The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MARCH 27.—`•.DON'T ENLlST."—Placards
have been extensively circulated during the past week at
the fairs held in Carlow and the adjoining counties, the
object of these productions being to prevent the peasantry
from enlisting in her Majesty's service.
,ARREST OF A MURDERER.-011 Wednesday last,
constable Slattery, of the county police, happened to
recognize in a field near Balintough-bog, a man of the
name of William Hare, against whom there is a private
information for the murder of Patrick Shine. Slattery,
a most resolute and active member of the force, fearless
of danger, sprang towards his man, who immediately
lifted his spade, and struck him a violent blow, which
Slattery recovered, and secured his prisoner, who was
almost immediately rescued by a brother and other
relatives on the ground, who then turned on the con-
stable ; but Slattery pursued him again into a farm-
house, from which Hare escaped, followed through the
bog by Slattery, who fired a pistol to intimidate him,
and Hare fell. The policemen then overtook him, and
struggled to bring his prisoner towards the road, when
fortunately a gentleman's gig drove by, as the prisoner's
friends were rising to the rescue ; but Mr. Tuthill, of
Faha, and Mr. Green, promptly came up to the police-
man's assistance, and enabled him to secure William
Hare, the reputed murderer, in their gig, and bring him
on a prisoner, while the country people stayed away
from dread of being recognized by the Magistrates.—
Limerick Chronicle.

EMIGRATION.—The tide of emigration has set in this
season with even unwonted vigour. In no former years
.do we remember so many persons leaving this country
for America. Hitherto the emigrants who have sailed
from home have come from the inland counties; the
spirit of enterprise has now seized upon those nearer
home, and multitudes of men and women of these coun-
ties (Meath and Louth) are embarking, or preparing to
embark, for the States. Favourable though we be to
emigration, seeing that no other hope remains, yet we
lament that those persons at present quitting our shores,
and all too for Yankee land, are of better class, and
well provided with money, which being drained from this
impoverished island, will, no doubt, in the aggregate, be
severely felt, particularly in the country towns, where
hitherto their hundreds used to circulate freely.—
Drogheda Conservative.

MIIRDER.—On Tuesday Mr. Izod held an inquest at
Ballyhale, county of Kilkenny, on the body of a man
named Patrick Lyons, otherwise Reid, a native of Fresh-
ford, who was engaged with others at a hurling match
on the lands of Castlegannon, near Lukewell, last Sun-
day. The deceased received at the hurling two distinct
blows from some blunt instrument—one, not affecting
life, received with the hat on ; the other, received with-
out any covering, fractured the base of the skull in a
frightful and extensive , manner. A verdict of wilful
murder against some person unknown was returned.
The deceased was a well conducted, peaceable man, of
the labouring class.—Waterford Mirror.

THE CAPTAIN'S BOAT.

" Tell it to the Marines," &c.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN
SlR—Captain Berkeley says that Mr. Elton in asking
Captain Williams for his boat, took upon himself to
do that which all naval officers (qy. captains) knew to
be one of the greatest pieces of impertinence that
could be committed. Again, the Gallant Captain
says, the captain's boat was as much to him as the
Duke of Wellington's charger was standing at the
door—( a laugh, and well might they laugh)—and it
would be just, as allowable for an officer of the army
to ask the Duke for the loan of his charger, as for
the mid to ask for the captain's boat. Be it, there-
fore, known that captains see things through a dif-
ferent medium to other people, and I am one of those
naval officers who presume (being on half-pay, not to
acquiesce in the similitude of the Gallant Captain.
For these reasons the captain's boat is like all the
other ships boats, the property of the Crown ; they
are repaired and painted by the Crown, and in the
event of the boat being rendered useless by becom-
ing leaky or worn out, another is supplied by the
dockyard on demand by the captain. Again—How
often does the captain lend his boat to his own im-
mediate friends, for hours together, so that they may
visit the ships of war, yachts, dockyard, gunwharf,
and the other naval establishments, lending, of course,
the boat's crew, and generally a mid, who are kept for
the greater part of the day pulling them about the
harbour. Is the Duke's charger ever employed in
like manner ? Again, the captain's boat is daily
despatched to bring the captain's soft-back-milk,
butter, and eggs for breakfast, and divers other ser-
vices, which I could easily enumerate, not always
of so reputable a nature. It is well known that the
moment a captain is appointed to command a ship, his,
mouth is ever full of my ship—my lieutenants—my
doctor—my . purser—my marine officer—my mid-
shipmen—but not my master ; for he is styled, par
excellence, the master of the Victory. I have been in
the navy upwards of thirty-five years, and, thank
God, have sailed with captains who have never hesi-
tated to allow their officers occasionally to take a pas-
sage in their boat when going to or from the ship,
and again others who thought it highly derogatory to
them to allow any one beneath that rank to have a
seat in her. How often have I seen the boat return
to the ship, and on one of the officers wishing to get
off to the ship, and obliged to, hire a shore-boat, cost-
ing him nearly a da-y's pay, to get on board. After
reading the dignified speeches of the Captains B. and
R. on the case of Mr. Elton, I cannot help being re-
minded of the old story of the cook, who, when he
was about being tried by a court-martial, was asked
what he thought his sentence would be ? he replied,
" I don't know ; but if I was tried by a jury of cooks
I know very well what it would be.' Query. What
would have been the sentence of. Mr. Elton had he
been tried by the mids. ? Your constant reader,
BLUE JACKET.
No-Man's-Land, 20th March, 1842.

On Saturday last, as the diligence of Laffitte and
Caillard was coming to Paris, from St. Quentin, the pos-
tilion was obliged to turn off the pavement to the side-
road, to make way for a heavy waggon. In doing this
the coach lost its balance, and fell over with such violence,
that M. Guy, an architect from Caen, who was in the
coupe, had his thigh broken. Several other passengers
were hurt, but none seriously.
NEWSVENDERS.—The newsvenders of the metro-
polis celebrated their anniversary last week, by an enter-
tainment given at Anderton's Hotel, and commemorated
the gift by the body of a piece of plate to Mr. Wood of
the Dispatch. The evening was passed in a most agree-
able manner, and several excellent songs were sung ;
amongst them Mr. Beular gave his Earthquake.