Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-08-01
SELECTIONS.
.oni 'ne London New Monthly Magazine for June.
TIE DUBLIN TARINFsp RAFT

times disasreeable aspect. ltis a labvri,,h IS
go: anus composed OF old ard crazy houses
anu is cnoSed with nas,iness OF every kind Even
9 enormous population is in active empIoy-
49, '"e senses are shocked with much odious
circumstance; but when labour is suspensed 40 10
onsn tie case, and the inhabitant. are ,b,o,,n 49,,
Vi employment, spectacle of wretche1ness 10 NJ,
e.eu IN thls quarter OF the Irish netrou,I;s of
IN" =. would require the genius of MIR Cr,bbe
'.'ea'oh OIL misery to convey any ade-
qua'e picture In the last month the ,anpfscn,,;ns
eaSs nave been without occupation or food Ipassed
nvt very many days ago, through the district in
Which they chiefly reside and do M, recoIIo.t r.,
nave ever witnessed more distressing scene The
81 ee's Nay be said to have swarmed with want
Hnh starvation and despair in their corn,anapces
"uu WIN 'neir arms hanging in istlessness OF their
'.ueS' huh4eds OF ernacated men stood in sroups
=. every corner. They gared on every person of
'ie oe'ter Class who CHANGED to pass them with the
vacant eaFneStness of famine; and when The euui-
peg "a some p"mpered and vain glorious citizen
o"eH ~ IL was painful TO observe in the expires
sion OF Their faces the dumb comparison with their
own condition, which was passing tbrouob the;r
minus. The doors OF the houses Law wide open.
anti H5hted up as they were with The neyy and
or'iiiaht sunshine OF May, afforded an INSIGHT into
the recesses OF internal Indebtedness Their ,vives
anu children were seen huddled together, with
scarcely thread OF raiment upon their discoloured
anu e'haciated limbs. Their beds and blankets had
oeen transferred to the pawn brokers: and of their
lui hIu!e' hoihng but the mere fixtures remained
he ashes round the hearth seemed TO be OF weeks
standing; and IL was easy to perceive tina, RI. f.v
Po!a'oe- Skins, scattered about the floor were the
e4cs OF repast OF no very recent date Silence
III Seheral prevailed through these receptacIes of
e"ia'hty' except That now and then heard the
waning oil child, who sailed with feeble CRY for
Dread Most OF these houses of affection were de-
:e'eu by 'he men, who stood in frightful gatherings
IN the public way. But here and there / observed
the wan but athletic father of family s,insi in tho
interior OF his howell, with his hands locked upon
MS Khee, surrounded by his children of whose
presence he appeared 10 be scarcely conscious and
win his Wild and matted hair, his fixed and mad
denlns eye, his hard and stony lip exhibiting
persontication Of despair, and, if NAV so sor
looking like The the Ugolno of Z" The Liberty -
Whatever may be the faults of the Irish chsr,c-
Ter, iiisensibiiity to distress is not AMONGST then,
Much substantial and practical COMMUNICATION was
exhibited among the higher orders for the suferngs
Oh the unfortunate manufacturers, and various ev-
peoIenls wsre adopted Tor their relief II was
among other devices OF beneyolence sugges-
ted to the Marchloness OF Wellesley. that a
pubic ball at the ROtunda would be of use. and ar
co'dingiy " iabinet Ball. under the ausnices Of
.n'' l@ir anu newly ennobled lady, was announced
4 he notice was given in order to afford the voup,
COMING
town, and the Eth OF My was fixed for the ruetro
poiiian tete. PeTemptOry orders were issued az
me castle, that no person should appear in ,onv
other than Irish manufacture. great sensation
was produced by wha in such provincial iown
as Dublin may be considered as an e. ent. Crowds
Oh families Hooked from all parts of tie country:
and If any prudential grazier demonstrated sgainst
the expense OF journey to the metropolis. The ewes
OF the young ladies having been duly filed with
tears, and mamma having protested that Mr.. o.
iaheriy might as well send the girls TO convent
and doom them to old-Inadenhood for life the oil
carriage was ordered to the hall-door, and came
cTeaknS into town, laden with the rura! bellies WIN
were to make conquest at " The Tabiue, Rail >,
The arrival Of the important day was looked for
WIN Impotence, and many young heart was kept
beating under its virgin zone at the oIeasurabIs sn
tcipation. In the interval much rood yyas sc,.n,n-
plIshed, and TerpsichOre set the loom a, work =
Every mhlIner's shop gave notes of rrofuse and
pIodiSai preparation. AT last the Ith of NAV ar
rived, and at about ten ococl; the city SHOOK with
the roll of carriages huIrying from ali quarters 70
The Rounda. Not very long ago Doctor Brint.lev
The astronomer, took the noise OF n newly es,ab
ished mandatory Tor the indications of an an
preaching earthquake; aud if he had not been re-.
moved since then from the contempla;ics ,f ,b,
stars, he would, in all likelihood, have taken Tie
conclusion OF the Tabine Bsll-nlcht for the e,,,b
quake itself The love of dancing is not among
my additions, and it is the tendency of mos, neT,
sons OF my profession TO set up as kind of snu
rious Childe Harold upon occasions of this LINZ.
but as the object o. the ball national and vs.
solicitous TO take close survey of Lord Vell.s-
ley and his Transatlantic bride resolved IN in;
the festive gathering, which charity and It's ar,atro
! patroness had assembled. The Rounda. ~ here tho
ball was given, is very beautiful building erected
believe by Sir VIM. Chambers and is one films
models oil pure architecture with which T)nlli,
a5ounds Upon entering il how different was the
scene from that with which it was associstel. and
how strong contrast was presented between the
gorgeous and gllilering spectacle before ne. and
that which have endcavoured to describe.
My mind still retained some Of those ,,,o,oE,I 70
/ Elections which the contemplation of misery had
produced, and when found myself surrounded
with blaze OF intense and brilliant Illumination.
and eneompassed by crowd, glIttering with youth
and beauty, and moving in measure 10 exbilerstjn,
music, the naked and half famisied ,yrecbes whom
l had seen so recently, rose ike pbaptoms in ,ov
memory, and my Imagination went back To the
abode OF starvation, and 10 " the house Of woe >,
did not, however, permit these melancholy 70 -
Elections TO lay any permanent hold uoon me: and
indeed the recollection that pleasure was made in
this instance TO minister to the relief of sorrow
should have reconciled person of q much more
asceiie quality Of mind than | ans to n narteipa
ton IN the enjoyments Of so brilliant a scene r
question, whether in London itself however il ,..
surpass our metropolis in wealth and prand.,,
more splendour in alliance with good taste conf,
readily be displayed There was an immense a.
semblage OF young and beautiful women, dressed in
an attire which, Instead Of impairing, tended 10 60,
OIL, the loneliness Of their aspects end the SWINE
try oil their fine forms that sweetness and inno-
eency OF expression which characterize, the irish
lads, sat upon their faces-oiodcsty, kindness and
vlVSe'y played IN their features, and grace and 10Y.
ousuess swayed The movements Of limbs ,,bich