The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

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S" IRETON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, have been effected, In defiance of the recorded voices of the
No. 5, ST. JAIIIKEWSTREMT, LONDON. people at the last general election, and without a fresh
?ROOM\ appeal to them, are the measures themselves, and the justi-
Moaner Bars. 1 ==im
i.i.
&scion of them.
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I W.' DISIKTOOL You have, doubtless, all seen the justification set forth,
owe. se-Lieut.-Col. Laid . thentr# in the alleged potato disease in the autumn of 1815
Darere-Co tudiei-T. O.
,;_, ~" and winter of 1816. In answer to those statements by a
Mbhonier. It t. M.D.
Wm :NZ: - diplomatic Lord Lieutenant. and certain learned professors 1
V 11- h
JIM. r awtkii.i jets ,
Will put in the long-suppressed evidence of one whose
position you would have thought entitled his opinions to
TIM • . .. M.P. AMU air_
......,&„....,8.r.,,, ~....,,,,;=s a 5.,..., pre-eminent consideration. I mean Lieut.-Colonel 8.1'Gre-
j0e55ec........„..”7„„...j oe e pima
set E. gor, Inspector-General of the Police in Ireland; and rwe___„,•• ~, m„ fauuti..iliai.ada,if thethimraliaset tem=
.41, =5 when I tall a that the police fore, in Ireland consists of
o.:Xes Lariat •"' 11.000 men' that the polies barracks throughout the No. 283.] LONDON, TUESDAY
0,0„, ,
u, brn. mow so 800 las dun% eampleas Ms pew- country stand but ten miles apart-that, on an average,
mmo,_..widi M.
~,, aommiztralfeulpelne drums flimesm. aut, hi there is a policeman for every three square miles-that it is as°4=iii:_eriteur 1114......"07,...gathimatra••,...tel rude the duty of this police to collect the most
minute' imports of provisions from Ireland to show what the Irish
people bad produced for our consumption :-
bef.'""WeeZ=llli Us Jusemems. statistical agricultural information, es regards corn, pots- ir.,.,... ' ._
men awing ihemr*** amlar_ao:St_rel**l toes, cattle, sheep, pig', and poultry, you will naturally -- -I - 13'1". th" I vrWYbk.r'.4 • °""*".
...air ..v.......zE,=, -„,,,,,„,-T.z. :„1,z,„;;,7 say that lull a witness is the one whom, in preference to - ,7-.... r- -4. r, Qmotm...
biellandm, row twos Om . _ omit all others, we would have listened to and trusted. Well, um 111,193, SO 287 1 274 318 314,311 1,
70531 173
warm ata=,.....d 0.0:.Z.8. pesersll4l. re-
i what says Colonel M'Oregoc ? I quote from the blue book
i.=
iialte.t.
E.t.a
.4
~..7
boesime
sakePron:_tod subeequent to Sir Robert Peel's retirement from 11144813
%
21:02:427767 19010:,656449
111,;309:361,99907
"71R9,44.17 I.156;17280
104$ , 372,719 83,093 1,679,958 1,412,379 I 1,059,193
" LiallT. COLONEL at'OitXooß TO MR. TILETELTAV. produce, or rather Manufacture, of food il certainly
Amigos, to eseemsenial any "....66.4 Me, PM" di"' "Dublin Castle, Jan. 31, 1846.-We meet not .jedg• very great. Taking these MM. figures and turning them liAnessest seleinee the Brembutse, OA mat the ago as guy the
ens --,. . armor, te sot attained. thin: A person, ova os. of tie probable intensity of distress in any given lota- into money value, I will show, on the other hand, how muck
•mite owed
,e,-,0 en menus um see of 04 as the follow- liter by the extent of the general scarcity. In truth, sterling mosey we have created to send to Ireland to pay
sownsese
m wee wi,,,, ~,,, •,,,,,,,,,..,. ~, c.,,,,, 0, ...,,.. Ido not think that throughout Ireland the potato crop them for this produce. Taking what at, say 50s. a quarter, 0,,,,,...._ 2,__7m......
b....me. , wee
...... m ..--e-c--. is one-ninth, or at meat ouoeigbth, below an average barley at 305., oats at 205., flower at 20,. a cwt., and oatmeal
itaest..--.-.
AL I LlO Ita, 3d. I 115 10a. 10d. supply. Our difficulties, however, will arise from the very at 15s. a cwt., which ate about the present market priers (for
unequal distribution of the sound potatoes; large area of I quote them from the Mark-lane prices of Jaunary 26,
R. D. DAVENPORT. aorretue. be. 1 . 1
country being most tntire 3, exemptedirom the disease, while which I find in a newepaper on my table) merely making the
TIAL-----iAD/UM LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, innumerable insulated spots or dotnets are approaching sums even for readier calculation--thus, oats are at 223.. and
PA., &mum* WC
rapidly
Si alrecon. to total destitution. About 450 cases of thia kind I quote them at 205., whet at 515., and I quote it at 505.;
have already been reported." these imports show the following vellum :-
EVNMI, Rut., F.R.S. I RieltHow Mr T. V. Fremantle,
IL E. Dough, F.R .8. Davin,/ thus given you the official report of the inspector- --
,- Wheat
moo Mg., I.R.S. , Jamee Murray. so. general of police, written In the end of January, 1848, 1 will Earley Oats •
Wleat _ , Floor Oats
41010'..- I duanel :Wino,. beq. pale on to the last days of Sir Robert Peel's administration, Years. value at '''''' at n". at nine at solos 13e. Total
Mad RAM. Wa.
itir William Foam. Berl
mo. 365. tor Me. per ~,_ „„_, psi. ~,,,,. Value.
FIL A• 11.7'". I.R.V.obert Chasm Em. to that period of the year which, whenever a real potato quarter. quarter. "";„..'` a.* ann. 14.
uci..u.v.
famine in Ireland has occurred, has invariably proved the ICU Ch" '4. rine A ..-teth Tborapeon, M.D. epoch of greatest suffering and greatest severity, when the - --1
or ?emir a -The dfreetars et BO society, wok the view X 4 4 I 4 X X
EFIFAve.,„ nomy m,l owl,. or 98,, him 0b.., mr,„„„, 00,, prefer stocks of potatoes in their natural course become exhausted, 1891 280.370 73,430 1.2t4,32G 311,311 1,103,379 3,107,043
d ...." 7- ive. of rotueed timealsone to a prospoethe bonus in and their price consequently ries to the highest,-1 mean 1841 1351,192 165,673 1,361,997 713,443 1,770,9711 4,102,291
at root '',,,, .to
ibiso ,•• 0. .-- -.- their ”tediVr.._°rlll.-WI • 05. !el.. the end of the month of June ; and then I leave to you, who 1014 300,69 J 135,964 1,509,670 1139,567 861,232 3,649,343
dales We "h", ~,rd t"'4,mairr? 4 omomma'oM7merro:m6T, r,,,,T. are men of business, to extinine into the prices, and to de- 1845 I 031,796 : 139,641 I 1,679,938 1,422.370 794,361 1 4,968,195
motif wv.rmhZ__ If ',,,j,,, osee., todtodior tae jogeooto sad the cide fur yourselves whether the allege) Irish famine of "So that poor, miserable, ever.eomplainiog Ireland iv-
ma * ••••184.5.6 was a tones fide famine, or anything else than a pre. eeives from England from 4,000,0001. to 6,000,0001. sterling
Veer now offers the followlng ad raatedes t text to serve the purpose of the minister. arly, in r ethane! for these articles of produce alone, to
Imed wale of pram= which eon be w ley adopted.
To prove this, I commend to your perusal the following nay nothing about pigs, cows, sheep, butter porter, and flax lITAIII,II.
lam smannee of XlOO, maids at dam extracts:- vast quantities of all which articles Ragland purchases from:
-eta 8.. RouTtlifti YR. TIIVILTAN. her."
, - 4111"n5m...-.. S.
.. 2::.... errw's'''''".'""-- . rreadle, bublist, Assi . =TPA VM/lOgy Is 'Thirirs pseliasessisseise-ilest is areas of
Cithm sweet _ _ .E. _ mirs's, with
an dealers,
ious who ha vane
dbeient
i 1
linet
fur carat. to klim ;wining the last six months of Sir Robert Peel's Irish
gosateil des MI.; iiii, ........i.iir: exact upon it price; call
..eWs Isee those exactions the market price for an article introduced Coax (or mon olow•rn) ntronrao INTO GREAT BRITAIN
- mmo mimosa of ebb* dike ire impeleinglila three expressly for its cheapness, and recommended ander that 9.1011 IRELAND.
Mll63•lale el wee. advantage for the use of the poor.
Wheat
~, wet Mang goat of Mama end immtheim. " While the price is 365, per quarter, and it is much under Months. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Fmm. I Oatmeal
p'.l„ .tabs Mlle atm ot as
that, it can be sold at a profit at 101. per ton."
Ilin7=•••=reci of a=l Bll2 A. 0017TH 20 1112 TBITELTAN,
re toe eimmullea foe easleahme Miestions of premem M " Ifountjopequare, June 28, 1346.--I hope my letter of 1846.
, January
a. d 6,. amok tv olds b Me meant edgleak yesterday will convince you of the propriety of the price 0. February
mot. WI. per ton and the danger of raising it'
bedaVell'snatialat6 25 op go 'bin Wm' *Return of Provisions in the Market at Sligo, for the
dirair.....abitiNsixie.:7:7Nrereesk . ersawienge.,aleareanoneaudic.,
D.t..week ending on Saturday, 27th June, 1816.
•
reemilem.eleinp=ed
dine Ma la Ihe meter at Ms Moo of Potatoes. Oatmeal. Osta Marcia Qrs. Ctrs. W. Ciet. Cwt.
35,993 16,533 107,323 109,321 118,211
28,305 7,454 93,926 104,176 99,884
19,865 9,053 03,276 86,237 60,04
April..~
May ......
June
Total la 6,247 1,829 63,954 83,663 25,731
llwhich the • I Moe Persix 1 536,942 , 49,407 499,550 300,191 393,018
I Prim par . 1 Priceper
leferatatlnn and watitadete. 110 WM MaWare7N,either at Market was 1 Cat d, Cwt. 1 welt le et months I
aa N 0.7. Waterieo-iihme, Idednia teeW Me Denen • mean hoid. 1~
la sneriesinal LOOM. Fran i To , Pronif To :: From To
J. Longs, sosestan sod Adman%
Ja., W. - -I- -'-- -- - ~®' Ba'• Calee. 61=1 Swine.
ROW LAND'S ODO N TO, or PEA It L Is.d.le. d. , ,s.d., s. d. Ir. ds. d. Meath& and Cows. Tombs.
' DENTIFRICE. a o'ilt. Powder for Me Teeth, aim dad of 27th itmel 107' 2 4 3 0 311 013 8 706 16 010 0 -
do dreamt sod room welowaM itldoMmto of Me Wallet it liaterdey I i 1646. Na No. Na No.
star from the teeth, remove. spots of latiplemt ....4 . ...
4,813 6a 5,074 41,439
=mid preverres.Ma enamel imparting the meet pore ood - taws' a 1 ... ... .. 600113 6 114 0 .. ... . . January
February
mocitseeeo. rd giTebirwolass• and imitime to the breath. 'Lino... I
6,786 90 2,302 61,709
blir Meows wadi ward Dom the cum., and a healthy action and re • m0.m,,,m i
' Month
April ........
eietnikat tt. 06 pow boc-Soltf AT A. ROW LAW Daad SON, Mit H. EOLITH TO MR. TRZVELTAN. May
a ammemdee, i wed by all cheralow and pee/ammo " Dublin Castle, July 3, 1846.-1 have the honour to June
• WSW WORK BY HOZ. submit to you, that between Cork and Sligo, and, u far as I
es Wien tut. wiabliet. twice 14. the Eleventh Number of Total In six 48 609 2,106 67,710 t 71,613
IIZALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY can learn, from thence to Belfast.
RIO
Iran , whlio,.lesa.,.l: ort
_ ......I ...I. pa' T.... 1..., ......... .... sn-wn •wa n months .. 1 .

■aw leTiliK BY BOZ.
in lin Si In.. elate peNahat. Wee I. the Eleventh Nambee
EBALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY
•NWholesale. Retail. nod for Ea portealon. By
to D.( ars, With Ilbstratlona by HAIILOT K. Rao. NL
Inside: nee-Bevy aixt liwva. 11. Bonverleeneet. finet eneet.

" Dublin Castle, July 3, 1846.-1 have the honour to
submit to you, that between Cork end Sligo, end, far as I
can learn, from thence to Belfast, there IS en wholesale or
retail sale of Indian corn meal. From Belfast, however, it
is widely extended into the interior.
" A Mr. Bosse?' is now grinding and preparing one or
more cargoes for sale at Limerick, but I have sot heard any
price ennounoed. This person, in the month of March and
April, did retail a limited quantity, at 121. per ton, at the
time that our price was 111. per ton; but he stated to Mr.
Oefan that on the reduction of our rate to 101., he should
mil at 111., and which he could readily do, as he could make
hi purchases at 71. 10s. to 81. "
I annex copy of a letter from Deputy Commissary
General Dobree, on the prices now ruling at Waterford,
which, in fact, are the ruling prices on the east coast of 1
Ireland, and even at Armagh and Monaghan, and other
places to the north-east, more in the interior.
" At Drogheda, and at some other points, the price is 91.
" I lay before you extract of the prices on the 31st of May,
also on the east side.
" The prim of oatmeal, from the increased popularity of
the Indian corn m is fallen to 141. and 15s. ; and even at
that price is nomi me situations where the latter can
be procured, which is o a disappointment to those
whe held back this supply with of exacting 255. per cwt."
(Endo' .)-
DF.PVTT CORXISSART ORNERAL DORRIS TO SIR R. ROLTH.
" Waterford, July 2, 1846.—1 think it always my duty to
inzussiih,
apprise you that there a a very large quantity of aim in
this port, and that if it be consistent with your I
could obtain a supply of meal, of the beat quality, adeq
to our wants, under 91. 6s. 83. the tom.
" I have been told that several cargoes of corn have been
parehmed at Cork for 101. the ton by Commissary General
Hewetson."

40,609 I 2,106 I 67,790 1277,413
What a picture of a famished or famishing country, ex-
porting to Great Britain in the first six months of 1816-
1 of grain, 670,899 qrs. of whiat ; flour acid oatmeal, 953,212
cat. ; cattle and swine, 953,212 ! What a happy, what a
glorious contrast to the awful and terrible reality of the
last nine sad months of 1846 and 1847, when 6,000,0001.
sterling have been already expended, and, neverthelena, at
least 1,000,000 of human beings have perished in Ireland
from famine and pestilence consequent upon famine.
But perhaps a still more remarkable cJatradietion to the
pretext audaciously set up of famine in any part of the
empire in 1815-46 will be found in a return printed on the
10th of this mouth, from which it appears, that, with the
exception of 1,361,097 qrs. of grain, flour, and meal, the
United Empire was fed from the 6th of June 1845, to the
sth of June, 1316, exclusively on grain of British and Irish
growth, whilst during the whole of that period the price ef
wheat rose but for a single week to 60s. Id., the average
throughout the year being 555.
In 1844-45 we consumed double this quantity of foridge
grain ; the pries of wheat nevertheless, lose to within 4d.
par qr. of its highest rice in Sir K. Peel's famine year;
whilst in the year ending on the sth of June last, when the
reel wolf Caine, though 9,548,870 qrs, of foreign grain
actually entered into oar consumption, the average price
rose to 102 s. .

111. OVUM! ELLS (MOE TO HEALTH AND LONG LIFE
Price Is esch ter poet,_lisAll. le. Di hick
WHAT TO HAT RUM, AND AVOID,
(Wail Dlet•tsble• lit dl Ognailatal S. HOW TO Bs
WIT. - Juanita Vhsh.,4l4 lk le hisissiel GM
eiNitpiv.
et eh lima and ratan= sine el sews via sr=
ishleisialaisees4=l
bwheattEl.ll,_. at=
alp us at eat coinis is et
weillesi la Men hee4etri. the want ems et
.40111adieeetion limy he mind hi a
IlAwiesitar row ; M 11211,. 39, C,orribLl; 4
• 747, Fleet einet ; Nehoe. 13T,Walehtee;
ailinatnce tbe.Aailier, . Arzytt•olsce Iteeent-eirert.

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Raving thus reviewed the past, you may, perpaps, ask
ghat I propoes to do for the future.
""--.1 propose to wait tin the confusion created.* the late
extra-ordinary calamity has pseud away, and du serrieei--1
tarsi and commercial atmosphere has become clear. My
sentiments, however, remain unchanged. Two good har-
vests, in my judgment, will be required to restore the corn
trade to a natural condition, and then, in my opinion, we
shall shall see wheat during a series of years average not more
than 4.5 e. a quarter, at which price it seems to me that
the agriculturist, with tithe, poor-rate, land tax, malt tax,
and hop duties to pay, cannot live, asd either his protec-
tion in some shape and in some degre must be restored to
him, or, by a revision and equalisation of taxes, he must
be pot upon a fair footing with the Manchester manufacturer.
As yet the vast free trade experiment has only been
tested under circumstances of famine. Our opponents told
us that free trade and plenty were synonymous terms; that
free trade and equableness of price were as sure concomi-
tants as daytght with the noonday sun ; that it was the
" sliding scale which would not slide," which under the corn
laws created those mischievous ups and downs of price. Mr.
Cobden told you that you would enjoy three loaves where
before you had two. Sir Robert Peei and Sir James Graham,
his pupils, intimated that they would give you cheap bread
and high wages. Mr. WOregor, of the Board of Trade, an-
nounced that the repeal of the corn laws (see his evidence
before the "imports committee") would annually save
the country 100,000,000/. Dr. &wring proved to poli.ico-
economical demonstration that free trade in cattle and
provisions would save the British consumers in beef alone
20,000,0001. a-year. All the free traders agreed that nothing
was required to extend beyond all bounds the prosperity of
your foreign export trade in British manufactures, than to
open wide and free your ports to all the agricultural and
manufacturing industry of your foreign rivals. You can
now judge for yourselves how far these free-trade prophecies
have been fulfilled.
In vain we, the Protectionists, warned the manufacturers
that they would be the first to suffer; that they were ex-
changing their best and surest customers at home for the
tsgue chance of new customers from abroad. In vain we
warned the manufacturers that the Russian, the Prussian,
the German, the American, and the Frenchman, would have
gold for their corn, and would foster with English gold their
own manufactures.
Well, the experiment hat been tried. Have we had
equableness and lowness of price ? The same parliamentary
return gives these results as regards variations in tbo price
of wheat
VARIATIONS OP PRIM! PER QUARTER wiTlltee CER-
MIN PaRIOD!. Varia-
CORN LAW or 1846-7,
1817 Within the year 44e. Id. and 102 s. 5d..675. 4d.
Within the same month 81 10 „ 102 5 ..20 7
Within the same week 94 10 102 6 .. 7 7
CORN LAW OP 1842.
1843 Within the same year, 455. sd. and 65e. Bd.. 20s. 3d.
1844 Within the same month 49 8 ~ 57 7 .. 7 11
1844 Within the same week 64 2 „ 67 7 .. 3 5
Coax Law or 182$.
1829 Within the same year 535. 9d. and 745. 211.. 20s. sd.
1837 Within the same month 61 8 „ 61 9 .. 10 1
1829 Within the same week 67 6 „ 73 6 .. 6 0
Law or 1828.-Highest price was 81s. 6d. in 1839 ; lowest
price was 38e. Gd. in 1835.
Law or 1842.-Highest price was 6.55. Bd. in 1843 ; lowest
price was 455. in 1845.
LAWS or 1846 7 f.Fltite TRADI).-Highest price was 102 s.
sd. in 1817 ; lowest price was 455. Id. in 1846.
The first of these laws, the sliding scale of 1828, was un-
doubtedly • very faulty and bunel;2; piece of legislation.
It was a jumping rather than a milling scale, produced com-
paratively little revenue, and excited the corn-merchants to
speculate deeply, and artificially to run up or run down the
averages. Sir Robert Peel justly takes credit for undoing
in 1842 the bad and impolitic law of ISIS, and supplanting
it by the more regular aid gradual sliding scale of 1842.
Sir Robert Peel truly writes as follows:-
" With respect to the corn laws, there were in force on
the Ist January, 1842, rates of duty on the importation of
foreign core, varying according to the average price in the
home market.
When wheat was 621. a quarter, the duty was 245. Bd. ;
when 68e., 16e. Bd. ; when 735., Is.
"Corresponding duties were levied on the same principle
on the import of other desariptions of grain. On barley,
for instance, and in Indian corn, when the price of barley
was under 345. the quarter, the duty on the import of a
quarter of barley, and also of • quarter of Indian corn, was
lbs. 4d. ; when above 415., the duty was reduced to Is.
" These several duties were reduced in the session of 1842.
In that of 1846, provision was made for their total repeal on
the Ist of Feb., 1849."
But whose handiwork was this law of 18281 It was Sir
Robert Peel's as oontradietinguished from the measure of
Lord Liverpool and Mr. Canna*, which passed the Roue
of Commons by a ranhirlay of 229 to 160, and by which,
when wheat was 625. a garter, the duty was 160. ; when
. ; when 205 • • .
Correspmding duties wen levied with, sums principle on
the import of other Ihsidideas
On barley for Wham, mad caliMaa sera, when the
price of barley was under 345. the quarter, the duty on the
import of a quarter of barley, and ales et • quieter of Indian
core, was fis 6d., when above 365. the duty was retimedte la.
This admirabe project of a corn law , as compowed with
that of Bir Robert Peel. in 1828 was defeated by a mad in
the House of Lords, led on by die gesedees teem Mr. Can-
ning's administration, and it was es the sluselders of this
cabal, consisting of Lords Bathurst, Mom Westmoreland,
Melville, and the Duke of Wellington, that Baleen Peel
in the beginning of 1828 rode into power, aid emsied the
more restricted corn law of 1828. But that yes may batter
judge of the comparative merits of Sir Hubert Peers several
scales of corn laws, and how far he is entitled to the repute.

SIR R. ROUTH TO Xi. TILETYLTAN.
"Dublin, July 5, 1846.—At the present price we shall
never sell the oatmeal ; and before two months it will be
down to 101. per ton, and fall even lower with the incoming
harvest, and the new importations of Indian corn.
" If you will consent to take time by the forelock, and
agree to sell it at Limerick, and Cork, and Galway at 121.
per ton now' we may save this loss, unless you pare some
other service to which you could apply it. But if you slect-le
on it you must determine on it at once. Flour or grain
speculations require promptitude and decision. You must
go before the event, and not wait until it overwhelms you.
All these bolder, of oatmeal are coming down by degrees;
and their fear of booing now, which prevents them adopting*
resolution which they must come to in a few weeks, will be
the cause of their suffei lag a heavier loss hereafter."
So that it would appear that, far from Ireland being a:-
bruited by famine and suffering from dearth at the conclu-
sion of the potato year, Sir Randolph Routh's only appre-
hension was that the English government would not be able
to extricate themselves from loss on their " flour and grain
speculations," and that low prices would "overwhelm
them !" The fear was, that their remaining stores and coming
low prices would " overwhelm them !"
Had government then laid in stores and made provision
for" four millions of people," who, Sir Robert Peel assured
the parliament, were on the brink of starvation, and could
only be saved by a repeal of the corn laws ? Far from it.
The balance sheet of the Irish commissariat expenditure
shall speak for itself.
The minister in his own mind measured the real neces-
sities of the people ; he did not forget the trustworthy re-
port of Lieut.-0,1,nel M'Gregor, and judging rightly what
would be ample for their sustenance, he made seven months'
provision at the outside—not for four millions, as be told
the Commons, but for three hundred thousand persons; and
right liberal was the provision. Writing from Cork to Mr.
Trevelyan, on the sth of July, 1846, Commissary-General
Hewetson uses this remarkable language :
" The events lock well, and the people were never before
so well fed and with such wholesome food."

" Balance-sheet of the Commivariat Expenditure and Re-
ceipts for Services in 'lreland in relieving the Distress
occasioned by the failure of the Potato Crop :
Dr.
To cost and charges of Indian corn and meal'
imported from America 105,256 8 8
To cost and charges of Indian corn and oat-
meal purchased in the United Kingdom 45,923 0 1
To cost of oatmeal purchased ,in Ireland by
commissariat department
To cost of oatmeal supplied by Admiralty
To expenses of kiln drying and grinding Indian
corn to June 30 3,887 15 1
To expenses of labour, cartage, boat-hire, &c„
2
to tune 30 578 13 0
,
To expenses of freight from port to port, and
by canals to June 30
To sums paid for rent of magazines to June 30 300 0 0
To cost of sacks and other expenses incurred
by ordnance department
To estimate of further amount required for
grinding, labour, and freight 3,500 0 0
To estimate of further amount required for rent
of magazines 1,700 0 0
--

£185,432 7 7

Cr.
By amount of sales of Indian corn, meal, and
oatmeal, to July 15
By estimated amount of fur-
ther sales of Indian corn,
meal, and oatmeal, to Au-
gust 15
By amount recovered from
underwriters ea net avails
of Arab, lost 4,684 11 0
By amount recovered from
underwriters for general
average per Harriet Rock-
well 95 4 9
61,780 2 9
Balance, being the probable net cost to the
public of the Indian corn and other food
which has been provided for the relief of
the people suffering from the failure of the
mop in Ireland 50,481 5 6

£ 186,432 7 7
84,780 2 9

Balance expended in relieving the distress
occasioned by the failure of the petal,:
crop to to:the 15th July, viz.. a fortnight
&SAY the retirement of Stt Robert reel
from office £120.652 0 0
Having thus shown the amount of money sent into Ireland
to make provision for the people alleged to be famishing in
the winter of 1846, I will complete the answer to Sir Rebut
Peel, by quoting two documents to show the amount of
grain and some other provisions exported from Ireland in
1846, and the first six menthe of 1848. The first document
is from the able pen of Mr. Campbell Foster, the well-
known Times' commindoner the Inn is compiled from a
parliamentary paper.
In the last week in January, 1848, the Times' commissioner
thus orites
" Mr. O'Connell quoted the following tabular statement of
• In:losed tn 6ir R. Bouth's letter of July 1, 1946.