The Sun. — 1838-04-17 (London, England)

UTION.—On Saturday last John Cleary, who was convicted at the Kilkenny Assizes for the murder of John Noonan, at Drumdowney, near Waterford, on the I ith of September last, underwent the extreme penalty of the law in front of our county prison. He appeared to be very penitent and quite resigned, to most the awful fate which awaited him. Previous to being placed on the fatal drop he made a full confession of his guilt in the press-roorn,in presence of the Roman Catholic clergyman by whom he was attended, and a few other individuals ern() happened to be in the room at the moment. Ile said, " Gentlemen, what I have to say to you is this—now that I am going to die, I do not wish to leave the world with a lie in my mouth. No one had hand, act, part, or krn, vled,ge of the crime I am about to suffer for but myself, and I hope you will pray for me. For the words I said the other day in the Court House, I am very sorry ; but it was in a passion they were said, for the flesh is weak. I forgive all who had a hand in bringing me to this, and I hope God will pardon them and me. What has brought me to this I hope will be the mean through repentance, of sending my soul to Heaven instead of to Hell." The unhappy culpi it then remained in riper with the clergyman for a short time, after which the executioner adju,ted the rope and drew the cap over his face. The unfortunate man all this time did not betray the slightest fear, but submitted to his fate with apparent fortitude and resignation, and stood quite firm on the fatal drop previous to being turned off. After hanging the usual time the body was cut down and subsequently interred in the gaol yard.--Kilhenny Moderator. POULTRY AND EGGs.—Tbe public are not, perhaps, generally aware that a very large portion of the poultry and eggs produced in this district find their way to the London market. The rapid communication which is now afforded to all parts of the country by means of the steamvessel and steam-steed, has, in fact, completely revolutionized the provision trade of the district, and local consumption or local demand has become almost a matter of secondary import. On Wednesday last there were tw o wholesale egg-merchants in our poultry-market, who purchased most extensively at an average of 41d. per dozen; aed it is understood that, but for the outlet afforded in this manner, the immense supply would have depressed the article to 3d. or 31d. per dozen. These eggs are usually conveyed to Carlisle, where they are sold to the Newcastle dealers, under whose care they are whisked along the railroad to the latter place, and then shipped in the Newcastle steamers to London, which usually perform the passage in thirty hours. The package and land carriage of ware so brittle is not the least important part of the business. Occasionally the eggs are put into boxes in the open market, but the most frequent mode is to place a layer of straw in the bottom of the cart, and then cover it with eggs, and so closely are these paved, that it is scarcely possible to insert the bulk of a bean in any part. This done, another stratum of straw and another of eggs are added, and so on until the body of the cart is filled ; and so compactly is the mass built together, that you may place a lading of meal on the top without the slightest injury to the cargo below. In this way many hundred dozens are exported, and the damage at unpacking will not amount to more than a score in the total lot. Hens and pullets, too, have been extensively purchased by the Edinburgh carriers at from ts. to Is. sd. per bead. These are carefully fed on the road, and either supply the Edinburgh market or find their way alive to the market of Leadenhall, in London, by the. Edinburgh and London steamers. The long travel, instead of injuring the condition, acts as a species of stall-feeding to the feathered bipeds, and they generally leave a handsome profit behind.—Dumfries Paper.