 11; Ensign Horatio
Priestly to be Lieutenant, vice Ogilvy, June 11; Ensign
John Henry Nott, from the 88th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Smith; William Vere Lane, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Priestley, Sept. 12.
27th Foot.—John Anderson Gordon, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Chancellor, promoted, Sept. 12.
53d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Simpson Grant,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gor-
don, promoted in 95th Foot, Sept. 12.
55th Foot—John Hayman Ward, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Ford, appointed to the 96th Foot,
Sept. 12.
60th Foot—Lieut. Robert Hewitt, from half-pay 61st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Stirling, deceased ; Second-
Lieutenant John Henry Payne to be First Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Hewitt, who retires ; Bryan Yiney
Douglas Smith, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Payne, Sept. 12.
61st Foot Lieutenant-General Hastings Fraser,
C. 8., from the 83d Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-
General L'Estrange, C. 8., deceased, Sept. 1.
64th Foot Lieutenant George William Powlett
Bingham, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Norris, who
retires; Ensign William John Chads, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Bingham; Henry Hammerton Alex-
ander, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chads,
Sept. 12.
Geth Foot—Lieutenant Francis William Astley to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Blount, who retires; Ensign
Webster Thomas Gordon to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Astley; William Bowles, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Gordon, Sept. 12.
69th Foot—Ensign James Smyth to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Aitchison, who retires, Sept. 12; Second
Lieutenant Herbert Charles Gray, from 21st Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Fagge, who exchanges, Sept. 11; the Hon.
Edmund John Boyle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Smith, Sept. 12; Edward Alarcon, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Boyle, appointed to the 85th
Foot, Sept. 13.
73d Foot—Lieutenant Langford Heyland, from half-
pay 101st Foot, to he Lieutenant, vice Nash, deceased;
Ensign Walter Johnston to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hey land, who retires ; Michael William
M'Creery, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John-
ston, Sept. 12.
77th Foot—Ensign Thomas Elliott to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Sleigh, who retires; William Rick-
man, Geut., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elliott,
Sept. 12.
83d Foot—Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin,
K.C.B. and li.C.M.G., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-
General Fraser, C. 8., appointed to 61st Foot, Sept. 1.
85th Foot—Ensign the Hon. Edmund John Boyle,
from 69th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bayly, appointed to
Bth Foot, Sept. 13.
88th Foot—Ensign Henry John Lo Merchant Baynes
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Donnell, who re
tires; John Henry Nott, Gent.. to bo Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Baynes, Sept. 12; William Daunt, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Nott, appointed to
25th Foot, Sept. 13.
90th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Hill, from halc-pay
45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Peddle, appointed Pay-
master; Ensign Michael Foster Ward to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Iliil, who retires; Henry Butler, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ward, Sept. 12.
95th Foot—Assistant Surgeon Archibald Gordon,
M.D., from 53d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Joseph Ewing,
who retires upon half-pay, Sept. 12.
96tk Foot—Ensign Frederick Goulburn Allman to be
Lieutenant without purchase, vice Raitt, who retires;
Ensign Alfred John Ford, from 58th Foot to be Ensign,
vice Allman, Sept. 12.