Somewhat conflicting reports still pour in respecting the state of
the potato-crop in Ireland. The accounts received in Dublin on Thursday are by no means calculated to allay the apprehensions of a fearful scarcity. Vast quantities of diseased potatoes had made their appearance in the Dublin markets, and it is feared that the crops about the metropolis had fared no better than those in the neighbouring counties.
At the Chertsey meeting, however, Mr. Trotter, iu alluding to this subject, spoke a few words of co nfort- He deplored the failure of the potato-crop; but still he was inclined to believe that it did not go to the extent that was generally supposed in the sister kingdom. He had recently seen letters from Mayo and Cavan, in which it was stated that at present there was no appearance of any failure; and he could place reliance par ticularly upon the letter from Mayo, because he was aware of the source from whence the information was derived, and that the letter was written by a confi- dential person. It was, however very gratifying to see that the grain-crops in Ireland were very largely increased: rt appeared that more flour was sent to this country in the first six months of the present year than during the whole of 1844, and it was one-seventh more than was supplied to this country from the whole world during the same period.
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