The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-11 00:00:00

THE STATE OF IRELAND.

The correspondent of the Daily News, who is sending
special letters on the subject of the agrarian outrages, thus
concludes a communication from Tipperary :—" I could
not hear of any general or systematic oppression on the
part of landlords, or of any very serious cases of indi-
vidual tyranny. Of course a great deal of oppression may
be practised in remote districts and in the small details of
life of which the public know nothing ; but even in this
notorious district of Clan william I could not discover
any facts to justify or to palliate the murders
that have' been perpetrated. Yet the district is disturbed,
Laid an additional force of police has been sent into it.
Nine men are to be placed in the townland of Ballycohy,
ten in Bansha, and six in Dundrum. I have already
referred to instances of landlords requiring the protection
of the police ; I have to add to these the case of a gentle-
man in this district for whose protection four constables
have been detailed. Other landlords, I understand, have
left the country."
The following is the text of the resolution agreed to at
a meeting of the Corporation of Cork on Friday, and con-
firmed at a special meeting held for the purpose on
Saturday. On the resolution being brought up for con-
firmation, the mayor declined the preferred assistance of
counsellors, &c., and reserved his right to appear himself
before the bar of the House :—" That we protest against
the bill introduced by the Government for the removal
of the Mayor of Cork, for the following reasons :
It violates the first principles of constitutional law and
liberty, in subjecting an individual to pains and penalties
to be inflicted by ex post facto legislation. That even
supposing the mayor had offended against the law, it with-
draws the consideration of the alleged offender's case from
the cognisance of an ordinary tribunal, where, in accordance
with the provisions of existing laws, it could be adjudicated
upon by a jury of his own countrymen, empannelled in the
place where the alleged offences have been committed,
and who wDuld be aided and advised in the investigation
by a judge acting on sworn evidence, instead of referring
to the jurisdiction of an assembly whose decisions are
likely to be swayed by party feelings and the prompting
of unreasoning panic, and who are incapable of taking
evidence on oath. It seeks to abrogate the deliberate
choice this council has made of their mayor, and thereby to
interfere with the independence of the council."

The Clonmel Chronicle states that the magistrates,
crown solicitors, and police have been unremitting in their
efforts to obtain information respecting the recent murder
of Mr. Bradshaw, and that they have made some dis-
coveries which are thought to be important, but the nature
of them it is not deemed prudent to reveal. The Limerick
Chronicle has a statement to the effect that the murder is
now believed to have been agrarian. Pending the result
of the official inquiries, however, all must still be vague
conjecture, but it is hoped that some light may soon be
thrown upon the mystery.

The Dean of Winchester, who is in his 93rd
year, has resigned the rectory of Bishopstoke, Hants, to
which he was appointed by the late Bishop of Winchester
in 1807.
MADEMOISELLE TITIENS.—The public will learn
with pleasure that Mdlle. Titiens is sufficiently recovered
from her late accident to make her reappearance at the
Opera, on Thursday next, as Alice, in Meyerbeer's grand
opera, " Robert le Diable."
BAPTISM OF THE QUEEN OF MADAGASCAR.—
News has been received in London of the baptism of the
Queen of Madagascar, with some of her officers of State.
The ceremony took place in one of the churches of the
London Missionary Society.
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN GREAT ORMOND-
STREET.—On Monday their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess Christian visited this hospital and made an
inspection of the wards. The Princess shewed much
interest in the arrangements, and conversed with the
children about their ailments, their toys, and picture books,
of which, by the generous care of her Majesty and mem-
bers of the Royal Family, an ample supply is always at
hand. The royal visitors, who inspected every part of the
building, and remained a considerable time in the hospi-
tal, expressed their approval of the arrangements.
CONSERVATISM IN SOUTHAMPTON.—The Conser-
vative party in Southampton, desiring to celebrate their
triumphs in the borough, as evinced first in their success on
the polling day, and next in the election petition, have de-
cided on a banquet to the sitting members—the Right Hon.
Russell Gurney, Recorder of London, and Mr. Hoare, which
it is expected will take place next week. The last time, prior
to November last, that two Conservatives were returned
for the borough, was in 1842, and both seats were held by
Liberals till 1862, when one was secured by the ContoP-
vative, and held till the last general election.
SUPERSTITION IN WARWICKSHIRE.—Among the '
superstitions of the past age which are not yet exploded,
a peculiar belief in the efficacy of the rain water which
falls on Holy Thursday or Ascension Day still remains in
some of the villages of Warwickshire. In a village a few
miles north of Rugby, several old women might have
been seen on Thursday last busily engaged in catching the
falling rain, which they carefully bottled for use during
the ensuing year. On inquiry what peculiar properties the
water so obtained was supposed to possess, and to what
purpose it was intended to be applied, a venerable old
woman said that the water had the property of preventing
heavy bread, and would keep for a year. Every week
when a batch of bread is baked a teaspoonful of the
water is added to the leaven, and this causes the bread to
be light. At least, so the old woman firmly believed, and
great was her joy at having been enabled to secure such a
plentiful supply of the water for use during the cominr
year.

EXTRAORDINARY RO3IANCE.—In the course of
last week a pretty story came to light in the colliery
village of Thornley, near Durham. About twelve years
ago a pitman, hearing of the marvellous auriferous dis-
coveries in Australia, determined to proceed thither. He
set sail, leaving behind him a wife and two children at
Thornley, and arrived in due course in the colony;
and forthwith went to the gold-fields and commenced
"digging for nuggets." At the expiration of about
eleven years, he found himself in possession of the
handsome fortune of £15,000, honestly and indus-
triously obtained. During this long period of his
absence from England, he communicated with his wife,
desiring that she and her family—two girls—should join
him, and sent the necessary tickets for their transit
to the new world. She, however, never went. The suc-
cessful miner discovered the cause on his arrival at his
native village last week. His faithless partner had become
enamoured of an itinerant rag merchant, and the owner
of a wooden leg, to whom she had two children. The
returned gold miner at once discarded her, not, however,
before making himself known to his two daughters, who
were children when he left them for Australia. These he
took from their mother, and afterwards equipped them is
a manner suitable to his altered position.