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ranges in the very first order of the facts I. have been ven-
turing to produce before the public. The first facts—the
child's death, and the lingering convalescence of the mo-
ther—might or might not be the effects of the cause sup-
posed, taking them simply ; but when the links of addi-
tional facts, testing all ambiguities, are rivetted succes-
sively one with another, a chain results, of which the first
link may be considered to stand as a cause, and every
othet following as effect.
2. A poor woman, in the greatest depths of poverty, was
twice confi ied in the Lying-in Hospital. On the last oc-
casion she was under the care of one of my colleagues,
who was requ,-seed to visit her afterwards at her cellar.
lie permits me to sate, that he found her in the utmost
possible destitution ; her husband was a sailor, absent at
sea, without having left her anything to keep her from
starvation ; he had not left her any ship-note, the usual
provision for a seaman's family. She was lying in a dirty
damp cellar, in a 1 ttle crooked street between Gloucester-
street and Copperas- hill. Her infant and self had come
out from the ho pital well. The infant died in a few
weeks, and it is no wonder. She had nothing to lie upon

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at night, but a miserable shake down of straw on the
dump floor—the walls were damp also. As for the win-
dow, it hardly contained one pane of glass, old rags sup-
plying the place of broken glass. She had h^--
food, but a poor woman, occupying the cellar, gave her a
share of her eartrrigt to prevent her starving, and had

also taken part or the straw from her own bed
to afford the starving mother a most insufficien

of the damp fl )or 1,,r an apology for a bed. At first this
straw was not more tnan many a common sized dog gets
to lie upon. Time matron of the hosidital went first to

see her, found her to inis pitianie pil4nt, and saw reason
to recommend her to make a little sup of gruel for the
child. She replied she had not the meal t
could she'get it except by the charity of h,
fellow-lodger. She found her contending with this po-
verty ; and as a natural consequence of the want of pro-
per protection from damp cellar, shivered window, and
hunger, at this present inclement season last year, she
had become the subject of inflammation in her breast,
which went on to the formation of abcess, requiring to be
opened, &c., and she was some weeks before she was
well again. It i, only justice for me to add, since I have
introduced the case, that when her want was made known
to the Ladies Committee, suitable bed and bedding was
kindly provided for her, besides the needful temporary
assistance. The matrons of society can appreciate the
force of this case. It has been said that " one half of the
world knows not how the other half lives starves"
inr--nior cirri-roc Term. It may with pertecr
truth be added, that, a large proportion of this, the
wealthy half, enhances the fault of omission to inquire, by
the sin of "cum rnir.sion" in hardening itselfagainst poverty.
It sits clothed in the gay garb of sordid indulgence, and
turns the (leaf ear to the poverty-stricken, or listens to it
often but to v'stt it with the penalty as of a crime. The
chain of social ,ym withy is thereby broken, and the spirit of
human nature, w, ich submits not to want with a contented
and becoming grace, is branded as lawless and disaffected
towards that portion of society which revels in the lap of
luxury and sit. at ease in high places. Some retrograde
movement will have to be made back towards the hospi-
tality and aline of the older world. The new poor-law is
no fair substitute, and the masses of poverty feel it to be
so; it may sometimes possibly goad on, the despondency
of indolence and the unsuccessful, to another effort, which,
when made, by many might be dignified by the name of
her is ; but it fails to encourage the struegles of industry,
or to energize the hard-pressed ; its grinding contest is
with human nature, and not with mere machines.
(To be continued.)
I am, sir, yours truly,

Bedford-strert. Nov. 15, 1846

hearted

G. C. WATSON

DISTRESS A MONGST PROTESTANTS
IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND.

The following is an extract from a letter from Tyrone,
dated 13th November, 1846, from a clergyman who was
recently officiating at Woodside, but has now an incum-
bency near Tyrone :

My- Dear Mr. Grores,—The papers have no doubt
acquainted you wi.h the great destitution in the south of
Ireland ; but ~f the Protestant north, or in particular of
this county (Tyrone), you hear little or nothing ; for
there is an honest pride in an Irish Protestant which
would induce hirn to starserather than beg, by a spirit of

obedience to the I,w, which would restrain him from be-
coming notormus by crime. My object in troubling you
is to seek your interest and aid for starving -fellow crea-
tures, who worsh'p God under the same ritual as yourself.
I will state a kw facts briefly :—My glebe and church
are in the mountains, five miles from any house. I mi-
nister alone over a district nine miles long by six and a
half, numbering over 1,000 souls in my care. We have
collected above 1:250 for mine by the Deanery parish,
and expended it in food and labour. The public works
are not yet begun, and when they do, Bd. or 10d. a day
will not support families. Mean-
while the cotters are starving. Several families whom
my wife visits almost daily, are reduced to one meal in
the day ; and I have seen well-dressed men come into my
farm yard, and gather the bits of turnips, the refuse of
my cattle at night. Ido wbat I can. Seventy pounds a
year, badly paid, does not nearly meet the labour of my
glebe land. Money I have none. What I can, I give,
but I cannot reach all. My object now is to collect a few
pounds, and to keep these cotters alive till the public
works begin, and, it possible, to buy some meal and sell it
to them at halt price when they are in work. They have
no potatoes—no n cal—nothing to live on. The work-
house will now he quite full, and they who go there lose
their tenemet,th f. r ever. My application is for no public
or general co'lect.on It is a little private matter of my
own planning. I therefore expect but little. But a trifle
would go further in this way than more in the public
funip. If you could do something for us promptly,
(meanwhile they are starvins,) God would increase your
store and bless your Christian liberality. My heart is
sad when I think of it.—Ever yours faithfully,

We understand the' C. Groves, Esq., Rumford-place.
will be happy to receive and forward any contributions
for the above object, and we are sure that many of our
friends will be glad of an opportunity afforded them of
contributing to the deep necessities of their Irish brethren.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE WEEK,

SATURDAY MORNING

The Consol Market has continued steady during the
last week, the only fluctuations having arisen from the
temporary influence of sales and purchases. Business
has generally been dull, and there has been but little
speculation.

The exchanges are still on the decline, notwithstanding
that the stock of bullion in the Bank is on the increase.
This may, in some measure, be accounted for by the con-
tinued demand for bills upon Holland. By the Gazette of
last night we perceive that the stock of gold and silver
bullion for the week ending Saturday last was £14,246,395
as compared with £14,235,885 in the previous week. This
shows an increase of £10,510 in the isuie department,
while in the banking department the stock of gold and
silver coin has risen from £524,621 to £602,458, showing
a total increase of £88,347, thus proving that the Bank is
in a much more favourable condition than last week to
meet a demand for bullion.
Money remains much in the same condition as i
been for some time past, a strong evidence of which has
been the readiness with which buyers have discounted
their purchases, instead of giving acceptances, as usual,
which has been one of the causes of the recent sell-city of
bills. First-rate paper is, however, easy at the minimum
Bank amount, and bills falling due this year have been
taken even below that rate.
The Morninu Chronicle says :

" We are still firml; of opinion that the great absorp-
tion of capital which is ving forward in railways will tend
to an increase of interest, and to a turn in the exch2-
We cannot apprehend an immediate action on the circula
tion, not do we think that the public are unmindful of the
prospect before them ; and, therefore, that there is no
danger of any such ciisis as would otherwise have arisen."
Consols left off firmly last week at 944 for money after
very slight fluctuation. On Monday no alteration was
perceptible, with the exception that all were sellers at the
above prices. On Tuesday fluctuations took place, but
without any assignahle cause than that above mentioned,
viz., the influence of sales, &c. On Wednesday, from
the understanding that the Bank bad received a larger
supply of bills than had been the case for some weeks past,
the impression arose that money was likely to become of
higher value. On Thursday a slight improvement took
place, but last night the prices remained nearly in statu
quo.

-in the Foreign Market little has been done. Stmnish
Five ponfra.- hinvc alcolincol from l'Og to rak. IJO!Ch
Four per Cents. have continued steady. In the remain-
ing stocks the prices have been merely nominal. Mexican
Bonds have been done for the account at 2li, but there
have been no transactions for money. Messrs. Schreider
and Co. have declined to deliver up the bonds and money
in their possession to Jos6 M. Mendoza, who has made a
formal demand for them, as consul for Mexico; the re-
fusal being made on the ground that they were trustees
for the bondholders. The course pursued by Messrs.
Schreider is universally approved of in all the respectable
circles in the city.
Monday was the settlement day in the Share Market,
which has, however, gone off very satisfactorily.
There has been a very unusual delivery of stock, which
would lead us to infer that speculators have been exten-
sively realizing the profits which the recent rise of price
placed within their reach.
There has been a considerable advance in Oxford and
Worcester shares. There has also been a further advance
in the price of North British shares ; Eastern Counties
have also been firmer. With these exceptions, the market
must be reported as dull, with a decided tendency down-

ward.
The Grain Markets remain in the same depressed con-
dition, but the prices range nearly the same as last week.
SATURDAY EVENING.
The English funds have been heavy thronghout the
day, but without variation from the closing' prices of yes-
terday. Under ordinary circumstances the fall in the
French funds caused by the aspect of affairs regarding
Cracow might have been expected to produce a marked
decline, but the money purchases of the public co, tinue
to counteract the operations of the speculators. The only
quotations for Consols were 944 to 4 for money, and 914
to 4 for the January opening ; Bank Stock left nff 205 to
206; Reduced Three per Cents, 934; Three-and-a Quar-
ter per Cents., 954-; and Long Annuities, 94, The Ex-
chequer-bill market is weak at Bs. to its. premium.
There was a degree of flatness in the foreign market
this afternoon, though the extent of business was by no
means important. The latest bargains were—Brazilian
at 854 ;• Danish, at 86 ; Mexican, at 22 for money, and
214 for the account; Portuguese Four per Cants, at 36
for money, and at 364 for the account; Spanish at 254
for account ; the Three per Cents., at 364 for the ac-
count; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., at 59; and the
Pour per Gents.,,Certificates, at 91.