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THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE,
No. 11., for JUNE;

EDITED BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ.

Author of " The Pleasures of Hope," assisted by the
leading Literary Characters of the day, and by Naval
and Military Writers of Distinguished Talent.
CONTENTS.

. Lord Falkland's Dream on the Night before the Battle of
Newbury—a new Poem—by James Montgomery, Esq. of
Sheffield.
2. Memoirs of the Macaw of a Lady of Quality—by Lady Mor-
gan. (Concluded.)
3On the View from St. Leonard's—a Poem—by Thomas Camp-
bell, Esq.
4. Retrospect of Literature from the earliest period to the Twelfth
Century—by James Montgomery, Esq. No. 1.
5. The Troubles in Ireland.
6. The Life of a Sailor. No. 11.
7. Riches.
8. .The Quakers' Carnival in Dublin.
9. Naval Anecdotes.
10. The Unanimity of Juries.
11. And there shall be no more Sea."
12. Anecdotes of the late Mr. Abernethy.
13. Remembrance.
14. Political Times—The Elections.
15. Letter from Paris on the Present State of Affairs in France.
16. Sotheby's Homer, with a Specimen of his New Translation of
the Odyssey (unpublished).
17. Life of Sir Thomas Lawrence, reviewed. •
18. The Premier! ditto.
With Original Articles on the DRAMA, the FINE
ARTS, MUSIC, &c., awl a great variety of Miscellaneous
Information.

Published by Cochrane and Piekersgill, 11, Waterloo-
place, Pall Mall.

DISTRESS AND FAMINE IN IRELAND.

THE proceedings at the Public Meeting
in Exeter Hall, on Thursday last, render it neces-
sary to make the following brief statement :
This Meeting was first suggested by a Correspondent in
the Record Newspaper, and on Saturday last a few Gen-
tlemen assembled at Exeter Hall, formed themselves into a
Provisional Committee, and took measures for obtaining a
Chairman, and as full an attendance as the short notice
would admit.

It was undoubtedly the object of the Provisional Com-
mittee to call on the pubic as Christians to come more
decidedly forward in aid of their suffering brethren in Ire-
land, and they endeavoured to put the several Resolutions
proposed into the hands of Speakers in their opinion most
able to perform that duty; having so done, they consider
themselves in no respectfurther responsible for what passed.
The present cold and apathetic feeling in this country,
whether arising from the bustle of the elections, an unrea-
sonable reliance on measures to be taken by Goverirment,
or a reference to any improvident proceeding in Ireland in
1822, disposed the Provisional Committee to think that
two or three Committees for London, and one at least in
each of our great towns, highly desirable to stimulate to
more effectual exertion, and it was with this view that they
suggested a distinct Committee for the West End of the
Metropolis.
It would seem almost unnecessary to say, it never entered
into the contemplation of the Provisional Committee to
reflect on the Committee in the City, or on any t.ther
Committee or individuals who have on this occasion so
properly come forward in this work of benevolence.
It is equally unnecessary to disavow the least idea of
reflecting on the London Committee of 1822, no incorrect
preceeding having ever been attributed to them.
The Provisional Committee, in making public the
following Resolution and List of Subscriptions received,
resign their temporary functions with an urgent entreaty
to the British and Irish public as Christians to hasten to
the assistance of their famishing brethren through any
channel or in any way they may prefer.
Resolutions at a Meeting at Exeter Hall, on Thursday,
the 26th May, 1831, Viscount Lorton in the Chair;--
It was Resolved,
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1. That it appears from the facts which have been
laid before this Meeting, that the destitute condition of
Connemara, Mayo, and Donegal, is such as to call for im-
mediate and increased exertion in order to arrest the progress
of famine and disease. That in furtherance of this object
the following gentlemen form a Committee for the West
end of the metropolis, to collect subscriptions and distribute
them through those channe;s which may seem most likely
to secure their prudent and judicious appropriation.
COMMITTEE.
The Rev. Henry Beamish,
H. Hill, Esq.,
Charles Brodrick, Esq.,
John Bridges, Esq„
Nadir Baxter, Esq.,
A. Haldane, Esq.,
Wm. Nlalton, Esq.,
J. S. Reynolds, Esq.

Viscount Lorton,
Lord Lilford,
Lord Calthorpe,
Lori James O'Bryen
Sir G. Grey, Bart.,
Sir R. O'Donnel, -
Captain Vernon Harcourt,
E. Gordon Esq., M.P.,
The Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel,,
TREASUIIER....HeIIry Drummond, Esq
2. That although a portion of the funds collected in
1822 may have been misappropriated, this circumstance
affords no ground for withholding relief when the present
distress is so decided and so appalling ; while the ex-
perience of the past must serve as a beacon to prevent the
recurrence of similar errors.

3. That this Meeting is deeply indebted to those Gi n-
tletnen who, in the City and elsewhere, have associated for
the purpose of affording relief to the destitute Irish, and
that whilst it acknowledges the prompt and efficacious
aid which has been rendered through the instrumentality
cif the Record Newspaper, the continued efforts of the
Press in the cause of our suffering countrymen are earnestly
Invited.

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List of Persons who gave their names as Subscribers :
' Their Royal Highnesses Dr. Hume, 3d sub 5 0 0
the Duchess of Kent Isaac Smith, Esq 5 0 0
and the Princess Vic- Thomas Dawes, Esq lO 10 0
toria ..£5O 0 G Nadir Baxter, Esq 5 0 0
n. Grace
Is the Duke of Dr. Steinkoptl* '2 0 0
Devonshire, 2d d0n...100 00— Butts, .Esq.
Lord Viscount Lorton 20 00 -- for W. W. C 5 0 0
Lord Manners 25 0 OC. Brodrick, Esq 2 0 0
I. o
ford
Liffbrd, 3d sub.... 5 00 W. Lees, Esq.
James O'Bryen... 10 OCI Mrs. M'Gregor 1 1 0
i
. 4)rd Ashtown 3O 0 0 Miss Jennings 1 0 u
4,0, ril Calthorpe 2O 00.‘ A Small Thank Oiler-
night Hon. Lord Bar- log," &c 1 0 0
._barn 5O 00. An Irish Child, per the
Hon. and Rev. Gerard I Hon. and ltev. Gerard
Rev.
and Family....,. 8 8 0 Noel 0 0 2
',,v• W. Cunningham 1 0 0 John Usborne, Esq lO 10 0
•ught lion. Sir Strat- Mrs. Usborne
ford Canning 3 0 0 3liss Usborne lO 10 0
J P
.E. Gordon, Esq. M.P. 3 0 0 Per Rev. C. Smalley.
.-ao, y Emily Stratford 1 0 0 Mrs. Fowler.--
Lady Jane Thompson 5 0 0 Miss Fowler 1 0 0
Capt. Vernon Harcourt 5 0 0 Miss Jane Fowler
Col. Frederick Page..... 10 0 0 Mrs. Fowler's Servants 0 5 0
Itev. Dr. Bridges 5 0 0 Anonymous, put iu the
John Bridges, Esq. 5 0 0 plate lOO 0 0
Note..—Should there be any errors or omission in the
hurry of the Public Meeting, it is requested it may be noti-
fi, d to the Committee.
.

Subscriptions will be received by Henry Drummond,
Req., Treasurer of the Western Committee : and Dona-
tions will be gratefully received at the banking-house of
klesars. Drummond, Charing•cross; also by J. G. Barker,
R:lss at No. 16, Exeter Hall ; likewise at the Record•
office, No. 9, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street; Messrs.
itlatchards, booksellers, 187, Piccadilly ; Messrs. Seeleys,
booksellers, Fleet-street ; Mr. James y Nisbet, bookseller,
lierners-street, Oxford-street; and Mr. Shaw, bookseller,
18, Southampton-row, Russell-square; and by all the
tankers at the West-end of the town.
Since this advertisement was written, two letters have
been handed to the Committee, from which they make the
fl
i'll"ving extracts :
ruin Lieut. Dotnbrain, Inspector-General of the Coast
Guard, Ireland.
‘• Ballynass, Tuesday, May 25, 1831.
." As it would be impissible for me to pourtray any
014.1 N like the distress, the awful and appalling visitation
the Almighty in these parts, so shall nut attempt it—
Ift
heart-rending. The people are dying ; having lived
47,08°111e time on the common sea-wetsl, they have been
ueray afflicted with swellings all over their bodies; it
tit appearance of dropsy, but attacks all
the parts; they
e sinking under it. lam still pouring in fwd. 1
Frame ordered nine cargoes of piv otatoes."
the Rev. Mr. Eilis, received through the Duchess of

Beauftll t.

, "I write to lay before you the dreadful distress at pre.
.114 existing in Cunnemara. 1 beg your advice Lnd as-
. al‘t44ce in endeavouing to relieve it. Famine and fevel
a. re stalking hand inch and through this miserable legion,
0° if some means of relief are not immediately found,
ot''ands upon thousands Must perish.
t," As a last resource, some are now bleeding tl.eir
cattle, boiling their blood, and eating it.
and I see nothing before us all the summer but famine
Bence.t,,bTe'ti Any thing that can be done for us ought
the , uickly. Another month's distress may insure
‘t'alh of thousands."