The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-11
Distress In Ireland, etc


At spccia meeting Of tho Municipal Council
Of Dublin, Dec. 2G, a communication vas re-
coivod from the Lord Lieutenant appointing
Doc ~, for tho reception Il an aadrois on tho
subject Of distress in the west Of ireland.
Alderman RsYNoLps aid be deeply regrettsl
20 lind ihat Sir ROnEEr PTEr, 10 letter receive
cd 10y the Lord Mayor some time ago, stated that
lie had becn advised that the workhouscs would
be- sufficient 90 meet tho pressure Of pIuperiirn
Nuw,'he accounts from the provinces every day
showed that thore Wa fearful prvatiou which
Tho Vo,khou.cs could not meet-.bo want q
fu'i. At Galway, Tuan, B'llnrobe, Cast'cblr
aud other places meetings of tie Inhabitants
lad been held t pro, ido funds fJr tho purchase
o. tue iof the poor. IIe wac quite certain that
lahore January expired a fncl and food famine
would b. running together, and Il, was also
certain tia, the wOikhousei would he unable TO
fnaot the demands made upon them.
Dr. GRAr stated that the G,yornnont were
mistaken with respect 20 the c)nd ton Of the
country AID tho viows expressed BY those who
were well acquainted with tho state OF tho poo
PIE. The class whose cause was urged was not
merely tho absolutely dos.itu'e--the class that
neither had house. homo, nor sholter--but 1t was
TIE class comprising those who, under ordin-
AIRY circumstances would rank a, well 10 DO,
comfortable iarmers but rho were nov, from
the destruction Of their crops, and other causes,
reduced TO a state Of great necessity. II such
men went into the wofkhou,e, thoy abandoned
their homes and thor f,mili ~ they abandoned
Ill hopo Of cvor being Of an ind,p ,ndont, self
supporting people, and they became, in fact,
pcrmanen charges upon the pablo
frightened discussion onsuod in which
Statements we're made rcspc, ling tho inoiiiiicn-
" Of existing modes Of rolief to mcot tho in
cic,,ing distrcss, when the matter was laid over
10 await tho &C ion Of the now Lord Mayor who
was to assume Office on Jan"sTy 6rst.
,nrIsrNAH ASuSg rII rooR
Christmas brought g. the inmates Of the V-''''''-
Si-hnusrH and charitable ina,,tvuon' W. u'nh no.
uati,y 81 pnuper life. Toe lord Lieutenant sent ~
iur Mwdcity Institution IT u,, Nrl.umF LIDS
ut., and 2OO le,yrH ot bread. other lud friends
t.nttibuto-l largely. On up iuturr UutIn uIi
o. pr, a. tie puir present thcnsolyrt for this annual
Inner. Upwards OF GN persons wcr. rcg'ird with
100 ample supply of excellent beet boiled rice, tui
r,ud. The inmates 81 the South Dublin Mon ,pt
splendid dinner Of thel..t OK and hcilrf hcci
The Luri Mayor charity wts dinusci in various
directions, and brought comfort g. many poor per-
.su lie H.ut the Sword bearer g. the ,rShyl-rt
where people are Imprisoned for drutE'uR t"r'h
On. the - inmates piece 81 hrr', three lItNrF 81
bread, and -. Gl. iu cash; and hls I'rl-up, be
les. enabled ten r"r prisoners t. ~" ih'ir H'"'-
tubes and obtain their di4HlHu". The SNrri-hetfcr
O. en- rrso,,,i a. several ulu-huusrs, where he d4-
rihutol meat and bread sent Is the lord Mayor,
cheering the d,.putr hearts OF many wu" he'd a'cu
Cutistuius Dty uudrr happier Cir,un-ttur,4.
The ptlItt. ~ the Grl, WurkhuutH have had
| ilr htppir.t Ghrirtmu they ever cu"N'd IA hrir
| ,yo,. The children iu th't hni.' wr.r '"rm'rly
| uututiuuH iur their disease AMI t'HrrIhr cunii-
t,.Y Nov, Boo consequence chiefly of the rNrrtil uH
.'tlCM yu' t. improve 'h" dietary unithC sanitary
| .uuIit..lu Tie Ilt," the ,mltr'n are heuthN'
,hr,iiui Hutd harry. The sum u' Ilu wr ted hN
tIu u ard j. pun H#c iuNH Tor distribution hin'ng
ih, IuNcrir inmates. \ uum.'r u' l'dir7 cnutrinut
| q ipr the same cd Juct anal added I" the stock. Tue
| u.triIuttau tod. place uu uity md the spectacle
| uf titrI ltnl' Boz thr work house Do ,Hd e. have
cen the most d,t.'tnl that could hn imagined
| ucvunl,r Hud JOBS At receiving the toys, must h'''
zen Boa itself -.'h irit reward 70 I'll" contributor
| Mou, 90 u.r Iruuult were instructive u"yh'I'H
| CONT Ik tucvI ui ,ufious kinds, among which tii
| .ln'lF ttuHliuD- were not the least tcmIrl.t 'lH
| rLrIr were, inr tie girls, tquptFp7, little luHHu
| t,rr, uairin. cs, gu-yurts, movable ARMCHAIR, p'
| r,it., psd|tH, Clc.uf geese, qua IluE du .EH u'I
| ROWING cocks, work lpN'r, aud los" 81 c'uil'
/ Er. Then, Tor Tie huys there were tops uri whip
l hulls AMI uumruts.
| Ni~ynLANEous INTrLLtGESCr.
| The EyrriSu MAN draws attention g. the ur..,
| Improvement TINT has taken ultc" iu tie shppu
| accommodation OF Dublin, and the increase of tu
| Tonnage that enters ii Thirty wears since yrs,t.
| ut SO or $40 tons burden could hardly ,rus' ~
< bar Of the port or come alongside the ,rNa. n.
ere is IL feet 81 water upuu the har when n" I'LL
| tx at IT. lowest point and ship. oi 1000 tons, nu
steamers ranging from YOn ~ go feet m l,ugth vI
| discharge Their curi'urs beside the q uys. In ~
, course of hnltH century the increase IN tie ton
urgc 81 the ppit amounted a. ln2,3lO tons, the ~
| mage for the three wears cudinI ~" hcins Jj.
nd that Tor the three year, ending l>'i being 80
| 80.
| Arrangements are NOW iu progress for cNtcudin
| she Pu-t-,tf,c Styugs' Hmk sy-tom t. ireland.
| a memorial g. Lord rduerstpn and T. ul Russell
| urging that the American question he referred l.
arbitration, h noN IN course of signature la punu