The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-01 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

Harvest is steadily progressing, and although some
what late, the general opinion is, that a more abundant
crop has not been known for years. A great deal of
barley has been got in, and the oat crop is now fully
ripe, unless in the higher districts of the country. In
the neighbourhood of Edinburgh most of the crop has
been safely transferred to the stack-yard, and in so far
as the same has been brought to the test on the barn-
floor, the yield has been a full average, and the impor-
tant points of weight and quality will stand a comparison
with the standards of ordinary seasons. Last week,
many of the farmers in the neighbourhood of Glasgow
had got the whole of their grain in stook, and with a few
fine days there would be nothing but a few late patches
left standing, the same might be said of many a locality
in the south ; and it is stated that barley, in general
from plumpness of pickle and firmness of texture, resem-
bles last year's crop. The recent dull accounts from
Great Britain have failed, it appears, to have any influ-
ence on the trade in grain on the Continent ; indeed, so
far from any dechne having occurred in prices, the ten-
dency has been decidedly upwards at all the leading
ports in the Baltic.
. The principal cause of the advance
has been the educes from Holland and Belgium, re-
specting the failure of the potato crop.--Inverness
Courier.

NEWRY, SEPT. 25.—Much of the grain in our imme-
diate neighbourhood is carried in very tolerable order.
We are much gratified to observe that the alarm re-
specting the potato failure is beginning to subside, and
that hopes are entertained that the injury will not be so
serious as was at one time feared.—.Newry Telegraph.
THE POTATO CROP.—We are happy to announce that
no well-grounded complaints of any failure or decay in
the potato crops, so prevalent in England, are made by
the farmers of Limerick, Clare, and Kerry.—Limerick
Chronicle.

CLONMEL.—In the vicinity of this town the wheat
crop was an excellent one, and is now stacked and
secured from the inclemency of the weather, whilst our
crowded market attests sufficiently its state of forward-
ness. The oats in general are very good, and from its
height and soundness of grain, is considered very pro-
fitable. A great deal of it remains uncut, and some has
been partially injured, some ears sending forth shoots.
In soils of a warm and arid nature, the potato crop has
thriven well. In the neighbourhood of Abbey, Cleri-
han, and Fethard, the crop is profitable and luxuriant.
while at the eastern side of our town, in the vicinity of
Powerstown, Gammondsfield, Kilcash, and Ballyneale,
it is, I am sorry to say, inferior, in a great degree, to
that of the other. In the latter Place I have seen a field
of five acres of potatoes entirely destroyed.—Waterford
Chronicle.

RASPBERRIES AND CUR RANTS.—SECOND CROP.*
Specimens of a second crop of raspberries and red cur•
rants, grown this season in the garden of Benjamin
Vicary, Esq., have been left at our office for inspection.
The fruit of both descriptions are large in size, and as
good in quality, as they could be expected to be if only
the single crop had been raised.—Wexford Independent.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Since Wednes•
day the weather has been very changeable; and until Tues-
day the grain was never sufficiently dry for stacking, a large
quantity of rain having fallen in the course of Sunday night
and Monday morning, and had not the temperature been re-
markably low much loss must have been sustained from the
sprouting of the grain; but as yet we are glad to say that
there is not an injured sheaf. On Monday it set up hard and
dry, with the wind from the north, and in the course of
Tuesday and Wednesday a considerable breadth of the crop
has been carried. There is no appearance of the disease
amongst the potatoes which is doing so much mischief in
England and on the Continent, and we hope that it will long
continue to be a stranger to this quarter The rains which
we have had must be very beneficial to the green crops. A
good deal of the crop is still uncut.—Fifeshire Journal.

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THE DAY MAIL.—We have at length obtained a
day mail, and as far as the down bap are concerned we are
greatly benefited, as we get letters in the evening in time to
return an answer the same night, the down train arriving
here at 35 minutes past 6, P.m., and the up leaving at 7
minutes past 10 o'clock. To whom we may be indebted for
the arrangement of our mail hence to London we cannot say,
but a more bungling and useless arrangement could not pls.
sibly have been made. The bags leave Yarmouth at half-
past 5 o'clock in the morning, but must be posted not later
than 10 o'clock the previous evening. Now the London box
does not close till 9 o'clock, and after that by payment of a
penny it may go that night. There are many complaints of
this arrangement, and surely, in introducing alterations, care
should be taken to make them as advantageous as possible
to the inhabitants. The probability is that a representation
in the right quarter would quickly secure a remedy for this
obvious evil.—Norfolk News.
THE IMPORT DUTIES or TEXAS.—The New
York Courier and Inquirer says—" We are informed on what
we believe to be reliable authority, that the steamer Acadia,
which left Boston on the 16th of July, took out extensive
orders (and other conveyances will, no doubt, take similar
order) to England, to purchase and ship to Texas foreign
merchandise, to arrive and enter there at the existing re-
duced rates of duties, and there await the action of Congress
on annexation. When that act is thus completed, all these
goods become ipso facto entered merchandise, so much so as
if in New York, Charleston, New Orleans, or any other Ame-
rican port, and can be transported coastwise or interior to any
of our other states. We simply state the fact, leaving the
remedy to those whose duty it is to see that existing laws
are faithfully executed. There are two modes of checking
this evil ; one is for Texes at once to adopt our scale of duty ;
or, if it be too late for this, then for our Government, upon
the meeting of Congress, to pass a law imposing on foreign
merchandise from Texas a duty equal to the difference be-
tween the Texan tariff and our own. We disclaim all party
feeling on the matter. We only
.desire to perform a duty we
owe our commercial community in announcing a fact which
may, if not thus noticed, work much evil."
THE HARVEST IN WALES.—The farmers have
taken advantage of the last few days of dry weather to cut
and take up a good portion of the late corn, and to carry in
what had before been cut. Another week or nine days -of
fine weather would enable them to see= the whole of their
crops in
good order.—Cambrkn. - -

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THE POTATO CROP.
We regret much to learn, from accounts en which we
can rely, that the disease in the potato, first noticed in
Belgium and France, has been traced too clearly to ex-
tend to this country. Many fields in Ayrshire and
Dumfries shire are infected—so much so that the loss in
Dumfries-shire alone it is calculated may amount to
50,010/. The presence of the disease in fields and ridges
is first discovered by the decay of the haulins and leaves
of the plant, and is exhibited at an advanced period of
the season, when the tubers are ripe, and when the leaves
have encountered a severe frost. As there has been no
such frost yet, it is found on examining the roots that
the potatoes when cut through, are filled with black
spots and holes, and the roots turn out rotten and unfit
for boiling. We understand that Professor Johnston
has been in Ayrshire, endeavouring to trace the course
and extent of this distressing occurrence, and, of course
his report will be anxiously looked for.—Scotsman.
We mentioned in our last that the highest price ob-
tained for this crop in the field was 194 per acre. O.i
Friday, however, several extensive bargains were mad?
so high as 251. The cause of this rise was two-fold—
the failure of the crop in Belgium and the countries bor-
dering on the Baltic, and the prevalent disease among
the same root in England. We understand that
orders to the extent of 5,000 to 6,000 tons for
ship:nent abroad have been received here, so soon as
the crop is ready for lifting ; and several agents from
London are at present going the round of the farmers,
purchasing up their potato crops at very high
figures. The disease is described by those who have
examindd the crop in Yorkshire to be a sort of spongy
growth, or excrescence, on the first joint of the stem
above e ground. of a yellow colour exteriorly, and
whitish within. Where the plant is thus affected, the
stalk is in an entire state of decay, and the potatoes
nearest the surface are invariably found in a rot en or
blemished state. Hitherto, however, it has been con-
fined to those nearest the surface, and hopes are thus
entertained that even where the disease prevails, only a
part of the crop will be lost. We believe a disease of
this character was previously unknown in this root, and
it has been stated to be most prevalent where it follows
wheat which had been matured with guano. What
there may be in this we know not, but we should ra-
ther apprehend that the very wet summer, with a greater
degree of, cold than almost ever experienced in
J ily and beginning of August, acting upon a root 'im-
poverished by too frequent replantings on the same soil,
is more likely to have generated it.—Perth Cow ie .
Speaking of the distemper, the Dui f, les Courier ob-
serves—" We imagine, at least, a sovereign remedy,
which we would recommend to all, but for the trouble
of its immediate execution. In raising stems to all ap-
pearance withered by the agency of frost, one or two
tubers nearest the surface are found more or less
mildewed ; new, supposing those removed, so as to
prevent farther contagion, and the shaves pulled at
the same time, the remaining roots, in ripening in the
ground, might be unearthed hereafter perfectly sound,
however inferior in point of size. This notion
we communicated on Wednesday last to a number
of farmers, all of whom admitted the feasibility of the
process, but at the same time demurred to the enormous
trouble incurred, not to speak of expense, wherever the'
scale of operations is large. Indeed, most said that as
white is of more importance than green crop, setting
aside the turnips, which are progressing so beautifully,
they deemed it better to encounter farther risk, than
withdraw labourers from the harvest field. Upon the
whole, we do not consider the blight by any means so
overpowering as at one time imagined, although, truth
to say, bad and bad enough. Many fields are entirely
free, and though many anticipate difficulty in obtaining
proper seed, it will be found, when spring time again
arrives."
The disease with which potatoes are visited this year,
not only in England, but in many other countries of
13erope, threatens serious consequences to the poor, for
whom the potato, rather than bread, constitutes " the
staff of life." In many parts of England potatoes make
up two meals of the labouring man's day. We believe
that we shall be .doing a real service by communicating
to the farmer and to the community generally a mode of
cure, or rather prevention, which has come under our
own notice, and which has been applied with the greatest
success. We are indebted for the experiment to Mr. W.
Gale, builder, of Burbage, in Wiltshire, a county in which
the potato is positively the poor man's chief food, and in
which, this season, the root has signally failed. The me-
dicine employed by Mr. Gale is quick lime. Mr. Gale
placed three pecks of sound potatoesin a box, the centre of
which he fitled with several other potatoes in a diseased
and decayinc, condition. The sound potatoes lying to
the right of the decaying ones he sprinkled over very
carefully with lime. The sound potatoes lying to the
left, he left untouched. Furthermore, lie took a diseased
potato and placed a sound one on each side of it. As
before, he sprinkled the potato on the right side with
lime; upon the other potato he put nothing. The result
in the two cases was the same. The potatoes sprinkled
with lime came out one month after the experiment
perfectly sound, whilst those on the left without lime
were in a state of decay. This plain remedy is as
cheap as it is simple. One gallon of lime will cure a
sack of potatoes. We do not advise the farmer to place
diseased potatoes with sound onearunless by way of expe-
ment, and to test the truth of our assertions. In spite
of all his endeavours to prevent it, many diseased po-
tatoes will find their way to the sound ones ; and in this
case we undertake that the further extension of mischief
it is in his power to avoid. It may be proper to state
that where the lime touched the unsound potatoes, it
prevented the disease going further than it had reached
previously to the application of the lime. Mr. Here-
path, of Bristol, has published a letter, in which he
shows us how we may save the starch or fecula of pota-
toes already diseased ; but the process would be attended
by considerable trouble and expense, and few could or
would adopt it. Besides, Mr. Herepath's process goes
only to the cure of the diseased potatoes, not to the
safety of those still sound. As far as the diseased pota-
toes are concerned, we believe the most judicious and
economical plan to be, to boil them for the pigs. In a
raw state they have been found very injurious to this
animal. Many have died after eating them. We trust
that the above remarks will meet with serious public
attention, and that they may be the means of saving for
the poor and hard-working much of the nourishment o.
which a terrible visitation was about to rob them.
Berwick Warder.

THE EFFECTS OF SEA WATER
ON IRON.
In the course of the late Government inquiry on
establishment of harbours of refuge, Professor Faraday
furnished some interesting particulars respecting the
effects of sea water on iron. His observation had un-
fortunately been rather limited, and confined to the
question of cast-iron. Between this body and sea water
he considers the action to be vigorous, and greatest in
the water near the surface; less in deep water, and least
of all when the iron is buried in sand or earth, or build-
ing materials (into which the water may penetrate), for
then the oxide and other results formed are detained,
more or less, and form sometimes a cem 2.ilt to the sur-
rounding matter, and always a partial protection. Soft
cast-iron corrodes more rapidly than hard cast, and than
the brittle white iron. As to the amount of corrosion in
any given time Professor Faraday had not an opportu-
tunity of observing any good and satisfactory cases of
illustration. In estuaries and the mouths of rivers, he
considered it probable that great differences of corrosion
would arise from the different circumstances of variable
saltness ; the soil of the river, if near a town, will
much affect the metal; thus, a wharf of cast-iron might
occasionally be greatly injured by making fast to it
vessels that are coppered, using iron cables. As to the
protection of iron, with respect to the permanency of a
coat of paint, or tar, or bituminous matter, the only ex-
perience the Professor had was in a case where coated
iron, sheathed for vessels, was brought under his no-
tice. He was thea much impressed with the thorough
adhesion of the coat to the iron. Zinced iron would re-
sist the action of the sea water as long as the metal
would crust the surface, but zinc dissolves rapidly in sea
water, and, after it is gone, the iron would, of course,
follow. As to voltaic protection, Professor Faraday
considers that the cast-iron piles, proposed for light-
houses or beacons, might be protected by zinc, in the
manner proposed by Sir Llunaphry Davy, to protect
copper by iron; but even in that case, the corrosion of
the zinc would be very rapid. If not found too expen-
sive, the object would be to apply th/ zinc rotectors in
a place where they could be examined often, and re-
placed when rendered ineffective; in this manner, he
entertains little doubt that iron could be protected in sea
water. It is even probable that, by investigation and
trial, different sorts of iron might easily be distinguished
and prepared, one of which would protect the other:
thus soft ;cast-iron would probably protect hard cast-
iron, and then it would be easy to place the protecting
masses where they could be removed when required.
Hence, though iron be a body very subject to the action
of sea water, Professor Faraday considers not unlikely
that it might be used with advantage in marine construc-
tions, intended to be permanent, especially if the joint
effects of preserving coats of voltaic protectors were
applied.

HORRIBLE AND FATAL ACC[DENT.—A most dis-
tressing and fatal occurrence horrified St. Catherine-street
and its neighbourhood on Monday afternoon last, about three
o'clock, by which in an instant a married woman was, under
most awful circumstances, hurried instantaneously into eter-
nity. Mrs. Eliza Baylis, wife of Mr. Baylis, butcher of St.
Catherine-street, had been washinr, some offal meat at the
pump, with which to feed a dog and cat, and this operation
attracted around her some other dogs and cats from neigh-
bouring houses. In order to cut up the meat she had taken
one of her husband's sharp •pointed knives, and leaning for •
ward to drive away one of the cats, her foot slipped and she
fell on her face to the ground. She sprung up again in-
stantly and uttered a scream of pain, and immediately a per-
fect torrent of blood gushed from her mouth and she fell dead
A neighbour, Mrs. Webb, was standing near her at the time,
and called assistance, and Mr. Wathen, surgeon, was imme-
diately sent for. It was at first supposed that the knife had
penetrated her mouth, but on examination it was found that
the instrument had entered her left breast just above the
nipple. The ill-fated woman had, no doubt, the knife up-
' right in her hand, when she fell, and the whole weight of her
body coming upon it, it entered her heart, causing the gush
of blood from her mouth, and produced death almost imme-
diately afterwards. The blade of the knife was eight inches
in length, and it is supposed penetrated the unhappy woman's
body up to the haft. The deceased was 37 years of age, she
was an exceedingly kind and well conducted woman. Au
inquest was held on the body before Mr. Loverove, coroner,
and a verdict returned of " Accidental death.'—Gloucester.
Journal.
ACCIDENT TO Mr.-ORMSDY GORE, M.P.—An acci-
dent of an alarming nature occurred at Boreham House, the
seat of Sir John Tyrrell, Bart., on Tuesday night. Mr.
Ormsby Gore, who, with his lady, was on a visit at the
mansion of the Hon. Baronet, on leaving his dressing-room,
overlooking several steps to the staircase, and losing his ba-
lance, was precipitated over the balusters. Mr. Gore, in his
alarming descent, grasped the hand-rail of the next flight,
but it gave way, and he fell with considerable violence upon
the stairs below, severely, though we are happy to say not
seriously, injuring his side and one of his feet. Mr. Gore's
watch, Which was in his hand at the time, was dashed to
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1845.

IRELAND.
Dunum, SEPT. 25. The weather, which was very
unfavourable for harvest operations during the latter
end of last and beginning of this week, is now exceed-
ingly fine, and in consequence reaping has become very
general even in the late districts of the west and north
west. The advance in corn will not, it is expected, be
sustained at to-morrow's market. The Newry Telegra:h
of this mornite, says—" We are much gratified to ob-
serve that the alarm respecting the potato failure is be-
ginning to subside, and that hopes are entertained that
the injury will not be so serious as was at one time
feared. A considerable rise in price is, however, ex-
pected to be inevitable. It is stated that orders, to the
extent of five or six thousand tons, have been received
in this country from those places on the Continent where
the disease has been most prevalent to be shipped so
soon a, the crop is ready for lifting."
LI3I E RICK, WEDNESDAY MORNING • The Liberator,
accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. French, his chaplain,
the Rev. Mr. Rooney, Mr. O'Neill Daunt, and a large
party, left Derrynane on Sunday morning for Ifillgrove,
the seat of John Primrose, Esq , Mr. O'Connell's agent,
from whence he proceeded on Monday to Killarney in
his travelling, carriage.
Along the road he was received with every demon-
! stration of attachment and respect. At Killorglin a
1 large number of the inhabitants were prepared to greet
him on his way through, which they did with great en-
thusiism. On kis arrival in Killarney, the lion. and
Learned Gentleman_ was waited on by several of the
principal inhabitants, amongst whom were D. Shine
Lawler and Myles Mahony, Esqrs., Secretaries to the
B tnquet Committee. In the evening several of the
houses in the town were illuminated in honour of his
arrival, and bands paraded the streets till a late hour.
The Very Rev. Father Mather arrived here at nine
o'cloek in the Tr4lee mail, on his way from Cork to
Dingle. and had an interview with the Liberator. Mr.
O'Connell left Killarney at nine o'clock, A.M., on Tues-
day, and shortly after arrived at Castleisland, where the
houses were decorated with laurel and other evergreens,
and the streets crowded with enthusiastic peasantry.
We arrived at Limerick so late as nine o'clock, and
yet the streets were quite full of people, eager to mani-
fest their love for the Liberator. The bands played up
and duwn before the hotel, and the people remained
cheering at intervals to an advanced hour, when they
retired in the utmost quietness and order.
At ten o'clock this morning (Wednesday) the Libe-
rator leaves fsr Cashel, whither he will be accompanied
and attended by_great numbers from this city, who have
arranged to attend the meeting to-morrow and the
dinner, by which the day's proceedings will be con-
cluded.

RAILROAD GARDENS.
(From the Railway Chronicle.)
correspondent of the Gardeners' Chronicle makes a
iseful suggestion, to which we think it right to call the
attention of directors, and especially those who have
conquered the difficulties which attend the first start of
a railroad. Every railway which has reached the stage
of comparative routine management, which has attained
the utile, will act wisely in thinking about the duke.
" The sides of botii the cuttings and embankments
might be turned to excellent purpose, instead of being a
nuisance to the neighbouring lands by fostering weeds
and maturing their seeds. That they might be culti-
vated profitably is evident from the luxuriant growth of
the weeds in most parts, and of the cultivated plants
on those small portions, generally near the stations,
where cultivation has been attempted. At present,
however, the attention of the directors of railroads
is engrossed by more exciting subjects ; but a time
will no doubt arrive when they will be glad to
turn every part of their property to the most pro-
fitable use. In the meantime, all parts of the cuttings
and embankments, even those which are too steep for
profitable culture, might be rendered beautiful and highly
interesting during the greater part of the year, by very
little trouble and expense. First, let the weeds be de-
stroyed (and that ought to be imperative on all rail-
roads, for without it they are a nuisance to their neigh-
bours), and then let the seeds of the various ornamental
plants, generally grown in fea rden s, especially of half-
hardy exotics, both annuals and perennials, be scattered
on the sides of the banks and cuttings, for which pur-
pose the ensuing month is, perhaps, the best in the year.
There are, probably, no places within this kingdom so
well adapted to the acclimatising of half-hardy, and
even many tender exotics, as the chalk cuttings and
embankments on many of our southern railways ; for
instance, on the Brighton Railway, through the greater
part of its course. And what an alteration this would
effect, at a mere trifling expense in labour and for seeds!
I doubt not that there are many Railroad Directors
amongst your readers, and that a word from you would
have great weight with them ; and I really think it a
subject well worth both your attention and theirs.
I believe the money which they would ex-
pend would be even profitably laid out. There are
thousands of persons who, at this season of the year
especially, take trips on railroads for mere pleasure, and
to whom one railroad is much the same as another ; but
suppose, Sir, there was some one railroad in particular,
the banks of? which were beautified in the way I have
suggested, is it not probable that road would be pre-
ferred by a very great majority of those pleasure travel-
lers? Why, the disposition which such an act on the
part of the directors would evince to conciliate and
please the public would of itself be sufficient to make
that road popular. At present, it is lamentable to look
on those banks which might be so easily covered with
beauty, but which, from entire neglect, are both a nui-
sance and an eye-sore."
We have no doubt that not only beauty, but even pro-
fit, would ensue from cultivation of the roads. Tho
northern banks, warmed by the southern sun, especially,
are ready-made terraces, suitable for the vine, which used
to bo cultivated in England with profit. The Grand
Junction and Brighton seem, for different reasons, both
to be in a favourable 'position to decorate the banks of
their lines with ornamental gardening. Probably gar-
deners would be found to rent the banks on condition of
carrying the produce along the line at easy terms.

STURBITCH FAll{.—The once " great day" came
off on Thursday last. Of horses the show was somewhat
small and generally inferior, with the exception of cart colts,
several of which fetched the high price of upwards of 401.
Old Kent Hops realised from 61. to 61. 10s., and Sussex from
61. 10s. to 71. Of cheese there was a very small supply, in
consequence of the inclosure of Cottenham, which has to a
very great extent done away with. that place as one of the
largest dairies in the Kingdom ; the prices ranged from ss.
6d. to 7,. per stone, which was rather higher than last year.
The supply of onions was very large, and fetched 2s. 6d. per
bushel, which was also rather higher than last year. The
wood fair was very thinly attended, neither was there a very
large supply of brooms, wooden ware, or leather. The
" Fur Shop,' which for so many years made the fair look
somewhat comfortable, has at length vanished. Of the plea-
sure fair little need be said; it was very thinly attended, and
must have been unprofitable to all concerned.—Cambridge
Chronicle.

lIIICAL OPPOSITION TO RATLWAYS.—We observe,
from a neighbouring print, that the Duke of Cleveland con-
tinues his opposition to the railway surveyors, in reference to
his estates in the neighbourhood of Barnardcastle ; the ser-
vices of the police being put in requisition to prevent the
engineers passing across his Grace's property, and instructions
having been given to his tenants to afford neither shelter nor
accommodation to the persons employed in ascertaining the
traffic of their neighbourhood, in their houses, or even their
barns. Mr. Merritt, of Rokeby, is represented to be united
with the Noble Duke in this praiseworthy attempt to repress
public enterprise. Apropos of the police. Is the intention to
augment the rural police, elsewhere advertised, in any way
associated with the employment of the force for the protection
of the Duke of Cleveland's estates? The attempt, we are
persuaded, would be found unpopular enough, with-
out this individual distinction. We rather think
the rate-payers will be of opinion that their money
ought not to be :applied for such a purpose ; but that his
Grace ought to be left to his remedy at civil law, if he seek
to punish the corps of engineers for the invasion of his terri-
tories.—Durham Chronicle.

The Americans threaten soon to compete with the
English iron trade. A Liverpool merchant who went through
the American ironworks, in August last, writes as ;follows :
" Mr. Wenslow, of Troy Ironworks, says that the owners
of the Danville furnaces have contracted with the owners of
the mills and forges to supply them with their pigs at 11
dollars per ton, or about 2/. ss. of our money, and they have
contracted for a supply of coals, which are got close to the
works, for 11/.dollar, or ss. per ton, and he says he has no
doubt but that in a short time they will be able to make
their pigs for 8 dollars per ton. You may judge for your-
selves, therefore, what chance we have of long competing
with these people. Charcoal blooms are now at 50 dollars,
or about 101. per ton sterling." And he adds, in regard to
wages—" Tba average wages of the workmen is about 3s. Bd.
sterling per &ay, paid in truck at the employer's store, in
provisions, clothing, &c., for which they pay 25 per cent., and
in some cases higher, than that they would buy them from
the regular stores."— Worcester Herald.
DREADFCIII ACCIDENT AT KINGSTOWN.-011 Fri-
day last some gentlemen, whose names at present we forbear
publishing, went out in a boat between Bullock and Kings-
town, for the purpose of shooting. It appears that they
agreed to shoot at gulls with rifle guns and balls, and they
commenced firing in the direction of the Victoria baths. A
great number of ladies and children were bathing at the place
at the time, and a ball from one of the rifles whistled amongst
them. Several ladies heard the whiz of the bullet, but for-
tunately all escaped save a boy about seven years of age,
whose name is Dooley, and who was bathing with his mother.
The lady had a most miraculous escape. She was dressing
her boy in the box when the ball entered, and struck the lad
in the back of the head. He fell insensible, and it is stated
that his skull is fractured. lie lies at present in a very dan-
gerous state. The greatest consternation prevailed amongst
the bathers, and a policeman was called, who took the names
of the persons alluded to, after a good deal of trouble and
abuse, given him by these gentlemen. It is understood that
au investigation will take place in reference to this very un-
fortunate affair.—Dublin Evening Post.
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in tShCis° •icPt fiaOslie-aLAW.
—y.
-of the poor. Generally
Act in operation by elecingmAe
4nuanmdbpeurt
tohfe
Newthe pro.aorri-slhaews
that important office, and the luty
speaking, they have selectedinspectors
the
could
parochialn
In such appointments
devoted on more fitting individuals. ostichwooelmarase tseursre,fboor
parishes cannot be too cautious.
duties of the inspectorship, will,
many
or pleasant. In our more
laosweeesnutsrpuescttiedfiNivi with
hthem
e
very far from being either light
parishes the inspectors will have their time fully
populous
grerceeliivefi,npgrecplaairminsg,
returns,visiting p aBcue-.
pe ne
rger,o smaking
til eq
übi
tuiseisn,e sgsi
voi
nf
&c., and the proper way to do is to grant them corresponding
salaries. Let them be well paid, and let them perform their
offices well. So far as we have heard, the assessments are
fairest,
being imposed
is
inamnfenol-patdil oylnassdeulbfdpeb:eyapracosencenxoda according
eri
experience
sni:tc,uotnetnei
tertnosle:rebttdiaefiloieri
wlts
ohtngt
uloieenoersdaesusee:
pseptosratnett sotacwohrnhiedbi e d by the
tuoccupiers.
alsoi.l
man'sat
nhand
another at too little.—Fifeshire Journal.
PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—A race against time came off
at Braintree, on Saturday, at twelve o'clock, Mr. William
Lambert betting M.', William Payne five sovereigns that his
pet, Little Snowy, as he is cognomened, the celebrated Nor-
folk pedestrian, should run over a mile of ground, on the
Coggleshall road, in the short space of five minutes. The
lad did his work well, and had twenty seconds to spare,
much to the astonishment of the numerous spectators and
6 the delight of his backer.—Chelvisfor i Chronicle.