The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-08-17 00:00:00

FROM RENVYLII. JULY 28.

" That the iahabitants of ibis district have severely suffer-
ea, 'hair squalid looks, swola legs, sad naked bodies, suffi-
cleutly testify; and I fear I mast add that they have, from
wart of due attention, suffered more hurley, sad for a
longer period, than any people we have yet seen. The poor
creatures, I sni told, red apes their last meal before they
complained: their pl. was killed, the geese and hens follow-
ed, their aced potatoes were broken In upon, their little fur-
• macre sold, no source of employment could be obtained (a
mkery which l coo well appreciate), and they refrained from
application until their mesas were wholly exhausted. It is
Y jib sorrow I must add, that in some iustaaees they have
begun to dig their crop of sew potatoes ; Ibis they have
promised to abstain from until they are ripe. Some clothing
aught be sent here to advautage.

Distress, 1 a= happy to say, is abating every where;
supplies of provisions are pouring into the tambours from
whence they ate seat to every quarter. The pariah priests
are in general active in the cause, and through 'bent relief
is forvardid to the proper objects. There is a district near
called Garumns„ wbicb Mr. Lemma, the Catholic clergyman,
tells me bits *uttered touch; 'here is no resident gealleman,
but, being nithta reach of Lie Gorier the Archbishop of Team,
they are now taken good cue of. Government is giving em-
ployment to the people by erecting • pier here; the men
mink ct.. ur'ery, although at first they neat reluctantly In
wink, uprising that employment ass impoilitiost, and that
the snowy vas seat by the King to be distributed gratui-
tously among then."
FROM 11l LIUSII, Slim JULY.

" I am well •wore of Om coollience and satisfaction
which the Committee have is every thing which is Nadir the
direction of the Archbishop of Tram, and nuked nothing
call exceed his muss railed indwatry and solicitude in the cause
of the poor; his hours of business commence at four in the
morning, nor du they cease until sight. Galway is the scene
of emit vireteheduess, the population of the lows sod county
uf the town amounts to 90,0110 soul., and comparatively few
of them are not objects of pity : to add to their own num-
bers, hundreds of still more destitute creatures have been
docking in Irons the neighbouring distliet of Connemara.
iVithin s few days of our artival, 900 or 1,000 uf them
wile shipped back again to t►eie own country. 1 have
seal. • specimen of them-1 am told sot an exaggerated
une—and I conceive that it is sot is the power of language to
dear: ibe their death-like, horrid appearance, mid with such
clothing as the 'manes( beggar in England would scarcely
dare to wear. 1 base been conducted to the cabins of the
poor, stud base 'imaged scenes of the moot affecting
au account of some canes of which are sided in my
journal. lr,t. Sir, amidst all this misery the aspect of
things is so far changed from that of six weeks back, that
neither the poor, nor their protectors, are at all apprehen-
sive that soy can pine away fur want of food; and from oh-
lion sod report, I 6inily believe, that the Committee
have no reason to fear that say individual can now die from

.' 1 bisiled the Feve► Hospital al Galway, which is under
the judicious marl.gement iit Dr. Whistler. Fever may be
said to be preaaleut then., upwards of 100 taws existing in
the hospital, mid matey others iii vas-sons parts of the town,
fur which loom cannot be obtained : happily, the character
of the fever is nut highly contsgioua, and it generally yields
to the trsaisineut it nicely. The building has only IS or 50
Leda iii it, but five tents have been raised in the yard, and
accommodation has been thus afforded to the tionsbeis men.
Vaned.

" of clothing no one in this part of the country will die-
pale the want ,• it is too well known what nuaillers parted
with isiry oit.cli: of bed and body clothing, for which the
smure•it st.n. cuo'd be obLiocei, to purchase food; this de-
keienty will be most severely fell as the season ad ; It
Las been suggested that tootle blankets would be very de-
sirable articles, the coarser peiltips the bitter, sot oily be_
Clore they are hi aster and warmer, but because there will
be Its, tempiation to sell thee. II also appears desirable
. . . . . . . .

thvl hihr of this kind Omni./ not be issued for the nest
twu months, excepting to patients in fever boopiiala, who it
gr imagialtd will be little bro. filed by the cure of their din
temper, if they be diacharged with the same filthy raga on
their Ladies nob which they writ taken in."
FROM GALWAY' JULY 29.
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" 1 beg to trport to you that 1 have just returned from
the ersmication of Cuuuetuara. 1 crossed the district in se•
wrist dliefiltfilS, now on husstbsck, sow on foot: latterly 1
►ave hien fur twelve or thirteen leagues along the coast
(wh:,•h is most thickly inhabited) in one of the fishing-boats.
The neon of My inquiry ii,a cooviction that many huudreds
of our felluw•rreutuses must have perished, had not the
tliority-fund pistoled tht us with the means of sabsi►irnce
Their condition is sow cuneidelabiy ameliorated; they have
Toed fur the present, sod employment is offered by Govern-
r:e.,t So those who will work , but is must not be (sweated
that tlio-ir winter prospect is still very thirsty. Many fowl-
lies bee.• nu pitato crop;' and with regard to rattle, there
is ecart, ly a Lrod of any kind in the country. T►eir domes-
tic ruultry hove been all consumed; sod very few are now
in possession of a pig. Their clothing is wretchedly scant,
Lot to this, privation custom IMP inured them. A mere
serious evil will he found in die want of fuel: no turf of any
consequence bits yet ban tt:rn•rd up, sod unless the weather

combine anasuany ire, the grievance will soon be past
remedy.
*3olk Jkiy.—l have taken • walk through the Mreeta of
Galway, and am shocked at the misery which yet prevails,
'ootwithstsedisig the unrenslttMg etertions of the local sim.
dimities, sided by his Grace of Titans. Hither the inhabit-
mils of the surruiinding districts rush, as to • common
centre, especially the pith, who flock hither in the hope of
obtaining medical amistaiire. The Fever Hospital has been
full for to areal da3a, and the Mayor is about to have a large
house iu the suburbs to receive the additional number of
patients.
" I have the pleasnre of annoencing the safe arrival of the
schooner Wateeford, of Weymouth, laden with rice and his-
cuit—she came i• Ilse 'vetoing.
"Jay 31 —I beg leave to enclose • statement which has
ibis moronic been made to me by a respeetable person of
the mime of Irvin, who lives half a mile from Galway.
"This 'smelting ear ly a pour womancalled as his horse, e••
treating food fur herself sad four famishing children, one
of whom was so much exhausted shat she bested she should
be nimble to get him forward. While Mrs. Irwin was get-
ting some hotter•milk, a scream ass beard from the chil-
dren, mud on iniquity it appeared that the little selferer, who
was about ten rare of age, had expired!—thy bad tasted
nu food yesterday bat are biscuit, which was shared between
the Are."