The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-10-10

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the two countries.
The state oftrade and the suffering condition
Of the labourers in the manufacturing districts
in England still form an interesting topic. Dis
tress and want, in their most dreadful form,
pcrvade the whole working classes, through
out the kingdom especially in poor devoted
Ireland does that worstsof all calamitiaS, fam
inc, with its consequent attendants, sickness
and despair, threaten the whole labOuring pop
uIatiOn. Indeed starvation has already COM
menced its work of death, and the hospitals
in Dublin have for long time been crowded
to overfowing, and not one third part Of the
applicants have been admitted.
The Dublin Evening Post of the l9th Au-
gust contains the following letter to the Rt.
Hon Robert Peel, upon the subject of the pre-
sent distress.
Passage Vest, Jnly 81, 1895.
"SIR-The entire face of the country, not
only physical but moral, is changed. A drought
of general extent, and Of unparalleled con-
tinuance, has desolated our once green fields,
and has given to the parched land that arid
mer attitudes. The wheat crop has fortunate
I y resisted the biighted effects of drought !;
but the wheat Of Ireland would not feed one
third Of its inhabitants. The early potatoes
have most lamentably failed, being not one
tenth Of the produce Of last year. The late
potatoes, which form the staff of life Of the
Irish poer, do NOT afford the slightest prospect
of relief, as the seed in general, if not burnt
mp by the excessive heat, has been Inactive in
the ground for want of moisture. The oat,
unfortunately affords no substitute, as this, of
all culinefer0ns plants, has suffered most. 1t
may be considered totally destroyed, except
on lands open to powerful irrigation, or with
in the influence of mountain shade. The
barley may be considered about oue-third, of
a general average, but it is entirely burnt up
on high lands, affording no food either to man
or beast. 1t is not man alone that is likely to
suffer from this awful visitation of Divine
Providence. The cattle now in the summer
months, exhibit symptoms Of death from alb
solute starvation. The poor farmers, and
these, from the vicious system of our rural
form the mass of Irish agricultural
lists. have been obliged to cut all their grass,
and many the green corn, tn keep their cattle
alive. These sources are now entirely ex-
hausted; whilst the roots of the grasses, clo-
vers, and vetches, are absolutely burnt up and
will require long continuance Of rain to re-
store them to vegetation. No sustenance
whatsoever can be expected from turnips,
rape, or mangel wurtzeL -
In former periods Of scarcity, the stoppage
Df the distilleries was measure generally re-
sorted to, but now the appalling appearance
of the pastures renders it very questionable,
as the distilleries afford food to thousands of
cattle, and employment to many hundreds of
human beings. The last crop shall refer to
is the fax. This staple article of Irish indus
try has participated in the almost general ru-
in, and which awfully affected the interests
IF our poor. On the whole, such a dread
FULLY alarming season has not occurred with
IN the memory Of the oldest man in Ireland.
The question now is, whether the people III
Ireland, "may live, and not die" for death
rom hunger has oyertaken, is oyertaking, and
will overtake, many Of our fellow creatures
whilst the very few resident gentry, from the
Of their rents, will be unable
either to employ or to support the poor!
Mr.. Parker, after stating his opinion that |
private subscription will not meet the present |
sxigency, proceeds thus -" The chief RENEE |
dy would submit to you is employment for
the able. for employment is the best charity, |
he only beneficial. way of feeding the starving |
man, and rural asylums for the infirm, aged, |
md destitute poor, which would, under God,
prevent the demosalizing system OF poor laws
being introduced into ireland. The asylums
to be supported by a tan on Absentces, and
the acknowledged Injuries not now taxed"
The letter concludes thus -
AS famine threatens to be sore in the land,
it unquestionably becomes the Arst duty Of
Statesmen to avert its evil. Ireland does not.
possess internal resources at present, and, like
the Israelites of old, we must look to foreign
supplies Of grain, and allow NO export from
the United Kingdom"
Affairs Of the Greeks.-The London
Times states, that the affair of the steam
boats destined for Greece, engrosses much
attention. No obstacle is presented on the
part Of the government; but it 10 feared
the defects in their pachinery will render
them wholly unfit Tor the service intended.
The most serious part of the affair is that
the sum Of Gl6O 900, nearly the whole re-
manning resources Of Greece, has been ex-
pended in the construction Of these vessels.
A letter has been received in London
from the Greek government. It is address
sed to Mr.. Spaniolacky. The following
is an extract So
This COMMITTEES, composed Of the un-
dersigned, has received the express orders
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