The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-11 00:00:00

COMMITTEE.

A special meeting of the City Relief Committee, to
take into consideration the measures to be adopted in
consequence of the want of employment and food for the
labouring classes, was held on Sunday.
Various plans of relief were suggested—one was to
increase the extern relief to two meals a day, or the
opening of soup-houses ; but it was decided that some-
thing was necessary to be done to afford employment on
the following morning, as the peace of the city was
endangered ; and upwards of three-hours were spent in
considering the best course adopt. A subscription
was commenced ; several of tfle:Jgeel, einen present gave
donations. It was thell .iletersOW-ttillf4o men should
be set to workiphe•neit morthit On•thepork road, 10 at
the Coole, an 20 at breaking Stoneiiti„gshe following
members present also tOok the number of,. men attached
to their names respectively,- intit,employ.l for a week,
pending the result of Mr." Sullivan's application to the
Barents!.-Committee :—Alderman Smithwick, 20 ; Al-
dera9rtotter, 20 ; Mr. Sullivan, 20 '; Sir Wheeler
Cafe, W; Dean Vignoles, 10 ; Mr. Hart, 10 (besides
gratuitously giving a quantity of stones for breakage) ;
Mr. Carter, on his own private account, 10 ; Mr. Daniel
Smithwick, 10.—Kilkenny Journal.
COUNTY Or KERRY. —TRALEE, DEC. B.—The usual
half. weekly meeting of the relief committee was held
yesterday. Several complaints were made that persons
not entitled to work were employed on the public works
to the execlusion of others who had aprior claim to such
employment. Rev. Mr. Rowen read a list of twenty-one
persons employed upon one road, some of whom were
farmers, others had been seen a few days before selling
potatoes, and in most instances there were three em-
ployed out of a family. Mr. Lynch handed in 50/.. a
subscription from Maurice O'Connell, Dq., M.P.,
making in all 100/. subscribed by him to the funds of
the relief committee of this district. Mr. Lynch stated
also that Mr. O'Connell had contributcd 1001. to the
lighting of this town. The committee again expressed
their opinion, that if immediate employment were not
given, the public peace could not be preserved.—Kerry
Examiner.

DREADFUL OUTRAGES-GOVERNMENT PRO
CLAMATIONS.

The Government have just issued two proclamations,
offering rewards for the apprehension of the persons
concerned in attacks upon officers of the Board of
Works. The first proclamation states that on the sth
instant William Lindesay, employed as check clerk on
the new road at Pollock, parish of Croom, county
Limerick, was fired at, and a book offered to him, with
a demand that he should'swear never again to return to
the work. In this case a reward of 601. is offered. The
second proclamation refers to a murderous attack on
Mr. W. Hennessey, an officer of the Board of Works in
Clare, and offers a reward of 1001.
REPORTED MURDER OF AN OFFICER OF
THE BOARD OF WORKS.

The Evening Mail contains the following:—
" We have just heard (on what we consider com-
petent authority) that an overseer of the Board of
Works has been most inhumanly murdered in the county
of Clare. He is said to have been cut to pieces with
reaping hooks."