New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-09

whose knoWleuge iiiu ' II, - hotel
ed, frequently speaks oi the f1st'' 's W. -,
he has ever known. :, ona non.
ReIfast has increased more IN wealth anu pop
,at;on for the last fifteen years than any o.:pa
town or CITY in Ireland In lS32, It's poPaial'.ii
onIr reached some 81, 900. They now cia'i1 !, 70
haye noouIation of over 100000 L ne ~: he''
DR. Cook. the most learned and emihe'it Nv
in the North Of Ireland, to WHOM hau ie,tS' > "
in London. I lost much valuable n1ofiHa''oh III
not seeing this distinguished man.
We y;s3ted ,be Linen manufactures and Bleach
80. as..hi;sbments. which arelhe principal source
nf bns;ness and prosperity to Belfast. Not more
u, .t,an nne half Of the looms are now employed.
.honrb business is reviving. Linens are manu-
fac,nrcd 1T Belfast for all parts Of the world.-
America however, is regarded as their best mar
! ket. though most of the orders from our country
reach the manufacturers through English houses.
! intended to have said word IN another place,
about the Irish Poor House system. Each county
has its spacious and expensive poor house, for the
erection and support OF which the property OF
Ireland is heavily taxed. But am told that the
system docs not work well. The poor, unless
driven to the dircst extremity, Will not go to The
poor houses Women evnce the strongest aver
sion to places which offer them shelter and ood,
mainly it is said because they arc deprived OF the
chances Of occasionally tasting tea and tooacco.
There is another objection which, some speak OF
with horror. They arc not only scrubbed clean
when they go there, but arc required to perform
daily ablutions in cold water! 1t Is Ddd
el!s,ugh," said one of them, ' TO be compelled to
drink their ugly cold water, bad luck to them,
without having the life frozen out OF you Win
washing in it every morning.
The coach, at several OF the first changes out
I
very unfortunate bcggar women, whose claims
were urged. sometimes in the most piteous ac
cents and at others, with an adroltness and hu
NOR quite amusing. At Drogheda, the beggars
besiegcd us in way which, though embarrassing
to a young lady, was quite amusing to the other
passengers In handing this lady into the coach
after dinner, woman approached US saying
''vour honor will sure give something to poor
starving widow for the sake of the sweet lady
that owns you.' To get rid Of this mode OF at
tack, gave her penny This encouraged an
other, who exclaimed "ysur honor's happy
man, with such beautiful lady by your side
Don't forget a poor creature with eight starving
childhers." She got her penny and departed only
to give place to third, who began, =" Long lie
to your honor and your honor's beautiful lady
Nav YOU fund the sweet little ones quite well
when YOU get home' This one gave place to
another who commenced, God bless your honor
and long life to your honor's jewel Of a lady, 1t
was a lucky day she made choice OF your honor
who is good to tho poor widows" This, to use a
cant phrase, was g coming it too strong, and the
lady exclaimed, &C" Go away, you Jade ! am not
married at alI.'' But nothing daunted the nag
continued, Well, if not married already, It's soon
YOU will be- for you're too good and sweet !ady
to let his honor be breaking his heart for you.
cd nd
stand such fire the lady gave the Jade penny
herself. when we were spared further annoyance
bv the guards /" all right to the coachman, the
crack of whose whip dashed the hopes of half a
score of other widows who were gathering for
the onset.
STEAMER COMMODORE, River Clyde, ?. NJ.
We took passage in this fine, staunch and beau
tfulv finished and furnished Steam Packet, from
Belfast 10 Greenock, in Scotland The distance
is sc miles The cabin fare is half sovereign
The fare on deck is two shil!ings sterling -Four
O'Clock is the hour fixed for leaving Belfast, but
when we arrived, few minutes before four, the
quay was choaked up with cars, trucks, crates,
hampers, men, women and children; the crates
and hampers filled with pigs, poultry and vcgeta-
blcs going to Paisley and Glasgow, to he eaten
and the men, women and children going first to
Scotland 10 the hay and oat, and then 70 Eng
land for the wheat harvest. After scene OF
great noise, confusion and labor from four tili
after seven o'clock, the vegetables, and the am,
mails bipcd and quadrupcd, were slowed away
either under hatches or upon deck, when we took
our departure from Belfast. The channel, for
several miles is narrow and intricate, but our
vessel lodged around, by short curves and alb
rupt angles among the buoys and beacons with
admirable obedience to her helm, and IN an hour
we were far enough out to have abundance oi
sea room with the Irish coast in sight on our lett,
while the shores of Scotia were dmly seen on
our right.
went forward, after we got under way, among
the deck passengers some $50 in number, two
thirds of whom were as wild, ragged and despe
rate 4 set of fellows as | had ever seen. Many
of them were Connaugh lads who, from economy
in words or some other cause, are in the habit OF
using scythcs, hook, or whatever argument, OF
this description, they may happen to have IN their
hands, for the purpose of convincing those with
whom they differ. But fortunately there were no
differences here. Ali was hllarlty. After lev
songs, dance was called, when, instead OF
fiddler, fifcr was procured for the occasion.
ring was made. The insldes were required to SIT,
those next to kncel, and the outer strata were
allowed TO stand up. This gave all chance.
The dancing (lrish jlgs) commenced with great
spirit and with more grace than expected to see
in dirt and rags The parties leading off" con-
tinued TO dance more and more vehementiy. un-
til exhausted, when they called successors 10 the
floor, and in this way the amusement was pro-
longcd until a late hour.
On board the steamer metwith most extra
ordinary man-in many respects the most extra
ordinary of any living individual. That there are
ether men who have lost both arms and both legs
by amputation, doubt not but that those others
walk about crectly, and are able 10 feed them
selves, and even TO write, much doubt. This