The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-03-09
STARVATION INIRELAND.

The Albany Spectator has letter from
London which takes a somewhat differeu,
view Of the case.
OCOnnell. he remarks, maintains that the
union between Great Britain and Ireland is
tbe cause of all The trouble. The Times
Commissioner insists that the Incidence and
imprOvidence Of the people constitute the
great difficulty.
The first cause that Imention Il will not
debate whether it is greatest or least) is the
State establishment for the maintenance ofre-
liSion in the Island.
la 1900. at The time of the union of Ire
land with Eng gland, we are credibly Informed
that there were not 10 ministers of the estab-
lished church in all Ireland. AT the present
time of the 1900, 900 Of Ireland. the entire
Episcopalisn population is only between one
half and three quarters of a million But
for The spiritual wants of these there are two
archbishops and ten bishops with revenue
of sfl66,OO yearly, of which Lord George
Beresford the lord primate, receives ae23,-
900 as his share aud the average annual in
come of the ~ is ,el2000 Besides these.
there are upwards Of 300 dignitaries, pre-
bendarics &C., l22 Of whom ale sinecures to
ttiCill, cSOU,O-O W tuOIliOi 10
the benefices which they hIherwise hold
There are Al bene6cies in ireland, in which
there is not single Protestant Episcopalian :;
90 bene6ces with less than 20, aud 100 more
in which the number varies from 90 to SO
There are fifty parishes, the united locks of
which comprise 557 individuals, OF which for
ty-two are without resident clergyman. and
IL even without church. But from these
parishes clerical revenues are exacted to the
enormous sum of fll,e97. There are :
beneGces containing in all 81 Prolesfanis, but
with an animal income from tithes of e.
056. In Isl benefces there is no resident
incumbent and no divine service performed
by him, or by any cuTate in any place of
worship. In many cases the family Of the
rector, with The police men placed around
him for protection al tiIhing, constitute the
whole congregation. Take also the fact that
Eng land expends million year for the
Irmy and police required TO protect The
church. and then decide heIher this exae-
lion Of lithcs from pauper Catholic popula-
lion, 10 support Protestant, Stale religion,
is anything else but Insulting 10 the inhab-
rants, and Disgrace 10 the name ofPsoies-
lani and enong.I 10 paganize The most en-
lighfened people; disheartening. Cypress
i've. ruincus system.
Again, RomGniSm, the religion of more
than seven-tenths of the population. is E.
nough 10 destroy The temporal interests, as
well as the soulsof The people. In natural
reto1rces and advantages, the Catholic
South is far superior TO the Protestant North
But the actual condition of the North in
every respect. is far superior 10 that ofthe
South. II is III the towns peoplcd by Ro
manists thai the most appalling starvation
and most extensive sickness prevails at pres
enL In Dublin. the most dismal part of the
city, where the most Notwithstanding wretch
"dness prevails. is The Liberties 4 large
district, around ST. Pairicks Cathedral
which is independent ofihe jurisdiction of The
Lord Mayor Of Dublin, hu, has manor courts
of lis own. and is completely under the con
rul OF the Roman Priests.