The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1849.

pristine the peat God to forgive them." I saw on many
rough wages the traces of deep emotion. Brielane was
running about in a state of diatrection, bitterly complaining
None of the houses from the corner to this house of Met
lane's were levelled ; bat a little beyond Brislane's Fethard-
street colameness, and as soon as the party entehr:dhaond
betas
street a body of twelve bailiffs from Nensgh, w
is a house up to this period, came up, each carrying a
erow-bar, and the work of levelling here commenced, with
an extraordinary coolness en the part of the bailiffs. Three
or four of them would Whet at a corner of a house,
and by • few well directed strokes of the crow dislodge a
quote, when the wall generally tumbled in an exceedingly
brief short spaces of time. Their faces, when they were a
short time at work, became so begrimed and blackened with
the den, that they looked quite horrible. Four hovels at
the commencement of Fethard-street were razed in an in
credibly short owe. Another hones remained to be demo-
lished, and the NOM were about applying crow bars to the
walls, when it being mid that's wretched man named Bcoth
was Weide suable to leave his bed, Mr. Gamin entered, and a
sight of the meet harrowing description presented itself to
hh ern The poor creature lay on a wretched straw pallet
in the cocoa, Ids fees and limbs were swollen, and he was
scarcely able to articulate a word from excessive debility.
Mr. Gases gave him a shilling, and appointed him " care-
taker" of the beam for a week, perceiving that the inevitable
cousequenee of throwing him out, would be instant death.
Here the rola, which had been falling all day, increased
violently. I left the scene for a short time to see the cam
dition of the people in other pens of the village. It was
heartrending, absolutely terrific. To describe the con-
trivaaces resorted to is order to ward off the "pelting of
the pitiless storm," would be an median task. Chairs
were arranged in squares, quilts, sheets, and pieces of old
convene were stretched on poles; wigwams were thus formed
under whose covering the poor creatures were seated, com-
pletely saturated with the rain which fell through the
flimsy awning overhead nearly as plentifully as it did from
the akin without. Ass's ears and turf baskets were also
upturned, and rave shelter to IKONS of half-clad wretches.
I again proceeded to Fetkani-street. The bailiffs bad gone
up on the Basxside, where they were at my departure,
and having demolished two or three houses, were now en-
gaged at the opposite side. I subjoin tho names and
families of the persons evicted. I could not ascertain the
exact amount of those whom it is intended to furnish
other dwellings to; but I am told on good autherity
that !selections have been made which give occasion to
very bad feelings. Anxious to do my duty impartially and
with candour to all parties, I made the most rigid inquiries
cm this head, and am enured by most reliable authority that
the persons to be taken in must be conMderably less than
thiry families.
[The reporter here gives a list of the name., the numbers
of each family, &e., evicted—the aggregate amounting to
five honored and eight human Wisp. He then proceeds,
and. describing • particular locality called Pound-street
n this street a great many more persons were rendered
Iscuseless than appears by the report. I could get no accurate
account of the Raines of the lodgers in each house, but was
told that at least one and sometimes two fossilise, along with
the nominal occupant's family, resided in each. Beyond the
end of Pound-street, on the road leading to Greene, some
eight or tea houses, innabited by some families of the Ityans',
were also, I am told, demolished. But I had not time to
premed to the spot, and make personal observations. Taking
into consideraton the number of lodgers which the houses
contained in addition to the recognised tenants, and of which
I could get no accurate return, I should suppose that the
entire number turned out of their houses on Thursday would
' reach 160 families, of 600 individuals. Of this number, I
could learn that about thirty families, or, on an average of
four to each family, about 120 persons were to be allowed
other dwellings in the village. Si that 480 persons or 120
families would thus appear to be thrown on the " waves of
' the world," as some of the unfortunate people themselves
stated it. I have now only to add that in the drawing up of
' this report, and in collecting the facts I have herein stated,
I was influenced solely by a desire to do even justice to all
parties. Before I close this lengthy report, I deem It only
an, to Mr. Denis M'Carthy, the middle landlord of Church-
' street, Maimstreet, and a great part of Fethard-street, to
stars, that on his appearance among his former tenants, the
protestations of gratitude the poor creatures poured out to
I him were unbounded. I saw several kneel on the wet street
and call down blessings cn his head for the indulgetoe he
had shown while exercising the functions of landlord over
them. Night was falling as the sheriff's deputy, with his
attendants, had taken poas,ssion of the last house in Pound-
street. I won't attempt to describe what was indescribable
—the saithhithrowing condition of the poor wretches in the
wigwams at the time I was leaving Toomevara (8 o'clock in
the evening). No pen could pourtray in its true colours the
fearful honors of the picture."