The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-11-25 00:00:00

THE LANCASHIRE DISTRESS.

AN IRISH EDITOR ON THE DISTIUDHI.—Mr. PIOESIHI,
editor of the Irishman, in a lecture recently delivered,
said he would trams the career of those Irish emigrants-
who sought and obtaiaed • shelter from the American
nation when driven forth like beaten hounds by the
Government of their own aountry. The official famine
created in the country by the English Government
caused the -lives of 2,000,000 Irishmen. A famine
existed in Manchester now—even there he had been
told the child had been found dead by the side of its
mother. God forbid be should exult over the suffer-
inp,of these poor men in Manchester, but he could not
help but look at it as the retribution of the
Almighty. If be pitied the poor men of the Man-
chester and elsewhere be must believe that a just re-
tribution had fallen upon the land that had destroyed
two millions of his fellow-uien. If the artificial famine
of 1847 had not occurred, the natural famine of
1882 would not have occurred. He could not help
baying to England, "Your retribution has come." If
there were Providence in Heaven this was a legitimate
sequence.
WHO BENIFITS IT TH. COTTON TRADE' A
Leneashire farmer writes :—" There is not a farmer in
Great Britain and Ireland who does not directly benefit
by the cotton trade of Lancashire. Nearly all the vege-
tables, fruit, eggs, and poultry come from • distance.
Fruit is brought from the south of England ; early peas,
vegetables, and potatoes from Cornwall, and immense
quantities of all these from Ireland. So large is the
import that market gerdens near Liverpool and Man-
chester don't pay. Fish comes from Ireland and Soot-
, land, and beef and mutton from Ireland, Scotland,
, Wales, and the agricultural (*unties of England. Why
is this? Beasuse the cotton trade has created • vast
population, and these things come to Lanceehire be-
cause the customers reside here and are able to pay.
The remotest district is therefore interested, and
having profited largely by the cotton trade, should
contribute to the relief of the present awful distress."
A very melancholy instance of the offectstof the die.
tress now prevailing in Manchester was disclosed on
Wednesday before the coroner of that city. An old
woman, named Martha Boardman, 68 years of age;
who lived with her husband, had been suffering for
sometime past from the want of the neeessaries of life,
and on that morning she died, One of the witnesses
stated that deceased and her husband had had neither
fire or food for three weeks, except what was given to
them by the neighbour'.
Increased efforts, we are glad to observe, are being
F made in all directions to aid the distressed cotton
workers. At Manchester on Wednesday, a town's
meeting was held, to encourage and stimulate the can
vowing committee In their efforts to raise funds in
Manchester and Salford. The honorary secretary of
, the relief fund said that 233,000 had been raised in the
eity And borough since lest week, inaking their total
voluntary contributions £90,000. In London a house
to house canvass has been organised, and one of the ,
promoters of this movement, Mr. Henry Kingscote,
has written to Lord Derby, stating that some withhold
' their subscriptions bee:ammo:l impression prevails that,
the great Lancashire landowners and inanufacturerd
have not hitherto contributed se largely and generally
as was expected, and because norellable information is.
afforded of the extent of poor rate now being paid in
the Aistrestsed districts.. To this • Lord Derby has
replied, in • letter which waspublished in Thursday's
Times. His lordship says the manufacturers and ;
employers -of labour, generally have, by keeping their
awn people in pay, though out of work, and in other,
ways, madeindividual sacrifices and payment", in com-
parison with Which the largest amounts subscribed ,
would appear very insignificant indeed The amount of
the poor rate, he maintains, ought not to be taken sal
• heat of the severity of the distress in a district where
this universal. In conclusion his lordship says :—"I
can truly say that the extent of the distress is such as
to require ail the aid that can be obtained frem all
quarters." London keeps up its subscriptions with
great liberality. Nearly £5,000 lISS received at the '
Mansion House on Wednesday, making in a single
week upwards of 41'4000..
Ladies think State Papers not very interesting, but
one has recently been presented by command of Her
Majesty to both Houses of Parliament, which intimately
coceertis every lady in the ICh gdom. It is the Report I
of the Board of Inland Revenue on adulteration of Teo;
they Ante that co long, ae Tea arrives covered with ,
*Moor it will be largely adulterated, for "the Chinese !
find it profitable to use colour as a .wiask -as it enables
much trash to be passed undetected into eonsumption." I
The Times. August 15th, in a leading article reviewed '
this document, showing the absurdity of &Dewing mime
-
re! colour to be used on food to the consumers loss and
injury. Reliable quality is the first consideration with ,
the Public, therefore Bernina* and Co., Lowden, have
discarded the nee of colour on all their import" for the
met 14 years ; their Pure Green is • dull olive not,
bluish, and is with the black uniformly strong and de-
lis:does in flavour. Sold scoured ilk Hake* bd, 2960 an
thorised Agents, fir list of Herniman's lees/ Agents IWO
ear SIIIIIIIIII.