The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-22 00:00:00

NEW BILLS.

Mr. CARDWELL obtained leave to bring in bills relat
ing to fisheries in Ireland and county surveyors.
The house adjourned at ten minutes to two o'clock.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING.
THE CONVICT HOLDEN.

A deputation waited on the Lord Lieutenant
yesterday, and presented memorials praying for a
commutation of the sentence of death passed on
Holden, who was convicted at the last Donegal
assizes of the wilful murder of head constable
M'Clelland. His Excellency stated that he appre-
ciated the motives of the memorialists, but he would
consider what it was his duty to do, and prayed he
might be guided to perform it aright. His Excel-
lency afterwards most kindly admitted to an audi-
ence the wife of the unfortunate man, who carried
her infant child in her arms. One of the memorials
presented in favour of Holden is signed by ten out
of the twelve jurymen 'rho tried him, and the other
two only withheld their signatures on the ground
that the 'jury having unanimously recommended
the prisoner to mercy, there was no need for any
memorial from them.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
The accounts from all quarters as to the weather
and the condition of the crops continue to be of the
most disheartening character. In several of the
city churches on Sunday prayers were offered up
for fine weather. If there should be even now a
favourable change, and a moderate portion of heat
and sunshine, an average harvest might still be
saved ; but if, on the contrary, the wet cold weather
continues, the prospect is most appaling.
Prom Clonmel we learn the continued wet is the
cause of great alarm at this continued season to
farmers. The lowlands are all flooded ; the harsh-
ness of the weather has been decidedly injurious to
the grain crops in general. The wheat and oats
in many places are lodged, and cut and standing
meadows are at present in a very precarious state.
We learn that a great deal of damage has been
done by the mountain floods, consequent on the late
violent rain and storm, in portions of the adjacent
districts of the county Waterford ; nor is there, we
are sorry to state it, any doubt whatever of the
appearance of the fatal blight in the potato crop.
The gardens and fields in this locality are to a slight
extent affected, but great damage has been done by
the blight along the sea coast, in Tramore and
other parts of the county Waterford. It has also
appeared in the vicinity of Tipperary and Cashel,
but hopes are entertained that the loss will not be
so serious as in former years, especially as the early
planted tubers have attained to maturity, and are
of fine quality this season.
In Cork the weather still retains its wintryas-
pect. During the early hours of Saturday morning
the wind blew heavily from the south-west, and at
intervals showers of rain came down. Saturday
was cold and wintry. A few bright gleams of
sunshine threw a little cheerfulness over part of the
forenoon, but they were transient, and their rapid
disappearance only made the day appear drearier

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