The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-26 00:00:00

No. 16,986.

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IRELAND.
THE DISTRESS.
DUBLIN, FEB. 23.—The accounts from Cork are
becoming more and more gloomy, getting, in truth, from
bad to worse. The following passage from the letter of
a Roman Catholic clergyman (the Rev. Mr. Mulcahy)
will serve as a sample of the state to which districts in
that county have been reduced:—
" To give you some idea, and it is a very faint one, of
the sacrifice of human lire that has taken place in the
district of Castlehaven and Myross, I state with con-
fidence and sorrow that in one fishing hamlet, called
Carrigillihi, out of a population of 472 individuals who
were alive on the Ist of January, 1847, not less than 87
of that number have been since carried off by starvation.
This is a fact I am ready to attest on the solemnity of
my oath, before any tribunal in the realm."
The state of the Cork Workhouse fur the week just
ended is as follows:
Total admitted during the week, 452; births, 5; num-
ber at the end of lasCweek, 5,295—t0ta1, 5,752. Dis-
charged, 292; died, 146 ; on pass, 8 ; deserted, 5 —451.
Total remaining, 5,301. Number in hospital, 627 ; ex-
tern patients 1:329. Died yesterday (Sunday), 28.
MIL O'CONNELL'S HEALTH.

Private reports to-day speak unfavourably of the pro-
gress of Mr. O'Connell's indisposition. A letter ad-
dressed to Mr. Hackett, of Cork, by the Hon. Gentle-
man's intimate friend, Mr. P. V. Fitzpatrick, for many
years secretary to the trustees of the tribute, gives a far
less hopeful account of his general state of health than
the public were led to believe from the speech delivered
yesterday by Mr. Thomas Steele. Mr. Fitzpatrick thus
writes:—

" Dublin, Feb. 18, 1847.
44 My dear Hackett,—l deplore to write that the
Liberator has been very ill, and unceasingly so, since Le
left, the shores of Ireland.

" More than one consultation has been held by his
physicians in London, and. although they consider that
there is nothing imminent, nor perhaps very serious, in
his cast', his letters to me prove that his own misgivings
are such as to be likely to aggravate any bad symptoms.
" The redundant vitality' with which, in conjunction
with other distinguishing qualities, he was naturally
blessed, has perhaps rendered him nervous on expe-
riencing a reduction of his physical powers and the access
of ailments almost inseparable from the period of life he
has attained.

"Some efforts must be made by change of scene and
climate, or such cour,e as the medical men shall advise,
on the opening of the season, to restore him to his usual
health, and qualify him to work as heretofore for his
country and friends—who are known to be the friends
of Ireland likewise.

For myself, Cam quite sanguine, that by judicious
management his invaluable existence may be, with the
blessing of God, prolonged for years to come . .
" In great haste, most truly yours,
" P. V. FITZPATRICK.

" William llack,At, E q."

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.

DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW.
(From the Edinburgh Register.)

The following account of the loss of the brig Mar-
wood is abstracted from the journal of one of the sur-
vivors. The letter communicating the intelligence is
dated Wick, 10th instant:—

On the 13th January one of the hands died through
cold and hunger; the ship driving northward, without a
!udder, tossed on the billows, and altogether ungovern-
able. •n the 17th January saw land, supposed to be
the Shetland Islands. On the 18th, found ourselves to
leeward of the laud; ship making much water; all
hands very weak. No provisions, and the ship ungo-
vernable; thought it prudent to endeavour to save our
lives by abandoning her. Launched the boat, took a
few clothes, and endeavoured to reach the land, but
the sea ran so high that we were obliged to throw
everything out of the boat to lighten her. One man
died in the boat. We thought it prudent to return
to the ship. We managed to get the boat in, but
could not, from fatigue, bury the dead man until late
the following day. Our provisions were then nearly out;
our allowance was one wine-glass of rice and palm-oil
per day, and one wine-glass of water per day. The
cold was intense. On the morning of the 21st, we
found ourselves close to an island of rock, ascending
to the very clouds, covered with snow and ice, and
almost perpendicular. The sea was foaming and lash-
ing the rocks; a strong current running; the sea boil-
ing with whirlpools and eddy winds. We endeavoured
to run the vessel up to what we thought was a bay;
but, owing to the eddy winds and currents, the vessel
was ungovernable. We cut away the masts, as the
sea was running high, and the ship riding very heavily.
We were then starving. We ate leather, palm-oil, dried
monkey skins, buttons, tobacco pouches, or anything
we could get our hands on. We could not land : we
made signals, but were not answered. Some of us drank
salt water, some their urine, and when a heavy dew or
light rain fell, we licked about the rails and deck of the
ship until the blood oozed from our lips and tongue. On
the 22d, another man died from hunger ; his corpse lay_
among us ; we could not bury it, we were so weatks.tatelt
lay twenty-four hours, when, 0 my God ! Ihcamnnano
frame
here what we did with it, it would make the human
shudder, but it gave us strength to saveeosunr:tched
God.`lle had humbled us low, and. t
us
r ofrom
h
we launched the boat, and droppedtand sailed towards a bay
theja-ws of death. On themormngooefethhey2o4otehJovaneruathrye
side of the ship into thi?
gw. Ph leareee. a rivuletW e
a t
we ran the boat in ; she
of water ran from the rocks
itoestleseoweeaereddtebdutiocoseeing
discover
abonarrow
1 a n
inlet,d n
ge'the rocks and surf. She
found ourselves close to
strucdka,shthedrowtion
throwing us
as.nloWn
awavillage. One or two of us, who were able to walk,
ma de towards the village. The inhabitants were at
church ; they immediately came to our rescue ; they
carried us to their houses ; they treated us kindly ;
they bathed us in warm water • they gave us cor-
dials warm clothes, warm Ceds ; they gave us
nourishment, such as our weak state required. We
found ourselves on the island of Videroe, one of the
Ferro° islands ; and the place we brought up with the
ship was the island of Fulow, close to each other. The
inhabitants are the most kind people, and live amicably
together. We afterwards learned that we should not
get off the island before the latter end of March, and we
should then have to go to Copenhagen before wo could
proceed to England; but by chance a small Norwegian
sloop was at
Trosound and she agreed to take us to
Shetland. We left Trosound on the 4th of February,
but owing to it blowing a gale of wind, we could not get
to Shetland, but succeeded in landing here, after having
been a second time nearly shipwrecked. "The Marwoxl
is a total wreck. She sank at her moorings. We saved
nothing but what was on our backs. A few casks of
the cargo have been picked up about the Ferroo Islands.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLAcxwALL.—Yesterday
afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. W. Baker, Co-
roner, at the George the Fourth, High-street, Poplar, on the
body of Daniel Joiner, aged 13 years, a glass polisher. The
deceased was in the employ of the Thames Plate Glass Com-
pany at Blackwell. On Wednesday morning last he was at
work as usual in polishing a quantity of glass by means of
machinery. He had placed several cloths or " laps," under
the bench, for the purpose of keeping the glass from view,
when the rollers caught his head, and jammed it with great
force against the bench, which was in motion. The poor
fallow was instantly released, but life was quite extinct.
Yerdict—i" Accicalatal death,"

-rs ee?e,
.tels_ see--e_ee'Z.s
-se .'-'S lieesee ,eele, 0
. fess \si,„fssses : , etelesese , ~
_ -se?
cent , or 6 per cent. or 5 per cent stoletxforreey F.: kia
on his farm? but is he, in contrib 'o g- astshi...seg—ns -
benefited to the same extent by the fettehlglyeltfsge,
as the former, who furnishes either nothing, or only the
trifling residuary portion of the 61 per cent. required by
Government? The preceding data show that the latter
interrogatory must be answered in the negative, and fur-
ther, that were there no expenses attending the realisa-
tion and application of the loan, the arrangement
specified in case X. ought to be adopted. As, how-
ever, advertisements, inspections, reports, and super-
intendence cannot be had for nothing, I believe
that case IX. is the more equitable one for both parties
—the excess of grain which accrues to him being more
than sufficient to enable the proprietor to meet all de--
mands for the services mentioned ; while the tenant will
cheerfully pay his contribution of 3 per cent. (7). The
preceding calculations, being founded on the assumption
that a proprietor can borrow money at 4 per cent., are of
course, only applica!ile to the owners and tenants of
alienable estates. No one, under ordinary circumstance?,
will advance capital for the purpose of improving en-
tailed properties except at a rate of interest which pre-
cludes the possibility of borrowing with profit ; and
yet, by the provisions of the Land Drainage Act the
possessors of such territories are placed (so fir as the
facility of procuring the ase of money is concerned) in.
as favourable a position as those whose lands are un-
fettered. The measure in question has, therefore, been
justly regarded as an especial bowl to the holders of en-
tailed estates; but I appre'eend, that, in rnany cases, pru-
dential considerations will interfere to prevent landlords
so circumstanced from availing themselves of the ad-
vantages which it was intended to confer on the in. In
illustration of this conjecture, let it be supposed that the
possessor of an entailed estate, whose age is such, that,.
according to the average value of life, he is likely to
survive for fifteen years, is requested by a tenant hold-
ing a lease, the unexpired term of which also extends to
fifteen years, to apply fur a share of the Gus em inent.
loan, in order to improve lands occupied by the latte r.
It is evidently improbable that under suchecircumstances
the landlord will live to reap any benefit from the in-
crease of rent to be anticipated on a renewal of the leas, ,
while (in contributing what has been assumed as his
fair share of the annual payments to Government, viz.,
31 per cent.), be will in fif.cen years have paid (cone- ,
pitting the annuity at 31 per cent.), 671. 10s. 811; or, ,
(tf at 4 per evil.), 70L ls. 7ide f'or each' 1001. borrowed,
either of the sums being such as only the • suc-
cessor to the estate, to the exclusion of all the other
heirs, can profit by. Oa the other hand, a tenant
whose farm is likely to be greatly ameliorated by. drain-
age, may, if a considerable portion of his lease is yet to
[ run, find it advantageous to pay the whole e/ percent.,
rather than let his fields remain in their present
condition. A careful consideration of all such matters
cm alone enable the owners and occupiers of entailed
lands to judge how far a share of the funds, available
under the Land Drainage Act, are likely to be mutually
or individually beneficial to them, and, by the opinion
thus formed, arrange the scale of their respective pay-
ments. (8.) In conclusion, I may remark that, as the
certain consequences of such improvements as the Go-
vernment advances are intended to effect will, on the ter-
mination of existing engagements, be a rise of rent, in
most cases greatly exceeding the amount of the annual
payments demanded in return for the loan, the advan-
tage to proprietors will be greater in proportion to the
shortness of the leases, while, of course, the reverse holds
good with respect to Tenant.—A. R.
P.S.—Although, in order more fully to illustrate the
several cases, the results of the annuites both at 31 per
cent. and 4 per cents., have been inserted in the preced-
ing paper, it will be seen that the general consequences
are not materially affected by the difference of the rates