The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-14 00:00:00

THE REPEAL RENT.

The Evening Post of this day contains the following :
" The Repeal Association yesterday held its second meeting
since the incarceration of Mr. O'Connell ; and the repeal
rent, which the Evening Mail assured the judges would be
extinguished by an " exemplary sentence upon tke tra-
versers, advanced to the unprecedented sum of 3,2291.

" Even whilst the 'monster meetings' were in progress,
the largest sum ever received within one week at the Repeal
Association was 3,1031., acknowledged on the 19th of June,
1843, and 1,0081. of which was from Clare, contributed at the
meeting held in Ennis on the 15th. An American remittance
of 401. was also included.

" Yesterday, without any such large remittance as that
from Clare, or any contribution from America, the weekly
return was 3,229/. 1 This far surpasses anything witnessed
during the agitation for Catholic Emancipation. The
largest amount of money ever received at the Catholic Asso-
ciation was 2,700/., acknowledged during the week of the
Clare election.

" Such are the first fruits of State prosecutions, jury ma-
nagement, and the whole system of Orange misgovernment."

THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—Since our last we
have had a number of delightful showers, which have
greatly refreshed vegetation, and in part repaired the
injury done by the drought of the two preceding months.
In this neighbourhood, as well as in the south and centre
of England, the change has come too late to improve
the first hay crop materially, though, if the showers
should continue, very fair second crops will be got in
many places. On the colder and damper lands in the
valleys of the Irwell and the Mersey, where hay-making
seldom begins before the first week in July, the hay-
crops may still be very good, as the grasses are in no
danger •f seeding for some weeks. In this district,
however, the hay harvest will not be over this year
until the end of July, and the aftergrass will conse-
quently be lighter than usual. Just before the com-
mencement of the rain, hay rose from 2/. to 31 a ton in
the principal towns of South Lancashire, and though it
has since fallen, it is still higher than usual, end likely
to continue so. The only other crop that has yet sus-
tained any injury, which a fortnight of showery weather
will not cure, is the bean crop. Its growth has been
greatly checked by the drought, and in some cases the
bloom has shown itself, although the stem is not more
than a foot or a foot and a half in height. The rapid
rise which has taken place in the price of beans
shows that there is very little prospect of a good clop.
The potatoes have now begun to grow briskly, and the
second sowing of turnips promise better than the first,
although much more rain than has fallen will be neces-
sary to put them out of danger from the drought and the
fly, whose ravages are always very great in dry seasons.
The wheat crop still continues to look as well as ever,
and from the thickness of the plant upon the ground, it
will prevent the evaporation of the moisture which has
fallen, and render further supplies comparatively unne-
cessary. 'The oats and other kinds of spring grain
have considerably improved in appearance since our last,
but they still require a good deal more rain to push them
i;)rward, and without it they will be both short in the
straw and light in the car. It is many years since
ponds, streams, and wells were so nearly dry at the aea-
son as they are at present, or since so much inconveni-
ence has been experienced both in town and country from
want of water.—Liverpool Times.
TnE BITER BITTEN.—A farmer who resides in this
40ghbonrhpc•df and who is on very bad terms with
another 'farmer, wimp fields adjoin his owns a few even-
ipgs since found a number of stray sheep iss his wheat-
field! and believing them to be his neighbourls, imt.
,
mediately had th(o4 driven tp the pound. It turned put
that
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