The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-21 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DtraryNTHRNATENING NOTICES.
I 1!) -"'"a MARCfI .—Two young men, entered at Trinity,
ene„, "leyile,,here, and, therefore, socially in the rank of gentle-
poPe. I understand, been arrested here to-day by the
agent)°ll a char re of having written and sent two notices to
toe vicinity of Dublin, threatening him with
death'
and tiis family with dishonour.
The p. TUE APPREHENDED SCARCITY.
Reporterpkinill .k yesterday has a long article corn-
of
pirti gof the "evils of delay," and asserting, that while
thernea-, In the state and elsewhere. are squabbling among
siot;st-tves a 3 to what is to be deemed the starvation test,
4,4,8, and famine are already doing their work. _
man
and Lee afflicting spectacle," says the Reporter,. of
,so wife borne to the grave from fever was witnessed in
r streets
hYesterday. The melancholy procession, and the
cry
which they were followed, sufficiently attested the
b!s_s to which they belonged—they were of the poor.
44";ee of their orphans are struggling with the same malady,
keverTnain in the same building from which they
anaenre re-
the f 2-1 I.low many, let us ask, must perish before the
B'lls lately passed is in operation, or an.: ofythe
114 to hand distributed ? Are we to have i.iothing, and
to
it nothing. but precautions ? Will the Fabian policy
hi, had hanger and subdue a pestilence? As yet no family
the „"~ a Meal the'state-imported corn. It is here—it is on
iitaowanZitthies grinding—sailing-- travelling from one estuary
koto°ther• -It is talked of—one day it is off the harbour,
quays; the next it is relaaded and wafted
otskstloth. riwz, find the last announcement left it off the
the Trlg.ie, where the ship that bore it loomed through
ti•-" 'Hie: the flying Dutchman, disappearing, perhaps,
lhoare'ractanxious gaze of the watchers on some other
here in We have the substantial proof of food being really
led
re the daily marchings and counter marchings of marines
,rtit o,P,lars, but beyond that we have no gratification.
11;',9.,1e do nJt well know how to apply or where to conle
tsrin'at?i,stnt parishes have heard rumours, bdut t
!lee°, '!1. They have received hints ap reyaed rleetters
L':thie.:‘;,"-. but there is no public proclamation ofhtahveate,romnes
ekin. "Ws are to apply for sustenance. They
(rt. fasting on the tainted potato, imbibing mortal
a,,ae. have sickened, died, or starved, while the ma;
;,,,c't grand jury and other intervention was preparipb.
'tait• ly-1 employment ought to be afforded at once, in-
'44l We have said 80 over and over ;.we,,repeated the
ske eg until we grew tired of the reiteration. .
• 'hi briefly noticing the-fever report recently laid upon
ef the House of Commons, the Reporter thus con-
e•
aa'anntl potatoes have bred tyhus. Theensitchke awreorii(l.
feat quintupled ; contagion is feared; e_v_
'her, i.t? write—cholera is apprehended. Why is this?
11,1ani',It to end? Precautions were taken. Every wise
'lltle4l''ent antidote was contemplated. The plans
double
oe
'll. and t.lwas without a flaw. Srir Robert Peel
" Ns
1 enee
to happen, but how
,kra,,_ he had foreseen all that was
i4-vng they who have gone to the grave through the
; the hospitals while he and his colleagues were quer-
tPeet",",44 Pondering, resigning and resuming office? We
'rsfel'ar quest;.on ;hat is the number of dead we must
I)lv4.eciialbtivt over before food will begin to be distributede
'se co Way of bearing out the foregoing remarks, the fol-
"."Pondence is quoted :
ht• y " Mayor's-office, Cork, March 11, 1846.
4..l'°l'lli—l take the liberty of addressing your Excel-
a,'st ti,cennpliance with a resolution adopted by the trtis-
'„ls (fight Door Relief Fund of this city, and as the chair-
ble ur meeting held on Friday last. It is unnecessary
tleel s‘'' into the numerous and most painful details of sNe4).(lio
stress of the poor of Cork, and of its alarming
but I am directed to lay before your Excellency
Ntta h 7 le Prayer of this committee, that immediate rir.a-
-1-',,,,7 be taken fora general issue and sale of Indian
kh_Nt-r; C'atrnal the poorer o-rer classes, who are at this mo-
1N whtlle most part subsisting on rotten potatoes, and
Cre them aisease Is already making fearful ravages.—
?At, honour to be, my Lord, your obedient
__ humble
To "A. F. ROCHE, Mayor of Cork.
74 Excellency William, Lord Heytesbury.
Il,neZ,uant-Governor and General-Governor of
4. Dublin Castle."
se,
tet,'"tr4--.4 " Dublin Castle, March 14, 1846.
to ledge commanded by the Lord Lieutenant to ac-
thm e receipt of your letter of the 11th instant, and
khnoi;:`„You, that by Isis Excellency's directions, your
ltoMa eia'eten, with its accompanying resolutions of the
of tee Poor Relief Fund of the city of Cork, has been
to?,C°rnmtssioners for inquiring into all matters re-
...lfailure of the potato crop, for their coserndera-
'ave the honour to be Sir, your obedient sivant,
tln, "RICAARD PENNEFATHER.
pEpPI Mayor of Cork."
• OUTRAGES.—MURDER OF A MAGlS-
intario TRATE.
lgence from the corntry to-day is of the most
'kter. In the long catalogue of crimes reported,
(~.
The
gMurder of Mr. Carrick, a magistrate, in the county
2,
kl! Aten.,
e1.11.0,14t to murder Mr. Smith Blood, who lies danger-
!, it"Nrciereel, in the same county.
°'•
°f Denis Meara, in the county Tipperary.
Murph-f in the county of Waterfo.rd.
ity golb,-"s ef tiring' into dwellings, threatening notices,
• assaults, snake up tke frightful record for this
• now
rirr, 0-4tar,.,,Proc%2ed with some of the terrible details.
r,`.ust 'a meeting of the gentry of Ennis, and the
f•
or ws held at Spaniel Hill, in the county
°f thee
,Purposed of devising means for reliev..ingetehte-
c)a, oeople, and it was returning from this m
ot
Lnrnt An ),,Y, 4,:x its promoters, Mr. Pierce Carrick, was sh
He was in his car, within a mile of his
4(lb house, when he was fired at from behind a
tt inlet lodged ed in his thigh. Mr. Carrick jumped
",t• (1. he
1, and without a moment's delay a second shot
hoiN tov -exaother ball entered at his groin, and passed
Ost. 4'113 the v)ine inflicting the wound of which he
'.e `1114.Y mornin
~lik'rre,ite'ilivn as posagessed of a considerable estate,. which
110 such a manner as to give extensive emp,o)
wasifra.largeparolspoerttilye, receivera under the Court of Chan-
nd he appeared to be extremely
-tal 'anengst the people. He was also a Catholic and a
f)r •
ki4
SeCOtld outrage—the wounding of Mr. 8100d—
k;4i0,".,,a.° Particulars in town beyond the following, from
fit and Clare Examiner :—" We have heard that
tltitlg ',blood, of Castlefergus, who also attended the
1110' Spaniel Hill, was tired at and dangerously
tkie ti
l4eol4„'rick Chronicle confirms the above thus :—" There
qrat,"ltt in town this day that another gentleman, a
"tt was fir lat 'last night, between Quin and New-
-Ihlso'l4'e a:, a as
t rgo.
Vitio"Pendent of the Evening Packet says, that " A
lee(' Molloney is in custody, and it is said that Mr.
ikr ftltifled him at once."
"da
• ANOTHER MURDER.
dy
..Y night a man named Denis Meant, was mur-
N 410,,,,'Et Miscreants, who broke into his house near
kitteqatl, in the county of Tipperary. They dashed the
Llote:i.rnatea brains out with clubs and stones. An
or,.ald en the body next day, by Mr. Carroll, when
"td. Tv Will Murder against persons unknown was
kit A THIRD MURDER.
t,,`l/4 'ford Freeman of yesterday contains the follow-
tnan
Ilan named Murphy was so severely beaten on his
su the fair of Killedmund, on Thursday, that he
l'tiols in 1:),(143. The deceased was one of the most power-
county and attended the fair to take part in a
,Sttl '
o,ee „", which Would have taken place but fur the in-
-411 be "O'f-111,_ee magistrates, and a large force of police. In
in„„",t day nveral persons were arrested, charged
squer,,

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'11,441A, AL INTELLIGENCE.
4.i,0411
Manes, 19. The Herald, 26, Captain
I,l3ii''4•l‘‘,lld the Pandora, 10 (her tender), Lieutenant-
sett(3cld, arrived at Valparaiso, from England, on
of,_veniber, and were there on the 26th. A pri-
-10,4% pits"Ue latter date says—
Oft, 11'4, B.4ge from the Falkland Islands to Valparaiso
c+44ttoe 444 Intense, and the sea constantly washing the
k4,t loftliertairt made the vessel (the Herald) very damp
bunle for about two months. I never felt any-
IliZto,:ehildt,f°re, except my cruise in the —, but that
`V tll,, she ; 3 Play to what I experienced in the old Herald.
th`3 a capital sea-boat—as are all the donkey-
-11, ktiv,, iteneY are called—but a slow * * a
%11.tii,;Istial'ilthen by herself. We have been here some
forth remain until the Admiral arrives, which will
Thght, when we shall receive our further
`'o LfetiZt for Callao—a run of about twelve days—
ti 84;T:in o', there about a week, go on to Acapulco,
,‘ktlil Of it Pug operations commence. M 7. e had a ter-
ilothi_getting round Cape Horn for upwards of
I.,ZlOsideug but a succession of gales.
!14741t:,,e5, unmet,so Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral
t nander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good
‘,,tilii,eitpogrfied at Rio from Spithead on the 16th of
feir„te te the Cape station, which she was to sail
,'"Wlng Monday, to relieve the Winchester,
-nei)
,h4l, , flag of Rear-Admiral the lion. J. Percy,
t 41, 'I.-in-Chief, who was anxiously awaiting her
)414 t 80, Captain Willes, is coming from the
kkilt 0 this port, to have the disposition of her tanks,
ilt
VN)Nefk, 2, Commander Otter, surveying vessel for
b., (Aland, will, having completed her annual re-
Okii; the sphere of her operations in a day or two.
"itq,Ysterday.
tNk,lite,4t'en steam-frigate, Captain Lushington ; the
‘,llrigate, Captain Lapidge; the Electra, 18,
kil!ad, raitland ; and the Palmyra, transport, remain
atii,r,i43 Which anchorage, we most earnestly trust,
0 Wit Shin will not be permitted to put to sea
Nkt refs having Captain George Smith's paddle-
;tot:p to her. The removal of them has been an
!NI to Lattec to their gallant inventor, and if she is
,N,Nvatio„" to„ Sea without these invaluable auxiliaries
all human life in case
.of need, we repeat that
,i4Nt boa go in the ship will be wantonly endan-
04tktIicti,1,,ts she cast off here were, in their appearance
,to th", the most unsightly the mind can conceive—
"t dockyard where they were built ; added to
°to to Ight was monstrously increased, as it were
‘Alik the constructor of the vessel.
Ntititlv
N .iN
cA4TIC ASYLUBL—The noble and spacious
V, 17. ll', 10, h-Itiberwell New-road, which a year or two since
Kyt,_o4,,."e• Youths connected with the Royal Naval School,
Wit 'Teo"' atni his numerous assistants, has, within a few
i\t‘tiPPl,.'nt,h; as. an asylum for the reception of pauper 1une-
.v41413,1%1s (:f 't
Proprietor of the infant schools at Norwood.
i"l,tot -,e'lflity patients are entered upon the books ; and
tc,' capable of containing 250 persons. Perhaps a
V4vt:teti ailthy situation could not have been selected ; while
;ttli,tt,tettoßel‘'Rllag to domestic arrangements, is replete with
ho4l, an',, The dormitories are extremely well fluted-up,
V 1 4btlie
e 4 the day apartments for the inmates allow ample
6‘°, ttliNati;"thQ, is unpropitious, for exercise ; the grounds
nth m2coPe for recreation and amusement. We were,
ti ok anici teased with the interior accommodation, and not
:yt ki4,44a.ati,,"attrient of the poor creatures; there were no
rgtrio, `ediful „° be seen ;no handcuffs or feet-straps, which
the whole disgusting and brutal system
siie,ercion, which formerly drove those raving
5,;14411r. 1: 41it 47re relent symptoms of lunacy about them. Nearly
to too °Meer and chit:polaain,nanwr imndeaeltil ofa every one
ittl44l.N k10:t53.14M. We should rejoice if the Ilanwell prac-
i,ki4,ty.
will amett,. as we suspect it for the poor will know
th2:ei_ations, who may unfortunately be afflicted
I'4o v 4 be treated with kindness and without harsh
,
Nvkit:itf.2;c; 44,,;111r Surcinx.—Yesterday, a girl named
1 Vitlk. servant in the employ of Mr. Abbot, book-
:ereffr,,i;nt'am-court-road, committed suicide under the
VoL-• otiihau,4jcpulstances appeared that the deceased had
Shtkr, th ilea(tr abOUt t'wo months, and bore an excellent
g tea Ilex, -esdaY night she* went to bed somewhat melan-
, t hhe'' Torning proceeded to her aunt's, in John-street,
'l,! ad had a very curious dream t:o the efiect that
ki4ghted the fire and then went and hanged her-
e'en e'or. Her' aunt perceiving that she was
Vto4:44tarr:lll,sese:::eastulate with her upon the folly of her fears,
ll'trm the uesniteitittllere cheerfitl. She want home, and re-
tmo e;hebultitthiei nexta morn:if:g (yreope sterdaVa
4 boar ties dad
gtAwltintrageothLwascricaceiertrt;, with
llafe was quite