Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-18
IRELAND.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l4.-ODe OF the
most interesting cOuntr es 10 Us, al Inc
present moment, is Ireland, for ii Is one OF
th. most distressed. We, therefore care
fully examine our English papers 10
search of articles which may throw light
upon the condition OF things In The sister
isle and in the file last received find The
following extract from the DuUlIn Patriot
OF July 9Th:
The provincial papers have no partI
Cular details of the commission OF any Out
RACES or turbulent acts connected win me
IaWless proceedings which have hereto
fore been So prevalent IN the south. ma
bits OF tranquility, industry and an ooe-
dience to be laws, are daiy gaming
ground among the lower orders 10 con-
Sequence Of The manifestations OF such
pacInc disposition, Mr., Black burne has,
with the concurrence Of the Magistrates,
adjou ned the Special Session Court,
which was 10 have been held IN Limerick,
on Monday The 96tb inst 10 he 10th O
August de has likewise adjuUrnt d be
Special Session Court of the County OF
Clare, held at Six Nile bridge, TO the ID
of August. Such intelligence Is certainly
cheering at moment, too, when II Is
certain that the enemies OF the country
OF social order, anc particularly OF the ad'
ministration OF the Marquis OF WelesIy,
have hired cm,ssaries, in all quarters, TO
promote civil end religious dIssenllons,
and 10 perpetuate the disorders and mise
fles OF the country. We !eel great satIs'
faction 10 announcing the Withdrawing OF
the Insure ction Act from the North and
S ,utb Liberties OF the city OF Limerick,
Also from the Barones OF ClanwillIam
Owneybeg, Coonagh, aud Small County,
and the Liberties OF kIllmallo,k, IN the
county Limerick, and from The whole
county OF Kerry
This says The British Traveller, is
most gratifying intelligence and so no
doubt it is, but it indicates much previous
disorder and suffering, disorder and sui.
iering which will not, we tear, be soon
effectuaIy removed. The Ma tngar Jour
nal, as quoted IN the Traveller OF the 22d
July, says: We feel ourselves altogether
unable to give even an outline OF the &C
culDuIa ed distress experienced by the
poor in this town and neighborhood, nor
could we have conceived, had we not
been eye witness OF it, how human beings
could possibly exist under such aggravat>
ed and increased prjvatlon; it is no un-
common thing Tor whole families to SUBJ
sist tor forty eight bours on one scanty
meal, consisting chiefly OF wild, unnuiIi.
cious, and unwholesone vegetables; O.
theirs piniog away under diseases produc.
ed 10y actual want, or the use OF such per-
nicious food; in short to partcularise,
would be sufficient TO harrow up the soul
Al meeting OF the Catholic Assoca-
ton held July 18th, Mr.. O'Connel who
appears to be the Chief speaker in that
body, made the following remsrks:-'lt
was utterly impossible that matters could
90 ON in the old way in lreIand-tbe poor
could no longer be left 10 starve-they
were, under The present system kept alive
for part OF the year by feeding on Pota
toes; but the moTen' that the vegetable
tailed, and that the peasantry were driven
to the necessity OF purchasing any article
of food, that momeni the great distress
be might almost say famine, prevailed
distress proceeding not from scarcity Of
provisions but from the utter inability of
the unfortunate laborer TO purchase Such
was the state OF great part of Ireland at
the moment be spoke. The wretched
state of Galway, and great part OF the
provinces OF Connaught and Munster. ex-
cited general compassion. In Carlow The
poor labore.s would be glad to work tor
Cd per day, and were it not for the extra
ordinary efforts of DR.. Doyle and bis
clergy, they zvouid starvs By thousands.