The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

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REPEAL ASSOCIATION
DUBLIN,
,MAuc .14.--In a letter, published in the Dub/in
Evening Mail of yesterday, the following parapraph respect•
ing the salaries paid the staff of the Repeal Associatiort
appears:—
" Not being a member of the finance committee, I cannot
state with arithmetical precision the exact salaries paid to the
various members of the Conciliation Hall staff, but the fol.
lowing will be found nearly accurate, as far as they extend
Mr. Ray, Secretary ... £350 0 0 per annum.
Mr. Crean, Assistant Secretary ... 200 ' 0 0 „
Mr. Dalton, Cashier ... 120 0 0 „
Mr. Nagle, Curator ... 100 0 0 „
Mr. Tighe, Overseer of Clerks ... 100 0 0
Mr. Tighe;jun., Librarian ... • 80 0 0
Mr. Quigley, another Overseer of
Clerks- ...
Mr. Quigley, jun. ... ••.
Mr. Ray, brother to the Secretary,
Scissors-man ... 100 0 0
Mr. Kir O'Connor, for doing nothing 100 (1 0
Mr. Dwyer, for ditto ... 100 0 0
Mr. Dowling, for ditto ... ' 100 0 0
Mr. Spratt, for ditto ... ... 100 0 0
" In addition to the foregoing sinecures there rtie a variety
of major and minor places, besides a staff of copying clerks
with nothing to do except to sneer at the palbable humbug
practised before their eyes, and occasionally to transcribe a
report of the Parliamentary Committee, or, peradventur:; a
letter from the pen c-f the secretary."
RAPID APPROACHES OF FAMINE.—IMPORTANT
MEETING IN FERMOY.
A meeting of the landed proprietors, gentry, and inha-
bitants generally of Fermoy and the surrounding districts,
was held on Wednesday last in the Court-house, Fermoy, for
the purpose of adopting some measure in co-operation with
the Government for the relief of the labouring population.
At one o'clock the chair was taken by Edmond Burke Roche,
Esq
Letters from several noblemen connected with the county
by property and residence were read. •
Mr. APICAY, Ballyroberts, said he had no hesitation. in
saying that in the parish of Castlelyons they would not have
a potato by the Ist of May. He bad seen some of the people
in that district making use of food that was unfit for Chris-
tians.

100 0 0
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The SECRETARY said that Mr. Quinlan, Guardian for the
district of Mitchelttown, containing about 10,000 inhabitants,
had sent in a report, and it appeared from it the farmers in
that part of the country did not possess as much potatoes as
would be sufficient for their families for the next cis weeks—
some would not Kaye enough for the ntxt fortnight, and they
were sending their data to a neighbouring mill to supply
their immediate wants. The report added; that unless timely
relief were given to the labouring classes the consequences
must be lamentable. There were not less than 1,000 people
in distress at Mitchelstown. Mr. Thornhill had a list of the
labourers in the town of Kildorreri-, showing the quantity of
potatoes they had at present-360 persons had not 70 bar-
rels of potatoes ; 38 families in the villege had not a single
potato ; and all these were persons who had gardens, and had
the prospect of having as much food as would support them-
selves and their families.. lle should statp that there were
ten persons admitted into the workhouse that day Tro& the -
electoral division of Glanworth in fever.

TOE POTATO.—Hourly are our prospects becoming more
alarming; the panic has now jenetrated to places which
were hitherto considered safe; it was thought that this part
of Tipperary was in a much better condition than most other
counties. But the blight has made frightful ravages,'and
the fears of the people are roused to the highest pitch. The
prices of potatoes at present are so enormously high that the
peor are unable to purchase them. In God's name let some-
thing be done:to avert starvation.—Tipperary Vindicator.
AWFUL ACDIDENT.—We regret to learn that a very awful
accident occurred on Wednesday, at New Inn, in this county,
under the following circumstances, by which the lives of
three men were sacrificed :—lt appears that one of these men
proceeded to light a lime kiln, but, not being a regular lime-
burner, he did not perfectly understand how to proceed to
work with effect. lie filled the kiln to about five feet with
stones and placed tires under them, but be could not satis-
factorily produce the necessary heat, and in order to stir up
the tire he got a ladder and descended into the kiln—a
great volume of smoke arose, and instantaneous suffocation
was the remit. A second and third man followed in like
manner, and with the same disastrous consequences. The
bodies were. got out by breaking down the front wall of
the kiln. An inquest was held on the bodies, when a ver-
dict according to the circumstances was returned.— Tippera7 y
Vin&cator.

AN AWFUL CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Tuesday night last, a
man, named Daniel Berachee, who resides in a mountain dis-
trict near Newport, called the Copper Mines, retired to bed
at an early hour, which was his usual custom, and was fol
lowed by his wife, and a young man named Walsh, a servant
of his, who lay with Om on each side. In the morning an
alarm was given by the wife, who says she saw four men
quitting the house as she awoke, and found her husband's
skull fractured, and the mark of a wound over one of his
eyes. The outrage upon this man is at present involved in
much mystery. He was rather advanced in years, and his
wife is young and well boking. The window of the room
was fastened inside by a boy, a son of Berachee, with a
hatchet, and on examination the next morning the hatchet
was found in the house, with blood and hair upon it. The
unfortunate man still lives, but there is no hope entertained
of his recovery.—Nenagh Guardian.—( Berachee's wife and
servant boy have been arrested under very suspicious cir-
cumstances; as they, though in the house, deny having seen
or heard the occurrence. It is feared there is not the
slightest chance of his recovery.]