The Sun. — 1869-05-11 (London, England)

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 individual 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 gentleman 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 confirmed at a special meeting held for the purpose on Saturday. On the resolution being brought up for confirmation, 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 withdraws 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 discoveries 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.