The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-25 00:00:00

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TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING,
Six o'cLocx.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STASES.
12 to 1 agst The Cur
20 to 1 agst War Eagle
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
8 to 1 agst Canezou
12 to 1 agst Lugar
15 to 1 agst Dacia
20 to 1 apt Loup-garou
30 to 1 apt Rowland
30 to 1 agst Maid of Lyme
CHESTER CUP.
30 to 1 agst Inheritress
50 to 1 apt Clermont
50 to 1 agst Ballinafad
50 to 1 agst Executor
50 to 1 apt Do-it-again
50 to 1 apt King of Kildare
DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Nunnykirk—taken
25 to 1 agst Strongbow
40 to 1 agst Elthiron

IRELAND.
DESTITUTION IN ➢IAYO.

At a meeting of the Roman Catholic clergy of the
Deanery of Westport, held on the 18th of January,
Rev. Peter Ward, P.P. Aughagour, in the chair, the
Rev. Thomas Hardiman acting as secretary, the fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted:—
" Resolved—That we feel ourselves reluctantly
obliged to come forward to tell the Government and
the Imperial Parliament, and to proclaim in the face
of Europe, that the poor of our respective parishes
are reduced at present to the most shocking extre-
mity of destitution, and are, nevertheless, for the
most part left to die of hunger, or prolong a wretched
existence by eating the half rotten garbage which
they can pick up in the fields and highways.
"Resolved—That we saw with pain and bitter
disappointment that the Irish Executive' when lately
appealed to by a very influential meeting of the
district, at which the Marquis of Sligo presided, have
held out no hopes of relief to the starving population
of this union, but that truly forlorn hope, the Poor-
law,' the Lords Justices declaring, through their
secretary, that no person need die of hunger, as the
Poor-law made ample provision for such emergencies ;'
while, on the other band, the vice-guardians protest
to the thousands who shiver, and cry, and gasp with
hunger at the workhouse door, that they have no
means whatever of releiving them ;' that, therefore, we
consider this unoeard of anomaly as a virtual decla-
ration that there is no law to protect the lives of her
Majesty's subjects in this union, who are thus sacri-
ficed between both parties.
"Resolved—That we cannot conceive the utility of
boards holding their stated sittings, and so-called reliev-
ing officers, dragging thousands of half-starved crea-
tures week after week, from a great distance, for the
ostensible object of relieving them; since, according to
themselves, they have it not in their power to give relief
—that at all events the fact is patent, that the people
are dying of hunger, and in many instances have ac-
tually died after applying repeatedly in vain for relief!
" Resolved—That the system plasm d in this union
at present (we suppcse by the order of the Po )r-
-law Commissioners ), of refusing relief to every able-
bodied pauper and family, though otherwise legally
entitled to it, simply because he is an able-bodied
man, is most unnatural and cruel, and exposes this
unfortunate class to inevitable death, since they can
get no employment, though willing to work for any
wages.
" Resolved—That even those creatures who are
said to be receiving out-door relief in this union are,
generally speaking, in reality being starved to death
by degrees, for there are instances wherein a family
of five get but 141bs. of bad Indian meal per week,
and even where ten in family are allowed but 211bs.
per week; this, of course, without lodging or cloth•
ing of any sort! That we do not know whom to
blame for this treatment, but we state facts.
" Resolved—That from cur intimate acquaintance
with the condition of the Westport Union we are
fully convinced it is in vain to expect that the local
rates will be sufficient to support the poor, considering
the total prostrution of all.classes, including the land-
lords themselves ; and, on the other hand, the awful
and wide spread misery which covers the length and
breadth of this populous mountain district. The
three-fourths of the cess-payers (save the mark !) are
absolutely worse off than the beggars—almost with-
out a morsel of human food, and with scarcely a rag
to cover them by night or by day.
"Resolved—That, consequently, under the present
circumstances, the Government is bound to contri-
bute to the support of the starving poor of this union
from the Imperial resources, since they form part and
parcel of the United Kingdom ; and we have it even
on the authority of ;his Excellency the Earl of Cla-
rendon himself, that it is the paramount duty of
every Government to save the lives of the people.'
" Resolved—That we, therefore, in the name of the
poor of our "respective parishes, humbly implore of
her Majesty's Ministers to come ;forward at once, as
they are bound to do, and rescue those helpless crea-
tures from starvation, and save the nation from dis-
grace. That it can be no extenuation of the conduct
of her Majesty's Government to put forward, as has
been recently done by the Irish Executive, an exag-
gerated report of their munificence to this union du-
ring the last awful year of famine, if, after all, they
suffer the people to die of hunger this year, and
abandon them to their fate as they have hitherto done.
" Resolved—That we loudly protest against that
raost insidious change in the present Poor-law con-
templated by the landlord class, and disguised by
them under the specious phrase of ' amendment'—
namely, the substitution of townland taxation instead
of the present system. Tbat this amendment,' if
carried, would finish the destruction of the popula-
tion, by holding out a premium to every heartless
exterminator, and encouraging him to clear off even
the miserable remnant of tenantry which still escaped
the vile machinations of their persecutors, and the
cruel operation of the Gregory clause,' in order that
he might thus, in due time, reap the fruits of his
benevolence by being totally exempted from the
necessity of contributing to the support of the paupers
himself had made.
" Resolved—That we petition Parliament, praying
them not only to reject this amendment, but moreover
to impose a double tax on grass lands, and a three-
fold tax on' those from which tenants have been ejected
during the last three years.
" Resolved—That the foregoing resolutions be pub-
lished both in Ireland and England, and that a copy
be forwaded immediately to Lord John Russell.
" PETER WARD, P.P., Chairman.
" THOMAS HARDIMAN, C.C., Secretary."
HIGH SHERIFFS, 1849.

His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has been pleased
to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to the office
of high Sheriff for the following counties, and counties
of cities and towns in Ireland,for the year 1849
Antrim—James Stewart Moore, Esq., of Baldivitty,
Dervock;
Armagh—Richard Blackiston Houston, Esq., of
Orange&ld, Belfast.
Carlow—William F. Burton, Eeq., of Burton Hall,
Carlow.
Carrickfergus Town—Stephen Richard Rice, Esq., of
Caraitkfergus.
Caddo—Henry Theophilus Clements, Esq., of Ash-
geld, Cootehill.
Clare-,—Sir Edward Fitz Gerald, Bart, of Garrigoran,
Kilworth of Moore --
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Cork City:—Thomas Ronayne Saarsfield, Esq., Cork.
Don gal--James Hamilton, Esq., of St. Ernans,

Donegal.
Down—William Keon, Esq., of Bally der an House,
Downpatridk.
Drogheda Town—Francis W. Lealand, Esq., Drogheda.
Dublin—John Ennis, Esq., of ion-s u Merr qare
Dublin City—William Digges La Touche, Esq., of
Stephen's-green.
Fermanagh—Paul Dane, Esq., of Killyhevin, Ennis-
killen.
Galway—John Martin, Esq., of Tullirs Castle, Gort.
Galway Town—
Michael Morris, Eq., Lenahoy,
Galway.
Kerry—Peter Fitzgerald, Esq., of Knightstown, Va-
lontia.
Kildare—Edward J. Boatman, Esq., of Furnace, Naas.
Kilkenny—William Lloyd Flood, Esq., of Farmley
Castle, Callan.
Kilkenny City—John Newport Greene, Esq., of Lake-
view, Kilkenny.
King's County—Thomas .Homan Mulock, Esq., of
Bellair, Ballycomber.
Leitrim—William La Touche, Esq., of Harristown,
Kilcullen.
Limerick--Samuel F. Dickson, jufi., Esq.,
of Ka_
keedy, Limerick.
Limerick City—David Leahy Arthur, Esq., of Shana.
kiel- house, Cork.
Londonderry City and County—James Johnston
Clark, Esq., of Lurgantogher, Maghera.
Longford—Anthony Lefroy Esq , of Carrighgiass,
Longford.
Louth—Sir John Stephen Robinson, Bart., of Dunleer.
Alayo—Anthony Ormsby, Etq., of Ballinamone,
Ballyglass.
Meath—William Hartley Blackburn°, Esq., of Tan-
kards-town-hall, Slane.
Monaghan—Colonel Henry Edward Porter, of Car•

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Queen's County—Richard Warburton,
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Roscommon—John Irwin, Esq., of Leabor,, Billimorc.
4f#7.',4-- Sligo—Charles William Cooper, Esq., oC.Cooper Hill,
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.i.. . Riverstown.
4' . Tipperary—Sir John Craven Carden, Bart., of the
c::,_-:t. Rriory, Templemore
1 447;5: Tyrone—Robert William Lowry, jun., Esq., of pc.
._ woroy House, Dungannon.
~...<:.. ' ' Waterford—The Honourable S. Carew, of Woods-
.x down, Waterford.