, 1862-05-22

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rent and purchase food md firing He latter
y could only Do a3itttle ,s a. the loom, and ths
had dread Of the wofkhouse. He had, how
ever, applied for aid, and and the guardians |
gage him one shilling, q quartern loaf, and |
ten and sugar for month. He was then told |
that they could do no more, IS he refused to
little By little, selling Of Their M furniture aad
bedding to purchase food. They were also |
compelled to pledge their clothing and other
articles. The deceased Ind been heardto say |
that he tooald rather die than go into The soor&
house. They then suffered very great priEa-
tions. On the afternoon Of Wednesday last |
the deceased was left in the room dt:his loom,
and sohe, the t0i5s returned she found him 1=an-
ing against one Of The npright Tosks- She asked
him The cause and he said he soas 80 srsak that he
oould not do any ecofk---
He sank upon the floor from weakness, and
with assistance from lodger he was paced
On a mattress, but lie expired shortly after
wards. =;
OF Bethnai Green road, said that the deceased
had died from exhaustion and the want Of
sufficient nourishment- The jury returned
verdict in accordance with the medical tes-
tin1ony-
OVER FORTY DEATHS FROM sTARVA-
TON IN ONE DISTRICT IN IRELAND.
In the House Of Commons on the I'd of May,
Mr.. Mcguire, in rising 10 cali atsention to the
fact that several deaths from starvation had
occurred recently in Ireland, said that the
Lancashire, and he should be glad if the gov
erpment would take some steps to relieve
those who in that county were suffering, not
from the a1spenBation6 OF Providence, but
from the evil passions Of man. There was
now in Irtland state OF things which should
fhn NAT 1f rhr
had q heart to feel for human distress. Since
he had last brought forward this subject his
conviction Was confirmed that the distress
was wide spread, and Was certain to increase
every day for the next three or four months.
The Rev. Mr. Prendergast, parish
priest OF Newport, in the county Of Mayo, said
in that district there had been q complete fail
IRE Of the food Of the people, and that under
the pressure of the calamity, unless tie Gov
erDment inte1fered, the result must be s:arv2-
tion, as no amount Of local charity could cope
with the distress. Resolutions were agreed
to at meeting Of the clergy Of the deanery Of
Westbourne, stating that no description of
the distress Of the people could give au adc-
Quate idea Of the sad result, and that, as min
listers Of God and daily witnesses Of scenes Of
hea1trending misery, they were constrained
to urge the immediate application OF active
measures Of relief. The last resolution was
in these terms: "Tkat the false representa-
tiors of Government officials, who studiousIY
i)ized world the real state Of the country, are
equally iuhunan and unchriEtian, and deserve
the unqualified censure Of every enlightened
! u,:n." Whether those expressions were JUS
titled or not, be was convinced that they were
the prevailing sentiments Of a majority Of the
Irish people. In the Belfast Nsses he found
the report Of meeting Of Protestant
tress which prevailed there. The
| parish priest Of Moycullen, in the county OF
Liza - At.-
| April, said that hunger. starvation and death
wonld be the unhapPg lot Of many unless
they were relieved. Mr. Murphy, Of Bautry,
narrated the case Of the father Of eight
children, whose wife and children were re-
| fused relief because he would not go with
them into the workhouse, and abandon the
hopes Of independence which rested upon his
cultivation Of small plot. The writer added
| that there were hundreds Of similar cases in
that neiehborhood. The honorable gentle
man read q list of deaths from want and ex-
posure eince the Goth Of November, 1851, at
Ennis, Galway, Athlone, Enniskillen and other
places. He could go through much longer
list OF cases, but he believed he had read
something like forty cases Of deaths from
starvation, in more than twenty Of which in
quests had been held That was serious
state of things. It might be said that Catholic
clergymen we're apt to make exaggerated state
ments, but these people would not have died il
theycould have helpedit. Surelyit was notcred
table to the Government that such cases
should have to be recorded. If similar cases
could baye been recorded rs occurring unde
the King of Naples, the Duke Of Modena O
the Pope Of Rome, it would have been sait
that the Government was maladmfn1stere1
because 1t afforded no protection to human
life. By the end Of the present month Their
: would he 70 employment for agriculturist
| in ireland. For Two terrible months gauu
famine would stare the people in the face. I
. vas the duty Of the Government, as tn
guardian Of the lives of the people and Of th
prosperity Of the country, not to persist il
denying that there was Distress, but to tak
some active measures to relieve it. No douh
the Government would do something for th
, suffering operatives in Laacanshire. Ever
7 Irish member would go along with them i
: doing it, but lie trusted they would not altt
ge,her neglect ireland. The Irish people di
, | not ask for aims; they scaatad acork, aud th
l Government might provide them with it.
. DISTRESS IN THE ENGLISH MANuFA(
TURING DISTRICTS.
. Our latest letters and flies from England Il
j. port no cessation Of the distress among tt
4 operatives Of the manufacturing districts, b1
: rather its increase. The problem how to r
leye it is felt to be difficult one. and all tt
c journals are discussing the means of doing
without at the same time increasing paupe
! ism, as indiscriminate charity always doe
d The London Economist prints some fgur
G which exhibit more vividly than words cou
! do tho wide spread Impoyerishn1cnt and ST
e feriug:
"N7e are noW in possession Of docu1ne
4 OF uncontested accuracy in the main, showis
o the actual reduction Of employment and ear
: iDgs in the cotton districts Of Lancashire Al
IS Cheshire. 1t has been most carefully COT
). piled, and is pretty complete, as fur as il
n fs1.-,S f1f
is der TO estimate the impoverishment and d
d licu1tics Of the district, the diminished occ
It patton of all the subsidiary trades and hant
20 crafts m1lst be taken isto account as vel
10 We give the figures as published in the Ms
8, chester Examiner aa1d Times:
!: GENERAL SUMMARY.
TOTAL NraDER OF MILLS, ,673, USUALLY EArLt
:, ING 3a9, SIG OPERATIVES.
70 Mills. operstiv
~ Working full time -.497 o.,
! Working $ days week k..-..,..... 50 IS.
IL Working days week. .34U T0-
Working 3H days week. -103 Is,
e, Working days week -...-....270 70,
I'd Working aE days wcek.,-.-.-.- 60 Is,
IN Working days Week---...-...- Al 8;
ho Stopped. ...........----.-...-..Ta 81,
=. i3tsA. -.a,of6 64S,
1a It requires little analysis, and little 10
m and technical knowledge, to see the full me
bo bb ing Of this table. It will be observed Il
at ot only about one fourth Of the entire number
a operatives arc In receipt Of their usual ca
IN. ii.ys, and that about onc.seyenth are earnI
en no wages at all. The average time work
~ including those who are working full time .
~ those who arc entirely unemployed, ID abb
"a thrco days and 3 half instead Of six Now
t.. usual average earnings Of factory hands, N
~ woman, and child, range from ten to TIVE
~, shillings week; and as wages have b.
~. rapidly rising during the lsst few yei
ii. the average, especially in towns, will
40 be far short of the latter sum. 1t appe:
- then. that $50 COO Operatfyes {ulfll-hl