Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-08-03

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IRELAND. 8 s Sd &
4 The distresses Of Ibis bapless kingdom
have been partially miiigated, but by mo-
means relieved. A letter al Farmhilf,
June 1, states that they have at present q
list VI upwards OF 1000 souls who have
scarcely pofatoe TO eat. The English
(says the author] are behaving nobly. and
| fit was not Tor them. hundreds and hum
dreds would die Of hunger, it has already
produced good deal Of disease, and will;
fear, be the cause OF much more. We
have still three months before the next
crop will be ofmuch USE, and a terrible
time we shall have oil it. !" s Is
In abiding to the subject the Courier
remarks:-
'sOnce more we bring before our read
ers the subject oil Ireland, or rather, OF that
unhappy portion oil her inhabitants whose
miseries are in danger of being too soon
forgotten, from their very magnitude ana
permanency. II may seem strange that
we use such Language, in the midst OF
those charitable efforts which are daily
making all over the country; bu! it is be-
cause these efforts are great that we are
apprebensive of their premature termina-
ton. II ten individuals were utterly I'M,
capable Of providing for their own sup
port, till after the lapse OF three months,
what sort of consolation would 1t be 10 tell
them we will give you food for one month
out of the three, but we can do no more;
you must perish from hunger, at last. but
meanwhile eat and be happy? This would
surely be cruel kindness, and yet this IS
what we shall in effect be doing with re-
gard to the peasantry of Ireland, if we
stop short Of The full measure OF relief
| which their necessities require. Almost
all other evils we can hope to surmount
finally, by diminishing their present press
ure; we can leave something 10 be done by
time and circumstance-but mol SO With
famine; that brooks no delay; there is no
saying to hunger, wait, and | will iced
you. Death, in its most appalling form,
mocks the promised boom"
A lady residing in the county OF MAYO
presents her correspondent with the toll
lowing picture of human misery
powerful necessity forces me to write
to you, to lay before you the awful circum.
stances in whicba justly incensed God
has seen fit to plunge this miserable couD-
try, and to implore you, by every motive
OF pity for perishing thousands, by every
feeling which would make you desire TO
avert The commission of the atrocities 10
which the depreciation Of famine will lead;
and by your affection for me, placed 10
circumstances of the utmost danger. from
the pestlential diseases. which living on
the half putrid carcases Of coos and hors-
es, must inevitably produce in the famlsh-
ing wretches around me, 10 be thence
communicated to the healthy and comparI-
lively rich. By all these considerations,
and more than all, by the dictates OF your
own generous bosom. ! conlure you 10
interest your friends and the religious pub
lie on behalf OF the perisbiDg Irish. Mat
tiers have at last come 10 Crisis; indeed
hundreds who never wanted before, are
now starving"
Some ides.of the extreme distress TO
which the peasantry are reduced may be
formed from the fact that, in the town OF
Galway, a number of women are daily
employed in drawing down turf from the
bogs in the neighborhood of the town on
their backs. For as great load as they
are capable of carrying they obtain but
one penny half penny; and in order to OBJ
tain this scanty pittance 10 sustain lite,
they perform journey of.six miles, bare
footed, under burning sun.
The contributions have been liberal and
extensive in most parts of England. .a
The subscriptions in the University,
county. and town OF Cambridge, am ounted
to U,l15 rs. cd. have been transmitted,
and further additions are daily making to
the list.
The subscriptions in Liverpool amounts
10 $500 including u 900 from the town
of Leeds.
1900 had been received by the sufferers in !
one enclosure from London; and 1000 in
another.
1t reflects no great honor however upon
the meeting at Lloyds, which was held
on the 18th June, to decide the question
whether 800 should be subscribed in aid
of the distressed Irish, from the funds Of
the Eouse. at l2o'cIock James Marryatt|
Esq. took the chair, and two scrutineers
having been appointed, the ballot COM
menced. AT 4o'clock it closed. when .be
numbers were declared to be-for the
vote 1880 to the Irish subscription, 946
against it, majority against voting |
$500 %.
We wish (says the Courier} the names
OF the majority were recorded, who thus
denied to suffering humanity a sum they
could well AFFORD. upon the cold plea Of
tormaliies and precedents.
Notwithstanding the acts OF despera.
tion and atrocity SO frequently produced
by hunger in nations less mercurial and