The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-06-03 00:00:00

DISTRESS IN IRELAND.

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The papers and letters received from Ireland
Rive the most melancholy accounts of the suffer-
toga of the miserable peasantry. The General
Committee of licher sitting in Dublin have pub-
lished a Ilepart on the state of the county of Cork,
the general principles of a hich apply to the other
(battened district.. The principal causes which it
amigos for the disrera sr. the nine as thote which
Lave been stated in this. Paper, viz. failure of the
potato crop. poverty, want of employment, &c. &c.
The Report ri-cite. many cases of actual famine
mod the most heart-Pelidifig distress. The following
is an extract f•con this aff:cting document :
" In onto* places the poor hove sot had any potatoes fur a
month or sit weeks; oaten Meal with water is their best food,
e.r Sour, of a very infertor descriptive, worked up tutu a dry
nalatslee wet urea', sod wee, many CAM ON LT raoovaa
Ins ruLwao oa air VWW Or Tlit MILLS, lIIMITOIOIIII
o %LT socoarr FOR teucs. Tbr moo extensive farmers to the
parish near Mill Street carman off od to pay their labourers as
they used to do in other years, from the low priers of Metier,
. stile, pigs, tie. sad from not having au, of their corn crops
of last year to pay their March and May remit' and County
?tarter ; sa that the poor cotter taproot obtain wages either
t orate food or to corer the rely indecent oakedtiess of
toms and his family. Many gladly work for food without
11.•,.0r any provialons Wake home to their wives and chit.
.I•e41; the voosegsesice is, 111 IC NOM t5,•11 CIIILDMEN Lit
A LVOTT ALL ii•Keciosdaran4er hbost the County OCOGING,
trsd almost staining, carrying mid eireolatioff contagion to
ietquarters. Some of the melt altou are forced to take their
pucks us their harts, and even decent fume's are glad to
receive grausitous allowance. The halo: to the towns and
%Altars is vet, considerable, numbers baying gone to Eng.
lied 10 seek for work, and lift their (mottle. behind them.
The Secretaries of the Committee at Clonakilly state,
that is lint town thm• is • population of Near 5,000. that
114 e artjirent districts arc al.o rstrrmely populous, tad the
set-era of misery and famine that pervade them are quite sp.

atibousib the anbevi ipliei:ll citable Owes I• ierwork

14 FYII Wiwi/rim yet thousands on thousands mania •nem-
pliird, though all are desirous to labour, and this hourly
increasing misery snit ultisnaiely compel them to inscribes?
V.i.i ins gtatuitoss•ly, as many have sot tasted .food
3/ to 40 /roars; in lkAiblsereen theaeands bare not a morsel
to oat The anitwers to the queries will put your Committee
In pnworeisims sif Abe pariscolar facts as they seised the mire-
s al ttin!rwis Bladed to.
ilnere 1. The intatediste canoe of the distress is pelmet.
pity sitribotcd to the failure of the potato crops, owing to
the briny lams which fell list sutumo, wed oensuieued the
usdrilises to rut in the hold put., when r they are sunnily de-
posited. This occurred particularly is the low grounds and
Wares aelj 'rest to risers, all of which were unusually swollen
loss ye,r. The petunias, rause, howorrr, is the west of
rmp/u)cs nt, occasioned by the sbseniees. The cheapness of
I Oscine, Ilse demand fur which a greatly diminished even
amore the resident grate) and farmers within these two years
past, front the waist of a remunerating price, and t►e eon.
bequest, ly implired (octavos of the upper mud middle classes.
tither evils complained of are the high ceases, county
c►cages, ke. Lord CALIBILT slates that the farmers in
hit neighh iorbouil have discharged all their Isboure►a, and
oil gentleman employs any seaside/able orralseis. Mr.
WALL•Cit states that the farmers is general in his vicinity
ore so pour that they cannot eves pay their rents, or their
Neal taxes.- The town of lissiturk, a few years ago coo•
Wee.: so exieusive distillery, so established brewery, two
holism( mtlM, upon a large scale, and a snuff and tobacco
msnufsciare. These au lowess exist, and numbers of pour
prople ►are in cossequence bora turned out of employ•
Meet.
one iostaoce alone has the cause of distress bees at.
iribsied to the Wit disturbances; but it is also obommed, that
employment. which is the great desideratum, would do avert
to ?More the tranquillity of the County, them could be
elided by either itilthiry or Police."

A HUNGRY lissvc—A short time since whilst
a lustily at Leigh, near Crickiszte, were at dini.er,
a hawk del.bersiely flew into the room, seized a
piece of meet in his claws from the table, and thso
alibbtrately flow out seem.