The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-02-09
FOREIGN NEWS.
SCOTLAND.

Greot Distress in the HighldndS.-The
journals give most deplorable picture oil inc
stale of the poor in Scotland. On The Zoth
uIt.. a public meeting was hold in the Music
Hail nj Edinburgh, 10 devise means vi mil
eating the distress in the Highlands and Is
lands of Scotland The Lord Provost pIesl-
ded. The Rev. Norman MLeod, oil Dal-
keith. described the condition OF the people.
Taking round numbers, there wero 43O-
400 souls, who strictly speaking, inhabited
ehe eipht Highland counties, From Stalls
sizes InrnishVd from different parishes, this
tru,ber we're divided in the following man
,er those in comfortable circumstances and
who could not be affected much by The tall
slre -ofthe putato crop, amounted to lOO'OUo I;
those who only depended for lhree-iourihs ci
she year upon potatoes, 10 2OOOOO; those
who depended upon that crop for The whole
year. 10 $4,000. These numbers were an
concentration 10 The truth. MIR. M'Leod
read several other figures. Of which the result
ayas, that in the Highlands and lslanGs oil
Scotia nd r8lerc xere $50 600 persons deprived
al rtys usual means OF subsistence this year
tA'rhese, 200 600 required assistance 10 ena
slc Ihesn 10 live over lhe season. II they dio
not aessSt them immediately, these poor per
sons wouLa have TO sell their COWS and cal
.heir seed and thus 1tlehy destroy The
ian 81 SlEe futafe. The other 40 OuU
required feed immediately te save them from
starvation.
The accounts 4rots the Western Isles are
very Distressing. In South Uist cholera and
:nlamatisn of The ialesiines had become ell
dcmic. produced priAcipsay by eating small
ti-h called -cGddie.," 10 wldch the poor PEG
pie were forced te resort as fSed.
IRELAND.
Grcai Distress ccer-S tarration-Deatb'
from Want !i-DreddtSi IoRdsdion 81 tn
countrg,-Most app~ilin: are the accounts
of desii,urioh from al parts Of the country
AMI even irotn tie nayiir4n PROVINCES sew
eTdl deaths troiR starvation are reported
The Dublin Eyenius Posi- says:-'Even il
the metropolis many thousands of the poore
chssss arc in utter destitriion. la conse
quence Of the extremely crowded state Of tn
South Dublin Uuinn WorkhOuse aud the mis-
cradle condition Of the inmates recently ad
united, dyseutafy ard low teSer have brokel
out. snd The number Of deaths has greatly i'll
creased, reaching nearly fifty in ti,e week
From the country the accounts arc still NOR
affecting than any that have yet reached Us
We have a letter from friend 10 Skibberee
drawing frghtful picture Of tie CONDITION
of the poor ia that locality. A low fever
winch the poor people call The plague la
lIIas broken out. aud from the terror Of in(ec
:iion those afflicted with the distemper arr
Stunned by their ueiShbors.
FRANCE.
Distress prevails amonss, the lower cla5>c
-tbruughaut France. 1, is stated that the II
mount of fuod c9 hand still furnishes matte
for apprehension. Notwithstanding the OK
f&gasiye imporIaionS which have taken place
II is affirmed Iisat the stock of grain and fluu
an baud is deficient by twenty five days. con
sumption of The required amount. Their
must therefore, lie ,far;her importatons. unt
consequently alsrger drain of money. Riot
excited by existing or unprecedented scarcity
still continue IN various parts OF France, ant
-ehc undiminl'hed pressure upon the middle
and lower cl asses IS proved by cOnIinuet
drain upon the sareings-hanks.