The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

C OPY of a LETTER from WILLIAM
COURTNEY, Esq.
To Mr. THOMAS PROUT, 229, Strand, London.
Church Farm,Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway
Station, Hants, October 26, 1844.
Sir,—l cannot help expressing my astonishment in the effect I have
experienced in taking your Pills for the Gout. I was taken on Thurs-
Wltil.slifficulty able to get ou&
doraymiyiigbecihtxs:ionscievnelrteelryrwwithse.itias,liadtoheoevre
pablcsfollowed on with 11177
flammation-Of the 'foortnereasing. r:talok Pine Of your Pills, 4iild
within two hours L'fortid the paip, YO Vagrety. e;2lse. I afterwards
took, tiro at a" doie tWice in tho,day, and I am, thank God,' this
morning able 46 walk without the Slightegt ificoedenience. I founiTln
'a preVious very Sevor&attack very great -:i'Clief; .1 had the painh in'
ilorkneen- and. thlghi4io -very ,scVere t tbailfraerl thought riiinst
have (lied, And bliatit must hays One. *lot: .m)! stomach. At that
tilde 114 d fesort to your Ville and they relieved me—within two
hours f., was quite 'easy:. Tbe, iisopf these Pitts ought, really, to-be
totem' all over the world. ' I have a brother, a young man, that
alfTersgiotribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive has
.?eitti your Pills.. -Make :what use you please of my report.—Sours
WILLIAM COURTNEY.
Arnonfrtheasany discoverjOs that characterise the present age, none
bave contributed so much to the coinfisrt and ease of the community,
nor Conferred 'such a • boon upon suffering humanity, as 'the impor-
tant:discovery of BLAIR'S' GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS,
the efficacy of-which has hedh tested by the: approval and recom-
mendation-of
.tpany Othe greatest men of ota day, They are effec-
tive, for gout and rheumatism, in all itS various forms, including
sciatica, lihnbago, pains in the head and faCe, frequentlyt rcated as
tooth-ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of
any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach,
brain, or other vital part.
Sold by, Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appOint-
Ment, by. ail respectable medicine vendors throughout the United
Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob-

rve the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London,"
impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the
G enuise \fedicine.

IRELAND.
DREADFUL CONDITION ,OF THE COUNTRY.
DUBLIN, DEC. 19.—As the winter advances the state
of the country and our prospects for the future become`
still more appalling. In, many districts numbers of the
people are actually famishing. Popular outbreaks and
plunder of provisions are becoming more frequent, and
even in northern provinces those evidences of social
disorganisation are now apparent. Altogether the con-
dition of this country cannot be contemplated without
the most serious apprehension; and north, south, east,
and west, you behold the spread of destitution, with
scarce a ray of hope for present amelioration.
In the. Cork Examiner, received this afternoon, there
is another very long letter from the reporter of that
journal at Skibbereen, repeating details of hopeless
misery and death similar to those in a previous commu-
nicationfrom that town. _ _ .

Even in Belfast, where there have been provision riots,
the state of things is little better.
Respecting another northern town the Tyrone Consti-
tution Says—
« We are sorry to learn that some evil disposed per-
sons in the neighbourhood of Dungannon have attacked
the dwellings of two gentlemen residing in that vicinity
(luring the last week, and we are still more sorry to find
that they succeeded in levying a contribution of six
shillings from one, and a pound from another, of those
gentlemen. We have repeatedly stated our belief that
the commission of crimes of this nature should not be
placed to the charge of the unfortunate poor who are
really in distress.!
The Kerry Examiner thus reports from that distant
district:—

" DINGLE, .DEC. 18.--,-DEATH FROM STARVATION.—
An inquest was held here yesterday on the body of
Daniel Lyric, of -Miltown. This poor man being sent to
the Fever Hospital at Dingle, on Saturday last, from th...
weak state in which he appeared to some charitable
neighbours, thinking it, might be fever, was examined
immediately after getting into the hospital by the doctor,
and died in a few hours after."
From other districts the accounts are equally gloomy.

-FOOD RIOTS.
The Belfast-News Letter gives the following in a
second edition:— _

' FRIDAY, Two o'cLocx., P.m.—At nine o'clock this
morning, a mob, consisting of about 200 persons, sur-
rounded Mr. Bernard Hughes's bakery, Donegal-street,
uttering the most violent language. A number of the
ringleaders entered the shop, and said, Give us bread,
or we shall take it by force.' Mr. Hughes refused.
Upon this, the men became very violent in their de-
mids, and doubtless would have fulfilled their threat,
had not Mr. James Standfield contributed five shillings
for the purchase of bread to quiet their violence.
Another gentleman gave two shillings. The amount
contributed was expended in the purchase of bread,
which was afterwards distributed among the mob. This
repressed their violence in Donegal-street; but, instead
of separating, they proceeded in a body to the Church-
street public bakery. The ringleaders, with their furious
partisans, crowded the shop, and demanded bread, other-
wise they would take it by violence from the shelves. It
was ultimptely determined that bread to the amount of
20s. should be distributvd among the mob, to quiet them.
file county police arrived, and took the leaders into
custody, and lodged them in the cells of the police-
court. They had previously destroyed a bread cart at
Pink, rton's-row, and after clearing it of bread, not only
smashed the cart, but beat the driver. The ringleaders
were tried this morning at the police-court, when James
M'Cullough and James Mason were each fined twenty
shillings and costs, or to b 3 imprisoned one fortnight.
Henry Mason, the leader, was fined forty shillings and
costs, or to be imprisoned one month. The prisoners at
the police-court, and the mob who created those riots,
were not natives of Belfast, but persons brought here to
shillings and costs, paid
half an hour afterwards."
KILKENNY, DEC, 19.—FOOD RIOT.—Just before going
labour on the` public works. One of the persons most
clamorous for food during. the several assaults on the
Ibakeries,2s.
8d fwhenor hsifin l
i
to press we have heard .that some serious disturbances
took place among the recipients of out-door relief at the
Poor-house this day (Friday), and that a cart loaded
ant i twenty
n in
with one hundred and twenty loaves of bread for the hos-
pital was broken and the bread carried off by the mob.