The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-07 00:00:00

RELIEF AND IMPROVEMENT

(IRELAND.)

The following statement, showing the sums which
have been voted by Parliament since the let of
August, 1846, for extraordinary expenditure in Ire-
land, for the purposes of relief and improvement,
and the amount of the sums which have been ex•
pended and remain to be expended, was issued,.
conformity with an order of the House of Commons
It appears, that under the Labour Relief Act (the
9th and 10th Victoria, c. 107), the amount voted was
4,814,0001., the whole of which was expended. The
amount voted under the food, relief, and fever
hospitals, was a sum not exceeding 2,200,0001.
Of this 1,676,0001. was expended. Under the
Land Improvem(nt Act the amount voted was
1,500,000/, while only 31,0521. has 3et been
granted, so that there remains to be expended
1,468,9481. The return explains that, although only
31,052/. has been actually advanced to parties up to
November 27th, 1847, yet applications have been re-
ceived to the amount of 1,763,0001., and loans ha\ e
been sanctioned to the amount of 609,0001. Under
the Railroads (Ireland) Act, 10 and 11 Viet., c. 73,
620,000/. was voted, and of this 339,0001. has been
expended. The whole of the remainder, 281,000/.
nas been appropriated, and will be expended by the
sth of July, 1848. Under the Fishery Piers Bill
40,000/. was voted ; none of this has yet been ex-
pended, although it has been partly appropriated,
and hill be expended when the grant of 50,0001.
"1 the preceding session has been exhausted.
l'he Board of Works are now building, or are pre•
paring to build, seventy-two fishery piers. The loss
under the head of cotmoishariat operations, 250,000/.
was voted, the whole of which has been expended.
This appeared to be the amount of the loss on the
statement of the last account, but the ultimate loss
cannot be ascertaii ed until the whole of the stores of
corn have been disposed of, and the account finally
clo,,ed. Under the head of donations to relief com-
nuttee, by order of the Lord-Lieutenant, 190,000/.
was voted, the whole of which was expended. In
addition to this, 23,5001. bas been advanced to cer-
tain boards of guardians to enable them to keep the
workhouses open. The sum of 370,000/. was voted
to be appropriated for loans for district drainage and
other works. Of this 215,000/. has been expended,
and there consequently remains 155,000/. to be applied,
the m hole, however, of which will be expended be-
fore the 31st of March ; 38,5001. was voted for the
works of navigation connected with drainage, the
whole of which still remains to be expended. The
works connected with this vote will proceed with the
district drainages with which they are connected, but
the issues on this vote will not commence until the
vote of 35,0001. of the preceding year is exhausted,
and of which 5,0001. has been issued. The sum voted
for the expense of the extraordinary staff of the Board
of Works and of the Relief Commission was 310,000/.,
and the amount expended 277,000!. Th, re remains
to be expended 33,0004 which will not be sufficient
to defray the expenses up to the 31st of March, 1848.
It therefore Eppears that the amount voted under
these several heads was 10,342,600/., of which
7,815,552/. has been expended, and there remains to
be expended 2,016,4484

REWARDING EVIL WITH GOOD.—The late Rev.
Roderick Mackenzie, of Knock bain, may be said to have
exceeded in charitable and benevolent acts any otter
minister of his day. He regularly kept a meal store for
the poor, not only of his own parish, but also for the poor
of the neighbouring parishes. When first settled in the
parish of Rnockbain, he met with considerable opP 0.
sition, especially from a posse of fair ones, headed by a
female of masculine power, who carried a burden of
stones, which were to be used by her brigade en
ou.
ration. But on the day of settlement, the fair Amazons
am
mazwons
declined giving battle; consequently Mr. Mackenzie was
complaining
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highly
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inducted without opposition, and ultimately became a
e,eneral favourite in the parish. Some years afterwards,
she who rendered herself so prominent in her opposition
to the induction was reduced to great poverty, and was
forced to go to his manse to seek alms, where she was
cheerfully received by Mr. Mackenzie, who took her to
the store-room, telling her to keep her bag until he
would put a portion of meal into it. After he had put
in three or four shovels full, the poor woman said,
" Hoot, hoot, Mr. Rory, you are putting too much in the
bag, for indeed it is more than lam able to carry." "0
woman," replied Mr. Rory. "I am sure it is not so
weighty as the burden of stones you before now car-
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peck of meal in my gurnal, you are welcome to a shank
of it; therefore never want while I have to give." vvrie
suspect such genuine charity as that of the late :61r.
received large Exeter
Roderick Mackenzie, of Knockbain, is seldom to be met
hhonNs
hetoahxfsitst huwweneedeeekkrtrai
with in the present day.—Rocs-shre Advertiser.
Marquis
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who have promised to enforce
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accession of signatures, including those
in unconstitutionalthe
stamford election, interference
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respectable att
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louse of Commons.— Lin-
denne is extensively preva-
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member or Liverp00l at thp
Especially, having suffered
medical gentlemen present moment, the juvenile
members afflicted by the disorder, and the
severely from its attacks Almost every family has some
of our town have, in consequence, '
been kept in constant employment. Fortunately, the
disease is of a mild character, usually yielding
nbfto judi-
cious treatment in a few days.—L /E'er y
i Albion.
BONN BUNN AND LlND.—This action is expected to be
shortly tried; yesterday the special jury, nominated a
few days back, was, in legal phraseology, " reduced" to
twenty-four, by the-solicitors on both sides. It appears
that the cause stands the second in the paper for Mon.
day week, and its position for hearing on that day will
depend on the causes previously heard, seven being the
number allotted for each day. It is understood that
the demurrer in the action will be tried before the 20th
instant.
We have good authority for stating that it is not
the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce
ary new measure respecting the corn-laws. The Mi-
nistry have decided to allow the Acts of Parliament as
they now stand to take their course; therefore, on and
after March next, we shall be under the sliding-scale of
from 4s. to los. There must be many to whom a know-
ledge of this fact will prove important, and, as we have
the information from a quarter in which we can place
matter
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aimplicit re
theirliamnecaes,
measures
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srseusrted aneein of thi
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accuracy.— Liverpool Albion,