The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-29 00:00:00

MORE IRISH OUTRAGES.

A telegram from Ireland informs us that three Men;
havin; their faces blackened, attacked a farmer, name'
Whelan, on Thursday, at a place called Eathcormaz,
the County of Waterford, and beat him to death With
stones and sticks ; one of them also shot him. 'Mel°
had taken a farm from which the former tenant had been
ejected.
A telegram from Cork gives the news of another
dastardly assassination in the county of Tipperary. It
farmer named Peter Power has been brutally murdered
at Eathermack, near Carrick-on-Suir. His body 06
found upon the road on Wednesday, his skull being felt•
fully battered in. It is believed in Cork that the erilo
has nothing to do with any differences concerning
occupation of land. A cousin of the deceased who lA'
been in deceased's company has disappeared, and 0136
arrest has been made.

At Birdhill, near Nenagh, someone hurled a large stone
from a bridge as the train passed beneath, which broke
ir to one of the carriages. Near the town of Tipperary
atone flung at the train entered through the window of the
guard's van, and wounded him in the face.

THE FUTURE PRICE OF STEEL RAIL'

Dlr. Bessemer's rail patents expire in February next, And
the only patentee's charge with which Bessemer steel rsill
will then be saddled is one of 2s. 6d. per ton for the use of
his improved converting plant. The present royalty os
rails is £2 per ton; on each ton a drawback of £1 Li
nominally allowed, but the nature of Mr. Bessemer's sr
rangements with regard to scrap, crop ends, wasters, lfc"
is such that the true royalty on every ton of Besseroot
rails delivered to a railway company—in other words, sold
—amounts to about £1 ss. 6d. After the lapse of Mr. Besse'
mer's patents in February, 1870, this sum, all but 2s. 6d. Per,
ton royalty on plant, will be saved ; and, therefore, in Mac"
next year rails may be bought for at least £1 80. Per
ton less than they cost now. Under these cirotilf,
stances it is obviously the interest of railway compant
not to buy steel rails till next spring. But unless steel raw
are bought immediately they will not be made. No Inan,ll.
facturer in his senses will make steel rails on stock wit
will lose for a certainty £1 17s. 6d. per ton of their value bl
being kept for nine months.—Engineer.

MR. ROEBUCK AND THE PEOPLE 07

SHEFFIELD.

Mr. Roebuck' has written a letter acknowledgie ji
the receipt of a book containing the names °'
the subscribers to the testimonial recently P.
sented to him. lie adds :—" As I suppose this '
be the last political act of kindness that I shall re.:
ceive from my friends of Sheffield, I seize upon
as. an opportunity to express, if possible, the stre4
emotions of my heart, roused as they are by the recallec:
tion of all that has passed during the many long years 1114
which I acted as their representative in the House
Commons. The generous confidence always bestowed °xi
me by the great body of the constituency was, I believe'
never betrayed by me ; selfish considerations, I sincerely.
believe, never influenced a vote given in their nate!:
and every act of my political life, whether wise ;
unwise, was prompted solely by a desire to promote t'j
welfare of my country. These may seem proud en
swelling words, but without fear I say they are Ole
words ; and had I not so acted I should indeed have beef!
unworthy. They who chose me honourably trusted tee'
they confidingly put a great power into my bo.,
n, (9,i
believing that I would use it only in a way that I shout
deem conducive to their good, swayed by no Part,' vi
personal objects, thinking only of the great interests t
my country, making her happiness, her honour, and bej
glory the light by which my path was to be guided. J 451.,
now we part, my many friends giving me this last token
of their approbation and respect, and I in these we
words recording the gratitude and affection which I fe
in return for their unflinching support and kindness."