The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-12 00:00:00

IRELAND.

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CBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A SR' LTCH OF LORD PALMERSTON.
Mr. Magr tire, in one of his letters to the Cork
.Examines'. draws the following sketch of the speech
deliverer i by the Prime Minister on Thursday even-
ing in •:toying the privilege resolutions :
" A .midst breathless silence, and no littl...anxiety
the -Premier addressed himself to his task and I
Te,nture to assert that, whatever the feelings of
disappointment or mortification he provoked by the
!manner in which he sought to make things plea-
sant,' and the mode in which 11:e palliated and ex-
plained the conduct of the other house, there was
ne one present who did -not concede to his speech
the merit of consumirate skill. The artifice was

so natural-like, and yet so transparent that it ex
cited admiration, and not the slightest shade
escaped the attentiAM of those who watched him
from all sides, ar.id very opposite points of view.
Many of the 'Ai.adicals were furious at the gloss
-which was -L,ut upon the resolution, and on account
of the adrAissions which were made; but not the
most ar,gry of them could refuse to the mode in
whiP:n a difficult and critical task was executed the
tr'.oute of his admiration. There was not the
f..tightest attempt at declamation or oratory, so
-called. Indeed, he scarcely rose for a moment above
the level of an easy address, almost conversational
—the very style suited to one who has to settle a
difference between two bodies, and whom the least
indiscretion on the part of the party interfering
would at once set by the ears. Lord Palmerston's
object in rising was to assure the Commons that the
Lords meant no harm in what they had done ; that
what they had done they had done for the best, and
with the sincerest respect for the Commons; but
that, if they really meant wrong, which he felt
they did not, if they attempted it again, the Com-
mons would then know how to settle the affair
after their own fashion. Now, this role would be
spoiled by declamation, utterly ruined by fine figures
of speech and grand or picturesque images ; there-
fore, it was as simple and unpretending as it was
skilful and effective. Well, this speech, -which occu-
pied nearly an hour in its delivery, was concluded
about half-past five o'clock ; and what was the
hour, think you, when he who spoke it left the
Mouse? A quarter past two the next morning.
For nearly ten hours he occupied the same
place, not merely sitting out the debate, but
the business which followed—ready, at the very
latest moment, to rise and extricate his subor-
diitates from a difficulty, to ward off in-
convenient opposition by a few conciliatory
words, or to yield it with apparent willingness
if he found it too strong to be resisted. And fre-
quently at such an hour this gay and gallant veteran
walks to his house in Piccadilly—perhaps after
having been at work, more or less continuously, for
twice the length of time of any, even the humblest
clerk in a public office. I happened,' said a mem-
ber to whom I was speaking of to follow Lord
Palmerston as he left the cloak-room the other
morning, after a late sitting, and, as I was going
his way, I thought I might as well see how he got
over his ground. At first he seemed a little stiff in
the legs, but when he warmed to his work he be-
gan to pull out, and before he got a third of the
way he bowled along splendidly—so that he put
me to it to keep him in view.' Perhaps, in a few
hours after that long sitting, and that walk home,
and the brief sleep which followed, the Premier
might have been seen standing bolt upright at one
end of a great table in Cambridge-house, receiving
a deputation from the country, and listening with
patient and courteous attention to some tedious
gpokesman, or astonishing his hearers by his know-
ledge of their affairs, and his intimacy with the
mysteries of their trade or business. I may detest
his foreign policy, I may doubt his sincerity as a
politician ; but as pa man I confess I admire him
vastly. The fact is, most members like him, and
even his bitterest opponents entertain for him per-
sonally the kindest feeling ; while his own imme-
diate followers would do anything for him because
of his own qualities, and his unswerving fidelity to
his friends. In that respect, to use the emphatic
language of an enthusiastic admirer and out-and-
out backer, ' Palmerston is a genuine brick."
ALLEGED MYSTERIOUS MURDER.

A Thurles correspondent of one of the Dublin
papers writes—
" The following strange facts have been brought
to light in the neighbourhood of Thurles :—On.
Friday morning last, as Mr. J. Tennant, of Parks-
towa, was taking his accustomed walk over his
estate, for the purpose of looking over his fox
covers, he happened to be examining a portion of a
dry sand quarry in the vicinity of Carrigeen, a place
'situate within about four miles of the town of
Thurles, when he discovered in a shallow recess in
the quarry the skeleton of a full-grown woman.
Having made his observations and taken the neces-
sary precautions to secure the remains from being
interfered with, Mr. Tennant immediately sent in-
formation of the circumstance to Mr. Joseph H.
Bradshaw, sub-inspector of constabulary at Thurles,
who had the proper steps taken to preserve every-
thing as it was when found until an inquest could
be held. In the course of the same day (Friday)
the county coroner was in attendance, with an in-
telligent jury, who, having carefully examined the
position of the skeleton, returned the following as
their verdict The skeleton of a female, name
unknown, has bees found in a hole in a quarry, at
Carrigeen, on Friday last, the 6th July ; and we
find that the said female was murdered by some
person or persons unknown.' The jury were irre-
sistibly forced to the above conclusion by the posi-
tion in which the body had been deposited, which
manifestly proved that it had been first cut into
pieces, and then placed in the hole in which it was
found, as on any other supposition it would havebeen
impossible to have forced it into so circumscribed a
space. As to the time at which it may have been placed
there there can be but conjecture. The only portion of
clothing discoverable about the remains consisted of
part of a cotton stocking, which remained on one of
the leg bones ; there was also a quantity of dark
brown hair attached to the skull. Sub-Inspector
Bradshaw attended the inquest, and has commenced
a series of inquiries throughout the neighbourhood,
which it is hoped may ultimately lead to the disco-
very of this mysterious and barbarous murder.
Much interest is manifested throughout the entire
locality by all ranks to obtain sc;ne clue to the vic-
tim and authors of this foul crime, the result of
which will be duly communicated."
IRISH LANDLORDISM.

On this side the Channel it is not often that one
reads or hears of an instance of such reciprocal good
feeling subsisting bet Ween tenant and landlord as
in a case which has just come before the public. It
appears that about 30 years ago Lord Clonbrock let
a farm on his Galway estates to Mr. Patrick
Trumple at a rent of £llO a-year, for the tenant's
own life. The landlord built a good slated house
and drained the land, which was let at the market
value of the day. Matters prospered with the tenant,
and at his death a few days ago it was found he had
accumulated a sum of £l,OOO. Dying childless, he
bequeathed half of the amount to his widow and
the residue to Lord Clonbrock, "as a mark of his
esteem and gratitude for all his kindness since he
became connected with him as his tenant." In re-
turn for this kindly remembrance, his lordship has
made a grant of a new lease to the testator's widow,
with a gift of the interest of the £5OO left to the
noble legatee to lessen her rent. Trumple was a
Roman Catholic, and what is called an improving
farmer. Lord Clonbrock, it is pretty well known,
is a Protestant and high Conservative; but, as a
landlord, never recognising any distinction of creed,
political or religious.
THE POPE'S IRISH BRIGADE.

• Letters have been received in Limerick, prepar-
ing the relatives and friends of respectable young
men who took their departure for Rome to join the
Pope's army, for their speedy return, having been
much disappointed in not obtaining commissions,
upon promise of which, and other flattering induce-
ments, they were enticed to go over. Extraordinary
revelations are expected to be made.
LANDED ESTATES COURT.

Property to the amount of nearlyX6o,ooo changed
hands yesterday before Judge Longfield. An estate
in the county of Roscommon was set up in six lots,
consisting of impropriate tithe rent charges, found
uo favour, as the whole was withdrawn for want of
competition.

A letter from TT POTATO
.CROP.
rick, published in . ilmallock, in the county of Lime-
lnthe Freeman of this morning,
gives an
that unfavourable report of the prospect of the
po,t,alohcarvope
ininst
returquarter. The writer says :
vernield from travelling extensively
over this district,
the largest potato grow-
ing country in the south Ireland, and lam pained
to state that both observationoand report confirm
ato crop is already
the alrming fact that tevr,
seriously affected with the
ghtt.
oll)ked vigorous
As late as a
entertained
fortnight since the young
and healthy, and hopes were generally
that this year's return would be unauftyameij
five. More zecently the leaves exhibited rust in small spots, varying in size frommrutty
eighth to the fourth part of an inch in diameter,
These spots have gradually spread oitt„ -until the,:'
iutfti otorra Ow whole aurface of the leaf, whict.