The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-21

The Irish papers como TO us filed with ao-
| counts Of wrs, chednsss and starvation, from q
lack of sufficient food and fael. Meetings are
being held in the principal cities and towns for
tho purpose OF inauguratisg measures OF relief.
On tho goth ult., at q meeting hold At Galway,
subscriptions woro made 10 q considerable
amount. Mr.. MARTIN, tho Chairman, detailed
a case Of distress which he witnessed in the town
on Saturday. 1t was that Of man who earned
his livelihood In Galway, as a laborer, for the
last twenty years, but had boon incapacitatod
from doing anything by sickness. Mr.. MAR
TYS visited his place, where he found tho man,
his wife and three or four children, sitting in
tho middle Of the room. In the corner was a
stuck against the wall, and not a morsel Of fire
In the CRATE. The man stated that he had
boiled turnlp for his breakfast that morning,
and that for forty-eigi. hours previously, he
and his family had been without food or firing.
Mr.. MARrrN said he could cite many such
cases. At another meeting, held in TuAm,
Archbishop NCHALE said -
Some parties have underated the miseries Of
the poor, and somo have gone so far As 10 say
thsrs was no dostitution, nor was there any TO
be apprehendsd but this meeting has given TO
such statements the most complete and conclu-
sive contradiction; for assurodly it was by no
counterfeit destitution-( hear, hoar)-but by
| its stern reality, that the Inhabitants Of Tuam
were impelled to those acts Of generosity which
he had the melancholy pleasure OF witnessing
there that day. (IIear, hoar). Last year he
(the Archbishop had many very pressing do
mands aud applications from different parishes
in the diocese, but he deferred giving his sane
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held until he was assured that tho necessity for
them existed. (Iear, hear). Now, 1t was
proved 10y this meeting here today, that wide
spread destitution prevailed throughout the
country, Notwithstanding tho declarations OF
certain official personAges, who, after super
iicI survey Of the country, proclaimed with
such a self satisfied air that the poverty OF ihe
p,opls was not so great nor 30 extensive a. had
| hitherto been reported. (Hear, hear).
The Dublin correspondent Of the London
Posi- sayG
| Active exertions are being made to avert the
| disastrous consequences which might ensue from
| the scarcity of fuel In the West. The Marquis
| of Sligo has set an example OF muniiicence,
| VII ch has been wortbily initiated by Lord Clan
| morris, Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, Col. Knox,
| Mr.. Valentine OConnor Blake, Major G. Lynch
| to be thinned for the purpose OF supplying the
| wants Of their tenAntry. All parties, without
religious or political distinction, appear ready 10
co operate in this charitable work.
Saws the Dublin EVENING PosT, Of Nov.
20 -
The evil to be provided against is not only
distress from insuiiiciency Of food, Ia different
Districts but also from the want OF tael. Da
ring the last half century, thore was but one
| fuel famine In Ireland and that calamity Oc-
CURED in 1917, aftor very wet summer, along
with great dearth oil fool The country had boer
aiitict i with famine, from scarcity and dear
ness OF provisions in 1917, 1921 1927 and l5B9
tine protractGd aId dssolating famine resulting
from the potato blight commenced Al 1876
But tho unfortunate popularity oil tho presen
~ ason is the almost entire loss OF the usuA
supply Of turf from the wetness OF the sumAe
and the autumn. II viii be . weak requiring
| no small amount Of exsrtiOn, Independently q
the money cost, to cOaapensate that ioas, on &C
| count Of the distaneS 0f the habitation1 OF tn
| poor people from pOSts where Goals can DO i'm
ported and often from tho difficult charaote
OF country in districts requiring relief.
A Dublin Correspondent Of the London TDu'i
under date of Nov. 2Sd, makes the followin
statement.
Mr.. 'W.P. Vesey Fitzgerald, an extensN
laLdJwneS in the counties OF Kerry anu Cpn
wi q has a stake la the destitute districts
C,onnaught, has addressed letter to the Chi
! Secretary on the extent Of tho distresa ard u
}. 1 best mode of relieving IL. Tho destruction
d the potato crop, he thinks, is not more thi
; | one-hAlf. But he says that, in extending :
n lief the greatest care must be tAken not 70 d
. moralize the people by public works or cru
v the springs Of industry by excessive 0xauo
b With regard 10 fael, the people have no grAt'
y and thsrs(oSs THAR arsPaaoss are NOS "